shall I wait...or not? (Vodafone vs, all the others)

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theobrandt

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#129161 5-Sep-2013 15:12

I have a lovely white fibre box on our telephone pole and ancient copper lines in the ground- which since the fibre was laid have been very grumpy (water I imagine).
As one of the original ihug customers, I'm still with Vodafone. They seem to be only ones not offering a UFB package, and the number of offers in my letterbox from snap, orcon etc are building!

Vodafone continue to 'test' and point to geekzone for dire warnings of jumping onto other wagons...
but should I stay or go?

Orcon has a good deal, Snap seems to do well...
what do you reckon?

Theo

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#890386 5-Sep-2013 15:42

if you have been with VF for that long, at the very least you should check their current broadband plans and make sure you are as up to dat as possible. If your plan is more than, say, 1 year old you probably aren't getting the best value from it.

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#890391 5-Sep-2013 15:50

Only you can really decide. If you want UFB now, then change. If you don't really care, and you have no issue with the service you're being provided and the price you're paying, stay. Personally, I'd change. But I'm not very patient.

theobrandt

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#890406 5-Sep-2013 16:03

my patience has worn thin, especially as Vodafone will not provide any timeframes for rollout. So, of those who do provide UFB are there any really outstanding providers?

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#890435 5-Sep-2013 16:55

I'm still waiting for them to offer VDSL. Their bundles are very good and the only reason I have not jumped ship yet, but my patience levels are low as I have been asking them every now and then for VDSL for over 12 months.

I know the TC merger will be keeping them busy, but c'mon guys!

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#890452 5-Sep-2013 17:07

theobrandt: my patience has worn thin, especially as Vodafone will not provide any timeframes for rollout. So, of those who do provide UFB are there any really outstanding providers?

Vodafone have done a "softlaunch" of UFB, ring them up and ask you may be surprised

kendog

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#890550 5-Sep-2013 19:35

I rang vodafone a couple of weeks ago, being in the same situation (fibre outside, offeres from other providers)
I was told they would call back, as the have started rolling out to customers that had registered interest.

Two days ago they rang me.

They don't offer the sky tv bundle yet, so that is going to cost more going to sky directly.
$65 80gb 30/10
$79 150gb 30/10
Both those prices are after a $30 discount for having a vodafone cell contract.
$30 more for the 100/50 plans with same data.

Our install is booked for next Friday.

InstallerUFB

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#890557 5-Sep-2013 19:50

We have gotten the first UFB install requests from VF (not trials) in Palmerston North for next week - its on

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theobrandt

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#890614 5-Sep-2013 20:49

interesting stuff. thanks. I had called them today, and their answers had been less encouraging.

still, ,sounds worth waiting a bit longer.

cheers

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#890727 6-Sep-2013 08:32

Given the ongoing routing problems (to Cloudflare in Sydney via somewhere in Asia) I may try Snap.

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#890729 6-Sep-2013 08:38

timmmay: Given the ongoing routing problems (to Cloudflare in Sydney via somewhere in Asia) I may try Snap.

FYI this is outside of the Vodafone NZ network the up stream provider is looking into this

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#890731 6-Sep-2013 08:39

Good to know, but it's been happening for a long time. Perhaps Vodafone knowing they may lose customers because of it is motivation to kick the provider into getting things working.

theobrandt

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#890797 6-Sep-2013 11:02

Hi JohnR
you'll note that there is some conflicting info in the thread. I got a vague answer from VF support as to when the launch is, but a couple of people have said it has been soft launched and genuine installs have started. Any intel from you on this? cheers Theo