Using your eSIM in Australia
Australia
What you get with every Australia plan
Where it works
Australia
Networks
Optus
Hotspot
Allowed
When your plan starts
When you land
Install by
Within 180 days of buying
Questions about Australia eSIMs
Do I need a different plan in each state?
No.
It is sold as one plan for the country, which is what the coverage list on this page names, so a move interstate changes nothing you have to set.
What a plan cannot promise is a bar on every road in between.
Can I set a plan up before I fly to Australia?
Buying it before the flight is the part you can get out of the way at home, on your own data, with time to read what you are buying.
The day it begins counting is printed under the plans above rather than guessed at here.
What about the long drives with nothing either side?
Expect to lose the bar and plan for it.
Save the map, the booking and the number you might need before you set off, because the coverage list on this page answers for Australia and rules on no highway inside it.
Is a plan worth it when every cafe has a connection?
A password is fine while you are sat with a coffee.
It does nothing for you at a bus stop, in a share house with the power off, or on the walk to an interview, and those are the moments you want the map to open.
Will my own number still work while I am here?
Leave your usual SIM switched on and the number your bank and your family already have keeps taking calls and texts.
Data roaming stays off on that SIM, and the mobile data comes out of the plan you chose here.
Do I need a plan for the first night before I have a room?
That first night is when you have an address written on a phone and nothing else.
Opening the booking, messaging the host and finding the door without asking a stranger for a password is the whole argument for sorting it at home.
Questions about every Ryvo plan
Will it work on my phone?
Does it come with a phone number?
No.
Ryvo eSIMs are data only.
There's no phone number, and you can't make calls or send texts on the eSIM itself.
Can I keep my usual number?
Yes.
Keep your main SIM on for calls and texts, and set the eSIM as your mobile data line.
Your carrier's roaming rates still apply to calls and texts, so check them before you go.
Can I share my data as a hotspot?
It depends on the plan.
Each plan says whether hotspot is allowed before you pay.
What if I run out of data?
Add data from your order page if your plan can be topped up.
If it can't, buy another plan for the same destination.
What if my eSIM won't connect?
Email us and we'll work through it with you, starting with your phone's mobile data settings.
If we can't get it working, our refund policy explains what happens next.
Before you go
The coverage list on this page names Australia and what your plan runs on.
It answers for the country and stops there, so a stretch of road between two towns is its own question, and so is anywhere the houses run out.
A room viewing or a shift call arrives with an address and a time and nothing else.
Save the map and the message where you can open them again, because a flat battery at the wrong hour costs you the room.
Moving states changes nothing on this plan.
It is one plan for the country the coverage list names, and there is no setting to touch when the next flight puts you somewhere else.
Keep your usual SIM switched on for calls and texts, and choose the eSIM for mobile data.
Still need help?
Email us your order reference, and we'll help you get connected.