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New Telstra Data Allowances across All Plans - 10GB on $130 & $95 BYO, 6GB on $95 & $70 BYO etc

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New Telstra Data Allowances across All Plans - 10GB on $130 & $95 BYO, 6GB on $95 & $70 BYO etc
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AssociatedNuggets @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:06 gizmodo.com.au (1534 clicks)
Last edited 30/03/2015 - 14:03

FROM THE 9TH OF APRIL for new and upgrading customers

Mobile Accelerate (Handset) Plans

• New Mobile Accelerate (Handset) customers on the $55 plan normally get 500MB per month, and under the new bonus offer they’ll be getting 500MB extra, taking the total inclusions up to 1GB. (same as before)

• New Mobile Accelerate (Handset) customers on the $70 plan normally get 1.5GB per month, and under the new bonus offer they’ll be getting 1GB extra, taking the total inclusions up to 2.5GB. (same as before)

• New Mobile Accelerate (Handset) customers on the $95 plan normally get 2.5GB per month, and under the new bonus offer they’ll be getting 3.5GB extra, taking the total inclusion up to 6GB per month.

• New Mobile Accelerate (Handset) customers on the $130 plan normally get 3GB per month, and under the new bonus offer they’ll be getting a whopping 7GB extra, taking the total inclusion up to 10GB per month. Not a bad deal if you’re a big spender.

Mobile Accelerate (BYO) Plans

Bonus data on the BYO handset plans will start from the $45 tier.

• New customers on the $45 Mobile Accelerate BYO plans normally get 500MB of data. The bonus means they get 1.5GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 2GB.

• New customers on the $55 Mobile Accelerate BYO plans normally get 1.5GB of data. The bonus means they get 2GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 3.5GB.

• New customers on the $70 Mobile Accelerate BYO plans normally get 2.5GB of data. The bonus means they get 3.5GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 6GB.

• New customers on the $95 Mobile Accelerate BYO plans normally get 3GB of data. The bonus means they get a massive 7GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 10GB to match the Handset plan offer.

Mobile Accelerate (Casual) Plans

Casual plans get the same amount of data as the BYO plans in the upgrade.

• New customers on the $45 Mobile Accelerate Casual plans normally get 500MB of data. The bonus means they get 1.5GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 2GB.

• New customers on the $55 Mobile Accelerate Casual plans normally get 1.5GB of data. The bonus means they get 2GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 3.5GB.

• New customers on the $70 Mobile Accelerate Casual plans normally get 2.5GB of data. The bonus means they get 3.5GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 6GB.

• New customers on the $95 Mobile Accelerate Casual plans normally get 3GB of data. The bonus means they get a massive 7GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 10GB to match the Handset plan offer.

Also, get free presto for six months when you sign up.

According to ausdroid, the business plans will be getting boosted allowances as well to bring them inline with the consumer offerings.

Happy days!

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  • y on 30/03/2015 - 11:12
    +12

    Still doesn't beat Prepaid Encore Cap - Getting 3.8 GB for $50 a month.

    No longer available for new customers and they're trying to get me to switch. NEVER!

    • Smigit on 30/03/2015 - 13:01
      +4

      Under the older Weekend+ prepaid I can get 5GB on a $50 recharge. It's a shame data allowances have gone backwards.

      • llllllllllllll on 30/03/2015 - 16:28

        Wow, just Google the Weekend + plan and it looks awesome. It's insane how in 2011 you can get 5GB with Telstra prepaid recharge and now you can only get 3.8GB (and it's already considered a lot in current market!)

        • Smigit on 30/03/2015 - 17:36

          Yeah. On one hand I'm thankful no ones forcing me to swap plans and I've benefitted somewhat for getting on a smart phone plan early on, on the other hand it's a bit frustrating to see that in a field where the technology has advanced at such a rapid rate, the back end infrastructure struggles to keep up and they've had to scale back data allowances to cope rather than expanding outwards.

          Hopefully in a year or two we'll reach a point where the data allowances are back to where they were years ago as the backend continues to improve.

        • Associatedmassafiri @ Telstra on 31/03/2015 - 13:48

          Disclaimer: I am a Telstra employee but am not speaking on behalf of the company.

