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Greece has 227 inhabited islands but only Cosmote keeps usable signal across the Cyclades-crossing ferries. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Greece eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass from Athens to Mykonos.
EU Roam Like at Home covers mainland Portugal and the Outermost Regions of Madeira and the Azores. NOS dominates Funchal; signal thins on Corvo and Flores. See when a Pocket WiFi rental or a Portugal eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Turkey sits outside EU Roam Like at Home and runs a 120-day IMEI registration rule with a 2026 fee of 54,258 lira. See when a StayinWifi or PWT rental or a Turkey eSIM beats the home-carrier surcharge from Istanbul to Antalya.
Switzerland sits outside EU Roam Like at Home. Every visiting EU customer pays full international roaming. See when a Wifio or HippocketWifi rental or a Switzerland eSIM beats the home-carrier surcharge from Zurich to Zermatt.
Germany has no major local Pocket WiFi brand: every device a Frankfurt or Munich visitor rents ships in from a French, Swiss, or Polish fleet. See when an imported rental or a Germany eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
TIM holds the deepest coverage on the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, and the Dolomites. Vatican City and San Marino need their own roaming check. See when an Italian Pocket WiFi rental or an Italy eSIM beats the home-carrier daily pass.
EU Roam-Like-Home killed the Pocket WiFi market in France for European travellers in 2017. Brexit reopened it in 2021 for British visitors. See when a French Pocket WiFi rental or a France eSIM still beats the home-carrier daily pass.
Viettel runs 92% of Vietnam's rural coverage. Decree 49 makes local SIMs paperwork-heavy for tourists. See when Pocket WiFi or a Vietnam eSIM is the faster path from Noi Bai or Tan Son Nhat to mobile data.
T-Mobile and AT&T USA bundle Canada into Magenta and Unlimited Premium plans. Non-US visitors face Bell, Rogers, and Telus roaming surcharges. See when Pocket WiFi or a Canada eSIM saves you.
AT&T charges USD 2.05 per megabyte without an active Day Pass in the UK, stacking four-figure roaming bills. See Pocket WiFi options and the eSIM that beats them.
Brexit ended free EU roaming for UK visitors to Spain. See Pocket WiFi rental options from EUR 2 a day, Movistar coverage, and when a Spain eSIM saves you more.
Pocket WiFi in Mexico runs USD 10 a day with airport pickup at Cancun and Mexico City. US travellers on T-Mobile or AT&T already have Mexico included. See when the rental still pays off.