Remember those rumours that Telstra was planning on boosting the data on its $49 cap plan to 1GB? It’s looking more and more promising if this screengrab from Telstra’s retail.live website are anything to go by.
As you can see, the pic indicate that the new plans should come into effect on November 22, with $5 buying you 30MB of data, $10 buying 1GB, $20 buying 2GB, $29 buying 3GB, $39 buying 5GB and $69 giving you 12GB. It’s not quite as good as the 50% off deal the Telco was offering, although this should be across all Telstra’s cap plans, not just particular phones.
The white box is covering up the system codes to apply the plans, in case you’re wondering. Don’t want our source to get busted…
So if you happen to be thinking about switching to Next G, or even just looking to get a new phone on contract, you might want to wait until Monday. Because 1GB is definitely better than the current offering of 200MB plus a bonus 500MB…
Rakesh
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 3:45 PMI like how the article is sponsored by Telstra…
matt
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:21 PMwow, the Giz guys must get sick of being accused of being corporate puppets all the time.
Nick Broughall
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:22 PMLol.
Glenn
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 3:56 PMWhile it’s cool that they’re putting 1gb of data for $10, what the hell is the point of offering 30mb of data for $5?!
Travis New
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 3:57 PMThey’re legit. @Rakesh Telstra I believe are sponsoring all telecommunication articles on Gizmodo pro-Telstra or not.
SirCabbage
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:00 PMHAHAHAHAHAHA BAHAHAHAHA
25cents per KILOBYTE?
.25 * 1024 = $256 per meg
.25 * 1048576 = $262144 per gig…
Travis New
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:44 PMYeah……it’s 0.25c per MB not per kilobyte…How like a hater to jump to conclusions. Look on the Telstra site you’ll see all the T&C’s.
Richard Djordjevic
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:48 PMHopefully they mean that included data is charged in 1KB blocks and that foot note isn’t attached to the excess usage (some providers in the past and possibly still charge in 1MB blocks)
I really hate it when they have the dot points at the bottom but don’t actually include the symbol in the chart designating what it is referencing.
Here’s hoping for some degree of sensibility.
Sam
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:52 PMI think you’re reading it wrong, it’s $0.25 per meg charged in Kb (so 0.0244140625 cents per Kb)
Your Mate Alex
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:40 PM25c per meg. usage is charged per Kb. try to keep up. it’s not really that hard.
Pyta
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:07 PMSeriously? Only for new customers? Thats BS. I’m a loyal (in the broadest sense of the word) customer of Telstra and I have to pay the same amount for 1/5th of the data.
Cam
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:36 PMIt used to be that companies spent more time keeping their existing customers onboard, nowadays companies trade on the fact that people are too lazy* to bother moving.
* – or locked in to such a stifling contract that its not worth moving.
Sam
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:54 PMAgreed, it really should kick in next billing cycle, as I thought the contract would be your monthly payment, then you’re paying for data on top of that. Sucks really.
Mark
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:49 PMWhy would they be only for new customers if the are new regular data packs you’ll be able to switch to them just like you can change data pack now.
Gonzalo Novoa Pozo
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:09 PMDon’t be silly, these are data packs, which are not ruled by your contract, you can modify them. So if they’re not updated automatically you can call and cancel your current data pack and hire the new one.
JT...
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:59 PMShouldn’t the $5-30MB be 300MB!?! Could have been a type’O.
I’d guess that the Excess Usage is charged per MB!?
Gerard Dummett
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:44 PM@Pyta this will be for all Telstra customers, current and new. I still have a Retail Live account and noticed this this morning. Just give them a call on or after the 22nd to change your data pack. Thats what im going to do :P
Pyta
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 3:44 PMCheers for the update. I take back my rant :)
Someone is off to Telstra tomorrow to make sure they fix my data pack !
John
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:45 PMCharged per kilobyte you twit, which is a good thing (i.e. 100 KB = 2.5c not 100 KB = 25c).
If these are just updated datapacks rather than a special offer, I see no reason why existing customers couldn’t change to them. This is compounded by the fact it was possible for existing customers to change to the $29 for 3 GB offer.
Gerard Dummett
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:49 PM@SirCabbage it’s per megabyte
Richard
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:40 PMyesterday, I noticed that the Telstra mobile usage meter shows they have upgraded my 200Mb iPhone plan to 512Mb – sweet as!
Steve
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:19 PMInteresting data plans, more generous than what I thought it would be. But that additional pricing of 25c/kilobyte is OUTRAGEOUS.
Who the hell would pay for that $5/30MB plan? That’s like….. a single youtube clip. Load another equal sized one and it’ll cost you a nice $7500.
Steve
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:19 PM*Misread units!
Shane
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 9:20 PMExisting customers are eligible but will not automatically be migrated to the new packs. You need to go in store or ring to do so.
James
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 10:27 PMwait im on the $49 cap already so would i still get the upgrade? This doesnt seem like a temporary thing like the 500mb extra offer
Lukian
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 4:06 PMI’m thinking this is fake, simply because Telstra shouldn’t be stupid enough to leave the $5 plan at 30MB. As the higher plans are very competitive, consider alternate providers:
I’ve been using TPG budget which includes 50MB for $1. At the least, Telstra’s $5 plan should include 50MB, and ideally, around 150MB-300MB (to compete with TPG and other providers)… If not simply half (500MB) of the $10 plan.
I understand the stepping up principle of ‘plans’, so 150-300MB would be quite acceptable. 30MB? No deal, even on Telstra’s 3G network.
kajee
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 8:46 AMThese data packs aren’t temporary.
They will not be applied to your account automatically. You will need to visit a Telstra shop or ring them directly.
Existing and new customers have equal access to these data packs given you are currently connected to consumer plans.
$5 data pack is correctly advertised and will not be changed from the current 30MB.
Excess usage is charged per MB in KB increments.
Ken
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 2:41 PMRang today to downgrade my $20 DATA pack as I wasn’t using all 650mb (150mb incl+500mb-DATA pack)and was pleasantly informed that I could get 1 gig for $10 starting tomorrow. Not 1.15 Gig. It seems I ‘lose’ the included data on my $45 Business Member Plus plan, but its a loss I can afford. :)
Ken
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:05 PMApparently the new pricing only applies to Personal accounts not Business. For me its $19 to get that extra gig. While I’m not as happy as yesterday, I’m happier than I was last week when my $20 only bought an extra 500 mb.
Shagz
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 4:31 PMOK, so I’m on Internode for home ADSL, paying $39/month for 5GB @512kbps. And tomorrow, the unthinkable is happening: a Telstra deal matches an equivalent Internode deal! Same price, same download, but at 3G speeds…
True, Internode is reliable and permanent, and has great unmetered offerings, and knowledgeable, understandable tech support, but Telstra have their unmetered content, too, so it’s a moot point.
If I didn’t love my unmetered Steam, Radio, iView, Tivo, Sourceforge and Majorgeeks content so much, I might be tempted to switch.
Naaah…
But hey, Internode, – here – check this out! Look what big ol’ Telstra just did! Hey, how about a speed upgrade? or another 5GB per month? Or a discount? Pleeease?
Benjamin Lea
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 12:37 PMWell it’s the 22nd, rang them up and got changed over from 200MB to 1GB in about 10 minutes! The guy on the line told me that it was in effect immediately, but I’m not going to go crazy with my data until after my next bill, just in case.
Greg
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 2:42 PMYep, no longer a rumour. New pricing went up today:
http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/browsing_packs.html