I have been with vodafone now for a year. When I signed up they guaranteed I would have coverage where I would be using my phone. Not only do I rarely have coverage in my own home, have to go and stand outside for 10min trying to get 1 bar of edge! But when I am in the CBD in Townsville with 5 bars of 3G I am still unable to load a single webpage or use google maps on my iphone. I am sick of it and want out!

I suffered from SEVERE lack of reception, no data coverage & really bad service. So I decided to act upon it and after several calls to Vodafone, hours on hold, emails and complaining to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, I have finally been released from my VodaFail contract without paying anything and was reimbursed for the fees & charges I have paid to upgrade my phone (which voda told me was the problem due to my lack of reception).

To others who are in the same boat, Vodafone MUST release you from the contract. You need to contact them and in your letter you need to give them a deadline, if they do not respond to you. Email the ombudsman and tell them your situation. Vodafone will contact you and will try and keep you but by law they must release you without you paying anything because they have bitten off more then they can chew. They have oversold their service....

Ensure in the letter that you write the following......"I understand I agreed to a contract with Vodafone under the terms & conditions, that I pay for a service that Vodafone provides, however I have not received the service I was promised and hence will not continue to pay for this contract, I would like to be released without penalty and reimbursed any fees paid". and make sure at the end you state that you will be contacting the ombudsman should this matter not be resolved to your satisfaction....

Goodluck...

Wot the hell.. phone cant make calls! cant have a converstaion with out it droping out! cant facebook at all!!.. I called LARA & spent 45mins on hold...
See ya later Vodafail!!!! oh & by the way phones says every 5 mintues network lost..

I have little coverage in suburb 4011. Then again it was no better with Telstra. You would think it would be good at 6.5 Km from the CBD but it isn't. Sometimes calls drop out but I guess that is because of the poor reception and it was no different with Telstra. I have 1 Gb of data/month in my plan. It is impossible to get to 1 Gb because the data rate is SO slow. At least I will never be charged for excess data so it is not all bad.

Every day on the main highway at Lane Cove calls drop out at the same place. I have reported this on numerous occasions but to no avail, the reply being 'our coverage is a bit light in that area'. come on!! Sydney metro area, how hard can it be?
At my home in Cammeray I also practically have to stand outside on the balconey to get coverage - piss poor.

I get continuous fail to send or indeed receive text messages & very rarely can I receive MMS.
The reception is so poor I even if in a populated area.

i have been with vodafone for close to 8 years. it wasnt until last august (2010) that i started to have problems.

i recieved a new phone through an insurance claim. the phone arrived after waiting 8 weeks for it, not only did vodafone not offer me a loan fone they also continued to charge me my monthly bill after stipluating that because i was not able to use the phone i would not be charged. when i did finally recieve my new phone within 6 weeks the phone had to be repaired, then 3 weeks later repaired again, when i asked to see what was been done to repair my phone i was told "upgraded the software", something i do each month myself at home. finally at xmas my phone needed to be repaired for the 3rd time. instead of vodafone following their guidelines of replacing any phone that requires repairs more then 3 times or more then 2 repairs required within a 3 month period my phone was sent away again....no phone for 4 weeks, no loan phone offered, buils kept comming. then the day after i recieved my phone back condensation formed in the screen, i took it back to ask what it was and why i didnt just recieve a new phone i was told that all of the repairs were now classed as my fault for causeing them and that i would have to do another insurance claim or buy a new phone outright, even when i should have had the phone replaced over a month ago. i am once again without a phone.....but will still continue to be billed

as for LARA....billing enquiry doesnt sound like account update....

for nearly a year i have been trying to change my last name on my account yet in store and online and on the phone cant do it....hmmm...maybe because im not the person on my bill anymore i shouldnt have to pay for it???

Broadband coverage....MY ASS u have broad band coverage, my mobile broadband dies within 5 mins of been conected, then as soon as the slightest bit of cloud forms in the sky i loose all 3G netwrok and am back to gprs...which is slower then dial up....does anyone know how slow that is anymore...it means i wait 5 mins for one page to load and then as soon as it does i loose the connection...vodafones excuse..."ur situated in a delicate area that requires clear skies for the connection to be made" or and i love this one "the tower is been repaired...estimated time of repair...unkown". yet the bill continues to come and my service continues to be shit

call vodafone..lara get fucked im pressing 1...account information....transfering you now...
"hi you are speeking with Rakeesh, how may i help you?" hi i would like to talk to someone about my contract please. "certainly let me transfer you to the appropriate area"....BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...bitch hang up on me
call back "hi your call is important to us so jus hang on and someone will be with you right away...ur estimated wait time is 38 to 45 minutes" ARE U FUCKIN SERIOUS????? I WAS JUS TALKING TO SOMEONE!

vodafone used to be a respected and well conected tellecommunications service, now its is worse then telstra..and trust me thats saying something. i need to get out of my contract and jus chill on prepaid for a while, but with no phone, a company that will try and screw you out of every single cent you have and doesnt want to listen to you, i dont see that happening anytime soon.

It's quite frequent that I got the message saying service not available when calling someone who works in the Sydney CBD. Please don' tell me the city is not in coverage.

After having prepaid mobile for 6 years, finally went onto contract in September 10. The Samsung phone could not get reception at my workplace. It took 3 months and many many hours (28 all up over several weeks) waiting on the phone to convince vodafone to exchange handset for a Nokia. I now get reception at work. If and when the phone works. 70% of the time, at home and work, calls go straight to message bank. Then I cant even make phone calls on it to retrieve messages. Cant get calls and cant make them. For this I am paying a monthly fee. I cant afford to spend another 28 hours of work time over more weeks trying to get the issue resolved.

I live and work in the city and have tolerated bad service for the last few months, but now I am almost 9 months pregnant and NEED to know that I will be able to use my phone if need be rather than getting the old 'No Service' message(have no landline). I have actually broken the on/off button on my phone from overuse, trying to get it to research for the network. I have sent Vodafone numerous emails, and they appear to be helping, asking for three examples of failed calls in the last 78 hours - I keep telling them that no service is my main issue and they keep asking me for examples of calls. How can I give examples of failed/dropped calls when I can't even make calls to begin with?!!! Grrrrr

I changed from Optus to Vodafone to save 5 bucks about a month before their network crashed and now am having to deal with what they call a network. My mobile data is like going back to dial up internet with really, really... really... slow data speeds and pretty much non existant mobile tower switching. Every time I move a suburb my phone doesn't register on the network to the point where I have to turn it into airplane mode and back out to reset it's connection with vodafone.... 5 bucks...

Have been living back in Oz for only 4 weeks since being in the UK for 6 years and am absolutely disgusted by the vodafone current vodafone service. My calls keep dropping out, I get no reception when I have full bars, I get connection errors and the only way they fix is by taking the battery out and putting it back in again.
Vodafone have replaced the SIM and claim they have no current issues!!!
I'm glad I am on a month by month infinate plan, goodbye vodafone!

Can't seem to get on to the Vodafone network...again

Now waiting over 70 mins for support to pick up.
Trying to connect to my customers and am not able to.
Who will compensate me for picking this useless network?

