Reported my landline outage online and received an email shortly afterwards advising anticipated repair time frame. Next day I was emailed again to advise technician had repaired the line already - and it was! The phone connection has always been good - I have a copper line - but the prolonged heavy rain seems to have caused issues this time & before Xmas too. Satellite internet service is generally good also. I did have some issues when setting up my satellite internet contract which took a while to resolve as the sales team & the accounts team didn't seem to be communicating. This was an anomaly really as all online & phone contact since always gets a rapid response, with knowledgeable & helpful staff who care about good service.

Initially it was so good to talk to someone who spoke and understood our language, but I'm on hold an average of 1/2 hour before I get to talk to anyone. They're polite and always promise to do the right thing - but there's never any follow through. 8 months ago they agreed to upgrade our NBN plan - which was actually $5 / month cheaper, but continued our old plan at the old price after many promises and pointless explanations. They promise to credit the $5 to appear on the next bill, so I pay the agreed amount and get a $10 late fee instead...

Southern Phone have removed their BPay option, and want you to either use methods where you have to pay a surcharge, or use a cheque (who still has a chequebook?) or go to direct debit, which I refuse to do as I have had nightmare issues with this in the past. Southern Phone used to be a good company who listened to their customers - not any longer. Changing providers asap.

Mothers home phone keeps dropping out and gets engaged tone every couple of days . Have had tech help works for a day and same thing. spend hours on hold to be told will fix and it happens all again. She went to Southern to support an Australian company. Go else where

For my elderly mother who just needs a phone to make calls the plan I set up for her is good value at $10 per month and works well for her

I recently had the NBN home phone connected by Southern Phone. I only need it so that my elderly mother can contact me the traditional method. While there might be some negative reviews out there my experience of Southern Phone was faultless. The modem arrived within the specified timeframe, the connection was as simple as they suggested and when contacting Southern Phone for final connection they were polite and incredibly helpful. Would not hesitate to recommend them. Particularly useful for elderly who want to retain the traditional handset while paying significantly less per month than the Telstra landline.

Ever since nbn was installed I have had no end of frustration with this company. Being put on hold from between 15 mins to 45 max to speak with staff who provide me with conflicting information.
Almost one year later, the modem, still under warranty was finally replaced after discovering 3weeks later it was never sent out to me! After phone calls and too much time spent holding the line later..it was finally sent out to me and now doesnt work either.
I will say that the tech team staff have always been knowledgeable and helpful but customer service, although friendly never seem to know what they are talking about.
This phone company is mostly incompetent and unreliable in my experience and I would warn everyone away from them.

I reluctantly left behind my Southern Phone landline service of many years' standing when switching over to VoIP because my NBN internet was already with another good Aussie company, Skymesh. SP's service was the least expensive such service I'd ever had; and outages were repaired promptly. Only negative? SP needs many more staff to meet its growing business; phone queues are long.

Our landline went down recently after a storm. It took a week to be fixed but Southern were always helpful when we rang. Latterly getting a new SIM only plan was also very easy

Connection is great and no dropouts. Customer service via the online chat always resolves any queries I have. Would highly recommend!