eSims, what is your experience.

[jastel]

Just back from my trip.
Got the 30 day 20Gb Jetpac one, data only.
Worked pretty well but had to manually connect it a few times.
Only used up about 12 Gb.
Was mostly at least 4G, 5G in larger centres.

Also had the Telstra $25 4Gb roaming pack as well on my main number. This was much simpler to use, it just connected and worked.

Wifi calling Telstra Aust numbers was free. Once I used up some minutes by mistake on an older phone as I forgot to change a setting. Something about wifi calls first? The setting is on my new phone but not friends old phone.

 

[jb747]

In NZ recently, and we had our phones on the same sort of data only esim from simify.com. Did the job.

 

[SYD]

In NZ recently, and we had our phones on the same sort of data only esim from simify.com. Did the job.

I was just looking at Simify (formerly SimsDirect) this morning but their website is a tad misleading.

I noticed that they have 90 day plans that could work for two upcoming USA trips that straddle about 80 days. When you search for a Country/Region, the headline is 90 days / upto 100GB and what looks to be a cheap price.


But when you click the “$18.75” is for 5GB / 7 days. You have to go to $179 (after discount) to get the 90 day plan with 100 GB (not that I need 100GB). It really ought to say “From $xx”.


I’ll probably get one 5GB / 2yr Eskimo plan US$16 (after discount), unless I can get one of the freebie US sims to work beforehand.

 

[jb747]

“Up to” is the new “buyer beware”.

 

[auriga]

I had the free MasterCard flexiroam esim for my trip. It was to be a backup.

Tried to activate it in Taiwan. Couldn't actually log in. Tried to change password but continually getting error. Pathetic. Just as well I did not actually need to use it.

 

[SYD]

I had the free MasterCard flexiroam esim for my trip. It was to be a backup.

Tried to activate it in Taiwan. Couldn't actually log in. Tried to change password but continually getting error. Pathetic. Just as well I did not actually need to use it.

Was the app working before you left home?