TPG Broadband

Dropouts and bad customer service – I reported that the internet connection was dropping out most days around 10am for a few minutes. I have access to WAN iface history to see the outage. It got a support ticket. Then a couple of days later I got two calls on the same day, neither were understandable due to suck poor english and a bad quality audio. I also got SMS's saying the… Read more

service was repaired, though I still got a dropout on the same day. I then tried to ring TPG support and was on hold for over and hour and a half before giving up waiting. I then cancelled my account of over 15 years. TPG is now crap.

We have been on the NBN bundle 500 since 2025 (moved over from a different provider with the same speed). We decided to continue with TPG for another 12 months as when I rang to cancel in May 2026, admin offered a discount to convince us to stay. Recently we have noticed a lot of pausing/interference during streaming and ran some speed tests… Read more

(knowing evening speeds are typically lesser maybe 50% slower). Was so shocked to find we are not even getting 10% of the speed we are paying for... We'll be moving back to our previous provider

Also did a test in the morning, off peak times don't even reach 50% N.B. speed test was done: mid-week between 10 - 11pm and Friday morning after 8:30am

I have been a TPG customer for more than six years across two different properties, and unfortunately my experience at my current address has been nothing but frustrating. When I moved into this property, there was no NBN connection installed. I arranged for NBN to attend and install the required HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial) infrastructure,… Read more

including the external connection box and the internal cabling into the home. Ever since that installation, I have experienced ongoing internet issues that have never been permanently resolved.

Over the past three years, I have made countless calls to TPG regarding poor speeds, connection problems, and reliability issues. I have repeatedly questioned whether the location of the external NBN box and the internal connection point could be contributing to the problem, however I have been told that if I want any changes made, I would need to organise and pay for a private cabler myself.

I have had multiple NBN technicians attend my property. Every visit seems to end the same way. The technician plugs directly into the modem via Ethernet cable, runs a speed test, and tells me I have some of the best speeds in the street. The problem is that my household does not operate through Ethernet cables. Like most people, I rely on Wi-Fi for streaming services, smart TVs, phones, tablets, and security cameras. Being told the service performs well through a cable does not help when the actual day-to-day user experience is poor.

One technician replaced cabling and advised that everything had been fixed before leaving. Less than an hour later, he returned to my front door after noticing the service had stopped working again. Even the technician could see there was still a problem.

I currently pay approximately $115 per month for TPG’s highest residential plan, advertised at speeds up to 1000 Mbps. Despite paying for a premium service, I am lucky to achieve around 400 Mbps on a good day, and there are many occasions where websites, streaming services, and applications simply fail to load despite the modem showing as connected.

The most frustrating part is the constant cycle of troubleshooting. I call TPG, they refresh the line, the service improves temporarily, and then the problems return. I have been told multiple times that refreshing the connection is only a temporary solution, yet it continues to be the only solution offered.

Support tickets are regularly opened and then closed within 24 hours because no fault can be detected remotely. I am repeatedly told that everything looks normal from TPG’s side while I am sitting at home unable to properly use the internet service I am paying for.

Over the years I have spent countless evenings, weekends, and personal time on the phone trying to get this issue resolved. As a long-term customer who has remained loyal despite ongoing problems, I expected a genuine effort to identify and fix the root cause. Instead, I feel like I have been trapped in an endless loop of fault reports, technician visits, temporary fixes, and closed tickets.

What makes this even more disappointing is the lack of meaningful compensation. After years of documented issues, repeated calls, and ongoing service problems, I have received little recognition of the inconvenience and disruption caused.

I have stayed with TPG through years of frustration because I kept hoping the problem would eventually be resolved. Unfortunately, after more than three years of ongoing issues at this property, I can honestly say that my experience has been overwhelmingly negative.

If you are considering TPG, my advice would be to carefully consider whether you are willing to spend significant time chasing support when problems arise. Based on my experience, the service has been unreliable, the issues have remained unresolved, and the customer support process has been exhausting.

After six years as a customer, I am deeply disappointed and cannot recommend TPG based on my experience.

