Finding internet access is an issue, just the high cost of using my cell phone (iPhone) in Mexico. Data plan along can run $100 and text messages are $0.50 to send and $0.25 to receive.
Ao I am looking at low cost ways to call back to the US while there. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Somewhat less convenient but as a plan B/reassurance, I can tell you that > you will find that Mexico is littered with internet cafes and almost all of > these have phones you can use as well. > > On a deliberately off-the-beaten-track safari we had there a few years ago > we found only one tiny tiny town (pop maybe 70?) that did not have internet > access available. And we were in all sorts of places where the directions > went "take this bus to the crossroads where there is a statue of the > blessed > virgin, wait 20 minutes and flag down the bus on the other road.. But don't > miss it or there won't be another one until tomorrow." So if you are going > any place that is any size at all, internet access and making phone calls > will not be a problem. On the other hand, mailing anything time-sensitive > could be a serious mistake -- I sent Ian some photocopies from Oaxaca (a > big > city, by the way) and that package took months. > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > I haven't seen SIPGate before. I did look briefly at their site and > > it looks kinda like Vonage or Skype, but aimed as businesses? I've > > used Skype overseas before and it's worked fine. SIPGate I have never > > heard of (but maybe I've been under a rock). > > > > I don't know what type of cell you have, but there are pretty good > > Skype clients of the iPhone that will work over Wifi. I imagine they > > exist for other phones as well. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:09 PM, ColdFusion Developer > > <cfdev2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I am curious if anyone has used SIPGate in conjunction with Google > Voice? > > > > > > I am on a business trip to Mexico soon and will have internet access in > > the > > > hotel. > > > > > > My thoughts were to use sipgate to connect and then use Google Voice to > > call > > > back to the US. > > > > > > Thoughts? Pros/Cons? > > > Another service or a beter way? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310655 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
