EU travellers on La Rambla pay nothing extra under Roam Like at Home. UK visitors since Brexit pay GBP 5 a day on the same Movistar towers. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Barcelona-area eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Hong Kong-routed Pocket WiFi rentals became the standard Shanghai workaround for the Great Firewall. The 2024 roaming-pricing reset narrowed the savings. See when a rental or a Shanghai-area eSIM works for inbound visitors.
A Verizon TravelPass customer pays USD 168 for two weeks of Manhattan roaming. An NYC-area eSIM costs USD 8 for the same period. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a US eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Rome handles 35 million inbound tourists a year, packing the Centro Storico with the densest tourist mobile-data demand in Italy. See when a TIM-anchored Pocket WiFi rental or a Rome-area eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Tokyo runs the densest hotel-delivery rental market in Asia. Shinjuku, Ginza, and Roppongi hotels accept Pocket WiFi delivery before check-in. See when a rental or a Tokyo-area eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Verizon TravelPass and AT&T International Day Pass charge USD 12 a day for Colombia. Across a 14-day loop the home-carrier surcharge alone hits USD 168. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Colombia eSIM beats it.
Entel covers the Atacama Pan-American corridor for 2,000 km but thins out fast in Patagonia south of Puerto Montt. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Chile eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass from Santiago to Torres del Paine.
Kolbi (ICE) holds a near-monopoly on rural tower coverage in 95% of Costa Rica's national parks and beach towns. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Costa Rica eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass from San Jose to Manuel Antonio.
The Philippines has 7,640 islands and three carriers. Coverage on Boracay differs sharply from Coron or Palawan. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Philippines eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass from Manila to Cebu.
Etisalat rebranded to e& in 2022 but still anchors every UAE Pocket WiFi fleet. See when a rental or a UAE eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass from Dubai International to Abu Dhabi.
Maroc Telecom dominates the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara fringes. CityWiFi rents for EUR 2.30 a day in Marrakech. See when a rental or a Morocco eSIM beats the home-carrier surcharge from Casablanca to the Sahara.
