What amount of broadband do you have?

[Conquiztador]

I used to be on the Telecom "Home Lite" one. Gave me 30GB. I was considering upgrading as we were always running out before end of month. Then Telecom contacted me last year and offered me free double amount. So there I was getting 60GB for same price as 30GB. I was feeling really smug. But we were still getting very close to maxing it out. Now they called me again and told me that they are doubling my Broadband for free. So now we have 120GB for the cost of 30GB at $95/month (that also includes my phone).

So I was wondering what peeps on here have for plan?

[Woodman]

No idea.........

[sil3nt]

We have no data cap. We pay for what we use. We tend to use 2GB a day.

[cave weta]

I have a measly 2 gb on a sky stick thingee- no porn or isle of man videos for me....:brick:

[mashman]

I have a measly 2 gb on a sky stick thingee- no porn or isle of man videos for me....:brick:

I can email some to ya :blink:

[steve_t]

Had 20GB til 2 days ago and Vodamophone doubled it to 40. Wonder why Telecom decided to double it again. Guess you don't look a gift-horse...

[Nova.]

we have 100gb, between 3 laptops and 2 ps3's

[hayd3n]

on 40g plan and free over night

[Nova.]

on 40g plan and free over night

FREE PRON?? :gob:

[ellipsis]

...we struggle to use 30 of our 50Gb...and thats between three of us with three or four different laptops and a 42 inch screen hooked up to constant bike racing or you-tube music clips or albums...costs about a hundred bucks with all our phone calls, line hire etc...

[hayd3n]

FREE PRON?? :gob:

pretty much

[Oblivion]

120GB with Telecom. Was glad that it got doubled. Hitting 90gb on a 60gb allowance was not a pretty sight when the bill came around.

[nallac]

FREE PRON?? :gob:


pretty much

Dreams are free, bonus pron can be

[Conquiztador]

I have a measly 2 gb on a sky stick thingee- no porn or isle of man videos for me....:brick:

I have one for work when away. Last month the bill was $500... Really need to stop watching F1 and other sport with the thing...

[cave weta]

120GB with Telecom. Was glad that it got doubled. Hitting 90gb on a 60gb allowance was not a pretty sight when the bill came around.

Yeah- 5 hours skpeing to My lovely BBabe in one week cost me $1300!!!!! I had no idea till the bill came in. much better value to just ride up there!

[Conquiztador]

Yeah- 5 hours skpeing to My lovely BBabe in one week cost me $1300!!!!! I had no idea till the bill came in. much better value to just ride up there!

You can buy a older bike for that and leave it at her place, then take the bus up and go ridin... ;-)

[cave weta]

You can buy a older bike for that and leave it at her place, then take the bus up and go ridin... ;-)

Mate - the only bus Ive ever ridden in since I was a kid was my own! I dont do public transport.
And F*ck you and your Prius too!

265103

[Parlane]

I have a 260gb cap and the internet is not filtered or slowed down in anyway. I am with Snap and I do not have a phone. Costs me $102 a month and 2$ of that is for unlimited youtube.

[Parlane]

...we struggle to use 30 of our 50Gb...and thats between three of us with three or four different laptops and a 42 inch screen hooked up to constant bike racing or you-tube music clips or albums...costs about a hundred bucks with all our phone calls, line hire etc...

For 90$ with snap you can get a phoneline and 65gb of data.

[Tigadee]

Costs me $102 a month and 2$ of that is for unlimited youtube.

:scratch: How does that work?

[haydes55]

I have a 260gb cap and the internet is not filtered or slowed down in anyway. I am with Snap and I do not have a phone. Costs me $102 a month and 2$ of that is for unlimited youtube.

How fast is snap? Do a speedtest.net test. Might switch to them by the sounds of things.

[Parlane]

:scratch: How does that work?

Basically Snap let you pay2$ more a month and any youtube data does not count towards your monthly cap. It was a lot more useful when I only had 60gb haha.

I went from 60gb to 260gb over night, Snap went and raised ALL of their plans. Then afterwards all the others started "doubling" their plans which are still terrible in comparison lol.

[Parlane]

How fast is snap? Do a speedtest.net test. Might switch to them by the sounds of things.

Up: 14.31 Mbps
Down: 0.88 Mbps

Real numbers:

I get about 1.6MiB/s download off my seedbox. As far as I know I am limited only by my copper cable and distance to the exchange.

[Tigadee]

Oh snap! That sounds good!

I basically maxed out my 20GB plan and asked Telecom early in the year what they can offer as I was looking at Orcon for potentially larger plans. Telecom offered me 60GB for what I am paying now

And then a month later, a letter from Telecom tells me they are doubling their users' plans, which means I get 120GB now! It'll probably take my family a couple of years to max that out though!

[Parlane]

Oh snap! That sounds good!

