2 Degrees Promotional Pricing on the Glimp website

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#320260 23-Jul-2025 19:38

I was looking around for a new ISP, and looking at downgrading to 100/20 speed. Used the Glimp website to compare prices and see they advertised a plan for $55 with 2 Degrees. When entering my details into Glimp and it forwarding me automatically onto the 2Degrees website, it tried to charge me $60. Anyone know who I contact to get 2Dgerees to honor the advertised price, as it is advised on Glimps site? I do have a screenshot showing the $55 advertised price.

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#3396640 23-Jul-2025 19:56

Bet there's some hidden T&Cs in there. Probably is a bundle pricing with mobile as well or something.

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#3396642 23-Jul-2025 20:01

Its $55 on their website. And $5 if you use their modem... so was the $60 the broadband + modem?

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#3396665 23-Jul-2025 20:55

nzkc:

Its $55 on their website. And $5 if you use their modem... so was the $60 the broadband + modem?

it goes to to $65 in the checkout. It appears that to get their $55 price includes a $10 discount if you have your mobile with them. However the Glimp advert has $65 crossed out, and replaced with $55 and didn’t mention anything about requiring you mobile to be with them. Whatever the case it seems very questionable, even the 2D website where they state $55 with no fishhooks on the above marketing without mentioning the need to have your mobile with them, because it should be clear and accurate.

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#3396689 23-Jul-2025 22:04

RunningMan:

Bet there's some hidden T&Cs in there. Probably is a bundle pricing with mobile as well or something.

The Glimpb website mentions none of that. Plus it does show the price without having a mobile connected to the plan, which is $65, but then crosses this price out, replacing it with $55, saying I would save $120 over a year if signing up via Glimp. This is the advert below

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#3396723 24-Jul-2025 08:59

further to this, you'll notice in the screenshot from 2D the line "Good for basic browsing and checking email"

I recently changed from 300/100 to what has become 100/20. The 2D team tried their hardest to tell me how much I would regret it, that TV streaming wouldn't work, gaming wouldn't work, offered financial incentives to stay on the more expensive plan.

We have a household of 4 - 2 adults and 2 teens that spend more time than they should on devices. All TV consumption incl Netflix is via streaming, in most cases HD, but also some 4K. We also watch a lot of F1. Kids stream off YouTube. Reasonable amount of gaming. Wife & I work from home a lot so lots of general internet use.

Nobody can tell the difference. The only time I notice is when I up or download a very large file to a server that has good constant bandwidth, and even then it just takes a little longer = coffee time. We have a pretty good wifi setup so that probably helps under heavy use, but the 100mbps bandwidth is not an issue for day to day use for a family. Saving $30 each month just on this.

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#3396739 24-Jul-2025 09:27

I moved from 500/100 to 100/20 on 2degrees and we noticed zero difference in perfromance

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#3396781 24-Jul-2025 11:18

nzben:

further to this, you'll notice in the screenshot from 2D the line "Good for basic browsing and checking email"

I recently changed from 300/100 to what has become 100/20. The 2D team tried their hardest to tell me how much I would regret it, that TV streaming wouldn't work, gaming wouldn't work, offered financial incentives to stay on the more expensive plan.

We have a household of 4 - 2 adults and 2 teens that spend more time than they should on devices. All TV consumption incl Netflix is via streaming, in most cases HD, but also some 4K. We also watch a lot of F1. Kids stream off YouTube. Reasonable amount of gaming. Wife & I work from home a lot so lots of general internet use.

Nobody can tell the difference. The only time I notice is when I up or download a very large file to a server that has good constant bandwidth, and even then it just takes a little longer = coffee time. We have a pretty good wifi setup so that probably helps under heavy use, but the 100mbps bandwidth is not an issue for day to day use for a family. Saving $30 each month just on this.

It's such garbage, I am in IT and chronically online. All media is streamed and people are always on their phones/whatever devices accessing stuff online.

We had to move out last year for some renovations and I only left a 50/20 secondary connection connected for cameras and other IoT devices. I only noticed like a month ago when I ran a speedtest that we were still running on the 50/20.

We do monitoring of our client's connections - most of them never surpass 100mbit download, apart from the occasional spike.

I'm not saying that people don't need 500 or 1000mbit plans - especially if you're a heavy downloader, a large household or a business with many users, but for your day to day use at home, a 100/20 is almost certainly going to be fine.

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#3396784 24-Jul-2025 11:40

That is why I am switching to a 100 plan. It should be fine for my needs and if it isn’t I can always upgrade it again

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#3396913 25-Jul-2025 07:07

That website talks about ISP brands like MyRepublic, Vodafone, Flip and Orcon who have been defunct in New Zealand for some time. Slingshot is owned by 2Degrees.

Sky has got a 100/20 mbit plus Sky Wifi 6 router one year contract deal going for $55/month. Keep in mind 2Degrees and Sky will use CGNAT unless you pay for a static IP. If you're an advanced user it might be worth paying a little more for a better ISP.

nzben:

further to this, you'll notice in the screenshot from 2D the line "Good for basic browsing and checking email"

I recently changed from 300/100 to what has become 100/20. The 2D team tried their hardest to tell me how much I would regret it, that TV streaming wouldn't work, gaming wouldn't work, offered financial incentives to stay on the more expensive plan.

I think I'd be looking to change providers after that. Besides, TVs usually have 100mbit ethernet ports only.

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#3397131 25-Jul-2025 17:21

nzben:

I recently changed from 300/100 to what has become 100/20. The 2D team tried their hardest to tell me how much I would regret it, that TV streaming wouldn't work, gaming wouldn't work,

They need to be held accountable for spouting such nonsense. Even when it was 50/10 all that works perfectly well.

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#3397134 25-Jul-2025 17:36

My parents were on the 300/100 and I moved them to the 50/10 when it was available and they noticed zero difference

Oh cheaper invoice was the only difference Dad noticed lol 😆

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#3397148 25-Jul-2025 18:46

I contacted Glimp but no response at all. It looks like quite a few ISP brands don’t provide the slower 100 speed option. Sky looks to be the best deal from what I can see. Just hope they don’t do the old ISP trick of raising prices during an agreed contract like Slingshot have just done

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#3397175 25-Jul-2025 19:51

Quic offer a $60/mo plan and that also includes a Dynamic IP address (no CG-NAT) or one-off cost for a Static IP address.

These ISP comparison sites are seriously not great. They'll refer for kickback and as you've noticed the deals are often not accurate. The "other" ISP comparison website with the word "compare" in the name will even steer you to their own ISP.

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#3397181 25-Jul-2025 20:06

They seem to have updated the text, looks like the $55 is when bundled with mobile.