guybrush Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've been scouring this forum and other sites trying to gain a better understanding on how most people connect to 3g/4g in the US. Does everyone use pre-paid? Do you tack on an additional device on your personal monthly plan? Seeing as how I only need data, where should I start looking to find a good carrier or pre-paid carrier that can use the more supported Huawei USB cards? I'd love to see what other people do for 3g in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guybrush Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) So I visited a few walmarts, targets, t-mobiles, boost mobiles, verizon, at&t stores, etc. After visiting 10+ stores, the only brick and mortar store to carry USB modems was walmart: Walmart - inventory varies greatly from store to store: at&t usb connect 900 (huawei e1815) for $69.00 T-Mobile Rocket 4g (ZTE MF591) for $59.88 Virgin Mobile broadband2go u600 3g/4g usb stick for $34.88 T-Mobile Jet 2.0 (Huawei UMG366) for $59.88 So I ended up not purchasing anything and buying a Huawei E173 Unlocked HSDPA 7.2Mbps GSM 3G USB Modem on amazon for $33.93 shipped and a ZTE MF591 from ebay for under $6. Soon I'll have 2 USB modems, but no sim cards. How do you go about getting pre-paid GSM sims for these modems? I want to use cash and not sign up for a monthly plan. Any experience here would be awesome. Edited July 13, 2013 by guybrush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guybrush Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 just to document my findings: I ended up buying a SIM from T-mobile and adding 3GB. $35 for data, $10 for SIM card and activation. Payed cash and SIM worked perfectly in the ZTE MF591. Only problem is that the service will end in 30 days. I would LOVE to find a carrier that had non-expiring data plans, like buy 5 gigs for $50 and never have them expire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcollins0618 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 This thing seems harder to find in the US where cell prices are already jacked up beyond belief. I'll be following this thread. (tldr:bump) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysim Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 In USA the service provider like AT&T and T-mobile they are having special monthly plan for the internet user wit high speed 3g and 4g!!so it doesn't cost them much!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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