ALDI mobile was originally the not-shit way to get Telstra's coverage at least for emergency calls, for $12/mo.

They switched it to $19 and now this:

> From 24 September 2025 ... Your $19 Mobile Plan will no longer be available ... We recommend switching to our new $23 Mobile Plan

Tell me more about the 2% inflation target.

#ALDIMobile #AusPol

I have solved* my 4G VoLTE #3gShutdown problem

*- well, at least unblocked myself so I can receive SMS so I could, in theory, port my number off #Optus † and maybe use #Telstra ? Via #AldiMobile maybe? Which possibly perhaps won't arbitrarily block my VoLTE-capable phone perhaps why not some people believe.

†- which is kinda holding my number hostage, since I need to receive SMS to prove I own the number for porting purposes, but am barred from using my old phone with the network because botched ACMA legislation.

So I sleep-walked into this one.

My phone (a recently purchased #Fairphone 5) will stop working in 3 days because it doesn't support "#4G calls".

Except... no. It absolutely supports 4G calls, and the reason it will stop working is because, as far as I've been able to tell, #Telstra is pulling a bullshit anticonsumer stunt by refusing to _permit_ 4G calls, even after shutting off #3G, from phones it doesn't sell itself.

I'm signed up with #aldimobile, who have been good to me, but since they use the Telstra network, we're both at the mercy of the Telstra. So I have to dump them now.

Aldi website has no 2FA despite storing a bunch of identity data on customers.

Tried to email them to complain about this but you can't actually email them, instead they have a web-form that once again requires exposing customer identity.

#AldiMobile