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Old Oct 27, 2025 | 6:21 am
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Originally Posted by CheckInPeach
They do that for a very long time already, several years as much I can remember. The SIM is connected to your passport number, has some free data ready to use and can be reloaded. Not too bad in general but not cheap for the reloads.
It's has 10GB of data, but is only good for one day (I forget it if's one actual day, or 24 hours), after which you need to buy a plan that will be more expensive than using a travel eSIM.

The catch with travel eSIMs is that you can't (legally) buy them once you're in country, and many of the websites are actually blocked, and/or will not sell you a SIM. VPN'ing might work, but I'm not sure if a phone VPN will allow you to install the eSIM or if that might be blocked too (most low-level phone functions avoid the VPN). Buying before you're in country is fine.
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