Aldi Mobile Plan - Telstra 3G ($35 = 5GB + Unlimited AU Calls/TXT etc + $10 International Call)
saw this this morning
ALDImobile uses part of Telstra’s 3G mobile network. The ALDImobile mobile product provides a 3G coverage footprint of 97% of the Australian population covering more than 960,000 square kilometres. Outside the 3G coverage footprint, customers will revert to 2G coverage and speeds. The combined 2G and 3G footprint covers 98.5% of the Australian population.
it says "part of Telstra 3G network".
Unlimited:
- Standard national calls to fixed lines
- Standard national calls to mobiles
- Calls to 13/1300/1800 numbers
- Voicemail
- Standard national TXT/MMS
- 5GB data
- 30 days expiry
- $35
- inclusive of $10 international/premium services
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+7 votesmacrocephalic on 06/03/2013 - 09:29 ¶Yes is looks like they've done the same deal as Kogan, but their margins are higher.
I hope the telstra 3g network doesn't end up over-subscribed like Optus and Vodafone.
+2 votesTelstra have always denied doing a deal with Kogan, so I still have no idea how his service is running?
Personally I'd rather deal with anyone but Kogan, not because of bad experiences, but because the guy really aggravates me. Oh you can sell cheap Chinese crap at more expensive prices than aliexpreess, dhgate etc., whoopy di fackity doo.
+3 votesdealhunter999 on 06/03/2013 - 18:00 ¶Telstra has a seperate wholesale unit- http://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/. One of their wholesale customers is reportedly re-selling to Kogan (& in my opinion to Aldi Mobile too). The only part that goes above my head in this deal is the margins!!
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Running a Telco, your doing it wrong:
www.aldimobile.com.au/siteimages/upload/skin.jpg
+2 votessnappy1234 on 06/03/2013 - 09:30 ¶be interesting to see how Aldi copes compared to Kogan
(don't think Kogan was ready for the rush frankly !)
+3 votes"Next G" IS "3G". There is no difference. Neither term means anything anyway. Telstra uses the term "Next G" to refer to their UMTS + HSPA service running on 850MHz. Most other providers call this "3G". If you get the same thing from telstra but at 2100MHz they call it 3G. It all means nothing.
This does not include LTE ("4G") access.
he didn't call it a 'different network', just a different service on that network named next G. boost has it, re-sellers like kogan and aldi don't
http://www.zdnet.com/au/boosts-telstra-prepaid-offering-gets...
+2 votesWhile Boost may be $5 dearer and get 2GB less data, it is actually on the full NextG service which IMO shits all over this deal
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/91536
SirFlibbled on 06/03/2013 - 12:54 ¶Probably more similar to Boost mobile's which is a lot faster than Kogans.
Personally I'm waiting for a non-unlimited Telstra plan like Vaya's $17 plan. They have the $15 plan but will only give me 125 minutes of talk time, compared to the 400 or so minutes through Vaya.
- +6 votessnappy1234 on 06/03/2013 - 09:28 ¶
No real reason to buy a phone on a plan with all these prepaid deals now thats for sure
- +8 votessnappy1234 on 06/03/2013 - 09:32 ¶
+1 voteBrisbaneBargainer on 06/03/2013 - 12:04 ¶International Call are so cheap as well. Time to throw away my dual sim (where the second was dedicated to international calls)
I would change in a minute, except I need to keep my mobile number with no down time. Kogan recently blamed Telstra for the problems they had with customers trying to do this.
If anyone tries to take their existing number to Aldi mobile, I would really appreciate an update on how it goes.
I switched from Post-Paid Telstra to Kogan in late Janurary.
Took about a day, no issues, no downtime, number port worked fine. I have ported over 3 family members aswell as myself and no issues have arisen.
From face value, the Kogan deal looks much better, and if you buy 3 months at a time it works out being $26 p/m and 6GB. The issues Kogan faced initially were due to the amount of people all joining up at the same time. This has mostly died down and the delays and customer services issues discussed on alot of the fourms are alot better now then they were at launch.
+3 votesFound below in Q&A.
How is my data measured?
The data supplied with your ALDImobile service is measured in Megabytes, which means if your internet session transfers 490 Kilotbytes (about 0.49MB) of data, then an entire megabyte is counted.If you are on a PAYG plan, and find you are going through your plan value too quickly from data usage, consider upgrading to our Unlimited plan, which has 5GB data allowance, or buying a 2GB Data Bolt-on for your PAYG plan.
+6 votesThis is much better than Kogan, as apparently (according to their website images) it works on both Tomato Sauce and Coke Bottles shaped phones (but only if you pull a stupid face)
oh and they have an extra bargain
PAYG is - 12c / min or 24c for 2 min…. thats ozBargain maths right there :)
chyawala on 06/03/2013 - 10:08 Comment score below threshold (-10).
I want to know if their speed is limited to 7.2Mbps like Kogan's
I wonder what's happening to Boost mobile. I heard their speed was full 21Mbps but no updates from them :/btw good deal for people who call international numbers often. 10 cents per min without connection fee is bloody good
kspec on 06/03/2013 - 10:31 Comment score below threshold (-9).
kazines on 06/03/2013 - 10:36 Comment score below threshold (5).
-2 votesif international calls realy matter
http://www.tpg.com.au/mobile/plans.php
heavy plan1000 Included Value^
Calls to Standard Australian Numbers (includes 13/18)
Calls to International Numbers1k of international calls
even the medium plan has 550 worth of international calls (included with ur normal call too)
- +2 voteshighdealer on 06/03/2013 - 11:44 ¶
With a flag fall of 35c and rate of up to 20 times more than aldi plan. No
http://www.tpg.com.au/mobile/idd/talk_text/A#stdintl_rates- highdealer on 06/03/2013 - 17:09 ¶
Well if you use all your cap on international call, what are you going to use for national calls?
The national call rate is also much higher as well.
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My understanding is that unless you are using iOS devices the telco cannot stop you tethering. Happy for clarification if someone knows better (though I can't see how they could stop you).
Note that the data is likely to be rate limited as compared to Telstra.
Yes for the phone(I will assume android phone) but not for 3G dongle because you can only connect this to a computer(and some router). The other option is to buy pocket wifi but this might cost you as much as a new cheap phone.
If you insist using iPhone there is another way which require Jailbreak.
two_shirts on 06/03/2013 - 10:43 ¶Just to add my experience on Kogan, as I know that lots of people have had a challenging time getting ported.
I ordered my SIM in late January. They delayed delivery a couple of times, communicating by email that it was due to provisioning problems.
Finally it arrived yesterday. Activated it at about 10:30pm last night, and it ported (from Telstra) by about 8:30 this morning. - Very impressed.
Download speed appears to be excellent - about 4Mbps.So far so good…
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Not bad, but not as good as Kogan's ($29/mth & unlimited + 6Gb of data)
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/87688