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Mike Supino
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Cingular Cell Phone Usage
I've notified Cingular to activate service in Mexico.
My question is:
How do I dial out to the U.S. and to other cell and Satellite phones with U.S. phone numbers while I'm in Mexico?
Thank you in advance!
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capt. mike
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Mike, 001 then the full number i think works.
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Bruce R Leech
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check there website they have customer service. http://www.cingular.com/indexc
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elizabeth
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Captain Mike is correct...simply dial 001, then the area code and phone number. It does work. I have Cingular service activated for Mexico, and had
AT&T before they merged. Have not had a problem. Cost is .79 a minute.
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BajaVida
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I did not activate Cingular for Mexico
and it did not work
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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JZ
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Cingular has a North America plan. Different rates for different minutes, but the lowest priced one starts at $58. Free calling all over North
America (i.e. no long distance charges, but roaming may apply). 400 minutes and 1000 weekend minutes.
When in MX, you only pay roaming charges, which I'm told are .19 a minute.
Seems like a great plan, I just had my company switch me to that.
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i also have cingular
and have turned on international calling, and then if you pay 3.99 extra a month for a special mexico plan -- they drop rate from dialing out of
mexico goes from .79cents to .39 cents a minute. Supposedly no additional roaming..
Ok - my problem is my phone is a dual Mhz phone, but I think it is not the right Mhz for Mexico (baja) . Cingular customer support says it's not, but
then again, one rep said it was ok... don't want to chance it..
anybody know what Mhz i'll need. Going from TJ all the way to Cabo. Thanks
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David K
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There is no cell service in central Baja yet... But, Antonio who has 'Movie Star' cell phone service can use them in El Rosario as they put a tower up
near Punta Baja he said.
Last trip:
On my Sprint PCS phone, in Ensenada and perhaps other city areas with 'digital roaming', I can call out with 001 + the full U.S. number, and it is
totally clear. Near the Pyramid Resort and Baja Mar I got 'Analog roaming' and I could receive calls, but they are scratchy, but I can't call out...
just get a Spanish message I couldn't understand.
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Price
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Anyone know how well t-mobile works in San Felipe ? 
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BajaRob
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I just switched to Cingular with the North American plan. For $60 per month I receive 450 anytime minutes and 1000 night and weekend minutes. There is
no roaming nor long distance charge for our calls in Canada, US, or Mexico. The service is excellent in the San Felipe area. In our area, the service
works through Telcel just like our bag phone with the yaggy antennae. Rob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Price
Anyone know how well t-mobile works in San Felipe ?
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T-Mobile charges me 1.49 a minute in Mexico. I'll cancel service with them as soon as I'm able and get a nextel phone. According to the Nextel
web site they charge .10 a minute in Mexico.
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Fine, but Nextel DOES NOT WORK in Mexico, anywhere except Tijuana. Took mine all the way to Mulege last fall, and Nada Servicio anywhere. Our AT&T
worked in & near Loreto just fine, with no special activation done. On the bill, those calls were charged as roaming at about $.69 per minute.
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pokey
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Subastador
Fine, but Nextel DOES NOT WORK in Mexico, anywhere except Tijuana. Took mine all the way to Mulege last fall, and Nada Servicio anywhere.
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Check this out http://nextelonline.nextel.com/en/services/walkietalkie/inte...
Nextel is all the rage here in Ensenada. At ten cents a minute (billed to the second) it is the most affordable mobile telephone available. Beets
the hell out of paying Carlos Slim (telcel) 4 pesos a minute for local calls.
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JZ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRob
I just switched to Cingular with the North American plan. For $60 per month I receive 450 anytime minutes and 1000 night and weekend minutes. There is
no roaming nor long distance charge for our calls in Canada, US, or Mexico. The service is excellent in the San Felipe area. In our area, the service
works through Telcel just like our bag phone with the yaggy antennae. Rob |
Roaming charges apply for calls made in Mexico. Cingular has to pay the MX carrier.
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Nextel is all the rage here in Ensenada. At ten cents a minute (billed to the second) it is the most affordable mobile telephone available.
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May work great in Ensenada, but not anywhere much south of there, (Cabo may be good, don't know). It definitely does not work in my part of Baja.
{Mulege}.
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I have used AT&T (now Cingular) for several years in Baja. It works in Cabo, Ensenada, Loreto, La Paz, and from the South to the North end of
Cedros Island on a boat. It works in Turtle Bay, in Todos Santos, from the airplane over San Felipe and Hermosillo. It works in Guyamas, San Carlos,
Mazatlan and I can't even remember some other places that I forget about.
Nuff said?
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El Jefe here;
Make sure with any plan that you know what the roaming charges will be in Mex. My wife signed up for Verizon's North America plan under the
assumption that there would be no roaming charges; at least that was what she understood the sales person had said.
Just the other day I got a bill for $527. 
Buyer Beware. The cell phone companies and the airlines have the most confusing/deceptive pricing structures going.
Verizon did split the difference with me and took $200 off the bill. No more long late night talks to my sweetie in Baja!
I'm going to look into Skype etc. and see if it will work at the WiFi connection at Brisa.
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Telcel
If you're going to be in Baja for awhile, consider a Telcel prepaid phone. They have various promotions for as low as $50 for a Nokia Phone including
300 pesos of airtime good locally and to the U.S. Phone cards are available in 100 and 200 peso amounts. Their automated service for checking
balance and adding time is available in either English or Spanish. They will work Anywhere that ATT / Cingular does since they roam on Telcel's
network.
Use the phone and throw it away when you're finished.
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ok... so lots of information... BUT when in Baja what Mhz frequency does my phone need to be??
850? 900? 1800? 1900? Call cingular several times and they don't know, so they suggest buying a new phone... 
and that is not a option too expensive.
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BajaRob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JZ
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRob
I just switched to Cingular with the North American plan. For $60 per month I receive 450 anytime minutes and 1000 night and weekend minutes. There is
no roaming nor long distance charge for our calls in Canada, US, or Mexico. The service is excellent in the San Felipe area. In our area, the service
works through Telcel just like our bag phone with the yaggy antennae. Rob |
Roaming charges apply for calls made in Mexico. Cingular has to pay the MX carrier. |
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