Are international SIM cards an economical alternative for travels? |
Posted: July 31, 2018 |
Many users accustomed to travel frequently opt for solutions such as Pond Mobile Wireless's Global Data SIM, which promises cheap 4G LTE data in more than 90 countries. There are several companies that offer similar products whose objective is to replace your SIM card with yours so as not to assume very high data and roaming costs when traveling - something especially important when you travel outside of Europe. Forbes magazine have analyzed the use of these SIM cards that offer "data everywhere", although in general terms they are usually significantly more expensive than buying from a local SIM card in any country that is being visited. In particular, the Pond Mobile Wireless global data SIM is characterized by fairly reasonable rates and a wide range of prepaid card lengths, some of them even only one hour. And you want a board plan you should go to business phone plans. Compensating roaming: The companies already charges you for the excess of mobile data Previously you could get a product similar to the Global Data SIM only for iPad, although currently serves for "any unlocked smartphone, tablet or hotspot." Geoffrey Morrison, collaborator of Forbes, made the test by acquiring a SIM card without data -whose cost is 14.95$, having to select one of the plans later. Traveling to the UK, he found that, for example, he could get a local SIM card at a cost of around 20 pounds, equivalent to 12 gigabytes of 4G data. In contrast, AOW prices for a month in this country were $60 - some 47 pounds - and 3 gigabytes. The company also offered daily rates of 200MB for 10 dollars or one hour for one dollar. Analyzing the price differences between the various alternatives, Morrison found that the local SIM continues to win by far, since for specific queries -for example, Google Maps- it is very easy to find a free Wi-Fi network. Do not forget the end of roaming When making this decision, you must take into account the end of roaming in the EU and abroad, which you can benefit from when traveling to any country of the world, you will have to pay the reasonable fees when you make calls, send text messages or consume mobile data. For these cases, experts from the European Commission have recommended reviewing the rules governing the fair use policy to decide if you should get one of these local SIM cards.
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