Spark fibre plans - nothing between 100/20 and 900/400?

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#273205 10-Aug-2020 11:49

Was toying with the idea of upgrading my plan from 100/20 to something with a little faster upload, but according to the website there's only that or 900/400 (which is way over the time for my needs) on the current 'unplan' plan. Is this right, or are there other options that they don't advertise on the website?

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#2537812 10-Aug-2020 12:01

Yup, 200mbit plans were removed. what was being sold was the consumer 200/20 plan not 200/200 so you wouldn't have seen a jump in upstream.

There really is very little pricing different between max and 200mbit, so it's a trend that seems to be happening more in market. i Can't speak to exactly sparks reasons.

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#2537820 10-Aug-2020 12:05

hio77:

Yup, 200mbit plans were removed. what was being sold was the consumer 200/20 plan not 200/200 so you wouldn't have seen a jump in upstream.

There really is very little pricing different between max and 200mbit, so it's a trend that seems to be happening more in market. i Can't speak to exactly sparks reasons.

I would love to have 100/50 back.

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#2537827 10-Aug-2020 12:16

steve98:

hio77:

Yup, 200mbit plans were removed. what was being sold was the consumer 200/20 plan not 200/200 so you wouldn't have seen a jump in upstream.

There really is very little pricing different between max and 200mbit, so it's a trend that seems to be happening more in market. i Can't speak to exactly sparks reasons.

I would love to have 100/50 back.

Maybe our LFC friends could bring that back for a good price ;)

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#2537840 10-Aug-2020 12:27

I would love to have 100/50 back.

Im still running on the original 100/50 Plan. I was one of the original triallists for fibre back then and was on this plan originally. I was able to stay on it once they dropped the Up speeds to 20. I think i have to pay a small price premium to keep it? Ill check.

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#2538003 10-Aug-2020 15:56

Bigpipe 100/100 is a nice cosy fit for those who don't need gig

However some pencil sharpening might be needed with 2degrees offering gig for $75, $85 with static

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