if anyone is wondering. the Telcel sim card with data does work in the USA. We loaded 4 gb before we left Mexico. Currently in Pennsylvania and it is working great. Worked in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia as well. It is supposed to be good in Canada as well. Can't beat the cost either!!! JerBear

As I recall, our Telcel chip provides voice calls in the US but the data package didn't work.Is your Telcel data package working?

I used my Telcel in Europe last spring. Rates were cheaper

Triker33 wrote:4G cost?500 pesos for 4 gb

bighatnohorse wrote:As I recall, our Telcel chip provides voice calls in the US but the data package didn't work.Is your Telcel data package working?Currently in New Hampshire and still working.

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Tequila
Explorer
Jun 04, 2018
marchisland wrote:
my 2 cell phones are still working in Canada and are much cheaper to use than the plans in Canada .will keep my phones with telcel .

I do the same. I have ooma home phone which has free calling to mexico, so no big deal. only one who calls me in Canada is my wife, so her calls to my telcel number are free.
Tequila
Explorer
Jun 04, 2018
Using my telcel in Italy, cheaper than my Canadian cell.
robatthelake
Explorer
May 23, 2018
We recharged Our Telcel SIM on line a few days ago! did have an issue with the Credit Card so changed Cards and Presto!
Tex-ted to 5050 message SL500 and it immediately responded with a new Mb Figure and expiry date!
We are only using it for Data ,but can make phone calls as well! Roaming charges for Calls ,but not for SMS or Internet Webmail!
bighatnohorse
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2018
Mountaineer42 wrote:
JerBear wrote:
I have tried to recharge on the TelCel site but I am having problems adding data. Wish there was an Oxxo store close by
:)

Try using www.recharge.com

Thanks for the link. We used the "Claro" provider (good service BTW) in Panama and couldn't get their online recharge service to work.
Mountaineer42
Explorer
Apr 23, 2018
JerBear wrote:
I have tried to recharge on the TelCel site but I am having problems adding data. Wish there was an Oxxo store close by
:)

Try using www.recharge.com
Talleyho69
Moderator
Apr 23, 2018
So do we!!!
JerBear
Explorer
Apr 23, 2018
I have tried to recharge on the TelCel site but I am having problems adding data. Wish there was an Oxxo store close by
:)
marchisland
Explorer
Apr 20, 2018
my 2 cell phones are still working in Canada and are much cheaper to use than the plans in Canada .will keep my phones with telcel .
moisheh
Explorer
Apr 20, 2018
Sometimes when your Telcel does not work it is because they do not have partner in that area. This applies to all cell services.

Moisheh
bighatnohorse
Explorer II
Apr 20, 2018
qtla9111 wrote:
All the carriers are good and prices are very competitive. I had Movistar for years and only changed because where I work there is no Movistar service. Movistar is very popular in parts of Mexico and most of South America.

Coverage maps are available on line.

We bought a Movistar phone in Chile (4 years ago) and used it all over Chile and Argentina for phone calls only (no data).
So we bought a SIM card for Movistar while in Oaxaca this winter - and had very poor data service - so much so that I tossed the SIM card and switched over to Telcel.