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dreamon · 10-08-2005, 10:33 AM

Going to Mexico Playa del carmen area on the riveria maya. Grand Palladium resort. Will cingular work with a "new" phone 1900 in that area to make and receive calls? Thanks

Jay2TheRescue · 10-08-2005, 10:39 AM

Cingular's roaming partner in Mexico uses GSM 1900. It is noted that there is good coverage in major cities, coverage elsewhere is spotty. Here is a link to their coverage map: http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=mx&net=rm

bobolito · 10-08-2005, 12:06 PM

Playa Del Carmen has good coverage on Telcel which is Cingular TDMA/GSM roaming partner. I was able to use my phone for miles in the open sea!

Airb330 · 10-08-2005, 9:17 PM

I had great coverage via TelCel and good coverage on Telefonica Moviles in Cancun. The roaming rate was 79 cents minute, but it's now 99 cents a minute

Still just as cheap as a payphone in many cases.

COtech · 10-08-2005, 10:14 PM

Yes, my Cingular SIM in a Nokia 5190 worked fine on TelCel GSM 1900 MHz. If I left it in my Nokia 6340i, it wanted to run analog--and I didn't want to permit that (vulnerable to cloning, and in a foreign country!) This was January 2004.

COtech

Jay2TheRescue · 10-08-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Airb330

I had great coverage via TelCel and good coverage on Telefonica Moviles in Cancun. The roaming rate was 79 cents minute, but it's now 99 cents a minute

Still just as cheap as a payphone in many cases.

For $4.99/mo you can get "world connect Mexico" which calls from the US to Mexico are $0.09/min & calls from Mexico are $0.69/min. I guess it just depends on how much you intend to use your phone there.

RJB · 10-09-2005, 2:00 AM

Would you be able to buy a prepaid sim card for down there??

Jay2TheRescue · 10-09-2005, 2:07 AM

I would imagine so, if your phone is unlocked.

Shizam76 · 10-09-2005, 2:17 AM

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Originally Posted by COtech

Yes, my Cingular SIM in a Nokia 5190 worked fine on TelCel GSM 1900 MHz. If I left it in my Nokia 6340i, it wanted to run analog--and I didn't want to permit that (vulnerable to cloning, and in a foreign country!) This was January 2004.

COtech

Wow...do they still do that.....clone phones??

Etorres777 · 10-09-2005, 2:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RyanB

Would you be able to buy a prepaid sim card for down there??

Yep you can, like someone said the phone must be unlocked and you get Telcel's prepaid which is Telcel Amigo.

Etorres777 · 10-09-2005, 2:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Shizam76

Wow...do they still do that.....clone phones??

I'm guessing only TDMA.

Shizam76 · 10-09-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Etorres777

I'm guessing only TDMA.

I don't think you can clone TDMA because of the digital signal. I think you are only able to clone analog....which was popular in the past.....but not sure now with how few analog only phones are out there. Do people still try to "grab" the info out of the air?

Jordan2005 · 06-10-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Etorres777

I'm guessing only TDMA.

WRONG! I know of a way to clone each type of digital technology. ; FDMA,TDMA,CDMA,GSM,UMTS,HSPD, etc its just a matter of knowing the right people and the codes. I have only done it a few times. I really don't like to do it. But i know that i can if i wanted to. Every tech can be cloned somehow trust me!

bobolito · 06-10-2007, 11:30 PM

I hope you realized you are answering to a comment that was made almost 2 years ago.

10-08-2005, 10:33 AM	#1
dreamon No more newbie here! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Does Cingular service work Mexico Going to Mexico Playa del carmen area on the riveria maya. Grand Palladium resort. Will cingular work with a "new" phone 1900 in that area to make and receive calls? Thanks

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