Originally Posted by
draver
Thanks for the info.
I bought the 3Gb, $9 Germany No Expiration plan. It does roam on AT&T as you described, and I am getting data service with LTE at around 30Gbps down, 4Gb up at my location in the Northwest USA. Ping times are 300-500 ms, but that's to be expected, and should diminish when in Europe I'd expect. It took a few minutes but I was also able to get IMS voice service working over the data from Bnesim on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. That has been a game changer for me since the 13 series iPhones will now allow 2 esims to work at the same time. An odd message appears in the secondary app claiming "You Don't Have Data Credit In The United States", but it is working with a manual selection of AT&T in Settings-Network Selection.
I am cautiously optimistic about this being another alternative for travel cellular services. I will continue to provide my experiences to this thread, and look forward to comments from others also.
Originally Posted by
josephstern
In what scenario is it beneficial to use two eSIMs concurrently?
Originally Posted by
draver
Additionally, you can use one line to provide simulated WiFi for the other. This allows those on a cellular plan with free WiFi calling while roaming, to use that feature without needing to find a true WiFi service. It's called IMS and works quite well with T-Mobile plans while overseas. You can have an iPhone 13 become essentially it's own WiFi hotspot for free calls to and from the US with just esim lines.
I'm not even sure what WiFi calling is. I have heard of it, but I don't know how it's beneficial, especially for a traveler. As you may know, I have TMO Magenta. I have both the iPhone 14 Pro and an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Still looking to optimize my mobile travel setup. I haven't found a situation where using two eSIMs concurrently will benefit me. Would love to learn more from you.