New plan released today $160 for 100gb! Use offer to pay just $120.
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Doesn't the plans in US get throttled after certain amount of useage?
22gb cap to get throttled, but no charge if you go over: https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/new-verizon-plan-unl… #10
Depriotised. There's a difference.
I'd rather be slowed down than be charged a ridiculous $10 per GB if I go over.
I bought 2GB of data when I was in the US and when I went over it was throttled. Granted the speed was shit but it was more so I could keep in contact.
I agree. I think we're about to see a big shakeup across the marketplace.
Always see their ads on Hulu, I find it funny how they went from saying that 5GB is more than enough for most people based on a study, to offering Unlimited plans. Pretty substantial, since Verizon is basically the Telstra of the U.S. in terms of coverage. Give it a year or two, and Australia will get unlimited mobile data plans. We are already almost there with Vivid Wireless ($90 unlimited, though throttled to 10/1Mbps).
Vivid wireless? Have to actually used their service ? Worst product ever! Definitely not 4G
I have Vivid Wireless (only whilst waiting for the NBN to be connected), not saying that it is great in terms of consistent speeds, though it is the only reasonably priced unlimited mobile data service that I am aware of.
@Marrk:
Ive used vividwireless for almost a year and its been great, yes not 4G speeds but its wireless and unlimited
At ozisaver - when did you use vivid wireless last? They have recently been bought out by optus and now run on the optus 4g network as opposed to the old wimax method. It's more stable now at 10/1, but you'll need a VPN to bypass some of their restrictions.
@easternculture: Looks like they've improved a bit from a few years ago then, which is good. I was lucky if i could get 1 Mbps. I just think it's a bit cheeky to called it 4g when you never get any speed that's near what you would get on your phone
Are you serious with this comment?
It's 4G because it uses part of the Optus 4g network for its services, not sure what part of this is cheeky when it's indeed facts here
2300mhz specifically is the band they use, band 40 from memory (correct me if i am wrong)
Secondly it's capped at 10/1 for the best performance / node congestion inside the towers etc and to not impact other Optus or Virgin services
How is it cheeky that they're the first company to offer unlimited data over a 4G LTE connection in Australia and do pretty damn good at it for people stuck on ADSL 1 rims or pair gains
The old wimax network was trash in areas but I am very happy with the fact I plug it in or run it from my car with an external antenna and have an unlimited FAST connection good enough for 3 phones and a laptop when I'm training for work
It's also great for ps4 and Xbox One online gaming too with pings under 50ms for me
JIO in India provides 28 GB of 4G data with unlimited national calls & text SMS for only $6 (₹303/-) per month.
Yes but the average salary for a person is about $6-$10 per day right? So it's equivalent to about $135-$150 per month in Australia?
Do not go by what press tells you. The average accountable salary. most of them earn more than what you make here.
Don't listen to all that stories. If the salary is less then cost is less too. We all live in country where earnings are high but most expensive to live
Most of this salary data is old (pre september 2016) when most transactions were in cash hence you were guaranteed not to get good statistical data. Average salary has improved a lot which was not reflected in these data. After September 2016 India has taken giant step towards becoming a cashless economy like what we have here. So you will be surprised when new surveys are released.
Also, in regards to NBN, fiber optics network rolled out in India between 2001-2005, way earlier than what we are doing here in Australia.
Yeah India got 3G in 2008 and you are telling us they got Fiber between 2001-2005. Seems legit!
The average salary in India has increased so much that all the IT work in now going to Phillipines.
@AbhiC: but obviously the pay still isnt that high. Which is why we still have so many indian taxi drivers. If the pay back at home was as good as you say it is wouldnt they want to stay over there with their family instead of going to another country and take other people's jobs?
@barbargain: What about the World Bank? Or the IMF? Or the CIA? Is it all an elaborate conspiracy to make us think that Indians are poorer than they really are? If Indians are really making more than the median Australian income of around AU$80,000, please cite a source.
@lplau: how are they taking other people's jobs? Not many of us want to drive a taxi or deliver pizza. I could go get a delivery job tomorrow. I won't though
That is about the same as Australian retail and hospitality workers without penalty rate ?
Earns more than Australians but still 60% of people defecate on the street lol
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-12/india-access-toilets-…
Typed "What is the average wage in India 2016?" In Google. I am not sure why so many get offended?
