Slingshot offering 6 months free(100/20) or $10 for 950/450 to frontline workers

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#289083 11-Aug-2021 12:26

https://www.slingshot.co.nz/frontline

Limited up to 50,000 sign ups.

Occupations that can get this deal include:

POLICE SERVICES

Correction employees
Custom officers
Police association members

MEDICAL SERVICES

Nurses, including nursing assistants
Midwives
Physiotherapists
Mental health and addiction support workers
Social workers
Councellors

FIRST RESPONDERS

Paramedics
Firefighters, including volunteer firefighters
Rescue Helicopter: Operational Crew
Coastguards
Land Search and Rescue Volunteers
Wellington free ambulance
Surf Lifesaving

NZDF

Navy
Army
Air Force

EDUCATION

Early childcare / Kindergarten teachers
Primary teachers
Secondary teachers

Pretty great.

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#2758709 11-Aug-2021 17:54

Nice.

Might have to take up the offer.

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#2758768 11-Aug-2021 20:54

Thanks for posting! I've signed up. Great deal.

It says 'no contract' but if you take the free modem does that lock you into a contract?

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#2758769 11-Aug-2021 20:55

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#2767865 27-Aug-2021 22:52

Nice, hopefully I can sign up before 50k sign-ups are done

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#2769467 31-Aug-2021 18:09

lol, essential workers at supermarkets get zilch. oh well :)

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#2769477 31-Aug-2021 18:24

Perhaps they could extend the offer to a nameless Auckland council Mayor so that he could stay home and save lives.

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#2769493 31-Aug-2021 19:21

I qualify so I signed up yesterday morning, switchover from Spark happened this morning. The process was easy and seamless.

Using the AmpliFi HD system my wired speeds are even faster than they were before, going from about 876/460 to about 935/523.

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#2772540 5-Sep-2021 15:19

If you transfer from anothe rprovider do you need to inform them, or does the old conenction automatically get cancelled? Currently with Skinny

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#2772542 5-Sep-2021 15:33

The old connection gets cancelled when the new one is ported. If you call before it happens there is always the risk of a "trigger happy" help desk cancelling your connection sooner than planned.

Yes, some ISPs ask for a 30 days notice and you might have to pay a month for both but there's the risk stated above if you notify them earlier.

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#2772553 5-Sep-2021 16:40

Johnny67:

If you transfer from anothe rprovider do you need to inform them, or does the old conenction automatically get cancelled? Currently with Skinny

Here’s a good read on how to change ISP:

http://pages.bigpipe.co.nz/how-to-switch-isps-without-ruining-everything/

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#2772595 5-Sep-2021 19:19

Im currently with Orcon have been for many years. Im a front line mental health Nurse so I should be able to switch to this as well ?

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#2772604 5-Sep-2021 19:51

psychrn: Im currently with Orcon have been for many years. Im a front line mental health Nurse so I should be able to switch to this as well ?

Yes you’d qualify, your occupation is listed.

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#2779418 16-Sep-2021 16:06

This is now extended to more workers:

Following the launch of its Free for the Frontline campaign, Slingshot is extending the offer to multiple additional vocations including supermarket workers, delivery staff, and MIQ workers.

The offer gives a wide range of workers keeping New Zealand running through the COVID pandemic six months free broadband, no strings, no hooks.

Already, free broadband has been provided to frontline workers including teachers, police, health professionals and members of the defence force. After requesting feedback from the public, Slingshot is making the offer available to bus drivers, courier and delivery drivers, MIQ staff, Post Office employees, supermarket, dairy or food bank workers, medical laboratory workers and doctors.

Head of Consumer and Business at Vocus, Taryn Hamilton, says the offer has been hugely successful. “We’ve had a surge of signups from the day we announced this. Having asked the public for recommendations for other professions and vocations with people who deserve a vote of thanks by getting free internet, we’re answering by making the offer available to many more who are at the forefront of New Zealand’s COVID response. It’s great to be able to give something back to those who help us day in and day out.”

Hamilton said the offer doesn’t have a contract, so there are no strings attached. People can simply get six months of free broadband, all they need to do is supply their own modem. The company is, he adds, inviting further suggestions and recommendations for others who should qualify for Free for the Frontline.

“We all benefit from the efforts of Frontline and essential workers, but not everyone is in a position to say ‘thank you’ with a token of appreciation. Slingshot is in that position, and we’re thrilled to give back and make life that bit easier for our frontline.”

The six-month free offer applies to Slingshot’s most popular plan – 100Mbps download, with unlimited data, when customers provide their own modem. “There is absolutely no contract and no hooks. But we are pretty confident that once our Frontline workers get to experience Slingshot, there won’t be any reason not to stay on board along with our other happy customers.”

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