Prepaid Mobile & Prepaid Internet Plans

TPG Mobile Broadband

arthur — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:24:41 +0000

	A simple month to month arrangement offering you great rates on your mobile broadband plan. Whether it is for your laptop or iPad, TPG will save you money. TPG offers both sim only (BYO) plans as well as starter kits with the modem. TPG uses the Optus network.

TPG Mobile Broadband – Monthly

Product	Speed	Term	Downloads	Price	Bonuses	Notes	Link
TPG Mobile Broadband Go Plans	Optus 3G Network	Monthly	500MB	$5	Data charged per KB, Excess – 2.75c/MB	$20 Sim Card $50 USB Dongle + $20 Deposit first month only	Buy TPG
			1GB	$10
			2GB	$16
			5GB	$25
			9GB	$35

Note: Starter Kit – First Month $20 deposit + $20 Sim Card

gotalk Global Travel Sim

arthur — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:36:56 +0000

gotalk Global Travel SIM is a revolutionary Prepaid Roaming SIM that gives you great rates on calls made while travelling overseas. With the Global Travel SIM you can budget your trip without worrying about expensive bills on your return with the added convenience of online recharge from anywhere in the world!

Quick Summary

Product	Cost	Call Rates¹	Receive Rates²	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	More
Global Travel Sim	$29.95	Bali – $1.14 China – $1.08 Croatia – 40c Germany – 30c Greece – 30c Italy – $3.30 New Zealand – 40c Serbia – 50c Switzerland – 60c Sth Africa – 30c Spain – 30c UAE – 3.40c UK – 30c USA – $1.08	$1.09 $1.03 35c 25c 25c $3.25 35c 45c 55c 25c 25c $3.35 25c $1.03	Yes	$10 credit	Yes	Buy gotalk Travel Sim!

Notes: 30c flagfall applies. 1 – p/minute. Calls to landlines. Covers calls within each country and calls to Australia. 2 – p/minute. Rates to receive calls

Compare using gotalk Travel Sim to standard roaming rates when making a call to Australia.

Country	Backchat	Telstra	Optus	Vodafone
Bali China Germany Italy New Zealand Spain UAE UK USA	$1.14 $1.08 30c $3.30 40c 30c $3.40 30c $1.08	35c + $1.90 NA 35c + $3.05 35c + $3.05 35c + $3.75 35c + $3.05 35c + $3.75 35c + $3.05 35c + $3.05	$6.00 $6.00 $5.00 $5.00 $3.00 $4.00 $4.00 $3.00 $5.00	$12/min + 89c/min + 35c $12/min + 89c/min + 35c $7.50/min + 89c/min + 35c $7.50/min + 89c/min + 35c $4.50/min + 89c/min + 35c $7.50/min + 89c/min + 35c $20/min + 89c/min + 35c $7.50/min + 89c/min + 35c $12/min + 89c/min + 35c

Rates are based on making international calls (to Australia) from country you are in. Rates are per minute as at 6/12/11. Optus rates use Other Prepaid Mobile Plans. Turbo Cap, Turbo Cap+ and Data Blaster have higher charges. Vodafone uses FlexiCap charges.

MobiPassport International Sim

arthur — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:36:13 +0000

Mobi Passport provides travelers with a local pre-paid SIM card for each destination to take advantage significantly lower data rates available through the local mobile broadband providers compared to global roaming.By using a local SIM in your iPhone, smartphone or iPad while overseas you can access all your favourite applications such as Facebook, Google Maps, Skype and Email, whenever and wherever you are without coming home to a phone bill in the thousands of dollars.

Quick Summary

Product	Cost	Call Rates¹	^Txt	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	More
France	$15	€0.50	€0.12	€7 – Unlimited Internet for 7 Days	€3 – Unlimited Calls to Orange Mobiles and Landlines	Yes	Buy Mobi Passport
Spain	$15	€0.08	€0.08	€ 15 – 1GB Internet for 7 Days
UK	$15	£0.25	£0.12	£7 – 500MB and 20 MMS for 1 month
USA	$15	$0.10	25c	$25 for 500MB	$2 p/day unlimited calls
NZ	$10	$0.44	12c	$20 for 1GB

Notes: 1 – p/minute. Calls to landlines. Covers calls within each country and calls to Australia.

One Mobile Prepaid

arthur — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:51:21 +0000

	OneMobile – This sexy little SIM starter kit contains no credit – it’s just to whet your appetite for a solid session of communication. So pop this puppy into your phone, activate your SIM card and choose a plan at www.onemobile.com.au or phone 133 001. Then strap yourself in and ‘Let’s Get It On’. But hurry, once this little cherry is popped it expires in 30 days.