          From my discussions with some colleagues who are "in the know" - 4G data per MB is extremely expensive to provide.
          The plan changes are evidence that it is getting cheaper, but the 5GB for $50 was definitely geared to a saturated 3G market of that time, not a 4G (or 700Mhz 4G 'X') like we have today.

          In time, you will see 4G becoming affordable, however by that stage, the market would be saturated; 5G will be the latest and greatest advancement; and the price per MB for 5G will be very similar.

          Personally, I believe Telstra moving from 10c to 3c per MB over your allowance was the best thing for the mobile market.

          Also, use Data packs if you go over your Plan's value, if you add them on mid-cycle, you only get charged Pro-rata (be sure to turn them off them before you next cycle starts). Meaning that a 250MB $5 data pack for 10 days will only be charged at $1.66, representing a 0.006 per MB value.

      • ultramag69 on 31/03/2015 - 00:57
        +1

        This is because a few years ago there was no way, with the speed limitations, you could use that much data unless you were using the mobile internet almost everyday all day long. As speeds increased so did the awareness of the telco's that it was costing them a heap of profit by offering loads of bandwidth they then HAD to supply…
        Was easier to offer plans with 3G(+) speeds and only 500Mb to use. That meant that you needed to purchase more or have HUGE bills when you went over (Iphones in Australia was a good example with the telco's showing customer what you can do in shop and then giving them just 500Mb to use… $20,000 bills were not unheard of in the first few months)…
        I remember when mobile internet first came out that I had a whopping 10Gb to use per month and only 2G speeds to use. Now I have 4G+ speeds I'm limited to 1.5Gb… Sux big time…

        • Smigit on 31/03/2015 - 09:06

          That and the user base was smaller, which more people still on their old Nokias and the like so they had lass need to hold people back. That said, I could get through it back then without too much effort still if I was watching a lot of YouTube and the like…service was on a fairly solid 3G connection so speeds while not as good as I typically get today, weren't too bad.

    • llllllllllllll on 30/03/2015 - 13:24
      +1

      I'm on this and I love that you can call international number using your cap credit ($950 if you recharge $50 a month) too! Other plans might start to offer more data but none of them seems to give you international callings except Vodafone.

      • dynamike on 30/03/2015 - 14:17

        omg why didn't I think of this sooner?? Never burn through my $950 of calls but hadn't considered using it for international calls until you just mentioned it. Thanks!!!

      • Ploix on 30/03/2015 - 15:10

        Virgin also allows international calling with the included cap

      • y on 01/04/2015 - 15:30

        Really? I had no idea international calls could be made me with the $950 "fake money" credit you get with a $50 encore topup.

        Good to know, although I tend to just use Facetime or Facetime audio these days anyway.

  • Domingo on 30/03/2015 - 11:15
    -8

    Starts on the 9th of April. (Not that obvious from the post start date)

    • AssociatedNuggets @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:16
      +8

      I've listed the deal as starting on the 9th of April? Is there something else I'm doing wrong?

      • webtherapist on 30/03/2015 - 11:37

        not at all, in fact, we do appreciate to your contribution, 1+ for the Like ;)

      • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:39
        +1

        You juts might want to add to the top of your text
        "From 9 April……" just so it's clear. But great post!

      • Domingo on 30/03/2015 - 20:08

        Nope, you did nothing wrong.

        I didn't notice the "From 9 Apr" the first time I read the post, so I scrolled down to see if someone had left a comment on when it started. They hadn't, so I clicked through to check it and started to write that comment. Then I double checked your post to see if you put it in and noticed in the second time down, looking extra carefully this time round.

        I thought it wasn't particularly noticeable, so put it in a comment in case anyone did as I did, missed it next to the ad in the post and scrolled down to the comments to see.

        My intention was exactly the same as @supabrudda's clarification of my post

        You juts might want to add to the top of your text
        "From 9 April……" just so it's clear. But great post!

  • spuderump on 30/03/2015 - 11:15

    I am on the old $60 one where you get 3gb then use the credit to buy another 3gb happy days!

