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I have a few things on my mind this month. Let’s start with something that happened back in January when I was at CES in Las Vegas, along with Tim and Barry of this parish. I usually buy an eSIM for trips to the States from one of the online vendors. This not only provides a second number – always useful – but means I don’t get into any arguments over what is “acceptable use” on my “unlimited data” SIMs from UK providers.
This time, I decided I wanted to have a USA phone number, just in case I needed to get in contact with colleagues. My usual go-to provider, Holafly, wouldn’t be appropriate because its eSIM offerings are purely data. With hindsight, I should have remembered that the lab phone system runs on 3CX, and that I have the 3CX client on my phone. So my phone is just an extension number at the lab back in the UK, and this connects over data.