Optus New Plans Allow Data Sharing Upto 5 Devices with $5 One off Per Device

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AssociatedAce26 @ Optus Accessories on 23/06/2014 - 16:34 optus.com.au (802 clicks)
Last edited 08/02/2016 - 10:35 by 1 other user

Briefly covered in the below two deals but I thought a separate post might still be useful to some

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/149815
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/147986

DATA SHARING PLANS

With a My Plan Plus mobile phone plan you can get the most out of your mobile plan's data by sharing it with up to 5 mobile broadband devices, like your SIM-ready tablet, pocket Wi-Fi or USB modem.

There are no ongoing costs, just a one-off $5 set-up fee per device.

Excess data usage attracts $10 per GB, charged in 1GB blocks

Available on contract and month-to-month plans

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  seijai on 23/06/2014 - 16:43

  +2

  but I use my Optus sim to tether from my phone for free

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  Raynes on 23/06/2014 - 16:45

  I don't understand, how is this different to simply enabling tethering in the phone's settings?

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    a22andrew on 23/06/2014 - 16:48

    +5

    It's a moron tax

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      wbeer on 23/06/2014 - 16:59

      +9

      how is it different?

      2+ tablets on the same account used by different people
      not having to carry all devices on you

      …

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        a22andrew on 23/06/2014 - 19:18

        -3

        No dude, it's not different. That's my point. You should buy two.

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        a22andrew on 23/06/2014 - 20:26

        Oh rhetorical… Ok :)

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    Elitebhy on 23/06/2014 - 16:50

    +10

    Telstra charges $10 per month for the same thing.

    Main difference is that your phone battery don't last very long when tetherin, being able to access the net straight away without setting up tethering is also a plus.

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    get-innocuous on 23/06/2014 - 17:02

    +4

    You get additional SIM cards which use data from the same plan, so you don't have to have your phone on, set up tethering/hotspot and burn your phone's battery life to use data on your other device. For $5 once off, I'd say the convenience is definitely worth it - much better than paying for a separate data plan for your tablet.

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    tg on 23/06/2014 - 18:21

    -4

    Because Optus does not allow tethering with iPhones.
    You must have Android/Windows/Blackberry/Sybian phones.

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      kathmandu-jeff on 23/06/2014 - 18:23

      Yes they do

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  King Steuart on 23/06/2014 - 16:48

  +3

  Because you don't have to have all devices on you at the same time. If you have a gig on your wife's plan and you've burned through your gig but she's only used 200mb then you use her data.

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  [Deactivated] on 23/06/2014 - 16:52

  Somebody has already made a report on this 'deal', by the looks of it. Deal posted now three times in less than a fortnight, might have someone to do with it…

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  kaal on 23/06/2014 - 16:57

  I think the 1 GB block is even worst! Imagine only using a few megs over but getting charged $10.

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    ryang on 23/06/2014 - 17:11

    +1

    As opposed to over usage charges that would result in $100's for being a couple of megs over? :P

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      Axelstrife on 23/06/2014 - 17:29

      +3

      should be your hit your limit and thats it you decide if you wish to pay the extra $10 for more data

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        rekabkram on 23/06/2014 - 18:33

        That's available too, they call it pre paid.

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        Axelstrife on 23/06/2014 - 20:47

        they should have it for all of there services but they wouldnt do that they make too much on people going over and simply takeing the extra money insted of letting the consumers decice whether they want to spend another $10 or more on extra data.

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    tg on 23/06/2014 - 18:23

    We should worry more about the session "block" of 10MB than this 1GB "block".

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  [Deactivated] on 23/06/2014 - 19:22

  -2

  Amazing, very good
  Finally this Asian company is taking the lead off Australians' privacy, step by step

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  skinny on 23/06/2014 - 21:58

  +1

  Not sure if you can have 2 phones with common pool of data.. they should bring a family plan 4-5 people share a pool of credit and data - that will be a winner!

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    FootooMootoo on 24/06/2014 - 09:50

    +1 from me for Family Plans. If this was available I would sign up straight away. Having two smart phones and two 4G tablets in the family can get costly especially when it comes to data, let alone trying to keep up with prepaid/post paid expiry, data and credit limits on different carriers with different usage tools.