I had to get the missus a new phone during the week, and because I couldn't afford to outlay around a grand for a new phone, I popped her onto a new plan with Telstra. Previously I stayed with them as we live a little bit rural, and I travelled a lot so it worked out best.
I don't use a lot of data, so when we set up our plans a few years back, they put me on a companion plan and we shared data. But with the new plan she is on, we can no longer share data, and I now need to go onto a bigger plan to have enough data.
Needless to say, this got my blood boiling and I went off tap to the guy on the phone.
But then talking to my new boss, he got a Kogan SIM card, you pay the entire year up front and its about 1/10th of the cost of what Telstra wanted to charge.
So today, I gave Telstra the big middle finger and ordered a new Kogan pre-paid card, its valid for the entire year, so my cash flow is better.
I'm also now looking at ditching those thieving bastards on the NBN as well. Kogan NBN50 is about $30 a month cheaper than telstra with no contract. I have Fibre to the Home, so I have no real restrictions on speed at all, so Telstra are about to get a 2nd middle finger jammed up an orifice and loose that plan as well.
I know in reality they don't care if they lose me, but as more and more people jam their middle fingers up at Telstra, they will start to care eventually.