No reception at home.... (Live in St Lucia 4km from the CBD of Brisbane) 800 m from University of Queensland...

1 bar reception at work... (Brisbane CBD)

1 bar recption on the way to work.... (Corronation Drive)

No reception at all out of town... (I often drive to toowoomba)

Very long wait times for service...

Got given the worlds longest run around to solve any problems... try a new sim... try a different phone... oh we will need a technician to investigate...

1 month later they call me and say... oh gee you were right there is no reception.... too bad...

sorry vodofone... your gone!

voda scum, you have no idea on how to run a mobile network - "VHA" ? what a joke !
2 idiots working together = no customers = no company.

To the many other frustrated and fed up customers of Vodafone,

I would like to share my story in the event that it helps the cause.

Background: A Vodafone customer of 12 years, I was a bit dissapointed to encounter problems with my service having only moved from one major city to another (Sydney to Cairns). I cannot get any reception at all where I am now in Cairns (Kewarra Beach).

No Option: After letting it go a few months to see if it improved, with not even an iota of improvement, I decided I would finally call to enquire and possibly cancel the account if it could not be fixed. I clearly had no choice.

The Run Around: So I called Vodafone today. Went rhough several differnet voice prompts and still didn;t get to where I wanted. Finally, after being on hold forever I got through. The guy I spoke to (who I could barely understand of course!) told me that he would transfer me to "Connection Services" and if they said there was an issue and that there was no immediate action to rectify the problem then I would be waived the exit fee of $300 on my contract. He then transferred me to a lady in that section (again who I could barely understand!) who asked me some questions and did some checking.

The problem: Finally this lady came back to me and said yes it is an area that cannot acces any of the broadband services and it is a low GSM area. She then insisted she needed to transfer me to someone else.

The Pain: I advised this new guy that I was disappointed that after 12 years of Vodafone as a customer I unfortunately had no option but to cancel my account. He then advised me that I did indeed need to pay the cancellation fee. I protested, naturally, and explained what I had been told by the other departments and asked why I would pay an exit fee if I cannot use the phone?

The Pathetic Attempt to Justify: He said that on his little computer it said my area did not allow access to broadband services but I should still be able to make calls therefore the phone can be used. I told him that this was not the case, the phone did not get reception and I was unable to use it hence I would expect that Vodafone would waive the fee. The conversation then got more intense as he tried to tell me that because I ahd moved to an area where they had bad service that Vodafone could not help me. I asked how this was my fault? He said they cover 94% of the population and that there are just some areas they dont cover that well. I told him that Cairns was a major city and I would expect this response if I was living on the tip of Cape York! Again I asked how it is my fault that Vodafone cannot provied me service? He then went on to say that because I changed adresses that this was the problem and that all services are checked upon time of sign up to new contracts. He said they had only changed my new address with the first call I placed today. I told him that the local Vodafone Shop where I signed up for the new contract took my new details and updated it in the system. At no time did they inform me that I was in an area that had limited reception. No fault of mine that the change of address did not reach your records at Head Office; they certainly changed them in front of me and issued me with the paerwork.

The Audacity: He told me there was nothing they could do. It is not there fault that I am in a no coverage area. He said the best he could do was reduce the monthly fee. I was outraged, naturally, and asked why I would continue to pay for a phone I could not use? We then continued to go round and round in circles arguing and him trying to justify why it was not their fault. He then said the best he could do was half the exit fee to $150. By then there was just no way I was giving in so I told him this was ridiculous and I wanted to speak with a manager or their legal team. He said no and they would tell me the same thing he is telling me. I was further outraged. I said I would take the matter to the ombudsman and he said that is my choice.

The verdict: There is no way I am paying a fee. I only wish I could take them to court as this is the most ridiculous treatment I have ever recieed as a consumer. That's what 12 years of loyalty gets you does it!!! If I had known this was the way I would be treated i would've jumped ship years ago.

Thanks for giving me the chance to rant and vent!!! I only hope something comes of this and Vodafone is taught a lesson in customer service and consumer rights.

Kind regards,

James

I've had the worst service this week. Social app's on my iPhone such as Facebook/Twitter/MSN are taking several minutes to load/refresh, or the request times out altogether. I can't even post a freakin' tweet without having to switch my phone off and on again!

Signal has been poor and sometimes this week I've had no signal at all. I haven't been able to make calls from my phone all day! I work in SURFERS PARADISE and live in Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast! 3G Network is supposed to be strong here!

When we signed up to our plans, we were told that Vodafone had the best network in SA! WRONG... no coverage while at work in the CDB, spasmodic coverage across the city! Calls not connecting (even when someone right next to me calls!)
How can we get out of our plans?

QUITE SIMPLY THE MOST DISSAPOINTING PHONE CARRIER I HAVE EVER BEEN WITH
1.DROP OUT EVERY DAY
2.MESSAGES COMING IN DAYS LATE
3.UNABLE TO GET A LINE OUT TO MAKE A CALL
4.TERRIBLE RECEPTION
5.SNAIL LIKE DOWNLOAD SPEEDS
BASICALLY I WANT TO BE RELEASED FROM CONTRACT, AND IM GOING TO TELSTRA.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

I have not been able to receive or make any calls from my phone in the Adelaide CBD since last week. As soon as I get out of the CBD I can make calls so I know the phone itself is fine. My wife is also with Vodafone and she has had the same problem each time she comes into the city. I called the Customer Service line and was on hold for a long time with a call centre presumably in India. After giving all my details many times over I wa informed that there will be no coverage until the end of March or early April 2011. What the? We are talking about the CBD here in Adelaide. I said to the rep this sounds a bit surprising to which he responded that he would see what he would do. He then put me on hold for another 15 minutes only to then disconnect my call. What lousy service!!! I will be leaving Vodafone as soon as I can and I warn everybody that the service is very poor. No calls in a CBD for 2 months, what a joke!

Billing problem for the past 6 months!

Vodafone, "let me put you on hold."
A few minutes later, "beep...beep...beep"
THREE VODAFUCKING TIMES!!!

Vodafone last month, "we'll give you $173 credit for overcharging you for the past 6 months"
Vodafone next bill arrived today, "lets start overcharging you again because you're fucking dumb client"

having poorer and poorer coverage as the days go by.
Telstra directory states vodaphone has not renewed their numbers in the white pages since before christmas

Poor reception, drop outs, internet drops on and off. I can't even get transferred to technical support. tried 3 times and all 3 times I get disconnected from the call once I get my call transferred from the helpdesk.
How epic is that? Can't even lodge a proper complaint. Will try again, but doubt it will get through again.

Everytime Vodafone resets the APN configurations which has been done twice over the phone now it works for a while then it just stops working and I can't get emails, internet or look at apps and my area has 3G Coverage.

1 The sim I bought and have been using for five years is not in my name. Vodaphone won't let allow me to put in my name, I could get a new sim but half my contacts would lose me.
2 After assurances from Vodaphone that my phone with roaming would work in the US I get there and have to buy a new American phone because there is no coverage for me anywhere.
3 Wankers change my contract without telling leaving me with a useless $29 piece of paper.

