US GSM Pay as you go SIM?

**briggs** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 02:33 PM

Hi Guys,

I'm heading to Rochester New York this weekend and again in a couple of weeks from canada. My TP2 is unlocked and I'm wondering what the cheapest pay as you go SIM I could get is, just need a bare minimum.

Hopefully get one that doesn't just deactivate permanently if I don't use it for a couple months as I will most likely be returning to the US in a couple months a few times again...

I will probably only want to do voice/text. Most likely will be calling/texting to Canadian numbers too.

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

**Dr.8820** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 02:35 PM

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$10 Gets you a SIM card starter kit from tmobile

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**Dr.8820** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 05:55 PM

...just wanted to add, that $10 starter kit comes with $10 in minutes plus the sim card. you can reload at wal-mart or target in $10, !5, and $25 blocks.

**briggs** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.8820

...just wanted to add, that $10 starter kit comes with $10 in minutes plus the sim card. you can reload at wal-mart or target in $10, !5, and $25 blocks.

That sounds beauty and this will run on the limited GSM frequencies that the TP2 CDMA has (850/1900 I think)?

**Dr.8820** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 08:47 PM

yes sir

! i didn't keep up with the gsm side of things...does rogers or telus do t-mobile gsm or att?

**Dr.8820** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.8820

...just wanted to add, that $10 starter kit comes with $10 in minutes plus the sim card. you can reload at wal-mart or target in $10, !5, and $25 blocks.

my bad, it does $10, $25 and $50 blocks.

**briggs** · #7 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 09:34 PM

It looks like I can data for $1.49/day too, not bad. 33cents/minute for voice but the page doens't have text rates on it. 0.10 to text to canada, 0.50 cents/minute to call it looks like.

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx

Think AT&T would have a better deal?

**Dr.8820** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 09:42 PM

do you have google voice? crazy rates, those guys

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**briggs** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 09:47 PM

that's nothing compared to what I would have had to pay rogers or telus to get a US roaming package man.

$15/15 minutes in bulk or 1.50/minute for calls