That is less appealing! Was hoping to order and get it set up straight away 
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Be the same result as smarty who don’t have esim, but the option is there on receipt of sim.
They might even let you have it as esim as soon as it’s ordered, I’ve no clue though.
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Just got back from spending the week in Cornwall.
Three signal was shockingly bad. To the point where my phone was near useless most of the time. Phone calls were fine but couldn’t get any data.
Luckily I had a cheapo Lebara SIM in my iPad which saved my bacon.
I signed up for a Lyca ESIM online to use as a backup but I never received the email 
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Had to call up and complain. It finally came through today 
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You can order the esim at the time you place your order. You don’t need to speak to them to change from a physical card to esim.
At the order page there is a toggle before you submit asking if you want physical or esim.
It then was emailed to be after about 20 mins and then it was live about 30 mins after setup.
It was very easy
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Ah that isn’t encouraging! I’ve got a week in Newquay and St Ives in July - coverage map looks ok but who knows how accurate that is.
@MalaiseForever We didn’t go to Newquay, but St Ives was hit and miss for us. Same with Lands End, Marazion and Hayle.
@andrew_fishy would have been able to feedback on EE coverage if the stupid Lyca SIM had come in time.
Can definitely recommend Voda though. If it helps, this is Lebara deal I got. Well worth having as a backup for the price.
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that’s 9p cheaper than the one i’m using for the family
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Ordered eSIM for iD yesterday, it asks you on the signup form.
Sim dropped in my inbox this morning, connected after a few mins.
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Yes based on recommendation here. I lasted about 15 days. Generally they’re fine and good value, but It’s Three’s network that did it for me. It’s nowhere near what I was getting from EE. This is between London and Surrey too.
Having multiple bars of signal, but no data connection was a regular occurrence.
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Ended up keeping Voxi for now but got a Spusu SIM as a backup/test for £1 for first 3 months. Seems quite good for now, but can definitely tell they are an Austrian company.
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Think this is the highest download speed that I’ve ever seen on EE - 830mbs. Don’t know why it says O2, though.
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That’s the whole O2 bandwidth in one test.
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Interesting, I have never had an issue with Three/Smarty.
The fastest 5G speed I have got with them:
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What does everyone use when they go abroad?
I’m visiting East Asia later this year and was wondering whether I could get an eSIM relatively cheap to roam with.
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Three payg sims come with roam like home, can convert to esim within the app.
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I just use my home network. Currently O2 so it is part of my plan.
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So random question. After (not) much deliberation followed by a decent deal through work, I’m switching from O2 to EE.
Did the whole purchasing of a SIM only contract, selected eSIM, have it on my phone but… no number. I’ve got confirmation emails from EE and the data seems to be working fine, but I have no number. Even on the eSIM it was all 000000’s.
I can’t register for EE without the number so I’m stumped.
EDIT: Ignore me, texting “Number” to 150 appears to give it. I still can’t edit the number showing in “My Number” in the eSIM settings though.
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Is this the number showing in Phone settings? I don’t have a My Number in the actual eSIM settings (iPhone 15 PM on EE).
I don’t think that I’ve ever been able to edit that myself - it appears to be updated OTA. A reboot has fixed it for me in the past.