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OVO Mobile - 50GB for $59.95/Month Data SIM (No Contract), + More

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Folks keeping you abreast of our latest price changes over here @ OVO Mobile, will leave the community to judge the value on its merits..but specifically we are very proud of our $59.95 for 50GB Data SIM - potentially a home broadband replacement for some?

Plans:

Mobile SIM's
$24.95 2GB, UNLIMITED CALLS & SMS in OZ
$34.95 8GB, UNLIMITED CALLS & SMS in OZ
$44.95 12 GB, UNLIMITED CALLS & SMS in OZ

Data SIM's:
$29.95 13GB
$44.95 25GB
$59.95 50GB

Welcome your feedback, and Im here to grab any questions.
Matt

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    • +1

      Agree, please add some calls and I'll leave my current provider. How many phone call people make these days anyway? I'm on a 20Gb mobile plan with Voda and it only lasts me for 20 days or less.

    • +1

      Then you also have other countries that get charged bucketloads more than we do

      Oz is a heap better than it used to be and compared to the rest of the world we actually aren't so badly done by.

      But you are right, and I think it is already getting better and will keep on going this way.

      That's why I'm so hesitant to sign up for a long plan!!

    • +2

      I don't see why we get charged so much for data in Australia when there are many countries that have unlimited or a good chunk of data for very reasonable prices compared to the Australian market

      One of the major reasons is because of our low population density compared to many other countries. This make the cost of infrastructure relatively higher. E.g. say a tiny country like Singapore could cover their entire population with one mobile tower (hypothetically), then there's only 1 to upgrade, maintain etc. Compared to Australia, where we have thousands of towers to cover our land mass, with some potentially covering only a couple of families.
      It's the same (aside from the politics…) reason why the NBN is so expensive and taking… so… long…

      That said, it should improve with increased competition, etc.

      • +19

        Privatize Telecom, they said.
        It'll be cheaper, they said.
        You'll like it, they said.

        • +1

          Yeah no kidding!
          See also other utilities…

      • +3

        What a load of garbage. You only have to look at the profit column of Telstra to see this.

        That said, it should improve with increased competition, etc.

        Are you seriously still buying this rubbish fed to you by politicians? Wake up.

        • +2

          a-fukin-men.
          Increased competition DOESN'T lower the WHOLESALE price all the competitors are fighting for.
          It takes some watchdog\ombudsman\Government\Social uprising type shiz to actually make a low level pricing change.

          I shouldn't be able to buy products for LESS, retail, including shipping, from the UK, than I can WHOLESALE here.

        • I'm not quite sure what you take issue with here?

          How much did 1gb of mobile data cost in say 2008? Here's one reference quoting data cost of >=$15/mo for 1Gb in 2010. Compared to ~$5 now? And how many Telcos offered it back then, compared to now?

          Yes Telstra is still making enormous profits, but the price per unit of data has come down on average. It's the demand for volume that has increased disproportionately partially driving their profits.

          Note that I don't suggest these prices are fair, reasonable, or otherwise, I'm merely stating that the cost has come down, and it would be reasonable to assume the trend will continue.

        • @therog1: Well, my virgin mobile plan from 2009 is still rockin it I'm afraid.
          $18.99, 2.25GB data. $650 "cap" (which is still in this age, a rediculous amount of calls\txt….).

          Hence the 3GB for $25 being the next 'step'. in bargains.

          If it can't match the past, its not an improvement :) No one would accept a car at teh same price that can drive less KMs.

        • +4

          @MasterScythe:

          If it can't match the past, its not an improvement :)

          It'll be an improvement for the vast majority of people who aren't on that virgin plan from 2009. Not much point bringing up a plan that absolutely nobody can get now!

        • +1

          @eug:
          We're OzBargainers, a lot of people I'd imagine would never have left it :P
          I'm not the only money concious person on this site ya know ;) hehe.

          I'm still happy to live by my blanket statement in life.
          If a new product is worse than a past product, its not an improvement.
          Throw as many asterisks as you want; I honestly feel that applies to all products.

        • +1

          @MasterScythe:

          If a new product is worse than a past product, its not an improvement.

          If I bought a $500 Dyson vac for $304 during a big sale, then later on it's back on sale at $320, would you consider it a deal?

          Lots of people do. Just because a product has been sold for a very low price during one short period of time, it doesn't mean any subsequent deals which are a little more expensive than that one time are poor deals.

          You can't always live in the past - things change. Telcos have spent huge amounts of money deploying 4G networks and have to recoup costs somehow.

