Switching away from SPARK

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ThatPrettyFreya

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#319160 28-Mar-2025 18:50

we've decided to bail on Spark having finished paying off our (old) phone with them, and their My Spark site now having a mandatory captcha (which is unsolvable if you're bnlind) on firefox. What would yall recommend for a data plan somewhere around 10GB a month, eSIM capable (as our current phone only takes eSIM) with another provider?

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ThatPrettyFreya

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#3358304 28-Mar-2025 18:54

One NZ's porting interface is broken with a screenreader, and 2degrees requires a driver's license number unless we want to drag our ass into a store and we're not doing that

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toejam316

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#3358372 28-Mar-2025 23:08

Mighty Mobile or Kogan are solid options, also Rocket Mobile. All MVNOs reselling other providers networks.

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ThatPrettyFreya

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#3358381 28-Mar-2025 23:57

do they support esim? esim is mandatory

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hat0912

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#3359172 31-Mar-2025 17:03

Yes, Mighty does for sure.

rp1790

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#3359303 1-Apr-2025 07:25

Have recently ported over to Mighty Mobile onto the Fast plan (10Mb) using esim and it's great. Paying $24/mth and the speed is great for everything, although large downloads are slow, like IOS updates.

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#3359397 1-Apr-2025 10:30

rp1790:

Have recently ported over to Mighty Mobile onto the Fast plan (10Mb) using esim and it's great. Paying $24/mth and the speed is great for everything, although large downloads are slow, like IOS updates.

Same. Can vouch for mighty mobile also on the same plan. I find it sufficient for mobile use (maps, music stream, and occasional YouTube). Great value, no data cap, just peace of mind. Bonus that their app also has network options not easily accessible on other providers (eg. Block roaming network-side).

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ThatPrettyFreya

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#3359426 1-Apr-2025 11:08

yooo. that's perfect

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#3359470 1-Apr-2025 12:41

Hi @ThatPrettyFreya

Just an FYI that after reading this post, I forwarded it to one of my contacts at Spark and she agrees there should be an audible Capcha option for the vision impaired community. She has flagged the issue with one of their technical leads to look into.

Thanks, Simon @ Chorus

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