Optus Mini Wi-Fi Modem Starter Kit Mobile Broadband - $49.50 with 8GB data

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  tonyjzx on 28/12/2011 - 23:26

  +1

  how long does the 8gb last?

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    jv on 28/12/2011 - 23:29

    +1

    Assuming about 5Mbps, around an hour or two…

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      phobaphobic on 29/12/2011 - 09:14

      +2

      Assuming normal Optus speeds, over a year.

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        KangarooOz on 29/12/2011 - 13:36

        If this is a Vodafone speeds, 8gb should last forever.

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    Crownanchor on 29/12/2011 - 01:06

    Tony asks a good question, how long is the expiry of the 8Gb? Its not very clear in the link.

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  jv on 28/12/2011 - 23:31

  +1

  Note that it says…

  Includes up to 8GB Data.

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    nicksnoobie on 28/12/2011 - 23:43

    I think jv is right. It's probably modem only. No data "included"

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  Black Hole on 28/12/2011 - 23:33

  +3

  I am sure Apple will have their eyes on this.

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    cwongtech on 28/12/2011 - 23:46

    +7

    No doubt, the judge will not be able to tell the difference between this and an iphone, LAWSUIT coming right up!

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  jono_100 on 28/12/2011 - 23:55

  That's the old model shown, apparently the screen is very reflective and it gets hot quickly and doesn't get very good reception. The new model is much better, small, lighter and better looking(I bought one for my dad).

  This is the new Model
  https://www.optus.com.au/shop/Broadband/Modems-&-Tablets-Car…

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  k on 29/12/2011 - 00:03

  +3

  Put the price in the title.

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    nicksnoobie on 29/12/2011 - 00:14

    +2

    Oh yeah. I'm surprised jv didn't mention that

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      jv on 29/12/2011 - 00:17

      +1

      I'm in a 'sharing' mood this week…

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        nicksnoobie on 29/12/2011 - 00:19

        That's very nice.

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  jv on 29/12/2011 - 00:14

  +1

  Here's a Review

  http://www.cnet.com.au/optus-mini-wifi-modem-339308582.htm

  If you are considering buying, make sure you read the last paragraph

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    Nutrino on 29/12/2011 - 00:31

    +4

    I brought this and used the $80 bonus credit for 'Data days'. Unlimted internet access for $3 per day. Works Great, don't have to worry about sessions. Have downloaded 145GB over 2 months.

    another tip is if you are using the 6months exp offer, when you do connect to the net, use a pinging program, or command line to keep the session open, that way it minimies the 10mb session charge.

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  ozb-442 on 29/12/2011 - 00:24

  ^^Acidentally negged, someone +ve from me to balance it out

  But yeah LiveConnected have pretty cheap mobile data, see this.. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/56555

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  asymptote on 29/12/2011 - 01:17

  Got one of these some months ago for occasional use between home and work. It does the job though I think the Virgin one is a bit handier.

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  tonyjzx on 29/12/2011 - 01:34

  +1

  The other major catch with the Optus Mini WiFi has nothing to do with the hardware at all, but more to do with Optus' current data provisioning rates. The Mini WiFi works on a prepaid basis, and at the time of writing, Optus' standard for data charging, irrespective of the recharge value on the modem is to charge in 10MB blocks. The first 30MB per day is only charged as 10MB, but still, if you used the device only intermittently, you'd burn through a lot more data than you might expect, even if your connection and actual data usage was quite low. What's truly odd here is that while Optus is charging data at 10 times the rate that Telstra or Vodafone do, if you use Virgin Mobile's broadband, it's charged at a per kilobit rate, a full one hundred times less than Optus does. The weird thing there is that Virgin Mobile's a fully owned subsidiary of Optus. There has to be a happy medium somewhere in there, but we're certainly not happy with the concept of being slugged 10MB per data per session.

  lol?

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  pao2x on 29/12/2011 - 08:03

  Is it able to take a TPG OR Virgin mobile sim

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  Chopel on 29/12/2011 - 08:10

  Unlock fee?

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  dudi on 29/12/2011 - 08:48

  price in the heading please