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[QUOTE=Bbond;1852883]If you have internet on your phone, and your phone has tethering or wi-fi hotspot, I'd just use that if all you want it for is e-mail. Or just use the phone for e-mail.[/QUOTE]Good Idea or better yet just get a local SIM card. I use TelCel which gives me a quality internet connection pay as you go on my Samsung Android Phone. The same SIM card works in SD. When I cross over to SD for the day I bring my Tijuana phone in case anyone needs to get in touch with me and I can still access my emails and web for any american contacts.

Very Simple.

Thanks for the tips, guys.

A search in the net did point to Telcel as the only ISP in Tijuana. The service is scrappy with up to only about 1 Mb per sec. Apparently Telcel internet service is much better in other states with reliable 10 Mbit P.S. People have been pushing Telcel to upgrade its back bone to improve the speed and reliability, but nobody knows when that will happen.

I will probably sign up for a package, telephone, mobile, internet ect. These guys who have pads in Tijuana are fucking a lot of sweet young girls, sleeping with them all night ect. I am jealous. Hehe.

Any bros wishing to share a pad near the border with internet service, let me know.

[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;1852969]Thanks for the tips, guys.

A search in the net did point to Telcel as the only ISP in Tijuana. The service is scrappy with up to only about 1 Mb per sec. Apparently Telcel internet service is much better in other states with reliable 10 Mbit P.S. People have been pushing Telcel to upgrade its back bone to improve the speed and reliability, but nobody knows when that will happen.

I will probably sign up for a package, telephone, mobile, internet ect. These guys who have pads in Tijuana are fucking a lot of sweet young girls, sleeping with them all night ect. I am jealous. Hehe.

Any bros wishing to share a pad near the border with internet service, let me know.[/QUOTE]Email me your thinking, terms, condition through. PM.

[QUOTE=Artisttyp;1852885]Good Idea or better yet just get a local SIM card. I use TelCel .............

Very Simple.[/QUOTE]Do you have any idea of the cost of a TelCel SIM card when purchased in Tijuana. As I posted earlier Amazon and TelCel website has a Sim card with 1. Gb data, phone calls, which expires in 15 days for $40 USD. The price seems steep to me but if this is the current market value I just have to bite the bullet and buy one. I don't plan to use it much. Maybe a few phone calls and possibly Google Maps.

I used s cambio on the USA Side, the sign said buy pesos at 16.925 after I crossed the street I glanced at the paper she gave me and it said $130 at 16.625 . I then glanced at the rate sign and it still said 16.925 . Did I get ripped off? It also said no commision.

[QUOTE=BaxterSlade;1854183]I used s cambio on the USA Side, the sign said buy pesos at 16.925 after I crossed the street I glanced at the paper she gave me and it said $130 at 16.625 . I then glanced at the rate sign and it still said 16.925 . Did I get ripped off? It also said no commision.[/QUOTE]No, the rate has been changing by the minute; no worries.

[QUOTE=BaxterSlade;1854183]I used s cambio on the USA Side, the sign said buy pesos at 16.925 after I crossed the street I glanced at the paper she gave me and it said $130 at 16.625 . I then glanced at the rate sign and it still said 16.925 . Did I get ripped off?[/QUOTE]Maybe. Of course the best time to bring it up would have been when you were still at the cambio window.

Look on the bright side. At the worst you lost 39 pesos (the equivalent of around $2.40). That's a pretty cheap lesson to learn to always check your receipt at the window.

[QUOTE=BqRibs;1854164]Do you have any idea of the cost of a TelCel SIM card when purchased in Tijuana. As I posted earlier Amazon and TelCel website has a Sim card with 1. Gb data, phone calls, which expires in 15 days for $40 USD. The price seems steep to me but if this is the current market value I just have to bite the bullet and buy one. I don't plan to use it much. Maybe a few phone calls and possibly Google Maps.[/QUOTE]110 pesos I believe comes with a few minutes of time. You are overthinking this big time. Come down with an unlocked quad band GSM phone and $10 and you are good to go.

[QUOTE=BaxterSlade;1854183]I used s cambio on the USA Side, the sign said buy pesos at 16.925 after I crossed the street I glanced at the paper she gave me and it said $130 at 16.625 . I then glanced at the rate sign and it still said 16.925 . Did I get ripped off? It also said no commision.[/QUOTE]It didn't say "Buy Pesos. " It said "Buy. " This means, and always has meant, they (not you) buy DOLLARS at the posted rate. The "Sell" indicates the rate at which they sell DOLLARS.

In other words, they will buy one of your American Dollars and give you 16.625 pesos in return. If you walk up with pesos you can buy one American Dollar for 16.925 pesos. Comprende?

