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| Thread ID: 81966 | 2007-08-12 06:50:00 | "Free" broadband coming to NZ | robbyp (2751) | PC World Chat |
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| 579855 | 2007-08-12 06:50:00 | www.stuff.co.nz Looks like Vodafone are trying to go for market share, possibily by making a short term loss. I suppose as it is a very large global company they can afford to try it. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 579856 | 2007-08-12 06:59:00 | Things are going to be good for the consumer from here on in. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 579857 | 2007-08-12 07:01:00 | Its getting hot in here, hard to keep up with whats going on ! But we've still got copper wire ! Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 579858 | 2007-08-12 07:04:00 | The details are already up. See: www.ihug.co.nz | bonkiebonks (7249) | ||
| 579859 | 2007-08-12 07:06:00 | But we've still got copper wire ! We are going to have copper wire for a very very long time yet, in till either NZ gets a another company that will install fibre all over NZ or telecom gives up the dark fibre they layer around places like south Auckland. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 579860 | 2007-08-12 07:07:00 | Thats a fairly low end plan. Orcon's offer is in my ball park. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 579861 | 2007-08-12 07:14:00 | It says you get a $30 discount should you decide to swap for a higher data plan, up to broadband 4. That's pretty good if you DO normally make toll calls up to $20. Otherwise, it's really only a $10 discount since you're paying a compulsory $20 monthly fee for their talk 2 plan to be eligible for this offer. | bonkiebonks (7249) | ||
| 579862 | 2007-08-12 07:21:00 | The details are already up. See: www.ihug.co.nz Lame. I have their phone plan so I guess I must be entitled to a whole 1Gb of broadband too. Think I'll pass on that............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 579863 | 2007-08-12 08:41:00 | Vodafone will begin offering free broadband from Monday 13 August. The offer requires customers sign up for 12 months: Customers swap their home phone number from whoever they're with to Vodafone; Customers take up $20 national toll call package ($20/month for unlimited number of calls to NZ landlines with each call duration of up to 2 hours); Customers receive Broadband1 free. Broadband1 consists of full speed download/128kbit/s upload and 1GB of data per month (exceed that and you're limited to 64kbit/s for the rest of the month). The good news is that the discount applies to higher-usage broadband plans as well - so 5GB/month will cost $10/month. We'll even call Telecom for you and tell them you're swapping your phone number to Vodafone. This isn't a cellular service - this is fixed line delivered over Telecom's DSL-based copper network. It's not limited to the first 5,000 customers or to customers living in a particular town... anyone in NZ can apply. Disclaimer: I work for Vodafone www.vodafone.co.nz Cheers, Paul |
Audent (8028) | ||
| 579864 | 2007-08-12 08:48:00 | Sorry - don't see any benefit in that deal, the speed is snail pace and the cap is a twentieth of what I use now (with some difficulty living within). So Telstra Clear - you gonna lower my fees?? |
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