eSim - Tethering limitations
eSim - Tethering limitations
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PistonRings

Original Poster:

281 posts

74 months

Wednesday 11th June
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Normally I travel within the EU and just buy the relevant EE data pack, however I'll be off to Egypt in a few weeks and will need to have data access.

Historic posts suggest buying a sim router and then buying a sim card at the airport when I land. That feels very archaic with the advent of eSims. I've found this one - https://esim.holafly.com/esim-egypt/ - and on the surface it looks like exactly what I need - £2.73 per day for 15 days with unlimited data - perfect and cheaper than me buying a router and sim at the airport.

Only issue is it says "Hotspot - enjoy 500mb per day to share with others". How is this enforced as I will want to connect multiple devices to my iPhone and likely use more than 500mb in a day.

Does anyone have any experience with tethering on one of these (or similar) esims?

Puggit

49,163 posts

264 months

Thursday 12th June
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Managed to tether (easily) with Airalo in Thailand last year.

GCH

4,120 posts

218 months

Thursday 12th June
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I used my phones hotspot to tether a mac to a data only airalo esim last year... not sure it was over 500mb though, but it definitely worked.

The G Kid

1,188 posts

139 months

Friday 13th June
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I only have experience of Airalo, but never had an issue using mualtiple devices with hotspot.

PistonRings

Original Poster:

281 posts

74 months

Friday 13th June
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Cheers guys, I've messaged a few now and some say they "might" (will) start limiting speed if you tether over 1.5Gb - Airalo actually state on their site they dont limit on tethering - only thing is their packages are naff where i'm going. Its been very helpful