Flexiroam worked well in Taiwan showing 5G connectivity consistently with a Global eSIM.

Advice for Nepal and elsewhere
 

I am a bit overwhelmed by the information on this thread. I am going to be traveling to Nepal and likely to Zambia in the next couple of months. I am a Canadian looking for the best option (likely a global sim). I would like it to work on my transits via HK, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul etc. Any suggestions as to which is the best esim provider. I am open to buying one that lasts for a year/2 years etc. Also, I assume none of these providers give a tel no for making calls/SMS.

Thanks in advance,

Even though the SIMs don't have inbound or outbound calling, you can make and receive calls with the Google Voice app - or if that is not available to you in Canada, you can use Skype.

Have a look at Airalo Global eSIM. They have 2 variants of this product - data only and voice/text/data. The other opetion is OneSimCard.
i haven't tried any of them, so cannot really say how it works.

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.

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

Didn’t see it in the app.

Thank you!

Thanks! Will take a look.

Way late to the game here but I was able to go to a physical AIS shop in Bangkok to get an eSIM and set up with the SIM2FLY feature. It required KYC but I am able to top up the SIM with a credit card from overseas.

Right now this is my main travel eSIM due to the relatively fast download speeds while roaming. FWIW I am getting consistently better speeds with AIS than Three HK.

what is KYC?

my understanding is that registration is required so they need to copy your passport.

you can’t just download their app and buy and activate the eSiM.

On a another topic, do you guys delete the old eSIMs?

KYC = Know Your Customer - ie) having to provide ID

I don't typically delete the old eSIMs unless it's a one-time use without the ability to recharge. I keep my Airalo ones for instance since it's always possible to reactivate them by charging in the Airalo app.

Makes me even more glad that I am on TMO's Magenta Max plan. I get 5GB to use in 215 destinations. More than enough to get me to the hotel and then just use the WiFi there. I had no problem using a VPN in Thailand though.

What's so good about this plan? Which countries can I roam in?

I'm still on Simple Choice due to an account-based international calling plan promo from ~9 years ago. I still get the 5 GB high speed data in T-Mobile countries, but I don't have the general 5 GB high speed data or high speed data or calling in Canada and Mexico.