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Free Calls to The UK until 28 May for Optus/Virgin Mobile Customers

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Free Calls to The UK until 28 May for Optus/Virgin Mobile Customers
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Optus

Post-paid and fixed (landline) customers

From 12:01am AEST on 24 May 2017 until midnight AEST on 28 May 2017, Optus consumer post-paid and fixed customers will receive free standard voice calls to the United Kingdom. ‘Standard calls’ includes calls to both landlines and mobile numbers. Calls made to the UK during this time will not be charged on your next bill.

Pre-paid mobile customers

From 7.00am AEST AEST on 24 May until midnight AEST on 28 May 2017, Optus pre-paid customers will receive zero-rated standard voice calls to the United Kingdom. ‘Standard calls’ includes calls to both landlines and mobile numbers.

Virgin

Customers on Postpaid are able to make free calls to the UK to check on friends and relatives from 12:01am on 24 May until 11:59pm on 7 June, and on Prepaid from 5:00am on 24 May until 11:59pm on 7 June, AEST.

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    • 1Dollar on 23/05/2017 - 20:55
      +7

      ok

    • gimli on 23/05/2017 - 22:50
      +3

      JV seriously

      • johnwinkle on 24/05/2017 - 00:10

        Because jv is trying to make a joke of the situation, the comment has a real mocking tone to it

        • jv on 24/05/2017 - 10:58
          +5

          Because jv is trying to make a joke of the situation

          It's not a joking matter. It's a fact.

          Many people get calls to the UK for free already or at around 1 cent per minute.

          This is only a free publicity stunt by the Telcos exploiting people through this tragedy… If you upvote this so called 'deal' you are just doing what their unscrupulous marketing people want you to do…

    • bricabrac89 on 24/05/2017 - 12:44

      Me too with Voda.

      Agree, it's just a publicity stunt. The other telcos will do the same too if they haven't already.

      • jv on 24/05/2017 - 12:47
        +2
        1. It doesn't cost them anything.

        2. Nobody really benefits anything.

        3. Lots of free publicity and people being sucked in to think the Telcos are being good corporate citizens…

    • jimz78 on 24/05/2017 - 20:48

      i get free calls to the uk on telstra prepaid to not that i ever use it :)

  • payton on 23/05/2017 - 20:58
    -8

    https://imgur.com/QipIPp8

    This was quoted multiple times from Whirlpoo's In The News section, so I think its been through vetting by the socialist mods there.

    payton on 23/05/2017 - 20:58 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • Baebs on 23/05/2017 - 21:17
    +2

    Praying for the UK, absolutely horrific event :/

    • jv on 23/05/2017 - 21:22
      +1

      and the Telcos take every opportunity to get cheap 'free' publicity from such events..

      • Baebs on 23/05/2017 - 21:38
        +7

        https://goo.gl/WBLCIS

        Baebs on 23/05/2017 - 21:38 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
        • jv on 23/05/2017 - 21:56
          +1

          diluting it won't help.

      • Sage on 23/05/2017 - 22:21
        +4

        yeah, the victims are dead and anything that happens know is just cashing in on the tragedy. news channels milking the story, telcos jumping on the free calls bandwagon. none of this will bring the victims back from the dead. the companies should donate money to anti-terrorism efforts instead of profiting from this if they want to help prevent this from happening again.

      • MountFranklin on 23/05/2017 - 23:24
        +6

        Its better that they do this then not right? Would you prefer them to jack up prices knowing that there will be an increase of international calls to UK?

        • try2bhelpful on 24/05/2017 - 08:17
          +1

          That would be the Uber's surge response to the tragedy. I do hope they learnt from the siege in Sydney.

        • singlemalt72 on 24/05/2017 - 08:21

          @try2bhelpful:

          This is due to surge pricing which is a reactive algorithm. I know Uber has put work into things, but they need to rely heavily on monitoring news and social media feeds to avoid this now.

          The algorithm doesn't realise a terror attack has taken place, it just sees a sudden increase in requests.

