eSim for Canada

[RayDonovan]

Any recommendations?

Prob need around 5gb for a week.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Airlo

[pitlane]

Airalo if you are searching for it on app store. This though, it's very good.

[djc206]

Definitely Airalo. 5GB is US$18 although the sale price of 10gb is the same…

I’ll let the first person who posted share their referral code. That way you get $3 off and they get $3 credit.

[surbiton]

Depends if you want a ‘phone number’ so can make calls / texts as well. A lot of providers only give you a data connection.

Gophonebox.com provide a phone number, so you can call/text as well.

[RayDonovan]

Thanks all, Airalo looks perfect.

Happy to take a referral code if anyone would like to share.
Data plan is fine, I'll have my work mobile for any calls anyway.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

You can also use a three PAYG SIM only upto 12gb of data but then you get a number too for £10

[RayDonovan]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

You can also use a three PAYG SIM only upto 12gb of data but then you get a number too for £10

Couldn't find Canada on the list...

[pitlane]

surbiton said:

Depends if you want a ‘phone number’ so can make calls / texts as well. A lot of providers only give you a data connection.

Gophonebox.com provide a phone number, so you can call/text as well.

Using an esim like Airalo you 'keep' your main number active for Whatsapp etc, so calls on that are no issue as you are using data. I'm not sure if it still works for texts also as I never use text these days.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Ah st sorry assumed Canada was as been a while since I looked at the list I mean pretty much all south America and USA but not canada how odd

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Sunday 28th January 08:20

[RayDonovan]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Ah st sorry assumed Canada was as been a while since I looked at the list I mean pretty much all south America and USA but not canada how odd

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Sunday 28th January 08:20

No worries. Canada seems to be a black hole.
I think ID Mobile want £9/mb when roaming..

[ecsrobin]

I was out there last summer. I looked at Airalo (previously used elsewhere) and it was actually cheaper to top up my EE account with roaming for a month so worth a check with your supplier.

[Whoozit]

ecsrobin said:

I was out there last summer. I looked at Airalo (previously used elsewhere) and it was actually cheaper to top up my EE account with roaming for a month so worth a check with your supplier.

EE recently changed their outside EU roaming cost. The Roam Further pass is now £25 a month. Removed as I have a Vodafone work sim in the same phone with a roam like home service.

Airalo do offer a Canada-only esim? https://www.airalo.com/canada-esim

[djc206]

ecsrobin said:

I was out there last summer. I looked at Airalo (previously used elsewhere) and it was actually cheaper to top up my EE account with roaming for a month so worth a check with your supplier.

I get free roaming in a lot of countries including the US but my god do they throttle the data speeds. It’s just about enough to run Waze but I got fed up with it on my last trip and just paid for an Airalo sim. Exceptionally quick 5G the whole way across the US. For the sake of a tenner I’ll keep paying for the super fast data option now.

[ecsrobin]

djc206 said:

I get free roaming in a lot of countries including the US but my god do they throttle the data speeds. It’s just about enough to run Waze but I got fed up with it on my last trip and just paid for an Airalo sim. Exceptionally quick 5G the whole way across the US. For the sake of a tenner I’ll keep paying for the super fast data option now.

US I used Airalo, early last year so I’m not against it. Canada I just paid £10-15 top up to my EU roaming with EE and had no issues with speed or signal in Vancouver and Alaska.

[djc206]

ecsrobin said:

djc206 said:

I get free roaming in a lot of countries including the US but my god do they throttle the data speeds. It’s just about enough to run Waze but I got fed up with it on my last trip and just paid for an Airalo sim. Exceptionally quick 5G the whole way across the US. For the sake of a tenner I’ll keep paying for the super fast data option now.

US I used Airalo, early last year so I’m not against it. Canada I just paid £10-15 top up to my EU roaming with EE and had no issues with speed or signal in Vancouver and Alaska.

Fair do’s. O2 were ste in Canada last year when I went. Maybe I need to switch networks.

[ecsrobin]

djc206 said:

Fair do’s. O2 were ste in Canada last year when I went. Maybe I need to switch networks.

Having used most UK carriers I’ve stuck with EE now as they offer the best signal for travelling (that I’ve found)

[djc206]

ecsrobin said:

djc206 said:

Fair do’s. O2 were ste in Canada last year when I went. Maybe I need to switch networks.

Having used most UK carriers I’ve stuck with EE now as they offer the best signal for travelling (that I’ve found)

That’s good to know, cheers.

[peter tdci]

RayDonovan said:

Thanks all, Airalo looks perfect.

Happy to take a referral code if anyone would like to share.
Data plan is fine, I'll have my work mobile for any calls anyway.

If you are still considering Airalo, I posted my referral code in another eSim thread in December.