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| Thread ID: 138499 | 2014-12-09 22:43:00 | Spark hikes broadband and phone prices - will others follow? | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1389825 | 2014-12-09 22:43:00 | Spark will hike retail prices (www.nzherald.co.nz) for its home phone and broadband plans from February, blaming the smaller reduction in regulated wholesale prices on Chorus' copper network. | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1389826 | 2014-12-09 22:51:00 | If they are sending the bills by email, quite a few customers won't get them. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1389827 | 2014-12-09 23:28:00 | Of course the others will hike prices. They were just waiting for someone to move first.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1389828 | 2014-12-09 23:35:00 | Increasing 40 and 80 gb plans, reducing unlimited by $10 per month. | psycik (12851) | ||
| 1389829 | 2014-12-09 23:47:00 | Given that speeds here are seldom faster than dial-up, I think I'll flag the Broadband, until such time as I get the service I thought I was paying for. Or I could pay the increase at similar speeds, 1 cent per month sounds about right. How do you think I'd get on... :D |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1389830 | 2014-12-10 00:21:00 | $2.50 is hardly a hike . $4.25 is 1 cup of coffee. Really not that big a deal. But many will reassess their choice of ISP/phone provider after this (incl me). Plenty of cheaper options . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1389831 | 2014-12-10 00:58:00 | There was an article the other day as well, that basically went if you have a separate ISP ( not Spark) & phone line provider (with Spark) that Spark will be charging you more for the line rentals relating to the internet since they are not in a package deal internet /phone combined. If you have a package deal, Phone line, Internet & what ever else via spark, or have Telstra / Vodafone Cable (since they use their own lines) then there will be no change. The following post from geekzone -- theres an explanation down a few posts: www.geekzone.co.nz |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1389832 | 2014-12-10 20:03:00 | Of course the others will hike prices. They were just waiting for someone to move first..I just got an email from my provider, Flip, to say that they've doubled my data allowance, for free. I don't call that a hike | Greg (193) | ||
| 1389833 | 2014-12-10 20:39:00 | Spark are dropping the price of their Unlimited DSL plan by $10/month. Somehow that's a hike? Given that the cost increase on the lower plans is to absorb ComCom-regulated changes in the way Chorus charge, it will be interesting to see which Telco's attempt to absorb those costs in their current pricing, and which update their pricing to reflect the change. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1389834 | 2014-12-12 19:25:00 | Back to the cocoa tins and string then. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
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