Less plentiful in my experience - people tend to go to Vegas for other reasons ;-) There'll still be more than here though...
From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bec Coleman Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2011 4:38 PM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] US phone data plans - prepaid I definitely agree... no roaming for me! Although I like the idea of tethering my iphone. I didn't think of that. Will purchase prepaid sim to tether in emergencies, otherwise it will be coffee, coffee coffee all the way! How is the free internet in Vegas? Bec On 17/03/2011, at 4:20 PM, pcoll...@cpan.org<mailto:pcoll...@cpan.org> wrote: Don't roam on the NextG card or you'll be the next Aussie I know who will have been mugged by Telstra. :) Per Rai's advice just use the free internets that float around in the air here in the Bay Area or get a local SIM for your phone and tether it. Patrick. On 16 March 2011 22:06, Bec Coleman <b...@becfaye.com.au<mailto:b...@becfaye.com.au>> wrote: Hi, I'm also interested in the answer. I'm off to USA in a couple of weeks and need some form of reliable internet while I'm there (2 weeks in total). I have a NextG Prepaid wireless broadband USB modem which works perfectly in Australia, and I'm hoping I can take it with me and buy a prepaid data plan over there. Any ideas? PS. Andrew, I may need to quiz you about your internet in Europe as I'm off there for 3 months soon also. Thanks in advanced Bec On 17/03/2011, at 3:17 PM, Andrew Bruno wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Andrew Bruno, and I am a Solutions Architect (etc, etc, > etc..) & shareholder for Synetek Systems in Melbourne. (my intro :) > > I am not sure if this is an OT area... apologies if it is. > > I was wondering if any of you have had experience with mobile and data > options when traveling in the US. > > Two years ago during the GFC I located myself & family in Europe for 9 > weeks, and did a lot of research on what was available, etc. In the > end I ended up getting a 3G(now Vodafone) SIM from here, as I could > receive calls from Australia for free when roaming their 3G network. > I also bought a Vodafone pre-paid data pack and a TIM pre-paid sim for > data travel in Italy with an unlocked usb key I bought from eBay with > an external antenna when in remote areas. It worked really well and I > was online almost 24/7, VPNed into servers, performing deployments, > support, GTM meetings, skype etc. Great network in Italy... I have to > give them credit. > > Now I am looking at the US, and thought that I'd pick your brains for > any that have researched this area for their personal US travels. > > I know that Telstra data roaming is extremely expensive, as I think > last time I looked at it was $15 per meg. > > Any advice/recommendations? > > Cheers > Andrew > > P.S. Love this group, and the vast knowledge base of members. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! 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