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作者: luvski 时间: 2013-3-5 09:03
标题: 咨询一下在美国用手机
在没有WiFi的情况下，有啥办法可以不用付昂贵的漫游费？主要用于和同去的雪友间的联系以及和当地雪友间的联系。

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 09:04
去喝咖啡

作者: luvski 时间: 2013-3-5 09:06

KuoiGuaBoarder 发表于 2013-3-5 10:04
去喝咖啡

你知道我不喝咖啡的。找咖啡店也不容易。需要随时就能用那种。

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 09:08

luvski 发表于 2013-3-5 09:06
你知道我不喝咖啡的。找咖啡店也不容易。需要随时就能用那种。

所以人家吐舌头了

，实在不行去麦当劳也行

作者: IntoTheWind 时间: 2013-3-5 09:13
买一个Prepaid卡，沃尔玛就有。就是号码变了，如果带数据计划，用Skype就都搞定了。

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 09:14
另外这种东西。

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless ... ml#fbid=jIEljlKaGxz

你要另外买计划，有的能漫游加拿大，我没具体用过，详情不知

作者: luvski 时间: 2013-3-5 09:16

IntoTheWind 发表于 2013-3-5 10:13
买一个Prepaid卡，沃尔玛就有。就是号码变了，如果带数据计划，用Skype就都搞定了。 ...

谢谢！号码是美国号码吗？是不是美国的雪友打给我就不算长途？那么加拿大的雪友打这个号码还是长途吧？除非他们也买哪个Prepaid卡对吗？

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 09:22

KuoiGuaBoarder 发表于 2013-3-5 09:14
另外这种东西。

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/novatelwireless/mobile-hotspot-mifi-liberat ...

刚看了一下，

最低的计划要 $50/m

忘了吧

作者: sonicwithtails 时间: 2013-3-5 10:08
本帖最后由 sonicwithtails 于 2013-3-5 11:17 编辑

1. 在美国买个预付费SIM，不会很贵的。不要盯着ATT等大公司，很多小公司的可能更便宜。找一个解锁的旧手机就好。这样你就带上2个手机了。
2. 打电话给你现在的手机公司，让他们给你加一个“美国计划”或者“北美计划”。这样会比不加计划划算一点，不过也就是50步笑百步。

1肯定比2便宜。

3. Skype并不能免费打任何手机。何不试试google voice（北美任意电话免费）或者fongo（加拿大任意电话免费）。

还有4. 我在日本和欧洲都看到过一天几美元可以租便携wifi hotspot的，一般这种低价流量会很少，但用来打网络电话足矣。美国肯定有的，需要自己找找。

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 10:20

sonicwithtails 发表于 2013-3-5 10:08
1. 在美国买个预付费SIM，不会很贵的。不要盯着ATT等大公司，很多小公司的可能更便宜。找一个解锁的旧手机 ...

ipad mini 3g可以共享的吧，是吗？

谁用过？

作者: luvski 时间: 2013-3-5 10:38

sonicwithtails 发表于 2013-3-5 11:08
1. 在美国买个预付费SIM，不会很贵的。不要盯着ATT等大公司，很多小公司的可能更便宜。找一个解锁的旧手机 ...

谢谢，真详细！
懒得找解锁旧手机，采用2算了。 google voice我有，但是要有WiFi才行。

作者: sonicwithtails 时间: 2013-3-5 10:59

luvski 发表于 2013-3-5 11:38
谢谢，真详细！
懒得找解锁旧手机，采用2算了。 google voice我有，但是要有WiFi才行。 ...

山寨机好吧，双卡双待。
北美落后。
要不是公司给免费手机，我立马去国内搞个山寨。

作者: smilefish 时间: 2013-3-5 14:29
去美国数据业务怎么解决最经济?

俺觉得有了数据, 就基本上什么都有了.

