I will be in the states for a month and would like to have a cellphone. Since I have kids everywhere, I'll be on both coasts and in between.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Get a prepaid phone from AT&T - the "go phone". Decent rates and decent coverage - and you should be able to pull the chip out and reuse the phone when you get back home (as it is a GSM phone).
Look into a prepaid plan. There aren't any long term commitments. If you stop paying the service ends when the money expires or at the drop dead date a few months out. Get a prepaid plan from the same provider as your kids. All the calls between you and them will be free.
Here's the link to Verizon. There are Verizon stores all over the place and at any mall.
Verizon prepaid
ATT Wireless has stores everywhere too.
Att Go Plan
There are newer Pay As You Go companies like Metro PCS, Cricket and Boost. I've heard the coverage and connections can be spotty in places.
Here's the link to Verizon. There are Verizon stores all over the place and at any mall.
Verizon prepaid
ATT Wireless has stores everywhere too.
Att Go Plan
There are newer Pay As You Go companies like Metro PCS, Cricket and Boost. I've heard the coverage and connections can be spotty in places.
For sure do the Go Phone, best national coverage for a prepaid phone.
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It's a little bulky and I don't have a clue about any prepaid plans, but you're gonna' love this one...
...welcome home infidel. I know you're gonna' want to keep it for more than a month!
It's a little bulky and I don't have a clue about any prepaid plans, but you're gonna' love this one...
...welcome home infidel. I know you're gonna' want to keep it for more than a month!
Gotwood, that is one s&xy phone! What's the round thing in the middle? Timer? 
quote:Originally posted by Innocent Bystander:
Gotwood, that is one s&xy phone! What's the round thing in the middle? Timer?
Yeah, what is that? I have an old shoe with one of those on the bottom.
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I dunno' Innocent...I think it is a built-in feature along the lines of this product...
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Your shoe 80? Tell me about that would you? Hold on a second...I've got to take this call.
I dunno' Innocent...I think it is a built-in feature along the lines of this product...
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Your shoe 80? Tell me about that would you? Hold on a second...I've got to take this call.
Thanks, friends. I'll go with the AT&T option. Some of the kids are on that network and the GSM will allow me to use my currently unused phone. As I read the big print, (I'm afraid to read the small details) it looks like it is only $3 a day on one plan.
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Good choice infidel.
It's little, it's lovely, and it lights!
Good choice infidel.
It's little, it's lovely, and it lights!
get a black berry storm pretty amazing i just got mine today
If you are going to reuse a phone from overseas, just make sure it is what is called a triband or Quadband phone.
The US uses different frequencies than the rest of the world for GSM. Most phone these days support 3 or 4 sets of frequencies which means they work basically everywhere - but some older/cheaper phones only support 1 or 2 frequencies which may make using them in the US a little difficult.
Essentially, it is something like this:
GSM 900 / GSM 1800 MHz - most of the world
GSM 850 / GSM 1900 MHz - US, Mexico, South America and Canada
Hope this helps
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The US uses different frequencies than the rest of the world for GSM. Most phone these days support 3 or 4 sets of frequencies which means they work basically everywhere - but some older/cheaper phones only support 1 or 2 frequencies which may make using them in the US a little difficult.
Essentially, it is something like this:
GSM 900 / GSM 1800 MHz - most of the world
GSM 850 / GSM 1900 MHz - US, Mexico, South America and Canada
Hope this helps
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