Dialing To and From Mexico

Administrator — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:32:07 +0000

1 General Dialing Information
2 Dialing 800 Number from Mexico to USA
3 Dialing Within Mexico
4 Cellular Phones
4.1 In Puerto Penasco
4.2 From other parts of Mexico

Here is some information for dialing from and to Mexico. If you have any other information to add please post it on the comments.

General Dialing Information

Mexico’s country code: 52
Puerto Peñasco city code: 638

USA to MX Cell Phone: 011+52+1+Area Code+(Tel #)
USA to MX Landline: 011+52+Area Code+(Tel #)
MX to USA: 001+Area Code+(Tel #)
MX to Canada: 001+Area Code+(Tel #)
MX Landline to MX Cell Phone: 045 or 044+Area Code+(Tel #)
MX Cell Phone to MX Landline: Area Code+(Tel #)

Dialing 800 Number from Mexico to USA

To dial USA 800 – 001+880
To dial USA 866 – 001+883
To dial USA 877 – 001+882
To dial USA 888 – 001+881
Note: 800 numbers dialed from Mexico to the USA are not free of charge. International rates apply.

Dialing Within Mexico

Dial 01+area code+7 digit number

Mexico City: (011) 52-55, plus the 8-digit telephone number.
Guadalajara: (011) 52-33, plus the 8-digit telephone number.
Tijuana: (011) 52-664, plus the 7-digit telephone number.

Cellular Phones

In Puerto Penasco

From a land line dial 044 + 638 + 7-digit number
From local cell to cell dial 638 + 7-digit number
U.S. cells can vary how you dial when in Rocky Point. AT&T International plan works the best. Sometimes you may have to dial 044 + 638 + 7-digit number.

From other parts of Mexico

To Puerto Penasco cell to cell dial 045 + 638 + 7-digit number
To call other cities, you will need to know their city code and then replace (above) the 638 with that city code.

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Contracting Electricity in Rocky Point

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:32:15 +0000

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1 Prerequisites
2 Contracting Your Electrical Service
3 Paying Your Electrical Bill
4 References

Unlike water, phone and gas services, contracting your electric service could be considered the most tedious. Here are a few tips that will make your life easier when setting up your electricity service.

What is the CFE

CFE (Comision Federal de Electricidad or Federal Electricity Commission) is a government managed company and only provider or electrical power in Rocky Point, and it provides electricity to more than 97.33% of the population in Mexico. Since the CFE is the dominant electric company in Mexico, most customers refer to it as “La comision” (e.g. “The commission”). While there are other Mexican government commissions, the term is almost exclusively applied to the CFE.

The CFE started its operations in August 14, 1937 (you can read more of its history here). CFE was awarded the Edison Prize Award 2009 by power companies in recognition of the contribution to the advancement of the global power industry (view the note here).

Prerequisites

Before you go the electric company to contract your service, you will need to have installed your electrical meter to the specifications given by CFE (PDF 1.5mb).

Note: There should be a opening of 53cm x 61cm (21in x 24 in) & the electric meter should be no more than 30cm (12in) from your wall.

I would recommend having an experience electrician do all this work for you it should be work of about half a day and should cost you around $15 USD.

Contracting Your Electrical Service

For electrical emergencies ONLY, dial 071 (24hr service)

Once your electrical meter is installed you will need the following paperwork to contract your electrical service:

If you are a homeowner:

Photo ID
Address & house number
Post number (this will be the post closest to your house).
You will need to go to the offices of “Desarrollo Social” (located in the municipal building, view map bellow for location) for:
- If you are starting to build: “carta de liberacion” (cost about $150 USD)
You will need to go to the offices of “Desarrollo Urbano” (located in the municipal building, view map bellow for location) for:
- “Nomenclatura (house number)” (cost about $35 USD)

If you are renting a home you will need all the above paperwork plus:

Copy of the rental contract
Copy of the photo ID of the owner
Copy of the “recibo predial” (its the tax payment of the lot, and can be provided by the owner)

In adition to this requirements, if you live in the area of “Las Conchas” or “Cholla Bay” you will need:

For “Las Conchas”: a special permit you can request the the CFE offices.
For “Cholla Bay”: a letter or permit from Mr. Brown (you can request this permit via the realtor that sold you the lot or house).

Paying Your Electrical Bill

Here is a PDF that will help you understand your electric bill (PDF 1.2 mb).

There is various ways you can pay your electric bill:

Directly at the office, you can either go to the teller or pay on the CFE-Matico (auto-pay), ATM like machine (in your electric bill there is a bar code that you pass through the machine scanner).
You can pay directly in the Electric Company website, you just need to register in there website.
You can make your payments through your Mexican bank, either going to the teller or online via the bank website.
Here other methods.

The electrical company (CFE) & government offices only accept pesos. You cannot pay in USD or other foreign currencies.

Reconnecting Your Electrical Service

In the case your electric meter has a red plastic tag and you have no electricity, you will need to go directly to the offices of CFE to pay the electric bill and pay a reconnection fee (from about $5 USD to $8 USD). It is usually reconnected in the same day.

Simply paying the electric bill will not reconnect your electricity. You must go to a teller in the CFE office and ask how much is the reconnection fee and pay it there.

In the map: offices of CFE, Desarrolo Urbano & Desarrollo Social.

References