Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-22 Thread Avi
I don't know if this works if you aren't already a T-Mobile customer, but they have a promotion for free 1GB data per month until the end of 2014 with no voice or texts. You just have to get a sim card in the store ($10) and tell them it's for a tablet. On Aug 22, 2014 2:14 AM, "Jonathan Wiltshire"

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Harlan Lieberman-Berg
I can also bring my T Mobile micro SIM card. My flight doesn't get in until Saturday afternoon, however. On Aug 21, 2014 5:50 PM, "Dimitri John Ledkov" wrote: > On 21 August 2014 21:07, Ian Jackson > wrote: > > I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I > > have a phone

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On 2014-08-21 21:07, Ian Jackson wrote: I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I have a phone which works on US frequencies. But I don't have a suitable SIM.[1] Probably too late for your purposes now, but after extensive research I wrote off getting a throwaway US

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Trevor" == Trevor Best writes: Trevor> I believe Walmart sells Tmobile sim cards. I live near Trevor> Portland and use the pay-as-you-go Tmobile plan and the Trevor> employees in the stores know absolutely nothing about it, Trevor> they seriously can't help you. So Walmart

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Trevor Best
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I believe Walmart sells Tmobile sim cards. I live near Portland and use the pay-as-you-go Tmobile plan and the employees in the stores know absolutely nothing about it, they seriously can't help you. So Walmart is the best option. - -- Thanks, Trev

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Robert Edmonds
Robert Edmonds wrote: > It looks like they have a store near both Portland State University and > Portland Union Station: > > http://www.t-mobile.com/store/cell-phone-portland-or-1460.html Oh, nevermind. This store closes at 7:00pm. -- Robert Edmonds edmo...@debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Robert Edmonds
Ian Jackson wrote: > I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I > have a phone which works on US frequencies. But I don't have a > suitable SIM.[1] > > Where can I buy a SIM ? I will want to use it for the week and a half > of Debconf, for modest texting and making call

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 21 August 2014 21:07, Ian Jackson wrote: > I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I > have a phone which works on US frequencies. But I don't have a > suitable SIM.[1] > > Where can I buy a SIM ? I will want to use it for the week and a half > of Debconf, for modes

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Patty Langasek
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 04:51:05PM -0400, Joseph Bisch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure where to buy the SIM card (definitely the t-mobile or att > stores would sell them, but I'm not sure about other stores), but in > case you haven't seen it, the wiki has a page that compares the plans > offered by

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Joseph Bisch
Hi, I'm not sure where to buy the SIM card (definitely the t-mobile or att stores would sell them, but I'm not sure about other stores), but in case you haven't seen it, the wiki has a page that compares the plans offered by different carriers.[0] If you do find a store other than t-mobile or att

[Debconf-discuss] US SIMs in Seattle airport or Portland downtown

2014-08-21 Thread Ian Jackson
I may need a phone to be able to check in when I arrive tomorrow. I have a phone which works on US frequencies. But I don't have a suitable SIM.[1] Where can I buy a SIM ? I will want to use it for the week and a half of Debconf, for modest texting and making calls. Some modest data capacity w