Optus Mobile Review ALDI Mobile Review Amaysim Mobile Review Belong Mobile Review Circles.Life Review Vodafone Mobile Review Woolworths Mobile Review Felix Mobile Review Best iPhone Plans Best Family Mobile Plans Best Budget Smartphones Best Prepaid Plans Best SIM-Only Plans Best Plans For Kids And Teens Best Cheap Mobile Plans Telstra vs Optus Mobile Optus NBN Review Belong NBN Review Vodafone NBN Review Superloop NBN Review Aussie BB NBN Review iiNet NBN Review MyRepublic NBN Review TPG NBN Review Best NBN Satellite Plans Best NBN Alternatives Best NBN Providers Best Home Wireless Plans What is a Good NBN Speed? Test NBN Speed How to speed up your internet Optus vs Telstra Broadband ExpressVPN Review CyberGhost VPN Review NordVPN Review PureVPN Review Norton Secure VPN Review IPVanish VPN Review Windscribe VPN Review Hotspot Shield VPN Review Best cheap VPN services Best VPN for streaming Best VPNs for gaming What is a VPN? VPNs for ad-blocking While Optus and Telstra continue to battle it out with their own respective first-party plans, the Optus MVNO third-party telcos have a chance to entice new sign-ups thanks to more competitive pricing. Below is a daily updating list of popular plans from Optus MVNO telcos. For Prepaid plans, Gomo is still a serious contender because of its ongoing promotional data and pricing. At the time of writing, this meant double the data for the first three 30-day subscription recharges, which helps sweeten the deal on decent regular Prepaid pricing. Gomo Prepaid plans also come allow for up to 200GB of data rollover if you maintain the subscription. You can see a daily updating list of popular Prepaid picks below across all networks (which should include Gomo). Below is a daily updating list of popular SIM Only plans across all networks (which should include Circles.Life). The big reason to consider an Optus MVNO over Optus itself is plans tend to have better value, combining a mix of great pricing and generous servings of data. Switching telcos is easier than ever, especially because contracts are basically non-existent, meaning you can switch to, from or between Optus and Optus MVNOs (or other networks) basically whenever you like with very little downtime. Additionally, Optus MVNOs tend to offer fewer support options, most notably a lack of physical stores for in-person assistance, and sometimes those cost savings come at the expense of more meaningful perks. On the flip side, Optus offers a wide a range of handsets, including newly released options from Apple and Samsung, which can be paid off as part of Postpaid plans. At the time of writing, Southern Phone was the only Optus MVNO offering Postpaid handsets and its range wasn’t as vast as what Optus had to offer. To put this in context, check out the daily updating list of popular plans on the Optus network, which includes Optus and Optus MVNOs, to get an idea of how people treat the debate. At the time of writing and likely when you’re reading this, Optus was comfortably on top. If you do want to access the Optus 5G network, though, you can also opt to go with Spintel, Aussie Broadband or Southern Phone. Spintel’s 5G mobile plan offerrs 80GB for $40 per month (for the first six months, then $50 per month thereafter). Aussie Broadband’s 5G plans start at $45 per month for 20GB but there are options for 80GB ($55 per month), 200GB ($65 per month) and 240GB ($85 per month) too. Finally there’s Southern Phone, which offers four 5G plans at $50, $60, $70 and $90 per month, offering 20GB, 80GB, 200GB and 240GB, respectively. However, as described above, only a select handful of MVNOs currently access the faster Optus 5G network; Aussie Broadband, Spintel, Southern Phone, and of course, Optus itself. Until the rest of the MVNOs catch up, there will be a coverage disparity between Optus MVNOs between 4G and 5G. But if 4G is more than enough for you, expect to see the same speeds and coverage as with any other provider on the Optus 4G Plus network. Check the coverage map below to see if you’ve got ample Optus 4G or 5G coverage.
