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That doesn't work 'cause of the scramblers. Hell, down in Laredo, you can't even use a USA phone on the USA-side of their downtown.
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My T-Mobile phone works fine within a few blocks of the bridge on the Nuevo Laredo side.
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[QUOTE=Meat Loaf]
That doesn't work 'cause of the scramblers. Hell, down in Laredo, you can't even use a USA phone on the USA-side of their downtown.
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My T-Mobile phone works fine within a few blocks of the bridge on the Nuevo Laredo side.
"Quarterback,"
Easy version: Go to any store and buy the "T-Mobile Amigo Kit." It comes with a basic cell phone of two styles, about 1-hour of airtime, and a Cd. Juarez phone number for US $40. Simple and basic.
Stores and company sponsored street stands sell them all over the place.
[QUOTE=Meat Loaf]We're you trying to use the phone within Mexico? If so, Carlos Slim, the owner of Telmex and Telcel has scramblers along the border to prevent such a thing. Buy a Telcel prepaid phone for US $40. If you were on the USA side it should have worked if you dialed the Cd. Juarez number and international code properly.
From USA to Cd. Juarez: 52 656 xxx xxxx
From CD. Juarez to USA: 011 915 xxx xxxx[/QUOTE]
With sprint, international roaming costs me $4.00 per month. When I'm on the Mexican network I dial 10 digits to call a MX #, but I have been able to get a U.S. signal as far south as the airport.
[QUOTE=Clydesdale]With sprint, international roaming costs me $4.00 per month. When I'm on the Mexican network I dial 10 digits to call a MX #, but I have been able to get a U.S. signal as far south as the airport.[/QUOTE]I'm a pre-paid caller only in poonworld. Or I dunno, will Jtown pros answer blocked numbers?
[QUOTE=Meat Loaf]"Quarterback,"
Easy version: Go to any store and buy the "T-Mobile Amigo Kit." It comes with a basic cell phone of two styles, about 1-hour of airtime, and a Cd. Juarez phone number for US $40. Simple and basic.
Stores and company sponsored street stands sell them all over the place.[/QUOTE]You can buy a "ficha" or minutes in increments of $5, $10, or $20 when you need to have additional airtime.
"Quarterback," I think this is your best, easiest, and most secure method of phone calling when in CJ. (MHO.)
I was just remembering the good times I had picking-up SW along the railroad track in downtown Cd. Juarez. Is it still active? It's only one block east of Ave. Juarez.
Has anybody been to Alta Vista (the neighborhood across the river from UTEP) to pick-up any local girls working for tortillas?
In case any of you haven't had enough of this tedium, my Tracphone apparently is restricted to US calls only (an attempt to call Juarez failed from the US side just like it did from within Juarez) AND Verizon tells me (after several call failures) that blocking a number for an international cell (& landline?) call isn't allowed.
OK, I'm ready to admit it, the terrorists won!
[QUOTE=Meat Loaf]I was just remembering the good times I had picking-up SW along the railroad track in downtown Cd. Juarez. Is it still active? It's only one block east of Ave. Juarez.
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I believe that street is Francisco Villa, and yes I have seen several girls there, usually towards the last cross streets just before 16 de Sept. Sometimes there are several, sometimes none.
[QUOTE=Quarterback]IMHO, the lowdown for the time being is that if that if you go to the PL on a weekend night, you can hold out for a chick in league with the hottest chicks' pics posted here and/or you can ask for them by name: Roxanna, Ruby, Gabby.
If you go for Roxanna, you have a reasonable expectation of a safety girl's version of pse. Alternatively, you can go to (or call?) the Colorado iso BeBe.[/QUOTE]The Colorado's contender "BeBe" is actually named something more like "Evie" or "Eabie"--they DO have a chick named "BeBe", but she is an also-ran. I'd also tweak my categorization of "Gabby" (aka "Gabriella") from contender to 2nd-string contender. "Ruby" may or may not actually go by Ruby, but just something that sounds sort of like that.
