4 months free Fibre Broadband
When you join Skinny on a 12-month fixed broadband plan. Plus, get your modem on us! Limited time offer.
Not available everywhere. New Skinny Broadband customers only. Speed upgrades incur additional charges. Modem shipping and handling fee applies. T&Cs apply. (Please note: We are currently experiencing a delay with the shipping of Modems due to COVID and courier backlog. There is a wait time of up to 20 Business Days for delivery.).
Referee gets 4GB rollover data, referrer gets $20 account credit. Referee must activate new sim and buy a $16 or above 4 weekly rollover plan.
Ahh, forgot there's a thread there already.
Hasn't been posted as deal so you're all good.
Quoting @Meridian, this is a good deal even if you don't want to stay the full 12mo.
You get 4 months free - if you cancel you pay $199 after 6 months (or which 4 months was free anyway) and then the fee drops to $99 in the following 6 months and the deal is open to people who have not been customers for the last 90 days. Surely that means if someone else comes up with a similar deal, after paying 2 months you could swap again, take the $99 fee and then get another 4 months free. Rinse and repeat.
https://www.cheapies.nz/comment/120706/redir
I calculated not too long ago that you can do 6 months of skinny, cancel, join hotshot for 3 months, and go back to skinny for the 4 months free again. Worked out to $51.77 I believe, my notes from that day are too messy can't tell what is what. Thinking about it was harder than one might expect, the calculations weren't that simple as you had to make sure you were including the right amount of months.
We've been with Skinny broadband for about 4 years now still at the starting fee of $68. :D I wonder if I can get the free 4 months? hehe
You might not be able to but I presume your partner could 😉
I got this, depends on the customer rep but give a go
Just in time for all of us on the 6 months free from october to cancel, pay our fees and partners sign up.
No, I'm pretty sure it is address specific.
how will it work for renters? sorry you are not qualified because the prior renter was with skinny?
No, it's just that you have to have not been with skinny for 3 months.
@Bill: But renters if you move in to a house and the previous tenant was in skinny you should be eligible for the offer. Surely it's based on name and details, as long as it's a different end user it would work.
@Everettpsycho: I guess that's up to skinny to decide
Available to customers who do not currently get broadband from Skinny and have not had broadband with Skinny for the last 90 days.
https://www.skinny.co.nz/broadband#:~:text=How%20does%20the%…
No static IP offering sadly
https://www.skinny.co.nz/help/wireless-4g-broadband/set-up-w…
I'm stuck paying $109/month with Bigpipe. Their static IP is a 1-off $50 cost
What are the benefits of a static IP? Pardon my ignorance ;)
If you want to run a server / host some kind of service(s) then you often prefer to have a fixed IP so that other people (or yourself, when outside your own network) can easily 'find' your location on the net.
There are other options, including Dynamic DNS, but for most serious uses, you really prefer a fixed IP.
Thanks Alan. So as I'm currently with Stuff Fibre is that likely to be static or dynamic?
@L3tstaxth1s: Unless you have explicitly asked for (and, likely, pay for) a static IP, you will almost certainly be on a dynamic IP.
Most (all?) ISPs charge extra for static IPs.
If you aren't sure, check your invoices for a line item, or give Stuff-Fibre a call to check.
I've been on Skinny Fibre for a bit and the only time the address ever changes is when I reboot my router, which could be months.
On the other hand, combining a cheap domain (like $10 or less a year if you shop around), a local DDNS client, and a Cloudflare free tier plan with DNS management, gets you self-managed DDNS.
Same with pretty much all ISPs - your IP will usually only change if you reboot your router, but no guarantees, which is the issue.
Any free DDNS will probably work for most people for personal use. It is usually only if you have other people using a service on your machine(s) that you really need to be sure they will be able to find you, especially if you are selling something, and they have higher expectations :-)
Another option is to create a tunnel out to a known (fixed) location, and then set things up to allow connections in to your LAN via that external location, but that starts to get more technical than most people are going to be comfortable with. I haven't tried that for a while now, so not sure what the best options would be today, but my first inclination would be to use an SSH tunnel.
That says it's for "Wireless 4G Broadband" though, so it isn't talking fibre. I'm trying to find the same FAQ for fibre and not having much luck though. Found it, they also don't do static for broadband.
https://www.broadbandunlimited.nz/support-centre/about-skinn…
We don’t offer static IP addresses on Skinny Unlimited Broadband. All IP addresses on our connections are public, dynamic addresses.
