Spintel 4G 250GB Capped Data Wireless Broadband $39.95 /mth + $179.00 Upfront @ Spintel
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Noticed this on another site (Whistleout) but nobody has posted anything here…
Spintel are offering 250GB Capped Data on the Optus 4G Network. Its capped speed but might be good for those who can't get decent ADSL.
250GB Capped Data
Broadband Only
Speeds up to 12/1Mbps download/upload
WiFi modem is required (Huawei B525 modem) $179.00 Upfront
Just $39.95 /mth (no contract).
$149.00 account credit on 18 Month Contract
Negatives:
- Data beyond the 250GB will be shaped to 256kbs
- Requires purchase of Huawei B525 modem
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- +1 vote
Nope, Vivid was 200GB at 12/1 in 2300mhz areas or 5/1 in other Optus areas or unlimited plan was capped as 12/1 in 2300mhz only.
It was owned by Optus for a few years until they recently announced they’re phasing it out next month and migrating users to Optus.
- +2 votes
what if i already have a Huawei B525 from Vivid, could i sign this plan without the modem?
I'm wondering the same thing. I have a soon-to-be-defunct vivid wireless modem, not sure if its the B525 but looks similar. Can we use that one?
soon-to-be-defunct
Are you not able to use this with any other wireless ISP?
Check your email from Vivid again.
We all should be getting transferred onto an equivalent Optus 4g wireless broadband plan USING the existing modem and Sim that is inside of it, and we don't have to do anything.And I believe the "equivalent" plans from Optus which they will be forced to move us on to are UNCAPPED 4g.
So stick around and see what Optus transfers you on first.
According to this video, Spintel and Vivid speedlimit to 15mbit/s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKuuudp2yrM
I personally haven't tried, but I asked Vivid once, and they said the device was locked. So if they're on Optus, and you have an Optus SIM… Or one that's from an Optus-based VNO, pop that in and see what happens.
I contacted Spintel sales via chat and they said you can byo as long as it's a B525 from either Optus or Spintel
Thinking of setting this up for an older family friend. Will the 12/1 cap handle Netflix and iview without much buffering?
Yes a HD stream only needs about 5 down, 12 will be plenty. The question is more how much they will use it and the data cap. Netflix uses up to 3gb/hr at 1080, so 3hrs a day every day would use more than the allowance, and by my math the shaped speed wont run SD netflix
on spintel. 2 peeps in my place and daily usage is 8-11GB. mostly youtube videos.
- -1 vote
You're mixing up the gigabits per sec bandwidth with the gigabytes of data allowance. 8 bits in a byte mate.
You can also configure playback settings on their Netflix account to limit it to SD/HD (and aboid 4k streaming which can take upto 3-7GB per hour).
- +10 votes
“ Requires purchase of Huawei B525 modem”
Ummmm what if u don’t want the Chinese govt knowing u lookup redtube 13 times an hour? Asking for a mate
- +5 votes
then just watch youporn which commies has banned and won't be able to spy on
Sell the router on Gumtree and buy one from a country of which you want the government to spy on your porn habits.
- +4 votes
Optus offer 200 GB for $60 per month (with full 4G speeds) on a 12 month contract or $70 month to month. No sign up costs. You can buy a modem for $30. A better deal for some.
- +1 vote
And free tab s4 on 24 months contract. Used to come with free netflix too. But no modem.
I got this deal a month ago. $60 pm, said no to any tablet and the contract says there is no fee to stop the contract, only have to pay out the device. No device, no pay out to stop the contract. So essentially a month to month contract. Using it until NBN comes, had NBN FTTP for 3 or 4 years in my last place (I was shocked to know that places in inner city Melbourne didn't have NBN yet).
Can you please post a link? I can see $70pm for 100G data sim or $70pm for 200G (plus cost of modem up front) - IE: https://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/net...
These plans, I believe:
https://offer.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/h...EDIT: I clicked your link again, and it appears to be the same offer, but different modem for me ($60 for 200GB, or $80 for 500GB).
