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Aldi Mobile Plan - Telstra 3G ($35 = 5GB + Unlimited AU Calls/TXT etc + $10 International Call)

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Aldi Mobile Plan - Telstra 3G ($35 = 5GB + Unlimited AU Calls/TXT etc + $10 International Call)
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Lkelvinsmj on 06/03/2013 - 10:25 aldimobile.com.au (8519 clicks)
Last edited 06/03/2013 - 11:22

saw this this morning

ALDImobile uses part of Telstra’s 3G mobile network. The ALDImobile mobile product provides a 3G coverage footprint of 97% of the Australian population covering more than 960,000 square kilometres. Outside the 3G coverage footprint, customers will revert to 2G coverage and speeds. The combined 2G and 3G footprint covers 98.5% of the Australian population.

it says "part of Telstra 3G network".

Unlimited:

  • Standard national calls to fixed lines
  • Standard national calls to mobiles
  • Calls to 13/1300/1800 numbers
  • Voicemail
  • Standard national TXT/MMS
  • 5GB data
  • 30 days expiry
  • $35
  • inclusive of $10 international/premium services
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  • [Deactivated] on 06/03/2013 - 10:27
    +11

    Not bad, but not as good as Kogan's ($29/mth & unlimited + 6Gb of data)
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/87688

    • macrocephalic on 06/03/2013 - 10:29
      +7

      Yes is looks like they've done the same deal as Kogan, but their margins are higher.

      I hope the telstra 3g network doesn't end up over-subscribed like Optus and Vodafone.

      • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 10:41
        +13

        Pretty sure this is why they are only just doing this now. They can let the UMTS network fall apart to help sell the LTE network.

        • jv on 06/03/2013 - 11:16
          +64

          They can let the UMTS network fall apart to help sell the LTE network.

          I'm still using my Nokia analogue phone, no congestion at all… Haven't received any calls in years though…

        • zonbie on 06/03/2013 - 22:16

          HAHAHAHA. WINNER !

        • whirlpool_guy on 28/03/2013 - 13:46
          -1

          Does it vibrate?

      • PainToad on 06/03/2013 - 13:23
        +2

        Telstra have always denied doing a deal with Kogan, so I still have no idea how his service is running?

        Personally I'd rather deal with anyone but Kogan, not because of bad experiences, but because the guy really aggravates me. Oh you can sell cheap Chinese crap at more expensive prices than aliexpreess, dhgate etc., whoopy di fackity doo.

        • pastapins on 06/03/2013 - 19:00
          +3

          Telstra has a seperate wholesale unit- http://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/. One of their wholesale customers is reportedly re-selling to Kogan (& in my opinion to Aldi Mobile too). The only part that goes above my head in this deal is the margins!!

        • davidl2 on 08/03/2013 - 19:53
          +2

          just because aliexpress is selling slightly cheaper doesn't mean they are any better than Kogan though…..

          at least Kogan operate in Australia (just like Aldi) are all covered by Australia consumer laws!

        • Agret on 15/03/2013 - 18:07
          +1

          Correct, and if you have a problem with what you buy from Kogan it's Australian warranty rather than having to ship it back to china.

      • PainToad on 06/03/2013 - 13:33
        +16

        Running a Telco, your doing it wrong:
        www.aldimobile.com.au/siteimages/upload/skin.jpg

    • snappy1234 on 06/03/2013 - 10:30
      +2

      be interesting to see how Aldi copes compared to Kogan

      (don't think Kogan was ready for the rush frankly !)

      • hubertlam on 06/03/2013 - 12:05
        +7

        Rushlan Kogan :p

    • uncoelite on 06/03/2013 - 13:33

      People should note that this will give you 3G access to Telstra, but not Telstra's Next G, which is even faster. Also no access to Telstra 4G

      • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 14:21
        +3

        "Next G" IS "3G". There is no difference. Neither term means anything anyway. Telstra uses the term "Next G" to refer to their UMTS + HSPA service running on 850MHz. Most other providers call this "3G". If you get the same thing from telstra but at 2100MHz they call it 3G. It all means nothing.

        This does not include LTE ("4G") access.

        • eug on 06/03/2013 - 18:07
          +2

          Aren't all MVNOs on Telstra restricted to 7.2Mbps, effectively making NextG a different product?

          It's the same physical network but with some limitations (full NextG has greater coverage).

        • sloppy on 06/03/2013 - 18:40
          +2

          Bruce is wrong, eug is right.

          Next G is Telstra's name for their 42Mbps (or is it 21??) 3G network. Kogan/Aldi only get 7.2Mbps speeds maximum.

