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by cbhl 4570 days ago
It's a PITA to get a SIM card when visiting the US -- for example, I had to order online from T-mo's website, and they limited the number of SIMs to some arbitrary limit per calendar year (so good luck if you are in shared housing and the previous set of interns/tourists has exhausted the limit for the year).

Getting a SIM card in store seemed to require signing a multi-year contract, so I ran as far as possible before I could figure out whether they wanted my SSN or not.
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nocontext 4570 days ago
The SIM cards for T-Mobile & AT&T prepaid come packaged with cheap (~$20) feature phones and are available in almost every national chain drugstore, supermarket, and general retail store in the US.
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cbhl 4570 days ago
It seems wasteful to buy a feature phone if I know I have a phone that works on their networks, though.
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