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LoretoBound
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Broadband Service in Loreto
Does anyone know the best service provider(s) for bandwidth in Loreto? I will need access a few months a year. Consistent availability is more
important than speed. Actually, Nopolo area, outside of Town. Thanks in advance....gracias!
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backninedan
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Prodigy thru TelCel is the only game in town. Dial up and DSL. It may be easier to pay for an entire year as apposed to getting it hooked up each
time you come down.
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LoretoBound
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How's the service? Do you have a rough idea of costs? I'm sure I'll have to set it up on an ongoing basis. I suppose an alternative would be
satellite maybe. Gracias.
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backninedan
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It was fifty bucks a month for dsl when I signed up two years ago. Not sure if it has changed for new hook up. The service has been quite good, very
few outages.
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bajalou
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Dan, that's TelCel the cell phone people?
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\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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tehag
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broad band
Telmex/Prodigy. I have their DSL. Costs about US 50 monthly and works fine.
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backninedan
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Yes, it is handled by Telmex the phone company. The bill is included with your telephone statement.
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bill erhardt
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I have a dial-up connection to Prodigy in Loreto and it costs around $12 per month.
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losfrailes
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
I have a dial-up connection to Prodigy in Loreto and it costs around $12 per month. |
Bill, that is not DSL. That is the price for dialup. Check out the speed and connection for Infinitum, the TelMex DSL. It is a really fast and
reliable connection.
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flyfishinPam
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Prodigy Breadband Special
HI there,
I have a commercial account for DSL with Prodigy/TelMex and it is $599 pesos per month. I was the ninth person to sign up when it arrived here in
Loreto. I have the fast speed service called 512K and it uploads as fast as it downloads. Important for streaming a webcam or for uploading files to
my website.
There is a special rate of $249 pesos per month for a slower speed DSL that is available for residential and commercial accounts.
Hope that helps, see you in Loreto sometime.
Pam
I forgot to add that when I have several systems on a router I do not notice any decrease in speed on upload or download. This is not true of the
slower speed DSL.
[Edited on 10-31-2005 by flyfishinPam]
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comitan
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Just got my phone bill today with DSL service charge flyer.
New rates Infinitum 512 $449 per Mo. plus tax 10% =5928 per year inc. tax
Infinitum 1000 $649 per mo. plus tax 10%=8568 per. year inc. tax
I personally will deal with the slower speed for the difference in charges.
$1499 per year inc. tax.
[Edited on 10-31-2005 by comitan]
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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tehag
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Infinitum
Comitan, is that the new math?
[Edited on 11-1-2005 by tehag]
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losfrailes
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| Quote: | Originally posted by LoretoBound
How's the service? Do you have a rough idea of costs? I'm sure I'll have to set it up on an ongoing basis. I suppose an alternative would be
satellite maybe. Gracias. |
Satellite is an alternative. I am a certified DirecWay installer and it is great.
However, if you have the opportunity to get DSL and it costs no more than 660 pesos/month (the approximate cost in pesos for DirecWay) you are far
better off with DSL.
DirecWay is perfect if you do not have access to DSL. But its upload speeds are not anywhere near what DSL does. Download speeds are adequate.
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PJC
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You can offset the price of DSL by using an American VoIP provider for all long distance calls to the US and in Mexico.
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bajalou
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Or use Skype - even cheeper
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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LoretoBound
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VoIP
| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja Blackie
You can offset the price of DSL by using an American VoIP provider for all long distance calls to the US and in Mexico. |
Any VoiP recommendations? I hear Vonage is most popular, but quality is not so hot. I'm trying to establish the ability to webex and conference to
the US for occasional work...in other words..I can get long weekends in Loreto and still do my work if I have good connectivity.
Gracias!
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flyfishinPam
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LoretoBound
I use Crystal Voice and it works perfectly. The quailty is just like a land line and you CAN do conference calls with it. Most folks are using
Vonage but I;m not sure why. Crystal Voice requires no hardware, I use a good quality headset/microphone. This on the DSL at my shop.
At home I also use Crystal Voice where I have a Direcway satellite connection, but it is only for personal calls because the delay makes it impossible
to conduct business calls.
You CAN spend long weekends here!
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LoretoBound
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LONG weekends....
| Quote: | Originally posted by flyfishinPam
LoretoBound
I use Crystal Voice and it works perfectly. The quailty is just like a land line and you CAN do conference calls with it. Most folks are using
Vonage but I;m not sure why. Crystal Voice requires no hardware, I use a good quality headset/microphone. This on the DSL at my shop.
At home I also use Crystal Voice where I have a Direcway satellite connection, but it is only for personal calls because the delay makes it impossible
to conduct business calls.
You CAN spend long weekends here! |
Thanks Pam!! Now that's the beauty of technology. I'll have a lot better view than here in SoCal. Appreciate the real world input from everyone as
I do my research to ensure I can spend as much time as possible in Nopolo/Loreto. I do want to hook up with you about fishing too.....Muchos Gracias
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Sorry for the change in topic....what about WiFi ?? I want to stay in Baja and travel, but need to work on a daily basis. also what about cheap cell
phone ? Anyone know anything about this stuf ? seems like you guys are all staying put in Loreto...Linda
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PJC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Or use Skype - even cheeper
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Skype is great but, I like the convenience of a handset. With traditional VoIP you can plug in your cordless phone and use it untethered. If you have
a a long range cordless you can range out widely (70 miles) with mobility and still have full convenient use. Check out http://www.4cellular.com/cordless/
We provide wholesale business class (and quality) VoIP across the US and soon Canada. We can also obtain telephone numbers in the large percentage of
foreign countries. I am working with a friend to create a retail service for expatriates abroad.
Pam, are you using Crystal Voice on a per minute basis?
If you have a US VoIP number, you may be riding on our network as we resell to all of the Vonage types as well as carrying some of the Skype-in and
Skype-out traffic.
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