Is anyone on TrustPower? $90 for 250 gb?

Forums › New Zealand Broadband › Is anyone on TrustPower? $90 for 250 gb?

LostBoyNZ

584 posts

Ultimate Geek

#133950 8-Nov-2013 22:15

Trust Power sent through an appealing offer to change power companies, and broadband etc; 250gb for $90 is pretty damn good. I'm currently with Telecom, and been happy with them. But I wonder if anyone here is on Trust Power and how they find it?

I searched through previous threads and it looked like Trust Power used to resell Maxnet Broadband but that was awhile ago so I'm not sure if that's still the case.

Get a bonus $50 of Meta credit when buying a Quest 3S or Quest 3 from https://www.meta.com/referrals/link/LostBoyNZ

---

Virtual Reality rentals for birthdays, gaming weekends, trade show booths, holidays, family gatherings & more

https://www.virtualrealityrental.co.nz/ - Including the Quest 3, Pimax Crystal, PlayStation 5 consoles, Valve Index and more...

l43a2

1779 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

Trusted

#929772 8-Nov-2013 22:28

i still believe thats the case but you could call them to confirm.

NonprayingMantis

6434 posts

Uber Geek

#929795 8-Nov-2013 23:37

check that this is either naked or includes a voice line.

If it requires a separate landline (which some of the smaller broadband-only ISPs do) then add on another 50 bucks.

nakedmolerat

4629 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#929798 8-Nov-2013 23:57

I'm interested too as it also offers UFB for the same price!

myfullflavour

896 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Full Flavour

#929829 9-Nov-2013 07:41

As the OP pointed out, discounted Trustpower internet pricing only counts if you've got power with them.

And this is where Trustpower are winning - in our household we saved nearly $1000 / year by switching to another provider (we were on the "Controlled - Friends" plan).

Minus the annual TECT cheque from that saving and we're still saving hundreds of $ / year by switching.

Suggest running your bill through the http://powerswitch.org.nz savings calculator.

sheldonlendrum

Sheldon
120 posts

Master Geek

Lifetime subscriber

#929831 9-Nov-2013 08:04

I use Trustpower, for both home power, phone, internet ( fiber ) and my office fiber.
I am pretty happy with the service and have used them for a few years now ( for DSL ) and we have used them for power for years.

Speeds are great to NZ servers and decent world wide ( as much as can be expected with NZ pipes ).
They don't use Maxnet any more either.

The bundle discount, then as we have used them for a while we get a 'friends gold' extra discount.

The TECT cheque every year is pretty decent too :)

Makoura

49 posts

Geek

#929833 9-Nov-2013 08:14

I have had both Trustpower Adsl and now fibre. The service is great and the help desk doesn't treat you like an idiot. Speeds very consistent

LostBoyNZ

584 posts

Ultimate Geek

#929886 9-Nov-2013 10:58

Very good to know!

I'll run our power bill through the site there too :)

From TrustPower's website it looks like they manage speed on their unlimited plan, and sometimes on their capped plans in times of congestion but not as often.

Get a bonus $50 of Meta credit when buying a Quest 3S or Quest 3 from https://www.meta.com/referrals/link/LostBoyNZ

---

Virtual Reality rentals for birthdays, gaming weekends, trade show booths, holidays, family gatherings & more

https://www.virtualrealityrental.co.nz/ - Including the Quest 3, Pimax Crystal, PlayStation 5 consoles, Valve Index and more...

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

Lazarui

136 posts

Master Geek

#930289 10-Nov-2013 16:02

myfullflavour: As the OP pointed out, discounted Trustpower internet pricing only counts if you've got power with them.

And this is where Trustpower are winning - in our household we saved nearly $1000 / year by switching to another provider (we were on the "Controlled - Friends" plan).

Minus the annual TECT cheque from that saving and we're still saving hundreds of $ / year by switching.

Suggest running your bill through the http://powerswitch.org.nz savings calculator.

I don't trust powerswitch, I think the only way it works is if you put a whole years worth of usage and pricing into it and work it out that way, I did it with a few different people and you get remarkable results (Going just off the last bill doesn't give a full picture and I'll admit I work for a power company bold for justice.

myfullflavour

896 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Full Flavour

#930547 11-Nov-2013 09:29

The Powerswitch indication I got has turned out to be pretty accurate.

Our monthly bill is wildly different to what it was with TP - didn't feel bad missing out on the TECT cheque this year either.