Hello FreeCalypso community, Last week I got my gender confirmation surgery done at a Mexican hospital, and I am now staying at a post-surgery recovery facility (a place like an extended stay hotel, but with nurses looking after patients) in Tijuana, the city in Mexico that is right next to the border with USA.
Being the kind of girl who is *really* devoted to GSM, I could not pass up the opportunity to explore the GSM situation in Mexico while I am here, thus I am doing this exploration despite simultaneously dealing with significant physical discomforts related to being less than a week out of major surgery. Here are my findings: * There is just one GSM network operator in this non-Rhizomatica part of Mexico, and this operator is Telcel, aka MCC-MNC 334-020. * I and my family have legacy T-Mobile USA SIM cards (the kind which one cannot get any more), and these SIMs roam successfully on Telcel here in Tijuana. * For those who are not fortunate enough to have no-longer-obtainable legacy T-Mobile SIMs, I got good news: unlike T-Mobile USA, currently available Mexican Telcel SIMs (the ones you can buy at any Telcel store or wherever they sell these things - I had my medical tourism coordinator people get me one) are NOT hobbled, i.e., they still have the classic GSM 11.11 SIM application present, in addition to the USIM/ISIM crap. Furthermore, this GSM support is official: the original Telcel paper wrapper in which my SIM was delivered says on it: "Compatible con GSM, 3G y 4G" - GSM listed as officially supported in addition to the 3G/4G abomination. So if any other GSM/2G technology lovers decide to visit Mexico (perhaps for 2G tourism!), Telcel is the way to go. Hasta la Victoria, Siempre, Mychaela aka The Mother _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@freecalypso.org https://www.freecalypso.org/mailman/listinfo/community