Can someone tell me what’s a magic Jack and how does it work because I have a house in the United States that I need to rent but if someone sees that I have a Mexican number *living in temporally in Mexico* there probole not gonna call that number. Need help

can you tell me whats a Magic Jack

That would require obtaining a Mexican mobile number. You would accomplish that by getting a SIM card from a company like Telcel (the most recommended for coverage) for your existing mobile phone.

Many new mobile phones allow for dual SIM cards (in most cases, one is a virtual SIM card, usually your U.S. provider, and the other, usually the Mexican provider, a physical SIM card).

So, you would want to convert your physical U.S. SIM to virtual first. Then uses the physical SIM slot for the Telcel SIM.
I have a newer iPhone (older models do not support this). See – Apple support – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209044.

You may need to start with a prepaid month-to-month plan. But, I will probably want a permanent Mexican mobile number, eventually, especially for banking. It is a bit of a Catch-22 situation as you need a bank account for a permanent mobile contract but needs the mobile number for a bank account. I have not gotten that far yet. I still need to get my residence paperwork and proper ID for Mexico yet.

This information might already be somewhere on mexperience.com. I was not able to find it.

I hope someone finds this helpful. So, your homework or that one additional task to do is virtualize you SIM card.

Best regards,

Steve

Hi Val,
It depends. Most landline telephones these days connect into the modem that gives internet to the home… and those phones are different to the old phones that connected into to the telephone-only service wall plug.

Me too, Irma. I have Telcel and everything in the message is in Spanish, so I have no idea what’s going on. I’m trying to reach Capital One.

How can I dial a hotel in Oaxaca….have the number……..from the US?

It is true, and many more countries.

If you’re calling from a cell phone +1 area code and phone number. If from a land line, 001 plus area code and phone number Example 001 805 999-9999

No, just use your cell as you normally do. Restart it when you get into Mexico, and that’s it.

I’d say get google voice if you have a gmail account. I have T-Mobile and I can call US 800 numbers now. Back when it was Sprint, I wasn’t able to. I can also call Mexican 800 numbers while I’m the US.