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54 reviews
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  • Value for Money
    4.4 (51)
  • Transparency
    4.6 (45)
  • Customer Service
    4.5 (51)
  • Adequate Speeds Yes (77%) · No (23%)
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An excellent service at a reasonable price.

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so far no issues with connection, set-up was prompt and customer service beats my experience with telstra by a long shot. I love dealing with tech support that don't read off palm cards and are easy to understand over the phone.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeWireless
Start DateFebruary 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Margo

MargoQueensland

  • 2 reviews

The best yet

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Extremely fast delivery. Modem is already Set up done for you. Extremely good service. No dropouts so far. Very Good pricing....Very happy with my choice. Would highly recommend to anyone .



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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateApril 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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William W.

William W.

  • 2 reviews

MATE will put iinet to shame!

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Best prices, best service - hands down!

I was with iinet for 13 years and decided to give MATE a go. WOW they are great. Cheaper, faster and the customer service is simply THE BEST. Why be treated like another number when you can be mate's?

Loving it :)

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeI don't know
Start DateApril 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Great Mates is great!

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I have had no problems with this while working from home & transferring large files. It does s everything that I need. Hasn’t missed a beat! I have put several friends into Mate!

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateMarch 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Titch

TitchGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

  • 2 reviews

Great experience

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So far so good! Previous adsl was awful and this is a welcome change.
Referred by a neighbour and found the experience of joining to be efficient and seamless. No contracts and good price options were winning factors

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTC (Fibre to the Curb)
Start DateApril 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeCapped Data
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Vicki P.

Vicki P.Darling Downs, QLD

Fantastic service

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Mate achieved in one day what telstra could not achieve in 6 weeks. The NBN was connected the following week and the service to help set up was fantastic! I am super happy that I can now access the internet from my business address.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateMay 2020
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Daniele G.

Daniele G.Far North Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Excellent so far

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Been Mate customer for more than two months and the service so far is excellent. The speed is what they promise. We had one dropout though, for about a couple of hours where my download speed dropped to 2mbps... apart from that connection stable 24/7.

I can't review the customer service as i barely contact them. When I chat with them during the only dropout they seemed pretty responsive. While I was on the online chat the connection went back to normal so I didn't have the chance to find out how they manage technical issues but the impression is really good.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateMarch 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Thomas N.

Thomas N.South East Queensland, QLD

Excellent customer service!

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I had a great experience with mate. I had previously tried to switch to the NBN with an alternate provider. The alternate provider was unable to help me get my own router connected. I sent mate a message and received a phone call within a few minutes. I signed up on the spot and had great internet the next day.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTB (Fibre to the Building)
Start DateApril 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Jane

JaneSouth East Queensland, QLD

Fantastic Service!! Totally unlike that of our previous national carrier

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeWireless
Start DateMarch 2020
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Tom Scott

Tom ScottSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews

Excellent Friendly Service

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Changing NBN providers almost ended in disaster 4 days ago when the one we chose let us down and couldn't provide personal service to help. A family members experience put us on to MATE and we have been provided with great prompt service via phone calls and are now Great Mates with this provider. We will soon take up the offer of mobile plans soon. This is a great company I can't speak highly enough of the 3 staff members I have spoken to. This is an Australian based firm with a local call centre.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateMarch 2020
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

Perfect NBN provider from 3years thanks

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Working very well all I can say from almost 3 years, customer care service is local and very helpful nice/polite people thanks guys. Keep Australia going. Also using postpaid mobile connection 2months now for $25/mo with$10 discount from NBN cheapest than most.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTB (Fibre to the Building)
Start DateMarch 2017
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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1 comment
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Lagging - so far its disappointing

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I have been with Mate Communication for nearly 2 months. The 1st week was great but now constant lagging. Really annoying when you are trying to watch a movie and it stops every 5 minutes to buffer.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeI don't know
Start DateJanuary 2020
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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jimono

jimonoMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 5 reviews

Great service, very reliable and good price.

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Have been with mate communicate at two addresses in two States now and never had a problem with speed or dropouts. Customer Service and Tech Support are Australian and provide friendly, helpful service.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateDecember 2017
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Tom B

Tom BSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Best customer support

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It's rare to find an internet provider that actually communicates effectively over the phone and responds to emails on the same day. I have always had transparent and respectful communication. Thankfully I haven't had any ISP/service related issues to speak of, but if I've had any questions they've been excellent.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateFebruary 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Guy Basile

Guy BasileSouth East Queensland, QLD

Lots of lip service, no solutions

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2 weeks since signing up and still have no service. Several online chats and calls only result in a postponed appointment from NBN tech. Twice we have taken afternoons off work and still have no service. Negative comments on their facebook page result in them blocking you. They dont like people telling it like it is and while they offer lots of apologies and excuses, (may as well be thoughts and prayers) they dont offer and solutions. Of course they will say its the Nbn at fault, but Mate is the people you have to deal with, so they should be offering solutions instaed of empty apologies. ( i asked for a temporary increase to our mobile data but they said this wasn't possible)

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTC (Fibre to the Curb)
Start DateJanuary 2020
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledBundled
Contract Type12-month contract
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Guy Basile

Edit : to top things off as they were unable to offer any solutions they have just simply cancelled our contract. Didn’t even try to rectify. Goodbye mates. Glad to be rid of you.

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Nish

NishPerth, WA

  • 2 reviews

Horrible company

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Customer service is dismal. They are happy to sign you up and take your money but once you have an issue or complaint with them, they are slow to resolve and rude as hell.

They ve charged a card that I used to pay a one off payment - without authorisation twice even after calling them the first time to tell them not to charge that specific card. There response was’ sorry we don’t have a record of you calling us ‘ while I have email proof that we did.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeWireless
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Susan

SusanSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Excellent service

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From day one the people at Mate have been extremely helpful. I did have NBN issues, but the service staff kept me in the loop every step of the way in resolving my issues, which they did. I've just moved to new premises and the switch over was seamless. My internet was on the day I moved in. Best of all Mate is an Australian company where you speak to Australian personnel. I highly recommend them.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateOctober 2017
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Chris

Chris

  • 3 reviews

Useless Support Team with ongoing issues

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Adequate Speeds No
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Chris
Chris

What is the point Vanessa, previous experience has taught me that your company will do nothing to resolve this issue? However, in the vain hope that you may here is my code. 621814, although I have NO faith in your support at this stage..

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Does exactly what it claims!

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Have been with mates twice now and can not recommend them highly enough.
Great product and great people and are there when you need them to resolve any issues. Have had no dropouts in service and issues at set up where resolved quickly with great communication.

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeFTTN (Fibre to the Node)
Start DateFebruary 2018
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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Excellent customer service, 100% would recommend

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Customer Service
Value for Money
Connection TypeHFC (Cable)
Start DateJanuary 2022
Adequate Speeds Yes
Standalone or BundledStandalone
Contract TypeMonth-to-month
Data TypeUnlimited Data
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