Thats not that bad... I think I may have to check out T-mobile on my next trip... How is the reception and data in Vegas... I was just there in Nov and used a ATT sim... Reception was rock solid... Data was hit and miss on the strip...
Thats not that bad... I think I may have to check out T-mobile on my next trip... How is the reception and data in Vegas... I was just there in Nov and used a ATT sim... Reception was rock solid... Data was hit and miss on the strip...
I find the reception to be okay. When I'm in the casinos, I have noticed that sometimes I don't have any reception at all but then when I look at my Red Pocket Mobile phone (which I brought in case the $2/day wasn't working for the unlimited calls to Canada/US {with Google Voice} and unlimited 2G internet), there was no reception on that phone either and Red Pocket Mobile uses the AT&T GoPhone (prepaid) network.
The data seems to work whenever I've needed it (with the exception of in elevators). I get notified of e-mails almost instantaneously.
The voice quality is okay. There would be full bars on my phone but the audio quality wasn't that great. I'm not sure if it was because of my cellphone reception in Las Vegas or my friend's cellphone reception in Canada.
Last year, I had the T-Mobile $1.49/day data pass and was using this solely for data and using my Red Pocket Mobile phone to make/receive calls since my per minute rate on T-Mobile was a lot more than what I paid with RPM and it gives me this local rate to call back Canada. Now with this $2/day plan (as long as Google Voice still allows for free calling to Canadian numbers), it is cheaper for me to go this route as long as I have data in order for Google Voice to initiate the call (after that, the call uses the regular cellular phone network).
Speaking about AT&T, I stopped by at an AT&T kiosk in a Las Vegas mall (I think it was called "The Boulevard Mall") and asked them how much an AT&T SIM card was. They informed me that they sell it for $25. If the price was low, I was thinking about purchasing the SIM card and using it in the new Chromebook which I purchased since I wanted to test the SIM card feature (and the included Verizon data allowance is not a lot of data). I was at that mall since it was the closest T-Mobile store to where I'm staying and I finally got the web guard feature disabled on my T-Mobile account since I wasn't able to do it online without a SSN number.
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Regarding the SSN and web guard.
When I called T Mobile to have it removed from my account I did not give them my actual SSN, I just made up a number and the CS removed the web guard.
They do not have mine on record so they obviously didn't have mine to check against.
I never give my SSN to anyone.
Originally Posted by lmcjipo
I was at that mall since it was the closest T-Mobile store to where I'm staying and I finally got the web guard feature disabled on my T-Mobile account since I wasn't able to do it online without a SSN number.
When do I incur charges with a Pay By The Day plan?
A: Plan charges are applied to your account only on the days that you use your service. All services expire at 11:59pm. (local time) Days that your service is not in use, your account will not be charged.
I'm not sure if this was changed recently but when I log into "My T-Mobile" and I click on "Change Plan and services", the disclaimer on the bottom of the webpage actually mentions that the time zone is the phone number's time zone (i.e. the time zone associated with your phone number) and not the time zone that you are physically in.
This would mean that 8:59pm PST (Las Vegas time) is the time that I would have to disable or turn off my phone (or the data services) in order to make sure that I wasn't charged an extra day with my New York City area code phone (EST).
Because of this, I should probably think about changing the area code of my phone so that it is in the PST time zone which would be more beneficial. If I were in the EST time zone with a PST time zone area code, I wouldn't have to disable the phone (or the data services) before 2:59am EST (11:59pm PST).
I am a student from the Netherlands and I need three of these sim cards (I guess I can activate the 'pay by the day' plan online?). I tried to order it from the Netherlands, but it didn't work. So I need a local friend
Someone who want to help me by ordering two of these cards (http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/p...Activation-Kit ), activate them and send them to the Netherlands in an envelop? I'll pay 10 dollars in advance (using PayPal) to cover your costs and another $25 when I receive them.
Send me a PM when you want to help me. Thank you in advance.
Just remember when you order a sim card that you have to get the activation kit with it as well
Yes.
Make sure that you purchase the "correct" T-Mobile SIM card. A non-activated T-Mobile SIM card without the activation kit can't be used for prepaid except as a replacement SIM.
You can get a T-Mobile SIM card with activation kit or you can also get an already activated prepaid T-Mobile SIM card (with a phone number). If you trust the seller, I would probably go with the already activated prepaid T-Mobile SIM card since it is probably "closer" to getting Gold Rewards. This is what I did and I changed the phone number, PIN, etc. immediately after I received the T-Mobile SIM card (T-Mobile prepaid allows for the change of the phone number for free once every 6 months).
Thanks for this information. I tried amazon but they don't ship to the Netherlands :S and ebay is even more expensive. So if there is someone who want to help me/earn some money, please contact me
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