Carrier $45 Unlimited Talk, Text, Data on Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO)?

iag48 · Feb 25, 2012

I'm in New York City, more specifically in Woodside, Queens. Today the data seemed to be working for something's only; maps, safari, vevo, were working but Facebook and the Speed Test, was not working. Annoying.

dukebound85 · Feb 25, 2012

iag48 said:
I have been using ST on my iP4S for a week now and the data, texts is useless. The only time data seems to function is late night. Despite having 3 bars in my apartment, iMessage does not work and even loading up Google takes forever. I have the correct APN settings and have tried even restoring the phone.

I also don't feel comfortable knowing there is a 100mb limit per day. So today in the morning none of my iMessages were going through and my email was not working properly, I just gave up and called AT&T to sign up for service.

Good luck to you guys.

There is a 100mb limit a day? I thought it was unlimited with it being advised to stay under 2gigs for the month

RotaryP7 · Feb 25, 2012

You guys can also go the route of T-Mobile for $50 unlimited everything. That's unlimited EDGE!

Their Monthly 4G plans are pretty good. And now they support iPhone's so any issue and you can just call them.

dukebound85 · Feb 25, 2012

RotaryP7 said:
You guys can also go the route of T-Mobile for $50 unlimited everything. That's unlimited EDGE! Their Monthly 4G plans are pretty good. And now they support iPhone's so any issue and you can just call them.

But straight talk does not require one to be unlocked nor jailbroke

RotaryP7 · Feb 25, 2012

dukebound85 said:
But straight talk does not require one to be unlocked nor jailbroke

True. However I was looking at people saying they wanted to JB to change the MMS settings.

BiggAW · Feb 26, 2012

dukebound85 said:
There is a 100mb limit a day? I thought it was unlimited with it being advised to stay under 2gigs for the month

No one really knows what the limit is. Look at Howardforums for more info.

ammonfife · Feb 27, 2012

Works great for me

Bought an ATT iPhone 4 (32gb) off Craigslist for 285
Put in the sim, and it works fine. Kids can stream netflix while we drive (had some buffering the first time, but now seems to work fine.)

Not a bad deal if you ask me.

techguy20 · Feb 27, 2012

I've used almost 5GB 3G so far. No throttling or anything, still about 4Mbps down.

Azzin · Feb 28, 2012

Hi all and greetings from the UK!

I need to get my SIM sorted for a trip to NYC in March.

I have a Vonage account, which gives me unlimited calls to US mobiles & landlines, I also think I can set it to forward to the US mobile number I get, so that will work fine for people ringing me, but I'm also interested in outgoing calls and more importantly data access...

Can I pick one of these Straight talk SIMs up and will it be ok for me to use in my unlocked iPhone 4 (purchased from Apple store in London)?

If not, does anyone know of any SIM deals with data that I can use for my week in NYC (preferably one that I can order in advance so I have it for when I land).

Cheers.

techguy20 · Feb 28, 2012

Azzin said:
Hi all and greetings from the UK!

I need to get my SIM sorted for a trip to NYC in March.

I have a Vonage account, which gives me unlimited calls to US mobiles & landlines, I also think I can set it to forward to the US mobile number I get, so that will work fine for people ringing me, but I'm also interested in outgoing calls and more importantly data access...

Can I pick one of these Straight talk SIMs up and will it be ok for me to use in my unlocked iPhone 4 (purchased from Apple store in London)?

If not, does anyone know of any SIM deals with data that I can use for my week in NYC (preferably one that I can order in advance so I have it for when I land).

Cheers.

Should work just fine in NYC. It's $45 for the month of service, plus $15 for the MicroSIM itself.

Azzin · Feb 28, 2012

techguy20 said:
Should work just fine in NYC. It's $45 for the month of service, plus $15 for the MicroSIM itself.

Excellent, thank you.

Now the next question is how do I go about getting one!?

techguy20 · Feb 28, 2012

Azzin said:
Excellent, thank you.

Now the next question is how do I go about getting one!?

http://www.straighttalk.com/shopsims

You can just throw in any NYC zip code (just looked them up and 10001 works).

Only thing is I'm not sure about shipping to the UK. Were you planning to do that, or order it when you arrive in the US?

Azzin · Feb 28, 2012

techguy20 said:
http://www.straighttalk.com/shopsims

You can just throw in any NYC zip code (just looked them up and 10001 works).

Only thing is I'm not sure about shipping to the UK. Were you planning to do that, or order it when you arrive in the US?

I'm only over for a week (Sunday 11th March to Sunday 18th March), so getting one while I'm there is no good, I need to have one when I land or pick one up on the Monday.

It looks like T-Mobile may be an option for me as they offer a variety of Prepaid options:

Prepaid Cell Plans | No Contract Cell Phone Plans | T-Mobile

I'm only there for a week, so their "Unlimited Web & Text" might just do me fine for $30.

The only thing is, it doesn't appear you can add the "International Unlimited talk & Text" bundle for $10, as that can only be added to tariffs of $50 & above-and even if I get one of the $50 tariffs, it appears the data is then only 2G, as it says "First 100MB at up to 4G speeds".

How hard can this be??