Had a huge mess which I have already listed on this website.

So (thought I had) escaped vodafone.

Now, at teh same time as escaping vodafone my iPhone stopped working. So temporarily switched to another phone.

I went to the apple store to have it looked at to see if i could get it fixed and they needed a sim in it. So put in my new XXXXX sim in the phone and it didn't work. Apple informed me that all iPhones other than those bought directly from Apple are locked to the network that you bought them from and that i would have to contact vodafone to get it unlocked.

So went to the vodafone reseller that I got the phone from whowhen I bought it TOLD ME that it was unlocked as I was going into a contract. Noting that all my previous phones fomr vodafone were never locked.

When I asked them about it now they simply told me that they would never have told me that and said again that i had to contact vodafone and it would be about $200 to unlock (a broken phone remember). So they lied.

I went to the unlock section of the website. put in the details required of the serial nmber of the phone. It came up as unrecognised and a message saying that vodafone will contct me within ten days. From past experience I doubt they will. I also doubt there is any chance now of unlocking it.

I am not going to spend a week of attempted calls, that dropp out or be put on hold for hours to try and talk to someone about it.


So lies from the reseller now and useless phone.

Was teh only provider i had used and was with them for 13yrs. will never return

sigh

We moved suburb last week from Caulfield North to Prahran, less than 2 Kms away,

And my partner and I are both on Vodafone.

We have no reception in house and very low in the middle of the street and backyard (prone to dropping out constantly)

When we were sold the devices we got the Vodafone bs of we cover 90% of australia, so of course we assumed that would metro area for sure.

Now we are up the creek. I work emergency call and I soon will be out of contract but my partner recently signed up to a 24 month contract.

We need help. Vodafone is a complete fail, and should not really be able to claim to provide service, even in our old address our signal was very poor 24/7 but at least useable. We have tried a few diff handsets but they just suck, plain and simple.

I bought a HTC Desire HD Smartphone in December 2010 through Vodafone on a monthly plan. Great phone with all the bells and whistles. However, I have had the words "Limited service, emergency calls only" emblazoned across my screen since I got it (by the way, I live in metro Melbourne not in Timbuktu). Despite numerous calls to Vodafone and even face to face contact with the 15 year olds who work in their stores, still no joy. They have now taken my phone to be "checked" (a process they said could take 3 weeks). A very unhappy customer!

sick of no reception sick of waitin for them on the phone sick of wrong information (and now i have to get a police report for a phone that I LOST dont our police have enough to do without me getting them to wright out a lost report on a phone) i have now been told i need to pay $175 to get a replacemant phone i told them to shove it in the bin paying extra on my phone for insurance for 12 months i lost it in the floods in S.E Vic on friday helping a friend! 12 months to go and vodaphone can go to HELL there a complete JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just moved to a new provider!! Very very happy ! Vodafone were good till about 8 months ago when calls were dropped more regularly and txts sometimes took days to be recieved, Soooo happy now that my contract is finished and I don't have to put another dollar into the vodafone network WOOOOOOOOO

ok guys i've put a few posts on and want to let you know there is hope!! after 2 weeks of arguing with vodafail i got out of my contract 10 months early...heres how. (this is for an iphone but will prob work on others and is what the vodafail team in store told me) call "lara" ask for retentions and upgrades....tell them you want out coz of poor service if this is the case....they will try offer deals...dont accept unless your happy with them...ask for an investigation into service/coverage/reception in your area and that if they dont resolve it to your satisfaction you are going to TIO. they will say they will call back, they tried while i was working i answered and asked for them to call back later...no call. waited a few days and called them and asked for resolutions team...guy did a few checks and "yes ma'am your in a low service area we will release you from your contract just send phone back in post bag we send" gladly sent their dodgy phone back....also if you dont get the postbag in said amount of days go instore and get them to make note that you looked for it!...now too see what they do with my bill....goodluck guys!

Frequently lose all reception at work and calls regularly drop out at home despite these areas both supposedly having Vodafone coverage. Throughout all of Sunday 6th February I had no reception whatsoever.

Continuous dropped calls, generally poor reception, next to no data access

"Our network is not good enough, and what's letting us down is coverage"
At Vodafone Sales Conference, Sydney

Michael Young
Chief technology officer

I have been with vodafone for over 6 years i have a 3G doogle and Mobile on a contract for the past one and half months i have had lose of coverage every day while in middle of calls i lose coverage and call drops. My doogle most of the time doesnt connect to the internet and keeps getting error if my 3G bill is looked at i have hardly been able to use it due to this reason i have 2 other people in the house who are vodafone and having the same issue. I am disappointed as i have been a long time customer with them and feel we should be advised is there are maintence issues or upgrades rather than being left with no service and paying for it.

Dear Vodafail posters,

As a very recent ex-employee of Vodafone, I want to share my disgust with what has been created here.

RANT 1.

I totally understand people need a place to vent frustration. Heck, why not create a "customer-fail" website for Voda employees to vent about how John Doe bought a new phone and then moved to woop woop and now wants his money back. Or how Jane Doe bought the latest greatest gadget and wont let anyone show her how to use it, instead she demands a full refund and compensation for her "dramas". Both John and Jane will come into the store, rip shreds off whichever 17 year old girl they can find, demand to speak to the manager, who, in all of their power, can only do their best and refer them to higher power (customer care have the highest power). This then turns into a tirade of abuse as they REFUSE to take responsibility for their own problem and would rather post on a website, abuse innocent staff, and embarrass themselves with their own stupidity. If you are signing a contract, DO THE RESEARCH. Its pretty obvious their reception sucks, so DONT SIGN A CONTRACT. You have opportunity at every point to ask questions and get all the facts BEFORE signing, and once you DO sign its YOUR problem if you didnt do the research. I think you'll find most employees are fairly honest about reception in problem areas (much to HQ's disapproval).

RANT 2.

John and Jane Doe "cant" wait on hold for 30min. They're happy to wait 1hr at a restaurant on friday night, but to be made to wait on hold for a company with almost 2 million customers is apparently downright disgusting. Have you tried calling Telstra or Optus lately? Use the call back feature. Try resolving the problem YOURSELF. Have you tried turning it off and on? (this sounds stupid, but reconnecting to the network fixes 9/10 problems and is the first thing tech support will ask you to do, the second thing is a factory reset) If neither option will fix it, you dont have reception! How is complaining or abusing staff going to fix the issue? Still, they will clog the phone lines waiting on hold just to ask questions like is my bill due? How much data have i used? How long is left on my contract? Do you have iphone 4?

RANT 3

YES, THE CALL CENTRE IS IN INDIA. These are people too, and during my stint at Vodafone, I made friends with some of these people. Calling them pappadums, currymunchers, ragheads, curries, bombay bimbos, ching chongs (they're not even chinese...), and every usual australian slang insult is not only unnecessary and non-productive, but DOWNRIGHT DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. They are trying to do their job as well as they can with as much power as they have been given. Do you really think they WANT to come to work every day just to rip you off, just to "steal" from you, just to be "greedy", and to cop such a massive amount of abuse each and every single day. You can see why the call centre is not in Australia. Noone here would take that crap for 2 seconds. GROW UP. What happened to decent behaviour and treating everyone fairly. This is Australia, we are not a backward racist nation.