I also asked the robot assistant if they use CGNAT, and the answer is that the do not on broadband, but they do on wireless.
Every Skinny Fixed Line Broadband connection receives a single dynamic IPv4 address. We do not currently use Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) on our fixed-line network. We do not currently offer static IPs on Skinny Broadband.
last i checked skinny broadband doesn't even give you a public ip address, it was all CGNAT which can cause issues with some services
I have Skinny fibre and it does NOT use CG NAT. I can VPN into my network without any problems.
Just checked with Skinny's chatbot. Apparently only wireless broadband (i.e. 5G broadband) are CGNAT. Fixed lines are not.
Every Skinny Fixed Line Broadband connection receives a single dynamic IPv4 address. We do not currently use Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) on our fixed-line network. We do not currently offer static IPs on Skinny Broadband.
Skinny Wireless Broadband uses Carrier Grade NAT (or CGNAT) to connect many customers to the internet using shared network resources, including shared IPv4 addresses. This means that you will not be able to forward ports to devices sitting behind your Skinny Wireless 4G Broadband modem. If you're looking to access a device on your home network remotely, you will either need to switch to a Skinny Fixed Line plan or seek an alternative method to connect to your home network, for example, a VPN. Please note that our care team will not be able to assist with such advanced configurations.
my mistake, guess i just assumed they might have followed what they had done on the wireless
Skinny used to use CGNAT for their fixed line customers but a few years ago Spark centralised network management so both Skinny and BigPipe just use the Spark network rather than doing their own thing
Do you get $10/per month off your mobile plan if you have Skinny Fibre?
Last I checked it was only for Skinny wireless broadband and not for fibre.
Thanks for the info.
I wonder how good is their modem? We are currently with Vodafone and ever since we upgraded to Vodafone ultra hub modem (the black color one), wifi signals are so good in every corner of our home. Can anybody who is already with skinny pls advise, thanks.
I have found coverage to be around the same, believe the regulation on max output limits them. The major difference is the portal interface, a lot more options. Also, the skinny one has double duel band wifi.
Thanks Bill, i don’t understand much technical terms but from your comment, it sounds like skinny one is better
Just and update: I'm an existing Skinny customer on an old $68/mo no-contract plan. Here's what the rep emailed:
We're stoked you are keen to renew your 12 month contract with us.
We just need to get the legal stuff out the way then we can proceed with your request. Please can you confirm the following;
1) You are the registered account holder or named person(s) allowed to authorise this agreement.
2) You have read and understood the T's & C's set out here www.skinny.co.nz/skinny-terms/#unlltdtncs
3) You understand you are entering a contract for 12 months, charged at $78 per month that there will be an early termination fee if you choose to cancel before this new contract ends.
4) The contract would commence from your next billing date.
5) 4 months free will be added on your next billing date.
6) You agree to the $10 shipping and handling fee that will be charged on your saved credit/debit card. This amount will need to be charged before we action anything on your account.
Please confirm by responding to this email that you are happy to proceed with the 12 months contract after you've considered the points above.
Additionally, can you please advise a delivery address for your new modem?
It appears now ISPs are starting to do this, i.e. offering new sign up promotions as retention offer, I think that's an improvement. I did the same with Stuff fibre (now Slingshot).
That's great news for us bargain hunters :)
although I am wondering if my current plan ($68/mo effectively a permanent 12% off fibre) is better than the 4 months free internet which ends after a year. So I haven't pulled the trigger yet.
If I have you right, you are currently getting $10 off of $78 to pay $68 pm?
If you go with the $78 pm, but with 4 months free, you are going to pay 8 x $78 = $624 over the next 12 months, compared to $816 if you stick with the $68 pm. That's $192 savings over the next 12 months.
We don't know what will be available after 12 months, and I think it is reasonable to expect that there will be good deals, making the 4 months free even more favourable, but if we assume, worst case, that you then move to $78 pm ongoing, compared to $68 pm that they allow you to stay on forever, then it would take another 19 months or so to break-even - that's more than two and a half years from now (12 + 19 months)., and that it also without considering the time value of money, especially if you have any savings returns or interest bearing debt / mortgage etc.
If it were me in my situation, I'd take the savings now, as I doubt the cost of connections is going to go up significantly, but I could be wrong of course. You might feel differently.
Alan.
Shipping and handling for a new modem for a current customer?
Wish I can just slip the modem as I have my own router
Some discussion on this deal over in the forums section.