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Free Data Sunday 14/2 for Telstra Mobile Customers

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ChippyD on 09/02/2016 - 19:17 exchange.telstra.com.au (2681 clicks)
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Free data for all Telstra mobile customers this Sunday

While the outage was short in duration we fully realise the impact it had on our customers, which is why we are offering all of our customers a day of free mobile data this Sunday. Customers don’t need to do anything to receive the free data, it will happen automatically for all of our mobile customers.

Free data is available from midnight to midnight (in your local Australian time zone) Sunday 14 February 2016. It’s available to both our personal and business customers on post-paid and pre-paid phone, tablet and mobile broadband plans.

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EDIT 11/2 7.20PM: Confirmed by a Telstra rep: You do not need to have any credit on your prepaid sim ($0 balance) to access unlimited data on Sunday

Mod: Also includes the following resellers: Telechoice, Boost Mobile, Woolworths Mobile, ALDImobile (thus far) see deal/information here.

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  • koplik8 on 11/02/2016 - 15:09
    +1

    Can some add that Telechoice is included - use Telstra 3G

    Post via Facebook:
    Hey Telechoice. I'm with you guys. I love your service. I got Mum and Dad to join up too. I saw online that Telstra is giving all users free data all day Sunday. We use Telstra's 3G network with Telechoice. Do we get free data this Sunday too?

    Telechoice reply:
    Hey Kimberley,
    Yes, TeleChoice customers will also get free data this Sunday. This free data will apply from Sunday 14/02/2016 12am AEDT to Monday 15/02/2015 3am AEDT. Please PM us if you needed any more info.

  • kahnyounis on 11/02/2016 - 15:21
    -3

    So it actually ends at 3am on Monday.

    Not 11:59pm.

    3 more hours of cheap (free) thrills!

    • themob on 13/02/2016 - 13:15
      +5

      What an uneducated comment. Why do you feel the need to abuse something that's been given to you in good will. I bet you weren't even affected by the recent outage. Irritates the hell out of me reading stuff like this where people think it's their god given right to take take take, then have a nice old sook when they miss a deal. Why not go easy instead so others can also share whatever limited bandwidth there is on the day.

  • daver on 12/02/2016 - 21:10
    -2

    Sweet gesture.. 24 hours out of 8,670- 13 of which are day light. Same thing Voda got up to years ago. My Oneplus one is limited *50gb storage , not before I clear some though.
    If it was consistent and unmetered one 1/6 of 365 days, even @2300-0300am, this could be meaningful and would rate slightly above voda 26 G @ $12.
    I also agree we are Asia pacific; no need to follow American $50/2gb emblem IMO.

  • chipstss on 13/02/2016 - 13:06
    +1

    60Mbps down and 38 Up, I'm ready Telstra ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • Wystri Warrick on 13/02/2016 - 16:43

    Will a $2 Sim work without a recharge, credit.

    • daver on 13/02/2016 - 17:53
      +2

      No clue. Use what you might muster to represent your suburb though. This is called network stress-testing,ime: deliberately designated to a quiet section of the w/e,Sundy. Might throw a tokenistic 20 G effort in myself as I rather to not have my tower underrepresented in priority future capacity planning. (i.e once we drop the whole goodwill/marketing angles & help telecom( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

      • Wystri Warrick on 13/02/2016 - 20:09
        +1

        Great idea

        And If those $2 Telstra Sims work without any credit.

        you could install VMware virtual machines on your PC. Install Linux, or Windows as a trial, for each VM. Put the $2 Telstra Sim's in those Vodafone USB modem's, or even better a 4g modem or phone. Connect each modem to a VM. Install Firefox and DownThemAll, and start downloading.

      • daver on 13/02/2016 - 20:16

        Exactly - cannot do any wrong from tonight/tomorrow.

    • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 13:01

      yes it works without credit. doesn't even need to be activated.

