Advice for Broadband provider

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Brend

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#319289 10-Apr-2025 11:18

Awe

Shock/horror! I got my Slingshot bill today and $111 is just not on par ... After a call, they offered me $96/m

Other less expensive suppliers (without checking the fine print) are as follow:

Ash Net - 85/mo for 9mo then $89/mo
Hotshot - 89.90/mo
Freedom Internet - $95

Should I stay with Slingshot? Or are these other ones just as good/bad (whichever your experience).

Who would you recommend?

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michaelmurfy

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#3362696 10-Apr-2025 13:25

So quite a few of the ones you’ve mentioned are simply 2degrees resellers.

Quic Broadband (there are many people here with referral links in their signatures) is another to consider. Start with 300/100 and see how you go - they don’t have CG-NAT or anything and are an independent NZ provider. Your PFSense should work no problems with any provider.

Slingshot / Simply Broadband / Electric Kiwi and I suspect Freedom Internet are all 2degrees resellers.

But Quic at $85/mo with a free connection (if you use somebody’s referral) seems to suit your needs well. Just sign up with VLAN 10 if you’ve currently got that active and your connection should just pop over assuming you have not hardcoded anything like DNS servers.

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#3362895 11-Apr-2025 11:40

Just a friendly reminder that Bandwidth =/= Speed. Unless you are doing enough that it ends up capping out the available bandwidth, causing a bottleneck.

The whole point of having different plans with different bandwidths is to be able to offer a range of price points for low, mid and high users.

If cost is your biggest factor, maybe have a think about if you can drop down to a lower plan? For most households 300/100 would be adequate. And if you find its causing issues, well you can always jump back up with a simple plan change.

^Richard

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#3362901 11-Apr-2025 12:29

noroad: As an FYI, I know that Freedom uses a high quality business grade internet wholesale supplier.

No need to post this every time a provider uses Feenix as an upstream... it doesn't neccessary set them apart from every other provider.

@Brend Just also a reminder.

Bundling broadband / electricity is often one of the more expensive ways of doing it. If you add broadband to your electricity plan it makes you more "sticky" to that provider but also, I've personally found that in many situations Mercury Energy isn't the cheapest option.

Depending on use, meter setup, location it's a good idea to compare providers as you can often save far more money there. - https://powerswitch.org.nz