          That said, the Kogan deal is still awesome.

        • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 19:52
          +1

          sloppy: Limiting the speed does not make it a different network.

        • eug on 06/03/2013 - 20:08
          +2

          IMHO practically, you can say it's a different network as it doesn't have the same coverage area.

        • rilebags on 08/03/2013 - 22:17

          he didn't call it a 'different network', just a different service on that network named next G. boost has it, re-sellers like kogan and aldi don't
          http://www.zdnet.com/au/boosts-telstra-prepaid-offering-gets…

        • eug on 09/03/2013 - 00:24

          Therefore, there is a difference between "NextG" and "3G".

    • Oliver on 06/03/2013 - 21:43
      +3

      Wait doesn't this 35 include 10 dollars of international calls? With kogan you need to pay extra for international.

      • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2013 - 16:33
        +1

        How often do you make international calls? The vast majority of users might make 1 international call every 3-12 months.

    • Hinee on 06/03/2013 - 21:48
      +2

      While Boost may be $5 dearer and get 2GB less data, it is actually on the full NextG service which IMO shits all over this deal
      http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/91536

      • davidl2 on 08/03/2013 - 19:55

        yeah full NextG is sure better for some!

  • atlas on 06/03/2013 - 10:28
    +1

    Probably similar to the speed limited kogan service?

    • SirFlibbled on 06/03/2013 - 13:54

      Probably more similar to Boost mobile's which is a lot faster than Kogans.

      Personally I'm waiting for a non-unlimited Telstra plan like Vaya's $17 plan. They have the $15 plan but will only give me 125 minutes of talk time, compared to the 400 or so minutes through Vaya.

  • snappy1234 on 06/03/2013 - 10:28
    +6

    No real reason to buy a phone on a plan with all these prepaid deals now thats for sure

  • Forgot69 on 06/03/2013 - 10:29
    +2

    inclusive of $10 international/premium services

    I'd like to see the rates to international destinations. $10 could be heaps or absolutely nothing.

      • lovepub on 06/03/2013 - 11:12
        +1

        wow…it's actually cheap calling overseas with this. No Flag fall either. that's a +ve

        • anabol on 11/03/2013 - 14:16

          vaya gives you 100$ for international calls on a 29 unlimited plan

      • Ahan on 06/03/2013 - 11:15

        that's cheap! calls to UK, USA, Canada and China only costs $0.1/minute and no flag fall.

        • Chivalry on 06/03/2013 - 11:19
          +1

          cheaper than calling local! =P

        • montorola on 06/03/2013 - 11:49

          Is that 10c/min to landlines or mobiles?

        • Chivalry on 06/03/2013 - 13:00

          both.

        • BrisbaneBargainer on 06/03/2013 - 13:04
          +1

          International Call are so cheap as well. Time to throw away my dual sim (where the second was dedicated to international calls)

    • Crowmanz on 06/03/2013 - 10:32

      beaten

    • [Deactivated] on 06/03/2013 - 11:10

      Interesting, Asia, UK mobile isn't too bad at all (10c/min).

  • ukmark on 06/03/2013 - 10:32

    I would change in a minute, except I need to keep my mobile number with no down time. Kogan recently blamed Telstra for the problems they had with customers trying to do this.

    If anyone tries to take their existing number to Aldi mobile, I would really appreciate an update on how it goes.

    • Coley on 06/03/2013 - 10:40

      I switched from Post-Paid Telstra to Kogan in late Janurary.

      Took about a day, no issues, no downtime, number port worked fine. I have ported over 3 family members aswell as myself and no issues have arisen.

      From face value, the Kogan deal looks much better, and if you buy 3 months at a time it works out being $26 p/m and 6GB. The issues Kogan faced initially were due to the amount of people all joining up at the same time. This has mostly died down and the delays and customer services issues discussed on alot of the fourms are alot better now then they were at launch.

  • twig on 06/03/2013 - 10:38
    +5

    It's 5GB, not 5G.

    • no_mercy on 06/03/2013 - 11:06
      +11

      may be couple years later we will see 5G & 50GB

  • kspec on 06/03/2013 - 10:38

    Looks good with $10 internation rates are very good.

  • dreamzz on 06/03/2013 - 10:40

    There $15 and $30 recharge plans are good as 365 day expiry, good for people uses sms alerts for there security system, if they add a gsm module to it, they dont need to connected to a land line.

