| Just Sim Card | Best Starter Kits | Low Cost Vouchers | Best 5 – 10GB Vouchers | Best 10GB+ Vouchers | Best Value 365 Days | Best Unlimited |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Best Sim Only Starter Packs (BYO Modem) | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increments | Hardware | Upfront Cost | Buy Now |
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30 days | 1GB Unlimited Facebook/Twitter |
$9.90 | 1/MB | 1MB | BYO | $9.90/1GB Now 15% Off |
Buy Amaysim |
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30 days | 3GB | $29 | Excess 2c/MB | 1MB | BYO Compatible Modem (Vodafone Network) | $29/3GB | Buy Vodafone |
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30 days | 1GB | $9.95 | Recharge options | 1MB | BYO Compatible Modem (Vodafone Network) | $9.95 | Buy gotalk |
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30 days | 1GB | $30 | 15 Free SMS | 10MB | BYO Compatible Modem (Optus Network) | $30/1GB | Buy Optus |
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30 days | 300MB | $10 | Recharge options | 1KB | BYO Compatible Modem (Optus Network) | $10/300MB | Buy Virgin |
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0 days | 0GB | FREE | Recharge options | 1MB | BYO Compatible Modem (Optus Network) | $0/0GB | |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Best Starter Packs (Inc Modem) | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increment | Hardware | Upfront Cost | Buy Now |
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25 days | 3GB | $69 | Unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 1MB | Starter Kit for $69 | $69/3GB | Buy Optus |
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30 days | 4GB | $49 | 1MB | USB Modem (Vodafone Network) for $49 | $49/4GB | Buy Crazy Johns |
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20 days | 2GB | $29 | Unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 10MB | Starter Kit for $29 | $29/2GB | Buy Boost |
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30 days | 3GB | $79 | Rollover unused data | 1MB | Starter Kit for $79 | $79/3GB | Buy Telstra |
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30 days | 3GB | $49 | Rollover unused data (up to 39GB max) | 1MB | Starter Kit for $49 | $49/3GB | Buy Vodafone |
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100 days | 6GB | $79 | 1KB | Starter Kit for $79 (usb modem) or $99 for new wifi modem | $79/6GB | Buy Virgin |
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30 days | 5GB – 10GB# | $49 | Modem at $49. plus 250MB p/mth for 12 mths or 5GB in first 30 days or 100 hrs in first 30 days. | 1MB | Starter Pack for $49 Sim card is free | $49/5GB | Buy Dodo |
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30 days | 1GB | $30 | Excess data 2c/MB | 1MB | Starter Pack for $30 (inc USB + sim) | $30/1GB | Buy gotalk |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Low Cost Recharge Vouchers | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increment | Hardware | Cost over 1 Year1 | Buy Now |
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15 days | Unlimited | $20 | Usage charged at $3 p/day used | 1MB | $69 Starter pack comes with modem and 3GB data (25 days) | $486 + $69/Unlimited | Buy Optus |
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30 days | 1.25GB | $19 | 1MB | USB Modem (Vodafone Network) + 4GB Data for $49 | $209 + $49/19GB | Buy Crazy Johns |
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30 days | 1GB | $19 | 10GB monthly limit, any recharge over 10GB rolls over to the next calendar month. | 1KB | Starter Kit for $79 (usb modem) + 6GB data | $209 + $79/18GB | Buy Virgin |
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60 days | 1GB – 2GB# | $20 | 1MB | Modem at $49. plus 250MB p/mth for 12 mths or 5GB in first 30 days or 100 hrs in first 30 days. | $120 + $49/11GB | Buy Dodo |
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| 60 days | 25hrs – 50hrs# | $20 | 1MB | $120 + $49/250hrs | ||||
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30 days | 2GB | $29 | 1KB | Starter Kit for $79 + 6GB data | $319 + $79/28GB | Buy Virgin |
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30 days | 3GB | $40 | Bonus 450MB + 20 SMS Unlimited Facebook/Twitter |
1MB | Starter Kit for $69 + 3GB data (25 days) | $360 + $69/41GB | Buy Optus |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Best Value 5 – 10GB Recharge Vouchers | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increment | Hardware | Cost over 1 Year1 | Buy Now |
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180 days | 8GB | $99 | 10GB monthly limit, any recharge over 10GB rolls over to the next calendar month. | 1KB | Starter Kit for $79 (usb modem) + 6GB data | $198 + $79/22GB | Buy Virgin |
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180 days | 6GB | $100 | Rollover unused data (up to 39GB max) | 1MB | Starter Kit for $49 (inc 3GB) | $200 + $49/15GB | Buy Vodafone |
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90 days | 9.6GB | $80 | 100 SMS Unlimited Facebook/Twitter |
10MB | Starter Kit for $29 + 2GB | $320 + $29/40GB | Buy Boost |
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| Best Prepaid Broadband – Best Value 10+ GB Recharge Vouchers | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increment | Hardware | Cost over 1 Year1 | Buy Now |
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365 days | 10GB | $99.90 | Unlimited social network | 1MB | BYO | $99.90/10GB Now 15% Off |
Buy Amaysim |
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365 days | 30GB | $300 | Rollover unused data (up to 39GB max) | 1MB | Starter Kit $49 (inc 3GB) | $300 + $49/33GB | Buy Vodafone |
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180 days | 10GB – 20GB# | $99 | 1MB | Modem at $49. plus 250MB p/mth for 12 mths or 5GB in first 30 days or 100 Hrs in first 30 days. | $198 + $49/25GB | Buy Dodo |
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180 days | 15GB | $149 | 1MB | Starter Kit $49 USB | $298 + $49/30GB | Buy Vivid Wireless |
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| 60 days | 12GB | $79 | $474 + $49/72GB | |||||
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365 days | Unlimited | $130 | Usage charged at $3/day used | 1MB | $69 Starter pack + 3GB data (25 days) | $130 + $69/Unlimited | Buy Optus |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Best Value 365 Day Recharge Vouchers | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increments | Hardware | Cost over 1 Year1 | Buy Now |
