Comments on: My supreme loyalty; or how to use your iPhone when you visit the USA

By: ewa

ewa — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:03:44 +0000

I just got back from NY where I bought AT&T’s prepaid SIM with a $19.99 100MB bundle of data. They forgot to tell me though that iPhones weren’t supported (they couldn’t say why though!) but once I found out I had to set the APN I used http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlockit/ and it worked just fine.

By: pault

pault — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:42:59 +0000

I bought the SIM in the US new. And yes, 3G worked where ATT’s patchy network was available.

By: luckydonut

luckydonut — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:58:44 +0000

Did you already have the GoPhone SIM or did you get it new this time? Did you get 3G data?

By: pault

pault — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:56:42 +0000

I just used an unlocked Canadian iPhone with an ATT GoPhone $20 sim. Had to change the APN settings, but that’s not tough. Then I have to change back to Telus APN when I get back to Canada and put in my Telus SIM (in a Rogers phone).

It works and it’s cheap. Also, calls feed off the $20 data cash at $.25 a min. Not bad when you consider roaming fees.

By: luckydonut

luckydonut — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:06:16 +0000

GoPhone is not available for new AT&T customers with an iPhone: http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/15/atandt-to-discontinue-prepaid-iphone-plans/

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:55:28 +0000

AT&T do a “GoPhone” prepay SIM on which they claim you can get a 100MB monthly data bundle for $19.99… would that (with its 3g service) not be better?

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/prepaid-feature-packages.jsp