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The Blog The Business Phone BlogIts not good for anyone when you come home and find the massive International Roaming bill. Heres a few tips to help avoid a massive bill when traveling.
1. If you have a smart phone turn off roaming data. Roaming data is incredibly expensive and it will ruin your holiday to find those few days on facebook or emails while away have cost you a $1000 or more. Use WIFI when you need to access data over seas. When on WIFI you can get emails, use Facebook and free text message services like Viber for free.
2. Divert all calls to message bank immediately. This way the VM calls don't leave Australia and attract roaming charges and you can stop people leaving long winded messages which you then have to pay for.
3. Leave a Voice Mail Message to the effect " I am traveling OS and not taking calls . If it is urgent please send me a text". This way you can control the cost as a text is 5c and you can manage how many of them you send. Its free to receive a text while roaming.
4. If you have to make calls get a SIM card from the country you are in....much cheaper and there are pre paid travel SIMs around with discount calls back to Australia.
5. This may make some people squirm but consider leaving your phone at home and have a real holiday. Not a great tip for those traveling for work but its one less thing to worry about while traveling and if you leave the phone at home there is no chance of losing it after a night partying in Bangkok or Bali.
There is detailed instructions on saving money while International Roaming here.
Today we had a browse on the Telstra & Optus websites and we compare our $79 Fleet Plan to the offerings on the Telstra & Optus Websites. The big carriers have 60 second billing increments which we estimate lowers the included call credit by approximately 25% when compared with 30 second billing increments on an average 2 minute call.
While it appears Optus offers the best value with the $900 included call credit, Telaustralia wins out with the 30 second billing increments and the inclusion of $2000 worth of call credit for calls to mobiles on the same account. Effectively $2850 worth of call credit. Optus includes the 1st 5 mins of calls to mobiles on the same account but after the first 5mins of the call, these call get charged at the Standard per minute rate. A Samsung Galaxy S2 handset is included by all 3 providers.
TELSTRA OPTUS TELAUSTRALIA
INC CALL CREDIT $800 $900 $850
FLEET CALLS ZERO 1ST 5 MINS $2000
BILLING INCREMENT PER MIN PER MIN PER 30 SECS
SMS UNLIMITED UNLIMITED UNLIMITED
INCLUDED DATA 2GB 3GB 3GB
INCLUDED HANDSET SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 INCLUDED ON ALL PLANS
Going overseas and don't want to run up that big bill on your phone? Here's a few tips to save while International Roaming.
1...Do you really need the phone while OS? Leaving the phone at home is the cheapest option! If you do need to take the phone with you make sure you contact your carrier before leaving Australia to make sure International roaming is active on your phone.
2. International Roaming data is expensive... at $20.50 per Mb it doesn't take long to run up a big bill, particularly with the new range of smart phones and tablets and pads that are continually seeking data. Turn it off from your handset or pad and use WIFI where possible. If you do have to use roaming data try to keep it brief and then turn it off from the handset when done.
3. With International Roaming you also get charged for calls you receive (up to $5 per minute for incoming calls in those out of the way places like Ulan Bator or Tierra Del Fuego, so if you want to remain in charge and save, have your phone diverted to Voice Mail Unconditional. This way all calls go direct to your Voice Mail in Australia...way cheaper. Have a message along the lines of I'm out of the country and not taking calls, please text me if its urgent.
4. Use Text messages where possible. At 75c each as opposed to up to $7 per minute for outgoing calls its way cheaper and it costs you nothing to receive the text while roaming.
We are happy to announce the release of new Mobile Phone plans today.
Our new $49 Business plan comes with $500 of calls and text to anyone, $500 of fleet calls to others on your account and 1.5Gb of data.
Our new $59 Business plan is the first time we have had a mobile phone plan at this price point. The $59 business plan comes with $700 of calls and text to anyone, $900 of fleet calls to others on your account, 6000 free SMS and 2Gb of data.
The new $79 Business plan comes with $850 of calls and text to anyone, $2000 of fleet calls to others on your account, 6000 free SMS and 3Gb of data.
Request more info on Mobile Phone plans now.
Ever wanted a really cool number? Looked up Premium Number in google and found most companies charging up to $500 for a Premium Number?
Take a new mobile service with Telaustralia on a $79, $99 or $129 fleet plan on a standard 24mth agreement and get a free Premium mobile number included at no charge.
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