Good, maybe my phone bill will go down when my housekeeper can't call all her fucking relatives on my phone (and then deny it) while I'm gone. Who the hell would I be calling in Guadalajara, bitch? Of course it was you.

Every time the subject of Mexico comes up in the U.S., someone has to make some offhand slight based on no information whatsoever: thank you, 'Trouble' for not disappointing.

Most people here have seen this coming for months - so long in fact they forgot to tell me until just before the registration deadline last week. There hasn't been a big civil rights outcry: the public are generally so tired of the traficante violence, they are more than willing to sacrifice the illusory privacy of a cell number (though how much this will really hinder the cartels is to be seen - consensus, probably not much). As for Madmaxiness, not really - this is a country that has not eliminated the payphone, as cellular usage (generally pay-as-you-go, and you can pay just about anywhere) is far from universal. All that will happen is about a quarter of the population will wake up to dead phones and go, "Creo que debo a registrar para un nuevo numero!" This country weathers far greater disruptions on a regular basis with astonishing aplomb.

This won't phase anyone. There will be pirate networks up and running within 24 hours. This is fucking Mexico, bitches, where subverting/obfuscating/running circles around the government is a national past time.

The link from @5 looks legit. I don't think this is actually happening tomorrow.

LULZ!

Will Mexico become Mad Maxy?

Mexico currently makes Barter Town look like a fuckin' Yoga Retreat.

oh my, i think that is so unfair, if they want the criminals, then they just have to go for the criminals and not include the innocent especially the innocent's phones.

Drew