        • try2bhelpful on 24/05/2017 - 08:27
          +1

          @singlemalt72: Yup, that was my point. Mindlessly following algorithms, without temporing to take into account the situation, causes issues.

    • belongsinforums on 23/05/2017 - 21:59
      +1

      Pray harder

      belongsinforums on 23/05/2017 - 21:59 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • Baebs on 23/05/2017 - 22:24
        +3

        No need anymore, you're holding the solution to the world's problems.

    • Galaxyman on 23/05/2017 - 23:06
      +2

      What will praying do? Your (fictional) god didn't intervene to stop this heinous event, why would it help anyone afterwards? And which god or goods are you praying to?

      Galaxyman on 23/05/2017 - 23:06 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • frewer on 23/05/2017 - 23:35
        +2

        Presumptuously, we're talking about Jesus here. You are confuse between what people do ( by their freewill ) and what God's wills. You, honestly, don't want God shows up and tell you what you are doing is wrong every time, do you? Freewill is mankind strength and weakness, without it there won't be a true love, with it we can [potentially] do horrible things. A robot can only do what it was programed to do.

        Btw praying for the living not the dead. The dead is gone, they have no 'needs', no 'worries' …

        Let's not fight hatred with hatred shall we

        • try2bhelpful on 24/05/2017 - 08:26
          +4

          Sorry, but your God should be intervening in the big stuff - like priests molesting children, people being killed in the name of religion, world wars, etc. Freewill is one thing but the victims aren't getting any freewill in what is happening to them. I completely agree we shouldn't fight hatred with hatred, however, the bandage we put on the wound needs to be effective. It would be a lot more helpful if the fundamentalists spent less time thinking about their God and more time thinking about humanity. My only hope is there is a God and these morons are burning in hell along with the people who encourage them to do this.

      • strikeout119 on 24/05/2017 - 00:05

        I don't pray to goods but I do think Giffen Goods are unique in the way they operate. A example of a Giffen Good is, "if the price of wheat rises, a poor peasant may not be able to afford meat any more, so has to buy more wheat." You can read more about Giffen Goods here.

    • GregRust on 23/05/2017 - 23:31

      Praying is the sort of behaviour that instigates these sorts of incidents.

      GregRust on 23/05/2017 - 23:31 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • LuthLexor on 24/05/2017 - 00:09
        +1

        "Praying causes people to blow up bombs"

        Uh huh…. And thinking causes people to shoot guns at each other. Good logic

        • GregRust on 24/05/2017 - 10:07

          You clearly don't understand the complexity of the issue. Good day to you.

        • LuthLexor on 24/05/2017 - 15:30

          @GregRust:
          I actually think I have a better handle on it than you.

          As atheist Sam Harris says, saying "religions are violent" is like saying "sports are violent" … which sports? Not chess. Which religions? Certainly not Buddhism. And not Christianity. People from those two religions do not bomb little girls.

          It seems terrorism is coming pretty much exclusively from one religion today, so to say it's down to "praying" is ridiculous.

          But hey, sorry if I'm just too simple for you and your superior brain which can handle such complex issues. Maybe I should just shut up and let you tell me what to believe, since you're so rational and logical in all that you do….

        • callum9999 on 24/05/2017 - 19:46
          +1

          If people didn't make it socially acceptable to believe there are magic sky fairies giving us hidden orders, most of these terrorists wouldn't be able to be convinced to kill in the name of God. I therefore personally hold all followers of any organised faith partially responsible.

          Incredibly controversial I know, but I've never had a logic retort that's remotely convincing.

        • callum9999 on 24/05/2017 - 19:48

          @LuthLexor: You're incredibly ignorant. Buddhists and Christians regularly murder others and are involved in terrorism.

        • LuthLexor on 24/05/2017 - 19:55

          @callum9999:

          I therefore personally hold all atheists partially responsible for Stalin and Mao.

          Incredibly controversial I know, but I've never had a logic retort that's remotely convincing.

        • callum9999 on 24/05/2017 - 20:59

          @LuthLexor: Atheism is the lack of belief in a God - it's not a club, it doesn't have rules or scripture and does not have authority figures.

