Telstra 2GB Data + Unlim Calls $35/Mo

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  kywst on 05/04/2017 - 20:49

  +1

  Even standard Telstra prepaid you get 3GB for $30. I don't get it.

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    kipps on 05/04/2017 - 20:53

    You don't get unlimited calls on Telstra prepaid for only $30/month. This is only included in $40/month recharges on Freedom Plus.

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      kywst on 05/04/2017 - 21:01

      +1

      No, you just get unlimited to Telstra and roughly 12 hours talk time to other providers. You get unlimited SMS. You also get more data. You also pay less money.

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        [Deactivated] on 05/04/2017 - 21:44

        For professional/business use 12 hours of calls isn't enough. That's only around 20 minutes a day. Around 25-30 hours is where I could comfortably say it's equivalent to unlimited - that's around when a user doesn't have to worry about going over because of lengthy hold times and what-not.

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    ChillBro on 05/04/2017 - 21:08

    Yeah I honestly don't get why people would bother doing this when they can get 99% of the Telstra network on Aldi (2.25GB with rollover for $25/m) or Telechoice (3GB for $30/m).

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    [Deactivated] on 05/04/2017 - 21:40

    Personally I agree - I'm on the Optus 10GB plan, but for some it may be good.

    I put a relative on the plan as they required 100% reliability (Optus has had 3+ outages here in the last year) and decent customer service. Telstra was the only real option. They also receive a $10 loyalty credit for keeping the two plans on the one bill - if they cancelled the plan they would lose this. With this it's effectively $25 in their case.

    Overall, it's more something for more professional use, rather than extreme budget use. If you're after extreme budget, there's plenty of better options.

    *Just to back up my point:l
    **Aldi:

    ALDImobile services are provided for personal use and not for commercial use or for use as a permanent connection.

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      kywst on 05/04/2017 - 21:55

      1. REGISTERING AND USING YOUR SERVICE
         1.1 We provide the Telstra Pre-Paid service to you mainly for your personal use
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        [Deactivated] on 05/04/2017 - 21:59

        So Aldi still holds the major upper ground if they're unhappy with the usage amount, never really a good thing.

        TeleChoice have a slightly fairer fair-use policy, allowing noting business customers are sometimes accepted if they adhere to the rest of the fair use policy (generic stuff like no mass SMSing, etc etc), but at $30/mo it's getting to the point that for some the $5/mo extra to be directly with a provider is worth it. Also note Telstra support has a lot more authority to do things like bill adjustments if required, helpful if you ever need to call them up.

        Overall, Aldi says they don't want business or professional customers - they want personal consumer customers. TeleChoice implies they don't want heavy business users, though (I assume) would allow moderate-heavy legitimate use.

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  kipps on 05/04/2017 - 20:55

  This is an awesome hack if it works. The link to 2GB data pack opens a PDF which does not include any such $15/month option. Please fix OP.

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    [Deactivated] on 05/04/2017 - 21:29

    Fixed, somehow stuffed up the copy-paste…

    I can confirm the $20 + $15 part works for unlimited calls and 2GB data, though I can't confirm if the device repayment part works… But it's in the contract, so there's no reason why it shouldn't be honored.

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  Axelstrife on 05/04/2017 - 23:17

  http://boost.com.au/shop/30-untld-prepaid-plan/

  $30 unlimited calls and text 3gb data plus bonus weekends data.

  Boost uses full telstra network unlike aldi mobile.

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  universe on 06/04/2017 - 07:55

  I get 8GB for $40 with telstra with the same inclusions. Who lasts on 2GB a month?

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    lupiter on 06/04/2017 - 08:22

    +1

    This month I've used 20MB of my 1.2GB. I have wifi at work and home, and I pre-download playlists and podcasts for the commute between. When I'm on holidays I sometimes buy extra data.

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    [Deactivated] on 06/04/2017 - 08:27

    2GB is enough if you avoid videos and music streaming.

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      universe on 06/04/2017 - 08:49

      +1

      True. i guess there would be a small minority that doesnt regulary watch vidoes on their commute/work. And who also dont want or need to pay $5 for an extra for 6GB.

      I steam with apple music which is data free on telstra anyway.

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  Quantumcat on 07/04/2017 - 14:48

  I get 3GB on optus for an average of $18/month prepaid - there's usually prepaid sim cards around for half price ($15) so I very rarely recharge normally. On a plan you don't have that flexibility. I think you'd have to be a bit dumb to go on a plan unless it was way cheaper than prepaid, because you miss out on deals like that. Plus, you will end up spending more because when you run out of data they can charge you, and somehow when you're on a plan their notifications on how much data you are using are very very late to encourage you to overuse it. Plus there's no roll-over and you can never use all your data because you're afraid of getting too close to the limit and triggering extra charges.

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    [Deactivated] on 07/04/2017 - 15:42

    +1

    In the context of professional or business use porting (or changing) numbers constantly and going without credit at times simply isn't an option. For personal use this may be viable. Also the individual I was finding a plan for wanted Telstra as their network due to realiability issues locally on Optus. The Optus alternative would be 10GB/12GB + unlimited calls for $30/$36/$40* a month. At these data amounts you simply don't have to worry about going over - as long as you're not constantly streaming or downloading large files you have enough every month. As a percentile thing it's also easier to get closer to 100% without going over - you can simply use ~9.8GB (98%) and you're basically getting the most out of it anyway. Also there's various apps to cut off usage once a certain amount is hit.
    There was also the possibility of adding a device repayment to the plan which is appealing with the Telstra offer. It adds up to $68/mo for unlimited calls and 2GB with an iPhone SE - much better than 500 minutes + 1GB for $67/mo or $77 for unlim + 3GB.

    *25% friends and family discount / 10% student discount / full sale price