My experience in the USA 2008

ticex · **My experience in the USA 2008 -** 09-10-2008, 23:57

Hi,

Just got back from a trip to the USA and thought I'd share my experiences with regard to prepaid SIM options. I managed to buy an AT&T prepaid SIM from one of the AT&T stores in Boston which cost $25 but included $25 of credit valid for 90 days. One word of warning though - make sure you buy from a proper AT&T store as the first independant store I visited in New York City wanted to charge me $85 for exactly the same item! My sim was active immediately and came setup on the plan where they charge $1 daily charge on days the phone is used and $0.10 per minute for calls made/received.

The interesting thing I discovered that I hadn't seen mentioned on here before was the un-advertised Unlimited Media Net add-on which for $19.99 gives 1 month of unlimited internet access. This was instantly activated and deducted from my balance by calling the service number (611 as far as I recall). This worked on my phone (Nokia E71) and in my USB dongle modem with EDGE and was actually rather quick. It would have also worked on 3G but sadly none of my handsets or modem supported AT&T's 850/1900 3G bands but it would be ideal for those of you that have an iPhone or US frequency 3G handset as AT&T's 3G coverage looks pretty good now.

Finally, for repeat visitors if you topup by $100 the sim is valid for 365 days and although it doesn't roam anywhere except for Mexico it can also be topped up online which should make it possible to keep it alive between visits.

Hopefully this info is of use to others visiting the USA in the near future.

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ticex (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 67 Join Date: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Edinburgh & Brussels Country:	My experience in the USA 2008 - 09-10-2008, 23:57 Hi, Just got back from a trip to the USA and thought I'd share my experiences with regard to prepaid SIM options. I managed to buy an AT&T prepaid SIM from one of the AT&T stores in Boston which cost $25 but included $25 of credit valid for 90 days. One word of warning though - make sure you buy from a proper AT&T store as the first independant store I visited in New York City wanted to charge me $85 for exactly the same item! My sim was active immediately and came setup on the plan where they charge $1 daily charge on days the phone is used and $0.10 per minute for calls made/received. The interesting thing I discovered that I hadn't seen mentioned on here before was the un-advertised Unlimited Media Net add-on which for $19.99 gives 1 month of unlimited internet access. This was instantly activated and deducted from my balance by calling the service number (611 as far as I recall). This worked on my phone (Nokia E71) and in my USB dongle modem with EDGE and was actually rather quick. It would have also worked on 3G but sadly none of my handsets or modem supported AT&T's 850/1900 3G bands but it would be ideal for those of you that have an iPhone or US frequency 3G handset as AT&T's 3G coverage looks pretty good now. Finally, for repeat visitors if you topup by $100 the sim is valid for 365 days and although it doesn't roam anywhere except for Mexico it can also be topped up online which should make it possible to keep it alive between visits. Hopefully this info is of use to others visiting the USA in the near future.