Nissim Gindi

Writes about mobile data, eSIM plans and travel connectivity.

Installation and Setup

Installing an eSIM on an iPhone means adding a second cellular plan, and the whole process takes about two minutes on a…

Plans and Pricing

A regional plan is one wholesale agreement covering several countries, and buying at that scale is what makes the per-country price fall.…

Plans and Pricing

Travel data is sold either as a volume you buy once or as a daily rate you pay while it runs, and…

Plans and Pricing

An unlimited plan is a plan without a published volume cap, which is a different thing from a plan without any limit…

Plans and Pricing

A fair use policy is a clause that allows a provider to slow your connection or cut it off when your usage…

Plans and Pricing

A data plan is a contract with four numbers in it, and reading those four numbers correctly is most of the decision.…

eSIM Basics

An eSIM is the wrong choice whenever the constraint that matters is not data but something the profile cannot provide. The technology…

eSIM Basics

An eSIM works wherever a network has agreed to accept profiles issued by your provider, which is a narrower thing than everywhere…

eSIM Basics

The EID is a unique serial number burned into the eSIM chip of your handset, and it identifies the device rather than…

eSIM Basics

A profile is the digital record that tells a mobile network who you are, and getting it onto a phone is called…