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Fixed data plans give you a set amount of data, for example 1 GB or 5 GB, to use at full speed for the whole plan period. When it runs out, you top up or buy again. Pick this if you know roughly how much you'll use.
Unlimited plans have no total data cap for the plan period, but each day includes a high-speed allowance. Once you use that day's allowance, you carry on at a reduced speed. Reduced-speed data has a daily limit too, and if you reach it, data pauses until the allowance resets 24 hours after you activate the eSIM. Pick this for heavier or less predictable use. A fair-use policy applies.
Pay As You Go is not a plan at all. You add credit once and it comes off by the megabyte at the local rate as you use it, so you never pay for data you do not finish. Credit never expires, data pauses when the balance hits zero, and the same eSIM keeps working across every country we cover. It costs more per gigabyte than a plan, so pick this for light or hard to predict use rather than heavy days.
State-owned ETECSA is the island's only telecom provider, so every phone, local or visiting, shares its Cubacel towers, as TelecomTV reports. ETECSA's CubacelTur tourist line needs a foreign passport.
Canada's travel advice calls the telecom network poor and notes that connections are frequently interrupted during power outages. Keep your phone and a power bank charged.
Internet access is limited and can be restricted during unrest. Cuba isn't on Apple's list of App Store countries, so install and update the apps you need at home.
Cards from US banks don't work in Cuba and other foreign cards are widely refused, so buy your data before you fly and bring cash.
Both UK and Canadian travel advice list these numbers.
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Your Cuba eSIM roams onto tier-1 local partner networks, connecting automatically to the strongest available signal — with no roaming setup beyond turning the eSIM on.

Yes, on Cubacel, the island's only network. But in 2026 blackouts take most cell sites down and foreign cards no longer work, so plan before you fly.

City 5G is superb; the national parks are a dead zone. A realistic data plan for a road trip or a city break across the United States.

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