USA eSim recommendations
Discussion
Just back from the Seattle area. BNESim data eSIM worked well. I think it used AT&T as my usual sim (Talkmobile) roamed on TMobile and sometimes had a different signal. Had 5G most of the time, even on a hike in the Castcades east of Seattle itself. 20 years ago US mobile networks seemed to be behind the UK, I think it’s safe to say they have overtaken us now.
for anyone travelling at least semi regularly to the states I'd think about getting a google fi sim.
My setup is that my uk sim is esim, and i have a physical google fi sim (you can actually find them in a fair few airport vending machines), though I think you can now get a google fi esim.
The main features of it for me are that its $20/month for line rental/calls/texts and $10/gb data which is capped at $60 a month so above that the data is free. Most importantly, you can just pause the line when you're not in the US, and just unpause it when you arrive again. Beyond that, the $10/gb data cost is the same in pretty much every country worldwide, so you could use the US sim as an easy roaming sim for other countries though they have a time limit that you can be using it out of the US.
Having said that, im with EE and have free calls and data in the US, so I tend to use it mainly to have a US number for people to call me on while im there, and have the data switched off, but its a very handy backup.
My setup is that my uk sim is esim, and i have a physical google fi sim (you can actually find them in a fair few airport vending machines), though I think you can now get a google fi esim.
The main features of it for me are that its $20/month for line rental/calls/texts and $10/gb data which is capped at $60 a month so above that the data is free. Most importantly, you can just pause the line when you're not in the US, and just unpause it when you arrive again. Beyond that, the $10/gb data cost is the same in pretty much every country worldwide, so you could use the US sim as an easy roaming sim for other countries though they have a time limit that you can be using it out of the US.
Having said that, im with EE and have free calls and data in the US, so I tend to use it mainly to have a US number for people to call me on while im there, and have the data switched off, but its a very handy backup.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I'm a regular visitor to the USA, about once a month, and Sky Mobile just charge £2/day to extend my UK data plan the the USA. Calls can be pricey, so I avoid those until I'm on WiFi and then use Whatsapp.
£2 a day is rather expensive unless you are using a lot of data. BNE for example is £3.74 for 3GB every 30 days or slightly more for a one off.
Not quite as convenient however.
Edited by colin79666 on Thursday 25th April 18:33
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