Data Usage

I have a Telstra mobile account & receive free data for NRL live streaming. I have noticed my data usage increasing while watching the app. Why is this happening? I have the WIFI off & am using my iPhone as a hotspot to watch on my iPad

Gday I’m staying down in Gippsland for a month or so and are flying through my data as I don’t have my home internet. Telstra want to charge me an extra $55 for a pathetic 8gb added to my already overly priced plan.

What are some much cheaper alternat ...

Recent issue with mobile data running HAM and the fix.

*If you are experiencing a similar issue to the below, get onto it before the charges land and identify what is causing the usage, efficiency is key!*

What happened:

I’m on a 60GB plan and was recen ...

Wow the best Monday ever. Early 8am shift and the only way to get through was my phone but thanks to the best network in the country while everyone was on their phone all I did was to put the headphones on and keep checking the phone every 5mins.
Huge ...

(Solved)

I have 75gb of data on my Samsung S8 phone that I use to connect my laptop to the internet. With my plan if I exceed this Telstra automatically sends me 1gb for $10.To avoid excess data usage I went into my phone settings and manually set a data limi ...

Its false advertising! Doesn't work

If I wanted to be read standard Telstra policies, I can log on and read them myself on the website. I don’t need them “Parroted” to me by a Phillipines call centre operator. When I make the effort to wait 30 minutes on hold, I expect decent customer ...

Currently when you are going to go over your included data usage in a month, you can add additional data packs to your account. BUT.... they are added as monthly subscriptions, meaning that you will get charged both for this month and then the next m ...