Today we went to get a prepaid mobile subscription. Just a little trip to Walmart and back. Only 1 hour+ commute each way. In the rain. Jetlagged… Today was a good day.

As we found out Saturday, the best subscription for was only offered in Walmart, so we had to go to one, which is way outside of Boston (the few Bostoners, I’ve told about it, didn’t even know to get there by public transportation). We met near the BU campus and first went to check in at the university (all foreign students have to check in to get their immigration status verified), and make appointments for immunizations at the Student Health Services. After that we took the blue line out of Boston to the end station and a bus onwards to Walmart.

It was a little confusing how to get the right subscription, but here is how it works: We bought a sim card starter kit from T-Mobile for around $40 of which the $30 was the first month’s subscription. This is for when you want to use your own phone – other subscriptions are offered together with a phone. The sim card then has to be activated on T-Mobile’s website before it gets a phone number and can be used. A few minutes after the activation is done, the sim card works and can be used.

So now we have unlimited texting (even to international numbers(!)) and unlimited data with the first 5GB on 4G/LTE speed, and we can go outside without falling down the Internet-void-hole. Things are getting pretty good here!