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| Thread ID: 110214 | 2010-06-08 01:56:00 | Telecom's Big Time | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 1107952 | 2010-06-09 01:39:00 | :confused: Telecom's 40GB plan is $79.95 ($89.95 if your calling isn't with Telecom), not $120, and from next month they've said they will cut the overuse costs to $2/GB (currently $0.02/MB, or $20/GB, which would HURT!). Sure it's still not amazing for very high users, but for many it will be price-comparable to any alternative provider, especially if you don't want to stuff around changing who your calling is with etc. I find 40gb is ok but not enough, I would love a plan that upped it to 60 or 80even if it went up to $100 - $120 |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1107953 | 2010-06-09 01:40:00 | I thought we will be forced to change to another PLAN or leave Telecom as they are shutting down Big Time. Or, Telecom has changed their mind and still retain existing Big Time customers?? I mean, I will be sticking with Telecom and not changing ISP |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1107954 | 2010-06-09 02:25:00 | I still think Slingshot's $49.95 plan is the best alternative: 25Gb per month (FS/FS), with unlimited offpeak downloads, and data banking for any extra cap you buy.I'm on this plan. $50 a month for 25gb peak, and uncapped off-peak. no slow down of p2p or anything else that I've noticed. I'm averaging about 70gb a month at 18Mb/s down and 0.8Mb/s up (which is about all I should expect in an old part of Tauranga). And it appears that their customer service is improving (it was almost non-existant 2-3 years ago). Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 1107955 | 2010-06-09 03:50:00 | I'm averaging about 70gb a month at 18Mb/s down and 0.8Mb/s up (which is about all I should expect in an old part of Tauranga). 18Mb/s is good regardless where you are in NZ, given that the max possible adsl2 speed is 24Mb/s. Unless you live in an exchange box you won't get anywhere close to it. |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 1107956 | 2010-06-09 04:27:00 | :confused: Telecom's 40GB plan is $79.95 ($89.95 if your calling isn't with Telecom), not $120, and from next month they've said they will cut the overuse costs to $2/GB (currently $0.02/MB, or $20/GB, which would HURT!). Sure it's still not amazing for very high users, but for many it will be price-comparable to any alternative provider, especially if you don't want to stuff around changing who your calling is with etc. That was including the inavoidable homeline rental, pretty much the same price no matter the provider. |
Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 1107957 | 2010-06-09 08:05:00 | Naked DSL and VoIP why pay for the phone anymore, I was reluctant to do this until my step son won us a years free nDSL + VoIP, now I wish we had done it sooner, still use the same phone we always have, except now it plugs into the router and not the phone jack in the wall | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1107958 | 2010-06-09 08:23:00 | Naked DSL and VoIP why pay for the phone anymore, I was reluctant to do this until my step son won us a years free nDSL + VoIP, now I wish we had done it sooner, still use the same phone we always have, except now it plugs into the router and not the phone jack in the wall So presumably you have a cellphone as well as if the power goes off so does your phone and router. I don't have or want a cellphone as there are charges for that too. I'm keeping my landline and I have an older phone connected to the Telecom landline which still works if I don't have power. Each to their own I guess. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1107959 | 2010-06-09 11:16:00 | UPS isn't that expensive, lasts for ages if it's just your router + ATA plugged into it :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1107960 | 2010-06-09 13:04:00 | I'd rather not waste bandwidth on VoIP when I could just use the standard phone line... | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1107961 | 2010-06-09 19:43:00 | We haven't noticed a significant increase in bandwidth usage since changing, yes I do have a cellphone mainly because my work takes me out of the workshop most days and I need to be able to call up work and I spend a lot of my spare time in the backcountry so being able to contact SWMBO is nice too | gary67 (56) | ||
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