Just to clarify: you must call T-Mobile to have this activated. This was the advice given to me when I called them—I’m planning to activate my Mobile Without Borders option tomorrow when the option becomes available. :)
Josh > Wiadomość napisana przez Sam Klein <sjkl...@hcs.harvard.edu> w dniu 14 lip > 2015, o godz. 12:18: > > And if you happen to have T-Mobile, starting tomorrow, there's this option: > http://explore.t-mobile.com/3countryplan > <http://explore.t-mobile.com/3countryplan> > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk > <mailto:stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk>> wrote: > +1 > > Alternatively: > > 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. > > S > > On 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland <siebr...@kitano.nl > <mailto:siebr...@kitano.nl>> wrote: > Bring ID, and 210 peso cash or a credit card > Go 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 Amigo > You will get a ticket with a desk number to report to. Probably upstairs. > Go to that counter > Ask for Telcel Amigo 7 dias 200 mega > Costs 150 for sim, 59 for the data > Computer stuff is done, forms are filled out > You are taken to the payment area. Pay there. 150 for the sim > Back to the clerk's desk > You'll get the SIM card > Put it in the phone and wait until the network is discovered. Telcel 3G for me > Hand the phone to the clerk > They 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 Mazeland > Kitano ICT > > M: +31 6 50 69 1239 > Skype: siebrand > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > > > -- > Stuart Prior > Project Coordinator > Wikimedia UK > +44 20 7065 0990 <tel:%2B44%2020%207065%200990> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com <mailto:jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com> | +63 (915) 321-7582 Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://about.me/josh.lim <http://about.me/josh.lim>
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