作者: sonicwithtails 时间: 2013-3-5 14:39
本帖最后由 sonicwithtails 于 2013-3-5 15:43 编辑

smilefish 发表于 2013-3-5 15:29
去美国数据业务怎么解决最经济?

俺觉得有了数据, 就基本上什么都有了.

1. 在自己的手机计划上加买一个US data roaming plan。
2. 买个带一定数据量的pre-paid US SIM，这个相对call-only的SIM就要贵不少了。
3. 租wifi hotspot。这通常是个小盒子，它可以接受手机网络的data，然后通过wifi发送出来，让你的移动设备使用。

网络电话的流量是非常少的，所以应该根据自己可能用到的流量来判断哪个合适。

再加一点：现在的设备都是可以共享网络的，如果一帮人在一起，只要有一个手机有网络有流量，那大家的手机都可以用网络了。

作者: c_sea 时间: 2013-3-5 15:10
You shall ask this question earlier, I have an unlocked Blackberry . Here is a good plan ,
http://www.roammobility.com/talk-text-data

PS: You can unlock the BlackBerry by yourself .

作者: KuoiGuaBoarder 时间: 2013-3-5 15:13

c_sea 发表于 2013-3-5 15:10
You shall ask this question earlier, I have an unlocked Blackberry . Here is a good plan ,
http:/ ...

膜拜大侠，这个简直太好了

作者: smilefish 时间: 2013-3-5 16:12

c_sea 发表于 2013-3-5 15:10
You shall ask this question earlier, I have an unlocked Blackberry . Here is a good plan ,
http:/ ...

西海你用过它家的服务没有?

我搜了一下网上的评测, 好像覆盖和服务有撞运气的成分......我继续研究一下.
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I bought a Breeze phone, a SIm card and 7 day roaming package for my daughter in Feb. 2012 when she took a trip to California. We were never able to get the phone activated nor were the Roam Mobility people when we called them numerous times. 2 weeks later, and many phone calls later, they assured me the problem was rectified and that I would have a working phone when I took a business trip to Las Vegas. Well i'm in Vegas, with no phone, no ability to text and more assurances from Roam Mobility that they will "do their best to try to get this working". I'm a pretty patient and reasonable person, but I've had it. Should have just brought my Blackberry and paid the roaming charges.
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Here’s what you get – and don’t get – with Roam Mobility.

We purchased a SIM card to use in our unlocked Samsung Nexus smartphone (Android operating system) for a 3+ week trip to Florida.

We got problem free telephone and texting where signals were available – more about that later. Once we called Roam for very specific and complicated set up details, we got data service too – where available. They don’t supply the information required to set this up, and we never would have had a clue.

Compared to Rogers, we got roaming rates that were ridiculously cheap. I don’t know that on a world scale the rates are great, but we Canadians get hosed so badly by our monopoly providers that anything feels better. We also got a flexible rate plan and a US number that we can keep, provided we use the service once a year. Roam’s support staff is uniformly pleasant and helpful.

What we didn’t get was coverage. Sure, in major centres – large to medium size cities and on most portions of the interstates - there was usually no problem, although the data service was slow compared to Canada. But we like to get off the beaten track and take our time to see a bit of the countryside on our Florida trips. In these cases, we were without coverage in major portions of Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. There is officially no coverage anywhere in West Virginia – we knew that ahead of time – but that extends into the southern portion of Pennsylvania and northern Virginia also. This coverage blackout also officially occurs in a number of western and north-eastern states.

Roam used to advertise that they cover “96% of the US”. How they could make that claim, given the number of states they officially do not cover, is beyond me. That wording is now gone from their website. My conclusion is that if you are flying or driving directly to a major US destination, Roam is a good way to go. But if you are staying in smaller places off major traffic routes, you will be without a phone.

We have continued to use Roam, despite its limitations, just because we resent being robbed by Rogers. On a trip to Michigan, just outside of Detroit, the 3-day plan was great. On a recent trip to Washington DC, where our route was partially off interstates in New York and Pennsylvania, it was less satisfactory - many hours with no signal.

