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Communications and Media Dialing Codes

The network of cellular phone coverage in Argentina • For operator services,
dial 000.
is generally quite good and Wi-Fi can be found in many • To make a collect call inside
establishments. If you don’t have a cell phone, the booths in Argentina, dial
Internet cafés (locutorios) are far more efficient than pay phones 0800­222­1919.
on the street. Internet cafés can be found throughout most • For a long­distance call
major cities, and even remote villages have at least one Internet to the capital from within
Argentina, dial 011 followed
café. The mail service may not be very reliable but it is still cheap by the 8­digit number.
and effi cient by Latin American standards. For entertainment, • For a long­distance call
Argentina has five free television channels transmitting numer- from the capital to other
ous pro grams ranging from documentaries and talk shows places in Argentina, add
the code of the region
to soap operas. The radio is quite popular with Argentinians, before the number.
featuring break fast shows and pop music programs.

Telephone Numbers
from overseas, dial +54 9 11 and available in most hotels with basic
The country code for calling the number, leaving out the 15. facilities and all locutorios. Faxes
Argentina is 54, followed by an Some hotels offer a cell are normally charged at AR$3
area code, which can be one, phone renting service, to AR$6 per sheet.
two, three, or four digits; for but this can be expen­
example Buenos Aires’s area sive. SIM cards for
code is 11 followed by the unblocked phones are Mail Services
telephone num ber. All landline available for AR$15. Sending and receiving parcels
num bers in Buenos Aires have through the regular mail ser vice
eight digits. Public telephones in Argentina is not recom­
are found everywhere, but Internet and Fax mended. Registering both letters
more rarely in remote areas. Most Argentinian hotels, and parcels improves the odds
Public call centers are assigned hostels, and guest­ against pilfering. However, the
a cabin with a meter which houses have Internet safest way to send anything
displays the charged amount. facilities. Even small other than a letter or postcard
It is better to check at the villages in the interior abroad is through one of the
counter for discounts on inter­ have a locutorio (Internet inter national courier com panies
national or domes tic calls. café) since many homes such as FedEx, DHL, and UPS.
Prepaid phone cards can be do not have personal The main oficinas de correos (post
bought at these call centers computers. The hourly offices) in large towns and cities are
to call abroad. rate for broad band open from 8am to 6pm on week­
Telephone sign at access rarely exceeds days and from 8am to 1pm on
El Cuyo
Cell Phones AR$5. The only Saturdays. Locutorios displaying the
Correo Argentino sign serve as
disadvantage is that
Visitors should ask their phone the speed of the connection is the pick­up points for official
provider at home about slower in small towns than in the service. Casa Correo Central is
international roaming before cities. Also, the letters on the key­ inexpensive for domes tic mail and
going abroad. All Argentinian board may not be the standard is reliable for mailing internationally
cell numbers begin with 15 and Western letters. Printing pages if they are posted certificado.
are fol lowed by eight digits. To is also quite cheap at less than A poste restante (mail holding
call cell phones in Buenos Aires US$1 per page. Fax machines are service) is available at main post
offices in the major cities; letters
should be add ressed to the
recipient’s name, followed by the
words “Lista de Correos,” and then by
the name and address of the post
office. Collecting the mail will
cost the recipient around AR$6,
and they will need to show ID.
Argentinian Addresses
Argentinian addresses list the
house number after the name
A locutorio in the town of El Bolsón, Patagonia of the street. Other useful

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