Talk:Brazil/@comment-76.115.15.49-20150908043848/@comment-24682153-20150912095412

You got me wrong. I think if a provider has a tourist plan like TIM in their portfolio, it should be featured on this article. But if availability is tricky, it should be mentioned too, so users can expect some difficulties getting it. So they might need to get a local plan instead.

I don't really understand why only the tourist product of TIM is mentioned: Oi has a special pre paid kit for tourists too: see here, and Claro as well: see here. We can't only show one provider and forget the others. Only Vivo has no tourist product on the market so far.

So for me it's clear, that all tourist and local prepaid products must be shown. To get in line with the other countries here, I strongly suggest to get rid of the voice rates and replace it by general rules about long-distance calls and inter-network calls. (You can get the rules from the mentioned prices too, but only after comparing a lot of numbers.) This makes more sense for a visitor than prices which vary for each tariff line and every DDD (region).

I still think that an advice like "''as voice calls outside of your local area are expensive, try to buy the SIM card in the region where you expect to use it most." ''is missing. You can figure it out after reading dozens of numbers or you can just say it outloud. There is not a single reference of the regional organization of the mobile system in the country.

''"There's always someone who can speak English or at least someone who can try." ''That's too optimistic. Brazil is one of the countries where you are lost (or heavily overpriced) without at least trying to speak the local laguage. This should be made clear too.

This is the data WIKI. Users are checking this website to get info about data rates, not voice plans. But because Brazil is a world of its own and you get easily lost as a foreigner, I think we should also provide basic information about voice here too. In this context, it's more helpful to provide assistance how to dial a long distance number and how to use a carrier selection code, than a specific price of a plan.

When smaller operators others than the big 4 are mentioned it should be made clear too in which states they have licences/coverage at all. Don't worry, the article is still good for most of its parts and gets my approval, but with a few changes and amendments to it. A lot of prices seem to be outdated too.