The Local Phone Number
Looking for a local phone number? Here is what 1300 Easy Dial publishes — inbound 1300 and 1800 numbers with local call-cost sharing, not area-code lines.
"The local phone number" can mean two different things, and only one of them is published here. A geographic local number — one tied to a specific area code — is not a product on this site. What 1300 Easy Dial publishes instead is the other sense: inbound 1300 and 1800 numbers that give callers an easy, local-cost way to reach a business from anywhere they dial.
What "local" means on a 1300 number
A 1300 number is a shared-cost business number: the caller pays a local call cost and the business pays the remainder. That local call cost is the sense in which these numbers behave like a local call for customers — whoever dials the business, the caller's side of the charge is a local call. The business keeps one published contact point instead of publishing different numbers for different locations.
What is not published here
Stated plainly: geographic area-code numbers, personal or residential lines and mobile numbers are not published products. This page cannot promise that a number behaves like a landline in a specific town, and it does not sell a presence in a particular region. What it sells is a single inbound contact point — 1300 for shared cost, 1800 for callers paying nothing in the stated Australian 1800-number context — with the answer point you name at signup. Service terms sit in the terms and conditions.
Choosing the caller arrangement
- 1300: callers pay a local call cost; the business pays the remainder. Published plans start at $10 per month.
- 1800: callers pay nothing in the stated Australian context; the business pays call charges. The same plan price points apply.
- Phoneword: either base spelling a word on the keypad, from $40 per month with availability and desirability affecting the word.
Related reading: getting a local phone number, the custom local phone number comparison, or the 1300 numbers Australia overview.
Local number questions
Is a 1300 number a local number?
Not in the area-code sense. It is a shared-cost inbound number: callers pay a local call cost wherever they dial from, and the business pays the remainder. There is no geographic area code attached to it.
Can I get a number with my area code here?
No. Geographic area-code numbers are not published products on this site. The local-cost behaviour comes from the 1300 shared-cost design instead.
What does a caller pay to ring a 1300 number?
A local call cost — that is the published shared-cost split. The business pays the remainder of the call charge under its plan's rate table.
How do I get the number?
Search Find a Number for available 1300 and 1800 Phonewords or browse the plans, apply with the number the service will connect to, and the team confirms the exact number and price before connection.
Local, in the published sense
Give callers one easy local-cost point of contact
Search available numbers, or compare what a 1300 number costs callers first.