If you’re looking for a cheap SIM-only plan without a contract, iiNet has just launched themselves as a MVNO. With plans starting from $10 a month for $150 worth of calls and 200MB of data, the plans sound pretty good… although you do need to be an iiNet customer to jump on board.
There are three plans available for potential customers – the $10 a month plan mentioned above, plus a $20 a month plan including $400 worth of calls and 500MB of data and a $40 a month plan including $750 worth of calls and 1.5GB of data a month. All plans have a 35c flagfall with calls charged at 90c/minute in 30 second blocks, with extra data charged at 20c/MB. That may not be the best value out there, but given the included value in each plan, it’s not too bad. Each plan also includes free access to Facebook, Twitter, eBay, LinkedIn, Foursquare and MySpace.
The other potential issue is that the service will be piggybacking on the Optus network, so if you know you have issues with Optus reception, this may not be the plan for you. Although given that there aren’t any lock in contracts, you could try it and see how it works without spending too much money.
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Shata hari
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 3:28 PMso many carriers jumping on to optus ,no wonder optus network is shit!!!@@!!
Stephen Parry
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:33 AMAh, so many people jumping to Telstra for the iPhone 4…
Sylphier
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:42 AM1) Optus loses customer due to customer dissatisfaction.
2) To make up for lost of money, Optus gives MVNO to bazillion other carriers.
3) Customer become even unhappy due to network congestion.
4) ????
5) Profit.
Mordd
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:07 AMNote there is a one off SIM fee of $25 listed in the fine print on their website.
Jeremiah Arifin
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:21 AMIt’s funny how they call it “Monthly call value” and fail to elaborate what services are included in it. We might assume that SMS and 13/1800 calls are included (just like they do on other networks), but assumption is always a dangerous endeavour.
Anomis
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 1:37 PMI had the $20 paln for a while with $400 worth of calls and 500MB of data and it is an excelent plan.
I couldn’t find a better one on the market (one which includes data and doesn’t put a contract arround your neck).
The calls include National & Mobile voice.
They also include SMS.
1300 calls qualify as National voice.
The only issue is that the Optus network sucks.
I live in Melbourne CBD and a still have coverage issues. The data speed over 3G is 30% compared to Telstra.
But it is extremely CHEAP compared to Telstra.
Jeremiah Arifin
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:24 AMOops. I overlooked the ‘terms’ page. They have everything right there. Sadly, many are excluded from ‘included value’. Just one 1300 call to that call centre and you’ll be better off with other plans!
Johnny
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11:07 AMThere are so many better plans out there now than this. For example I found a MVNO offering totally free calls for only $39.90. I bargained with them and combined my landline and I got totally free SMS messages as well
check them out – http://www.telnetworks.net.au/free-calls-from-your-mobile