SaltyNZ: 1GB data - $20
2500 SMS - $10

=$30

langers1972: Guess that's what I get for living on the Kapiti Coast, good coverage out to sea though ;)

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SaltyNZ:

langers1972:

SaltyNZ: 
Well, you could spend $30 on 2degrees and get 1GB and 2500 SMS. That's been available now for, oh, since August last year give or take.

Am I missing something, how can you do this for $30 on prepay?

Edit

I see, $10 2500 txt pack and $20 1GB data. The only trouble with that is you've got to be in a 2degrees broadband zone which is patchy to say the least 

Well, it's getting less patchy by the day. This year we've added Hamilton, Tauranga, Hastings, Wanganui, Whangarei, and Palmerston North, with more to come both this year and next. Some of them aren't "officially" broadband zones yet, but as long as you are within the 2degrees coverage, it works.

ahmad: 
What about Dunedin? We've waited forever. 

graemeh:

SaltyNZ: 1GB data - $20
2500 SMS - $10

=$30

Don't forget to add in the 300 free texts you get for topping up $30 each month.

NonprayingMantis:

graemeh:

SaltyNZ: 1GB data - $20
2500 SMS - $10

=$30

Don't forget to add in the 300 free texts you get for topping up $30 each month.

do you?  I thought those top up bonus things had finished.

SaltyNZ:

eXDee: If theres something that can replace my current smartphone double plan (5000 texts, 480mb data for $28) then i'll happily change to it. 
Tis annoying that no one wants to cater to the $30 price point for smartphones, i want roughly 500mb of data, and perhaps a good few hundred texts (ideally 500+).

 

Well, you could spend $30 on 2degrees and get 1GB and 2500 SMS. That's been available now for, oh, since August last year give or take.

Last updated 19:53 27/05/2008

Vodafone has backed off a controversial decision to lock its mobile handsets under pressure from the Commerce Commission.

Telecommunications commissioner Ross Patterson told The Independent Financial Review he had expressed concern about Vodafone's "intentions". The mobile firm had said it would charge $50 to unlock new handsets from April if people wanted to shift to another mobile provider in New Zealand or use a provider other than Vodafone for overseas roaming.

ajw: I thought this issue was sorted out by the Commerce Commission and it was illegal and anti competitive to lock handsets.