RANT 3.

Retail staff are always young. 3 reasons... Firstly, you can thank Labour and unions for pushing award wages so high that it is too expensive to hire older people. Secondly, if Vodafone hired more experienced staff, they would have to pay more and charge you more. Hello Telstra. Thirdly, noone in their right mind would apply for a job at Vodafone just to come to work everyday and cop abuse from idiots who cant handle a problem sensibly. Give these staff a break. There is minimal training, and definitely not enough staff to cope with the amount of outright ABUSE they cop every day. Honestly, the sheer amount of abuse employees have to withstand regularly and i mean REGULARLY reduces staff to tears, people have to leave and go home because they are emotionally scarred, people have been physically threatened (myself included), sworn at, belittled, defamed, insulted, dragged through the dirt in front of other customers and colleagues. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL EMOTIONS. Do you honestly think we WANT to NOT be able to help you? It has ruins relationships, lives, dignity, self esteem, people come out of it with temper or depression. Would you walk in to a car showroom and abuse the salesman because you didn't put oil in your car and it broke down? Give them a break i can guarantee they are ALL trying their DAMNED HARDEST to HELP YOU.

RANT 4.

Dont buy a phone if you cant use it. Dont buy the latest gadget if you have fat thumbs, or one arm, or are 90 years old and dont know how to turn it on (sorry if you are 80 and techno literate, i apologize, but the majority arent). Yes this sounds judgemental, but you need to be real. You dont buy a bicycle if you have no legs. Every phone has a working demo in every store. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. You cant take it back. You cant take a car back because you dont know how to drive can you???

RANT 5.

We wont access our system when you call us on the phone. We wont access your details without your password. We wont cancel your friends sisters mothers account simply because she said you could. When you sign the contract, the salesman signs a section on behalf of Vodafone stating that we will do whatever we can to protect your privacy. This includes putting a password on your account. If you dont have your password or adequate ID to prove your identity, TOO BAD. Its not the staff members fault you forgot your password and cant prove who you are. You cant withdraw cash or hire a DVD either without these things so why should phone accounts be any different?

RANT 6.

Staff at stores have low-level access to customers accounts. They cant see credit card details, they cant bring up an invoice you forgot to keep for warranty from 18 months ago, they cant play god and ruin your life simply because they can see your phone account. They have policies to follow and this is to protect your privacy and also to protect you from staff who dont know what they are doing. Each department of Vodafone is trained different to handle different enquiries, noone is trained in all enquiries. This means that sometimes you cant get an answer from the young girl at the store. You have to call up. Please dont abuse her, because if she could help, she would. She is not trying to ruin your day, and instead is frustrated because she cant help you.

RANT 7.

Why should telco's be different to every other industry. Everyone assumes they should get more value out of every dollar with a telco. If i buy a toaster and it breaks i take it back and get it fixed. I dont demand a "loan toaster" while its gone, and if it takes a few weeks because the repair centre is located 3000km away I sigh and thank them for acting speedily and I await its return. If it breaks after the warranty finishes, I go and buy a new toaster. If I get 6 months down the track and realise its not the toaster I wanted I punch myself for being stupid and not doing more research before I started.

How come when its a phone everything changes? Warranty means nothing to customers. If its broken it should be fixed for free on the spot. GET REAL. There are billions of the phones in the world, and cramming a GPS, phone, music player and organiser in one cheap, mass produced device means that some will break. Thats what warranties are for. They take time to fix, and they ALWAYS will fix a warranty issue. If you crack the screen or drop it in the toilet IT IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE IT IS YOUR FAULT. If you decide you wanted a white one instead of black... sorry. You had your chance to decide. Can you take your car back to the dealer and swap it for the white one? If you crash it, can you demand a new one for free?

RANT 8.

Reception sucks. This is well known. So well known in fact that I wonder why you signed up with Vodafone in the first place? Now who's fault was that....

RANT 9.

Do you honestly want to get out of your contract?

Do you still think after reading this post that you have a good case and deserve to be treated more specially then someone more honest and decent then you? simply because you abused the staff more? Read on...

There is one way to do it, call Customer Care. NOONE ELSE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS. Noone and i repeat NOONE in the store can cancel a contract on your behalf. Trust me I've tried.

There is one department in the whole company that has authority. They are called the "Win-back team" (or "Cancellation department" for laymen). To get to this department, call Customer Care and say "cancel contract". It is that easy. If you have a good reason, they will cancel it. If you dont, they wont. Dont argue with them. They are having a bad day too now that they've talked to you and heard about how you hate their guts and want them to die.

The next simple step is contact the TIO. You HAVE to contact Vodafone first before you can proceed with a complaint to the Ombudsman. Once it reaches this level, if you have a solid case, you will win. If you dont, you wont.

IT IS THAT EASY.

Why does it have to resolve to websites like this appearing? People refuse to take responsibility for their own problems. They come in and make demands like "this is YOUR problem, YOU fix it" or "I want out of my contract before I leave and I wont pay another cent because I refuse to contact Customer Care" or "I refuse to troubleshoot because I read in some forum that this phone is dodgy"

Take the appropriate steps, and CALM DOWN! If you have a real reason for getting out of your contract, they wont charge you any more money, so if it happens today, tomorrow or next week, what difference does it make?

CONCLUSION

Ok, i went a bit off topic a few times, and forgot alot of what I wanted to say, but the point is... grow up. Stop abusing innocent people. Stop whining because you forgot your ID and we should still be able to sign you up for a 2 year contract with just a bank card. Noone has all the answers, you have to find them yourself. Take responsibility for your own problems. Noone is here to wipe your bums, especially for a $20/hr wage.

If anything I have said here you feel to be untrue, please... feel free to comment.

Sincerely,


P.S. Thankyou to all those patient customers, the ones who understand that its not our fault. The ones that give us a chance to fix their problems. The ones who pay their bills on time every month. The ones that look for help, not for answers. You were a pleasure to serve and sometimes the only reason I went to work each day.

3:30pm-4pm NO SERVICE AT ALL!! Rang up support and they are of no help as they insist service is working. I am on the business plan too! How can anyone running a business with a mobile network that has no reception in South Perth??

Signed up to 2yr contract about 4 months ago. Had serious network fail issues since - couldn't make or receive a single call on Christmas Day, New Years or Australia day....nice! COntacted Vodafone by e-mail, they actually called back a couple of days later, gave me one month contract fee credit and said issues were fixed. They weren't! If anything, dropouts etc are getting more frequent. I looked at the upgrade section VF website, no upgrades due in my area in Q1 2011 so unlikely to improve. Sent them another e-mail two weeks ago saying issues not fixed. No reply yet. Sent them another e-mail today but will be lodging issue with TIO and looking to cancel contract and go with another provider.

I have managed to get out of my contract 7 months into it, due to bad coverage and upgrades in my area which was never disclosed to me when I signed my contract.