I basically maxed out my 20GB plan and asked Telecom early in the year what they can offer as I was looking at Orcon for potentially larger plans. Telecom offered me 60GB for what I am paying now

And then a month later, a letter from Telecom tells me they are doubling their users' plans, which means I get 120GB now! It'll probably take my family a couple of years to max that out though!

What do you pay for your 120gb ?

Also with snap:

"With 03 for FREE you can call any South Island landline for FREE (available for South Island originating calls)."

Only useful for south island customers though. Standard local calling is free everywhere else.

Second edit:

I don't actually work for Snap haha. I am just what people call a happy customer! :D

[Conquiztador]

Mate - the only bus Ive ever ridden in since I was a kid was my own! I dont do public transport.
And F*ck you and your Prius too!



Now now... play nice in the sandbox.

[haydes55]

What do you pay for your 120gb ?

Also with snap:

"With 03 for FREE you can call any South Island landline for FREE (available for South Island originating calls)."

Only useful for south island customers though. Standard local calling is free everywhere else.

So Snap is a south island company, that shouldn't make it any slower up on the more important island would it? :shutup:

;)

[Conquiztador]

Oh snap! That sounds good!

I basically maxed out my 20GB plan and asked Telecom early in the year what they can offer as I was looking at Orcon for potentially larger plans. Telecom offered me 60GB for what I am paying now

And then a month later, a letter from Telecom tells me they are doubling their users' plans, which means I get 120GB now! It'll probably take my family a couple of years to max that out though!

Yep, same as in post 1 from me. $85 in Akl, Well and Chch. Rest $95/month. (Including phone line).

[Parlane]

Yep, same as in post 1 from me. $85 in Akl, Well and Chch. Rest $95/month. (Including phone line).

That's actually quite good. Do telecom throttle connections still?

[Nova.]

Telecom broadbands absolute RUBBISH.

[Buyasta]

It's worth noting that Snap's unlimited youtube does actually cost more now - those of us who had it when it was $2 per month still have it grandfathered in at that rate, but if you sign up for it now it's $5 per month.
I'd definitely recommend them, they've got far and away the best customer service of any of the ISPs I've ever dealt with, and since they bumped the data caps right the hell up a few months back, the price/cap ratio is excellent by NZ standards - you get a base 5GB with your plan, and then an additional 20GB for $10, 60GB for $15, 145GB for $25, 250GB for $40, or 550GB for $70. Additionally you can pay $5 and get uncapped downloading between 1am and 7am for 3 nights, which for me generally amounts to about 110-130GB for $5.
They also offer VDSL2 for an extra $50 per month, but at the moment you can get it for an extra $25 per month with the cost of the modem more than halved if you sign up for a 24 month contract.

[Gremlin]

So Snap is a south island company, that shouldn't make it any slower up on the more important island would it? :shutup:

;)
Depends where Snap has POP (Point of Presence) as to your realistic speeds.

On Telecom, was 60GB and edging towards the wrong end, now got the double to 120GB and it should suffice... All the heavy downloading of files/updates/patches etc is done at work on no cap, no extra dollars.

[Tigadee]

Yep, same as in post 1 from me. $85 in Akl, Well and Chch. Rest $95/month. (Including phone line).

Same for me too... Once in a long while, Telecom makes me happy enough with them to make me stop calling them Telescum...

[jasonu]

I used to be on the Telecom "Home Lite" one. Gave me 30GB. I was considering upgrading as we were always running out before end of month. Then Telecom contacted me last year and offered me free double amount. So there I was getting 60GB for same price as 30GB. I was feeling really smug. But we were still getting very close to maxing it out. Now they called me again and told me that they are doubling my Broadband for free. So now we have 120GB for the cost of 30GB at $95/month (that also includes my phone).

So I was wondering what peeps on here have for plan?

Fuck me $90 a month with a useage cap! You lot are being ripped off. I pay $30 a month, no cap 12mbps download.

[steve_t]

Fuck me $90 a month with a useage cap! You lot are being ripped off. I pay $30 a month, no cap 12mbps download.

You also live in a country with 313 million people. With that many people I'd expect better infrastructure and way faster than 12mb/s down

[SMOKEU]

40GB a month here. It gets used up pretty quickly with teh pr0n torrents.

[jasonu]

You also live in a country with 313 million people. With that many people I'd expect better infrastructure and way faster than 12mb/s down

I dunno mate, a dollar a day for unlimited useage with dam near instant response makes me happy. You can get faster if you pay more...

[Swoop]

Wonder why Telecom decided to double it again.
Perhaps because tell-lie-scum are cockfags who need shooting and then disembowelling?
They are desperate for customers...

If they were the last communication providers in NZ we would start using courier pidgeons and smoke signals instead.

Fucking semaphore would be faster and more reliable.

[Buyasta]

For those wondering why the ISPs are all increasing their data caps at the same price point, it's because Southern Cross Cable cut their pricing by up to 44% back in January. For years they've had no meaningful competition so they've been able to charge whatever they please, but some serious competition is on the way, and they seem to be hoping to shed a little of the ill-will generated by their price gouging well before the rival networks are up and running, in an effort to retain as many customers as possible.

