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- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
An excellent service at a reasonable price.
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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MargoQueensland
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
The best yet
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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William W.
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
MATE will put iinet to shame!
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi William,
Thanks for giving us a go and for your feedback!... Read more
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- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Great Mates is great!
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Paul,
Happy to hear we've provided you with a good experience.... Read more
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TitchGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Great experience
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Titch,
Happy to hear that your switch to nbn went so well, thanks for the feedback!... Read more
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Vicki P.Darling Downs, QLD
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Fantastic service
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Vicki,
Wow, what can we say!... Read more
Thanks for leaving this review, your feedback has been passed on to all of our staff. Regards, Mate TeamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Daniele G.Far North Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Excellent so far
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Daniele,
Thanks for your feedback! Glad to hear you have a solid connection!... Read more
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Thomas N.South East Queensland, QLD
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Excellent customer service!
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Thomas,
Glad to hear we provided you with a better experience than an alternate provider!... Read more
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JaneSouth East Queensland, QLD
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Fantastic Service!! Totally unlike that of our previous national carrier
I was a customer of our previous national carrier for 29 years. I stepped outside the box for NBN to join Mates and I have been totally thrilled by all points of contact with them. The website was easy to navigate. The installers asked where I wanted it to put the box and were friendly, efficient and respectful of my property. The most amazing part was the quality and responsiveness of the service. After logging a job via the artificial intelligence chat system the incredibly helpful and patient Tony sorted me out in no time. My system dropped ...Read more
out due to my BYO router reverting back to its original precoding (which apparently happens sometimes on my model BYO router). I logged a job by email overnight and in the morning Super Tony rang me and sorted it again. It was so good to speak to the same person again who knew where I was up to with my NBN journey. Then with absolutely no hard sell, he emailed me a range of options for a new router if mine keeps flicking back to the old programming. It sounds corny but I do feel like I was dealing with a mate. So incredibly impressed and thrilled to be working with an Australian company. Only hard thing now is cancelling Broadband as that operator's service centre is overseas and they are not able to offer full services due to Covid-19.1 comment
Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Jane,
We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us this feedback!... Read more
Glad to hear we have provided you with a great experience, and we'll definitely pass your kind words onto Tony! Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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Tom ScottSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 3 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Excellent Friendly Service
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Tom,
Wow, what can we say!... Read more
Many thanks for your great feedback and we are glad to hear we could provide you with a better experience than your previous provider! Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Perfect NBN provider from 3years thanks
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Lovedeep,
Thanks very much for your review!... Read more
Glad to hear you've taken advantage of our mobile deals as well! Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Lagging - so far its disappointing
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Wendy,
Sorry to hear this.... Read more
Have you contacted our support team to report any issues with your service? If you are experiencing issues, we will need to troubleshoot. Your movies lagging can be caused by a whole number of issues, but our support team would definitely be able to pinpoint what this is being caused by. If you can confirm your MATE code/account number, we can organise our support team to contact you ASAP so we can troubleshoot. Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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jimonoMetropolitan Adelaide, SA
- 5 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Great service, very reliable and good price.
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi jimono,
Thanks for your review!... Read more
Glad to hear we have provided a reliable service with a good price! Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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Tom BSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Best customer support
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Tom,
Happy to hear you've found us responsive in our communication!... Read more
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Guy BasileSouth East Queensland, QLD
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Lots of lip service, no solutions
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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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.
Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Guy,
Thanks for your review and we are sorry to hear that your nbn connection has not gone as smoothly as expected.... Read more
We have previously explained to you via email the actions we have taken. We are sorry it has had to come to this, however, we have had no choice but to follow ACCC and TIO guidelines. This issue is, unfortunately, beyond our control as nbn manage the network including all the infrastructure and technicians. Technicians are booked directly by nbn, who are third party contractors and this is the same for all providers, not just MATE. As we have previously advised, we do not offer interim services for delayed nbn installations as there was never a commitment in our agreement to have your nbn internet service connected by a particular date. We have provided sufficient notice of the appointment details. We understand this is frustrating - both for yourself and for us as a provider. Unfortunately, we are not reimbursed by nbn due to missed technician appointments and cannot offer the amount of credit or compensation you have requested. We have not charged you any further and have waived all cancellation fees with respect to your account. We wish you all the best with your new provider. Regards, The MATE teamHi Vanessa. Thanks have rebooked with a provider that values their customers. Mate made absolutly no effort to help. Glad to be rid of mates. And I find it amusing that you deleted my facebook comment... Read more
s. Cant deal with critism obliviously Will be cancelling mobiles as soon as my credit it used up as well.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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NishPerth, WA
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Horrible company
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Nish,
We are sorry to hear that you have had a poor experience with MATE.... Read more
We can confirm that your partner contacted our support team over the phone to make a one-off credit card payment on your account. This payment was made to remove a prior restriction placed on the account. Unfortunately, due to an internal error, the default card was mistakenly updated with the card used for the once-off payment. We sincerely apologise for this error and are investigating our internal processes to ensure this issue does not happen again. In regards to your dispute, we can see that you made a complaint on 07/02/2020 by phoning our support team. A dispute ticket was raised by our support team, and a response to this dispute, along with our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused, was issued to you within six hours of the dispute being raised. We apologise once again if you believe six hours for a dispute response time is slow. You have labeled our customer service as 'dismal', however, we have reviewed our calls and can see that our support agents were as helpful as possible during your partners interaction with them, even over the frustration your partner had displayed. We can see that majority of your interactions with our support staff were in relation to payment extensions and requests to remove restriction, to which we have offered and complied when asked by yourself or your partner. We have provided you with multiple goodwill gestures in the past, such as crediting late payment fees, and providing you with alternative payment methods when you have requested. We will be happy to further review your complaint with our management team, if you feel this to be necessary. Apologies again.Ok Mate you wanted to get into the details even though displaying someone confidential information like this for the public to view is disgusting, let’s get to the core of it.
