mishyman: I know some one who is on a Vodafone mobile If i do ask them and all that does it mean the account has to be under their name? 

johnr:

mishyman: I know some one who is on a Vodafone mobile If i do ask them and all that does it mean the account has to be under their name? 

Not at all, The account names do not need to match

I use my work mobile number under Vodafone NZ on my parents home line account

NonprayingMantis:

johnr:

mishyman: I know some one who is on a Vodafone mobile If i do ask them and all that does it mean the account has to be under their name? 

Not at all, The account names do not need to match

I use my work mobile number under Vodafone NZ on my parents home line account

You just need to be careful as if that person ever leaves Vodafone (or decides to use the discont themselves) then your $30 discount will immediately stop, but you will still be locked into a contract.

Other that that it is the cheapest option.

nickb800: Far too early to tell with the Vodafone or Telecom offerings. I'm sure Telecom's Big Time and Go Large were great during their first week, but the $hit hit the fan later on. The new unlimited plan might be okay but we won't know what contention is like until things have settled down.

Another name to throw in the ring is Big Pipe, a sub-brand of Telecom - $79 per month for unlimited ADSL2+. Do search geekzone first though, there are a few people around here that aren't fans of them

.....To the OP, the posts up top reccommending Vf have been from Vf staff, so get some indepedent feedback first on each ISP by reading the geekzone sub-forums in each one.

For things like customer service read their twitter feed, Facebook pages, Facebook reviews etc.
posts are often negative, so don't read too much into that, but see how long it takes the ISPs to respond to the last, say, 10 posts or reviews by customers.

Heck, you could even try emailing or sending a Facebook pm to all the different ISPs and see how fast they come back to you. Should give you an indication.


For unlimited naked from ISPs that are credible, you want to be looking at

Telecom
Vodafone
Slingshot

Bigpipe


Other ISPs do have unlimited, like , but I wouldn't bother even looking at them tbh.

You should also check whether you can get vdsl or fibre, as the prices etc will be different.

TimA: @OP

Your probably going to want to toss up Vodafone, Telecom, BigPipe.
To assist OP can everyone front up some speedtests to Auckland ISP's server, http://zeus.jetstream.co.nz/, Speedtest DreamHost in LA, Speedtest Sydney Telstra.

Inphinity:

TimA: @OP

Your probably going to want to toss up Vodafone, Telecom, BigPipe.
To assist OP can everyone front up some speedtests to Auckland ISP's server, http://zeus.jetstream.co.nz/, Speedtest DreamHost in LA, Speedtest Sydney Telstra.

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