How to get a US cellphone number in 46 easy steps! (You won't believe Step 41)
Do some background research online, and ask friends in the US, to figure out which company to go with and which plan to choose (how much you want to spend).Find their nearest store. Go to the store.Ask for a SIM card, go through all the registration details and tell them what plan you want. Observe store assistant clicking and typing painfully slowly; swallow the anger.Try to pay for the SIM card and some initial credit on the account (because you don't have any credit history having just moved there). Try again when it fails. And again.Eventually discover that their till system doesn't like foreign cards, unlike everywhere else you've been using the cards in the USA.Go withdraw some cash from a nearby ATM, sucking up the $4 ATM withdrawal fee which you're gradually realizing is pretty standard in the USA.Return to store with cash. Go through much of the registration process again because it couldn't be saved.Pay with cash and put the new SIM card into your phone. …