When I first looked into moving to Australia I was astounded at how simple it appeared. Being an NZ citizen the moment you walk into Australia they issue you a visa, no forms, nothing! You can organise a bank account online and everything looks pretty much the same as NZ. Then I started to realise the obvious perks to Australia, mainly money and friends. However I have now decided Australia and New Zealand are vastly different, and not to my benefit right now! I have spent many hours scanning call plans, prepaid plans, finding out what words like flag fall mean etc etc. Everyone complains about the telephone services in NZ but the fact is they are easy and they make sense!! I don't understand why Aussie's can't take a leaf out of our book! When choosing a plan you must consider how long you ring for each time, because that will effect whether you pay a higher flag fall or cost per minute. The second thing is everything works out in 30 sec's and seems vastly more expensive than NZ. After considering the myriad of other elements to a phone service, right at the point when you think you have decided which service to go to, you then have a look at topping up. At this point you discover another difference, you might put $20 credit on but you'll get $150, however the catch is it only has a life of 30 days. Finally after reassessing the decision this kiwi decided to meander over to the world of call plans and make sure there was nothing I was missing. At this point I discover that it appears to cost the same amount (or more) to have a prepaid plan and in fact the plans with phones appear to be the same as those without.
Sooo, landline anyone?
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