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Free 5G Access for Selected New and Existing Prepaid, SIM Only and Phone Plans @ Woolworths Mobile

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Free 5G Access for Selected New and Existing Prepaid, SIM Only and Phone Plans @ Woolworths Mobile
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D-Train on 08/10/2022 - 22:21 mobile.woolworths.com.au (1227 clicks)
Last edited 08/10/2022 - 23:09 by 1 other user

This is an access trial of 5G capped at 100Mbps, the trial ends 28/2/23. If you want to keep 5G access after the trial you will need to change to a $59 5G plan.

Eligible plans are, Prepaid 30 day plans: $30 & $40, Postpaid Plans: $35, $45 & $49 SIM Only and Phone Plans

"Woolworths Mobile 5G Network
We're adding even more value to our plans. Trial our 5G network today on selected Prepaid, SIM Only and Phone plans until the 28th February 2023, when you sign up to Woolworths Mobile, while on Australia's trusted network. You will need to have a 5G compatible device and in an area with 5G coverage.

All existing customers on eligible plans now have 5G enabled as part of our 5G Trial.~ To set up your 5G compatible device, please refer to our FAQ."

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The referrer and referee will both receive a $10 WISH eGift Card. Referral codes can only be shared after 35 days of service and gift cards sent only after staying for at least 3 active months. Maximum of 10 referrals per year. Once referred customer activates on Woolworths Mobile, they must download the Woolworths Mobile App, and enter the eligible referral code within 30 days by selecting “Refer a friend” from the slide out menu.

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    • D-Train on 08/10/2022 - 22:25
      +17

      Ok

    • pkh on 08/10/2022 - 22:40

      I do

    • adrianhughes1998 on 08/10/2022 - 23:05

      Lulz

    • edfoo on 08/10/2022 - 23:32
      -1

      I don't have a phone…

    • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:45

      DW Sydracing, at 100Mbps, you're not missing out on anything special.

  • bargaino on 08/10/2022 - 22:25
    +17

    4G is quite fast enough thanks. What we want is VoLTE instead of being pushed to 3G!
    Also, VoWIFI and smartwatch support.

    Of course, as an OzB tightarse, I'm on a 12-month plan, so ineligible. Could be sour grapes?
    I've tried Vodafone 5G, which is cheap and fast, but the coverage sucks. Then again, so does their 4G coverage, which is why I'm with a Telstra MVNO :-)

    • PVA on 08/10/2022 - 22:32

      So no VoLTE with resellers.
      Thats a pain as theres towns with no 3g now (noticed this a year ago) so without VoLTE there is no calls available.

      • johndoh89 on 09/10/2022 - 00:37

        With woolies they don't have full network wide access, I think the woolies one probably doesn't actually get any signal in those towns anyway.

        Interesting with the 3G shut down approaching that they don't have it.

        • MitchyD1989 on 09/10/2022 - 10:53
          +1

          According to a Woolworths Mobile rep, they’re finally getting it this month.

          https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/9q6k4xm3?p=435#r71816…

          • PVA on 10/10/2022 - 23:41

            @MitchyD1989: I asked Rod over there about 18 month ago when I first noticed some towns had the 3G turned off so you had to have voLTE. Back then he was saying Soon, and reading your link he only mentions 5G , I didn’t read anything about voLTE being available.

        • philart on 09/10/2022 - 13:30

          @Johndoh89, it's more of an issue than that. Telstra have been re-farming some of the 850Mhz spectrum in regional Australia from 3G to 5G, it's resulted in many Woolworths, Aldi etc customers with dropouts and missed calls.

          • PVA on 10/10/2022 - 23:42

            @philart: Yep, noticed towns at least 18 months ago with no calling capabilities unless you had voLTE.

          • Grazz989 on 20/01/2023 - 16:02

            @philart: What's the speed difference (if any) for 5G 850MHz vs 3G 850MHz?

    • sn809 on 08/10/2022 - 22:39

      They have an eSim but no VOLTE ???

