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beenz

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#183803 30-Oct-2015 16:02

I am using a "smart prepaid" data plan costing $19.00 a month on my phone.

What I am finding is that I am running out of data towards the end of the month so I top up with additional data pack.

Now I do not want to go on the $29.00 plan as it is not every month that I need to do this.
However what is happening is that my balance (cash) is running down when my data runs out.
I presume I am being charged for mobile data before I get a chance to purchase a data pack.

Is there a way to stop this happening ?

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old3eyes

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#1417136 30-Oct-2015 16:24

If this is a phone account I would assume should you would get a text saying that you have used 80% of your plan and then when all of it is used and then when you go to the $1 for 10Meg / day you get get another text.

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Wade

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#1417149 30-Oct-2015 16:32

I assume on the flip side that some months you don't use all of your data allocation? Maybe a move across to Skinny with carryover Data could provide a solution negating the need to buy additional data or incurring additional cost

beenz

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#1417199 30-Oct-2015 16:57

Wade: I assume on the flip side that some months you don't use all of your data allocation? Maybe a move across to Skinny with carryover Data could provide a solution negating the need to buy additional data or incurring additional cost

GoodIdea, will think about that.

scuwp

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#1417200 30-Oct-2015 16:57

Go to a carrier with carry over data. A couple of options there now. Got my son on 2 degrees and we just make sure his account balance is $0 until the day before top up. That way there is no money to spend. I think they have an auto-credit facility that you can set to automatically top up your account the minimum amount the day before it's due. We just use online banking

Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation

old3eyes

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#1417275 30-Oct-2015 18:57

Wade: I assume on the flip side that some months you don't use all of your data allocation? Maybe a move across to Skinny with carryover Data could provide a solution negating the need to buy additional data or incurring additional cost

I use Skinny $16 / month plan . Well worth it considering at present you get 200 minutes and 1Gig of data for $16.

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cadman

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#1424190 10-Nov-2015 10:34

Skinny has the added benefit that if you do run out of data while on a prepaid plan, you don't incur casual data charges - it simply stops until YOU choose.