A big thanks to the TIO, they have been a great help and have also helped me with Vodafone resolutions, I was able to port out of my contract with no costs... Yet.. I say Yet!!

only issue at the moment is that my Iphone 3/16g is locked with Vodafone and in one of my conditions with my complaint I asked that I keep my handset and that it be unlocked, Vodafail did agree, but I am having major issues with the handset at this stage and I am unable to put another carriers sim card in to it.

I will try my last resort which is restoring it back to its factory settings via I-tunes, this is supposed to unlock your handet??? how im not sure.

If anyone else is having the same issue as me would be great if you could advise me where to go from here.

Cheers

Called 3 Customer Care, who were experiencing "abnormally high call volumes" (again?!)
I repeated my name and date of birth to six different people.
I got told the obvious ("there shouldn't be a problem with your service").
I followed their instructions to reset my iphone settings (losing my carefully ordered apps into an alphabetical mess, didn't help).
I downloaded and installed new software (didn't help).
... then after TWO HOURS AND NINE MINUTES the guy told me that there was nothing wrong with the network and that it must be my SIM card, i needed to go to a local 3 store, get a new SIM and if it still didn't work, to call him back... because i have nothing better to do with my time.

Continually getting Network Lost - sounds like what everybody else is suffering out there.
Funny how the only reliable thing about Vodafone is that the monthly bill arrives regularly

lousy coverage, broadband drop out / disconnected every 5 minutes, no network, network error everytime re-connect, all in complete package.. congrats you just being the lousiest network in Australia.. keep going..

Got a second month-to-month sim Nov because I was going over my mobile broadband data allowance. Unbeknownist to me (until it was waaaaay too late) it wasn't linked to my main account so even while I was religiously checking my usage, I managed to rack up $270 in excess usage fees ... and the account wasn't being paid as I just use my vodafone, I don't pay attention to the emails (have learned that lesson!) I didn't even find out until I went into the store about something else... what's stupid is I'm probably the only one so happy with their pocket wifi coverage I use up to 20 gb a month on it... it's their customer service & systems that let them down :( (@meinmelb on twitter)

I have not had any service all day, Feb 7th. I have reset the network setting, rebooted the iphone..anything I can think of. I am a contractor and NEED to be contactable. I have been with Vodafone for 6 years never a problem before.
There are 5 subscribers in my home and we all suffer the same issues.

Whether i am at home in Fremantle or on the 17th floor in the CBD for work i am losing network at least 20 times a day. This is totally unacceptable and i will be changing service providers when my contract is up in June this year.

Very disappointed with coverage, been a customer for over 2 years and never had this many problems unitl recently. Cant check my net balances and usage so going over and under spending limit, net hardly works and when it does its constantly disconnecting :(

Just got off the phone to customer service where i was on hold for 46minutes!
I rang up Wednesday last week to complain about coverage, dropped calls, no emails, no internet etc. and was told that there was a network problem in my area and they would ring me back to let me know whats happening...guess what? No Callback! When I called back today to enquire further I was told again there was a problem in my area, but that it wouldn't be resolved till the 4th March??? Today is the 7th of February!! A whole month more of suffering what I've just been through for the last 3-4 months??? AAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
Vodafone....You Stink!!!

No calls,sms,...... since approximately 9.00am We are trying to run a business.
Our mobile phones will be transferring to Telstra if I don't get a satisfactory explanation from Vodafone-TODAY.

yay! just ported my number over to Telstra after being let out of my vodafail contract 7 months early due to all the issues i was having. :D happy days! First thing the guy in telstra shop said when i told him i was with vodaphone "oh im sorry!" lol.
So yeah, dont give up!! If you arnt getting service dont put up with i...t.
Also when trying to port my number we had to ring the vodafone call centre while in telstra shop to get my account number, after 7 minute wait and no one answering, i ended up walking to the vodafone shop in the same shopping centre and was standing there waiting for a good 10 minutes while 2 customers in front of me were complaining about having no coverage. one of them was on a $79 plan and let me tell you she wasnt happy !! Another one was in there after being on hold for 2 hours and getting the call back option and was never called back. the staff was just like nothing we can do you have to ring up. wow so helpful. Telstra staff were ALOT more helpful and took the time to sit down with me and explain everything about my new contract and showed me how to use my new phone. Ported my number within 2 minutes. and then she even took the time to get all the contacts off my vodafone sim and put them on the telstra one. VERY appreciative as last time i was in vodafone and they told me it was a sim issue they didnt save my contacts and it deleted them all. wasnt impressed!!!

I am being sent information that is incorrect - I know this because I am not being sent regular statements. I complained about this - a year ago (after yes, having ''Lara'' on the other end of the line) and apart from me, The Customer, not having the time, like any of us, I felt Raped of endless money that is being paid without receiving regular statements which are always over the amount I signed up for. . I am in pain with confusion and I cannot even speak to a real person.

In the last year I have consistent network coverage issues. Consistent - my friends can only get hold of me on certain occasions and when they do, the phone cuts out. These are in areas of the CBD, the Eastern suburbs, Pyrmont and Botany !!!!!!

I will never have another contract with Vodafone for as long as I still breathe - plus, I'm a walking advertisement if a LITTLE is given in a quantitative way! So.... goes to show ...I've got to go get on the line to Voda Frrrrr
Sascha

If i had a dollar for everytime i have been on a call and my line dropps out due to the poor reception, or a dollar for everytime someone has called me asking why "lara" is telling them that i have either switch my phone off or my number has been disconnect i think i would be a millionare. Thanks for nothing Voda!

I decided to have a contract with voda fone mid july 2009 and what a mistake that was, from the word go i wasnt recieving texts, people weren't recieving my texts and as for pictxt. they were either delayed by 2-3weeks or just not recieved at all!!! this is the worst network and their customer service people are the worst i have ever had to deal with.

Poor reception...even in my own house! No reception interstate. (Melbourne) delayed sms by up to 3 days. (xmas time) Signed up for a $69 cap and am charged twice that each month. Barely use ph, as it works out at approx 1.13 per minute. Not at all what I expected. Way too frustrating. Have changed companies now.

I have been with vodafone for many years now and since their merge with 3 I have bad reception in most area's, NONE in the MIDDLE OF ADELAIDE CITY and none in MY HOUSE IN NOVAR GARDENS. This is so frustrating!

I have it on good authority that Vodafone are currently installing a temporary phone tower inside Sydney's convention centre (SCEC) to achieve 3G coverage during their own national sales conference...
(8 Feb 2011)

Phone drops connection to network much more since November 2010. Was fine to begin with. Battery life is terrible because the phone is constantly searching for the network.

Staying in Mona Vale Sydney-using wireless pocket wifi. Pages not opening-took 10 minutes for a tiny GIF to open this morning. Safari hanging opening any page. Vodafone asking me for password a few times a day. I bought this so I could travel and upload photos on photography website and it is NOT working...using Telstra on iphone and same pages open in an instant-same with network where I'm staying.

Poor coverage at my house. Having to have private and business phone calls on my front lawn.

Being given access to the internet, but being in the CBD of Perth and having poor or no reception "no active cellular network" comes up regularly.

