Calls to Telstra customer service and complaints lines now free
In another new customer service initiative, Telstra will make nearly 50 million service and support calls free of charge for Telstra customers.
Last month I posted a blog about new customer service initiatives including weekend tech service appointments. That blog generated many comments, complaints and feedback and I would like to thank everyone who took the time to write to me.
Today, I’m announcing another new initiative to improve the value we provide to customers and to help make it easier to connect with Telstra to resolve a customer service issue or complaint.
Millions of calls are made each year to our most frequently rung customer service numbers and, as of yesterday, calls to those numbers from Telstra services will be free of charge.
So, calls from a Telstra home phone or Telstra mobile, in Australia, to our general enquiry numbers for consumers and small businesses will be free as well as calls to our fault numbers, the BigPond helpdesk and our general service number for pre-paid mobile. Calls to activate and recharge pre-paid accounts can already be made without cost to customers.
- 132 200: Telstra residential general enquiries
- 125 111: Telstra residential mobile enquiries
- 132 203: Telstra residential faults
- 137 663: BigPond enquiries
- 133 933: BigPond tech support
- 125 8880: Prepaid enquiries
- 125 8888: Prepaid recharges
- 125 8887: Prepaid activations
- 132 000: Telstra Business enquiries
- 132 999: Telstra Business faults
Before we decided to launch this initiative, we researched a number of potential customer service improvements. This initiative came out as the most important when we asked people to tell us what they thought. I’m glad to make it a reality today but I’m also interested in your thoughts. We are very serious about wanting to hear from you. Really listening and acting upon customers’ feedback is a key part of the change we want our customers to experience.