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RyanMK on 05/03/2018 - 14:30 offer.optus.com.au (8370 clicks)
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Received an email today for an invitation to the following:

We're proud to announce we're now offering unlimited mobile data on our Unleashed SIM Only plans and we want you to be the first to try it.
You bring the phone and we'll provide the SIM when you switch to our 12 month, Unleashed SIM Only plan.
Offer ends 13 April 2018, unless withdrawn earlier.

First SIM - $60/mth
Add 2nd SIM - $50/mth
Add 3rd SIM - $40/mth

Plan's CIS thanks to subee.

It seems like you need a unique code to be sent to your email to apply for the plan.

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  • Bellpop on 05/03/2018 - 14:33
    +57

    Whoa it’s starting… 📱💾📞🎥⏱⏳😍👌

    • StarvingOat on 05/03/2018 - 15:36
      +5

      Its coming, its coming!!!! Unlimited data era!! My friend has a unlimited data plan with 3 in the UK for the last 10 years or so. You know if you break up Optus name, its Opt Us and they are finally living up to it ^^

      • BarryBargain88 on 05/03/2018 - 15:54
        +10

        Yea but 3 UK is shit

        • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2018 - 18:14
          +6

          I once tried 3, then I had to do a hard Brexit.

      • itsdougie on 05/03/2018 - 23:27
        +1

        winter is coming
        and the NBN is going to freeze over if other telcos follow suit

        • [Deactivated] on 06/03/2018 - 00:11

          This is a great start. I saw it coming, wonder why it took so long. Thanks Optus for starting the war.

      • SlickMick on 06/03/2018 - 11:37

        The internet won't fit on my phone. I won't know what to do with it. Can't waste it.

  • Lockster on 05/03/2018 - 14:33

    Jesus Christ what a deal…

    • Bellpop on 05/03/2018 - 14:35
      -1

      *RyanMK

      Bellpop on 05/03/2018 - 14:35 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 14:42
        -1

        Ryan Ming Kai!

      • Bloodfart on 05/03/2018 - 20:10
        -1

        Ryan Mortal Kombat!

  • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 14:34

    unlimited 4G? really?

  • doweyy on 05/03/2018 - 14:34
    +10

    Tethered @ 1.5mbps..thats a pretty cool deal though

    • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 14:37

      How do they even detect tethering? Especially on Android?

      • doweyy on 05/03/2018 - 14:38

        They can just limit your speed to 1.5mbps?

        • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 14:41
          +5

          The point is they limit only when tethering

          The data should look the same to them tethered or not.

          Android phones don't report tethering status to the carrier, I know iPhones used to.

        • doweyy on 05/03/2018 - 14:42

          @samfisher5986:

          Ohh okay, thank you for the clarification!

        • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:43
          +15

          @samfisher5986: it says music and video streaming, downloads, and tethering at 1.5mbps. So not just tethering is slowed. Anything that basically uses data is slowed according to that page.

        • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 14:49
          +5

          @dwhes:

          Easily fixed with a VPN or probably various other tricks.

        • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:51
          +19

          @samfisher5986: Possibly but that’s not a true representation of the product. People need to be aware that it isn’t just tethering thst is slowed like you had said. But anything that they really want higher speeds for.

        • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 14:52

          @dwhes:

          I think a lot more research is needed on this service anyway.

          Like what happens when you open Youtube and select 1080p?

          Do you just sit there buffering because its limited?

          I have a feeling its not as restrictive as they make it sound.

        • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:58
          +3

          @samfisher5986: For sure more research is needed. I think it will be exactly as you just said when trying to stream though. They are easily able to see what the type of traffic is and simply shape the speed at those times. They already do it now for the free data streaming of Netflix and Spotify. This will just apply to all these different things now. Makes a lot of sense as they don’t want everyone having unlimited data with full speed. But at that sort of speed it makes the unlimited data almost pointless. Just did the math and if you were to stream 24/7 for the month at 1.5Mbps it would work out at around 485GB.

        • Kangal on 05/03/2018 - 15:52
          +2

          @dwhes:

          I'd say at first you'll probably get away with streaming +20GB's at around 15Mbps.

          But as it goes on, Optus is probably going to invoke the contract rules and slow your service down to 1.5MBps for videos/torrents/games/tethering.

          And then it's going to suck, and this deal isn't going to be a bargain at all. I'm thinking the TIO and ACCC will probably get involved in forcing the carrier's to make it well-known that it is NOT unlimited/unrestricted Data.

          Besides this isn't quite new, we've had it with slower 3G networks… so it's probably a case of Optus looking to experiment with the market.

