Got a family member coming from overseas to stay. He wants to know if theres a well priced ‘pay as you go’ Sim available. He’s very price conscious.
Does anyone have a recommendation they think we should look at?
*His handset apparently cant take an eSim though.
If they’ve got other internet access, the cheap annual plans with like catchmobile and kogan are probably the most frugal for a local number. Else they can cycle through into month pre-paid offers. $5-10 a month then ditch the plan, be sure to turn off auto renew. Probably want to make sure the handset works in Australia given we blocked a bunch of models recently.
If they are just staying in cities, Vodafone seems to have good offers for travellers. However one of the mvna operators would be better for a better network of outside cities too.
Look at sim only plans that are month to month.
Pay-as-you go as in “I pay once a month for everything” or “I pay a minimum set fee and then all calls + data on top”?
Many of the cheap plans are only available as 365-day prepaid, which might not suit your friend. I use a Catchconnect 365-day plan that was super-discounted around new financial year last year (I think it was $85ish/year including all calls and some data on top, which is enough for me).
Some time last year all Optus MVNOs increased their prices. Moosmobile used to be $8/month, now it’s 15/month.
http://wizard.id.au/spreadsheet/australian-mobile-cap-plan-comparison/
Whirlpool forums are a great place for Aussie telco information.
Thanks for the info! Don’t know whats up with the link though. Says the site certs are invalid.
I provided a HTTP link not a HTTPS link, I didn’t even know there was a (broken) HTTPS version of this site. Your browser must have some setting or addon that auto-redirects to https versions of sites even when the site doesn’t request it.
Oh interesting okay, i looked up what i think is the same spreadsheet in your comment, looks exactly like what i need toblook through.
https://www.amaysim.com.au/sim-plans/28-day-sim-plans/unlimited-small
This is cheap as chips and you can get a physical sim. $10 for 10gb and 28 days of usage. $22 for another month of use after that.
PS. I bought a large hot chips for $10 today.
I saw this one last night, i reckon its the one. Especially because they only require email notification of cancellation. The others i saw, look like they make people call to cancel, spunds like a whole rigmarole.
