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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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20268 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is very fail at 8 Dec 2011 08:12:05 PM
Signed up with Telstra seven hours ago and am still waiting for my number to port out of Vodafone. Vodafone told the Telstra assistant that the port could take up to 2 weeks due to technical difficulties...

Also have a couple friends experiencing issues recharging their Vodafone Prepaid services as I write this.

9 Dec 2011 04:27:45 AM: 2 weeks to port a number that should only take 3 hours is completely ridiculous! Probably Vodafone can not handle the amount of people leaving their network, so they are slowing it down to snail pace... It took 6 days for me to port my number from Vodafone to Optus prepaid. Try calling Telstra after the 2nd or 3rd day and escalate the issue with their porting department. They will make porting your number a top priority but they may have to send another porting request. I've done this to Optus on a Saturday and by Monday afternoon my number was out of the RED (Voda) zone... :)
9 Dec 2011 04:37:26 AM: Also, don't bother calling Vodafone to ask how long it would take to port out your number from their network... CS reps will just tell you that the WHOLE porting system in Australia is down and that the fault is not with them... Typical Vodafone... I ported a number from Telstra to Optus yesterday and it took less than 5 minutes to transfer my number across...
9 Dec 2011 08:25:11 AM: i ported from TPG to telstra a couple of weeks ago, took 3 hours, wasn't too bad. 2 weeks is a bit beyond a joke. it is indeed typical vodafail.
9 Dec 2011 10:36:10 AM: FYI - Ported across at 9:30 this morning, so it took roughly 18 hours. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Cheers,
Original Poster.
9 Dec 2011 02:36:56 PM: I have been waiting 5 days to have my number ported from Vodafone to Telstra. They told me it could be another week or so. I've spoken to Telstra twice (yesterday and today) and they advised that they're waiting for Vodafone to release the number. I called Vodafone every day since Monday and they continue to say it's a techinical problem and they can't do anymore. Any suggestions?
9 Dec 2011 02:48:15 PM: good question, you could go to your state's administrative tribunal if you wanted to, but it can take 4 months to process an application with them and have the matter heard, so I don't think it will help. Unless Vodafail take longer than 4 months, ok maybe it could help :s