Note: i am referring to the monthly can usa carib plan, not roam like home.
Some of us travel for longer than a month and consider the monthly plan. My warning is that its a waste to lose you canada plan and upgrade to $60 carib free internet txt and call, when two options are unreliable.
Also, most of us prefer secure access as well. Some internet tasks/private calls don't go away on vacation.
I’m with Bell but refuse to pay the “roam like home” version of their plan ($16/day). I turn off data roaming, purchase an eSIM from Ubigi (Best Caribbean - French side only coverage), and use Fongo for free phone calls to/from Canada. If I do happen to need to send a non-iMessage text, I just bite the bullet and pay the 75 cents or whatever it is per text (it doesn’t happen often). We are on island for 10 weeks and only pay $20 to $40 U.S. for the eSIMs. (I just tried, unsuccessfully, to try the Airalo Island Hopper plan. Just fine on the French side but absolutely no coverage on the Dutch side. After 3 days I complained to Airalo and did get a refund, then promptly added the Ubigi plan.)
(Anyone interested in Ubigi can PM me for a 20% discount of your first purchase.)
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