wbl-mn-flyer

...for a 4 day scuba vacation...

will my GSM Sony Ericsson T610 phone work there? is there a Mexico service plan I should add so that I get decent pricing while there?

Yes I understand the phone won't work under water.

pdhenry

This Map shows high quality coverage over most of the island of Cozumel (the part with real roads, at least) on GSM 1900 (the same band as you use in the US). But it's $1.49 per minute, so factor that into your plans.

Telefonica Moviles Mexico serves Cozumel. Telcel Mexico also has a roaming agreement with T-Mobile but it looks like they don't have coverage over the majority of the island.

wma

T-Mobile has a plan for Mexico, but I don't know if you can turn it on and off for 4 days. If your planning on making a lot of calls I'd check into it. Do you have your international calling turned on? If not you can do that on the net. Have fun.

Dudster

The Mexico plan is only for calling from the US to Mexico. There is nothing that will discount calls made while in Mexico.

wma

You're right, I forgot. I wish T-Mobile would have a plan. Last month DH had a $600 bill from China. (He left his Chinese phone home by mistake)

roberto99

If you are on a PREPAID TMO plan you cannot make any calls that originate while outside of the USA. Supposedly this ability will be arriving some day in the future.

Postpaid/contract TMO CAN make such calls, though.

fleur_de_lys

Can't you just buy a SIM card in Mexico which would be cheaper than the $1.49/minute charge. I made the mistake last summer when I wastravelling in Europe, Asia and Africa and using my T mobile to make calls back to home in US. I had an ugly shock to note that my calls were up to $4 minute for some calls. Entirely my own fault for not doing my homework prior to leaving on this trip.

cordelli

If going the sim card route, your phone needs to be unlocked if it's not already, or you need to buy an unlocked one (like $60 or so for a low end model)

iaflyer

T-Mobile is usually pretty good about giving you the unlock codes if you've been a customer for a few months.

I just emailed customer support or whatever they call it after I had had service for 4 months. (this was with the same phone, the Sony Ericsson T610) A day later or so the unlock code and instructions arrived free of charge. I just told them I was going out of the country and needed to unlock the phone.

wbl-mn-flyer

what do the unlock codes do for me? are you saying my phone won't work in mexico or anywhere else without the unlock code?

here's what they wrote me:

Thank you for taking the time to contact T-mobile for International roaming.

We understand that you will be traveling to Mexico and would like to find out about special Mexico calling/roaming option. There is no special discount for roaming but you pay only $4.99 per month to have a $0.05 per minute rate when calling Mexico from the US. You also mentioned that you would like to unlock your phones. If you could please provide us with either the account password or the full federal tax identification number for verification, we will be more than happy to unlock the phones for you. . All phones sold by T-Mobile are locked for use by T-Mobile SIM cards only. T-Mobile will only provide SIM Unlock Codes for handsets sold by T-Mobile USA. This includes companies acquired by T-Mobile USA (VoiceStream, Aerial, Omnipoint, SOL, Digiph, PCS One, and Powertel). To unlock your handset, you must meet the following criteria that cannot be waived.

* You must have a T-Mobile phone number.
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