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1258203 2012-02-08 22:02:00 I am currently using Orcon Genius for my Broadband & Phone.
Having big problems with the phone. Considering scrapping the Phone but Orcon do not do 'Naked Broadband'.
Slingshot are offering 'Naked Broadband' 60gb for $60.00 month. I was with Slingshot many years ago and was not impressed. Does anyone deal with them now, and has anyone got 'Naked Broadband' with them?

What is Telecom like these days?
mzee (3324)
1258204 2012-02-08 22:06:00 If you want this, I wouldnt go to SS (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). I thought thats what Orcon Genius was. According to the site it is Naked ADSL (www.orcon.net.nz) Speedy Gonzales (78)
1258205 2012-02-08 22:32:00 I am with slingshot and pay $80 for 30gb. The other naked plan is $90 for unlimited. Don`t know where you got the $60 one from?

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1258206 2012-02-08 22:53:00 I'm with Slingshot. I have recently switched to them for phone service as well as broadband. I pay per month:
$40 for 50GB
$42 for phone line

I have used them for broadband and tolls for many years. Always had superb service.
AvonBill (11358)
1258207 2012-02-09 00:12:00 Avoid at all costs ... anyone but Slingsh!t .... Try HDNet and compare SP8's (9836)
1258208 2012-02-09 01:33:00 If you want this, I wouldnt go to SS (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). I thought thats what Orcon Genius was. According to the site it is Naked ADSL (www.orcon.net.nz)

The Orcon Genius is VoiP phone which doesn't work very well. It's not true Naked Broadband because it will not work with a standard Router
(I have 3). Pretty sure the Genius is faulty, been trying to extract another from them for two months.
mzee (3324)
1258209 2012-02-09 01:35:00 I am with slingshot and pay $80 for 30gb. The other naked plan is $90 for unlimited. Don`t know where you got the $60 one from?

LL

Its on Slingshot Home page.
mzee (3324)
1258210 2012-02-09 02:13:00 Sorry ... that should have been www.hd.net.nz SP8's (9836)
1258211 2012-02-09 02:17:00 Yeah I've had a *long* road with Slingshot, definitely getting over them. It's been 8 weeks now and they've still not got back to me since prior to the Christmas break, and that was after I'd been dealing with the Ops Manager there (You know you've gone up the food chain when the people have an @callplus email instead of @slingshot). I'm definitely a mixed bag of emotions about them, not the glowing reference I'd like to be able to give them to be frank. I'm considering VDSL2 with HD also. They ran a promo on Geekzone and it's had some good feedback. If I don't go with VDSL2 then I'll be going with their Naked DSL package. Slightly more expensive than Slingshot, but at least it's not oversubscribed... This was me last night, on a 10mbps line through Slingshot:
www.speedtest.net
www.speedtest.net

Meant gaming was a *PITA* trying to play DotA2 :-(
Chilling_Silence (9)
1258212 2012-02-09 02:51:00 WOW ... speed is about the same as customer service ... any slower and they'd be going backwards ... :D

Do hd.net do voip ... or is there any way to do it chill ??
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