Mexico Data Info Req

money69 · 20-07-2008, 18:26

Ok, looking at the Telcel data rates it looks as if Telcel is roughly ~$4mb USD without any packages available on prepaid and movistar has packages availble which basically make it ~$1MB USD until you use all the data and for the rest of the time period you are at ~$4 like Telcel's base rate.

Movistar has the following specials:

200=300
300=500
500=1000

Note that to get these you have to recharge the exact amount. I.e. recharging 200+300 for 500 total will not give you the 1000 total. You have to do a single charge of $500 to get the $1000 pesos total.

Which is slightly better than Telcel but I honestly think Telcel has more coverage than movistar. I drove from Monterrey to Puerto Vallarta and there were multiple locations where I had Tecel coverage and did not have Movistar coverage. If you are usually there for a weekend for example and can buy 10mb for ~$10USD its a good deal.

All in all very good information.

RTuesday · 31-07-2008, 04:17

Just to update this a little, I was back in Mexico recently and Telcel GPRS data is now working in the area I go to, with Amigo (an change since I last tried in March/April).

It works fine (with Edge) 80% of the time, but every now and then it gives a "403 forbidden" on any web page, followed by a Telcel message saying that I need a minimum 20 pesos balance to use data (I have more). Disconnecting and reconnecting GPRS solves that, but it would be a problem for anything where you poll at intervals for data, since it'll randomly break until you reconnect.

"Randomly breaking" pretty much sums up Telcel (over the space of a week or so, the local towers were down for hours one day and the balance enquiry wasn't always working). I doubt Movistar is better.

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money69 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 154 Join Date: 06 Aug 2004 Country:	20-07-2008, 18:26 Ok, looking at the Telcel data rates it looks as if Telcel is roughly ~$4mb USD without any packages available on prepaid and movistar has packages availble which basically make it ~$1MB USD until you use all the data and for the rest of the time period you are at ~$4 like Telcel's base rate. Movistar has the following specials: 200=300 300=500 500=1000 Note that to get these you have to recharge the exact amount. I.e. recharging 200+300 for 500 total will not give you the 1000 total. You have to do a single charge of $500 to get the $1000 pesos total. Which is slightly better than Telcel but I honestly think Telcel has more coverage than movistar. I drove from Monterrey to Puerto Vallarta and there were multiple locations where I had Tecel coverage and did not have Movistar coverage. If you are usually there for a weekend for example and can buy 10mb for ~$10USD its a good deal. All in all very good information.

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RTuesday (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 344 Join Date: 28 Mar 2005 Location: See flag Country:	31-07-2008, 04:17 Just to update this a little, I was back in Mexico recently and Telcel GPRS data is now working in the area I go to, with Amigo (an change since I last tried in March/April). It works fine (with Edge) 80% of the time, but every now and then it gives a "403 forbidden" on any web page, followed by a Telcel message saying that I need a minimum 20 pesos balance to use data (I have more). Disconnecting and reconnecting GPRS solves that, but it would be a problem for anything where you poll at intervals for data, since it'll randomly break until you reconnect. "Randomly breaking" pretty much sums up Telcel (over the space of a week or so, the local towers were down for hours one day and the balance enquiry wasn't always working). I doubt Movistar is better.