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Free 5G Trial Access on Large and Extra Large Plans & Recharges until 26/10/22 @ Kogan Mobile

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Free 5G Trial Access on Large and Extra Large Plans & Recharges until 26/10/22 @ Kogan Mobile
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BargainsGrabber on 20/07/2022 - 10:17 koganmobile.com.au (2087 clicks)
Last edited 20/07/2022 - 10:20

It was mentioned initially in this forum post. I had to search for the details on Kogan Mobile for confirmation

Similar to the free 5G trial rollout from Boost, credit to @tightarse for the title format

What is the 5G Trial?

We are offering a 5G access trial to eligible new and existing mobile customers who sign up to our Large and Extra Large 365 days plans, Large and Extra Large 365 Flex plans, and Extra Large -12 Months plan or are already on our Large and Extra Large 365 days plans, Large and Extra Large 365 Flex plans, Extra Large -12 Months plan, Large and Extra Large 30 days plans, Large and Extra Large 90 days plans and Large and Extra Large 24 Months plans. This means that all eligible customers will have access to our 5G Network if they have a compatible 5G phone and are in a 5G coverage area, until 26 October 2022, unless extended further.

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  • T-man on 20/07/2022 - 10:25
    +3

    Not all plans, only Large and Extra large plans.

  • ce5himm on 20/07/2022 - 10:27
    +6

    That's why I found 5g signal on my wife's phone.

  • Rain Cloud on 20/07/2022 - 10:31
    +3

    For general usage I havent really found 5G to be any faster than 4G? (on Boost 5G trial)

    • Pulseless on 20/07/2022 - 10:37

      Neither really & im on vodafone 5g

    • BargainsGrabber on 20/07/2022 - 10:41
      +2

      Depends really, I’m on Boost 5G trial and been getting 200+ speeds as long as you’ve the full 4 bars signal on your device

      YMMW depending on where’s the closest 5G tower is

      • AwesomeAndrew on 20/07/2022 - 20:39

        On Telstra I'm getting at least 300mbps whenever my phone connects to 5g. I get around 500-1000mbps when there's a good signal. (phone: galaxy s21) Maybe boost mobile 5g is being throttled?

        Also I've noticed on public transport that 4g speeds are slow and sometimes gets quite laggy when watching hd videos / loading websites. Doing speedtest when phone is on 4g gives 10-100mbps. So for me 5g is noticably better.

        • BargainsGrabber on 20/07/2022 - 21:27
          +1

          Boost 5G is definitely getting throttled. I did a speed test alongside my mate who’s with Telstra directly and he got double the results on the speed test

    • samfisher5986 on 20/07/2022 - 10:43
      +1

      I'm on the same Boost Trial.

      I manually select between 4G and 5G.

      What I've found is that every time I've thought my 4G was slow for whatever reason, I'd switch to 5G and it would be exactly the same.

      Honestly I think 5G just has the potential for more speed in a perfect 4G situation which is pointless because 4G is insanely fast, well over 100mbit.

    • BusMan247 on 20/07/2022 - 10:46
      +2

      I don’t think you’ll notice much difference in day-to-day use as you’re always gonna be limited by the sending party servers, in reality the only time you’ll really notice is when downloading a massive file like a game or something so you’ll see a 15 GB download really quick, but in terms of web surfing and watching YouTube, 4G is plenty

      POV I’m right near a tower on 5G (as you kind of have to be) and get about 900-1000mb/s

      • jace88 on 21/07/2022 - 21:25
        +1

        I'm in a similar boat to you as I'm on legacy Telstra 4G plans, comfortably getting 500-600Mbps, but then on my Telstra 5G Prepaid (the rollout) I can get 1000+… but is it actually useful?

    • bdl on 20/07/2022 - 10:47
      +5

      I've found it faster to use up my battery

    • Fish and Grits on 20/07/2022 - 10:54
      +5

      5G mainly benefits the telco providers rather than most end users

    • ethan961 on 20/07/2022 - 14:02

      Speed tests are faster for me, but as others say, the latency is perhaps the more useful improvement. A good 15+ms less than 4G for me, which would be useful if I still had unreliable home internet and needed the connection for gaming.

