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2:58PM Nick Broughall | On top of checking out Lifehacker’s guide to mobile broadband, if you’re in the market for a mobile broadband plan, you should know that Vodafone’s just dropped the price of their prepaid starter pack to $129. That gets you a USB modem plus 2GB of data if you pick it up before the end of September (after that you’ll just get 500MB). More »
Vodafone Drops Price Of Prepaid Mobile Internet
2:58PM Nick Broughall | On top of checking out Lifehacker’s guide to mobile broadband, if you’re in the market for a mobile broadband plan, you should know that Vodafone’s just dropped the price of their prepaid starter pack to $129. That gets you a USB modem plus 2GB of data if you pick it up before the end of September (after that you’ll just get 500MB). More » 
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11:36AM Nick Broughall | If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free. More »
Dealzmodo: Recharge Optus Pre-Paid for $30, get $50 Bonus Credit
11:36AM Nick Broughall | If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free. More »
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Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | Scratch another one against privacy in the name of “public safety” and “protection”: Following European Union directives, Spain will disconnect all pre-paid phone lines that aren’t registered with the owner’s personal information. Who wins here? More »
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12:11PM Nick Broughall | The last we heard, Optus had pretty much ditched the entire pre-paid option for iPhone 3G users, unless you went to pick it up from the George street store in Sydney. Now, it looks like you can get your Jesusphone action anywhere again, including Optus’s online store. The 8GB model goes for $799 while both coloured 16GB models go for $899. And while there’s no mention online about unlocking the handset unless you’re on a post-paid plan, tipster readerr0r informs us that his local Optus World informed him that it would cost $120 to unlock regardless of how long you’ve had the phone. So if you’re after some prepaid iPhone action, without the perils of a 24 month contract with Optus, this could be the way to go…
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Optus Brings Back Pre-Paid iPhones
12:11PM Nick Broughall | The last we heard, Optus had pretty much ditched the entire pre-paid option for iPhone 3G users, unless you went to pick it up from the George street store in Sydney. Now, it looks like you can get your Jesusphone action anywhere again, including Optus’s online store. The 8GB model goes for $799 while both coloured 16GB models go for $899. And while there’s no mention online about unlocking the handset unless you’re on a post-paid plan, tipster readerr0r informs us that his local Optus World informed him that it would cost $120 to unlock regardless of how long you’ve had the phone. So if you’re after some prepaid iPhone action, without the perils of a 24 month contract with Optus, this could be the way to go…
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1:48PM Nick Broughall | If you’re a Vodafone prepaid customer, topping up your account each month just got a whole lot easier, with Voda introducing PayPal mobile recharge capabilities. Once you’ve got a PayPal account, you can recharge your prepaid account directly through the Vodafone Live! portal on your phone. In a bizarre twist, Australia is actually the second country in the world to offer mobile recharging via PayPal after Italy…I know it’s not a big thing to get before the rest of the world, but you take what you can get when you’re on the arse end of global technology releases like we are… More »
Vodafone Lets You Recharge With PayPal
1:48PM Nick Broughall | If you’re a Vodafone prepaid customer, topping up your account each month just got a whole lot easier, with Voda introducing PayPal mobile recharge capabilities. Once you’ve got a PayPal account, you can recharge your prepaid account directly through the Vodafone Live! portal on your phone. In a bizarre twist, Australia is actually the second country in the world to offer mobile recharging via PayPal after Italy…I know it’s not a big thing to get before the rest of the world, but you take what you can get when you’re on the arse end of global technology releases like we are… More »
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2:00PM Nick Broughall | One of the main reasons I won’t go near prepaid mobile internet options is because I hate not getting what I pay for. I mean, if I buy 1GB worth of data, I should be able to use that 1GB whenever I want, not just within the next 30 days. And although that’s unlikely to change with any of the networks in the near future, 3 has just slightly improved the situation by offering pre-paid mobile internet that has a 365 day expiration period.
