WOW! 40 GB more for $3 less than the old $55/60 GB plan!

Being just out of UFB and VDSL coverage starts to hurt a little less now....

NICE ONE SKINNY!  

Actually a really good deal - even if you are in a DSL/UFB area. $52 being your only monthly cost for broadband. I don't actually know what my monthly usage is, but I could probably get by on 100GB if I was a bit more aware (at the moment I don't care - left FanPass running all day on the Friday $5 deal for example).

Nice one (again) Skinny!

Just a heads up that we've made some changes to our Broadband plan today. We've dropped to one plan for 100GB, and also have shaved off $13. So our latest offering is

100GB for only $52 (was $65).

And nope, this is not a promo price. It'll be kicking around for a while.

Why the change? We are renowned for having super low prices, and when changes were made in the market recently, we felt we needed to make adjustments our end too. Over the last 7 months since launch we've been tweaking our strategy, and have landed on a single plan for now - and 100GB seems to be the amount of data our lower-data users want.

LivingSkinny:

 

Just a heads up that we've made some changes to our Broadband plan today. We've dropped to one plan for 100GB, and also have shaved off $13. So our latest offering is

 

100GB for only $52 (was $65).

 

And nope, this is not a promo price. It'll be kicking around for a while.

 

Why the change? We are renowned for having super low prices, and when changes were made in the market recently, we felt we needed to make adjustments our end too. Over the last 7 months since launch we've been tweaking our strategy, and have landed on a single plan for now - and 100GB seems to be the amount of data our lower-data users want.

 

Will there be a higher data plan option later? I would love a 500GB option so maybe 100GB base, 200GB the middle option then 500GB highest end offering?

But still, I'm very impressed.

Skinny, the gift that keeps on giving!

This is a great deal, thanks Skinny!    While fiber would be faster what Skinny is providing is plenty fast enough for me.     Skinny is giving me speeds about six or seven times faster than what I was getting over bad copper wire ADSL.    And if I think of what dial-up meant in a rural area infested with electric fence noise, Skinny is insanely fast in comparison.     In that area most people had to enter some settings that would slow their dial-up modem to connect at 9.6, 14.4, or 28.8 instead of 56k.   Left to connect at 56k the modem could not cope with all the electric fence noise.    With Skinny  I can download in three seconds what would have taken an hour or even more using that bad dial-up connection.

amiga500:

 

This is a great deal, thanks Skinny!    While fiber would be faster what Skinny is providing is plenty fast enough for me.     Skinny is giving me speeds about six or seven times faster than what I was getting over bad copper wire ADSL.    And if I think of what dial-up meant in a rural area infested with electric fence noise, Skinny is insanely fast in comparison.     In that area most people had to enter some settings that would slow their dial-up modem to connect at 9.6, 14.4, or 28.8 instead of 56k.   Left to connect at 56k the modem could not cope with all the electric fence noise.    With Skinny  I can download in three seconds what would have taken an hour or even more using that bad dial-up connection.

 

Definitely. Same here. I'm also rural and the difference in speed is incredible. 

So why can't I get 100GB on my phone for $52?

ripdog:

 

So why can't I get 100GB on my phone for $52?

 

Tongue in cheek or serious?

"This video is private" on that page.... wtf

Firebreaker:

 

ripdog:

 

So why can't I get 100GB on my phone for $52?

 

 

Tongue in cheek or serious?

 

Serious. 4g is 4g, is it not?

@livingskinny

Looking at your website you are using CGNAT

I use VoIP at home, is there any chance we can change the APN to get an IP address or pay a little more for an IP address.

This is very attractive as we are still years away from UFB in our area and we have realy slow DSL as we are so far ffrom the exchange.

Cheers

John

ripdog:

 

So why can't I get 100GB on my phone for $52?

 

I believe it's because fixed mobile is a different product proposition. With fixed mobile, the provider is able to estimate reasonably accurately how much bandwidth they will require to provide service to you and other fixed users on the cell tower you're connecting to. The only variable they then have to deal with is the actual mobile phone customers, whose data usage is arguably not as intensive.

If the fixed mobile service were to go fully mobile, it is impossible for providers to know which cell tower you (and other customers) will be connecting on and therefore how much bandwidth to allow at any given time. They'd be forever having to shuffle huge amounts of bandwidth across different towers.

By restricting you to a set geographical location, they can better manage bandwidth requirements, and thus provide a better overall service to all usage types.

By the way, I don't work in the mobile space, so the above is just what I have heard. Somebody more closely aligned to the mobile space may be able to confirm what I have said (or shoot it down in flames)....

ripdog:

 

Firebreaker:

 

ripdog:

 

So why can't I get 100GB on my phone for $52?

 

 

Tongue in cheek or serious?

 

 

 

 

Serious. 4g is 4g, is it not?

 

When it's considered fixed line broadband, you're essentially only connecting to 1 cell site (or a known number of cell sites by your house).  Where on your phone, you're free to go wherever and use whatever cell site you're connected to at the time.  So, planning network infrastructure/data/routing all becomes a bit more easy.  Yes 4g is 4g, but being 'locked' to 1 area vs having data everywhere... 

All about capacity planning.  You (and all others on a 4g mobile plan) could potentially turn up at ANY cell-tower.  With 'fixed' mobile broadband, you have a known tower that you will connect to, allowing for careful provisioning of the available bandwidth

edit - tanivula and wb beat me to it :)

 A reasonable argument, but does that mean Spark is selectively upgrading towers or Skinny rejecting customers based on nearest tower? "Managing bandwidth" sounds nice but at the end of the day, surely your only tools are slowing some people down or increasing capacity...?