Sorry I meant.. Finding internet was NOT an issue just if I use the iPhone I will be hit with data charges... I owe *Cameron* an APOLOGY!!
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:33 PM, ColdFusion Developer <cfdev2...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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:310671 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
