[Unobtainable Deal] TPG 4G Unlimited Mobile Data: Free 6mth Trial (Then Optional $9.99/mth) (Capped Daily at 1Mbps after 1GB)

Lstuntman on 10/05/2018 - 08:55
Last edited 29/01/2019 - 12:00 by 5 other users

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Deal cancelled as TPG did not roll out their own 4G network

Customers who would like to participate in the trial and take advantage of the fantastic value available on the new TPG plan should register their details at www.tpg.com.au/register-mobile.

TPG will be sending out invitations to persons who express interest, with priority being given to existing TPG, iiNet and Internode broadband customers.

Fresh off the press

  • TPG launching 4G mobile service in Q3 - Q4
  • Inner city coverage only, please check against the linked table
  • Free 6 months trial, then $9.99 per month
  • 1st GB each day uncapped, then shaped to 1Mbps
  • 4G Data only, no voice

Set start date to 1 July Sep 30 Nov 30 (split between Q3/Q4). I may fall foul of the guidelines as there is no definitive start date, however I believe ozbargainers should be informed of this launch before committing to any fixed term contracts now.

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  • WatchNerd on 10/05/2018 - 09:01
    +19

    Customers who choose to continue with the plan after the 6 month free period will pay a monthly charge of $9.99.

    So in other words it looks like you can opt out after the free 6 months. Great for professionals.

    • crazyperpman on 10/05/2018 - 09:48
      +17

      And amatures

      • CyberMurning on 10/05/2018 - 09:57
        +12

        and anyone in the middle

        • Click_It on 10/05/2018 - 10:15
          +10

          Great for the elderly

          Also great for the unemployed, particularly the employed

        • altomic on 10/05/2018 - 12:11
          +8

          @Click_It: and people who breathe

        • Iforgotmywallet on 10/05/2018 - 14:47

          @altomic: Great for those on DSP, like me, and those trying to get it, too.

      • Steptoe on 10/05/2018 - 13:56
        +1

        amatures

        What about the rest of the motor? The Field misses out as the Armature claims it does all the work.

      • McFly on 10/05/2018 - 14:36
        +7

        And anyone who can't spel.

        • Click_It on 10/05/2018 - 20:28
          +2

          And anyone who owns a DeLorean

        • simmos on 11/05/2018 - 11:12

          @Click_It: I got one - A DMC-12 s/n 5401 w/o flux capacitor

        • McFly on 11/05/2018 - 12:21
          +2

          @simmos: No flux capacitor? Amature!

    • paloverde88 on 10/05/2018 - 09:59
      -2

      Really good for high income workers
      Not so beneficial to low to middle income earners

      • tg on 12/05/2018 - 19:55

        This is discrimination. Reported!!

    • Iamspy on 10/05/2018 - 11:16
      +2

      And for inbetweens

    • BuyoTheCat on 14/05/2018 - 00:01
      +2

      and cats

      • systmworks on 20/05/2018 - 06:31
        +1

        Cats are liquid - why does liquid need data ?

    • pennypincher98 on 18/05/2018 - 20:52

      Great for OzBargainers in general or anyone who drives an AMG.

  • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 09:04
    +1

    Limited locations (especially in Adelaide). Not much use if you can't take it around with you. But great pricing though!

    • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 09:26
      +1

      Not necessarily - it would work for me in my very static office where I currently use my phone's 13GB a months data.

      • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 10:19

        You don't have WiFi in your office? Or your office PC doesn't have internet through ethernet that you can share using it's WiFi (hotspot)?

        • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 10:50
          +4

          Possibly they office network is so locked down that he avoids using it.

        • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 10:53
          +1

          @macrocephalic:

          Fair enough. Couldn't even be snooping on it I guess. I've never worked in an office that's too restricted but I have had to create a few SSH tunnels back to my home server from time to time ;)

        • garage sale on 10/05/2018 - 11:06

          @dazweeja: we block ssh at work as it’s an encrypted tunnel and very hard to inspect for where people are building vpns to .. most proxies do pass through on port 22 ssh. F5 is one of the few proxies than can inspect ssh.

        • xsacha on 10/05/2018 - 18:36

          @garage sale: who said anything about port 22?
          Tunnel encrypted ssh can bypass firewalls and can't be inspected. Put it over Port 80 or 443 if you want.

