Which Sim Card for L.A.

Hi,
which pre paid sim card is best for L.A.. I have a nokia tri band
and everyone says the global roaming calls are really expensive.
So I want to buy a local card for about 1 month and about $20 value,
just for emergency's and hotel bookings.

Thanks Roo
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:12:12 GMT, "Roo" <[email protected]> wrote:

>which pre paid sim card is best for L.A.. I have a nokia tri band
>and everyone says the global roaming calls are really expensive.
>So I want to buy a local card for about 1 month and about $20 value,
>just for emergency's and hotel bookings.

cingular or T-Mobile have prepaid. AT&T has the "go phone" service,
but it's not a traditional prepaid offering and is usually not sold
with the SIM alone and is sold with a phone in a package though I
believe you can get the SIM alone if you go to an AT&T corporate
store.

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i would suggest Virgin mobile.
they offer pay as u go in the US
or even better dont use your cell phone here and buy a phone card to call
home.
honestly thats the best option
"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:12:12 GMT, "Roo" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >which pre paid sim card is best for L.A.. I have a nokia tri band
> >and everyone says the global roaming calls are really expensive.
> >So I want to buy a local card for about 1 month and about $20 value,
> >just for emergency's and hotel bookings.
>
> cingular or T-Mobile have prepaid. AT&T has the "go phone" service,
> but it's not a traditional prepaid offering and is usually not sold
> with the SIM alone and is sold with a phone in a package though I
> believe you can get the SIM alone if you go to an AT&T corporate
> store.
>
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"i2k" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i would suggest Virgin mobile.
> they offer pay as u go in the US
> or even better dont use your cell phone here and buy a phone card to call
> home.
> honestly thats the best option
> "Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:12:12 GMT, "Roo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >which pre paid sim card is best for L.A.. I have a nokia tri band
> > >and everyone says the global roaming calls are really expensive.
> > >So I want to buy a local card for about 1 month and about $20 value,
> > >just for emergency's and hotel bookings.

While Virgin Mobile is available in the USA as well
as the UK, here in the USA they operate over the
Sprint 1900 MHz CDMA network. Your unlocked triband
GSM mobile will not work, a Virgin Mobile branded
phone would be required.

John C.