Bad SIM card crashing my iPad?

Although now I have an idea of this problem, but I'm still a little concerned.
I have an iPad 64gb 3g/wifi purchased last Aug, and I have been using AT&T and FET (a provider in Taiwan) micro sim card since, because I travel constantly so I have been swapping the 2 sim cards on regular basis.
About 2 weeks ago, as I'm flying to Anchorage, I inserted AT&T sim, it's fine at the beginning, but after a few minutes, I get a 'no service' on the top left corner, and then the ipad goes into recovery mode (displaying a USB icon asking me to connect to itunes), which I did.
Then itunes tells me that an ipad in recovery mode is detected, so I need to restore it..bla bla bla, and which I did too.
At the end of the restore process, itunes tells me that 'We're sorry, we're unable to continue with the recovery process, please contact apple or try again latter'
I've made multiple attempts, with and without any sim card, but keep getting the message.
So I made an appointment with Apple in LA, and I went there. They weren't able to recover it as well, and since there're some dent on the back of the ipad, they claim that it is damaged and couldn't be fixed, so I needed to purchase a new one.
As I was thinking about buying an ipad 2 or wait for ipad 3, I left the device for a few days without touching it, and the battery when completely dead (which is normal). Just 2 days ago, I picked it up and made my last attempt.
Without any sim card, the recovery was successful, and everything when back to normal, I was so excited and I put the AT&T sim back in, boom.. after a couple of minutes, the same thing happened again. So I had to restore it again, only this time, the recovery was successful.
I figured it was either 1) AT&T sim card problem, or 2) 3g function problem. To determine it, just tonight after I return to Taiwan, I inserted my FET sim card and no problems occurred!!!
I suspect it's the AT&T sim card that's causing it, any suggestions or different opinions? Because I'm thinking about getting a new AT&T sim card when I return to the US after a few days.

dianehk113 wrote:
Is there a SIM card in my iPad ?? What's the scoop Verizon vs AT&T ?
If you have an AT&T iPad 3G, there is a SIM card. If it is a Verizon iPad 3G, there is no SIM card. Whether you prefer to use AT&T or Verizon really depends on the which one has better coverage in your area. However, it sounds as if you already have the iPad, so I'm not completely clear what your asking.

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