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[Vodafone] Unlimited Mobile Data Usage Weekend (FREE) from Midnight (AEST) Friday 20 June to 3am Monday 23 June

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Not sure if this was allowed, however I do believe people need to know about this because not everyone would have experienced the issues (i.e. half of Sydney). Thus even if this gets moved to the forums hopefully it reaches enough people so that they know to DESTROY THE VODAFONE NETWORK!

Absolutely unlimited mobile data usage FREE OF CHARGE, EHRMAGHERD!

Seriously, if you are on Vodafone. Take advantage and just download whatever you want, watch Youtube, just absolutely demolish it especially if you guys use smartphones. Just use Personal Hotspot / Tethering (Same Thing), and just KILL DAT DATA!

Enjoy you OzBargainers!

From a Store Rep of Vodafone jimbobaus:

It will work for all numbers which were active on the Vodafone network between the hours of 1pm and 5pm Thursday June 19th 2014 (AEST)

Thus buying a $2 SIM will NOT work for this offer. Sorry, unlucky.
Mixed messages, and different sources of information concede different viewpoints. We'll have to wait and see if purchasing a SIM tomorrow will enable users to take advantage of this offer.

From some mad kid:

EVERYONE I JUST RECEIVED A CALL BACK FROM VODAFONE POCKET WIFI ARE INCLUDED IN THE UNLIMITED WEEKEND!!!!!

Pocket Wifi has seem to be approved for use 3G + 4G.

REMEMBER THOUGH: IT STARTS AT 12AM FRIDAY and ENDS 3AM MONDAY AEST!
(Starting Friday Night/Saturday Morning)

Note: NEVER seen Optus or Telstra do ANYTHING like this before.
Note: I like this offer. Period.

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  • CVonC on 19/06/2014 - 22:24
    +1

    from midnight (AEST) Friday 20 June to 3am (AEST) Monday 23 June 2014.

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:24

      Leg-It, I just put it up as you posted this…

    • scrimshaw on 19/06/2014 - 22:25
      +9

      Added to title.. for people who lack reading skills: Please do not start your downloading spree yet, or you'll get bill shock.

      • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:30
        +1

        Yeah I was adding that but it kept saying that some other person was editing…

        • shadowarrior on 19/06/2014 - 23:44
          +1

          12am Friday = 17 more minutes (QLD) 00:00 20th June Friday? till 03:00 23rd?

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 00:03
          +1

          Saturday Morning. Not now, it will be ava in approximately 23 hours and 56 minutes from the time of this comment.

    • retiredfeline on 20/06/2014 - 09:53
      +2

      I wish they had written something like 00:01 Sat. Then no boundary confusion.

    • superm86 on 20/06/2014 - 11:41
      +1

      Is this for both prepaid and postpaid?

      It will work for all numbers which were active on the Vodafone network between the hours of 1pm and 5pm Thursday June 19th 2014 (AEST)

      I guess if validity was till Thursday midnight of vodafone prepaid then it would not work?

  • brent3000 on 19/06/2014 - 22:24
    +17

    "NEVER seen Optus or Telstra do ANYTHING like this before"
    They don't tend to go down nation wide for hours in one day ;)

    Great to know Voda did something to pay back for the downtime, this will truly test their data packs,

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:25
      +3

      Nah I meant, being nice and giving up free stuff for their mistakes.

    • cheesecactus on 19/06/2014 - 23:21
      +8

      Optus also went down today. No giant note on their website or anything like vodafone.

      Vodafone has described why they had problems (failed transmission link) while Optus has said they are "unclear what had caused the outage".

      Poor form optus.

      Good on ya vodafone.

  • cooldude123 on 19/06/2014 - 22:26
    +1

    quite conveniently timed, about to switch to another carrier and plan ends on Monday.

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:30
      +3

      Nice! You get free mobile data + a better plan by Monday!

      • cooldude123 on 19/06/2014 - 22:44

        yep, Vodafone refused to give me a better plan so i had to switch. Thanks for posting by the way.

        • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:47

          Fair enough, usually Vodafone calls you up like every 6 months offering a "newer better" plan. Well that's what it was like for me back in the day, but now i'm Telstra so I have no clue whatsoever.

        • Michael15286 on 19/06/2014 - 23:53

          Just curious, what plan did you switch to?

