Thanks for the postings

Feedback:

Purchased a phone thru T-Mobile w/sim card & activated before leaving FL and it worked out great - was able to check email, recv/send text msgs & make/recv phones calls; some spots while island hopping was intermittent but obviously understood

upon my return I cancelled my phone plan (since I have a flip phone that I use as my day to day thru sprint) but will keep my "vacation phone" tucked away until our next vacation & then have it turned back on (free of charge) - process was easy as pie and well worth the 100 buck investment for a vacation phone & 70 bucks/month plan