Piranha Mobile Sim Card

[gkeeper]

Besides Piranha who would you recommend as a second sim provider in the US as backup

[kctopitz]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

Besides Piranha who would you recommend as a second sim provider in the US as backup

T-Mobile has been offering free prepaid SIM cards rather regularly through their website (bottom of the page) - though not at present. If you have some time you could keep an eye on that and order one, though obviously you'd have to have it shipped to a US address.

I was also looking at Truphone, which is another prepaid international SIM that uses T-Mobile's US network. Their SMS and data rates in the US are actually better than Piranha's: $.10 per SMS sent (free incoming), $.15 per MB data (billed every 100kb), calls being $.15 per minute incoming and outgoing. I haven't actually used their service much within the US but I haven't had any problems using their service outside the US.

The other thing you could look into is a SIM that runs on AT&T's network. Overall AT&T's coverage is better than T-Mobile's if you're going to be in more rural areas. Expect rates to be more expensive, though.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

Besides Piranha who would you recommend as a second sim provider in the US as backup

The easy answer is: "The one that works!'
Of course you do not find out which is
the one that does not
work until it is too late.

Since you are in the UK, I would suggest Tru or ekit. Both do the AT&T and T-Mobile networks. ekit actually does almost all GSM networks in the USA. If you happen to be travelling to some of the weird GSM places in the US, ekit might be better. I believe Wisconsin is one of those weird GSM places. {'lakes in Wisconsin definitely sound weird.} [As is some of the empty places in the West {Wyoming, Montana} and Maine]
Understand ekit's rates can be more--there is a connection fee that means shorter calls are more expensive, but longer ones would be cheaper. If you are using data, than Tru probably is the better choice.

Pertaining to the thread mentioned below. If you could get both Tru and Ekit along with already having Piranha, it would be braces and a belt and a rope.
The 'research' you mention is probably not "GSM coverage" in Wisconsin, but now it can be!

The thread in question is linked below:

Originally Posted by Stu

You should always carry a backup SIM. I've experience and seen horror stories with plenty of people using gold plated contract SIMs from first tier carriers.

Originally Posted by davidtheprof

Carry a backup sim - there was a thread on this!

http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/inte...html#post41610