Broadband, Do you have it?

**The Tazman** · 17th October 2006, 22:01

Hi Kbers

I'm on a fairly old machine and on dial up. I was wondering how many of you out there are still on dial up and how many have broadband.

If you have broadband how much are you paying and what do you think of the service.

From what I've seen so far it is still quite expensive and they restrict you on how much you can download!!! This is quite weird for me coming from the UK where I am sure they don't do that.

All the ones that look cheap have hidden cost and conditions which make them no where near as cheap as they advertise.

I think they should be made to do what Air NZ have had to do and show the actual cost!!

Would love some feed back from any of you that have the time.

Regards

Taz

**chanceyy** · 17th October 2006, 22:08

hi taz

still on dial up .. due to being on a "mini exchange" & rural ..

**bugjuice** · 17th October 2006, 22:08

I've had BB for a while. Was with Xtra a few years back, paying for slow connection speed, and a privilege for it. Thankfully things changed, I moved a few times, and now got myself set up again. Was with one package on Clear.net which expired, and got replaced with PDQ (which they say is for 'Pretty Damn Quick', but really it just means 'Porn Downloads Quicker'), and for my old 1GB plan (256kb/s) I'm on the 'Turbo' (3mb/s $40) and the usage is per gig ($3) per billing cycle, so use whatever you need. So that package, and 2 gig packs, is less than what I was paying for the 256kb plan (by a buck or so).. ain't bad..

Clear have got pretty good, then there's Slingshot and Quicksilver. Avoid iHug, cos they hide the important stuff (like 'all plans high speed' with low caps rates and expensive usage etc)

**NinjaBoy** · 17th October 2006, 22:27

Xtra has been driving the sales pitch pretty hard lately. I've been on BB for about 3 months ( as Telecom finally got off their butts and wired up my sub-division properly

).

While I was speed and download restricted, they have just announced that within the next couple of months (maybe sooner but can't find the email) they are going to de-restrict ( ie. give u the highest speed your line can handle) the speed and introduce a set of new plans which have no download limit.

why Xtra ? well pure and simple they were offering the best deal at the time ( free modem, filters, connection, 1st month free, welcome back to Telecom Tolls credit $10/month for the first 6 months and most importantly if I didn't like it in the first 30 days - money back guarantee -)

**Street Gerbil** · 17th October 2006, 23:09

I have a pathetic excuse of a broadband. An awfully narrow one.
But then I am a spoiled child addicted to roadrunner cable service (unlimited and 3 times as cheap).

**MyGSXF:Me** · 18th October 2006, 00:00

Hi. I'm on BB. Check out the Slingshot website.. (co.nz). I am with them for my toll calls too, & calls are cheaper again if you have internet with them also. PLUS.. if you call another Slingshot customer (toll) you BOTH then get 200 minutes FREE each month!! They sometimes offer free join up & free modems etc.. keep an eye on their website. I pay $29.95 p/m

Jen

**Edbear** · 18th October 2006, 05:40

Xtra BB here on 10gig for $59.95 due to two other users in the house! Feel sorry for those still on dial-up, it's a major pain when I run out of BB and they "throttle you back" to dial-up for the rest of the month! Flat fee, though so no hidden costs and no extra charges when you do run over your limit.

Xtra have a better security system I think but still get a lot of spam coming through.

26th Oct the new plans come in, max download speeds and unlimited BB for about the same money, so my Son-in-Law and boarder can then download flat out and share the cost.

Had good service from Telecom contrary to some comments here on KB, but there are members here who are techies for Telecom and have been very helpful.

**miSTa** · 18th October 2006, 05:55

Still on dial up, but will be going cable as soon as TelstraClear announce their new pricing plans (in response to Telescom "unleshed" pricing plans when they're announced next week)

**James Deuce** · 18th October 2006, 05:57

No one in NZ has broadband Internet connectivity. Just some people who will argue long and loud that they do.

**cowboyz** · 18th October 2006, 06:59

Originally Posted by bugjuice

I've had BB for a while. Was with Xtra a few years back, paying for slow connection speed, and a privilege for it. Thankfully things changed, I moved a few times, and now got myself set up again. Was with one package on Clear.net which expired, and got replaced with PDQ (which they say is for 'Pretty Damn Quick', but really it just means 'Porn Downloads Quicker'), and for my old 1GB plan (256kb/s) I'm on the 'Turbo' (3mb/s $40) and the usage is per gig ($3) per billing cycle, so use whatever you need. So that package, and 2 gig packs, is less than what I was paying for the 256kb plan (by a buck or so).. ain't bad..

Clear have got pretty good, then there's Slingshot and Quicksilver. Avoid iHug, cos they hide the important stuff (like 'all plans high speed' with low caps rates and expensive usage etc)

Any ISP will have someone who doesn't like it for some reason. Not sure why you are picking on ihug though. $60 month for 10G @ 3.5Mbits Makes it cheaper than PDO if you downloaded the full 10G. If you have your tolls with them as well they knock another $10 off it and double your allowance.

**Whynot** · 18th October 2006, 07:08

Originally Posted by Jim2

No one in NZ has broadband Internet connectivity. Just some people who will argue long and loud that they do.

this man knows the score ...

and by the way im on woosh. It's better than dial up and i dont have to fork out an extra $30-40 a month to telescum for a landline, but thats as good as it gets.

**Karma** · 18th October 2006, 07:32

Originally Posted by Jim2

No one in NZ has broadband Internet connectivity. Just some people who will argue long and loud that they do.

Here comes a dictionary definition;

broadband

A class of communication channel capable of
supporting a wide range of frequencies, typically from audio
up to video frequencies. A broadband channel can carry
multiple signals by dividing the total capacity into multiple,
independent bandwidth channels, where each channel operates
only on a specific range of frequencies.

The term has come to be used for any kind of Internet
connection with a download speed of more than 56 kbps,
usually some kind of Digital Subscriber Line, e.g. ADSL.

So where's the bit that says it has to be 2mbps or 5mbps or 10mbps?