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Monday, December 21, 2015

Prepaid Phone Plans

Jemma now has a mobile and Dan is complaining he has no data so time to compare prepaid phone plans.

The first thing I learn is that those web sites that proport to compare and give you the best deal do a really awful job.  for example http://www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/Prepaid-Mobile-Phone-Plans-Under-30  But they are handy to get the names of service providers.  maybe I'm just using it wrong.  But $2 / day is $60/month and that's not "under $30".

It seems there is a premium if you want "Infinite Voice".  My gut feel is that kids need [can do with] less voice and more data and text.  Megan tends to use 200+ minutes voice mine is about 100 and Chris is around 50.  So I will look for prepaid on the basis of lots of data but say 100minutes of voice

One thing I used to be wary of was plans that did not include 13 numbers.  It seems now that they all include 13 numbers.

BEST
My gut feel is the Boost Mobile at $20 for 1GB data and infinite texts.  A nice bonus of 500MB EVERY weekend.

SURPRISING
Would be Telstra who at $30 have 1.3GB data, Unlimited text and about 700min voice.

HIGH DATA
Amaysim $39.90 with 5GB data.

MY WISH
would be a way of getting a group or family discount.  It would need a way of capping the usage of each handset and by capping I mean when the limit for that handset is reached then it simply stops.  Surely with 5 handsets for this family someone can do a deal!


ProviderPer monthCarrierData [GB]textMobile13 1800landlineWhen I checked
Aldi Mvalue 2020Telstra15000040021-12-2015
Aldi35telstra2.5yesyesyesyes
Amaysim24.9Optus1UnlimitedUnlimited
Amaysim29.9Optus2UnlimitedUnlimited
Amaysim39.9Optus5UnlimitedUnlimited
Bendigo Bank25Optus (Hello Mob?)2Unlimited30021-12-2015
Boost40
3GB




Boost20Telstra1GBunlimited100minutes21-12-2015
Coles30Optus1.2UnlimitedUnlimited21-12-2015
Kogan29.95Vodafone3UnlimitedUnlimited21-12-2015
Lebra24.9
0.1125125 minutes21-12-2015









Vodafone50V1.5GByesyesnoyes
Optus30Optus1.5UnlimitedUnlimited21-12-2015









Red Bull39
4GB




Telstra30
1.3Unlimitedabout 700 min
Think Mobile32.95Vodafone2YYYY
Virgin19Optus0.5400About 100min Credit Shared with text
Vodafone30Vodafone1.5UnlimitedUnlimited21-12-2015
Vodafone40Vodafone3UnlimitedUnlimited + 90min international21-12-2015
Woolworths30Telstra 3G2.5Unlimited769.230769221-12-2015
Yatango44Optus0.5Yes



Yatango30
0.5GBYes








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