Without getting into nit-picks about ISP/IAP differences, thank you very much, here are some local (Waikato and NewZealand) ISPs. (Please don't add subjective comments - that's what IspFlames is for.) You may want to look at a nice map of NZ ISP connectivity.

Nationwide ISPs

• Actrix
• CityLink, the fibre network round central Wellington/Auckland
• Clear Net (now part of TelstraClear)
• Data Solutions
• ICONZ (temporarily called AsiaOnLine)
• IHUG
• Maxnet
• Morenet/Nettel
• NetStreamInternet
• Orcon
• Paradise.net (now part of TelstraClear)
• QSI (Quick Silver)
• Saturn (cable service) (now part of TelstraClear)
• Supra Limited
• Walker Wireless (now WooshWireless)
• Wave Internet (probably Hamilton's second ISP, now part of IHUG)
• Wiz Wireless - Provide Wireless services in the Wairarapa
• WorldNet
• Xtra

WirelessNetworking providers in Hamilton

• WiredCountry (in Hamilton, provided by ICONZ) - uses the old GoLive wireless network. Used to be flat rate until KyleCarter leeched it all. Now starts at $69.95/month for 512kbit, 5GB cap - see http://www.ezysurf.co.nz/wireless.php (current as of 9 Jul 2005) or http://www.iconz.co.nz/bus_wiredcountry.php for business connections.
• Satlan - Starts at $ 60.00/month
• Xtra provide a Wireless JetStream service - http://jetstream.xtra.co.nz/chm/0,,203313-202321,00.html

Defunct providers

• MidlandInternetLimited (probably Hamilton's first ISP)
• ZFree (now part of TelstraClear)
• KiwiNET (now part of Orcon)
• WISE Net (now part of Orcon)

International ISPs of historical note

• UUNET, now part of MCI, was the first ever ISP and still a major provider of wholesale services
• AOL was one of the first ISPs to mass market InterNet access to the public.