Best USA prepaid SIM for very occasional data use?

davidtheprof · 02-01-2013, 20:29

I've lent out my Truphone sim to visiting family in the US, 15c/MB. OK for occasional use, and prepaid credits don't expire, for at least a year. Cost of sim is around $30, compared with the $100 you have to load onto TMo to keep it active for the year.
Of course, the Tmo data rate is much cheaper, comes in at only 1.5c/MB once you have loaded up the card, and you do have the 100 to use, unlike Tru, where you still have to load credit after buying the Sim. I imagine tablets gobble data faster than phones, due to larger screens and full function websites.

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	02-01-2013, 20:29 I've lent out my Truphone sim to visiting family in the US, 15c/MB. OK for occasional use, and prepaid credits don't expire, for at least a year. Cost of sim is around $30, compared with the $100 you have to load onto TMo to keep it active for the year. Of course, the Tmo data rate is much cheaper, comes in at only 1.5c/MB once you have loaded up the card, and you do have the 100 to use, unlike Tru, where you still have to load credit after buying the Sim. I imagine tablets gobble data faster than phones, due to larger screens and full function websites.