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#312858 24-May-2024 01:37

I am shifting to Australia. I want to retain my mobile here, for at least a year. All I need it to do

Have a voicemail with my Australian number on it
The odd roaming, if I have to use it for NZ site authentication

Whats the cheapest plan out there? So far, I have found skinny at $10 pm. But I don't know if it allows roaming.

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#3234010 24-May-2024 04:08

Wi-Fi calling = free roaming

All roaming information is on each carriers website and SparkNZ does not allow Wi-Fi calling when roaming

2degrees do with no restrictions

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#3234011 24-May-2024 05:07

Just pay casual rates. You don't need roaming to maintain a number. Skinny requires a topup every 365 days so I just put $5 a year on my skinny sim.

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#3234012 24-May-2024 05:12

I’d just get an international calling add-on ($10/month with spark) then forward your number onto your Aussie number (instead of voicemail). If you have a dual sim phone, then you’ll still receive texts too.

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#3234038 24-May-2024 08:13

Aucklandjafa: I’d just get an international calling add-on ($10/month with spark) then forward your number onto your Aussie number (instead of voicemail). If you have a dual sim phone, then you’ll still receive texts too.

Unless things have changed in the past year there was no call forwarding on prepay accounts.

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#3234071 24-May-2024 09:20

Linux: Wi-Fi calling = free roaming

All roaming information is on each carriers website and SparkNZ does not allow Wi-Fi calling when roaming

2degrees do with no restrictions

I fail to see how this can work. If the NZ SIM is enabled, I am paying roaming charges. if it is not enabled then the number does not exist.

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#3234077 24-May-2024 09:29

Handle9:

Just pay casual rates. You don't need roaming to maintain a number. Skinny requires a topup every 365 days so I just put $5 a year on my skinny sim.

The reason I need roaming is that stupid NZ banks and credit card suppliers want to use SMS for TFA. The most stupid thing imaginable. Which means I need to have roaming (or text forwarding) every time I use my card in a café when ordering at a table in Australia. I have already had a go at ANZ and Westpac about it. My only hope is that they will accept my Australian number, I will try and change that in my profiles before I go.

Before someone asks, I can't get an Australian card yet as I have liquidated my assets and investments so I have no income. I need to show some income. That will happen in about a years time.

When I looked at skinny website, I didn't find that option. I shall look again.

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#3234083 24-May-2024 09:53

I had my German number set for the authentication with ANZ for a few years with no issues.

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#3234086 24-May-2024 09:57

Call the banks, you can setup an Aus Number for MFA but cant do it yourself online, you need to call them

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#3234105 24-May-2024 10:38

Bitfiddler:

Linux: Wi-Fi calling = free roaming

All roaming information is on each carriers website and SparkNZ does not allow Wi-Fi calling when roaming

2degrees do with no restrictions

I fail to see how this can work. If the NZ SIM is enabled, I am paying roaming charges. if it is not enabled then the number does not exist.

Not really.

Unless you actually accept a call or a make a text or turn on data on the roaming network you won't get dinged.

2degrees is superior here as WiFi calling is first before the roaming network(as the same with One NZ).

2degrees is perfect for this application and what you want.

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#3234261 24-May-2024 13:05

Bitfiddler:
Handle9:

Just pay casual rates. You don't need roaming to maintain a number. Skinny requires a topup every 365 days so I just put $5 a year on my skinny sim.

The reason I need roaming is that stupid NZ banks and credit card suppliers want to use SMS for TFA. The most stupid thing imaginable. Which means I need to have roaming (or text forwarding) every time I use my card in a café when ordering at a table in Australia. I have already had a go at ANZ and Westpac about it. My only hope is that they will accept my Australian number, I will try and change that in my profiles before I go.

Before someone asks, I can't get an Australian card yet as I have liquidated my assets and investments so I have no income. I need to show some income. That will happen in about a years time.

When I looked at skinny website, I didn't find that option. I shall look again.

SMS works without roaming.

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#3234274 24-May-2024 13:26

IMO it is absurd that a bank requires that I purchase a service from someone else to be able to use their services, but they are like so many businesses and insisting on having a phone number for their customers which I do not like them having. I have a dedicated phone that I use only for the fake 2 factor stuff, with minimal apps on the phone and a different google account signed into it to hopefully add a degree of security to the inherently insecure idea of SMS based fake 2 factor.

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#3234279 24-May-2024 13:32

@Handle9 You need roaming working / activated before the handset will attach to a roaming partner to get in coming SMS

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#3234293 24-May-2024 14:00

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@Handle9 You need roaming working / activated before the handset will attach to a roaming partner to get in coming SMS

Nope. I get sms from my nz bank fine

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#3234305 24-May-2024 14:24

Handle9:
Linux:
@Handle9 You need roaming working / activated before the handset will attach to a roaming partner to get in coming SMS

Nope. I get sms from my nz bank fine

Then the handset must be attached to Wi-Fi calling

It's impossible unless attached to a carrier and handset is roaming

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#3234722 26-May-2024 00:11

MaxineN:

Not really.

Unless you actually accept a call or a make a text or turn on data on the roaming network you won't get dinged.

2degrees is superior here as WiFi calling is first before the roaming network(as the same with One NZ).

2degrees is perfect for this application and what you want.

Sorry, you are confused. One.Nz, Spark (Nz), Telstra(Aus), Vodafone(Aus) do not work this way. The first time the mobile connects to the roaming network, you get pinged. I have been using all 4 for years. Telstra, being the most efficient, actually sends me an invoice every morning, without my using calls or sms.

Having said that, I had a decent discussion with Skinny. On Prepay roaming, they charge per call and per sms (send or receive). In this case, what you say may work for calling out (only).

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