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No need to recharge, just Activate!
Similar to Vodafone's $5 CREDIT FREE and 50mb FREE offer, which still works (just tested now with a Vodafone $2 sim):
FREE 50 MB with Optus $2 Mobile Broadband Sim, for New Activations
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Llindymadison on 19/05/2014 - 22:51 files.ozbargain.com.au (129 clicks)
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Yep, 50mb
about as much data as a high resolution recording of your average fart
Average fart carries data faster than my ADSL2 connection ;-)
lol
edit - Hmmm, I will have to make sure to spread the 50mb out over the full 30 days…
It's free.
Wasn't free before.
Why the smart alec remarks?
I thought this was Ozbargains, people?
Err.. Since when is $2 'free'?
Well you need to pay $2 for the sim card as well as adding credit to it before before you can recieve the 'free' 50MB of data.
Not really a deal in my opinion.
Wrong.
You do not need to recharge.
All sims come with 50mb for free.
Even if that is the case it's still not a deal.
I think it is.
For $2.00
50 mb about 1 minute video on skype.
50MB would be enough to do a 3G speed test right?
Yes
You are awesome
barely
The also charge by MB, so just 50 whatapps msg already finish it all.
Mods please remove, no bargain at all
Still some + votes :)
Yes, it is.
Open your eyes, dude.
There was no 50mb data before.
Now, there is.
Back in 1999 is a bargain!
Awesome 50MB!!!!!
That's just $40 a GB, bargain.
Thanks Lindy. Ignore the lynch mob. Its just how they get off - putting other people down.
Oh ok, fair enough.
or maybe they're just helping other ozbargainers out by preventing them from getting ripped off, thinking this is a deal when it isn't.
No deal!!
Not worth the time for activating
"The age of entitlement is over." - Tony Abbott
I guess that's enough to get on the Optus website to recharge?
I won't neg the deal, I feel for ya OP. I can't bring myself to up vote it either, though.
But, You don't need to recharge to get 50mb.
I admit that Vodafone's $2 SIM offer is better:
50mb
AND
$5 credit!
Hi there Fedora in the penalty box I see.
2 Dollars. having to remove your current sim and 5-10 minutes activating (assuming it's painless) for 50mb?
If you need data that badly:
http://wirelesslans.com.au/wifi/mcdonalds-australia-store-wi…Even at AYG rates on Amaysim or Aldimobile 50MB would only cost $2.50, so a saving of $0.50. For that you have to activate a SIM. Sorry, no deal. Maybe it might be a bonus for someone who was going to start an Optus plan anyway, so I won't neg, but nuh uh.
Not a deal. Not worth the time for 50mb
About 60X worse than 3G worth, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/105640 11mo 16d ago. $0.
No 2-$ days by this value either. Just a bad deal. Free hotspots exist already.
If ur after data, Woolies @ Wed: 50% off Vodafone USB Extreme Modem 3G+ Starter Pack + 3GB Included Data $19.50. EDR CARD DEAL
Useful for running a speedtest before you commit, and I commend Optus for that, however on an OzBargain level it is really "50MB for $2" or "Run a speedtest on an Optus SIM for $2"
Perhaps 50MB is a plan they intend taking consumers back to in the future, grab one preview for a price of a cheeseburger.
Why are we here?
We're here for the beer (and popcorn ;)
Still useful foranyone who wants a temp sim.
Travellers etc.
Enuf for a few txts and emails etc.
This is definitely a deal even if only a small one.
Rhx to op.No deal, not a special promotion like the Voda/Coles one. Everyday price.
Also unlike what the poster states the 50mb is only for the $2 mobile broadband sim, not a standard prepaid phone sim.
50mb? what is this? an internet for ants?
Optus have poor coverage and even worse performance, so it would take you a whole month to use 50mb anyway.
Rude customer service and nasty hidden exit fees, a very shady company indeed.
Neg because it is Optus and $2 for 50mb is woeful. Vodafail is bad, but last place has now been taken by Optus…
i thought it was a joke post
astounded that the OP takes it seriously
its 50Mb yo
you can kill that reading a handful of emails
Why I think I have seen a deal someone posting the same thing before and also attracting a lot of neg too. BTW, this is no deal to me. Not when you need to recharge before getting 50MB which means it is not free.
50 MB?!