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Old May 25, 2025 | 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by Hornetcoach
That is a lot more data than she will likely use in 2 weeks. I have used Airalo and Ubigi in the past in the UK. Earlier this month I used Jetpac for a two week to Greece, with a layover in Ireland. A European plan, 5GB for 30 days, cost $7. Everything worked well, I was very happy with it. I will use them again if the price is competitive, which it was for this trip. I used less than 3GB for 2 weeks, which is normal for me.
You'd be surprised sometimes. I had a 16-day on the ground trip in Portugal and I used over 160 GBs because one place I stayed in for 6 nights had poor wifi. Virtually no reception in hotel room but if I walked out about 30 feet towards the elevator, got some reception or better yet, go down to the lobby 4 floors down.

So I used the mobile data and fortunately, Portugal has an "unlimited" 15 GB eSIM that I was able to order online from their #1 carrier MEO.

In many cases, even 4G is faster than some hotel wifi and nowadays, you seem to be able to get 5G almost everywhere in relatively developed places.
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