        • Snoop on 19/06/2014 - 23:53

          usually Vodafone calls you up like every 6 months offering a "newer better" plan.

          For me, newer, yes, but definitely not better! They keep wanting me to switch away from the old 'original' Infinite Plan! Unlimited calls to any mobile number, unlimited calls to fixed lines in Australia, unlimited SMS and MMS to any mobile worldwide, 1Gb data and $45 worth of extra credit to cover exclusions like 1300 etc.!!!

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 00:01
          +1

          Yeah, I know. Thus the quotation marks ahahaha. They seem to do this to people that snagged really good deals from the past which have only limited amounts of people but they can't break their clauses and force you onto a different plan.

        • Snoop on 20/06/2014 - 00:12

          For 9 years before that I had a company phone and didn't want to get rid of my awesome mobile number, so I stayed on VFs No Plan deal. It was nice of them to keep my number and service alive that whole time for a return of about $10!!!

        • Associatedjimbobaus @ Vodafone on 20/06/2014 - 01:26
          +2

          If you have been told you have to give up your plan you have been mislead.
          You can keep your old plan as long as you like, however there is little to no sibsidy for a handset in that plan so if you would rather pay for the phone you can keep the old plan.

          But the newer unlimited plans are better when you do the math:
          for example:
          $65 plan vs $45 plan

          Unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles : Both Plans
          Unlimited calls to Voicemail: 65 plan only (45 comes from $45 credit)
          unlimited SMS to anyone in world : both plans
          Unlimited MMS to OZ numbers; 45 plan only (but changing on july 2)
          Data: 45 Plan 1Gb or 500mb depending on when u signed up
          65 Plan 3Gb Data

          4G: 45 Plan does not get 4g access

          iphone 5S as an example: on 45 plan roughly $27 per month (give or take a few bucks)
          on 65 plan $5 per month

          yeah you are right they keep trying to get you to change plans, but how can going somewhere else be better, you wont get unlimited for $45 and if you end up on a unlimited $60 at optus then add a phone u will pay more than switching to the 65 with voda.

          justsaying

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 01:28

          justsaying

          Promoting, Promoting, Promoting!

          It's 1:27AM in Sydney at the moment. Maybe you need some sleep, as do I.

        • Associatedjimbobaus @ Vodafone on 20/06/2014 - 01:36
          +4

          Nah, no work tomorrow i am happy to promote voda… i am on their network and the other half works for them and i am happier than i ever was at telstra (always too expensive)

        • JediJan on 20/06/2014 - 09:29

          I still manage to hold on to a version of an old 3 plan with Vodafone - $20 "talk and text" with another mobile attached to it for an additional $10 "talk and text" plan (has less free V to V calls and text) on my one account. With the $20 talk and text plan I have 300 OnNet minutes (free Vodafone to Vodafone calls), 150 included text and 750mb data (enough for emails). Call rate to landlines (which comes out of that $20 first is 22c per under 10 minute calls). Cheaper than using a landline for me, especially if I hang up just under 10 mins and call people back.

          Wonders how many others out there hanging on to this old "3" $20 post paid plan.

          Most of my family and some friends with Vodafone so the free 300 minutes gets used up quick, then cheaper for me to ring their (other telco) landlines (or see below re son's prepaid account). Yes, always good offers to change plans but cheaper for me just to take offers to upgrade my mobiles (or pay in instalments).

          My son is on a prepaid plan $20 "international" which has unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone calls each month (which I take advantage of …) but not much data there. So, I pay $50 minimum for 3 mobiles each month at the moment. I could just top up son's prepaid by $10 in lieu of $20 each month but would lose the free V to V calls.

          I am not in a hurry to change plans or carrier (Vodafone) - I have never had any problems with them at all. Just switched our wifi broadband to Vodafone 4G too 12GB recently - bit more expensive than Virgin (who has great customer service by the way, but regrettably my area is too 3G congested so slow).

          Would not be happy if my plan was cancelled or upgraded in some way as it appears cheaper than others out there. I try to compare other plans out there but it seems a nightmare to do this; wonders how others cope in such a maze.

        • cooldude123 on 20/06/2014 - 19:41

          @Michael I'm still shopping around, but I'm looking at Vaya or something like that.

  • gryphn on 19/06/2014 - 22:26
    +6

    watch the network melt on the weekend.

