SIM card, eSIM or US prepaid plan: which one for your stay
Where you are from, how long you are staying, and whether you need a real US number. A decision matrix built only from published plan terms, never from speed tests.
What lands here first
A matrix that takes where you are from, how long you are staying and whether you need a real US number, then narrows it to one of four answers: keep your home SIM, add a travel eSIM, buy a US prepaid SIM, or park the number and start fresh. Built from published plan terms only.
- 1The four paths side by side, with what each one costs over a typical stay
- 2Which paths give you a US number that banks will text
- 3What changes if your stay is under 30 days, a semester, or more than a year
Each page goes live only once its sources check out, and every arrival is dated in the rule changes log. If you need one of these sooner, write to hello@stillreachable.com and we will move it up.