New Vodafone plans for fixed wireless broadband

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#265455 22-Jan-2020 13:35

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Vodafone New Zealand is today launching ginormous data packages for wireless broadband customers nationwide, with 300GB and 600GB commercial packages on sale now and selected customers invited to participate in a trial of 1 terabyte (1TB) worth of data a month.

The 300GB plans are available for $73/month and 600GB plans for $83/month – while thousands of existing Vodafone wireless broadband customers will be offered the ability to trial a 1TB plan while paying the same as a lower data cap.

Carolyn Luey, Consumer Director, says: “We know Kiwis are consuming more and more data and it’s only set to increase further with the advent of 5G. Data usage over Christmas and New Year’s 2019 peaked at more than 35% higher than the same period last year – and we know from international experience that high data limits are what many consumers are wanting, offering them even more bang for their buck.

“We’re offering these ginormous data plans for wireless broadband customers around New Zealand to access via 4G now – with a view to building out our 5G fixed wireless plans, which will launch later in 2020 as more 5G broadband devices become available.

“We’re inviting thousands of current Vodafone customers the option now to trial much higher limits, so we can continue to understand how data usage is evolving and how their data needs can be met. And 1TB is a lot of data – you’d need to send 7.14 billion tweets a month to use that much data!

“Ultimately, as the world goes increasingly wireless and as 5G becomes more prevalent we believe up to a quarter of our broadband customers could be using fixed-wireless connections in the next 3-5 years – so we’re looking to ensure our products and offering meets that demand.”

The 300GB and 600GB wireless broadband plans are available to new and existing Vodafone customers in the three main cities (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch) as well as most parts of urban regional centres – including Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin, Queenstown, Palmerston North, Napier, New Plymouth and Rotorua.

To find out more, please visit: www.vodafone.co.nz/home-wireless-broadband

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#2404582 22-Jan-2020 13:46

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

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#2404592 22-Jan-2020 13:56

l43a2:

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

a Fibre access tail costs money. a Wireless connection funds a cell network that has multiple uses.

plus JP knows how well wireless is for us :)

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#2404596 22-Jan-2020 14:06

hio77:

l43a2:

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

a Fibre access tail costs money. a Wireless connection funds a cell network that has multiple uses.

I.E. the provider avoids the 'Chorus Tax' - or 'UFF Tax' or 'Enable Tax' if you're in a non-Chorus area.
The money they don't pay Chorus / UFF / Enable is more than enough to pay for the small additional fixed infrastructure cost.

Also, provided that there's a decent traffic prioritisation scheme on place, fixed broadband traffic 'fills in gaps' up to a fairly high congestion level, so the traffic is from the provider's point of view, close to free (as in beer, not as in liberty)

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#2404641 22-Jan-2020 14:21

Plus for many people it’s a lot cleaner and simpler - so much consumer kit comes with wifi built in now, there’s no need for extensive training Ethernet wires in the house or fitouts to older properties.

streaming tv seems to be pretty good over wireless too.

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#2404674 22-Jan-2020 14:57

It's also good for people with uncooperative neighbours or landlords who insist on blocking fibre installations.

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#2404696 22-Jan-2020 15:15

hio77:

l43a2:

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

a Fibre access tail costs money. a Wireless connection funds a cell network that has multiple uses.

plus JP knows how well wireless is for us :)

Would prob explain why I can see an offer of Gig Speed Cable (HFC) on their website for $73/month, great when they don't have to pay Chorus anything

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#2404708 22-Jan-2020 15:25

Sounds good. Will this be available to existing RBI customers?

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#2404749 22-Jan-2020 16:16

abmay:

Sounds good. Will this be available to existing RBI customers?

It's not.

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#2404750 22-Jan-2020 16:17

DjShadow:

hio77:

l43a2:

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

a Fibre access tail costs money. a Wireless connection funds a cell network that has multiple uses.

plus JP knows how well wireless is for us :)

Would prob explain why I can see an offer of Gig Speed Cable (HFC) on their website for $73/month, great when they don't have to pay Chorus anything

Same reason many of these products match their fixed counterparts (or with a minor discount).

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#2405135 23-Jan-2020 08:46

hio77:

abmay:

Sounds good. Will this be available to existing RBI customers?

It's not.

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#2405497 23-Jan-2020 19:49

Hopefully Vodafone customers using 4G Rural Broadband connections can be included on these price drops ASAP.

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#2405500 23-Jan-2020 19:58

Lets hope.

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#2405515 23-Jan-2020 20:33

Also hope their unlimited plan can be more like 2degree's one (tethering allowed and no limitation on youtube pic qual) since this gives the impression they have capacity to burn

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#2412645 4-Feb-2020 20:00

I signed up last week. Been using it for a few days.

I was 500 metres outside the VDSL rollout (despite our house being between a school on fibre and the cut-off address).

We only had access to ADSL1 and I was maxing 6mbps speeds with frequent speed pauses and needed to reboot the modem most days.

We couldn't run two different video streaming services at the same time.

My brother-in-law had a gander at the phone pit when he was over (He works for Telstra in Australia) and said that the wiring was a type they stopped using in the late 60's!

The Vodafone website said that 4G wireless wasn't available at my address, but decided to ring as we are a rural delivery address and thought that might be the problem.

Surprise, surprise, we could get it and I got 600GB plan for the 300gb plan price. Now paying $10 less a month than the old ADSL plan.

Speed maxes out at around 45mbps, so I'm ecstatic with the new speeds. Haven't had to reboot the modem in the few days we have had the wireless modem..

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#2412654 4-Feb-2020 20:21

l43a2:

i don't understand the huge push for bigger fixed wireless broadband caps in areas with near-complete fibre rollouts.

Near complete is the key. Up here in Whangarei, there are tons of flash lifestyle blocks going up 5-10 minutes out of town - outside the range of the fibre rollout, but with a lot of spare income to spend on this type of thing. I suspect it will do very well.

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