Best Sim Only – Data/Internet Plans
The plans listed below are Sim Only. This means no contract but there is a month to month arrangement where your credit card or bank account (if they allow it) will be charged each month that you choose to stay on the program. Sim Only offers in many cases better value than prepaid. The mobile data plans you will see below are very good value, particularly if you have just purchased a smart phone or are looking to use your existing mobile phone to surf the world wide web (or social network services such as Facebook or Twitter). The table below compares what is on offer from each provider, the increments that the data is counted by and how much additional data will cost. “Connection” attempts to show how many times you can access the internet (even if the download/upload is 1KB) with 1GB data.
Best Sim Only/Month to Month Data Offers
| Provider | Product | Contract | Data Allowance | Increment | Excess | Network | Connections* | Buy Now |
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Amaysim Unlimited |  |
$39.90 – 4GB + unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 1MB | 5c/MB | Optus Check Network | 4,000 | Buy Amaysim |
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Caps | Monthly | $30 – 1GB | 1MB | $2/MB | Optus Network | 1,000 | Buy Club Telco |
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Sim Only FlatChat | Monthly | 500MB (GPRS) | 10KB | 3c/MB | Vodafone Network | 50,000 | Buy Crazy Johns |
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Exetel p/Min | Monthly | Bolt on: 1GB – $17 |
1MB | 20c/MB | Optus Network | 1,000 | Buy Exetel |
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GreenPlans $39 |
Monthly | $39 – 200MB | 1MB | $1/MB | Optus Network | 200 | Buy GreenMobile |
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KISS 15 | Monthly | Data Blocks: $9.95 – 1GB |
20KB | 5c/MB | Vodafone Network | 50,000 | Buy KISS Mobile |
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ZEN | Monthly | 5GB + unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 1KB | 45c/MB | Optus Network | 1,000,000 | Buy Live Connected |
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Extreme | Monthly | 4GB | 1MB | 5c/MB | Optus Network | 4,000 | Buy Savvytel |
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Caps | Monthly | $34 Cap – 2GB + unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 1MB | 50c/MB | Optus Network | 2,000 | Buy Spin Internet |
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Casual Plan | Monthly | 1KB | $2/MB | Check Coverage | Buy Telstra | ||
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Ultimate $39.95 | Monthly | 4GB | 200KB | $1/MB | Vodafone Network | 3,750 | Buy Think Mobile |
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Infinity & Beyond – $45 | Monthly | 5GB + unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 10KB | 25c/MB | Optus Network | 500,000 | Buy TPG |
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Endless $39 | Monthly | 500MB | 10KB | 20c/MB | Vodafone Network | 50,000 | Buy Transact Mobile |
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Virgin BYO Big Plans | Monthly | Big $29 – 250MB, Big $39 – 500MB, Topless $89 – 4GB | 60KB | Excess at .2c/KB or $2/MB | Optus Check Coverage | 8,333 | Buy Virgin Mobile |
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Sim Only $35 Cap |
Monthly | 1.5GB + unlimited Facebook/Twitter | 12KB | 50c/MB | Check Vodafone Coverage | 125,000 | Buy Vodafone |
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Ultimate | Monthly | 4GB | 200KB | 10c/MB | Vodafone Network | 20,000 | Buy Reward Mobile |
* Connections count how many connections your mobile internet can make with the amount of data available via the plan. The calculation is based on the increments that the mobile plan is using. The lower the increments, the more connections you can make from your data allowance and generally the more value you will get from it. Eg increments of 10KB = 100 connections to make up 1 MB and 100,000 in 1 GB.