Quick Summary

Product	Call rate1	Flagfall	Txt	Expiry2	MMS	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	Extras	2 Min Call3	More
Cherry Popper				30			$1 for Sim Card	30c			Buy One Mobile
Caps $19	45c	40c	30c	30	50c	30c/MB	$100		Unlimited Facebook Unlimited to One Mobile GPRS data p/60KB	$2.20/45 calls
Caps $29	45c	40c	30c	30	50c	30c/MB	$200		Unlimited Facebook Unlimited to One Mobile GPRS data p/60KB	$2.20/90 calls
Low Riders $10	15c	30c	20c	30	50c	50c/MB	$10		GPRS data p/60KB	90c/11 calls
Low Riders $20	15c	30c	20c	30	50c	50c/MB	$20		GPRS data p/60KB	90c/22 calls
Ninja Thumbs $20	25c	40c	1c	30	50c	30c/MB	$20		Unlimited Facebook GPRS data p/60KB	$1.40/14 calls
Ninja Thumbs $30	25c	40c	1c	30	50c	30c/MB	$30		Unlimited Facebook GPRS data p/60KB	$1.40/21 calls
TT’s $10				30		20MB	20 mins to anyone + 20 mins to OneMobile + 20 Txt		GPRS data p/60KB	10 calls
TT’s $20				30		50MB	50 mins to anyone + 50 mins to OneMobile + 50 Txt			25 calls
TT’s $30				180		100MB	100 mins to anyone + 100 mins to OneMobile + 100 Txt			50 calls
Da Bomb $50				30		2GB	3000 minutes + 2000 Txt		Unlimited Facebook/Twitter GPRS data p/60KB	1500 calls

Prepaid Mobile Review – One Mobile
One Mobile is not new to the mobile market. Within the call aggregation market they are one of Optus’ biggest clients. Might not mean much to the everyday customer but it does say that they do understand mobile and have their eggs in a few baskets ensuring they can provide services beyond the now.Their market is the under 25 mobile phone user. Facebook, Texting, regular contact with a circle of friends that is who One Mobile is after. The range launched yesterday aims to fulfill a void in the market where customers are looking for all of the facts with less of the confusing terms. I think they have a point here. Whilst some may see it as a controversial name, Cherry Popper is your sim starter kit and comes with no credit. You can then recharge with a $19 or $29 Cap each giving you $100 and $200 in calls respectively. With the $19 Cap you get about 45, 2 minute calls plus unlimited Facebook usage. Texts are 30c each and all credit lasts for 30 days. You also have unlimited calls to One Mobile. If you want cheaper calls, you can then look at the two Low Rider recharge options. A 2 minute call will cost you 90c but the credit with a $10 recharge is just $10. Texts are 20c and credit lasts for 30 days. Data for this recharge options is 50c/MB GPRS billed per 60KB. Unsure why this option wasn’t given 30c/MB like the Caps. 50c for me is on the high side given this recharge option is at the cheaper end of the scale when it comes to pricing. For those who text all day and night, you have the two Ninja Thumb options. There is a $20 and $30 recharge. Texts are just 1c each so you can go a little nuts with these options. Data is 30c/MB, you have unlimited access to Facebook and a two minute call with cost you $1.40. This plan offers a good combination of online and text options. Beyond these recharge options you move into the more premium end. TT’s give you minutes rather than call costs. $10 gives you 20 minutes plus 20 minutes to One Mobile, the $20 recharge increases the minutes to 50 and $30 to 100 minutes. Bonus text is also available as is a small amount of data. Unlimited Facebook would have been great here. Credit lasts for 30 days except for the $30 recharge which lasts for 180 days. The final recharge options is Da Bomb which at $50 gives you 2GB data, unlimited social media, 3000 minutes talk time and 2000 text. More than what most people will need in 30 days. Zac from One Mobile tells me that he has done his research and these are the combinations and pricing that customers are looking for. There are certainly some good options here but time will show which market is actually drawn to these plans. One differentiating factor to consider is that recharging will be able to be completed directly from your phone via the One Mobile App. No mucking around with convenience stores etc. They are also looking to partner with vending machine operators for distribution of the starter kits.

