Kimpatsu Hekigan
Nov 4, 2009, 3:08 PM
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Re: MCI calling card for use in US, Canada and Mexico
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If I were you, I would buy an MCI Calling Card. You can get one online, or at big box stores like WalMart. The card will work for international calls from/to the US, of course, but also from/to Canada and from/to Mexico. Click on this link for more info:
MCI International Calling
The toll-free access numbers are:
From Canada: 1-800-888-8000
From Mexico: 001-800-674-7000 (it will ask in Spanish for a country code; enter "20")
From USA: varies (you'll get the correct number when you buy the card)
The problem in Mexico is that, since Mexican pay phones do not accept coins, you will also need to buy at least a minimum denomination (MX$30) Ladatel card just to get a dial tone to dial the access number for the MCI Calling Card. When you pick up the receiver on a pay phone, it will say (in Spanish) on the little display screen: "Insert your card." Nothing will happen until you do. I don't think these Ladatel cards are available outside Mexico, but inside Mexico, they are sold at every little tienda and convenience store (like OXXO), and I'm sure at kiosks in bus terminals.
If you're in a jam and in Mexico and you need to call another number in Mexico (and your Spanish is good enough), I wouldn't hesitate to approach anyone with a cell phone and offer to pay them generously (in advance) to use their phone to make the call. Long-distance calls via Telcel, for example, are not that expensive, and it might be cheaper and less hassle than buying a Ladatel card that you would never use again.
Good luck,
-- K.H.
Before enlightenment: Chop wood, haul water.
After enlightenment: Chop wood, haul water.
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