Last year's Slingshot deal is up for renewal soon. What is a good deal now? Would prefer not to bundle with other utilities like the Contact deal.
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Thanks, will give them a call. Zeronet for ~$75/month with a 6 month broadband compare offer is probably the only other reasonable offer atm.
i sign up for smartcall(https://smartcall.nz/en/homeband/), 100mb/300mb is 84/month, and 450/950 is 104/month
I was on the same slingshot $65 month deal and that ends last month. Rang their retention team and offered $15 monthly discount so $82 a month. Seemed like every other plan is in the $80 range so accepted it and stayed for another year
Wondering if it's worth the hassle to switch to Zeronet with their broadband compare offer
Not sure, but from what i read around Zero Net are quite bad.
This year i was thinking since they're all mostly in the 70-80 range per month, its not worth the hassle of moving over so stick with Slingshot at $82.
I have had Zeronet for over a year now and have had no issues.
Saw sky doing 50 for 50mb which was the cheapest ive ever seen. First 12 months
Would like at least 200 down and with WFH, at least 50 up
Last year $65 deals were plenty, this year the lowest is $80, the Chrous wholesale price is now $62.10 inc gst, so there isn't much margin in general home fibre I don't think.
Thanks, will give them a call. Zeronet and Ash Net are the only ones offering a cheaper yearly price. Not keen to go with Ash Net but Zeronet for ~$75/month with a 6 month broadband compare offer seems ok to me.
I noticed Slingshot is offering 3 months free, which is bundled with $10 off per month if you sign up for 12 months. It works out to $65.25 per month (for the 300/100 plan). You would need to sign up under someone else's name.
https://www.slingshot.co.nz/stuff-fibreNice, will give it a go
Thanks for this. That's a good deal, brings the Gigantic plan to about $74 per month.
Rang them up and they have promised a callback from the retention team with an offer.
Will wait and see otherwise, Skinny with a free month is only reasonable looking deal at about $87/month…
Slingshot sent me an email today advising a $2/month price increase from March….
New price will be $111/month.
Hoping there's better out there.
Got the same email today - good thing is you can ask to cancel the contract and not pay early termination fees, which works well for me since I still have a few months left, so time to change!
I'm with Mercury for power so took advantage of their 6 months free offer. Currently in last month of Slingshot $70 deal ($65 + $5 modem).
That's a good deal. My energy bill is going to be unpredictable this year so trying to not bundle for now
I am with Mercury with power too, but when I did the math of Mercury vs other providers, they ended up being $600 more expensive per year! Turns out they give in one place and take in another. I'm glad its worked for you though
Agreed.
Its the same stuff they pull with their 'free' whiteware and TV's. You're paying for it, it's just incorporated into higher power prices.
Can work if you actually need the item.
Assuming no price rises I worked out my mother would be about $3-400 better off than her current plan with the kWh being about the same price as her current plan, and not much worse than the current cheapest.
Of course that's assuming you would have otherwise paid full price on that item. When in reality you'd prob get it for 20-30% off during a sale, or a cheaper product.
2degrees is good if you/parents have supergold card for $5/mo off the plan too.
2degrees cold called my parents as their prior discounted 12 month term just ended and offered them $80/mo(after supergold $5/mo discount), up from $77/mo
Unlimited Fibre 300/100 $95/month
$10 loyalty discount
12 month contract
$5 supergold discount
TOTAL PRICING: $80.00/monthNot bad to be honest, nice to see them proactively chase customer retention
Just switched from Quic back to Slingshot. We really wanted to like Quic since it was the cheapest by far (50 down/10 up service) but our connection has always been unreliable with them, and I swear they have more downtime as well.
I was with Slingshot for broadband and power, had the $20 bundle discount and a $20 a month discount. I contact them a week before that finished asking to get the extra $20 discount or at least get $10 like new customers. They offered $15 and $100 credit which was good. Might not be as good if you're not bundled but talk to them about extending any deal you've got.