I'm posting this here as it concerns two providers and putting it one of the specific forums and then discussing the other provider seemed inappropriate - mods feel free to move it if there's a better home for it!

Presently we have two company phones, both with Vodafone (Apple iPhones if that is relevant). One is on $125 a month plan and the other on about $75. Both contracts are up for renewal after 2 years more or less now.

We travel overseas so roam for probably 6-8 weeks a year. We have no landline so these are our home phones as well. We also have unlimited naked VDSL with VF. Both phones have unlimited calls and texts.

As Farmlands shareholders, we can get rebate from Spark by paying the account via our Farmlands account, which gives us 4% rebate on our Farmlands account in respect of the Spark bill, which is paid by Farmlands automatically and then we pay the Farmlands bill each month.

I'm trying to evaluate whether there is any benefit to be gained by shifting from VF to Spark and there are so many factors to take into account, it's not proving straightforward!

 

1. Spark roaming seems uncompetitive compared to the $5/day roaming VF offers in many destinations
2. Spark had more mobile data for the same price point
3. Spark has free wifi from hotspots (not sure how useful that would be)
4. Spark has Spotify (not a big draw. I use Apple Music)
5. VF offers discounted Sky. Spark offers Lightbox.
6. Spark has Morepork. We do not need that now (already have alarm installed) but it might be something useful in the future if we move.
7. Not sure who has best 4G and network - both pretty much claim to be the leader there!

I am sure that there are other things too.

So, I just thought I would ask y'all for your thoughts on this as I am sure that you'll know of issues/benefits I have not thought of.