Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.



TEA! That will be all.
231 posts

Master Geek

Subscriber

Topic # 111949 20-Nov-2012 19:34 Send private message

So I've never had to worry about my broadband connection, it's always been taken care of by someone else on the prooperty.

Now I'm wanting a place of my own, and I'm wondering what I need to do to ensure the new place is setup properly to allow me to connect via broadband? (tis a rental so I don't know it's history.)

Secondly... ugh what is WITH the plans here in NZ!? 

I don't use home phones so for me it's a bit silly to be forced to have a fixed home line just so I can have broadband with one provider, but then pay the earth to another provider for a non landline option.

Any recommendations guys? It's "cheaper" if I have an on account plan with Vodafone; but right now I get my phone plan for free. I don't want to have to move to Vodafone and pay that on top of the broadband fee. I do get 50gb per month with this deal, which is about how much I use per month.

Telecom has a deal going on where you pay $75 for the landline and broadband, but only 30gb. I don't have a choice but to have that landline.

Are there better deals out there? Help?

p.s. did try check the Telstra Clear site, but it's currently not loading. It's them, not me :P every other webpage opens fine.




Zeb A.
Personal site: http://www.geekchixxx.com
Twitter: @asgard

View this topic in a long page with up to 500 replies per page Create new topic

This is a filtered page: currently showing replies marked as answers. Click here to see full discussion.

1054 posts

Uber Geek


  Reply # 720433 20-Nov-2012 22:41 Send private message

I was with Vodafone before moving to snap. Vodafone was always really good and I have little doubt they still are but they didn't offer VDSL hence the move to snap. If you have sky and\or on account mobile with vodafone I think some of their offers are really compelling.

But for me since the move Snap have been outstanding, I really can't recommend them enough, performance is really good, they're uber helpful and their helpdesk in my experience really is ridiculously good.


What do you mean by the following though? I got a bit lost with what you mean here.


It's "cheaper" if I have an on account plan with Vodafone; but right now I get my phone plan for free. I don't want to have to move to Vodafone and pay that on top of the broadband fee.


Do you mean you have a Telecom mobile account already?

View this topic in a long page with up to 500 replies per page Create new topic



Twitter »
Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when news items and blogs are posted in our frontpage:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new jobs are posted to our jobs board:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when tech item prices are listed in our price comparison site:




News »

Trending now »
Hot discussions in our forums right now:

A reason not to shop at dick smith
Created by dsnz1, last reply by AKLWestie on 17-May-2013 22:45 (82 replies)
Pages... 4 5 6


A new project coming to Geekzone
Created by freitasm, last reply by Niel on 20-May-2013 06:01 (200 replies)
Pages... 12 13 14


HTC One (2013) owners' discussion
Created by Dingbatt, last reply by Finch on 19-May-2013 22:02 (1441 replies)
Pages... 95 96 97


Track my Phone, Car, how to best do it in .nz?
Created by DonGould, last reply by sonyxperiageek on 19-May-2013 22:24 (15 replies)

Sitting on a boring conference call
Created by SaltyNZ, last reply by SepticSceptic on 17-May-2013 16:52 (14 replies)

Samsung Galaxy SIII Discussion and Owners Thread
Created by networkn, last reply by Johnk on 19-May-2013 16:32 (5523 replies)
Pages... 367 368 369


Chorus is cutting the cost of VDSL to service providers from June 7
Created by maxzzz, last reply by Zeon on 19-May-2013 19:40 (46 replies)
Pages... 2 3 4


Office 365 service outage 2013-05-18
Created by freitasm, last reply by nitrotech on 19-May-2013 18:58 (18 replies)
Pages... 2



Geekzone Jobs »
Most recent NZ jobs in technology:

Exciting Intern Opportunity
Posted 19-May-2013 20:27

Business Analyst
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27

Senior Business Analyst
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27

Senior Business Analyst
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27

Project Coordinator, Reputable Company, Career Pro
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27

Change Manager - Large Financial Services Organiza
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27

Software Developer - Join a market leading company
Posted 19-May-2013 18:27


Geekzone Live »
Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

Alternatively, you can receive a daily email with Geekzone updates.