As a general guide, 500MB can get you all the followings:
• Send or receive 500 Outlook/HTML Emails
• Surf the Web for 10 hours
• Watch 5 four minute YouTube video clips
• Download 10 four minute music tracks
• Download 20 photos
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Usage as a guide based on following assumptions: Email sent or received 100KB, web browsing at 30MB per hour, YouTube 4min video clip at 8MB per clip,
music download at 4MB per track, photo downloads at 2MB per photo. |
Important Things You Need To Know
Mobile Broadband Availability:
Broadband speeds are available in TPG's 3G coverage areas (covering the greater metropolitan areas of most Australian capital cities and some regional areas)
with a compatible modem. It is important to check whether TPG Mobile Broadband is available in your area before you sign up.
See [coverage page] for details.
Mobile Broadband Speeds:
* Broadband speeds are available in the 3G/Dual Band network (2100MHz/900MHz). 7.2Mbps (HSDPA) and 2Mbps (HSUPA) are theoretical maximums.
Average downlink speed between 512Kbps – 3.0Mbps and uplink speed between 512Kbps – 1.2Mbps and both are available in selected locations only.
Other locations within the 3G/Dual Band coverage area provide average downlink speeds of between 512Kbps - 1.5 Mbps. Outside of these areas you will fall
back to GSM/GPRS network (slower speed of up to 64kbps). Actual speed achieved varies depending on factors such as your location, equipment capabilities,
software, source of your download and volume of network traffic. The following table can be used as a guide of the speed you can expect to depending on network.
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Device Theoretical Download Speed Specifications |
Typical Achievable Download Speed |
Device Theoretical
Upload Speed Specifications |
Typical Achievable Upload Speed |
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3.6Mbps |
512 Kbps - 1.5Mbps |
384Kbps |
100Kbps - 250Kbps |
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7.2Mbps |
512 Kbps - 3.0Mbps |
2Mbps |
512Kbps - 1.2Mbps |
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#Included Data:
Data usage includes combined upload & download transfer and is charged per KB or in part. Included data can only be used in Australia and expires every month.
If you exceed your plans included data allowance, excess data rate will apply.
SIM Card:
SIM card is for Data and SMS only. Voice calls are barred except '000' emergency calls.
Micro SIM is available for iPad and Tablet users.
Payment:
Monthly payment in advance for the monthly charges. Payment options are Direct Debit or Credit Card.
Mobile Broadband Deposit:
At the time of registration, we debit $20 that is kept as a Security Deposit and used to pay for any excess data usage. Excess data usage means the data
that go above your included data allowance. Once your deposit goes below $5, we will debit a sufficient amount from your bank account/credit card to top
it back again to $20. If your data usage is high, this can occur more than once per month and more than $20 might need to be debited. You authorise to
make such debits to your account/credit card. If you do not exceed your included data allowance your deposit will not ever be debited. We will send you
SMS messages about your usage and the debits during the month. Your service will become inactive if our attempts to debit credit card/bank account to top
up your deposit are unsuccessful. Any unused Security Deposit will be returned back to your account once you cancel the service.
Equipment Delivery:
A $10 delivery fee applies if the TPG USB modem is not collected from TPG’s Head Office.