Don't sweat the phone issues.
[QUOTE=SexMachine]I am coming to BsAs soon and I am bringing my unlocked GSM phone from Canada. From what I understand, I need to buy a sim card and top it up with credits whenever I run out of time. Is that right?
Who has the best reception / service and the best prices?
What is the best place to buy a SIM card without the DNI?
SM[/QUOTE]SM, Literally every 10th storefront in BA sells phone, sims, tarjetas. This is the least of your worries. I use CTi, but would not necessarily recommend them - they are the cheapest, but also have the most computer outages and delayed message deliveries. Additionally, their recently changed policy to not "roll over" credit if you do not recharge before airtime window expiration really annoys me! Signal strength has never been a problem for me.
I was recently shopping for a sim chip for my friend - Personal in particular. The first price I got was 29p with 5p free air time. I then found a card for 5p with 30p worth of free sms text messages. Needless to say I stopped looking and bought it. In BA, it is a must to shop around to find the best prices (not exclusive to phones!) No ID required - only required to verbally give a passport number.
Guys, if you are coming to BA and you want to use your cell phone - you only need to ask yourself two questions:
1. Is my cell phone "Unlocked"? If you don't know what this means - check the internet.
2. Is my cell phone capable of using GSM band 1900 (I. E. Virtually all North American phones use 1900, exception being Nextel - however they also have multiple band phones capable of GSM roaming, but not capable of using another company's GSM chip - let's not get bogged down on that one)
Finally! Bought Prepago SIM
After reading everyone's comments, I decided to go with Personal and visited their main office on Corrientes. Half hour and 6.78 Pesos later, I was happy to have my Motorola phone from Canada working fine. The guy even tested it to make sure it is unlocked and will work on their network before I actually bought thr SIM. Very nice and friendly staff. Even with my limited spanish skills, it was no problem.
After that, I visited a locutorio to purchase a 20 peso Prepaid card and I asked them to put the nos. In the phone to get the credit which they happily did.
I could not find any prepaid card worth more than 20 pesos anywhere.
Does anybody have any idea where to buy a personal Prepaid card worth 50 or 100 pesos?
Again. I was immensely helped by the replies from everybody.
Keep reading for my other reports. I will be posting a lot this time.
SM
PS - Sorry Guys. I posted it in the wrong thread. It should not be in the Cell phone rentals. Stupid me.
DMCA Exemptions Allow You to Unlock Cell Phones
DMCA Exemptions Allow You to Unlock Cell Phones.
11.28.06
By Bryan Gardiner.
Unlocking your cell phone is now fully legal here in the U. S.—at least for the next three years.
ADVERTISEMENT Last week, the Register of Copyrights released the latest list of exemptions to 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and along with it, some welcome news for cell phone users.
Of the six proposed exemptions (the largest number to date) the one that arguably affects U. S. Consumers the most is number five on the list, which covers:
"Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network."
Cell Phones.
Cell Phones That Rock.
In other words, it is now permissible for anyone to "unlock" a phone tied to one network and use it with another; as long as they own the phone.
If your cell phone is locked and GSM, call your provider and get the subsidy unlock code. Before this ruling, the carriers would not provide it. Then you can use any prepaid card in Argentina