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Vodafone

Analysis of all 5 plans Vodafone offers. Compare with other broadband ISPs. An independent community service run by consumers like you. Broadband Choice is an Australian ISP directory.

 
Plan pricing:  
Plan speed
Up to 3600 / 384 kbps
Pre-paid
data
Excess
data
Upload
data
IP Monthly cost
100MB - (On Phone) Bundled 100 MB $120 /GB Counted Dynamic $11.95 /mo
1GB Contract (Bundle) Bundled 1 GB $100 /GB Counted Dynamic $19.95 /mo
1GB Contract (24mths) 1 GB $100 /GB Counted Dynamic $29.95 /mo
5GB Contract (Bundle) Bundled 5 GB $100 /GB Counted Dynamic $39.95 /mo
5GB Contract (24mths) 5 GB $100 /GB Counted Dynamic $49.95 /mo
  Plans with this symbol are only available when bundled with a phone product from this company.
 
  • Nationwide tech support for cost of local call
  • Accepts cash
  • Accepts personal and bank cheques
  • Accepts company cheques
  • Accepts BPAY
  • Accepts PostPay
  • No free email addresses included
  • Data in both directions is metered
  • No flat-rate plans offered
  • No free web space provided
  • Users not allowed to run servers
  • No spam filtering option
  • Doesn't participate in any peering networks
  • Does not run any gaming servers
 
Availability:
This service is available nationwide.
3G UMTS & HSDPA coverage in limited locations including some capital cities and airports and still expanding.

GPRS coverage at slower speeds similar to dialup (40-50kbs/20kbs) covering 92% of Australia's population.
  
Installation:
Contract 1 mth 24 mths
Installation: BYO Modem $0 $0
with Huawei E220 $299 $0
with Option GlobeTrotter FUSION $299 $0
Service has no option of no contract or contracted, but hardware can be placed on mobile repayment plan for period of 12, 18, 24 months for non contract users.

As this service operates on the Vodafone mobile network, you are allocated a new mobile phone number, or you can port a existing number in. Standard services like voicemail, SMS at 25c per message and calls at 1c per second with 20c flag fall are available as part of the data subscription.

You may have a voice and data service on the one sim card/number, but it can not be a capped mobile plan e.g $79 super /$149 mega cap on the same sim card with a data bundle, as 3G/GPRS is already included in the caps at a rate of $1 per 5 minutes unlimited data.
  
Fees/charges:
  • Switch to higher plan: $0
  • Switch to lower plan: $0
  • Switch to faster plan: $0
  • Switch to slower plan: $0
  
Peering:
  • Does not peer with PIPE
  • Does not peer with WAIX
  
Contact:
Web site: http://www.vodafone.com.au
Email: 
Telephone: 1800 638 638
  
Tech support:
FAQ: http://vodafone.custhelp.com
Telephone: 1300 301 030
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm, Saturday 8am to 6pm, Closed on Sunday
  
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