Cheap mobile calls and internet in America

SIM card for cheap mobile calls in America.

Often, mobile calling with the Dutch subscription in the USA leads to high costs. Fortunately, this is easily solved with a prepaid SIM card USA.

Using Dutch mobile phone in America.

Importantly, there can be high costs for data usage when using the Dutch mobile phone with the Dutch subscription in America. Within Europe, the costs for calling and internet using a mobile phone are almost the same everywhere. However, once one goes outside Europe, the European rules no longer apply. This can leave travellers facing high roaming charges afterwards for using the mobile phone in the USA or in other countries outside Europe. It is then mainly data costs that run high. Data used for instance for WhatsApp, navigation, YouTube and the like while travelling across America. To avoid these high costs and get cheap calls and internet in the USA, you can use a local prepaid SIM card for America.

American Sim for during your trip to USA

While travelling through the USA, you can replace your Dutch SIM card with a prepaid SIM card for America. With a SIM card USA you get access to local American networks and your costs for calling and data usage in America remain low.

Where can I buy a SIM card for the USA?

You can buy a local SIM card for the USA on arrival in the United States. However, you can also do this in the Netherlands and have the SIM card delivered to your home address free of charge. This is easy and convenient because it avoids searching for a SIM card in the USA and it can save a lot of time at the beginning of your trip. It is also super convenient because as soon as you arrive in the USA, you can immediately insert your US SIM card into your mobile phone. You have instant internet connection for things like WhatsApp, navigation or Face Time. You can also make calls yourself and can be reached on a US phone number (+1). You can give this number to people you want to keep in touch with during your trip through the USA.

The USA SIM cards can be ordered on the Airport Telecom Schiphol website and are delivered to your home free of charge. The USA SIM cards can also be collected from the Airport Telecom shop at Schiphol Plaza on departure from Schiphol. This can come in handy for last-minute departures to the USA, for example.

Which SIM card for the USA is best?

At Airport Telecom Schiphol, we offer a choice of two prepaid SIM cards for the USA: the 12GB SIM card USA and the SIM card USA Unlimited.

Both sim cards USA have a favourable price and offer a good data bundle. Which one you choose depends mainly on your travel plans and what you want to use your phone for during your stay in America. More information that can help you make the right choice can be found in our article ‘Which sim card for America is the best’.