Review: Optus Prepaid Turbo Cap Plus

Prepaid mobile plans in Australia are pretty up-to-date as most of them have data allowances and other useful things included. This however, might make these plans seem a bit more complicated to understand (at least, for someone with a Malaysian background).

Unlike in Malaysia where prepaid is almost always offered under the "pay as you use" model, prepaid in Australia operates more like conventional postpaid plans or "caps" ("cap" is the marketing term used by nearly all Australian mobile operators, which means "plan" or "package"), whereby a single recharge gives you a number of inclusions to use before the expiry date. This series of posts will review some prepaid plans in Australia to help you choose the best plan for you.

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Let's take a look at the Turbo Cap Plus plan from Optus (link):

Tip #1: Surfing the web IS downloading

Here at "How To Be Computer Un-illiterate", my mission is to point out to people who claim themselves to be computer illiterate, ways that they can un-illiterate themselves, by providing them with tips and hints on what to avoid, which makes them appear to be illiterate.

To kick start this blog today, I present to you Tip #1.

Most people regard downloading as "downloading a file" off the Internet, be it a song, video, photo or an application. The truth is, anytime you're using the Internet, something is being downloaded.