Slingshot: $59.95/Mo Unlimited 300/100 Fibre Broadband on 12-Month Term (+ Extra $5/Mo Modem Hire or BYO) @ Fast Connect

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#315314 2-Jul-2024 16:35

Original post: Cheapies

Post has since expired but Cheapos in the forum section have confirmed that it is still available.

Fill in the form at https://www.fastconnect.co.nz/connect/broadband
You'll received a phone call and follow-up email offering Slingshot FIBRE 300/100 Mbps for $59.95/mo (and some other more expensive options).

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#3256241 4-Jul-2024 13:55

Jumped on, thanks for the post.

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#3256246 4-Jul-2024 14:10

Does Slingshot give you an IPv4 address these days? Or are you hidden behind an NAT

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#3256272 4-Jul-2024 15:36

BadBadBadMonkey: Does Slingshot give you an IPv4 address these days? Or are you hidden behind an NAT

I don't know, but CG-NAT is the term you are referring to, I believe.

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#3256299 4-Jul-2024 17:53

BadBadBadMonkey: Does Slingshot give you an IPv4 address these days? Or are you hidden behind an NAT

@BadBadBadMonkey I'm with Slingshot, and I've got a very sticky IPV4 public address handed out via DHCP. It hasn't changed in the three years I've been with them. It's great. Saves having to fork out for a static IP which would be overkill for my requirements.

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#3256302 4-Jul-2024 17:56

networkn:
BadBadBadMonkey: Does Slingshot give you an IPv4 address these days? Or are you hidden behind an NAT

I don't know, but CG-NAT is the term you are referring to, I believe.

They do provide public IPv4

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#3258906 12-Jul-2024 17:12

Can someone on Slingshot provide some speedtest results please? Also if you could check file download speeds from the below links & OneDrive if possible? Thanks
https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04/ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso

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#3258909 12-Jul-2024 17:44

Testing that ISO download from One NZ (out of curiosity), can only achieve 250k a sec

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#3258976 12-Jul-2024 21:10

quebec:

Can someone on Slingshot provide some speedtest results please? Also if you could check file download speeds from the below links & OneDrive if possible? Thanks
https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04/ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso

Get about 250-330KB/s from that link, speedtests always get maxed although I'm only on a 300/100 plan so would expect that.

Don't really use OneDrive but found I had one smaller file in it and it hit a bit over 10MB/s before it finished but was increasing in speed over the course of the download.

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#3259112 13-Jul-2024 11:40

Seems quite a bit slower today than when I first tested 4 days ago. Saturday peak traffic? Tried a couple different testing servers to make sure. Bit disappointing actually.

OneDrive: Seems to vary. 1.5-8.5MB/s (seems faster for photos, maybe different servers, or cached?)
Your ISO link: 8.4MB/s (started slow for first 10 seconds or so at 250KB/S), downloaded ~500MB of it.