Vodafone Static IP Address Costs

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#268061 26-Feb-2020 11:23

Hey there guys,

Pretty confused here, I had enquired with Vodafone (our current ISP) about the cost of a static IP address,... I have been given 3 prices,... firstly on chat I was advised it was $8.88+GST per month, then I received an email stating the cost would be $20+GST (it didn't say monthly or just one off,...) so I googled it and pricing is $4.99 per month.... so I contacted them again via chat and they have advised it was $20 per month... which seems a bit expensive given Spark and a couple of others offer it for FREE.

I'm happy to pay $4.99 which also shows on www.broadbandcompare.co.nz but not $20p/m.... does anyone know exactly what the costs are?

Also we are moving from a VDSL connection to Fibre next month so can you have a Static IP address on Fibre,.. and if I was to order one now would that affect our Fibre Install in a couple of months?

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Ben

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#2427390 26-Feb-2020 12:12

When I was with them a few years ago, it was $20 per month. Most ISP's offer it at a one off cost (Around $50). Ive had statics with Voyager and Bigpipe with just the one off fee.

$8.88 appears to be if you are on a business plan.

I doubt Spark etc are offering it free on a consumer plan - business grade plan maybe.

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#2427414 26-Feb-2020 12:32

I'm with Spark. They charge me $15.00 a month for a static IP.

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#2427734 26-Feb-2020 20:54

Dulouz:

I'm with Spark. They charge me $15.00 a month for a static IP.

Likewise - was free on some old plans back in the day

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#2427740 26-Feb-2020 21:05

Paradise static IP addresses used to be free - I certainly remember all cable users got one for free as well.

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#2428080 27-Feb-2020 10:25

quickymart:

Paradise static IP addresses used to be free - I certainly remember all cable users got one for free as well.

When I was on TelstraClear/Vodafone HFC back in 2013, a static IP was the only option, now it is DHCP

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#2428110 27-Feb-2020 11:10

nztim:

quickymart:

Paradise static IP addresses used to be free - I certainly remember all cable users got one for free as well.

When I was on TelstraClear/Vodafone HFC back in 2013, a static IP was the only option, now it is DHCP

Yeah took them a few years to work out how to setup the DHCP server.........................seems nothing has changed.

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#2428121 27-Feb-2020 11:23

cyril7:

Yeah took them a few years to work out how to setup the DHCP server.........................seems nothing has changed.

Cyril

In all fairness that probably backdates to TelstraClear/Saturn days

Vodafone have been doing DHCP on VDSL and Fibre since day dot, only recently (last few years) on HFC - thing is if you move from HFC to Fibre/VDSL or Vice Versa one is VLAN10 tagged the other is not so its a router config change, not a seamless change

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#2428123 27-Feb-2020 11:26

nztim:

In all fairness that probably backdates to TelstraClear/Saturn days

Vodafone have been doing DHCP on VDSL and Fibre since day dot, only recently (last few years) on HFC - thing is if you move from HFC to Fibre/VDSL or Vice Versa one is VLAN10 tagged the other is not so its a router config change, not a seamless change

Very true, my comment referred to my cynical view of the HFC network as operated back then, it seemed very much an amateur affair.

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#2428126 27-Feb-2020 11:32

cyril7:

nztim:

In all fairness that probably backdates to TelstraClear/Saturn days

Vodafone have been doing DHCP on VDSL and Fibre since day dot, only recently (last few years) on HFC - thing is if you move from HFC to Fibre/VDSL or Vice Versa one is VLAN10 tagged the other is not so its a router config change, not a seamless change

Very true, my comment referred to my cynical view of the HFC network as operated back then, it seemed very much an amateur affair.

Cyril

True, had several 4+ hour outages in the 2010-2013 era HOWEVER I had 130/50 while the rest of the country was on ADSL2+ :) that was a major bragging rights back then!

Then I brought a house outside the HFC area and had to go back to ADSL2+ until fibre was available

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