Hi,
Does any one have experience with the subject?
I am thinking of going on plan for my phone with vodafone as I am already with vodafone on a plan for my tablet.
It would make life heaps easier if vodafone allows data sharing among different plans under same name.
PS. I have always been vodafone and never had a complaint. So will make sense to just go with vodafone.
I did saw the Optus ad, first time as well.
http://www.optus.com.au/shop/mobile/my-plan-plus/data-sharin…
It seems that it will only allow mobile broadband (modem) sharing ie not phone and modem
It allows sharing by getting another data sim that they link (from their end) to your main account. There's a one-off cose of $5 for each device though.
http://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/mobile-broadband/data…
Voda don't do it yet.
Optus does for personal and business.
Telstra does for business only.
It's only a matter of time before Voda do it too.
All 3 will allow you to have business fleet plans where plan inclusions are shared - but this is a grander scale than your smartphone and tablet sharing the same data allowance.
Vodafone do it on business plan.
Years ago 3 would allow you to share included calls but when I transferred to Vodafone lost that ability. Had a $22 3 plan that allowed you to add another sim $10 plan to the account and share the same call credit, landline call rate (22c /10 mins) and included free minutes. Handy as the $10 (mother) sim hardly gets used. We still retain the landline call rate but cannot share call credit so not surprised we wouldn't be able to share any data.
I'm in the same situation as yourself a couple of months ago and I was told that they don't have data sharing as a feature on their Personal Plans. So I've now got a separate plan for each device.
They do seem to have the feature on their business plans so maybe that's an option you can explore (if you can meet their criteria to connect to a business plan - probably need an ABN).
Here's a couple of links to start with…
http://www.vodafone.com.au/business/products-and-services/bu…
http://www.vodafone.com.au/business/products-and-services/bu…
I did see an ad on TV last night re Optus' ability to share data between devices. It was the first time I'd seen the ad. I don't watch much TV so it may be a new feature or it could've already have been around for a while.