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New Boost Prepaid Plans - eg $40 Unlimited Talk+Text, International Talk+Text to 10 Countries, 5+1GB Data Every Wkend, Telstra4G

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MynyMouqe on 11/07/2016 - 11:40 boost.com.au (2538 clicks)
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Boost are launching new mobile prepaid plans.

Changes to previous plans:

  • New Boost UNLTD Plus™ $25 plan will include up to 5.5GB of data (1.5GB standard data + 1GB each weekend)
  • New Boost UNLTD Plus™ $40 plan will include more standard data (5GB standard data + 1GB each weekend)
  • New Boost UNLTD Plus™ $40 and $50 plans will include unlimited international calls & text to 10 countries
  • All new plans have a 28 day or next recharge expiry
$25 Ultra+ $40 Unltd+ $50 Unltd+
Data 1.5GB + 1GB every weekend 5GB + 1GB every weekend 7GB + 1GB every weekend
Text Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Calls 100 minutes Unlimited Unlimited
International Calls & Text Unlimited Unlimited

Highlight seems to be the $40 plan - unlimited international calls and text, and now 5GB data + 1GB extra every weekend.

(International calls are unlimited to 10 Countries: Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom and USA)

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        • PlasticSpaceman on 12/07/2016 - 17:32

          @fenric:

          You appear to be correct - the only issue for me is they cannot/will not provide a tax receipt if I recharge over the web etc. To get one of them I need to buy a voucher from the likes of Coles…. that with going to 28 day validity is petty enough to make me want to change, frankly.

      • J5 on 12/07/2016 - 05:11

        it only takes 30 secs to recharge through the phone , over time my recharge date has moved forward as it has expired on days i didnt need to use the phone so didnt recharge till the next or following day

  • fruit on 11/07/2016 - 14:19
    +3

    It's 28 day billing. Not a deal!

  • jjjaar on 11/07/2016 - 14:19

    Does anyone know if this included value can be used while roaming internationally? Or even a portion of it?

  • MyLoginName on 11/07/2016 - 14:26
    +4

    I hate 28 days plan system by tele operators and so as most of us here…

    if its 28 days plan…Do NOT call it a deal

    • Jangle on 11/07/2016 - 15:12
      +1

      Agree - month has got shorter and total data allowance is smaller!

    • baxter on 11/07/2016 - 15:25
      +1

      Currently if you auto-recharge you get a full month, not sure if it's the same with these new plans?!?

      • spaij on 11/07/2016 - 18:54
        +1

        But currently they say the expiry is 30 days…. I guess we can find out tomorrow…

  • matt-e on 11/07/2016 - 15:50
    +5

    I recently switched from Boost to Aldi. I found the 4G and overall coverage on Aldi to be pretty poor compared with Boost. Wife also did not like the fact Aldi won't allow SMS or calls to premium rate numbers (19xx) regardless of the amount of credit in your account.

    I was going to switch back to Boost at the end of my billing cycle but just came across this thread. Initially I thought it was a better deal but as others have stated 28 expiry means a 13 month year. What's really bad though is if you need the $10 add-on for premium or additional calls it's only valid for 7 days instead of the existing 30 days! That's crazy. I'll be buying a couple of sims tonight so I can sign up under the old offer!

  • stellaaddicted on 11/07/2016 - 16:11

    Don't understand the whole discussion relating to the 28 days…at least i have my 40 dollars boost pre paid on auto debit with a 3rd party payment provider that boost have an agreement with and I just have one debit the same x day of the month and that is it!

  • gunnny on 11/07/2016 - 16:29

    these plans are less value to me than aldi and optus 10GB plan (although with 12 month contract).

  • tqf8h on 11/07/2016 - 16:34

    I bought some $20 recharges for the next few months, So I'm guessing that I will be staying on the old $20 plan. Will they be discontinuing the old recharges as of 12/7/16?

  • melfes on 11/07/2016 - 18:25

    finally the international calls! was thinking to port away. glad I stayed haha

  • Associatedaboutconfig @ Boost Mobile on 11/07/2016 - 18:27

    are those 'International Calls & Text' truly unlimited at a reasonable usage?

    For amaysim's unlimited, after I sent about 1200 International sms, they blocked me from sending any further and don't give any reason.
    I would think 1200 sms is far from unlimited, up to 21'600 sms per month, can call it unlimited.

  • Wakt on 11/07/2016 - 18:43
    +1

    Anyone else notice there is also less data than the previous deal?

    Example:
    Previous
    $40 prepaid includes 3GB + 2GB extra per weekend. = 9 Gb per month (technically 11 GB if you end up with 4 weekends)
    New
    $40 prepaid includes 5GB + 1GB = 8 Gb per month.

    So less data and 28 days instead of 30 days.
    Definitely worse deal. But will most likely still stay with Boost for now until something better comes up.
    (Data is important for me to subsidise my expensive Satellite internet data)

    • lostn on 11/07/2016 - 20:48

      I'd rather have more weekday data.

      If you have 4 weekends, it should be 5+4 = 9GB right? And previously it would be 3+8 = 11GB.

      • Wakt on 11/07/2016 - 20:57

        Correct.

        Personally I prefer more weekend data as i mainly play games on the weekend (BF4, TF2 e.t.c)
        But everyone has different needs.

