2x $230 Prepaid Boost Mobile Prepaid SIM 170GB (12 Month Expiry) $415 + Delivery @ Lucky Mobile

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2x $230 Prepaid Boost Mobile Prepaid SIM 170GB (12 Month Expiry) $415 + Delivery @ Lucky Mobile
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E5TOQUE on 26/01/2025 - 08:26 luckymobile.com.au (615 clicks)
Last edited 26/01/2025 - 09:43 by 1 other user

LuckyMobile appear to have some of the discontinued $230 Boost Prepaid Mobile 12 Month Sim packs available still with Sim expiry date 11-04-2026.

They are selling x2 of the $230 Starter Parks for $415. So effectively $207.50 each.

What's included:

  • $230 Boost Prepaid Simcard with a 12 month expiry
  • 170GB of data
  • Unlimited Calls
  • Unlimited SMS
  • International Calls/Messages included to a large number of countries from Australia
  • Full Telstra Retail Coverage - Not the cut down Telstra Wholesale coverage you get with the likes of Woolworths, Aldi, Belong, etc

Whats the difference between Telstra Retail and Telstra Wholesale networks?

Telstra Retail Coverage providers:
  • Telstra
  • Boost Mobile
  • JB HiFi
  • The Good Guys
Telstra Wholesale Coverage Providers:
  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
  • Belong
  • Superloop
  • Tangerine
  • More
Coverage difference
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Comments

  • Bigfellaborham on 26/01/2025 - 08:29
    +5

    You can get the $300 boost sims for about $240. For $35/year (~$3/month) seems like you’re better off getting those for all the extra data.

    • rs0123 on 26/01/2025 - 08:31
      +5

      where can you get that?

    • whyisave on 26/01/2025 - 12:44

      What's $35/year?

      • Bigfellaborham on 26/01/2025 - 13:09
        +2

        Difference between the two boost plans after discounts.

        PM $300 sim at OW with the CellPoint $247 delivered price. Brings it down to $235ish.

        $235 for 265gb of data vs $207.50 for 170gb data.

        You decide if around an extra 100gb a year is worth the $3/month.

  • rs0123 on 26/01/2025 - 08:30

    Boost no longer have this plan. I wonder how customers can use it

    • E5TOQUE on 26/01/2025 - 08:31
      +8

      It is a prepaid starter kit - still valid.
      If you are an existing customer and want to use it, you need to get a $2 simcard from another provider, port your number out, and port it back in again on this Boost Prepaid starter kit.

  • hopper on 26/01/2025 - 08:32

    With their reception getting worst recently, these twin pack worth no more than 300 imo.

    • E5TOQUE on 26/01/2025 - 08:46
      +6

      Unsure how it gets worse when they are on the Telstra Retail network?
      Perhaps there has been towers being upgraded/maintenance in your area recently?

      I receive SMS messages from Telstra about that on occasion.

      • hopper on 26/01/2025 - 09:59
        +10

        after recent 3g shutdown, i noticed calls and data connection became low. using S23

        • WhyAmICommenting on 26/01/2025 - 11:33
          +2

          Hard agree. Not impressed with boost in Brisbane lately. Have to manually chop and change between 4g and 5g sometimes and that doesn’t always help.

      • DuckWearingTopHat on 26/01/2025 - 10:09
        +1

        I have both Telstra and Boost Sims and my Telstra has definitely pulled ahead of boost in the last few months no idea why like you say they should be the same…

        Though also it may well be pixel software being the garbage tier google always manages to do as rebooting the boost phone generally brings it back.

        • ty2050 on 26/01/2025 - 11:46
          +2

          It's quicker to chuck in airplane mode for 10 seconds. Same issue with pixel here.

          • DuckWearingTopHat on 26/01/2025 - 12:25

            @ty2050: Yeah did finally realise that this last week.

            So maybe my complaint is more with google but going onto about phone menu with my pixel 6 on Telstra Sim and pixel 8 pro on boost the pixel 6 nearly always reports a stronger signal even though the 8 on paper has a stronger modem system.