[Bald Eagle]

because Southern Cross Cable cut their pricing by up to 44% back in January. .

So did it tke them 6 months to notice they where making more money then :rofl:

[Buyasta]

So did it tke them 6 months to notice they where making more money then :rofl:

Well, I suspect partially it was a case of all the ISPs watching each other - once one of them had done it, the rest kind of had to follow suit, but they were probably all hoping it either wouldn't happen or it'd take as long as possible.
Having said that, they did say the price would only be lowered on new contracts, so it may have been a case of waiting till contract renegotiation time before the price was dropped, or a period of negotiation to convince Southern Cross Cable to drop their prices for existing contracts.
It does kind of seem like Telecom missed a great opportunity to build some goodwill though - given that they're the majority shareholder in Southern Cross Cable, they presumably could have dropped their prices immediately rather than waiting to react to the other ISPs once they'd negotiated lower pricing.

[Tigadee]

It does kind of seem like Telecom missed a great opportunity to build some goodwill though - given that they're the majority shareholder in Southern Cross Cable, they presumably could have dropped their prices immediately rather than waiting to react to the other ISPs once they'd negotiated lower pricing.

Telescum will never miss an opportunity to milk the customers dry for as long as possible unless they are confronted, like in my case, by customers wanting to switch over to somewhere else. If only Telescum were a dairy company, they'd make even more money than Fonterra!

It was one of their overpaid (now happily retired) CEOs who said "Confusion is a marketing tactic..." when questoned about their overcomplicated and expensive plans. And she retired with a reward of a nice big fat bonus to thank her for milking the customers to their last drop of blood!

[JATZ]

4gig on the netcomm and 2 smart phones with 1 gig each. Cost about $200 p/m...

[Edbear]

Been with TelstraClear for years and no reason to change. 40gig and rarely threaten that even working from home and on the computer all day plus son downloads movies, games and music. Got lots of other features but monthly bill around $140.00.

Vodafone for mobile with 3gig data but even though using it every day only manage to use about 350meg in a month!

[Conquiztador]

And the price is almost the same.

My boys used the 120G over the holidays in 17 days, so was time to make sure there is some for me also...

Oh, and it is Telecom: $119/month for the 500Gig.

[BMWST?]

it used to be 10 gig now its 30.Now the daughter has moved out i get no where near it.10 would be heaps

[Teflon]

Unlimited.. computer is maxed out with videos of bitches on poles and lesbian porn..

[Grizzo]

Unlimited.. computer is maxed out with videos of bitches on poles and lesbian porn..

:2thumbsup All the good stuff!

[bogan]

We try to keep it under the 100gig cap we have with vodafone, though last month was 200gig. We pay 105 for phone plus the first 100, then and extra 30 if we get into the second hundy. Anyone know of better deals for the same data?

[Conquiztador]

We try to keep it under the 100gig cap we have with vodafone, though last month was 200gig. We pay 105 for phone plus the first 100, then and extra 30 if we get into the second hundy. Anyone know of better deals for the same data?

As said: Telecom $119 for 500gig. I added unlimited free calling anytime to all Telecom customers $14/month.

[bogan]

As said: Telecom $119 for 500gig. I added unlimited free calling anytime to all Telecom customers $14/month.

On their website it says add $10 for being out of their main area, so it would be $129, which is only 6 bucks cheaper than currently (and thats assuming we go over the 100gigs), not worth signing up to a 12 month term for. Similar for their 150gig plan, almost worth changing.

[Gremlin]

Just changed to Telecom's 150GB plan... should be enough... most of the time we're somewhere between 40-80GB anyway.

[SMOKEU]

I just got a 300GB ADSL 2+ plan with Snap, and it's unmetered every day between 0100-0700. Pretty happy with it so far.

[bogan]

I just got a 300GB ADSL 2+ plan with Snap, and it's unmetered every day between 0100-0700. Pretty happy with it so far.

They look like the best deals so far. Ironically though, I'm hesitant to end the no-term plan we have at the moment...

[Brian d marge]

100Mbps , unlimited and still thou tube is slow ....
Stephen

[caspernz]

We try to keep it under the 100gig cap we have with vodafone, though last month was 200gig. We pay 105 for phone plus the first 100, then and extra 30 if we get into the second hundy. Anyone know of better deals for the same data?

Yep, use your neighbours' Wifi...not that hard is it? ;)

[SMOKEU]

They look like the best deals so far. Ironically though, I'm hesitant to end the no-term plan we have at the moment...

The customer service is excellent from Snap so far as well. I only have to wait a minute or 2 on the phone, and the call centre staff speak fluent NZ English so it's a lot better than dealing with a very difficult to understand Indian person on the blower.

There is simply no excuse any more for pathetically small data caps from the likes of Telstraclear and other such ISPs that use the same bullshit excuses to charge their customers like a wounded bull for small amounts of bandwidth.