 We have been getting Inundated in a good way with questions and comments and thoughts about eSims Like we've gotten piles of email into Mackie Keb about it Many of you have been texting me or emailing me personally about it. It's fine. You know, it's I think it's great You all know that I will take the text that you send me and and work them into the show if it works that way In fact, those of you that have been doing that already know that that's the answer But it is better when they come into feedback at Mackie Keb.com because that way everybody gets to see it And we get to you know kind of work on it together Lots about eSIM Robert asks a question He says I know you've talked about your own experiences and mentioned using the iPhone outside the US a few times But could you do a deeper dive or maybe answer the questions I have? Let's do the latter if I'm only going to one or two countries should I buy a local country specific eSIM or just buy a global one anyway and I'm gonna I'm gonna sort of I'll let him ask it I'll read his questions and then we'll we'll go through it He says do I have to sign up and load the eSIM company's app like true phone or whatever just to see the actual prices? It seems like not consumer friendly or maybe even bait and switch and most important since these eSIMs are data only What do you recommend for VoIP app service to make telephone calls? Many of us don't have the luxury of only using our email contact for iMessage or text messages So how do you handle the reality of people not being able to reach us by the phone number? They always use does this mean incoming telephone calls are not feasible unless some kind of hack work around with call forwarding or third-party? Service is put into place. Okay, so to answer the first two questions Which is which sim should I buy and what is the price? I know I've said it a million times and that might not even be an exaggeration but eSIM DB comm is Is an amazing resource You if I'm only visiting one or two countries, let's let's take a specific example when we went to Greece Earlier this year. I knew that we were flying into Athens Uh, we were going to spend some time in Athens and then take a cruise which wound up in Venice, Italy Well, really it wound up in Ravenna because Venice since covet has decided they don't want big cruise ships coming into their town anymore There's city anymore. But anyway, I needed Italy. I needed Greece turned out I also needed a few other countries because the the cruise was stopping at ports that weren't just Greek islands Okay, great. I knew we were going to Croatia and a few other places fine. I knew I had my list I went to eSIM DB. I knew how much data I wanted to buy and we all will overestimate How much data we think we use right so and and you know within reason The prices aren't going to be terrible. So I I think I bought three gigs per person On our eSIMs, which was more than enough for us because we were mostly on wi-fi in different places But you know just having some some data and I don't think any of us even got close to using our three gigs But uh, and then I looked at I knew how long I needed it to last for which is another parameter you can set with eSIM DB and Finally, I knew what countries I needed it to be in and so I narrowed it down by countries and was able to select a family of eSIMs that all Would have fit my needs and then I just chose them based on price or speed or whatever I mean, it just gives you all this data and then yes Once I selected one eSIM DB doesn't sell sims My guess my hope is that they get an affiliate kickback from the places that I do choose to use Because I want eSIM DB to make money. Maybe I should just send them some money. In fact, I think I might do that Uh But you know, then they they say okay, you're gonna go with red phone for this one Like okay, I've never heard a red phone before and it's like yep sure enough I download the red phone app in there is the eSIM for exactly the price that eSIM DB told me it would be Sometimes there's even a coupon code on eSIM DB to get the price down to So something and probably give them their their kickback, which is great. You know, I love it and uh, and then I just and then using the app is sort of the magic that Calls the eSIM on your phone and and then while you're using it You can use the app to see your progress and all of that stuff. So Yes eSIM DB will answer all of those questions And I got to say of the emails and texts and all of that stuff that I got this week I I think like 75 of them were answered by saying visit eSIM DB dot com You might just see all of your answers on the screen in front of you So I will continue saying that but proactively visit eSIM DB dot com folks Thank you