On 9/05/2013 7:44 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
Kogan has 6G of data per month and unlimited calls within Australia for $299 per annum. They account for data in 1MB increments though which theoretically could mean you get much more data use recorded but in practice doesn't seem to make much difference as a "session" is apparently some hours in the normal course of operation.
BUYER BEWARE! That's the best I can say, particularly when it comes to Kogan. There's all sorts of issues with Kogan and Aldi for that matter as ispOne is selling the service wholesale /for/ Telstra, but not, it seems with any kind of endorsement by Telstra -- Telstra are definitely pissed over these plans, and Telstra have very big pockets to destroy competitors -- heck they closed the iBurst network by simply buying out the spectrum. There is currently a court case b/w Kogan and it's supplier; people using Kogan services have been disconnected by ispOne. To Kogan's credit, they are fighting this -- whether they'll be successful, well, only time will tell. However, given the base product is from Telstra Wholesale in a round about way, I don't like Kogan's long chances here. The data counting of per MB (Kogan and Aldi) vs per KB is also a major problem, choose your plan wisely. Oh and if I was the government, I would put a stop to the practices of Kogan, that is, avoiding GST by selling to Australians IN Australia, but from an "overseas supplier" .... well, the sooner we get a fair market place, the better. Let me re-iterate, Kogan sells grey import product -- Samsung has said that they would be applying updates to geographic locations based on the target product's market, which means that a 9500 S4 will not be expected to get updates over the AU model 9505 S4 when being used in AU. Also, the 9500 doesn't include any 4G capability. Buy the AU version from an AU retailer, giving full warranty protection and a proper GST inclusive tax invoice and you'll get better support through Samsung (warranty and official software updates). Again, buyer beware. Russell and others here in the past have given Kogan business and support their practices, I know that, I don't need to hear that again. I do not support Kogan today and I will likely never support them for the reasons given. Cheers A.