[lucky_ducks]

Hi There

I'm looking for SIM suggestions for one Month in America want to see what my options are for Data/Txt and Calling.

I went in 2011 and bought a SIM in a store for $20 and then needed to top up for $30 meaning I paid £35 for a month of data/txt plus local and international calling.

I need to use my phone when I'm out and about and Calling cards are not an option.

When I went in 2012 I used my regular SIM but with the data off which is obviously designed for European usage.

the only other sim so far I've found is for http://www.truphone.com/en-GB/ which is £20 for the sim.

Any Suggestions are very welcome. Cheers,

[c4rv]

Everytime I speak to my sister in the US she always moans about how expensive data plans are in the US, I guess its a big country to cover.

Not sure what deal you had last time but had a quick look at AT&T for example and for example you can get a $25 sim prepaid SIM with 250 minutes calls and unlimited text and then add 3GB of data for $30..

[lucky_ducks]

Thank you I shall take a look at that. Sounds like a possible

[grumpyoldbat]

Originally Posted by lucky_ducks

Hi There

I'm looking for SIM suggestions for one Month in America want to see what my options are for Data/Txt and Calling.

I went in 2011 and bought a SIM in a store for $20 and then needed to top up for $30 meaning I paid £35 for a month of data/txt plus local and international calling.

I need to use my phone when I'm out and about and Calling cards are not an option.

When I went in 2012 I used my regular SIM but with the data off which is obviously designed for European usage.

the only other sim so far I've found is for http://www.truphone.com/en-GB/ which is £20 for the sim.

Any Suggestions are very welcome. Cheers,

The £20 Truphone SIM gives you a tenner of credit to start with. I've used a Truphone SIM in the US and it works well. Data is 20p per MB. If you're just using it for email, maps and a bit of social networking then it works out quite well. I used £20 over a 1 week holiday and I didn't avoid any of my normal daily usage, but I did wait until I was on wifi to do any app updates and that sort of thing.

For me, the thing that's more useful is that you can get the number before you go so you can give it to people at home in case they need to reach you. Otherwise, you have to wait til you get there and then tell everyone when you're there.

[antonymp5]

I'm going to Florida in March and was wondering if anyone had used this service? www.holidayphone.co.uk/USA-prepaid-sim

[grumpyoldbat]

Not used it myself, but someone in the industry whose opinion I would trust used the service for a trip to Spain:

http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/...this-year.html

[c4rv]

Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat

Not used it myself, but someone in the industry whose opinion I would trust used the service for a trip to Spain:

http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/...this-year.html

their sim card is £80 for the base package for which I do agree you get a fair amount but does seem a bit of overkill for most people.

[grumpyoldbat]

Originally Posted by c4rv

their sim card is £80 for the base package for which I do agree you get a fair amount but does seem a bit of overkill for most people.

As I say, if its what you need then Ewan's review seems to say it works as expected. I use a TruSIM abroad in Europe and US and that works for me. I've always got the same phone number when I'm abroad, and the card is set up to auto top up when the credit is used, so I've got constant use when I need it.