Hi again - I am working on my plans for Mexico and it looks like I will be leaving around January 24 and coming back around March 8th. Thanks to those that offered to let me accompany them down but the dates just didn't jive. I plan to head down to Mazatlan over 3 days. I do need to have access to Internet for my work. What are fellow Canadians doing for internet. I was thinking of using my IPhone as a hotspot, buying a plan from Telus and using my booster to get better signals.All suggestions appreciated.Lynn

We have a Telcel Stick which we purchased three winters ago! Once We reach San Carlos/Guaymas ,We pop in to the Telcel Company Store and buy a months worth of service ,which We renew On Line every 30 Days or so! In actual practice We usually don't get the full time as We use more Gigabytes than is covered .It seems to only last Us three Weeks! Telcel usually has a Special Purchase deal around the Xmas Season!I must add that the Stick is a USB Device!

Lynn0527 wrote:Hi again - I am working on my plans for Mexico and it looks like I will be leaving around January 24 and coming back around March 8th. Thanks to those that offered to let me accompany them down but the dates just didn't jive. I plan to head down to Mazatlan over 3 days. I do need to have access to Internet for my work. What are fellow Canadians doing for internet. I was thinking of using my IPhone as a hotspot, buying a plan from Telus and using my booster to get better signals.All suggestions appreciated.LynnDid you mean Telus or Telcel? I think a Telus plan there would be expensive. We just use the wifi in the campgrounds or wherever but if you need it for business you probably want something more reliable. I like Rob's suggestion for your purposes.

We usually get the Telcel stick as well. It seems to work most everywhere we go. We have run into times when the system seems to be overloaded, but if you can go online at non-peak times - before 9 am or after 7 pm, it works well. RYV

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..

Thanks again, I will definitely look at the TelCel options especially around Xmas.Lynn

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RonYVickie
Explorer
Oct 23, 2014
We usually get the Telcel stick as well. It seems to work most everywhere we go. We have run into times when the system seems to be overloaded, but if you can go online at non-peak times - before 9 am or after 7 pm, it works well. RYV
Canadian_Rainbi
Explorer
Oct 23, 2014
Lynn0527 wrote:
Hi again - I am working on my plans for Mexico and it looks like I will be leaving around January 24 and coming back around March 8th. Thanks to those that offered to let me accompany them down but the dates just didn't jive. I plan to head down to Mazatlan over 3 days. I do need to have access to Internet for my work. What are fellow Canadians doing for internet. I was thinking of using my IPhone as a hotspot, buying a plan from Telus and using my booster to get better signals.

All suggestions appreciated.

Lynn

Did you mean Telus or Telcel? I think a Telus plan there would be expensive.

We just use the wifi in the campgrounds or wherever but if you need it for business you probably want something more reliable. I like Rob's suggestion for your purposes.
robatthelake
Explorer
Oct 23, 2014
We have a Telcel Stick which we purchased three winters ago! Once We reach San Carlos/Guaymas ,We pop in to the Telcel Company Store and buy a months worth of service ,which We renew On Line every 30 Days or so! In actual practice We usually don't get the full time as We use more Gigabytes than is covered .

It seems to only last Us three Weeks!

Telcel usually has a Special Purchase deal around the Xmas Season!

I must add that the Stick is a USB Device!

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