  • Linkwick on 30/03/2015 - 11:16
    +6

    It'd be great if they add 'em to existing plans (like what they did for broadband customers). It's a while 'til my contract's up.

  • tomtoms91 on 30/03/2015 - 11:17
    +1

    Is this for new customers only? I literally just upgraded to the $95 plan last week…

  • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:17

    going to try and get my plan changed from the old $95 to the new $95.

    wish me luck

    • AssociatedNuggets @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:18

      $50 early recontract fee, plus any handset repayments you have left.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:19

        why?
        same rate plan, same repayment…
        ill get around it, always have.
        have a chat with live chat……………….

        • Associatedjustcallmeboss @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:31

          If you're still in contract, what astrodude is correct unfortunately :(
          Hope you can get around it though!

        • AssociatedNuggets @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:35

          By all means give livechat a go!

        • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:42

          @astrodude:
          currently they have no details, ill go back to them in april
          thanks for the new plan deets!

        • tomtoms91 on 30/03/2015 - 11:48

          @tuzii:

          The guy I spoke to said he had heard the details, but didn't have firm details on who would be offered the data.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/03/2015 - 08:28

          @justcallmeboss:
          thanks for the confimation.
          Goodbye soon Telstra!

    • atlas on 30/03/2015 - 11:23

      I think you can upgrade your plan whilst in contract, but not downgrade?

      • Infinite Monkee on 30/03/2015 - 11:36

        I downgraded and was not charged fee or even have contract date changed, they were really helpful over live chat. Couldn't do more for me, I was 13 months into my old BYO plan (55 bucks/month I think it used to be with 1GB data) and downgraded to the new 'small' plan with is 2GB/month for $45. I even got 25GB to blow for first month, this just expired.

    • Associatedsuperbass @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 11:43
      +1

      http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/telstra-announces-…

      Please refer to tweet attached in the article. Seem to suggest that you might be - I will hold off contacting them till Telstra announce formally.

    • Randxyz123 on 30/03/2015 - 17:46

      When did you signup? I'm just going to wait till the end of the year when I can get a new phone through the new phone feeling anyway…

  • squaredonut on 30/03/2015 - 11:32
    +1

    I wish they would upgrade people who's been with them for a while, just like they did with their adsl and cable plans.

    • Infinite Monkee on 30/03/2015 - 11:37

      They do you just need to contact them, I guess they don't change peoples contracts without them knowing. You need to be proactive and contact them to do so.

      • squaredonut on 30/03/2015 - 13:01
        +2

        No I mean, for the mobile contracts, add more free data like they did with cable and adsl.

        • blurrybird on 30/03/2015 - 13:36

          yeah, they do. Start a live chat on the 9th when this goes live and they'll happily move you to their new version of the same plan without disrupting your contract end date.

        • squaredonut on 30/03/2015 - 13:48

          @DarkRyoushii:

          Really? I heard it cost $50 as well…

        • Infinite Monkee on 30/03/2015 - 14:13

          @squaredonut: nope, there was no cost to me. Just hit them up on live chat

        • squaredonut on 30/03/2015 - 15:49

          @Infinite Monkee:

          I should ask clearly , were you on a post paid contract? And how did you ask them? Also I thought it wasn't ready till 9th?

        • Infinite Monkee on 31/03/2015 - 09:14

          @squaredonut: yes and still am on post paid contract, I just hit them on live chat saying I see the plans you have now have changed and are better than what I have. Can you move me to the new plan? That was it, they said sure thing no problem and because I am 'valued Telstra' customer they even waived the recontract fee. Me contract end date was not changed either :D now I am on the small ($45/month) plan which is cheaper and has more data. NB: These current plans came out like a month and half ago.

        • squaredonut on 31/03/2015 - 09:59

          @Infinite Monkee:

          I just asked, nope, wont let me, unless i move form
          $70 to $95, ha what a joke, hate telstra

        • Infinite Monkee on 31/03/2015 - 11:12

          @squaredonut: that's rubbish :s try again on live chat say tonight, you may get another person. Customer service may be little hit or miss.

