On Jul 14, 2015 12:18 PM, "Sam Klein" <sjklein(a)hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
And if you happen to have T-Mobile, starting tomorrow, there's this
option:
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
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stuart Prior <
stuart.prior(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> Alternatively:
>
> 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.
>
> S
>
> On 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland <siebrand(a)kitano.nl> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>>
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>> Skype: siebrand
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