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Wow. 1.95 euros a day for the non-ad version? In India (where I live) I pay less than 3 euros a month for a 1.5GB everyday 5G connection and unlimited nationwide calls. So it's definitely not a "fair local rate" as they claim.

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"Fair local rate" is indeed a bit ridiculous compared to actual local rates in some countries, but compared to roaming these rates are quite good. If I want to use my NL plan in India, my provider charges me €20 for a 2GB bundle or €2,50 per MB (yes, MB, not GB!). If I would only be there for a week or so, I would probably not bother with the trouble of getting a local SIM (and in some countries that is not even possible if you are not a resident).

Those data rates look outrageous! When I visited countries like USA/France, I got international roaming enabled on my phone and it was still close to effectively 1 USD per day, though data was limited to total 5 GB for a month's plan or 1 GB for 10 days. It was fine however as most hotels have Wi-Fi anyway.

Ouch, I thought it was 1.95 per month...

Even though it's really spelled out in big letters on the webpage, I've made the same mistake. Just wasn't expecting mobile plans to have prices per day.

Was wondering how it can be that cheap, literally too good to be true sadly.

They don't offer service in India yet, so the comparison does not make much sense.

It will be available in India and most other countries by the end of March according to their own website, and I don't think they're going to change their rates in a month's time.

What would a one-day pre-paid card cost? That’s what you would need to compare.

I don't know because I've never taken a one day prepaid card, but had I been visiting India as a foreigner I'd just buy a local prepaid card for a month considering it's so cheap.

Sorry but that still doesn’t make sense. 2 days of Firsty are 30 days of local Indian internet. There’s no comparison.

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