Hi everyone, I am planning on moving to a different country for an undetermined amount of time. I would really like to keep my current phone plan as it allows unlimited international texting and calling; and I would like to keep my phone number to stay in touch with friends. This plan has unlimited data from within my country, but if I’m outside, then it’s only 5gb a month.
Hypothetically, if I am in a different country and set my vpn to my home country, will I be able to take advantage of the unlimited data? I’m assuming it’s more complex than that and based on what cell towers the phone pings to. I’m just wondering if there’s any way around this? Thanks!
I assume that you will still have to connect to the VPN, and the VPN still has to send you the data.
So no, I do not think so. But you can try a bit next time and report back to us!
No, it’s MUCH more complex than that. When you connect to a foreign network, your traffic will immediately be routed to your home network’s core, VPN or not.
By the way, I suppose I should have added, the easiest way when travelling is to buy a data only e-sim for your phone ( If it supports esim.)
Web search the country you are going to for e-sim providers, or if there are restrictions for non residents, buy a data only esim from one of the global providers. You can use your allowed limit, then use the e-sim data.
I do that regularly in Europe when travelling for 3 or 4 months