jbsprout Posted April 13, 2005 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Has anyone experieced using their cell phone on a Mexican Rivera cruise using the Cingular network? My husband & I want to touch base with our kids while we are away. We plan to email, but a phone call every day or so would be great. We don't want to pay the $9 a minute ship rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfishe Posted April 14, 2005 #2 Share Posted April 14, 2005 We travel to Mazatlan every year for a week in November. We have Cingular and have used our cell phones with no problems :) We always call Cingular to have the roaming capabilities updated etc. You should give Cingular a call to ensure your phone is updated and OK to use internationally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukla Posted April 15, 2005 #3 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hi I just returned on 4/10 from the Mexican Rivera Cruise I ahve At&t/Cingular and my phone worked in all ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budgetED Posted April 15, 2005 #4 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Just came back from Mexican Riviera 2 weeks ago...my Cingular phone worked great...to dial the U.S. direct, you need to dial 001 before the area code and phone number you wish to call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsprout Posted April 16, 2005 Author #5 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Thanks SO much this has really been very helpful. I did call Cingular & had them add International Calling to my plan for $4 more a month. They said I could drop it after a month if I didn't need it anymore. Without the International Calling it would cost $1.60 per minute. With the International Calling plan it's $1.00 a minute. I figured that we would probably talk 10-15 minutes on each call, so it might save us enough for a cab ride!! Thanks again on the coverage report!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mzmoto Posted April 19, 2005 #6 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I was able to reach my parents on thier Verizon Wireless phone today at sea!! They are on the Carnival Pride and said they were able to see shore so they may have been close to a cell tower. I spoke to them twice for about 10 min each and both calls were clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamabear5 Posted April 19, 2005 #7 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I was able to reach my parents on thier Verizon Wireless phone today at sea!! They are on the Carnival Pride and said they were able to see shore so they may have been close to a cell tower. I spoke to them twice for about 10 min each and both calls were clear. Thanks for your post. I was wondering about Verizon:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jle714 Posted April 19, 2005 #8 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Anyone has SPRINTPCS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster01 Posted May 12, 2005 #9 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Hi, I am pleased you have already got some joy with with your network, one option I arranged for my folks was renting the handset, they took a thuraya satellite phone rental from www.cellhire.com which gives both gsm coverage when in the ports and when further out at sea it has satellite mode. Well worth a try as a low cost short term option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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