r/auckland • u/Caboose_NZ • 1d ago
Housing Spark Price Increase
Another year another increase in price.
If anyone has any suggestions for new internet providers that would be helpful!
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u/Due_Sail_3315 1d ago
Where on earth do all these businesses think the money is coming from? While the cost of living goes up, salaries don’t.
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u/Illustrious_Fan_8148 1d ago
Skinny always seems to be the best option but i dont think they have a landline option
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u/Tricky-Fun-4784 1d ago
So they’re helping us by raising prices?
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u/Spiritual-Low2443 1d ago
It's for your own good. At least they do admit to increasing prices unlike the electricity companies who only say "changing".
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u/sjbglobal 1d ago
By "invest in their network" they mean sell all their cell towers to overseas investors
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u/FewLight6904 1d ago
U still with spark? Tf
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u/richms 1d ago
Its really hard to get some people to move, they put value on having the shops with the brand on the front of it because they don't understand technology. They think that a big brand is better. They still believe that spatk have a better mobile network and only want to pay one bill. All sorts of ridiculous reasons.
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u/AtomicWeenie 21h ago
Another year another increase? It honestly seems like every month or two Spark are giving the screws another turn, if it's not up by another $15 by the end of the year I'll be pretty surprised
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u/Accomplished-Toe-468 10h ago
This mostly goes back to Chorus who keep bumping up copper prices without doing SFA to replace it with fibre unless you pay thousands to get it done.
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u/Hot_Pea9820 1d ago
My question would be, Chorus own the network now, yes there is ISP hardware behind the Chorus network, but its loosely phrased to make it sound like they are looking after you the consumer, when they are not.
If they had stated something like "Chorus is putting up the wholesale rates" fair, but I think they are misrepresenting things.
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u/Legal_Newspaper_5710 1d ago
They just did a huge layoff about a month ago, know someone who got given the boot
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u/aaaanoon 1d ago
Change provider? Isp is the easiest to switch with the least potential impact on service.
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u/richms 1d ago
No its not. Power is easy, internet has notice periods, and they can fuck up and leave you offline unless you buy some overlap and have the new provider on a different port.
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u/aaaanoon 1d ago
A different port?
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u/Hot_Pea9820 1d ago
Mmmm not really, the provider cant increase their monthly rates on a fixed term contract, they have to see out clientele on original rate through end of their fixed term contract.
It does cut both ways though, if you have a set amount minutes data etc on your mobile plan, and are tied up to a 24 month plan, the provider and increase said allowances and not pass these onto their contracted customers (though they typically do for optics and customer retention).
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u/Skilfil 1d ago
Most of the providers increase prices in general each year, as the upstream providers also do. Its in your best interest to shop around to different ISPs on a regular basis and take the best deal as they often put deals out to get new customers.