Optus 'yes' 79 Cap Plus plan (new)

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Giles - 21 Oct 2004 05:40 GMT

Similar to the original 'yes' 79 Cap plan, but with some changes to
call rates, eligibility and spend.

'yes' 79 Cap Plus plan
- No minimum monthly spend ($25 on original plan)
- Voice and text between $79 and $500 is free
- 37c/30 seconds to fixed lines (30c on original plan)
- 18c/30 seconds to mobiles (30c on original plan)
- 25c flagfall

Available only to Optus Pre-Paid customers porting to postpaid.

Month-to-month connection, available for a MAXIMUM (wtf?) of 12
months.

Option to purchase a handset via 24 monthly repayments.

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[] - 24 Oct 2004 11:13 GMT

Does 'yes time' apply on the capped plan?

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Paul Wright - 24 Oct 2004 23:38 GMT

No, you can recieve yes time calls, but you dont get the free outbound 20
min calls optus to optus, its the flat call rates..

> Does 'yes time' apply on the capped plan?

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[] - 25 Oct 2004 08:42 GMT

Well that sucks.

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Paul Wright - 25 Oct 2004 13:09 GMT

what do you expect with a $500 call quota, 13 hours of airtime for $79.. of
course there not going to give you another 2500 mins of free network time..

> Well that sucks.

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Giles - 26 Oct 2004 00:19 GMT

> what do you expect with a $500 call quota, 13 hours of airtime for $79.. of
> course there not going to give you another 2500 mins of free network time..
> :)

Well said. That on top of no minimum spend... Optus would be asking
for trouble by issuing a $0 SIM with access to outbound 'yes' Time.

Tom N posted a similar offer by B Digital (on Optus's network), which
might be a bit closer to what [] is after - $0 minimum spend, $99 cap
for up to $300 voice calls, and 30c/10 minutes to Optus GSM from
8pm-midnight.

https://www.bdigital.com.au/bweb/html/shopping/call_plan.html?planID=517

Alternatively B also has another $0 plan with the same 30c/10 min
offer, but with a $49 cap for up to $100 voice calls.

https://www.bdigital.com.au/bweb/html/shopping/call_plan.html?planID=511

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Geoffw - 26 Oct 2004 10:31 GMT

> > what do you expect with a $500 call quota, 13 hours of airtime for $79.. of
> > course there not going to give you another 2500 mins of free network time..
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> for up to $300 voice calls, and 30c/10 minutes to Optus GSM from
> 8pm-midnight.

https://www.bdigital.com.au/bweb/html/shopping/call_plan.html?planID=517

this one actually appears to have a 25c call rate and since
there are no minimums I guess you would go for the $99 cap -
costs nothing but has a cheaper rate

> Alternatively B also has another $0 plan with the same 30c/10 min
> offer, but with a $49 cap for up to $100 voice calls.

https://www.bdigital.com.au/bweb/html/shopping/call_plan.html?planID=511

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[] - 26 Oct 2004 01:50 GMT

Maybe to gain a competitive edge? (wishful thinking)

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