FreeNumbersOnline's customer service promise

February 2006
Support survey shames mobile giants:  Eight million users unhappy

Mobile phone companies came in for hefty criticism after a study revealed that a quarter of all call centre staff handling customer enquiries are getting basic questions wrong.

The first comprehensive mobile phone network customer service report by independent comparison service OneCompare.com reveals damaging evidence against current customer service standards across the mobile phone market. A staggering 39% of mobile phone users are unhappy or dissatisfied with the level of customer service they received from their mobile provider.

Over half (58%) of mobile phone users have contacted their mobile phone customer service centre. Yet results from the report reveal evidence of unacceptably poor standards of customer service staff across networks.

One in four customer service staff even fail to answer basic tariff questions.

Source: OneCompare.com - January 2006

Fortunately, receiving quality support isn't a problem faced by customers of FreeNumbersOnline.  We are committed to answering 95% of calls within 4 rings, and 90% of issues are resolved by the same support team member who answers the call. 

 

FreeNumbersOnline: Support Service Level Agreement

Other companies say "your call is important to us". FreeNumbersOnline mean it. We will never abandon you in a maze of recorded menus. Instead we provide high-quality, responsive after-sales support.

Telephone support

• 100% of calls to our support desk are answered by people, not machines.
• 95% of calls are answered by a member of the support team within four rings.
• The remaining 5% are taken by a human answering operator, who will take your contact details. A member of the support team will return your call within four working hours.
• In 90% of cases the support team member answering the call will be the person to solve the problem.
• We employ bright, helpful and well trained telephone support staff, not semi-skilled script-following call-centre operatives.

Email support

• 100% of support emails are answered within 4 working hours

Online support

• Web-based control panels include on-page help, detailed explanations, and links to comprehensive online manuals.

Our support team works in the same building as the network team, and has regular access to the development team, meaning that the teams responsible for providing your services have regular feedback from the field.

Support ticketing system

Support requests are managed according to a strict policy using a support-enquiry management system (or 'ticketing system').

All problems, tasks and requests (except some of those that are immediately solved on the phone) are entered into this system: a support ticket is created, and given a unique reference number. This ensures that every request is professionally managed.

Level	Description
Level 1	Easy to solve 90% of requests, solved within 4 working hours.
Level 2	Requiring consultation the team 8% of requests, solved within 4 working hours.
Level 3	Requiring assistance from network, banking or products teams 2% of requests, solved within 4 working hours, or progress every 4 working hours.