Big Dog USA Sim Details!
The Big Dog is a USA sim card with a telephone number valid for one year. All sizes of sim are available. When activated the line starts with a $100 cash balance which is used to pay for the rate plan. Your sim & phone number will stay active for one year even if the cash balance is consumed. As you use the sim the balance will reduce. You will refill the sim to pay for your next needed rate plan.
The Big Dog plan has two components: The active plan and the holding plan. While you are in the USA, you will change rate plan to the most appropriate (active plan) based on the length of stay, data needs and your individual preference.
The Holding Plan
When you are about to leave the USA, you should change the plan to the $2.00/day (Holding plan). This plan costs $2.00/day for talk and text "No data". The $2.00/day is charged only on days you use the phone for talk and text. If you are not here placing calls, answering the phone - No Charge! Changing to 2.00/day will hold your balance until you return to the USA within 12 months. For example - If you left the USA on June 10 and had a $50 balance on June 10 - You will have the same balance when you return in September. Additionally - If your number is called while you are away, the voicemail will work.
Question - How do you change the rate plan?
1. Call us at +1-703-9534567 or Send an email / iMessage to support@mrsimcard.com and ask us to do it.
2. Dial 611 from the phone and press option 3 (Rate Plan). Change it yourself there.
Included Calls / Texts
($2.00/day) While in the USA - All incoming calls are included whether from numbers in the USA or from overseas (unlimited). All outgoing calls placed to USA telephone number are included... Yes calls to mobiles and landlines are included (unlimited).
When you return to the USA you can use the Holding plan at $2.00/day (No data), or change to another active plan.
The Active Plan
The active plan is the 30 day plan you are using while in the USA to take advantage of Talk, text, 4G LTE Data. Before you arrive the USA, you can call mrsimcard to review the current plans. We will check your account balance and advise the best plan for your upcoming visit to the USA based on what plans are current.
Current Unlimited Plans (valid 30 days)
$60 plan - Unlimited Talk,Text,4G LTE Data with 4 Gigs at 4G LTE speed, then unlimited at 128KBPS. (Extra 1GB data available for $10.00)
$45 plan - Unlimited Talk,Text,4G LTE Data with 1.5 Gigs at LTE speed, then unlimited at 128KBPS. (Extra 500MB USA data available for $10)
$30 plan - Unlimited Talk,Unlimited Text, No Data
$2/day plan - Unlimited Talk,Text. ( Data works and costs 1c/ 5KB)
AT&T USA Mobility - International Texting Feature
Unlimited International texting now includes 100 countries. Click here for included countries such as Afghanistan, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, Denmark, Germany... plus many more. Check for your country please. Texts to other countries are at rate 0.25c/text.
International direct dial calls are not included, and are charged at killer rates. See rates here.
A better answer is to buy a an international long distance pin from mrsimcard. With this pin (valid 30 days) you will dial an access number, listen to message and then dial the international number followed by the # key.
To be clear
1. Please understand that the offer is not 1 year of unlimited talk, text and data. The line is valid 1 year from activation, but you
Account Tips
Account pin
When you line is activated you will be provided an account pin. This four digit number is used by you or us to make changes on the line. Adding data bundles, checking your account balance, checking the features on the line are examples of these activities. You don't need to, but you can change your account pin. The process of changing the pin requires a text message with the new pin sent direct to the phone number. If you are overseas, you cannot get the message. AT&T does not know the pin when the system generates it. So - only change the pin when you are in the USA.