COMPARING HOME BROADBAND & PHONE PACKAGES
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Woosh have recently changed their deals and put up the prices on on their lower data allowance packages but also lowered the prices for v high broadband usage so they are not the best buy any longer on low download use. They have also imposed an extra $10/mth if you live outside Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch as most of the companies now seem to have done.
CHEAPEST OVERALL PACKAGE
To get the cheapest prices you have to live in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. (Otherwise you pay an extra $10/mth)
Slingshot phone & broadband package
Slower broadband but more download allowance
What it includes:
256 kbps Download /128kbps Upload
$69.90 for 2Gb Download limit.
Home Phone Line
For MAX Speed Broadband however:
Telecom, Vodafone & Orcon all offer MAX speed broadband at approx $70 with 1Gb download limit if in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. Add an extra $10/mth if live outside these areas.
Telstra Clear offer cable broadband in their cabled regions in Kapiti, Wellington & Christchurch for $71.90.
BEST VALUE MAX SPEED DOWNLOAD PACKAGE
Woosh phone & broadband package
$74/mth.
5Gb of data
MAX download/128k upload
Home phone line.
MAX SPEED DOWNLOAD & LARGE DOWNLOAD LIMIT PACKAGES
Add an extra $10 a month if live outside Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch
If you don't make many national calls or have VOIP phone calls:
Slingshot or Vodafone are the best value.
Slingshot: $94.90/mth gets you 25Gb of download
Vodafone: $90/mth gets you 20Gb download
Woosh: $99/mth gets you 30Gb download
$109/mth gets you 45Gb download
If however you make lots of national calls:
Telecom $99 incl 10Gb download
Orcon: $100 incl 10Gb download
Both includes all national phone calls free!
This market is always changing so always check out latest deals at their websites.
If you already have broadband setup, at the end of your contract always call around the main competitors to see what deal they can offer you. They often provide a free broadband modem but this is not much use if you already have one. So ask if you can get a discount if you transfer to them.
TABLE COMPARING PHONE & BROADBAND PACKAGES
| Monthly Charge | Download Limit | Phone Line | Phone call plans | Broadband Speeds |
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| TELECOM TOTAL HOME | | | | |
|---|
STARTER:$70 in AKL, CHCH, WEL $75 all other areas | 1Gb | yes | 30c/min per national landline call capped at $3 (for up to a 2 hrs call) | MAX |
|---|
LITE: $80 AKL, CHCH, WEL $90 All other areas | 5Gb | yes | Unlimited Calls to ONE National Landline Number (Up tp 2 hrs!) | MAX |
|---|
| $99 AKL, CHCH, WEL $109 all other areas | 10Gb | yes | Unlimited National calls (Up to 2hrs!) | MAX |
|---|
| VODAFONE | | | | |
|---|
| $70 in Red Zone
$80 all other areas | 1Gb | yes | Extra Charge see below | Max Speed for both
D: MAX U: 128kb |
|---|
$80 in Red Zone
$90 All other areas | 5Gb | yes | Extra Charge see below | Max Speed for both
D: MAX U: 128kb |
|---|
| $90 in Red Zone
$100 all other areas | 20Gb | yes | Extra Charge see below | Max Speed for both
D: MAX U: 128kb |
|---|
| ORCON + AREA | (Selected areas of Auckland & Wellington, see Orcon section below)
| | | |
|---|
| $69.95 | 1Gb ($2 per extra Gb) | yes | 19c/min per national landline call capped at $2.95 (for up to a 1 hrs call) | Max Speed |
|---|
| $79.95 | 5Gb | yes | 19c/min per national landline call capped at $2.95 (for up to a 1 hrs call) | Max Speed |
|---|
| $99.95 | 10Gb | yes incl free: call waiting, voicemail & caller ID | Unlimited National calls (Up to 1 hr!) Add $10/mth for free calls to 15 countries | Max Speed |
|---|
| $119.95 | 25Gb | yes incl free: call waiting, voicemail & caller ID | Unlimited calls to ONE country out of top 15 up to 1hr | Max Speed |
|---|
| Slingshot | | | | |
|---|
| $69.90 | 2Gb | Yes | NO | D: 256 kbps U:128 kbps |
|---|
| $74.90 | 5Gb | Yes | NO | D: MAX U: 128k |
|---|
| $84.90 | 15Gb | Yes | NO | D: MAX U: 128k |
|---|
| $84.90 | 5Gb | Yes | No | D: MAX U: MAX |
|---|
| $94.90 | 25Gb
| Yes
| No
| D: MAX
U: MAX
|
|---|
TelstraClear
Home Plan
| ADD EXTRA FOR DATA CHARGES
| | | |
|---|
$75 in AKL, WEL
CHCH
$80 | ADD $4 - 1Gb
ADD $7- 3Gb
ADD $15- 10Gb
ADD $30 - 25Gb
| Yes
| Free extended Local Calls | MAX |
|---|
$90 in AKL, WEL CHCH
$95 | as above | Yes | Free Unlimited National Calls
| MAX |
|---|
$115 in AKL, WEL CHCH
$120 | as above
| Yes
| Free Unlimited National & INTERNATIONAL calls (28 Countries)
| MAX |
|---|
| WOOSH | 12 month plan
| | | |
|---|
$76 AKL, WEL CHCH
$86
| 3Gb
| Yes
| 10c/min national calls, 45c/min mobile calls, international calls from 8c/min
| MAX |
|---|
$89 AKL, WEL, CHCH
$99
| 7Gb | Yes
| as above
| MAX |
|---|
$99 AKL, WEL, CHCH
$109
| 30Gb | Yes | as above
| MAX |
|---|
$109 AKL, WEL, CHCH
$119
| 109Gb
| Yes
| as above
| MAX
|
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TELSTRA CLEAR IN-HOME PACKAGE
If you live in Wellington, Christchurch or Kapiti Coast & live in an area where they have their own cable system present you can apply for their INHOME packages.