          Since its opensource, even if they somehow manage to inspect it prior to encryption, you could just use a modified protocol at home and at work.

          Even better is you can remote desktop using it (on Linux and Mac you can pass X server through) and access a fully insecure machine with a GUI.

        • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 20:55

          @xsacha: I have a tunnel using putty that goes to my amazon server in the US. Amazon have free micro servers with no data limits and more bandwidth than I need (free for the first year). I also have it as an openvpn endpoint, but the ssh tunnel is more handy for proxying my browser through without having to worry about separating data across NICs.

        • Givemethemoney on 13/05/2018 - 14:11

          Sounds very complicated.

          Can you explain the benefits of this and how one can achieve?

        • dazweeja on 13/05/2018 - 16:42

          @Givemethemoney:

          It's a bit complicated but it means you can access pretty much anything even if it's restricted:

          https://www.howtogeek.com/168145/how-to-use-ssh-tunneling/

        • [Deactivated] on 24/05/2018 - 22:20

          I work from home, but I have a meeting room that I go to in the City where I run training. When I am in town I use my phones internet. I am on an old Optus plan that gives me 13GB data per month and for a once off fee of $5 per sim I got 5 additional sim cards to share the data. So I have invested in a dedicated Sim Modem for the office, but I sometimes go over my limit by a GB or 2, so its cheaper to get a Cheap plan specifically for the office.

    • ESEMCE on 10/05/2018 - 14:40

      Where can you find the coverage detail?

      • CVonC on 12/05/2018 - 03:34

        it's in the PDF of the OP link.

  • xyron on 10/05/2018 - 09:05
    +9

    signed up for more info. the equivalent of 30gb a month at full 4G speeds for free for 6 months…not going to pass that up!

    might even be better than ADSL at my new house

  • cooni on 10/05/2018 - 09:10
    +16

    Very much worth noting as it's not clear from the title / original post, it's 1GB/day not month that's at full speed.

    the first 1 GB of data every day supplied at 4G LTE speeds, after which speed will be capped at 1 Mbps for the remainder of the day

    • unco on 10/05/2018 - 09:12
      +12

      This makes it very enticing to switch my parents over to.

      • CyberMurning on 10/05/2018 - 09:58
        +24

        doubt they will accept human. and for me i will be sad switching parents…. they are old already…

        • surethang on 10/05/2018 - 11:07
          +7

          Oh man, not this again. Who knew Baby Change Rooms don't allow swaps for a quieter one?!!!

    • stuntman on 10/05/2018 - 09:17
      +3

      Thanks I'll update

  • ihavecentsnotsense on 10/05/2018 - 09:13
    +1

    Is there roaming? What happens to your mobile reception outside of the coverage areas?

    • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 09:54
      +1

      It's a data only plan. I think it just stops working outside of the coverage area. You'll still need a separate voice line (assuming you want that).

      • garage sale on 10/05/2018 - 11:10
        +3

        idea would be dual sim phone …. one on a $10 amaysim unlimited talk and text, the other on tpg for your 1 gb per day for $9.99 ….. so $20 per month for umlited talk, text and 1 gb data per day then throttled.

        expect voda and optus to,already be working on a similar deal so they get the whole $20 instead of $10 going to tpg.

        • sageownz on 11/05/2018 - 15:04

          I'm thinking of getting this along with the Belong $10/mth unlimited call,txt & 1gb data, this is good as it doesn't slow to 64kbps like Belong & I can use 1gb/day. Coverage sounds iffy though.

      • ESEMCE on 10/05/2018 - 14:42

        Data only plan with VoLTE voice service.

        EDIT: or apparently not further down.

  • Stahh on 10/05/2018 - 09:16
    +1

    You have to supply mobile # email address ect im thinking this might cause alot of spam sales.

    • garage sale on 10/05/2018 - 11:12

      need to supply email and phone number so you can be identified as legitimate user incase you browse terrorist sites or download child porn ……same with all data only sims.

      • McFly on 10/05/2018 - 14:46
        +4

        What are you talking about? This is for registering interest in a service, not registering a SIM.

  • NotJustChickenDinner on 10/05/2018 - 09:17
    +14

    No perth yet.. Damn

    • WreckTangle on 10/05/2018 - 20:31
      +2

      Where?

