New Orcon Plans

Was reading on Geekzone today that Orcon have launched new data plans.

For $75 per month you can get 30Gb data.
For $89 per month you can get 60Gb data.
And for $99 per month you can get UNLIMITED data.

All 3 plans include unlimited national calling. I haven't looked at the conditions for the "unlimited" calling, but that's an attractive offer for some people.

For me, the unlimited data plan sounds very tempting. Having signed up for Snap at the weekend my initial reaction reading this announcement was "Darn it - should have waited!".

But it's the old story - if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

Turns out that if you are on an unlimited plan, then you'll be put into a different pool of users. They have 2 pools - one for those on data limited/capped plans (eg the 30 / 60Gb plans) and one for those on the unlimited. Orcon have full details on how they are going to manage the unlimited data plans here.

To quote from Orcon's page:
"In short – the unlimited data plan is designed so you can get the most out of the internet – without being worried about a scary bill. But, the nature of how we will build the network [and depending on the number of customers downloading and how much they are downloading at any one time] means that on occasion you might see your speeds slowing".

My ADSL connection with Telecom is currently running at a minimum of 10Mbit/s, so the swap to UFB is to get an even higher speed (with less variation in speeds). Sounds like choosing Snap was the right thing yet again.