Prepaid Mobile Review – One Mobile

One Mobile is not new to the mobile market. Within the call aggregation market they are one of Optus’ biggest clients. Might not mean much to the everyday customer but it does say that they do understand mobile and have their eggs in a few baskets ensuring they can provide services beyond the now.Their market is the under 25 mobile phone user. Facebook, Texting, regular contact with a circle of friends that is who One Mobile is after. The range launched yesterday aims to fulfill a void in the market where customers are looking for all of the facts with less of the confusing terms. I think they have a point here. Whilst some may see it as a controversial name, Cherry Popper is your sim starter kit and comes with no credit. You can then recharge with a $19 or $29 Cap each giving you $100 and $200 in calls respectively. With the $19 Cap you get about 45, 2 minute calls plus unlimited Facebook usage. Texts are 30c each and all credit lasts for 30 days. You also have unlimited calls to One Mobile.

If you want cheaper calls, you can then look at the two Low Rider recharge options. A 2 minute call will cost you 90c but the credit with a $10 recharge is just $10. Texts are 20c and credit lasts for 30 days. Data for this recharge options is 50c/MB GPRS billed per 60KB. Unsure why this option wasn’t given 30c/MB like the Caps. 50c for me is on the high side given this recharge option is at the cheaper end of the scale when it comes to pricing.

For those who text all day and night, you have the two Ninja Thumb options. There is a $20 and $30 recharge. Texts are just 1c each so you can go a little nuts with these options. Data is 30c/MB, you have unlimited access to Facebook and a two minute call with cost you $1.40. This plan offers a good combination of online and text options.

Beyond these recharge options you move into the more premium end. TT’s give you minutes rather than call costs. $10 gives you 20 minutes plus 20 minutes to One Mobile, the $20 recharge increases the minutes to 50 and $30 to 100 minutes. Bonus text is also available as is a small amount of data. Unlimited Facebook would have been great here. Credit lasts for 30 days except for the $30 recharge which lasts for 180 days.

The final recharge options is Da Bomb which at $50 gives you 2GB data, unlimited social media, 3000 minutes talk time and 2000 text. More than what most people will need in 30 days.

Zac from One Mobile tells me that he has done his research and these are the combinations and pricing that customers are looking for. There are certainly some good options here but time will show which market is actually drawn to these plans.

One differentiating factor to consider is that recharging will be able to be completed directly from your phone via the One Mobile App. No mucking around with convenience stores etc. They are also looking to partner with vending machine operators for distribution of the starter kits.

More details

Product	Caps, Low Rider, Ninja and TTs
Network	Optus
Summary
WAP GPRS
Video Calls1
Calls within network
Recharge locations	Online
1300 & 1800 numbers1	80c
Website	www.onemobile.com.au
Phone

Notes:
1 – rate per 30 seconds. ^Charged in 1 min blocks
2 – expiry period in days
3 – cost of a 2 minute call. Number of 2 minute calls made using credit provided to any network (excludes calls within network).
Where no minimum credit is indicated, $20 is used.

Live Connected Mobile Broadband

arthur — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:55:35 +0000

	A simple month to month arrangement offering you great rates on your mobile broadband plan. Whether it is for your laptop or iPad Live Connected will save you money. Live Connected Mobile Broadband used the Optus Network.

Live Connected Mobile Broadband – Monthly

Product	Speed	Term	Downloads	Price	Bonuses	Notes	Link
Live Connected Mobile Broadband	Optus 3G Network	Monthly	1.5GB	$13	Data charged per KB Unlimited access to Social Media sites, eg Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ebay	Extra – 12/MB	Buy Live Connected
			5GB	$20
			9GB	$27
			12GB	$40
			18GB	$55

Dodo BYO Social Caps

arthur — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:09:53 +0000

	Dodo has a new range of BYO Mobile plans which allow you to access great mobile value covering calls, text and data using your existing phone. Great if you already have an iPhone or smart phone and wish to change plans.

Quick Summary

Product	Call rate1	Flagfall	Txt	Expiry	MMS	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	Charges	More
Social Cap $19.90	45c	35c	28c	Monthly	50c	500MB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	$100 Credit +$1000 Credit to Dodo	45c	$19.90	Buy now!
Social Cap $29.90						1GB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	$200 Credit + $1000 Credit to Dodo		$29.90
Social Cap $49.90						1.5GB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	$500 Credit +$1000 Credit to Dodo		$49.90
Social Cap $69.90						500MB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	Unlimited Calls & Text		$69.90
Social Cap $79.90						2GB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	Unlimited Calls &Text + 1300 calls	Unlimited	$79.90
Social Cap $99.90						500MB then 50c/MB + Unlimited Facebook/Twitter	Unlimited Calls & Text,1300 calls + $100 international	Unlimited	$99.90

Sim Only Mobile Review – Dodo BYO Caps

GT Mobile

arthur — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:20:13 +0000

	GT Mobile is brought to you by Lycamobile and offers great local rates using the Telstra network. Great rates are available for both local and international calls.

