Data plan only sim?

[adam917]

Originally Posted by snidely

2.5 - 3 EUR for 1MB of data is cheap for U.S. travelers to roam intl. ATT and T-Mobile charge $15-$20/mb.
IF you are a heavy intl U.s. traveler, ATT offers unlimited data roaming for about $65/mo. You have to commit to a year, I believe. Verizon and Sprint even offer unlimited intl. data plans. Since they are not GSM carriers you have to use one of a limited number of GSM phones they allow you to use. price is also under $70/mo for unlimited data.
Those unlimited data plans do include, I believe, domestic data as well.

...mike

I think you can stick the special SIM VZ/Sprint/Bell/Telus/other CDMA operators give you in any GSM/UMTS phone as long as it is being used [i]outside[/] CDMA areas. If not (and I don't see any reason why not), then your phone selection will be very limited to the few dual-mode phones that your operator may supply like several BlackBerry phones (namely the 8830 World Edition, Tour 9630, Bold 9650/9670, & Storm 9530/9550) as well as some old Motorolas.