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#295478 31-Mar-2022 19:38
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Was disappointed to see this come through but nevertheless, communicated well. 
Nice to see that they limit the price increase to the first companion (I have 6 across 2x plans)... and existing discounts are preserved. 

 




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  #2894965 31-Mar-2022 21:13
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I don't have this plan personally, but how much is the increase per month?



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  #2894966 31-Mar-2022 21:23
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$30 -> $35 for the companions. No changes to the primary Endless data plan themselves. 

 

For me - Keeping the existing discounts and only applying the increased price to 1 of 3 companions still makes Vodafone a very compelling offer from a pricing-service perspective.




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  #2894967 31-Mar-2022 21:46
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I am so glad I never moved off Vodafone Red Share plan




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  #2894969 31-Mar-2022 22:03
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One advantage with the companion model is that each companion has its own allocation of data (and then it throttles if its depleted). Works well in my environment where you can never tell how much data is going to be used each month.




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  #2894976 31-Mar-2022 22:18
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We have 40GB red share and sometimes wifey uses more sometimes I do, on average we use 38gb

Ring fencing the data to a specific handset doesn’t work for us




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  #2894985 31-Mar-2022 22:45
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Indeed. 

 

With the companions - effectively I have 4x 40GB allocations, 4x 12GB allocations.




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  #2895017 31-Mar-2022 23:08
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but they are ring fenced to each device and don’t share across each
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  #2895318 1-Apr-2022 13:45
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My 4GB Endless data plan for $40 has also increased to the now available 5GB for $45 plan.

 

Kinda sad :(

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  #2895322 1-Apr-2022 13:59
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WolfChop:

 

My 4GB Endless data plan for $40 has also increased to the now available 5GB for $45 plan.

 

Kinda sad :(

 

 

 

 

Am on the same plan, looking at going elsewhere, 2Degrees looks to be competitive, $35 for 3GB rollover data, I don't usually use more than 3 so should work out for me.

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  #2895329 1-Apr-2022 14:20
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WolfChop:


My 4GB Endless data plan for $40 has also increased to the now available 5GB for $45 plan.


Kinda sad :(



 


Am on the same plan, looking at going elsewhere, 2Degrees looks to be competitive, $35 for 3GB rollover data, I don't usually use more than 3 so should work out for me.



Just keep in mind the calling minutes aren’t unlimited on the 2d $35/month plan

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  #2895336 1-Apr-2022 14:27
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@liquidcore But the 300 minutes on 2degrees are true carryover no cap like 500 minutes like other carriers do in NZ

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