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Orcon and Slingshot: ADSL While You Wait

Just received:In time for the month when more Kiwis move than any other, Orcon and Slingshot have today launched a savvy new service to help keep thousands of Kiwis from landing in broadband limbo when...

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Fibre and Phone

So, elderly mother is going to have a go at getting fibre installed. She would like all the phone jacks working as they are currently due to one phone in a garage at the back of the section, i don't...

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Slingshot Netflix Bundle ?

Hi any words on a Slingshot Netflix bundle !?Would be pretty great. Better than a power/internet bundle IMO!

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Switching to slingshot

Looking at switching to slingshot ADSL from farmside, interested in peoples recent experiences with slingshot. I know that some years ago people were having bad experiences and wonder if things had got...

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Fibre sign up - Slingshot

So today i checked the handy Chorus website and as of today fibre is now ready on my street!I upgraded my plan on Slingshot My Account from ADSL to Fibre. Has anyone done this process yet? (online -...

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UFB+phone line problem

I've just got myself upgraded to UFB. I'd like to keep the phone line. My plan was to use my existing Netgear R8000 as the router directly and connect an ATA for phone line, as Slingshot uses...

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Connecting Asus AC68U with Netcomm NF4V

We recently had fibre installed. Slingshot sent us a Netcomm NF4V router for the connection. Unfortunately Chorus technicians severed our copper phone line when they installed fibre. So our phone goes...

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IMAP with SSL advertised but not supported (and broken) on Slingshot.

Unfortunately I have been dealing with Slingshot recently due to their broken IMAP SSL server which has meant one of my clients has stopped receiving email via IMAP on the majority of their devices...

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Slingshot VDSL + work VPN

Hey folks,We recently upgraded from ADSL to VDSL, via Slingshot and received a NF4V VDSL modem for our troubles.Since upgrading, we've been unable to access the work VPN, worked fine on the ADSL...

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Fritz 7490 and Slingshot Fibre

Hello all. I have searched but unable to find anything so hopefully someone can help. Fibre is about to be installed in our area and I am currently with Slingshot. I don't have their stock standard...

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Change Plans

HiHow exactly do I go about changing plans on the slingshot website? I currently have 100/20 with landline for $100.95 but don't need the landline anymore. When I remove it from the website, the price...

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Contacting Chorus or options for increasing broadband speed

Hi all,I have recently moved house away from my lovely urban fibre connection to ~1km out of Te Awamutu where I now have limited internet. I'm running out of ideas with my internet connection and I'm...

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Random question about UFB

So we have just had a change of plan to what slingshot calls Gigantic.This happen at 6am this morning as the network went down and came back online about 6.10am. Running a speed test this morning it...

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NF4V or Dm200 Bridge to ASUS RT-AC88U

Hi all, Im in a bit of a jam and can get my internet configured correctly. Im trying to get my router (RT-AC88U) Bridged to either one of these VDSL Modems (Netcomm NF4V or Netgear DM200). My slingshot...

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Switched from Slingshot ADSL to VDSL - having trouble with getting modem to...

Have had a good trawl through the forums and gone for a deep dive into Google, but can't seem to answer my own question, so here goes:Was on Slingshot ADSLGot upgraded to VDSL and confirmed on...

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Slingshot Gigantic Plan

I have a I7-6700k cpu and a decent gigabit capable motherboard and my router is a dlink dsl4320l. I just got switched to gigabit fibre through slingshot today and have only got speeds of about 190Mb...

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Slingshot fibre slow

Hi AllCan anyone suggest why my download and upload speeds are so slow on slingshot fibre. We are staying at a friends place for a few weeks in Christchurch near Northlands mall and sometimes the...

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Slingshot Upgrade to VDSL from ADSL - Island Bay

Hi Everyone,I am looking for some technical advice as I am struggling with providers in the Island Bay area. I am up on Volga Street in the hill and I am in the process of being upgraded to VDSL. This...

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Slingshot internation video streaming speeds - just horrible

Slingshot must be doing some masive throttleing of streaming video from international sites.It is basically impossible to watch a video (for example from Microsoft Virtual Academy) without video...

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[VDSL] DSL/Internet drops off random and resets/reconnects itself regularly

Hi all, Recently moved house and have installed VDSL over the original ADSL that was at the place. The speeds are definitely higher and where they should be based on my experiences with ADSL and Fibre....

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