    Glad ive no VF services

    • scotty on 19/06/2014 - 22:52
      +3

      Indeed. Good luck to whoever on Vodafone this weekend.

      • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:02

        I'm just saying, the new upgrades seem promising, I don't personally believe that there will be a meltdown of sorts. But this deal doesn't even apply to me anyways, so we'll just have to wait and see!

      • JediJan on 20/06/2014 - 09:34

        We didn't have any problems with our 3 mobiles or 4G wifi broadband at all (never have actually). Will be interesting to see how the system copes though over the weekend. Will certainly be put to the test.

    • Associatedjimbobaus @ Vodafone on 20/06/2014 - 01:28
      +3

      Given Vodafone's network has more bandwidth (20mhz per tower vs 10mhz on optus and telstra) i doubt it will melt down

      i would rather be on vodafone 8 lane highway than optus and telstras 4 lane highway when it comes to data

      and YES my mrs works for them.. hence the store rep tag… so yeah i am bias

      • pikespeak77 on 20/06/2014 - 05:46
        +2

        … so your tower's have "more bandwidth" but what do they back down onto?

        I have a dual band N router that's awesome quick for getting my data from the laptop to the AP, but if you have DialUp from the AP to the world, well then you are in a v̶o̶d̶a̶p̶h̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ bad situation..

        I would rather be on a 4 lane highway, than an 8 lane highway merging into a four lane highway

      • hotstuff on 20/06/2014 - 07:38

        Yeah but the company managing the Networking has no idea how to fix or maintain it.

    • lysp on 20/06/2014 - 08:12

      Funny you should say that.

      I've seen 3 friends with Facebook posts this morning saying they can't send sms or calls on the Vodafone network.

      • Snoop on 20/06/2014 - 13:01
        +1

        Did you check when they actually posted these comments? Because FB is ridiculous for showing 'most recent' posts from 2 days ago!!!

  • cynix on 19/06/2014 - 22:26

    Does this include MVNOs on the Vodafone network?

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:28
      +1

      No sorry, it's specifically for Vodafone ONLY I believe.

      • fickre on 20/06/2014 - 07:53
        -4

        Why is that? MVNOs are using the Vodafone network, hence they were negatively impacted as well. As the point of this deal is to "give back to those who were affected by Vodafone Network Failure", targeting specifically to Vodafone customer rather than Vodafone Network seems a bit unfair to me.

        • terrys on 20/06/2014 - 19:22

          No, looks like MVNOs are included:

          "ser #183008 202 posts
          Tim@Vodafone
          Vodafone Australia
          Service Provider
          http://whrl.pl/Rd0wq8
          herring | anchor
          Reply to this post | Send whim
          posted Today at 1:20 pm
          edited Today at 1:59 pm
          this post was edited
          Oh Yeah writes…
          Would you be able to tell us if people who are contracted with Crazy John's are able to use this deal.

          You can! You're a part of our family too so we've included you guys in our goodwill offer.

          As for some of the other questions:

          Yes, Prepaid services will need available credit to take advantage of the offer.
          It's for all active Vodafone services, including tablet and MBB customers.
          You won't see your data decrease across the weekend regardless of how much you use.
          And no we don't mind if you tether, we will mind if you send us a list of things and ask if it's ok to download that much. It's ok, download whatever you like for the weekend on us.

        • hal9000 on 21/06/2014 - 14:17

          MVNOs are included, at least lebara is. got an sms about it last night.

    • theone4Abargain83 on 21/06/2014 - 21:41

      I'm on Redbull mobile. Mind you redbull is now defunct, at present my 365 day account credit expired in May, I didn't change to any new carriers as I will use my work phone for a while until I make a choice of carriers.

      While out today I left my data on my phone "on" after the outage on Thursday, noticed my phone getting emails and so it looks like this extends to Redbull customers also who have not ported over to a new carrier while their account credit has expired.

  • JimmyBargain on 19/06/2014 - 22:27
    +2

    Pfffffft! after the HUGE VodaCr@p outage today , they come up with this???

    PFFFFFFT! nah! no thanks!

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:29
      +5

      This is the apology, and it's better than any other company i've seen. Just switch to Telstra for the coverage if you're so adamant about it.

