Linux: I remember $30 a MB

I remember paying $1600 a month for my mobile bill, and being offered a black plan by VF :) 

GSManiac:
The fact that the majority of Telcos still only offer 1.5gb of data per month for $19 is frankly criminal.
There’s been no movement on the data allowance for like 5 years.

My friend in Sydney pays $28 per month for unlimited calls / texts plus 42gb of data per month.

The best on offer in Nz at the moment is Kogan and I guess being an Australian company is the reason they offer better data caps. I pay $27.5 for unlimited calls / texts and 15gb of data per month. Plus I’m getting free 5g speeds where available. This is closer to where the other companies should be in 2021.

Everyone I know seems to be on the spark $19 plan. Why aren’t more people complaining? It’s like being stuck in 2010.

wow Aussie didn't used to be like that.

i recall paying about $30 AUD for iirc 3GB but the speeds in Urban Melbourne - 100kbps - those were the early 4G days

time to catch up i guess ...

GSManiac:
The fact that the majority of Telcos still only offer 1.5gb of data per month for $19 is frankly criminal.
There’s been no movement on the data allowance for like 5 years.

My friend in Sydney pays $28 per month for unlimited calls / texts plus 42gb of data per month.

The best on offer in Nz at the moment is Kogan and I guess being an Australian company is the reason they offer better data caps. I pay $27.5 for unlimited calls / texts and 15gb of data per month. Plus I’m getting free 5g speeds where available. This is closer to where the other companies should be in 2021.

Everyone I know seems to be on the spark $19 plan. Why aren’t more people complaining? It’s like being stuck in 2010.

I'll reword your question -

When people have the choice of spending $19 or $27.50 which will give them a lot more data, why do they continue to spend $19?

Is it because they simply don't need more data? Or is it because they're being tight?

I don't see NZ telcos "being stingy" as an issue here - there are plenty of options for higher data caps in the market. Why should carriers give away large amounts of data to people in the cheapest plans?

l43a2:

 

do people really need more data? most workplaces offer wifi and most people have wifi at home, tons of free wifi in public places.. etc

 

not everybody has access to wifi

and not everybody wants to use corporate wifi

free (unsecured) public wifi ... over my dead body lol

Batman:

 

l43a2:

 

do people really need more data? most workplaces offer wifi and most people have wifi at home, tons of free wifi in public places.. etc

 

 

not everybody has access to wifi

 

and not everybody wants to use corporate wifi

 

free (unsecured) public wifi ... over my dead body lol

 

Rural locations where 4G get's you almost 200mbps down and 20 up vs copper where it's both subpar and unstable. I never use my in law's WiFi that's hooked up to their crappy copper for this very reason. 

Yes I have tried to get them off it, they're stubborn.

I also happen to go out often sometimes a whole day so having data is a must. I've barely use just under 15GB a month and I don't pay a fortune for it, however I do agree with OP that it's expensive but consider the infrastructure, the quality, coverage, speed and compare it to other developed countries around the world, it's $$ is justified.

It would be nice if we had more options with bigger data packs but less minutes(I seriously do not need unlimited SMS or calls to NZ or aussie, so something like MyFlex from Voda is fantastic).

Linux: I remember $30 a MB

cokemaster:

Linux: I remember $30 a MB

Spark (then Telecom) used to offer WAP data at the affordable $50/MB and wasn’t rated in real-time. These were some fun (sarcasm) times with shock bills.

I'm on Skinny $16 (28 days), have just over 13 GB roll over data. and over 2500 call minutes, happy as Larry on the $16 plan, no need for higher one.

If data does get tight can download videos, music to phone to play off line. Video being biggest user of data.

Can use messenger and others to send texts and make phone calls, which is what my mum uses from the home she is in, they have good internet. Seems to work well with laptop mic, and speakers. So the phone companies can be by passed when suits as well.

everettpsycho: ... What I find really weird here is there's no incentive for me to get a plan instead of prepaid, I get far more for my money on prepaid than the lowest priced contract plan which seems ridiculous to me, surely agreeing to a 12 month post pay plan you should get a better deal. Yes I might be able to bundle in my fibre connection for $10 off but I save more than that being on prepaid and account for a better deal on the fibre.

I made the same comment in another thread recently. I really don't get it. Surely the telcos would think there was more value in having a committed and satisfied monthly customer, than a prepaid one - who may or may not renew each week/30 days/month? Due to changing personal circumstances, I've just switched two mobiles from monthly plans to prepaid, because it's a much better deal.

I'd like to see plans similar to fixed line connections, where you get unlimited data, but pay for the speed you need. So an entry level plan might be 1 Mb/s, mid tier 8Mb/s, top tier unlimited. Of course, all those would have to be "up to" speeds.

l43a2:

 

do people really need more data? most workplaces offer wifi and most people have wifi at home, tons of free wifi in public places.. etc

 

Tell that  to my 15 year old granddaughter who always runs out of data when away.