Originally Posted by
frappant
I bought the Airalo Dtac eSIM for Thailand, $9.90 for 50 GB for 10 days, no passport registration needed.
But only AFTER I bought or installed it, they notify you that it's max speed is 15 Mbps down for a certain promotional period.
Up in my hotel room on the 12th floor, it doesn't even get that speed and shows 3G.
Well can't complain about the price. The hotel wifi, speed is good but they're blocking all VPN, both my OpenVPN back to my router and SurfShark.
Segmenting by speed seems pretty common among Thai carriers so while Airalo is convenient and cheap for Thailand, all that data for slow speed may not work for many people.
Buyer beware.
Originally Posted by
paperwastage
https://www.airalo.com/thailand-esim...nd-10days-50gb
Was this (somewhat misleading) OTHER INFO fineprint there when you bought?
Misleading bc most plans would have advertised 50GB at full speed, then throttled to advertised 384kbps after. And I'd interpret the other info as throttling to 15mbps after 50GB fullspeed instead of 384kbps.
15mbps is probably sufficient for my roaming usage , unless one was streaming or downloading large files
Interesting, I hadn't checked before so it may have changed. But the $9.90 plan on Airalo for Thailand currently states 50 GB for 10 days (
https://www.airalo.com/thailand-esim...-10days-50gb):
384 Kbps after 50GB usage
Unlimited internet at MAX speed for eSIMs activated from 05 February 2024 to 30 April 2024. It comes with 100 minutes of local calls, 30 minutes for India, South Korea, and Vietnam through the "00400" prefix, and 15 baht credit for texts and international calls.
Doesn't state anything about 15 Mbps limit. So it may have changed or they're shady.