  • Somnus on 06/03/2013 - 10:47
    +4

    Looks better than the Kogan offer for me - as the International calls @ 10c a minute makes up for the increased $6 premium monthly price

    • deathjr on 06/03/2013 - 11:57
      +2

      Exactly, if you need to call overseas, this is a better plan than Kogan.

  • Allan on 06/03/2013 - 10:47

    Data looks like it's charged per MB

    • berlindut on 06/03/2013 - 11:17
      +3

      Found below in Q&A.

      How is my data measured?
      The data supplied with your ALDImobile service is measured in Megabytes, which means if your internet session transfers 490 Kilotbytes (about 0.49MB) of data, then an entire megabyte is counted.

      If you are on a PAYG plan, and find you are going through your plan value too quickly from data usage, consider upgrading to our Unlimited plan, which has 5GB data allowance, or buying a 2GB Data Bolt-on for your PAYG plan.

  • SBOB on 06/03/2013 - 10:49
    +6

    This is much better than Kogan, as apparently (according to their website images) it works on both Tomato Sauce and Coke Bottles shaped phones (but only if you pull a stupid face)

    oh and they have an extra bargain
    PAYG is - 12c / min or 24c for 2 min…. thats ozBargain maths right there :)

    • Chivalry on 06/03/2013 - 10:59

      regarding that 24c for 2 mins, in the critical information summary, it speaks of the rate as a standard 2 min call is 24c.. does this mean calls are going to be charged at a 2min block? doesnt seem to be any mention of calls charged by the second or 30 seconds etc.

      • SteveM on 06/03/2013 - 11:39
        +1

        All providers now have to specify the cost of a 2 minute call and a text message in the deal. It makes it easier to compare plans.

        • Chivalry on 06/03/2013 - 16:07
          +1

          thanks for that, do you know if this is billed per 30sec? or each second? or minute?

        • anabol on 11/03/2013 - 14:18

          it makes it more complicated actually…

    • roughana on 06/03/2013 - 11:00
      +4

      It is a bottle of cola, not Coke.

      Don't want the Lawyers getting upset.

  • atlas on 06/03/2013 - 10:51
    +1

    Hmmm could be useful to put in a mobile phone GPS tracker for the car lol

    • c64 on 06/03/2013 - 11:09
      +2

      tpg's payg $1/month might be better for that. 50mb per month included

    • mohan76 on 06/03/2013 - 11:09

      yea i am think about putting it on alarm system (on $15 /year) :)

      • su27km on 06/03/2013 - 14:43

        really cheap, where you will go?

  • mini2 on 06/03/2013 - 10:53

    This could be a better deal than Kogan's given the international calls component.

  • highdealer on 06/03/2013 - 11:00
    +1

    1+ for international credit well worth it for me

    • kelvinsmj on 06/03/2013 - 11:21
      +12

      it's true that it has less data but it includes $10 international/premium services, which can be useful for some.

    • dr_ rusko on 06/03/2013 - 11:42
      +1

      apples and oranges

      • Steptoe on 06/03/2013 - 12:23
        +5

        More Granny Smiths vs Pink Ladies

  • sahat on 06/03/2013 - 11:15
    +1

    There is no flagfall on the"Pay as you go" to national call, good for short phone call.

  • ash7503 on 06/03/2013 - 11:17

    What are the actual 3G internet speeds comparison for Kogan and Aldi?

  • Helmuth on 06/03/2013 - 11:20
    +1

    The low usage/365 day expiry pack is good value for occasional users. A negative is no international roaming though.
    For other than low users, Kogan's a better deal.

  • kazines on 06/03/2013 - 11:28

    I want to know if their speed is limited to 7.2Mbps like Kogan's
    I wonder what's happening to Boost mobile. I heard their speed was full 21Mbps but no updates from them :/

    btw good deal for people who call international numbers often. 10 cents per min without connection fee is bloody good

  • dy4me on 06/03/2013 - 11:29
    +1

    What speeds can we expect? is it speed limited like kogan to 7.2mbps? anything less and its not worth it.

    • kazines on 06/03/2013 - 11:36
      +5

      These are cheap because they're prepaid?
      We all love free stuff but let's get real

  • snajper on 06/03/2013 - 11:31

    Fair deal….

  • djones145 on 06/03/2013 - 11:35
    -2

    if international calls realy matter
    http://www.tpg.com.au/mobile/plans.php
    heavy plan

    1000 Included Value^

    Calls to Standard Australian Numbers (includes 13/18)
    Calls to International Numbers

    1k of international calls

    even the medium plan has 550 worth of international calls (included with ur normal call too)

    • elf888 on 06/03/2013 - 12:00
      +2

      Are they Telstra carrier?

