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Re: USA local SIM card
From: TR Shaw <tshaw () oitc com>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:29:33 -0400
If you are talking about Orlando/Central Florida (or anywhere in FL) now or in next couple of weeks be advised that coverage is still spotty for both voice and data due to the hurricane.
On Sep 17, 2017, at 4:40 PM, Max Tulyev <maxtul () netassist ua> wrote: Nice advertising, thank you! =) But still have open some questions I asked before: 1. My phone is not LTE but 3G GSM/UMTS capable (all bands, 850/900/1700/1900/2100). Will it work? Is 3G coverage good enough in New York and Orlando for VoIP calls (SIP, Viber, Skype)? 2. Is there public or private IP address? IPv6? On 17.09.17 22:52, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:On 2017-09-17 13:07, Max Tulyev wrote: AT&T's $45 prepaid pans and its more expemsive sibbling (I think $65) allow over 6GB of data at LTE speeds, and the rest is unlimited but at 2G speeds (I think). The AT&T plans at the $45 and higher levels allows data and voice roaming into Canada, as long as your usage in Canada represents less than 50% of total use. The AT&T plan allows you to remove video throttling (the T-Mobile plan doesn't and has more severe net neutrality violations). If you obtain a SIM card from eBay, there is a hard to find web access to set it up (normal AT&T web site forces you to buy a SIM card which AT&T won't deliver outside of USA). https://www.att.com/prepaid/activations/#/activate.html In my case, I choose AT&T because I tested T-Mobile a few years ago along the route taken and found too many areas without service, interestingly, one area where in 1998-1999, I had service with Omnipoint on a 1900 only phone (Fort Edward NY). Note on T-Mobile: its coverage map expects you to be on postpaid plans which includes areas where you're allowed to roam on AT&T, but not necessarily if on prepaid, so hard to tell if you will really get service based on its maps. Also note: AT&T on an iPhone gets to disable the "manual" seach for available carriers, so you can't test in a town if T-Mobile would also be available. You can insert you own SIM card just to scan for networks and with roaming disbaled, you won't encurr any charges by home carrier.
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- Re: USA local SIM card, (continued)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jared Mauch (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Ca By (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card mike . lyon (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Caleb Smith (Sep 20)
- Re: USA local SIM card mike . lyon (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card mike . lyon (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Eric Dugas (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Max Tulyev (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card TR Shaw (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 17)
- Re: USA local SIM card Ryan Wilkins (Sep 20)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 17)
- RE: USA local SIM card Nathan Anderson (Sep 18)
- Re: USA local SIM card Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 18)
- Re: USA local SIM card Raymond Burkholder (Sep 18)
- Re: USA local SIM card DIUA Support (Sep 20)