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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 07:21 AM
TTT-Telcel?


I have an ATT "go phone" Yesterday, just for grins, I charged it after not using it for 6 months. When it came to life, it said Tel-cel and showed bars! Does that mean I can put minutes on it here and use it??? Will Mexican minutes translate to US minutes if I cross the border??? Thanks



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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 07:36 AM


in Baja you are on the Telcel network regardless of who your NOB carrier is. answer should be yes!



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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 06:12 PM


Our pay as you go Tel-Cel phone switches to At&t when we cross north, but the roaming charges are not good.

I wonder how your minutes are being used.




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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 07:04 PM


Mine is US Based and I dont use it in Mexico....



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[*] posted on 4-7-2013 at 08:00 AM


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Originally posted by chuckie
I have an ATT "go phone" Yesterday, just for grins, I charged it after not using it for 6 months. When it came to life, it said Tel-cel and showed bars! Does that mean I can put minutes on it here and use it??? Will Mexican minutes translate to US minutes if I cross the border??? Thanks


I use my US ATT "Go Phone" on both sides of the border. Totally transparent.

Load the minutes via ATT's website.

For "pay as you go": 10 cents/min in the US, 20 cents/min in Mexico.
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[*] posted on 4-8-2013 at 02:49 PM


It shows the bars because cell networks are standardized and compatible between different countries. The phone merely shows that local network is available and it is called Telcel. Every NOB cell phone shows this, be it prepay or post-pay.

Loading minutes in Mexico and using it in Mexico - probably so. How much this is going to cost is a different matter.
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