european SE w810i + AT&T pay as you go-prepaid SIM?
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ter11 Posts: 8
Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:53 pm
Hi all
I plan to go to NYC and around this summer. I will bring my non-sim-locked european quadband Sony Ericsson W810i Handset along with me and would like to run it with a prepaid sim-card in the US.
I just bought today an unactivated at&t prepaid-sim (go phone, pay as you go) on ebay, which i plan to activate/charge with $ upon arrival in USA.
Is this going to work hasslefree for voice?
What about at&t's new unlimited data option for prepaid plans (unlimited media net for $ 19.90/month). Would this be a reasonable option to bring me online using my phone's (GPRS/EDGE) built in browser as well as opera mini and pop-email client?
If anyone knows: how do i obtain at&t's settings for internet-access once i activated unlimited media net calling customer care?
btw: as we europeans are not used to pay when being called by someone: if i just use data, there will be no further cost than the monthly 19.90, will there?
would be very glad to get some info's on this.thanks!
mich
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elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:57 pm
go with the pay as you go .10/min plan minimal cost
to do what you need to do buy a 25.00 airtime card. that will cover the cost of the data feature and give you a little airtime to use if needed. if you need more just buy smaller chunks at 15.00
ok - thanks so far. i hope i will soon receive that sim from ebay and then hopefully activation will be easy (i guess it's there where you choose between -.10/min plus $1/day or -.25/min).
another thing: how do i charge the thing buying recharge-vouchers:
-in which shops can you get them (NYC/JFK)?
-what denominations (5, 10, 15 $.?) are usually available?
-any reason to use other recharge methods (eg. credit card) than these vouchers?
thanks!
ter11
elmo01 Posts: 2335
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:27 am
ter11 wrote:
ok - thanks so far. i hope i will soon receive that sim from ebay and then hopefully activation will be easy (i guess it's there where you choose between -.10/min plus $1/day or -.25/min).
another thing: how do i charge the thing buying recharge-vouchers:
-in which shops can you get them (NYC/JFK)?
-what denominations (5, 10, 15 $.?) are usually available?
-any reason to use other recharge methods (eg. credit card) than these vouchers?
thanks!
ter11
you can buy 15.00 25.00 50.00 and 100.00 cards ... you can also make a pmt with a credit card over the phone... where you have an out of country card that could pose a problem... buy a card... the recharge instructions are on the card... you can get them just about everywhere... just make sure they are ATT pay as you go...
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