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2.2

52 reviews
5
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4
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(32)
  • Value for Money
    2.5 (48)
  • Transparency
    2.2 (36)
  • Customer Service
    2.2 (48)
  • Adequate Speeds Yes (17%) · No
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JohnD

JohnDGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 3 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Belong is so slow that one instance of Netflix or YouTube is not working properly

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
JohnD
JohnD
Alison L.

Alison L.

  • 2 reviews

Terrible service during the pandemic

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So, during the upheaval of the pandemic, my partner and I moved temporarily interstate to be with our families and did not realise that our internet payment had not been debited. No emails or anything, Belong disconnected our service and charged us $150 as a termination fee. I paid that but when we returned home and the internet was not connected, we were informed that due to the virus, they can't reconnect us because they have no staff. So, they had the staff to disconnect our service and charge us $150 but can't reconnect us despite the fact that we have a modem set up and connected and no outstanding payments. We are students about to start online exams and have no internet. Thanks, Belong, we'll be going elsewhere.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong
Joseph

JosephGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Using covid 19 for non existent customer support, very embarrassing an damaging to belong,

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For a company that provides an internet service I find it incomprehensible that there staff can’t work remotely ( maybe there using there own service) 3 days before any notion of contact to resolve a problem, or via call, covid 19 of course, how can other providers manage. Bad bad an bad, had no problems for 12 months but had no need to contact, its a shame. Just spoke too shriad he was very good although this is 3 days after an email, now it’s another possible 3 days for a technician. Think that’s me an belong done, word of mouth won’t do them any good either !

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateApril 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
Joseph
Joseph
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Lisa

LisaSydney, NSW

  • 4 reviews

Shocking service provider

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They are shocking, staff are lazy and do not even log calls or attempt to cooperate and fix issues, then they wonder why customers are so so so cross. Try another provider

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateDecember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
Lisa
Lisa
Ambz

AmbzSydney, NSW

Terrible customer service - still being charged for service I'm not using and not able to cancel

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I have lost my job due to Covid-19 and have not been using my internet service since I moved out of my place mid March, unable to get through to speak to anyone and have put in multiple requests to have the service cancelled since then, have received a couple of emails over the space of a month and a half to say the request has been resolved but it hasn't. I'm still being charged for a service I'm not even using and completely out of work and unable to speak to anyone. Beyond frustrated, this company is hopeless, I will never use them again.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateSeptember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong
Matt

MattSouth East Queensland, QLD

Lengthy wait times, lack of customer service and responses to complaint unsatisfactory

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
Matt
Matt
Consumer05

Consumer05SYDNEY

  • 5 reviews

Is Anyone There?

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If it worked at all in the past few weeks, it was extremely slow and intermittent. On important conference calls I had to use the Personal Hotspot on my phone and went into excess data. Belong's call centre was closed, the chat room was automated and didn't provide technical support. I ended up calling the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman to get them to facilitate cancellation of my account. I gave it one star because it was the lowest rating.

Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong

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Amali P.

Amali P.Greater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

Impossible to cancel the service!

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I was trying to switch to Belong NBN which seemed to be available when all this COVID-19 stuff started but a few days after, when I tried to request for it, it was no longer available. As a result I have had to go with a different provider who set everything up today (Sorry Belong, this was your own fault!). Now I am trying to cancel my Belong service which seems impossible as the 'Support' offered seems to go around in circles and you cannot create a request to cancel. I'm very disappointed with the way Belong has responded to all of this and I want to cancel my service immediately. I cannot find an email address anywhere either (not surprised!) so if anyone has one, please let me know what it is.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
Amali P.
Amali P.

It says "Error 404 The page you're after could not be found"! Like I said, impossible to cancel!

Internet has been down for 2 weeks

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMay 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong
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Brent S.

Brent S.Southwest, VIC

  • 2 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Not a bad option for the price!

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Internet is great. Was very difficult to set up initially, it took weeks for the service to be up and running. Call centre is not great but have had no issues since setting up!

