Telstra adds massive data boost to prepaid plans

Jacqui Dent - Editorial Strategist

Last updated 30 October 2018

Telsra adds massive data boost to prepaid plans

Telstra has just overhauled its 28-day expiry prepaid plans and added a heap more monthly data, increased the limit on data banking to 200GB and added a 10GB data bank bonus on the first five recharges for new customers.

Telstra Prepaid Max plans, previously known as Telstra Prepaid Extra plans, have just undergone the following changes in data inclusions:

$30 plan now comes with 8GB, up from 2.5GB
$40 plan now comes 18GB, up from 5GB
$50 plan now comes with 28GB, up from 7.5GB
$60 plan now comes with 38GB, up from 10GB

$54 Pre-Paid Mobile SIM Starter Kit

75GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps
Telstra 5G Network in selected areas with 5G devices
Deal: Get the $54 Pre-Paid Mobile eSIM for $40 online + Includes 40GB activation bonus for first 3 recharges

$40.00

Starter Pack

28 Day Expiry

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$40.00

Starter Pack

28 Day Expiry

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That brings Telstra prepaid data inclusions more closely into line with plans from prepaid competitors Optus, amaysim and Boost Mobile, although these providers are still ahead of Telstra in terms of data for dollar value. For example, a $30 recharge with Optus or amaysim prepaid will get you 10GB, while a $30 recharge with Boost Mobile will get you 12GB:

#1	Lebara Mobile	Lebara Mobile $30 SIM Plan 70GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Vodafone 5G Network in selected areas with 5G devices Deal: Includes 35GB bonus data for first 3 recharges when you activate by 03.11.26 $30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#2	Coles Mobile	Coles Mobile Prepaid $30 for 28 Days 35GB data On the Optus 4G Plus Mobile Network Deal: Get the $30 SIM for only $10! Offer ends 27.10.26 $30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#3	Everyday Mobile	Everyday Mobile Pre-paid Mobile $30 Recharge 30GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Uses parts of Telstra’s 5G and 4G mobile networks Deal: Get 10% off an eligible Woolworths shop in store every month when you link your Everyday Rewards card. T&Cs apply $30.00 Per 30 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$30.00 Per 30 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#4	felix mobile	felix mobile felix 25GB Mobile Plan 25GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps On the Vodafone 5G/4G Mobile Network Deal: Get 50% off your first 3 mths when you switch to felix. $15/mth for first 3 mths, then $30/mth. Use promo code FELIX50. T+Cs apply $30.00 Per 1 Month Renewal Go to Site	$30.00 Per 1 Month Renewal	Go to Site
#5	amaysim	amaysim UNLIMITED 15GB Plan 15GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Optus 5G in selected areas with 5G devices ex. NT $30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$30.00 Per 28 Day Renewal	Link not supplied
#6	ALDI mobile	ALDI mobile $34 Mobile Plan 45GB data at download speeds up to 150Mbps Uses parts of Telstra’s 5G and 4G mobile networks $34.00 Per 30 Day Renewal Link not supplied	$34.00 Per 30 Day Renewal	Link not supplied

However, Telstra is also offering new Telstra Prepaid Max customers a 10GB data bank bonus on their first five recharges*. And that data is likely to stack up a whole lot higher over time now that the Telstra has increased its prepaid data bank cap from 100GB to 200GB.

The Telstra data bank allows customers to keep unused data for future use, provided they recharge with $30+ every month before expiry. Data stored in your Telstra data bank does not expire unless you switch to another plan.

The increase on the prepaid data bank cap puts Telstra nearly at the head of the market pack in terms of data banking allowances, beaten only by Belong Mobile which offers unlimited data banking. Other carriers that currently offer data rollover include:

Optus prepaid – indefinite data rollover up to 50GB on Epic Data and Epic Value plans, when you recharge before expiry

Woolworths prepaid – indefinite data rollover up to 30GB, when you recharge before expiry
Boost mobile – data rollover for use within the next recharge period, when you recharge before expiry

Telstra Prepaid Max plans also include data-free streaming of Apple Music, access to the Telstra Air network of over one million WiFi hotspots across Australia and over 19 million WiFi hotspots overseas, as well as live data-free streaming of AFL, NRL, Netball and Hyundai A-League games.

All Telstra Prepaid Max plans come with a 28 day expiry on recharges and recharges of $40+ come with unlimited standard international calls to Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, UK and USA.

* Make your first recharge before February 25 2019 and last before June 30 2019 to redeem the offer.

Jacqui Dent

Editorial Strategist

Jacqui Dent is an Editorial Content Strategist at WhistleOut Australia, where she writes about mobile phone plans, NBN plans and everything in between. Over her ten-year career, she has worked to provide informed advice to the public, first in the sphere of writing and now in the world of consumer tech. Jacqui has also written about consumer telco products for Business Insider, Pedestrian and the 50Up Club.

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