  • mhecker on 13/02/2016 - 19:39

    Just in case anyone wondered, BigPond mobile broadband is included as well according to https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Free-mobile-data-for-…

  • triviums on 13/02/2016 - 23:24
    +1

    This is currently working for me. 40 mins earlier than planned :)

  • DEvok on 13/02/2016 - 23:35

    Working already 100gb already!

  • [Deactivated] on 13/02/2016 - 23:46

    http://www.speedtest.net/result/5082769502.png

    did they cap the speed? rip voda did it better

    • triviums on 13/02/2016 - 23:47
      +2

      Nope, I'm getting speeds of up to 40Mb/s down

      • [Deactivated] on 13/02/2016 - 23:48

        :(

    • eug on 14/02/2016 - 01:31
      +1

      I'm getting 42 down, 27 up.

  • samehada on 13/02/2016 - 23:51
    +2

    It's now on everyone :) Faster than my ADSL2+

  • ChillBro on 14/02/2016 - 00:00

    It's 2-3x faster than my ADSL2 but I can't seem to get 4G working? Phone only shows H+. I know it's enabled.

  • iratepirate on 14/02/2016 - 00:23
    +1

    Sim that expired on 15/12/15 working as well, 3.8MB/s here

  • gwenty on 14/02/2016 - 00:24
    +1

    Using this to grab a couple of large Steam games. Since Telstra ditched the unmetered servers it's been a pain downloading huge games without nuking my NBN data allowance… Only averaging 600 kb/s with my 4G though as I am not exactly in the metro haha! Still awesome however!

  • nephilim on 14/02/2016 - 00:29
    +1

    Getting 4.6MB/sec, pretty happy. 16GB a hour

  • daver on 14/02/2016 - 00:48

    Just unboxed 4G hotspot sourced DSE@$24 (MF90) to try old Data Pass sim.
    Data is flowing! Zerorated Sunday: Getting from 1 bar of Band3 511 kB U 2594 kB D 21 ms from Sydney@00:35.

  • Wystri Warrick on 14/02/2016 - 01:56

    Getting <144Kb/s not happy :(

  • 76F on 14/02/2016 - 02:21

    Getting 50Mb/s today (normally 80Mb/s) and 8.9MB/s peak on Steam.

    • nothommus on 14/02/2016 - 07:44

      I didnt even think of steam! Currently downloading all my spotify.

  • brent3000 on 14/02/2016 - 03:39

    getting a solid 20mbits from Xbox via hotspot from my phone :) going to be a hell of a day for this :)

    Telstra site already showing 20gb of free data used X-D

    • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 13:06

      where is the telstra site that tells you how much free data you have used?

      • T-man on 14/02/2016 - 16:54

        you need to have an account to see the data usage or Telstra 24/7 app

        • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 17:08

          I'm only being shown usage from 13 Feb or before.

        • T-man on 14/02/2016 - 17:10

          @realfancyman:

          It needs sometimes to refresh the data, check it again later.

        • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 17:11

          OK, thanks @divious.

      • brent3000 on 14/02/2016 - 21:28

        Under Post Paid, login to your 'My Account' then select data then the top shows 'View detailed data usage' then select your number and it shows 'Free Period' currently at 80GB :)

        Its about 30min or so behind but its normally pretty spot on

        This is via the Website as well so not sure about the app comment above,

  • rizza on 14/02/2016 - 07:36
    +1

    oh crap…everything was going well, now my phone is saying Sim error…sim card is missing or invalid?

    Any chance Telstra did this?

    edit: my sim is working again, maybe my phone just overheated from all the tethering..and temporarily it wasn't working.

  • affable on 14/02/2016 - 07:45
    +1

    If you are on a plan that gets shaped, chat to telstra 24/7 and they can unshape it for today, yay!

    • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 14:01

      wouldn't that happen automatically?

