Data Cap stories

Spark is upping the data caps - and some prices - on some of its popular home & business plans by as much as 50% to cater for Kiwis' love for data.

NZ's data consumption soars, with Internet usage equivalent to streaming over 12 million HD movies last year, highlighting a digital love affair.

Woosh and Vodafone ramp up broadband wars, doubling data caps for users, with bonuses like free calls and unlimited site access.

Telecom has increased the data caps on all of its home broadband plans by at least 100%, reflecting the massive upswing in consumer usage.

Maxnet's new unlimited broadband deal entices Kiwis, filling the waitlist quickly as consumers seek to end frustrating data caps.

Orcon launches a free iPhone app to help users monitor broadband usage, promising future updates and a pending Android version.

Telecom is to pay USD $120,000 in refunds for misleading broadband ads, and USD $75,000 to support a price comparison tool, the Commerce Commission has ruled.

Telecom has scrapped its Big Time broadband plan, launched last July, due to unmanageable traffic and complaints from high-end users.

>>> If you were offered premium Internet content for a special price, would you be willing to pay it? Depends on the content, you might say.

Vodafone is offering SKY customers with Ideal or Ultimate packages a free upgrade to MYSKYHDi plus a discounted installation rate of NZD $49 from December 7th.

Broadband subscriptions in New Zealand surpassed one million in June 2009, marking a 27% rise in usage since March 2008, reveals Statistics NZ.