          Are you just attempting to be a smartarse to distract from your displayed ignorance, or are you so dense you think atheism is equivalent to religion?

        • LuthLexor on 24/05/2017 - 23:33

          @callum9999:
          Atheism absolutely has worldview consequences. I shudder if you think it does not.

          Are you going to provide a robust argument as to why atheism had nothing to do with the atrocities of the 20th century, or are you just going to get offended?

    • ggrant on 24/05/2017 - 10:02

      Do you god people ask permission first, before attempting to make biophysical changes to your target(s), with your telepathic assertions?

      ggrant on 24/05/2017 - 10:02 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • [Deactivated] on 23/05/2017 - 21:18
    +1

    good guy optus

  • 51ngh on 23/05/2017 - 21:40
    +7

    11 people were killed in Kandhahar, Afghanistan today due to a Taliban attack. Where are the free calls to Afghanistan ?
    What would you call this partiality ?
    The 'r' word does come to my mind… Unless someone can suggest an alternative suggestion.

    51ngh on 23/05/2017 - 21:40 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • payton on 23/05/2017 - 21:46
      -2

      because only a simpleton would still hold on to an oversimplified (and false) lovey dovey motion that 'every country is equal'

      • 51ngh on 23/05/2017 - 23:56
        +4

        Then I am that simpleton !
        Its people who live in countries, and from what I was taught growing up, every human life is same - be it in Europe or Eskimos or Asians or Arabs.
        (I didn't neg you BTW)

    • jv on 23/05/2017 - 21:57
      +8

      Where are the free calls to Afghanistan ?

      Won't get the impact the Marketing team are looking for… It's all about $$$

    • payton on 23/05/2017 - 22:02

      For the neg voters, your very first visit to Immigration or Main Roads for your licence should tell you that the Govt doesn't regard documents from other countries equally, and for very good reasons.

      • 51ngh on 24/05/2017 - 00:01
        +1

        Documents are not the same as human life !
        A mother would still have the same love for her child, even from a country where the Main Roads does not recognise the local license !

    • [Deactivated] on 23/05/2017 - 22:09
      +1

      taliban banana

    • jelko on 23/05/2017 - 22:29
      +2

      Because there are suicide bombers blowing themselves up every week in Afghanistan/Iraq/<insert any middle eastern country>. The telcos would be dealing out free calls 365 days a year.

    • bargaino on 23/05/2017 - 23:06
      +2

      11 people were killed in Kandhahar, Afghanistan today

      It happens every day in Muslim countries. What can you do about it?
      In the West we are not so used to it.

      When it snows in Darwin, it makes the news, even if it is normal in Moscow.

    • watwatwat on 23/05/2017 - 23:16
      -1

      Because people die there all the time and first world lives are valued more.

      • 51ngh on 24/05/2017 - 00:03

        Sarcasm ?

      • [Deactivated] on 24/05/2017 - 18:29

        wat

  • belongsinforums on 23/05/2017 - 21:59

    Pray for us boiz

    belongsinforums on 23/05/2017 - 21:59 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • GregRust on 23/05/2017 - 23:37
      -6

      No. Cultish behaviour such as praying is the opposite of what people should be doing. Religion is what motivates these people to do these disgusting things, and the sooner this behaviour is eradicated the better.

      GregRust on 23/05/2017 - 23:37 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • LuthLexor on 24/05/2017 - 00:10

        Thanks Stalin.

      • Tuukmaak on 24/05/2017 - 09:00
        -1

        Sure, let's create a Utopia where people can live free from the dictates of religion, all resources are shared…surely that will work… Mmmm Russia, China, North Korea, Cambodia…mass exterminations… Yes, religion is bad, the worst one is where humans act as God

  • ATangk on 23/05/2017 - 22:11
    +3

    Every telco is going to follow suit, as always. But I've got nobody to call…

  • Sage on 23/05/2017 - 22:25
    +8

    Bargain? My Optus internet plan has unlimited free calls to the UK included with the internet. I have never even used it.
    This is worthless.
    If you actually knew someone who was affected by the event you wouldn't be worrying about the few cents cost of a phone call.

