Upgrade to 100mbit
Hoping Quentin or someone else from slingshot can inform us when the free upgrade to 100mbit will be happening? i know its only just July but patience has never been a strong point of mine
View ArticleSlingshot Cache/Proxy
Can I assume that turning off caching on Slingshot is totally pointless? I ask because I have turned it off and it seems to make no difference whatsoever. Using www.lagado.com/tools/cache-test and...
View ArticleCannot access Easyphone features
Morning,For some reason i cannot access the Easyphone features on the Slingshot website. At first i thought it may have been Adblock stopping it, turned that off but still no go.Please help.
View ArticleModem not autheticating
Hi Guys, my internet connection has been awesome for the last 5 months without power resetting until today this afternoon when we lost internet connection while kids are watching netflix. So I rebooted...
View ArticleSlingshot Global Mode on for all customers
Just received Slingshot has today unshackled many of the world's leading video streaming sites.Services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and BBC iPlayer will now be able to be accessed by all...
View ArticleSlingshot VDSL with Netcomm NF4V
Hi,Is there anyone using NetComm NF4V modem with Slingshot VSDL?If yes, would you please tell me how to setup it?I try these methods but it is not working:1.Delete default WAN service.2.Create new...
View ArticleCannot send email from another ISP
Hello,Am away staying with relatives and having trouble sending email, receiving is ok. They are with Vodafone.Please help, do i need to change settings somewhere?Thanks in advanceJ
View ArticleSlingshot UFB in Christchurch?
Hi Everyone, Enable switched on their fibre network in our area in January this year, but we haven't signed up because Slingshot doesn't yet offer UFB over Enable's network here in Christchurch. We...
View ArticleSlingshot to accept Bitcoins
Just received:Last week Slingshot flicked the switch on Global Mode, and now the ISP is offering savvy Kiwi web users the chance to pay their broadband bill with Bitcoin.Slingshot GM Taryn Hamilton...
View Articleplease tell me global mode isnt broken :(
so global mode seems to not be working for me, i get "this page has a redirect loop" when i try to load videos on netflix.anyone else got the same problem?
View ArticleSymantec seems to think that www.slingshot.co.nz is unsafe
I had a look at the safe Web support and got the following:Threat ReportDrive-By DownloadsThreats found: 2 Here is a complete list: (for more information about a specific threat, click on the Threat...
View ArticleCabinetisation - can I get it?
Currently, I'm on ADLS2+ in the Devonport area. (No UFB yet :( !) I get a quite good connection:29.0dB seems to suggest about 2.0km away from the end-point, which is about the distance to the Devonport...
View ArticleIPv6 on Slingshot?
are slingshot any closer to rolling out IPv6 yet?i see orcon are.i volunteer to test it whenever you do start testing!i use a tunnel service right now but its slow and generally just times out :(
View ArticleWhat sites has Slingshot unblocked???
Does anyone know what other sites Slingshot Global Mode has unblocked? On their website they say they've unblocked two dozen - but I can only find reference to Netflix, Hulu, BBC iplayer and Amazon...
View ArticleNew Slingshot NAKED Plans!
So it looks like Slingshot's new naked plans are up and available on their website in the below links. They are looking competitively priced.https://www.slingshot.co.nz/plans/broadband/nakedNaked ADSL-...
View ArticleCallPlus open recursive resolvers being locked down to in-network only
Note that from 31st July the following IP addresses will stop answering to recursive queries for non CallPlus/Slingshot/2Talk/Flip/Orcon customers:202.180.64.2202.180.64.3202.180.64.4202.180.64.9
View Article$199 termination fee for one week of UFB that took five months to install
TL; DR: I am moving house in a week. Finally after 5 months of communication problems with Slingshot and Chorus I have fibre installed which I anticipated to have months ago. I have just received a...
View ArticleGlobal Mode- Netflix Yes Hulu Yes Amazon Prime NO!!
Anyone got any ideas?I have Global Mode on, dumped my Unblock-us account.Using Slingshots VDSL modem and also airport express.DNS settings are 202.180.64.10 and 202.180.64.11.I can access Netflix, Hulu...
View ArticleUFB and Phone
So we got fibre installed last week and because there was communication issues between Chorus and SS (our plan was late getting switched over), Chorus didn't cut our copper line and finish hooking up...
View ArticleUFB, managed switch and the NETGEAR R7000
So I've done a little reading here and there on the forum and other sites, put two and two together and inherited a few things. I have a Planet FGSW-2620PVM managed switch, a NETGEAR R7000, and...
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