Calls cutting out from someone 30 metres away while working and using vodafail to vodafail to communicate, or in this case not communicate.

mobile network frequently dropping out for mobile internet

the coverage they say they cover is not correct i am in a two year contract and there is no reception at my house like i was told there would be this is my only form off contact so if there was an emergeny i would not be able to contact anyone

Poor reception all the time. Often my phone has no service in the middle of the gold coast. Unacceptable

Very poor coverage in Ngunnawal (northern suburb). Keeps dropping out in our house.

Ever since the floods and cyclone I have not being able to maintain steady reception! I only get one bar where I used to have full bars! My calls keep dropping everytime I call anyone! My calls go in and out and where it never used to happen!!! I'm annoyed I would expect reception and communication being one of the most important thing to upkeep but apparently NOT!!! NOt impressed!!

Sick and tired of the drop out rate of my calls in my own home. The signal strength in my area has been getting steadily worse since moving into my present home 5 years ago. How can I get dodgy (at best) reception in one part of my home, walk 3 metres and get no reception at all? NOT GOOD ENOUGH VODAFONE!!!! All I get is a poor excuse that the style of building I live in affects signal strength - WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!!!! I had excellent reception here in previous years and it has been getting steadily worse. Can't wait for my plan to end so I can go to a more reliable network.

My reception keeps dropping out, friends are not getting the sms I send, friends cannot get through to me. Has been happening for over a week.
Tried calling to get the problem resolved and all 3 times was on hold for over 40mins.
Very dissapointed and angry!

I recently decided to go the whole hog and buy a high end phone, the google nexus. As my current provider 3 had no android phones on offer I changed to Vodafone. I had had very good experiences with vodafone in the past so I had no qualms about changing back especially given that they were now the same company.

However the smart phone I was sold is dumb. It does not implement the SMS protocol correctly. When the phone runs short of memory (at 20MB of free memory mind you) it does not have space to store an SMS (160 characters/bytes), it SHOULD be able to fit 125,000 SMSes into that space. Instead of following the protocol specifications for SMS and telling the network "I have no memory now" so the network stores the SMS, my dumb phone accepts the SMS and throws it away leaving me a message on the screen to the effect that it threw away an SMS due to lack of memory. That's just great because the sender will get a delivery confirmation if they asked for one and think I got the message, and despite having a PhD in software the software on this phone gives no clear indication of what exactly is filling my memory up so I can't easily fix it except by randomly removing the very software (large programs) for which I chose to pay the extra to buy a "smart" phone in order to be able to run.

Other faults in the SMS implementation on the phone include: Turning the phone on makes it resend several (I've never been able work out just how many) recent SMSes I've sent. This irritates and confuses my contacts. Thank god they are being sent to their original recipients and not to each other! When an SMS appears on the screen it offers delete and reply icons. However if I press reply, the SMS is sending forever, whereas if I go into the SMS application separately and send a message to the sender, it is sent. I have wasted heaps of money and time copying and pasting these "forever sending" SMSes.

I also bought the phone to be able to read internet on the train, and pay a high plan to get 1MB of included data. Well about 35% of the time the data connection breaks before the full page is loaded. More retries, more data used for the SAME incomplete service. And it is not from the train acting as a Faraday cage, today I walked to the markets here in central Adelaide, and there - in the open air - half the pages I tried to access failed to even be delivered.

To add insult to injury I now find on my last bill that Vodafone has been charging me an outrageously high 4 cents for SMS delivery receipts. These should be free because they are a natural part of a COMPLETE protocol, it's like charging extra to have the called party's phone ring in addition to charging for the call itself. Also with the substandard network combined with the broken and incorrect SMS software, it is the only way I can tell that and SMS I send has actually been sent. I cannot believe what the software tells me and I do not trust the network to work.

In no way happy Jan, and instead of Senator Stephen Conroy wasting his time and our money trying to censor the internet like the Chinese or Egyptians, he should be doing his job and making sure that basic network services are being provided.

I was at bondi junction, I couldnt get a reception, then I went on the internet and it gave me the message that I was overseas, and that I would have to pay to use it. I didn't see the message until I had already used it so that means I have to pay. Then I went to coogee and I didn't get any reception, even though the messages finally sent after 5 minutes, the person I sent them to didnt get it. I thought what would happen if I needed to call 000 and I had no reception. appalling service vodafone.

whilst driving to my horses today, noticed the road to the horses was blocked off as was covered in flood water, wanted to ring the woman of paddock to see if there was another way through, surprise surprise had no phone reception so went for a drive to find coverage, still no luck so jumped out my car in the heavy rain to try to get a signal, still no luck.
Upon coming back to my car my car wouldnt start had no signal for me to ring out to get help.
Had to walk km]s to try to find a phone, luckily a kind man was at a pub and leant me his phone.Vodafone you failed big time, after months of battles with them i fot released from my contract today after a long battle.
All i can say is fight your argument. Goodluck all

No 3G coverage at home in Griffith (line of sight to Parliament House), at none at the caffs in Manuka, none at my office in Phillip, none at my mum's in Lyneham.

Frequent drop outs and/or no signal. No signal when I'm riding to work. Epic fail.

Just got moved across from 3 to finish up my contract (because of crap coverage and being hit with massive 'roaming' charges every time the network dropped out). I wasn't prepared for just how appalling this would be. Apart from when I'm on wifi networks, I don't think I've actually been able to use the smartphone capabilities of my phone at all. Hopeless.

I have already said my own problems on here... but....

..there are many others who, surprisingly, haven't seen this website and won't complain...

My barber didn't respond to my email asking for an appointment for 3 days. When I went in I asked how come it took so long, he said his internet was down. Curious, I asked who is ISP was..... guess who?

My friend couldn't contact her boyfriend at the Australian Open, and so missed 1 hour of the match they went to see because they couldn't find each other. He had no phone reception in the middle of Melbourne. Funny, can you guess who his mobile is with?... She also tried calling his mate, who was with him. She couldn't get through. Guess who he was with?....

I know for a fact that none of these people had even heard of vodafail, piper alderman, or the TIO, despite the media attention and them all being very switched on people.

I'm not faulting this website, or the awareness of my friends, but simply saying there are a LOT of people out there who've been screwed by vodafone who haven't even complained. The 15,000 who've voiced their anger on this site are just the tip of the iceberg.

I have 2 start of the art telephones that I can not use on this primitive network; fix what was a really good one.

I have just bought vodafone iphone cap just a month ago & it gives me alot of problems like no reception,take plenty of time to open one website,no proper billing.for hrs my phone will go on no service that to be when i am very well in the city..i never get more than 1 reception tower whether i am at work in fyshiwick or at home in woden. When complaining about the same to their customer officer they said we have very good range sir...then why this f...phones on no service. No proper reply from them.

Well today I sent my email to TIO to get my phone sorted

Poor receiption to 2G and 3G, droped calls and calls just not comming through.

Talk to Vodaphone cancelation department today, they offered me 2 months free service while they do "Upgrades to the Network" told them no.

The Tec reports done to my area show that I "should" have decent reception outside. Had to laugh at that one

So hopefully I can get out of my contract and go to a better provider

Still 3 weeks waiting for Tec reports and more time wasted on the phone and driving to get a sim swap....don't really understand how or why they still think that I should waste more of my time and money waiting for them to sort there network. I am sure if I was late for a payment and told them give me 2 months while I am sorting it out, that they proberly just get the courts involved.

