Guide for Mobile Voice & Data in the USA

[dfcatch]

Are you saying an android is non-smartphone?

Is this AT&T: NEW AT&T 3G SIM CARD NEVER ACTIVATED CINGULAR

Or does it need to be:

Brand new, unactivate AT&T 3G SIM card-SKU 71247 ???

So are calls free in USA using SIM?

No - calls are charged as per your plan. Just the same as in Australia.

Although AT&T pre-paid has some good value plans now. Some calls are free on some plans (like mobile to mobile on same network), others are cap plans.

Same as here - read the plans and select the one that's best for you.

Landline calls in the USA are generally free for the local area (ie same suburb), any further and it's "long distance".

[PLANT]

Finally understood and viewed the AT&T website.
This is the link I needed:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...1&WT.svl=title

Read as many post as I could find.
1. LAX does not have AT&T shop....Its AT&T Express store on road outside airport.
2. Looking at $2 a day PAY AS YOU GO Sim plan. ONLY on days used.
3. Buy the SIM and then put $25 REFILL credit on it and $10 International calls package.
4. This gives me unlimited mobile to mobile in USA and 250 minutes to LANDLINE AUSTRALIA. NO DATA!
5. Here is the coverage map:
AT&T Coverage Viewer

Does the Sim come without a phone?
Want to use my own phone.
IN Australia I have DATA OFF and therefore are not able to send MMS.
Will this be the case in USA?

Regards

[drewbles]

Update:

It appears as though AT&T are now expiring SIM's pretty quickly. I checked my SIM last night and it was just as well as they were going to cease the service mid this month.

It now appears as though after your credit expires, they will cease the service 30 days later.

Something for people to keep in mind if they're not in the US every 90-120 days.

A $25 recharge will give you another 90 + 30 days though (which I just had to do as my planned trip this month has been canned until January).