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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2020-06-03 12:02:10

Mark 7.6

Had spark for about 3 years, no problems, fast enough for what I wanted....

2020-05-28 01:03:59

Lorraine Adams 5.8

I was initially quite happy with my Spark wireless connection. However, during the pandemic lockdown, having to use Zoom for meetings, my internet would drop three or four times in the space of two hours. This was intensely frustrating, hence my deciding to switch to a fibre connection, and, interestingly I found a provider with a cheaper plan than those Spark was offering.

Pros

Absolutely no issues when moving house, the internet switch had always been seamless. Any time I contacted customer support during my time with them, my issues were resolved swiftly and courteously

Cons

Dropping connection during Zoom meetings. Pricing more expensive than others.

2020-05-20 11:54:53

Tom Scott 7.6

Great provider. Prices cannot compare with a bundled deal though

Pros

Responsive. Trusted brand. Good options for adding on. Will be keeping mobile phone plan and Spark mail

Cons

Price banding with the unplan was a bit of a pain. Can't compete with a unlimited bundled plan.

2020-05-11 17:53:56

Tonight McKee 6.2

There is nothing wrong with Spark broadband. The set up was easy and moving house was also easy. It's just cheaper at the moment to take a bundle with our power provider

Pros

No fees for extra use. We only ever paid one fee each month

Cons

Obviously cannot beat the price of a package with our power server

2020-04-05 16:17:46

Leighton 6.8

Spark is uncompetitive and wasn't willing to match its competitor so I moved

Pros

Reliable, modern, top of its game

Cons

Too expensive

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Spark makes the Rugby World Cup free for customers – is this a good deal for broadband?

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23/05/2019

Commerce Commission warn Spark over price rise messaging – were you affected?

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Rural homes with broadband too slow to stream Rugby World Cup

15/03/2019

Around 40,000 rural homes won’t have fast enough broadband to stream Rugby World Cup

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11/03/2019

Get ready to stream the Rugby World Cup 2019

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