Prepaid SIM only. USA then Canada

PhotoJim · 29-04-2007, 04:10

Getting affordable data on prepaid GSM here is tricky.

For voice: options:

T-Mobile US - cheap in US, 69 cents US a minute in Canada
Cingular - cheapish in US, no service in Canada on prepaid
Rogers - cheapish in Canada, expensive roaming in US
Fido - cheap in Canada, not sure if it roams in US or not

There are some virtual operators, too.

As for data, T-Mobile supports basic data only (you might get full Internet access but it's not officially supported). If it works it's free. It is not 3G.

There is very little 3G coverage in North America yet. In Canada, the Toronto area has it but Vancouver is still being deployed. We do have EDGE and GPRS though.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	29-04-2007, 04:10 Getting affordable data on prepaid GSM here is tricky. For voice: options: T-Mobile US - cheap in US, 69 cents US a minute in Canada Cingular - cheapish in US, no service in Canada on prepaid Rogers - cheapish in Canada, expensive roaming in US Fido - cheap in Canada, not sure if it roams in US or not There are some virtual operators, too. As for data, T-Mobile supports basic data only (you might get full Internet access but it's not officially supported). If it works it's free. It is not 3G. There is very little 3G coverage in North America yet. In Canada, the Toronto area has it but Vancouver is still being deployed. We do have EDGE and GPRS though. 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.