eSIM for United States
Covered by our United States plan, from $14.00.
What the network is actually like
Cities and interstates are excellent. Large parts of the rural west are not. National parks are often dead zones by design as much as by accident. Distances are the thing visitors underestimate: you can drive for an hour between towns with no signal.
Networks: T-Mobile
How much data you'll need
10GB for a fortnight if you're driving, and you probably are. American cities have you navigating constantly, and offline maps for the national parks aren't optional.
City guides
Where the signal actually drops, and how to get around.
Where people go
New York
Subway platforms have coverage; most tunnels between them don't.
Los Angeles
You will need a car, and you'll be navigating constantly.
Chicago
The architecture boat tour is the one tourist thing worth doing.
New Orleans
Unlike anywhere else in the country. Go outside summer.
What's on
Timings are month-level, because most of these move year to year.
Mardi Gras
February or March
New Orleans
Two weeks of parades, not one day. The city is full for all of it.
Thanksgiving
Fourth Thursday of November
Nationwide
The busiest travel week of the American year. Avoid flying.
SXSW
March
Austin
Music, film and tech. Hotel prices roughly triple.