    • Bigfellaborham on 26/01/2025 - 08:51

      Don’t think it’s getting worse imo

      • WhyAmICommenting on 26/01/2025 - 11:33

        In Hornsby maybe

        • Techie4066 on 26/01/2025 - 14:17

          Well I'm there and it's worse for me, at home, in the shopping centre, on the train, pretty much anywhere.

    • DuckWearingTopHat on 26/01/2025 - 10:08
      +4

      Yeah I don't know what it is but I have 2 Sims (work/personal) in two pixel phones and my work (Telstra) Sim consistently has better signal than my personal (boost) over the last few months. No idea why but almost thinking to swap to Telstra on the personal Sim too.

      • CORWIN on 26/01/2025 - 10:18
        +7

        I'm with Boost and reception has definitely gotten worse for internet in the past few months!

      • Daine on 26/01/2025 - 12:23

        what models are the pixels? some of them, like my 5, tend to have issues connecting to particular bands or something like that. on another phone I'd have perfect service

        • DuckWearingTopHat on 26/01/2025 - 12:26

          Telstra is a pixel 6 and Boost is a pixel 8 pro.

          Think it's potentially just the 8 pro having software issues as airplane mode on and off will often refind the network. But also going to the about phone network sections generally shows the 6 having a better signal even though the 8 has a better modem in theory.

    • Wigles on 26/01/2025 - 10:57
      +5

      Same. A lot of time it says i have 5g but cant even load a website

      • WhyAmICommenting on 26/01/2025 - 11:34

        Yep I force it to 4g only and it sometimes helps

  • philsw on 26/01/2025 - 08:47
    +2

    Expiry date 11-04-2026

    • E5TOQUE on 26/01/2025 - 08:53
      +1

      That's the expiry of the prepaid starter pack.
      If you activate on the 10/04/2026 you will still get a full 12 months on your plan.

      • philsw on 26/01/2025 - 08:54
        +8

        Yeah we just commenting because it was missing from the post

  • Murkymerv on 26/01/2025 - 09:00
    +10

    These have been around $190.00+ recently through online sellers , this is not such a great deal considering you have to buy two ⁉️

    • GreyChris on 26/01/2025 - 10:08
      +3

      Yeah this was ~$180 recently. I don't see the deal. Unless it's because it's not sold anymore?

    • frondono on 26/01/2025 - 10:53
      +1

      I got one from cellpoint for $190 a little over 1 month ago.

  • bruce1202 on 26/01/2025 - 09:59

    What are the differences between Telstra Retail Coverage providers and Telstra Wholesale Coverage Providers?

    • rickb on 26/01/2025 - 10:07
      +1

      Described in the Ops post!

  • he88388 on 26/01/2025 - 10:10
    +1

    Not value for money knowing it has been cheaper in the past. Vendor knows boost has discontinued this plan and put the price up.

    • EWing1389 on 26/01/2025 - 10:17
      +2

      Not wrong but supply and demand, otherwise nothing should be a deal because "vendor knows price of everything has gone up, cheaper in 2005".
      Cheapest plan from Boost is now $300, I think it has hit $245 with cashback before for a one year expiry pre-paid plan.
      I use at most 20gb a year so this is arguably still a deal for me, in current climate.

  • G-rig on 26/01/2025 - 10:17
    +1

    I paid $160, the going price is about $190. Not sure who wants to outlay to buy two either.

    Don't see how this is remotely good value for an old plan (I activated 12 months the other day, Rep said it ends Oct 2025).

  • Yankyviking on 26/01/2025 - 10:43
    +3

    For some reason, I read it as 2 for $230. Got excited and then reading it properly turned me off.

  • IpGem on 26/01/2025 - 10:52
    +1

    Got it for about $155 after cashback a few months back.

