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Diver
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We normally use a Telcel phone when we are in Baja.
This year, when we went to put more $ on it to get it going again, it still wouldn't work. They called the big cheese and found out that it needed a
new $10 chip as it had expired for no use in over 6 months.
If you plan to use Telcel for local call, make sure to buy it with the chip fo that area - local calls will be cheaper.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Paisano,... I have seen cell towers and seen cell phones working in El Rosario. I have not seen them anywhere south of there in Baja Norte. IF I am
wrong as you would love to show, then WHERE (south of El Rosario and north of the state border) are there cell towers and service?
I am not stating anything OTHER THAN personal observation... If you have more, newer, better or different information then why don't you use your
fingers and CONTRIBUTE that here instead of wasting everyone's reading time in your endless and useless efforts to disrespect me...???
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First of all - paisano means "countryman". Unless you are Italian, please stop using that word, ok? It's a closed club.
Secondly, why don't you read the question that was posed:
| Quote: | Originally posted by rbfactor
We are heading down to LA Bay, Santa Rosalia, Mulege, and Loreto and have the choice of taking either a T-Mobile pre-pay or Verizon cell phone. We
are trying to decide which phone to take to use for emergency purposes. Does anyone have any experience with either of these carriers in Baja?
Many thanks!
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Even assuming you are correct regarding BCN (which you are not, there is cell phone coverage south of El Rosario and north of Guerrero Negro) - can
you fairly say you are providing the information the man asked for? And if not - why open your yap?
Thirdly, the way you answered the question (incorrectly) was not as a (I THINK that ...) but as an absolute truth, nor did you make any mention of
BCN, which is only a SMALL part of the area the man is interested in. Get over yourself David.
[Edited on 4-17-2007 by Roberto]
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SiReNiTa
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CINGULAR!!!!! south baja doesn't like verizon or anything that is not telcel or cingular...i'd say your best be is that and if not there are cheap
phones starting at about 30 dlls with a mexican number and mexican rates...cheap and practical...la bay doesn't have cel coverage but the rest of the
places you mentioned do...
Live life as well as you can,
don\'t regret the things that once made you smile,
learn from your mistakes,
and thank God for every second he gives you upon this earth.
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Riom
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Coverage maps of Movistar GSM are at http://www.movistar.com.mx/cobertura/index.html - you can zoom in a bit, but the result is still a tiny map. The maps on GSMWorld are a little
older but easier to use: http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?x=0&y=6&z=...
The other (larger) GSM phone company, Telcel, doesn't have maps of their coverage but they do have detailed lists down to the colonia (and ranch)
level at
http://www.telcel.com/portal/telcel.portal?_nfpb=true&_p...
Again as an alternative there's a slightly dated map at GSMWorld,
http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?z=1&x=0&y=...
To use either of these GSM mobile companies, the easiest way is to buy a phone/sim card package locally (watch out for short expiry dates on the cards
if your trips are infrequent).
The other way is to roam on a GSM phone from another country - you need to have a phone that uses GSM 1900 (all GSM phones from North America, and
"triband" or "quadband" GSM phones from other parts of the world). Make sure you have enabled roaming with your home carrier (ask them).
You can then use the coverage of either Telcel or Movistar, depending on which company your home company has roaming agreements with. Both companies
have roaming agreements with T-Mobile, Cingular and Rogers/Fido for example. Check the rates charged, can be expensive.
I've used various GSM phone accounts from the UK and Iceland on both networks in San Felipe (one of the UK ones currently works out cheaper than using
a local phone). Don't have personal knowledge of using them in other areas but the maps are probably fairly close (with the odd hole in the coverage
especially down by cliffs at the sea).
[Edited on 4-18-2007 by Riom]
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