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Skinny Broadband Review

Here’s the skinny on Skinny’s broadband options to see whether you could trim the fat with a new plan.

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Skinny Mobile offers both mobile phone plans and broadband plans. In fact, Skinny is Canstar’s 2023 award winner for Most Satisfied Customers | Mobile Prepaid Plans. While Skinny’s perhaps best known for its no-frills prepaid plans, it offers a great range of broadband plans across wireless and unlimited fibre:

Wireless Plans:

60GB Plan

$45/month

120GB Plan

$50/month

Unlimited Plan

$55/month

All of Skinny’s plans require the use of a Skinny modem, which is provided free if you sign up for a 12-month plan. Otherwise you’ll need to purchase one for $199. $10 shipping fee also applies.

Skinny Wireless 4G Broadband plans use Spark’s 4G network. So you can expect a solid broadband connection with a download speed of 33mbps, which is enough for HD video streaming.


VDSL/ADSL Plans:

Unlimited Plans:

VDSL Plan

35/5Mbps: $75/month

ADSL Plan

9/5Mbps: $75/month

Skinny’s plans require the use of a modem, you can BYO or use a Skinny one. A Skinny modem is provided free if you sign up for a 12-month plan. If you’re on an open term plan, a Skinny modem will cost you $150. $10 shipping fee also applies.


Fibre Plans:

Unlimited Plans:

$75/month – 319/100Mbps

$90/month – 914/500Mbps

All the above plans offer a Skinny Smart Modem for free on a 12-month contract. If you’re on an open term plan, a Skinny modem will cost you $150. A $10 shipping fee applies.

Or, you can save $5/month for 12 months if you BYO modem.

Current deals:

Wireless plans come with two months free, all others offer one month free when you sign up for a 12-month plan.

You can also save $10 per month on all Skinny’s plans while you have an active eligible Skinny $27-plus four-weekly Skinny mobile plan.


How does Skinny broadband compare?

Below is an overview of 300/100Mbps broadband deals on offer from major providers in New Zealand.

Broadband Provider Unlimited Broadband Deal
$ Per Month
Skinny
Modem shipping: $10
$68.75 (Includes current deal: 1 month free on 12-month contract)
($59.58 with $27 or above 4-weekly Skinny mobile plan)
Save further $5/m for 12 months for BYO modem.
Free modem on 12-month plan. $150 on open term.
Standard price: $75/m
Contact*
Only offers broadband + power bundles
Bundle deals only, no fixed term:
$49: broadband + power
$70: fibre broadband + power
Slingshot* $77 (Includes deal: $20/m discount on 12-month contract)
(Current deal also includes extra $100 bonus credit, bringing total cost to $68.66/m for first 12 months)
BYO modem or rent one for $5/m
Standard price: $97/m
2degrees* $80 (Includes deal: $17/m discount on 12-month contract)
($70 with 2degrees monthly mobile plan)
BYO modem or rent one for $5/m
Bigpipe $79
$49 connection fee applies
Electric Kiwi
Only offers broadband + power bundles
$2.65/day (equivalent to $80.60/m)
BYO modem or buy/rent-to-buy one for $150.
Sky Broadband Non-Sky TV subscriber: $90 | Subscriber: $80
(Sky Starter Package, $25.99/m)
(Current deal: 50% off for first three months,
equal to $78.75/m | $70/m for first 12 months.)
One NZ* $91/m
($81/m with One NZ pay monthly mobile plan)
BYO modem or rent one for $4/m on 12-month plan
No fixed term with BYO modem
Nova Energy* $95 broadband only (no fixed term)
$75: broadband + power
Now $95
(10% power bundle discount + $5 per added mobile plan)
BYO modem or buy one for $120
Orcon* $97
Spark Modem extra $150,
or BYO on fibre plans*
$97
(Includes Standard Netflix worth $18.49/m,
equivalent to $78.51/m.
Plus McAfee Security Standard,
worth $4.95/m)

*$15 one-off modem delivery fee (Prices correct as of 28/02/24)


What’s the deal with Skinny broadband?

Skinny has a couple of extra tidbits that are noteworthy:

  • 30-day money back guarantee for network performance
  • The flexibility of not having to opt for a fixed 12-month contract

To help Kiwi consumers choose the best broadband providers, Canstar surveys thousands of broadband customers and asks them to score their providers across categories including Value for Money, Network Performance and Customer Service. To read the results of our full research and to find out more about NZ’s best broadband providers, just click on the big button below:

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