- +1 vote
Seems modem is free on 24mth plan but have to pay $179 up front for month to month
quite a good value, because you can not get a 100gb nbn 12/1 for $39.95, and i bet optus 4g network is more stable and closer to advertised speed than nbn.
- +1 vote
if you're near a tower than yes. I'm about 1km fro an optus 4g tower on vivid wireless and i get around ~11 regularly. If i was further away who knows? NBN should be better if you are far from a tower, reasonably sure 4g speeds will drop more with distance than nbn, even if nbn can be a bit crap at times.
- +1 vote
its not, its less consistent and dependent on heaps of things your distance to the tower, interference, and congestion.
I havent had Spintel but I have had both Optus 4G Mobile Broadband (uncapped) and Vividhad modem connected to my home network router, and used my own access point etc.
placed modem at optimum locationsLocation 1 (home) near a university, full reception, Vivid Wireless was not to bad fluctuated between 10-11mbits, pings were okay, they spiked up to 50ms at night but speed didnt drop below 7-8mbits over a period of a month
Location 2 (holiday house) full reception, Vivid Wireless 4G, congestion would bring speeds down to 1mbit to about 5-7mbits most afternoons and night. mornigns would get full 12/1
On Optus Mbb (uncapped speeds)
Only tested at Location 1 - near uniReal problem with fluctuating speeds, but worst was pings. My experience at peak time in my area was worst with Optus MBB.
I would go from 40ms, to 250ms, pages would time out, https websites would screw up heaps.
speedswould go from 70-80mbit to 2-3mbit.At the time my Optus Cable service was heavily congested and would go down to 3mbit at night, so I thought I could try and bond my connection or switch it at night. First I tried bonding and found that having multiple IPs to one site would often screw up the session. So then I set up a scheduling system to make one modem turn off and another turn on when the service got congested. In the end I found that a fixed connection was way more reliable mainly with pings and remaining connected.
I needed a public IP even using a vpn to get a static IP, my session would often be cut off and have to reconnect disrupting my internet.
I would like to test now with a $199 unlimited telstra sim, but im too scared given the 24 month commitment, and my house is due to be connected to NBN some time time this year.
So I have this wonder if they going to cut my price. Think I'll email them :)
Thinking of going with Spintel. How was your experience with them? I was planning to get the Optus one. But saw this deal and thought might check it out.
Hmm im already with them and Feb will be my last month. Decided to try Optus 500GB for a month to download extra games, cant wait to get back to Spintel.
I already have a modem though…. so will the deal apply to me?
How has your experience been with Spintel's 4g wireless broadband? I'm thinking of signing up for this one but most (negative) Spintel reviews I find online are for their NBN and ADSL services.
Speeds arent THAT bad, I cant say much for gaming since Ive got parents youtubing most of the time so latency sucks then. Otherwise its pretty decent.
The whole reach cap, bandwidth shaped to 256kbps never happened to me, it just doesnt work. So I ended up getting 10GB for 10$
Also had to call tech support to reconnect my service at the end of the month twice (been their customer since Nov). But I dont consider that too much of a hassle. It gets connected promptly
- +2 votes
Would prefer uncapped speed versus 12/1 capped speeds. Be mindful 12/1 is the maximum speed and is not a guarantee eg take into consideration peak times affecting max speeds
From experience using Optus 12/1 mobile broadband you have no hope in hell getting the theoretical all max speeds between hours 6pm - 9pm
- +1 vote
I'll run some speed tests tonight to check. Mine definitely slows but is usable - i'm on vivid on a grandfathered plan.
Yeah, this either seems expensive for $40 p/month, or is slow at 12/1Mbps connection.
I wouldn't have thought it would be any trouble for them to offer at least a decent 30/5Mbps max speeds.I'm getting the vibe, that this thing will live up to its 1Mbps Upload speeds (which is nothing to write home), but probably have a poor average download speeds of 3 - 5Mbps. I'm sure the majority of users can make do with 100GB's-300GB's of monthly use, so that's not the issue.
vivid unlimited data $90/m in south canberra, 656pm - 10.95/0.84, advertised max 12/1.
