Any Mexico Update

[money69]

Originally Posted by RTuesday

You're right the details of the various Telcel tariffs have disappeared (although they still have passing mentions to them on the tariff page so maybe they're grandfathered for existing customers). I don't know if they've dropped those plans or not - and asking my local Telcel dealer wouldn't help, they don't even know data works yet.

Telcel does have "unlimited" data that can be brought by the day/week/month (49 pesos / $3.77 for a day, 649 pesos / $50 for a month).

I wasn't able to find prepaid data rates on the Movistar site - could you point me to where you found it? I'm still waiting for 3G in my area of Mexico - I'll certainly be interested in getting data from whichever company gets there first (Telcel already has 3G just 1 tower away).

Looking at Movistar though I did see one MAJOR change - see "movistar 123" - the rates for calls to the US and Canada are now the same as domestic calls - from 3.30 (25c) pesos/min down to 1.67 pesos (13c/min) to US for heavier users. Very comparable with US domestic prepaid. For somebody who mainly calls North America it looks like the best deal. (plus, most recharges are valid for 90 days).

Unless I'm misreading, it's now also cheaper to call a local Telcel number from Movistar 123 than from Telcel (apart from the Amigo fidelidad rate, which requires an account to be open a year).

Yeah, seems as if Telcel has done away with rates for prepaid and the only mention i see is 4pesos per minute. I think movistar is overall a much better deal even if my g/f has Telcel. Movistar seems to have always had better rates.

Anyway, here is the link to Movistar's prepaid data rates:

.: Movistar México :. Servicios

There is also a very good forum at PoderPDA - INICIO . This site has excellent up to date information on the forums (under "comunidad" then "foros") for all the carriers as well as other services in Mexico.

[RTuesday]

Thanks for those links. Interesting forum.

Movistar is looking better and better now, for voice. I like the single rate to anywhere in North America, saves messing around with callback for infrequent short calls. Plus, their prepaid roaming is now very impressive - most countries covered, and 51c/min incoming in the US (with Telcel, it's $1.60 except in some border areas). And, the minimum running cost is around 200 pesos per year compared to Telcel's 600 pesos per year.

I still prefer Telcel's approach to data, unlimited for a given time, rather than the Movistar data bundles (but the cheapest Movistar one is good for very low users). Movistar has very little 3G.