Cheapest prepaid data plans

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preslove

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Hey does anybody here live in CT? Specifically south east CT? I am considering getting one of these no contract plans, but I am not sure what carrier to get. Right now I have the iphone4 on ATT. Can anybody also recommend an android phone to go with the unlimited plan, or can you put any phone on the plan? Ideally, I don't think I would want to spend over like $100 bucks on the phone b/c I will just use an iPad probably for all the heavy data stuff on my home wifi. Seems like TMo or ATT is in the lead right now ?

Straight talk sends out sim cards that work with Tmo and ATT. I believe, but could be wrong, that it's only 3g for ATT. But, you should be able to buy an ATT Sim from them and just put it into your iPhone. It's coverage should be similar to your current service.
 

lothar

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Jan 5, 2000
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Straight talk sends out sim cards that work with Tmo and ATT. I believe, but could be wrong, that it's only 3g for ATT. But, you should be able to buy an ATT Sim from them and just put it into your iPhone. It's coverage should be similar to your current service.
I get between 3.5Mbps and 5.5Mbps on Straight Talk. That's way faster than 3G.
Hell, that's even faster than what most people I know on Sprint's 4G WiMax get.
 

lothar

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cheapest prepaid data plans? truconnect.com

it is a mifi and what I use. absolute minimum cost is $5/month. the data is 4 cent for mb. i paid about 7-8 bucks for last month for data.

there you have it, the chespest. it is on sprint 3g, btw.
The only problem with that is Sprint's 3G network sucks ass.