Best/cheapest broadband?

[gunrunner]

Having been using dial-up for years ive decided its time to get broadband .
Im on the net at least 2-3 hrs per day checking emails , surfing etc and im wondering who has the best deal around ?

[Winston001]

I think your location may be relevant for the best options. Where are you?

[Edbear]

If you go with everything, Telecom's Complete Home package is the best deal at the mo.

[gunrunner]

I think your location may be relevant for the best options. Where are you?

In the Wairarapa .

[Grahameeboy]

I think your location may be relevant for the best options. Where are you?

In the Wairarapa .

You will need a phone line then............

[Dadpole]

You lucky lucky soul. 22km from Palmerston North here and no broadband at all. No wireless, just satellite (at a horrific cost).
I wanna move back to the Rapa :violin:

[DarkLord]

Depends how much broadband you want. I'm on Telstra Clear and I pay about $110 per month and I get about 20gb or so with that.

[XRVrider]

Ihug is good. Vodaphone owned so way bigger than Telecom. Had no issues after 2 1/2 yrs, call centre is in NZ too. Modern set up, no crap like you can get with Telecom.

[gunrunner]

As im online 2-3 hours a day surfing etc what sort sized plan would i need ?

[CookMySock]

Dont go with telecunt ffs.

Steve

[gunrunner]

Dont go with telecunt ffs.

Steve

No telecom is far to expensive and their speeds arent true .

[P38]

Super fast braodband, 100GB/month for $49:95

Unfortunately it's only available from Telstra in Queensland........

Why is that??? :scratch:

[XRVrider]

As im online 2-3 hours a day surfing etc what sort sized plan would i need ?

Yep as the other guys say, forget Telecom, doesnt matter if you have to change your home telephone line account, the other providers can do this with no glitches and same telephone cost per month. Really, dont go with Telecom, nuff said.

Try the ideal pack (see link below) with home phone included for $90, good for an average user who doesnt download movies every night or do online gaming, but can still let you download plenty in the way of music and youtube. Good speeds depending on how far you are from an exchange etc....

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/home-phone-and-broadband/broadband/compare-our-plans.jsp

[hayd3n]

slingshot 50 bux 50 g not sure if you can still get that plan tho free dloads after 1 am till 7am

[Reckless]

Depends how much broadband you want. I'm on Telstra Clear and I pay about $110 per month and I get about 20gb or so with that.

Jeepers my man 20 gig with Xnet would be $54.43 Unlimited down load speed and restricted upload! I'd say at $110.00 for 20 gig you should go shopping.

I pay $45 per month for 12gig with Xnet. Its does me for business and I have 3 teenagers that are always on Utube and facebook etc. Just to give you an Idea

[Thaeos]

Jeepers my man 20 gig with Xnet would be $54.43 Unlimited down load speed and restricted upload! I'd say at $110.00 for 20 gig you should go shopping.

I pay $45 per month for 12gig with Xnet. Its does me for business and I have 3 teenagers that are always on Utube and facebook etc. Just to give you an Idea

+1 For XNet

[disenfranchised]

Depends how much broadband you want. I'm on Telstra Clear and I pay about $110 per month and I get about 20gb or so with that.

That sounds like too much to pay.


Im on the net at least 2-3 hrs per day checking emails , surfing etc and im wondering who has the best deal around ?

I'd go for Slingshot. If you're only using email and surfing for a couple of hours a day, you won't use much data.....so the $29.95 plan would be a good one for you. $75 all up with your home line rental.

[The Stranger]

Ihug is good. Vodaphone owned so way bigger than Telecom. Had no issues after 2 1/2 yrs, call centre is in NZ too. Modern set up, no crap like you can get with Telecom.

How do you find Vodafone's support?
If you got a fucked line speed and have to get a tech out they were charging $200.00, mind you better than Orcon at $240.00.
Last time we had to get a Telecom tech out it was $80.00, though that may have changed when they realised they were too cheap compared to the others.
Going by our client's experiences with tech support I wouldn't touch Orcon with a ten foot barge pole, or Vodafone with an eight foot one.

Telecom seem to be the best of a bad bunch from this perspective.

[XRVrider]

How do you find Vodafone's support?
If you got a fucked line speed and have to get a tech out they were charging $200.00, mind you better than Orcon at $240.00.
Last time we had to get a Telecom tech out it was $80.00, though that may have changed when they realised they were too cheap compared to the others.
Going by our client's experiences with tech support I wouldn't touch Orcon with a ten foot barge pole, or Vodafone with an eight foot one.

Telecom seem to be the best of a bad bunch from this perspective.

My experience has been fine, when I had to call ihug/vodaphone they sorted my connections issues (filter/phone probs) over the phone with very easy to understand procedure and explanation. Ive had a bit of experience in the UK and find that the problems are all sort-able over the phone... 99% of the time. They dont muck around and send out good D-Link routers and hook you up quick. Cant complain when they act like some of the huge companies overseas and keep their speeds up.

I suppose that as Telecom own the phone lines still, they have the all the cards in the way of line faults and servicing, but that will change eventually so if you dont call them out, its happy fast internet times at less cost with some of the telecom competitors.

[Ronin]

Having been using dial-up for years ive decided its time to get broadband .
Im on the net at least 2-3 hrs per day checking emails , surfing etc and im wondering who has the best deal around ?

Orcon.

The main reason is that if you ring them, you speak to a kiwi. I deal with all the ISP's for technical reasons and they are by far and away the best at support I have found.

