US Pre pay sims, Costs and roaming?

PhotoJim · 17-02-2007, 16:26

I got my T-Mobile SIM off a guy on eBay. It came with a Los Angeles, California (+1 323) number, which was okay with me - I will not be in any particular place in the US regularly, except for parts of North Dakota that T-Mobile does not natively serve. There is no long distance charge for inbound or outbound US calling anyway.

I paid about $5 (plus an exhorbitant $8 for shipping, which is okay - I knew I was paying it) and got about $20 in calling time. I've since added a $100 card so now I'm good until early February of 2008. (My original time expired in early February but I topped up before that happened.) Now even including my playing I have about $121 in credit (you get a bonus when you are in the Gold Rewards program).

Cingular has better coverage, but with the roaming areas included, T-Mobile is not that much worse. I think it's going to work out very well for me.

I have a PagePlus phone just in case, though. Verizon has the best coverage footprint of any network (when you include the roaming partners) and that's the network PagePlus uses. As mentioned above, boring CDMA, though.

My plan is to use PagePlus when I must and T-Mobile when I can.

Malkav · 17-02-2007, 19:26

ok, tmobile, cingular and boost are the one's to look at, when i get there.....mmmm again early 09 i will be off to the US (Bob help you all!)

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	17-02-2007, 16:26 I got my T-Mobile SIM off a guy on eBay. It came with a Los Angeles, California (+1 323) number, which was okay with me - I will not be in any particular place in the US regularly, except for parts of North Dakota that T-Mobile does not natively serve. There is no long distance charge for inbound or outbound US calling anyway. I paid about $5 (plus an exhorbitant $8 for shipping, which is okay - I knew I was paying it) and got about $20 in calling time. I've since added a $100 card so now I'm good until early February of 2008. (My original time expired in early February but I topped up before that happened.) Now even including my playing I have about $121 in credit (you get a bonus when you are in the Gold Rewards program). Cingular has better coverage, but with the roaming areas included, T-Mobile is not that much worse. I think it's going to work out very well for me. I have a PagePlus phone just in case, though. Verizon has the best coverage footprint of any network (when you include the roaming partners) and that's the network PagePlus uses. As mentioned above, boring CDMA, though. My plan is to use PagePlus when I must and T-Mobile when I can. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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Malkav (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 267 Join Date: 09 Jun 2006 Location: Malkavian University Country:	17-02-2007, 19:26 ok, tmobile, cingular and boost are the one's to look at, when i get there.....mmmm again early 09 i will be off to the US (Bob help you all!) Current networks: Orange 3g UK, 3 pay monthly, Virgin pay as you go UK, 3UK payg, Tesco payg, Asda mobile Active phones: Blackberry Torch (02), Google Nexus one (Vodafone) Inactive Sims: Oskar Czech R, BT Genie Pay as you go UK. Spare (unused phones) NEC 616, Ericsson t68/i, Nokia 3310, Sendo m550, Mototorola v66i, Motorola a1000.lg u880, Sony Ericsson t230. Orange spv m5000, Samsung z400, Motorola SLVR (Red)!, lobster tv700, spv m700, prada phone, motorola l7e, Skype phone, siemens sl65, blackberry 8810, Nokia 6500 slide X2.