    • jv on 23/05/2017 - 22:39
      +5

      This is worthless.

      Not for the Telcos, going to get them lots of free write ups and free advertising like it has here on OzBargain…

      • MountFranklin on 23/05/2017 - 23:26

        First world problem.s Complaining about free stuff.

  • Savas on 23/05/2017 - 22:37

    The idea of this post is to call friends in UK, not as a reason to check if your loved ones are okay while giving Optus a free publicity stunt.

    • jv on 23/05/2017 - 22:41
      +8

      The idea of this post is to call friends in UK

      Lots of people can call for free already… In any case, it's only around 1c per minute using phone cards, or 10 cents untimed using VOIP.

      Are people seriously not calling their friends to save a maximum of 10 cents ????

      • Savas on 23/05/2017 - 22:43
        +4

        save a maximum of 10 cents = bargain

  • digitalaxon on 24/05/2017 - 01:04
    +1

    I was going to ignore this initially, clicked on the link to see the wording, and I see the typical worthless platitude of 'Our thoughts go out' …

    Peoples 'prayers and thoughts' going out is really going to achieve sweet f all to the parents who will never see their children and loved ones killed in such a horrific way. Prayers and thoughts do not prevent suicide bombers, never have, never will - the only way prayers would stop this, is if everyone single person on this planet was praying for the same thing and had the same belief system.

    We will see lots of various hashtags over the next few days about praying for manchester, facebook filters, British flag coloured city buildings around the world and so forth but is this really going to make any difference? Mere words, thoughts and a few colourful buildings do not stop ideologies of those who see us in the Western world as 'Kafirs' and disbelievers who must be killed.

    My apologies if I sound cold and heartless, but to me, these symbolic gestures (such as this optus offer) don't address the issue, or prevent it and Optus is probably doing this because it's what we expect of them to do given Telstra will more than likely do the same as a 'token gesture' for their customers.

    So before people get all emotional about this topic, yes it's tragic, it's emotional, but let's not underestimate what's at stake shall we? Our freedoms, democratic rights and free will in an open society are under attack and the sooner we wake up and smell the coffee, the better.

    • Diji1 on 24/05/2017 - 12:31
      +5

      Maybe if we stopped dropping JDAMs, Tomahawks and Special Forces that massacre civilians they'd stop it, who knows.

      One things for certain, no one's pretending that our victim's lives matter at all.

      As an invader of Iraq in 2003 - for the made up reason of attacking America on 9 September 2001 - Australia shares responsibility for the creation of ISIS with the USA and the UK.

      We created this.

      So it's pretty rich for people to be moaning about how awful it is that a few white children died after seeing Ariane Grande. We started this.

      • mrham on 24/05/2017 - 16:17
        +2

        Lol you watch way too much news…

      • jelko on 24/05/2017 - 16:46
        +1

        What happened on the 9th of September 2001?

    • lainey13 on 24/05/2017 - 23:01
      +1

      Er.. free calls and some form of communication between people seems tangible to me? Prayers and thoughts are a load of crap I agree but allowing people free communication seems like a good thing?

  • Moderatormoocher on 24/05/2017 - 09:44

    Please stick to commenting about the deal which is about free calls, and not attack other users or groups for their personal beliefs. See forum topic about acting respectfully.

  • sirs2k on 24/05/2017 - 17:19

    Lol

    Why don't they offer free calls to Iraq, Syria, Libya and all other countries where hundreds of THOUSANDS of people are victims of terrorist attacks and "accidental" bombings from the U.S and allies?

    Sorry I forgot, Western lives mean something where all others mean shit all!

    No I'm not a Muslim but I'm a Christian (Assyrian) Iraqi who calls Australia the greatest home in the world!

  • Cyphar on 24/05/2017 - 19:45
    -2

    Wow. The neckbeards are all out in force in here

    • payton on 24/05/2017 - 22:35
      -1

      outdoors too cold for another SlutWalk or Occupy copycat movement

  • payton on 24/05/2017 - 22:33

    Where's the "Show all comments marked off-topic" slider, scotty pls fix

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