Dear Ozbargain hive mind,
Any advice on what the best 5G sim-only plans are out there? looking for something under $45 p.m. and at least 20GB data. In Melbourne metro and have an S22 Ultra. Vodafone plans seem cheap but not sure they have good coverage or speed. Currently with Telstra for $59, was previously with Optus on my old 4G phone but Optus had terrible download speeds during peak hours. Any advice appreciated. Cheers
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Optus have a $45 month to month plan with 20GB on 5G network.
Or $40 for prepaid 20GB (1st month $15 and 3 months 50gb) but on a 28 day cycle
Is there free Wodka with the Melbourne rebel?
https://www.spintel.net.au/home-mobile/plans
Spintel, which uses Optus, has 80GB on 5G for $40/m for the first 6 months, then $50/m. You can always look for something better after 6 months.
I found Spintel/Optus was a lot faster on 5G, when I could get it, than Vodafone, but Vodafone is faster on 4G than Optus. That's probably a matter of the band and tower you connect on, wherever you are. Telstra was just faster, but more expensive.
Thanks for that I didn't realise spintel offered 5G. I though all the non direct optus/telstra/voda suppliers were limited to 4G. That deal of $40 per month seems pretty good
What about boost? Get the $300 prepaid plan which can usually be bought on sale for about $230-$250 and that is about 20gb per month.
Boost $300 sim.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/184617711755?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mk…
Thanks but I think boost is 4g only. Looking for 5g plans
5g is now supported maybe unofficially , i get 5g around Sydney and Newcastle as default on my Mi mix 3 5G. You can find a thread on here about it.
https://imgur.com/TvU47er
If you share a screenshot showing Boost and 5G that would be more definitive then a speedtest screen showing LTE Telstra (4G)
i would stick with telstra, there 5G is awesome and they have the most 5G towers too.
Nope.