Roam uses the T-Mobile network, although I suspect not all of it. Interestingly, where Roam was not available, AT&T usually was. But AT&T does not have a convenient package for short trips. You can get a SIM card and a pretty good 30-day plan if you buy it in the states, but you lose your number at the end of it.

We’ll keep using Roam for day/short trips to the US, but on our next longer excursion I think we might try the AT&T option.
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Like the previous poster from TO I found the ROAM coverage, which is only from T-Mobile and does not include any of its partners, is the big draw back. The current version of their (Roam's) web site now gives a much more accurate representation of where you can get coverage. Unfortunately much of the area just south of the border that is easily accessible by car from Canada doesn't have coverage. Where there is coverage this is a great alternative to the ridiculously high roaming fees we Canadians pay while using our phones in the US.

作者: sonicwithtails 时间: 2013-3-5 16:42
本帖最后由 sonicwithtails 于 2013-3-5 17:50 编辑

c_sea 发表于 2013-3-5 16:10
You shall ask this question earlier, I have an unlocked Blackberry . Here is a good plan ,
http:/ ...

很好的plan，但是有很多小字部分。。。

比如：

Blackberry

If you have an unlocked Blackberry, get the Roam SIM Card and insert it into your smartphone. You can purchase a Talk+Text plan based on how many days you'll be travelling. Unfortunately, you will not be able to use data on your Blackberry (BIS or BES) while using the Roam SIM Card. We are working on enabling Blackberry services on our network - watch this page for updates.

很难理解为啥有这个局限。

当然。由于已经有任意打电话的计划，所以能否用data倒不是主要问题。

作者: sonicwithtails 时间: 2013-3-5 16:54
rogers

不便宜

40 Minutes
100 sent texts
$35.00

供参考。
http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers ... H5rUCFcxDMgodNHoAWA

作者: vicboy™ 时间: 2013-3-5 16:56

sonicwithtails 发表于 2013-3-5 16:42
很好的plan，但是有很多小字部分。。。

比如：

I am with Bell on Blackberry BES plan, which is different from normal individule consumer plan. I don't know the technical reason. However, the fact is that I cannot simply take another Bell SIM card put in my phone for BES data.

作者: luvski 时间: 2013-3-5 17:29

sonicwithtails 发表于 2013-3-5 17:54
rogers

不便宜

已经买了这个package，对我比较合适，因为我不想带两个电话。

作者: paopao 时间: 2013-3-5 18:34
在美国用手机的话，看是习惯于打电话还是发短信，如果喜欢直接打电话的话，我建议用ATT的GoPhone-Prepaid，可以在网上直接订也可以到店里直接开卡，但是需要解锁的手机，或者直接买一个手机，最便宜的不到20刀，打电话和接电话都是10cent/min，可以选择不同面额的充值（也同时有不同的有效期，1个月，3个月到1年不等）。如果在接打电话的同时，想用data的话，两种选择，一种是按流量付费，一种是买data的plan。看自己的需求了。这是相关的页面: https://www.att.com/global-searc ... %20&%20devices/
在美国境内，手机不存在漫游，也就是说，你的美国号码，当地雪友打电话找你的话，就是和local是一样的。
ATT的GoPhone是路自动漫游到加拿大以及墨西哥，漫游到加拿大的费用是接打电话都是39cent/min。个人觉得还是比较合适的。
还有一个选择是T-mobile，他家也是有类似的prepaid的plan，但是个人感觉更适合于喜欢发短信的人，接打电话一是比ATT的贵，二是信号的覆盖面不如ATT。
仅供参考。

作者: shepperd 时间: 2013-3-5 21:42
7-11有一种service，带美国电话sim卡，50刀一个月，手机通话有点时限，流量也有一定限制，专门问去美国旅游的同学使用，一切都可以在出发美国之前搞定，去美国就轻松多了

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