Quick Summary

Product	Call rate1	Flagfall	Txt	Expiry2	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	2 Min Call3	More
Prepaid Sim – $10	6c^ landline 12c^ mobile	free	12c	90 days	20c/MB	250 mins free to GTMobile	6c	24c/41 calls	Buy Now!
Prepaid Sim – $20						600 mins free to GTMobile		24c/83 calls
Prepaid Sim – $30						1000 mins free to GTMobile		24c/125 calls

Quick Summary

Prepaid Mobile Review

Notes:
1 – rate per 30 seconds. ^Charged in 1 min blocks
2 – expiry period in days
3 – cost of a 2 minute call. Number of 2 minute calls made using credit provided to any network (excludes calls within network). Where no minimum credit is indicated, $20 is used.

More details

Product	GT Prepaid Mobile
Summary
WAP GPRS
Video Calls1
Calls within network
Recharge locations	Online, instore, or via phone
1300 & 1800 numbers1	30c/min
Website	www.gtmobile.com.au
Phone	1300 854 623

Amaysim Mobile Broadband

arthur — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:58:21 +0000

You’ll receive usage warnings at 75%, 90% and 100% of data usage. If you look like using all your data (or do use it all) you can upgrade to a higher value pack and start the cycle over again (and in the long run probably save money by not buying a whole bunch of 1GB packs at $9.90 a pop). Otherwise, you’ll simply drop back to our AS YOU GO five cents per megabyte rate until the end of the 30 day period you’re in, after which time your pack will automatically renew (don’t worry, you can turn off auto-renew whenever you want). The 10GB pack lasts a whole year, so 30 day expiry isn’t an issue for this meaty chunk of data which is ideal for tablet fans.

Amaysim Mobile Broadband – Prepaid

Product	Speed	Term	Downloads	Price	Bonuses	Notes	Link
Amaysim Mobile Broadband Data Packs	Optus 3G Network	30 days	1GB	$9.90	Unlimited access to Social Media sites, eg Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ebay	Data packs only. iPads and smart phones can be used.	Buy Amaysim Mobile Broadband!
			2.5GB	$19.90
			4GB	$29.90
		365 days	10GB	$99.90
		Pay As You Go	What you need	5c/MB

Red Bull Mobile

arthur — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:25:31 +0000

Red Bull MOBILE is a mobile phone service which includes; competitive tariffs; branded handsets; multimedia services; and access to spectacular videos, pictures and stories on Red Bull’s pioneering events and athletes; plus loads of sport and culture content that make up the World of Red Bull.But best of all, Red Bull MOBILE customers will be treated to awesome ticket opportunities to Red Bull events and partner events, and offered exclusive money-can’t-buy opportunities, like the chance to hang out with your favourite Red Bull athletes.

Quick Summary

Product	Call rate1	Txt	Expiry2	MMS	Data	Call Cap/Credit	Voice mail1	Extras	2 Min Call3	More
Access 7 – $10	Unlimited	Unlimited	30	Unlimited	750MB	All calls/text included	Unlimited	$10	Unlimited calls	Buy Red Bull Mobile
Access 15 -$20			15		1.5GB			$20
Access 30 – $39			30		4GB			$39
Access 60 – $75			60		8GB			$75
Access 180 – $199			180		4.5GB p/mth			$180
Access 365 – $365			365		5GB p/mth			$365

Prepaid Mobile Review – Red Bull Mobile
Red Bull Mobile is bringing a new way of pricing prepaid mobile to Australia. Recharge for a set amount and you receive unlimited calls, text, MMS and a set amount of data that will last you for a given period. This is more inline with what is available in Europe.So how does it work. Recharge for $10 and you receive unlimited calls, text, MMS and 750MB of data for 7 days. Recharge for $20 and it all lasts for 15 days plus your data allowance for the 15 days is 1.5GB. Recharge for $39 and receive it all again but this time it lasts for 30 days and the data allowance is 4GB. Recharge for $75 and it all lasts for 60 days plus the data allowance is 8GB (beat that, no one does that!). Finally if you recharge for $365 it all lasts for 365 days and the data allowance is 5GB per month or 60GB for the 365 day period.How about that for value. Ideal if you have already been with Vodafone and know that it (network) works great for you. if you are out of their reach then, maybe not so great. No details are provided in terms of international calls. Access is for Australian numbers only.The data allowance is phenomenal, it might not say unlimited but 4GB in a 30 day period is huge. Bare in mind however that each time you access data it counts for a minimum of 250kb, so access it 4 times and 1MB is used. No peer to peer sharing is available.How does it compare to other plans? Unlimited is the latest flavour at the moment so it compares really well. But you can see for yourself here.

