Or walk around hoping for and failing to find a shop with someone who speak
English, and regretting not knowing Spanish.
I ended up managing to buy a sim a bit further down the road in the same
direction for $130 which comes with a bit of credit.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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From: Stuart Prior <stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk>
Date:14/07/2015 12:09 (GMT-06:00)
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15
easy steps
+1Alternatively:Go to an internet cafe in Insurgentes.Buy simcard there.Have to
go to another place to get it cut down to nano size for 25 pesos.Momentarily
lose your original simcard.Give up on the actual credit thing and spend a load
on roaming with your domestic plan.Go to another place a couple of days later
but then realise you don't actually have your new Mexican number so you can't
get a data plan.Go through a complicated transaction to find out and be
immensely grateful for your Hispanophone friend.Eventually get it all sorted
out.Or you can try Siebrand's way.SOn 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland
<siebr...@kitano.nl> wrote:Bring ID, and 210 peso cash or a credit cardGo to
Telcel store "Centro de Atencion a clientes Telcel" on Eje Central Lázaro
Cárdenas. From the Hilton Reforma, right across the busy street, just before
the "Empire State building".At reception, say that you want to buy a chip
Telcel AmigoYou will get a ticket with a desk number to report to. Probably
upstairs.Go to that counterAsk for Telcel Amigo 7 dias 200 megaCosts 150 for
sim, 59 for the dataComputer stuff is done, forms are filled outYou are taken
to the payment area. Pay there. 150 for the simBack to the clerk's deskYou'll
get the SIM cardPut it in the phone and wait until the network is discovered.
Telcel 3G for meHand the phone to the clerkThey will call a number. Presumable
to activate The you have to pay a second sum for the data. 59 pesos. You'll get
an activation code. The clerk entered it for me and showed me the text message
that confirmed the 200MB of data.All done. Phew. Enjoy your data.This took me
about 45 minutes, including the walk to and from the Hilton. Feel free to
publish this somewhere on Wikimania wiki, or tell your friends...Cheers!-
Siebrand MazelandKitano ICTM: +31 6 50 69 1239Skype: siebrand
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