Latest NZ broadband news

 August 2016 Broadband Offers update – time for new Broadband plans and great internet deals. Today we have updated plans for a number of NZ ISPs:

Something a little bit different from Orcon this month – the Orcon designer series is a collection of 5 limited edition modems created by five talented New Zealand artists to make the Orcon Broadband  modems a work of art.  

Did you know that prepay broadband or pay as you go broadband (PAYG broadband) is actually a thing?  Well if it is something you’re interested in then read on because Compass Communications have just launched a prepay Broadband plan.  

Here at Broadband compare we are often asked to compare VDSL plans in NZ, which of course we do… when you use Broadband Compare you can then select the fixed connection type at your property and we can tell you if VDSL, ADSL or Fibre are available at your property.  The most common VDSL query we receive is “Who is the best VDSL provider in NZ?”

The new Pokemon game that is taking New Zealand and the world by storm.  You will have had to be living in a cave (were there any Pokemon there?!!?) if you haven't picked up on the conversation around Pokemon in the last week or two...so what is Pokemon Go?  

Here at Broadband Compare we are often asked about the type of person who can use our broadband comparison website for New Zealand and we like to say simply... everybody!

Great news for the Kiwi broadband consumer!  Communications Minister Amy Adams this week announced major plans to change the way that the telecommunications network operators, such as Chorus, Enable and Northpower Fibre, can charge for wholesale access to their regulated telecoms and broadband services.

In what we here at Broadband Compare believe is a fantastic move, the Government has proposed legislation that would provide telecom companies with easier access to shared-access properties by designating implied consent under two categories of Ultra Fast Broadband Fibre to the Premises installation.

Read all about our official launch held at GridAKL and attended by senior industry figures in the New Zealand telco and broadband sector including the Rt. Hon. Amy Adams, Minister for Communications and representatives from TUANZ, Chorus, InternetNZ, NZ eSports federation and a number of internet service providers both small and large.  

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