expired Virgin Mobile Big Plans Updated - Now Inc. Bonus 2GB Data!
This was posted 1 year 22 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
OUTSTANDING OFFER!
Virgin Mobile have today updated their Big Plan range to include a BONUS 2GB of data for the life of your plan. This applies to Contracted and BYO based offers.
The Big Plan 29 now has $450 credit and 2.25gb of data, and the Big Plan 39 includes $650 credit and 2.5gb of data. This is in addition to the standard Virgin Features of Unlimited Virgin-to-Virgin calls and text, Free Voicemail and Rollover of unused credit.
Standout deals with a phone on this offer include the Samsung Galaxy S 2 for $5 extra per month on the Big Plan 29 or the HTC One X for $10 extra per month on the Big Plan 39.
Or if you already have a phone, grab the Big Plan 29 or 39 with the same great inclusions but with $10 off each month and no lock-in! (thanks for the reminder Hessian Sack)
If ordering selected plans online, don't foget to use the coupon code "fusion" to get 50% off your access fee for 5 months
Hurry… offer ends 1st July 2012, unless extended
UPDATED 6PM 28/05/12 - While some existing customers have had success in getting the extra data, it appears a memo has gone out now saying existing Big Plan customers CANNOT upgrade to these new plans without breaking their contract.
+1 vote
+4 votesI have 3 GB of data with my vodafone plan. I use my 3G for about 90 mins a day. In 23 days of use I have only used 75MB.
I think if you were to use your vodafone 3G 24/7 you would barely reach 200 MB because of how slow it is. So if vodafone does the same I don't think it would mean much. I believe it may get worse with more people using more 3G internet on their phone.
alwayseric on 28/05/2012 - 16:58 ¶i am sick of voda too. but hos is virgin? my contract finally will expire in 2 months, cant wait to join the army of pre-paid….
i only used up the value i actually pay ($50/month, wasting hundred of dollars of the plan "value"), i also have a company phone with Telstra sitting there doing nothing.
+5 votesHessian Sack on 28/05/2012 - 11:57 ¶Don't forget that BYO gets $10 off per month on the Big Plans, so the Big Plan 29 is actually $19 per month for $450 credit and 2.25gb of data.
BYO details: http://www.virginmobile.com.au/sim-card/
superforever on 28/05/2012 - 12:02 ¶For this kind of PostPaid plan is that mean I have to give them my CC for them to debit $19 per month? If over they will debit whatever they want?
Darce Vader on 29/05/2012 - 00:00 ¶How's the coverage/speed on LiveConnected? Is it pretty much the same as Virgin?
It is identical - in fact in some circumstances data speeds on LC are better because it uses the main Optus APN, as opposed to Virgin's comparatively more congested APN (although you can switch to the normal Optus APN now with no penalty, I think? The penalty used to be a much bigger chargeable data block).
- +3 votesmartin_henry on 28/05/2012 - 12:36 ¶
Good point, looks like you can use the whole $450 or $650 of credit on international if you want to, right?
- martin_henry on 28/05/2012 - 12:53 ¶
I'm thinking the same thing! It looks like the bonus 2GB adds to the 2.5 already in the plan, making it 4.5GB and much better than liveconnected for my uses :)
+2 votes"I thought they use Optus?"
That's not entirely accurate, and a lot of people fall for it.
Yes Virgin uses the Optus network, but Optus sells Virgin limited bandwidth… it's not just open field day on all their towers.I've got a Virgin mobile. Very happy with their phone coverage. But when it comes to data- and in particular speed, they are shocking. You can have 2 identical phones right next to each other. One optus, one virgin. But because Optus saves most of it's bandwidth for its own customers (which by the way is far less than what Telstra have), the speeds suffer.
Dont sign up to any contracts without seeing for yourself. Get some prepaid cards and take note of mobile broadband performance. Telstra kick the crap out of the others (as much as I hate to say it).
Sorry UFO… but you're wrong there. Optus doesn't sell Virgin bandwidth… Optus OWNS Virgin. Virgin Mobile Australia has been wholly owned by Optus since 2006
- +1 vote
Chux, youre right… Optus owns Virgin, but they are still a separate legal entity- ie two distinct businesses.
Virgin most definitely buys bandwidth from Optus, Virgin doesnt just have blanket coverage of Optus bandwidth. Dont get confused with phone and data reception, I'm talking about data bandwidth. Virgin customers are limited to whatever Optus has provided them, whilst Optus customers have much better performance because they are only limited to hardware constraints not contractual selling of bandwidth between two companies.
Well personally I have done fairly extensive testing of this in the past because I'm looking at moving from Optus to Virgin at the end of July and when I've done speed tests using identical phones with both phones sitting next to one another the results have been a few kb difference each way, sometime virgin being a margin quicker. Might just be the case for me in my area… Could be different in more built-up areas. All I know is it's good enough for me not to be concered about loss of speed…
- +1 vote
bit of a generalization syswong… speed is gonna be different for everyone and will differ a little phone-to-phone. Don't forget Virgin use the Optus Network for their coverage.
Personally, I have an iPhone 4 on Optus and the New iPad with a Telstra pre-paid sim in it… and in some places i'll get a better download speed on Optus than i will on dual-channel Telstra NextG
+1 votescubacoles on 28/05/2012 - 12:38 ¶I've gone over my 1.5Gb before, no worries.. did it in a day… ended up being a VERY expensive torrent!
