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Need to find cheaper SIMs for the three offspring. Currently on Optus through AussieBB at $25 / month each ๐ฐ Loving AussieBB support but that's expensive for kids' phones. Anyone got any telco recommendations for / against for cheap mobile plans?
Don't do what I did: get a job, upgrade phone to a pixel, lose job, be stuck with $100 monthly bills for 3 years.
I have a few months left on my contract, and am honestly highly considering doing what my partner did and just getting a "dumb" phone. My only gripe is Nokia isn't making dumb phones anymore, and my partner's Telstra one is a shitty piece of plastic.
I'm sorry I don't have any actual advice to give you lol
I'm currently running a Pixel 4 with LineageOS; I'm hoping it lasts long enough to buy a Motorola with GrapheneOS.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-motorola-grapheneos-partnership-2027/
ALDI might have some good prepaid and/or plan SIMs. They use the Telstra network so coverage is better than some of the other cheap options.
How long is a piece of string? I usually get 365 day plans with around 100gb of data for around $120. But I'm on wifi most places I go and tend to use about 20gb of mobile data annually. EDIT: I buy my phones outright, but you're asking about SIMs. If your kids go through the 100gb of data quickly, you can always buy another 365 sim, possibly with a larger data amount.
Kogan Mobile. Goes on sale mid-year normally. I think I paid about 400 bucks for 42gb a month Edit: it's 200 now
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-mobile-365-day-prepaid-plan-extra-large-sim-promo/