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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Ah got you. Good price for fibre at least.
@jackvdbuk: I'm about to call 2Degrees tonight to change the main account holder to my mum who lives with us, so we can use her Super Gold card to get a further $5 off.
Are you sure it's Fiber300? I just called them and they said it's $65/month for the 2Degrees fiber starter plan, which is 50/10Mbps.
Bugger! Just checked the welcome email and it's indeed the starter plan! The sales person didn't mention the speed at all!
But Fiber300 is the one that gives you 300/100, so maybe they misquoted you?
@NovaAlpha: I told them that I signed up for the Fiber300 plan with Slingshot through them last year for $60/m and I asked if there were any similar deals this year and they offered me this without telling me the speed difference! I thought it was the same speed!
They did say that they can do $65/month if I also bring my power to them as well.
is that bundle ?
Just had an email come through from Zeronet with the wonderful news that my plan is increasing by $16/month next cycle, so obviously time to move. Horrible customer service with them anyway.
Anyone have good deals on gigabit at the moment? Or is something like Fast Connect above still the best value out there right now?
I will always comment when I see Zeronet, yes they are indeed the worst customer experience ever.
Have looked around. 2Degrees seems to offer the cheapest Fibre300 at the moment. $95/m with $150 joining credit. Use my mum's Super Gold number for $5 off. Turns out $77.5/m. Don't have a mobile plan with them, otherwise further $10 off.
Now Skinny is the cheapest for Fibre 300. $80/m with first month free = $73.33/m.
Who is the cheapest 50/10 providers? As Chorus are increasing the speed to 100 soon, that could be a good option for many.
Believe it's sky ATM.
So the fibre upgrade is for Chorus users only? The Enable users will stay with what they have?
The Enable users will stay with what they have?
I think you have to ask them directly if they haven't made any public announcement.
I see Spark is increasing prices by $5-$8 per month in August… Does anyone have any recent experience with Contact fibre?
Just swapped to them from Spark after a move about a week ago after running some numbers with their CONTACT200 deal ($200 credit over 4 mo). Have a full power/gas/fibre bundle.
I work from home so reliability and speed are important - I never had issues with Spark, but they weren't cheap. Decided to go with the 300mbps plan since Chorus is upgrading everything to 500mbps across the board.
Contact Energy's fibre is provided by Devoli under the hood. Connection was fine and on time, didn't have any issues. Support-wise, I've contacted them for a variety of weird setup things I noticed for our power/gas setup, and it's been relatively painless via a Whatsapp chat.
I did have to call them directly to disable CGNAT so they'd stop swapping my IP out from under me multiple times a day.
I have seen some reports that they have reliability issues every now and then (internet just goes out).Since it's not a fixed term contract, and my read of their T&Cs is that I just need to stay connected for 4mo to get the full $200 credit, I'll re-evaluate in a few months time!
Thanks for this! Any further updates since the switch over? I assume it's been smooth? Also did you have to give an explanation when requesting for CGNAT to be disabled?
Easiest is to tell them you need port forwarding to work for Plex. Simple. As that won't work with CGNAT.
I had to call them back after their first attempt to disable CGNAT did nothing. They asked what I wanted it for the second time (mostly to see if they needed to explain anything to me, I think) but basically said I needed to host a Minecraft server (Plex as suggested above would've been fine too!).
Looks like CGNAT's been disabled as expected now, so no more issues from my side atm!
@butterworth: Oh cool. And how do you confirm or verify it has indeed been disabled? If you dont host a server?
@Martz5: My router dashboard tells me what my WAN IP is - behind CGNAT, my WAN IP was in the 100s.
Then I compared to my public IP reported by whatismyip.com - this is usually in the 200s.After my second call with Contact, I rebooted my router and both the WAN and the public IP were the same number (200s).
@Martz5: As mentioned above or other way would be to open any port (any number between 5000 -10000) for outside access and check that port on www.canyouseeme.org. If you already have any port forwarding setup, just check that port.
From AI
The CGNAT (Carrier-Grade NAT) IP range is 100.64.0.0/10. This range encompasses IP addresses from 100.64.0.0 to 100.127.255.255. It is specifically reserved for use by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in their CGNAT deployments,
@Martz5: I have cgnat disabled. Not sure if cgnat affect it or not. Haven't really looked into that.
Update if anyone is wondering.
Signed up yesterday, requested today as the join date. The connection transferred over around lunch time. Internet was down for maybe 2-3 mins. I then rang them and was on hold for about 15 mins, had maybe a 5 min conversation to request CGNAT to be disabled. Internet went down maybe 30 mins later and i've rebooted and can confirm CGNAT has been disabled, so all is well for nowBy any chance did you try Stremio with CGNAT on?
I have 2deg broadband (presumably under CGNAT) and Stremio works fine.
Unfortunately not sorry, it would have been good to check! The CGNAT removal was supposed to happen sometime this evening but i guess that got actioned faster than expected
Its going to be interesting to see if they regret the starter upgrade, it's amazing value for ~$55/mo for 100/20
which company is this? ~$55?
Sky Fibre Starter $55/mo for 1 year, 50mbps… that was recently upgraded to 100mbps.
