Originally Posted by abhilife2001 (Post 15460278)

its also far behind in terms of train travel and public transportation infrastucture in cities IMO .. atleast much behind Europe..

Originally Posted by saad (Post 15460505)

i find the trains in the US to be quite efficient....also public transport in places like dc, boston & ny is pretty good....

Originally Posted by snod08 (Post 15460516)

MetroPCS has unlimited talk, text, web etc for 50$ or so. No contracts.
Other things are: StraightTalk (unlimited everything for 40$ or so) No contract.

Also check VirginMobile. (Uses Sprint Network...so it will suck everywhere!)

StraightTalk is from Walmart, uses Verizon network. (it wont suck everywhere).

Originally Posted by saad (Post 15460505)

i find the trains in the US to be quite efficient....also public transport in places like dc, boston & ny is pretty good....

Originally Posted by snod08 (Post 15460521)

Yeah, the public transit is only decent in the Northeast and a couple of cities such as Chicago or SFO.
Otherwise, it sucks in this country.

Originally Posted by snod08 (Post 15460521)

Yeah, the public transit is only decent in the Northeast and a couple of cities such as Chicago or SFO.
Otherwise, it sucks in this country.

Originally Posted by abhilife2001 (Post 15460826)

yes, its only decent in the really big cities.. most of the other cities and towns have little or no public transport.. no wonder one of the 1st things that indians and others who go there for even 1-2 yr projects buy are cars..

Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 15461196)

At least Sachin is still there.

Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 15461087)

+1 and I think whatever options are available are generally more unsafe that Europe.

Originally Posted by saad (Post 15456820)

does anyone know what the best pre-paid sim card would be for someone traveling to the US????

i have a regular at&t contract but i need to get something for my wife when she accompanies me there....she uses a lot of data on her iphone so she basically needs something with minimum call value & maximum data value....

i know t-mobile has pre-paid sims....does anyone know if any other carrier offers them as well????

Originally Posted by saad (Post 15456820)

does anyone know what the best pre-paid sim card would be for someone traveling to the US????

i have a regular at&t contract but i need to get something for my wife when she accompanies me there....she uses a lot of data on her iphone so she basically needs something with minimum call value & maximum data value....

i know t-mobile has pre-paid sims....does anyone know if any other carrier offers them as well????

Originally Posted by Savage25 (Post 15463682)

I did a short 5-day trip last month, got the AT&T $2 a day unlimited talk and text, add the 100mb data package for ~$15 for a smartphone.

Originally Posted by specialeffects (Post 15464321)

I recommend AT&T $2/day unlimited.

Originally Posted by SQ421 (Post 15466929)

greetings from down under, chaai peene walo :-)

Originally Posted by SQ421 (Post 15466929)

greetings from down under, chaai peene walo :-)

Originally Posted by saad (Post 15467095)

what up????

Originally Posted by abhilife2001 (Post 15467112)

i guess we shd be asking whats down :rolleyes::D