On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:30:50 GMT, John Navas
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>On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:04:44 -0700, "Robert A. Fink, M. D."
><lynxer@comcast.net> wrote in
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>>We are going to be spending a week in Cancun, Mexico, in mid-May. My
>>wife and I both have Cingular phones (RAZR with GSM) which include
>>"International access" and GPRS/EDGE for my laptop.
>>
>>What, if anything, do I have to do before we leave in order to be able
>>to:
>>
>>1. Place and receive calls on our phones
>>
>>2. Use my laptop connect card for Internet access.
>>
>>Any ideas of what kind of speed I can expect from Cancun?
>
>International roaming rates are pretty stiff -- have you considered
>getting your phones unlocked and using local SIM cards?
>
>Roaming info for Mexico is at
><http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_mx.shtml>
>Pegaso Comunicaciones y Sistemas, S.A. De C.V (movistar) is shown to
>have "high" quality coverage in Cancun. But see
><http://www.cancunsource.com/cell_phones.php>, which claims TelCel is
>the best in Cancun. Telcel reportedly has EDGE service.

If you do decide to roam:

(a) Have AT&T/Cingular enable International Roaming on your account

(b) Ask AT&T/Cingular about GPRS/EGPRS(EDGE) data service when roaming,
including the cost (which probably won't be cheap).

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>