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Unlimited Broadband and Extra Mobile Data @ Telstra

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Twix on 16/03/2020 - 16:30 say.telstra.com.au (11818 clicks)
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Telstra Post

Unlimited broadband and extra mobile data for our customers

These are uncertain times and we don't want you to worry about staying connected. To do our bit, we’re offering:
❇️ Unlimited data for our home and small business broadband customers (ADSL, NBN, Cable) until 30 April June 2020
❇️ 25GB extra data available for 30 days for our post-paid personal and small business mobile customers
❇️ 10GB extra data available for 28 to 30 days (depending on your plan) for our $40+ pre-paid customers
❇️ Unlimited standard calls within Australia for eligible pensioner customers on landlines between 19 March – 30 April 2020.

FairPlay Policy applies. Data for use in Australia. Mobile offers end 31 March 2020 (prepaid), 19 April 2020 (postpaid)

All offers will be available from this Thursday 19 March. We want to make sure you have a way to stay in touch and keep business moving during this time. For more info on how to apply visit: https://tel.st/coronavirus-support

Edit: Updated link. Postpaid and prepaid mobile can register your details on the form to receive the data. An SMS will be sent out once the extra data has been applied. Broadband customers do not need to do anything. Thanks koalafied.

Edit 2: Broadband offer extended to 30 June 2020. Thanks to dealbot.

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  • Turd on 16/03/2020 - 16:34
    +41

    Time to download and archive the Internet!!

    • Maxxjet on 16/03/2020 - 17:05
      +13

      download responsibly

      • b0nd on 16/03/2020 - 18:29

        Irresponsibly **

        • EmployeeBanannaMan @ Telstra on 17/03/2020 - 11:00
          +1

          VPN *

    • MrFrugalSpend on 17/03/2020 - 11:08
      +37

      Please don't abuse it - the economy is relying on people working from home at present.
      In some respects I see why they are doing this… but IMO this is actually not a good idea!

      As a precaution my team is stuck at home having had the joy of coming into indirect contact with someone who later was found to have COVID-19 at an event… My internet has already been suffering, patchy/slower than usual in business hours, and restricting my ability to work effectively from home doing screen sharing and conferencing is dropping intermittently. Telstra say there are outages in my area… (like I didn't know from the performance drop!)

      Internet contention will be high enough already - there will be a shortage of bandwidth just like the toilet paper… but imagine if it was offered for free it would be worse - some people will abuse it and take it all! The network has limitations and we should be encouraging people to conserve it so it is available for those that need it to continue functioning / working… Unfortunately I fear this generous offer from Telstra will do the opposite at a time we should be rationing resources.

      • Xishnik on 18/03/2020 - 07:55
        +3

        Most people are already on unlimited plans though. So I doubt this will have much of an impact. It's basically free pbulicity for Telstra but in reality, apart from the mobile data, the home based internet shouldn't be impacted much.

        • abb on 19/03/2020 - 11:41

          Most people are already on unlimited plans though

          Citation please?

          • Hughesyboy on 19/03/2020 - 11:49

            @abb: In my opinion (which could be wrong!) a lot of households would be on unlimited. As soon as kids, games or streaming are involved the 500GB plan with telstra will be insufficient. I understand not everybody has kids, games or streams but streaming has quickly become the norm.

      • iamhurtin on 20/03/2020 - 08:38
        +4

        Who did you vote for in 2013 if you don't mind me asking?

  • doot on 16/03/2020 - 16:39
    -7

    Awesome, but maybe more of a forum post?

    • I Smell Pennies on 19/03/2020 - 10:57

      Free data? Good deal

    • boomramada on 19/03/2020 - 11:43
      -1

      How this is a deal, no finical benefits for me, I hardly used my assign data lol
      Would be a discount if they give me $5 refund :)

  • OzBMate629 on 16/03/2020 - 16:40
    +15

    Does this apply to boost mobile customers?

    • Twix on 16/03/2020 - 16:48
      +2

      I'm not sure. The article says to use the Telstra app to get the extra data.

      • neonlight on 19/03/2020 - 11:02

        Boost support did not let me to link to Telstra account it's rubbish

        • Associatedtmntz2018 @ Telstra on 19/03/2020 - 13:02
          +1

          Unfortunately you need to be a Telstra customer. Boost wholesales off Telstra.
          Suggest you check with Boost for any updates.

          • neonlight on 20/03/2020 - 11:40

            @tmntz2018: I'm a Telstra customer using their NBN.

