Talk:Australia/@comment-2601:500:8400:4FF0:2C9D:A255:C61E:4278-20180627024103/@comment-24682153-20180627043200

Hi. It's not so confusing. Coming from the US you need to be sure, that your US hardware is working as Verizon uses a system called CDMA that is not used in Australia which is on GSM. Verizon often calls these compatible phones "world phones". They should have a SIM card and support 3G on 850, 900 and 1900 MHz. Check the tech specs of your phone. For 4G/LTE it should support bands 1,3,5,7,8,28 - all bands not used in the US. If only parts of these frequencies are covered by your device, you will have only limited functionality. For instance, if you only care for voice calls, not data, 3G coverage is sufficient like in the US. If you want to have a good data traffic flow, you will need most of the bands mentioned above.

If you can't find the specs of your phone, checkGSM area: look up your phone and expand the network folder to see frequencies. If you have found (at least partial) compartibilty, you can choose any plan you like. If not, get a different phone or get a new one in Australia as it will simply not work (sufficiently) in Oz.