@AbhiC: One of my calls got re-directed to South Africa! Best part?…. The Indians re-directed it to South Africa. Good progress!
@ilikeradiohead: Did you try to find a comparison between lifestyle difference with $80,000 income in Sydney or Melbourne versus even $30,000 in India? Don't go by data, ask real person whom you know or visit the country if you get a chance. Data says that Sydney is one of the best cities in world to live in. Reality is that a huge proportion of people living in Sydney will disagree upfront.
You will be surprised to know that with $30,000 in India you might still have a better life with cheaper services and their availability at doorstep any time. Both countries have a vast range of demographics so apple to apple comparison isn't possible but some junk suburbs here which appear filthy and where you see people on dole and drugs all the time OR the cramped, stinky apartments of Sydney for an absurd rent of $500-$600 a week would make our country look much worse than life of an AVERAGE Indian sheer due to luxuries they have in life as a result of low cost living.
@lplau: obviously the pay is not at par with Australia. Australia is a developed country where as India is far far behind. My only point is, the new India is not as bad as you think. Things are changing very fast and everything Is getting better.
@ruchira88: I think you are deluded. Srilanka is worst in that. But anyways the bargain is not for toilets here.
@AbhiC: haha its quite funny how people comparing something you buy in Australia to something you buy in India….. We may as well start comparing toilet paper to ones in india, im sure they sell toilet paper for cheaper there.
If somebody can set up a Telecoms company here and charge Indian prices and ensure that the quality of service is still there, then I will definitely join you! (assuming you don't go bankrupt before you even start)
Also to add, the broadband connection turnaround time is 24 hrs. Which means you apply today and by tomorrow you will have the connection.
<1 hour for NBN, infact my last connection was done over the phone within a few minutes, by the time i had given them all of the required details the port had been activated.
@MATTDAMON:
Depends on the technology I guess. Certainly wouldn't be the case for the initial connection on FTTN, Fixed Wireless or Satellite. It will take weeks or even months.
That might be 4G on paper, actual throughput will be somewhere around 2G-3G
How must is the US deal and can we use it in australia?
Also isnt most things cheaper in us?
When I was watching the cricket on Indian TV, they had an ad for Jio offering Unlimited calls/txt + 56gb data for ~$10mth (R499) & $6 (R300) for 10gb top ups.
https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans
Sure, but what is their coverage like in Sydney?
He is just comparing/saying that a country which is less developed than ours is having better offers in this industry.
@VishSoni:
Pretty much every country in the world has cheaper mobile AND broadband costs than Australia.
@VishSoni:
I understand, but because that company doesn't pay local wages, rent tower space at local rates, purchase spectrum in local auctions etc. it has a dramatically different cost base.
better then vodafone ;-)
Been there
Used it.
While the data usage is unlimited, I never managed to make phone calls using Jio. So had to get a sim from a different network just to make phone calls
Data is good speed though
you do realize you need phone with VoLTE support to make voice calls using Jio?
@vinster55: I am not sure if you were never able to make voice call as you initially stated or you were able to make only a few calls but not most of them.
Either way, if your phone had support for VoLTE support and if it was configured correctly then there is no reason why you were not able to make calls unless you had a defective phone.
my ex had an old pre-paid plan with unlimited data for $40 per month …
she gets calls from optus about twice per month asking her to change plans …
doesn't have net at home, just plugs in phone and sets up wireless hot spot for movie streaming!
Those sims sell for a lot on gumtree/ebay.
I remember being on a $2 per day unlimited data with optus many years ago. I still have the sim in a dongle, however the dongle is now broken. Does anyone know if I can remove the sim from the usb dongle and somehow continue to use this old plan?
Would be great if I could, that was a fantastic plan and would beat anything on offer today for my needs.
Yes you can. Just get a new optus dongle. My friend has ine she keeps telling me she's going to go on a plan so far I've talked her out if it but if she does I'm taking that sim.
Edit: I'm not sure if the plan expires after you haven't recharged for a while?
I've got one too. Known as $2 days 3G ready. I had two but the other got lost and expired after 6 months and optus can't reactivate them.
:( It would be expired then, I haven't touched it in years. I thought back then, when they cancelled that offer that I wouldn't be able to continue to use it. Im surprised, and very disappointed, to learn that they would of kept honoring that offer to me, had I only known.
