Skinny fibre broadband , extra $10 off if you have skinny mobile!

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surfisup1000

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#302329 15-Nov-2022 11:58

Towards end of last year I signed up with skinny fibre max speed unlimited data, on a 1 year contract -- deal was 6 months free , then 6 months @ $98 / month.

A little while ago Skinny dropped the monthly price to $90 -- awesome.

Today I saw on their website there is a $10 discount if you have skinny mobile (selected plans) . Opened their chat, and it was done in a few minutes.

In the last year or so, I've had 6 months free data, and two price reductions from $98 down to $80/month.

How do these guys make money? Crazy people.

Spyware

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#2996507 15-Nov-2022 12:00

Us Spark customers subsidize the Skinny business. My monthly Spark bill is $155 or so.

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surfisup1000

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#2996650 15-Nov-2022 13:44

Spyware:

Us Spark customers subsidize the Skinny business. My monthly Spark bill is $155 or so.

I appreciate your help!

wratterus

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#2996655 15-Nov-2022 13:54

Yeah it's crazy - they also dropped the 300/100 plan by $3 a month - I was expecting it to go up! Extremely good value for money.

panther2

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#2996672 15-Nov-2022 14:30

I've found skinny did 0 for existing customers and only offered these deals to new customers

wratterus

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#2996673 15-Nov-2022 14:35

I just messaged them & they applied the $10 discount for having mobile plan with them, and the $3 discount was automatically applied.

Or course they are not going to offer x months free for existing customers - those are only joining deals.

Valcor

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#2997647 17-Nov-2022 23:45

Yeah, now that my contract is ending i am looking at moving so I can come back to skinny at some point when they have a great deal.

I got the 6 month free internet for the 900mbps plan, but switched back down to 300mb when the billing started because I didn't really need the higher plan.

I see you have to not be a customer with them for at least 3 months to be eligible for their new customers deals later.

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outdoorsnz

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#2997838 18-Nov-2022 10:50

I thought the $10 off only applied to the wireless broadband plan, but correct me if I have this wrong, now applies to the $26 and over mobile plan and any broadband plan?

I'm on the fibre 300/100 plan. $75 per month. I find it confusing how they are now advertising this plan as * average download speed of 322Mbps!

wratterus

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#2997844 18-Nov-2022 10:57

outdoorsnz:

I thought the $10 off only applied to the wireless broadband plan, but correct me if I have this wrong, now applies to the $26 and over mobile plan and any broadband plan?

I'm on the fibre 300/100 plan. $75 per month. I find it confusing how they are now advertising this plan as * average download speed of 322Mbps!

Yes and yes. Now applied on the Fibre plans too.

The plans are all over-provisioned, i guess to stop people complaining they are paying for 300 and only getting 292 due to overheads or whatever. I can't remember the actual provisioned speed - it's something like 335/115. So an average speed of 322 would be bang on.

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#2998068 18-Nov-2022 14:22

Plus their free data weekends all the way through to March next year is great! Even on their $16 pre-pay option.

Superb value for money in my eyes.