Best SIM card for May trip to La Paz and San Luis Cabo?

Bossman · 09-04-2009, 11:21

A local sim is probably your best bet. When I was in Cozumel 2 weeks ago via a cruise ship stop. I forwarded my AT&T phone to my tmobile prepaid phone for that day. I believe the rates were $1.49/min. The sim roamed on both Telcel and Movistar. You may be able to get a tmobile prepaid sim with enough credit for cheap on ebay.

VladS · 09-04-2009, 12:39

AT&T GoPhone roams there too and the rate is only $0.99. They also have (or had) a package... 33 Mexico roaming minutes for $19.99

Coverage is limited to Telcel's footprint.

eurouser · 11-04-2009, 02:12

I think getting a TelCel card may be the best plan. The free incoming calls will make it worth the $15 you are saying it will cost. However, I need to know how much it will cost me to call to the US from LA Paz if I buy the TelCel card in La Paz. Anyone help me there?

eurouser · 16-06-2009, 21:41

Just to help others out, I took an AT&T phone with me, used that at the airports, and us used a friends TelCel card on arrival in LaPaz. Refilling the card was easy, there were more TelCel outlets than gas stations. I don't know exactly how much I spent per minute, but the phone lasted a while on one refill and I had no issues with it. SOrry I can't be more specific about the cost, my friend was not willing to give me the bill from TelCel to check over.

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	09-04-2009, 11:21 A local sim is probably your best bet. When I was in Cozumel 2 weeks ago via a cruise ship stop. I forwarded my AT&T phone to my tmobile prepaid phone for that day. I believe the rates were $1.49/min. The sim roamed on both Telcel and Movistar. You may be able to get a tmobile prepaid sim with enough credit for cheap on ebay. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	09-04-2009, 12:39 AT&T GoPhone roams there too and the rate is only $0.99. They also have (or had) a package... 33 Mexico roaming minutes for $19.99 Coverage is limited to Telcel's footprint. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list

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eurouser (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 26 Join Date: 11 Jun 2008 Location: Michigan, Germany Country:	11-04-2009, 02:12 I think getting a TelCel card may be the best plan. The free incoming calls will make it worth the $15 you are saying it will cost. However, I need to know how much it will cost me to call to the US from LA Paz if I buy the TelCel card in La Paz. Anyone help me there? GSM phones: SonyEricsson w580i, Samsung A437, Dell Streak CDMA/GSM phones: Sprint Samsung Galaxy 5, SIMS: (live) AT&T GoPhone (USA, Mexico) LIDL (Germany) (dead) Ortel, solomo pro, Yackie

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eurouser (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 26 Join Date: 11 Jun 2008 Location: Michigan, Germany Country:	16-06-2009, 21:41 Just to help others out, I took an AT&T phone with me, used that at the airports, and us used a friends TelCel card on arrival in LaPaz. Refilling the card was easy, there were more TelCel outlets than gas stations. I don't know exactly how much I spent per minute, but the phone lasted a while on one refill and I had no issues with it. SOrry I can't be more specific about the cost, my friend was not willing to give me the bill from TelCel to check over. GSM phones: SonyEricsson w580i, Samsung A437, Dell Streak CDMA/GSM phones: Sprint Samsung Galaxy 5, SIMS: (live) AT&T GoPhone (USA, Mexico) LIDL (Germany) (dead) Ortel, solomo pro, Yackie