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Originally Posted by judojorge
however, the att service isn't quite the same as advertised on the apple site, there were different tiers of data and pricing and there is a 10 dollar fee above it every month. It's actually not a prepaid plan but a postpaid, yet there is no contract (kind of odd I think). My ATT plan is called Mobile Share 4GB and costs $30 a month plus the $10 plus there was an activation fee. I was just too impatient to wait but I'm thinking if you buy a ATT nano sim off of ebay or amazon you could probably just activate ATT service on the iPad thereby saving money on activation and the extra 10$ monthly fee. Could somebody please verify this?
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Sounds like AT&T forced you into a postpaid plan. That's one issue with going to the store and having them activate. If you're not particularly well informed, carriers will try to put you on postpaid as much as possible. Yes, you could just buy an AT&T Nano SIM off ebay or Amazon next time and activate on prepaid. Actually, you could probably just have asked the store for a Nano SIM. Most stores would give you one but store policies vary on how much they charge. Some stores would give you the SIM for free, others can charge as high as $25.
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Originally Posted by judojorge
Another question, does anybody know if I can just stop paying my Verizon prepaid service for a few months and just come back to it whenever I want? Would I have to get a new sim or could I just stick the same SIM card and pick up where I left off?
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With Verizon, if you cancel service, the SIM card gets deactivated after 5 months of non-use. You'd have to get a new SIM card when that happens.
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Originally Posted by judojorge
One last question, in case my T-mobile service never gets re-established, could I just buy a brand new T-Mobile nano sim off ebay or amazon and setup new service directly on my iPad?
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You could just get the SIM card directly from T-Mobile web site. They offer the SIM card activation kits for $0-0.99 every now and then.