Telechoice mobile plans - any good?

[VladTepes]

Looking to get the missus on a new plan as her old one has expired.

Looking for a sub $50 pm plan (pref 30ish)
Used mostly for phone calls and texts. Very little data use - 500Mb would be more than adequate I suspect.
Would prefer Telstra network (3G is fine).

It seems telechoice is one of the only ones to offer (3G) Telstra network. The others largely use Optus which I know has been problematic.

Only want a SIM only plan - I have a surplus iphone 4 she can use.

Thanks

[VladTepes]

? anyone ?

[kogvos]

I recall reading that the Aldi mobile plans sit on the Telstra 3G network, but I have no idea about their quality of service. They are cheap.

[PhilipA]

My wife has an Amaysim / Optus plan at $20 and 7 cents a call is fantastic.
Usual Optus non coverage in the bush but this year much better on the Nullarbor and in WA than last time 5 years ago.
I have a Telstra $20 plan for if we need to phone in the bush but at $1 per minute , makes the eyes water waiting 20 minutes for the RTA.

Regards Philip A

[101RRS]

Just remember that most of the sellers of plans that use the Telstra network, use the cut down Telstra network not the same network that Telstra uses. If you have a plan with Telstra you get the full network but if with another company that used Telstra they normally only have access to the reduced network.

Doubt there is a difference in town but maybe in the outback.

Garry

[mike123]

I know you weren't looking at Optus but they recently (in the last 2 weeks) updated their $35/month plan to be 300 minutes of calls, unlimited SMS and 500Mb data. It was previously $35 for 200 minutes, unlimited SMS and 200MB data. We have it with an iphone 4 for $5/month on a 24 month contract. Changing the plan didn't affect the contract term which expires in 6 months.

I'd have to think Telstra would have to have something equivalent to match it.

Mike