Traveling in the US - Internet, GPS, mobile broadband access?

Asked by jazzjeppe (2598

) April 29th, 2010

I will be going to the US for three weeks this summer, traveling coast to coast together with a bunch of Swedish students. My plan is to make our road trip a “real-time event” on the Interwebs as well, using GPS, video blogging etc. We will stay at hotels and campsites mostly. So I have a couple of questions for you US peeps.

1) I will probably need a US sim card for my phone. Preferably an operator that also has unlimited Internet surf. I won’t sign up for a contract or anything, it needs to be a pay-as-you-go or prepaid sim card. How much would this be and what operator would you recommend?

2) Are there any operators offering prepaid/pas-as-you-go mobile broadband?

3) What is the Internet situation like on campsites generally? I heard someone said that quite few US campsites offers free or cheap wifi.

Would be great with some feedback and ideas!

Cheers

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Not sure about the first two questions but KOA has free wifi at most of their campsites. Just plan ahead on their website here.

missingbite (7531

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T-Mobile offers prepaid / No-Contract BlackBerry Service. You can then tether your blackberry to your laptop for internet service.

njnyjobs (7592

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When you arrive in the US, you can purchase a T-mobbile SIM card from any authorized dealer and ask for Even More Plus Plan with Unlimited Talk + Text + Web for $79.99/month . . .plus the cost, if any, of the SIM Card and Activation Fee of up to $35.

njnyjobs (7592

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Wow…that’s pretty expensive. Is mobile usage always this expensive in the US?

jazzjeppe (2598

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Prepaid is always more expensive. If you have a contract that same service would be $49.99. +taxes. You can start-out cheaper with plans that are based on usage.

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