I want to stay with slingshot for fibre but i cant???? whos in bed with who??
This is what i think i Know.....So I am in central city Tauranga where UFB (ultra fast fibre from Wel Group in Hmailton) have laid the fibre in Tauranga. UFB are in bed with truspower and some other...
View ArticleOut of Office Auto Reply
Oh my! I am currently managing my fathers email account through webmail as he has had to be moved into a nursing home and is no longer able to monitor his account. I have been replying to and...
View ArticleBBC Iplayer for android
I have slingshot global enabled so Iplayer works and I beleive I am allowed to watch it as I am from overseas!So how do I get the iplayer app on my nexus 5 and my kindle fire hd?I have looked around...
View ArticleSlingshot Ultra Fibre and Ultra VDSL plans are now LIVE!
The day has come! We've released our new Ultra Fibre and Ultra VDSL plans for sign up today and we think they're pretty fine. Check them out for yourself at http://www.slingshot.co.nz/products/fibre/If...
View ArticleSlingshot fined for slamming practices
Just received:Call Plus Services Limited, trading as Slingshot, has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty in the Auckland District Court today to 50 charges it faced under the Fair Trading Act in...
View ArticleLow speeds to UK
I have been on VDSL for a few days now and have been generally happy with speeds of 30mb local, 14mb Oz and 10mb to USA but have had only 1mb to the UK and today I am getting jack, in fact speedtest is...
View ArticleVB104W Modem/Router Thread
Anyone managed to get SSH / Telnet access yet?It keeps refusing my credentials.Also changed the credentials and still no luck.Also the ADSL2+ attn. is higher on this model. Syncing at around 20.3 Mbps. :(
View ArticleMoving out of flat - wanting to end ISP services
Hi Our flat lease ends on the 28th of Jan and our Slingshot monthly billing cycle is on/around the 22nd, is there anyway we can extend our internet for another week to finish on the 28th instead?On...
View ArticleHard set VDSL to 17a profile?
Hi all, is it possible to have the 17a profile manually set for the VDSL line?Hopefully my line stats are good enough and am approx. 100m from the cabinet.Currently sync at 47.419 / 10.33 Mbps.Since...
View ArticleSwitching to Slingshot Fibre
I'm currently an Xnet (WorldxChange? I don't even know what they're called any more) fibre customer. A relatively happy one, at that. Things run pretty blisteringly quick. My current plan entitles me...
View ArticleItalk will only work through softphone
HiI started a thread about this somewhere else - ( not knowing SlingShot had a section all of it's own ) , someone suggested I put it here, in the hope that someone from SS will see it.We've been using...
View Articleseting up wireless routerto connect to slingshot
Hope someone can help,I bought a new TP LINK router and want to setup and connect to slingshot,when entering my username and password,do I enter my username and .co.nz also or just my user name and...
View ArticleSlingshot Naked Unlimiyted plan
I'm thinking about changing from TNZ 150GB to the Naked Unlimiyted 90$ plan. And as I'm heavily using P2P I'd like to know if Slingshot is throttling P2P traffic or uses any other type of shaping on...
View ArticleUpgrade to vdsl some sites not working
We upgraded to vdsl about a month ago from adsl2. We are finding a few sites are not working that we previously had no problem with, also really slow to UK sites.Could someone on VDSL with slingshot...
View ArticleSlingshot Moving House Woes
Hi All,I've been a Slingshot customer for over three years and moved house over the weekend. I called Slingshot ahead of time to schedule my phone and ADSL to come with me. The transfer was scheduled...
View ArticleHow well do the Unlimited One/ Unlimited Plans perform in Hamilton
In regards to the ADSL plans:Is the unlimited one a different pool to the unlimited plan?How do both stack up for usability during peak traffic hours in Hamilton?Would we be able to have one person...
View ArticleSlingshot fibre unlimited plus traffic shaped?
So FINALLY after much hassle got my fibre connected last night and while we're still dealing with a phone that can't ring out (fault lodged waiting until monday) for the most part it's great...
View ArticleSlingshot AYCE Plan - speeds?
Hi there,Just wondering if my speed is out of the ordinary I get this result consistently..........says I'm slower than 58% of New Zealand(I live close to the CBD, and am kitted out with Singshot...
View Articlewhat is the point in the network status page?
Around 1pm today when I was home for lunch I noticed the internet was down. Went to restart the router noticed only a power light on. Checked the phone no dial tone. Rung slingshot ran around in...
View ArticleBad Line Speed Advice (1914 down 687 up)
Hey Guys,So lately i've been having terrible line speeds with slingshot on their AYCE plan. Screenshot is below showing all the xDSL statistics.I'm not too knowledgeable about all this, but I've tried...
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