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#3303447 30-Oct-2024 23:04

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Looks good, I wonder if Vodafone/One will do anything by comparison?

From the looks of it, the $45 plan is basically the same, and One's Unlimited plan is $5 cheaper (there is a slight difference in international calling minutes), but it's the intermediate plans (especially the $65 plan) where Spark is better? Unless I've missed an obvious difference that is.

My current Vodafone plan is $65 for 15GB, so yes, this offering from Spark (same price for 75GB) is far, far better.

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#3303490 31-Oct-2024 08:09

For me the drip drip drip of regular price increases (sometimes hidden as "your plan is changing") over the last few years means I'm now paying almost three times as much as I was when I signed up for Spark (285% to be precise). Leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Time to look at a new provider I think.

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#3303494 31-Oct-2024 08:25

Switching from lemon to lime just feels different for a short time.

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#3303499 31-Oct-2024 08:39

@TehFlak: Good change, apart from the fact they are no longer offering low usage pay monthly plans, and have grand fathered the $15 rollover and the $27 rollover, so cheapest is now the $45 endless.

Remember, Spark also own https://skinny.co.nz and I would say they're pushing you over there now. Looks like they've gone up too.

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#3303508 31-Oct-2024 09:04

Bung:

Switching from lemon to lime just feels different for a short time.

That's true, however as part of the cycle of plan deprecation and forced migration I've ended up with about ten times as much data quota as I actually use, so it's a good opportunity to downgrade the plan too.

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#3303646 31-Oct-2024 10:28

Today's email from Spark is the news that our 3GB rollover plans also go up $5 and become 4GB plans. I not sure if there's any point to a rollover plan now but there's bound to be a catch switching plans.

Edit looks like endless 5GB would add Aus mins and Texts but increase Spotify price.

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#3303659 31-Oct-2024 10:59

michaelmurfy:

@TehFlak: Good change, apart from the fact they are no longer offering low usage pay monthly plans, and have grand fathered the $15 rollover and the $27 rollover, so cheapest is now the $45 endless.

Remember, Spark also own https://skinny.co.nz and I would say they're pushing you over there now. Looks like they've gone up too.

Skinny hasn’t gone up recently, maybe to come. There was a slight price increase about 1 year ago from memory. $16 one went to $17, $36 one went to $40.

Recently they upped the data at no extra cost, the $27 plan went from 2.5GB, to 4GB. Think was done in last 3 months or so.

Think $17 plan went from 1.25 to 1.5 GB. Thanks to increase in $27 one I’ve been able to switch to $17 one to use accumulated roll over data :)

The $40 endless one now give 10Gb at full speed which I think is quite a big increase on previous full speed data.

The link above is $50 for 20GB full speed data once full price being paid.

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#3303673 31-Oct-2024 11:40

Bung:
Today's email from Spark is the news that our 3GB rollover plans also go up $5 and become 4GB plans. I not sure if there's any point to a rollover plan now but there's bound to be a catch switching plans.

Edit looks like endless 5GB would add Aus mins and Texts but increase Spotify price.

Their entry endless plan has always had unlimited aus mins/texts, it was the rollover plan that was NZ only