I am doing FIFO Australia and NZ.
Before I look at getting two numbers or two phones, is there a provider that would have a rather economical way to have a single number-either Australian or NZ without too much roaming costs?
SMS and voice call usage is used everyday for work, hence a single number is preferable.
Last time I did this, Vodafone had this great deal that their higher tier plans includes usage in NZ, sadly however that does seem like the case anymore.
I am unfortunately
Depends how much you want to text and call, Felix has a great $20 a year pack but only allows for 100 minutes and 100 texts (then you top it up). Otherwise Slingshot in NZ has 300 minutes and 300 texts for $32 a month - https://www.slingshot.co.nz/mobile/rates
Will have a look at them! Cheers
Before I look at getting two numbers or two phones,
Wi-Fi calling and SMS ????
Thats what I am thinking. Just found out we can have 2x whatsapp account on one phone now. So will get a dual sim phone and get two whatsapp account. Thanks!
Telstra and their MVNOs now support wifi calling and sms, so no need for WhatsApp, even though that will do the job too…
NZ telco generally do better roaming deals to AUS compared to AUS telcos to NZ.
It will come down to who is calling the number really. If you have a NZ number and it is mostly AU people, then they will be paying intl rates to call you.
Most phones allow two active sims, so you could have one of each.
Good insight, thank you
Have a look at Australia Post Mobile's International Roaming SIM, calls are quite inexpensive, but you have to pay to receive calls.
https://australiapostconnect.com.au/pages/international-roam…
Copy/paste from a recent comment I made about it:
Australia Post Mobile has an international roaming plan for $5 per 30 days, and it gives you 50 minutes of calls, 50 sent SMS messages, and a pitifully small amount of data included.
And if you run out of any of the above before the 30 days is up, you can recharge at any time, for $5 or for higher amounts with proportionally larger allowances.
If you calculate it as though it is PAYG, it's equivalent to:
All while roaming overseas, or while in Australia.
The only catches are:
If you remember to recharge before the 30 days are up, your remaining call, SMS and data allowances roll over. Just set a repeating calendar reminder every 30 days. Australia Post will SMS you reminders too, on days 25 and 29.
Who is paying for the service?