Hi
I'm currently with 2degrees and formally Snap before them but I'm thinking of moving over to Spark for a number of reasons, none of which are to do with 2Degrees performance at all; generally cost saving as much as possible as monthly expenditure is quite high for my entertainment stuff. I do however have a number of questions:
- I host a personal mail server for my family which 2degrees have attached the subdomain mail.IP as the PTR for the reverse DNS so that the mail routes correctly and doesn't cause trouble. Can Spark do this as well? If not, I presume a Dynamic DNS/IP provider could (for a price of course) assuming that Spark allow delegation.
- We have a voip line provided by 2degrees, does spark do voip or is it copper only? Our fritz!box is setup for VOIP and I'd like to keep it simple. Appreciate there are others I can use such as 2talk but looking to limit the amount of external providers.
- How is the performance? My line is capable of ~37/7 on VDSL and I get that with 2degrees with little latency across NZ and to aus for gaming. Is Spark ok in this regard?
- How does the 'free' lightbox work? Is it for the life of the plan or are their end dates that Spark could introduce?
- How does the fanpass sub work? I understand that spark issue a voucher code for use, but I presume its a year long sub split in to months (billed by Spark) rather than a month by month offer? Apart from the early exit fee of $99 if prior to 6 months, there is no other limits?
- Do Spark offer more than 1 static IP for residential customers?
- Does anybody know when Spark's IPv6 stack is coming? I'm used to 2degrees dual stack and use it currently. Its not the end of the world if its not available soon but it would make life easier.
- Anything else that I should be aware of?
I've had awesome performance from 2degrees but the offers from Spark are peaking my interest as I look to reduce my entertain budget.
Thanks for help!
Chris