- scubacoles on 29/05/2012 - 16:06 ¶
Nope, aTorrent.
I was going on a road trip direct from work and thought I'd left my mp3 player at home..
It was all FOSS music that I was downloading of course.
After finishing downloading, I found my mp3 player in my other pocket!
+2 votesmr_max_powers on 28/05/2012 - 13:05 ¶I was already on the $29 cap with BYO phone, so I pay $19 per month. I just called and said I wanted to disconnect (I'm not in contract) and then reconnect to receive the bonus data. It was done for me in minutes without a problem.
- +2 votes
quick question chilled… are you in contract on the Big Plan 29 or 39? if you're on the 29… i don't see why you couldn't call em up and bump up your plan to the Big Plan 39 if you were happy to spend the extra $10 if you really wanted/needed the additional data. don't think they would stop you giving em more money each month :P
I'm on the Big29. Yeah that's a very good idea, and one suggested by the operator I spoke to. I'd really don't need to bump it up for calls but I could do with the extra data that's for sure. Might end up doing just that. Thanks.
Can I do this online or do I need to speak to them directly?
+1 voteGreat offer, but unfortunately, City of Boorondara, vic is in the black spot of Optus as they told me, I had tried both TPG and AMAYSIM, no 3G connection during the working hours at all, but weekends and after hours are fine, don't understand why. Then tried the worst net - vodafone as all most everyone said, it is great as Telstra!!! Hope Vodafone will beat Virgin offer soon.
- scubacoles on 29/05/2012 - 16:15 ¶
Google "Cell breathing"
The range of a tower varies according to the number of users connected to it.. more users=less range..
Yet another reason why Wireless cannot hope to be as good as Fibre in the NBN.
rebelmamas on 28/05/2012 - 13:18 ¶great find, i'm on this plan now and just called to upgrade to the bonus 2Gb. Thanks!
kikoprincess on 28/05/2012 - 13:54 ¶so how does this compare to live connected and tpg plans for BYO? My vodaplan is ending soon, but i'm also heading overseas for several months. I know live connected does pausing, what about the other ones? Anyone know?
Since they both use the Optus network
Could someone explain why this over the woolies plan which shows
5GB data vs this 2.5GB both $29 a month
45days expiry vs 30 days
Call rates about the same
Woolies is split $250/$250 All networks/Optus where as this appears to be $450 all networks
+2 votesExcellent! I am already on Big Plan 29 with 200Mb of data, so I called them up and they upgraded me to 2.25Gb plan! The contract expiry date remains the same! Excellent!
Of course I hardly use about 300Mb of data per month so I need to find ways to increase my data usage. Maybe need to stream more YouTubes etc.
BTW I called 1300306787 to get the upgrade.
Called them, but didn't work for me. I signed up with a Bigcap $39 last Tuesday (22nd May). But they refused to give me the 2.5GB data allowance. Called them twice, once to their normal sales team, and then to their loyalty team. but no luck. I'm little disappointed since I was on a $49 contract with them for 21 months before re-contracting 3 months early (also had to pay remaining handset cost - $50); still they wouldn't let me have this offer for being 6 days late!!!.
- +2 votes
Well I rang the 1300555100 again and did a bit of operator shopping and managed to get myself upgraded to the new Big29 plan and I'm still under contract on the Big29 plan! Call cap is pro rated so I only have $110 left to use until the 10th of next month, but no biggie really. Data is not pro rated and changes straight away after I turn my phone off and on.
Woot! Free upgrade, cost nothing, no cancellation fees and an extra 2Gig data. Very happy :D
Worth a call guys/gals : )
supabrudda on 28/05/2012 - 14:59 ¶But you have to sign up to virgin for 2yrs…..they're not virgin by nature ;-)
+2 votesjusttoreply on 28/05/2012 - 17:34 ¶I'm not impressed with this. Not worth a neg though.
I'm with Virgin and am paying $39/mo for $300 of calls and 1.5gb with a phone. Calls have credit rollover of up to one month. Contract is 18 months old, at the time it was the 'high end' SGS1 that came with it.
The reason I'm not impressed is because virgin DECREASED their internet allowances drastically about a year ago. For example, new users on my plan got stuck with 500mb instead of 1.5gb. Now they are 'increasing' data allowances to where they used to be.
I know I'll be taking my business away from Virgin when my contract runs out. Unless you get a phone with it, the price is a failure (Look up LiveConnected - roughly similar value at $12/month + $30 joining fee). And if you're getting the phone with virgins plan, it's average.
PS: I was an existing customer and wanted to sign up for the 3 months free (it's now 2.5 months free, 5 months * 50%) and keep my old number. The customer service rep let me do it, but I had to call back for the first 3 months and get them to zero my bill. Was a LOT of hassle, didn't go smoothly because they stuffed up the customer notes file, didnt process one of the refunds, etc. But I did get there in the end.
Yep I agree with you, their data allowances are garbage compared to what they used to be. If you get a 12 month plan data pack you can almost hobble some decent data together but if I can score this off them as an existing customer I'll be happy for another couple of years :)
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