      • bargaino on 08/10/2022 - 22:43

        Yep. Esim is appreciated though, since a lot of high-end phones only allow one physical SIM.

        As for VoLTE, I can roll my own, by using any number of VoIP apps, but lack of old-school volte is annoying.

        • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:31
          +1

          Best thing about ESIM is that you can load up on many plans and easily switch between, right now I have Optus, Telstra & Vodafone on my phone and can switch between, using different free plans and purchased ones for different tests and stupidity.

          I have 2 Felix ESIMS atm.

          ESIM rocks!

          • Averell on 09/10/2022 - 00:52

            @checkingthisout: Sounds interesting. Could you give some more details on how you do it?
            Are you using iOS or Android?
            Thanks

            • checkingthisout on 09/10/2022 - 08:18
              +1

              @Averell: I use an iPhone, the iPhone seems to be able to load many ESIM plans into the mobile section, and then you can switch between them within seconds. Making it easy to change between providers. Doesn't take much effort, just sign up and let the provider install the ESIM config.

    • MiCCAS on 08/10/2022 - 22:55
      +5

      VoLTE will start rolling out from the 18th October.

      Source: https://whrl.pl/RgweFW

      • johndoh89 on 09/10/2022 - 00:41
        +1

        Nice. I'm curious if it will fix the weird screeching calls issue I have.

        Video recordings are fine, video chat and VoIP services are fine, just phones give the other end huge metallic screeches that I'm told is physically painful.

      • Euthyphro on 09/10/2022 - 07:47

        I am wondering whether Coles Mobile offers VoLTE?

        • MiCCAS on 09/10/2022 - 12:14
          +1

          They started rolling it out in August

  • Matt86 on 08/10/2022 - 22:43
    +3

    I'd be tempted - but 4g here sits at 80mbps+ and being limited to 100mbit defeats the purpose?

    • TheRealCJ on 08/10/2022 - 23:14
      +1

      Depending on the location I get over 900mbps uncapped 5G on Telstra.

      Of course, elsewhere the 5G is slower than the LTE, which is pretty freaking sad, but you know… Telstra.

      • Matt86 on 08/10/2022 - 23:21
        +2

        I mean of course, but I guess I just don't know what you'd reasonably do with that speed apart from Hotspotting your phone or just flexing haha. I do see it being good in the future, but it's just kinda meh until 5G becomes mainstream imo.

      • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:28

        Telstra wholesale is now capped at 100 or 250Mbps to differ the "premium Telstra network", but with such low data amounts for the cost, you're only using your phone for browsing and 720p videos max, music streaming etc, which all rely on latency more than 900Mbps.

        Essentially, 900Mbps is just ridiculous, even 20Mbps on Felix right now is unnoticeable on my phone. I have all three carriers in esims, right next to a tower, can't tell any difference.

        You won't notice the difference between 4G 90Mbps and 5G 900Mbps in real world day to day use, but Telstra, Optus & Vodafone sure hope their marketing teams will make you believe it.

        • TheRealCJ on 08/10/2022 - 23:30

          I definitely can see the difference between 900mbps and 100mbps, especially since a lot of what I do involve large format images and 4k streaming, but go off I guess.

          • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:36
            +2

            @TheRealCJ: I am on Felix unlimited 4G right now. Here's a screen shot of an 8K video via the 20Mbps max it gives, but ok, go off I guess.

            You'll need a pretty big plan to handle all that heavy data, the largest that Woolworths has for 5G is 60GB. Which is 8.8 minutes of full use before 0Mbps kicks in.

            https://ibb.co/MSX7j55

          • philart on 09/10/2022 - 13:38

            @TheRealCJ: @TheRealCJ 4K or UHD streaming only requires a max of 25Mbps and that's more normally 15Mbps with the more efficient codecs streamers are increasingly using.

    • Homerlovesbeer on 09/10/2022 - 00:01
      +2

      I get 160+mbps with 4G on Optus do definately not worth it for me.

      • tharlow on 09/10/2022 - 05:31

        Highway to the danger zone

  • tanastra on 08/10/2022 - 22:50

    Voted plus for the part Telstra network

  • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:24

    What is the point of having "Australia's best 5G network" if you limit it to 100Mbps?

