It ultimately depends on where you're going.
Some parts of the country
are absolutely hopeless for wireless coverage. Pretty much every city,
though, has some kind of wireless coverage, as do most minor towns
outside the cities.
James
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:28 PM, <Birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Looking at Net10 a little more.
#1 You must have an unlocked GSM phone for the SIM card only option.
#2 Be sure you check the coverage map against your plans as Nevada coverage is spotty
outside of Reno and Vegas. No "Nationwide" coverage is actually 100% in the US.
I don't know if that is the normal expectation elsewhere or not. Some places just
don't have cell service at any price, some only have one carrier with any cell towers
in the area. But if you are sticking to major cities, you *should* find anything labeled
"Nationwide" as suitable.
http://www.net10sim.com/coverage.php
BirgitteSB
On Jun 16, 2012, at 7:10 PM, Birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> I am not local to DC, but in the US. The only true "no contract" Nationwide
"pay as you go" option I am aware of is NetZero. Virgin used to have a pay as
you go option, but it is now only maintained for grandfathered devices. Net10 does sell
SIM cards alone. I use them for voice and text, but not data. The only issue I have had
is intermittently not receiving texts from two contacts with Android phone with T-Mobile
as their carrier. The texts I do receive from these contacts always state they are
"picture texts" when they are really just text. I don't know if this
problem is on Net10's end or my contact's end, but such things at the wrong moment
can turn into a big deal. I otherwise am happy with Net10 and there are not many no
contract options here. You might want to use them, but tell everyone that you will
confirm all texts while you are traveling, and if they don't get a confirmation then
they should assume you never received the text.
>
> There may other local only options in DC (or East Coast regional options), but you
will likely need someone with Nationwide coverage for your whole trip. It is possible,
but unlikely, some carrier covers DC and Nevada/CA, without being a Nationwide carrier.
There have been some odd mergers.
>
>
http://www.net10.com/
>
> BirgitteSB
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I looking for recommendations for SIM cards to use during Wikimania & to
Nevada & California area (I'm staying a month).
>>
>> Until now, the best that I found is AT&T Pay As You Go plans - need to
purchase a cheap device (didn't found option just to purchase sim card) for about 25$,
monthly plan will cost another 25$ and Data plan for 25$ (1GB, and I'm sure I'll
need a much more :). What make the story quite expensive.
>>
>> Any others option that the local guys can recommend?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Itzik
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