These are much cheaper than their HomePlan packages as listed above.
| Price | | Phone Line included
| Calls
included
| Speed (Mbps)
|
|---|
71.90
| 1Gb
| Yes | no
| 4 |
|---|
81.90
| 5Gb | Yes | no | 4
|
|---|
91.90
| 10Gb | Yes | no | 10 |
|---|
116.90
| 20Gb | Yes | no | 10 |
|---|
146.90
| 50Gb
| Yes | no | 10 |
|---|
186.90
| 80Gb | Yes | no | 10 |
|---|
266.90
| 120Gb | Yes | no | 25 |
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ORCON PACKAGES (NOT IN ORCON + AREAs)Orcon + Network is limited to selected exchanges Auckland & Wellington.
Otherwise you can use Orcon Standard Package.
| | line rental
included
| Download
allowance
| Speed
| Package
|
|---|
| 39.95 | no | 1Gb | D: Max
U: 128
| Purple
|
|---|
34.95
| no (but must have
toll calls with orcon
| 1Gb | D: Max
U: 128
| Purple with tolls |
|---|
109.95
| yes | 10Gb | D: Max
U: 128
| Gold |
|---|
129.95
| yes | 20Gb | D: Max
U: 128
| Platinum |
|---|
Wireless home Broadband (NOT 3G MOBILE)
Woosh offers Wireless Broadband where it uses its own transmitters in the main centres.
This is currently limited to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Southland
Reception & download speeds can be variable depending on where you live in these areas, so always check the coverage maps & try out before signing up to a long contract.
To check out more about Woosh visit their wireless broadband page to check if you're in their coverage area.
We have found when used in Auckland that the reception can vary depending on where you live and doesn't work so well for VOIP calls as there was quite a delay in the calls, but I presume this depends how close you are to their transmitter.
Make sure you try it out before signing up for long contract. Check to see if you can use the service for say 2 weeks and return it if you're not happy and check you can get a full refund.
| Monthly Charge | Download Limit | Phone Line | Phone calling plans | Broadband Speed |
|---|
$29.95 | 1Gb | Not required | $49 if want phone line | Up to 1.5Mb/128 |
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| $39.95 | 5Gb | Not required | $59.95 if want phone line | as above |
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$49.95 | 10Gb | Not required | $69.95 if want phone line | as above |
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| $59.95 | 20Gb | Not required | $79.95 if want phone line | as above |
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New Customer Offers
Broadband offer free MySky with Vodafone
Individual FIXED LINE Broadband InformationFor more details of these plans see below under the individual companies.
Orcon Broadband & Home Phone Packages
Orcon Broadband Packages Page
They offer no term contracts, so don't need to sign up for 12 months, useful if moving soon!
Naked Broadband Plan (if live in Orcon Network area)
$79.95 15Gb No homeline
ORCON + AREA
Prices in table above only available in Auckland City & Wellington CBD
The areas where Orcon+ exchanges serve are listed here
ORCON BROADBAND OUTSIDE ORCON+ NETWORK
This doesn't include home line prices:
Broadband Only
(Pay for home line separately ie up to $46.35 on top of these figures)
PURPLE (with toll calls) 1GB $34.95 if have home toll calls via Orcon
PURPLE 1GB $39.95 if keep toll calls with current provider (Telecom)
Broadband with Home Line
GOLD: 10Gb $109.95 includes homeline (unlimited National Calls)
PLATINUM: 20Gb $129.95 includes homeline (unlimited National Calls)
Slingshot Phone & Broadband
Slingshot Broadband Packages
Slingshot offers Free Off Peak Broadband.
Download or browse the internet in off peak hours and it wont count towards your monthly data cap. But how many people up at this time. Only useful if downloading overnight. Note: The off peak times vary between the plans too!