        • goosmurf on 05/03/2018 - 16:22
          +9

          @samfisher5986: Not sure if it still live or on many phones but there is actually a "tether_dun_required" setting that distinguishes tethered traffic from non-tethered.

          This post describes how to disable it though: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/hide-data-usage-get-truly-u…

          I got bitten by this once on a Woolworths (Telstra) SIM and Android 6.0. It wouldn't tether on 4G but would on 3G. Setting tether_dun_required = 0 fixed it.

        • sharkfan12 on 05/03/2018 - 20:39
          +4

          @dwhes:
          Forget about music and video… just think of how fast you could send unlimited emails!

        • Andoes on 05/03/2018 - 20:49

          @goosmurf:

          That's the hot tip right there!

        • [Deactivated] on 06/03/2018 - 06:34
          +1

          @sharkfan12:

          Let me get out my Blackberry!

        • raj koothrappali on 06/03/2018 - 12:41
          -1

          @FriendlyPhillip: you mean Misery?

        • NeoBeum on 06/03/2018 - 16:49

          This is a synchronous speedtest, from two Sony Z5 Compact, one hotspot host, the other tethered (last link)

          http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3711568657
          http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3711568664

          I feel for those who buy multiple sims if they don't require devices to be separated… don't get sucker punched

      • PAEz on 05/03/2018 - 17:57
        +1

        I was blocked from tethering on android by some telco once, just had to use Clockworks Easytether to get past it. Great app, easy to work with.

      • louisprice on 06/03/2018 - 11:28

        Some operator would inspect TTL, some will use a different APN for tethering, and some system will notice the network tethering data is coming through. I didn't receive the code so I couldn't try it by myself, but it should be the way to tell wether you are tethering.

  • dcep on 05/03/2018 - 14:36
    +18

    wow wow wow…

    brb, cancel nbn

  • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 14:36
    +25

    I'm with Optus and the reception and mobile data quality is already poor compared to Telstra.

    This is not going to end well.

    • 1-Bargain on 05/03/2018 - 14:46
      +12

      Maybe not the at beginning, but when the competition is initiated by Optus and takes off, other Telcos will gradually join the market on affordable unlimited mobile broadband, from 4G to 5G in 2019 to..xG in the future. It's going to end well for consumers.

      • kasp on 05/03/2018 - 16:56
        +3

        As someone who is on optus cable and gets 0.11 megabits in peak hour I dont think that is going to happen.

        They offered cheap unlim plans and their network became crippled and it just gets worse over time not better.

        • Mrbean007 on 05/03/2018 - 17:42
          +2

          All fine here

          http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3708720093

          Even when i was on cable :)

        • Royale with cheese on 05/03/2018 - 18:15
          +1

          I use 4G optus and the speed test shows 20-30mbps download and upload is between 5-15mbps. Far superior to tpg. The actual downloads happen between 1-1.5 mbps from torrents

        • 1-Bargain on 05/03/2018 - 23:38

          That’s not my point, I didn’t give praises to the optus network. Look at the bigger picture mate. 1 or a few bad connections are not going to stop nor slow down the wifi broadband evolution.

        • kasp on 06/03/2018 - 08:47
          +1

          @1-Bargain:

          A few?

          Their entire cable network pretty much slows down to a crawl in peak times. Because of this the mobile network also slows down significantly.

          Unlimited was offered before by vodaphone and it crippled their entire network and stopped that race dead for years.

          Big picture they shouldnt do it unless they can actually handle it. Given their track record thats probably a no.

    • onlinepred on 05/03/2018 - 14:51
      +1

      Yea just moved to Telstra because of this. It's like night and day.

      • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2018 - 18:18
        +3

        Yeah I just did a speedtest on my new Pixel on Telstra 4G. 328 Mbps down, 19 Mbps up.

        • Eggsperential on 05/03/2018 - 18:40

          Wtf, 328mbps!!!!!! Thats quick

        • pennypincha on 06/03/2018 - 07:46

          Kinda makes NBN redundant, doesn't it?

        • matt1234 on 06/03/2018 - 09:58

          @Catchy: Not really, as it's only wireless until it reaches the nearest tower - it's still using the nbn lines to get to that tower.

        • apptrack on 11/04/2018 - 21:42

          @matt1234: No they use their own fibre

    • Cyphar on 05/03/2018 - 15:45

      It's over saturation of their network.

    • BradH13 on 05/03/2018 - 16:20
      +2

      I'm with Optus and pull 95-148Mbps downlink in the Adelaide CBD, 50-70Mbps at home far out on the fringe between metro and country, and 30-50Mbps at work in a country town.

