eSims, what is your experience.

[kevrosmith]

Having recently looked at plans for my parents for UK and Ireland were looking at Lycamobile UK, an actual MVNO, rather than a pure roaming eSIM.

30-day plan only £2.50 (discounted). EE network in UK.
EU roam like home.
1000 UK calls/ texts and international minutes ( doesn't include AU)

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Does anyone know which network this plan would roam in France on? Would it still get 5G on EU roaming? I’m looking at the 30GB plan for £5 which gives 12GB roaming in EU. Looks a better deal than direct with Airlao on Elan (4G) at the moment and direct with Orange (4GB for $17).

 

[Zinger]

Currently spending a couple of months in France.

I've used Saily, Airalo, Simify and others for extended periods in Japan and South Korea with so so results. Sometimes OK and sometimes not. Sometimes pages not loading, very slow speeds, pages timing out, inexplainable rapid depletion of data, and just frustrating. I use Google Maps quite often when traveling so reliable and fast loading of pages is useful to me. I have found it's worth having a decent back up for inconsistent wifi in accommodation.

I found the Orange Holiday esim which although not cheap but certainly has been very reliable and fast. Buy an eSIM for France | Orange Travel

I bought the 100Gb plan over 31 days which has worked perfectly from the time I landed. Always reliable, fast, works well everywhere, pages don't time out, and even at this price I find it has been worth the cost. Will continue using Orange Holiday for the rest of the trip when this esim expires.