Thanks @Dunno regarding Sky Broadband. https://broadband.sky.co.nz/
This is a great price if you're a sky customer already and probably the cheapest at the moment. Will confirm with other providers today.$80/pm for 900/500, first 12 months
$75/pm for 500/100, first 12 months
$50/pm for 100/20Non sky customers:
$100/pm for 900/500, first 12 months
$85/pm for 500/100, first 12 months
$55/pm for 100/20Update: Current cheapest for broadband only.
Skinny 900/500 plans with 1 month free, works out to $87pm.hi, who did you end up going with?
Still evaluating and waiting for new deals.
you are looking for 900/500?
i think Sky above is the best deal at the moment for 100/20? ( $55 first 12 months, then $60)
Looks like hotshot.nz has a 900/500 plan for $89 open term and a coupon (breakfree) for free connection. Switching from Slingshot later this month.
@nzmax: How do these work if you're mid month in your billing cycle? Do they charge pro rata whenever your last day with them is?
@justaddwater: I don't know and want to know too as I will need to cancel mine with them soon before they charge me full price. I think I will schedule the cancellation on a certain date right at the end of the contract, and schedule the new ISP to set me up at the same time.
I think I will schedule the cancellation on a certain date right at the end of the contract, and schedule the new ISP to set me up at the same time.
I would encourage you to talk to the receiving ISP (the one you are moving TO), as it is likely they will handle giving the losing ISP (the one you are moving FROM) notice etc, and the disconnection / reconnection process is then likely to go very smoothly, with only a few minutes of downtime. If the receiving ISP tells you to give notice yourself, then definitely go ahead and do that.
If you want, once your new ISP has it all setup, and even if they say they will give notice to the old ISP, you can still contact your old ISP and check that they have been given notice that you are leaving.
@justaddwater: No, actually. I've arranged for cancellation of my contract (without the $250 exit charge) in the middle of my current billing cycle due to them putting prices up by $6. Their retention team wasn't very happy, considering I'd used $500ish of joining credit and discounts, but they still processed the cancellation.
To be clear, in the email it states you have to get in touch with them within 30 days, not cancel within 30 days, if that's what you're worried about.
I arranged for my Hotshot connection to go live the day before my cancellation date with Slingshot, so I should be able to just switch ONT ports and have minimal downtime if everyone goes smoothly. I'm not sure Hotshot talks to other ISPs to process a switch, which is why I've done it this way.
I have a really interesting experience with Slingshot. Went to cancel and they offered me upfront credit for the price increase for the remainder of the contract. So basically no price increase. I am paying $82 for 500/100 broadband anyway though.
Yep, same. Still chose to break contract and find a cheaper open-term offer, but not a bad deal if you don't want to go through the hassle.
They must have had too many people leaving now. Spoke with them a couple times when end of contact came up and was only ever offered $82/month. Even said I’d resign for $80 but they refused. Now paying $65/month for 500/100 with sky. Happy days!
Edit: this was a couple weeks ago.
$65/month for 500/100 with sky
How?
I do have sky tv. I just called them and that’s what they offered me, I took it without hesitation.
Had the same offer from Slingshot.
not a sky customer but if you sign up through their website but not proceed to finalize, someone will call you and offer 50pm for 100mbps and 75 for 500mbps (basiclaly same as sky subscribers), free router rental.
No, I haven't experienced this. I got to the final page prior to finalizing the order days ago.
No way that's a great top! I will try
Didn't work for me
or me .. oh well
Got a price rise email from slingshot basically, where they are breaching the 12 month contract with me. So I can leave them early and sign up to Sky. They say I have to do that within 30 days. I don't think ISPs should be allowed to do that under the Fair Trading Act and Unfair Contracts Act, as it doesn't feel like the contract is fair when we have to pay them if we breach the contract, and they don't have to pay us anything if they breach it.But does anyone know if I leave Slingshot within a billing cycle, whether will they prorata the bill? It looks like there is at least a week delay when switching and no guarantee that they will switch on a certain date. Last time I switched I was without internet for a day because the switch was mucked up by the ISP.
I don't think ISPs should be allowed to do that under the Fair Trading Act and Unfair Contracts Act, as it doesn't feel like the contract is fair when we have to pay them if we breach the contract, and they don't have to pay us anything if they breach it.
You might be right.
I'd be interested to know what you said when you shook hands on a deal with Slingshot?
Did you say (in your agreement with them) that it was okay for them to change the price on you, mid-way through, but only if they allow you to cancel the contract?
I've got 2 Slingshot accounts, both of which had a $20 monthly discount after I agreed to sign up for 12 months last year. That didnt stop them jacking the price up during the term though. The discounts expired last month, which I've only noticed when this months bills have come through. I also got the email about a latest increase. Have emailed them seeking a renewed retention/loyalty discount for both accounts but its been three days and no reply yet.
I called sky today for a "deal", i have no sky tv or anything.
They offered $50 pm for 100 mb down and 75 for 500 down.
Bargain!
Can you share what you said? I'm pretty crap at knowing how to ask for things like that. Thanks!
"hello I would like broadband , are there any deals"
They said it's a special offer and here's the prices for each ..was super easy
Can confirm this works. But you have to ask them for their personal deal. So $50 a month without needing any other services. But not great that some customers get a better deal because they phone to signup rather then online.
Are you on a contract with them?
12 months
What happens after the 12 months, does it go back to $60/month?
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It's the 2Degrees broadband plan…