Best Way To Call from Cell Phone to U.S. in Puerto Vallarta?

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Cingular has an international plan. I think it is a couple of bucks a
month. Call Cingular and ask. 1-800-888-7600 or she can press 611 on her
cell phone and get cingular in most areas.

"Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
news:gPSdnR7MauN02CvfRVn-2Q@giganews.com...
>I have a friend visiting Puerto Vallarta, and she cannot figure
> out how to make calls on her cell phone to the U.S. She is
> using an AT&T Wireless phone (now Cingular). Does anyone have
> experience with this?
>
> When I call her cell phone she answers and the reception is
> great. But she cannot find any combination of digits that will
> get her any kind of signal. She gets GPRS reception for
> Internet as well as receiving incoming calls. How can she
> enable the phone for dialing out, and what digits will get her to
> 999-555-1212 in the US?
>
> On a related topic, what is the cheapest way to reach the U.S.
> from Puerto Vallarta? What will her rates be like using a cell
> phone to dial out versus having her dial a toll free number and
> using a calling card? If the calling card + local cell phone
> rate is cheaper than using just the cell phone, then what is the
> best calling card to use that has a local call from Puerto
> Vallarta?
>
> --
> Will
> Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com
>
>

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:28:23 -0700, "Will"
<DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote:

>I have a friend visiting Puerto Vallarta, and she cannot figure
>out how to make calls on her cell phone to the U.S. She is
>using an AT&T Wireless phone (now Cingular). Does anyone have
>experience with this?

+1/area code/number (e.g. +13115552368). The plus is either press *
two times quickly on Nokia or pressing 0 on Ericsson and Motorola I
believe.

>How can she
>enable the phone for dialing out, and what digits will get her to
>999-555-1212 in the US?

I hope you meant those numbers as an example only since there's no
area code 999.

>On a related topic, what is the cheapest way to reach the U.S.
>from Puerto Vallarta?

Get a local prepaid calling card in Mexico. Likely there are cards
especially for calling the USA.

> What will her rates be like using a cell
>phone to dial out versus having her dial a toll free number and
>using a calling card?

Using her cingular/AT&T phone likely *very* expensive.



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Will wrote:
> I have a friend visiting Puerto Vallarta, and she cannot figure
> out how to make calls on her cell phone to the U.S. She is
> using an AT&T Wireless phone (now Cingular). Does anyone have
> experience with this?
>
> When I call her cell phone she answers and the reception is
> great. But she cannot find any combination of digits that will
> get her any kind of signal. She gets GPRS reception for
> Internet as well as receiving incoming calls. How can she
> enable the phone for dialing out, and what digits will get her to
> 999-555-1212 in the US?
>
> On a related topic, what is the cheapest way to reach the U.S.
> from Puerto Vallarta? What will her rates be like using a cell
> phone to dial out versus having her dial a toll free number and
> using a calling card? If the calling card + local cell phone
> rate is cheaper than using just the cell phone, then what is the
> best calling card to use that has a local call from Puerto
> Vallarta?
>


My many direct-dialed calls from Mexico to U.S. are made be prepending
the 10-digit U.S. number with 001, ie. 001-xxx-xxx-xxxx. Prepaid
calling cards are the cheapest and available at many locales, in which
case prepend the 800 number with 001.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

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+ country code area code number

i.e. +1 213 935 4454 ("1" is country code for U.S.)

Should work anywhere in the world. I have all my numbers in my phonebook
stored in this format.

I think there is a lot of fraud to/from Mexico so I would call Cingular to
make sure there is no block, or something to enable, on their account.

Steve


"Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
news:gPSdnR7MauN02CvfRVn-2Q@giganews.com...
>I have a friend visiting Puerto Vallarta, and she cannot figure
> out how to make calls on her cell phone to the U.S. She is
> using an AT&T Wireless phone (now Cingular). Does anyone have
> experience with this?
>
> When I call her cell phone she answers and the reception is
> great. But she cannot find any combination of digits that will
> get her any kind of signal. She gets GPRS reception for
> Internet as well as receiving incoming calls. How can she
> enable the phone for dialing out, and what digits will get her to
> 999-555-1212 in the US?
>
> On a related topic, what is the cheapest way to reach the U.S.
> from Puerto Vallarta? What will her rates be like using a cell
> phone to dial out versus having her dial a toll free number and
> using a calling card? If the calling card + local cell phone
> rate is cheaper than using just the cell phone, then what is the
> best calling card to use that has a local call from Puerto
> Vallarta?
>
> --
> Will
> Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com
>
>