It’s a common point of confusion when you travel overseas.
How do you avoid wildly expensive call roaming or data charges for your cell phone?
Does your current call plan cover calls or texting outside the United States?
Many plans do offer international service — like T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.
But what about buying an e-SIM, a service you essentially rent per day that permits you to use a cellular network abroad — other than your own?
But a note of caution — not all the calls are free, and on some plans, while the data is free, here’s a caution: the more data you use the slower the speeds.