          Just have a look at the number of upvotes this deal has.

        • @eug:

          Yeah but we're talking about offering a competitor for a previous deal, there isn't currently one listed. So the upvotes are kinda irrelevant.

          Also the 'Big$29 cap -$10 BYO' wasn't "very cheap" in its day. Nor was it very short lived. At least 4 years or so it was around.

          a lot of companies have lowered data offerings.
          I fight for the people; you can have your telco arguments; we'll agree to disagree.

        • @MasterScythe: OK, if you prefer to focus on the past (did that plan have unlimited calls/sms?), go right ahead. It doesn't help anybody now.

      • In my travels overseas i have noticed regularly the "unlimited" often have restrictions, up to x GB, xGB at full speed then slower etc. I find here to be pretty competitive actually especially SIMO style plans.

      • +5

        Compared to Australia, where we have thousands of towers to cover our land mass, with some potentially covering only a couple of families.

        89% of Australians live in urban areas. We pay so much for mobile data because we're willing to pay it, that's it.

  • Whenever I click "buy now" all it does it refresh the page?

    Tried on Android 5.2 (Firefox), Chrome, I.E?

    EDIT: NVM works now

    EDIT2: goes one page forward, then refreshes back to the plans page?

    • So did it sort out or issue?

      • No, it keeps jumping me backwards and forwards, after a few tries I got to the pay page, then it slowly went backwards again, its really really odd.

        Pretty sure I have used up like 30 phone numbers in the drop down list as its gone from 230-280…

        • Thanks - have let our tech team know

        • @landog:

          could someone either contact me, notify me when its fixed (unless its only me having this issue?)

        • @gavmen: yep they are working on it now and ill come back and advise. if you prefer you can hit chat button on the site and we will take the order for you :)

        • @gavmen: all sorted now. sorry again

      • I am still having the same issue as above

        • +1

          Our dev team are all over it - should be sorted shortly (he said :) ) - sorry for the inconvenience

  • I haven't used optus for quite a while. Their 4g used to suck (relative to telstra anyway). How does it compare now?

    • +4

      Copying myself from above:

      DEFINITELY depends where you live.
      For Brisbane, you'd be INSANE to go on Telstra.

      I have a Telstra device and an Optus device.
      Just wait till 'peak hour' for mobile (5pm) in the CBD. Telstra cries. Optus slows, but never drops.

      I worked for many years for a major Voda reseller, so comparing networks became an obsession\hobby, as well as work.
      I wouldn't do Telstra in Brisbane with how perfect optus has been for at least the last 8 years,

      • Thanks for that, I'm in Melbourne, anyone have any experience between optus and telstra here?

        Although the telstra prepaid thing where you can use your credit on Google play would be hard to give up. Spending money twice is always a good thing.

      • +1

        Optus perfect for the past 8 years? Are you sure you are in Brisbane?

        I agree that Optus 4G has been decent quality, but before that.. not so much.

        • Yep. within 10KMs of the CBD most of the time too!

          Been with optus since 2004; and require RDP sessions to not drop over 3G\4G.
          I think I've had one drop out during business hours in 12 years…. If there are more, they're insignificant enough for me to have forgotten.

          In fact, I'm in Brisbane now, had a PUTTY session open to my server since last night, and perfect.

        • @MasterScythe:

          I guess we do different things.

          I often do latency important things, Telstra 4GX rarely spikes, I found Optus always spiked.

          Today? I have no idea what is better. but Optus was bad for latency before 4G.

      • I'd have to disagree with that. If you use public transport that goes south side you'll have frequent drop outs with Optus. Roma street to park road is off and on all the time.

        I went with aldi mobile (Telstra) and it's been fantastic.

        CBD is good with Optus, but the burbs still get dropouts.

        • Thats where I am. No issues at all.

          When you get coastal you'll notice "too much reception" thanks to towers and repeaters on the islands. Sometimes you need to lock your device to '3.5G' (HSUPA) to stop it jumping towers.
          But you can't blame a provider for your device getting confused with TOO MUCH reception.

          Roma Street to Park Road is a common travel route for me, and I dont lose my RDP sessions during.
          Honestly don't know what to tell ya….

  • Hi Rep,

    How does your data compared with Optus wireless home data broadband?
    Do you limit speeds?

    Thanks

    • Speed answer is above, but in short - No.

      Not really for us to compare, but you can do a quick comparison by visiting http://whatphone.com.au or check Optus site directly

      • Oh WOW I didnt even think of that…..
        Optus Home Broadband does 50GB for $70… speed capped to 12Mbps….
        If this is the full 150Mbps 4G network, thats a game changer…….

