Using a European eSIM for Travel, with No Voice Number

For decades, my practice when travelling to Europe was to make one of my first stops upon first landing the cell phone shop of whatever carrier had the best deal on a prepaid SIM card. I’d end up with a combined package of voice, texts, and data for the time I’d be away.The introduction of the eSIM — a SIM card, but without the card, that gets virtually installed into the phone via an app — has made things a lot simpler: no need to make the visit to the shop, as the entire transaction can be done from an app; no need to fiddle with SIM card cutters (yes, there was such a thing); and “topping up” — always the Achilles heel of any low-end SIM card, happens in the same app, so no more visits to tobacco shops to purchase top-up minutes.This last trip, to Belgium and the Netherlands, I decided to go one step further, and to dispense with a plan that included voice and text, and go data-only. I choose Jetpac, somewhat at random, and the process of selecting a plan and installing the eSIM…