            Just mobile with Boost

            • Associatedtmntz2018 @ Telstra on 20/03/2020 - 13:22

              @neonlight: thats great, guess you just smash the wifi data when you are at home like what im doing! lol

              hopefully other Telco's besides the majors follow suit and offer extra mobile data for those that dont have a fixed connection :)

    • BargainGhost on 16/03/2020 - 16:51
      +1

      i hope it is.

    • Twix on 20/03/2020 - 16:50

      OzBargainers are reporting that it works with Boost.

  • bargrin on 16/03/2020 - 16:40
    +16

    Perfect timing for those with italian VPN….

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/13/europe/pornhub-italy-coro…

    • Turd on 16/03/2020 - 16:46

      You sure it's purely free? Last time during their free 7 day trial you had to offer up your cc and after 7 days it would charge your cc or something.

      • captaincabinets on 16/03/2020 - 16:53
        +27

        A… friend… tested it and it worked. No CC necessary.

        • Griffindinho on 16/03/2020 - 17:10
          +1

          Coomers

        • CocaKoala on 16/03/2020 - 18:13
          +5

          "a friend" - lol.

        • anamul on 19/03/2020 - 13:10

          a friend.. registered and account says 30 days…

    • Bryanalves on 16/03/2020 - 23:13
      -2

      Thats pretty good. Can it be posted as a deal? Or nsfw?

  • StopSpending on 16/03/2020 - 16:42
    +3

    I'm on "Data Plan Extra Small". Does that mean I will get extra 25Gb?

    • encryptededdy on 16/03/2020 - 17:53

      Wondering about this too. 5GB -> 30GB would be a nice bonus.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/03/2020 - 18:28
        +1

        I'm on the old staff $10 1Gb plan…26gb would be great.

        • dan76n on 20/03/2020 - 19:06

          It would be until you had to go back to the 1gb plan.

  • xyron on 16/03/2020 - 16:44
    +26

    Hard to believe there are still customers on metered ADSL/NBN connections in 2020.

    • Scythic on 16/03/2020 - 16:53
      +2

      Yeah there are still people like that

    • railspider on 16/03/2020 - 17:06
      +5

      It's not their fault NBNco have led an extremely slow rollout

        • corbz on 19/03/2020 - 10:45
          +2

          Lol. Will let you know when I get it

    • Jamiea on 16/03/2020 - 17:07
      +16

      Even harder to believe that people still use Telstra as their home broadband supplier even after moving to the NBN

      • xyron on 16/03/2020 - 17:08

        Boomers (including both my parents and my in-laws, until I recently moved my parents to iiNet).

        • boomramada on 17/03/2020 - 12:08

          Nothing to celebrate there, iiNet is worst than Telstra :)

          • xyron on 17/03/2020 - 13:41

            @boomramada: Dunno about that, its much cheaper for the same product, and they haven't noticed any difference in service quality, so how is that worse than Telstra?

          • yannyrjl on 19/03/2020 - 11:13

            @boomramada: in what way?

            • boomramada on 27/03/2020 - 16:09

              @yannyrjl: I got FTTP, shitty ping time, slow connection and drop out at peak time with iinet.
              Telstra and iinet price difference is not that much, in Telstra you locked in to 24 month, but their support is not as good as iinet if you need to call them. But better ping time and less drop outs. However, this all depend on where you located.

              • yannyrjl on 27/03/2020 - 18:22

                @boomramada: damn that sucks, man, even with FTTP, not looking forward ot when I'm forced to transition over

      • Bludger on 16/03/2020 - 17:52
        +3

        Or people in rural areas, where the other companies dont have the CVC to support their awesome plans

      • deanosh on 16/03/2020 - 18:43
        +6

        Ive been on 100/40 FTTP unlimited NBN plan for $89 a month with telstra for many years. When i initially used another provider it was garbage at peak times. Telstra has been flawless.
        Unless i can get this same plan with another provider for $70 an month i wouldn't consider moving

        • Timetraveler on 17/03/2020 - 12:09
          +1

          I was with Telstra for 2 years and switched to Aussie Broadband because of all the hype at the time.
          I can honestly say Telstra was better and regret signing up for two years with Aussie.

        • Hardly Normal on 19/03/2020 - 11:40

          From what I have been told, NBN Providers buy capacity off NBN Co but are then are free to put as many people as they want onto said capacity.

          Not the most unbiased source, but I got told by a mate who works as a Telstra tech that they are one of the only providers to not overfill the capacity purchased.

          My experience with Telstra has only been good! I got the 50/20 tier and usually get 55/25.

      • Nuggets on 17/03/2020 - 09:44
        +2

        I'm in a Telstra Velocity area…. No choice.