Since July 2010, I have experienced everything from no data coverage in my suburb at the weekends to call dropouts, delayed text and voice messages. I have spent up to 2 hours on Saturdays and even working hours (almost every 3-4 weeks since) trying to explain the problems as they occur to Vodafone customer service teams. My company-issue mobile, my personal mobile, my iPad and mobile broadband are all with Vodafone. In fact, in early December, the security alarm system in our premises was triggered at 1am but the security company was unable to get through on my mobile - and - I didn't receive their voice message until 12noon. Surprisingly - and - fingers crossed, my issues seems to have improved since all the publicity about Vodafail.
Although, an incident that occurred this week has prompted me to post this.
My boss is who is also a Vodafone customer is currently overseas. He travels overseas on a monthly basis. This week, he received a text from Vodafone advising they have suspended his service. Account is up to date, ie: no outstanding invoices. When I enquired as to why service was suspended, I was told that there was an UNBILLED roaming charge amount of $3,000+ incurred in the current cycle and that this amount had to be paid before service would be re-activated. Notwithstanding the fact that my boss has been a long standing Vodafone customer, frequently incurs up to $6,000 in roaming charges AND account is always paid in full when due.

After weeks of issues with my vodafone modem (which are still not resolved) I am now experienceing issues with service to my mobile. I have spoken with so many people in the vodafone call centre I reckon I could tell you who I am speaking to before they say their name.

I had decent coverage on my mobile up until December 2010 but more recently I have issues with phone service in my office (in the CBD)as soon as it hits midday. I swear to you, I can make and recieve calls up until midday.

The thing that gets me the most is that Vodafone are saying it is an issue with my handset - what the? It works in the morning!!! The other frustrating thing is that when I try to call it from my office phone, it doesn't even go to my voicemail. It either has an engaged signal or says that the area you are trying to call is out of service - Vodafone swear to me that there are no network outages in the Canberra CBD at the moment - I beg to differ! I know 3 other people in the building who are experiencing the same thing and are with Vodafone.

I am awaiting a call about a job and also news about my ill Grandmother. Vodafone - you are just plain cruel. You should not even be allowed to operate as a company. You lie to new customers whilst cheating the ones who you have firmly in your grasp.

I was assured by a sales person that I would have coverage in the new town I was moving to. Guess what? There is no Vodafone coverage in Clermont QLD!! So what do I do with my $69.95 a month iphone plan??? Vodafone will not help me saying " You moved town it's your problem, pay out your contract and go with Telstra" Thanks a lot Vodafone you suck!!!!

we have an usb broadband service through voodafone, our reception is terrible almost all of the time. We had the same problem with 3 so were offered a transfer to vodafone at no cost, and guaranteed better service. Since being with vodafone it has been worse, and we have called many time.. being on hold for up to 30 minutes each time. We have requested a sharing dock, as we were assured this would solve our reception issue. This was agreed to by vodafone 2 months ago, we have called up to 4 times since to find out where the dock was, every time there had been an error and the dock was not properly ordered. So we are still waiting. Each time we call.. we are wiping out the prepaid credit that we would usually use up in a month! We have had enough and just want out of this contract with vodafone.

i have been in a battle with phone companies for the past two years. Finally, after releasing me from my contract "3" convinced me to go with Vodafone (as they did not have the phone in stock which they had promised me 3 months earlier), not knowing any better i agreed; this was my first mistake.

The first two bills they sent me were incorrect (overcharging me by $90 on both). i called customer "service" on numerous occasions to try and solve the problem but was told that there was nothing that they could do. as i did not pay the incorrect bills my service was promptly disconnected for two days with no explanation.

I live on Sydney's north shore (20 mins from the CBD) and i have NEVER ONCE had full reception in the 5 months that i have been with vodafone now. i consistently have "no service" in my house, and when i am out the reception and connection quality is shameful. Voicemails on average take 4 days to arrive to my account, and the internet connection is slower than the dial up i had in my house ten years ago.

IT IS A JOKE, i think that Lara should start looking for a new job, as Vodafone will not last with this kind of service!!!

vodafone is telling us that if we switch our service to 3 we will get better coverage and wont experience the drop outs and lack of service we are getting now. i don't understand how that can be if it runs on the same network as vodafone. has anyone else been told this by vodafone or switched and had better service?

Reception drops every minute or two..i live in Sydney metro and can't get more than 2 or 3 bars and that even drops every 5 mins. This is my last purchase from Vodafone. It has been pain in the back side. Whether they resolve the issue or not..they have lost me as a customer.

Have had no coverage since a call dropped out 2 hours ago. Vodafone - you are a bunch of first class muppets.

I have had no reception for phone calls, voice mail, text messages or internet in the CBD of Adelaide for 3 days and counting.....

Like everyone else my bill has been over my cap because I have to make more calls because off bad reception. Trying to talk to clients and your mobil just drops out then it cost me more money to call back, not offering the service that I am paying and NOT being able to use my mobil whenever I want to, very frustrating.............and having to ring back due to poor reception.....

After moving to Morning, I found I had constant dropouts and no 3G internet. After over 5 hours of calls and being on hold, I finally got through to the network people who said they would do a test of the area and get back to me in 3-5 days. No contact after 7. Contacted them, they said there was no fault. I asked to have my contract cancelled, they said that was not possible as the network tests said there was no problem. I was transferred to the retention department, who also said they couldn't cancel the contract, but they would cut my bill in half for the next 6 months???? If there is no known problem on Vodafone's side, why would they give me 1/2 price access for 6 months and ask me to test 3G during that time. I currently have an Iphone 3GS which only works on 2G? Wouldn't this mean that Vodafone is not living up to their side of the Contract?

I have had issues with reception and dropped calls since Day 1.
I also now have issues with Voicemail since November, and they never seem to fix it

well, for starters i have no reception. Any where i go. Which makes me very angry. Also some of the vodafone stores have very bad customer service. One manager at a store told me she would lie to her regional manager and tell her that the device i am returning actually works. And im not kidding. She is always yelling at customers. And her store are racist, they only talk their language to people other wise they treat u with no respect. Also, she said (exact words) "vodafone doesnt really care about prepaid customers". And another thing is that my bill is telling me i have spent $210 over, which i havnt. Gosh!!! Please let me know if u have any of these issues. Take care every one.

