Chorus Home Fibre Starter

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unowho08

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#296008 13-May-2022 21:13

Are any RSPs offering Chorus' Home Fibre Starter plan which is set at a lower wholesale cost ($38) for a 50Mbps download / 10Mbps upload connection so long as the RSP offers the plan for no more than $60 incl. GST?

Could be good for older family members who have low usage requirements and don't want to spend a lot on a broadband connection.

yitz

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#2913758 13-May-2022 21:30

This seems to align closely to Vocus Group NZ's Flip brand offering.

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#2913760 13-May-2022 21:50

yitz:

This seems to align closely to Vocus Group NZ's Flip brand offering.

Except Flip won't even qualify since their current pricing is $14 per week.

$14 x 52 weeks = $728 per year / 12 months = $60.67 per month which exceeds the retail price cap of $60 per month.

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#2913761 13-May-2022 21:52

unowho08:

Except Flip won't even qualify since their current pricing is $14 per week.

$14 x 52 weeks = $728 per year / 12 months = $60.67 per month which exceeds the retail price cap of $60 per month.

The link you provided says based on 30 day month... so Flip seem to be right on the price cap limit.

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#2913763 13-May-2022 22:04

yitz:

The link you provided says based on 30 day month... so Flip seem to be right on the price cap limit.

You're right! Lucky them that they don't even have to change their pricing structure to qualify for the better margin.

Will be interesting to see if any other RSPs chase this low end of the market now that there is better margin to be made.

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#2913764 13-May-2022 22:09

It will give some reprieve to those smaller ISPs who don't sell fixed wireless broadband to compete.

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#2914147 15-May-2022 09:21

We are doing it under the nerdnet brand.

https://www.needanerd.nz/promo/take-a-break

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#2914149 15-May-2022 09:33

raytaylor:

We are doing it under the nerdnet brand.

https://www.needanerd.nz/promo/take-a-break

https://www.needanerd.nz/promo/take-a-break

@raytaylor Quick glance very misleading saying 4000Mbps/s from $59.95, I know it says ' up to ' but for $59.95 you are not going to get 4000Mbp/s

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#2914151 15-May-2022 09:45

Yeah, I'd prefer to see all the plan options *before* having to enter full names etc.

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#2914731 16-May-2022 20:53

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raytaylor:

We are doing it under the nerdnet brand.

https://www.needanerd.nz/promo/take-a-break

https://www.needanerd.nz/promo/take-a-break

@raytaylor Quick glance very misleading saying 4000Mbps/s from $59.95, I know it says ' up to ' but for $59.95 you are not going to get 4000Mbp/s