The two jobs a remote work eSIM does
Remote work puts a lot of weight on your internet, and there are really two moments it has to deliver. The first is the backup moment, when your home broadband drops five minutes before a meeting and you need to be online now. The second is the travel moment, when you are working from a hotel, a relative's house, or another country and the local Wi-Fi is not something you can trust. A travel eSIM covers both.
Your phone holds a Citrus Mobile eSIM, and your laptop connects through it. Flip on the hotspot and you are back online in seconds, whether your broadband just died or you just landed somewhere new.
A backup that pays for itself in one saved meeting
Home internet fails at the worst times. With a topped up eSIM ready, an outage becomes a non event. You switch your laptop to the phone hotspot, rejoin the call, and most people never know anything happened. Because it is pay as you go, keeping that safety net ready costs almost nothing until you actually need it.
Set it up before you need it
The time to install the eSIM is not during an outage. Set it up now, keep a small balance, and practice turning on your hotspot once so it is muscle memory when broadband fails mid meeting.
Working from another country
Plenty of remote workers take advantage of the freedom to work from anywhere, whether that is a month at family abroad or a workation. The same eSIM that backs up your home office keeps you online there too, across 200+ countries, switching to a strong local carrier automatically. No scrambling for a local SIM, no roaming bill shock. Browse coverage by region for Europe, Asia, and North America.
How to set it up
- 1
Install the Citrus Mobile eSIM
Top up from $4 and add it to your phone. See how it works.
- 2
Connect your laptop
Turn on Personal Hotspot or the Android hotspot and join from the laptop. Use a USB cable for the steadiest call quality.
- 3
Keep a balance ready
Top up a little so the backup is always there. Your balance does not expire.
How much data do video meetings use?
| Activity | Rough data use |
|---|---|
| Audio only call | 15 to 60 MB per hour |
| Standard definition video call | 300 to 500 MB per hour |
| HD video call | 500 to 900 MB per hour |
| Screen sharing while presenting | 0.6 to 1.2 GB per hour |
| Email, docs, and chat | 5 to 15 MB per hour |
Switching a call to standard definition or audio only cuts data sharply when you are on mobile.
What it costs
Pay as you go from $4, bonus credit on larger top ups, rates by country on the rates page. As a backup it costs next to nothing until you use it. As a travel connection it scales with your usage. See the pricing page for the details.
Related guides
See eSIM for digital nomads, eSIM for working while traveling, the eSIM for laptop overview, and eSIM vs public Wi-Fi for the security angle.