DSE Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Wi-Fi, $99 with $80 Bonus Recharge Voucher

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  stumo on 01/04/2011 - 10:50

  Says it comes with 8GB/6months expiry as well.

  Edit. Au post has the same deal. In that case it says free twitter/DB etc. But also says "up to" 8GB included. WTF?

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    cheapo.one on 02/04/2011 - 19:56

    i think it depends on what time you use the data: i.e. your usage on-peak counts as double your off-peak

    in which case i think you get 4gb on-peak or 8gb off, or a combination of the 2

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  superforever on 01/04/2011 - 10:59

  So it is like a pocket wifi router, right?

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    mangoo1 on 01/04/2011 - 11:04

    Yes, it is.

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  coolsteps on 01/04/2011 - 11:04

  yep its a 3g wifi portable router. pitty its not 4g. it says in the terms "An $80 fee applies if network locking is removed within the fi rst six months from activation, if you have recharged to the value of $80 no fee applies." i wonder does this also apply to the router or just prepaid mobiles? if it applies to this router too then you get a free $80 voucher too,thus so can you get it unlocked free too? also i wonder what the expiry of the $80 VOUCHER IS and how many GB do you get on this voucher?

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    kazines on 01/04/2011 - 11:12

    +1

    4G won't be widely available until 2014 at least and it's only limited to the CBDs of big cities.

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  jashjash on 01/04/2011 - 11:05

  +3

  Would be nice if you frequent spots that are strong with Optus reception.

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    kazines on 01/04/2011 - 11:13

    yeah… the data plan sounds all sweet
    but optus tends to drop its 3G reception time to time
    It's not as bad as THREE but it is still annoying

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  kazines on 01/04/2011 - 11:10

  seems like a good deal so I voted plus

  But i wonder how long the battery would last.
  I ordered an iPad2 3G 64GB cuz i don't wanna carry anything extra
  and I can go on telstra 12GB for $150 with 12 month expiry

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  willies on 01/04/2011 - 12:31

  Good option for Wi Fi Ipad users imo
  I bought this the other week when they had $15 off every $100, have yet to activate it though (haven't managed to get an ipad2 yet)

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  zombie hunter on 01/04/2011 - 13:16

  +1

  Be warned optus charges in 10mb blocks
  So each time you connect and only load one page, there goes 10mb. Flakey connection Will cost dearly.

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  uni on 01/04/2011 - 13:30

  I think it's not only the DSE, but all of the shop which selling the wifi modem will have the discount. The discount actually comes from optus and I think it maybe exists for a long time. I just grap one from Strathfield shop last week.

  For the WIFI modem, it comes with 8Gb data for 6 month expire, and also included $80 recharge voucher, so you can recharge later for another 4Gb (with 6 months expire period too)

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  eug on 01/04/2011 - 13:31

  +1

  If you don't need that much prepaid data in one go, a handy alternative would be Crazy John's $99 Huawei (same manufacturer as the wifi modem above) Ideos U8150 small Android 2.2 phone which can also do wifi tethering, plus it can also function as a phone or even a mini email/sms/IM/basic games/surfing/gmaps device. It has a built-in GPS too.

  http://www.crazyjohns.com.au/huawei-ideos-bl/view-prepaid/

  Couple that with your choice of data plan and you won't have 10MB blocks to worry about! And when friends/rellies from overseas come to visit, you'll have a phone for them to use.

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    uni on 01/04/2011 - 13:35

    It's a modem with WIFI, so you can surfer the internet with it and max support 5 PCs in the same time to connect to the internet.

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      eug on 01/04/2011 - 14:20

      +1

      yes, just like the $99 Huawei Ideos U8150 which, in addition to allowing 5 PCs to connect to the internet over wifi, also functions as a smartphone.

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        stumo on 01/04/2011 - 16:03

        I thought Android handsets allowed 8 devices in a hotspot, at least my Nexus One does.

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        BargainBenno on 01/04/2011 - 20:31

        Is this locked to Vodaphone? If so is there a charge to unlock it so it can be used with Optus?

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        eug on 01/04/2011 - 21:00

        yup it's locked, you can get it unlocked on ebay for about $19. There used to be a thread on gsmhosting where you could get it unlocked for free, but it seems a bit quiet now.

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  markis on 01/04/2011 - 15:48

  Is at all optus stores

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  wiz187 on 01/04/2011 - 16:05

  Works a treat, have 1 we use when out n bout.. No problem with ipad.

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  luojs on 01/04/2011 - 18:26

  This is ridiculous:
  "Your first 30MB of usage per day will be charged at 10MB. Usage after this will be counted in 10MB increments or part thereof and includes both uploads and downloads"

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    lok2012 on 06/04/2011 - 22:48

    yes..I recharged with optus 4GB end up only using 3.41GB.