Took me 2 days to successfully port my number from Exetel to another provider with my new provider trying at least 4 times. This is something that should have taken 1 to 4 hours. Each time my new provider tried to port my number there was a problem with Exetel. First my birthdate didn’t match. Tried my husband’s birthdate. Third try the account number was apparently incorrect. Trouble was I could no longer log into my account to check the account number as they no longer allowed me access. More phone calls and emails. Fourth try finally sorted ...

For this side of the market, your getting good value for money (in Tasmania, I often outperform Telstra when comparing speed and coverage) and speeds are usually 25 - 80mbp/s even out in the country.

There is a few things to note, some handy features like activating a conference call, placing someone on hold or setting up voice mail is a chore (with no instructions provided, must go to a forum) and difficulty setting these up probably would scare many inexperienced phone users off.

With Optus, coverage isn't an issue, but phone call quality ...

I was using Exetel for some time, however when we moved our home, Exetel (or Optus) network coverage in that street was so poor that our mobile phones basically had no signal at all.

Tried to contact Exetel, no reply at all. I used 2 or 3 weeks to work with Optus and had them acknowledged the signal coverage problem in that area, however Optus won't be able to fix the 4G signal tower issue within 3 months. After 3 weeks or so, Exetel finally came back to me saying "There is no signal problem in your area at all, check your own mobile device"

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I ported my number over to another provider but still got charged for the following month. I called and said what was going on and replied saying they can't do anything about it. How can you charge for a service that doesn't exist or is in use?

I have never had a problem with any other provider but this company takes it to a new low.

Avoid this company as the aftercare service is near 0 existence and useful as they only care about taking your money.

Service is fine. Only issue is when you decide to leave Exetel...

Tried to port to another mobile provider and it wasn't as smooth as I would like. First attempt asked for an Account Number/ID. Only problem, this information is not available in the new members area! I was able to retrieve once accessing the old members area. Unfortunately after the entering all details, the port request was rejected. After talking with Exetel support, they have confirm the details I have provided was correct and tried to port again, this time it was successful...

I bought their wirless mobile plan thinking it would be fast and easy to set up. How wrong I was. 6 weeks in and I am still trying to speak to someone helpful. My issues are:
- when it connects, it is very slow (running 1x device only and Netflix auto's to low quality
- a lot of the time I get no signal
- tech support are useless with no urgency and poor English/communication skills
- general support is also not helpful

Wanted to give another mobile provider a try so submitted a porting request at the new provider with my Exetel account details.

New provider came back and said Exetel had rejected porting as the details didn't match what Exetel had.

Contacted Exetel and was told their "customer ID" wasn't really the account number, and the account number was some number even the existence of which I was never told about.

Frustrated by the waste of time, I asked customer service a rhetorical question if they made the porting process artificially difficult, t...

I do not use my phone often so this service is about as cheap as it gets. I use wifi for phone data.
Got this Optus service after I purchased Exetel NBN service, Previously I had Vodafone which was hopeless in rural areas. Optus is getting better for coverage.
The $14.99 is cheap. (extras when you sign up)
Customer service is actually helpful when you get through to someone.
However there can be delays

Joined Exetel as service appeared economical and value for money.
Customer service is ABYSMAL you will wait 20 mins on hold for basic assistance.
Ported a number to another provider Exetel continued to bill me foe a number that was no longer theirs for 3 months. Still waiting on a refund.

Disclaimer: I do not use my phone often so the cons may be a lot worse.

Pros:
* The price is cheap!
* Customer service IS actually helpful (when you connect to someone).

Cons:
* Customer service waiting time however, is ATROCIOUS.
Phone call: 30 minutes to 1 hour waiting time.
Email: 1 and a half MONTHS waiting time....

My Mobile ported to Exetel fine 8 months ago so once my wife's plan with Virgin Mobile was at an end I thought I would also port my Wife's mobile. Worst mistake I ever made. The phone number ported OK but there was a problem with the Data. I attempted to contact the provisioning team who after 6 hour wait finally responded to advise that it was not a provisioning issue and I needed to submit a new ticket for technical support. Tried to contact technical support to be advised that there would be a 3.5 hour wait but I could request a call back ...

No issues at all. They're slow to respond to emails, and to update the Exetel app (which could use some alias naming benefits, as opposed to phone numbers), but overall the actual phone service works fine. Had no issues. You can also set spend control so that if the kids hit the 2Gb, the data turns off and you don't pay any more

I made the mistake of applying for the $8.99 a month mobile, what a mistake it took them 12 days to send out a sim card, phoned many times and recording said they would call back within 80 minutes, never received a call back, sent numerous emails and got replies that they would get back to me within two working days, never received an answer to my messages. When I received the sim card they didn't send the password to log on. Sent message to them by email saying please cancel my application, never bothered to reply. This is the worst service ever experienced.

I changed SIM providers on about the 19th June.
I noticed I was still signed up to them at the start of July and called them up to make sure my plan gets cancelled.
Exetel claims that their T+Cs say I needed to give them 20days notice to cancel my plan.
So even though their SIM would no longer have worked from the 19th onwards, it turns out I would have had to tell them about this back in May!
I am now getting charged for the whole of July! 1.5 months after their SIM would no longer work.

Whatever money I saved from going with them I would have lost from having to pay for an extra month for absolutely nothing.

Terrible Mobile Reception as well as taking extra money out of my account!!!
I bought the $8.99 sim only mobile plan & the reception is terrible 95% of the time! Friends keep asking me why my mobile is off all the time, even though it's not, it's just the poor reception! The mobile data is almost always on 3G instead of 4G! I had the same problem with Amaysim & I guess Optus has never been good to me!
Another problem is that they keep charging me for using a credit card even though I used my bank details which is supposed to not charge you any fees, but they kept charging me!
I would not recommend Exetel for a mobile plan & I couldn't be happier that I'm not longer a customer!