whats the best mobile plans

[pk.sax]

I'm switching to telstra prepaid as soon as my sim shows up.

The ombudsman has let me off the rest of my plan and I only pay the leftover 6 bucks a month phone payment to get out. Woohoo.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Well......I ended up back with Aldi....

Amaysim was utter ****....used EDGE instead of full 3g and was so unreliable and disconected that much that I was flat out using 1gb in 30 days...

The Aldi plans are a bit of a PITA....basically you buy a $15 Pay as you go, then add a $30/3gb/30day data pack.. And you can only add the 3gb data pack to the $15/$30 PAYG.....which is really wierd cause it works out heaps cheaper than there other plans...

 

[Florian]

Yep, tried Amaysim a couple of years back with exactly the same experience.

Still in Aldi as well, got the XL $35 plan this month, but had to buy another GB for an extra $10 as the one included wasn't enough.

Looks like I'll eventually end up on the previously mentioned Telstra plan for $40 with 3GB or similar.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I dont think telstra do anything like $40/3gb plan...

But Aldi is on Telstra 3g and it rocks.

 

[Florian]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/78968-whats-the-best-mobile-plans/?p=1153993

Also see subsequent two posts for explanation.

EDIT: that's $50, not $40. But 3.8GB and **** loads of talk and text.

 

[Florian]

There's also Ugly Bill where you can get 3GB for $40 including $10 call and text credit at reasonable rates (not those over inflated ones others charge you when they generously give you $650 of credit and such nonsense).

Just can't seem to find their international call and text rates.

 

[pk.sax]

What I'm ending up doing is go higher one month and lower the next. Telstra pre-paid 4g.

Basically, get whatever 40-70 bucks one month, use up data and call credit until it lasts and pop a data pack on when needed (700gb). Actually, first month didn't need a data pack at all because sim=30 + top up 40 gave me enough. That 70 bucks roll over into month 2 so I can get even the 30 dollar recharge and get data out if the now 100 bucks I've got sitting there. Works out really cheap.

Besides, the data pack runs from when activated. Really nifty.

Why can't they just provide the same value as casual plans is beyond comprehension!!!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Why cant Telstra just do an easy no-*******-around $40 or $50 plan with 4gb and heaps of calls....If Aldi can do it...why cant Telstra.....after all they are only on-selling to Aldi....

 

[Florian]

What I'm ending up doing is go higher one month and lower the next. Telstra pre-paid 4g.

Basically, get whatever 40-70 bucks one month, use up data and call credit until it lasts and pop a data pack on when needed (700gb). Actually, first month didn't need a data pack at all because sim=30 + top up 40 gave me enough. That 70 bucks roll over into month 2 so I can get even the 30 dollar recharge and get data out if the now 100 bucks I've got sitting there. Works out really cheap.

Besides, the data pack runs from when activated. Really nifty.

Didn't know the data pack activation bit, that's good to know.


On the encore cap Telstra is deducting voice mail retrieval from your recharge credit as opposed to your cap credit, which can be a pain if you've spend $49 on the big data pack, as you only have $1 left for voice mail retrieval.

A way around that is to, once your voicemail is setup, ring your own number and press hash then your voicemail pin to access message bank, that way it gets deducted from your cap credit.

 

[pk.sax]

Ah. Good to know. It has made a dent....

I was planning to set up the voice to text message, but it's my work phone too, ain't troubled by the spend as much as I am by the ****** allowance on the plans and the lock in contract. People at work tend to like leaving messages and my desk phone directs to it too if I don't answer it. Sigh. Why can't bloody telstra do visual voicemail like a decent carrier ought to!!!!!!!! Fuckwits.

Reminds me why I left a few years ago, the gouging. If their network wasn't so good.... Grrrrrrr

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Remember the good old days before mobile phones...voicemail...sms...

We actually managed to get work done rather than spending all day on the phone..

 

[pk.sax]

Didn't have a phone, the neighbours did. And only one of them.

Then we got dialup, had to be quick with the sessions lest we block the line. The number was a toll free one and had a special prefix. Could buy it in prepaid blocks, had to put in a code on the ISP website and it clocked hours. There was even an online grocery shop who did free delivery, they provided a free dial in service, due to a glitch on their server glidemart provided free internet for years.

Wait...., what was this thread about again?

Actually life before 3G was pretty damn simple. Fuken technology.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Ahhh...good old bulleten boards 9600 dial-up.

I remember one where you had to send a letter via post with your contact details....and you would get a phone call a week latter...

And all in mono ASCII

 

[Mr. No-Tip]

To my mind Telstra is the only option. Nothing else offers the coverage.

I buy 30 or 40 prepaid every month or so. I immediately cash the "$40" value into data, use the pack's SMS and call caps and still find my data runs out first.