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This seems pretty cool, so it's free slow cell service in exchange for watching a video ad every hour, with optional prepaid plans for higher speeds/no ads. It does seem that your cellular is only active for an hour after you last watch an ad, which is unfortunate if you want to receive notifications throughout the day.
Next stop: Different traffic tariffs per time of day & credit rating. I really don't see how esim is beneficial to ordinary citizens. There is a plethora of downsides that can't be evaded. :/
Its great for tourists though. You can have your normal sim for use at home and just buy an eSim for when you travel overseas. I found it very useful and cheaper than a sim card for two weeks in Canada.
Best of all: when you are done with it, the trojan horse can be removed from your phone.
People here seem to quickly react by recommending their favorite travel eSIM provider. I'd propose what I find to be a bit more useful, a website that compares a bunch of different travel eSIM providers: https://esimdb.com No affiliation from my side. I find it nice to know I always have many options.
I'll throw this in as well -- https://esim.me/ It's not an "eSIM" per se, but it's a physical SIM card that has the eSIM module onboard. This lets your physical devices use eSIM providers. One weird thing they do though is a strange licensing model where you can buy the physical card locked to one specific phone, one specific brand of phones, or any phone, plus a set number of eSIM slots. The Omni/15 is the "best" of…
A number of EU member states don't require any id/registration for prepaid (e)SIMs. How is that any of their concern if you're buying a profile from a 3rd party?
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How do you tell if an eSIM has LBO? Also, is this specific to eSIM somehow? Shouldn't physical SIM behave the same?
Physical SIMs behave the same, but most people use SIM cards from specific countries rather than global SIMs, which are a niche business product not oriented towards consumers. When you use a local SIM card you (almost?) never get LBO. Note that sometimes this is a feature, e.g. you can sometimes get internet in China this way. The point, however, of eSIMs is to be "better" than your home SIM. eSIMs usually offer a b…
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.
They don't offer service in India yet, so the comparison does not make much sense.
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.
"Fair local rate" is indeed a bit ridiculous compared to actual local rates in some countries, but compared to roaming these rates are quite good. If I want to use my NL plan in India, my provider charges me €20 for a 2GB bundle or €2,50 per MB (yes, MB, not GB!). If I would only be there for a week or so, I would probably not bother with the trouble of getting a local SIM (and in some countries that is not even poss…
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> I don't like it that they charge such a premium, it makes having data as a tourist somewhat of a privilege. I obviously don't like that the premium for an eSIM in a place like India is so high, but I think (having a brief look at esimdb.com) $20-30 USD for 10-15 GB is not unreasonable for the substantial portion of tourists to India who are already traveling from another continent [1], and considering it's in the r…
Holy crap "20$ not unreasonable for data in India" That's a hard no. That's highway robbery. 2gb/day for a month with international calling was $8 with jio