  • grababargain on 14/02/2016 - 08:27

    Does this mean that if you are on any Telstra's prepaid mobile plan with data limit you can turn off WiFi and download via 4G free?

    • rizza on 14/02/2016 - 08:46

      Well yes…I have 1.3 gb on my data (unused) and I have downloaded about 7 gb so far…..plus watched a football match

  • Jamiea on 14/02/2016 - 09:12
    +3

    I'm getting 85Mbs, normally ~130Mbs so it's either throttled or congested :p

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 10:14

      congestion most likely
      eventually speeds will drop

  • triviums on 14/02/2016 - 09:12
    +1

    getting pings of over 120ms now :(

    • Savas on 14/02/2016 - 09:15

      Got exact same and only 40Mbps.

  • Savas on 14/02/2016 - 09:21

    Ewww… only getting 8Mbps now.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 09:52
    +8

    It would be hilarious if Telstra screwed this up and everyone got a massive bill for today's use.

    • jv on 14/02/2016 - 10:08

      I would lol

    • cloudie9 on 14/02/2016 - 10:25

      That's why you stay on Prepaid, (further more expired sim!)

      • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 11:11

        I am on pre-paid but I have $200+ balance. I' dbe more than a little miffed if I woke up tomorrow to find all of that gone :o

        • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 12:10

          buy a $2 SIM. Don't even need to activate it. you still get the free data.

    • annarchon on 14/02/2016 - 10:41

      Telstra made the 1800 calls free a while back.

      Made a rare call to a 1800 number and found out that I was still charged.

      Took a couple of calls to eventually get it sorted out. The first call center didn't even know what I was on about, despite the free 1800 have been in effect for months.

  • BH1 on 14/02/2016 - 10:06
    +3

    Used to get 3-4 MB/sec.
    Today im getting 1.5 :)

    The network is getting pumped lol.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 10:13
      +1

      no issues for me in narangba qld
      depends on your local node given i have a 4g antenna locked onto a few towers helps speeds greatly

  • Clear on 14/02/2016 - 10:31
    +1

    4G is getting destroyed at 2-5mbps. I'll stick with my FTTP thanks.

  • nomoneynoproblems on 14/02/2016 - 10:39
    +3

    I just downloaded 12gbs worth of ps4 game updates. Would normally take forever on my adsl2 connection!

  • nekro on 14/02/2016 - 10:41

    free data and freeleech.. nice:)

  • hambuger on 14/02/2016 - 10:48
    +1

    Bought a $2 SIM yesterday, tried to activate it this morning and got told it was invalid/already activated. Yay! Now sitting in queue for online help.
    e: gave up with online help (was #1 in queue for 20mins) and called them. The guy on the phone couldn't activate it either. Love this company.

  • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 10:51
    +7

    Still getting unlimited data even with an unactivated $2 SIM.

  • Jaxx on 14/02/2016 - 11:27
    +1

    I started uploading my photos/home videos collection at midnight last night, have 30000 jpgs and 250GB movies. Split the uploads up onto 3 different PCs using 3 different wireless 4G modems, hopefully it will all be done in time!

    • futaris on 14/02/2016 - 11:42
      -5

      Unless you are near 3 different towers, it will take the same amount of time. The bottle neck is the 4G spectrum.

      • Thrawn on 14/02/2016 - 11:44
        +1

        There'd be other users on the tower so having 3 modems means you get 3 times the spectrum slice given to a single user

  • jrad1337 on 14/02/2016 - 11:36

    Speeds around the normal 40Mbps, not sure what Sundays normally are around me but weekday speeds are 40-60Mbps.

    Latency is really high @ around 177-280ms lol.

  • fruit on 14/02/2016 - 11:44

    Getting worse speeds than my landline :( Usually I get 40+mbit/s on 4G This sucks

  • nightelves on 14/02/2016 - 12:07
    -2

    Does it include inernational calls as well?

