# Prepaid SIM cards in the US

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843 "2010-05-26T17:45:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843/21 "2010-06-01T19:30:01Z")

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It’s one of those older Nokia phones so I don’t think USB is an option.

In any case, my attempt to return it failed. No refunds for the minutes nor the SIM card itself. So just a complete waste of $20.

Anyone happen to have any idea what would happen if I did use the 230V adapter? I’m guessing it would just simply not work while not harming anything, (as opposed to using a US device in Europe which would indeed result in actual frying).

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**Author:** ![faceoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@faceoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/faceoff)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-cards-in-the-us/540843/22 "2010-06-08T01:49:29Z")

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I arrived on the 3rd of June and went into a AT&T retail shop and found they have a GoPhone prepaid option. I already have a GSM phone so it was free for the sim card so I just had to top it up with some money. They had few easy plans on prepaid for you to choose.

I was going to T-mobile as I found the same $10 sim card option online but @ AT&T the sim was free.

Hope this helps some travelers to the USA.

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