pay as you go mobile phones usa

lucylou

Hi does anyone know how easy it is to get pay as you go mobiles in America please?

redux

As easy as here or other countries, though you might well need your passport for ID proof, and the cheapest ones are at places like Walmart and other large stores for $20 to $50

Info on networks and tariffs on http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/usa.html

You could take a phone from here, but it would need to be a tri- or quadband one, as they use different frequencies - T-mobile on 1900, Cingular on 850 and 1900.

If you get one there with the thought that you could bring it home, make sure to get a GSM phone on T-mobile or Cingular or the virtual networks on them (not Virgin or Verizon which are on different systems), and if you get a tri-band you'd only have the 1800 band here when you get back.

lucylou

thanks very much for your help:beer: