Testing Airalo and Saily eSIMs in Japan

[pstation]

That's ridiculous, thanks I learnt something today. It’s essentially running like a VPN though so how do you access local websites and services in the foreign country that require a local IP

Yeah it's pretty much essentially like a VPN. This might be advantageous or it could be a problem. If you want to watch dstv while abroad you can just pop in your SA sim card and its not a problem. But if you need to use a local site that geo restricts you'll have use a vpn or connect to a local wifi.

But this all came about because "back in the day" the home networks never had real time insight into how much data customers were using when they were roaming. They would just receive a bill weeks or months later from the other wireless carrier and they would be on the hook if their customer can't pay or won't pay R100000 for watching a Netflix video. But when things are routed via the home network they can just setup a firewall rule to drop packets if a customer exceeds some predefined spending limit.

 

[Gazbal]

Sorry for the necro.

Just arrived back from 10 days in USA. Saily worked flawlessly. Very impressed. So much so, that I’m now questioning if our local MTN does in fact “steal” mobile data in some way.

Used way less data then I presumed I would need, using years of monitoring my local mobile data usage as a reference. This while doing all the touristy things (maps and Waze, video calling, sending photos. etc). I connected only to free airport WiFi and the home network at my son’s res.

 

[airborne]

Sorry for the necro.

Just arrived back from 10 days in USA. Saily worked flawlessly. Very impressed. So much so, that I’m now questioning if our local MTN does in fact “steal” mobile data in some way.

Used way less data then I presumed I would need, using years of monitoring my local mobile data usage as a reference. This while doing all the touristy things (maps and Waze, video calling, sending photos. etc). I connected only to free airport WiFi and the home network at my son’s res.

How expensive was it?

 

[Gazbal]

How expensive was it?

$22.99 including charges for 10gb/30days. I’ve come home with 7.92gb still unused so should have taken smaller package.

 

[airborne]

$22.99 including charges for 10gb/30days. I’ve come home with 7.92gb still unused so should have taken smaller package.

Is making calls included, it seems calls are dirt cheap or near free with most US carriers?

 

[Gazbal]

Is making calls included, it seems calls are dirt cheap or near free with most US carriers?

Data only.

My son uses a T-mobile plan for $25 that includes unlimited talk and text (within USA) and 8gb data. He should maybe shop around now that he has a credit score and ssn. He was a bit limited as an international.