      Much like with 4G, it probably depends on the network in your area if it makes much of a difference for you.
      For example, Voda around me uses the least bandwidth - if they were to deploy 5G here it would probably make the biggest improvement around those towers. I don't know if they deploy less bandwidth as a rule, but just an example.
      Telstra already used a ton of 4G bandwidth and was faster than required - bigger issue is they have the most spots that fall back to 3G around here and that hasn't changed, so I'm still best off with Optus even without 5G deployed. Just an example of how it varies based on location.

    • whitey1212 on 20/07/2022 - 14:13

      I don't usually keep 5G on because pretty much anything over 25-50 is wasted on me just on my phone but…. I did get 1538 down / 139 up a couple of days ago in the "CBD" of my suburb (which was bustling with people thanks to the ice rink and standard weekend events)

  • Jacko1235 on 20/07/2022 - 10:41

    I've found the reduced ping nice.

  • Secret Bee on 20/07/2022 - 10:45

    First, you need a 5G phone.

  • Tleyx on 20/07/2022 - 10:49
    +4

    Features are now a bargain?

  • Uncle Roger on 20/07/2022 - 11:03
    +4

    Haiyaaaa nephew stole uncle's forum and made it into a deal

  • chinaman on 20/07/2022 - 11:05
    +1

    So most are saying 5G, not that much extra use for the average user?

    • GordonD on 20/07/2022 - 14:05

      Yes, interesting that all the people who whinged about the NBN said EVERYONE needed the fastest possible technology to connect to the internet, no matter what that cost everyone else, but when its 5G versus 4G, 4G is good enough for most people.

      • samfisher5986 on 20/07/2022 - 15:39

        I'm not sure I get your point, 5G and 4G both perform slowly compared to NBN in most situations.

        All fast speeds are only in great conditions where little to no people are using it in the cell area.

        • AwesomeAndrew on 20/07/2022 - 20:33
          +1

          I can get 100mbps upload speed on 5g (with good signal), which is double the speed of the fastest NBN plan.

          • samfisher5986 on 21/07/2022 - 10:24

            @AwesomeAndrew: I think you misunderstand my point.

            Yes you can get 100mbit upload on 5G in a specific situation, but 4G in that same scenario would be very fast anyway.

            However when you are anywhere else, or at specific times of the day, you won't get 100mbit upload and whatever you do get… 4G will likely offer something very similar.

            5G won't offer you the data that you need to actually use that speed and it can't offer it to you when you actually need it.

            • AwesomeAndrew on 21/07/2022 - 10:37

              @samfisher5986: When I am travelling on public transport, 5g is noticably faster than 4g when watching hd videos or when loading webpages. The difference is quite noticable when you're in a congested area and the 4g speed becomes very slow, while 5g has the extra capacity and is much quicker. So for a user who doesn't need the fastest speeds, 5g will still be beneficial as the speeds are more consistent.

              Personally I'd prefer NBN to just offer symmetric plans at a reasonable price (ie. upload speed = download speed)

              • samfisher5986 on 21/07/2022 - 12:06

                @AwesomeAndrew: I guess my point is I haven't noticed 5G having extra capacity. Maybe not all 5G areas are fully upgraded yet.

        • Ade99 on 21/07/2022 - 11:49

          5G when close to the tower is very good. 4G+ is not that far behind. NBN on the other hand (when it has not "fallen over"), is a distant 3rd!

      • whatgift on 21/07/2022 - 07:06

        Multiple people and devices using the one connection to watch high quality streaming video is a lot different to an individual device accessing a wireless service on a small screen.

      • wasdw246 on 21/07/2022 - 11:25

        Seems like you've never had adsl2 that worked at 300kbps Max.

    • jjcf on 20/07/2022 - 11:15
      +4

      ‘I don’t see how doing something faster than you can now for $0 extra is a benefit to anyone’ is certainly a take.

