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Cellular Phone Forum / General / GSM / September 2004Prepaid Sim card in the US?
Are there any provider in the US that sell prepaid Sim cards? Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. Go to any T-Mobile company store. You can get a SIM card with about 125 minutes on it for $50. You can add minutes to it as needed. Additional minutes can be purchased in places like Wawa, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. No commitment. No contract. Is your phone unlocked? If not, it may not accept a T-Mobile SIM. Try one before you buy. Storm > Are there any provider in the US that sell prepaid Sim cards? > Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? > I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. Just called TMobile. THey claim that there is a one year contract even in this case. Seems strange... > Go to any T-Mobile company store. > You can get a SIM card with about 125 minutes on it for $50. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? > > I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. It is not true. If you buy the SIM, they have a promo going where you get one year's time to use your minutes if you buy a single $25 recharge slip. STu > Just called TMobile. THey claim that there is a one year contract even in > this case. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? > > > I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. > It is not true. If you buy the SIM, they have a promo going where you get > one year's time to use your minutes if you buy a single $25 recharge slip. Stu, Didn't that 1-year promo end in June? Also, I think the T-Mobile prepaid does not work in N. & S. Carolina. Frank, The people you spoke with either did not understand your question or were idiots. Prepaid has no contract. What you want is called an "EasySpeak SIM pack".  SignatureDonald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net > > It is not true. If you buy the SIM, they have a promo going where you get > > one year's time to use your minutes if you buy a single $25 recharge slip. > > > Stu, > Didn't that 1-year promo end in June? Also, I think the T-Mobile prepaid > does not work in N. & S. Carolina. TMobile does have native network in SC... Mostly in Charleston, Orangeburg, Aiken area, along 95 as well... > Frank, > The people you spoke with either did not understand your question or were > idiots. Prepaid has no contract. What you want is called an "EasySpeak SIM > pack". Actually TMobile no longer has "Easy Speak" As of about 2 weeks ago, it is offically T-Mobile to Go... > -- > Donald Newcomb > DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net >> It is not true. If you buy the SIM, they have a promo going where you get >> one year's time to use your minutes if you buy a single $25 recharge slip. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >idiots. Prepaid has no contract. What you want is called an "EasySpeak SIM >pack". Actually, what you want is a "T-Mobile To Go SIM pack". > Actually, what you want is a "T-Mobile To Go SIM pack". I stand corrected. The last one I bought was in June, when it was still Easy Speak. SignatureDonald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net >Just called TMobile. THey claim that there is a one year contract even in >this case. >Seems strange... Absolutely positively no. Prepaid there is *never* a contract. Perhaps they didn't understand that you were referring to prepaid and not monthly accounts or perhaps you just got someone who was lacking in clues. >> Go to any T-Mobile company store. >> You can get a SIM card with about 125 minutes on it for $50. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> > Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? >> > I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Are there any provider in the US that sell prepaid Sim cards? >Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? >I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. T-Mobile at their corporate stores sell prepaid packs for USD50 with USD30 of calling time included. You can also get these packages from ebay where they're often sold for even less than $50. cingular also sells prepaid but be cautioned that many cingular areas use GSM 850 which is often not a frequency included on "triband" phones sold in Europe which are commonly 900/1800 (Euro/Asian) and 1900 (North America.) Also be aware that prepaid bought in one market may not work in other markets. cingular has basically three different systems. West coast (California, Nevada, Washington state), east coast (North and South Carolina) and the rest of the country (which is mostly 850 GSM.) AT&T Wireless also has a prepaid programme (GoPhone), but it's not the "traditional" prepaid system. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Are there any provider in the US that sell prepaid Sim cards? >Or are there any plans that don't require a plan commitment? >I would like to temporarily use my 3 band GSM phone. Both AT&T and T-mobile offer them, although the T-mobile offering at least in the past has been beset by technical issues (roaming within the T-mobile US domestic network often didn't work).. |
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