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Openreach Reviews

1.7 Rating 213 Reviews
17 %
of reviewers recommend Openreach
1.7
Based on 213 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Postal Service
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Live Chat, Email
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
2 out of 5
Avg Email Response Time
22.75 minutes

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Openreach 1 star review on 8th August 2024
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Openreach 2 star review on 8th August 2024
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Openreach 1 star review on 2nd May 2024
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Openreach 1 star review on 22nd November 2023
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
upgraded my broadband to fibre last October 23, this was due to poor quality old cable and intermittent service and also reduce costs. This was meant to be completed by Jan 24. I am still waiting and Openreach keep changing the date and pushing back. I live with 15m of an exchange and they are able to run a duct across the drive to our house. I have complaints open with BT and every time i phone them i get same response that they are waiting on openreach. My bills have gone up since and the service is rubbish and not constant, so paying £90 per month for something that doesnt work. My complaint has escalated a far as possible but still nothing has happened and its left to me to chase for answers !!
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Posted 5 months ago
We tried to sign up to full fibre which is available to every house in our road except us according to the Open Reach website. We share a pole with one house next door and full fibre is available to them but not to us. I have complained about this and the person I spoke to had the gall to ask whether we live in a house of multiple occupancy. She showed me a map indicating that there are about 8 houses on our property. Even an ordinance survey map would have shown this is nonsense. We live in a rural area in a detached house that is about 150 years old. Some of the addresses that Open Reach think are on our property are 300 yards away along the road and with available full fibre. Where do Open Reach get their information from? Their records are absolute rubbish and under the GDPR regulations I have demanded to see what data they are holding about our address. There is clearly something very wrong going on and I am trying to get to the bottom of it and not be fobbed off with phrases like ‘This must be frustrating for you’ One would expect a telecommunications company to have better communication skills than this or is it all computer generated?
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Posted 5 months ago
F5antastic service efficient polite phoned ahead because they had to attach the fibre optic on a large pole we have engineers then a 3rd arrived to make sure everything was OK well done openreach!
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Posted 5 months ago
Absolutely pathetic service. Cancelled appointments no notification. Treat people like dirt.
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Posted 6 months ago
I have given a date 3 weeks in advance for broadband installation. The engineer didn’t turn up, when I called my provider they have told me that the engineer has arrived and requires rescheduling. Completely lie.
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Posted 6 months ago
VAN KWOFIE best engineer at open reach fixed problem many before could not Thankyou
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Posted 6 months ago
Danger in our driveway we are disabled and bt terminated oiur contract to cover up lies between open reach and bt the customer is the toy to cover up this mater we are in pure hell can’t sleep worried about my husband job we wonder if the ceo bt Allson Kirby Clive selby knows what is realy going on in her and his company we are being charged £545 told we have to leave to cover up leave us in danger we are being made out we stppped the work we did not The engineer each one says the work is dangerously carried out we emailed Tracey Reid as she refused to talk to us in bt resolutions she lied she sent letter saying customer stoped work we did not the engineer have allowed us to record the conversation s as proof so bt resolution spoken to last engineer and he told them this appauling to leave vulnerable customers like this and needed to rectify the work this was Kelly communication s sub so contractor he was lovely then Andrew from twitter sent two patch engineer s I was realy uoet and crying through stress been going on siince jan this was work aug 22 were Phil Hanson instructed Sean Robert’s to ensure this was carried out correct he didn’t he went away we were left all the box’s left on table too we had to fit them our self’s not open reach job it was bt This job now turned out it wasn’t done correct as when they came to fit full fibre it hadn’t had the correct duct installed and buried so the whole block paving had come up Noe this has been left bt Tracey Reid has lied and said it the customer it’s not She has told us we are aggressive we have dome os said anything this deformation and lies they refused us to claim for all oir sunken drive We were sold full fibre we have never been given full fibre Deadlocked us ombudsman stated not her job Mel is our case handler but will not speak to us Something is very corupt going on bt Open reach engineers are far from impressed the way we have been treated legally going to have book slung at them as we have so reports and recordings Please can one one see past this corupt going’s on Andrew from twitter was pretty discusted abd aas the two patch engineer who sprayed where the work should be we have signed to leave but don’t want too we never had or Called you oit once’s we are good customers we do not understand why we are being targeted like this We have recordings of evidence and lies don’t add up they are saying the work is dangerous the drive has sunk you reject the claims send patch engineer urgent Frim twitter deem work dangerous and then stop terminate our contact bizarre Think we need to contact the press This started in July 22 when your sub contractor was taking a poo yes poo at the side of our home in the bush and smoking whilst digging in diggers we had no notice and turned up blocked us all out of homes I have the upheld complaint from open reach bt will not acknowledge it May be the pictures would be good to start showing how bt treat customers and cover up I was charged £ 92 for a copy of my bills 150 will not talk open reach will not talk to us please will some one call us we don’t want legal action Thankyou
Openreach 1 star review on 2nd May 2024
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Posted 6 months ago
Cable manhole lower stone street has become loose and makes a lot of noise when vehicles drive over it. Reported 2 April and the engineer passed on to the relevant department and its yet to be fixed. It's now April 28th 2024. Really bad 👎
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Posted 6 months ago
Waited in all day for engineer and they didn't turn up. Rang the company only to find engineer had come at 4, while I was home, took a photo of my door and not bothered to ring the bell. I know the bell works because I checked it while on the phone to the company. Not only did they not ring my bell nobody rang me despite me giving them my contact number. I rescheduled the appointment and this time they turned up while I was out although I had said on the phone while rescheduling that I'd be out before 3 and they said that was ok and they will request the engineer come after 3. They came at one. They give you a time slot of 1-6, I don't think 3-6 is a ridiculous limitation especially since the first time they didn't even bother to use the bell! If I had been told over the phone it was not possible to amend the time slot I would have made sure someone was in. I need the Internet for my work and this has really inconvenienced me.
