Pre-paid BB/Data plans?

[TDot1980]

Hi all,

I will be traveling to the USA a few times in the next few months. I have unlocked my Rogers Curve 8310 and would like to swap in a AT&T (or T-mo, whatever) SIM with a pre-paid plan to stay connected while I'm away without Rogers breaking the bank with roaming fees.

Does anyone know what my options are in this regard? I fumbled around the various carrier sites but couldn't really find what I am looking for.

Would like to be able to send/receive emails and use various apps. Voice not a must but would be nice of course.

Thanks in advance,

Tim

[Irish Rose]

You can not get a BB data plan with AT&T's prepaid service at all. However, T-Mobile has a prepaid "Flexpay" service that does offer BB data plans. FlexPay(SM) Rate Plan FAQs

[ace587]

^agree flexpay is great since you can cancel anytime

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[ace587]

^agree flexpay is great since you can cancel anytime. but if have a rogers BIS account remember your PIN is tied to the account and can't use it anywhere else

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[mba3866]

You can get a prepaid data plan through AT&T. Its called Pick your Plan. You use a credit card to pay for this service but you have to log back into your account to cancel. Otherwise, it will charge you once a month. The data plan will work on the BB but some of the functions/features will not work properly. i.e. push, messenger

[TDot1980]

Thanks for your responses.

So, my understanding then is that I could use this flex-pay system to roam with my phone and use data at a reasonable rate in the USA, but my emails would have to be checked on the web? I use Gmail, so their App should probably work.

But I wouldn't be able to use PIN messages or BBIM?

What about other applications that use data? Such as Google Maps (we're going on a road trip so they would be most useful).

Is there any way to temporarily re-assign my BIS account to the US carrier?

Thanks in advance.

[ace587]

As long as there is tmobile coverage you can have data and ise it whtever u like as for temporarily assigning I guess u wud have to call tmobile bb support and have ur PIN released after u quit flexpay

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