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#249311 5-May-2019 14:10

Skinny appears to have quietly released an unlimited data plan for $79!

No further details could be seen as it is not yet showing on their

No details yet on tethering or caps.

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#2231157 5-May-2019 14:12

@skinnysquad may be able to assist in the details.

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#2231159 5-May-2019 14:15

Nothing on their website which gives me the feeling of this came out a day too early

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#2231237 5-May-2019 16:53

It says 0 NZ data though? :P

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#2231761 6-May-2019 16:33

Sorry about that.

The team have been playing around with a few things and testing app behaviour; and accidentally released it into production.

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#2231900 6-May-2019 19:41

So it will be a plan????, considering Sparks unlimited plan is the same price will Skinny allow tethering for free?

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#2232748 8-May-2019 10:38

I noticed that in the new iOS update notes for the skinny app they said “updated plan details”

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#2233430 9-May-2019 04:13

GSManiac: I noticed that in the new iOS update notes for the skinny app they said “updated plan details”

Yep, I had a look, and terms and conditions on web page.

$77 unlimited, slow down after 40 GB. Hot spotting and tethering allowed.

Data binge, gifting and roll over not available on plan.

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#2234256 10-May-2019 09:08

Its really starting to irk me that the Skinny plans are getting far superior to Spark's own mobile plans

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#2234259 10-May-2019 09:10

DjShadow:
Its really starting to irk me that the Skinny plans are getting far superior to Spark's own mobile plans

Simple fix change to Skinny

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#2240488 18-May-2019 12:49

Nice new plan :)

Quick question I note there is no slowdown speed stated on the website once the 40gb has been hit that I can see.

Is it based around prioritization based on the cell site load or a specific speed like voda/2degrees?

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#2240490 18-May-2019 12:52

Slow down is to 1Mbp/s not sure about uplink speed

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#2240492 18-May-2019 13:03

Linux: Slow down is to 1Mbp/s not sure about uplink speed

Thanks for the reply Linux couldn't see that in the T and Cs or are you in the know :)

https://www.skinny.co.nz/skinny-terms/#77Unlimited

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#2240502 18-May-2019 13:26

Dreamerz:
Linux: Slow down is to 1Mbp/s not sure about uplink speed

Thanks for the reply Linux couldn't see that in the T and Cs or are you in the know :)

https://www.skinny.co.nz/skinny-terms/#77Unlimited

Educated guess

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#2240552 18-May-2019 14:36

Linux: Slow down is to 1Mbp/s not sure about uplink speed

Slightly more so real world is about 1mbit.unlike vf :)

It's exactly the same network config as spark unlimited.

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#2240556 18-May-2019 14:51

hio77:
Linux: Slow down is to 1Mbp/s not sure about uplink speed

Slightly more so real world is about 1mbit.unlike vf :)

It's exactly the same network config as spark unlimited.

@hio77 Sorry 1.2Mbp/s then

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