Spark Broadband

Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications and digital services company providing fixed-line telephone services, mobile phone services, broadband, and digital technology services (including cloud, security, digital transformation, and managed services). Its customers range from consumers to small - medium business, government agencies and large enterprise clients.

It was formerly known as Telecom New Zealand until it was rebranded to Spark on 8 August 2014. It has operated as a publicly traded company since 1990. Spark's mobile network reaches 98% of New Zealand, with over 2.7 million mobile connections and 687,000 broadband connections.

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Compare Spark Broadband Plans

Reliability	6.3
Speed	6.0
Support	5.2
Features	5.9
Value	4.4

Average from 365 reviews

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2018-02-09 00:02:59

Joseph C 9.2

I have been with them for the last two years without any problems. Their communication has been outstanding and they were quick to offer good deals when asked (unlike MyRepublic who refused to even consider a small deal). Their support team on Facebook was very professional and made it easy to deal with.

Pros

- Great communication
- Very good deals (just ask!)
- Great speeds with little to no dropouts experienced.

Cons

- Nothing that I can think of.

2018-02-06 10:17:45

Milo 9.6

It has been great last 5 years with Spark. I would recommend to my friends.

Pros

Their Customer support has been the best ever! They gave me the answer right away all the time. Hassles free and connection is stable. The Speed is amazing and they even upgraded my plan from ADSL to VDSL without extra c ...read more

Cons

There were a particular month with a lot of connection issue. They did not explain what is really going on. i was happy with them the most of times except the month.

2018-02-03 05:47:36

Mike 3.2

We have Rural Broadband (4G). We were sold this as better than the VDSL (copper wire) we had in Jan 2016. Initial speed was 38.91 down and 11.37 up, which was very acceptable. However this did not last. Over the year it slowly deteriorated and on the 30th Jan this we hit rock bottom at 7 down and 1.4 up. Support to date to resolve has been disgusting. No communication the biggest issue. Have even raised a complaint via their Web site which promised a response in 24 hrs which ...read more

Pros

Was great in the beginning. Signal strength excellent. Price reasonable.

Cons

Terrible speeds. Fluctuates something wicked. So bad at time that our accounting software (in the cloud) will time out.

2018-02-02 23:31:54

Robin Tuuckey 8.6

Had no problems

Pros

Works well
Good service

Cons

Maail does not filter junk
Connection gets very slow at peak times

2018-01-30 03:15:08

Max Braniff-Whitehouse 3.0

We get on going speed problems, buffering and disconnection.

Pros

Not much.

Cons

Very frustrating.

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