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  1. Colin Rice

    Colin Rice Mortgage Broker Business Member

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    Optus have some good deals atm. 16gb shared data and $80/month for 2 x mobile unlimited calls, text etc.

    Just got my wife a new phone with them and I changed from Vodafone that was costing me $80/month and now $80 for both.

    Amaysim (optus network) always seem to be competitive and worth checking out.
     
    Colin Rice, 21st Nov, 2017
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  2. DaveM

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    I use Aldi mobile, as its on Telstra and where I live is Telstra signal only.
     
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  3. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I was surprised today to find out it was Vodafone.

    It's been a good signal anywhere in Canberra, and on the road Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney-Newcastle- enough for streaming audio. It dropped out in a couple of places from Canberra to Bateman's Bay, and in one remoter part of Lake Eucumbene. I don't know if the other networks would have covered these areas.
     
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  4. mikey7

    mikey7 Well-Known Member

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    I use Vodafone for my personal phone and Telstra for my work phone. There is no real difference in Metro areas (Vodafone data is actually quicker!).. in the country it's a whole different story. Even driving up to QLD (from Syd) Vodafone drops out in many parts.
     
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  5. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I've changed my view. I had a number of data dropouts in Melbourne recently, where I could not access any data services- and yes, I did check my phone settings. That included one in Armadale (inner ring) where I could not navigate (though I'm not sure whether this was a network issue tbh).
     
    geoffw, 6th Dec, 2017
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  6. Beano

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    Buy the opus $10 prepaid for $2 when on special at Woolworth or Coles activate on $2 a day unlimited calls and text Have 500mb a day
    I give this to visitors
     
    Beano, 6th Dec, 2017
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  7. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm on the Kogan Prepaid Medium - using a Nokia 638 Windows 8 - so I can never be sure if it's the network or phone when I have issues :D

    My unit is fine at home and work (E & NE subs of Melb) but like @geoffw there seems to be a "dead spot" in the inner SE. For me, the signals in Clayton (near Hospital) are woeful, whereas the TLS units have been fine.

    Regionally, I have had no notoiceable probs travelling the Bruce Hwy up to Maryborough from BrisVegas, or travelling south to the GC.

    The Y-man
     
    The Y-man, 6th Dec, 2017
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  8. EN710

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    I'll find out I guess, bought the plan last week :p
     
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  9. Scott No Mates

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  10. luckyone

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    Interesting given that I haven’t been able to get Optus coverage in any of the three houses I’ve lived in in Brisbane. Have now switched to Aldi (Telstra) and it’s not perfect, but I do get two bars in my unit
     
    luckyone, 13th Dec, 2017
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  11. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    You're going to be permanently inebriated!
     
    geoffw, 13th Dec, 2017
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  12. Phar Lap

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    I got a new iPhone 7 on the $130/mth plan discounted for $75/mth over 24 months.
    30GB data
    unlimited calls and text
    International, 1gb data and 750 mins calls/mth
    shared data with my wife ph.

    Optus.
     
    Phar Lap, 13th Dec, 2017
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  13. luckyone

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    That’s why I picked the place Geoff!
     
    luckyone, 13th Dec, 2017
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  14. Scott No Mates

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    Well you'll be p¡$$€d if you don't have coverage
     
    Scott No Mates, 13th Dec, 2017
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  15. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    I've been trying to port a Telstra number to Kogan (who I think use vodafone) since Monday night.

    I got an email this morning (Wednesday) to say the port failed today. I checked it out and it turns out Telstra spelt my middle name wrong on my account and I think this was the cause of the failure. They couldn't change it over the phone so I had to go to a Telstra shop and have it changed. I went back to Kogan to try to port it again and it failed again! ! I called Telstra and apparently there was some kind of technicality/glitch in the porting. :(

    So i'm phone connectionless a bit longer... just not so good to have no phone service while I'm here in my home country.

    Btw. I never knew you can't go directly from a Telstra corporate plan direct to another provider, you have to convert the corporate plan account service to a personal account before it can be done. Why? I dunno. Seems like red tape or revenue raising though.
     
    Gockie, 13th Dec, 2017
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  16. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    Same with Optus.
    It was insane when I finished up with work. Luckily the lady at work knew exactly how it worked, and the right forms to fill, but it was still stressful.

    I had to go and buy a $2 optus sim card, and have my corporate account ported to a private account. Stupid thing is, it couldn't be ported to a prepaid account - had to be a postpay.... grrr.

    Optus assured me (after many phone calls) that I wouldn't get charged (theoretically) if I ported from my new private postpay account straight away to another account.

    Anyway, it took a few weeks (lucky I started the process a few weeks before finishing up!) until I got a message saying the new private postpay optus account was active. Shutting off my phone to make sure no data or anything got consumed, I quickly requested a port to Kogan.

    It all worked ok in the end - although I did get a near cardiac arrest when Optus sent me a 1 month postpay bill - about which they said to ignore when I called them (they said the system automatically prints and sends, but then they would apply a credit later - holy heck!). A nervous one month later, the optus side got all sorted out, and days of kogan began!

    The Y-man
     
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  17. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    Ugh - just had a slight hiccup with Kogan.

    My original prepay 365 day account was expiring 20th Dec. So I recharged yesterday (13th). Now my account shows it will expire 13/12 2018 - so I lose a week of data!! :mad:

    Just shot an email asking "please explain"......

    The Y-man
     
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  18. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    I've had a week of hiccups with porting and it's still not sorted. I think it stemmed from Telstra not getting my middle name right on my account. Then it ended up in a limbo state. Porting has been rejected 3 times.....:mad:
     
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  19. PandS

    PandS Well-Known Member

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    There are some crazy deal right now at Optus and Telstra for $59

    Telstra pixel 2 - 15G a month and $100 JB gift card
    Optus iphone 8 - 20G a month

    these phones cost around $1000-$1100 each so you paying less than $400 for 24 months of that data crazy cheap
     
    PandS, 14th Dec, 2017
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  20. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    I just can't get anywhere close to that sort of data usage though! Most months I struggle to get to 1GB.....

    The Y-man
     
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