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Wow. 1.95 euros a day for the non-ad version? In India (where I live) I pay less than 3 euros a month for a 1.5GB everyday 5G connection and unlimited nationwide calls. So it's definitely not a "fair local rate" as they claim.
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If I'm buying a SIM, there's a physical cost to manufacture the thing. There's no such cost with eSIMs. Also, to sell me a physical SIM, the telecom has to employ somebody to stand there and sell me a SIM. With an eSIM there's a website and it doesn't matter if 1 or 1000 people are buying SIMs at the same time. I would think that eventually the ability to scale would push the costs of eSIM down to be cheaper/the same…
But when you need more data and you’re in the middle of nowhere, you can just pay to add a bit more.
For travelers’ eSIM (paid), many people whom I asked, have recommended Airalo - https://www.airalo.com I have no affiliation.
-1 for Airalo - I've had an awful experience with their support. Through what was definitely a configuration error on their end, my eSIM stopped working after I added more data to my plan. So for a week, I went from WiFi to WiFi in contact with their support, while they kept asking the same questions over and over again. Is roaming on? Yes. Have you entered the correct APN? Yes. Have you tried all providers? Yes. Is…
For travelers’ eSIM (paid), many people whom I asked, have recommended Airalo - https://www.airalo.com I have no affiliation.
i used ubigi in japan in singapore and it was really cheap and very good connectivity.
I feel like the best mobile plan insofar for traveling has been Google Fi: $10/GB anywhere in the world, allows you to pause service and pay nothing, works both as a physical and eSIM card. The downside: only available for purchase in the US.
Literally a 100x premium.
For travelers’ eSIM (paid), many people whom I asked, have recommended Airalo - https://www.airalo.com I have no affiliation.
Also, being able to pre-purchase the SIM card means you can immediately browse when arriving. When we arrived, the WiFi in Chennai airport couldn't deliver the OTP to our foreign phone numbers, so without the pre-purchased eSIMs we wouldn't have been able to get internet.
I don't like it that they charge such a premium, it makes having data as a tourist somewhat of a privilege. Also, local SIMs typically offer beside data also a local phone number, which can be really helpful.
Wow, this is actually very great. I hope many people will use this and app developers will be pressured to finally start thinking about bandwidth
I would love something like this for my smartwatch. My main telco doesn't offer eSIM for smartwatches because they want you to switch to their premium brand. If anyone knows something I'd love to hear it (Sweden)
I'd be interested in the paid version. The website doesn't have a calculator, so I'd have to download the app... No go.
Can you explain how your paid tier works? Is it 1.95€ a day unlimited worldwide, or are there charges on top of that?
I'm not affiliated, just randomly stumbled upon it. In the app, it seems to scale between 1 day - 3.50 Euro 30 days - 59.40 Euro (1.98/day) The pricing doesn't seem great, but also not terrible. So it could work out for them, due to convenience.