        • theguyrules on 17/03/2020 - 11:53

          Same, but Telstra Velocity has been awesome at least.

          • Nuggets on 17/03/2020 - 15:19

            @theguyrules: The upload speeds are terrible though. Maximum 5 Mbps is just not good enough. And Telstra has no incentive to improve it.

            • theguyrules on 17/03/2020 - 15:24

              @Nuggets: I guess. Luckily it hasn't affected me.

            • awulf on 27/03/2020 - 16:41

              @Nuggets: Stuck on velocity too. Been getting good download speeds and ping times, but yeah upload at 5Mbps is rubbish. Already on Unlimited but only really use about 100GB a month

              • Nuggets on 27/03/2020 - 16:54

                @awulf: I suggest you contact your federal member for parliament and kick up a fuss about it. The only reason Telstra/NBN will do anything about it is political pressure.

                Some supporting info you can send

      • compfam on 22/03/2020 - 21:37

        plenty of people not able to connect to NBN yet. 1 more year here.

    • StopSpending on 16/03/2020 - 17:12
      -2

      No. I'm on SIM Data only for the Galaxy Tablet.

    • truetypezk on 16/03/2020 - 20:22
      +1

      I believe the majority can hardly go over 100GB/month.
      I download/upload quite a lot (NZB automation user & light-weight data hoarder) and have about 60TB NAS storage, yet I find the 500GB cable plan is enough almost all the time for me. It is pretty good that Telstra has 3 free double data top ups.

      • xyron on 16/03/2020 - 20:24
        +1

        It's attitudes like this that encourage Telstra to continue with archaic practices like data caps. Why should anyone be okay with such artificial limits when nobody else imposes them? They aren't a State-owned company anymore, it's time for us to stop giving them free passes for acting like shit.

        • truetypezk on 17/03/2020 - 00:41
          +4

          It is pretty classic price discrimination to me. Cheap and deliberately less desirable good for those who arent willing to pay too much and an marginally better yet more expensive option for those who really need the upgrade or simply dont mind paying more.
          It is actually better for almost everyone. Lower entry price for low demand users, more profit for Telstra, while the rich ones dont really care. Only those who dont have a choice and really need the pricy upgrade have to eat it up.

        • truetypezk on 17/03/2020 - 00:44

          It is pretty similar to paying $$$ to double ur iphone storage when it literally costs apple peanuts in BOM.

      • Twix on 16/03/2020 - 20:34

        The average on nbn is about 260GB a month.

  • BargainGhost on 16/03/2020 - 16:46
    +7

    Boost members?

    • Associated87percent @ Telstra on 16/03/2020 - 18:29
      +3

      What?

  • TheGoodPart on 16/03/2020 - 16:51
    -1

    Reminds me of this article I just read
    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/coronavirus-tsa-…

  • drazenm on 16/03/2020 - 16:52
    -1

    Hope others match this, come on Aussie Broadband.

    • Tex Texan on 16/03/2020 - 17:02
      -1

      You don't have unlimited data already?

      • drazenm on 16/03/2020 - 17:11
        -1

        Aussie broadband has packages per GB and top plan is unlimited.

        • JoJoker on 16/03/2020 - 17:24

          I'm churning to 500GB, never even hit 450GB in the last 2 years so I'm not paying $60 extra a year for nothing.

  • screensaver on 16/03/2020 - 16:52

    I am a Telstra NBN customer so hopefully this applies to me

    • Twix on 16/03/2020 - 16:58

      Yeah applies to nbn.

  • ts13 on 16/03/2020 - 16:54

    Unsure if this applies to mobile broadband customers?
    Edit: scratch that. Looks like it applies!

    • Twix on 16/03/2020 - 16:57
      +1

      Yeah it does.

      We are also giving our consumer and small business mobile customers more data. Post-paid customers (both handheld and mobile broadband) can receive an extra 25GB of data on their plan to use in Australia within 30 days to facilitate the need for a more mobile workforce. Post-paid customers can apply for the extra data via our Telstra 24×7 and My Telstra Apps from Thursday until 31 March and the data will be available within 24 hours.

  • alwaysis on 16/03/2020 - 16:57

    Be good if they sorted congestion out first. I’d like to be able to use the unlimited ADSL I am paying for :(

  • theguyrules on 16/03/2020 - 17:00

    They literally just switched me over to unlimited downloads, from the 1.5TB plan.

  • AlGC on 16/03/2020 - 17:03
    +1

    Thanks OP - Great find!!!

