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Travelinleah
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Wifi in Baja?
What is the most economical way for me to use my Kindle or laptop in Baja? I don't want a smartphone. Let's say I am on the Playa Santispac, can I get
Wifi, pay as you go? Thanks!!
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Mula
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Go to the Internet Cafes in Mulege.
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mulegemichael
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go to scotties restaurant in mulege, have a cold draft modelo and a burger and enjoy with his wifi.
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Travelinleah
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Sounds wonderful!!! But can I get WiFi on the beach?? Is there a Telcel stick, I've heard of getting WiFi that way, Thanks!!!
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DavidE
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One mile south of Mulege count yourself fortunate to receive a radio station signal.
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rhintransit
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I don't know about Sanispac. but if you are in cell tower range, you can use a Banda Ancha Movil (stick/USB modem) from Telmex. buy one in a Telmex
store and you get some free time, and you can buy more as needed or desired. plan costs depend on what you anticipate using...low, medium, high usage
per Telmex. having an English speaking salesperson to assist you in setting up the account and explaining how to get more time is very helpful.
be forewarned...you can eat through your minutes very very quickly. even if you have a month service, once you've used up your alloted megabites (or
whatever) you're done until you buy more. can be done in a store, on line (Spanish), or take the chip out, put it in your Mexico cell phone and have
someone add time to it that way.
oops, you said most economical. above is pricey. going to an internet cafe is much less costly.
[Edited on 3-20-2014 by rhintransit]
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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Mula
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All that said. . . you can not have wifi on the beach there. Have to go to town. Sorry.
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Travelinleah
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I plan on wandering up and down Baja so banda ancha movil May work, any idea on cost for medium usage? Will use internet cafes when handy. Thanks
much!
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rhintransit
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Travelinleah
I plan on wandering up and down Baja so banda ancha movil May work, any idea on cost for medium usage? Will use internet cafes when handy. Thanks
much! |
first remember that much of Baja has no cell coverage.
that said, it's nice to have the ability to log on when you can get a signal.
as well as I can remember (pre my inhouse Telmex wifi, for which I am daily grateful!!!), when I bought my Banda Ancha stick, it was around 300-400
pesos and included something like 200 mbs a month for the first three months. using that for only low level internet might last about 2 weeks, I ran
through it much quicker.
you then buy various MB and GB plans, which theoretically last 1 hr to 30 days. I finally gave up and brought Consumo Alto at 3 GB, the highest level
and cost, and I believe that ran about 500-600 pesos.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Travelinleah
I plan on wandering up and down Baja so banda ancha movil May work, any idea on cost for medium usage? Will use internet cafes when handy. Thanks
much! |
Here are the various packages:
http://www.internet.telcel.com/paquetes.html#tab1
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SlyOnce
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Here in Playas my Verizon MiFi (portable wi fi wireless hotspot) works just fine on a US signal. I put an external antenna outside the apartment.
Often achieve a 4G connection, usually 3G.
If you leave the immediate border area, most people around here us Infinitum.
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bajajudy
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Banda ancha sticks have their own telephone number. That is how you add time to it at OXXO or wherever.
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Travelinleah
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Thanks so much for all the input, all you guys are great! 
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Alm
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First off, the words Wifi and Baja shall not be mentioned on the same page 
| Quote: | Originally posted by Travelinleah
What is the most economical way for me to use my Kindle or laptop in Baja? |
Download all you need and work offline. This is the most economical, to my very best knowledge. I stopped reading books lately, prefer listening to
them. A lot of sources on the web, and very often free.
| Quote: | | Let's say I am on the Playa Santispac, can I get Wifi, |
No. Not that it's a total wilderness, it's just that there is nothing there. Difficult to describe, you'll see when you come there.
[Edited on 3-26-2014 by Alm]
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David K
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Speaking of WiFi, Jose and family at Mission San Borja now have it... The Internet in the middle of Baja!
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Travelinleah
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SlyOnce
Here in Playas my Verizon MiFi (portable wi fi wireless hotspot) works just fine on a US signal. I put an external antenna outside the apartment.
Often achieve a 4G connection, usually 3G.
If you leave the immediate border area, most people around here us Infinitum. |
Would an external antenna be helpful when using Banda Ancha at all?
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Alm
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by TravelinleahWould an external antenna be helpful when using Banda Ancha at all? |
Baja is 1000 miles long. If the area has at least a weak signal from BA towers, antenna may help. Antenna merely amplifies whatever signal is there.
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Travelinleah
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Worth a try, do they sell them at Radio shack?
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Travelinleah
Thanks so much for all the input, all you guys are great! |
Baja playas are reserved for fishing, diving and girl watching! Why would you want to use your laptop there?
Bob Durrell
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Travelinleah
Worth a try, do they sell them at Radio shack? |
you want portability?
best accessory antenna is a directional antenna fixed on pole or side of building. let's you pick up cell tower up to 70 miles away.
willy's in national city can fix you up with a system to add directional antenna at your house, may have portable antennas too - they have everything
for radio heads
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