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Dear visitor,

Since its inception Vodafail.com has made a significant contribution towards raising awareness of the problems and issues faced by Vodafone customers.

Vodafone Australia customers have had the opportunity to voice their concerns, their fears and their troubles from every corner of Australia and beyond our borders. You have gathered the courage to stand up for your rights as consumers and to make your voice heard.

Each and every person who shared their story should have a sense of pride in this achievement and the changes that have occurred since the start of Vodafail.com.

More recently, traffic to Vodafail.com has declined significantly. Having achieved the goal of raising awareness and promoting concrete action in early 2011, we have now reached the point of closing Vodafail to new complaints. The site will remain online for as long as possible as a reminder and an example of what is possible when we share our experiences.

It has been a privilege to run this initiative and I'm am forever grateful for the help and support I've received. In particular I would like to thank Melissa, David and Travis for their continued efforts over the past 15 months. I'm also thankful and humbled by the support of ACCAN, Choice magazine and a wide range of media outlets, blogs and websites.

You can still browse existing stories and find out how to file a complaint if you are experiencing problems.

Until next time,

Adam Brimo

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2131 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is BAD at 27 Dec 2010 11:48:28 AM
I was with Vodafone for years, it took like 4 hours for someone to get a MMS from me. No Reception bad Drop Outs. You think with their call centre in Egypt they could afford to improve their network! But NOPE! They go and buy another Telco "3" yet their own network is crap! I since changed to telstra you might pay a few $$ more but at least it works and their customer service is in Australia. BONUS!
27 Dec 2010 11:50:17 AM: True i once sent a PXT at like 10am, the receiver didn't get it till like 3am in the morning. Let's just say they weren't impressed.
27 Dec 2010 11:52:20 AM: I've had that happen also pisses me off
27 Dec 2010 11:57:58 AM: Some of my texts can take up to 1 to 2 days to be received
27 Dec 2010 11:59:16 AM: it takes me 2 to 3 days to recieve MMS. It's a joke.
27 Dec 2010 12:02:01 PM: Their customer service is shocking too.
27 Dec 2010 12:02:53 PM: there txt/MMS service is a complete joke.. Hours, sometimes DAYS to send or receive a txt/sms.. just usually get the resend later BS..

HOW HARD IS IT TO SEND 300K OR LESS DATA ACROSS YOUR CRAP NETWORK VODAFONE?
27 Dec 2010 12:03:07 PM: LMAO VODAFONE TOLD ME IT WAS A ISSUE WITH MY FRIENDS NETWORK. GOOD TO SEE IT HAPPENS TO OTHERS ALSO STUPID VODAFONE LIARS
27 Dec 2010 12:08:42 PM: That one is a real issue their TXT/PXT service is rubbish. I think Australia Post could deliver a message faster then Vodafone
27 Dec 2010 01:02:48 PM: I have been having txt problems too for the last couple of weeks. Its so annoying specialy when your txting a guy you like and u dont know whether they got the txt or not and you are worried why they havnt replied :(
27 Dec 2010 01:12:35 PM: sometimes some of my sms are sent but never received at all !
and I'm ask them why dont you reply to my questions ? and the person's never even got it, am I still charged for this ?
27 Dec 2010 02:35:31 PM: It often takes me a day or two to send/recieve mms. My data speeds suck, even though I am within 2 km of the CBD. I get missed calls without ever ringing, i drop calls, i get patchy coverage. I'm a freelancer, so nothing is worse thatn a telco that doesnt do it right. I just want to swap to another carrier so i can use my phone. I pay $80 a month, and its not good enough. If i'd known about how bad it would have been, i wouldnt have signed up with vodafone.
27 Dec 2010 02:37:32 PM: Like the Tassie centre, Vodafone closed its Egyptian Call centre quite some time ago. My experience with the Egyptian centre was one of technical competence expertise and honesty.
All Vf Australia call centre is now in Mumbai[Bombay] India, where Vf has many regional service call centres.They operate 24/7 but Aust customers are restricted to 8 till 8. Why? Amongst all Indian Call centres, the Mumbai centre is rated the worst on all points by a country mile.
27 Dec 2010 02:56:43 PM: I was in the process of tryng to cancel my plan, when I was asked why - hey, I got no coverage in my home, no coverage in my suburb, random dropouts elsewhere. I was asked if I wanted to talk to the Techo's (in a distinctly indi-gangetic plain accent)to which I said, "No, I've had enough it isn't a technical problem with either my phone, home, suburb or me! I just want to cancel". This was after waiting some 20 mins in the queue. The response "That is nice sir, I'll just transfer you to the technical staff" followed by the equally inept "The operators are currently busy, please hold and we will transfer you to the first available representative". Aaaaargh! I guess there's a good reason they don't like to have a customer contact centre with customers face to face - they'd get the daylights punched out of them!!

Seriously this is not and hasn't been professional for sometime!!
7 Jan 2011 12:16:23 PM: I now just attach a photo to a pigeons foot - it's way cheaper - and much more reliable.