    I mean, you get bugger all data, and now you get max 100Mbps.

    Telstra wholesale is really starting to take the piss.

    I've used all three 5G networks in the last few months, spoiler alert, 4G is fast AF, and the ping is the same.

    If the trial was 5G full speeds, sure, but is this a deal?

    • D-Train on 08/10/2022 - 23:36

      I'm not sure if its actually limited to 100Mbps.

      I did a speed test when I noticed the 5G icon on my phone this week and got over 200Mbps down and over 160Mbps up?

      The 5G plan they sell is meant to be capped at 250Mbps and I am only on a $35 sim only plan.

      • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 23:40

        It's better than nothing, but still, I've found 5G to be kinda hilariously over marketed, at least from trying all three in regional and remote areas.

        But stand alone 5G, that might be the changer.

        I don't care about speed anymore, give me unlimited data, or huge amounts of it without even thinking about it anymore. 1Gbps speed on my phone? Meh.

    • kipps on 08/10/2022 - 23:58
      +1

      The benefits of 5G go beyond data transfer speeds. It will make more efficient use of spectrum and therefore there’s more bandwidth to share with all users on the tower. Telstra will make the 5G access permanent but it’s continuing this charade of suggesting it will be a trial in an attempt to sucker people into paying for their ridiculously high priced plans.

      • checkingthisout on 09/10/2022 - 00:08

        Yeah I've been reading up the spectrum steering, standalone 5G etc, but still, the two main Telcos are trying to sell us on speed, but limiting MVNO's on their speeds. 5G is amazing! 5G is so fast! Limited to 100Mbps, Limited to 250Mbps. OK.

        Which is? IS 5G about speed? or is 5G not about speed Telstra/Optus? Pick one.

        I can tell the ACCC will have something to say about this limiting at some point. Because 4G is faster than 100Mbps, even 250Mbps, but they've all of a sudden put in a limiter on 4G & 5G for seemingly no real reason other than greed.

  • jmart38 on 08/10/2022 - 23:37
    +2

    What's the point of even offering this if you cap it to 100mbps lol…

    boost will give you 250+ on 4g

  • spaceflight on 08/10/2022 - 23:48
    +1

    If you want to keep 5G access after the trial you will need to change to a $59 5G plan

    Don't pay them.
    You being on 5G benifits the carrier more.

  • whitelie on 08/10/2022 - 23:49

    Noticed I had 5G the other day and wondered what it was all about.
    Ran a couple of speed tests out of curiosity were around 120/70.

    Is there any providers out there that offer 5G prepaid for a decent price? I'm only on the $30 pre paid and have a huge data bank going so don't need massive data

    • checkingthisout on 09/10/2022 - 00:03
      +2

      The short of it is, 5G isn't that great, and the telcos are trying hard to make it seem so. 4G is already really good.

      You can get much better deals on 4G only plans, see Kogan, Felix, Circles life, Moose mobile etc

      But if you want truly uncapped 5G speeds with no trials:

      $40 for 40GB + 2Mbps endless data - https://www.vodafone.com.au/plans/sim-only

      https://www.vodafone.com.au/prepaid/plans

      $40 for 80GB on Optus 5G

      https://www.spintel.net.au/home-mobile/plans

      The telcos are trying to limit speeds on 5G for MVNO's to make a clear difference between their networks and the main network, but I reckon the ACCC will come down on them for it at some point because 4G is faster than 100Mbps, even 250Mbps, but they've all of a sudden put in a limiter on 4G & 5G for seemingly no real reason other than greed.

  • willyroo on 09/10/2022 - 00:17
    +1

    I was bored last night. Boost mobile 12 month SIM, no esim however VoLTE and VoWiFi.

    Turned off 5G straight after, it's fast but kills battery…

    https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/170533/98656/screensho…

    • checkingthisout on 09/10/2022 - 00:21
      +2

      5G kills the iPhone 12 mini super fast.

