Prepaid card with data option

sebastiantaenzer · **Prepaid card with data option -** 15-05-2009, 12:59

Hello,

I'm going to visit my grand-uncle in North Tonawandy, NY in June/July (4 weeks) and we're going to be in NY City for a week.

I'd like to use my iPhone 3G to check emails and send/receive calls & SMS by using a prepaid card. Is there any recommendation for the state of NY? Never been there before and I have no idea what's best for me. I don't mind paying a bit of money but have to make sure that I have at least 100MB per month.

I'd like to pre-order a card and have it send to my uncle over there.

I'd be happy if you could give me a recommendation.

Best regards from Bonn, Germany,
Sebastian

elistoughton · 14-07-2009, 10:00

I don't think that there are any prepaid (non-monthly) options for data. Did you find anything to accommodate you??

Stu · 14-07-2009, 12:24

Your problem is that you have an iPhone. ATT has a 100 meg prepaid option, I've heard rumors that they are not letting the iPhone on it because too many people were using jailbroken ATT iPhones on it. ATT actually has a prepaid plan for the 2g iPhone, but is booting 3g users from it.

You might want to jump into this thread over at Howard's Forum (in the iPhone forum) where a Canadian (who frequently visits the State's) is asking the same thing as you:

HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Is there a way to get data on a prepaid plan for an unlocked iPhone 3g 3.0?

Many people have got their devices running on the T-Mobile USA prepaid Sidekick option, but there is some minor system tricking going on:

http://www.modmyi.com/forums/t-mobil...-iphone-2.html

VladS · 14-07-2009, 14:45

I've only heard of one prepaid SIM offering unlimited iPhone data in the US. I have never used it, but I did order a Digicel Jamaica from the seller and service was good.

Mr. Simcard - Now You're Talking. iPhone Prepaid Sim Cards USA, Worldwide.

elistoughton · 15-07-2009, 03:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

Many people have got their devices running on the T-Mobile USA prepaid Sidekick option, but there is some minor system tricking going on:

woohoo sidekick plan on iphone - Page 2

Wow, I didn't know that this was going on, I'll have to check it out.
I have an Original iPhone with regular T-Mobile prepaid.
I don't think that is what the OP has though.

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sebastiantaenzer (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 15 May 2009 Country:	Prepaid card with data option - 15-05-2009, 12:59 Hello, I'm going to visit my grand-uncle in North Tonawandy, NY in June/July (4 weeks) and we're going to be in NY City for a week. I'd like to use my iPhone 3G to check emails and send/receive calls & SMS by using a prepaid card. Is there any recommendation for the state of NY? Never been there before and I have no idea what's best for me. I don't mind paying a bit of money but have to make sure that I have at least 100MB per month. I'd like to pre-order a card and have it send to my uncle over there. I'd be happy if you could give me a recommendation. Best regards from Bonn, Germany, Sebastian

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elistoughton (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 37 Join Date: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Media, PA/Ithaca, NY/Rome, Italy Country:	14-07-2009, 10:00 I don't think that there are any prepaid (non-monthly) options for data. Did you find anything to accommodate you?? Mobile - iPhone SIM - T-Mobile USA * T-Mobile D * T-Mobile UK * Wind (it) * Vodafone Cz * Beeline Санкт-Петербург * APUA PCS (Antigua)

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Dubai (& Detroit) Country:	14-07-2009, 12:24 Your problem is that you have an iPhone. ATT has a 100 meg prepaid option, I've heard rumors that they are not letting the iPhone on it because too many people were using jailbroken ATT iPhones on it. ATT actually has a prepaid plan for the 2g iPhone, but is booting 3g users from it. You might want to jump into this thread over at Howard's Forum (in the iPhone forum) where a Canadian (who frequently visits the State's) is asking the same thing as you: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Is there a way to get data on a prepaid plan for an unlocked iPhone 3g 3.0? Many people have got their devices running on the T-Mobile USA prepaid Sidekick option, but there is some minor system tricking going on: http://www.modmyi.com/forums/t-mobil...-iphone-2.html Last edited by Stu; 14-07-2009 at 12:35..

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 506 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	14-07-2009, 14:45 I've only heard of one prepaid SIM offering unlimited iPhone data in the US. I have never used it, but I did order a Digicel Jamaica from the seller and service was good. Mr. Simcard - Now You're Talking. iPhone Prepaid Sim Cards USA, Worldwide. VladS Mobile Phones: Nokia E72-2 (3G/GSM/VoIP), Nokia E71-2 (3G/GSM/VoIP), Samsung BlackJack II (GSM/3G) Mobile Data Cards: Novatel MC950D, Huawei E220, ZTE MF668 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido - US: AT&T - FR: SFR Prepaid National SIMs: DE: Aldi, Fonic - AT: yesss! - RO: Orange, Vodafone - UK: O2 & T-Mobile - US: AT&T & T-Mobile Prepaid International SIMs: eKit, Sim4Travel Dead Prepaid SIMs: United Mobile +44, United Mobile +423, ICQSIM and 09