> You can buy Ubigi eSIMs in the US or anywhere...I've done it several times. I just bought two 500 MB day passes on Ubigi in the US because I ran out of data on Verizon. Also not sure what you mean about not being able to buy a Ubigi plan multiple times. I've done it several times.

I've run into the first problem when using the app, it just sits there and tells me to connect even when wifi is off as directed. As for multiple purchases of the same plan, I've had Ubigi error messages that were akin to "you've already purchased that" whereas a new sized plan can be purchased. Maybe I was just doing something wrong, maybe it's an old bug.

> One thing I noticed about Ubigi is it seems to route all my data through France (even though I was roaming on T-mobile US) so latency was pretty high.

No idea about how Stork compares. Could be worse!

> Sounds like Stork is a little cheaper than Ubigi, which is nice.

But Stork lacks a 25GB Europe-wide 30 day plan!

> Oh, if you have Verizon you can still make/receive calls on your Verizon account and send/receive SMS if you download the Verizon Message+ app. It basically lets you access all the "telephone" aspects of your account via a data connection.

Yes! I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks for the reminder.