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  • Value for Money
    4.1 (58)
  • Transparency
    4.3 (42)
  • Customer Service
    4.4 (59)
  • Adequate Speeds Yes (78%) · No (22%)
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Steve

Steve

  • 2 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Customer support is amazing

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Changed to Mate after experiencing terrible service from my previous ISP who took over two weeks to answer an email about moving house.
On average, if I sent an email to Mate it was replied to within the hour. Most were a lot quicker.
After waiting weeks for Telstra to disconnect the old service at the new house, Mate took less than a day to get my new account set up and working, where I was expecting it to take a week or so. To say I'm impressed is an understatement.
I'm currently WFH and these guys figuratively saved my life. Good to see there are still companies out there who do things properly and professionally.



Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateApril 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Great connection. Easy set up. Great communication.

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Pretty spot on re connection. Very few problems. The odd drop out and have a reboot the modem however this has only been a couple of time.
Customer service / care team are excellent. Friendly and knowledgable.
Reasonably priced and local call centre.
All in all cannot fault.



Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateFebruary 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

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Dissapointed

Dissapointed

  • 2 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Worst Internet Service I Have Ever Experienced

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateDecember 2022
Adequate Speeds No
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  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Great service, good price, no issues to date

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Great service, no issues. Poor service was why we transitioned our business services away from the bigger companies. My only gripe is that in many areas we can only get ADSL2 but this is Australia hah hah

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateSeptember 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

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Phil

PhilGoldfields, WA

  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

excellent support

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i lost my connection, and wifi, but the mate support team is very helpful. And they are very supportive to fix all the issues, with in 10 mins. My connection is back on.Cheers mate team.Thats why I love mate.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateApril 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

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Jurgen Dorbecker

Jurgen DorbeckerSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Excellent service, I use it daily.

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Never had any disturbance, interruptions in the transmission of data, even when several parties were using the internet at the same time via Wifi. Excellent and reliable service from day one. Thanks for this service. Regret not having switched earlier to "Mates" . Jurgen Dorbecker

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateJanuary 2020
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

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RJT

RJT

  • 3 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Brilliant technical support

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateJanuary 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeCapped Data
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RJT
RJT

Hi 'MATE team'. Happy, yes; could be happier, also yes. Why not review some of your more-customer-friendly-than-most-yet-still-illogical policies, and push me and your other customers into 'estatic'?!!

RJT
RJT
Adam Biskupiak

Adam Biskupiak

  • 3 reviews
  • 1 like
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

This is a joke... the case is with ACCC

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateJuly 2016
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Nicholas M.

Nicholas M.

  • 2 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

[Updated] Constant dropouts...

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Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateAugust 2022
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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4 comments
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Editmediaman

EditmediamanSydney Surrounds, NSW

  • 4 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

As smooth as silk

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I had been with ClubTelco for over 7 years and I was aware of the potential for a lack of backup in the event of a problem. Fortunately nothing went wrong, that is until just over a month ago. Suddenly my internet service completely disappeared and after a number of phone calls to the company over a period of 2 weeks, there was no progress. I decided to churn to Mate Communicate as I had previously used their services in Melbourne and found them to be very reliable. Within 3 days I had a working connection which has been reliable ever since. I plan to upgrade to NBN when it finally comes using Mate.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateNovember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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William Z

William ZGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 11 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Great to have local phone support

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Currently with ADSL - swapped from iiNet who were just hopeless and had too many chances.
Mates call centre is based in Australia and have never had to wait long. Signing up was easy and anytime there has been an issue the support has been more than helpful. Unlike iinet.....
Speed Ok but still waiting for my neighbourhood to get NBN.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateMarch 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeCapped Data
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ge y.

ge y.Sydney, NSW

  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Internet setting

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Justin had done a fantastic job helping me setting up the modern. He was professional, patient and clear. Justin gave me instructions step by step and he tried different approaches to fix the issue.

Transparency
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Value for Money
Start DateNovember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Quality service

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The companies name MATE says it all. Patience is not my virtue having to wait for answers to questions with ISP companies can take a lifetime. Not with MATE you ring them and its virtually instant connection and the problem fixed just as quick. If you want quality service go no further than MATE

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

DavidCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC

  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Help solving a problem

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Sam was really helpful in resolving an issue with the ADSL, stayed on the phone while we tried different things to work out problem.
I am with Mate because of the great service they provide, always get to speak to a person in Australia and they seem to know what they are doing.

Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateJuly 2016
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Sam

SamGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

So much better than the big guys

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateOctober 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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N Hamilton

N HamiltonSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Great!

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Just signed back up with Mate for NBN. Was with them a couple of years ago for ADSL and I honestly could not fault them at all, speed was great, customer service was exceptional and they always helped with a problem (if there was one, hardly ever though) on first contact. Will come back again after our NBN is connected and write another review. By the best ISP we've been with, and we've been with a few over the years

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coinlaundry

coinlaundry

  • 4 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Good service, decent prices

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Have been with Mate for over a year. Went with them as I heard good reviews from friends. They have not disappointed with reliable service and good speeds. Also have offered to switch us over to NBN at no extra charge. Their call centre is very friendly and helpful - would recommend to anybody.

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B.T.Melb

B.T.MelbGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 9 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

As per the other reviews

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I chose MATE based on reviews from other users and they did not disappoint. The sign up and connection was a smooth process. So far the internet is generally working well.

Transparency
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Value for Money
Start DateAugust 2022
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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David

DavidSydney, NSW

  • 5 reviews

Lip service and incompetent

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Start DateSeptember 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Kate

KateDarling Downs, QLD

  • 4 reviews
  • ADSL
  • Verified customer

Decent ADSL provider.

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I signed up for 'mate' ADSL for six months while living in a rural area and I found them to be a good overall provider and would still be with them if I had not moved to an NBN area. The setup was simple and they had excellent Australian-based customer service representatives and a reasonable monthly cost. The fact that I did not have to 'lock in' a contract really sealed the deal for me. Would recommend.

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

Davidasked

ADSL

Sign up 11 days ago for home phone adsl to transfer from belong to mate. They to me in beginning within 4 days home phone and adsl be transferred but it’s day 11 still not activated they keep me updated with sms and 3 phone calls and mate said it’s a fault of Telstra and that’s why taking so long but I’m with belong and they use Telstra lines and never had issues with Telstra lines with belong. My mate account is 638608

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi David,

Sorry to hear this.

Can you confirm your MATE Code/Account number? 638608 is the incorrect account.

David
David

639608

David
David

639608

Vendettabruh

Vendettabruhasked

ADSL

Is it possible to get an adsl connection if you dont have the money to get nbn setup at the moment?

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi Vendettabruh,

Once nbn becomes available in an area, it is not possible to connect ADSL due to government cease sale regulations.

To see what we can offer you, please email your full address to [email protected].

Aryia K.

Aryia K.asked

ADSL

Mate was good for the couple months but apparently it going slow now so I’m disappointed

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi Aryia K,

Sorry to hear this.

Can you please advise your account number so we can look into this issue ASAP?

If you are experiencing issues please contact our support team on 1300 876 283 so we can investigate.

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