Telecom topup prepaid broadband confusing

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raytaylor

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#72139 21-Nov-2010 18:02

I have a motorola milestone on order and I am trying to figure out how to top up the prepaid broadband.

I cant see where you go to convert your prepaid credit to data.
Is there a number you ring and press 1 to convert $30 to 1gb of data or something like that?

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tomgeeknz

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#407368 21-Nov-2010 18:37

You enable a data pack on you sim in store. You then simply just start using data and you are charged as you go, at 10c per MB and use what you need. You are only charged what you used.

http://www.telecom.co.nz/mobile/mobilebroadband/plansandpricing/prepaid

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#407378 21-Nov-2010 18:56

If your going to use prepay data you may want to look at this

http://telecom.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1696

I use it for both my data sticks and mobile fone.

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#407401 21-Nov-2010 19:51

To enable Mobile Broadband options on your account, call *333, and press 3 and then 2.

EDIT: There's no "topping up" of Telecom XT Mobile Broadband - you simply get charged another same allowance block for $29.95 then overage once you've gone over your initial allowance.

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raytaylor

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#407475 22-Nov-2010 00:45

Dont like the idea of that mtopup option. Telecom knowing my bank account number has been a bad thing in the past.

Ok so I understand now. I must nominate a certain amount each month and they will convert the $ credit to megabytes credit at the beginning of each cycle so long as I keep the $ credit topped up

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#407490 22-Nov-2010 06:34

manhinli: To enable Mobile Broadband options on your account, call *333, and press 3 and then 2.

EDIT: There's no "topping up" of Telecom XT Mobile Broadband - you simply get charged another same allowance block for $29.95 then overage once you've gone over your initial allowance.

Not 100% correct - Telecom don't precharge the entire cost of the block. After you reach $29.95 at 10c per MB you get the next 200MB free (or more with the current promot) and then pay 10c per MB again up until you've reached $29.95 again.

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#407520 22-Nov-2010 09:05

raytaylor: Dont like the idea of that mtopup option. Telecom knowing my bank account number has been a bad thing in the past.

When I set my Mtopup up I did not have to do anything on Telecom, only with my bank account where I had to list the numbers and passwords that were apart of Mtopup..

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