Rousselot said his company is offering new bounties of up to $800 for retail internet service providers who can lure a customer back to Chorus UFB fibre after they've strayed to wireless broadband offered by Spark, Vodafone or 2degrees. He said retailers who signed one of those late adopters to Chorus UFB fibre would continue to receive an incentive fee of between $50 and $300. Spark and Vodafone are pitching fixed-wireless as a cheaper, no-fuss broadband technology for some customers. Chorus CEO Jean-Baptiste (JB) Rousselot alleges "the vertically-integrated retailers" - that is Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees - are unfairly nudging customers to their own wireless broadband service. Spark respondsThis afternoon, a Spark spokeswoman said, "We do not sell wireless broadband in the manner described by Chorus.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2021 03:35 UTC