Renewing 12 month contract

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#2758570 11-Aug-2021 12:44

timmmay: With Fritzbox you can enter your line speed, I think it might limit based on that.

Thanks, I didn’t realise that would throttle speeds, but will give it a go tonight. Cheers.

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#2759291 12-Aug-2021 19:24

Spoke to the Retention Team and was given the full package, $80 + $150 bonus + Amazon Prime

What can I say, 2d you've done it again 😃

Thanks for the advice above, much appreciated

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#2759295 12-Aug-2021 19:30

Kiwiuk:

Spoke to the Retention Team and was given the full package, $80 + $150 bonus + Amazon Prime

What can I say, 2d you've done it again 😃

Thanks for the advice above, much appreciated

@Kiwiuk and you have had Amazon prime before and the credit?

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#2759322 12-Aug-2021 20:03

Kiwiuk: ... was given the full package, $80 + $150 bonus + Amazon Prime ...

stickmanNZ: ... it's going to be $105 with home phone 900/400 12 month contract + $150 Credit + Prime Video.

Man, now I feel jealous. 🤢 Like Linux, I accepted the $80 offer. !No credit, no Prime! 😳

Please keep this GZ community vibrant by contributing in a constructive & respectful manner.

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#2759353 12-Aug-2021 21:10

Yes I had a credit and Prime 2 years ago, being polite when talking to the CSR and then the Retention Team is key, I think, or just being lucky

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#2759354 12-Aug-2021 21:10

Out of interest, do you folks who have managed to grab awesome deals also have mobile plans with 2d?

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#2759361 12-Aug-2021 21:13

Why yes I do, actually, must have helped 😀

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#2759362 12-Aug-2021 21:13

Kiwiuk:
Yes I had a credit and Prime 2 years ago, being polite when talking to the CSR and then the Retention Team is key, I think, or just being lucky

Lucky I am always polite this annoys me a bit

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#2759369 12-Aug-2021 21:23

I got a good renewal deal, I don't have two degrees mobile.

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#2759960 14-Aug-2021 12:22

jonathan18:
timmmay: With Fritzbox you can enter your line speed, I think it might limit based on that.

Thanks, I didn’t realise that would throttle speeds, but will give it a go tonight. Cheers.

Heya - finally dug around in the router's settings, and the only place I could see that appeared to allow line speed to be entered was in relation to using an external modem (screenshot below), and even after trying it doesn't do anything (after a reboot it reverts back to 'via the Fritzbox').

@timmay: is this the setting you were thinking of, or is there somewhere else I've not found?

Does anyone know of a way I can artificially throttle speeds to kinda simulate a 100/20 connection?

Ta.

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#2759967 14-Aug-2021 13:02

Yep "via an external modem" is used when you have fiber, at least on mine. If it's your DSL modem then might not work.

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#2759969 14-Aug-2021 13:13

liquidcore: Out of interest, do you folks who have managed to grab awesome deals also have mobile plans with 2d?

I'm not on a mobile plans with 2Degrees :-) (on prepay)

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#2759993 14-Aug-2021 14:33

jonathan18:jonathan18:
timmmay: With Fritzbox you can enter your line speed, I think it might limit based on that.

Thanks, I didn’t realise that would throttle speeds, but will give it a go tonight. Cheers.

Heya - finally dug around in the router's settings, and the only place I could see that appeared to allow line speed to be entered was in relation to using an external modem (screenshot below), and even after trying it doesn't do anything (after a reboot it reverts back to 'via the Fritzbox').

@timmay: is this the setting you were thinking of, or is there somewhere else I've not found?

Does anyone know of a way I can artificially throttle speeds to kinda simulate a 100/20 connection?

Ta.

Fairly sure that setting only affects QOS when looking at prioritisation etc.

You can change the LAN ports on the Fritz to 100Mbps by selecting Green Mode in LAN settings (Home Network > Network > Network Settings) but no way to further cap to 20 Mbps on the upload.

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#2760159 15-Aug-2021 10:53

New Fritzbox 7590 firmware today says what's below, maybe it'll help?

**NEW** A DSL data rate considerably higher than the speed of the internet connection given by the provider can now be reduced to a lower value in order to improve stability

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#2760163 15-Aug-2021 11:05

7.28 I installed last month on my 7590

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