I bought their wirless mobile plan thinking it would be fast and easy to set up. How wrong I was. 6 weeks in and I am still trying to speak to someone helpful. My issues are:
- when it connects, it is very slow (running 1x device only and Netflix auto's to low quality
- a lot of the time I get no signal
- tech support are useless with no urgency and poor English/communication skills
- general support is also not helpful

I do not use my phone often so this service is about as cheap as it gets. I use wifi for phone data.
Got this Optus service after I purchased Exetel NBN service, Previously I had Vodafone which was hopeless in rural areas. Optus is getting better for coverage.
The $14.99 is cheap. (extras when you sign up)
Customer service is actually helpful when you get through to someone.
However there can be delays

Joined Exetel as service appeared economical and value for money.
Customer service is ABYSMAL you will wait 20 mins on hold for basic assistance.
Ported a number to another provider Exetel continued to bill me foe a number that was no longer theirs for 3 months. Still waiting on a refund.

No issues at all. They're slow to respond to emails, and to update the Exetel app (which could use some alias naming benefits, as opposed to phone numbers), but overall the actual phone service works fine. Had no issues. You can also set spend control so that if the kids hit the 2Gb, the data turns off and you don't pay any more

I made the mistake of applying for the $8.99 a month mobile, what a mistake it took them 12 days to send out a sim card, phoned many times and recording said they would call back within 80 minutes, never received a call back, sent numerous emails and got replies that they would get back to me within two working days, never received an answer to my messages. When I received the sim card they didn't send the password to log on. Sent message to them by email saying please cancel my application, never bothered to reply. This is the worst service ever experienced.

I changed SIM providers on about the 19th June.
I noticed I was still signed up to them at the start of July and called them up to make sure my plan gets cancelled.
Exetel claims that their T+Cs say I needed to give them 20days notice to cancel my plan.
So even though their SIM would no longer have worked from the 19th onwards, it turns out I would have had to tell them about this back in May!
I am now getting charged for the whole of July! 1.5 months after their SIM would no longer work.

Whatever money I saved from going with them I would have lost from having to pay for an extra month for absolutely nothing.

Terrible Mobile Reception as well as taking extra money out of my account!!!
I bought the $8.99 sim only mobile plan & the reception is terrible 95% of the time! Friends keep asking me why my mobile is off all the time, even though it's not, it's just the poor reception! The mobile data is almost always on 3G instead of 4G! I had the same problem with Amaysim & I guess Optus has never been good to me!
Another problem is that they keep charging me for using a credit card even though I used my bank details which is supposed to not charge you any fees, but they kept charging me!
I would not recommend Exetel for a mobile plan & I couldn't be happier that I'm not longer a customer!

Switched from Optus mobile after reading positive WhistleOut review....was a big mistake. This company just can't deliver and reasonable service. If you make the effort to try to sort their mistakes out it must be done by phone and is like pulling teeth...and when you finally get to talk to the remote call center their promises never delivered. Billing is an absolute mess, emails never answered. Stay away!

Trying to port my number FROM Exetel to new provider. Twice now Exetel rejected the portingl. Seems I have to get a porting code to use for the new provider. Just rang Exetel to get code ?!?! 81 custs in front of me. 78 minutes approx wait time. Arranged for them to save my place and call me back..... I have done that twice before with NO CALL BACK. I cannot deal with a company that has no cust service. This is like Hotel California - you can check out any time you want but you can ever leave!

I ported my number to Exetel and left after a month or so. They never had messaging work, never responded to tickets. Now porting back has been going 3+ weeks

What should have been a simple switch from Optus to Exetel proved to be quite the opposite. To be fair, this could have been the fault of Optus. Apparently, porting a number from one network to the same network is difficult because it is done manually. I've been told it's quicker to change networks and back again, because this process is done automatically. Exetel got there in the end and the deal is so much better than Optus, I think it was worth the effort.

After hour an half waiting You will deal \with rude customer Service Never go with Exetel, it's horrible. Crap. Not value of money. Worst customer Service. They always have problem, not reliable. They false information. So many things. Please do not go with Exetel. You will be scammed.

I waited more than 3 weeks before my SIM card finally arrived in the mail and that was only after emailing them.
Now it has been 48 hours since inserting the sim into my phone and I still only get SOS only.
Can’t even attempt to activate. Tried ringing them on husbands phone for help but no one picks up.
Don’t bother with them.
Going back to Amaysim. Exetel was a supposedly cheaper option but so not worth it.

When I signed up for the service, I understood that poring from another Optus carrier could take up to 3 business days. Now it has been 2 weeks since instigated the porting on the web (I clicked "activate") after receiving the sim. I emailed them 3 days ago them and have not heard the any response except for the auto reply. I tried to post on their help forum but it is practically impossible. Nobody picks up the phone and I could not leave a voicemail. Is there any human there at all at the other end with this company? I regret choosing Exetel already.

Tried to switch from Amaysim, but Exetel won't port number. Their systems aren't working properly and you get stuck between two mobile providers indefinitely (3 weeks now and counting) . No points of escalation available, emails not answered, the only option to speak to a real person is to choose "become a client", as "support" appears to have no staff assigned. Very different to what it was a year ago. Exetel is not ready to be a mobile provider yet, unfortunately.