  • Unorthodox on 19/06/2014 - 22:27
    +2

    Torrents woop

    Can I buy a prepaid Sim and have this? :o

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:28

      Most likely will work ^

    • cheesecactus on 20/06/2014 - 09:50

      Nope, wont work!

  • Headphones on 19/06/2014 - 22:35
    -1

    Too bad I will never touch Vodafoney

  • jzdhgkd on 19/06/2014 - 22:41
    +4

    "12AM Friday", is that in a couple of hours' time or the next day? Always confuses me :S

    • PLA74 on 19/06/2014 - 22:44
      +1

      wondering the same thing lol

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:45
      +2

      It's Saturday Morning. EARLY EARLY EARLY Morning.

    • jaypehm on 19/06/2014 - 22:49
      +3

      12am Friday would ordinarily mean 0000 20 June. But according to this it would be late friday night/saturday morning. Essentially the weekend only.

      • sleet on 20/06/2014 - 09:50
        +1

        Exactly, they really need to change the wording correctly. 12AM Friday is 00:00 or midnight. They should have said 12AM Saturday.

        • supersabroso on 20/06/2014 - 17:42
          +1

          Exactly, my god that's misleading. Midnight on a Friday is first thing Friday. If it was last thing Friday it would be first thing Saturday morning because the moment it hits 12AM, 24 hours are up and it is the next day. It would only be a Friday if it was 11:59:59PM.

          I wouldn't be surprised if a decent amount of people are getting some nasty surprises in their next bill. However, they'd then learn to read comments and not just the title.

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 17:52

          Well, I don't think so because the description states that it's Friday Night/Saturday Morning. That has been there since the post of this offer. If you guys missed that, than I can't really say much without being insulting.

        • sleet on 21/06/2014 - 05:28

          No, I didn't miss that and I'm sure some others didn't either. It was two pieces of conflicting information. Hence the confusion.

    • BoomTetrisForJeff on 20/06/2014 - 00:01

      I'll make it easier 11.59pm/midnight Friday

  • tdonovic on 19/06/2014 - 22:46

    Im on redbull, do I also get the data since its an MNVO?

    • cooldude123 on 19/06/2014 - 22:47
      +1

      I don't think so. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/149529#comment-2061051

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:48
      +1

      No sorry, as @cynix asked, it is currently ONLY FOR VODAFONE, no MVNOs because they did not experience the "full brunt" of the issue and were apparently using some other system at the time so it's not on offer. However I will keep this post updated so will post as to whether MVNOs will be added to the list for this freebie.

      • tdw on 20/06/2014 - 00:56

        i'm on hello mobile which is a vodafone mvno and i had sporadic outages throughout the day

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 00:59
          +1

          I will keeping this post updated to check in the case that MVNOs will be offered the same thing. But as it stands, the information provided only states for Vodafone specific SIM carriers. Hope that helps.

        • tdw on 20/06/2014 - 01:16

          cheers!

          i don't really need the unlimited data but it grates me if they (vodafone) are denying mvnos weren't affected

      • Associatedjimbobaus @ Vodafone on 20/06/2014 - 01:30
        +1

        correct
        Crazy Johns and MNVO customers such as Hello and Red Bull do not get unlimited data on the weeknd.
        while they use the Vodafone network they are managed separately

        • donga100 on 20/06/2014 - 09:17
          +3

          Vodafone probably compensated Redbull and Hello but they have just pocketed the money for themselves.

        • matchbox on 20/06/2014 - 11:31

          according to their facebook, crazy johns is included

        • theone4Abargain83 on 21/06/2014 - 21:45

          I'm on Redbull mobile, my account balance ended in May this year, haven't moved over and waiting until the 90 day grace period is up. While out in shops away from my home Wi-Fi today I left my data on my phone "on" after the outage on Thursday, noticed my phone getting emails and so tried a website and started working, it looks like this extends to Redbull customers also who have not ported over to a new carrier, obviously for those who their account credit has expired.

  • Davo1111 on 19/06/2014 - 22:52
    +5

    So after a recent failure of an already sketchy network, we're going to load test it? Seems like a great idea

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:58
      +2

      The only issue was to the reception for outgoing and incoming calls. The 4G and 3G Network System as well as texting was still available and usable. It has got nothing to do with the mobile data logistics.

  • shkev on 19/06/2014 - 22:53
    +5

    I just called Vodafone, and the answer is not within a couple of hours.

