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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

why the hell do you need a plastic chip? its useless and redundant. get a username and password from the phone carrier and that's it. just like connecting to an ISP for example. why are people clinging to old technology for no reason.

Besides, phone carrier nowadays are exactly this: ISPs. they provide an IP and a bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Most carriers don’t support eSim. Mostly just the more expensive ones do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There are several companies that provide travel esims. I use knowroaming. Much more convenient than trying to find a shop that sells sim cards after you arrive.

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