        • lostn on 11/07/2016 - 21:08

          I'm either home on the weekends and have wifi, or I'm out and about. And when I'm out, I'm not going out to use my phone, but to do whatever business I went out for (shopping, visiting relatives, dinner, etc).

    • SirFlibbled on 12/07/2016 - 11:57

      Which would make sense, the new $25 plan has more data than the $20 plan. Seeing they didn't increase the $40 plan's price, it makes sense to cut that data.

      But it's also because they've gone with a flat 1GB per weekend for all plans which is probably to make their marketing easier.

  • Associatedaboutconfig @ Boost Mobile on 11/07/2016 - 18:44

    for $40 that's 5+4GB
    , now it's on par with amaysim's $39.99 7GB

    Anyone knows if boost or amasim is measuring the data in 10KB per block or 1KB?

    • Wakt on 11/07/2016 - 18:47

      Boost charge per KB.

  • Associatedaboutconfig @ Boost Mobile on 11/07/2016 - 19:00

    asked amaysim and they are measured in per KB as well

  • daddydirtsurfer on 11/07/2016 - 20:03

    How is the network coverage for Wollongong CBD? I am not happy with my current provider (Optus)…..just currently residue at Bellambi, but moving to CDB in a few days, maybe coverage might better than the former.

  • lostn on 11/07/2016 - 20:12

    Damn. This is bad. I was planning on joining the $19.90 plan, but it's been hiked by $5. In exchange you get 0.5GB extra, plus some weekend data that I don't need (I have wifi on weekends).

    I want to neg this for the price hike. An extra half a GB is not worth $5.

    Unless they are keeping their old plans?

  • Helldog on 11/07/2016 - 20:17
    +4

    I recently moved from Boost to AldiMobile. Reason being that the same spend ($20) got 1.5GB of 'anytime' data which is more useful. Weekend data for me was a red herring as most of the time I'd be on Wi-Fi. I'd considered moving back to Boost if they had increased the included minutes as 100 was too low. Instead, it seems that Boost have really vacated the sub-$40 market. I can understand if you need the retail Telstra network coverage that Boost has access to, but you could probably just go on Telstra Prepaid $30 and use the dollar value as Google Play credit. You could also do auto recharge on Telstra and get 30 days expiry. And if you wanted to pay $25 for 28 days, go with Amaysim and get unlimited calls.

    On another note, how many providers actually do 30 days now? When did a month become 28 days? I think the ACCC should look at this a lot more closely as advertising them as 'monthly' is a little misleading (not saying that Boost is misleading people)…

    • lovepeoplenotmoney on 16/08/2016 - 09:46

      Using the Telstra prepaid $30 dollar value as Google Play credit means there's no credit for calls, SMS, and data; right? So basically purchasing $30 Google Play credit is the same.

      I strongly agree with your ACCC suggestion, there are ombudsmen for consumers to go to, but they are very reactive and depend on consumers to come to them. Very high tax revenue cost outlay like any government department.

      • Helldog on 16/08/2016 - 20:44

        It depends which offer you choose. The Freedom Plus offer is funny money which is basically additional to the $30 dollar value. So I would spend the $30 balance on GP before I went into the next month.

  • lostn on 12/07/2016 - 00:38
    +1

    Amaysim increased data allowance significantly (50% if you were on 2GB plan) without increasing price when they reduced the billing cycle from 30 days to 28.

    Boost are charging $5 extra and reducing the cycle by 2 days.

    At $25, may as well pay $5 extra and get Telstra $30 prepaid, and get $30 Google Play credit to spend on apps along with much more talk credit than 100 mins.

    Not a deal at all.

    • lovepeoplenotmoney on 16/08/2016 - 09:47

      As the question above^, translating Telstra prepaid credit into Google Play Store credit; what will you use for calls, SMS, and data?

  • Assclown on 12/07/2016 - 00:41
    +1

    Just a random experience here. We travelled from the very south of wa, inland from perth through to east pilbara, across to broome, darwin and then straight down territory all the way to adelaide. Then back to the south of wa. My wife is with Optus and I'm with Boost and we both have galaxy s5's. We are both on $40 plans, mine prepaid, hers contracted. Boost had far superior coverage than Optus everywhere. I was always getting good reception approximately 50kms either side of towns along the way. Optus lucky to get 20kms either side and thats only if you got any at all. No requirement for even a sat phone in the end. Can't recommend boost enough really ;)

    • spaij on 12/07/2016 - 09:35
      +1

      Yes, well Telstra have something like double the land coverage in Australia. So you really see that in the regional areas. Telstra wholesale providers only have access to coverage that is similar to Optus coverage.

  • mirz on 12/07/2016 - 09:41

    International calls are limited to landline or mobile numbers too?

  • Yoo05 on 12/07/2016 - 11:28

    So is the 1gb extra data on the weekend, has to be used between Friday to Sunday???? the rest of the week you use from the 5 gb????

    • hamza23 on 12/07/2016 - 14:54

      1GB each weekend to be used each Saturday - Sunday (total 4GB over the 4 weekends), 5GB to be used the rest of the week (Monday - Friday).

  • lovepeoplenotmoney on 16/08/2016 - 09:35

    Can the OP please be updated because the Boost 50% off is back again until 5pm 26 Aug 2016

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