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Ateo
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I remember the old days of walking into the Larga Distancia's to check in with Mom and Dad. This has been an interesting thread.
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That's great. Glad to help. When you purchase the sim from telcel make sure it's one of there main offiices. I know you can't buy one in San Felipe. I
had to go to the mexicalli office. I might have posted the link to the locations in this thread. If not. Telcel.com and poke around.
Google voice is clear as a bell here. Have you tried the tether option with another phone or laptop?
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mrfatboy
Google voice is clear as a bell here. Have you tried the tether option with another phone or laptop? |
I have. If I have a good 4G connection, it can be faster than WiFi.
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pauldavidmena
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The pre-paid Telcel card worked out amazingly well. We lost internet in the casita a couple of times, and were able to get by sharing my 4G
connection quite well. We used less than a quarter of the 1.5 GB purchased. I only used the phone itself once. My only question mark comes from the
fact that the Telcel card comes with a Mexico City (i.e. 55) area code, which put off a couple of local contacts.
Made the switch back to my T-Mobile SIM card during our connection in Houston. I feel like I've returned from the Witness Protection Program.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pauldavidmena
The pre-paid Telcel card worked out amazingly well. We lost internet in the casita a couple of times, and were able to get by sharing my 4G
connection quite well. We used less than a quarter of the 1.5 GB purchased. I only used the phone itself once. My only question mark comes from the
fact that the Telcel card comes with a Mexico City (i.e. 55) area code, which put off a couple of local contacts.
Made the switch back to my T-Mobile SIM card during our connection in Houston. I feel like I've returned from the Witness Protection Program.
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Does that mean your local calls are billed as long distance?
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
| Quote: | Originally posted by pauldavidmena
The pre-paid Telcel card worked out amazingly well. We lost internet in the casita a couple of times, and were able to get by sharing my 4G
connection quite well. We used less than a quarter of the 1.5 GB purchased. I only used the phone itself once. My only question mark comes from the
fact that the Telcel card comes with a Mexico City (i.e. 55) area code, which put off a couple of local contacts.
Made the switch back to my T-Mobile SIM card during our connection in Houston. I feel like I've returned from the Witness Protection Program.
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Does that mean your local calls are billed as long distance? |
I think so. And if I called a Todos Santos cell phone, the person receiving the call would pay the long distance charge as well. Purchasing a
pre-paid Movistar SIM card from the same vendor would allow me to choose the area code, which might be what I do next time. I ended up choosing
Telcel over Movistar due to coverage concerns, but my understanding is that the latter has perfectly good reception in and around Todos Santos.
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I was under the impression that phone calls are never paid by the receiver. Is that not the case for sure?
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pauldavidmena
| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
| Quote: | Originally posted by pauldavidmena
The pre-paid Telcel card worked out amazingly well. We lost internet in the casita a couple of times, and were able to get by sharing my 4G
connection quite well. We used less than a quarter of the 1.5 GB purchased. I only used the phone itself once. My only question mark comes from the
fact that the Telcel card comes with a Mexico City (i.e. 55) area code, which put off a couple of local contacts.
Made the switch back to my T-Mobile SIM card during our connection in Houston. I feel like I've returned from the Witness Protection Program.
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Does that mean your local calls are billed as long distance? |
I think so. And if I called a Todos Santos cell phone, the person receiving the call would pay the long distance charge as well. Purchasing a
pre-paid Movistar SIM card from the same vendor would allow me to choose the area code, which might be what I do next time. I ended up choosing
Telcel over Movistar due to coverage concerns, but my understanding is that the latter has perfectly good reception in and around Todos Santos.
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The problem that we found with Movistar is that most of the people we know are on Telcel and it costs a lot
more to call a Movistar phone from a Telcel phone.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mrfatboy
I was under the impression that phone calls are never paid by the receiver. Is that not the case for sure? |
In the U.S. cell phone users pay for received calls as well as outgoing calls. I was assuming it was the same in Mexico, but I could be wrong.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pauldavidmena
| Quote: | Originally posted by mrfatboy
I was under the impression that phone calls are never paid by the receiver. Is that not the case for sure? |
In the U.S. cell phone users pay for received calls as well as outgoing calls. I was assuming it was the same in Mexico, but I could be wrong.
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For Telcel whoever initiates the call pays. Even if there is no saldo on your phone, you will still be able
to receive calls.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
For Telcel whoever initiates the call pays. Even if there is no saldo on your phone, you will still be able to receive calls. |
Good to know that my Mexico City area code didn't scare anyone away. Thanks for the reply.
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