Combine your Optus plans under a single account for a convenient way to manage your bills and share mobile data freely between them.
With Optus, you can share data across as many Optus postpaid mobile and mobile broadband plans as you want, as long as they're all on the same account.
All the data from each plan will be added to a single pool accessible by each plan.
Or you could buy an Optus Family Mobile Plan and get 200GB to share between 4 SIMs.
There are 3 types of Optus plans that provide data sharing:
We've gathered the eligible Optus mobile plans and mobile broadband plans in the table below for you to compare.
Unfortunately, Optus' Family Plan isn't available via Finder right now, so if you're interested in that particular plan, you'll need to head straight to the Optus website to view it.
For each postpaid mobile or mobile broadband plan you purchase on the same account, Optus will provide you with 1 SIM.
The data from each 1 will form a pool that can be accessed by all plans on the account.
With this plan, $149 per month will get you 4 separate SIMs to distribute as you want and a 200GB data pool to share between the SIMs.
You can purchase up to 4 extra SIMs by adding on "Optus Kids Mobile Plans" for $29 per month each. These SIMs get access to the shared data and unlimited domestic calls and texts.
Find out more about similar family mobile plans here
Optus used to have a $5 data sharing SIM, but it was discontinued in December 2016.
For $5, you could buy an extra SIM for another device to access your shared data pool.
These days, you have to purchase a new postpaid mobile or mobile broadband plan on your account to get a new SIM.
Currently, the cheapest option is a $15 mobile broadband plan from Optus that you'll have to pay for every month.
Data sharing is a good deal from a convenience perspective, but performs worse in terms of value.
If you and your family or friends were planning to sign up to Optus anyway, data sharing might come in handy for you.
But if you're considering signing up to Optus just to access its data sharing feature, you may want to reconsider. There are cheaper mobile plans out there that you can buy to cater for each individual's needs.
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