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21170 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is getting worse at 21 Mar 2012 01:24:42 PM
my recption has never been 100%, but it seems to have gotten worse in the last 4-5 months or so. I sit next to a huge window at work, but have to get up and go outside to be heard when someone calls (if I'm in the office, it breaks up to the point that it will cut out eventually). Also, I have been getting a lot, like 40-50%, of my texts very late. Example, the other day I received 3 incoming text in a row at 5:30pm that were all marked as being sent to me at 2:10pm, 2:30pm, and 3:45pm. What's more, I lose reception completely when I go into buildings such as the mall, or grocery stores, etc... Further to this (pauses to take breath...) I can stand in one location (i.e. my lounge at home, office at work, outside on the street in the city) and watch my reception bars go up and down, up and down, and my network change from E, to H, to G at random. And the internet is painfully slow - always has been. I am on a contract, but wonder whether this is enough to get out of it with minimal penalty so I can switch to a more dependable telco. Like I said, it always happened from time to time, but recently it is happening far too often, and I can't justify paying for a service that is this bad.
I read somewhere that a lady had to climb a tree to get reception, but even so in this day and age when you pay good money for a service that is what you expect.........good service!
Why should you pay an even minimal penalty to get out of contract when the service is limited at best?
Have you reported the matter to VF? Have VF investigated? If so what was the result?
Suggest you contact VF, report the issue, allow VF to investigate within a reasonable time scale, say 10 working days.
If their service improves then excellent, if not then be prepared to either:
1/ Put up with the limited service
2/ Have reduced access fees for a period of time or to the remainder of your plan
3/ Demand to be released from your contract with no fee/charge of any type to you
VF may release you.
An alternative if they do not release you is to go to the TIO with the matter.
The TIO online form takes less than 5 minutes to complete, VF then have 10 working days to respond.
TIO contact details at the top of the page under the How To Complain tab.
Vodafail.com Moderation Team