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  • Adequate Speeds Yes (88%) · No (12%)
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Carmen

CarmenGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Great ISP

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I’m really happy with Mate. The service is great and there have been no drop outs. I had some issues connecting my own router but Mate talked me through it and made connecting easy. Great customer care, highly recommend.



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Geoff

Geoff

  • 2 reviews

Good team.

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Would lile to thank the good mate team. Helpful and punctual. Fixed an issue with NBN fault in a very short timeframe. Our Internet never drops out and does not suffer any speed restrictions.
10/10

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Keith Hogarth

Keith HogarthSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

as expected

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stable and reliable connection
some dropouts from time to time but not significant
speed as expected 46/18
good service - responsive and knowledgable
speed not impacted by bad weather - very good !
no reason to look elsewhere

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Dorota Wilson

Dorota WilsonPerth, WA

Not as good as it used to be.

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I was very happy with the service at my last address however after moving the service to my new address we're experiencing a lot of drop outs. I called mate to see why and got told it's not them but my modem. I never had issues with my modem and had double checked this. Feels like they're trying to push the blame elsewhere. Not impressed with this tactic

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Phil

PhilSydney, NSW

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Great service, friendly team and quick phone calls answered.
At the end of the day, you are looking for a company with a reliable NBN speed and a quick support team, no contracts and hidden cost, simple.

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Hanna

Hanna

  • 3 reviews

Pretty good

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The internet connection is decent, much better than my last provider, but slows in the evenings.
The transfer process was fairly pain free.
Not into the whole “mate” schtick, like signing off “your mate” on bills. Insincere and pretty irritating.

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Consistent Excellence

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Have been with Mates for about 18 months now, both in Tasmania and WA. The service is good, but the Support Team are Excellent, weather assisting with modem set up, or dealing with NBN performance issues. Always polite, super helpful and quick. The Best I’ve ever dealt with bar non.

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LIz

LIzMelbourne

  • 3 reviews

Great service from MATE

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My comment is on the NBN connection itself. It brought my first internet dropouts ever, but seems to have improved over the last couple of months. I was having to reboot the whole modem-router almost daily - terrible, very disruptive.

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LIz

I should clarify. The problem was work NBN itself. MATE gave me great service!

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Casey

CaseyWimmera, VIC

  • 5 reviews

Amazing service

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Excellent customer service and setup was extremely easy as someone who knows very little about internet. I do very occasionally experience momentary drop outs but that's not a regular occurrence

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Damian Burtenshaw

Damian BurtenshawHunter Region, NSW

Great valve

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I joined Mate NBN 50 3 months ago without any issues or dropouts and it is great Value for money, it’s been the best move I have made changing my NBN and mobile services to Mate

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Perfect

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Am very happy fast connection and very good staff.Always makes you feel part of a family unit.so happy we changed over.needed help with modem nothing was a problem even though I kept mucking things up.They were very patient with me.

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Very Pleased

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Connection is reliable all the time with no dropouts. We are regional and it works a treat. price is right, billing is correct and overall we are very pleased to date.

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Bahriddin

BahriddinGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

Super support, good quality internet service

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If you want both cheaper internet and mobile plan, they offer bundle for very affordable prices. I also admire how they keep the word as I regularly test the speed and it is as it previously said.

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courtshareb

courtshareb

  • 2 reviews

10/10 would recommend

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Signing up with mate and being a customer is just a breeze! I’ve converted my mum to Mate and recommend mate to anyone I can! The connection is great, it’s never dropped out on me, when I moved house and had to change my address customer services was very helpful and clean on what to do! They’re great!

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Brian Colin Trower

Brian Colin TrowerSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Another good experience

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I decided to go with Mate for my NBN after 18 months with Mate providing my ADSL service. I have had no problems with my ADSL service apart from Telstra in the beginning. I had problems with my router but mate replaced that also with no hassles.
After a month of NBN I am very satisfied with the service. I no longer get any buffering with Foxtel which is great. I also switched to a package for my mobile phone which is saving me $10 per month.

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Excellent service

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No issues so far so good. There’s nothing more to be sad as I have just started. The only issue I have is in corner of the house there is a week signal.

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Derek Meys

Derek MeysCentral, SA

A great mate to have

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I have had a few periods of no internet that have lasted for a few hours or more. I did not need support, just some patience. When I have required support it has always been fantastic

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Impeccable Customer Service

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As other reviews have said,
Amazing customer service!!
Had to configure a new modem router and they were so friendly and professional in guiding me through. The chats in between waiting was awesome! What a mate!!

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Great customer service

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Extremely fast and reliable connection. Great value for money and excellent customer service. No lock-in contract, easy billing service. Helpful, knowledgeable and patient support staff when needed. Would highly recommend Mate.

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Darcy

DarcyPerth, WA

  • 2 reviews

Easy, and helpful

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Signing up and cancelling was easy and simple when I moved. Had someone over straight away when internet wasn't working at my new place and the issue was easily found.

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DebW

DebWasked

NBN 50 (Best Mates)

I will be moving into a brand new building with no ADSL or NBN available. I would like to know about a wireless connection - am looking at the best mates fixed wireless? what does this mean? I have a modem, was presuming that all I would need is a sim card?

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi DebW,

We can confirm Fixed Wireless is a type of nbn service, however, we don't offer wireless broadband.

Please contact us on 13 14 13 and press "1" for sales, or email your full address to [email protected] so we can perform a service qualification check and advise.

Regards,

The MATE team

bobbysdad

bobbysdadasked

NBN 50 (Best Mates)

At 7pm on the eve of me changing over to MATE, I thought I'd give MATE a call to see if there was anything I should know prior to my changeover. Well, the person I spoke to was annoying. He insisted on speaking over me all the time, and kept reciting over and over that because I was changing over on the 24th, [which is TODAY] there was nothing he would add. All I wanted to know was how will I be notified of my new log in and password and how long would I be without a connection, as it has been mentioned to me that sometimes it could be done within an hour. He almost accused me of lying, and that it could take up to three business days, and that he would review the tapes. He kept talking to me like I was some idiot. I was not amused, and almost threw in the towel there and then. His arrogance was astounding. You could do better hiring more pleasant people to handle your calls. I hope this wasn't a sign of things to come? Have I made a dreadful mistake, as I see others have had a difficult time with your service. Should I have gone to someone else? [639347]

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Phil
Phil

Hey buddy, that sucks, the people I have spoken to have always been great. I can suggest emailing them, they answer really quick and there shouldn’t be communication errors that way.

bobbysdad
bobbysdad

Thanks Phil. I was hoping one of their reps [eg Vanessa S] might be more helpful via here....

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi bobbysdad,

We are sorry to hear this. We will have our internal management team review this call as we pride ourselves on our service.

Regards,

The MATE team

Rod

Rodasked

NBN 50 (Best Mates)

Do you allow incoming connections (for web server, ftp etc.)?

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Vanessa S.MATE Communicate

Hi Rod,

We can confirm we do not block any services.

To check availability and advise what we can offer you, we will require your full address.

Please contact us on 1300 876 283 and press "1" for sales, or email your full address to [email protected] so we can check and advise.

Regards,

MATE team

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