        Tweak the data for those call packs, and you'll be my winning provider :)

        • +2

          Would love to up the data a bit more on the call packs but when we are modelling, the inclusion of calls impacts the amount of Data. Anyway we will just keep on improving the plans as often as we can - and of course as a customer you will always be notified of an improvement, and automatically moved to the improved plan - Thats the OVO Mobile "FANS FIRST" promise.

        • @landog: I'm pretty certain in this age, offering more restrictions to calls, but keeping unlimited txt and raising data would still win…..
          Consider your demographic.

        • @MasterScythe: I hear you. Totally understand. We will keep pushing the boundaries here.

  • Looks great! Can you have 2 services (50GB each) per household, and are they limited to tablet use only, or can I use with a 4G modem hooked up to a router?

    • +2

      You can have as many as you like! we set up each service on a seperate account so just need 2 email addresses - we are working on a multi service account feature.

      Nope you can put the SIM in any compatible mobile broadband device

      • Is there now, or will there be an option for more than 1 SIM per account? I have 4g modems in both my cars and at my desk at the office - it would be amazing to be able to share 50gig of data between them all.

        • not yet. right now they are 2 seperate plans / services

    • +5

      Another option is a 4G USB modem and a TP Link 3020 if you wish to use a standard router.

  • hmm, would optus 4G network get better ping then ADSL? For gaming online.

    • +4

      No chance.
      I'm with Internode. I game semi-competitively.
      My ADSL is only 1.8Mbps some days, and at my best, 4Mbps, with a constant 300Kbps upload.
      My gaming pins are about 14ms to most Aussie servers thanks to Internode using the PIPE network.

      Wireless will always have ping issues. This is for throughput not ping.
      150Mbps, instead of 1.8Mbps is temping.
      But 60ms compared to 14ms is a downer…..
      I'll likely keep both plans, if I go ahead.

      You can get a taste for 4G gaming by tethering your mobile phone for one game.

      • Although the ping is not as good, it is definitely usable for me on the Optus network in Stirling, WA.

        Definitely beats disconnecting because the family is downloading. I usually game on my iPad tethered WiFi and it's quite good, not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I do get 3-4 bars of 4G where I play though.

    • +1

      I don't know about Optus, but I'm currently using Telstra 4G for gaming and I get the same pings as I do on my ADSL connection in Overwatch, roughly 60-80ms and it's very steady, I was surprised. Plenty fast enough for me.

      • +1

        Yeah but 60-80ms pings over ADSL is disgraceful. You'll probably find 10 hops or so if you traceroute your gaming server :(

        • I think that's more reflective of the game though, probably a bad example. It uses the "Americas" as the region for Australia, so the servers might not be so local. Doing a speed-test on either ADSL or on Telstra 4G gets me roughly 30-40ms pings which seems more than acceptable (we have poor ADSL2+), and I really just wanted to illustrate that it's very stable on 4G and gaming isn't an issue.

    • I'm no expert ;) buuuut, it's really not that simple. Distance to the exchange for your ADSL and distance to (and congestion at) your nearest Optus tower will hugely impact the answer to that question. It's no where near as simple as the n=1 responses others have provided.

      • But you can assume those looking for better ADSL speeds are probably 3~4KM away from the exchange.
        And if you're in a metro area, you're less than 4KM from the closest mobile tower.

        You're right. There are plenty of variables.

        But we can make assumptions, and advise the 'most likely' scenario.

  • Great plans. A positive vote from me.

  • +3

    Might as well get rid of my shitty ads 2+ copper connection and get 100GB of 4G for the same price!

    • +1

      Thats what I'm considering.
      With no contracts, I might just test out my pings with a data sim…..

  • Can i use the data sim via tethering on a spare Android phone? Don't have a 4g modem but can setup a hotspot if that works

    • +1

      Sure can

  • +3

    Something must have happened to trigger this price drop across all companies.

    This deal got so many up votes: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/259574 - but it is locked in for 12 months. I think that's terrible considering there is a big price drop happening across all mobile retailers at the moment!

  • +5

    It will be interesting to see how many follow OVO.

    As the banner at the top of ovo.com.au says - "Our mega plan is 15GB - said every other Telco" :)

    • +5

      Your presence in responding concisely, constructively, and timely to the questions raised today is very much appreciated by the collective tight arse community here. It reflects extremely well on OVO.

      • Thanks nzcoops much appreciated

  • +1

    I can use the data sim to play Dota2!

