Prepaid unlimited gprs data now in Mexico

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by money69

Rtuesday, did you say you where on the per minute plan???
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Overall, for 3G data Id have to say its better to go with Telcel.

Sorry, don't understand what you mean by the per-minute plan. I have one Telcel sim on the "per call" plan (under a dollar for 15 mins to the US) and one on the standard rate (used mainly for incoming, it's a "house" phone).

I don't have a 3G tower here yet, otherwise it could be viable as a main connection, although even with GPRS/Edge it's good enough as backup.

Watch those download limits though if you do have 3G - the 3GB limit for 30 days means if you blow through it in the first few days, you're back to slow speeds for the rest of the month!

[VladS]

Can any of the active Telcel users clarify the extra costs and limitations (if any) when using the service outside the town it's based in (eg a DF based card in Cancun).

Thanks!

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by VladS

Can any of the active Telcel users clarify the extra costs and limitations (if any) when using the service outside the town it's based in (eg a DF based card in Cancun).

For Telcel Amigo prepaid data: the tariffs are the same nationally, no roaming involved.

For voice calls, a difference is you also pay (about 2.30 pesos/min) for incoming calls when roaming outside your home "region" (small group of states). Outgoing calls don't change.

[VladS]

Originally Posted by RTuesday

For Telcel Amigo prepaid data: the tariffs are the same nationally, no roaming involved.

That's great!!!

Originally Posted by RTuesday

For voice calls, a difference is you also pay (about 2.30 pesos/min) for incoming calls when roaming outside your home "region" (small group of states). Outgoing calls don't change.

So I take it you get free incoming call in the whole region not just in the local town you're in? In other words, a Cancun based SIM would still get free incoming anywhere in Region 8 (Yucatán, Tabasco, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas)?

Also will the per call plan work the same out of region?

Thanks!

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by VladS

So I take it you get free incoming call in the whole region not just in the local town you're in?

Sorry, I got confused and forgot the small print "* Applies "The caller pays" in calls when the mobile user is within their city of origin." - in other words it's still only free incoming in your home city (area code), not region. For me there's not a lot of difference as I'm rarely outside my home area code (it's 150 miles long). Sorry for misleading you.

Outgoing calls are the same price where-ever you're calling from (in Mexico) so there's no roaming difference for the "pay per call" rate. Nor data.