Spark UFB connection consent
When it comes down to the consent, does Spark/Enable take care of this or is the customer's responsabily? I'm on a cross-lease section with shared driveway. The other property is a rental but I know...
View ArticleSIM change process - total lack of verification
Hey guys,So I recently upgraded from a Nexus 5 to a 5X. This necessitated moving from my older micro SIM to a nano SIM.I headed down to my local Spark store to get this sorted. Let me be clear upfront;...
View ArticleHow to get UDAI from Spark (ex telecom business hub)?
I am trying to get a UDAI from Spark (domain back from Telecom Business Hub days) but am having issues.The request UDAI feature through the (horrendous) DNS management site does not result in an...
View ArticleTechnicolor TG589vn V2 - weird website redirect on wifi network
I just noticed yesterday that one of my websites I own keeps redirecting to another website - - it redirects to this weird one asking me to renew my domain.This only happens when accessing it from my...
View ArticleNew Wireless Connection Rocks
Hi all, Just over for a short visit from Aussie and have setup a Spark Home wireless connection for my Mum and must say I'm impressed. Over 50Mbps !! and upload speed is exceptional as well. In a word...
View ArticleSpark Registration of Interest in Fibre Connection - Not Working?
The title says most of it. Fibre was put in our street early this year and the Spark website says "available soon, register interest and we'll get back to you".However the pop-up where address and...
View Articlewireless broadband-quality?
Hi AllWe are considering dropping our copper-line broadband for the wireless(rural broadband). Distance of sight to the tower is 9.41kmDoes anyone of you know what speed quality we can expect?Thanks
View Articlextra outgoing emails and 2 hour waiting time
I had a friend ring to say his Xtra outgoing emails are not working on his laptop or cell phone.Can receive emails but not send.He logged onto Yahoo website and outgoing emails are not working there...
View ArticleHelp me with warranty issue on Samsung Galaxy S5
Hi my first post hereI've got a Spark Samsung S5 which I purchased in November last year. A few weeks after getting it I attempted to root it with CF-autoroot, but this was unsuccessfull, however it...
View ArticleHome broadband customers get free Lightbox and 1GB WiFi data every day
Just received:Spark has announced today it will be giving all of its home broadband customers a huge amount of extra value by shouting them a Lightbox subscription and access to 1GB of free WiFi data...
View ArticleSpark UFB HG659b extend range.
UFB was installed on Friday, the signal strength in the lounge is worse than it was on adsl. This is because the ufb modem was installed at one end of the house not the centre. (there was no access for...
View ArticleWho is Global Gateway? They appeared on a traceroute to google on a Spark...
So I was messing around today, and decided to do a traceroute to google.co.nz.It went through about 5 servers that were all named things like ae8-10.akbr6.global-gateway.net.nz but slight...
View ArticleRandom DTMF Tones during voice calls on Spark Wireless Broadband
Spark have started selling Wireless Broadband with a voice connection to clients in small townswhich dont have fibre.An interesting issue seems to happen where you get random DTMF Tones every so often...
View ArticleLaunch of 4.5G brings record mobile speeds - nzherald.co.nz
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11633453Fast LTE...Spark and Huawei enabled the first 4.5G mobile site in New Zealand and reached record mobile data speeds.A...
View ArticleChoosing to use plan data or bonus data
I recently signed up to Spark on a $59 plan, the normal monthly allocation of data is 2.5gb, but as per the recent promotion, I have a bonus 2gb/month also.My (first world) problem is the way in which...
View ArticleCan see data usage on unlimited now.
Just logged into Myspark. Now showing amount of data used on unlimited plan. Dates of from to don't match my billing period, but will be interesting to find out what I normally use in a month.
View ArticleProblem with network - advice please!
This has been going on for a week now -- through 2 online chats, and then one phone call 4 days ago in which the problem got escalated, and they will contact me, but when? Emailed them yesterday with a...
View ArticleFibre - changed router (Asus RT-AC68U) and my speed nose-dived
Got Spark fibre hooked up during the week on a 100/20 plan. Everything appeared to be fine (speedtest.net indicated I was getting exactly what the plan suggested) but today I decided to swap the free...
View ArticleSpark Home Wireless - 'wrong' progress tones/cadences for certain calls
I helped my father-in-law hook this up last week, (we couldn't see how they could install fibre where he needed it without major hassle/major mess) and I have to say I'm impressed with how easy it was...
View Article4th gen Time Capsule or Huawei HG659b as wifi router?
Hi allRecently cranked the Spark fibre connection up to 100Mbps from 30, and a HG659b is on the way rather than the HG630b I currently have. Finding poor wifi distance from current setup of Time...
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