So I haven't been to La Zona in a while since I no longer live a close as I used to but, I'm making it this coming weekend. In the past I've just paid in dollars and didn't normally bother negotiating down if the "standard" price was offered (e. G. $60 at AB and $80 at HK). I noticed the exchange rate is now more in our favor (almost 18 pesos per dollar). Is it worth exchanging to pesos to use at AB & HK? If so, how would you go about it? Where to exchange? How to negotiate in Pesos (what are the going rates in pesos)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[QUOTE=PartyGod;1854245]So I haven't been to La Zona in a while since I no longer live a close as I used to but, I'm making it this coming weekend. In the past I've just paid in dollars and didn't normally bother negotiating down if the "standard" price was offered (e. G. $60 at AB and $80 at HK). I noticed the exchange rate is now more in our favor (almost 18 pesos per dollar). Is it worth exchanging to pesos to use at AB & HK? If so, how would you go about it? Where to exchange? How to negotiate in Pesos (what are the going rates in pesos)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.[/QUOTE]If I were going for a single day, I wouldn't bother to exchange. For multiple day trips, I exchange currency. That $80 HK girl also asks for 1400 pesos, so no savings. That $20 street girl may either ask 200 or 300 pesos, so you might get some savings. If you can get 17.5 pesos per dollar, the local businesses are probably using an exchange rate of 16 or 17. That taxi will want $5, he may accept 50 pesos but I more typically pay 70 pesos; so some savings there.

If you are going to worry about every penny, make the switch. If you don't switch, you may spend an extra $10 or $15 per day, depending on what you do.

Everybody accepts dollars, so don't worry about your money being accepted.

[QUOTE=BqRibs;1854164]Do you have any idea of the cost of a TelCel SIM card when purchased in Tijuana. As I posted earlier Amazon and TelCel website has a Sim card with 1. Gb data, phone calls, which expires in 15 days for $40 USD. The price seems steep to me but if this is the current market value I just have to bite the bullet and buy one. I don't plan to use it much. Maybe a few phone calls and possibly Google Maps.[/QUOTE]Don't understand why you would come on here and ask vets for advice and then say you plan to ignore the advice you're given even though you acknowledge the advice is correct. And then ask again the same question in which you were already given a very clear answer.

[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;1852969]Thanks for the tips, guys.

A search in the net did point to Telcel as the only ISP in Tijuana.[/QUOTE]Telnor, Izzi (Cablemas), Infinitium.

[QUOTE=Tomjackin;1854185]No, the rate has been changing by the minute; no worries.[/QUOTE]This is Tijuana not the trading room at Citigroup in Canary Wharf. The rate NEVER changes by the minute. If what Baxter is saying is true then he most certainly did get ripped off. But he was obviously confused on what the buy / sell rates really meant. Every CDC posts two rates, the compra (buy) and venta (sell.) These rates are always denominated in pesos for the purchase/sale of dollars. The higher rate posted is how much the CDC sells their dollar. The lower rate posted is how much they will pay in pesos for your dollar. Since the rates are posted in PESOS, the buy / sell quotes are for dollars. For example, no one is gonna buy one peso for 16.925 pesos and no casa de cambio is going to sell 16.625 pesos for 1 peso. The sign said buy (pesos) at 16.925 which is the equivalent of selling dollars at 16.925. That is, the CDC is selling one dollar for 16.925 pesos. Assuming Baxter was buying pesos and not dollars that rate does not apply. The rate that applies for the customer buying pesos (selling dollars) is the BUY rate, which was at 16.62. Thus Baxter did not get ripped off. That spread at. 305 is huge though. I would avoid that casa de cambio in the future.

Yes, I would agree mostly with what Horse Trader is saying here.

Still, I usually make the trip 3 to 4 times a year, and I actually "like" having the option to use pesos or Dollars while I am there. So, I usually bring about $250 or $300 in cash (dollars) and I exchange for the same amount in Pesos at one of the border places in San Ysidro (Camino de La Plaza). Having the option gives you the best deal for whichever situation presents itself during your visit. Hope this helps -.

[QUOTE=PartyGod;1854245]So I haven't been to La Zona in a while since I no longer live a close as I used to but, I'm making it this coming weekend. In the past I've just paid in dollars and didn't normally bother negotiating down if the "standard" price was offered (e. G. $60 at AB and $80 at HK). I noticed the exchange rate is now more in our favor (almost 18 pesos per dollar). Is it worth exchanging to pesos to use at AB & HK? If so, how would you go about it? Where to exchange? How to negotiate in Pesos (what are the going rates in pesos)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.[/QUOTE]