Bajalero - 3-12-2007 at 09:20 AM
As GTE became AT&T wireless and now Cingular , I remained a faithful customer. But since becoming Cingular , they have become inflexible and have
adopted the surly customer service attitude of their parent company SBC and I am considering changing over to Verizon or T-Mobile
I've always had adequate coverage in Baja with Cingular but was wondering what those of you who use Verizon or T-Mobile can say about service and
cost of using your phones there.
Thanks ,
lero
nobaddays - 3-12-2007 at 03:44 PM
Verizon in Cabo San Lucas sucks compared to cingular.
Cingular works fine in Northern Baja
BajaVida - 3-12-2007 at 07:57 PM
a friend has Verizon and he can never get his to work and I am sitting next to him and mine works fine
Peloncito - 3-15-2007 at 09:39 PM
AT&T (now Cingular) used to offer the North American Plan which I currently have. I can use my phone in Canada, USA & Mexico without any
connection charges, roaming charges or per minute fees as long as I do not go over my monthly alotted minutes. I will always be able to have this
service as long as I remember to recommit for a new two year contract when it comes due. AT&T offered this plan a while back for people who
frequent those countries on business or vacations. The idea was that AT&T would cover the incidental costs such as roaming and cell site relay
fees, to allow their customers to use this service now and then in exchange for the two year committment. But what people did was sign up for the NAP
and send the actual phone to Mexico and/or Canada for their friends and family to use as the phone's primary location and the occasional incidental
costs for AT&T went through the roof. As soon as Cingular took over, they stopped offering that plan and let current North American Plans expire.
The Cingular agent at my local store actually told me, "Don't let this plan expire or you will never have these basically free calls!" My Cingular
service has actually worked all the way down to Honduras with spillover coverage from all the new cell sites they installed in southern mainland
Mexico.
Cingular service works the best, but the North American Plan works even better for 800 minutes @ $69.95/month and NO roaming charges. Love it and
would not use anything else other than a sat phone. I would be paying the same $69.95/month even if I never left the USA. But since I own a home in
Los Barriles and spend a lot of time there, I am not complaining about my phone service one little bit.
Mike
Iflyfish - 3-16-2007 at 11:05 AM
I purchased MovieStar phone in Ensenada and it worked ok on our trip.
I met a couple of people using Skype, a program you download on your puter. I will go this way soon.
It costs four cents to connect and two and a half cents per minute. A real bargain. I will use headphone with mic. All one needs is an internet
connection. You can call any phone number including land lines and cell phones.
Iflyfish