Telcel (América Móvil) looks like the only game in town...

[silversand]

Hey Guys:

...with Telcel having over 80% of the mobile service business across Mexico, I imagine that their "coverage" for voice and data across the northern Yucatan peninsula (Campeche to Merida to Tulum corridor) is comprehensive?

Also, does anyone here have any recent (over say, the last 1.5 years-ish) interaction buying no-contract, pay-as-you-go phones and credits from Walmart (?) / Costco (?) / Telcel (?) in Mexico?

I'd like to buy a low-cost phone in Mexico, and load it with text and voice credits...data credits would be a bonus.

I have personal phones (3 of them) that will absolutely remain "State-side"

Cheers

[Talleyho69]

TelCel has good coverage everywhere. You can just buy a SIM card for 29p and put it in any phone that has a changeable card, or buy one of their phones. They sell plans, but we just put 100p on our phone every 30 days. The money doesn't expire if you don't use it up, but you have to put money on every 30 days to keep it going. I think the minimum for 30 days is 100p.

End result, it's REALLY inexpensive and easy to charge your phone up anywhere.