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Default a warning - 29-05-2013, 21:02

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Hi all, I'd appreciate some help with this - I'm traveling in a couple of weeks to Washington and Oregon, doing ~10 days in the car hopping between the natural parks [National Parks]of the two states.
Hello. Having lived in Oregon from 1981-2004 I can say the Northwest is very beautiful. But having just checked the coverage maps, I don't think you will be able to do as much data as you will want in the non-Urban areas. Perhaps there will be some WiFi, but try to make your plans when you do have internet access.

I will defer to others to suggest an AT&T MVNO or AT&T itself for a data choice.
You will want to get one of those.

But I will also suggest you get a Piranha SIM card in addition. It uses the T-Mobile
network and also has reasonable [for US] calls back to Italy. And it does do data at $0.38 Data Per MB. I would use it as a secondary SIM and for calls to Italy.

My warning is that data will not be as readily available as you will hope and assume----so be ready for no data.
The natives are pretty friendly and you can actually talk to them rather than use data! [And no per unit charges!]
And being from outside of the country will make them really, really try to be helpful.
Also, meeting some americans will be good for both you and them.
   
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