Reader Jacob is looking forward to the iPhone. So much so he put together an analysis of current data plans on offer from all the major networks, illustrated it in graph form, then posted it on the Australian MacTalk forums and sent us a copy.
Hit the jump to read through his rational, his methodology and his madness notes:
Sam
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 3:46 PMI currently pay $40/month on my Optus Business plan for a whopping 7gb, tied directly to my phone for both 2G and 3G access. Needless to say, I don’t use it, so I’m considering changing. (The reasoning behind paying $40 is that, for $30, I could only get 400mb, and when I joined, I wasn’t sure if I’d be using more than that – the excess charges are still ridiculous).
Andrew
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:03 PMIn my opinion, I think Optus’ business data plans are the best value for money if you have an ABN.
1GB – $20 /month
2GB – $35 /month
6GB – $50 /month
on a 12 month contract however the early termination charges are pretty cheap ($75 for the 1gb plan between months 1-6 and it reduces in time from there). Or go month to month for an extra $10/month on any of them.
mark b
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:34 PMwe already pay way too much for mobile data in australia. wifi is also pretty expensive. My income (which isn’t that bad) sees my iphones edge turned off, only ever getting mobile internet access via free wifi.
I think in Australia we really have to reduce the cost of these services before we can see a massive acceptance of these services.
Jamie
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:41 PMI’ve been a Three customer for about 4 years now, and have been very happy with them.
Princess
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:58 PMIndeed, thanks Jacob
NathanaelB
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 7:13 PMWell I know this of no use to you right now, but with the Free Wireless Project I’m a part of, rolling out city or at least CBD-wide wireless mesh networks piggybacking on unused monthly capacity and underutilised bandwidth that people volunteer to share (and lots of people are getting on-board with this) then wireless data would (as it should be) FREE!