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Doesn't even need to be as far as Antartica. I recently went on an international trip where I turned off my regular cell plan and used a local SIM card. Was su

• culturestate 4y ago
  > the amount of services I couldn't log into because I was avoiding connecting my regular number due to the high international rate Receiving international SMS while roaming is typically[1] free - just make sure to turn off data roaming and avoid using that SIM to make phone calls. 1. It should in theory always be free on every carrier, but I wouldn’t put it past some MVNOs to charge for it.
  • lotsofpulp 4y ago
    The inconvenience is having to swap SIM cards every time. How does this work for phones with eSIM? Can you be in multiple phone networks at once?
    • culturestate 4y ago
      > How does this work for phones with eSIM? Can you be in multiple phone networks at once? Yes, you can, and it’s much easier with eSIMs because they can be just be turned on and off through your phone settings as needed. In this scenario you’re obviously trading redundancy for convenience - if you break your phone, you can’t just pull the eSIM out and pop it into another device. I keep a copy of my eSIM QR codes in 1password, but of course there are risks there too.
    • orangepurple 4y ago
      Dual SIM handsets are widely available. You can even configure your phone to use data on one sim and voice on the other, and to use VoWiFi with one sim over the data plan for the other. It's wild.