recommendations for FL/USA | cheap int'l calling and data required

[ThomasG]

I just went through a couple of posts and threads, however I am not sure what prepaid card would be the best option. We are a family of 6 going to FL for a two weeks holiday trip and I would very much like to have an option with the lowest possible fees for calling one another. The reason is pretty simple: If anyone gets lost anywhere, this is the easiest way to get together again, and I want each of the kids to have that "insurance".
Any recommendation would be very much appreciated, TIA!

[snaimon]

So you will need 6 sim cards, PROBABLY all from the same provider. I take it you have 6 GSM phones suitable for use on 850/1900.

Ebay USA ususally has lots of ATT & T-mobile prepaid sim cards for sale quite inexpensively ($10 or less). There are some Tuyo ACTIVATION packages available on Ebay also for under $10 (not clear whether a sim card is inlcuded). The ATT and T-Mo packages usually have a small amount (30) minutes time before they expire. I know T-mobile has a prepay plan were you have unlimited T-Mo tio T-Mo calling for $1 per day of use (ie, you don't use, you don't pay) - remember, inbound is not free, so if you call each phone, that is $6 gone if they are all on that rate plan option. You could just have a few phones on that kind of plan and do straight pay-as-you-go on the other phones. I dont know much about ATT prepaid plans. I hve bought T-MO prepaid cards on Ebay myself.

Seems lots of good talk about Tuyo. You would have to find a dealer in FL - seem to be plenty. I don't seem any sim card picing on the website, but I may be blind. They have a 10 cents per minute option.

I am not recommending ANYTHING, but those are some options for you to think about.

Have a great vacation!

Stan

[ThomasG]

Originally Posted by snaimon

So you will need 6 sim cards, PROBABLY all from the same provider. I take it you have 6 GSM phones suitable for use on 850/1900.

Yes, of course, some basics are self-explaining even for me

Ebay USA ususally has lots of ATT & T-mobile prepaid sim cards for sale quite inexpensively ($10 or less). There are some Tuyo ACTIVATION packages available on Ebay also for under $10 (not clear whether a sim card is inlcuded). The ATT and T-Mo packages usually have a small amount (30) minutes time before they expire. I know T-mobile has a prepay plan were you have unlimited T-Mo tio T-Mo calling for $1 per day of use (ie, you don't use, you don't pay) - remember, inbound is not free, so if you call each phone, that is $6 gone if they are all on that rate plan option. You could just have a few phones on that kind of plan and do straight pay-as-you-go on the other phones. I dont know much about ATT prepaid plans. I hve bought T-MO prepaid cards on Ebay myself.

Seems lots of good talk about Tuyo. You would have to find a dealer in FL - seem to be plenty. I don't seem any sim card picing on the website, but I may be blind. They have a 10 cents per minute option.

Thx, Tuyo would have been my choice so far, has been recommended by many users. Just that I do not need to make any calls abroad so there may be other options, I did have something in mind there was a provider with internal calls being completely free of charge.