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| Thread ID: 127690 | 2012-11-07 06:19:00 | Naked Broadband - is it much cheaper ? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1310987 | 2012-11-07 06:19:00 | I am thinking of down grading to Naked ADSL broadband. Do you think it is much cheaper ? Is it worth doing ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1310988 | 2012-11-07 06:22:00 | Technically I wouldn't view it as "downgrading", but "upgrading". Have a look: www.vodafone.co.nz vs www.vodafone.co.nz |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1310989 | 2012-11-07 06:41:00 | I have naked Broadband with HD-Direct. almost a year now. Download speed averages 14Mbps, upload 1+Mbps. Costs $88(including GST) a month for 30Gb. Never been down for more than 5 minutes. I have 2talk VOIP phone, costs me $6 a month for a local number. Local calls are free & all other calls 7cts a minute. I changed to this from Orcon Genius which was a nightmare! | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1310990 | 2012-11-07 07:51:00 | To me $88 for 30 gig seems a lot. | Digby (677) | ||
| 1310991 | 2012-11-07 09:54:00 | I have compared the prices before out of interest as some people here prefer the POTS. But I think that nDSL may save around cheaper $20 a mo with the same data cap ... If you use the phone a bit maybe look for a provider that provides a local NZ ph no. and free local calling (data). |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1310992 | 2012-11-07 12:53:00 | At a raw cost to your ISP, Naked DSL costs them $20 a month more than regular DSL. Same for VDSL2 vs Naked VDSL2. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1310993 | 2012-11-07 18:08:00 | At a raw cost to your ISP, Naked DSL costs them $20 a month more than regular DSL. Same for VDSL2 vs Naked VDSL2. I accept your statement, but I thought the point of Naked Broadband was that you did not need a phone connection and therefore it would be cheaper! (But obviously I was wrong as I suppose Telecom still have to maintain the line) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1310994 | 2012-11-07 18:40:00 | I just switched to telecoms new 150GB + phoneline plan for $109 a month, I've never seen a naked plan that saves enough to be worth the switch compared to the packages with a phone and I have no real need for the phone so I'd do it if there was. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1310995 | 2012-11-07 19:03:00 | I accept your statement, but I thought the point of Naked Broadband was that you did not need a phone connection and therefore it would be cheaper! (But obviously I was wrong as I suppose Telecom still have to maintain the line) Yeah the $20 a month more is for the maintenance of the physical line basically. Otherwise you're paying for a regular phone line ($45-ish) on top of your internet bill? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1310996 | 2012-11-08 02:59:00 | Yeah the $20 a month more is for the maintenance of the physical line basically. Otherwise you're paying for a regular phone line ($45-ish) on top of your internet bill? I don't know Chilling Silence, take my situation for example. I have regular ADSL with Actrix and this is my package: 60gb of quite fast (never slower than 12mbps) broadband Phone line with wiring insurance/maintenance Free local calls and supercheap national and international calls for $95.00 per month. I also had thought ndsl would save the need for a line rental and therefore free up some cash. Must have misunderstood the concept. |
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