I just wanna see what phone plans you guys use, especially with the phone plan deals posted up recently made me wonder what plans you guys use!
I used the $10 TPG plan which had $180 credit and 250MB with free social networking,.. Then that got reduced to what I do now, and I'm quite disappointed:
$13 per month
$180 credit
200MB data
What do you guys use? And are you content with the cost vs. the usage?
Telstra Prepaid on the "grandfathered" Encore deal. The deal was so good, telstra only honours the deal for old customers.
has 3.4Gb
Goddammit I wish I'd stayed there with that :|
Boost mobile $40 a month unlimited calls text and 2.5gb data.
Telstra Prepaid Freedom 30 at whatever rate I can get it … to explain:
You can buy Telstra Prepaid Starter Kits with $30 preloaded onto the account. These reguarly go on special for $15 or less usually so I stock up (making sure the expiry date is OK). They have recently been as low as $1 (that was per EDR card though I think) and $8.
Then for each starter kit I also buy an additional starter kit for as little as possible (these are $1 apparently http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/prepaid/prepaid-options/…). It doesn't matter what this is as it's used to port to and then immediately port again to the new Telstra SIM.
These SIMs gets you 30 credit which you use on the Freedom plan (this is what Cap Encore mentioned above turned into):
calls are charged at some rate that im not sure of - pretty expensive relatively. I would suggest the next tier up if you are a heavy user of voice as it's unlimited. you also get more data.
unlimited sms/mms
1GB data
Additionally the data you buy is also converted to Google Play credit at a 1:1 rate with what is left of your data (expressed as credit): eg if you have 50% data left then you have $15 Google Play credit available to spend so it can be used as a way to get discounted Google Play credit as well.
This is definitely NOT the best value plan however I find non-telstra providers to be too crap to deal with (I'm in Adelaide). I'm just sick of slow or no network and excessive battery drain this causes.
Also Telstra's support is - and I am not a fan of Telstra but fair is fair - it's amazing. The only criticism I have is asking you to do a survey too much about their service levels too much and calling me when I don't actually have a problem to make sure I don't have a problem. That's right - they call you just making sure it's all fixed.
Also they seem to have the only voice recognition service ever that actually gets what you say 90% of the time, it's uncanny.
After reading this like 100 times, to my understanding it is this:
Isn't that a hassle, especially being a 28 expiry plan? And what about the porting downtime? Would that not get annoying as well? Sounds creative though.
Pretty much yes to all of that ;)
Still on the TPG grandfather plan:$12.99/month, $150 call credit + 1GB data.
Vaya Power Plan 18 (V2)
Has 1.5 GB data and $650 worth of calls & text (includes 13, 1300, 1800 numbers).
I think that is quite substantial and a great deal.
Lycamobile Super Saver plan. Used to pay $29.90 per month and now it's $19 per month.
http://www.lycamobile.com.au/en/super-saver-plan
Yeah those old plans were really good. Was with lifeconnected until they doubled my plan cost but not the credit and data. Using dual sim now. One for sms n calls, other for data. All prepaid sim bought when they're on sale (u c often on ozb)
I am on the old Woolworths mobile (now 100% Optus branded).
$26 online recharge gets me 45 days usage $250 credit to anyone, $250 call credit to Optus and 5GB Data.
Look at the Exetel.com plans…good deals, no contract :)
I've been with them for years now and no problems at all :)
They use the optus network.
eg. ExeSim Value - 1GB Data, 600mins National calls, Unlimited National SMS & MMS $29.99
there is a cheaper deal and a more expensive one as well.
Honestly for that aren't you better off with Telstra Prepaid?
(Well you definitely are if you don't use all the calls on a Freedom 30 plan - same price, less calls - I haven't checked the relevant rate but I highly doubt your getting 600 minutes with Freedom 30 unless it's Telstra to Telstra …)
Since I don't phone many people, and I don't use much mobile data (mostly wifi), Virgin Simply prepaid plan. Optus network with 4G access.
100MB of data on 90 day expiry, with some calls, texts etc. for $19 (eg ~$8 a month).
Would be nice to have more data, but call costs are low, and I can call to UK mobiles at the same cost as next door (15c per min).
$20 telechoice Kogan plan.
Include international calls.
On the relatively new Vodafone 4G LTE network, hitting stellar through put above 10 Mbps (symmetric - otherwise down link 91 Mbps)
$750 Legacy credit becomes 18 gbytes per-recharge available to rollover. Good for 58 (30 +28) days, plus accumulates.
Vouchers for $40 Cap typically secured quarterly during 15% promo + stacked with grocery coupon/value-based offers ie -$20/-$10. result .85*.80 =$27 =58d
Pleasantly, I have the outlay all of the Telstra Starter kit users are excited about, 15/month only my equivalent is treble 3.4GB, 10GB(+8GB 2nd month). However no Google play value. But can recharge on same number.
Skype & Hangouts to replace unli 1 country(Australia) with 600min World package with presence and HD voice accompaniment. MNF for incoming.
No decrepit 1MB or 10kB accounting blocks. Stable network carrying Wideband audio not a scratchy muffled Optus users faced with. Optus Woolies grandfather doesn't come close.
best quality/longest expiry I can read available. 02-2015:
365 $125/15GB/50 TXT. 4G Prepaid Voda..@ Coles/W.
Wifi/voIP possible to fit budget. Supermarkets would be
due to give a big -% sooner than later I would think.
$10 TPG plan which had $180 credit and 250MB
Need to try for the bargains. (Ignore the dissemblers)
No idea what you just said …
+you cycle SIMS. So what?
Do yer get 10GB w 91Mbps�
or read of Vo-IP? :^| Well yeh
Telstra Beyond Talk prepaid - 3.4GB, 500min calls, unlimited text @ $50.
More expensive then some but worth it for the superior network and 4G speed.