Who offers the best mobile data plan?

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stu28

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#207407 22-Dec-2016 21:13

I have not been in NZ for the past 16+ months as we travelling around the world :), and we will be back in NZ in Feb 2017.

We are going to be travelling around Auckland and going to be doing a trip down to the Christchurch/Queenstown area in Feb 2017.

I am going to need access to mobile data, while we are on the road.

I was wondering who offers the best mobile data plans??, I am looking at about 1-2GB data for a month and a bit.

I am currently with Vodafone and Spark.

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#1694034 22-Dec-2016 21:18

Just data or you need minutes and text as well?

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stu28

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#1694070 22-Dec-2016 22:55

DarkShadow: Just data or you need minutes and text as well?

Just data.

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#1694078 22-Dec-2016 23:59

All mobile carriers offer what you need 1 - 2GB is not really much, Define by best? Spark and VodafoneNZ have by far the biggest reach of 4G around NZ and VodafoneNZ for around the world

Best price? lowest

Best coverage?

Best Speed?

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#1694079 23-Dec-2016 00:09

https://skinnydirect.co.nz

3GB data, unlimited texts and unlimited calls - $30

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#1694082 23-Dec-2016 00:28

Sam91: https://skinnydirect.co.nz

3GB data, unlimited texts and unlimited calls - $30

Cripes that's cheap!

stu28

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#1694089 23-Dec-2016 01:38

Linux:

All mobile carriers offer what you need 1 - 2GB is not really much, Define by best? Spark and VodafoneNZ have by far the biggest reach of 4G around NZ and VodafoneNZ for around the world

Best price? lowest

Best coverage?

Best Speed?

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I guess between the Best / lowest price and the Best coverage / Best Speed.

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#1694090 23-Dec-2016 01:39

Sam91: https://skinnydirect.co.nz

3GB data, unlimited texts and unlimited calls - $30

Thank You for the link :), will have a look at them!

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#1694091 23-Dec-2016 02:48

stu28:

Sam91: https://skinnydirect.co.nz

3GB data, unlimited texts and unlimited calls - $30

Thank You for the link :), will have a look at them!

Can speak from experience here.

Been with 2degrees, Vodafone, Spark. Travelled all over NZ (driving) and have driven one month just over 5000km.

Spark / Vodafone if you're wanting coverage - this includes Skinny / Skinny Direct (who operate on Sparks network). There were places where Vodafone would win and other times Spark would win.
2degrees is an odd one... I suppose if you live in a city? But the coverage isn't the greatest - I didn't have it once where 2degrees had better coverage than Spark / Vodafone anywhere.

Skinny is no different from Spark in terms of network quality - can get great speeds and the coverage footprint is the same making that Skinny plan the cheapest in NZ on one of the most complete networks in terms of coverage and quality. Personally I'm on Skinny Direct as thats all I need (buy my own phone outright each time, don't like bills and like knowing my mobile costs me $30/mo) so give it a shot!

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#1694092 23-Dec-2016 04:46

Skinny Direct here too!

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#1694093 23-Dec-2016 05:21

i am a skinny direct customer as well $30 plan :) ...did see the wharehouse data plans 1GB for $4 only on special till feb (with conditions i think),then i think it goes back to 500mb...not sure what network they piggy back on thou

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#1694094 23-Dec-2016 05:40

Skinny would have to be up there, they're who I use. Price above is for their pay in advance, no commitment, skinny direct. I use prepay about $16 per month for 1GB of data and more calling than I need.

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#1694123 23-Dec-2016 07:02

Check here: https://www.whistleout.co.nz

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#1694131 23-Dec-2016 07:46

cokeman2:
i am a skinny direct customer as well $30 plan :) ...did see the wharehouse data plans 1GB for $4 only on special till feb (with conditions i think),then i think it goes back to 500mb...not sure what network they piggy back on thou

Pretty sure Warehouse is the 2Degrees network. Also it's a minimum $10 top up and that money expires after 31 days no matter what. I haven't been with them but I did spend some time considering it, unless you really want to micro manage your account to maybe save a few bucks I'd avoid.

Skinny's cheap but when I got to the part of their terms with privacy invasions like "we can hack your phone whenever we feel like it for any reason"(paraphrasing) I thought yeah-nah. Whatever they actually do in practise I'm still not agreeing to terms like that.

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#1694204 23-Dec-2016 09:53

@PaulBags to be fair all providers can do that at request of authorities and all providers log everything. If you're concerned about metadata then you could always use Signal Messenger and encrypted phonecalls via that.

As in hacking your mobile if you've got a mobile in general you're tracked, if you have your emails hosted on a server you don't control (maybe apart from Proton Mail) then your emails are also in the hands of a third party. The only way to not be tracked is to not use the internet and also mobile phones.

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#1694223 23-Dec-2016 10:48

michaelmurfy: @PaulBags to be fair all providers can do that at request of authorities

Exactly. Not "for any reason what-so-ever". Which I assume in practise is a butt covering way of saying the same thing, but still.

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