Optus 3G Unlimited Data for ~ $60 Per Month (on Prepaid)
This was posted 1 year 10 months 18 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
I got to know that the Allphone shop in Chinatown, Adelaide is selling Optus $2 prepaid offer as unlimited mobile broadband. They bundle sale with all kinds of Optus labeled USB modem and Wifi Modem. Since a lot of students are using it already without problem, I reckon it's feasible doing so to save money.
Just buy an Optus prepaid SIM anywhere. Activate with the $2 day offer. Put it in 3G modem or mobile phone. Possible wifi tethering.
The APN is 'yesinternet'
The $2 is only charged when first used on that day.
The other benefits are unlimited calls and sms.
Please note no P2P is allowed. However if you get banned, just swap to another prepaid SIM.
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+1 votedepending on your locality. i'm on the optus network and live in inner Sydney. the 3G connection isn't always good as i'm in a densely populated area where the existing optus base stations can't always cope to serve the number of connections. therefore you may not always get good 3G signal strengths.
you may be able to stream internet radio, but you may struggle with youtube.
also something to be aware of is that there's normally a higher latency on the wireless network than with a cabled network. if you're into playing online games, this may be a factor to consider.
don't know what uni you're at, but at my uni internet is super fast. there's no way optus 3g can come anywhere close to the speeds and lag.
that said if all you're doing is watching youtube it's not a huge deal. in my house optus 3g is fast enough for youtube. no guarantees though if you share it with housemates.
mick123 on 06/07/2011 - 13:14 Comment score below threshold (-6).umm.. just looking at the Optus page, i have the impression that you must charge/recharge the card first before you can take up on the $2/day unlimited offer?
if that's the case, you will need to factor in at least another $10/10 days to the cost.assuming you're going to use the $2/day offer everyday for 30days, you'll need to recharge card at $30.
therefore the total cost per month would be $30 (recharge) + $60 (offer) = $90/mth.unless i've misread the conditions of offer, or miscalculated, this is something to be mindful of.
greenpossum on 06/07/2011 - 13:19 ¶Neat, this might be useful for a visitor wanting cheap Internet access for a day or a few, if they get a prepaid SIM first.
So OP, what do these users do to reduce the cost? $60 is still a lot for one person. Put one in an apartment, use it to make all calls and tether all their Internet devices to it?
Would appreciate clarificaiton for anyone who has the time for this non-tech savvy ozbargainer….(me)..can you put the sim card in another modem (ie i have a vodafone mobile broadband modem for my laptop) and use the internet on my laptop and then switch it to my optus mobile handset when I want to make calls..?? Or am I totally off the mark here?
Was looking at upgrading from our vodafone/fail plan once the contracts up in a couple of weeks to the $109/month optus bundle with national, local, mobile calls and 500gb internet but maybe this is a better deal…?
- greenpossum on 06/07/2011 - 14:22 ¶
Yeah you could do that but that's a lot of SIM swapping. If your handset does tethering, you can use it as a WiFi access point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering
Read what ronthy wrote about 3G access above. 3G access is not as good as wired broadband access.
phobaphobic on 06/07/2011 - 14:18 ¶Is it really unlimited? And which ports/services do they block? Bittorrent?
+2 votes90% of jv's comments are unpublished/removed/downvoted to oblivion.
Also, is this deal for real or just some flaw in Optus' prepaid counter?
If I am reading this correctly, you'll end up with 30/31 sim cards a month, make that 356 sim cards a year if you use it everyday. The amount of plastic and packaging consumed via this method is so irresponsible imho.
Going to also put it point blank here and this is going to get my post removed probably but migrants (note, I did not specify race) tend to not think about the environment where they are presently at/in, stemming from the culture of shift cultivation.
I myself am a migrant but one seriously need to move on from this thinking and that we have limited resources/land in this over-subscribed world of ours. This small act of not minding to work through 28/29/30/31 SIM cards just to save a few dollars a month suggests the underlying mindset of individuals that will not mind destroying our environment in the intention of saving money, which is in actual fact not worth jack once the entire economy collapse due to the failing earth. What more to say when said individuals have graduated from university, and hold jobs that make decisions that have a larger impact on our environment?
My 2C. I'm negging you because this is not a deal, but simply an exploitation of the system which was never designed for 365 SIM cards per person per year.
+3 votesIf the system allows people to exploit it, then I say go ahead and milk it for all it's got. Anything not prohibited by the law is fair game. If you need to blame someone, blame Optus, not the migrants. In fact, isn't the point of Ozbargain about taking advantage of offers anyway, often to the point of exhaustion?
If you were given the choice to dump toxic waste into a river of your city, close to where you live and your family does, which would have adverse effect on your health due to it leeching into your water supply you use for your milk for your baby, for a lot of money, and was legal, I'd assume your answer would be yes?
What I'm trying to get here is the implication of "bargains" vs "exploitations".
