Hi there,
We have some sad news – we are turning off Global Mode from 1 September this year.
As you probably know, Sky, Lightbox (Spark), TVNZ, and Mediaworks launched legal action against the Global Mode service earlier this year. We have reached a settlement of that action and the official press statement is below.
“CallPlus (including Slingshot, Orcon and Flip) and Bypass Network Services today announced the Global Mode service will be withdrawn in New Zealand on 1 September 2015. The removal of Global Mode forms part of a settlement which sees Sky, TVNZ, Lightbox and MediaWorks drop the legal action against CallPlus and Bypass Network Services. Further details of the settlement are confidential and will be the subject of a formal Court order. As a term of settlement, the parties have agreed that they will not provide additional information about this matter”
But, to matters closer to home - what does this mean for you? In a nutshell we’ll be turning off Global Mode on 1 September.If the only reason you are with us is Global Mode and you want to leave, then we'll happily let you break your contract with no penalties. Just call us in August and have a chat. But we think there are loads of great reasons to stay with us and we hope you hang around!
In the meantime, we'll continue to focus on delivering great broadband and launching other new products - it is just what we do.
Thanks, the team at Slingshot.
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