On 2014-08-21 21:07, Ian Jackson wrote:
I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I have a phone which works on US frequencies. But I don't have a suitable SIM.[1]
Probably too late for your purposes now, but after extensive research I wrote off getting a throwaway US SIM because pricing is so ludicrous. Instead I'm taking a "3" (Hutchinson) UK SIM [0] and bunging £15 credit on it, which when turned into the right magic bundle[1] gets a sensible number of minutes, texts and data when roaming (I mostly value the data)[2].
Not much help for calling US numbers, but ideal for staying in touch with home.
0: this is your cue to call me a dirty sell-out. I am.1: http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=payasyougo,varset_subcat=4124,Case=obj(4101)
2: http://www.three.co.uk/discover/phones/feel_at_home
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