I spoke with the cancellation department on 24/1/11 to get released from my plan and was told the only way this could happen is if there were issues with coverage in my area and was transferred to the technical department to arrange a line test and promised a call back on the 28/1/11. Monday 31/1/11 I called and requested a call back due to hold times. They called back 5 mins later and placed me on hold! After 20 more mins of holding decided that is why i requested the call back and hung up. 3/2/11 I called back to find out what was going on and tried and the line dropped out. I called back and spoke to Chantelle who could hear me and it dropped out. I then called back and got richard who later turned out to be rod. He wasn't able to hear me and I requested he called me back. He called me back and i explained what had happened about the line test and asked him to record these on the notes on my file. He then said he would introduce me to someone in the technical department and explain what had happened after 24mins of holding the person in technical had no clue what was happening as no notes were made. I then spoke to the supervisor who told me that the line test had been completed and there were no issues in my area. As a result I asked if he had placed the notes of drop outs and they had no records. She then acknowledged that there were issues with the coverage and that they would not release me from my contract as the systems will be upgraded some where between 14days and 12months! I have requested a copy of the notes on my account and had to be transferred back to customer service who advised it will cost $21 to get them. I said it does not cost $21 to copy past it into and e-mail and send to me. Now 2 hours on hold all they can offer is to raise this with the privacy department who will take 7 days to contact me and verify that this is my account before they can release the notes to me. Very unacceptable! Sorry vodafone after 6 years of loyalty I'm outta here.

Poor reception. 1 - 2 bars of 3G when outside and not touching the phone. Make a phone call and it drops out. Use data service to download and it takes forever then fails, I end up having to wait till I get home and my phone links up to wifi for it to complete.

So 4 emails later I was advised that for phone calls I need to switch my mobile to 2G and when I want to use data switch my phone to 3G, then switch it back to 2G when done.

The coverage map shows that I am covered by their service - but looking at my reception I'm barely receiving reception at all. I was told by their customer service person that they are doing nextwork upgrades in my area - the nearest upgrade is 10km away.

All contact now with vodafone is promises that someone will contact me later... worst service ever.

what more can i say i cant view my bills online i get them sent to my email but they dont turn up even though i have contacted vf many times and confirmed the email address they have on system. I get txt messages a long time after they were sent and my phone constantly tells me its sending mms but i never sent mms - Lara just gives me the shit - coverage has been crap for about 1 month now and my local store has terrible staff who dont give stuff

We have Vodafone wireless internet (well we thought we did), but we almost always have trouble getting a connection. The service is off sometimes for days & when it is working it just drops out. We are told that we may not be in a good coverage area, yet when we were with the 3 network & couldn't get coverage we were told that we would have no problem getting coverage for our area from Vodafone. We therefore changed servers only to find that we now have a much more inferior service. If we get the internet at all it is slow, painfully slow, or drops out completely, or we just cannot connect. I have been with Vodafone for 2 months & in that time I have been back to their stores or called them (sorry, called their number without actually making contact with a real person) about 6 times. Always the store staff tell us to call the phone number as they can't help. It appears that no one can help but they are completely at ease taking our money each month without doing anything about fixing very obvious problems. I don't understand why the consumer advocacy groups don't call for Vodafone to be prevented from selling their service (or lack thereof) until they can rectifiy the problems. Because what they are currently doing must surely be considered "False Advertising". They are clearly unable to provide customers with the service they are falsley taking money for.

Ive been a customer for over 10 years and have just calculated that i have spent in total over $50,000 with Vodafail. My most recent bill was $1200 as they make a packet from my on global roaming charges - atleast that is what i thought until i realised its all the recalls i do from the signal dropping out. The coverage is absolutely woeful and is getting worse. The customer service people seem to be in denial but yet friends who have Optus or Telstra have full coverage in areas where I have none - almost anywhere on the pittwater, atlease 3 spots between the upper north shore and north sydney, in the southern highlands etc etc. Vodafone - you have done nothing to reward my loyalty and your inadequate network is causing me and everyone I speak to frustration. Time for a change...........

Ok just posted b4, then finally got through to vodafone..this is how it went
Hello this is Keten, please what is your number...etc (time 6.04pm) after being on hold and asking to be called back (17minutes later)asked what is your problem, no network since 5.30 yesterday..neither has my son, who has a phone for safety walking from his school to my work..and im really angry.As this has happen more than is acceptable..What is my mobile number...where do i live Goldcoast, where, Goldcoast, can't find it, ok try Surfers Paradise, wait...what is suburb..told him...what is street...told him (time 6.12pm) still trying to find place...waiting waiting, comes back and says don't know why you have no network...on hold again...comes back says take battery out of phone wait 1 minute...turn back on...do this and finally coverage back...I ask why did this happen again...VodaFone has been updating and refreshing their network, and it freezes, so this what happens. (sorry about that)...
Well then I would like a credit for being witout service for 24hrs,yet I will still get charged. Ok can give me a credit to my account for $10. right I have that....um problem trying to do that put on hold(6.23pm) wait 6.28pm um having problem crediting your account...put on hold...comes back (6.35) ok have credit account, ok well my sons phone is doing what mine is no coverage etc...take battery out...do the whole thing...I get it going, right I would like to be credited for his account please...yes i have done this. no you dont have his number...i havent told you...yes I gave you credit $10, $5 for each account but put on my account...NO thats not what i wanted...$10 on mine and $10 on his. NO CHANCE!!!! and so i said well will this happen again...apparently so but was told..i know what to do NOW!!! MMMM gotta love vodafone SERVICE. Oh and apparently I was on hold so long 'cos his computer froze trying to credit my account!!!!!

Hi I am on the GoldCoast (Carrara 4211) and i have had no coverage for the last 24 hours and neither has my children whom are also on Vodafone!!!! I am in credit for my bill and so are my children...I pay for a service I dont get, I get "NOt registered on network"???? when I try making a call and have not received calls or messages!!! so what does not registered mean, what does that mean!!!! Was on the network up until last night as was my son!!! whom has to walk to my work after school and relies on the phone for security and safety. EXTREMELY UNHAPPY. at continual outage I put up with YET get charged regardless.

I have never in my life EVER had a problem with Vodafone- until I got to Sydney! They never answer their phones, and when they do its passed 8pm so you have to call back the next day.

The worst reception I have ever encountered, anywhere in Sydney for that matter.I can't use internet or send photos!

Totally not happy, or impressed!

After my first experience with poor coverage by the Vodafone claimed network, I tested the coverage further by travelling through Morley, Beechboro and Ballajura attempting to make phone calls at various locations. In 10 out of 12 attempts the phone did not have any reception! When it did have reception it was near major shopping centres........obviously they have a tower at these locations or the signal bounces off the large glass windows at these shopping centres (Ha ha). Once I completed this test I sent an email to Vodafone advising of the poor coverage and my intent to retunr the phone and have the contract terminated. In response they sent me a generic email providing information about the 2G Network and their areas of cliamed network coverage, they didn't go anywhere near responding to my request regarding the contract. VODACRAP!!

I have been on hold for TWO AND A HALF HOURS after telling Lara that I wanted to speak to someone about a billing inquiry. I originally just wanted to have my last 2 bills wiped because of crappy service (calls dropping out, voicemails and texts coming late or not at all, cruddy internet reception and 'no service' in areas like Manuka, Civic, Kingston and in Sydney). How do i get to place my number on the 'call back' list because this is just ridiculous! I'm now at the point of just wanting to cancel my contract on iphone although I have about a year to go, however am worried I won't be able to port my number as I am waiting to hear back about job interviews.

Can someone direct me as to how I get vodafail to call me back, or should i just call again and say i want to talk to someone in complaints? Eeep!

mobile data reception around melbourne university has been very frigging slow for the past couple of days. Not happy Jan.