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  • Value for Money
    1.9 (391)
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    1.6 (363)
  • Customer Service
    1.5 (400)
  • Adequate Speeds Yes (37%) · No (63%)
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kris

kris

  • 3 reviews

They don't care as long as they get paid

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My contract with belong is nearly over and can't come any sooner. If you want to pay for a month's use and only get a week solid connection then belong is for you. Don't get stuck with them like me.

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Ben

BenGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 3 reviews

File your complaint with the Ombudsman

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M.Ishy

M.IshyCanberra Central 2601, ACT

  • 5 reviews

Great in start but than became hopeless

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5 years ago when I initially signed up it was absolutely fabulous...just like when you buy a new car but with passage of time ...the true colours staring to reveal ...
Belong has lost its identity & should change its name from “Belong” to “Lost” as that’s how they made my experience with them....
No correspondence via email and customer service is hopeless :(

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Charis

Charis

  • 2 reviews

Very poor!

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I commenced a broadband plan with Belong a week ago. Very quick to send out my modem which was great however it has gone downhill from here.

I am unable to get my wifi to connect work despite having all appropriate NBN connections. Have attempted all recommended trouble shooting instructions with no success.

The customer hotline is down ‘due to COVID’ therefore I have submitted a contact request form... To then be informed it may take up to 10 days to get a response. So I am paying for a service that doesn’t work and I am unable to get any help. The customer service with Belong Broadband has been nothing but a negative experience thus far. Wish me luck.

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James W.

James W.South East Queensland, QLD

Appalling customer service.

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Absolutely appalling service, nothing but problems from getting connected (Despite the physical connection being completed 3 months prior) through to changing the address on my account.

Everystep of the way they make promises and excuses and not a single person can pick up your problem understand it and follow it through. Unbelievable.

After being promised a refund for the 3 months we didn't have internet. it took numerous half hour conservations to get any sort of credit.

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James W.
James W.

This is the sort of comments that i receive from belong all the time, apologies but no substance. I need my problems resolved. I need my address changed on my account, why can no one change this..............

Ddd

Ddd

  • 2 reviews

Useless.

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The internet has been on and off and is extremely unreliable. Due to COVID-19, their call centre is closed, which is annoying but what is even more annoying is that they take 2 weeks to reply to you or even get back to you. Please look for a different provider, these guys are extremely unreliable. Don't expect to get any credit for the outage either. They're getting free money for a service that BARELY works!

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Diana

DianaSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews

Non responsive and charges for no service.

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Diana
Diana

I have already sent another one today. I will also be individually messaging everyone on your facebook page who you have failed to support and will be getting them on here to write you a charming review, seeing as you are so responsive here.

Worst Customer Service Everrrr

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It's been nearly a month that Belong deducted $300 for NBN connection for our new house but to date we still don't have the NBN connected. Upon asking NBN, they told us that they haven't received the payment from Belong yet.
Since we can't call anyone from Belong, I did so many support requests, and idiots like (Arl) and others just ask for information but never gets back.
Definitely, gonna be using some other provider...

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Caleb

Caleb

  • 2 reviews

Behind a NAT

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Please note you will not just have a dynamic IP but will be behind a NAT. This can cause you a lot of issues. You will be forces to pay the extra $5 to get the static IP just to make some website work.

For the techies out there, Belong will use multiple public IP addresses to send you browser request to servers. This can cause you to get authentication failures as only the initial IP was authenticated.

To sum up add $5 and you will have a normal internet connection, speeds good. Terrible customer service (Just like all the ISP's in Australia (Except Internode)).

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Sorry, you haven't had the best customer experience Caleb, but we are glad you're enjoying the service. -Viktor

Caleb
Caleb

It would be great if you updated your website and specifically told customers they don’t get a public ip. It would also be good if your engineers fixed the NAT issues.
Thanks

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No easy tech support

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Been connected 10 days, only using for home based work but internet light started flashing and now sync, internet and LAN all off. Tried every trouble shoot but no success. I’m an essential service worker and to potentially wait 10 days for a response Is not good enough, especially if eg the brand new modem is faulty.
I might add the first 8 days it worked a treat.
Online tech support already requested

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Charles L.