  • checkingthisout on 16/03/2020 - 17:08
    +3

    That’s great and all but unlimited should be standard. Telstra charges a minimum of $75 a month for 500GB a month for 25Mbps. It would see a very minimum financial change to have all networks be unlimited. Especially considering there are countless unlimited plans for cheaper that aren’t Telstra.

    If the network has 0 issues during this time both mobile and fixed line. Then it’s proof data caps are a financial position and not a networking one.

    • sir_bazz on 16/03/2020 - 17:18

      I pay less than that for unlimited 100Mbps, (with Telstra).

      Suggest you call them up and ask for a better deal, or you'll cancel and go elsewhere.

      • dynamicavaition on 16/03/2020 - 17:27

        So what is the best plan with Telstra at the moment?

        I am coming to the end of my plan next week.

        Thanks in advance.

      • checkingthisout on 16/03/2020 - 17:31

        That can’t be with the NBN. If you’re on the NBN that’s all they have.

        • Diji1 on 16/03/2020 - 17:38

          If your on NBN Telstra halved its maximum upload speed from 100 to 50.

          Without changing prices.

          • sir_bazz on 16/03/2020 - 17:41
            +1

            @Diji1: I saw that, but it doesn't apply to HFC or FTTP thankfully.

          • Twix on 16/03/2020 - 17:44
            +1

            @Diji1: Those numbers are wrong. Upload changed from 40 to 20 for FTTN, FTTB and FTTC. FTTP and HFC are unaffected.

        • sir_bazz on 16/03/2020 - 17:40

          Thats right….still the old Bigpond hfc network.

          Thing is though, we get NBN next month, and were concerned about having to pay more on the NBN but they said they will give us the equivalent speed at the same price for staying with them.

          Will be able to confirm if it's Telstra fluff, or not, next month.

          • Trantor on 17/03/2020 - 05:47

            @sir_bazz: check the fine print, they said in the spiel that everything will remain the same, yet fine print said other wise about the speed, asked on phone and in store and get different answers every time, they even sent me the hardware (self install HFC), out of the blue, and keep sending me messages to install it, got till oct to do something, it annoys me seeing people get 100mbps for less than what i'm paying now and they want to charge the same and drop me down to 50/20. Add insult to injury, phones have been out for almost 2 weeks, I swear its just to force the hold outs onto NBN, i'm in inner melbourne, how long does it take to fix a so called cable break?

    • Diji1 on 16/03/2020 - 17:42
      +2

      That’s great and all but unlimited should be standard. Telstra charges a minimum of $75 a month for 500GB a month for 25Mbps. It would see a very minimum financial change to have all networks be unlimited. Especially considering there are countless unlimited plans for cheaper that aren’t Telstra.

      If the network has 0 issues during this time both mobile and fixed line. Then it’s proof data caps are a financial position and not a networking one.

      The private sector exists to make as much money as possible while delivering as little as possible.

      Religious morons believe the Government when they claim that this will result in cheaper services that are better in some way.

      That's how how morons roll: they claim they aren't losing money as they are.

      Oh and Telstra charges as much as it can charge you. Some people are paying way more than this.

  • kahn on 16/03/2020 - 17:29
    -5

    Does she come with the extra data? Wowsers.

  • hippyhippy on 16/03/2020 - 17:33
    +1

    Thanks telstra. You are worthy of my business.

  • Mokr on 16/03/2020 - 17:34

    unlimited data could back fire and put a strain on the networks

    • Make it so on 16/03/2020 - 19:02

      Definitely agree. Last thing we need now is people using the internet for non-crucial things, while a large portion of Australia needs it to work from home and have meetings by teleconference.

  • Diji1 on 16/03/2020 - 17:48

    I was switched over to unmetered (not "unlimited") data on Telstra HFC a few years ago.

    There was this wiered period where Telstra switched everyone paying more than $99 to unmetered and then quickly abandoned the idea.

  • polstralian on 16/03/2020 - 18:10
    +1

    How about unlimited data for home mobile broadband on Optus… Come on Optus! 500GB won't be enough with the amount of stuff we stream these days.

  • shangoz on 16/03/2020 - 18:18
    -5

    ??? Looks like prepare lockdown, either NSW, VIC or whole Australia, Currently NSW 175 Positive Case, on 23/Feb , Whole australia only 23 case, on 06/Mar, 53 Case, 07/Mar, 60 case, 10/Mar, 93 case, 13/Mar, 156 case, 15/Mar, 248 case, Next week monday ???

  • bjdchwr on 16/03/2020 - 19:14

    No wonder today when I made the phone calls, the system responded:
    The network is congested…

    LOL

  • jackthefrost on 16/03/2020 - 19:20

    Would be nice if optus follow

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