Mobile Sim for Canada and US?
Discussion
I had a couple of weeks travelling down from San Francisco down to San Diego a couple of years ago. My O2 sim couldn't even connect to a network in SF! I bought a T-Mobile SIM locally for around $30, I think.
However, I did another trip to SE Asia last year (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand via Doha) and went for an esiim. Data only, but I could voice call with WhatsApp etc and it worked perfectly across all the countries I visited. Now I'm sold on them. I went with Airalo - IIRC it was $17 for 30 days (I forget how much data it was for, it was enough, but it would have been easy to top it up through their app). If you are interested in Airalo, I've got a referral code which I've posted before - several other PHers have used it. You would get a bit of a discount and I'd get the same in credit.
However, I did another trip to SE Asia last year (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand via Doha) and went for an esiim. Data only, but I could voice call with WhatsApp etc and it worked perfectly across all the countries I visited. Now I'm sold on them. I went with Airalo - IIRC it was $17 for 30 days (I forget how much data it was for, it was enough, but it would have been easy to top it up through their app). If you are interested in Airalo, I've got a referral code which I've posted before - several other PHers have used it. You would get a bit of a discount and I'd get the same in credit.
We are off to the States in August to drop our daughter off at University in OH. We are all with O2 on unlimited everything (transferred over from Virgin).
Researching SIM cards for the trip and I read in another thread on PH about O2 bolt ons. Went and had a look and found that we have the Travel Inclusive Zone included - so no SIM card required. However a few posts above peter tdci says that he had a crap/no connection with O2.
We will be on the East of the USA in NY, MD, PA, OH, VA and WV. Daughter and Son have just returned from a 3 night trip to Prague - both used about 10Gb of data according to the O2 website.
My questions are:
- Has anyone else had any experience with the O2 Travel Inclusive Zone in the US, and if so, how was it?
- Would it cope with data usage like the above?
Went to the US in April with my daughter and we had a SIM and an eSIM from Travsim - which both worked fine.
Researching SIM cards for the trip and I read in another thread on PH about O2 bolt ons. Went and had a look and found that we have the Travel Inclusive Zone included - so no SIM card required. However a few posts above peter tdci says that he had a crap/no connection with O2.
We will be on the East of the USA in NY, MD, PA, OH, VA and WV. Daughter and Son have just returned from a 3 night trip to Prague - both used about 10Gb of data according to the O2 website.
My questions are:
- Has anyone else had any experience with the O2 Travel Inclusive Zone in the US, and if so, how was it?
- Would it cope with data usage like the above?
Went to the US in April with my daughter and we had a SIM and an eSIM from Travsim - which both worked fine.
nvubu said:
Researching SIM cards for the trip and I read in another thread on PH about O2 bolt ons. Went and had a look and found that we have the Travel Inclusive Zone included - so no SIM card required. However a few posts above peter tdci says that he had a crap/no connection with O2.
My questions are:
- Has anyone else had any experience with the O2 Travel Inclusive Zone in the US, and if so, how was it?
- Would it cope with data usage like the above?
Went to the US in April with my daughter and we had a SIM and an eSIM from Travsim - which both worked fine.
Hi! I'd have to say that my experience with O2 in San Francisco was an exception. We drove down to San Diego from there and when I swapped back to my O2 SIM, I could get a connection. The only pain I can remember afterwards was getting a text from Halifax to confirm a card payment for a hotel asking for a yes/no reply. I did reply, without thinking about it - and it cost me £5 !My questions are:
- Has anyone else had any experience with the O2 Travel Inclusive Zone in the US, and if so, how was it?
- Would it cope with data usage like the above?
Went to the US in April with my daughter and we had a SIM and an eSIM from Travsim - which both worked fine.
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