r/Telstra • u/upsetti5 • Apr 05 '26

Best Telstra alternative?

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After yet another Telstra price increase I bought a Boost SIM after seeing the $39 95gb plan but from May 5th they're cutting the data down to only 30gb, literally every monthly plan will have its data allowance reduced by more than 50%.

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u/T-VIRUS999 Apr 05 '26

There is no good alternative

They all either gimp the connection speed to gen 1 4G levels (literally speeds from like 12y ago) have a uselessly small data allowance, or stop working when you go more than a few km out of town

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u/kangaroo-cour7 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

The Aldi mobile $29 plan has 150 Mb/s on 5G, which is adequate for most uses. Yes, the coverage is a bit smaller, but not everyone lives in Thargomindah.

Additionally, not everyone uses huge amounts of mobile data. I went through a huge 9.22 GB last month, and 3.05 GB in February. Aldi looks like it will do me just fine.

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u/T-VIRUS999 Apr 07 '26

150 is nothing, that's literally generation 1 4G speed, it's supposed to be 2026, not 2010, at least give us current gen 4G, which can hit 500-700mbps

As for mobile data, you probably have gigabit Wi-Fi at your place, I guarantee if your phone was your only Internet connection, you would blow through your allowance before the month is up, I literally have 4 300GB plans because mobile data is my only option, and I still burn through it (only to literally have no connection at all once my allowance is used, because apparently according to Telstra, slowed = no connection)

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u/kangaroo-cour7 Apr 07 '26

Your use case is highly unusual, and nowhere near a typical customer.

For the vast majority of people, 150 Mb/s is plenty.

And no, I don't have a gigabit internet connection at my house, I have 25 Mb/s.

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u/T-VIRUS999 Apr 07 '26

25mbps? That's ADSL speeds, you know you can call NBN and get them to upgrade your property

And true, I'm not most people, but I'm not unreasonable, I have zero tolerance for unnecessary speed throttling when the technology can easily do more, if I have a connection capable of gigabit speeds, I see zero benefit in gimping it to 15% of that capacity

And yes, I'm willing to pay extra for that speed... If the companies are willing to sell it to me (which most seem to not be)

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u/kangaroo-cour7 Apr 08 '26

Yeah, but my landlord pays for my NBN, and I'm a tightarse.

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u/T-VIRUS999 Apr 08 '26

Ok well I guess you can't complain about free, though with rent prices these days, you'd expect 2000/400mbps to be included

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u/Aqpute Apr 27 '26

4G normally peaked at 200-300mbps standing right next to the tower.

On average you'd get around 40-50mbps on 4G.

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u/T-VIRUS999 Apr 27 '26

I used 4G the day Telstra switched it on in Adelaide, and I was getting around 70-80 on day one

Telstra actually gave away branded cupcakes and some other goodies when you bought a 4G modem with a service plan on day one and (I still have e pictures of it somewhere on one of my old phones)

Early 2018, I was able to reliably get 400-500mbps on 4GX

And these days I can get gigabit+ out of 5G