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Old Jun 30th 2003, 7:15 pm
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can anyone recommend a good mobile provider with the best coverage in oz and possibly the most popular and most used etc and possibly the cheapest.

any does anyone know where i can possibly buy oz sim cards in the uk
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Old Jun 30th 2003, 9:46 pm
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Default Re: mobils sim cards in oz?

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can anyone recommend a good mobile provider with the best coverage in oz and possibly the most popular and most used etc and possibly the cheapest.

any does anyone know where i can possibly buy oz sim cards in the uk
If you call in to one of the UK mobile shops and pay them about £10 they will do something to your mobile phone. Then when you get to Oz you can get a Sim card from a Mobile dealer that will work over there.
You can not by a Sim card for Oz in the UK.

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Optus is a good one to go for, fairly cheap, and there don't seem to be any compatability problems when sending SMS to the UK>
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Old Jun 30th 2003, 9:54 pm
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Originally posted by Pollyana
Optus is a good one to go for, fairly cheap, and there don't seem to be any compatability problems when sending SMS to the UK>

Is this a good deal and mobile sim card and has anyone purchased from this website before

http://www.orate.co.uk/acatalog/Australia.htm
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Default Re: mobils sim cards in oz?

Originally posted by porkchop
If you call in to one of the UK mobile shops and pay them about £10 they will do something to your mobile phone. Then when you get to Oz you can get a Sim card from a Mobile dealer that will work over there.
You can not by a Sim card for Oz in the UK.

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There is no need to do anything with your mobile whilst still in the UK. Just bring it over to Oz and get a new Sim card. It`ll work fine - our Nokias did.

BTW, Optus is not reknowned for its great coverage here (in Brisbane at least).
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I did try using telstra at first, but SMS messages go down a black hole en route to the UK. Optus is more successful, for us anyway, but I guess it depends what sort of usage you are after, and which part of the city you are in.
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