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Free 5G Access for Existing Plans @ amaysim

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easternculture on 21/06/2023 - 17:42 amaysim.com.au (755 clicks)
Last edited 21/06/2023 - 17:42

Just got this email from amaysim:

5G has officially dropped and we’re supercharging the speed of your plan. On the house, of course.

From 3 July 2023 upon renewal, your $40 UNLIMITED 85GB plan will hit 5G warp speed on the Optus Premium Network.

Enjoy 5G at no extra cost
This means you can pull 5Gs at up to 100Mbps full throttle as you search, stream, game, chat, heart, comment and share your way to the internet finish line.

But just so you know, your maximum download speed is up to 100Mbps on this plan and typical download speeds are usually slower depending on your location, device and network conditions.

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$10 credit to both the referrers on Unlimited Plans and referees. Referee needs to provide referrer with their email address.

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  • Fergy1987 on 21/06/2023 - 17:44

    So my 20 dollar plan wont get 5g?

    • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 17:53
      +5

      Your $20 plan may well get 100Mbps on 4G

      Also better batterylife

    • Andy01 on 21/06/2023 - 19:19
      +2

      My $15 Amaysim plan got me 441Mbps on 4G on my iPhone 14 Pro - I was standing right under the tower though.

      • Quarter Pounder on 21/06/2023 - 21:51
        +2

        My $9 amaysim plan got me 700mbps on 4G on a Pixel 6. Underground train station

  • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 17:46
    +1

    up to 100Mbps

    • Fergy1987 on 21/06/2023 - 17:53
      +6

      So….the bare minimum of 5g lol

    • easternculture on 21/06/2023 - 17:55
      +1

      Its a start

      • Justaddgrum on 21/06/2023 - 18:37

        My last 5 speedtests with amaysim have all resulted in speeds over 130mbps on 4g. So the 100mbps cap is a little odd. Guess we will find out if it is limited by Optus to amaysim users, or just a case of under promise, over deliver.

        • Fergy1987 on 21/06/2023 - 18:42

          Jeez i never realised the 4g speeds were like that. Just did one and got 120mb/s good thing i pay $80 for my 50mb NBN lol

  • randomusername2017 on 21/06/2023 - 17:49

    Enjoy 5G at no extra cost

    OTA upgrade for my 4G handset?…

  • 1jwoz on 21/06/2023 - 17:56
    -2

    Where's the bargain?

  • JSONBourne on 21/06/2023 - 17:57
    +1

    I’m glad, especially as a Boost customer! Competition is good and locks this in as the new norm.

    • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 18:02
      +2

      100Mbps on 5G the new norm?

      can’t think of a thing to say to make that seem more anticlimactic

  • Dr Fruit on 21/06/2023 - 18:14

    Doesn’t apply to long expiry plans right? Shame

  • Benno123 on 21/06/2023 - 18:16
    +4

    …what? 100mbps on 5g? I'm on Coles mobile (also optus network) and just pulled 220Mbps on 4g. What exactly is the point?

    • shxhshzhz on 21/06/2023 - 18:24
      +2

      Marketing.

    • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 18:24

      What exactly is the point?

      You’re talking about Amaysim

    • easternculture on 21/06/2023 - 18:53

      You can switch between 4g /5g on your phone.

      But i guess we are talking about better reception in some areas, and lower latency

      • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 19:13

        I’d be willing to bet (though clearly I’ve no real idea) that situations where 5G reception are an advantage over 4G are still pretty uncommon.

        Theoretically there are advantages in some situations and I’m willing to believe we’ll see some sign of that before too long but right now 4G has quite a few advantages, batterylife being one.

        • easternculture on 21/06/2023 - 19:18
          -1

          I have both 4g and 5g sim in my phone and find i have to switch to 5g for internet 30% of the time

          • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 19:19

            @easternculture: What area?

            Tho if you’re switching between sims that may be down to network no?

            I definitely have an inner city bias.

            • easternculture on 21/06/2023 - 19:39
              -1

              @0jay: Sutherland .

              Also in car parks when 4g no signal, i find sometime i get a signal on 5G

              • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 19:45

                @easternculture: Right, so that’s one of the purported advantages of 5G as I understand it, ie shopping centres, stadiums and large public facilities.

                I guess it’s still network dependent though, last I looked Telstra had pretty dense 5G over most of my area, Optus was near zero

    • HomebrewFC on 22/06/2023 - 10:21

      Theoretically if uploads are 100mbps as well, then this far surpasses 4G capability.

  • branners on 21/06/2023 - 18:52

    Woo-hoo! As a long -time Amaysim customer, I have been waiting for 5G.
    Just ran a test on my 4G handset. It was 255mbps down/50 up. Can't wait to trim 60 percent off that number!

    • HomeAlone on 21/06/2023 - 19:03

      4G+ already uses carrier aggregation to get you that 255Mbps. (Without carrier aggregation 4G maxes out at 150Mbps)

      Wouldn't throwing Optus 5G bands into the mix simply increase the total speed by up to 100Mbps?
      That's what I'm hoping anyway as I'm already getting around 240Mbps on Amaysim with 4G+

  • 0jay on 21/06/2023 - 19:49

    It sounds a lot like the 100Mbps is not a shape.

    I’ve been told that all Telstra MVNOs are hard-shaped though I get 240-370Mbps on Mate so I’ve no idea where people are getting that kind of information from or what measure of truth there is to it.

  • PorkHunt on 21/06/2023 - 20:35

    While we're talking about Amaysim, is anyone else unable to send/receive picture messages?

    • Fergy1987 on 24/06/2023 - 07:07

      My partner is having this issue. She gets my picture messages but not other peoples.

  • Onemoredeal on 21/06/2023 - 20:37
    +1

    I’ve been getting 150mb+ speed on a 6 month amaysim 4G plan anyway. 5G is a bit of a scam

  • ArrayK on 22/06/2023 - 09:28

    i got a email it not capped at 100 mbps it is capped at 150 mbps same thing as optus capping in july as well so dont blame amaysim, that basically the same cap as telstra.

    • ArrayK on 22/06/2023 - 09:35

      i know we all been getting more on 4G but 150 mbps gonna be heaps cause better ping and better loaded and better upload which is more stable than optus 4G

    • Quarter Pounder on 22/06/2023 - 19:19

      I don't understand why they would be capping 4G as well. If there was 5G access which was capped at 100mbps, but 4G was not speed capped that would be awesome

      • ArrayK on 22/06/2023 - 19:34

        Yeah I agree it pretty annoying.

  • omblygombly on 22/06/2023 - 10:32

    Not worried about getting 5G, but some of the plans on sale are good at the moment if you include cashback.

  • APN Adelaide on 22/06/2023 - 10:55

    Good start, now enable one number thing for smart watches too.

  • Quarter Pounder on 22/06/2023 - 18:11

    Great, Uplink on optus 5G is much better at my house compared to 4G

  • snappy1234 on 25/06/2023 - 06:39

    Got the email

    I'm on the $10 for 10Gb

    Just using as back up currently.

    Looks like most companies are switching to 5G now.

  • easternculture on 16/07/2023 - 16:15

    Amaysim 5G speed today 1Gbps

    https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/46868/105151/screensho…

    • Quarter Pounder on 30/07/2023 - 23:00

      I managed to reach 1.4gbps but now I am capped.

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