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 12:27
      +3

      no
      pretty obvious if you read the link

  • MATTDAMON on 14/02/2016 - 12:24
    -1

    Eh getting better speeds on my unlimited FTTP connection at 100/40

    No thanks Telstra.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 12:26
      +1

      your opinion

      im getting 40 down 40 up
      4g 2 bars

      4gx galaxy note 4

      better than my 5km adsl 2 rural run which yields 3000/800 on a good day

      win some lose some

    • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 14:09
      +1

      I don't know why you thought 4G would get those speeds today.

      • MATTDAMON on 14/02/2016 - 15:35
        -1

        I can achieve it using 4GX, well did during midnight-7am or so, congestion has hit it down to 70/20 or so

        • realfancyman on 14/02/2016 - 15:47

          yes i said today, usually you would be able to hit those speeds but still rare.

    • eug on 14/02/2016 - 16:38

      Maybe this is holden93's brother? :)

  • Todes Angst on 14/02/2016 - 12:28
    +3

    getting speeds 20x faster than my ADSL connection. GG Telstra :/

  • T-man on 14/02/2016 - 12:30

    I mainly use for uploading because my Telstra cable connection has a faster downloading speed.

  • ctg on 14/02/2016 - 12:36
    +2

    This is fantastic for people who don't have FTTP NBN. As others have found, latency is roughly 3-4x normal and speeds are heavily reduced, but this is still a boon for people needing to move data.

    Copie, you do realise spectrum is finite?

    This is why we do not have unlimited 4G. It is NOT workable.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 12:37

      26ms ping 22mbit down and thats via wifi tethering to a MF90 with one bar of 4g

  • cooni on 14/02/2016 - 12:40

    http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1545283274

    Telstra is doing fine in Sydney CBD

  • brendongl on 14/02/2016 - 13:02
    +2

    Its so annoying seeing people get more than 10MB/s…while im sitting here barely getting 10 mbps….

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2016 - 13:22
      +4

      im stuck on a 3mbit 5km line
      today is a blessing for me

      be happy with 10mbps

  • Tony-Abbott on 14/02/2016 - 13:07
    +1

    Can also confirm that un-activated Telstra SIM cards are working with the free internet too.
    Cheap $2 unlimited internet for the day!

    Get one from the supermarket, put it in the phone, and off you go. Nothing else needed.

  • Nousernamehere on 14/02/2016 - 13:24
    +1

    1.16Mbps down, 6.62Mbps up. 111ms ping. Telstra 4G.

    Thank god I have so much quota on my home connection that I can't even use it all, so this offer wasn't much use to me anyway.

    Obviously there's a few people hammering it!

  • Cluster on 14/02/2016 - 13:30
    +4

    3.35Mbps down, 0.29 up on Telstra 3G here. Appears to be working fine.

    If you need something soothing to watch on Telstra's Network Stress Test Day, I suggest some 9 hour train trips in HD through Norway.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVWfzsgLoQ

  • neonlight on 14/02/2016 - 14:10
    +5

    You can think this way Telstra also getting people test their mobile network and see if it's good enough to withstand that much more bandwidth. Also people can test drive 4G speeds without paying which means they would get good PR and good image after the outage.

    Certainly faster than typical ADSL, faster upload than Cable. So for anyone without NBN great deal.

    • Reveen on 14/02/2016 - 15:27
      -8

      Bad PR with a mere 2.13mbps download on 4G. What a joke.

  • bolindinho on 14/02/2016 - 14:55
    +2

    RIP 4G @ Caloundra, Sunshine Coast

    http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5084502167

    • bolindinho on 14/02/2016 - 17:24
      +1

      Turns out the hotspot radius on my phone is only about 1-2m. Now at 6MB/s :D

  • mrderrickc on 14/02/2016 - 16:15
    +1

    150-180Mbps down and 35 down on 4G+ in Brisbane CBD. Compared to 260Mbps down in offpeak periods.

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