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#315599 29-Jul-2024 12:40

I'm heading over to Fiji for work next week. I'll be over there for six days, and I'm wanting to know what would be the best option to keep my phone connected while I'm over there. The last time I travelled overseas was in 2013, I was over in the States for about 5 weeks, so I got a prepay SIM with lots of data and that covered me nicely.

I'll be in Suva all the time, and I might be able to access wifi at my hotel (which leads to another question - recommend a good, and hopefully inexpensive, VPN?) but for things like Viber and Whatsapp, FB, Edge I really just need some data - minutes would be handy but probably not essential.

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#3265824 29-Jul-2024 12:57

What Telco are you with?

For only 6 days I'd personally just go with the $8/day roaming option for the convenience.

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#3265828 29-Jul-2024 13:09

I bought a prepaid SIM from Digicel at Nadi Airport - from memory it was about $20 for 7 days, and included 50GB of data. It was cheaper than the Vodafone options (both stores are immediately on your left and right as you enter the arrivals hall).

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#3265853 29-Jul-2024 13:58

JoshWright:
I bought a prepaid SIM from Digicel at Nadi Airport - from memory it was about $20 for 7 days, and included 50GB of data. It was cheaper than the Vodafone options (both stores are immediately on your left and right as you enter the arrivals hall).

This is the one I got super easy. There is a shop in the duty free at nadi

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#3265856 29-Jul-2024 14:05

That Digicel option sounds pretty good. I'm on 2Degrees, and $8/day sounds pricey, especially if I'm still just using my own data. 50GB of data would cover me nicely. I'm imagining messaging on WhatsApp to my partner, and maybe a video call to my kids a couple of times (though preferably on the hotel wifi).

What's a good VPN to use when I'm connected to wifi?

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#3265881 29-Jul-2024 16:10

FJD20 gets you 75GB.

One of the cheapest mobile data countries in the world.

https://www.digicelpacific.com/mobile/fj/promotions/tourist-sim-plans

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#3265930 29-Jul-2024 16:17

I just VPN from my phone to my Fritzbox Router with Wireguard. Otherwise set up a VPN on any VM with Algo VPN. If you want a commercial service... no idea sorry.

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#3265931 29-Jul-2024 16:37

knowing which carrier you are with is helpful

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#3266017 29-Jul-2024 18:32

Local providers are very cheap and if you're just staying within city limits you'll find the service to be pretty good. From experience both Vodafone and Digicel are very good in Nadi, Suva and Lautoka with variable coverage in rural areas. I never got to try TCC. I'd still recommend roaming unless you are really skint and need the savings of $8 a day. I believe all our NZ carriers roam onto at least one, if not two, of the Fijian networks. 2degrees claims 4G roaming on both Vodafone and Digicel, Spark claims 4G roaming on Digicell and TCC (and may also have 3G roaming on Vodafone as they don't list their 3G roaming partners), One doesn't say who they roam with at all but will almost certaintly be Vodafone 4G at the very least). But the option to get a local SIM at the airport is there for you -- the data packs you get for low prices are generous. Unless your hotel is out in some black spot, you may find mobile is good enough and not need the hotel wifi. Saves you a unneccessary VPN.

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#3266255 30-Jul-2024 10:18

Can confirm value of Digicell is hard to beat. Was over there March last year in a group, and we all opted for digicell.

Most of us had personal VPNs back home too. I personally use Wireguard.