      Couldn't be happier as an ex-Telstra customer (they only lost my business due to phone I wanted being exclusive with Optus).

      • DanielR on 05/03/2018 - 17:22
        +2

        Those speeds are normal in a big country town 😁

      • onlinepred on 05/03/2018 - 21:09

        Move to a big city and you won't fare well

    • finnthecheapskate on 05/03/2018 - 16:22
      +5

      I switched from optus to telstra, and found reception and speed worse.

      it just depends.

    • Davros on 05/03/2018 - 16:58
      +1

      I am with optus/jennee and Telstra/aldi and where I am currently, optus is good and Telstra is patchy.

    • GregMonarch on 05/03/2018 - 18:42
      +1

      There's those generalisations again. Everyone will get a different result. I have a 100GB Optus data SIM and it's fine. I can begin downloading a 700MB-1.2GB video torrent, set the client to download in sequential order, wait say 8-10 minutes for the first part of the video to download, start viewing, and it completes well before I'm finished viewing.

      In fact this morning I was downloading a torrent and wished it would speed up so I could finish it and leave the computer. It had about 12 minutes to go. So I checked the client settings, and remembered I had limited download speed to 300KiB/S a few months ago, otherwise so much data comes through on popular torrents, that the browser slows/stops responding. So I upped download speed to maximum. I forget the speed it reached, but the file finished in 3 minutes instead of 12.

      I've had a few youtube videos playing at once before. I've also watched youtube a lot lately while also downloading torrents and/or files from places like download.com

      Obviously if people are concerned before committing, they need to find a way to test. Like buy a month-by-month mobile broadband SIM from an Optus reseller, borrow one from someone else, etc.

      • GregMonarch on 05/03/2018 - 20:55

        Oops, I see now this is speed limited. I get from 60 to 100Mbps on my Optus data SIM depending on various things. So yeah, it's going to be quite a bit slower. VPN time! ;-)

        • onlinepred on 05/03/2018 - 21:13

          I get between 1 and 2Mpbs Sydney CBD and no internet outside my inner city building. Telstra is giving me 72Mbps at my house.

  • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:42
    +15

    It says music and video streaming, downloads, and tethering at 1.5Mbps. So basically everything you want to use Internet for. You can browse at regular 4G speeds and that’s about it.

    • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 14:44
      +9

      So youtube is capped at 1.5Mpbs? That's ADSl1 speeds, pathetic!

      • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:45
        +5

        According to the note on that page yes. Which sure is terrible. Good luck streaming anything above 480p at that speed.

        • Creamsoda on 05/03/2018 - 16:22

          how did they get away with this Unlimited mobile data advertising? its so grossly misleading and not a bargain! people would auto assume 4G speed. how about a company name their mobile broadband unlimited then cap all the data heavy usage to dial up speed and sell it for $10 a month? would ozbargainers still give 42 positive votes?

        • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 16:32

          @Creamsoda: Yeh I agree, didn't some ISPs got fined many years ago when they use the word "unlimited" on their ADSL offerings but shaped to dial up speeds after reaching 10GB?

          This is unacceptable and needs to be sent to the ACCC. Anyone here a lawyer?

          Whoever is in charge of the Sales & Marketing department at Optus needs to do some compliance training.

        • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 16:42

          @Homr: Here we go

          https://whirlpool.net.au/news/?id=1516&show=all

          The precedent is set

        • Blottski on 05/03/2018 - 18:43

          more like 360p. trust me. My ADSL line is 2meg down. :(

    • SeaWolf au on 05/03/2018 - 15:15

      I wonder what they define 'downloads' as? If I get a large ISO off an FTP site that would seem an obvious one, but what about a large PDF from a web site, or an update from the App or Play Store? Lot of questions still to be answered. Even so, I'm curious and excited to see how it plays out in the real world.

      • GregMonarch on 05/03/2018 - 18:47

        Data is data. Unlimited downloads means no limit on total data downloaded.

    • zuccs on 05/03/2018 - 15:35

      How does it even know if you are tethering or not though?

      • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 15:39

        They don't, they just state that to scare people that don't know any better.

        • GregMonarch on 05/03/2018 - 18:56

          Actually, it depends.

          There's an Optus mobile broadband thread on Whirlpool. On certain plans Optus states you get unlimited video, but only on the device with the SIM inserted. i.e. That the same video will be counted off your download quota if you tether and view it on another device.

          So some people's data in that thread is counted when tethering, but others can tether without that video being counted (I'm one of the latter). Last time I checked there, no-one knew what the difference was to help others to do the same.

