[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;443209]Downtown they are about 30 or 40 pesos I think. Probably 300 at the airport.[/QUOTE]Claro 10 pesos, with no credit.
Movistar 30 pesos, with some credit.
Both took couple of hours to activate.
[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;443209]Downtown they are about 30 or 40 pesos I think. Probably 300 at the airport.[/QUOTE]Claro 10 pesos, with no credit.
Movistar 30 pesos, with some credit.
Both took couple of hours to activate.
[QUOTE=Pedropolar;443210]Claro 10 pesos, with no credit.
Movistar 30 pesos, with some credit.
Both took couple of hours to activate.[/QUOTE]I use Personal so Thanks for the info on the other carriers but the cost of the Sim seems to depend on from whom or where you buy it.
Directly from Personal should be a "New" chip, unregistered, with zero credit and about 24 hours to become active.
I bought one from a Newspaper Stand and the Sim is registered to somebody else but it became operational in 2 hours.
There is a price difference between an Official Carrier's Retailer and a Newspaper Stand.
Not a big deal but at the airport it won't be friendly.
TL.
I am going to be in BA for 5 days then going north to do some fishing. Any ideas on the best way to make phone calls, mostly to set up some chica action. I have an iphone 5, but I do have an old iphone 3 that maybe I can get a sim for that might be easier.
Thanks.
I know this is the cell phone forum, but I didn't see a reason to start a new thread to ask: does anyone know how to retrieve messages from a BA [B]land line[/B]?
[QUOTE=JoeyDude;443219]I am going to be in BA for 5 days then going north to do some fishing. Any ideas on the best way to make phone calls, mostly to set up some chica action. I have an iphone 5, but I do have an old iphone 3 that maybe I can get a sim for that might be easier.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]Easiest cheepest and safest.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;445430]I know this is the cell phone forum, but I didn't see a reason to start a new thread to ask: does anyone know how to retrieve messages from a BA [B]land line[/B]?[/QUOTE]I haveTelecom. When I start the phone a recording tells me I have messages. Press #123* then asks for my pin.
The pin is my personal and sorry don't remember how I setup account. Your Landlord probably has it.
[QUOTE=Thomaso276;445432]I haveTelecom. When I start the phone a recording tells me I have messages. Press #123* then asks for my pin.
The pin is my personal and sorry don't remember how I setup account. Your Landlord probably has it.[/QUOTE]I must have Telecom too, because #123* did get me a PIN request. But, there is no landlord to ask. How many digits is the PIN? 4? I'll try 1234 and 9999 and the last 4 digits of the phone number. Thanks.
Edit: I think you mean *123# and not #123*; at least, that is what got me to the PIN request. But sadly, it is none of the guesses that I tried.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;445433]I must have Telecom too, because #123* did get me a PIN request. But, there is no landlord to ask. How many digits is the PIN? 4? I'll try 1234 and 9999 and the last 4 digits of the phone number. Thanks.
Edit: I think you mean *123# and not #123*; at least, that is what got me to the PIN request. But sadly, it is none of the guesses that I tried.[/QUOTE]My pin is 4 numbers.
I bought a Simcard on Thursday around noon and it did not get activated until around Monday morning at 01:00.
If you are flying in and use a travel phone like I do you might want to pay one of the travel agents on the board to buy a chip and activate it for you so you can get on ground moving faster. For me, I was lucky to have a regular that I could Whatsapp on my US phone. Without a phone you are always looking for Wifi hotspots which in today's world are common.
The message on Movistar is that the Simcard will be activated in one hour. The difference between one hour and 4 days is quite large in my opinion. Movistar did not meet their own business standards in my case.
Plus i spent another hour conversing with 5 different people just to see if they knew anything. It was a huge time waster.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;445433]I must have Telecom too, because #123* did get me a PIN request. But, there is no landlord to ask. How many digits is the PIN? 4? I'll try 1234 and 9999 and the last 4 digits of the phone number. Thanks.
Edit: I think you mean *123# and not #123*; at least, that is what got me to the PIN request. But sadly, it is none of the guesses that I tried.[/QUOTE]Fyi the pin as default for arg providers to voice mail is last four numbers of phone number.
[QUOTE=BigBossMan;446163]The message on Movistar is that the Simcard will be activated in one hour. The difference between one hour and 4 days is quite large in my opinion. Movistar did not meet their own business standards in my case.
[/QUOTE]While I am, of course, extremely shocked that an argie company would not meet its business standard, let me point out that it [B]was[/B] activated in one hour, four days later. They just didn't say [B]which[/B] hour. This is similar to how argie landlords will advertise that an apartment has a washing machine, even though said washing machine does not work. It is true that the apartment [B]has[/B] a washing machine.
[QUOTE=Kevins;446164]Fyi the pin as default for arg providers to voice mail is last four numbers of phone number.[/QUOTE]I was told by my US carrier (t mobil).
That it would only cost about .15, pm.. To use my service in BA.
Anyone have experience with this?
[QUOTE=Flyer1999;446297]I was told by my US carrier (t mobil).
That it would only cost about .15, pm.. To use my service in BA.
Anyone have experience with this?[/QUOTE]I have T-mobile Simple Choice Plan with 10G of data per month and unlimited text and minutes nationwide. It also includes free roaming on data and text in most countries outside the US (Including Argentina). Whenever I arrive to a new country, I get a text message confirming that and stating that voice will cost $0.20 per minute. Be sure to turn on Data Roaming on your phone setting.
[QUOTE=Sportsman;446299]I have T-mobile Simple Choice Plan with 10G of data per month and unlimited text and minutes nationwide. It also includes free roaming on data and text in most countries outside the US (Including Argentina). Whenever I arrive to a new country, I get a text message confirming that and stating that voice will cost $0.20 per minute. Be sure to turn on Data Roaming on your phone setting.[/QUOTE]Awesome.
Thank you traveler.
[QUOTE=Sportsman;446299]I have T-mobile Simple Choice Plan with 10G of data per month and unlimited text and minutes nationwide. It also includes free roaming on data and text in most countries outside the US (Including Argentina). Whenever I arrive to a new country, I get a text message confirming that and stating that voice will cost $0.20 per minute. Be sure to turn on Data Roaming on your phone setting.[/QUOTE]10G is paying for a ton of data. You must watch video or listen to music. I use less than 2G a month.