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Works, but slow. Seems to only work on the Movistar network.
In Buenos Aires, I got OK 4g service. But everywhere else, including Mar del Plata and around, it degraded to intermittent 3g service, often showing a signal, but unable to send and receive data of any kind. In a country that depends on QR code payments etc., this was a letdown.
Pick a different eSim if you're going to be in Argentina.
Looks good ... but the website has no way to buy !!!
I've been trying for 10 minutes and still can't find a way.
Choppy coverage, sometimes too slow to use. Left me stranded without possibility of calling an Uber.
Horrible experience. Would like to give zero stars. Bought 2 sims for 20 EUR and neither works. Support team made me spend 3+ hours doing manual tweaks to end up saying it's a coverage issue and won't refund me. I've tested 10+ esims in many countries and this is the worst. AVOID at all costs!
My friend recommended Esimzon and now I get why. Their support team literally helped me at midnight when my phone didnât pick the network. They refreshed the eSIM from their side and it started working immediately.
Great service!
couldn't find out what number was assigned. *221# didn't work. got the number from support. however, VoLTE is not working (during calls the phone switches back to 3G). the network provider is Contel.
If you buy eSIM with option "activate immediately" everything works fine so far.
ATTENTION: There is also an option for future activation for a specific date
-> eSIM activation in Brazil almost impossible, worked after trying for several hours
-> eSIM has been suspended after six days without any reason (just 6 of 20 GB consumed)
-> Support was unresponsive. No answer to several messages
-> Therefore my WhatsApp account has been reported and temporarily blocked!!!
Product: "Brasil LOCAL 20GB/30d"
I got the 2GB for 30 days(not sure about the duration of plan) and it was amazing. Honestly all there esim's are very close to the cheepest and the have a cash back wallet where you earn 10% of every purchase which can than be used to pay for future esim's with them. They use the liberty network in Costa Rica BTW and all their esims are routed through Poland but I didn't feel any slow speeds.
Terrible esim. Does not work at all. And worst of all no customer service support. And to top it off they have a terrible app. No refund. Feel it's a scam.please don't purchase this esim.
Horrible experience. I was never able to activate the eSIM. I kept getting kicked out as the app attempted to register on different networks. I followed dozens of troubleshooting steps with customer service, all without success. I escalated the issue twice, but it was never resolved. I ended up spending four hours of my vacation trying to get it to work.
In the end, I purchased another eSIM from a different provider â it worked like a charm. I even bought another one for use in Panama, which also worked flawlessly and was incredibly easy to activate.
Avoid this service like the plague. It feels like a scam. Even the app looks like an online casino, not a professional eSIM provider.
Horrible experience. Never again. I lost $25 on the Global XL plan, which I never got to use.
Horrible. The service never worked. SIM never was able to register with a network. I tried troubleshooting for 2 days losing 2 or 3 hours talking with CS, they asked me to do several things nothing worked, they gave another Sim same thing. The CS was slow to respond and powerless, I escalated the ticket and nobody answer. I purchased a Sim from other company and worked great. Never again! Beware is a scam because I lost my $25!
I bought the 30 days plan esim for Colombia and tried to activate it upon arrival without success. I had to buy another esim from another company which worked right away and for 1 week. After several exchanges, the esim finally was activated. BUT, everytime I needed WIFI to connect to the network and get data. I told them the problem and asked for refund since I never was able to use it. They refused. So you buy an esim to get data but to get data you need wifi to connect to the network.
Worst experience with esim, especially if you need it to move around in cities like Bogota.
Terrible service, I had to manually select the network they asked me to and still won't work. Not recommended.
They wrote about free test offer 250MB - but it is not true, they didn't give me this free 250MB
Scam alert! Do not use Global eSIM.
My girlfriend and I went to Colombia and we chose Global eSIM. Donât do that, whatever the price. In Bogota, the biggest city in the country, it wasnât working 95% of the time. We tried to get explanations from them, but they just donât care. Worst company ever.
Cartagena works okay, Medellin works very well, but do not buy for Bogota⌠Customer service is a big mess!!! 6-7 emails just to get useless nonsense thatâs already in the help center, and I have to repeat everything and confirm tons of times⌠In short, 5 days without service in the largest capital city of Colombia â a real joke!!! Definitely donât buy!!! Now Iâm trying to get a refund⌠already at 5 emails⌠A scam!
Bought the 7GB eSIM. Really slow and unstable with frequent connection drops. Would not recommend.
Zero stars if it were possible. Absolutely terrible. Easy to set up and activate, but the data signal was absolutely the worst. Like dial up 1999. Images would not load. Basic internet use was nearly impossible. Only functional for texting. I don't know what the quality is in other countries, but I would not use Breeze again, obviously. They would have to pay me.
Great experience, truly local. Downloaded and was online once I landed. I was in Bogota, Suesca, Cartagena. Always good speed and local number. Thanks!
Bought 2x 7GB eSIMs. It worked on Claro but paid for 7GB and they both stopped working at 5 GB.
Support quickly reactivated one but not the other.
eSIMdb coupon did not work. It looked like it applied but when I paid with Visa card it was the full amount.
Also eSIM provider is Plus in Poland so internet is in Polish and you get annoying EU pop ups on Google and every site.
Local Claro SIM is much cheaper, faster, and no hassles.
