Need help choosing between Optus 2 Dollar Day 3G (currently using) and the Optus $40 10GB Plan

systema on 30/03/2016 - 13:25
Last edited 30/03/2016 - 13:27

As noted in title, I am kind of torn between whether to keep my 2 Dollar Day 3G prepaid or to move to the Optus $40 10GB plan. I am currently living in Tasmania and reception from Optus around where I live and work is reasonable. I am quite a heavy data user and can rack up to 10GB per month with Spotify and Netflix on my phone (This also act as my secondary data access point when I am away from home for work).

So, just wondering if it is worth it to discard the current plan (Optus 2 Dollar Day 3G - unlimited data) or whether I should switch to the $40 10GB plan to save a few bucks while getting faster network speed. I really want to keep my current number that I am using, so having both is unlikely going to be a suitable option.

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    Stick with 2 Dollar Day 3G Prepaid
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    Change to Optus $40 10GB plan
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  • jzdhgkd on 30/03/2016 - 13:42

    Put your phone on 3G-only for a few days, see if you can tolerate the lower speed and then decide.

    • systema on 30/03/2016 - 14:58

      Have been living on it until this very moment and I still find that quite acceptable.

      • jzdhgkd on 30/03/2016 - 15:18

        Haha my bad for skimming your post :P

        I found the change from 3G to LTE pretty underwhelming too.

        Plus there are lots of areas where I'll get 1 bar of LTE vs full bars of 3G which would be much better for battery life!

  • djones145 on 30/03/2016 - 14:17
    +1

    if you use more than 10 gigs in a month, stay
    else change……

    • ProjectZero on 30/03/2016 - 14:43

      Also how much more than 10GB a month if you do go over as well as how much it cost per GB after going over the 10GB limit for the $40 plan.

      Say if you use up to 11GB a month, and getting an extra GB for the $40 plan is $10. It would be cheaper to go to the $40 plan, heres the maths.

      $2 x 30 days = 60/mth (give or take, might be $62 for a 31 day month) for 11GB uage

      $40 + $10 = $50/mth for 11GB usage

      • systema on 30/03/2016 - 15:22

        It's hard to predict as it will depend on the amount of travelling I need to do for work in that particular month. I had racked up to more than 25GB in a month before but mostly hover around 10-11GB per month.

        • ProjectZero on 30/03/2016 - 15:39

          If you generally hover around 10-11GB then switch. You'll save $10 a mth which incase you do have the rare occasion of going over, if should balance out over the long term.

  • daver on 30/03/2016 - 16:31

    What if you have already solved your query.
    You enjoy flexibility in being able to take your usage 5 to 30GB in any period. (Netflix)
    However, I also read that as $6-$5/GB[underutilisation], that would seem a hundred dollars per year worth of wastage, versus evolved LTE.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2016 - 22:08

    The choice is not as clear-cut as it once would have been, given increased data inclusions on fixed plans, but sense is that you may regret giving up your current option, at some point in the future. I know that I would and have maintained same in one phone, albeit at much accumulated and additional cost over the years.

    Given that you are looking to stay exclusively on Optus I would suggest that you activate another SIM in other phone (or same) on current, half-arsed $2 plan - MyPrepaidDaily 'Plus' (or the quarter-arsed version with very little data). Just do it on a 4G suck-it-and-see basis, to see if reception and other suits. $2 + $10 recharge (with now useful six month expiry on that credit, but now 500MB daily limit for $2, as I'm sure you are aware).

    Two niche reasons to stay on 3G, that may not be applicable for your use -

    Faster video-loading is nice, but personal experience is of far more Instagram app-crashes on 4G relative to 3G.

    Courtesy of greater speed, other, much longer, video content elsewhere, will also often buffer right to the end, very quickly. If you decide to not watch the whole video (regular experience on YouTube), that would represent data lost/wasted on a fixed-data plan, and depending on your pattern, could add-up significantly.

    On different note, torrential download of rain from sky late this afternoon. Drenched in ten seconds flat while walkrunning.
    Clouds on 4G?
    :'(

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