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32 minutes ago, Jim Bowie said:

My ATT is paid each 25 days, 150p. After 6  payments, I get one 25 days free. 2.3 GB + all the other stuff. Seems cheaper than the 2 year plan, no?

 

Yes

32 minutes ago, Jim Bowie said:

My ATT is paid each 25 days, 150p. After 6  payments, I get one 25 days free. 2.3 GB + all the other stuff. Seems cheaper than the 2 year plan, no?

 

Yes

3 hours ago, Bisbee Gal said:

Open a Charles Schwab checking account.  NO ATM fees worldwide.  The local ATM's will take their fee and Schwab will refund automatically at end of month.  Always a good exchange rate. 

If I was an American I would probably do that. I only hear good things about Schwab and ATMs here.

14 people were happy with Telcel. 3 with AT & T 

7 hours ago, Mostlylost said:

The conversion rate is not determined by  the bank unless you accept the bank's rate if asked.  The conversion rate is determined by the company that processes the transaction for your Visa or Mastercard. 

Look on your card and there might be a name of the networks your card uses. The ATM will have a network that matches (sometimes posted on the ATM) 

At the top of the "pyramid" are national networks Plus (Visa) and Cirrus (MasterCard). At the next level there are networks such as NYCE, Jeanie, Star (East and West), Mac, Quest, Pulse and others.

The ATM you use has no way of changing the network's rate unless they offer an option to use the dynamic rate and you accept it.

You could go to Banorte, HSBC, Bancomer, CI Banco or anywhere and it is the same rate on the same day. You can get a very good estimate before you go at the Visa or Mastercard websites

https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/personal/get-support/convert-currency.html

https://usa.visa.com/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html/

 

 

 

Good to know.

On 8/12/2020 at 10:21 AM, tomgates said:

Is CI Banco still the cheapest fee, at a little above $18p?

No. I pay nothing at HSBC and some pay nothing at Intercam. Some who have a Schwab account get refunds on any fee they are charged at any bank.

swab

Best to reject. They are tryng to get you to accept a worse exchange rate.

On 7/23/2020 at 10:31 PM, mattoleriver said:

http://forums.bajanomad.com/

Thanks. I thought I had that one but looking at it it is more comprehensive than I thought.

10 hours ago, johanson said:

But I thought we were talking about cellphones. And my cellphone carrier is Telcel not Telmex

Yes

13 hours ago, Mostlylost said:

There is little doubt that in most of Mexico especially outside of metro areas, and lakeside the actual coverage of Telcel is better with fewer blind areas. But since AT&T bought up a couple of companies they have been working to expand their network and to compete with  Telcel.

Both offer various options of pre-paid as well as monthly contract plans. Depending on an individuals needs one might be better than the other for pricing. 

When traveling in the US with a Telmex  Canada/USA/ Mexico plan Telmex uses the T-Mobile network which is not always the best coverage in the USA outside of metro areas. 

Telmex?

10 hours ago, SunFan said:

I find AT&T coverage spotty. For example there is no signal at S&S Auto on the highway in Riberas. Go figure.

SunFan

Interesting

24 minutes ago, RickS said:

???   Best coverage throughout Lakeside?  Best price?  Best packages?  Best/most consistent data speed?    

Yes

12 minutes ago, oregontochapala said:

I have not noticed any issues with Telmex. Connections are good and I have never had a dropped call. The service is priced right with more data than I  can use, even when Telmex is down and it takes me less than a minute to buy a paquete on BBVA's app. I can't  imagine anything better.

Do you mean Telcel or Telmex?

1 hour ago, RickS said:

Define "Best"....

 

What ever is best for you.

1 hour ago, Jim Bowie said:

We like at&t.

 

Is that the office just up from Alex' pasta in Ajijic?

What do people find is the best cell phone service provider for GPS and local calls mainly? Telcel seems to be going downhill.

On 7/20/2020 at 3:05 PM, Mostlylost said:

Cumbres is not part of Chula Vista Norte. 

Cumbres has made multiple attempts at drilling a well with no success. . They supply water by truck to their system almost daily.  I was told last year they had applied to SIMAPA for connection, but there were problems with their papers.    

How many properties are there in Cumbres?

2 hours ago, lakeside7 said:

I guess you to locate them first!

That is easy.

They can make custom lamp shades for you at a reasonable price.

https://www.google.ca/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=dahlia+sport&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW_NLnsYzrAhUB7awKHYcaDRkQ7Al6BAgKECo&biw=1745&bih=852 SPORT:

My first thought was a Dahlia but then I looked at different pictures of Dahlia and wondered.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Correos+de+México+%2F+Chapala,+Jal./@20.2929358,-103.1859581,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x6f8efa0ac770a43c!8m2!3d20.2909635!4d-103.188179

I would have loved to see it. I have been looking for years. I have seen two on lakes in Canada. They were quite noisy. They are also called Trompa locally.

I had the vaccine against Dengue  several years ago. No dengue so far but I did have Dengue about a year before I got vaccinated. The doctor was not certain that it would work but it seemed like worth a try.