  • tomtoms91 on 30/03/2015 - 11:33
    +1

    Talking on live chat now, first response was "is it on Telstra website?"

    • spackbace on 30/03/2015 - 11:39
      +4

      Why would you bother asking now, it hasn't come into effect yet?!

      • tomtoms91 on 30/03/2015 - 11:46
        -5

        Why not?

      • timohill on 30/03/2015 - 16:04

        It's already in effect has been for a while as limited offer for new customers. Maybe the difference is it will be permanent now.
        Compare
        M BYO Plan from website
        Data
        1.5 GB + 1GB bonus.
        Expires 27 April.
        Telstra Upgrade Option
        Choose either:
        + Extra 1GB per month
        + Extra $1000 calls/MMS
        =3.5GB
        BONUS 1GB DATA EVERY MONTH ON BYO PLANS
        Our SIM-only plans now come with a bonus 1GB of data to use in Australia, at no extra cost. And that’s on top of our current Telstra Upgrade offer.
        Hurry, offer ends 27 April 2015.

        vs this deal

        New customers on the $55 Mobile Accelerate BYO plans normally get 1.5GB of data. The bonus means they get 2GB extra, taking the total monthly inclusion up to 3.5GB

  • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:41

    What are they offering for loyal prepaid subscribers?

    • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 11:48
      +9

      is this a joke?

    • pinapplehead55 on 30/03/2015 - 12:20
      +3

      They aint going to offer us anything mate. We are the bottom of the barrel in Telstra's eyes.

    • spiev on 30/03/2015 - 22:18

      They're offering to not kick us off the grandfathered sick deals we're on.

  • groook on 30/03/2015 - 11:56

    Doesn't sound like anything extra for those on the family and friends plans

    • AssociatedLolwutMikka @ Telstra on 30/03/2015 - 12:04
      +2

      Staff plans will never get these kinds of benefits

      • Steptoe on 30/03/2015 - 12:22
        +6

        The beatings will continue until morale improves.

    • dmac80 on 30/03/2015 - 13:06
      +2

      I get better value out of the F&F plan anyway given that excess data comes off the cap.

      This month I've used nearly 6 gigs of data and it won't cost me any extra.

  • churchado on 30/03/2015 - 12:49

    I got this bonus about a month back..I'm on $45 BYO plan, got an extra 500mb and then a bonus 1 gb. Sounds the same to me unless I'm missing something..?

    They also gave me out of the blue an extra 25gb for the first month bizarrely.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 12:54

      25gb for the first month is a thing

      • churchado on 30/03/2015 - 12:56

        Yeah but weirdly my wife didn't get it and I did and we both switched at the same time.

        • Rusty4 on 30/03/2015 - 14:57

          I got 120gb for my first month! Needless to say, I smashed it all!

        • PVA on 30/03/2015 - 18:09

          they messed up then as your wife should have got the 25gig as well, all new phones come with 25gig on the first month.

  • stumo on 30/03/2015 - 13:05

    Any change to the $35 staff plan?

    • Paul Atreides on 30/03/2015 - 13:21
      +3

      no such thing, theres a $10/$39 or a $40

    • PVA on 30/03/2015 - 18:09

      you mean $39 or the $5.50?

    • stumo on 30/03/2015 - 18:24

      39

  • cloudie9 on 30/03/2015 - 13:09

    Looks like I'm due for an upgrade but not until Oct this year :(

  • DadBangr on 30/03/2015 - 13:46
    +1

    You can get the $55 BYO plan now if you like. They are running a free 1gb bonus until April 27. I just signed up to the $55 BYO plan, come with 1.5GB + 1GB bonus if you sign before 27th of April and I chose the extra 1gb instead of $1000 worth of calls to make 3.5gb. Pretty happy with that!

    Link here for those interested in it - https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/plans-and-rates?swi…

    Its the exact same price and same data for the $55 BYO plan without having to wait until April 9!

  • leonheart1 on 30/03/2015 - 13:49

    Are there actually that many telstra employees in this thread or are people just hitting that checkbox accidentally?

