Whats the Best Mobile phone Provider

[condor22]

Aldi , $99 per year , 50gig data, all calls mms sms etc included, $99/per year Aldi super pack with Telstra network would be hard to beat.

ALDI - $99/yr with 50 GB data (ignoring unlimited calls and text) = $1.98/GB
BOOST $150/yr with 80 GB data (again ignoring unlimited calls and text) = $1.875/GB which is cheaper per GB

Similar and all dependent on how much someone wants to spend and what they need

 

[condor22]

I'm not on a plan.. I can cancel any time, free of charge.. I get Telstra coverage all over the country.. I get unlimited calls in Aus.. Plus 60 gigs of data.. It costs me $25 a month.

Anyone getting a better deal??

Is that 60 GB per month or per year?

 

[mudgee hunter]

Boost network reaches 99.4% of the population

Aldi, woolies etc reach reaches 98.8% of the population

a .6 difference.

Let's all have a big cry about that 8.(

This might be factual, But what percentage of land mass across Australia dose it do.
Two VERY different things.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

I'm not on a plan.. I can cancel any time, free of charge.. I get Telstra coverage all over the country.. I get unlimited calls in Aus.. Plus 60 gigs of data.. It costs me $25 a month.

Anyone getting a better deal??

Is that 60 GB per month or per year?

The pre-paid i'm on below is for 6 monthly 60 gigs per 6 months.

The only drawback is you pay 6 months in advance $150 which is $25 a month. You get more gigs if you pay 12 months in advance but i don't bother.

Something better might come up.

 

[mudgee hunter]

Telstra had a vacation prepaid once, $50 for 12 months of 5gb of internet. This was great for my tablet of sending emails etc.
I found it great as I just had a dumb phone, unlimited text and calls for $30 prm.

 

[Solid Luck]

Boost network reaches 99.4% of the population

Aldi, woolies etc reach reaches 98.8% of the population

a .6 difference.

Let's all have a big cry about that 8.(

This might be factual, But what percentage of land mass across Australia dose it do.
Two VERY different things.

Grubstake posted the maps above. .6% is minor. If you plan to do the lap do not rely on a 4/5 g phone network alone. Take the sat phone etc. and all will/should be good.

 

[Harbourmaster]

we had android worked well but we had to have digital because, because what I don't know. we've gone from next G to 3G 4G next is 5G every one give us worse reception in the country, no landline where we live, the way it's going we'll be back to smoke signals in no time. I'd like to know who says this is is an improvement ,all right if your in large towns or the city Have a sat phone which we activate when we go away but will be the only communication we'll have the way things are going
PS TV reception is the same

 

[condor22]

So Evie, you pay $300 per year for 120 GB, FYI Boost do a $300 per year with 240 GB (no lock in). As I mentioned I use their $150 per year for 80 GB as I only use it when prospecting in the winter months, so the 80 GB only needs to last 6 months. If I go to Boost only, I'll still keep it at that rate as when home, most of my mobile datat use is via wifi on my NBN anyway.

I looked at the Telstra plan v Boost before I decided. Same Network, same coverage, same unlimited calls n txt, but more data at half the price or twice the data for the same price, you know what I mean lol.

I should add I don't walk around with a mobile transplanted to my nose , lol. When away detecting, this forum, facebook, emails and occasional browsing is all I need from a mobile, usually after hours. Not forgetting it's prime purpose as a phone.

 

[condor22]

Harbourmaster,

My first mobile was a Motorola MicroTac (mini brick) on the Analogue network. It's still the phone that had the best range, on a trip Adelaide to Ballarat in the 90s, I had a signal the whole way. (I did have an in car with ext antenna) Now there are a number of black spots even on that road, terrain dependent (no ext antenna, but the signal strength shows on my vehicle console via bluetooth.)

About 6 years ago, 4G was the latest in the capital cities, many rural areas still operated 3G transmitters and the odd more remote towers may have even been 2G. At that time when staying in Dunolly, I started with a 3G mobile internet dongle and the locals told me their mobile tower was still 3G. A year or 2 later I changed to a 4G mobile WiFi modem and it was noticeably slower than the 3G dongle and still on a 3G tower.

My conclusion was that later system equipment, doesn't work as well on earlier networks or as well as the gear made for them. It would not surprise me that the cities get the latest i.e. 5G and the telcos slide the old 4G cells to rural areas to replace the 3G.

Let's face it, Capitals are going 5G and the 3 networks are phasing out 3G by mid 2024 (some earlier). I don't think they are replacing 3G in rural with 5G for some time, so it's logical to assume the moving of 4G cells as described.

 

[grubstake]

I'm still lamenting the loss of CDMA - range and reception in the backblocks were extraordinarily good, in a handset the size of a child's toy. I could wander anywhere on my isolated bush block, chatting to family in Canada as though they were in the next room. But Telstra being Telstra as per usual, closed it down and repurposed the frequency for 3G. Remote coverage shrank or disappeared immediately. :argh:

 

[numpty]

we should all get CB's radio's and not pay for calls anymore. be a good idea if they were quiet and not so *****'n loud though.

 

[diggit]

I do Optus, 100GB Data, unlimited international calls, unlimited national call and text also includes Optus sports etc and is just $55 per month which is great value. :Y:

 

[LONEWOLF]

The best mobile phone provider I have found is the one that gives you a new phone after you have smashed your phone against a brick wall or smashed it with a hammer...

Useless info, but gee it makes you feel better...

LW....

 

[Mike678]

I am a loyal Telstra fan . Best coverage in the bush . All the others fail in the bush .

 

[waynec]

Aldi / Telstra 25 bucks a month 18 Gb unlimited everything else ,

 

[EVIE/BEE]

All the major minesites in WA have Telstra coverage. Even in the middle of the 'Great Sandy Desert' at Telfer.

I don't particularly like Telstra as a company but Telstra is the only supplier for safety in the bush. :zzz: