[wolfbln]

Originally Posted by RTuesday

The Telcel web site has changed, the details of this rate are now at http://telcel.com/personas/telefonia...s-sin-frontera

It should be still pointed out that their "free roaming offer" does not apply to data use in the US or CAN.
This "advertisment message" can only be achieved by a simple trick:
on their regular Amigo prepaid plan data is at $0.85/MB in Mexico, domestic packages offered
on their Amigo Óptimo Plus Sin Frontera data is at $1.98/MB in Mexico, the US and Canada, no roaming packages offered

Yes, it's true that Telcel does not surcharge for roaming on their special plan, but this plan can be changed anytime to a domestic plan with a rate 40% of this or by adding packages (which are only valid in Mexico). On their new website, it's also very strange that no prepaid packages are offered for data in the US at all, but only for Latinamerica and postpaid customers, see here: http://www.telcel.com/personas/telef...etes-y-precios Have they forgotten to add them or are they discontinued?

I think AT&T Unidos (Iusacell, Nextel, Unefon) is much more transparent in this respect. They charge the same rates without these tricks and offer data bundles for all over Mexico (where they have coverage), the US and Canada.

So let's do a short calculation for data use: 1.5 GB in 30 days roaming in the US or Canada on a Mexican prepaid plan: on Telecel's roaming plan "sin frontera" you pay MX$ 2970 (1500*1.9 compared to AT&T Unidos MX$ 300. That's about a 10-fold difference!