    • tharlow on 09/10/2022 - 05:35
      -1

      I was bored last night

      I sincerely hope you make a full recovery

  • wormarts on 09/10/2022 - 01:07

    Getting 5 Mbit/s in the eastern suburbs in Sydney… Telstra full 5G.

    4G = about 20 Mbit/s

  • Froot Loops on 09/10/2022 - 04:55

    Is there any benefit to Woolworth over boost?

    • tharlow on 09/10/2022 - 05:34
      +1

      Just the 10% off your shopping at Woolworths once a month. Without it, you’ll have to go to Aldi and save 40% instead

      • Froot Loops on 09/10/2022 - 05:35

        Ah sweet as. Yup, I already go to Aldi so not point. Woolies is way to expensive

        • tharlow on 09/10/2022 - 05:36
          +1

          Oh — and eSIM

          • Froot Loops on 09/10/2022 - 05:47

            @tharlow: Frick. I brought a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 46mm Classic with LTE ($230 used on eBay) and I want an e-sim. I hope boost pulls its finger out soon as I would love to leave my phone at home during fitness activities. I might consider Woolworths when my pre-paid contract is up. Cheers again

            • Associateddm02 @ Everyday Rewards on 09/10/2022 - 11:33

              @Froot Loops: FYI, eSIM isn't supported on wearables yet (known as 'one number' or 'number share') - only supported on phones themselves

  • GordonD on 09/10/2022 - 09:02
    -1

    Woolworths, I demand a refund!

    I'm paying for your 5G, I'm paying more for less data than on a 4G plan, and now you're giving 5G to everyone.

    (I may as well complain here, even though I know it is pointless, because it appears to be impossible to contact Woolworths or Woolworths Mobile any other way.)

    • Associateddm02 @ Everyday Rewards on 09/10/2022 - 11:34

      You can just change plans via the app or website and it takes effect immediately

      • GordonD on 10/10/2022 - 18:27
        -1

        I think you haven't thought this through, Mr Woolworths.

        Given the big jump in price no-one with a 4G plan is going to upgrade to paying for a 5G plan until they have to, right when the trial finishes. And lots of people on the 5G plan are going to be unhappy they're paying more and getting no more than if they were on a 4G plan, and they'll downgrade. And when the 5G trial ends in 6 months both those groups are going to be looking at where else they can get 5G cheaper than Woolworths 5G. And it won't be very hard to find somewhere where it is.

        I'm looking elsewhere right now.

        • Associateddm02 @ Everyday Rewards on 10/10/2022 - 20:25

          I was just giving you an option to pay less by moving to the lower plan and keeping 5G (keeping in mind that the 5G trial is capped at 100Mbps, whereas the 5G plan itself has 250Mbps). If you don't want to take it, that's fine

  • Helios504 on 09/10/2022 - 09:58

    I'd much rather MNVOs got access to shared number services such as "Telstra One" (e.g. for smart watches / ipads etc).

  • freedomofspeech on 09/10/2022 - 10:07
    -5

    crazy how no one is sceptical here about 5G given the lack of analysis of impact on human and animal health…

  • financialminimalism on 09/10/2022 - 22:47
    +1

    Come on guys, roll it out to the long-term prepaid plans and you've got me for life… you probably already have me for life, but hey :-)

  • PVA on 10/10/2022 - 23:51

    So after the trial you need to be on the $59 plan which is basically the $45 plan with 5G access. $14 extra for 5G sounds a bit exxy to me.
    I mean Telstra is $58 for 40gig (then slowed after that) and you get voLTE, full network.

  • yaburi on 11/10/2022 - 20:42

    Anyone else having internet issues on Woolies 5G?
    I've been getting 2-3 bars connectivity around my place and work, but there's been constant internet drop outs.
    I've tried following the troubleshooting steps on the Woolies website, and the only thing that works is resetting network settings, which is kinda annoying to do every 24 hours 🥲

    • GordonD on 14/10/2022 - 07:41

      No, no problems whatsoever. But then I'm in a 5-bar reception area for Telstra.

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