:beer:

Where in the wairarapa?

[sil3nt]

Telstraclear should suit you. http://telstraclear.net.nz/residential/homeplan/packages/broadband.cfm

I never had any trouble with them!

You should only need about 5GB per month. Although if you sit on youtube for those few hours expect to use quite a bit.

Ihugs plan should suit you as well http://www.vodafone.co.nz/broadband/index.jsp

Although if you use all your data you go back to 56k speed where as telstra just charges you an extra couple of dollars (depending what pack you go for) which is what i prefer.

[gunrunner]

Orcon.

The main reason is that if you ring them, you speak to a kiwi. I deal with all the ISP's for technical reasons and they are by far and away the best at support I have found.

:beer:

Where in the wairarapa?

Im in Carterton ....

So far its Slingshot or Orcon with 5 gig + phone rental etc for $75 - 76 .
Is there any costs with hook up etc ?

[Ronin]

Im in Carterton ....

So far its Slingshot or Orcon with 5 gig + phone rental etc for $75 - 76 .
Is there any costs with hook up etc ?

Not that I remember other than the whole month in advance thing. Avoid slingshot the same way you avoid anal warts......

[YellowDog]

If you are comparing boadband with your dialup, just go for the cheapest deal you can get.

It will be heaps better and you won't need to tie up your phone line. You will still be able to send and receive calls whilst you are online.

5Gb permonth should be more than enough.

Good luck.

[gunrunner]

Broadband was connected last night , what a difference .
Have a question tho . My laptop was starting to run slower than usual . Will this eventually slow down the broadband ?

[DMCD]

TelstraClear is the best option by far for all of the reasons even the sexy ones :shifty:

[Bounce001]

+ 1 for Xnet. Dont use much so pay $25 per month + $1 per gig so only paying for what I use. Also their calling plans are excellent and suport great too. At least you can get through to them without being on hold for hours.

[Winston001]

Broadband was connected last night , what a difference .
Have a question tho . My laptop was starting to run slower than usual . Will this eventually slow down the broadband ?

It won't slow down the broadband but from your point of view on the pc, it will seem slow because your processor is trying to do too much. Sounds like your cache is getting jammed up. Do you use a registry cleaner etc?

[FlangMasterJ]

Fuck Telescum!

We are paying $20 for every gig we go over our cap. Telstra is something like $2 for every gig over.

[scracha]

Hmm...well I deal with $hedloads of these guys and I've got a phone line with Vodyfone and Telecom.

Fantastic customer service, reasonable price- Actrix.
Xnet - also fantastic customer service....bloody good if you need extra phone lines (VOIP).
Average service, average price - Vodyfone - good if you combine with calls to vodyfone moby's.
Good service, average price - Telecom - good if you combine with clals to telcom moby's.
Slow shitty broadband, staggeringly bad customer service, but it's super cheap - slingshow.
Average (used to be good) customer service, average price - Orcon.

There are many others.

Dunno why everyone's raving about Telstra. Their prices arent hot and I've called them dozens of times and never once been put through to a human in less than 5 minutes.

I've bagged Telescum for years but they've got their act together for the last year or so.

[gunrunner]

It won't slow down the broadband but from your point of view on the pc, it will seem slow because your processor is trying to do too much. Sounds like your cache is getting jammed up. Do you use a registry cleaner etc?

Yeah Registry cleaner it seems to be picking up the same stuff tho ?

[meteor]

I'm with vodafone... 20gb wired broadband, toll calls & home phone line for $90 a month, plus they gave me a free cell phone and sim card to join. Pretty happy overall.

[scracha]

Yeah Registry cleaner it seems to be picking up the same stuff tho ?
Cache jammed up....bhwhaha.

Top tip, uninstall all the registry cleaners...they're mostly shite. Uninstall all the toolbars, adaware, messengers, spybot, crapcleaners and crap like that. Just use one decent antivirus program (I personally like Norton 09/10 or Trend Internet Security)
Uninstall any programs you no longer use.
Remove your tempfiles (rd /q /s c:\windows\temp) and (rd /q /s "%temp%")
Remove unnecessary items from your startup menu
Remove unnecessary services (services.msc)
If you're using Internet explorer, erase all its temp files and reset the brower.
Remove excess startup registry items (regedit then the key is
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Run
&
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ).


Auslogics disk defrag is prety good.
To run semi decently, XP needs 512MB, Vista needs 1.5GB, Win 7 seems OK with 1GB.


There is a shed load of other stuff that can be attacked but that should speed up most PCs. Failing that, reinstall the OS might be the best option

[Gremlin]

How do you find Vodafone's support?
If you got a fucked line speed and have to get a tech out they were charging $200.00, mind you better than Orcon at $240.00.
Last time we had to get a Telecom tech out it was $80.00, though that may have changed when they realised they were too cheap compared to the others.
Going by our client's experiences with tech support I wouldn't touch Orcon with a ten foot barge pole, or Vodafone with an eight foot one.

Telecom seem to be the best of a bad bunch from this perspective.
You know as well as I do... they're all using Chorus etc. Telecom does seem to have better communications with them (wonder why :scratch:)

The latest I had last week... number transferred to Orcon from Telecom, with a full LLU plan, on the day of hook up... mmm no dial tone, line rings but goes to a voicemail etc. Get it logged, tech comes out, oh, line wasn't plugged into exchange. WTF ARE THEY SMOKING :bash: