hmmmmmmmmm ok. ... I hear y'all
I thought:
my sim card carried all my personal data...so in this case, my canadian info..
so I would take it out.... BUT buy a new sim card in disney and just plug
it into my current phone to use...as if I was a disney residence..
am I losing it now ???
You are correct. If your phone is unlocked and you can locate a carrier with prepaid SIM cards... you're good to go.
There's nothing left in the phone to identify it to the network without the SIM card.
Put another SIM card in .. and the phone is only identified with the network of that SIM card.. not the previous one.
Your idea will work - IF you can locate the prepaid SIM card.
Google "PREPAID SIM CARD" and you'll get lots to read.
EDIT: T-Mobile offers these. Rates start at about 20c a minute and go as low as 10c a minute depending on the initial buy-in amount.
HOWEVER: Long Distance to Canada is pricey on their plan tho. 40c a minute... and that's on top of their other rate and this is all in US $.
The Rogers plan includes long distance to anywhere in the US or Canada.
Info on the Rogers plans is available here. I've used these plans and the 75$ plan for 240 minutes worked like a charm for me. That works out to 31c a minute.. TOTAL. In Canadian dollars.
http://www.shoprogers.com/business/...ess_plans.asp?plan=usroamingaddon&cat=1&typ=2
I got the bill for this all my calls both within the US, and to Canada were 0.00$ -- no charge. I did not exceed the 240 minutes of course. I was charged 10c to call an 800 number each time I called it. I knew about this charge, so the 80c wasn't a shocker.
There's no shortage of people who have nightmare stories about using a Canadian cell phone in the states. Usually this is because they either were horribly mis-informed.. or simply assumed it wouldn't be that expensive.
If you are a Rogers customer, the U-S Add-On for Roaming GSM customers is a very good deal and it works.
Knox