    • Yes. I do this regularly.
      Its what I play competitively.

      Ping will be about 50ms though, so, keep that in mind. Wont be the usual 10~20ms you'd be used to on a good ADSL service provider (like Internode, iiNet or Exetel).

      • I'm living in Watson ACT where no opticfiber/iiNet whatever is available. Everytime I played for 5s, I had 2s lag. Then I'm dead.

  • whats the additional cost if you go over the dtata budget?

    • +3

      None. Prepaid so your data just stops - and you can top up in My Account section - top up pricing is here https://www.ovo.com.au/critical-information/

      • Where exactly is the pricing for top-ups listed? I can't seem to find it.

        • Just above in the CIS link

      • +1

        It also says in the FAQ that: 2)You can manually recharge straight away (this will reset your recharge date). Does this mean when you run out you can just recharge another $59.95 and get 50gb (in the case of the tablet plan)?

        • Jules yep the recharge you can do in my account at any time - spot on.

  • Has anyone been able to buy the 50gb data sim? every time i go to sign up the page refreshes and I go back to the beginning. I've reached the start now page as well as the enter your details page but not further. Tested on different browsers / different IP's and on my computer / phone. No joy :(

    • Hey Jules66 - we are just having some tech issues. Our team are all over it - give us an hour to sort it out. Sorry for the inconvenience

    • Jules66 this is sorted now. Thanks for your patience

  • +1

    Hmm I've been looking into a decent upstream solution to upload to go with the adsl2+. I don't need it very often, but when I do - I don't want a couple of gig to take hours and hours to upload saturating my internet.
    Telstra 4gx is fast, but costly for the limited data you can get.

    Does anyone have any experience with optus 4gx in Perth - how decent are the speeds on average?

    • No such thing as 4GX on optus.
      You'll be limited to 150Mbps down, which is still bullshit fast.

      I'm not in perth, but I see a steady 30~50Mbps upload over Optus from my Blackberry Passport over regular LTE 4G

      • Hmm I'd be very happy if I can achieve 30Mbps upload

        • +1

          Yep. 4G is still our fastest publicly accessible broadband.

          Next to homing pigeon. (No joke, our fastest mode of data transfer is large USB stick on a flying bird :P lol)

  • Great prices. Can't wait for my broadband contract to finish!

  • Do you make money on this?

    • +10

      :) We better else we better register as a charity :)

  • Is it easy to upgrade from the lower tiers? I think I'll just get the 13Gb to try it out but I might need more :)

    Edit: Also, to be sure there's no restrictions on tethering with the tablet?

    • +1

      Yep you can upgrade / downgrade at any time- takes effect on the next recharge

      No no restrictions

  • Hi Op
    quick question:
    1. i just moved to Optus from Telstra thanks to their 10gig month to month but they have included 300 minutes of international calling to 30 countries which is important to some of us.

    Is there a possibility you will introduce such a benefit on these plans?

    the 12GB plan sounds amazing, but im just wondering if the extra international calling is coming.

    1. would you consider putting MotoGP on the OVO content?

    2. Do we still get access to optus perks?

    thanks

    • +2

      Gday

      We are looking at a top 10 calling pack - no committed timing yet but its on our immediate radar

      A1: We are definitely looking at adding plenty more Motoring content, cant specifically answer this one yet, other than to say its on our immediate radar
      A2: sorry no, but you get OVO perks ;)

    • +2

      @slickaz If you really need access to Optus Perks then you can just buy a $2 Optus Prepaid SIM, this will let you use Optus Perks. No need to recharge it, just stick it in a drawer.

  • On optus bummer, id be all over this if Telstra

  • Do you do like a share plan or multiple sims at the same time?

    • We dont have data sharing yet.

      You can certainly have as many SIM's as you want - see answer above regarding ordering 2 SIMs

  • Agree that prices are very good but there would have to be a longer expiry to be worth changing providers. +1 for motogp!

    • +8

      Can you keep a secret :P 365 expiry coming :)

      • Sounds good … will stay tuned.

      • +3

        No I am telling everybody

      • Very happy to hear this, make sure you come back/post :P.

        • absoloutely

      • +1 for 365 expiry and motogp - u will get me across if this happens!

      • for real?!?
        So I can get a 50GB data sim…. with 365 day expiry…. for my in car internet radio?!?!?!?!

        Get this in place, you have yourself a customer!

      • Can't wait.

  • Would love to see unlimited Overseas SMS & Unlimited International Calls to 10 countries Like Vodafone Red plans

    • This feedback is gold - thank you

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