Carrier Best pre-pay solution for a NY holiday?

[Onno]

I'm going on a trip to NY in a few weeks and I was wondering which provider has the best pre-pay solution & coverage in NY. I'm not going to call or text, I'm just going to use it for the data.

I was looking at yourkarma.com, but I would prefer to just use another sim in my phone. Does anyone has a tip?

 

[617aircav]

You options are likely tmobile and att. Check their websites.

 

[TheProFTW]

I'm going on a trip to NY in a few weeks and I was wondering which provider has the best pre-pay solution & coverage in NY. I'm not going to call or text, I'm just going to use it for the data.

I was looking at yourkarma.com, but I would prefer to just use another sim in my phone. Does anyone has a tip?

How long are you gonna be in NY?

You've got 2 (cheap) options, both on t-mobile, the $30 plan with unlimited text & data (data limited to 5GB a month, after that it goes to EDGE speeds) with 100 minutes

Or, $3 a day plan, with unlimited everything, with data limited to 200 a day on 4g speeds (after that it goes to EDGE speeds).

 

[Onno]

Thanks!! I'll be there for 10 days, I looked at both the sites. The T-mobile offer looks quite ok, but any idea about the coverage? T-Mobile here in the Netherlands is quite bad. Is there a big difference between ATT and T-Mobile in NY? I'll be in Brooklyn (dumbo/Williamsburg/Greenpoint) most of the time, but will probably need the data for google maps the most on Manhattan

 

[TheProFTW]

I've had both, and they both have similar coverage in Manhattan. Both have LTE, AT&T is a little bit faster on the data, but the only decent plan for prepaid is $60, and has limited data.

T-Mobile doesn't have LTE when leaving NYC, it just has HSPA+

 

[Onno]

I've had both, and they both have similar coverage in Manhattan. Both have LTE, AT&T is a little bit faster on the data, but the only decent plan for prepaid is $60, and has limited data.

T-Mobile doesn't have LTE when leaving NYC, it just has HSPA+

Thanks! Looks like I'll be going for t-mobile, on twitter they told me it can be arranged within a few minutes in any tmobile store

 

[TheProFTW]

Yeah, I've used their prepaid and the guy in the t-mo store was quick to set everything up (Can't say the same about radioshack )

 

[Coleman2010]

Thanks! Looks like I'll be going for t-mobile, on twitter they told me it can be arranged within a few minutes in any tmobile store

Use T-Mobile. They have LTE in all of the NYC boroughs.

 

[Onno]

Thanks!!

 

[Onno]

Walked into the T-Mobile shop near Union Square and walked out with a working 4G connection a few minutes later. And it was quite cheap

Sure connection on the subway wasn't great, but for the rest it was quite awesome

 

[Coleman2010]

Walked into the T-Mobile shop near Union Square and walked out with a working 4G connection a few minutes later. And it was quite cheap

Sure connection on the subway wasn't great, but for the rest it was quite awesome

It depends what subway station you're at. The larger stations have cell phone coverage on the platforms.

 

[TheProFTW]

Walked into the T-Mobile shop near Union Square and walked out with a working 4G connection a few minutes later. And it was quite cheap

Sure connection on the subway wasn't great, but for the rest it was quite awesome

Enjoy!

Did you get the $30 plan?

 

[Onno]

Enjoy!

Did you get the $30 plan?

Yeah, the $30 plan.
Thanks, already back home Loved it and looking for a reason to move to Brooklyn!