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2017
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong

Woohoo! I'm glad your service is running smoothly, Brent. Thanks for taking the time to provide us with some feedback - we're always looking to improve our services so our customers can have the best experience possible. -Shaun

A Tuu

A TuuSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews

Bad Experience

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMay 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong

Sorry to hear you had such a terrible time with moving your internet, A :( If you can chuck us a quick message here https://m.me/BelongAU we'd love to look you up, see what's happening, and get you connected ASAP. -Dave

Connection Issues Constantly

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In 25 years this has to be the worst internet service I have used. I have more connection drop outs than I've had meals. If I could rate this service a 0, I would. I have lost count of how many times I have been on important live paid projects, streaming etc and dropped out and lost money and time. I would be halfway through a paid streamed project upload and it would drop and I would lose the download and hence not get paid. When NBN arrived later this month, hello iinet! If you want connection problems them you Belong with Belong...

Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeCapped Data
2 comments
Belong
BelongBelong
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Jayme-Lee B.

Jayme-Lee B.South East Queensland, QLD

Fantastic Service

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I have been with Belong about 5 years now. They were the only ones who didnt want to charge me $300 to connect (supposedly my home had never had a phone line in 20 years). I have had very few issues with connectivity. The odd issue i have had with my modem not connecting, a quick phone call and its fixed in less than 5 minutes. Not a fan that the customer service team has moved overseas now, it can be difficult to understand the workers on the other end which is my only gripe.

Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong

Thanks for the great review Jayme-Lee and for the feedback. We're always wanting to improve and just this can help us do that. It's great news that you're loving the service and thanks for sticking with us for such a long time. -Viktor

Unhappy

UnhappySydney, NSW

Woeful customer experience.

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Worst customer experience I’ve had in years. After logging an issue more than a week ago, and being promised a three day fix, am still waiting for an update.
Have had to purchase phone data as I need internet at home for work.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMarch 2016
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Data TypeCapped Data
1 comment
Belong
BelongBelong

Sounds like the issue is a bit bigger than expected, we can feel the frustration though and you shouldn't have to keep waiting for an update here. Please, chat with us here: https://www.messenger.com/t/BelongAU and we'll keep you in the loop. -Taylor

Drop outs then disconnected

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMay 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Amanda

Amanda

  • 5 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Best provider

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Iv had so many bad experiences with Optus and tpg, I'm so glad for belong, no issues or poor internet iv never had to call them for any technical issues, thank god so happy

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateOctober 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type24-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data

belong appalling service

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Hopeless. 3 appointments one cancelled with no notification. Service tech feat. Modem doesnt work. No one takes responsibility for any thing. Just dreadful - you should be ashamed of yourselves Belong. Appalling

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateNovember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
Lelbuck

LelbuckNorth-West & West coast, TAS

  • 2 reviews

Belong - give them a go

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Connected 6 months ago. Well priced. Surprised at the poor reviews. We connected with no problems. It was easy and quick. Have experienced no problems. Would recommend Belong to others.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMarch 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
Abbie

Abbie

  • 2 reviews

AWFUL!

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Belong left me without internet for 2 months and promised on so many occasions to fix the problems. I had to follow up endless amounts of times and wasted so much time on the phone to them. Sooo terrible it's a joke!

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
Aditya Majety

Aditya MajetySydney, NSW

  • 5 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Low Cost and Reliable internet service provider

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I recently got an ADSL2+ connection from Belong. It costs $60 per month. I get 10Mbps download and 2Mbps upload speeds. I had a pleasant experience with them right from the beginning. If you don't want all the bells and whistles provided by expensive internet providers and want just the internet, this is your go to. I even got an 80$ belong mobile credit. Only issue I faced was with the technician visits. Technician didn't turn up twice and appointments got rescheduled, this is because they use Telstra technicians and don't have much control on it. However their customer service is excellent and has less wait time. Happy with my internet connection and it is even NBN ready. I highly recommend it.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateSeptember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Questions & Answers

Xiaotong W.

