ISP Review

**AppleFan** · 31-05-2016, 08:26 PM

Hey everyone I'm currently doing a survey on "ISP".
I would like to find out for what ISP you have and how much out of 10 would you rate it .
If you would like to , show download and upload speed .

Thanks

**pctek** · 01-06-2016, 09:27 AM

Well lets., see there are really only 3 main providers left these days, with Xnet, Orcon etc all being bought by one of the 3.

Spark
Vodafone
Slingshot.

**wratterus** · 01-06-2016, 10:57 AM

Download and upload speed is really irrelevant unless you're on fibre or cable - as DSL speeds decrease the further you are from the exchange or a cabinet.

What would be more meaningful would be to compare line speeds in the modem with actual speedtests, and see what the difference is, that could give you a bit of an idea which providers suffer more from congestion during peak times, or are throttling.

I'm with Bigpipe, find them awesome to deal with, I would rate them 9.5/10. 10Mbps down and 1Mbps up, but that is because we're only able to get ADSL where we are, so it's a bid hard to compare that to someone who can get fibre.

**gary67** · 01-06-2016, 01:22 PM

2 degrees

**Chilling_Silence** · 01-06-2016, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by wratterus

Download and upload speed is really irrelevant unless you're on fibre or cable - as DSL speeds decrease the further you are from the exchange or a cabinet.

What would be more meaningful would be to compare line speeds in the modem with actual speedtests, and see what the difference is, that could give you a bit of an idea which providers suffer more from congestion during peak times, or are throttling. .

He's right, and thankfully we have the Commerce Commission who pay TrueNet to do this for us:
https://truenet.nz/story/2016/04/mar...oadband-report

And yes, Xnet are now a part of Vodafone, and Slingshot are technically M2Group, along with Callplus / Vocus etc

**pctek** · 01-06-2016, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by gary67

2 degrees

I did say mostly.......bit hard combing landline and net with 2 Degrees though.
And they might not be around for long.........

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...rategy-working

**myCompare** · 03-07-2016, 01:35 PM

There's a lot of smaller providers that don't often get a mention due to the lack of marketing power but that get really good customer reviews. Flip has recently won a whole bunch of awards for good customers service. The report you doing sounds really interesting, would love to have a look at it once it's complete.

**pctek** · 03-07-2016, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by myCompare.co.nz

There's a lot of smaller providers that don't often get a mention due to the lack of marketing power but that get really good customer reviews. Flip has recently won a whole bunch of awards .

They got bought.
Or belonged anyway.

Flip = Slingshot.

**Speedy Gonzales** · 03-07-2016, 04:29 PM

Have been with Vodafone for a while. Havent had too many probs with them, since they brought Telstraclear (my previous ISP).

Soon find out how good their fibre is, when I get it it tomorrow. It's been laid and all that, all they have to do is put the box whatever it is on the house and activate it tomorrow

**Tony** · 03-07-2016, 05:44 PM

I'm with Actrix, for quite a while now, and they are excellent. On the rare occasions I've called them, the call is answered after 3 or 4 rings and you speak to a real person who knows what they are talking about. My only minor gripe atm is that their spam filter seems to be somewhat ineffective as I'm getting inundated.