My 81yr old mother recently widowed got talked into changing to Slingshot from Telecom by a cold caller. She had been Xtra/Telecom subscriber for many years and had up graded to broadband about two years ago.
Apart from the big problems getting Slingshot to work on her Windows 7 laptop (the Slingshot rep was working off XP) the real kicker was a final bill from Telecom where she was charged $178 for the "free" broadband modem she got as she was 12 days shy of the two years that the Telecom broadband contract required her to have so as not be charged for the "free" modem.
Of course it never crossed her mind two years ago that the "free" modem was not actually "free".
Slingshot of course neglected to mention there might be some fishhooks leaving Telecom.
All perfectly legal no doubt.
Any thoughts on whether it is worth pursuing the issue with Telecom (pro-rata cost?) and how to do so. After spending countless time waiting on call centers she is loathe to go that route.