Re: USA local SIM card

[TR Shaw <tshaw () oitc com>]

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.