Mexico prepaid SIM

petkow · 13-10-2010, 16:38

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Originally Posted by 25jive1

The tour guide told me there is a per day charge whether you use the phone or not. I then put 100 pesos on each.

Are you sure about this? This must be something new. Was your phone trying to connect to the internet by any chance?

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In summary I spent about $45 US for a 1 minute call. On the next trip to Mexico I used my US T-Mo prepaid phone making one call which cost me $1.45 US

I'm a bit lost as to how you came to that figure, given the low cost of the Telcel cards.

teleroam · 13-10-2010, 16:56

There is no per-day charge on Telcel. None.

As mentioned though maybe data was eating up the balance, and the recharge. Plus with the call being domestic roaming it would have been charged on both outgoing and incoming phones.

A good dealer can register your Telcel sim with just a passport (they need to fax a copy in to a local office).

The by-the-day/week/month internet access (see Banda Ancha Telcel ) is easy to use, a much better deal than the 20 pesos/MB for pay-by-volume data.

Having said all that, if you don't need data, and make few calls, you're better off roaming on your home phone for most short trips.

If you need more calls, or for long/frequent trips, a US AT&T prepaid Go Phone (25c/min in Mexico) is the best option by a long way, generally cheaper than a local phone if you're mainly calling the US/Canada (if you don't mind the US$100+ a year it'll cost to keep it active).

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teleroam (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 9 Join Date: 01 Jul 2010 Country:	13-10-2010, 16:56 There is no per-day charge on Telcel. None. As mentioned though maybe data was eating up the balance, and the recharge. Plus with the call being domestic roaming it would have been charged on both outgoing and incoming phones. A good dealer can register your Telcel sim with just a passport (they need to fax a copy in to a local office). The by-the-day/week/month internet access (see Banda Ancha Telcel ) is easy to use, a much better deal than the 20 pesos/MB for pay-by-volume data. Having said all that, if you don't need data, and make few calls, you're better off roaming on your home phone for most short trips. If you need more calls, or for long/frequent trips, a US AT&T prepaid Go Phone (25c/min in Mexico) is the best option by a long way, generally cheaper than a local phone if you're mainly calling the US/Canada (if you don't mind the US$100+ a year it'll cost to keep it active).