Spark and Skinny 240GB Wireless Broadband plan

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#1991763 9-Apr-2018 07:02

hio77:

PhantomNVD:
hio77:

PhantomNVD: And how can I learn if the planned deployment includes my address?
Is there a web link to the deployment map yet?

You can check the site now to see if your currently supported.

mapping I'm not sure on at this stage.

Yep, I’m currently a SkinnyBB 4G subscriber on the 120Gb plan, just keen to see if I’ll be in the 240Gb ‘limited’ map area too ☺️

Flick me the address, i'll dig :)

I'd like to know too, on behalf of a client who for 5 years has been connected to a cabinet 6km away. Currently syncing @2mbps.

Nobody told her she lives in the middle of a 4G area. :D

Sad, but also kind of funny at the same time... :P

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#1991882 9-Apr-2018 10:27

sonyxperiageek:

So why is Spark's wireless broadband plan $31 more expensive than Skinny's? Lightbox is worth $12.99 a month, and on Spark's website, the 1GB WiFi offer is "free".

valueadds still do add up in other places.

in some places skinny won't be there that spark is.

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#1992971 10-Apr-2018 20:56

Pumpedd:

What would the ping be like to say Sydney and also LA?

Fibre is approx. 40 and 180

I get 26ms to Sydney on Gig Fibre. 40ms seems very high.

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#1993039 10-Apr-2018 22:41

(Spark) Love how Rural Wireless customers pay an extra $65 ($155 vs $89) for the same service and same 240GB cap!

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#1993064 11-Apr-2018 05:36

firefuze:

(Spark) Love how Rural Wireless customers pay an extra $65 ($155 vs $89) for the same service and same 240GB cap!

how we rural people really get screwed over ,first they dont want to upgrade the exchanges ....then we pay higher prices

i ve been on sparks 240gb plan for a year now and out of contract , might switch to skinny if its way cheaper

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#1993066 11-Apr-2018 06:48

I guess it comes down to density

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#1993083 11-Apr-2018 08:20

hio77:

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jonb:

Cheaper than my 50/10 unlimited Spark Fibre and my usage for last 3 months has been under 200GB..

Difference is you'll get good speeds 24/7 whereas I imagine wireless would be variable depending on cellsite load?

Yes. For your average joe that uses say 180GB a month, this fits perfectly though. They don't need to go through the hassle of a fibre installation and honestly, for a mobile based connection it's a solid price.

in an area that we have 3CA live, It's also a solid preforming product! mitigating the issue of say, being close to the tower and hanging onto L700 which may be being heavily used by a customer far further from the tower.

And If you run out of data you can just re-buy and thereby shift the billing end period forward... is that correct?

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#1994085 11-Apr-2018 09:20

kryptonjohn:
hio77:

nas:

jonb:

Cheaper than my 50/10 unlimited Spark Fibre and my usage for last 3 months has been under 200GB..

Difference is you'll get good speeds 24/7 whereas I imagine wireless would be variable depending on cellsite load?

Yes. For your average joe that uses say 180GB a month, this fits perfectly though. They don't need to go through the hassle of a fibre installation and honestly, for a mobile based connection it's a solid price.

in an area that we have 3CA live, It's also a solid preforming product! mitigating the issue of say, being close to the tower and hanging onto L700 which may be being heavily used by a customer far further from the tower.

And If you run out of data you can just re-buy and thereby shift the billing end period forward... is that correct?

On skinny yes.

Spark is a little different

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#1994088 11-Apr-2018 09:24

firefuze:
(Spark) Love how Rural Wireless customers pay an extra $65 ($155 vs $89) for the same service and same 240GB cap!

Remember the 240gb rural plan has been out for months ontop of this plan.

Idea behind this is using the excess bandwidth where a better plan doesn't affect network much. Especially with the new modem.

For rural areas often the closer to the tower bits are defined as urban.
Further out you get to where only L700 goes. Or very limited L1800 so feasability isn't a 1:1 equal here.

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#1994138 11-Apr-2018 10:07

hio77:
firefuze:
(Spark) Love how Rural Wireless customers pay an extra $65 ($155 vs $89) for the same service and same 240GB cap!

Remember the 240gb rural plan has been out for months ontop of this plan.

Idea behind this is using the excess bandwidth where a better plan doesn't affect network much. Especially with the new modem.

For rural areas often the closer to the tower bits are defined as urban.
Further out you get to where only L700 goes. Or very limited L1800 so feasability isn't a 1:1 equal here.

That's a hard arguments....I dont think there's hundreds of people switching bandwidth/using when the rural population virtually stays the same basically they can't be bothered upgrading ,comes down to simple neglect and money

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#1994194 11-Apr-2018 11:25

cokeman2:

That's a hard arguments....I dont think there's hundreds of people switching bandwidth/using when the rural population virtually stays the same basically they can't be bothered upgrading ,comes down to simple neglect and money

Remember i don't answer for Product decisions so i can only simply advise with as much accuracy as possible.

I'm also a Rural user, i don't disagree with things being a hard sell.

However facts are; if we look at most 'Rural' WBB Customers, they all share Just L700 Which has the least amount of bandwidth available to share.

if we compare to where this Ultra Wireless broadband product is available, there we have L700, L1800 and often up to multiple L2300/2600 Carriers. (Remember 240GB plan isn't available everywhere for Urban users too.)

i suspect the price for the 240GB Rural product may come down, but that's not within my area to even speculate on so much.

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#1994198 11-Apr-2018 11:28

hio77:
kryptonjohn:

hio77:

nas:

jonb:

Cheaper than my 50/10 unlimited Spark Fibre and my usage for last 3 months has been under 200GB..

Difference is you'll get good speeds 24/7 whereas I imagine wireless would be variable depending on cellsite load?

Yes. For your average joe that uses say 180GB a month, this fits perfectly though. They don't need to go through the hassle of a fibre installation and honestly, for a mobile based connection it's a solid price.

in an area that we have 3CA live, It's also a solid preforming product! mitigating the issue of say, being close to the tower and hanging onto L700 which may be being heavily used by a customer far further from the tower.

And If you run out of data you can just re-buy and thereby shift the billing end period forward... is that correct?

On skinny yes.

Spark is a little different

Thanks, this is perfect.

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#1995846 14-Apr-2018 05:44

looks like there a unlimted wireless plan out even thou on 3G (a bit costly thou)... i been on a un limited 3G wireless plan for over a year now

works quite good not really good for gaming ,but for netflix etc works good ive had 3 people in my household streaming at once still hold ups

and even in 4k on netflix

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#1996641 15-Apr-2018 21:34

cokeman2:

looks like there a unlimted wireless plan out even thou on 3G (a bit costly thou)... i been on a un limited 3G wireless plan for over a year now

works quite good not really good for gaming ,but for netflix etc works good ive had 3 people in my household streaming at once still hold ups

and even in 4k on netflix

https://ruralwireless.nz/rbi-unlimited/

i still really don't agree with vodafone offering this plan on wholesale.

The risk to the network performance simply is far too high.

Unfortunately for them, RBI agreement also boxes them in from making too many performance decisions.

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#2006814 3-May-2018 00:27

I've been using Skinny 4G BB for the last few months while I wait for Fibre to get laid at my new place. Honestly, it's not bad and the signup and onboarding was super simple, no wonder it's such a hit. I've now got the option to change to the 240GB plan - might just renew to that soon so I can watch some HD content again...

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