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LAli1976 on 30/11/2014 - 22:10 files.ozbargain.com.au (567 clicks)
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I was looking for an alternative to LiveConnected after being charged for excessive data usage ($0.45 per MB) that was not completely my fault. I noticed today that Woolworths is selling the $40 Boost Mobile Unlimited Talk, Text & MMS within Australia to standard nation numbers plus up to 2.5 GB of data for 30 days at HALF price of $20.

I believe the deal is in store only as sales staff at Woolworths requested a valid form of identification. I am not sure how long the deal lasts but noticed a lot of stock next to the cigarettes counter.

After following OzBargain for many years, I am posting my first deal.

Mobile Boost Mobile Prepaid Mobile Plan SIM Card

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  • ash2000 on 30/11/2014 - 22:14

    Good offer for those after a new number, however, Boost no longer allow number porting with the $40 retail sim :(

    • webtherapist on 30/11/2014 - 22:17
      +1

      how come? what if people wanna keep their number? doesnt sound right at all

    • Axelstrife on 30/11/2014 - 23:35
      +4

      I ported in using one of these just last week perfectly fine.

    • snappy1234 on 30/11/2014 - 23:40
      +1

      @ash2000

      however, Boost no longer allow number porting with the $40 retail sim :(

      Hi Ash…can you give us a link etc for this ?

      cause i think that's what we need not hearsay.

      • ash2000 on 01/12/2014 - 15:45

        @snappy

        I bought one of these a month or two ago to move a family member from Postpaid Telstra to Boost. The woman on the phone said "no go", and she would need to send me a new sim card.

        This was a surprise to me, as I had previously used this $40 sim to port my number from Aldi with absolutely no issue.

    • lepenseur on 01/12/2014 - 00:32
      +1

      Quoting clause 1.4 from Boost terms and conditions …

      "If you have requested to bring your existing mobile number from another phone company, we will activate your service once the transfer is successfully completed. We will tell you if it has not been successful within 24 hours."

      Nothing unusual there. It looks as if they do port in. Not porting would kill off new signups. These telco's love churn; they are all trying to win business from other telco's.

      • Monger on 01/12/2014 - 07:46
        +1

        They allow porting unless you are currently with Telstra for some reason. Telstra customers need to order a blank sim from Boost and aren't eligible for this discount.

        • matt_will_fix_it on 01/12/2014 - 10:41
          +4

          So there is an easy fix…. just get a $2 Vodafone SIM, port from Telstra to Vodafone, then one day later port from Vodafone to Boost.

        • ash2000 on 01/12/2014 - 15:48

          They allow porting unless you are currently with Telstra for some reason

          Oh IC, how utterly useless of them.

    • IVI on 01/12/2014 - 07:25
      -6

      Aussie businesses, who forget to focus on VALUE for Money often seem to need tl build such "poverty traps" (as OP tripped over) into their business models:

      1. Use only 1 Byte per hour, & we charge you for 1MB each time you do (so their GB of data is used up faster);

      2. Use more than some arbitrary "ration" amount of data, & we charge you at an excessive rate for "excess data"

      3. When you discover our tactics & want to leave a "no contract" business & business, we charge you a leaving fee [unless you take your mobile no. with you]

      By contrast, some mobile Service Providers continue to win by providing VALUE for you $$:

      1a. Get the data you pay for, we charge for it in much smaller 1 KB chunks (Need one Egg, buy a 6-egg box, NOT a crate of eggs…)

      1b. Need lots of Data (only)? We price it "Cheaper by the Dozen" so you save

      1. Need ONLY data & agree to buy more each month, & we'll charge you far LESS per GB ("cheaper by the Dozen")

      2. Only need to use your mobile (or data for it) a FEW days each month, we'll charge you LESS each month

      Some of the GOOD ones. IMO:

      • VirginMobile: 1 & 2 above, eg:
        . $30 buys 6 GB / mon
        . $40 buys 12 GB / mon

      (They give you 256 MB free, when you go over quota, then turn data Off; No "Bill Shock" from excessive "excess use" penalty fees.)

      • Optus: 3 above OR cheap data, eg:

        "My Prepaid Daily" (unlimited calls+SMS: $1.50 per usage day)

        "My Prepaid Daily Plus" (1 GB for $4 / usage day; Need Half, Pay Half / usage day)

      Bonus: You ALSO get unlim'd calls+SMS with that $4 (or $2) per usage day cost.

      $4 / GB -and- help "keep you Human" by giving you unlimited Calls & Data! :-)

      Happy "side effect" of the Plus deal: "Take the phone / tab / device you need, ie:

      It costs $10 / 6-months to keep a SIM in each phone, & that phone co tinues to receive calls.

      (It's the mobile ver of Telstra's now-defunct "InContact" no-service landline… Every oldie living alone & every fixed- or low-income or homeless person or recently-arrived refugee should have one.

      Stop "recycling" mobiles in shops. Give them to a needy person, with a $10 Optus SIM (good for 6 mon, unless used-up), co figured as a My Prepaid Daily service).