Naked Broadband (Rural Customers pay an extra $20/mth)
25Gb $79.95 with Home Phone Line with their iTalk system
iTalk enables you to make calls through your broadband connection, so you don't need a landline. It provides you with a local phone line number as before but all calls are routed through your broadband connection. This service which is a form or VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) offers substantial savings for calls abroad.
More about iTalk here
Telecom Broadband & Home Phone Plans
If you have a Telecom Home Phone & Broadband separate it can work out more expensive than combining these services under one package "Total Home Packages"
eg if you have Telecom Home line & Broadband 3Gb in Auckland you would pay $42 (homeline rental) PLUS $39.95 = $81.95
On the Telecom Total Lite Package you get Phone line rental plus 5Gb Download allowance PLUS Calls to One Number for free (see terms) for $80!
Telecom Broadband plans
The contract with Telecom includes free connection & Broadband Modem.
A 12 month contract applies.
$199 Termination fee if cancel before 12 month contract.
Broadband Plans only
ADD $46.35/mth most of New Zealand.
For Customers in Wellington 04 calling region, Christchurch City & most suburbs add $38.30
FOR Customers in Auckland add $42
Download Limit/mth | Price/mth | Max Download Speed |
| 3Gb | $39.95 | Yes |
| 10Gb | $49.95 | Yes |
| 20Gb | $59.95 | Yes |
| NO CAP | $59.95 | Not at peak times, Maybe be reduced between 9am-2am |
| 40Gb | $79.95 | No |
TELECOM TOTAL HOME PACKAGES
Check out Total Home Packages
The minimum contract period for Total Home is 12 months and an early termination fee of $199 applies.
Total Home plan is still beaten by Vodafones 20GB for $90 plan if don't make many national calls. You can upgrade this plan for free national calls anyway if you need it.
But if make lots of daytime national call may be worth looking at the 10GB Plan ($15 for unlimited national calls in evenings or $20 for anytime calls like with Telecom.)
Telstra Clear Telstra Clear is probably the most confusing as they have 2 different prices depending on where you live.
They have cable installed in Wellington, Kapiti & Christchurch it is called the In Home Plan
Rest of NZ get a plan called Home Plan.
Current Packages
12 month contract applies
Cancellation fee $99 if before end of 12 month contract
They also have cable broadband plans for those living in Cabled areas check them out here:
Telstra Clear Cable Broadband Package Prices
Vodafone Fixed Broadband with Home Phone Plans
Vodafone Broadband Packages
Vodafone offers 2 different types of pricing depending on where you live in New Zealand.
They only offer a combine broadband with home phone rental package (have to move your phone service from Telecom to Vodafone).
New Customer Offers:
Broadband offer free MySky
A 12 month contract applies.
Free Connection & Free Broadband Modem
$199 Termination fee if cancel before 12 month contract.
If moving house pay $99 to reconnect
"Vodafone's Red Zone"
If you live in the Red Zone you get the lower price. This is because Vodafone have installed their own equipment into the local phone exchanges.
Download Speed: MAXIMUM
Upload Speed: MAXIMUM
The Red Zone is currently in:
- Auckland CBD
- Newmarket
- Epsom North
- East Tamaki
- Manukau Central
- Glenfield
- Takapuna
- Westfield
- Wellington
- Lower Hutt
- Wainuiomata
- Upper Hutt
- Christchurch excluding Fendalton, Avonhead and Papanui
Phone Plans
You can elect to have free calls added to your broadband/home phone package if you would like. You don't need to do this and then you will just get free local calls as per a standard Telecom line.
The extra plans you can elect to choose include:
Extra $15/mth
Unlimited number of calls evening/weekend to National Landlines
Extra $20/mth
Extra $25/mth
Unlimited NZ & Australia toll calls
Talk 3
Extra $40
Unlimited calls to National Landlines in 21 Countries
Worldxchange (Xnet)
World Exchange Broadband Plans
Once again offers a different range of broadband plans!!
To work out cost of broadband:
1. Choose how you want to use the internet:
1. Free 75GB Off Peak Broadband between 2am-8am ($1.54/GB in peak hrs)
So if you want to use broadband for downloading overnight
2. Flat Rate Broadband ($1.02/GB at all times)
If you don't download so much.
2. Select the Speed
| Monthly Charge | Download Limit | Phone Line | Phone call plans | Broadband Speeds |
|---|
Xnet River $33.95 |
| No | No | D: MAX U: 128k |
|---|
Xnet Flood $49.95 |
| yes | No | D: MAX U: MAX |
|---|
WorldxChange VOIP
They offer a VOIP package
If you already have broadband you can opt for this service with Worldxchange
$11.25/mth comes with phone number & line.
You can keep your existing home phone number or be supplied with a new number.