Charles L.Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

Worst experience ever

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Flashing green light

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Been with belong for over a year now and never had any issues. For 2 days now however the 'internet' light on the modem is flashing and WIFI has been disconnected. No one to answer phone calls is really disappointing, and I have seen many people on chat groups saying they are waiting up to and longer than 3 weeks just to hear back from anyone. I will be cancelling before the beginning of next month if no one has made any contact, and if money is taken out of my account before anyone has reached out to me, I will be speaking to the office of fair trading. I used to like you belong but this isnt good enough.

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Locky

LockySydney Surrounds, NSW

  • 2 reviews

Up and running in under a week now not working stars will go down

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Signed up on Sunday 19th of april 2020 working as of now Friday 24th April
So far so good no complaints. It seems to be working pretty fast did a speed test I'm getting 36mbps. But I am downloading a PlayStation update so that could be slowing down the speed maybe ?

Edit can't connect to PlayStation network anymore...worked for about a week ....can't contact support . Avoid this isp at all costs . My product rating will be going down one star a day for everyday they don't contact me.

BJ Longs

BJ Longs Perth, WA

Doesn't have any add-ons

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I was thinking of switching my NBN provider to Belong. Had a look at their website and gave them a call. After dealing with a robot for 1/2 an hour I finally connected with a human. The price is very attractive at first sight, but (Spoiler alert) it turns out you pay $65 per month for only internet. No Landline, No TV Entertainment, No International Calls only Internet. Seriously belong? If you need add-ons, I would recommend you to not waste your time with belong and consider bigger providers like Optus, iinet or Belong's owner company Telstra, who has a way better NBN plan then Belong.

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Rawdeal

RawdealGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Very frustrated!!!

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I signed up with belong last March 10, 2020 and up to now no internet yet, a technician managed to connect the nbn box yesterday and said I need to wait for another 7 days to actually get the precious internet connection. My son is doing an online learning. Contacting them is a nightmare and always reason out due to COVID pandemic.
Be the judge people if you BELONG.

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Kate m

Kate mMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

Don't do it to yourself. I have aged a decade since dealing with their nonsense

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Horrible and useless.

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Internet is horrible and barely usable. It took them way to long to ship a cable over so we just had to buy one instead. The reliability is poor as well, even when doing small tasks like internet browsing. Forget about playing any games or watching Netflix. It's ridiculous that it advertises itself as NBN when It's below standard for even average wifi. I tried contacting them twice but they said they've stop call centers due to coronavirus even though I've seen them reply to other reviews saying to call them recently.

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wayne

waynePerth, WA

  • 2 reviews

over 3 weeks since I joined and STILL NOT ACTIVATED and no help in resolving this

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Andre M.

Andre M.Sydney, NSW

Awful. Awful.

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Awful product. Awful service. Didn't bother sending modem for over a month. Took money a month before the agreement was due to begin. Asked for calls back but have no phone number to be called on. Internet lasts about 15 minutes before dropping out.

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Andre M.
Andre M.

Hahaha you are joking right? I've been contacting you almost daily for 7 weeks. Funny that you only pretend to care when it gets raised publicly.

Andre M.
Andre M.

Still trying to get someone to talk to me. A phone number, anything, a person. Nothing. I bet that they won’t have an issue collecting direct debits though in a few days when they are due. Frauds.

Apparently resolved and closed my still unresolved issues

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Emailed many requests for a technician to be organised to be sent out but the keep closing my request without any resolution. My cord has been eaten and i need it replacing... I cant even see where they think they have responded because nothing it there see. I need a technician appt made please... and please don't respond with a generic reply.

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Letisha
Letisha

I have tried many times that way and I keep getting the response that the problem has been resolved... its very frustrating as i don't even know if i have an active issue request as where I'm suppose to see them, there's nothing there to see

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June

Juneasked

NBN 50 (Standard Plus)

Belong rep please:
Spent time on live chat 2 days ago was ready to try no contract NBN50, rep sent me link problem is on website can’t get onto no contract on takes you into 12 MONTH contract, phoned, got Support in India who said that’s ok he can delete the 12 month contract and I could sign up now! Don’t think so I want to see this for myself, just been taken for a ride with IInet, not ready to do it again, why is this not available in web site, it says it is but doesn’t work
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bobbysdadasked

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Why does Belong have so many negative reviews?

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Jenny9371

I had no issues connecting, was actually really surprised, but when I had an issue they were a nightmare to deal with. Keep saying theyll do something or follow something up or call you back to resolve or escalate and literally did nothing until I contacted the ombudsman. Hopeless

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