Sting in the tail for Optus prepaid wireless broadband plans

Discosis (User):

Optus successfully manages to shoot itself in the foot again; film at 11.

agami (User):

For years Australian telco execs have been scratching their heads bemused over the puzzling nature of the mobile data user "Why won't they use the mobile data products? They introduce "generous" monthly data inclusions with the "arm and a leg" costs once past the inclusions and they still wondered why they weren't making big bucks from mobile data.

Enter Optus with the "use it or loose it" method. You'll pre-pay for the data you'll never use; Perfect!

MattZilla (New user):

Maybe you could add the rest of "the fine print" in the article to be fair, rather than sensational.

It states verbatim
"usage counted in 10mb increments or part thereof and includes both uploads and downloads. First 30mb per day charged at 10mb. "

This suggests to me the first 30mb a day is rated as 10mb, which would be good for checking emails etc as you suggested in your article here, rather than "gobbling" up the usage. Being that the smallest plan of 2GB has only 30 days to use it in anyway, if you dont use it, it will expire. That means you would have to use 65mb a day on the 2GB plan to be getting full value out of it.

Personally, I think it would be nice to see data lasting at least 3 months before expiring rather than such a short period however.

swannie (New user):

I have read the article about optus prepaid and I think it still is a lot more cheaper than telstra's prices. I am paying $35.00 for only 10 hrs with them. i don't even get 1 GB in total usage. i am certainly thinking about getting optus prepaid. i know that I would still be getting a better deal with them than staying with telstra

Travelling man (New user):

In true Aussie style people are bagging optus's Pre paid wireless broadband because of the "doesn't suit me" attitude. Consider those who already have ADSL or cable at home and just want to have access on "the laptop" when they travel. Optus pre paid wireless seems perfect for this because you only have to pay for those times while you are away instead of having to pay every month for a second access.

From Travelinman
NSW