Gonna take my burner which is a Tracfone-if it gets lost or something no problem
Will I be able to receive/send calls and texts to communicate with agencies in TJ? Hopefully some of you more seasoned TJ VETS will have an answerThanks
if I were to guess, no, but I have a smart phone which is on Verizon on which the 'voice' shuts off just after crossing the border, but the internet and text continues for some reason, at least once inside the hotel. I generally as the taxi driver to call the agency - hand me the phone and I tell them my room number etc.
Will I be able to receive/send calls and texts to communicate with agencies in TJ?
Hopefully some of you more seasoned TJ VETS will have an answer
Thanks
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If you have a "main phone" and a "TJ phone" I recommend getting and using a Google Voice number. It's free.
Google Voice has a simultaneous ring option I've found very useful as it works with up to five numbers. You can have one number that, for example, will ring your "main phone," your "TJ" phone, your home phone, and your work phone. If your US phone plan doesn't have international calling you can install the Google Voice app on a smart phone and use it to make international calls. Mexican cell phones charges are five cents per minute--one of the best rates going. Also, enter all your contacts in a G-mail account so you can sync them with multiple phones saving hours of data entry. Plus if you lose your phone you don't lose your contact listGoogle Fi works perfectly well in TJ also. Fi uses both T-Mobile and Sprint networks, and as long as you have roaming data switched on, everything works just like you are in the states. Actual calls cost a small amount, but the data cost is identical whether in the States or Mexico on the Fi plan.
Only works with Nexus phones though.