Airalo

Even after their convoluted installation and setup, they don't work and the customer service is non-existent (unless you count the canned/bot excuses about how they're temporarily back logged). Notice how none of the blogs that tout their product have any comment sections? Because they'd be inundated with real experiences. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!

I hold an Australian mobile with Telstra and recently travelled to the UK and Canada (Oct 2022). I got Airalo as my first eSim experience and was connected within minutes of downloading the app to my mobile. It worked throughout the UK, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Isle of Skye. A few weak patches here and there but compared to my husband's eSim with another provider, i had no issues whilst my husband didn't have signal outside any cities. My next destination was Canada. I purchased some data before leaving the UK and was connected to Telus by the time I landed. I definitely recommend it, although still expensive for small data load. Ensure you connect to WIFI whenever its available to save on data.

First experience with eSIM. After some research, we have decided to give Airalo a try during our recent trip to Asia (Taiwan, Macao, Thailand). All four iphones connected to locate internet service flawlessly without issues. Connections were quick. Set up was easy. Just a few buttons (instructions were clearly provided during sign up) rather than switching physical SIM cards at each country was hassle free. Highly recommended. Two thumbs up!!

I spent 3 days with tech support to get my hotspot working. I know nothing about tech on phones. In the end they were worthless I figured out the problem on the 4th day myself. I took the phone off automatic carrier selection and tried the other carrier. It worked! Now why didn't they think of that? My amateur tech advice, In CH, USE SALT NOT SUNRISE IF YOU WANT TO HOT SPOT and don't bother calling the loosers at tech support.

when it works, it works great. However, their system has NOTICEABLE holes. Preemptively topping up your sim card does nothing, and it is something they have been aware of for at least a year. Additionally, their customer support can only be accessed though the phone app with internet and takes forever to respond. This company was put together by obvious idiots who either assume that everybody also has a physical sim card for the country they are travelling (which defeats the purpose of the app) or have never actually travelled