      • Guybrush57 on 20/07/2022 - 12:18
        -4

        Is a car faster (5G) if it doesn't have enough fuel (data) to get anywhere?

        Like I said, it will have a negative effect on people who rely on 5G for home internet. The 5G network isn't mature enough yet.

        • Sim69 on 20/07/2022 - 12:28
          +1

          Having access to 5g doesn’t mean you have to use more data it means you can use the same amount of data over a shorter period of time

          • Guybrush57 on 20/07/2022 - 12:37
            -3

            @Sim69: Exactly. That is why I feel the deal is bad since Kogan aren't providing any more data to go with the extra speed. If you had a fuel efficient hatchback with 10L of fuel per month but got a free upgrade to a V8 commodore but you get no extra fuel then I feel you would be worse off.

            • Sim69 on 20/07/2022 - 13:07
              +2

              @Guybrush57: That is a very poor analogy, it’s more like you have a hatchback and 1000kms of fuel, and can upgrade to a faster car that can still go to 1000kms on the same amount of fuel

  • PigGainOut on 20/07/2022 - 11:13

    Just ported over from Boost to Kogan for 3 months, my experience is the Boost coverage is better and much faster than Kogan. I've got around 250 down with Boost 5G and it definitely felt snappier with loading times, but the limited times I managed to get 5G with Kogan the speed didn't feel any faster than 4G.

  • kazuyamishima on 20/07/2022 - 11:47

    There's a big difference in speed from 4g LTE to 5g but you will only be able to see it if you have a device that is 5G ready.

    Iphone X with a speed test does about 150 mbps whilst iphone 13 does about 600-700 mbps with the same sim card in the same location.

    Of course that's with the telstra network (No Boost Mobile)

    • kgb007 on 20/07/2022 - 12:35

      Boost uses full Telstra network so should be the same.

      • kazuyamishima on 20/07/2022 - 12:44

        yeah, I don't see why not.

        But there is some big difference tho.

        • kgb007 on 20/07/2022 - 12:46

          I am interested. Please elaborate.

          • kazuyamishima on 20/07/2022 - 12:52

            @kgb007: I meant, between 4G and 5G speeds.

            I've seen comments about the 2 technologies having similar speeds.

  • COVID-19 on 20/07/2022 - 12:10

    Will this then enable VO-LTE and VO-WiFi for Kogan customers on the trial?

    Or do call still drop down to 3G?

    • HecticCrunt on 20/07/2022 - 12:40
      +1

      I've had both for the past year on my kogan plan.

      It only kicked in after I bought a new prepaid plan.

      • COVID-19 on 20/07/2022 - 15:01

        Really, I ported away from Kogan about 3 months ago because they didn't have VOLTE & VOWIFI.

        Thanks for comfirming!

        • HecticCrunt on 20/07/2022 - 19:23

          Tbh can't confirm volte but vowifi 100% as I use it for work

    • Uncle Roger on 20/07/2022 - 18:25
      +1

      VoLTE doesn't work - called them about it last week :(

      • COVID-19 on 20/07/2022 - 21:11

        Thanks. Calls via 3G are sketchy for me with Kogan (Vodafone).

        Different story dealing direct with Vodafone for VOLTE.

  • AdrianW on 20/07/2022 - 12:36

    What are people downloading on a phone that needs 5G speeds? Is it all about faster app updates?

    • Dobe on 20/07/2022 - 13:13

      Create a 5g Phone Hotspot to wifi devices in your home, great uninterrupted streaming and downloading speeds, but of course you need to be within range of the 5g tower to benefit.

      • Tleyx on 20/07/2022 - 13:32

        Wouldn't you just use your fixed internet which is unlimited?

        • AdrianW on 20/07/2022 - 13:50

          I just tried it, and I'm getting 24MB/s vs around 6MB/s on my broadband.

          Although, I only have 130GB for the year - so, I won't be doing much of that.

          So, useful in the home - but not so much out and about.

