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#3151407 23-Oct-2023 10:55

Having your primary NZ carrier as an ESIM seems a really bad idea given the above, and the difficulties posted in other threads with transferring NZ esim between phones. Do anything wrong, or need to change phone while overseas, and you've lost your NZ number until you can call into a NZ shop in person

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#3151409 23-Oct-2023 11:00

Free 1GB Travel eSIM Data Plan (Usable in 17 Asian Countries) @ TELU (App Required) - OzBargain

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#3151416 23-Oct-2023 11:54

Very informative article especially if you scroll down to the horror stories.

*Same Countries, Different Roaming Rates
Between Spark and One NZ, there are different roaming rates for the same country. For example, if you stop off in Dubai for five days, and use 1 GB of data, with a Spark roaming plan you will pay $20 or $15, depending on the plan you pick. If you are with One NZ, which does not offer the UAE in its standard roaming plan, you would pay $250 (as it sells 200 MB of data for $50 as part of its 'Data Angel Overseas' package). But if you go prepay, One NZ would charge an astonishing $10,000 for 1 GB.

https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/mobile-data-roaming-charges.html

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#3151434 23-Oct-2023 13:07

shk292: Having your primary NZ carrier as an ESIM seems a really bad idea given the above, and the difficulties posted in other threads with transferring NZ esim between phones. Do anything wrong, or need to change phone while overseas, and you've lost your NZ number until you can call into a NZ shop in person

@shk292 This is why I always carry a blank SIM card with me when I travel international

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#3151547 23-Oct-2023 17:03

Thanks all.

I have Ubigi set up but there are many settings to confuse the non tech person. I’m using an iPhone 15.

I have Spark WiFi casing enabled at home in NZ. I’ve seen some suggestion that if you have WiFi calling in some countries and are overseas using a data sim to roam, WiFi calling will function using that data sim.

Is this the case for Spark and if so what are the correct phone settings to force that and ensure no roaming charges?