Connect netcomm nf4u to Slingshot ADSL
Just bought a new Modem. Internet is working with old Modem but this Modem will authenticate with Slingshot. Settings are as per Slingshot help desk. The line shows up but no authentication. I must...
View ArticleNeed help with streaming With roku stick
Hi guys. First post so pardon my ignorance.I currently have slingshot and I love the global mode. Have had net flix for a few months now and I have no problem streaming it on my PC and chromecast. I...
View ArticleVDSL2 - slowly decreasing sync speeds inevitable?
So my sync rate seems to be gradually dropping in the 5 or so months since I moved from ADSL2 to VDSL.I was getting around 40m/b to start with and as of tonight I am around 26Annex Mode ANNEX_A SNR...
View ArticleOvercharged by Slingshot for months - warning to existing customers
Wow, What an awful company. Slingshot reduced the price for dsl broadband months ago, but charge existing customers the previous price and will not reduce it unless the customer asks.The contact center...
View ArticleGlobal Mode issues
Is anyone else having issues with Global Mode today or the last couple of days?We started having issues yesterday when watching Netflix with low speeds then it was fine this morning but this afternoon...
View ArticleSlingshot UFB In My Area
Hi guys,Hopefully someone from Slingshot will pick this up and be able to answer for me.I'm keen to upgrade to UFB 100/50 and the Chorus site shows it has been installed and is available in my street....
View ArticlePop3 to Imap
I currently have a pop3 email account, can I change it to an Imap account without losing my emails and without changing email address?
View ArticleNew tv size
Just received an email from Slingshot. I know its a typo(I Hope) but I was imageining what a tv like this would look like.Want to see your Halloween zombies in HD? Thanks to our friends at Harvey...
View ArticleSlingshot ADSL throttling
Something weird is going on, almost certain of this now, Slingshot ADSL throttling. Around about 14th of October, my speeds took a nose dive to about with about 25% of what the general peak speed use...
View ArticleUsing Slingshot GlobalMode in conjunction with another VPN
Hi, I'm on Slingshot , and use GlobalMode successfully, but I have found that it stops working when I connect to another VPN I use (Sonic Wall to an office in the states). Obviously when this VPN is...
View ArticleDo slingshot really not do any wiring/splitter install for Naked VDSL plans?
Hello,I'm on ADSL now and was keen to move up to VDSL since its avail at my address for about the same price, however I done a bit of a google around and found numerous forum posts that suggest if you...
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 ArticleIncompetence or Just extreme bad luck
Is this incompetence widespread or have I simply just had extremely bad luck. I am a specialist gynaecologist, and a fairly competent IT guy, running all my own servers at work as well as my own...
View ArticleSlingshot UFB supplied router
Slingshot can currently supply the Tripleplay150 router to connect to UFB. The modem is rather blah, having reportedly poor wifi and only 100Mbit ports. I woas just wondering if there were any plans to...
View ArticleSlingshot increasing the price of my broadband plan by $20 a month...Outrageous!
Now I'm no fool...I work in a commercial world and understand that there are costs associated with offering services, but to receive an email out of the blue with this news is frankly outrageous. "On...
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 VDSL DLM
So, since I got VDSL from slingshot, I've been fiddling around with my wireless router to get the best signal and recently realised that my downstream speed has gone down from 45Mbps to around 30Mbps....
View Article$69 UFB Plans - Rollover and Copper Phone?
Hey guys, Just wanting to confirm on behalf of a friend before we switch him to slingshot UFB.With Rollover, the page I found on the mobile site specifically said all their Broadband plans. Does that...
View ArticleSlow VDSL
I have recently signed up for Naked VDSL and am getting crap speeds, quite variable but usually between 2-10Mbps download to a local speed test server and usually worse to international servers. My...
View ArticleSlingshot line speed
Hi All,Looking for advice with respect to line speed on a Slingshot ADSL. I live in a rural area that in the last year or so had 2 new RBI cabinets installed along the main road.When the RBI cabinets...
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