Removal of 200GB plan?

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VivaLaMikey

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Topic # 160527 9-Jan-2015 22:26

I know its been a while since they did this, but im wondering what their justification was of going backwards in a world where we are constantly upping our data usage.

I was on 200GB for around 1-1.5 years and with the rollover id managed to stack up to 900gb of unused data, so i figured hey, to save myself some cash i'll drop down to the 80gb plan until im back down then upgrade again, about a week after this i visited the site to check my account and low and behold 200gb is no longer a plan.
When i rung them and asked they just gave me that whole yada yada about unlimited etc. to which i replied i never.
You see when i pay for services i expect those services to be the best they can be when i pay for UFB 100 i expect to get very close to the 100 i dont want some service thats dependant on my community and how often they feel like using the internet, i feel like it shouldnt affect me.

Basically im pretty gutted about this almost to the point now that im wanting to cancel my fibre install at my new property and move to another provider.

I just dont understand why they would go backwards 20gb> 40gb> 80gb> 200gb> <80gb >sub-par-unlimitedGB

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Reply # 1211436 9-Jan-2015 22:26

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Reply # 1211454 9-Jan-2015 23:02

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Because the ISP pays the same to Chorus for your current plan, 200gb etc, they pay for bandwidth and not a per gb charge.

My advice is just go to Unlimited and download what you want - data caps are so last year. There is always bigpipe.co.nz

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Reply # 1211513 10-Jan-2015 09:41

Many ISPs have simplified their offerings to two alternates: 80GB/month (or similar) and Unlimited.
Much simpler, and suits 99% of customers.
Unlimited is usually only moderately more expensive than capped.
Makes sense to me.

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Reply # 1211689 10-Jan-2015 19:09

It does make sense I completely understand, the problem I have though is speed capping dependant on usage, if I get 10mb/s download speed on fibre I want it to be 10mb/s consistently I'm not a fan of fluctuating speeds dependant on time of day.

80gb is too low and unlimited is not what I'm looking for in terms of usage/time of day conditions.

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Reply # 1211697 10-Jan-2015 19:39

VivaLaMikey:... the problem I have though is speed capping dependant on usage...

What speed capping?
(I haven't noticed any with unlimited)

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Reply # 1211745 10-Jan-2015 20:28

VivaLaMikey:
80gb is too low and unlimited is not what I'm looking for in terms of usage/time of day conditions.

But once you go Unlimited you won't have to worry about a single thing and your speed will stay quick. I am on Unlimited and love it, don't have to worry about my cap and best of all even if I use 5TiB in a month I am not going to get slowed down or an extra bill.

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Reply # 1211830 10-Jan-2015 22:29

When I rung and asked about unlimited they told me that speeds during "peak hours" will be lower than they will at 3am.
I do a lot of twitch streaming so I need to know that my speed will be consistent every time of the day.

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Reply # 1211839 10-Jan-2015 23:21

VivaLaMikey: When I rung and asked about unlimited they told me that speeds during "peak hours" will be lower than they will at 3am.
I do a lot of twitch streaming so I need to know that my speed will be consistent every time of the day.

You actually get a consistent connection all day on your current plan? I have to admit that that surprises me greatly.

VivaLaMikey

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Reply # 1211840 10-Jan-2015 23:25

At the moment I'm on vdsl I get 2.5mb/s day in and day out. My ufb won't be more than 2 weeks away but I'm expecting between 6-8mb/s once the line settles.
But that's what I expect to get everyday no matter the time of day, that's the problem I see with getting unlimited is their terms and conditions of "peak hours"

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Reply # 1211848 11-Jan-2015 01:18

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You'll need to sign up the a business connection to get guaranteed speeds.

Looking at November's Truenet report, Slingshot were one of the worst for offering advertised VDSL connection speeds during peak times.

https://www.truenet.co.nz/articles/november-2014-broadband-report

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Reply # 1212206 12-Jan-2015 08:17

VivaLaMikey: At the moment I'm on vdsl I get 2.5mb/s day in and day out. My ufb won't be more than 2 weeks away but I'm expecting between 6-8mb/s once the line settles.
But that's what I expect to get everyday no matter the time of day, that's the problem I see with getting unlimited is their terms and conditions of "peak hours"

I get more than that on VDSL with bigpipe.

I don't understand your saying "once the line settles" about UFB. Fibre should be the same speed from installation is it is two weeks later. There should not need to be any "training" period like you get with VDSL.