What are the best prepaid plans in the US?
There are plenty of different opinions on this one. Personally I do use Cricket. It is daughter company of AT&T and is using its network. IMHO AT&T network is a second best in US. Unfortunately for you Verizon network which is still numero uno (IMHO ofc) is CDMA. This is different than GSM standard. The one that being used in Europe. So your phone would not work with it. Cricket deal is $40 a month. Unlimited everything. 2.5GB of data. They do have plans with more data. If you run out of data they just limit speed to really low but don't cut you off. So you can still do WhatsUp and email. I think they even give you some free voice minutes to overseas countries. There is a limit of 8MB on speed of Internet. Good enough for me.. I think there is a $25 activation fee if you get in the store. I personally got it online for free. Your best source for information about phone plans is Howard forums. And do use Open Signal to see crowd sourced coverage information in places you are going to. P. S. Do make sure that your phone is unlocked and could be used on another carrier and that it supports radio frequencies provided by this new carrier. http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm...HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource3G and 4G LTE Cell Coverage Map
Can Indian mobiles be used in the US?
As people mentioned here the Band, I would like to add one more thing because I had faced trouble with this. Please check the Mobile company as well to support in USA, for example - I have bought the InFocus Mobile from India just before coming to USA and also bought the Lyca SIM to call from the Airport etc. for a month initially.To my surprise, the Mobile did not work after leaving India, I thought this is the SIM problem which may not have activated so I really felt cheated by Lyca that I could not make any calls to my family from any airports on the way like from Abu Dhabi and then US. I was trying to reach Lyca Customer care from India as well as USA but after 2–3 weeks only I came to know that this is the problem with my Mobile Brand because the SIM worked in any other mobile.After checking few sites and also spoke to Snapdeal customer care, I came to know that InFocus only works in India and China as of now so I am using this mobile just for Internet purpose in USA and bought the AT&T Gophone.To summarize this, please check the brand also just like InFocus. I came to this question here and thought of answering as now I am looking to buy another new phone for my wife who will be coming to US soon…
What incidents and events have made India proud?
On 15 th July LIGO [1] ( Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory )announced the detection of the Gravitational Waveswhich were produced due to the merger of the two massive Black Holes.which led to the confirmation of the Prediction of the Gravitational waves by the Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity that was formulated 100 years ago.Lets have look at few quotes by the eminent scientist which shows the Importance of the “ Break Through ”“This detection is the beginning of a new era: The field of gravitational wave astronomy is now a reality,” says Gabriela González, LSC spokesperson and professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State UniversityThe description of this observation is beautifully described in the Einstein theory of general relativity formulated 100 years ago and comprises the first test of the theory in strong gravitation. It would have been wonderful to watch Einstein’s face had we been able to tell him,” says Weiss.Fulvio Ricci, Virgo Spokesperson, notes that, “This is a significant milestone for physics, but more importantly merely the start of many new and exciting astrophysical discoveries to come with LIGO and Virgo.There were about 9 Indian InstitutesInter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune;International Centre for Theoretical SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research, BangaloreChennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai,RRCAT, IndoreIndian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad GujaratInstitute for Plasma Research, Bhat, GandhinagarTata Institute of Fundamental Research, MumbaiIndian Institute of Science Education and Research , KolkataIISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Keralawho contributed to this significant discovery. At least 50 —60 Indian Scientist [1] were awarded the spatial break -through award for their contribution .Footnotes[1] Indian scientists among recipients of Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - Times of India