Maybe the answer is to go for the $70 "Monthly 4G" tariff (*First 5 GB at up to 4G speeds) and then add the $10 bundle of international calls so that I can ring home?

That would come to $80, which is about £50 for the week.

As I mentioned, I have a Vonage business account that gives me unlimited calls to USA landlines and mobiles, so I think what I can do is just before I take off, leave a message on my 3 voicemail telling people to call me on my Vonage number (normal landline number) and set the Vonage number to divert to my USA SIM number once I get it the next day, so when people ring my Vonage number they will get my in NYC on T-Mob number.

techguy20 · Feb 28, 2012

Azzin said:
I'm only over for a week (Sunday 11th March to Sunday 18th March), so getting one while I'm there is no good, I need to have one when I land or pick one up on the Monday.

It looks like T-Mobile may be an option for me as they offer a variety of Prepaid options:

Prepaid Cell Plans | No Contract Cell Phone Plans | T-Mobile

I'm only there for a week, so their "Unlimited Web & Text" might just do me fine for $30.

The only thing is, it doesn't appear you can add the "International Unlimited talk & Text" bundle for $10, as that can only be added to tariffs of $50 & above-and even if I get one of the $50 tariffs, it appears the data is then only 2G, as it says "First 100MB at up to 4G speeds".

How hard can this be??

Maybe the answer is to go for the $70 "Monthly 4G" tariff (*First 5 GB at up to 4G speeds) and then add the $10 bundle of international calls so that I can ring home?

That would come to $80, which is about £50 for the week.

As I mentioned, I have a Vonage business account that gives me unlimited calls to USA landlines and mobiles, so I think what I can do is just before I take off, leave a message on my 3 voicemail telling people to call me on my Vonage number (normal landline number) and set the Vonage number to divert to my USA SIM number once I get it the next day, so when people ring my Vonage number they will get my in NYC on T-Mob number.

I see... One thing to note: on T-Mobile USA using an iPhone, you'll only be able to get onto EDGE, no 3G due to the difference in the carriers' GSM bands.

Azzin · Feb 28, 2012

Good info Techguy, thanks.

Back to square 1 for me then...

techguy20 · Feb 28, 2012

Azzin said:
Good info Techguy, thanks.

Back to square 1 for me then...

I'd still recommend Straight Talk for the week: unlimited, talk, text, 3G data, no activation fee besides the MicroSIM itself. Only issue is getting it to the UK before you come to the US. Have you checked their international shipping policy yet?

BiggAW · Feb 29, 2012

Azzin said:
Good info Techguy, thanks.

Back to square 1 for me then...

Do you have a contact here you could have it shipped to?

Dextor143 · Feb 29, 2012

Can anyone post a working mms settings?

Dextor143 · Feb 29, 2012

My data speed ... It has been going up and down though

Azzin · Feb 29, 2012

BiggAW said:
Do you have a contact here you could have it shipped to?

Potentially, I guess I could have it shipped to the office of the firm I'll be working for in NYC-how safe would having it sent to the hotel I'm staying in be?

I'm getting to JFK about 9pm and will be heading straight to the hotel to crash straight out as my body will be 5 hours ahead of NYC time!).

It would be perfect to have the SIM waiting for me, but I guess getting it at the office the next morning would be ok too.

Thanks.

BiggAW · Mar 1, 2012

Azzin said:
Potentially, I guess I could have it shipped to the office of the firm I'll be working for in NYC-how safe would having it sent to the hotel I'm staying in be?

I'm getting to JFK about 9pm and will be heading straight to the hotel to crash straight out as my body will be 5 hours ahead of NYC time!).

It would be perfect to have the SIM waiting for me, but I guess getting it at the office the next morning would be ok too.

Thanks.

I'd go for the office, you could get it first thing in the morning. You'd presumably have wifi to communicate that evening and the next morning at the hotel.

Dextor143 · Mar 1, 2012

guys for some reason. My data has stopped working, I am getting 3G written on the top left corner but there is no data? I just got my service yesterday.

I have rebooted my phone 5 times, my data settings are att.mvno

can anyone help? Please

techguy20 · Mar 1, 2012

I think that sounds like a good idea. Just make sure they are expecting it at the office ahead of time so it will be waiting for you.

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syedrizvi21 said:
Can anyone post a working mms settings?

These settings work perfectly and are recommended:

http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Straight_Talk_iPhone#Data_.26_MMS

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syedrizvi21 said:
guys for some reason. My data has stopped working, I am getting 3G written on the top left corner but there is no data? I just got my service yesterday.

I have rebooted my phone 5 times, my data settings are att.mvno

can anyone help? Please

Try putting it in Airplane mode for 5 minutes. Then trying opening Google.com

Azzin · Mar 2, 2012

Ok...

I'm going to be staying round here and working in this area.

Can anyone advise me of a store/plan that I can buy/activate on the Monday morning (12th March)?

Cheers.

techguy20 · Mar 2, 2012

Azzin said:
Ok...

I'm going to be staying round here and working in this area.

Can anyone advise me of a store/plan that I can buy/activate on the Monday morning (12th March)?

Cheers.

If you're looking for the SIM card, you'll need to order that online. It is not sold in stores, and the shipping would take 3-5 days.

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