Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
Kirp123@lemmy.world 7 hours agoReally? In Europe you can get one for free from some providers. And the vast majority offer one for under 15 dollars. And if you pay for it, it already comes with some preloaded data and calls so you can start using it right away.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 4 hours ago
cell (mobile) service is just way, way more expensive in the states. no justifiable reason, just cause they can and all do.
I pay €8 monthly for unlimited everything except international calls (its my work phone) and I think €20 for the other one.
I was just in the US for christmas and wanted data etc but my phone doesnt support eSim and the cheapest sim only plan was at&t and it was $40, it had a data cap of some kind and required a $15 activation fee. I used a lot of wifi during this trip.
my wife’s phone can do eSim so she had unlimited everything for €25 or something for the ten days I believe, with Holafly.
In a past life I worked at the biggest telecoms company in the states and we’d be encouraged to sell people $89.99 a month and that still had a limit to “minutes”. We also learned that the towers emit radiation 24 hours a day, and modulating said radiation costs the company essentially nothing at all, so the “minutes” thing is just pure profit
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
At&t isn’t the cheapest here, take a look at Mint Mobile it’s $15/month
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 3 hours ago
yeah mint had a three month minimum