More details

Product	Access Prepaid
Network	Vodafone
Summary
WAP GPRS
Video Calls1
Calls within network
Recharge locations	Online Phone Dealers Retailers
1300 & 1800 numbers1	Included
Website	www.redbullmobile.com.au
Phone	1300475475

Hello Mobile

arthur — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:46:10 +0000

	Hello Mobile offers you two prepaid mobile phone plans that provide you with cheap local and international calls. Hello Mobile offers free calls between Hello Mobile members.

Quick Summary

Product	Call rate1	Flagfall	Txt	Expiry2	MMS	Data	Voice mail1	Extras	2 Min Call3	More
Supa Plan	0c^	29c	10c	90	75c	3c/MB	Standard call rates	Free Hello Mobile calls + 10c flagfall	29c/68 calls	Buy Hello Mobile!
Saver Plan	2.5c^	35c	15c	90	75c		Standard call rates	Free Hello Mobile calls + 10c flagfall	45c/36 calls	Buy Hello Mobile!

Prepaid Mobile Review – Hello Mobile
The most appealing thing about Hello Mobile is the 0c per minute local calls. You can’t get lower than that and with a 29c flagfall, it also makes them one of the cheapest going around. Hello Mobile can be found in many convenience stores around town, with their posters plastered on shop windows. They are also in 7 Eleven and Caltex service stations.The Supa Plan comes with free calls to fixed line and mobiles. A 10c flagfall applies to Hello Mobile calls and a 29c flagfall to other numbers. The Saver plan offers free calls to Hello Mobile numbers (10c flagfall applies), 5c calls to anyone else with a 35c flagfall.All calls are rounded up to the nearest 5c. SMS via the Supa plan is 10c to any national mobile and international mobile number, whilst the Saver plan has the offer at 15c. Both the Supa and Saver Plans offer very good value, even the 3G data rates are very good at 3c/MB available for the Supa Plan. Having read about them in several forums they appear to be receiving generally good feedback when it comes to value. The main focus for Hello Mobile is international calls from their sim, which they offer pretty competitive rates for but bare in mind much of it is promotional rates which comes with an expiry date. I recommend you also review their terms and conditions. Some of the additional non usual charges are quite high like sim replacement at $30 or port out fee of $8.

Prepaid Mobile Review – Hello Mobile

The most appealing thing about Hello Mobile is the 0c per minute local calls. You can’t get lower than that and with a 29c flagfall, it also makes them one of the cheapest going around. Hello Mobile can be found in many convenience stores around town, with their posters plastered on shop windows. They are also in 7 Eleven and Caltex service stations.The Supa Plan comes with free calls to fixed line and mobiles. A 10c flagfall applies to Hello Mobile calls and a 29c flagfall to other numbers. The Saver plan offers free calls to Hello Mobile numbers (10c flagfall applies), 5c calls to anyone else with a 35c flagfall.All calls are rounded up to the nearest 5c.

SMS via the Supa plan is 10c to any national mobile and international mobile number, whilst the Saver plan has the offer at 15c.

Both the Supa and Saver Plans offer very good value, even the 3G data rates are very good at 3c/MB available for the Supa Plan. Having read about them in several forums they appear to be receiving generally good feedback when it comes to value. The main focus for Hello Mobile is international calls from their sim, which they offer pretty competitive rates for but bare in mind much of it is promotional rates which comes with an expiry date.

I recommend you also review their terms and conditions. Some of the additional non usual charges are quite high like sim replacement at $30 or port out fee of $8.

More details

Product
Network	Vodafone
Summary
WAP GPRS
Video Calls1
Calls within network	Free first 10 minutes
Recharge locations	Online Phone Dealers Retailers
1300 & 1800 numbers1	Standard call rates
Website	www.hellomobile.com.au
Phone	1300 126 999

Notes:
1 – rate per 30 seconds. ^Charged in 1 min blocks
2 – expiry period in days
3 – cost of a 2 minute call. Number of 2 minute calls made using credit provided to any network (excludes calls within network). Where no minimum credit is indicated, $20 is used.