David Flynn15 January 2009, 1:30 PM
Vodafone’s mobile broadband bundle of a 3G-equipped Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook and 5GB of data drops $10 to $59.95 per month.
After an
initial stuffup at the launch of Australia’s first 3G netbook bundle, Vodafone has sweetened the offer to make it better value, with Vodafone reducing the monthly cost from $69.95 to $59.95. That’s good news on its own, but better is that the deal will automatically extend to current customers.
Vodafone Australia PR Manager Michelle O’Brien confirmed the one-in all-in discount to
APC this afternoon, and stressed that there would be no need for customers to re-sign or extend their existing 24 month contract.
Customers will see the reduction during their February billing cycle, although O’Brien said this will first appear as a $10 forward credit on the account rather than a straight-out $59.95 rate.
The new price tuns in parallel with the carrier’s existing Vodafone’s ‘three-month free access’ offer, where customers will be credited for the fifth, sixth and seven months of their 24-month contract. That deal in itself has also been extended to March 31st.
O’Brien also advised
APC that all customers who were accidentally supplied with a Mini 9 sporting an 8GB solid state drive rather than the advertised 16GB SSD should by now have received their replacement netbook along with a bonus 16GB SDHC memory card.