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From: Camdor on 5 Jan 2010 15:54 I am looking for a couple of PAYG sims for a 2 week trip to america. Just so we can phone between mobiles. Is the best option to pick up a couple over there? (Is it as easy to get as a PAYG is here?) I won't be using the sims after I return, so want something cheap. TIA -- Regards Camdor.
From: Paulg0 on 5 Jan 2010 16:24 "Camdor" <none(a)localhost.com> wrote in message news:SFN0n.1483$i_1.746(a)newsfe18.ams2... >I am looking for a couple of PAYG sims for a 2 week trip to america. Just >so we can phone between mobiles. Is the best option to pick up a couple >over there? (Is it as easy to get as a PAYG is here?) > > I won't be using the sims after I return, so want something cheap. Last time I went I picked up a T-Mobile USA sim card very cheap from eBay before going. It had more credit on than the actual cost on eBay. An unlocked Quad band handset is needed to use the sim in though Paul
From: RCC on 5 Jan 2010 18:01 In message <hi0amp$5jv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Paulg0 <zdg18(a)ukgateway.net> writes > >"Camdor" <none(a)localhost.com> wrote in message >news:SFN0n.1483$i_1.746(a)newsfe18.ams2... >>I am looking for a couple of PAYG sims for a 2 week trip to america. >>Just so we can phone between mobiles. Is the best option to pick up a >>couple over there? (Is it as easy to get as a PAYG is here?) >> >> I won't be using the sims after I return, so want something cheap. > >Last time I went I picked up a T-Mobile USA sim card very cheap from >eBay before going. It had more credit on than the actual cost on eBay. >An unlocked Quad band handset is needed to use the sim in though > >Paul > > Depends where you are going. There are large tracts, including many of the tourist areas and national parks in the west, where there is no usable signal of any kind. Have a look at the coverage maps (sprint, AT&T, T Mobile, Voda): you may be better off buying semaphore flags and a box to stand on. -- Richard C
From: Lobster on 5 Jan 2010 18:26 Paulg0 wrote: > > "Camdor" <none(a)localhost.com> wrote in message > news:SFN0n.1483$i_1.746(a)newsfe18.ams2... >> I am looking for a couple of PAYG sims for a 2 week trip to america. >> Just so we can phone between mobiles. Is the best option to pick up a >> couple over there? (Is it as easy to get as a PAYG is here?) >> >> I won't be using the sims after I return, so want something cheap. > > Last time I went I picked up a T-Mobile USA sim card very cheap from > eBay before going. It had more credit on than the actual cost on eBay. > An unlocked Quad band handset is needed to use the sim in though I did just the same - bought two of them from the same ebay seller. Worked really well - anything's better than UK roaming in the US. IIRC you need to be careful that the SIMs will still be valid to activate for the duration of your stay (and you can't activate them till you get out there) so pick your seller carefully. Also I think you could pick your own area code when registering them, so you can save money by choosing the area code of where you are staying? David
From: J B on 6 Jan 2010 02:21
"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mUP0n.783$Sl1.738(a)newsfe09.ams2... > > I did just the same - bought two of them from the same ebay seller. Worked > really well - anything's better than UK roaming in the US. IIRC you need > to be careful that the SIMs will still be valid to activate for the > duration of your stay (and you can't activate them till you get out there) > so pick your seller carefully. > > Also I think you could pick your own area code when registering them, so > you can save money by choosing the area code of where you are staying? I concur with all the above. I had an AT&T one and a tri band phone for use in central Florida. -- J B |