Mobile data in New Zealand is cheap as chips!

Linux:

 

Mobile data in New Zealand is cheap as chips!

 

Compared to Zimbabwe sure... not compared to most of the rest of the planet.

Its based on an average cost of 1GB, - the average is being screwed by some plan that they have found that charges $52 for 1GB....

https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/2023/worldwide_mobile_data_pricing_data.xlsx

From their methodology document, they use a median, so a single large value should not be skewing it.

"Averages are calculated as the MEDIAN of all recorded package prices/data limits"

https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/2023/worldwide_mobile_data_pricing_methodology.pdf

Lias:

From their methodology document, they use a median, so a single large value should not be skewing it.

"Averages are calculated as the MEDIAN of all recorded package prices/data limits"

https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/2023/worldwide_mobile_data_pricing_methodology.pdf

 

shk292: 

 

Interesting, and i hadn't seen that note. Makes you wonder where all the really expensive plans are and who uses them. 
It certainly doesn't seem expensive here, i pay Spark $19 per month and get 7GB. I guess the old saying about fools and their money applies equally to mobile data

Nice plan.. how did you get that? their published plans are nowhere near that good a deal?

Prepaid: 1.25gb/$20 and 2gb/$30 

Postpaid: 100mb/$15, 500mb/$25

Best to compare apples with apples, both of these are probably the cheapest plans:

https://www.kogan.com/au/koganmobile/

https://www.koganmobile.co.nz/ 

There's certainly a huge variation in the cost per GB depending on your plan.  For example, my One prepay plan is $500 per GB unless I purchase an addon (eg 750MB 1 week for $10).  Suffice to say, I regularly check to ensure my mobile data is turned off. 

tim0001:

 

There's certainly a huge variation in the cost per GB depending on your plan.  For example, my One prepay plan is $500 per GB unless I purchase an addon (eg 750MB 1 week for $10).  Suffice to say, I regularly check to ensure my mobile data is turned off. 

 

Which is absolute daylight robbery. Nevermind the supermarkets about time the comcom dropped mobile prices!

Linux:

 

Mobile data in New Zealand is cheap as chips!

 

I disagree, unless your willing to pay $60+ per month for plans with unlimited data, or go on contract/pay monthly. Show me this cheap as chips data you speak of. you make lots of throw away comments like that one but never back them up with anything.

I'm in the middle of traveling at the moment and using prepaid as an example. yes i know there are slightly better plans in each country but looking around the $30 mark.

New Zealand $27NZD in nz for skinny 3GB roll over data, unlimited local texts and calls, Data Add on $4/7day 200MB data

Australia $30AUD (32.20NZD) for Vodafone $30 prepaid plus starter pack. 20GB data, unlimited local texts and calls. Data Add on $7 ($7.50NZD)/7day 2GB data.

Vietnam 200,000VND ($13.80NZD) for MFY200 MobiFone Package, 100GB data, Free calls within the network under 500 minutes Free 250 minutes of calls outside the network. Data Add on 30,000 VND ($2NZD)/7 days 7GB data.

Malaysia 48RM ($17NZD) for Digi Next 5G 48, 30GB data, unlimited local texts and calls. Data Add on 5RM($1.75NZD) /Month for 3GB data

Singapore $15SGD ($18.50NZD) for the Singtel sim, which comes with 100GB data and local calls, then $20SGD($25NZD)/Month for 50GB data. 1000 local mins, up to 1000 IDD mins and 300 local SMS. Data Add on $10SGD ($12.50NZD)/7day 10GB data

Massive discrepancy in the amount of data your receive

Wombat1:

 

Best to compare apples with apples, both of these are probably the cheapest plans:

 

 

 

https://www.kogan.com/au/koganmobile/

 

https://www.koganmobile.co.nz/ 

 

Using that example, 30 day plan

NZ $35 for 15GB data

AU $25 for 80GB data with rollover

I will say 4/5G speeds are way way better in NZ compared to any of those places i have mentioned above.

International sourced traveller eSims from airalo.com for 30 days and 10Gb:

New Zealand: US$27

Japan: US$18

USA: $26

Australia: US$20

So we're quite a bit more than some common locations, surprised at USA!

We are going to Japan for 11 days - I will get 2Gb. for US$6.50 - that's really cheap. If I use more than 2GbI just top up again. We'll keep in touch with each other on Whatsapp so data usage should be minimal once I knock the kids' heads together and explain there will be no youtube!

Of our group of six (mum and dad plus leeches) only two of us have eSim (Apple) phones so still looking for a decent SIM option.

So I don't fully agree with this. Yes, our data is pretty expensive but it is in no way the worst. I would also never go as far to say "cheap as chips" because compared to Aussie it is anything but + mobile providers here have been rather stagnant on their pricing for a few years now.

Family in Canada always comments how cheap our mobile plans are. They pay double what I do, for less data, and have to pay for other things on top of this (inbound calls / sms etc). It is hard to do a study like this where there are so many different mobile plans but it also doesn't seem to account for providers not really offering lower data plans (eg, 1gb) anymore because they've moved onto bigger plans for less.

216    Canada    5.37
217    Seychelles    5.43
218    New Zealand    5.89
219    United States    6.00

@Jase2985 If I look back say over the last 22 years since GPRS was introduced to NZ in 2001 the price of mobile data has dropped and I have zero issue with the cost

I pay $40 a month for 6GB & unlimited calling & SMS NZ/OZ and and have sbout 45GB of carryover data and get 1 hour of unlimited data per day

No complaints from me and in my opinion mobile data is cheap as chips 

Linux:

 

@Jase2985 If I look back say over the last 22 years since GPRS was introduced to NZ in 2001 the price of mobile data has dropped and I have zero issue with the cost

 

I pay $40 a month for 6GB & unlimited calling & SMS NZ/OZ and and have sbout 45GB of carryover data and get 1 hour of unlimited data per day

 

No complaints from me and in my opinion mobile data is cheap as chips 

 

thats fine but data doesnt support your opinion.