{"id":498,"date":"2013-08-27T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T18:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/?p=498"},"modified":"2014-08-22T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T16:07:39","slug":"small-cellphone-network-shows-the-little-guy-can-make-a-go-of-it-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/2013\/08\/small-cellphone-network-shows-the-little-guy-can-make-a-go-of-it-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Cellphone Network Shows The Little Guy Can Make a Go of it in Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/VILLA-TALEA-DE-CASTRO-Mexico-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico small business and cellphones\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/VILLA-TALEA-DE-CASTRO-Mexico-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/VILLA-TALEA-DE-CASTRO-Mexico.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mexico always comes through as being a places that has more space for the small-timer to get ahead.  When I talk to Americans and Canadians, it seems to be an ever-growing frustration that you either have to be working for the big-shots, already well-established in your own business, or have a few million dollars to throw around if you want to get ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These same people are starting to look to Mexico simply because they find the room here to start with something small and grow it into a full and comfortable living.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another story which illustrates that side of Mexico.  It&#8217;s not about expats opening a business, but it&#8217;s related in that it shows how a small village can take the initiative to set up their own affordable cellphone service:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Left out by telecom firms like the one owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, a remote Mexican mountain village now runs its own cellphone network to communicate with the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tucked away in a lush forest in the southern state of Oaxaca, the indigenous village of Villa Talea de Castro, population 2,500, was not seen as a profitable market for companies such as Mr Slim\u2019s Am\u00e9rica M\u00f3vil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So the village, under an initiative launched by indigenous groups, civil organisations and universities, put up a perch-like antenna on a rooftop, installed radio and computer equipment, and created its own micro provider called Red Celular de Talea (RCT).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, restaurant manager Ramiro Perez can call his children and receive food orders on his cellphone at a cheap price in this village dotted by small homes painted in pink and yellow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The local service, started in 2013, costs 15 pesos ($1.20) a month \u2014 13 times cheaper than a big company\u2019s basic plan in Mexico City \u2014 while calls to the US, where many of the indigenous Zapoteco resident have migrated, cost a few pennies per minute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Read the whole article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdlive.co.za\/world\/americas\/2013\/08\/27\/mexican-town-sets-up-its-own-much-cheaper-cellphone-service\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is temporary for now, and sort of an experiment; but the point is that it&#8217;s happening &#8211; it actually <strong><em>can<\/em><\/strong> happen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, I sure wouldn&#8217;t say that Mexico is anti-corporate, like Venezuela or Bolivia.  On the contrary, folks like Mr. Slim and multinationals like Walmart seem to be doing quite well here.  As I pointed out a couple of days ago, more and more companies of the sort are investing here every year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet, at the same time that Mexico is very conducive to big business, it&#8217;s also easier to start a <em><strong>successful<\/strong><\/em> small business and make a living off it.  People are coming to the same conclusion more and more; you can either sit around and wonder what&#8217;s going wrong up north; or you can head down to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/real-estate-books\/?web=Blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dashboard.lloyd-team.com\/1-images\/Banners\/Banner261-A.jpeg \" alt=\"Mexico Real Estate e-book\" width=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico always comes through as being a places that has more space for the small-timer to get ahead. 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