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In your hypothetical, I would do it yes, but I'll use the money I earnt to buy a new safe place for me and my family to live. In other words, use your brains, adapt to the situation and be better off. Same thing with this Optus offer - milk it, when Optus realises its losing money, it will fix itself up.
+3 votesNo It is not the way you think.
You can buy a optus prepaid and recharge it with $2 offer. so the day you used card for call/sms/mms/data 2$ would be deducted and you can use it for unlimited call/sms/mms/data for that day.
why anyone needs to buy <1 simcard.
and this is not exploiting any system.I agree with what you said. However even if you don't do it, there are already people taking this advantage. I am using Optus $45 8GB postpaid business account. Here are the intention for my posting.
- If you don't P2P, this is quite good for Home broadband replacement
- If you don't like the deal. The only way to against it is to attract more people using it. Then Optus might realise and withdraw the offer.
Jules66 on 06/07/2011 - 16:12 Comment score below threshold (-4).
+4 votesI hope you've never signed up for a discount or freebie with a second email address, or liked a facebook promo with a fake fb account that you've set up. Or claimed bandit.fm credit from a newspaper that you don't read, used a dominos coupon that you never received, or used some random promo code that was meant for someone else to get a discount on something. :)
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Why you think it is abuse of optus $2 day prepaid offer? Please share the link where it is written that you can not use it with usb modem. it is not mentioned in T&C
T&C Given below
$2 Days: Daily usage fee is $2 and includes unlimited standard national calls, SMS & MMS to Australian GSM mobiles (excluding Pivotel); standard national calls to Australian fixed lines; voicemail retrieval and mobile internet browsing on your handset within Australia. Includes free voicemail deposits within Australia. Excludes premium SMS and content, international and satellite calling and text, international roaming charges, Zoo content usage charges, video calling, 966 calls, mobile handset tethering and use of non mobile voice devices. Optus Mobile Fair Go Policy applies. Timing is based on AEST (the time in Sydney, NSW) regardless of your location. Please adjust your usage to allow for time differences. The usage fee is charged on the first outbound standard national call, SMS, MMS or mobile internet access each day after 12.00.00am AEST. Usage fee is not charged on days when no outbound standard national call, SMS, MMS, voicemail or mobile internet access is made. Unlimited standard national daily calls maximum duration is 24 hours. International calls are charged in increments of up to 10 minutes. Daily usage fee inclusions expire on the earlier of: 1. 11:59:59pm AEST each day; or 2. the time on which you select another offer. If you change from $2 Days to another offer after you have paid your daily usage fee, you will forfeit the benefits available under the Dollar Days offer. Me2U is not available with these offers. Recharge voucher expiry : $10 is 10 days, $15 is 15 days, $20 is 20 days, $30 is 30 days, $40 is 40 days and $50 is 50 days, $70 is 70 days and $100 is 100 days Unused credit rolls over when your next recharge is before your credit expiry. Options for $5, $10, $15 & $20 top-ups are not available. Some handsets are set to seek data automatically (eg email or other apps). This will use the internet and, in some cases, charges will apply. Mobile Internet access requires a compatible handset. Optus may in the future require customers to change their Internet connection settings to be able to access the Internet while on the Dollar Days offers. ^Rollover credit: You must recharge a minimum of 24 hours before your credit expires for rollover to apply.
- Jules66 on 06/07/2011 - 16:59 Comment score below threshold (-4).
+1 voteBargainLady on 06/07/2011 - 22:56 ¶Not a bargain. Vodafone has better plans and cheaper plans.
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Ahh you see, you've fallen for the trap where you think everyone is exactly like you. Plenty of people need more than 100MB a day.
e.g.
students who move every 6-12 months. Getting a fixed DSL connection is out of the question.
People who rent and don't want to pay $50-$100 to connect a phone line they won't use, plus $100 to set up an ADSL connection, and be bound by a 12 month contract.
People who don't spend much time at home, so it doesn't make sense to have a DSL connection at home. Having internet on-the-go is a lot more sensible.
People who live in areas where they can't get ADSL, or can only get slow speeds at high prices through bigpond.
Getting prepaid 3g internet is a LOT less hassle than having to:
1) Look for a good DSL provider that has free ports at your new location
2) Get Telstra to connect/reactivate the phone line. Pay line rental, or $100 to cancel within 3 months if you want to go naked dsl.
3) Taking day off work to sit at home while waiting for the telstra guy to come.
4) Taking the next day off work because the telstra guy didn't show up the day before.
5) Wait 2 weeks to get ADSL hooked up to your new phone line.
6) Get locked in to a 12-month contract.
wannagrababargain on 08/07/2011 - 11:04 ¶I'm gonna try it! Thank you for posting the deal but I think the original post is slightly confusing. No need to mention Allphones in Adelaide in the first sentence. Post the most pertinent details first.
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500mb is the same as unlimited on the Optus network…