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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2018-07-01 22:43:40

Tony 4.0

Expensive. Customer service appalling. In three months. I've had to spend 8 hours on the phone with them to sort out continual issues with billing. Torrents were really slow.

Pros

No stoppage in service.

Cons

Expensive. Customer service appalling. In three months. I've had to spend 8+ hours on the phone with them to sort out continual issues with billing. Torrents were really slow.

2018-06-29 17:32:41

T K 4.4

Poor reliability of speed. Customer support not helpful.

2018-06-29 11:34:29

RN Farrer 4.8

Hard to get hold of and local store, not a great deal of help.

Pros

Good coverage.

Cons

expensive when compared with other providers. Changes in rates not allowed in plan

2018-06-23 23:29:55

Brenden 7.2

Speed is an issue sometimes but overall pretty good

2018-06-23 00:50:11

Stephen 6.2

Very reliable 4G wireless in rural areas where provided

Pros

Reliable, high speed connection. Faster than many fibre plans!

Cons

Hampered to a large extent by use of Huawei technology, its poor software and other shortcomings. No unlimited plans. Expensive compared to wired connections.

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