TelstraClear Mobile is here!
Their "Invitation Mobile Plan" is $20 a month for 24 months (only available for TelstraClear home phone and broadband customers though) and provides a free Nokia 6275i and some good calling rates.
500 TXTs is the only cap (which sounds like Telecom $10TXT, on which TelstraClear's network runs on), so calls just run on...
... but their $0.29/min national (and national mobile) call rate is pretty good - way better than some postpaid plans from Telecom or Vodafone.
There are quite a few things that I've noted:
- $0.20/min voicemail
- $3/MB internet usage
Those are pretty big things to get worried about if you use the internet a lot - $3 per megabyte is way worse than casual on Vodafone, as they charge $1/MB after the 10MB we get (but at least that's better than Telecom then, as they have $0.01/KB, which probably is restricting TelstraClear's ability to undercut that further)
All up - this sounds great for talkers (and is okay for texters) with a free Nokia and great calling rate that plenty of people would love on a mobile at only $20 per month.
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Comment by Foo, on 31-AUG-2008 19:38
Hmmm, I don't think there will be a prepay service at this stage. It would be great if there was. I have to admit, $20 is a pretty good deal for 500 texts and 29 cents a minute is great value.
Wonder what the deal is for those of us who already have a phone and don't want the Nokia they are offering. It would be nice if they could shave $5-10 off the monthly price.
$3 a mb for internet is a little steep, especially when VF are doing the $1 for 10 mb deal. Guess it does beat Telecom though.
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Comment by DjShadow, on 30-AUG-2008 13:28
I wonder if there will be a prepay service? :)