In trouble if it wasn't for Mobal
It's this story from one of our customers, Ted Alan Stedman, that has inspired the title of this section (although when you read the story, you'll realise it's not strictly true...)
Here's Ted's story...
“Two American climbers had been ambushed and shot near the camp we were heading to…
… I turned on the phone for the first time and it was blessedly simple to use!”
As we were packing our gear into the trucks for the trip up to the 14,000' base camp of Pico Orizaba (Mexico's highest peak, at 18,600'),we learned that the day before, two American climbers had been ambushed and shot near the camp we were heading to. Our guides called it quits before we even started, and all of a sudden our trip was cut short -- meaning we all had to change our flight departure dates.
Before the 4-hour drive back to Mexico City, I turned on the phone for the first time and it was blessedly simple to use: no intermediaries, just dial the country code 001, followed by the phone number, and that was it.
A couple others bought phone cards, but they went through those quickly and sometimes a Mexican operator who wasn't bilingual got involved, and that was a hassle. So, I passed around the phone and we all made calls to change to our flights. That effort was 100% effective.
It was an incredible convenience to be able to do with the Mobal while in a remote, god forsaken village in rural Mexico"
Got an interesting or funny Mobal World Phone story to share with community members? Email it to me now at michael@mobalphone.com
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