Apparently Optus has sent out a press release to certain publications, including our sister site Lifehacker, with some details about their plans for data tethering for the iPhone. Maybe they left Giz off the list because deep down they were so ashamed to be charging $10 a month just for the right to tether your iPhone…
According to Lifehacker, you need to pay the $9.99 monthly fee just to be able to use your monthly data allowance via tethering. There are also extra data packs that you can purchase on top of your data pack specifically for tethering, like 2GB for $25 or 6GB for $45, but it looks like those figures are still on top of the $10 a month you need to pay just for the service. Excess data will be charged at $0.35 per MB. It won’t be available for pre-paid customers to start with, but that will change at a later date apparently.
The tethering service will become available on June 22. We’re seeing that some Optus customers are getting the service now for nothing, but I’d expect that to change on Sunday.
Gregory Opera
June 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Yay, lets get an iPhone on Optus so that can rip us off by double-dipping (charging us twice) for data!
Or not.
At least Telstra don’t charge me twice for data usage…
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June 20, 2009 at 10:26 AM
these companies treat their customers with such contempt! Australia… the lucky country! Pigs Arse!!
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August 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I asked the girl if it cost anything and she said no.
So we are just about to do it and I need to contact my sister who has the account in her name. Im like, why? She says because its a billing change.
ME: “But you just told me there was no charge?”
Girl: “theres no charge to have it enabled in store, that’s free. But its $10 a month”
I walked out.
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