Albert Tatlock Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 As things frequently change - What's the best option these days for a mobile calling both IOM and UK landlines and mobiles from the IOM - and roaming doing that in the UK too? ...and using data for apps such as email, youtube and whatsapp etc. without worrying about out-of-this-world data charges? Manx Telecom, Sure or other across? Got a dual SIM phone - but need to operate mainly from one existing IOM mobile number for calls. Would appreciate current thoughts and experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I use GiffGaff's £6/month SIM only contract - excellent value. Plenty of similar offers at £10/month with pretty well unlimited minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I've used GiffGaff for the UK, but I'm currently liking Smarty where I'm currently getting about 120GB of data per month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Roaming again this week, esim’s are absolutely the way to go. I think they are all roughly the same price, currently using Airalo on mine and my teenagers phones. No messing around changing SIM cards, still have the main sim for calls/SMS so people can get hold of us. I think the only limitation I have seen is that the device being used needs to support esim and can’t be a WiFi only like a tablet without cellular slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Brennan Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 We had a lot of success using eSIMS travelling through Europe in the summer. So easy to use (on the Airalo app). I’m trying to see if I could also use an eSIM back here on the island. I’ve bought one for the Isle of Man, but I’m having no luck activating it. It needs to be connected to Manx Telecom - I can select that on Settings, but I’m not seeing any ‘bars’ and no 4G. Has anybody used one while living here and had any success or is it not possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Willy Brennan said: We had a lot of success using eSIMS travelling through Europe in the summer. So easy to use (on the Airalo app). I’m trying to see if I could also use an eSIM back here on the island. I’ve bought one for the Isle of Man, but I’m having no luck activating it. It needs to be connected to Manx Telecom - I can select that on Settings, but I’m not seeing any ‘bars’ and no 4G. Has anybody used one while living here and had any success or is it not possible? Telecom and Sure are both currently saying they can’t support esim on iPhone That is down to Apple though. As far as I know bothe are pushing to have the functionality available but it needs to come from Apple. I have no idea what the situation is with Android. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Brennan Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Thanks for the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) I've seen a third party service that can support an esim even on a non esim enabled phone https://esim.me/ I'm not sure if it will work in the IOM though.. I've seen that it has mixed reviews as well.. Has anyone tried it here.? My phone doesn't support an esim so I'm looking for an alternative.. Edited September 17, 2023 by mad_manx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Brennan Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 I’ve tried an eSIM on two iPhones in our house and it hasn’t worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 5:49 PM, CrazyDave said: Telecom and Sure are both currently saying they can’t support esim on iPhone That is down to Apple though. As far as I know bothe are pushing to have the functionality available but it needs to come from Apple. I have no idea what the situation is with Android. I'm not entirely sure why Manx telecom can't. https://www.breathesim.com/about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, gadget said: I'm not entirely sure why Manx telecom can't. https://www.breathesim.com/about Because Apple haven’t set them up yet. Uou can’t just create an esim solution and implement it on iPhone without Apple allowing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Because Apple haven’t set them up yet. Uou can’t just create an esim solution and implement it on iPhone without Apple allowing it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, gadget said: Yes I know. They sell many hundreds of thousands if not millions of those so Apple are keen to help. About 50,000 07624 numbers, not so much 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Yes I know. They sell many hundreds of thousands if not millions of those so Apple are keen to help. About 50,000 07624 numbers, not so much You left a confused emotion The product you linked to is sold all over the world to people in different countries: We are talking about MTs inability to provide esims on island for their own contract customers. They are two completely different things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 5:49 PM, CrazyDave said: Telecom and Sure are both currently saying they can’t support esim on iPhone That is down to Apple though. As far as I know bothe are pushing to have the functionality available but it needs to come from Apple. I have no idea what the situation is with Android. 13 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: You left a confused emotion The product you linked to is sold all over the world to people in different countries: We are talking about MTs inability to provide esims on island for their own contract customers. They are two completely different things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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