Getting a sim card in oz!!!

Theimprover

Is it as easy as it is here to get a sim card, can i just walk into any phone shop and get a sim card wether it be on prepay or bill?

hussey

Theimprover wrote: »

Is it as easy as it is here to get a sim card, can i just walk into any phone shop and get a sim card wether it be on prepay or bill?

Yes for prepay - bill you can get on a 457 and upwards.

puzzle factory

you'l need ID and an address,with telstra and virgin,dont know about the rest,and thats for prepay

Theimprover

I see with vodafone you can get a sim only on a 30day contract, but i wonder if they would look for proof of address and all that? i suppose they will, i am only going on a tourist visa for 6 months, pre-pay would prob be a bit on the expensive side.

On prepay with vodafone you can get $1000 worth of calls for $50 per 30 days @ 90 cent a min plus 40 cent conection (is this the norm having a conection fee ?) which work out at nearly 770 mins for local calls but what i really want to know can you get a sim card as soon as i walk into a phone shop and get a sim and be active straight away?

Zambia

ll prepay sims must be registered using id

hussey

Theimprover wrote: »

I see with vodafone you can get a sim only on a 30day contract, but i wonder if they would look for proof of address and all that? i suppose they will, i am only going on a tourist visa for 6 months, pre-pay would prob be a bit on the expensive side.

I think by 30day contract you mean 'Cap'.
You will not get any contract on a holiday visa.
Pre-pay is pretty much the exact same (rates, price etc)
They don't look for proof of address - they look for an address (that you register with online or in shop)

Have a look at a thing called caps, for $30-50 a month (prepay) you can pretty much get unlimited text messages and a lot of calls.

If you are travelling around, Telstra have the best coverage, followed by Optus, Vodafone are not highly regarded here

e.g. https://optus.com.au/shop/prepaidmobile/turbocapplus

Theimprover

hussey wrote: »

I think by 30day contract you mean 'Cap'.
You will not get any contract on a holiday visa.
Pre-pay is pretty much the exact same (rates, price etc)
They don't look for proof of address - they look for an address (that you register with online or in shop)

Have a look at a thing called caps, for $30-50 a month (prepay) you can pretty much get unlimited text messages and a lot of calls.

If you are travelling around, Telstra have the best coverage, followed by Optus, Vodafone are not highly regarded here

e.g. https://optus.com.au/shop/prepaidmobile/turbocapplus

Ya, caps is what i was looking at, sounds a good deal on the $50 one, its something i will want to do as soon as i land so to speak, cheers;)

mandrake04

VF/3 are woeful outside the big cities, it all depends where you going be.

Theimprover

mandrake04 wrote: »

VF/3 are woeful outside the big cities, it all depends where you going be.

Heading for Brisbane and will spend most of my time there.

gazmc18

Theimprover wrote: »

mandrake04 wrote: »

VF/3 are woeful outside the big cities, it all depends where you going be.

Heading for Brisbane and will spend most of my time there.

I am with Optus its 40 bucks per month unlimited calls and texts. I thought it was ok but you might get better if you look around,i didn't.
If your calling home just download viber and call through that its free.

Testament1

Which networks would offer the best data packages on prepay?? Want to be able to use the internet on my S2 in Australia but I dont want to be paying an extortionate price for it!

hussey

Testament1 wrote: »

Which networks would offer the best data packages on prepay?? Want to be able to use the internet on my S2 in Australia but I dont want to be paying an extortionate price for it!

use this to research yourself: http://www.comparemobileplans.com.au

Theimprover

hussey wrote: »

use this to research yourself: http://www.comparemobileplans.com.au

Thats why we have boards:D, optus seem to be the best from my research

Edit, ahh you edited youself

Theimprover

This seems to be an excellent deal http://www.comparemobileplans.com.au/Amaysim-Unlimited-Pre-Paid-SIM-1300--1800-numbers-now-included_o2538_m0.html or are my missing something?

hussey

Theimprover wrote: »

This seems to be an excellent deal http://www.comparemobileplans.com.au/Amaysim-Unlimited-Pre-Paid-SIM-1300--1800-numbers-now-included_o2538_m0.html or are my missing something?

Search on whirlpool.com.au for feedback
But they piggyback off Optus, as far as I know

Theimprover

hussey wrote: »

Search on whirlpool.com.au for feedback
But they piggyback off Optus, as far as I know

Well they say they use the Optus network, as Optus seem to be the best network, cant see there been a problem, i will sus it out when i get there and call into one of there shops.
I see there international call rates to Ireland are only 15 cent.

markymark21

Anyone here use Amaysim?

One of the lads told me about it in work. For only $40 a month you get unlimited text and talk (to landline and mobile) free social networking and a fairly massive 4gb of data

No lock in contract either, just give them 30 days notice and your out. They run off the telstra network as well so coverage shouldn't be a problem.

Seems fairly sweet!

http://www.amaysim.com.au/mobile-plans/amaysim-unlimited.html

Theimprover

markymark21 wrote: »

Anyone here use Amaysim?

They run off the telstra network as well so coverage shouldn't be a problem.

Seems fairly sweet!

http://www.amaysim.com.au/mobile-plans/amaysim-unlimited.html[/QUOTE]

Think you will find they use the Optus network as it has been discussed in the last few posts if you had read back you might have noticed it
Maybe they use Telstra as well but i did not notice it on there web site.

hussey

markymark21 wrote: »

Anyone here use Amaysim?

One of the lads told me about it in work. For only $40 a month you get unlimited text and talk (to landline and mobile) free social networking and a fairly massive 4gb of data

No lock in contract either, just give them 30 days notice and your out. They run off the telstra Optus network as well so coverage shouldn't be a problem.

Seems fairly sweet!

http://www.amaysim.com.au/mobile-plans/amaysim-unlimited.html

I seen they won money magazine awards
https://amaysim-media.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/web/docs/amaysim-wins-Money-magazine-awards-Dec-2011.pdf

They are a pretty solid and reputable company.

Seems very cheap

markymark21

Theimprover wrote: »

markymark21 wrote: »

Anyone here use Amaysim?

They run off the telstra network as well so coverage shouldn't be a problem.

Seems fairly sweet!

http://www.amaysim.com.au/mobile-plans/amaysim-unlimited.html[/QUOTE]

Think you will find they use the Optus network as it has been discussed in the last few posts if you had read back you might have noticed it
Maybe they use Telstra as well but i did not notice it on there web site.

No your right, they run off Optus

Might have to switch from Vodafone. 500 mb just ain't cutting it these days

Theimprover

They have a facebook page http://www.facebook.com/amaysim?sk=wall