Nobody comes close to beating the Kogan offerings. 

GSManiac:

 

Nobody comes close to beating the Kogan offerings. 

 

Totally agree and it seems no other company wants to compete with them in pricing. Just imagine how many more mobile customers they would have if they advertised.

CYaBro:

 

Wifi calling??

 

@CYaBro They use the SparkNZ network so why would they offer Wi-Fi calling when they do not even offer it to Spark customers?

ghettomaster: $15 a month data only is an interesting proposition. Not a lot of money if you wanted to put a webcam up somewhere.

Unlimited* at up to 1Mbps

Linux:

CYaBro:

Wifi calling??

@CYaBro They use the SparkNZ network so why would they offer Wi-Fi calling when they do not even offer it to Spark customers?

ajw: Unlimited* at up to 1Mbps

How can I simulate 1Mbps on a mobile phone to test if this is sufficient?

ANglEAUT:

 

ajw: Unlimited* at up to 1Mbps

 

How can I simulate 1Mbps on a mobile phone to test if this is sufficient?

 

You cant really, but IME the limiting that spark do on their unlimited plans is much more agressive than vodafones one. On VF I can usually not care when limited, except when hitting more than one video in a row on instagram. On spark it was hell when throttled on unlimited. If they act like sparks limiter then its a hard pass for me, if its like vodafones then this would be a nice saving over the $40 unlimited plan.

ANglEAUT:

 

How can I simulate 1Mbps on a mobile phone to test if this is sufficient?

 

Hotspot via a bluetooth connection.

richms:

 

You cant really, but IME the limiting that spark do on their unlimited plans is much more agressive than vodafones one. On VF I can usually not care when limited, except when hitting more than one video in a row on instagram. On spark it was hell when throttled on unlimited. If they act like sparks limiter then its a hard pass for me, if its like vodafones then this would be a nice saving over the $40 unlimited plan.

 

Interesting you mention, I've found the same. Spark's throttled endless data is almost impossible to use for anything more than Google whereas on Vodafone's I could happily stream Netflix while throttled (albeit at lower quality and without doing other stuff at the same time).

I suspect if 2talk are a Spark MVNO it will simply be the same as Spark's throttling and therefore next to useless.

antonknee:

 

I suspect if 2talk are a Spark MVNO it will simply be the same as Spark's throttling and therefore next to useless.

 

Sounds pretty half-arsed to me. I asked about being able to manage numbers and forward to mobiles and was told they'd still be charged at $0.19+GST per minute. Calls between 2talk numbers have always been free. I was expecting to be able to control calls going to the mobile, set schedules, caller ID etc., just like I can with my VoIP numbers, but it sounds like you'll get none of that.

eSIM?

antonknee:

 

I suspect if 2talk are a Spark MVNO it will simply be the same as Spark's throttling and therefore next to useless.

 

I would be astounded if they were not a Spark MVNO, given that fellow Vocus brands Slingshot and Orcon already use Spark....

wellygary:

 

I would be astounded if they were not a Spark MVNO, given that fellow Vocus brands Slingshot and Orcon already use Spark....

 

"We provide Mobile Services via upstream providers (currently powered by the Spark Mobile Network) as a mobile virtual network operator."

@antonknee & @richms - that echos my experience. I've also found 2D is a lot more liberal too - I have been able to stream without any issues when throttled. 

@SirHumphreyAppleby - I strongly suspect a lot of the smarts that exist on the various VoIP providers don't really exist on the mobile network side (or are extremely simple in comparsion). I suspect a lot of the calling settings on the mobile side will be limited to forwarding, time out delay, call waiting, 3 way calling etc. Short of routing the call through the VoIP platform first, I don't think there will feature alignment in the short term.