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Public Mobile in Mexico

oildrips — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:22:57 GMT

Will my PM phone work if I go to Mexico? Anything special I need to do to make it work?

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

Rockdaddy22 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:46:24 GMT

No it won't. It'll only roam in the US at the moment.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

oildrips — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:49:03 GMT

Rats. Not like anyone can call me at the moment anyhow 🙂 Hopefully that will get fixed today.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

Luddite — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:53:46 GMT

If you have an unlocked phone, you will need to purchase a local SIM or perhaps iroam.

You could also use an application like that from fongo.com. It provides free calling across Canada from wherever you are connected to wifi, or cellular data. They have international calling for fee as well. While you ae away you could call your Public Mobile number from Fongo to retrieve messages.

Have fun.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

oildrips — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:57:43 GMT

Good recommendation. I'll look into this for sure.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

thebestnicknar — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:53:22 GMT

If you have the Internation add-on, wouldn't you be able to make calls from Mexico?

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

computergeek541 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:38:09 GMT

@thebestnicknar wrote:

If you have the Internation add-on, wouldn't you be able to make calls from Mexico?

Sorry, but there are no international roaming add-ons other than for the United States.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

MoreYummy — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:38:24 GMT

@thebestnicknar International LD addon is different than roaming.

It would be good to have more roaming countries.

Take a look at this idea.

http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Public-Lab/Add-more-roaming-countries-it-is-a-good-start-to-have-US-roaming/idi-p/111553

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

jonathanbaylis — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:44:06 GMT

While PM has great packages for roaming in the US, it doesn't in Mexico. I suggest putting your phones in airplane mode and turning on wifi upon arrival in Mexico. Then you can use VOIP services like Viber, Skype and Facetime from hotels with wifi. I find that works well.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:06:41 GMT

@jonathanbaylis, why the need to put the phone in airplane mode? There are no roaming charges possible. Only advantage would be to save battery power by shutting of the cell antenna.

Re: Public Mobile in Mexico

mimmo — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:13:10 GMT

Best solution is actually just get a local sim. I paid 100pesos 5$ and got 1gb data free north american calling and free Facebook WhatsApp and Twitter I think. It was moviestar network.

Any reason a thread from 2016 is being discussed?