nzpossum: Much of youtube is probably cached locally

shiroshadows:

As I have said before. If they breach the law, which they have pretty much have done
Then the law overrides their T&Cs regardless of what we agreed too

nzpossum: There must be something in the Consumer Guarantees Act or contract law that says you can't violate your T&S. I am going to call the Commerce Commission to see if they have had any other complaints and encourage everyone to do the same.

crazed:

shiroshadows:

As I have said before. If they breach the law, which they have pretty much have done
Then the law overrides their T&Cs regardless of what we agreed too

Yes the Law of the Land overrides the T&C's, but how have they broken the law?

shadybrothers:
Are there any ISP's in New Zealand that do not have ANY issues surrounding their broadband? 

shiroshadows:

crazed:

shiroshadows:

As I have said before. If they breach the law, which they have pretty much have done
Then the law overrides their T&Cs regardless of what we agreed too

Yes the Law of the Land overrides the T&C's, but how have they broken the law?

Well I've already quoted one section of the Consumer Guarantees Act and someone else has quoted a couple other sections in the CGA and Fair Trading Act...
Go back a look for yourself

garvani: I signed up with telecom on a 12month contract. It is $199 for me to break it . If it wasnt so steep i would have already.

sbiddle:

shadybrothers:
Are there any ISP's in New Zealand that do not have ANY issues surrounding their broadband? 

Plenty. The issue comes down to how much you're willing to pay.

If you're with a fibre provider you can get guaranteed bandwidth, such as 4Mbps pipe with a 20GB cap for probably somewhere in the vicinity of $500 per month. Likewise you could probably get an ADSL provider to guarantee 1Mbps performance with unlimited data for a similar amount.

shadybrothers:

sbiddle:

shadybrothers:
Are there any ISP's in New Zealand that do not have ANY issues surrounding their broadband? 

Plenty. The issue comes down to how much you're willing to pay.

If you're with a fibre provider you can get guaranteed bandwidth, such as 4Mbps pipe with a 20GB cap for probably somewhere in the vicinity of $500 per month. Likewise you could probably get an ADSL provider to guarantee 1Mbps performance with unlimited data for a similar amount.

Kind of a shame really, this plan used to be great for our households needs, the great part was the phone + broadband bundle for a great price.

To switch ISP I will require $199 to break with Telecom, keep my existing phone line (not sure how much this costs monthly) and around $89.95 - $99.95 per month for a plan with a 60GB allowance.

Starts to get a tad pricey.

I do hope that Telecom can find some middle ground with their experiment as this was a great plan for months.