Phone & Utilities
Lost My Cellphone - Now What?
Friday, December 21st, 2007Losing a cell phone is never a good thing, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I imagined when I first realized I couldn’t find it last Sunday morning. As luck would have it, I had just added a 500 peso prepaid card the night before. Fortunately, it was an inexpensive phone. I had a total credit of about 1750 on my [...]
Where is the Electric Company or CFE Office?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007You can pay your CFE electric bill in many places including most banks or any OXXO convenience store. You can also pay at the CFE offices. They have a walkup and drive thru 24 hour self service tellers. It is my understanding that these teller machines are cash only. I usually pay my electric bill at [...]
Electric Bills in Playa del Carmen
Saturday, September 15th, 2007The cost of electricity in Playa del Carmen and throughout Mexico is suprising to many. It’s not cheap and for some of us, something to consider when renting or buying a place to live here. Of course your bill will vary with your usage. I’ll share what we have experienced and you can make a [...]
What about phone service?
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007I’m writing in response to Kathy’s comment about phone service. We made a couple of mistakes at first about phone service here, so it’s a very good question.
Cellphones first. One, we thought we might be able to use our Verizon cell phones here. We could, but because we were on roaming, we had difficulty with voicemail, [...]