topic Re: Why not to go esim in Discussions & Feedback

Why not to go esim

madasaf1sh — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:33:48 GMT

This article describes what a lot of us techies and non techies on here have been saying about sims for a long time, and to be honest I understand why all networks are pushing eSim from an Environmental perspective, but they cause so many issues..

https://www.makeuseof.com/why-regret-switching-to-esim/

And I will reiterate the following

If you don't know what an esim is, and don't understand them, and don't need one especially for Tariff changes then you don't need one..

Re: Why not to go esim

Cleoriff — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:18:54 GMT

@madasaf1sh

I've never used an esim and from all the negative responses on here, I doubt I'll ever bother!

Seem to cause a number of problems I can do without!

Thanks for the link and your post. 😉

Re: Why not to go esim

Enlli — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:32:57 GMT

Two plastic, one eSIM but the reason for that will end in October as will the eSIM

Re: Why not to go esim

jonsie — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:20:24 GMT

I'm using an esim for O2 without issue

There again my main number is with EE so if I do get issues with the esim I'm not too concerned

I'll quite happily bin O2 off, it's now only used for backup and I could just as easily use Vodafone or Three who both have better and faster connection than O2

Something I'll seriously think about come December when the O2 contract ends

Re: Why not to go esim

Oxonian — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:32:27 GMT

Thanks for the link @madasaf1sh, I have avoided esims to date and will continue to avoid them for as long as possible.

However, I do wonder whether networks are pushing esims for environmental reasons or whether it is because they are cheaper and hence more profitable - there will presumably be savings in the sim production and savings in the packing and posting of them. 👍