Boost Mobile moves from Optus to Telstra

[moa999]

Also not clear what they offer wrt International Roaming.
In the FAQ it just links to Telstra

 

[Simo]

IMHO the final details like international roaming will be all disclosed in the next few weeks.

I would not expect it to be much different to the current Telstra offerings.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Redbull Mobile is worth a look too is you want value, and ok rather Telstra's best 4g service.

It is on Vodafone's 3G netwok.

Prepaid Plans* - Red Bull MOBILE Australia

$365 for 15 months currently get you per month:

5GB data and
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[TD="class: desc last"]Standard National SMS/MMS[/TD]
[TD="class: pink upper, align: center"]Unlimited[/TD]
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[TD="class: desc last"]13/1300 & 18/1800 calls
and Voicemail[/TD]
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Data is billed in 250kb sessions.

That is pretty good value for an average of $24.33 per month.

In my case this is for my teenage daughter, and a big plus for me...and her is that she does not have to worry about exceeding a monthly cap now, which on her old plan was an ongoing issue.

Boost would probably give a better service, but data is billed in 1MB sessions, with a 3GB cap and at a 15 month cost of $600.

 

[moa999]

RedBull not bad.

Other good MVNO (Optus) plan out there albeit not unlimited is TPG - $18 ($15 w/ TPG Internet) for 1.5Gb/month (1kb billing) plus $550/calls which includes International - for domestic calls about 500 minutes.

 

[markis10]

Anything on the Vodafone network does not work for me, no coverage at many regional airports in QLD including the QP at ROK and MKY.

 

[Austman]

There might be cheaper MVNO offers out there, but this is a travel website and anyone who travels in Australia knows that there is one network that is by far the best - Telstra's. And so MVNOs that do not use Telstra are not going to give the coverage. So far it looks like just 2 MVNOs will use Telstra - Kogan on a limited Telstra 3G access and Boost on full Telstra 3G access. This makes Boost interesting - the same coverage as Telstra 3G but at an MVNO price.

 

[Simo]

From the 17 Feb 2014 data limit will reduce to 2GB from 3GB.