More and more people are ditching carrier roaming in favor of travel eSIMs - eviltoast
  • BreakDecks@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Kinda nice that Google Fi gives you global roaming at no extra charge. Too bad it hardly ever works and text messaging is a shitshow.

    Still used a travel esim on my last trip just to be able to reliably use my phone.

    Probably dropping them soon because text message reliability is already a joke at home with them…

    • 59QRRwD@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Interesting that you’ve had such a negative experience with Google Fi. My job requires regular relocation around the globe plus frequent international travel. I have yet to visit a country where it doesn’t work for the ~10 years I have been with them.

    • Franklin@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      If you have a pixel 8 I actually had to bring mine back because the modem would regularly just fail to send text messages or failed to do the proper handshake for a data connection