Xiaotong W.asked

ADSL

I have requested moving my belong service on 7th April, I got the SMS saying connecting date is 28th April, and I should wait for the activation SMS then connect my modem. It's already 3 days late and no SMS. No call center working, no any other number I can call to really TALK to someone in belong to fix my problem. And all the support page in belongs website is not really helpful, more interestingly, belong didn't forget to charge me for the new service monthly fee, I don't even have connection!! I mean, I know it's due to covid19, but when your promised connection due date has come and you didn't do anything, at least sent another SMS to tell your customer what's going on and how long they have to wait more? I'm in the dark here!

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Belong
BelongBelong

You definitely are in the dark Xiaotong and sorry we haven't given you any updates on what's happening. If you jump onto your account, it will give you a rundown of how the move is going.

If this is still showing that the connection date is the 28th, then contact us here: https://www.belong.com.au/support and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. -Viktor

Xiaotong W.
Xiaotong W.

I got the activation SMS after writing that review. And your link doesn't really work according to my situation. Viktor. The new situation is when I plug my modem, it's not working, only power and wifi lights were on, sync and internet lights were off. I haven't pay my monthly fee yet, since I didn't get any service from belong. Now I have two questions.
First one is did belong sent me a new modem for the new house? Because the reason I'm using my old one is that i haven't received anything yet. Maybe I should use the new modem, old one doesn't work in the area I moved in.
Second is since I didn't get any service from belong, how much is the cost to cancel my contract, I don't want to wait for another week unless it doesn't get solved soon.
if you really want to solve customer 's problems, please start with asking useful questions to keep things moving forward, instead of stalling the time.

Belong
BelongBelong

I'm sad to hear you're having a rough time. If you flick us a message here: by selecting the 'Help' button, we'll be able to answer any question you have. Chat soon. -Shaun

Cys80

Cys80asked

ADSL

How about Instead of wasting time protecting your image get off this site and reply to the real emails in your belong inbox and solve people's problems?!

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Belong
BelongBelong

Hi Cys80. We’re working really hard to respond to all our customers messages, as we aim to resolve any issues as soon as we can. Due to COVID-19, some of our teams are unable to work so support is taking longer than usual. If you need urgent help you can contact us here: https://www.belong.com.au/support. Take care. -Shaun

Cassandra D.

Cassandra D.asked

ADSL

Belong I have been without internet close to a month now! You are still charging me without providing any internet service. I’ve contacted you on numerous times and you give some generic response which deliberately stalls an actual commitment to fix the issue. Including that a technician will contact me. I’ve received no contact from no technician at any stage. I need the internet for work and my children’s online education. When will a technician be contacting me to resolve the connection issues?

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Belong
BelongBelong

Hi Cassandra, sorry it's taking us a while to properly get back to your messages. We're running short on manpower at the moment (due to COVID-19) so it's taking us much longer than usual to resolve issues and update our customers.

That being said since you've already sent us some messages/emails I'm sure we'll get back to you soon as we're working as hard as we can to reply as fast as we can to all our messages.

Thank you for your patience! -Lexi

Cassandra D.
Cassandra D.

Thank you for your response Lexi but unfortunately this is the same rhetoric as the other responses I have previously received from Belong. This is not an acceptable response in effectively solving the issues I have raised.
As a matter of urgency I expect this matter to be escalated to your immediate supervisor so the matters can be properly resolved.

Jeremy P
Jeremy P

Don't hold your breath. They basically replied to me after 7 days asking "do you still need help with your connection" without even bothering addressing any of the requests or questions I asked (mind you the question I asked wasn't even that time-sensitive and they could have just addressed it right there and right then instead of not bothering with it at all and ask me to reply basically with the same questions.). it's beyond ridiculous even with COVID19 going on. Try TIO if you can't get it resolved with them. Plenty of other providers would give you proper service.

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