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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by unbob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
Most of the roaming coverage in Baja for T-mobile is through Movistar.
Calls are $.20/minute. Both incoming/outgoing texts are now included in the international roaming on the new "simple" plans. |
Obviously that is not a good deal. With my Telcel 'Amigo Combinado 20' plan I'm paying 4.8 cents per minute when calling my
"preferred" numbers (family, friends). 20 cents per minute is awful and unacceptable for me.
The unlimited data plan sounds great though! |
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There's definitely a trade-off between paying less for local calls and having unlimited data at no extra charge. For me - being in Baja for only a
week and only making 8 calls total - the convenience of not having to get a Mexican SIM card outweighed the extra $2.60 I paid for the week.
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soinclined
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Welcome to Baja Nomad, so inclined. Feel free to tell it like it be. |
Thank you very much!
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pauldavidmena
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Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena  | | Quote: | Originally posted by unbob
| Quote: | Originally posted by unbob
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
Most of the roaming coverage in Baja for T-mobile is through Movistar.
Calls are $.20/minute. Both incoming/outgoing texts are now included in the international roaming on the new "simple" plans. |
Obviously that is not a good deal. With my Telcel 'Amigo Combinado 20' plan I'm paying 4.8 cents per minute when calling my
"preferred" numbers (family, friends). 20 cents per minute is awful and unacceptable for me.
The unlimited data plan sounds great though! |
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There's definitely a trade-off between paying less for local calls and having unlimited data at no extra charge. For me - being in Baja for only a
week and only making 8 calls total - the convenience of not having to get a Mexican SIM card outweighed the extra $2.60 I paid for the week.
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I guess a follow-up question to this is: what phone number do Mexican cell phones see when I call them from my T-Mobile phone? Do they see my U.S.
number, as I assume to be the case? If that's the case, do incoming cell phones get charged as if they were receiving an international call? And is
the answer different for Movistar versus another Mexican carrier?
I'm thinking that while T-mobile international roaming is great for American tourists traveling abroad, it's probably an inconvenience to local cell
phone users, who might not take my calls if they appear to be coming from the U.S.
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captkw
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cell phones
Hola, I cant get the republic wireless site to work..any one where the site or number is ??
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rts551
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I do not get an international charge on my telcel phone when my wife calls using t-mobile. and I see her number. same in mexico as the US
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BajaRat
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| Quote: Originally posted by shari | | People are always disappointed that most of their phone servers dont work out here in the boonies...only AT&T or telcel work here.
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I'll be trying Telcel America roaming this winter in Asuncion, will report 
Love the phone and can make 100 min to Mex cell phones a month for 29 bucks
The bring your phone to Mex is 60 bucks a month roaming
[Edited on 12-23-2014 by BajaRat]
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tecatero
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My experience with T-mobile in Baja is you have to be in the center of the town.......worked great in cabo but then flat 5 miles north until I hit
center of Todos,,,,,,,,same thing in LaPaz, Constitucion, etc.........Most of central Baja I had nothing , whereas my ATT had reception everywhere.
However Tmobile is truthful on their billing, no surprises . Unlike ATT that always nails you for around $200.......
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pauldavidmena
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My T-Mobile experience was fairly interesting. The Cabo airport is in the middle of nowhere, and accordingly I had zero reception. I had 5 bars
throughout San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, but it dropped to nothing once I started driving north on the highway, with pockets of shaky
reception in each small town. I had 4 bars fairly consistently in downtown Todos Santos, even as far north as Las Tunas. Pescadero was a little
spottier, particularly right at the coast but a bit stronger close to the highway.
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monoloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena | | Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena | | Quote: | Originally posted by unbob
| Quote: | Originally posted by unbob
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
Most of the roaming coverage in Baja for T-mobile is through Movistar.
Calls are $.20/minute. Both incoming/outgoing texts are now included in the international roaming on the new "simple" plans. |
Obviously that is not a good deal. With my Telcel 'Amigo Combinado 20' plan I'm paying 4.8 cents per minute when calling my
"preferred" numbers (family, friends). 20 cents per minute is awful and unacceptable for me.
The unlimited data plan sounds great though! |
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There's definitely a trade-off between paying less for local calls and having unlimited data at no extra charge. For me - being in Baja for only a
week and only making 8 calls total - the convenience of not having to get a Mexican SIM card outweighed the extra $2.60 I paid for the week.
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I guess a follow-up question to this is: what phone number do Mexican cell phones see when I call them from my T-Mobile phone? Do they see my U.S.
number, as I assume to be the case? If that's the case, do incoming cell phones get charged as if they were receiving an international call? And is
the answer different for Movistar versus another Mexican carrier?
I'm thinking that while T-mobile international roaming is great for American tourists traveling abroad, it's probably an inconvenience to local cell
phone users, who might not take my calls if they appear to be coming from the U.S. |
There is no charge for
incoming calls on a Telcel phone regardless of where they're from.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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RnR
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[/rquote]There is no charge for incoming calls on a Telcel phone regardless of where they're from.[/rquote]
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TelCel's slogan is "El que llama, paga"
"He that calls, pays."
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pauldavidmena
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How about phone calls to Movistar (the other major carrier in BCS)? T-Mobile uses Movistar as a carrier in Mexico, so I thought Movistar customers
might get a break.
My upcoming trip in January is only for 5 days, so I probably won't bother getting a SIM card, but when I stay for a week or more, I might explore
that option.
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pauldavidmena
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Just to clarify - does this mean international calls as well? Even though T-Mobile uses the Movistar network in Mexico, I presume my U.S. phone number
will appear on the receiving party's phone.
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24baja
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WOULD love to have a cell site in LA BAY.
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Funonewi
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HI, has anyone tried Telcel America's $60 plan with 1000 minutes of useage with 1 gig of data? I just purchased this for a 10 trip to Cabo San Lucas.
I believe that it roams on telcel's network. Also the nice thing is that I get a local number with my exchange "920" so for contacting from the
states is very easy. In the past, I have gone to telcel and purchased sim card usage, but get a mexican phone number. Has anyone used this? Here
is the link https://www.telcelamerica.com/
[Edited on 2-3-2015 by BajaNomad]
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tjsue
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I used my T-Mobile phone when I lived in Tijuana. I have the Simple Choice plan, and I never had any extra charges on my bill the entire time that I
live there.
I wasted my money by getting a Magic Jack Plus, which I gave away when I moved back to San Diego.
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