Although I don't use it, I know there's also BoostMobile that has pay-as-you-go options, and daily and monthly unlimited rates. www.boostmobile.com
2012/6/16 <[email protected]> > I am not local to DC, but in the US. The only true "no contract" > Nationwide "pay as you go" option I am aware of is NetZero. Virgin used to > have a pay as you go option, but it is now only maintained for > grandfathered devices. Net10 does sell SIM cards alone. I use them for > voice and text, but not data. The only issue I have had is intermittently > not receiving texts from two contacts with Android phone with T-Mobile as > their carrier. The texts I do receive from these contacts always state they > are "picture texts" when they are really just text. I don't know if this > problem is on Net10's end or my contact's end, but such things at the wrong > moment can turn into a big deal. I otherwise am happy with Net10 and there > are not many no contract options here. You might want to use them, but > tell everyone that you will confirm all texts while you are traveling, and > if they don't get a confirmation then they should assume you never received > the text. > > There may other local only options in DC (or East Coast regional options), > but you will likely need someone with Nationwide coverage for your whole > trip. It is possible, but unlikely, some carrier covers DC and Nevada/CA, > without being a Nationwide carrier. There have been some odd mergers. > > http://www.net10.com/ > > BirgitteSB > > > On Jun 16, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Itzik Edri <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I looking for recommendations for SIM cards to use during Wikimania & to > Nevada & California area (I'm staying a month). > > > > Until now, the best that I found is AT&T Pay As You Go plans - need to > purchase a cheap device (didn't found option just to purchase sim card) for > about 25$, monthly plan will cost another 25$ and Data plan for 25$ (1GB, > and I'm sure I'll need a much more :). What make the story quite expensive. > > > > Any others option that the local guys can recommend? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Itzik > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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