Big Time plan end, Pro Broadband plan is recommended!!!

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142 posts

Master Geek

#366932 12-Aug-2010 19:55

Hi sep11guy,
I too am presently pondering Slingshot - but this,
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81 ,
is worrisome.

Cheers!

System

521 posts

Ultimate Geek

#366960 12-Aug-2010 21:22

Yes but what ISP dosn't have forum threads like that?

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sep11guy

660 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#366976 12-Aug-2010 22:20

Username01: Hi sep11guy,
I too am presently pondering Slingshot - but this,
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81 ,
is worrisome.

Cheers!

Hi User,

Yeah. Bigtime ends 2moro. I still have'nt done anything. the poor speeds i may get if i jump on sligshot worries me.

But if i stay with telecom I may get a ginormous bill for usage and thats even more worse.

So yeah, SO confused right now.

I need more dose of slingshot positive experiences to really make the move

raab

262 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#367020 13-Aug-2010 08:25

You pay for what you get..

cokeman2

919 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#367335 13-Aug-2010 19:31

big time ends on monday all users be switched over to capped plans , thanks for the email and letter telecom warning us the switch over date ....hey its telecom we do what we like,when we like ,no regards to customers

http://www.3news.co.nz/Telecoms-Big-Time-plan-comes-to-an-end/tabid/412/articleID/170356/Default.asp...

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Username01

142 posts

Master Geek

#367367 13-Aug-2010 21:14

Note that Slingshot's AllUCanEat will only be available to those users fortunate enough to be on Exchanges where Slingshot has unbundled the local loop. They do have expansion plans.
See http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/slingshot-offer-all-you-can-eat-internet-vodafone-get-naked-128175

NonprayingMantis

6434 posts

Uber Geek

#367427 14-Aug-2010 00:48

cokeman2: big time ends on monday all users be switched over to capped plans , thanks for the email and letter telecom warning us the switch over date ....hey its telecom we do what we like,when we like ,no regards to customers

http://www.3news.co.nz/Telecoms-Big-Time-plan-comes-to-an-end/tabid/412/articleID/170356/Default.asp...

slightly off topic, but that is some pretty shoddy reporting.

"It's not just uncapped internet that Telecom has introduced, then whisked away; in 2009 the company came under fire for cancelling its wildly popular unlimited $10 text plan."

$10 txt was $10 for 500 txts, not unlimited. it is removed because the CDMA network is closing down. XT offers 2500 txts for $12. Wish reporters would actually check things. It's almost as bad as the reporting in the Herald.

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antant

115 posts

Master Geek

#367689 14-Aug-2010 22:41

NonprayingMantis:

$10 txt was $10 for 500 txts, not unlimited.

from memory when $10 txt first first came out it was unlimited ... then some people started sending something like 5000 texts a month, so they changed it

e.g. "About 5 per cent of Telecom customers were text bombing and one of them sent 27,000 texts in a month. That would come with a retail value of $5400, said Kenrick."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3564277

Agree, it was a long time ago for Slingshot to be dragging it up ... but it was the case ... just goes to show, anything with the word unlimited gets abused by someone!

NonprayingMantis

6434 posts

Uber Geek

#367692 14-Aug-2010 22:50

antant:
NonprayingMantis:

$10 txt was $10 for 500 txts, not unlimited.

from memory when $10 txt first first came out it was unlimited ... then some people started sending something like 5000 texts a month, so they changed it

e.g. "About 5 per cent of Telecom customers were text bombing and one of them sent 27,000 texts in a month. That would come with a retail value of $5400, said Kenrick."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3564277

Agree, it was a long time ago for Slingshot to be dragging it up ... but it was the case ... just goes to show, anything with the word unlimited gets abused by someone!

yes, but the article said 'in 2009' unlimited $10TXT disapeared over 5 years ago.

Mooseboy

124 posts

Master Geek

#367708 15-Aug-2010 00:59

What happened to the date in October that we were given in the letter?

cokeman2

919 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#367722 15-Aug-2010 05:45

Mooseboy: What happened to the date in October that we were given in the letter?

i rang up telecom to confirm this , telecom said news to me its going end on monday ,....don't know where these news reporters get there stories from.....

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sam1234

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#367774 15-Aug-2010 11:26

So I just signed up with worldnet apparently $59.95 a month unlimited I will let you all know how it goes i had changed to the pro service with telecom and i went through half my allowance in 3 days!!! useless!!

cokeman2

919 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#367776 15-Aug-2010 11:33

sam1234: So I just signed up with worldnet apparently $59.95 a month unlimited I will let you all know how it goes i had changed to the pro service with telecom and i went through half my allowance in 3 days!!! useless!!

do tell us :) .... going jump either slings if i get in or worldnet

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NonprayingMantis

6434 posts

Uber Geek

#367838 15-Aug-2010 14:41

Mooseboy: What happened to the date in October that we were given in the letter?

the letter said "we will change you over before October 2010."

13th August 2010 is before October 2010

robbyp

1199 posts

Uber Geek

#367844 15-Aug-2010 14:58

You pay for what you get. Unlimited will be limited in some way, as is not sustainable for any ISP to offer real unlimited plans, as you will always get those customers who will 'pig themselves'. You see at those all you can eat restaurants, people filling up their plates to the maximum. I pay per GB, which I think is the fairest way, and I see that ISPs in the US are now moving that way too. $1 per GB isn't too much to pay.

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