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365 days | 10GB | $99.90 | Unlimited social network | 1MB | BYO | $99.90/10GB Now 15% Off |
Buy Amaysim |
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365 days | 12GB | $149 | 10GB monthly limit, any recharge over 10GB rolls over to the next calendar month. | 1KB | Starter Kit for $79 (usb modem) + 6GB data | $149 + $79/18GB | Buy Virgin |
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365 days | 15GB – 30GB# | $139 | 1MB | Modem at $49. plus 250MB p/mth for 12 mths or 5GB in first 30 days or 100 Hrs in first 30 days. | $49 + $139/20GB | Buy Dodo |
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365 days | 30GB | $300 | Rollover unused data (up to 39GB max) | 1MB | Starter Kit for $49 (inc 3GB) | $300 + $49/33GB | Buy Vodafone |
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365 days | 15GB | $130 | Bonus 2.25GB + 100 SMS Unlimited Facebook/Twitter |
1MB | $69 Starter pack + 3GB data (25 days) | $69 + $130/15GB | Buy Optus |
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365 days | 18GB | $130 | 100 SMS Unlimited Facebook/Twitter |
10MB | USB Modem + 2GB for $29 | $130 + $29/20GB | Buy Boost |
| Best Prepaid Broadband – Unlimited Vouchers | ||||||||
| Product | Term | Down/Uploads | Price | Notes | Increments | Hardware | Cost over 1 Year1 | Buy Now |
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365 days | Unlimited | $130 | Usage charged at $3 p/day used | 1MB | $69 Starter pack + 3GB data (25 days) | $69 + $130/Unlimited GB | Buy Optus |
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7 days | Unlimited | $30 | 1MB | $49 USB Modem | $49 + $30/Unlimited GB | Buy Vivid Wireless |
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| 1: Yearly is a calculation of what it would cost to keep the prepaid account active for 12 months. Calculation includes the cost of hardware and any additional recharge (least cost option). It shows total cost and total bandwidth for the period. | ||||||||
#Dodo Prepaid Double Off-Peak Usage – Usage range is shown as minimum and maximum allowance. Receive double your allowance during Off-Peak Hours (12am to 7am). Maximum allowance based on off-peak usage only. Minimum allowance based on peak usage only.
Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband T/Cs
The Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband service is supplied in accordance with the terms of the Optus Mobile Internet Standard Form of Agreement. To use the service you need to credit your pre-paid account in advance and recharge the service as the current credit is used up. You will not be sent any bills, invoices or statements. You must comply with these terms including our Acceptable Use Policy (Appendix H) when using the service. The Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Internet service is a Pre-Paid Broadband Internet service and provides access to the Internet and related services. The service provides a connection to the Internet via the Optus Mobile 3G or dual band networks. The service is only available for use with an Optus supplied Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband SIM card and a wireless data modem. The Optus supplied wireless data modem is a USB modem (E160e, E1762, E153, E173 or E583C modem). You may use your own wireless data modem if it is approved for use on the Optus 3G or dual band network. Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband service may only be used as a data service. You must meet the minimum system requirements as per the Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband packaging to connect to the service. Subject to your rights under the Trade Practices Act, Optus does not make any warranty regarding the software or data provided to you as it operates on your computer and interacts with your other applications. Optus Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband application shows approximate usage only. Modem is compatible with the MAC computers OS 10.4 or above.
Usage: The first 30MB of usage per day will be charged at 10MB. Usage after this will be counted in 10MB increments and includes both uploads and downloads. $30, $40, $50 Vouchers expire 30 days from activation, $70, $100 Vouchers expire 60 days from activation. $80 and $130 Vouchers expire 186 days from activation. Maximum data allowance is 10GB. If you recharge over this amount, you will forfeit any data over the 10GB limit. If you require additional SMS messages, you must purchase either another recharge voucher or a text saver voucher. Free standard national SMS can only be sent to Australian GSM Mobile or Mobile Broadband services. 1 SMS = 160 characters.
Optus Connect N’ Go Recharge Vouchers – 15% Bonus Data Allowance: Purchase a recharge voucher via credit card online at www.optus.com.au/recharge to receive an additional 15% bonus data allowance. $15 recharge voucher will give you 500MB and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 75MB bonus data with a 15 days expiry and 50 free standard national SMS. $30 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 1GB of data and 15 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 150MB bonus data with a 30 days expiry. $40 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 2GB of data and 20 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 300MB bonus data with a 30 days expiry. $50 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 3GB of data and 25 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 450MB bonus data with a 30 days expiry. $70 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 4GB of data and 35 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 600MB bonus data with a 60 days expiry. $80 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 4GB of data and 100 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 600MB bonus data with a 186 days expiry. $100 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 6GB of data and 50 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 900MB bonus data with a 60 days expiry. $130 Recharge Voucher will give you up to 8GB of data and 100 free standard national SMS and if you purchase the recharge online you will also receive up to 1.2GB bonus data with a 186 days expiry. General: Offer may expire or be withdrawn at any time. For more information, refer to www.optus.com.au/standardagreement. Information correct as at 12 August 2010. SingTel Optus Pty Limited ABN 90 052 833 208
