On Jul 14, 2015 12:18 PM, "Sam Klein" <sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
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> And if you happen to have T-Mobile, starting tomorrow, there's this option:
> http://explore.t-mobile.com/3countryplan

Movistar has free roaming "sin fronteras" within all central american countries, so can use sim card from different country.

Think they have something for us-Mexico also.

Katie

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> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.prior@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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>> +1
>>
>> Alternatively:
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>> Go to an internet cafe in Insurgentes.
>> Buy simcard there.
>> Have to go to another place to get it cut down to nano size for 25 pesos.
>> Momentarily lose your original simcard.
>> Give up on the actual credit thing and spend a load on roaming with your domestic plan.
>> Go to another place a couple of days later but then realise you don't actually have your new Mexican number so you can't get a data plan.
>> Go through a complicated transaction to find out and be immensely grateful for your Hispanophone friend.
>> Eventually get it all sorted out.
>>
>> Or you can try Siebrand's way.
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>> S
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>> On 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland <siebrand@kitano.nl> wrote:
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>>> Bring ID, and 210 peso cash or a credit card
>>> Go to Telcel store "Centro de Atencion a clientes Telcel" on Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. From the Hilton Reforma, right across the busy street, just before the "Empire State building".
>>> At reception, say that you want to buy a chip Telcel Amigo
>>> You will get a ticket with a desk number to report to. Probably upstairs.
>>> Go to that counter
>>> Ask for Telcel Amigo 7 dias 200 mega
>>> Costs 150 for sim, 59 for the data
>>> Computer stuff is done, forms are filled out
>>> You are taken to the payment area. Pay there. 150 for the sim
>>> Back to the clerk's desk
>>> You'll get the SIM card
>>> Put it in the phone and wait until the network is discovered. Telcel 3G for me
>>> Hand the phone to the clerk
>>> They will call a number. Presumable to activate
>>> The you have to pay a second sum for the data. 59 pesos. You'll get an activation code. The clerk entered it for me and showed me the text message that confirmed the 200MB of data.
>>> All done. Phew. Enjoy your data.
>>> This took me about 45 minutes, including the walk to and from the Hilton. Feel free to publish this somewhere on Wikimania wiki, or tell your friends...
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
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