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give-us-eSIM
SMARTY Commentator
08-07-2023

Enough is enough - eSIM *now*

As per $subject. It is now inexcusable for Smarty to not support eSIM. 3 UK support it, yet are limiting it to post-paid, with prepaid excluded. This is not acceptable.  Why are *all* US carriers su...
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WelshPaul
SMARTY Centurion
08-07-2023

This is the UK, not the US give-us-eSIM. Either open your wallet and spend the extra per month required to get eSIM support or pack your bags and move abroad to a country that offers 100% eSIM support (if that’s your thing).

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give-us-eSIM
SMARTY Commentator
08-07-2023

> This is the UK, not the US.

Obviously. That's why there is such difficulty obtaining eSIM on any pre-paid plan. 

> Either open your wallet and spend the extra per month required to get eSIM support

Why can British carriers simply not offer eSIM for prepaid services? It's totally within their technical ability to do so, they just *choose* to not offer it. 

I don't want postpaid. Why would I want *two* cellular contracts? I have my main service in the US - which is great, and performs far in excess to any UK carrier - yet I want to use my iPhone 14 with a prepaid UK carrier when I return to the country of my birth. Is this concept too difficult for you to understand? 

> or pack your bags and move abroad to a country that offers 100% eSIM support. 

I did. A decade ago. Hence how I know how *poor* UK carrier support is for eSIM.