Hi all,

For the benefit of people that want to choose an ISP for UFB, and already have a router that may not support VLAN tagging, I've decided to maintain a list of the various ISP requirements.

Without further ado, here's the information that I have:

ISP: VLAN Tagged - Authentication - Voice
Bigpipe: Either - PPPoE
Compass: No - PPPoE - ONT
Contact: Yes - DHCP
Inspire: No - PPPoE - RGW
Megatel: No - PPPoE - RGW
Mercury: ? - DHCP
Nova: Yes - PPPoE - RGW
Now: Unclear[3] - PPPoE - ONT (Apparently DHCP works too)
Orcon: Yes - DHCP - ONT [1]
Quic: Either - Either
Simply Broadband: Yes - DHCP
Skinny: No - PPPoE
Sky: Yes - Either - ONT
Slingshot: Yes - DHCP - RGW
Spark: Yes - Either - ONT
Stuff Fibre: Yes - DHCP - ATA [2]
Taylor Broadband: No - DHCP - RGW
Trustpower: Yes - DHCP - ONT
One NZ: Yes - DHCP - RGW
Voyager: Either - Either - RGW
WorldNet: No - DHCP - ATA
2degrees: Yes - Either - ONT [1]
2talk: Yes - PPPoE - ONT

There are other ISPs that I haven't looked at, and there are still a couple of incomplete entries. Can anyone supply any more details?

Thanks :)

[1] ONT for new connections, but existing customers may be on RGW.
[2] ATA is apparently separate from RGW; see page 4 of this thread for some more detail.
[3] See page 7.

Legacy Orcon voice details are available here, although the MAC address changes are not required.

This list is incomplete. Please supply information if you have it :)

Last Updated: 13/05/2025