International Roaming with Tangerine, More Telecom or Woolworths Everyday

jimmyjamesjimmy on 16/03/2026 - 19:01

I've been with Telstra for a while basically because when I travel to places like Japan, US and Bali, the international roaming just works, plus I have a watch that I have a shared number plan with Telstra too and not many carriers supported shared number for watches. I just need to be able to receive sms's and once in a blue moon make a call back to Australia.

I see that Tangerine, More Telecom and Woolworths Everyday now offer shared number plan for watches and their plans are basically half the price of Telstra.

Has anyone used any of them for international roaming? Has it been about the same as Telstra or Optus or Vodaphone when you travel or are they a bit unreliable for international roaming?

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  • Cav1ll on 16/03/2026 - 20:58
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    Get Felix - https://felixmobile.com.au/plan/international-roaming.

    They do not do the watch thing as I recall

  • jizmo on 16/03/2026 - 19:37

    Aldi mobile good for receiving calls and SMSs for a year, then top up $15. Caller ID works on incoming, then ring back on either BetaMax or CrazyPhone app at a lot less than roaming would cost to receive the incoming call @ $1 per minute

    • jimmyjamesjimmy on 16/03/2026 - 20:05

      I so wanted to use Aldi, but they don't support shared number for watches yet.

  • bargaino on 16/03/2026 - 20:35

    The good thing about Telstra and the MVNOs is you don't need roaming .
    Just grab a local data esim, before you leave home even, and you phone calls and SMS work over that. "VoWifi"

    Optus and Voda block this. For once, Telstra is not the evil one.

    I so wanted to use Aldi, but they don't support shared number for watches yet.

    OK, Telstra is still evil. They only allow that on expensive postpaid plans.

    • Onemoredeal on 17/03/2026 - 08:34

      Give them time, they will work out how to ban it on non Telstra data eSIMs haha

  • oscargamer on 16/03/2026 - 19:14
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    I haven't, sorry.

  • EFC94 on 17/03/2026 - 08:20

    How often are you travelling overseas and need roaming? I've always found it easier just to get a SIM for a local carrier when I arrive. Works out cheaper in the long run.

  • parisian on 17/03/2026 - 09:36

    Pair your australian plan with a local data esim - you'll get Vowifi overseas (to/from australia only) included with any telstra mvnos.

  • jv on 17/03/2026 - 14:55

    Just use Voice over Wifi…

  • RD ADL on 24/03/2026 - 07:18

    I travel overseas for work a number of times each year. I used to use Telstra data roaming at $10 per day.

    Now I turn off data roaming completely and just use eSims. Turns my cost per trip from around $300+ per trip (Telstra) to $20 or $30 for eSIMs.

    I don’t use voice calls or SMS on the network instead rely on Teams/WhatsApp/ WeChat.

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