Brief visit to US

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by sassie_65

what is the best way and approximate price to access unlimited usage on a prepaid plan internet for the 6 weeks we are there?

Forget the poor data offerings in the US, use wi-fi. It's nearly universal in hotels. High end and extreme low-end hotels may charge, but it's generally free. Most vacation rentals (holiday flats) should have free wi-fi. McDonalds, Starbucks, bookshops, libraries etc have free wi-fi.

So unless you have a particular need for internet access on the move, you could save a lot of expense and bother by just using internet in your hotel, or while having a coffee or eating a burger.

Even for navigation there's a variety of android apps that will download the maps in advance (while you have wi-fi) so that you can use them later.

Much simpler to get a tablet that only does wi-fi (rather than some form of 3G) as well.

I travelled for months around the US and Canada this summer and never found a need for GSM/3G data, there's so much free wi-fi around.