    Not a great deal as usually you can get it for ~$185 w/o a cashback

    • typhon on 26/01/2025 - 12:33

      Searched for deals, but can't see any near $185. Can you post a link please?

    • autolux on 26/01/2025 - 11:22
      +2

      music takes up nothing. i stream almost constantly and was always fine on 170gb. plan struggles if you're always on the youtubes or whatever.

        • autolux on 26/01/2025 - 11:27
          +3

          crazy. maybe you're on some phil collins lossless setting or something? spotify averages 40-50mb per hour. its mp3 streaming..

            • gunslinger on 26/01/2025 - 11:59
              +1

              @Maths Debater: Have you checked that it's actually Spotify through the android or apple usage reports?
              I only used 1.5GB in Dec which was my highest month for a while Firefox abs hotspot used more for me, but I still only used 9GB

              • Maths Debater on 26/01/2025 - 12:08

                @gunslinger: I just had a look at my mobile data usage and Chrome has used almost 6gb! Never sign in to your account because it syncs between devices! Thanks a lot for your help!

    • hopper on 26/01/2025 - 12:02

      Imagine someone like me who loves watching reels on facebook while commuting to work daily.

    • Maths Debater on 26/01/2025 - 12:21
      +1

      Comments unpublished as it turns out my data usage had nothing to do with Spotify.

  • jwh on 26/01/2025 - 11:26
    +1

    Any decent alternatives to Boost for a one year pack?

    I don’t even use anywhere near 170GB, so looking to save some dollars there.

    • autolux on 26/01/2025 - 11:28

      also currently looking for this replacement…. 100GB a year would be fine.

  • kelssy11 on 26/01/2025 - 11:30
    +3

    How is this even a deal. Rip off!

  • bwatt72 on 26/01/2025 - 12:00

    This was 390 a couple of weeks ago for two which I was tempted on but certainly not now

  • JakeTheMuSS on 26/01/2025 - 12:51

    What is the best provider option these days?

    I'm on boost… But keen to jump

  • mckayver on 26/01/2025 - 13:17
    +2

    How is this even a deal. Rip off!

  • kiwibro on 26/01/2025 - 13:42
    +2

    Not even a deal bro

  • trixieb on 26/01/2025 - 13:50

    $205 for one SIM here. Cheapest I can find currently. Still not a deal.

  • bm2amb on 26/01/2025 - 15:21
    +3

    It appears that Telstra has heavily relied on its 3G infrastructure. Following its shutdown, the reception quality for Telstra and Boost has noticeably declined. I've found myself needing to use my wife's Optus service in many areas where Telstra previously provided strong coverage.

    • G-rig on 26/01/2025 - 15:49

      Luckily with Boost you aren't paying premium Telstra prices. Sounds like some people should get Optus next time, or a backup esim

      • bm2amb on 26/01/2025 - 16:19
        +1

        Boost's free international roaming via Wi-Fi calling and texting is a valuable feature. I'm not aware of other prepaid providers offering this, but I may be mistaken. A Starlink Mini could be a useful backup option :D

        • G-rig on 26/01/2025 - 16:41

          Yeah I think they are great, but still depends where you live, bit patchy but I've been lucky.

          They are that cheap we could afford another backup, good idea.

  • bk1973 on 26/01/2025 - 16:45

    These Boost $230-labelled SIMs are more expensive now due to supply vs demand. It’s a discontinued plan and the # of SIMs remaining is probably small, yet there is demand because Boost has moved to more $ SIM options ($300 or $365). I’m guessing the resellers get their money back on them if they don’t sell them, so probably doesn’t hurt to raise the prices. Gone are the days of the $170 offers for this. I was planning to get one in two months when my current Coles Mobile expired, but now I might go with a Vodafone MVNO (Lebara probably) instead. Coles (Optus) is crap reception in my area, and Wifi calling isn’t always active for some weird reason.

    • G-rig on 26/01/2025 - 18:17

      Yes had all last year to get one, not worth it now if over 190 (used to be easily 160).

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