Worst service. Anytime the internet goest down. Cancellation needs 30 days heads up. Never seen with my past ISPs. They randomly increasing my plan and price without my approval. Will never opt TPG - the king of bogus isps. Show details

I first used TPG when I was in Perth in 2011 and had a good experience. Fast forward to 2026 and Im using home 5G internet. About 2 years ago I was getting very slow speeds and after many calls I think they bumped up my speed in the background and this fixed the problem. For the last 12 months its been dropout. I run my Foxtel 4 box via the… Read more

internet and there are many freezes or drop outs using TPG. Even the better buffering Youtube on my computer will stop. Note I'm not a gamer and there is rarely more than one device on at home. The issue is not speed so much as stability/latency/ping. See attached and the TPG service always comes back as BAD. Many calls to TPG has not fixed this. What is really frustrating is the "Ill get a specific tec to call you back" does not happen. Last week I tried to cancel my plan, the tec could not transfer me to accounts, said they would call back within 20 mins, and no call comes! I also had a case where they were double billing me and this was a ding-dong to sort out.

Good Speeds behind a Bad ISP Always had problems with TPG but since swapping to NBN there have been less problems. Still hate the Company though The Customer Service for TPG are probs the worst thing I’ve ever experienced, I swear to god they hire Monkeys to work in Customer Service. Show details

Absolutely no response from customer service despite the uptenth email I had written to them complaining that I had no internet with 12 hours of being connected. Numerous phone calls to customer services with waits well over 1 hour. Call backs never occurred despite the message saying I would not loose my place in the queue. I was told on more… Read more

than one occassion that my case had been escalated upwards, but no folliw up communication with TPG was received. When I tried to cancel the non service, they tried to unsellable a different service!! I never want anything to do with TPG ever again or their appauling service. If I could have given them a minus score I would have. Test speeds were appauling during the short I did have a connection.

I recently had a truly disappointing experience with TPG Broadband's home wireless service, and if I could leave a negative review, I absolutely would. From the outset, the connection was very unreliable and spotty at best, often dropping out entirely during crucial moments. Customer service was equally frustrating; when I reached out for help, I… Read more

faced long wait times and unhelpful responses that left me feeling completely ignored.

To make matters worse, the speeds promised were nowhere near what I was receiving, making everyday tasks impossible. It became so bad that speed tests often failed due to the extremely low speeds I was experiencing. Overall, my experience with TPG has been nothing short of atrocious. It's hard to believe that a compaI recently had a truly disappointing experience with TPG Broadband's home wireless service, and if I could leave a negative review, I absolutely would. From the outset, the connection was very unreliable and spotty at best, often dropping out entirely during crucial moments. Customer service was equally frustrating; when I reached out for help, I faced long wait times and unhelpful responses that left me feeling completely ignored.

To make matters worse, the speeds promised were nowhere near what I actually received, making everyday tasks impossible. At times, I experienced speeds as low as 46 kbps, which is far below the 5 Mbps that is typically considered usable. It became so frustrating that speed tests often failed due to the extremely low speeds I was encountering. Overall, my experience with TPG has been nothing short of atrocious. It's hard to believe that a company could provide such subpar service while still charging customers for it. If you’re considering TPG for your broadband needs, I would strongly advise looking elsewhere.

They claim that the speeds are an average of 15/2 Mbps, but I often found myself stuck with speeds of just 1 Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up.

Edit: I found a better provider.ny could provide such a subpar service while still charging for it. If you’re considering TPG for your broadband needs, I would strongly advise looking elsewhere.

They claim that the speeds are 15/2 mbps avg, but I had experienced 1mbps down and 0.5 mbps up

Edit i found a better provider

If I could give a negative review - I would and I'd gladly pay money to give such a review! Been long time customers without any issue until last week when our NBN service was unprovisioned without warning or reason. Bills were paid on time and there were never any issues on our side. As of writing it has been 7 days without NBN service. Abysmal… Read more

customer service, even tried to hustle/gaslight us to paying for their mistake.

