‘Best price’ broadband in NZ
A ‘‘no frills’’ unlimited broadband plan is promising it will not be beaten on price as people increasingly look to take up unlimited data offerings.
Skinny Broadband, launched last year by Spark subsidiary Skinny Mobile, said on Monday it was now offering an unlimited broadband deal, as well as a new ‘‘entry-level’’ plan.
The unlimited deal provided broadband at the best available speed for any area for $58 a month for the first year and $88 a month the second over a 24-month contract.
It was also available at $68 a month for no fixed term, which was slightly cheaper than the $73 a month the two-year plan averaged out to, but without the free installation and modem.
Skinny Mobile general manager Ross Parker said the company’s goal was to provide the cheapest broadband prices in the country.
It had also launched a new 40GB data plan for $40 a month, with sales already being made on Monday morning.
Parker said the new offering was about acquiring new customers by providing different products for different audiences.
The growing market was in unlimited data plans, however, as more devices became connected and video streaming remained popular.
‘‘New Zealanders used 70 per cent more data in 2016 than in 2015, and we know that the appetite for data is only going to keep growing.’’
Skinny Broadband launched last year and it had been an ‘‘awesome’’ first year, Parker said.
The initial offer was a wireless internet service, instead of through copper or fibre optic cables, but the new unlimited plan would be fixed-line.
He expected there would be some migration from existing customers to the new plan, but said students and others moving house at the start of the year were key targets.
‘‘This is a no frills, naked broadband.
‘‘It’s the best price of the major IPs (internet providers) in New Zealand.’’