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07 July 2017
mark thomas 4.4
left them because after i quit sky and started watching netflix my broadband bill doubled and I never realized for over 2 months, never had any calls advising me that I was paying between double to triple what I should be, and suggesting a better plan, as I used to get with the mobile plan. So, after 20 + years with them (mobile, landline, and later on, broadband) I shifted providers. Now paying less than I was on a 120 gig limit plan,and getting unlimited internet.
Pros
good support
Cons
too dear and not interested in matching lower prices
06 July 2017
abu 8
Good service, lovely team, affordable price
Pros
the $150 connection fee is a pain, but since it's no contract it makes sense why big companies locks customers on a contract so they can recover the connection fee.
Cons
sometimes wait time is a bit long
05 July 2017
Oliver 10
Awesome service and incredibly knowledgeable team
Pros
Wonderful team and will always go above and beyond
Cons
Can't fault them
04 July 2017
cian 4.2
Poor connection often have to turn the router off and on again to reconnect, Recently bought a laptop but cant connect due to there being another device already attached, not good if your living in a house with a few people.
01 July 2017
Rob Parkin 3
We have been a customer for 3 years but over the last six months speed has been really slow in the weekend and at nights - I'm talking under 0.5mbps. During day it is up around 12-14mbps. A call has been opened with Lightwire for the last six months with no action taking place. We are in the process of looking at other providers.
Pros
Fast during day
Cons
Very slow at night time and weekends
30 June 2017
Dr. Waldemar Michael Babylon 2.2
All broadband plans and providers in NZ offer extremely expensive products and to be honest quite arrogant personal approach (like elsewhere in NZ anyway). The prices compare to those from so called 3-th world countries. Anyway nothing like what we would like to be seen as - developed world.
The advice and approach from broadbandcompare.co.nz was surprisingly nice and polite - thank you.
Pros
I have not started using it yet. I went for 40GB, 40NZD a months plan and purchsed that over expensive modem for 99NZD. God help that it at least does the job satisfactory!
Cons
Over expensive, pure rip-off, like all the other offers. Obviously NZ needs open market, free and healthy (no "mafia") competitors.
29 June 2017
Former user 3.4
My advise, stay away! I had a connection with them which was dropping all the time. So I decided to switch to another ISP. I gave them one month prior notice, to cancel my account which is as per their policy. So I paid for the next month and asked them to end the service after that period. They confirmed that's ok, but actually terminated my account 20 days before the end of the paid period without any notice.

I wasted month, trying fix the internet problem and in the end they made my experience even worse by terminating my account before agreed time without notice. ...read more
Pros
Cheap
Cons
Bad service
28 June 2017
Simone Graham 2
For the past week our internet has been patchy, coming on and off, both on wifi and on the wired connection to the PC. We keep rebooting the modem but it doesn't fix the problem. We have naked broadband, unlimited data and although Spark gave us a good deal (lower than advertised) to keep us as customers, if it doesn't actually do the job then it's not good value.
We can't get hold of anyone at the service centre to help so far. Super frustrating. So we're now shopping for a new internet provider. ...read more
Pros
It was already set up.
Cons
It doesn't work. The wifi is patchy and the service keeps coming on and off, which makes chrome-casting movies and TV shows a frustrating nightmare.
This has now been ongoing for about a week.
27 June 2017
Paulette 3.4
Internet cuts out all the time
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Bad internet
26 June 2017
Tahnee 1.2
Bigpipe seemed good for review,however once moving into house we had to wait a month for a connection!! We gave the expected move dates and just to get hold of them was impossible it says 2hours we will email back then 48hours later. after a month of being without internet and everyday me driving to a wifi spot to email them they would reply with have you tried plugging it in another wall etc,so we brought a new modem because they said and still same problem Not Working! Extremely Crappy service if any service at all. No resolution, no one cares, no one helpful, no one educated in there job, ...read more
Pros
None
Cons
Days of wait for replys
No actual help
Also connection very slow
Misinformed information given
No resolutions given
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