How does Boost Mobile’s new 6-month $180 SIM plan stack up?

Everything’s so dang expensive now, so plenty of folks are keen to save money wherever and however they can. This includes saving on essentials, like phone bills, which is tricky when major telcos keep raising their prices. In an effort to offer a cheaper alternative to the big three, Boost Mobile has launched a new six-month SIM plan for $180.

Boost’s new plan comes with 160GB for the first recharge, working out to be 26GB per month. However, subsequent recharges only include 100GB, equal to just over 16GB each month. In terms of a monthly price equivalent, you’re effectively paying $30 per month, albeit in an upfront lump sum.

Compared to the major telcos, it costs the same as similar six-month SIM plans from Optus and Vodafone when at full price. Optus includes 140GB per recharge for the first three recharges, before dropping the data down to 90GB. Meanwhile, Vodafone includes 150GB with the first activation, which then drops to 100GB thereafter.

Going directly with Telstra for a six-month plan will set you back $200 per recharge. At first, you’ll get 160GB, the same as with Boost, but following recharges with Telstra halves the data allocation to 80GB.

Although a bit pricier than some of the cheapest long-expiry SIM plans on the market, the new six-month option from Boost Mobile uses Telstra’s full 5G network. Telstra recently faced criticism over how it represents its network coverage, but is still widely considered the most comprehensive of Australia’s mobile telcos.

Here’s how Boost’s latest plan compares to some of the cheapest six-month and 12-month plans currently available:

Boost also announced that the rest of its prepaid plans now include more base data: its $28 plan has 8GB, while the $39 plan is now up to 30GB.

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