I spent $300 on a prepaid eSIM and it barely worked in Morocco

Ngl I bought a 30 day global eSIM from a big name brand and ended up with no signal in Marrakech for 3 days straight until I caved and bought a local SIM for $10 at a corner shop, has anyone else had these eSIMs flop on them abroad?

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grace92615d ago

Honestly, I tried a global eSIM in Japan last year and it was a total joke. I paid $50 for 10 gigs that barely loaded Google Maps half the time. I ended up spending another $30 on a local SIM at a 7-Eleven and it worked perfectly. Those prepaid global eSIMs sound great in theory but they're just not reliable in real life. It's like they have one network partner that's garbage and you're stuck with it. I'm never going back to that scam again.

leebrown15d ago

That's the thing with a lot of these big travel tech companies now. They make you pay up front for convenience, but you're betting on their one network partner being decent where you're going. In my experience, it's the same pattern as buying a pre-assembled shelf from a big box store versus spending the time to pick out solid wood from a local lumber yard. One looks good on the website, the other actually holds up your books. Your mileage may vary of course, but after getting burned on a supposed "global" plan in Mexico a couple years back, I just pick up a local SIM at the airport or a corner store now. It takes ten minutes and saves you a headache.