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27 June 2019

Excalibur 9.6

Been with Skinny VDSL for 1.5 years and Skinny mobile for even longer. They accommodated me with a specific start time for my contract so I didn't pay two providers for same period. Speed is excellent. Only note is connection drops for 60secs or so occasionally and it mightn't be Skinny's fault either. When fibre comes I'll go with Skinny.

Pros

Fast, good price, no frills I don't need.

Cons

Skinny is behind CG Nat so some 3rd party services aren't available.

26 June 2019

Joseph kinita 8.2

Support was awesome with helping me fix my connection

25 June 2019

Tania 1

Super poor coverage in our home , installer put in and left before checking we were happy and all up and working then paid all the installation costs to get rid of it again had been a 5week delay with waiting for their modems to come in and they were not able to say or even estimate when they would arrive

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Cons

Basically grabbed their money and ran when I said the service was extremely delayed and not working they offer emails and phone calls but no hands in to look at or fix

23 June 2019

Nanja 4.2

No option to disconnect. Told to pay total amount ($59 / month) for the remaining months in the year. In my case that was about 6 months' worth. I felt trapped!!!!!

20 June 2019

Terry Fan 5.8

Been with Nova Energy for ~3 months. No comment on speed/reliability, generally good and seemingly on-par with Spark.
Deciding to switch because they force you to use their own routers if you want to use VoIP, and their routers are locked so you can't even change your wireless ID or wireless password, terrible from a security perspective, plus the router wireless range is pretty bad.

Pros

Reliable speed

Cons

Poor performance modem router, no configuration allowed

19 June 2019

Heather 3.2

Cost us a lot to put in but was supposed to be amazing. We've always had trouble with the service but it's our only option for internet. Falls back to contract where it states that things don't actually have to work...We now have better service from another provider. Mark didn't listen to us and was awful to deal with in departure. I'm glad this is over.

Pros

Looked really decent, no other option in our area

Cons

Sour service, quick to anger. Left our roof damaged.

19 June 2019

Tony Hulme 5

stopped webmail service meaning I suddenly had no access to my old emails on their server, and then sent all bills to the email address they just removed. Stopped paper billing without notice, and then charged me $200 and disconnected me after I paid the due amount, refused to reconnect me or waive the fee after I had been with them over 20 years.

Pros

Basic internet that works well for the most part

Cons

Terrible treatment of customers when they make an error

18 June 2019

Jessica 1

Please dont use this company. 8 weeks and still no internet. I had issues with the fiber company not showing up and when I rung them I was told I needed to sort it out myself. I took work off to be there and the fiber company couldnt work around my job. When I mentioned I wanted to cancel contract due to the no show and the loss of days pay they refused. They are legally obligated to refund me as 1) the broke cotrract as mine said 4-6 weeks for connection and 2) they were not ...read more

Pros

none.

Cons

doesnt provide internet

14 June 2019

Jono 3

Another Actrix customer here. Same story as other reviews - perfectly happy with Actrix until Voyager took them over and everything seemed to go downhill (performance, reliability, customer service).

We're now in the departure lounge, will switch ISPs when UFB gets installed.

Pros

On-shore support people, NZ company.

Cons

Unreliable network, support nowhere near as good as Actrix was, loopy billing system, no landline bundles (VOIP only).

14 June 2019

Warren Hurley 6.2

Even though I was assured at sign-up that I could keep my non-Spark email address, the reality was different. Any time I made an unrelated change to my account (e.g. install fibre, quit my landline) my email access would disappear. I was then told it was impossible to use an email address from another ISP. After days of long phone calls the problem would eventually be escalated and resolved. The tech staff have zero empathy, only the 'customer retention' staff have that qua ...read more

Pros

100% reliable fibre

Cons

Non-Spark email not welcome. Billing account was not always delivered meaning I was often paying an overdue account.

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