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News - Written by Renai LeMay on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 15:24 - 2 Comments
Optus revamps mobile broadband plans
SingTel subsidiary Optus today released a range of revamped mobile broadband plans, promising better value during peak times as well as off-peak data allowances.
The plans range from $20 per month (including 1GB of on-peak quota and 2GB of off-peak quota) through $30, $50 and $80 options, with the top plan costing $100 per month and including 10GB of on-peak data quota and 20GB of off-peak quota, all on 24 month contracts.
Once a customers’ quota has been used, they will not be able to further access the internet — other than certain free Optus sites and Facebook — until they buy a new data pack to tide them over until the next month.
“We’ve taken a new approach to our mobile broadband plan structure,” said Austin R. Bryan, the telco’s marketing director of its Consumer division in a statement. “For the first time, Optus mobile broadband customers will have access to cap plans that offer peak and off-peak data amounts, with double the data available for use in off-peak times.”
The telco offers two USB modems — the E610e device, which offers theoretical network speeds up to 3.6Mbps ($79 upfront of $3.30 per month for 24 months on a $20 plan or nothing on higher plans) or the E1762, which offers speeds of up to 7.2Mbps and will cost $129 upfront or $5.38 per month over 24 months on the $20 plan, or $99 upfront or $4.13 per month on the $30 or $50 plans — or nothing on the higher plans.
Optus has suffered complaints from customers in the past with respects to performance issues on its network. But Bryan said the network was continually being upgraded.
“We have continued to invest significantly in our network to support mobile broadband growth and improve customer experience,” he said. “The Optus 3G dual band mobile network now reaches more than 96 percent of the Australian population, with over 600 mobile sites constructed in the last financial year alone.”
Image credit: Screenshot of Optus press release
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I think you’ve misread the table.
The table provides peak & offpeak indicators of how much quota you get if you use ALL of the cap within each period. i.e. for the $20 cap you get 1GB of peak OR 2GB of offpeak, not both.
ping: 188ms
Download: 1.04 mbps
Upload: 0.06 mbps
speedtest.net
Use a carrier pidgeon, smoke signals, semaphore, morse code – they will all be faster than Optus’ 3G – cough! – network.