On 2007-04-06, John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>I think you are just repeating what I said above. If you want to phone
>>Mexicans, or have them phone you, the local SIM is fine, but most people
>>who spend a week away are generally more interested in phoning home.
>
> The big advantage of a local prepaid SIM for phoning home is free
> incoming calls when used with an international callback service.

?? They aren't free, you pay the callback service. You should look
at the price of calling a Mexican mobile phone these days; it's
really, really not cheap. And when it was cheap to phone a Mexican
mobile (before last November) they'd stiff you with incoming call
charges plus a premium for internationally-originated calls. The
Mexican phone companies suck.

>>I've
>>not heard of a discounted SIM that charges less than that per minute
>>price, or I'd buy one. I bought the same service that most of the Mexicans
>>I know use, so if there is something cheaper it isn't widely known.
>
> I've bought partially used SIMs at large discounts from returning
> tourists.

Ah, a discount on the SIM rather than the per-minute charges. That
is useful, though I don't think the SIMs themselves cost much anyway
if you buy them in Mexico (though I don't remember exactly what I
paid, to tell the truth).

Dennis Ferguson