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 22:57
      +1

      Sorry, I don't quite understand.

      • shkev on 19/06/2014 - 23:12
        +4

        I have just called Vodafone about the free data, and they have stated that it does not start within a couple of hours. It will start on Saturday or 25 hours-ish later from the time of this post.

        • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:52
          +3

          Yeah, we've plastered it all over this. But thanks for taking the time to confirm I guess.

  • vjknight on 19/06/2014 - 22:58
    +2

    time to use that data stick i bought last year

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:00
      +2

      Sorry, this is only available to people that are on Vodafone SIM. As the issue was that people couldn't receive or make calls. Limited to only sims however is AVA for pre-paid AND plan users. If you really want, you can buy a $2 Sim, activate it on Friday and it'll be usable by that afternoon and you can use the unlimited data that way.

      • Yakuza85 on 19/06/2014 - 23:04
        +1

        Do you work for Vodafone?

        • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:07

          No sorry, friends with someone who does.

      • Associatedjimbobaus @ Vodafone on 20/06/2014 - 01:32
        +4

        Number has to have been active on Voda during the outage.
        My mrs works for vodafone and they were advised to ensure customers were aware when buying sims on friday that they have implemented a system that will continue to count data on sims activated after the incident was resolved

  • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:03
    +1

    Can I just ask, is it just me or is that photo that is for the link absolutely irrelevant…?

  • Jared17 on 19/06/2014 - 23:13

    Awesome. But wishing they had this last month when my home wifi went crap

  • sleet on 19/06/2014 - 23:14

    Edit: nevermind. Got confused with OP wording

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:22
      -2

      SORRY!

      • sleet on 20/06/2014 - 09:48
        +1

        I just thought the wording needed changing. Midnight = 00:00 = 12 AM = the start of the day. Friday midnight therefore was last night, so to speak.

        What they really should have said was this was starting Saturday midnight instead of Friday midnight/Saturday morning.

        • retiredfeline on 20/06/2014 - 09:51

          No that would just shift the confusion to Sun. What they should have written is 00:01 Sat. One minute less isn't the end of the world.

        • sleet on 20/06/2014 - 09:56
          +1

          I'm sure it's confusing for most people either which way but what they've said is incorrect. At least saying midnight Saturday is correct.

          I agree 00:01 would have been a bit easier to understand for everyone.

  • Randxyz123 on 19/06/2014 - 23:15

    Really really tempting to grab a prepaid iPad sim on the way home tomorrow…

    • neil aus on 20/06/2014 - 10:19
      +1

      No free data for new sims, pls read above. Also, only for phone sims.

      • Randxyz123 on 20/06/2014 - 16:10

        Well I just got home not having seen that….

  • 1968 on 19/06/2014 - 23:25
    +3

    It's gonna be slow as hell

  • sd on 19/06/2014 - 23:27
    +4

    Just so everyone knows it starts on Saturday morning (Friday midnight is a bit confusing :)

  • King Tightarse on 19/06/2014 - 23:29

    Hmm I have few $2 Voda sims lying around.

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:31

      Have they been active? Because after approximately 9 months of inactivity I believe they are removed from the Vodafone system and set back to be resold.

      • King Tightarse on 19/06/2014 - 23:37

        Yeah they are quick to bump you off but I meant I have a couple of unused ones from my/wifes G526.

        • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:37

          Well, rip up that network because lets be honest. Everyone loves freebies.

      • BoomTetrisForJeff on 20/06/2014 - 00:04
        +2

        Damn dude does your friend tutor you with vodaphone quizzes or something?

        • Tuttorix on 20/06/2014 - 00:21

          Ahahaha, nah man. I actually have only been on Vodafone for less than 2 months which was back BEFORE they bought 3. I have no idea why I know any of this. But processing data and information seems interesting to me. Plus trying to increase my typing/keystroke speed.

  • [Deactivated] on 19/06/2014 - 23:33
    -8

    Note: NEVER seen Optus or Telstra do ANYTHING like this before.

    BECAUSE THEIR NETWORKS ACTUALLY WORK!

    • Tuttorix on 19/06/2014 - 23:36

      Ahhh, was waiting for the negs to arrive. Where you been?

      • [Deactivated] on 19/06/2014 - 23:39
        +17

        been talking on my mobile. soz.

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