      • mccarthyp64 on 10/05/2018 - 23:46
        +6

        Capital of the state that pays for everyone in GST

  • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 09:19

    I wonder if they'll be providing voice service, probably roams back on Voda 3G for non VoLTE devices.

  • clem on 10/05/2018 - 09:20
    +10

    Just be aware of these unconscionable practices TPG uses once you want to leave: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/182278

    I used to be a loyal customer for 5 years, but I'm never going back again.

    • nightelves on 10/05/2018 - 09:50
      +4

      Think they’re the only telco that charges a porting out fee.

      • Thrawn on 10/05/2018 - 09:59
        +2

        Telstra, Optus, Vodafone on postpaid charges a port out fee

        • nightelves on 10/05/2018 - 10:16

          TPG charges a port out fee on pay as you go no contract.

        • ubcool on 10/05/2018 - 17:41
          +1

          @nightelves: $11 to port out, still works out cheaper.

    • nzcoops on 10/05/2018 - 10:07
      +2

      Valid post! The $20 prepayment is a joke, they have it on their adsl/nbn plans too, even if you don't have a phone in the house.

    • IJustKnowStuff on 10/05/2018 - 10:40
      +1

      I don't think you'd ever port out though…since this doesn't include calls….you'd never use the number.

      • McFly on 10/05/2018 - 14:47

        Correct.

  • andy100 on 10/05/2018 - 09:20

    Do we need to port over to TPG?

    • FeZZa21 on 10/05/2018 - 09:23

      no because it's data only not voice

      • AussieDaddy on 10/05/2018 - 11:08

        Wait. Does that mean I can stay with my current carrier and still use this data plan? How does that work? TIA.

        • garage sale on 10/05/2018 - 11:15
          +4

          need dual sim phone and a phone with the band that tpg uses …. it’s one of the reasons people go on about band 28 support, tpg bought band 28 spectrum, 700mhz as ist under-utilised and travels well over terrain so they need less towers for same coverage compared to 1800mhz.

        • AussieDaddy on 10/05/2018 - 13:31

          @garage sale: Cheers. In that case, I might need to buy one of those dual sim phones that are posted here every now and then.

  • ManWithTwoCats on 10/05/2018 - 09:20

    holy shiiiit its so good

  • Fergy1987 on 10/05/2018 - 09:22

    so if you're outside of the 15 places listed in QLD - no point?

    • cloudy on 10/05/2018 - 09:26

      I believe the roll out of 4g is a continuous plan, so maybe in the short term it’s not viable if you are outside the coverage, but it’s growing. This trail I believe is just that, tester for what’s in place with a great price.

  • easternculture on 10/05/2018 - 09:26
    +5

    RIP NBN

    • mdavant on 10/05/2018 - 09:36
      +5

      Another thing Tones was right on ey!

      Those lefties must be choking on their soy lattes

      • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 10:27
        +8

        If you had decent internet, you'd know that cliche isn't as cutting edge as you think it is.

      • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 14:49
        +2

        If tones had any sense he would have completely scrapped it than to let malc drag it through the mud

      • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 10:00
        +22

        Because the NBN is not a new telephone network, it is (or at least was) a future proof digital network which allows a whole range of services to be supplied - telephone services being a very small part of it.

    • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 09:44
      +8

      Perhaps for some, it could be an alternative to the NBN, but for anyone that streams content from Netflix or Stan, this won't cut it, one movie is far more than 1GB. No mobile network can handle large amounts of data at full speed at this point, otherwise, the network would be as slow as dial-up if everyone had truly unlimited data at full speed.

      • cloudy on 10/05/2018 - 10:22

        Good point, but remember this is a trail offer at $10 pm, what’s the average nbn pricing? If they were to offer a $50 a month, I can’t imagine the amount of data allowance given given it is already unlimited.

        You have to remember a large amount of the data that is moved around is thru the core fibre network of the major telcos. NBN only part of the infrastructure that 5g has the potential to bypass.

        • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 13:05
          +2

          If you replaced all fixed broadband, you'd have to dramatically increase the density of mobile towers to cater for all that bandwidth. And then of course the price would go up to build and run all that extra infrastructure.

