Re: [86attendees] "best" prepaid US SIM?

You also need to be VERY careful in the US with the "device" - there appear to be some rather random operator-specific rules concerning what constitutes a "data" or a "phone" device.

I bought the unlimited data $30/month Walmart/T-Mobile plan on SIM-only expecting to be able to use it in my iPad.   Technically, it works, but T-Mobile classify that plan as only available for "phones" whereas an iPad must be a "data" device.   They filter access based on the IMEI - I can get as far as T-Mobile's home page, but no more. 

The irony is that my wife uses it in here trusty Nokia and does FAR more email/web-browsing than I ever do over cellular.

(T-Mobile US have re-farmed their network to support 3G on iPads over the last 6 months.)

Now, it would be nice if this was printed in any T&Cs anywhere, preferably before you part with any money...

D
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From: 86attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:86attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of joel jaeggli
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 9:40 AM
To: Tim Chown; Eric Vyncke (evyncke)
Cc: 86attendees@ietf.org; Randall Gellens; John Levine; lars@netapp.com
Subject: Re: [86attendees] "best" prepaid US SIM?

On 3/17/13 3:00 AM, Tim Chown wrote:
> On 17 Mar 2013, at 07:28, "Eric Vyncke (evyncke)" <evyncke@cisco.com> wrote:
>
>> Correct while in US, I use a per-day 2G of data at 3 USD/day with 
>> T-mobile
> Wow, 2G of data a day for $3 US?  That's *really* nice.
it's 200MB so that's somewhat less nice. after that you get clamped to edge rates.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-phone-plans

that does align fairly well with the 5GB a month tier in the postpaid "unlimited" plan so it is a reasonable deal, but no magic is happening.
>
> And I thought the EE deal in the UK which gives you 100MB of data for £2 a day while roaming in the US/Europe was pretty good.
>
> Tim
>
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>>> Sent: dimanche 17 mars 2013 00:04
>>> To: John Levine; 86attendees@ietf.org
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>>> Subject: Re: [86attendees] "best" prepaid US SIM?
>>>
>>> At 7:52 PM +0000 3/16/13, John Levine wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you're in an area with adequate T-Mo coverage, they have some 
>>>> reasonable plans starting at $30/mo with no contract.
>>>>
>>>> http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
>>> My understanding is that T-Mobile has other prepaid plans that are 
>>> not monthly but rather per use or per day of use or per month of use.
>>>
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