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#226030 17-Dec-2017 08:37

Hi all,

Wondering what the best fibre (et al) ISP in Wellington is? I've been with NOW NZ (who were great), but being a renter I'd prefer an ISP who doesn't make me have a term/contract. From what I can see these are my options:

Voyager
WorldNet ($99 install fee)
Econofibre
Bigpipe ($49 install fee, and unlimited data)
Kiwilink
Unlimited internet
2talk

Or I could commit and go with either NOW NZ or Inspire who seem like the best for service.

Cheers,

Ryan

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#1920723 17-Dec-2017 08:42

Voyager and Bigpipe are both usually considered very good, although there has been a recent thread with grumblings about Bigpipe support.

Voyager gets a public (sticky) IP address. Bigpipe is CGNAT.

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#1920728 17-Dec-2017 09:11

Without defining "best" your question is pretty open ended.

What are your requirements?

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#1920752 17-Dec-2017 11:07

I still say BigPipe is one of the better ISP's to go towards however Voyager is also good.

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#1920759 17-Dec-2017 11:30

I'm with Voyager (In auckland tho), and for a one off fee of $14.95 you can get a static anyway :) I've had extremely little issues with them and have been recommending them to family and friends.

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#1920762 17-Dec-2017 12:23

I seem to have a static with voyager anyway. There was an IP in the email I got with provisioning info and I dont recall paying them for it.

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#1920763 17-Dec-2017 12:28

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#1920785 17-Dec-2017 14:22

Stuff Fibre offer off contract accounts and I have read and heard good feedback about them. They currently use Vocus but I believe they are changing wholesaler.

EDIT; In light of SBiddle's post below I will add a caution regarding Stuff Fibre.

A world that has gone totally insane.

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#1920786 17-Dec-2017 14:27

MikeB4:

Stuff Fibre offer off contract accounts and I have read and heard good feedback about them. They currently use Vocus but I believe they are changing wholesaler.

They moved away from Vocus a while ago. I'm just not sure of their reliability - while everybody has outages they have had a few including a near full day one a couple of weeks ago.

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#1920787 17-Dec-2017 14:35

sbiddle:

MikeB4:

Stuff Fibre offer off contract accounts and I have read and heard good feedback about them. They currently use Vocus but I believe they are changing wholesaler.

They moved away from Vocus a while ago. I'm just not sure of their reliability - while everybody has outages they have had a few including a near full day one a couple of weeks ago.

Damn I had not heard about that outage. I will edit my post

A world that has gone totally insane.

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#1920800 17-Dec-2017 15:16

Havnt Stuff Fibre been voted as best??

Skinny have an awesome reputation if 100/20 will do you.

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#1920806 17-Dec-2017 16:04

Pumpedd:
Havnt Stuff Fibre been voted as best??

Skinny have an awesome reputation if 100/20 will do you.

The voting process was also extremely bias and basically bought.

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#1920813 17-Dec-2017 17:29

MikeB4:

sbiddle:

MikeB4:

Stuff Fibre offer off contract accounts and I have read and heard good feedback about them. They currently use Vocus but I believe they are changing wholesaler.

They moved away from Vocus a while ago. I'm just not sure of their reliability - while everybody has outages they have had a few including a near full day one a couple of weeks ago.

Damn I had not heard about that outage. I will edit my post

Everybody has outages at one time or another so it has to be put in context - it was very telling however that Stuff didn't report a near 12 hour outage. If it has been Vodafone or Spark it would have been front page news!

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#1920814 17-Dec-2017 17:35

Pumpedd:
Havnt Stuff Fibre been voted as best??

Oh look flying pig

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#1920834 17-Dec-2017 19:46

michaelmurfy:
Pumpedd:

Havnt Stuff Fibre been voted as best??

Skinny have an awesome reputation if 100/20 will do you.

The voting process was also extremely bias and basically bought.

I did assume that. Just wanted it confirmed.

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#1920892 17-Dec-2017 22:25

Where were they voted best? What award was that for?

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