People have been successful selling those upwards of $1000 dollars. I need a drink.
Actually, upwards of $2000. I need 2 drinks.
Wow such things exists?
In the US the word unlimited doesn't mean the same here. Unlimited there can mean slowed after 1mb of use. Unlimited there can mean they terminate your connection for using too much. Unlimited there can mean certain traffic is throttled.
Basically anything "Unlimited" in the US has no correlation to the word unlimited.
Completely true. Spent ages trying to find a good telco in the USA, there are basically no unlimited plans. They all throttle after 20-23GB's. Many also still restrict tethering, or are 3G only. In general US plans are way more expensive than ours
No different to here then really. It's in all the T&C's "Fair use policy applies…yada yada yada"
No, not at all.
Unlimited here means unlimited.
There have been a few exceptions in the past to that rule but they either got in trouble or changed their policy.
Yes fair use policies will say basically anything to cover themselves, but at the end of the day if you can download/upload 24/7 and they are ok with that, then its unlimited.
There simply won't be enough bandwidth to support that. Mobile network use a relatively narrow range of frequency and plus people have to share them.
how do i use the offer to get the 100g for only 120?
Through the Optus 25 year offer. Link in description
100GB on mobile data, good deal because its faster than NBN.
Not if your NBN is 100Mbps. 4G does go over sometimes but rarely…
what? 4G can be quicker than my Telstra Cable? I DID NOT KNOW THAT. Thanks!
but mobile internet lag is horrendous if your a leet gam3r. Keep the cable playa
Not even remotely true. I've never experienced any kind of lagg or disconnects on 4G by any provider, and Optus 4G actually manages 7ms lower ping than my home connection.
Yes, it's does faster than current 100/40 NBN plan. But in VERY limited areas and depends on the time.
I did a speedtest in Chatswood NSW 6am in morning getting over 167Mbps/31Mbps.
My ping on 100/40 NBN isn't even 7ms total :) 3-5ms over wifi 24/7.
Telstra also launched their Gigabit LTE network which is 10x faster than the fastest 100mbps nbn
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/telstra-just-launched-a-m…
The nighthawk M1 is required
https://www.telstra.com.au/broadband/mobile-broadband/nighth…
@lplau: telstra also charge $70 for 20gb or $15 for 1gb. Modem cost is $360. Thing is, in testing it sounds good, but when everyone is on it the speed will drop to current 4g speeds. At the moment, until the data costs become more reasonable, the telstra setup is not viable.
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Yer they do. But hell bad lagg
I use Vivid Wireless (Optus 4G), and the internet was so slow yesterday that I couldn't even do a speed test.
Must have been unlucky.
With Kogan I can get over 5Mbps downloads when using my phone as a wifi hotspot, and it's $1 for 14GB.
I just want to thank you for saying 'must have' and not 'must of'
I live in an area of new homes waiting to be connected to the NBN (which means no ADSL). If everyone starts having 100GB+ data limits on mobile, the telcos need to ensure that their infrastructure can keep up.
Vivid wireless is a different dedicated part of their network - it's basically spectrum they bought for the purpose of overselling the (profanity) out of. Their mobile 4G network isn't effected by this.
Yeah me too. They are usually pretty good that I get 8-10 mbps. I think they are selling way too many and Optus might be slowing them down?
5G will make the NBN obsolete.
4G on a good day make it obsolete
If you dont mind pay $5000-$10,000 per month for enough download allowance.
Almost enough data to ditch my slow home ADSL and hotspot everything through my phone.
Considering this but will Netflix and music streaming be covered under free data? Previously asked optus staff who didn't know the answer.
Data free Netflix is included. Note the "mobile TV streaming" in "included entertainment". :)
Music streaming is included on all plans.
Edit: should note, it's SD streaming only. I'm unsure how this works though, if they actually can tell or not…
It's only standard definition as well I think.
I believe it only counts if viewed on your mobile, not streamed to other devices or through mobile hotspot.
Verizon in USA now have unlimited mobile data plans which means people nolonger chase wifi hotspots spots …… Hopefully soon we too will have plans that stop the need for people to loiter near hotspots.
Hope this 100gb deal rattles voda and Telstra for some better deals.