[QUOTE=Bbond]I believe that street is Francisco Villa, and yes I have seen several girls there, usually towards the last cross streets just before 16 de Sept. Sometimes there are several, sometimes none.[/QUOTE]
Yes it is (Fran Villa) and I think it's also targeted in the beautification plan but more so for bullring parking. I think I remember reading that in the news awhile back.
There seems to have been 1 or 2 or 3 buildings razed in the last year and like you said chicas=yes/chicas=no. When I first went to Juarez a "few years back", that area had a ton of them but I felt it wasn't too good of an area.
Of course, in retrospect, it wasn't any worse than the gym area was which isn't that bad.
[QUOTE=Bbond]I believe that street is Francisco Villa, and yes I have seen several girls there, usually towards the last cross streets just before 16 de Sept. Sometimes there are several, sometimes none.[/QUOTE]
Heck, most locals refer to Fco. Villa as "Ferrocarril" because of the tracks. And when is the "new old Bullring" going to start publishing a schedule?? plazamonumental.com still only has the TJ schedule since the demise of the bullring on P.T. de la Republica.
And my old Cingular "dual band" phone worked like a champ all over CJ except a few dead spots downtown, and I NEVER received any sort of roaming charges or anything. I may bring it along my next trip, I doesn't work here anymore, but it might work there, we will have to try it and see. Although for making calls TO Mexican phone numbers, one would think just buying a prepaid cell phone is the best bet.
Speaking of "not working here anymore" what are the Mexican TV stations going to do when all the US stations are forced to start broadcasting a digital signal?? Are they going digital too, or are they going to continue to broadcast and analog signal. I have already decided I am not going to be bullied into buying all new TVs and shit, I will stop watching it altogether first. Mostly I just watch DVDs these days anyway, most of the programming on TV being garbage and all.
[QUOTE=Dougie] I have already decided I am not going to be bullied into buying all new TVs and shit [/QUOTE]Think of all the money you'll save on tin-foil, tho'...
[QUOTE=Mugroso]Lebanesse immigrant.
Some American cell phones can get signal in Juarez. It varies with the provider.
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A few years back, I had an Alltel phone. It would work as far as I had tested it around Km. 20 as long as I had the phone set to Analog only. I was actually making local calls on the Telcel system.
When I was ready to use the El Paso system, I just switched it back to digital only.
Of course, this was probably just a hiccup between the systems and I am sure that someone has repaired this glitch by now. Mexico more than likely now has an all digital system.
[QUOTE=Dougie]Speaking of "not working here anymore" what are the Mexican TV stations going to do when all the US stations are forced to start broadcasting a digital signal?? Are they going digital too, or are they going to continue to broadcast and analog signal. I have already decided I am not going to be bullied into buying all new TVs and shit, I will stop watching it altogether first. Mostly I just watch DVDs these days anyway, most of the programming on TV being garbage and all.[/QUOTE]
Well today is your lucky day. I have been doing extensive research on the subject.
I have read that viewers (such as yourself) will be issued vouchers to buy a converter for your old TV set to recieve the new HD signals. Analog signals will stop broadcasting in Feb 2009. What is the rest of the world (and Mexico) going to do? I don't know and have not been able to find out when other countries will upgrade. What I do know current analog systems of broadcast, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, will not become uniform in the digital age. Different countries will have different digital signals. 1080, 720 and the letters e, i, and p that will go on the tail end of the numbers.
Then there is what type of set you will want, LCD, DLP, Plasma, wall mounts, ceiling mounts, cables, bulb replacements. Crap, time is running out.
Mugroso
(Disclaimer: Since beginning my research I am even more confused than before.)
I have gone to Genesis, Luxxor, Corpus, Felinas, Marisol, Paraiso and some places in downtown. In general the experience has been good. But I want to go to the pink lady, how do I get there. I looked at the wikimap or whatever that is called but it looks hard to get there.