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Old Jun 10, 2022 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
As a comparison, I've used GlobalESim and Airalo in Dubai in the past 6 months

There were 2 issues with Airalo...

1. It didn't allow a HotSpot, so I couldn't connect my iPad to my iPhone.
2. It was just very slow - despite having a strong 4G signal. Every webpage took about 20 seconds to connect, but then downloaded very quickly. Almost as if it was going via a very slow proxy somewhere along the line.

GlobalESim was fine. Hotspot enabled and normal browsing experience.
Now that you mention it, I've noticed the same thing with Airalo too. The latency is awful. I think it actually connects through Ireland or somewhere in Europe no matter where you are in the world.
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