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#306953 7-Sep-2023 08:38
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The Commerce Commission’s new mobile and broadband customer service rankings – published for the first time today – reveal how New Zealand’s major telecommunications providers rank across a range of key customer service indicators.
 
Telecommunications Commissioner, Tristan Gilbertson, says this is part of the Commission’s ongoing work to improve retail service quality for consumers. 
 
“These rankings focus on how well each provider looks after you when something goes wrong. This really matters to consumers. We know there can be a big gap between what consumers expect and what they actually get from their provider.”
 
Mr Gilbertson says consumer frustration in this area is reflected by ongoing high levels of complaints about customer service.
 
“Consumers told us that two things matter most to them when something goes wrong – how quickly providers fix problems and how helpful staff are in making that happen. Our rankings show how well different providers are performing in these areas. 
 
“To balance this out, we’re also showing how successful providers are at avoiding customer service issues in the first place, as well as how they compare in terms of overall satisfaction, so that customer service can be seen in a broader perspective.”  
 
Mr Gilbertson says that providing this information upfront will help Kiwi consumers choose the best provider for them and also avoid surprises later about the quality of customer service on offer.
 
“The current rankings, using six months of data from New Zealand customers, show that while some are doing better than others, all providers have areas for improvement.
 
“Skinny is the current league leader and ranked well across almost all mobile and broadband areas with its customers experiencing the fewest issues.
 
“We can also see that Skinny customers are more likely to recommend this brand to friends and family. However, it ranked lowest for broadband customer service staff helpfulness and knowledge.
 
“Contact Energy appears to be outperforming some of the traditional telcos in broadband, ranking highly for satisfaction and staff helpfulness. One NZ (previously Vodafone NZ) is ranked low across almost all measures for mobile and broadband, although it did rate well for the speed with which it resolves broadband issues.”
 
Mr Gilbertson says each consumer will have a different set of priorities when it comes to choosing a telecommunications provider.
 
“Our work suggests that the rankings will be useful to many consumers when it comes to weighing up providers and making an informed decision. There’s often a trade-off involved between price and the level of customer service on offer. Consumers can now see what they can expect from different providers to help choose who is best for them.”
 
The Commission intends to undertake further work to ensure the rankings are easy for consumers to find and use. It will update the rankings every month over the next six months and then publish updated rankings every quarter to show changes in customer service levels over time.
 
“Providers are free to publish the rankings themselves and we encourage them to put them on their website and make them visible in retail stores,” Mr Gilbertson says.
 
Mr Gilbertson says the Commission is still considering whether to make it mandatory for providers to publish some or all of the rankings on their websites and in their retail stores.
 
"We see these rankings as a powerful tool for customers, and an incentive for positive change from providers over time. The current rankings reflect a point in time, and we would expect this to be dynamic as providers lift their game for the benefit of Kiwi consumers of mobile and broadband services.”
 
The rankings can be found on the Commission’s website here.

 





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  #3124424 7-Sep-2023 08:40
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Just looking through the mobile and broadband numbers.

 

It's amazing. All our telcos are crap one way or another now. 

 

The enshittification is complete and official.





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  #3124431 7-Sep-2023 08:52
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It’s concerning that we no longer have a telco with a point of difference or unique selling point.

This just proves it’s a race to the bottom. Which is a shame!




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  #3124435 7-Sep-2023 08:59
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I find it interesting that Skinny fare quite well in these kind of surveys, where Spark do not - but they are effectively the same company. 
Is it a bias against "large corporates" or is it that they hire different people and have different internal systems that make their people and systems perceptibly better? 





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  #3124436 7-Sep-2023 08:59
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I guess Voyager and Orcon and similar didn't make the 5% threshold.  I'd be interested to have seen feedback on their service levels.  Hopefully pretty good.





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Handsomedan:

 

I find it interesting that Skinny fare quite well in these kind of surveys, where Spark do not - but they are effectively the same company. 
Is it a bias against "large corporates" or is it that they hire different people and have different internal systems that make their people and systems perceptibly better? 

 

 

Possibly different market. i.e. paying a bit less, so expectations are lower and vice versa.


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I am surprised at how well 2degrees has done given all the drama I have read over the last few weeks/months as well as from my personal experience. I would be taking all their data with a grain of salt.

 

Agree Skinny seem to have the halo effect for some reason. I have people who swear by Skinny but can't stand Spark. This includes even people who know full well Skinny is just a Spark brand. However, to be fair there are some differences e.g. I've noticed the Spark app to be fairly buggy (e.g., I have a hyphen in my name, and it won't accept my credit card detail as it has a hyphen and redirects me to pay via their website) whereas Skinny's app works just fine so it may be due to factors that are indeed different between the two.


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  #3124657 7-Sep-2023 15:38
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If Spark are trying to position themselves as a premium brand, with Skinny as their budget offshoot, then they have clearly failed. 


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  #3124826 7-Sep-2023 22:24
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Is 2400 people even a useful sample size for something like this?

 

 

I would've expected satisfaction to be much higher with the smaller providers who actually provide a good _service_ to their customers.

 

 

For me it's the mix of reliability and customer service. As a rule, the bigger you are, the worse your service...




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