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Originally Posted by money69
So, my point is, if you get the bonus thinking you can use it for whatever just be careful, it might be the same on Telcel.
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Agreed, this is why I wrote "should reduce".
But it's a good point, so I checked. Soon after filling with a 200 peso card I get (60 pesos free):
Saldo del teléfono: $ 211.55
Saldo regalo : $ 59.19
Saldo ideas : 7.00 SMS
The balance enquiry charge (0.81 pesos) gets deducted from the "gift" balance. I then tried a bit of pay-as-you-go data, and it was also deducted from the "gift" balance, so it seems to get used first. When I try out the one-day access soon (I'll also play around with Joiku to get a mobile hotspot) I'll double-check that also deducts from the gift balance first.
Best case then, if that works, if you used an account just for data, and refilled with 500 peso cards (currently +400 pesos bonus), and buy 30 days access at a time via the online portal (where the price is 764 rather than 799) is 14.15 pesos per day - USD 1.08, about $32 a month.
This can change at any time though - for example the "pay per call" tariff is now in blocks of 15 minutes at a time, not 20 minutes like it used to be (in region 1).
When 3G gets here it'll beat my existing fixed-wireless internet connection. Even without 3G it's fine as a backup.