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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      Thanks for the info! Don’t know whats up with the link though. Says the site certs are invalid.

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        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.

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          Oh interesting okay, i looked up what i think is the same spreadsheet in your comment, looks exactly like what i need toblook through.

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      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.