    • highdealer on 06/03/2013 - 12:44
      +2

      With a flag fall of 35c and rate of up to 20 times more than aldi plan. No
      http://www.tpg.com.au/mobile/idd/talk_text/A#stdintl_rates

      • CVonC on 06/03/2013 - 15:33

        much of a muchness really.. yes TPGs international rates are higher.. however you get ALL of your cap to use them.

        • highdealer on 06/03/2013 - 18:09

          Well if you use all your cap on international call, what are you going to use for national calls?
          The national call rate is also much higher as well.

  • rhino015 on 06/03/2013 - 11:35
    +1

    Does anyone know if this can be tethered?

    Because it's cheaper than telstra data with the 3g dongles if you're stuck using that for internet temporarily and telstra is the only coverage in your area.

    • dr_ rusko on 06/03/2013 - 11:43

      I second your question - this is a critical point for me too

    • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 11:52
      +4

      My understanding is that unless you are using iOS devices the telco cannot stop you tethering. Happy for clarification if someone knows better (though I can't see how they could stop you).

      Note that the data is likely to be rate limited as compared to Telstra.

      • samfisher5986 on 06/03/2013 - 12:10

        That is correct Bruce

      • sahat on 06/03/2013 - 13:04

        Alternatively you can buy Telstra Uno from Coles for $29 and use it for tethering, but I am not sure if it still available in Coles.

      • rhino015 on 06/03/2013 - 13:32

        I was not aware of this. So if you have an iPhone, you can just buy any cheap phone that does tethering and use that as your modem? Or maybe even a 3g dongle and just put that sim in.
        I thought they had some way of blocking tethering for all mobile devices

        • sahat on 06/03/2013 - 13:59

          Yes for the phone(I will assume android phone) but not for 3G dongle because you can only connect this to a computer(and some router). The other option is to buy pocket wifi but this might cost you as much as a new cheap phone.
          If you insist using iPhone there is another way which require Jailbreak.

        • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 14:25
          +1

          I thought they had some way of blocking tethering for all mobile devices

          Data is dta, it is hard to work out where it came from or how. Apple puts special built in hooks into iOS to make the telcos happy and encourage them to push the iPhone.

        • PainToad on 06/03/2013 - 14:33

          It can be done via IMIE checks, key word being can.

        • anabol on 11/03/2013 - 14:21

          vaya does it

    • antzz on 06/03/2013 - 13:17
      +1

      Check the coverage since this is using only part of Telstra Network not all, ie 97% population. You dont want to be in those 2% population which is not in the "Part of Telstra Network"

      • _Bruce_ on 06/03/2013 - 14:26
        +1

        My understanding is that the part they aren't using is LTE and (pretty much) all LTE areas will be covered by GSM and UMTS. Happy for someone to correct me though.

        • nickj on 06/03/2013 - 16:01

          <deleted> edit: I was wrong, misread the maps, please ignore!

  • yokumoku on 06/03/2013 - 11:38

    The plans seems similar to amaysim…

    • nmehta on 06/03/2013 - 12:09

      Except that Amaysim's As You Go plan does include unlimited standard national access to social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, eBay and Foursquare. Does anyone know if Kogan or Aldi offer a similar thing?

      • sahat on 06/03/2013 - 13:06

        And Amaysim is using Optus Network instead of Telstra so the coverage area and speed might be different on each area.

      • anabol on 11/03/2013 - 14:23

        who needs amaysim when there is vaya?
        same Optus network
        unlimited national calls
        unlimited national and international sms
        4gb of data (charged per kb)
        and 100$ for international calls
        all comes for 29$ a month

        • roughana on 11/03/2013 - 17:18
          +3

          Those of us who spend <$5 a month on actual call/SMS costs

    • RedHab on 06/03/2013 - 14:29
      +1

      The plans are way better than Amaysim, who are starting to look expensive

  • two_shirts on 06/03/2013 - 11:43

    Just to add my experience on Kogan, as I know that lots of people have had a challenging time getting ported.
    I ordered my SIM in late January. They delayed delivery a couple of times, communicating by email that it was due to provisioning problems.
    Finally it arrived yesterday. Activated it at about 10:30pm last night, and it ported (from Telstra) by about 8:30 this morning. - Very impressed.
    Download speed appears to be excellent - about 4Mbps.

    So far so good…

    • kazines on 06/03/2013 - 11:46
      +1

      4Mbps seems decent.
      I'm worried about data being counted per MB :(

      • LolwutMikka on 06/03/2013 - 11:56

        My Telstra prepaid to Kogan literally took 5 minutes.

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