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RnR
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TLBaja79
So I went to a ATT company store yesterday and they told me the GoPhone will not work in Mexico. That it will only work from the US to call Mexico.
It sounds like if I get a 'normal' GoPhone it will not work, it has to be 'enabled' for International?
Any advice? Going to try a different store today, but the guys yesterday sure were confident that it would not work.
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Mine works. Maybe I should call them......
I bought a cheap Samsung "flip-phone type" Go-Phone from the ATT store about five years ago. Looks pretty much identical to the Z222 model shown on
their website: Go Phones
Here's the pre-paid plan info: PrePaid Plans
Look down to the 10 cents/min plan, no monthly contract.
Then click the "International and Roaming" tab. It says:
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Roaming in Mexico & Canada
You can use your GoPhone service when you travel to Mexico and Canada!
No additional services are required to roam in these countries. Roaming charges are as follows:
Roaming Call or Data Type
Local & Long Distance calls (Inbound and Outbound) 25¢ per minute (Mexico)
Text Messaging 25¢ per message sent
20¢ per message received
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I don't remember having to do anything before traveling to Mexico. The phone just worked.
If the store guys say that they have to "enable" the phone, then have them enable it ......
Good Luck.
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My gophone, cheapest one, enabled itself when I crossed the border???
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SFandH
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From:
at&t website
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You will be able to use your GoPhone service while roaming in Mexico. No additional feature is required to roam in Mexico - all GoPhone customers are
automatically enrolled and eligible.
If you have a Messaging package or a rate plan that includes messaging, the text, picture or video messages you receive while roaming will qualify
within your package or plan.
Roaming charges in Mexico are as follows:
Standard airtime rate - $0.25 per minute
Roaming offshore in the Gulf of Mexico - $0.99 per minute
Text Messaging - $0.25 per message sent / $0.20 per message received
Picture Messaging - $1.30 per message sent / $0.25 per message received
International data services are currently not available while roaming in Mexico.
To reach customer service when roaming in Mexico, dial 611 or +1- 408-962-1025.
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Being a cell phone newbie, I'm not sure what the "international data services" are, mentioned in the last paragraph.
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RnR
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There's two different versions of the AT&T website saying the same thing.
Don't you love it when a company's salespeople do not know their own product ???????
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TLBaja79
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Thank you for this, you guys know better than the company itself!!
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Just hooked up with AT&T this week with a go phone. They didn't have a cheap go phone in stock so they sent me to Walgreens. Picked up a $15 phone
for $12 on sale. Went back to AT&T and set it up with a $25 pre pay. Will check it out in BCS in a couple weeks.
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TLBaja79
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The ATT GoPhone off the Target Shelf for $14.99 worked perfect. Just activated it, bought a couple fill cards and didn't do anything else.
Cost about $.25 per minute for calls and $.25 for texts.
Didn't use it to call Mex, just calling US #'s it worked perfect throughout Baja
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churro
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Great Info you all! I am going to Target to get one tomorrow
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floydo
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I have had one for several years. Usually I buy $25 which gets 3 months, then $10 for an additional month. Best Buy (hate the place generally) is
the easiest. They do it all for you. This method allows the number to expire (and the unused minutes), so each year they give me a new sim card, no
charge, and I have a new number. I generally don't even get close to using the minutes. No one has been able to figure out how to reuse an old
number. If going annually the easiest would be the min 12 month credit for $100. If you use the phone in the US it is $2 for the day unlimited...
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bajadreamer
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Dialing from Mexico
When using the GoPhone from Mexico calling Mexico phones, do you need to use 01 or 11 prefixes or do you use it as you would a Mexican cell phone?
What if you are calling the US from Mexico?
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if you have an ATT cell plan, make sure to get the VIVA MEXICO Calling Plan: your calls will be billed as local minutes (just as if you were calling
in the US) whether it's an outgoing or incoming call... to call a cell number JUST dial it: Mexican area code+cell number (615-xxx-xxxx)...DONE...get
a DATA GLOBAL Add-On PACKAGE (it's monthly and you get billed for the time used: prorated) and stay in touch with email and surf the web: it comes in
bundles of about 130MB for around $30.00 dlls...find the COVERAGE of your ATT Phone in this link:
http://maps.mobileworldlive.com/network.php?cid=201&cnam...
just click on "Coverage Map" and zoom in the area of interest... while in Mexico you'll connect wit Pegaso, Telcel, Iusacell or Nextel antenas.. Buen
Viaje Compa!!!
...the previous info is for dialing a cell number while in Mexico, to call the US just dial area code plus the number... I have the AT&T Viva
Mexico FamilyTalk 1400 with Rollover Plan,,, when I call a LAN line in Mexico from the US it's also billed like local minutes to my plan...
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