Hola: Have any of you Nomads used the Movistar prepaid cell phones. I hear the phone is about $30.00. The charge to the states is $1.10 per half hour.
Also if so, do any of you know the fees for local calls in BCS?
Thanks Brian
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bajaguy - 12-16-2006 at 06:19 PM
I would also like to know more. Plan on buying 2 Dec 23rd in Ensenada for local use while at the house
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elskel - 12-16-2006 at 06:54 PM
This was from a friend of mine, he used another friend's phone down in Pescadero, this month. These were the figures passed to me.
brianBruce R Leech - 12-17-2006 at 10:11 AM
movistars rates are cheaper across the board but there service area is way smaller than Telcel. But movistarcan save you a bunch if they have coverage
in the area that you need. I will stay with Telcel and Nextel.
Nextel will give you the best deal for across the border talking if you have there service in your area.Marie-Rose - 12-17-2006 at 11:35 AM
I use Moviestar when in TS (because a friend gave me the phone!). Not sure about
the cost as I only use it for local calls. Works well for our needs. Easy to get cards.Riom - 12-17-2006 at 12:47 PM
According to the Movistar web site, the standard cost iss 3.45 pesos (32c US) a minute long distance to either Mexico or US (around a US dollar for
three minutes, ten dollars for half an hour). Local calls are 1.15 pesos/min.
You have to specifically switch to that tariff, then you get 11.50 pesos per 30 min the US, and local calls go up to 5.75 pesos (but are unlimited).
I don't have one of these phones yet (the card expires too quick for me, there is too long a gap between my BC trips), but seems a good rate.
Has anybody ever used this rate for dial-up internet via the mobile? Looks useful for that!
[Edited on 12-17-2006 by Riom]villadelfin - 12-18-2006 at 08:04 AM
Guau that does sound like a terrific plan, thanks elskel. Lencho, please do post what you find out. It's sounds so good, there must be a catch, no?Riom - 12-18-2006 at 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by villadelfin
It's sounds so good, there must be a catch, no?
The main catch is that all calls, both local and US, have to be switched to the same plan. If you make lots of short local calls your total costs
will rise because short local calls now cost five times as much.
Plus of course there will be times when you phone someone in the US and get their answering machine. That's still an "up to 30 minutes" call, and
still costs around a dollar, on the standard plan it would only be 30c for the first min.
So it'd work for an extra phone to call people in the US you know are available, but using it for everything could end up costing as much as other
plans - like all these things, depends on your usage and works best if the use of it is limited to what it is best for (long calls) with another phone
for short calls.