    • itsMartin on 05/03/2018 - 16:00

      As an Optus customer that can't even get 1.5Mbps at home right now I can't see this going well for many people.

    • POSITIVEVIBESONLY on 05/03/2018 - 19:00
      +1

      Pretty much only video streaming and downloads use a lot of data so this plan is garbage. I doubt they would let you go crazy on uploads either. It’s pretty much giving unlimited data for loading text and pictures where a $40 for 20gbs could do that.

  • iceborg on 05/03/2018 - 14:43

    Tried entering my details at https://offer.optus.com.au/unleashed

    However, I got the error my account isn't eligible :(

  • Tex Texan on 05/03/2018 - 14:45
    +17

    "Music and Video streaming, downloads and tethering at 1.5Mbps"

    So just about everything useful is speed limited to 1.5Mbit?

    • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 14:48
      +3

      Yep exactly.

  • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 14:46

    This account information does not match an eligible Optus account for this offer. Please check your details are correct. This offer is only for selected existing Optus customers.

    F U Optus!

  • dosada on 05/03/2018 - 15:08
    +3

    Don't get the people here that are disappointed not having the code. It's a crap deal. Sim only and everything that needs data is limited anyways.

    Unless you receive a few million emails daily this deal is rubbish

    • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 15:14
      -1

      VPN should give you unlimited speed/data.

      • dosada on 05/03/2018 - 17:34

        Most people don't even know how to use VPN properly and besides that this is not what "unlimited" should mean

        • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 20:26
          -1

          This is ozbargain, you share tips so people can make use of things.

          I'm not trying to say this is a good deal for non ozbargainers.

  • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2018 - 15:09
    +1

    All you can eat left overs at a high class restaurant

  • FrugalFrella on 05/03/2018 - 15:12
    +21

    This is horrible… Capped at 1.5Mbps and they may cap you even harder if you're a heavy data user.

    May as well just go for Vividwireless for the extra $

    • Quantumcat on 05/03/2018 - 15:14
      +1

      Vivid wireless would only work in certain areas not everywhere you can get mobile data

      • FrugalFrella on 05/03/2018 - 15:18
        +4

        Sorry yeah, in terms of using this in place of a home service it's horrible.

        But to be honest if you're fine with 1.5mbps you're probably not going to be using that much data, may as well go with another data capped plan and get the full 4g speed.

      • Cyphar on 05/03/2018 - 15:49
        +1

        IIRC, vividwireless are now just a reseller of Optus 4G and no longer offer the product that they used to.

  • Quantumcat on 05/03/2018 - 15:14
    +5

    I still have my old unlimited optus sim $2/day which works out to be the same price, only you don't pay when you don't use it.

    • StarvingOat on 05/03/2018 - 15:39

      Unlimited data? I thought that one was 1 GB max per day

      • Quantumcat on 05/03/2018 - 17:11
        +2

        The old ones are unlimited data. Only 3G though.

    • mady123 on 05/03/2018 - 20:31
      +2

      Yeah the Good OLD 3G Unlimited has much better speed and unlimited data….

      Just done speedtest on it and here are the results. DAMN 26.5Mbps @ Peak time

      Who needs a NBN now?

      http://www.speedtest.net/result/7111929196

  • bobzor on 05/03/2018 - 15:16
    +13

    IT HAS BEGUN!

    yes its cr4p - but atleast they have found a way to start the ball rolling!

    • R-Man on 05/03/2018 - 15:57

      hey offtopic but does the word crap get censored? 2nd time i've seen it written in an obscure way haha

    • The Wololo Wombat on 05/03/2018 - 16:38
      +1

      Had unlimited, including tethering for £10 a month in the UK back in 2014…. Come on Australia!

  • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2018 - 15:17
    +4

    1.5Mbps lol

    No thanks, you can keep your shitty speeds.

  • anthonyyladd on 05/03/2018 - 15:18

    Would one be able to live-stream at 720p with these speeds?

    • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 15:24
      -1

      Streaming is capped at 1.5Mpbs

      • dwhes on 05/03/2018 - 15:25
        +5

        Generally need at least 3Mbps to stream 720p at a relatively low bitrate without buffering.

        • Homr on 05/03/2018 - 15:25

          Not Optus problem.

  • musicinbed69 on 05/03/2018 - 15:18

    Daaamn I want this. I wonder what the upload is capped at, the same 1.5mbps?

    • samfisher5986 on 05/03/2018 - 15:29
      +7

      ozbargain is not the place for your provider troubles, go to Whirlpool or make a forum thread on ozbargain.

      • ghostdom on 05/03/2018 - 15:32

        This is not for complaining. Just sharing my experience. Like people neg disreputable seller.

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