One in two Australians highlight an issue with their phone or internet service

NEARLY 10 million Australians have experienced a problem with their phone or internet service, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman will announce at the Comms Day Summit today (4pm, April 9, 2018).

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman introduced a comprehensive survey for the first time in 2018 and  surveyed almost 3000 people from across Australia’s residential consumers and small businesses.

In her speech to the conference, Ms Jones will also note 20 percent of residential consumers had more than one phone or internet issue over the last year, and one in four issues were not resolved after four months.  For small businesses the picture is more problematic, with almost 60  percent identifying  a phone or internet issue affecting their business.

Ombudsman Judi Jones said, "Today's results show us that everyone with responsibility for planning and delivering telecommunications service has to make things better. Phone and the internet services are essential services, making a vital difference to families, within communities and to business.

"We all have to be proactive and accessible in managing the  issues. We have to listen to residential  consumers and small businesses, understand the impact of problems, and offer quick, supportive solutions.”
 

 

Six Month Update complaints snapshot will be released April 17, 2018

THIS six month update provides key data on complaints from residential consumers and small businesses to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman for the period July 1-31 December, 2017.

About the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is a free and independent dispute resolution and complaint handling service for residential consumers and small businesses who have an unresolved complaint about their phone or internet service.

www.tio.com.au or 1800 062 058.

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