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briansue
Oct 23, 2014Explorer
If you search this forum for previous posts about this topic you might search for the words "banda ancha" which is what internet in Mexico is called - means broadband. According to test websites I posted here a while ago (I forget the name) Telcel has the most/best coverage in Mexico. You can also get WiFi a lot of places but not reliable - nor is banda ancha. There will be times when no internet is available. And we find internet in Mexico to be more problematic than we are used to. Be sure to take your computer or whatever you will use into the Telcel office when you go and make sure it is all working and that you understand how to use it. We find it to be very different than in the states. The "stick" is like a prepaid phone - so you pay say 400 pesos for say 3 gigabytes and once you use that up you have to buy more - you put the money on the phone number of the stick - then you have to use your computer and stick to tell Telcel how to apply the new payment - there are plans and you have to choose a plan - if you do not choose a plan they will see the number as a phone and your minutes will go away much faster than for data use. This has all been explained in previous posts during previous winters as it comes up all the time. I should create a document to post each year that takes you step by step through the whole mess but it does seem to change a bit each year and then we learn more each year. In other words this whole thing is not as easy as everyone would like. Research is required.
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