Cheap-Finance5580 t1_j27eav5 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:27 AM

Jio allows for eSIM activations directly, you could have saved yourself all this headache. No need to transfer SIM cards.

Not sure about service quality tho

Jalohann OP t1_j27eo2o wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:30 AM

i did read that on their website. unfortunately, Jio doesn’t work in the areas i travel to very well, and airtel just fits my situation better

plus, jios network has a variety of issues with blocking stuff unnecessarily, and just being poorly configured overall.

Cheap-Finance5580 t1_j27ev4b wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Is there no way to activate directly on eSIM with Airtel prepaid?

Jalohann OP t1_j27eyln wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:32 AM

nope, not even their postpaid plans support this IIRC

that being said, the email update process (the longest part of the process) works seamlessly on postpaid connections

Cheap-Finance5580 t1_j27fnnq wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:38 AM

I wonder what types of offerings “Vi” has for eSIM?

Seems like Airtel is a pain setting up eSIM. Waiting 3 days seems unnecessary complex, I think

rbp25 t1_j28evd0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:36 AM

Vi is just absolutely shit. I literally just ported over from Vi to Airtel. Plus Vi doesn’t have 5G and they’re financially in a messy place (they were bankrupt sometime ago)

chaicutting t1_j28nyhc wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:16 PM

Vi offers eSIM services for postpaid numbers only. Just visited a Vi customer service center yesterday and got the info..