Snap, Orcon and Slingshot

The 3 providers that are available today are:

1. Snap
2. Orcon
3. Slingshot

Are they all equal?

Well, here's what I've found so far:

Slingshot don't seem to really be a contender (yet).
If you go to their page (click here), they don't seem to really be up and running yet - the page seems to be very generic with regards to their UFB offering and asks you to sign up your interest in the service.
Oh - and when you click on their plans and pricing page, you get this:

Orcon have a great offer that means you don't pay anything for your service until 2013.
However, they do seem to have a number of Terms and Conditions (T&C's) around this offer which could means some fairly hefty fees if you disconnect early (nothing unusual about this - just something to keep in mind). Also doesn't appear that you own the modem - upside of this is that they probably replace it if there is anything wrong. Downside is that you are paying for it each month (but there are special deals where it's effectively free).

Snap seem to have the most clear-cut offering and are very upfront with early termination fees etc.
Those people that have used Snap before seem to have nothing but positive comments about them - which makes sense considering that they have been "ISP of the year 3 years in a row".

So if you are thinking of making the jump now, it really seems that Orcon and Snap are the only two contenders. Next post will be comparing the two of them for a phone line + data, with varying terms/dates to see how they stack up.

Slingshot - feel free to correct me - I'm just basing this from what I can see 8-).