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Posted 6 months ago
Enginee visits cancelled without notification. Broadband been offline for over two weeks now and nobody seems to care
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Posted 6 months ago
An open reach van was parked outside my house this morning - ws9. Before leaving he threw all his rubbish out of the van window and left a large oil leak before driving off. Thanks for that. I think I'll give the service a miss
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Posted 6 months ago
They gave me a time slot of 8am-1pm to activate my broadband. Then didn't show up. No phone call, no nothing. They are a DISGRACE!
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Posted 7 months ago
If I could give zero stars I would give it. Over 3 months without internet. Constantly sending wrong people that refuse to do the work. Utterly awful company. Stay clear.
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Posted 7 months ago
Been waiting for the final connection for fibre to be installed, the guy came around when the appointment was and installed the box inside and outside but they had to connect it to the network about twelve feet away, every time they were supposed to come, no one turned up, no messages saying that they weren’t coming or a reason. Contacted the supplier time after time and guess what, still no broadband, absolutely useless.
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Posted 7 months ago
Absolute useless. Been waiting three weeks for a engineer to come out and fix my broadband . They build whole hospitals in china in three days. Openreach cant fix a wire fault in 3 weeks. Try contacting them with one option available with everyone being foreign you cant even understand what they say. Dreadful useless service.
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Posted 7 months ago
Promised a new Wi-Fi box by BT to replace the old one which BT don’t use anymore; Open Reach engineer came fiddled with a wire or two and left. Very much a patch up service, in my opinion!
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Posted 7 months ago
Two appointments via Vodafone for an engineer to visit and activate our broadband messed up by this useless company. And the third one is scheduled for next week without them being bothered to send any confirmation, which means I can not have any positive hope from this one either. Pathetic service..
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Posted 7 months ago
Engineer turned up and despite being asked to drill through outside of the wall in the area the box would be installed behind the tv and out of sight where our original sky box is came up with couldn't drill there and chose they're own place saying it's only a small indiscreet bo and while I was in the other room looking after grandson . Went in to find they had mounted the box that's not discreet, it's a fair size with green lights, on a wall on my living room with cable s hanging down along Side this was the hub box plonked on my console table had used the sockets my lamp and door bell had bern plugged into and just dumped those with no where to plug in unless I then get an more unsightly double adapter stuck on the wall. Rude women engineer Who was, rushing and when I questioned her on what she had done and the mess it was, said get your husband to but a longer eternet cable and drill another hole where we wanted it in the first place. Extremely unprofessional company and staff
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Posted 7 months ago
We have a self sufficient (not reliant on broadband or telephone lines) Careline provision which works using a SIM Card and has a battery backup just like a mobile phone!! Openreach are refusing to install the new fibre 300 broadband order I placed with BT/EE because they won't accept installations which rely on the broadband/telephone which they THINK WE HAVE!!!
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Posted 7 months ago
Your Engineers are complete LIARS! My provider is BT. Your engineer did a partial job citing that the external wiring could not be completed due to a blocked tube. He advised someone would come and complete it. He lied. I am now going into my second week with no internet, I work from home. BT somehow can’t get hold of you to book an appointment as you’re lying engineer completed the job. Absolutely disgusting 🤮 service.
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Posted 7 months ago
Openreach is rated 1.7 based on 213 reviews