MATE Communicate Reviews - NBN Tier 5(4) Write Review

low rating of 2 for reliability because the dropouts are random at same time every night
Disgraceful customer service. If these guys knew one ounce about quality service it would be a modern day miracle
compulsive liars when you ring up to sign up and full of excuses when you ring to lodge a complaint.
Beware - DO NOT TRUST these guys as far as could throw them
Waiting to finalize the sale of my home. Once in anew home ill be chucking their modem back at them. One of the worst providers I've ever been associated with .... and that includes the ones you have to call a non English speaking tech support consultant overseas.

"DON'T KNOW MY TIER SO I CHOSE TIER 5"

Worst company ever. Take money for no sevice. I signed up for 100mbs nbn at $100/month yet have been charged $200 in my first month. I have received internet for 4-5 days now and they refuse to deal with my issues and respond to my direct questions. They resorted to lying and making some crazy claims that I have no idea of the origin of. I have in my posession a recording of a conversation yet despite this they are claiming that the recording is wrong somehow and that other things were being talked about. Got to the point where they claim to be unsure as to why I would have the impression that the initial call to get nbn was about nbn products.........
all in all, I don't get what I paid for and find their patronising and fictitious claims very offensive and degrading.
Would seriously recommend...............that you don't use mate for nbn

I switched from SkyMesh to Mate Communicate to get a better deal on unlimited NBN. The price was good and the package offered was competitive. I liked that they had an Australian customer service team and promised fantastic overall service. The reviews I read were positive. In the first month I was relatively happy and had no complaints.

Oh how I wish I stayed with SkyMesh.

Just recently my Internet went down. It went down on a Thursday night. I complained on Friday night, after not being contacted by MATE to notify me they were working on it - being proactive would have been a good start. I was unable to reach a customer service person and had to wait over an hour for a call back. After initial trouble shooting over the phone, they were not able to rectify the issue. They said it was a NBN fault and that NBN had to look into it. I was promised 2-3 business days. Either way, I was told I'd get an update on Monday. I waited until Monday evening - still no Internet, still no update. I called them. For the second time, I couldn't get anyone on the phone and had to wait over an hour for a call back - Australian customer service sounds good in theory, not so much when you realise they've got no staff. It was complicated I was told, no further news to report, NBN still looking into it. I was promised an update within 24 hours.

On Tuesday I did receive an "update" in the form of a short automated, impersonal email which basically said "we're still waiting on a response from NBN, standard response is 3-5 business days" - which contradicts what I was verbally told earlier, i.e. 2-3 days. Now I've been lied to. Not happy. I give them a grace period of Anzac Day and all day Thursday. No contact, no updates. I call them Thursday night. Finally I get through on the first call. Incredible. Customer service guy is a joke. Provided no new information. Couldn't explain the delay. Couldn't give me a time-frame to be reconnected. Basically just told me to wait. I did, however, get an email from someone there telling me that they will look into compensation the second my issue is resolved.

I'm a consultant who works from home. Time is money. At this point I've lost over $500 in billable hours. None of which MATE seems to care about. Don't even get me started on the additional $ I've spent on mobile data. I give them until Monday. No Internet. No updates. I call them again during my lunch break at work. Again, no new information. Delay can't be explain. Nobody knows what's going on, it's like I'm talking to a bunch of clueless monkeys at this point. I'm promised an important update "by the close of business or first thing Tuesday morning". Wow, I'm getting close... or so I thought. Stay with me, it gets worse.

I'm now up to about $750 in lots billable hours. Guess what? No update or contact at all on Tuesday. I grudgingly contact them late Tuesday afternoon (today) - 12 days with no Internet. I get through to a customer service guy who is finally somewhat helpful "we have no idea what is going on, we have never exper

I went with Mate because of all the good reviews. But how wrong I was, everything was ok Till the 8th January when I lost the internet. I got no help from Mate, just saying the problem was with NBN after 20 days without any internet. I decided to go with Optus.
I got modem from Optus wothin 4 days, and I am now up and running.
The best thing is tha Mate refuses to reimburse me for the down time.
My advice is to not use MATE.