Mobile Internet Options

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eSIMs

  • https://silent.link
    • pay per GB, best pricing, as low as like $1.30 per GB
    • data doesn’t expire
    • no app required
    • sussy imo
    • backed by FM/Mobi Group
  • JMP Data Plan
    • pay per GB, pricey, min 5GB buy per time, and $7 per GB
    • data doesn’t expire
    • no app required, but the FOSS OpenEUICC works, and they appear to actually sponsor its development which is cool
    • more reputable imo
    • backed by Orange France
  • https://visible.com
    • unlimited and flat rate of $25.00 per month
    • USA only
    • requires an app to signup & pay
    • app can run on a separate phone and you can scan QR code from website
    • app has 4 trackers: εxodus
    • backed by Verizon
    • Verizon is probably doing automated KYC checks, but you can give fake address
    • will terminate account if you use esim in hotspot
  • https://saily.com
  • https://cloudflare.com
  • https://efani.com
    • unlimited, $100 a month
    • USA only
    • anyone try it?

Hotspots

Other options

edit: adjustments per @ph00lt0’s comments

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Efani is also US only

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On public wifi: TunnelVision - How Attackers Can Decloak Routing-Based VPNs For a Total VPN Leak

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The product ‘Mobile Citizen WiFi Hotspot’ is already sold out.

And also US only as well as Calyx

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This is a database of all (I assume) companies selling mobile data plans. https://esimdb.com
I recently switched over to VoIP and I went with a 1gb eSIM with BNESIM as a test. It’s not super fast but fast enough for here, reddit and mastodon and it doesn’t expire. When I use up this plan I’ll try another company.

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Prices for Silent.link vary significantly based on the region or country where it is being used. In some areas, it can be around 1 USD per GB, while in others, like Lebanon, it can reach up to 1,800 USD per GB. The selected provider within a particular region also matters a lot. For example, in Mauritius, prices range from 3 USD per GB (Cellplus) up to 1,650 USD per GB (Mahanagar).

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I have also seen this provider in my quest. But they are registered in Hong Kong. Not sure you should want that.

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I would liked if they had a column for no kyc docs.

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What are your thoughts on travel eSIMs? Many don’t require any kind of KYC, some, like yesim, allow cryptocurrency payments. And you’d blend with the rest of the international travellers.

My threat model doesn’t require me getting anonymous mobile internet, so I have paid with bank cards, but the travel eSIMs I’ve used (Airalo and Yesim) worked great and didn’t require any kind of KYC, even in countries where getting a local prepaid SIM would have required an ID.

So paid with non-KYC payment methods, they seem like a reasonable option to me.

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Other suggestions above here are also travel sims. The companies offering them all seem a bit shady, making it hard to recommend anything.

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Are there any services here that allow payment in cash or in Monero?

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Why not buy roaming package from your own GSM operator? Considering they already have your data, it would be more convenient and secure to pay a package from them, even if it costs a bit more than other options.

I went to vacation this month and bought roaming package from Deutsche Telekom instead of trying other travel sim packages or buying a local sim from the countries which I visited.

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I read on the internet that there are antennas you can buy to reach wifi up to a km away. Maybe a good investment (I am looking for recommendations if anyone has one of these btw)

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If you would have clicked the links you would know the answer… but yes. Silent.link f.x. allows.

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I just read the whole thread and there doesn’t seem to be a clear recommendation.

Is this still the case?

This one seems to be the best one?

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I would suggest SMSPool.net data-only esims. No KYC and payment with Monero.
Good pricing IMO. Nearly all countries avalaible.

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Notably, silent.link and JMP have very high latency for anyone not in Europe because they give you a European IP address. Others such as MobiMatter do this as well.

However, a silent.link support rep told me that a US gateway is on their 2025 roadmap. Hopefully, they are able to keep the price down.

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That sounds wrong for JMP has they are only based in US/Canada:

JMP’s data-only mobile plan has both SIM and eSIM options. Our initial offering is a plan that roams over all of the USA and Canada on Rogers, Bell, Telus, AT&T, and T-Mobile.

Can I get a phone number for somewhere other than USA or Canada?

JMP currently only provides numbers in the USA and Canada. These numbers can make and receive both calls and messages with any country in the world.

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Sounds wrong but it’s true. They also don’t seem to have any plans to add other IPs based on past discussion in xmpp:discuss@conference.soprani.ca. Also you can get eSIM data-only plans from them for countries outside of Canada/the US if you request it from their support team.

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