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Re: Pre paid SIM card in US
Just did the rounds of the phone companies in California today looking for a prepaid GSM SIM card as I will be in the US for a month. Both Cingular and T-Mobile can supply them but Cingular worked out much more expensive - especially on calls to Oz; US$2.50 per minute versus US$0.34 for T-Mobile. Call costs within the US were similar at around the US$0.15 per minute except that Cingular charges an additional $1.00 per day (on that plan, or if you pay US$0.30 per minute they drop the daily charge).
Using a calling card may work out slightly cheaper than the T-Mobile deal when calling Oz but it is not nearly as convenient. I am about to put Skype on my new laptop which will give me a further cheap option.
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