NordVPN introduces its own eSIM service called Saily
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stnz, 14 Jan 2024Why not? It's maybe expensive for the locals, but no m... moreWell unless you have a 1000 calls and texts plus 5G data. But Esim is nice.
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stnz, 14 Jan 2024Well, I call EU my home so I don't even count how many... moreWell sounds pretty nicely.
I rather spend on traveling than saving for nothing. Visiting world is so nice.
In moth going to Dominican republic for 10 days vacation. Trip from Slovakia plus 5 star hotel is 1500 a person. All i am ever worrying is a 16 hours of 3 flights until i reach Punta Cana capitol of Dominican republic.
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FoxT14, 13 Jan 2024NSA. No one has mentioned anything related to what NASA doe... moreOh.
I was kidding for fun.
E-sim should be broadly available, i think.
As satelite era might come soon, data connectivity can be accessed from buying e-sim plans.
It will help users at last.
Cause in today's era it's less headache than earlier years but still headache to buy sim and recharge in new country, lol.
Although wifi is available almost many places nowadays but still esim data purchase would be more helpful.
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- 14 Jan 2024
How is this different than every other eSim provider?
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Cpt.Power, 12 Jan 2024One one hand it looks pretty interesting on the other hand ... moreWhy not? It's maybe expensive for the locals, but no money for the tourist. :)
These global eSIM providers are almost never useful for local use, but good for travel.
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.alpha, 13 Jan 2024eSIM is simply tourist tax on American and European as most... moreTrue, $30 for 10GB is expensive in most countries. However if you are only one or two days in a country and need 1GB eSIM for some $5 is a great hassle-saver.
No need to fight with shit airport wifi, queue to some desk and argue with the agents trying to use the tourist as bank and sell expensive unneeded services.
And $5 isn't even money for that. My airport coffees on the way cost more.
I'm often doing short trips for leisure or work and also often visit countries for less than 24h during overnight layovers. Then the eSIMs are great.
For longer trips I still get the local SIM, like now for a month in Indonesia or next two months in Thailand. Finnish winter was too cold. :)
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Cpt.Power, 12 Jan 2024Well i trvel the world when comes to vacation usually visit... moreWell, I call EU my home so I don't even count how many EU countries I visit during a year. Dozen at the least every year, mostly one-two day visits and multiple per country. EU free roaming (well 37GB/month, which is basically free unless you are streaming mule porn 24/7 or doing other stupid things like Netflix on mobile data) is a standard at least for us Finns.
However I also do visit a dozen outside EU countries a year and always get a local sim. These eSIM services are nice nowadays, as they save the effort of queuing for a local SIM on short trips. I was just two days to Morocco with Airalo, one day in Indonesia, will be some days in Vietnam and so on.
For longer visits it's cheaper to get a local sim and I do, but for a couple of days I don't bother anymore. Five dollars to Airalo for 1GB/7day is less than my coffee, just to have free internet already when the plane lands.
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eSIM is simply tourist tax on American and European as most countries around the world have phone service way cheaper than USD $30 for 10 GB. Getting eSIM before a trip is like paying 500 pesos for a 200 pesos taxi ride because you don't have smaller bill
Apple is pushing eSIM service like Airalo because App Store is getting a 30% cut on what you paid
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Wow, a random company that is diversifying into something actually useful instead of vague shoehorned-in AI? Shocking!
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regs, 12 Jan 2024Yeah, it's being pushed everywhere, because as like wi... morensa is not behind signal or nordvpn but one of nordvpn's servers did get hacked a few years ago
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FastBSHunter, 12 Jan 2024Being a network provider - whether broadband or mobile data... moreAccording to Vykintas Maknickas, Head of product strategy at Nord Security, Saily will ensure users don't need to use public Wi-Fi networks that they are not comfortable with. Customers will be able to choose from "hundreds of countries and dozens of plans" to get a deal on mobile data.
it is not offering what it appears to offer at first sight. You are NOT replacing unsecured Wi-Fi with another but Wi-Fi with a network MVNO, Mobile Virtual Network Operators at whatever G 3G, 4G, 5G that Nord VPN is attached to.
Even though free and lets say it is "dubious" it may already be encrypted, you would should be able to see this when accessing
This essentially is NORD becoming an MVNO expanding from a VPN service provider
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Anonymous, 12 Jan 2024And where exactly they think they ll place the antenna towe... moreYou do realise they will be a virtual provider (MVNO) using existing infrastructure from network companies.
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S, 13 Jan 2024nsa or nasa?NSA. No one has mentioned anything related to what NASA does (Outer Space, Spaceships etc.) The National Security Agency, in full length.
Something tells me you're young here and if you are, welcome to GSMArena. Phones reviews, EV Cars (although that stays in ARENAEV) and anything computer related, gaming console related or application related news can be found here. Can't say exactly to use this as your main source of news, as there can be discrepancies/mistakes sometimes.
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Eduard, 12 Jan 2024No idea about NordVPN, but claiming that NSA is behind Sign... morensa or nasa?
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240z, 12 Jan 2024Great to see more and more entering the market, however the... moreThe best option is “Sparks”, not only competitive pricing, but their plans last for 45 days, not the usual 30.
You need to look beyond Airalo and Holafly, better options do exist !
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- 12 Jan 2024
And where exactly they think they ll place the antenna tower, on moon soutpole?
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Eduard, 12 Jan 2024No idea about NordVPN, but claiming that NSA is behind Sign... moreThere are tones of proves that NSA has open access to Signal. And while there is server sources, you can't know software is actually on their servers. Needless to say that whole structure of Signal financing hasn't been a secrete since long ago.
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FoxT14, 12 Jan 2024isn’t really worth the download if your current data plan a... moreWell i trvel the world when comes to vacation usually visiting at least 2-3 countries per year.
But my carrier plan for 37 euros gives unlimited calls and text anywhere i am withing Eu and a 60GB data per month. Outside EU i have 1000 calls and text and 5GB data which is still very decent.
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Cpt.Power, 12 Jan 2024One one hand it looks pretty interesting on the other hand ... moreisn’t really worth the download if your current data plan already has international data passport coverage. otherwise, it might be of interest to a few who's travelling around the world.