Iâm facing a very bad experience with GlobaleSIM in Colombia ! Since I was in Bogota, I had a terrible connection and the data wasnât working⌠Iâm in Cartagena and the speed is very slow, only 3G connection and just for a couple minutes because the connection breaks every time, and took 5 minutes or more to get back connected
I get in contact with the support, I did what they said but at the end, they said that they can do nothing to improve the connection.
Not working and also customer response is very slow. If you need it to work quickly choose another service.
I didn't get QR code still, I totally disappointed with their service
I am waiting for long time
So don't buy this sim
Not good, most of the time I could not use it. There was a signal, and people with physical SIMS on the same network had no problems.
I didnât get a confirmation email, from the QR in the confirmation page I could not install it, because it said this QR had been used already, and when checking the code they also mention there it was showing data for a booking completely different than mine. When contacting costumer service they didnât bother to answer and i just had the option to report them to PayPal, good thing I didnât give them my credit card details, who knows what would have happened in that situation
Couldn't even get on the app the link to verify email took me in a loop never allowing me on and customer support bounced back. Seems like a scam to me.
I bought a top up which vanished immediately, and they refused to credit or refund. Iâd avoid this provider.
After buying more than 20 sim cards from them, this one was a super bad experience after which I think I'd better pay more on other providers than use this one.
I bought a pretty expensive 40 day sim for $70, it said beforehand that it works only on Iphone, so I got an iphone specifically for this. After you order it says - esim will be activated in 12 hours (its the type where you give them your imei and they register you rather than scanning a QR).
12 hours later 2 CS agents contact me separately saying there is a problem activating. I spend 5 days corresponding with them (I needed the card next day after I bought it), customers support end up ghosting me. Asking for a refund finally got a response full week after failed activation. Now 50 days after the claimed refund I havn't got it and they do not respond via any channels.
And I am a recurring customer, I bought more than 20 sims from them already, some of them worked, some didn't, I'd say chance is around 70 working to 30 not working. Every time trying to get a refund is super painful, customer support is awful, but I got at least portion of the money (they refunded me the wrong purchase once). But this time they decided to just lie and hide. So be warned. Also amount of time you need to spend corresponding with them is just abysimal, it is not worth the money. Their voice plans are usually the best, but its a lottery with very high cost of losing.
Not good. When data does work, everything loads slowly but a lot of the time it doesnât work. The coverage is terrible and j was Constantly losing data signal. I was in Salvador/Bahia and Rio. You would think coverage would be better in Rio but it was worse. It left me stranded and disrupted my whole day. Do not recommend! Also bought a voice plan and the number the gave me never worked and I couldnât make any calls. Tried to contact them but had no response. Donât waste your money. Avoid!
I love you! Thank you so much makes the traveling life way easier. This service is great does exactly as it should has some coupons and an overview over all easy to use options. So happy I donât have to wait at a claro store for 2h to get the eSIM activated
Used your services already 3/4 times absolutely wholesome experience. So the review is not exclusively for Guatemala but for the overall experience you created here. Will continue to do use and spread the word!
Lots of love from a traveler that already saved you on the homescreen
Robin
Extremely dissatisfied with the GlobaleSim experience in Ecuador.
Not a single place with 4G coverage and 3G was so slow it was barely usable. Next time, I'll choose another provider.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many travel eSIM brands (providers) are available for use in South America, and how many prepaid data plans are there?
South America hosts over 100 travel eSIM brands and offers more than 1600 prepaid data plans, presenting a wide variety of options that help travelers find an eSIM that matches their needs.
Are there any unlimited data eSIM plans available for South America?
Unlimited data eSIM plans for South America are available from several providers. Firsty offers an unlimited plan that lasts one day at no cost, but the experience includes advertisements and a maximum speed of 256âŻkbps, which can be throttled. Truely provides unlimited options ranging from one to thirty days, with prices betweenâŻ$9.90âŻUSD andâŻ$98.90âŻUSD; speed may be limited during heavy traffic. Yesim also sells unlimited plans valid for one to thirty days, with costs fromâŻ$10.77âŻUSD toâŻ$118.46âŻUSD, and similar throttling may apply. Roamify offers unlimited data for five to thirty days, priced betweenâŻ$30.00âŻUSD andâŻ$95.00âŻUSD, and includes potential speed restrictions. Overall, the price spectrum for unlimited plans in South America spans from zero to around one hundred eighteen dollars, so travelers can select a plan that fits their budget and data needs while being aware that most plans may reduce speeds during peak usage.
Can I get a travel eSIM with a phone number and SMS for South America?
Travel eSIM plans that include a phone number with SMS support are available for South America from both GlobaleSIM and Roamify. Each plan provides a phone number with dialing code +1, allowing inbound and outbound voice calls and either inbound SMS or both inbound and outbound SMS depending on the specific package. The available packages range from a 1GB data cap with a 7âday validity at around $8.50 USD to a 20GB data cap with a 365âday validity for about $105.00 USD, giving travelers a wide choice of price and duration options.
Because the telephone numberâs dialing code is +1, the number is not local to South America; it originates from the United States or Canada. Travelers who need a local South American number would need to consider alternative solutions, but the described eSIMs do offer full voice and SMS capabilities for use throughout South America.
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