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| Thread ID: 87604 | 2008-02-27 08:13:00 | Real unlimited broadband @ a low price! (I think) | jason_f90 (3544) | PC World Chat |
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| 644176 | 2008-02-27 08:13:00 | There was a poster outside my lecture class today, some local Canterbury based ISP (Snap) claimed to offer true unlimited broadband. I had a look at their plans (www.snap.net.nz) and their 'Snap Night Owl' plan looked decent. * Full Speed Download between 7pm & 7am * Rate limited to 128kbps between 7am & 7pm * Unlimited Data Usage * Bundled with Snap Phone * Limited time only! @ $39.95/month when bundled with their home phone service ($36 for Welly and Chch, $42 for the rest of NZ). I scanned through their T&C and didn't find any 'data throttled' or 'fair usage' policy. Anyone currently with them? How's their service? And what do others think of this deal? Cheers. |
jason_f90 (3544) | ||
| 644177 | 2008-02-27 09:05:00 | Depends what their idea of "full speed" is. | legod (4626) | ||
| 644178 | 2008-02-27 09:11:00 | Not for myself, cos I think I just pay $30 now. I find it a bit $$. I don't do that much downloads. I did switch from Xnet's full speed to 256k but I am ok now. Where I am the full speed I was getting to my place was just 2Mbit or 1.8Mbit. So its just not worth my effort. The hours just made it worst. Do they have signed contracts for a year or two? Do you need to spend a min amount on your phone services? Connection fee? Free modem? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 644179 | 2008-02-27 10:25:00 | Well, for half the day it's only 128kbps. Isn't that only twice the speed of dial up? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 644180 | 2008-02-27 18:43:00 | I was with Snap Internet a few years ago - I had both dialup and then ADSL with them. Best ISP I've ever had - although my experience with Actrix was very good too. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 644181 | 2008-02-27 20:12:00 | Rate limited to 128kbps between 7am & 7pm So unless you like to do most of your surfing/downloading in the middle of the night............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 644182 | 2008-02-27 20:24:00 | Torrents everyone! :lol: Seriously, though, that plan looks good for at home, seeing I'm at work from 8 till 6 most days... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 644183 | 2008-02-27 21:23:00 | I gotta say, it looks alright (leave it to chug away during the day while at work, play at night, then let it chug some more. That's a lot of chugging). But all prices listed include $10 off for having your phone with them too. And they don't give you an ADSL modem to go with it either (trademe could fix that in no time). And there's a possible wiring fee of $150, and a $100 early disconnection fee for the first year. But, all $$$ aside, the unlimited aspect looks alright, so long as it isn't like Telecom's 'Unleash..BANG!..splutter..slowdown..ed'. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 644184 | 2008-02-27 23:45:00 | Well, for half the day it's only 128kbps. Isn't that only twice the speed of dial up? Yep well it's meant for 'night owls' who come home from work @ 6pm or so. Have a fresh shower & dinner and woo (hopefully) full speed. :D Also Actrix (www.actrix.co.nz) seem to have some pretty FTW plans. 2mbps down/128k up plan with 350mb/day data cap for $49.95 (including tolls). And you get unlimited traffic between 6pm and 8pm everyday @ full speed. |
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