https://www.bigpipe.co.nz/

https://www.bigpipe.co.nz/sign-up

+1 bigpipe - you could try unlimitedinternet.co.nz they are cheaper but personally I would pay slightly more a go with bigpipe

Use my signup link - it'll give you $20 account credit (and me also): https://www.bigpipe.co.nz/?referralCode=e40b2f21-34f0-4960-9537-530fe656d6c5

BigPipe are awesome - you won't regret it :)

u13turbo: Okay so bigpipe is $69 for upto 3mbps unlimited. I'm unsure that that will be good enough for Netflix though? We live rural but currently our telecom adsl runs at around 5.5mbps. Flip does maximum speed adsl, 120gb per month (which I assume would be plenty for 1-2 hours Netflix a day) for the same price, but quicker speeds.

Just thoughts, keen to hear what everyone thinks though

Cheers

The figure of $69 for ADSL2 that you quote is speed capped at 3MB/s. Full speed ADSL2 is $79 per month. You require about 5.5MB/s to watch a full HD stream.

I use unlimited internet and haven't had a problem. Personal preference.

http://unlimitedinternet.co.nz/

ajw:

 

u13turbo: Okay so bigpipe is $69 for upto 3mbps unlimited. I'm unsure that that will be good enough for Netflix though? We live rural but currently our telecom adsl runs at around 5.5mbps. Flip does maximum speed adsl, 120gb per month (which I assume would be plenty for 1-2 hours Netflix a day) for the same price, but quicker speeds.

Just thoughts, keen to hear what everyone thinks though

Cheers

 

 

 

The figure of $69 for ADSL2 that you quote is speed capped at 3MB/s. Full speed ADSL2 is $79 per month. You require about 5.5MB/s to watch a full HD stream.

 

 

 

Isn't that the 4K figure. I recall reading that today somewhere. I think 3 was the 1080p HD

I could be wrong

u13turbo: I'm after 100gb+ adsl. Also with no contracts. As far as I can tell flip seems to be the best bet?

Cheers

Bigpipe will be your best bet IMHO.  There is a deal on grabone so use that along with the referral in this thread and you'll be set.

ajw:

 

I use unlimited internet and haven't had a problem. Personal preference.

 

http://unlimitedinternet.co.nz/

 

This has been discussed countless times around here, on gpforums etc and the verdict is you get what you pay for. Personally, spending the $10 extra per month to go with a reputable ISP like BigPipe is better than going with one of the "HD Empire" offerings who do in-fact cut costs in some places (namely with bandwidth in unlimitedinternets case) - also I'd always steer clear from HD's offerings on principle alone due to the dodgy things that go on (biast ISP review websites, dodgy actions towards customers of HD etc).

tdgeek:

 

Isn't that the 4K figure. I recall reading that today somewhere. I think 3 was the 1080p HD

 

I could be wrong

 

I know that a 4 and a bit ADSL connection is not enough for HD to be reliable on netflix, constant flipping down to blurry mode and back. Dont think it ever gets to the decent 1080 streams either.

u13turbo: Okay so bigpipe is $69 for upto 3mbps unlimited. I'm unsure that that will be good enough for Netflix though? We live rural but currently our telecom adsl runs at around 5.5mbps. Flip does maximum speed adsl, 120gb per month (which I assume would be plenty for 1-2 hours Netflix a day) for the same price, but quicker speeds.

Just thoughts, keen to hear what everyone thinks though

Cheers

The speeds you get on Flip will be same as you get on Spark. Since you're rural you won't be on unbundled equipment so you're using the same DSLAMs.

tdgeek: Isn't that the 4K figure. I recall reading that today somewhere. I think 3 was the 1080p HD

 

I could be wrong

 

Until a few months ago, HD streams were 5.8 Mb/s. There's some sort of dynamic bitrate system now, but I still wouldn't expect full HD at 3 Mb/s.