eSims, what is your experience.

[Scarlett]

Does anyone know a useful site that lists where eSIM companies ‘pop out’ to the internet? It may be the home location of the company, or can it be elsewhere?

Eg: it appears that TravelKon is based in Perth. Does that mean if I use their eSIM in Turkey, that my data is routed from a Turkish providers tower, back to Aus and then ‘into’ the www? They don’t actually specify the detail of the data path.

I know last year I used a provider and it was ultimately sending everything through Hong Kong, even though Hong Kong didn’t appear anywhere in the purchase or T&Cs.

I should add, I’ve seen one or two companies that specify where. Can’t remember which company but over the weekend whilst searching, one specified it passed all data through Poland. A couple of months ago I used an AlwaysMobile eSIM and although the company references everything to Canada, IIRC, this was the one that was coming up as Hong Kong based.

 

[moa999]

Don't think such a thing exists, many don't even list what carriers they might roam onto.
You might get some info on reddit r/esims

Most of these 'brands' are buying data off various phone companies. Sometimes these brands use multiple wholesalers so the endpoint might change depending on the plan.
Believe HK, Singapore, Poland and Jersey are common end points these days.

 

[SYD]

Don't think such a thing exists, many don't even list what carriers they might roam onto.

The name brands list the networks they roam on. The cheapy OTA ones are a cough shoot.

Most of these 'brands' are buying data off various phone companies. Sometimes these companies use multiple wholesalers so the endpoint might change depending on the plan.
Believe HK, Singapore, Poland and Jersey are common end points these days.

You can second guess some from where they’re based (but not always obvious).

A lot actually come out of SIN. Quite a few out of the UAE and several from HKG/Mainland China (which I tend to avoid if possible).