  • Dobe on 20/07/2022 - 13:27

    I'm on the Boost trial which goes to end September and 180 metres plus line of sight to my local Telstra towers, typical indoor speeds are:
    5g = 700 down / 100 up, ping 15
    4g = 150 down / 70 up, ping 18
    Outdoor speeds/connections faster.
    When speaking with the Boost sales department, they indicated that the 5g access "may" be extended for Boost customers.

  • spendandsave on 20/07/2022 - 13:48

    I'm on Belong and noticed 5G pop up on my phone early in the month, here's a Speedtest to prove it:
    https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/8508737758

    Hopefully it's also coming to belong?

  • KB57 on 20/07/2022 - 14:46
    +4

    Switched to Kogan last week just for 3 months before porting back to Boost.
    To be honest Kogan/Vodafone network is crap, even with 5g I'm getting less than 2mbps! And the coverage is supposed to be OK in my area.

    • sicaboy on 20/07/2022 - 16:14
      +1

      haha, exactly the same here.

    • Ade99 on 21/07/2022 - 11:51

      Vodafail coverage map has my house right in the middle of a 5G coverage zone. However when I try to get 5G home internet I am told I don't live in a 5G zone and should use NBN …..

  • adrianhughes1998 on 20/07/2022 - 18:29

    Getting 506MBps down here in Perth. Not bad, not bad

  • Yaals on 20/07/2022 - 19:12

    Shitty Vodafone network

  • HecticCrunt on 20/07/2022 - 20:21

    100 down, 3 up. Only 1 bar 5g at my home sadly.

    Still fast enough to feel snappier than 4g as upload not too important for day to day use.

  • Drakesy on 20/07/2022 - 20:23

    I found the trade off for battery life wasn't worth it
    4g speeds are adequate for me

  • Freshie on 21/07/2022 - 05:04

    Ahhh that's why I have 5G!

    I've had a mixed experience with what was a pleasant surprise… at first.

    e.g. I'm only getting 1 bar signal in my home - but it's slower than 4G for me.
    An abysmal 0.3 down and 0.2 up atm.
    Have never gotten above ~8mbps down.

    I've ended up just turning off 5G because it's proving to be counter-intuitive.
    I wish my phone (S20 Ultra) would automatically switch to 4G when the signal is too weak to give a reasonable speed. I checked my home address and I'm a couple dozen blocks away from the nearest supposed area with 5G signal

  • Geoffw on 21/07/2022 - 07:46

    I was on Logan/Vodafone for 2+ years. But since moving to Newcastle, I've found populated areas with zero reception, which has cost me work. I'm getting better reception with Woolworths/Telstra.

  • sweetchilli on 21/07/2022 - 07:53

    Makes sense I only just got it with my Kogan plan 2 days ago, never had it prior. Hopefully they keep it, it’s so much quicker than my NBN and 4G down my way.

  • nodii on 21/07/2022 - 08:07

    This explains why I've been seeing 5g pop up on my phone. Very inconsistent though in the part of Canberra I was in. About to hit the road and do some travelling so should be interesting to see how it goes.

  • BargainBuddy on 21/07/2022 - 10:19

    Anyone else felt that 5G connection is not stable?

    • samfisher5986 on 21/07/2022 - 10:26

      What phone do you have? My partners Pixel 6 is unstable with Boost 5G but my S21 Ultra is fine.

      • BargainBuddy on 23/07/2022 - 19:31

        May be it's the phone. I got an LG velvet.

  • SoTightEcoLPI on 25/07/2022 - 10:37

    I hope this continues post 26 October 2022. I was barely getting 15-20mbps indoors.
    https://imgur.com/a/9D4vJXX

  • webtherapist on 09/08/2022 - 08:03

    Has anyone encountered Kogan First bullshit after ordering a SIM pack. Used to have Kogan First years ago with Kogan credit card but already cancelled. Just got an email regarding Kogan First rewards which was a surprise, contacted them via email and was told “If you're contacting us regarding a charge of $6.99 or $59 on your account recently, this will be your monthly or yearly Kogan First renewal fee.” What the heck?

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