Minimum monthly cost is $99.95 for the first 30 days and $109.95 thereafter
New services only.
Must buy between 3.06.2019 and 30.06.2019 and activate before 15.07.2019.
Not available for upgrades and downgrades.
Ovo Boom XXL 500GB Mobile Broadband for $99.95 For the First 30 Days ($109.95 Thereafter, New Services Only)
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A fizzle rather than a boom
Optus is a 24 month contract. Ovo is month to month
Optus month to month is also $85 u just have to byo modem instead of a free one
I think with Optus you have to buy their modem, $277 for the first month. Can’t BYO.
@lanriver: I just got a 500gb Optus connection, you can BYO modem if you want you just need to go instore to get it.
It also makes more sense to get it on a 24-month contract, you can cancel at any time and just pay out the modem.
As per above, you can sign up for the same plan with Optus month to month as well for 85 a month. I did it before when it was only 80 a month.
Guess the reason why OVO's 500gb plan is so popular is because people don't know about Optus' identical month to month plan.
Is Optus cheaper? I think they got mobile broadband plan month to month, $80 for 500GB per month, you can bring you own 4g modem.
No you cannot BYO.
Taken from their CIS;
Equipment needs
These plans can only be used with the Optus-supplied modems
provided with your 24-month Optus Wireless Broadband plan.
Customers on a month-to-month plan will need to purchase
a modem at an upfront cost, which will be advised at the time
of purchase, in order to use this plan. The SIM supplied with the
modem must not be removed from the modem and will not
work in any other deviceThat’s what they say but people have been able to go into a store and sign up month to month.
Go to your local Optus store, you can get SIM Only M2M no need to purchase the modem.
Damn it, I should really go (out) shopping more often!
@poketroket: Actually you don't need to go out shopping often. Every time you want to buy something, just go on Ozbargain first and see people reviews, share their experience, using search box (like 4g plan optus)
I jumped on Optus month to month plan because of this, at that time Optus did not offer mobile broadband month to month online. But someone did it through going to store, that's why I signed up for month to month plan.
They've actually raised their price to 85 now sadly.
Rekt….
Colleague at work looking for a month to month wireless broadband sim plan while she waits for the NBN to be installed. The OVO plans seem to be very good value. Any experiences with them or other options before I make suggestions to her?
I’m using amaysim at the moment, they’re both using the Optus 4G network. It’s ok as long as your suburb isn’t oversubscribed.
Using exetel ATM 240GB for $40pm, free modem on a 12m contract
exetel is capped at 12/1 though.
Save money and get the optus plans?
Optus currently $85 for 500GB, you can ask for sim only no contract and BYO modem.
I've been using it in my old Vividwireless B315 modem, happy with it until NBN decides to pull their finger out in my area.
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8309055902.pngThanks all. She's unsure if she needs more than say 100-250GB a month, hence looking at the OVO 100GB @ $65 a month or 250GB @ $80 a month, no contract, BYO modem plans. Will only be for 3-6 months.
Optus has $65 for 200GB as an option too.
@Tex Texan: Yeah, same family as the 500GB offering.
https://offer.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/h…But as mentioned you’ll either need to pay for the modem or BYO approved one. They have a list of specific approved modems that it’s limited to.
If you BYO, just go to the store and ask for it on a month-to-month and without the modem, that’s what I did.If you can pick one up cheap on eBay second hand then it might be worth it, assuming she doesn’t already have a 4G modem to use and has to buy one anyway.
@unco: Too bad, Optus increase their price. About 2 months ago only $60 and $80 for 200GB and 500GB plans.
@codinghelloworld: Yeah I'm glad I hopped on before the prices went up. They seemed to raise their mobile broadband and mobile plans up by that $5 mark which, while still good value, makes it less appealing when you see it used to be cheaper.
I’m with OVO because I can change my download limit/recharge whenever I want. Last month I went with the 500GB plan and turned off auto recharge. This month I went OS for 2 weeks so didn’t need data for this period and therefore didn’t need to recharge. Since returning home I’m just tethering to my phone (using my plan data) and probably won’t need another OVO recharge at all for at least 3 weeks.
OVO is great if you don’t need/want monthly internet bills.
Ideally I’d just like to be able to buy non-expiring data blocks as needed like I do with Usenet but 30 day blocks will have to do for the moment as there are no other options.
Massive savings to be had doing it this way but obviously doesn’t suit all users.
What's the point?
Optus Wireless Broadband $85 500GB