Yeah, this either seems expensive for $40 p/month
NBN12 from TPG is $59 a month for unlimited so this isn't expensive
If you aren't using more than 250gb I can't see a piece reason to use the NBN.
It's cheap, yes. But it's capped at 12/1 speeds. If you go directly with Optus, you get full uncapped speeds.
anyone subscribed yet? what are their speedlike?i cant see how they can match nbn speed.
- +1 vote
Why not? I routinely get 65Mbps download on the Voda network.
- +1 vote
I had such a profoundly awful experience with Spintel and their unethical (at the time) practises that I don't think I could ever use them again.
- +2 votes
It was on FTTP NBN, I was getting 2Mbps download speed, the landline never worked, they said stiff faeces, kept debiting my bank, had to get TIO and bank involved to stop paying and move to Telstra. They massively under provisioned, told me lies every time I called. Otherwise it was fine 😀.
I was excited and then went meh when I saw
Speeds up to 12/1Mbps download/upload
this is a good product if you can't get nbn, otherwise i'd just get nbn (coming from someone using capped 4g).
- +1 vote
Why is it much better?
You pay nearly 2x the monthly price so from a price comparison it's worse.
I used Vividwireless along with a lot of referrals to bring the cost down for a year.
I cancelled my plan and moved to Optus 200G plan with Samsung Tab.Now I usually get ~60MBps speed with Optus and I am pretty happy with the speed.
Vivid even refund me ~$110 modem charges and let me keep the modem, given the fact that I only paid around ~$120 to TGG on a deal.
No complaint with Vivid and I get solid 11-12M speed all day long.
Did you mean this: https://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/net...
I am using vodafailed nbn and it has been disconnected for 2 weeks. I am looking for a good mobile broadband.
May i ask how many people at your place usually connect to the internet? and Is the connection stable?
Thank you
I found 2 options:
https://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/net...
https://www.telstra.com.au/broadband/mobile-broadband/telstr...the problem with telstra is only 90GB
I would recommend the AC800S but I took the offer to get Samsung Galaxy Tab with 200GB last September.
I sold the tablet on eBay for ~$950.I purchased a like new Netgear Nighthawk M1.
I wouldn't recommend this Nighthawk M1 + Optus SIM combination because M1 doesn't support 2300MHz band. However, it works fine for me (I get solid 60M in speedtest).Can i ask where do u base? Melbourne? How many devices u usually connect to this AC800s? In my case, i need around 8 to 9 devices: desktops, laptops and mobiles connect to the modem.
I usually play dota 2, so i hope i can get stable connection and no lag.Thank you, mate.
Just wait for the Optus ipad pro plans to offer 200GB, after taking off the cost of the ipad pro (sell or own use), the monthly cost for the data is less than $39.95 plus the speed is not capped. Often you can get speed up to 80Mbps depending on your location.
That won't work if they don't allow the sim card to operate in other devices.
Only the Home Wireless sims are locked to specific approved devices.
The iPad deal comes with Mobile Broadband sims which can be used in any device.
Any idea when they will offer the iPad? All I’ve heard is the tab going on offer
I'm about to cancel my ADSL plan cause I'm getting 1 Mbps down/up speed. I was going to get Optus but then I saw this. Anyone can recommend which one to get?
For 60$, you can choose uncapped speed and 200gb with Optus or capped speed and 250GB with Spintel.
personally having more data cap is more important for me. Optus also got 500gb for 80$ if you are ok with shelling out extra 20
I'd cut cost wherever I can. Ideally I'd go with Spintel cause cheaper and more data. But I'm wondering how the speed would be? I tested my speed last night on iPhone with mobile data 4G on, with Kogan Mobile (Vodafone Network). I'm getting 10 mbps download and around 5 mbps upload. Which is more what I can do with my ADSL. I'm pretty happy with that.
If I go with Optus I know they would be a better customer service(past experience). I have no experience with Spintel so I can't say much about them.
- +1 vote
Customer service is OK. nothing (big) to complain about from my side.
I get 1.3MB/s easily (which is the advertised 12mbps).
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I guess it is vivid 4g instead of optus 4g.