Originally Posted by
Mr. Bean
Keyser, is your iPhone unlocked/able to work on the AT&T network in the US?
For local sim cards, I recommend using a prepaid plan with an AT&T MVNO:
H2O Wireless
Red Pocket
Pure Talk
Jolt Mobile
There are others AT&T MVNOs, but that list should be a good springboard. You can purchase sim cards for close to nothing on eBay and load them instead of purchasing a new one from the provider.
You can also try T-Mobile or T-Mobile MVNOs, but if you plan to use data frequently, you are probably better off with the AT&T network (faster on average). One caveat to using MVNOs... you probably won't have visual voicemail, if you care about that.
thanks for the links....have you used any of these services????
my phone is factory unlocked so it will work with any sim....on my last couple of trips to the us i used t-mobile but as you mentioned, the speed was poor....i was only getting edge....i asked at&t but they said that they do not provide pre-paid sims with data for the iphone....
i'm basically looking for a service that can give me data at a reasonable speed....i'm not looking for calling, texting, etc....i have my gophone which i can use for all of that....