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Yesterday my WhatsApp on my MacBook would just open with a blank screen. Finally I deleted the app, downloaded a new one, and installed it. I had to "link devices" again, but it is working now.

Just paid mine online. The only problem was entering my name. Look at your Tarjeta de Circulacion and enter it just as it is on the card.

Lots of them down. One in front of Mirasol was pulled down and is blocking the entrance.

These were somehow pulled down all along the carratera last night. Must have been a really big act of vandalism. One in the entrance to Mirasol is blocking the entrance.

I friend of mine tried to order Starlink the other day and was told that Jalisco is saturated and they aren't opening any more account right now. Has anyone signed up for Starlink recently or has anyone else run into this?

If you are really concerned about being legal you can register for a "Pase de estancia temporal" online. You specify the days that the pass is good for. Here is the translation about it: "It is a free permit to circulate in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and the medium-sized cities of Ocotlán, Tepatitlán de Morelos and Puerto Vallarta for up to 30 calendar days per semester, without the need to verify." I believe "semester" is 6 months. https://emisiones.jalisco.gob.mx:4443/tramites/?fbclid=IwAR1gndfw46AdjwGUJipvg2i9PYXh1sGZCBfnKNVDb2lRZx-GXC3xHk1WH5o#/estancia_temporal

Telmex fiber is just available in specific spots. If you go to the office they can tell you if it is available in your area. It isn't available where I live in Riberas.

I've had issues using my Mexico Sams card in the US for gas. The pumps will say the card is expired. In the past I've been able to talk to the attendant and they have overridden it somehow and I could get gas. This May though I only tried once, but card didn't work and the attendant said he couldn't do anything about it.

I've had a BOA credit card for many, many years. It is a no points card, but much lower interest than points cards, though I never carry a balance on it. They constantly send me "you are preapproved for ..." mail and emails. We were going to take a big trip last Sept., so I decided to respond to a "pre-approved" offer for a new card with 0% for a year and points. I have an exceptional credit rating, but after a few weeks I received a letter that they "couldn't issue me a new card at this time". No explanation other than that, but I assume that it is because I live out of the country. I do have a US mailing address.

Details on the service please.

This is odd. I used to have throttling issue with iLox, though they would never admit it. Speedtest would show the proper upload speed, but copying a large file with scp would quickly degrade and the speed would go down to almost nothing. I have never had the problem with TotalPlay. Have you tried another computer via ethernet? Don't see that listed here. Have you tried different ethernet ports on the TotalPlay router? I can't see them throttling ethernet and not wireless, but the VPN thing is odd. I had an iLox router that only had 2 ethernet ports. One was 1000 mbs the other 100 mbs. Just something to check though 3 is a lot less than 100 and if you get close to 500 down that wouldn't be the issue. Can you use FTP or command line scp to upload something? That will give you a true test of your upload speed.

I know that startlink is good, but it will be interesting to see how it is once the rainy season starts. It is a satellite and so affected by weather. I'd keep my Telmex until then. Please give a follow up report once rainy season kicks in. Thanks!

My favorite is someone spends 120 pesos, pays with a 200 peso bill, and the checkout person has to run around trying to find change.

Yep, that's the best, don't worry about it! We'll figure the time out sooner or later!

Won't we be the same as Mountain time? They are moving their clocks forward 1 hour and we stay the same. There used to be one hour difference from Eastern, now there will be 2. Mountain used to be 1 hour earlier than us, now the same. It really is pretty confusing!

The peso to the dollar is expected to strengthen even more, maybe close to 17/1 by the end of the year. https://longforecast.com/dollar-to-peso-forecast-2017-2018-2019-2020-2021-usd-mxn

We crossed at Santa Teresa on the way up as well. One car in front. Probably there about 5 min. I haven't driven that was in about 15 years and it was sure different driving through El Paso. It has really expanded on the West side.

We are permanente, exited Mexico in a Mexican plated car late September and reentered last week. No check of our permanente card or passport by INM at any point. We did get a red light entering on Laredo bridge #2. They opened and just glanced into 2 small suitcases that were at the very back of our SUV. We had tons of other stuff, but that is all they looked at and waved us on. Took at most 5 min. There wasn't anyone in the booth at 20km, so we just drove on.

Everyone needs to do their own due diligence. I have.

There is a fairly new bank in the area called BX+. They provide a lot of personal services and I have never had to be inside the bank even to open the account. Call Elizabeth at 376-688-1584. Their office is in front of La Pueblita, but you can arrange for Elizabeth to come to your home to set the account up. You get a debit card and they reimburse up to 5 ATM fees a month at any ATM. They will also deliver up to 30,000 pesos to your home for a fee of 100 pesos. Much better than hanging out at ATMs! Their app is just as good as Bancomer (I have a Bancomer account too).

There is usually someone there that speaks English.

I just accessed SSA via Totalplay with no VPN and no problem.

Interesting. I tried YouTube TV when it first came out and offered a free month or something like that. At least at that time the only browser they would let you use was Google Chrome (on Mac). They required you have location services enabled in the browser and so just a VPN was not enough. I found a way through developer tools to "spoof" you location and that worked. It was a real hassle though and figured it might not work forever and wasn't worth the hassle and so canceled the subscription.

I bought a gas dryer from Home Depot in Guad. 10 or so years ago. Asked the salesman multiple times if it was set up for propane and he said it was. It worked fine for about 6 months and then died. When they came out to fix they said it was because it was set up for natural gas and so wasn't covered on warranty and wasn't set up properly. I had installed it, so couldn't really argue, but I had asked. Cost about $100 US to fix.

Thanks for the input everyone. In the end we decided to got the quota way: 15D, 15D, 37D. Nice easy drive with no issues.