Thread: Does the n900 work well with T-mobile Prepaid
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rabilon is offline rabilon
2010-10-21 , 03:36
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Originally Posted by FreeThinker View Post
Yesterday they started offering some plans for prepaid plans. I'm using the $1.50 unlimited day pass plan. I can access pretty much anything, even stuff that didn't work with the Sidekick plan, like e-mail and maps. Skype and Gtalk work too.

I have my APN set to internet2.voicestream.com. Then open a web page; any non-WAP page should work. You'll be rounted to a page that will let you buy the day pass. Once you go through the prompts and hit Accept, you should have working internet for the day.
I keep the N900 on Sidekick and almost everything works including e-mail and all web pages. What doesn't work includes updating/installing applications and mail for exchange (which I use to sync my google calendar). I can live without that so I think I get my money's worth for $30 per month (on average) total. Text messages are free. I don't remember what phone calls cost (either 10 or 15 cents per minute).

When I was in London in September I put in a UK t-mobile sim. It was cheap (~$16) and I had unlimited Internet. The week I was there I could not make enough phone calls (including back to the US) to use up all the credit. Plus I received another $16 worth of credit when the weekend came. I almost regretted coming home to the US. I just went to the near-by t-mobile store - the sim was FREE, they asked no questions (although they offered to put in the sim). If you pay 10 pounds on a week day, you get another 10 pounds worth over the weekend (which must be used on Saturday and Sunday and then disappears). Why can't it be that simple and cheap here in the US?