Yes we did apply for a... Read more
n extension because we were out of the country for 3 months and your email correspondence wrote us that we owed $609 instead of $69. We wanted to come to Perth to rectify this issue as we thought it was a fraudulent email. We had a family emergency ( mother in law on the edge of dying)to attend to overseas and hence why we never had time to review our bills and catch up on any missed one.Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Nish,
We have not revealed any sensitive or confidential information in regards to your account.... Read more
We can confirm that we were defiantly at fault for the billing error that was caused on your account and have apologised for this billing error numerous times. Unfortunately, we are unable to determine whether you are experiencing any sort of financial hardship or anticipate if customers are overseas for that matter unless this has been brought to our attention. If you are experiencing any sort of financial hardship, you can find our financial hardship policy on the following link: https://www.letsbemates.com.au/important-stuff/ Regards, The MATE team.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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SusanSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Excellent service
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Susan,
Very happy to hear you were impressed with our Australian-based support team!... Read more
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Chris
- 3 reviews
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Useless Support Team with ongoing issues
For almost a year I have had a problem with mates service, which is unable to maintain a connection. It is up and down like a yoyo, 3 modems later, Mate's support team has tried numerous times to rectify the condition by placing various profiles on my service all to no avail. They have on multiple occasions said that they will escalate the issue to NBN to get something done, to date NOT ONCE to my knowledge has there been any action taken. Mate seems totally incapable of getting NBN to take action on this matter and did, only this afternoon, te...Read more
ll me that maybe I should find another provider. (The support techs words) After nearly a year of having an unstable service and no action by mate, to make sure that NBN rectifies the service, I have no choice but to find another provider. which is apparently ok with mates support staff as that is what they advise when they cannot find the fault.5 comments
Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Chris,
Sorry to hear this.... Read more
Can you confirm your MATE code/account number so we can have this looked into further? Regards, The MATE teamWhat 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..
Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Chris,
Thanks for confirming your account details.... Read more
We are sorry to hear that you have no faith in our support team. We have looked into your account records and can see that you have called our team multiple times recently to report a red internet light on your modem. Each time, our support team has tried to troubleshoot with you and try and help resolve any issues, but you seem to prefer to abuse our staff members instead. You have called our support team for help but have refused to let us help you. As you have been advised on multiple occasions, we are unable to log into your modem remotely as this is your own equipment. The first point of troubleshooting for this issue is to guide you to log into the modem and double-check the PPPoE settings. You have refused to do the above on any occasion, however, our support team has still raised the issue as recently as Monday with nbn and we will let you know their response. We can confirm that all testing from nbn indicates that there is no nbn network issue and the occasional dropout issues you are experiencing are likely being caused by your modem and/or private equipment. Nonetheless, your fault remains open and is being monitored by nbn. If you are unhappy with the service and you believe our support team are useless, then you are free to cancel your service and try another provider as we do not have any contracts or cancellation fees. Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Does exactly what it claims!
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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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Declan,
Thanks for leaving us this great feedback!... Read more
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- NBN 25 (Great Mates)
- Verified customer
Excellent customer service, 100% would recommend
I chose Mate as a provider based on their product reviews and have not regretted it. I live in a rental property (unit in multilevel block), and the process of applying for NBN was torturous and dragged out over months where I was trying to track down information from NBNCo and the real estate agent. This was largely due to incorrect information I was given by a technician at NBNCo.
When I dropped this hot mess on a mate customer service representative, everything went so smoothly. Mate provided me with frequent updates, and managed to arrange...Read more
for my situation to be reviewed by a case manager at NBNCo and resolved. Mate staff were always polite, reassuring, and conveniently available outside of normal business hours. Their record management system seemed to be pretty good too, as whoever I spoke to seemed to have decent knowledge about my case, so that I didnt have to keep explaining things every time I called up. I havent experienced any drop outs or further issues after getting connected, and the NBN upload/download speed has never lagged. Would definitely recommend Mate as a provider. I dont usually write product reviews but feel compelled to because their service has been exemplary1 comment
Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Doubleu,
Wow, what can we say! ... Read more
Very glad to hear we could provide you with a good experience, even though it was a challenge to have nbn connected. Many thanks for your feedback! Regards, The MATE teamSimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate
Hi Margo,
Happy to hear we could get you up and running quickly!... Read more
Thanks for your feedback! Regards, The MATE team