this seems to work (GCI/ATT/TMobile/ChoiceWIreless/...), but pricey

https://www.worldsim.com/international-esim-card

mobilitypass used to support GCI? its listed here for esim, but not on the esim page
https://www.mobilitypass.com/sim/en/...=International


ymmv, USMobile esim(warp network) is verizon and roams on GCI?
https://www.reddit.com/r/USMobile/co...laska/jdav7ss/

https://www.eskimo.travel/

​​​​​​Largest bundle $90/30GB ($3/GB) but only 60+ countries. 2yr validity and you can transfer data to other people (I think dent teams is the only other one I know where you can share/transfer data to someone w/o a dent paid plan, Vegolink too but might require the other person to have a paid plan in the pasr ). Might be worth it for the right couple/family

Fyi, was playing around with this red bull mobile esim

They have a free 100MB (expires after 365days) once you sign up in app (and also referral codes if you want to use mine, only useful you were to buy data: RCv1zz27cxmX4IfI​​​​​​​

https://esim.redbullmobile.com/

It allowed me to connect to Verizon, I was able to use data after manually configuring APN to webapn.at. LTE only , no 5G. Able to force band13 (used by Verizon only), but it could also use band66 and other

Was able to connect t T-Mobile/att


​​​​​​first time I've seen Verizon supported, exit IP was in Vienna, "A1 Telekom Austria AG", so going thru it's parent company (not white label MVNO) and it seems like A1 Telekom has roaming agreement with Verizon?


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d687f5ea46.jpg


Supposedly even 5G too (it's just R15 indicator, i don't see it actually connecting to 5G NSA though. The esim slot on phone doesn't support SA 5G


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ab7745d056.jpg

I don't know how good is Ubigi in Japan, but in Europe it's pretty solid (stable speed with low ping).

Ubigi is among the few that get 5G roaming in EU, and if I recall its parent company (Transatel, a French company) operates its own outbound server somewhere in NL (or FR, not sure). It means you don't share bandwidth with other eSIMs brand.

What I can say, it is not the cheapest eSIM in EU, ever. €12/3GB is a bit expensive.

Btw, does anyone have experience with HolaFly "Unlimited" in the US?
Does it work with AT&T? And how is the latency/speed?

I usually see EU cheapest about €2/GB, so 4/GB isn't that overpriced. From my experience in Asia/USA, ubigi/transatel gives proper geolocates IP even if it still routes to a regional prox(still have some latency), don't have experience in Europe to say how it behaves in EU

Orange eSIM website broken?
 

Has anyone tried actually signing up for a new account on travel.orange.com and buying an eSIM recently? The website is so badly broken it's comical. I enter all the sign up info, and it emails me a code...but the website just takes me to a blank signup form again. If I try to log in, it either says invalid login or takes me back to the login page with no message. Sometimes when I put an eSIM in my cart without signing in, it suddenly logs me in as a totally random user - I've seen info from people from Japan and France - and shows a completely different cart than what I'd put in my cart.

Free 1GB (2 year). Routes thru Singapore (Singtel/eideas is the APN, auto configure though the app does include it in the setup section)

https://eskimo.travel/free-esim

You cant transfer the free data, but can transfer the paid data in 500MB increments. Eskimo Account creation process via WhatsApp/text msg.

So, I was able to successfully sign up for the Eskimo (Singtel) free offer. While researching it, I also ran into a referral code for an additional 500 MB that someone posted on www.ozbargain.com.au (but it turned out every account can generate this code - so if you have a family have the first person use a code from someone else, then the rest of the family can use your code). The important things to differentiate is that there is the 1 GB Gift Code which they e-mailed me and the fixed 500 MB referral offer code. There are different boxes in the App to put them.

Thanks paperwastage !

So, I have now about 7-8 different eSIMs, including my main one used on the home network, plus a lot of foreign eSIMs and some that work only in certain countries. When I get a new phone, I want to transfer ALL of them to the new phone.

Apple has a procedure for transferring one eSIM from an old phone to a new phone. But if the old phone has many different eSIMs, can they be transferred easily from old phone to new phone without needing to contact each carrier, get a new QR code, delete from the old phone, re-add to the new phone, etc???

I haven't gotten a new phone since I started using eSIMs instead of physical sims, so I would love any guidance! Some of my eSIMs have a lot of data remaining and are valid for more than a year, so I really want to transfer them!

The official instructions are there: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212780

However, some carriers require you to have their technical support to reset it for you while others require you to visit their store and pay a fee.

https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comme...orks_and_what/.

Seems like the carrier needs to support quick transfer.

So far, I've only seen ubigi allow multiple activation of the same esim profile code (up to five times). https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/help-...rror-messages/

Think Eskimo too, but unsure

A good chunk of the other (travel) esim providers are one time only w/o possiblity of re-issue, especially if they're limited period package (eg 5day 3GB) instead of longer (30+) or PAYG/using sharedWallet system .

A couple re-issue for free (esim2fly/yesim..) while a couple charge a token amount ($1-5 like surfroam).

If you want your esim to be truly portable, (expensive) paid solutions like physical sim esim.me exists (but then the newest iphone doesn't have a physical sim slot at all)

Which other eSIMs do you have?

FlexiroamX is currently running a special for 7 Gb of high speed global data roaming for $40. This offer expires 6-9 according to my account. Although the price per Gb is fairly high, their 7Gb/$40 plan is for 360 days and includes 150+ countries around the world. I have recently used up most of my remaining data and got good speeds and saw several carriers that my T-Mobile lines could not use. The code used to purchase the discounted plan is: 66JUNE and you have 3 months to activate the plan and start the 360 day clock.

The included countries is pretty impressive and may suit some that need coverage in countries that most roaming services do not cover.

Heres the list:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo DR, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii – USA, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wales

When Airalo changes its contracted eSIM partners for a country, region or its global eSIM, note that it may mean that already purchased/active Airalo eSIMs cannot be topped up. Such loss of top--up capacity can be a problem if such eSIM is being used by a less tech-comfortable adult, non-tech-savvy children, or by remote devices.

This is a good point, and it happened to me coincidentally with my first real use case of an Airalo eSIM in Japan. (I did a field test with a US eSIM when I got my first eSIM capable phone last year, but my end of year trip to Japan was the first real use case while traveling.)

Airalo customer service reached out to me, asking about my experience, and I had complained about the service in Japan and that it really wasn't meeting my expectations since 1) their previous service partner was slow and 2) Airalo was in the process of changing service providers. As a customer service gesture, Airalo refunded my money to Airmoney and issued me a different eSIM with their new service partner, which worked well.

That being said, while there are sometimes different top-up packages versus buying new eSIMs with Airalo, the potential lack of ability to top-up an existing eSIM is unlikely to give me pause prior to purchasing an eSIM from Airalo.