Mobile Credit Deals

[FONT=Verdana]Im looking to change phone providers as with telstra i buy $30 worth of credit and i get $30 worth of calls. I haven’t really minded this up until now where Im sending more messages and making calls during the day. At night its cheap as to make calls from telstra prepaid.

I looked around at vodafone and optus and they get more credit then 1-1 like telstra. Vodafone for example you pay $49 and u get $230 credit but only have a month to use it :(
I might even be interested in a plan.

Ideally i would only like to spend 30-40 a month max.

So what provider do you people use and what are the good deals.[/FONT]

Wtf your still with Telstra?

Vodafone all the way, pretty hard to beat really, but no idea what coverege is like up in Darwin with Vodafone, can't be too bad I assume. I mainly text rather then talk so I just stick to Vodafones text plan. Good thing about most of Vodafones plans is that it rolls on over to the next month as long as you keep some credit on the phone, plus vodafone to vodafone is hard to beat when you get free time.

But I don't know what it's like up there.

rofl.

I pay $27 to get way more than $30 of credit vaule. Free calls or messages(can choose each time)

Vodafone all teh way :)

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Good thing about most of Vodafones plans is that it rolls on over to the next month as long as you keep some credit on the phone. i was reading the site and it says
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Use your mobile all month and don't worry about what you're spending or running out of credit. Recharge with $49 and you get $230 of credit to spend on standard calls, TXT, PXT™, 123,1223 Directory Assistance, voicemail, 20mins of international calls, Vodafone live! surfing and downloads (Fair Use Policy applies and will affect content downloads and purchases of more than "5 per month) and more.
You get 30 days to use your credit on Prepay and Autopay when you nominate an amount and 1 month on Autopay when you nominate a date. Maxi Cap is available from first recharge.

Value not used within expiry period cannot be carried over.
http://www.vodafone.com.au/rep/prepay.jsp?gs=foryou&hd=mobiles&st=promo280803&ss=prepaid

This plan would be tops if it lasted more then a month.

That's why you don't use that plan then :p If you don't need it.. don't use it..

thats not even a plan, thats what I use....

Its just like prepaid, except instead of getting ripped off by telstra you get to use your phone

I have stopped sending messages, and call people most of the time now, and still have about 25-50 dollars at the end of the month

and vodaphone 123 is the bomb :P

I'm on a vodaphone plan :)

Yeah vodafone cap for the win. if you don't use all the $50 cap I'm fairly sure they have the $30 one as well. pretty much pay the same as you are now for more calls/sms/random shit...

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Yeah vodafone cap for the win. if you don't use all the $50 cap I'm fairly sure they have the $30 one as well. pretty much pay the same as you are now for more calls/sms/random shit...
no mention of the $30 on on their website unfortunatly

How good is optus coverage in darwin?

They have a deal i like
http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/personal/menuitem.9b38bb3dfffbeae30f7416058c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=0a00873a78f12010VgnVCM100000c8a87c0aRCRD

EDIT: offer ends 31-10-05 :S

It's shit. I hate my optus coverage.

Unless you dont like mobile phones when the power goes down. dont use Vodaphone...any company that can't afford backup generators eats poo. i cant find much wrong with telstra. other than the chick on the account query line sounds depressing.

i'm on the vodafone red sim...49 a month for 230 credit, most of which i use, sometimes in less than a month. should really move to a plan

only problem with it is if you don't use it all, you lose it at the end of the month...

Like Seqo said, Optus have terrible coverage in the NT.

I am with the Vodafone Maxi Cap ($49 for $230), excellent deal!

I was on the Vodafone supercap $79 a month max $500 whilst in Darwin, great plan and excellent coverage.
I still have the phone here in Perth, on a plan now but again, coverage is excellent and only paying $49 a month on said plan.

Vodafone FTW.

my last phone bill was $750 :P my phone glued to my head and im with telstra im changing to vodofone when i get alil extra monies

go with vodafone. I didnt think that id be able to use $230 in a month, but it goes very quickly. Plus if you go on a plan, you may make a massive phone bill. So id rather pay $49 for a month, than $500 on a phone bill. Plus you get discount for vodafone at woolworths.
:)