          But why would you do this? Fibre is much faster (symmetrical 10Gbps for NG-PON2 in the real world now but 255Tbps in the lab), cheaper to run, uses far less electricity, more reliable, far less complex, isn't subject to interference, etc. Mobile has only one advantage - portability. So unless you live in a Winnebago and work outside, it makes far more sense to have homes and businesses connected by fibre and mobile for when you're outside those areas. It also makes a lot of sense to have broadband and mobile on the one provider with shared data limits but that's not common yet.

        • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 14:53

          @dazweeja: agree except for the shared data limits, which is a contradiction.

          Also 4g/5g makes sense for low volume users

        • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 20:58

          5G is only a bit faster than 4G at the current tower density. The real benefit of 5G is the ability to use different spectrums and techs and use many more micro nodes (towers) each servicing a smaller area. To achieve this, they need to roll out a lot more fiber.

    • WaywardOne on 10/05/2018 - 09:45
      +2

      The frustrating things are that this is only available in areas
      1) where the NBN speeds are acceptable (FTTC is available)
      2) where houses and apartments are so expensive that NBN monthly fees are negligible

    • Stealthzor on 10/05/2018 - 09:45
      +2

      more like rip mobile towers due to congestion. tpg isnt the only provider providing this not so unlimited data crap

      • freewhere on 10/05/2018 - 09:54
        +1

        For $0 ?? Links plz.

      • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 14:55

        The "not so unlimited data crap" is what prevents congestion

    • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 09:58
      +6

      This will not usurp the NBN. The only reason that TPG is able to even think about something like this is because they own an extensive fiber optic network (you know, the thing that the NBN was supposed to be).

      • garage sale on 10/05/2018 - 10:39
        +1

        tpg bought a lot of band 28 in the last spectrum auctions, so now they need to do something with it.

        will be interesting on which frequencies they offer this deal.

        you can always use skype, what’s app, etc to talk to friends.

        • macrocephalic on 10/05/2018 - 10:54
          +1

          True. TPG don't want to do voice because voice comes with extra regulations.

    • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 10:25
      +1

      Yes, you can watch up to 20 minutes of HD Netflix a day on this. Who would ever need to watch more than a third of TV episode?

      • Speckled Jim on 10/05/2018 - 11:06

        How about 1-3 hours of x265?
        More for 720P obvs.

        • dazweeja on 10/05/2018 - 11:36

          The comment referred to this as an NBN killer. I'd be expecting 1080p at least to watch on my TV at home, preferably 4K. I've done a bit of video encoding and a bit rate reduction of 50% at 1080p is doable with x265 over x264 but 66% to 89% is not. So 40 minutes of watchable Netflix using x265 or 10 minutes of 4K ;)

        • Speckled Jim on 07/06/2018 - 20:11

          I use a freeware on PC called Hybrid to (when required) transcode x265->x264 because my BD player can't handle HEVC.

          Normally, I'd allow 20% or so headroom to bloat the result slightly for 264. But recently, I matched the size at a nominal 580kbps and passthrough for audio. No other filters, cropping etc.
          On PC I couldn't tell the difference!

          Then again, I'm happy with 720P as I mentioned. Often 480P if not too compressed.

    • cdaddy on 10/05/2018 - 10:29

      Not even close!

      1st GB each day uncapped, then shaped to 1Mbps

    • [Deactivated] on 12/05/2018 - 21:12
      +1

      1000 GB > unlimited on NBN per month. 30GB/month on this… I think the NBN will be ok, provided it ever freaking arrives.

      The problem with wireless is more physics than technology. Works well as long as no on else is using it at the same time, hence the rather restrictive limits for people that want to do any sort of streaming etc.

  • Lockster on 10/05/2018 - 09:26
    +3

    This seems like a great second sim deal but no Perth is a deal breaker for me.

    • [Deactivated] on 10/05/2018 - 11:17
      +10

      Perth is in another country

  • jon_leong on 10/05/2018 - 09:31

    I see it says Mobile data service only. Can't even make/receive calls even if you pay?

    • zcooler on 10/05/2018 - 09:44
      +1

      You can set up a VoIP number/account, and make/receive call just using 4G data.

    • competitions on 10/05/2018 - 09:44
      +2

      dual sim phones….

  • easternculture on 10/05/2018 - 09:32
    -1

    Whoever is wondering why 4G data has become cheap and unlimited in the last month, it's because 5G is currently being trialed in Australia and expected to launch in 2019.

    5G will be a premium network.

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