    • machej on 30/03/2015 - 20:26

      Yes, Telstra hire thousands of people and many ozbargainers probably become employees purely due to the staff discounts. ;)

  • MATTDAMON on 30/03/2015 - 14:45

    Will be interesting to see if they do update existing plan holders without recontracting, there is evidence that supports both (that they will only add the data to new customers or it will be both for old and new customers)

    We shall see soon enough.

  • oleglap on 30/03/2015 - 14:54

    I can't stand these announcements without all supporting information. A company like telstra should have prepared a well-writen press release.

    I'm on a M business easy share plan and hope I'll get an extra gig - I often go over my 2.5Gb…

  • centrelink on 30/03/2015 - 15:13

    man i just signed up last month. Am i still able to get this deal @ $55/month

  • syousef on 30/03/2015 - 15:36
    +2

    Once again existing customers on a contract left behind.

  • velliam on 30/03/2015 - 16:41

    The tweet on this post confirms existing customers (ie Me) gets a free upgrade!

    http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/telstra-announces-…

    However, this announcement doesn't confirm it at all:

    http://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Announcements/New-Data…

    Let's hope they'll honour the tweet!

    • paul_5666 on 30/03/2015 - 18:33

      Looks like the initial tweet was in error/confused employee.
      Following tweets from Angela make it clear that this does not apply to existing customers.

  • chrism238 on 30/03/2015 - 18:35

    Now, let's hope that they do something with the ridiculous $200 for 12GB recharge prices for 3G+WiFi modems.

  • webtherapist on 30/03/2015 - 19:11

    looks like it's better to get a S6 Edge from Telstra on the $130 plan?

  • josepet on 30/03/2015 - 20:58
    -1

    Woolworth Mobile - 5GB for 26$ lol

    • 2023 on 30/03/2015 - 22:07
      -1

      On optus network and at closer to 2g speeds? Thanks but no thanks.

      • 2023 on 31/03/2015 - 18:12
        -1

        And poor coverage…

    • DrStinge on 31/03/2015 - 09:41

      You're billed per MB which as a rule of thumb ends up at about half the usage. You end up with about 2.5gb.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2015 - 21:47
    +1

    http://imgur.com/4keG51i

  • [Deactivated] on 31/03/2015 - 08:23

    I tried to update my $70 plan while still on the byo contract. Spoke to Telstra online. Got nowhere as they said I was still on contract. Thanks Telstra after being a Loyal customer. When I jumped shipped from Optus, they would always update the plan when I was on contract. Just from this, Im jumping ship again to Amaysim when my contract is over in a few months. Premium Im paying aint worth the service.

  • ProjectZero on 02/04/2015 - 13:09

    Don't think I saw this being mentioned on the link nor could I seem to find it on Telstra's site. Do they charge data per MB or per KB? $45 plan, whilst a downgrade from 3GB to 2GB, is pretty tempting to me since my phone supports 4GX so I'd get better speed and possibly better reception (currently using voda and it is pretty good where I live and where I work).

  • Randxyz123 on 09/04/2015 - 15:12

    So do existing customers really get nothing?

    • shiningstars on 12/04/2015 - 18:41

      As an existing customer on a byo $70 plan, I went into the store today and was given the extra data without having to recontract, upgrade or change plans. I was not charged $50 recontract fee and didn't have to change my contract start date. Very happy to save the $30 a month I usually spend on a data pack. Thanks telstra.

  • ProjectZero on 10/04/2015 - 12:06
    +1

    I was just looking through the Telstra website… the casual accelerate plan is $55 and not $45 as stated in the OP.

    Might be better off getting the Prepaid Freedom $40 plan, you get 2GB charged by KB, $550 credit (with $40 accessable for credit me2u or google play) and can get the anytime bonus which offers unlimited txt to standand Aus numbers). Exactly the same as Accelerate plan only cheaper…

    Also, according to whirlpool, automatic schedule recharge can help extend the prepaid freedom from 28 days to 31 days…

    Based on all this, I reckon the accelerate $45 plan is out…

  • Bcmhfc on 20/04/2015 - 13:45
    +2

    I got my contract updated today - got the extra bonus data as per new plan without re contracting. Had made numerous calls though. Finally got someine that made it happen

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