Hold onto your legacy plans if they include free roaming

[serfty]

The worse part of the Optus $5 per day roaming is that it doesn't let you use it in Countries where the $5 per day roaming doesn't apply.
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For my part, the worst thing about Optus $5 roaming was it triggering the $5 charge when data was off and no calls/SMS were being received/ made.

I could fix it with long and often frustrating chats with frequent HUACA, etc. Then you had to keep an eye out for the account credit over the next months.

 

[serfty]

I never use roaming. Always cheaper to get a local Sim but I can get calls and text while I’m travelling

This was true but over the last 18 months the proliferation of eSIM providers has changed the game.

A USD30 Eskimo 10GB eSIM has a validity of 2 years. Combined with hotel wifi and other freebies (such a Frewie giving 3 days at no cost when travelling SQ) I have used 4GB in 14 months.