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phone to use to phone/text uk from australia?

I am going to Australia for 8 weeks in March and wish to have a phone to use so I can phone my family in the UK and hopefully text as well. I currently have a contract with orange and phoned them but they said I would have to use my contract phone and pay for calls and texts which would be very expensive. Does anyone have any ideas on best way for us to keep in touch (yes I know email....but I actually want to speak to them). Helpful comments only please!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    1. Make sure your phone is unlocked and just get a sim in Australia, this probably would work out a bit cheaper. If you got a 3 sim it would be quite reasonable because they are the same company and have some policy called 'like home' or similar

    2. Use skype - take a headset/handset with you and phone them from any computer/internet cafe.

    3. Use a cheap phone card eg from the site below.

    Have a great time and enjoy yourself

    Robyn

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