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Rushmere

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#3251709 21-Jun-2024 16:38

quickymart:

That is quite a jump, and it doesn't seem like that long ago the price was increased.

I'd be okay about changing providers, but last time I did that (from Spark to Voyager) things went south with the latter after about 1.5 months. In this day and age of working from home I can't really afford to have a connection simply not work. Yes, Voyager were very helpful trying to sort it, but it was still a lot of hassle that I could have done without. Plus what router do they use these days? Is it still the Huawei one?

I’m also a bit hesitant about switching suppliers because I depend on my connection for work too.

However, I’ve switched backwards and forwards between Skinny and Spark a few times now, and it’s always been hassle free, maybe because they’re both the same company. I presume it’s more of an administrative switchover than a technical one?

Aucklandjafa

395 posts

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#3251714 21-Jun-2024 17:11

Rushmere:
quickymart:

That is quite a jump, and it doesn't seem like that long ago the price was increased.

I'd be okay about changing providers, but last time I did that (from Spark to Voyager) things went south with the latter after about 1.5 months. In this day and age of working from home I can't really afford to have a connection simply not work. Yes, Voyager were very helpful trying to sort it, but it was still a lot of hassle that I could have done without. Plus what router do they use these days? Is it still the Huawei one?

I’m also a bit hesitant about switching suppliers because I depend on my connection for work too.

However, I’ve switched backwards and forwards between Skinny and Spark a few times now, and it’s always been hassle free, maybe because they’re both the same company. I presume it’s more of an administrative switchover than a technical one?

I just did too. Pretty easy. Gave spark 30 days notice then asked Skinny to activate my connection the day before on the second port.

quickymart

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#3251716 21-Jun-2024 17:14

I think if I was going to change to anyone again it would probably be Voyager (support the underdog), but I'm just a bit hesitant given the issues I had last time.

Goosey

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#3251816 22-Jun-2024 08:37

nztim:

yitz:

Dunno about that - there's an increasing number of people hitting the 15 GB threshold they may find themselves in the same situation of needing to pay with Outlook/Gmail...

Mailboxes shouldn't be permanent storage, 15GB is plenty

how do you suggest everyone saves email?

obviously those with a desktop application can usually copy a whole email and paste it into a local drive or otherwise folder….BUT theres an increasingly a large amount of people using the likes of tablets and phones for email and you cant do that with ease….

even attaching emails within mobile mail applications cant be done….

alasta

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#3251871 22-Jun-2024 12:39

Goosey:

nztim:

Mailboxes shouldn't be permanent storage, 15GB is plenty

how do you suggest everyone saves email?

obviously those with a desktop application can usually copy a whole email and paste it into a local drive or otherwise folder….BUT theres an increasingly a large amount of people using the likes of tablets and phones for email and you cant do that with ease….

I have huge volumes of emails carefully arranged into a hierarchy of folders, and I often need to refer back to old emails. I dread to think how I would manage this if I had a significant limitation in storage space.

jat80

240 posts

Master Geek

#3253158 25-Jun-2024 20:06

No surprise but Bigpipe have increased there prices as well. I’m on the ultrafast elite plan and it’s going up by $5 from $109 to $114 a month as of the 1st of August.

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