Cutting a long story short: - Multiple calls (+7 calls) with long wait times or durations (>1hr calls) that went from department to department, each time having to authenticate and re-explain ourselves each time because the staff obviously just handball the inquiry to the next and no one knows what they're doing. We talked to Relocation, Billing, Customer Service, Technical, Engineering. We know all the guys, they love us!

- Fault was due to neighbours signing onto NBN, which also happened to be with TPG. Our service was incorrectly and erroneously unprovisioned to provision their service as we both live on a subdivided property. We have mentioned this to TPG many times and each time it has fallen on deaf ears.

- We were 'escalated' to the Relocation team which advised us that a Relocation fee was in order and they would sign us to new contract at the 'new address' which was at a signficantly higher cost to what we ordinarily paid. We did what any sensible person would do and refused their kind offer. After all, why should we pay for their mistake?

- Both Technical and Engineering teams have said on multiple occasions that they'd call back to redress the issue. Never once received a callback from TPG. In fact, we had to chase them up with a call nearly daily to ensure they were kept on task and again each time having to re-explain the issue again and again and again...

- Technical team at one point said that our connection was active and went as far as to gaslight and blame us for the fault in the connection. They mentioned that the NBN connection was already provisioned onto UNI-D Port 2 which was incorrect. Upon learnign that we were using a third-party router, they immediately changed tack and blamed the issue on our use of this router. For reference, we had been using this router successfully prior to the disconnection. Out of curiosity we went to the our neighbours and checked their NTD box. Lo and behold, both of their UNI-D 1 and 2 ports were active! Port 1 was running at the neighbour's specified speed (25mbps) and UNI-D 2 was running at our speed (50mbps). See attached images. So not only had they fumbled our connection initially but they had also fumbled fixing the issue! Incredible! For additional context, this was despite us providing them images of the S/N of our NTD box along with evidence of our residential address.

So at the conclusion of writing, we are still left waiting for TPG to fix our service.

My advice, pay the additional service fee and go to a reputable brand that knows what they're doing.

If you're on a TPG service and not having any issues, bless your cotton socks because the day will come where you will rue the day you signed up to TPG.

Mums been trying to get internet set up for last month, TPG are useless and keep saying the modem is connected to internet on their end and that it’s a router/wifi issue. Mums paid for over a month of internet with no access, she was on the phone daily with them to get it resolved, I just spent 45min on phone with tech support, they ignored me… Read more

when I asked if the cut cable has anything to do with, after confirming setup is correct they are finally going to send a technician out to premises. Check the photos - the problem is pretty clear to me, TPG rather charge mum for the internet, say the same thing (it’s the modem or wifi, we see modem is connected to internet) and leave us with no access rather than send a technician out

I have NBN and on the 50mbps plan they also called me about upgrading to fibre and when i said no im happy with what i got they limited my speed to force me to upgrade. Before the phone call my speed was good, and after the phone call my speed is terrible so much that i cant even browse the internet. What a scam. Show details

After 20 years with TPG I’m leaving. Since March 2025 my HFC service has been unstable and unusable during peak times. I replaced my router, NBN modem, coax, isolators and even upgraded all cabling — no change. The last NBN tech finally confirmed the real cause: noise on the street HFC cable that needs replacing. TPG kept insisting “no fault”… Read more

because the modem shows online. They ignored PingPlotter evidence and kept repeating the same resets. Even Level 2 said they couldn’t see my emails, so I don’t know if the evidence was ever attached.

I lodged a TIO complaint — the service worked briefly, then failed again. They offered a refund credit which doesn’t cover months of wasted time, lost productivity and frustration.

The most serious failure: when I had an injury at home and had broken my phone, I could not dial 000 on the home line because the service was down. TPG did not treat this as serious or urgent, even after being told.

Final straw: on a support call the line dropped repeatedly and the agent still claimed she saw “no outage”, even when I powered the NBN modem off.

After two decades of loyalty, I’m done. Bye bye TPG.

