What cheeses me off

[serfty]

WCMO - Optus have decided they are going to move me onto a new plan as they are retiring the old one. There goes unlimited talk and text to *and* from most countries. Grr.

Try Amaysim; they have some inexpensive prepaid plans with included talk and text to and from 42 countries. Tack on a $20 365 day roaming talk and text pack and you are set.

Spoiler: Who owns Amaysim?

Amaysim is owned by Optus (Singtel Optus Pty Ltd), which acquired the company in February 2021. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optus, amaysim operates as a standalone brand and is the fourth-largest mobile provider in Australia, using the Optus mobile network.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Tack on a $20 365 day roaming talk and text pack and you are set.

Noting that the $20 pack doesn't include any romaing data use. These days my phone is far more for data than phonecalls and sms/TXT's.

The $70 365 day with 9GB of roaming data looks better in that sense. But I can't seem to let go of my Vodafone $5/day roaming that lets me use my normal monthly calls+ data limits anyhow. I guess I should do some history checks, whether I've been more than 14days away and used less than 9GB over that period.

 

[Quickstatus]

That's a huge difference.

Same fare bucket?

 

[dajop]

Try Amaysim; they have some inexpensive prepaid plans with included talk and text to and from 42 countries. Tack on a $20 365 day roaming talk and text pack and you are set.

I use Amaysim to keep my Australian mobile going, living overseas, it is crucial for various things like SMS's from banks, or when I want to call someone (eg. tradie) and not appear like I'm calling from a foreign number (which people invariably ignore expecting it be a scam call).