    • Todes Angst on 01/12/2014 - 09:55
      +1

      I ported a number just last week to a retail sim. They say it's not possible but if you push the issue they'll do it.

    • jessetill on 01/12/2014 - 15:41

      Funny.. I ported my telstra # across to boost on Saturday. where did you get your information from?

      • ash2000 on 01/12/2014 - 15:49

        was it telstra post or prepaid?

    • ash2000 on 01/12/2014 - 15:43

      ….

    • Food on 01/12/2014 - 20:46

      I ported from Telstra prepaid to boost last week. I had to get a blank sim from boost online, but I said to the happy chap I had a $40 starter pack and I "didn't know you had to get a blank sim blah blah" and within a minute the credit was on there. The whole process took about 10 minutes- didnt even ask for ID ;)

  • Ali1976 on 30/11/2014 - 22:18
    +3

    But I ported my existing number from LiveConnected to Boost and it only took half an hour to activate my service.

  • Reggienator on 30/11/2014 - 22:22
    +3

    Same price at big w too.
    Edit: also FYI, Australian law says that on sale of a prepaid device, Identification and and your details are to be entered on sale of said devices. Something to do with planes going into buildings.

    • matt_will_fix_it on 01/12/2014 - 10:49
      +2

      Something to do with planes going into buildings.

      This is misleading

      From http://www.acma.gov.au/Citizen/Stay-protected/My-mobile-worl…

      Identity-checking requirements for customers of prepaid mobile carriage services were first introduced in 1997 to prevent the anonymous use of such services and to allow law enforcement and national security agencies (the relevant agencies) to obtain information about the identity of customers, where needed, for the purposes of their investigations.

      • Ryk on 01/12/2014 - 20:37

        If you were going to fly planes into buildings, or crash SUVs into airports, you'd stop in NZ and pick up a sim there, no ID required.

  • tightarse on 30/11/2014 - 22:34

    Nice. Thank you.

  • sajidmib on 30/11/2014 - 23:57

    So whats the deal when is it going to run out ? Coz i moved to yatango and i cannot activate facetime and imessaging their support cannot do anything either looking to move out soon.

  • theological on 01/12/2014 - 01:21
    +1

    I picked up one of these for a friend visiting for a few weeks. Just to remind everyone, boost uses the Telstra network now (good) but no 4G (not so good)

    • Ryk on 01/12/2014 - 20:39
      -2

      4G is available.
      pick up a blank sim at a telstra store (free), take home and process a sim swap via live chat, too easy.

      • Food on 01/12/2014 - 20:44
        +2

        No, 4G isn't available

  • krouton24 on 01/12/2014 - 07:46

    Can you but multiple of these and activate them to the one sim?

    • McFly on 01/12/2014 - 08:29

      I highly doubt it. Ditto for buying.

      • krouton24 on 01/12/2014 - 09:13

        I see what you did there. Touché.

  • Todes Angst on 01/12/2014 - 09:54

    I've been using Boost for the last 4 months. Absolutely fine service. If you don't care about 4G then it is a no-brainer.

  • ripsa on 01/12/2014 - 10:22

    Can I buy the sim now, and activate it next month?

    • snappy1234 on 01/12/2014 - 10:30
      +1

      @ripsa

      Yes you can (just check the sim is valid till the date you want to activate.)

      (written on the outside of the packaging)

      • ripsa on 01/12/2014 - 11:58

        Thanks, whats the usual validity?

        • snappy1234 on 01/12/2014 - 17:10

          Sorry… every Sim is pretty much different could be a month could be a year.

          Check before purchase :)

  • Geekomatic on 01/12/2014 - 12:56

    +1 for Boost.

    My house/area is in a total blackout spot. We've tried Voda, Optus, Virgin, Amaysim…all fail (lucky to get a bar if you stand at the kerb to talk & even then, you're choppy to the person on the other end).

    Tried BOOST- perfect! Well, maybe not a full 5 bars on my mobile, but a solid 4. The fact it isn't 3G doesn't worry me in the least. We're still on ADSL1 here—> speedtest of my home network via modem is 4-6mb, where a wifi connect to the mobile data will be anywhere from 6-10! So yeah, data runs just fine, too.

    Cheers

  • Wm on 01/12/2014 - 22:51

    If you really need your number urgently be careful. I just ported from amaysim (optus) and it was a nightmare. Took 10 days and hours on the phone everyday to sort it all out.

    • krouton24 on 02/12/2014 - 08:59

      Did they mention what the problem was?

  • hopper on 02/12/2014 - 22:05

    Thanks, just got one

  • krouton24 on 03/12/2014 - 09:08

    If I bought two of these, activated one and athe end of the month ported out to Vodafone then back to the second sim that'd work right?

  • McFly on 03/12/2014 - 10:47

    FYI, same price for double that data from Amaysim: www.ozbargain.com.au/node/172504.

    • arend on 04/12/2014 - 09:49
      +1

      But on Optus network

  • buzzliteyear on 12/12/2014 - 10:58

    Bought two last night at $20 each thanks OP

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