For $149, you get 12GB of data that you can use any time you wish over the next 12 months. Of course, you’ll also have to pick yourself up an internet key ($129) to use the service, but that’s not too bad. And if you, unlike me, reckon you could fly through your mobile data within 30 days, there are also a heap of other options for you, which are detailed below the fold… More »
Three Now Lets You Buy A Year’s Worth Of Prepaid Mobile Internet
2:00PM Nick Broughall | One of the main reasons I won’t go near prepaid mobile internet options is because I hate not getting what I pay for. I mean, if I buy 1GB worth of data, I should be able to use that 1GB whenever I want, not just within the next 30 days. And although that’s unlikely to change with any of the networks in the near future, 3 has just slightly improved the situation by offering pre-paid mobile internet that has a 365 day expiration period.
For $149, you get 12GB of data that you can use any time you wish over the next 12 months. Of course, you’ll also have to pick yourself up an internet key ($129) to use the service, but that’s not too bad. And if you, unlike me, reckon you could fly through your mobile data within 30 days, there are also a heap of other options for you, which are detailed below the fold… More »
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2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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Optus Offering Emergency Credit For Pre-Paid Customers
2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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AT&T Killing MEdia Net Unlimited Data Add-On for Pay As You Go iPhone Customers
6:50PM John Herrman | While the vast majority of iPhone customers opt for all-inclusive (but expensive) contracts, those miserly pay as you go customers that depend on the $US20 MEdia Net unlimited data add-on to save money in the long term will be upset to find that, as of November 12th, they won’t have that option. AT&T has decided to end the service, which — though never intended for use with the iPhone — was the sole reason that many people could justify paying the full unsubsidised price, because it was relatively unpopular. The announcement was made in a text sent to MEdia Net users: More »
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AT&T Adds DataConnect Overage Charges, Pulls Plug on Unlimited Pre-Paid Data Plans
1:45AM Sean Fallon | Shockingly, AT&T has discovered that *gasp* people are abusing their unlimited pre-paid data service by tapping into it with their laptops. As a result, the plug is being pulled on the $US19.99/month option starting on November 12th. AT&T will also place a cap on the legitimate laptop DataConnect plan that works out to 5GB a month for $US60. Overages will be billed at $US0.00048 per kilobyte, which translates into a bank account-busting $US480 per gigabyte. However, rumours claim that AT&T will terminate service once a $US100 overage threshold has been reached. [PhoneNews via Engadget Mobile via MobileBurn] More »
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5:44PM Nick Broughall | Need some wireless internet love, but without the hassles of a 24-month contract? Have oodles of money to spend? Then Telstra’s got the pre-paid wireless internet solution for you!
The Big T has released its own pre-paid wireless internet solution. For $149 you get yourself that wireless modem you see in the pic above, plus $10 worth of credit. The cost of the actual data varies, ranging from $20 for 150MB to $100 for 6GB.
Credit expires within 30 days. Unless you buy some more credit that is, in which case it carries over to the next month.
We bag Telstra’s data pricing (and rightly so), but for some people, the Big T is the only option, especially in outback Australia. So it’s good to see them offering pre-paid for those customers who wouldn’t necessarily have the coin to sign away two years of their life on wireless data.
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Telstra Offering Pre-Paid Wireless Broadband
5:44PM Nick Broughall | Need some wireless internet love, but without the hassles of a 24-month contract? Have oodles of money to spend? Then Telstra’s got the pre-paid wireless internet solution for you!
The Big T has released its own pre-paid wireless internet solution. For $149 you get yourself that wireless modem you see in the pic above, plus $10 worth of credit. The cost of the actual data varies, ranging from $20 for 150MB to $100 for 6GB.
Credit expires within 30 days. Unless you buy some more credit that is, in which case it carries over to the next month.
We bag Telstra’s data pricing (and rightly so), but for some people, the Big T is the only option, especially in outback Australia. So it’s good to see them offering pre-paid for those customers who wouldn’t necessarily have the coin to sign away two years of their life on wireless data.
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