I transferred from Origin Energy Internet to save $40 a month. The process of signing up was simple, from there a completely frustrating and time confusing process to actually get my service working. Firstly TPG call everything a modem and dont make any distinction between VDSL2 modems for FTTN and routers for FTTP Upon signing up, the… Read more

confusion begins. You get a double up of communication via text and email. All of which is contradictory. Messages advising the service will be activated in two business days, then immediately after "we can't see you online. I signed up on a weekend so this didn't make sense.

The message kept coming all weekend. Monday I tried connecting using username and password credentials and their BYO generic instructions. No internet. Rang support to confirm everything I had entered and setup was correct, still nothing. I was advised I needed a VDSL2 modems for FTTP which is simply incorrect, yet TPG service stuck to this supposed requirement for my first two calls to support. Ridiculous for the user to educate TPG support on the actual requirements for FTTP.

Thought I'd give support one more try and finally got someone who advised TPGs set up instructions are wrong, and they've know for a very long time.

Unlike their own online instructions, you need to use UNID-2, not port 1 on the NBN FTTP box. This is something I questioned on my first calls with support, them affirming Port 1 was the only active port.

My service is operating and I'm getting the speed relevant to my plan so no complaints on that front.

However reliability of their system isn't great. The app says I'm not connected, my password keep expiring due to some "temporary password" glitch, and largely, their off-shore support team are useless.

If the password issues keeps up I'll be leaving quickly as I have security systems and list of smart house IOT services that rely on a stable connection.

This has been, without doubt, the worst customer service experience I have ever encountered. I am an FTTP customer who sought to switch NBN providers for a better deal. I chose the 500 Mbps plan advertised with TPG at $64.99 per month for six months, then reverted to $94.99 thereafter. Unaware they were going to do this they took one month… Read more

payment in advance. 3 days later, I received an email advising that my service was now active on a different NBN Port to my then current connection, but after much trial-and-error switching ports on the NBN box in the garage, it still wouldn’t connect.

I then called the technical support line. After around half an hour of troubleshooting, I eventually had to access my router settings and manually change the connection type before it finally worked. During this process, I mentioned I would run a speed check to the technician. I was then told that my plan was listed as 50 Mbps for $64.99 per month, then $84.99.

I immediately pointed out that I had signed up for the 500 Mbps plan as advertised. I was then transferred to another representative who said they could change my plan—but only if I paid another month in advance at $94.99, after which it would drop to $64.99 per month. I explained that this contradicted the advertised offer and that I had already paid the initial $64.99.

I was then told that the promotion was for new customers only. I reminded them that I was a new customer, as this was my first connection with the company. The representative insisted otherwise because I was “changing plans,” which is absurd. After going in circles, I requested to cancel the service. I was transferred again to another department, but the call disconnected before anything was finalised.

To make matters worse, TPG has since emailed me advising that I will be charged a further $21.45 for cancelling. In total, I will have now paid $86.44 and received nothing in return.

This entire process has been misleading and unprofessional. Based on my experience, I believe the company’s conduct borders on fraudulent. If TPG takes issue with that statement, they are welcome to challenge it. At no point during the connection process did TPG outline the arrangement plan details, nor did I enter any agreement with them. They took my $64.99 upfront, and are now demanding a further $21.25 for me to cancel.

It's interesting to note that the two plans NBN500 and NBN50, despite one being 10x faster are priced the same. Then they charge you to change when you realise they've put you on an inferior plan. I have kept all correspondence from TPG, and I look forward to taking this to the telecommunications ombudsman if I do not receive a full refund.

We were without Wi-Fi for four nights and five days. Despite calling several times, we were repeatedly transferred to different people, and no one fixed the issue. Finally, on the fifth day, the problem was resolved. I left a review on TPG’s Facebook page, and their team contacted me. I requested a bill adjustment for the period we were without… Read more

internet. I would rather donate that money than pay for a service we didn’t receive. However, TPG claimed they had already contacted us and “cleared things up.” This is simply untrue. When I pointed this out via Facebook Messenger, they changed their statement, saying they tried to call us. So first they claimed the issue was already “cleared up,” but when I challenged them, they shifted the story. It feels dishonest and unprofessional. After reading many other negative reviews on their Facebook page, I can’t help but agree, this was the worst customer service experience I’ve ever had.