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Article #708Re: Mobile Plans which are all inclusive?
From: GlennP
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:39
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:39
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On 11/04/2011 7:03 PM, Mike Rofone wrote: > Rod Speed wrote... > > I have a $60 plan which I bought my HTC Desire through Telstra. For that $60 I > get $50 of included calls. When that $50 is used up I start getting charged > extra. > > So, if I make $60 worth of calls I'll get a bill for $60 plus $10 for the extra > calls made outside of the $50 call "credit". > > SMSes, MMSes and some calls which aren't on the included calls segment will also > be charged extra (although I do get 50 free SMSes). So, if I send 60 SMSes I'll > see a charge for 10 SMSes ($2.50?) on the bill. > > MMSes aren't included in any bonuses so they actually make up the bulk of what I > pay over the $60 a month. > > So, $60 for the plan, $10 for extra calls, $2.50 for extra SMSes and say, $15 > for MMSes can calls to some numbers (overseas, premium) would give me a bill for > the month of $87.50. > > When this plan expires I'll move onto a suitable cap plan. Not sure what will be > available when that occurs. Or, if the phone's fucked by then I'll look at > something different, perhaps with Optus. Who knows? > If you want all that & would consider changing to Optus, their $59 cap plan gives you $700 in calls per month, unlimited SMS & MMS's per month & 2GB of data for internet per month, all for $59 per month. After you've used all that, then you start paying extras, but going on what you've said, I don't thing you'll be using all that every month. Maybe one of their cheaper cap plans might even suit you better?
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