Telstra Pre-Paid MF823 4G USB $19, MF90 $29, Optus Huawei E3351 3G USB $9 at Officeworks

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  HemingWay2Go on 19/07/2016 - 10:07

  a quick google tells me that the ZTE MF823 dongle can be unlocked with DC unlocker for a few dollars.

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    brokenglish on 19/07/2016 - 11:21

    +2

    Yes, EUR 7, which is about AUD 10, unlocked flawlessly with their portable exe.

    I unlocked several of them the other day, sometimes there's a chance your MF823 to be stuck in diagnostic mode - modem and web gui won't funtion.
    You need to download the drivers (3 of them: modem, app, and diagnostic) to detect the MF823 while in diagnostic mode to exit diagnostic mode (if you know what I mean).

    For those interested as well, regular Telstra Pre-Paid doesn't support public IP for their prepaid broadband (if you want to use DMZ on this modem for your !@#$%^&*() purposes).
    You need to be subscribed as Telstra Business Customer and have this in your account and you can request a public IP for the broadband number.
    Haven't tried other SIMs for public IP though.

    If you know other SIMs that can provide you with public IP, you can DMZ your MF823 using this guide.
    The port forward function is there but I can't get it to work.
    Godspeed.

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      stephendt on 19/07/2016 - 16:30

      Awesome. Thanks for the info.

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  trienchieu12 on 19/07/2016 - 14:07

  +4

  Coles offer Telstra MF90 Pre-Paid 4G WiFi Mobile Broadband 24.5$ including 2Gb/30days from tomorrow.

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    normanwall on 19/07/2016 - 20:09

    +2

    I was looking at that, but my understanding is that it has limited support for frequencies. (LTE 1800 MHz UMTS 850, 2100 MHz)
    Coles also has this starting tomorrow - Optus Huawei E5573 Pocket WiFi Modem $24.50. May be unlocked and supports below frequencies but likely no data
    3G Network900/2100MHz
    4G NetworkFDD 1800/2600/700/2100MHz, TDD 2300MHz

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      ozhunter68 on 19/07/2016 - 21:04

      Your right regarding the frequency support, should still work ok for Telstra if you get decent signal strength.

      I purchased a few of the Optus Huawei E5573's and was actually pleasantly surprised by the fast performance in my on/of

      average reception area where I live. Seems to usually come bundled with sim starter loaded with 4 Gig/14 days unless

      they changed that recently.

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      Kenb0 on 19/07/2016 - 22:27

      Is the Huawei E5573 for $24.50 in the catalogue somewhere? I can't see it in the catalogues that starts on Wed 20/07/2016

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      trarob on 20/07/2016 - 03:34

      same dont see it on the coles catelogue :(

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      j1568 on 20/07/2016 - 10:44

      Optus Huawei E5573 don't appear to be on the catalogue as well for WA. Only Telstra MF90.

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      alext0413 on 20/07/2016 - 14:03

      +1

      just came back from coles E5573 is still $49 after scan

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      trienchieu12 on 21/07/2016 - 12:17

      I guest it's Huawei E3372 USB, not E5573 pocket

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  astrotrain on 19/07/2016 - 14:27

  Good stuff… moving house and need a couple of these to get us through the next couple of weeks until the net gets setup!

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  scotty on 19/07/2016 - 21:43

  The Good Guys has just dropped Telstra Prepaid ZTE MF823 to $18.

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  alext0413 on 20/07/2016 - 00:49

  Hi, can any of this be unlocked for other carrier? Recently stock up load of telstra and optus starter kit. Never had a dongle looking to get one.

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    Praeto on 20/07/2016 - 03:22

    +1

    The top comment in this deal actually answers this question. Look at the comment from Brokenglish.

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  lostn on 20/07/2016 - 21:29

  Telstra MF90 Pre-Paid 4G WiFi Mobile Broadband

  Coles has this for $24.50.