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ok, how do i deal with the cell phone issue? i use my phone for work and see that lots of you have US numbers though you live in Baja? Can I do this and keep my local number?

Sorry to blow up the threads today. I just have to get these last things wrapped up before I come and I am slammed all week with work.

:) gari

Originally Posted by surfingbodi

ok, how do i deal with the cell phone issue? i use my phone for work and see that lots of you have US numbers though you live in Baja? Can I do this and keep my local number?

Sorry to blow up the threads today. I just have to get these last things wrapped up before I come and I am slammed all week with work.

:) gari

Check with your cell phone carrier......they may have a plan that extends into Baja......although you will probably pay through the nose in roaming charges.

If you want a local (Ensenada-Rosarito-TJ) cell phone, go to Movistar and get a cheap phone, in the $35-$40usd range and just buy time (200 pesos at a time) as you need it, don't sign up for any long term plans.

Will do and thank you as always!!! Is MovieStar an online thing or a local thing that is there? You are a Rock Star in my world right now :)

gari

Movistar has several offices/stores in the above areas.........in Ensenada, there is a store just as you come into town on your right side as you pass the fish taco stands.... next to a Starbucks and a pharmacy, across from McDonalds...parking in the rear of the store....or look around on some of the side streets. Also a store in the Wal-Mart plaza just south of downtown on the way to Punta Banda........opposite side of the parking lot from Wal-Mart.

Originally Posted by surfingbodi

ok, how do i deal with the cell phone issue? i use my phone for work and see that lots of you have US numbers though you live in Baja? Can I do this and keep my local number?

Sorry to blow up the threads today. I just have to get these last things wrapped up before I come and I am slammed all week with work.

:) gari

If you are an ATT customer they have a plan called "Viva Mexico" which allows for calls on both sides of the border. My phone rings no matter where the call is coming from or if I am in the US or here in Mexico. You can keep your same number so your US friends won't be paying for international calls.

I have the least expensive plan at just under $60.00 it gives me 450 minutes for either US or Mexico calls. They are higher cost plans for more minutes. You will probably drop any type of data use as it is very expensive here compared to the states. I don't miss text messages all that much anyway.

Originally Posted by surfingbodi

to: Teniente: You are a Rock Star in my world right now :)

gari

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....Teniente? Rock Star?? Will have to think on that one for an appropriate comment! I'll be back!



Sr. Teniente, Sir, is there a reason you recommended MoviStar over Telcel? Just curious.

Originally Posted by longlegsinlapaz

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....Teniente? Rock Star?? Will have to think on that one for an appropriate comment! I'll be back!



..............don't do anything to dim my starbrightness........

Sr. Teniente, Sir, is there a reason you recommended MoviStar over Telcel? Just curious.

........Ah, nope. No special reason.....I use Movistar because that works best from my Ensenada home location (Telcel and Nextel not so much) and get great service in the areas that I travel.....Ensenada, Rosarito, TJ.......

Originally Posted by Teniente

..............don't do anything to dim my starbrightness........

You mean to tell me the person I sent over to shine the star on your dressing room door hasn't shown up yet???

Originally Posted by Teniente

........Ah, nope. No special reason.....I use Movistar because that works best from my Ensenada home location (Telcel and Nextel not so much) and get great service in the areas that I travel.....Ensenada, Rosarito, TJ.......

Better service without dead spots is an excellent reason!

Originally Posted by longlegsinlapaz

You mean to tell me the person I sent over to shine the star on your dressing room door hasn't shown up yet???



Better service without dead spots is an excellent reason!

Nope, Star shiner has not shown up yet.....still looking

Thought I would do something different for a change and get a cell phone that provides service from the house and not at the cell phone store.

Well hell!! Star buffer musta hitched a ride on the same burro that your little southbound pool cleaners & their dog did!

Good plan on the location of functionality!!

Pool cleaners and dog decided since you didn't send an advance payment of chocolate chip cookies they were gonna pass...........however they (sans dog) will be visiting the BCC in July if you would like to meet them

BCC???

BCN = Baja California Norte

BCC = Baja California Centro

BCS = Baja California Sur

Oh wait!! If I say yes, does that mean I gotta bake just prior?

BCC = Baja Country Club Baja Country Club | Baja México | Mexico Real Estate

Send the cookies north with a trusted traveler....and nobody gets hurt!!!

Oh! THAT place!

A trustworthy looking lab rang the gate buzzer earlier & said she'd been sent for the the cookies, l gave the lab a fistfull of treats to hide her over & she was last seen galloping North with saddlebags full of cookies. I suggested she avoid the Constitucion gendarmes!

Forgive me, but 2 days up & 2 days back....there ain't any living rock star & his little rockettes worth that trip!

Sorry for the hijack!! Back on topic!

Originally Posted by Teniente

BCC = Baja Country Club Baja Country Club | Baja México | Mexico Real Estate

Dang! I read BCS and was looking forward to the Teniente family coming to visit us soon.

Originally Posted by kate

Dang! I read BCS and was looking forward to the Teniente family coming to visit us soon.

One day.........

Our Verizon phones work in the Ensenada area. I can not speak to the cost however, or what plans they have available.
Saludos, Tortuga

We have family that comes down and uses their AT&T phones down here while on vacation. They purchase special add-on plans for voice calls, messaging and data service. They tell me that the charges are reasonable if you purchase the plans BEFORE you come down.

Out here on our stretch of the beach we use movistar as telcel service is extremely spotty...

Originally Posted by tortuga

Our Verizon phones work in the Ensenada area. I can not speak to the cost however, or what plans they have available.
Saludos, Tortuga

I was told by the local Verizon office (I also think you can check on line for the coverage map) that Verizon provides a limited "bubble" of service area to Cruise Ship ports of call, Roaming charges apply....ymmv

Calling From Mexico

AT&T certainly is the better option from a U.S. provider as it works on the same system as the Mexican cell phones.
Saludos, Tortuga