Hello Australian chums - and of course, congratulations on your win today at Lords.

At the end of the month me and the family are travelling to the West coast for 3 weeks to see family. Mainly spending out time in Broome, but we’ve got a 4x4 some small (carefully prepared, cautious) trips into more rural areas.

Our cellular UK provider’s rates for using phones is ruinously expensive, so I’m looking for advice on

  1. Which cellular provider you would recommend to get a - presumably pre-paid SIM while we are out there. Main criteria are

  2. Probably want about 4-8Gigs data, mainly calls within Australia with probably about 3 hours of calling back to the UK during this period on one phone.

  3. Anyone know whether it is possible to get the SIMs before we travel in the UK? Or best to get them in Oz? and if the latter - best place to get them?

Sorry for the shopping list of questions. Any advice gratefully received.

  • tuff_wizardEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you’re going anywhere rural you have to use Telstra or their budget subsiday Boost. They have the biggest network and best coverage outside the populated areas. That said no one covers the actual outback.

    Boost Prepaid 28day plans the lowest tier here has 45GB of data and unlimited calls to the United Kingdom. They have list of retailers where you can buy in store, or you can order them online. I guess you could order them to the UK but it’ll sting if they don’t arrive before you leave. I usually just get one sim and let my girlfriend hotspot when were away.

    Hopefully that helps!