Name: Plusnet
Rating: 1.34

“Switched from post office broadband too plusnet. Thought we would go fibre optic. BIG MISTAKE. HUGE MISTAKE. Signed an 18 month contract and I am really kicking myself for doing that. There "WELL DO YOU PROUD" is so far away from the truth. We have terrible connection problem. Wi-Fi drops out when ever it wants, Plusnet respond that it doesn't and it's your line doing that. Customer service is appauling, wait for 1hour then you speak to a clueless idiot who does want too work there but it's either that or loose his JSA. Flippant attitude all the time. We've complained about our 6mbps download and our 0.6mbps upload and they won't even send an engineer to check out the line, thought the line had to be upgraded when going from broadband to fibre optic. Nothing, nada, niente. If we pay them £69 they will send an engineer out . They take whatever payment they want from your direct debit,provide the worst phone service. Come on Plusnet do the decent thing and cancel the contracts for all the miserable customers who you want too nail into the ground with your ending your contract charges. I had to give 1star to allow me too write my review.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Speed keeps dropping to 300kps. Router keeps disconnecting even though box lights are green. Cant wait to move away. Top it off they take 0.01p direct debit. Avoid Bt "plusnet"”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I feel compelled to write a review regarding PlusNet as I fear for others... without going into massive detail, if you sign up to a service you will be bombarded with literature telling you how happy they are to have you, usually containing the picture of a very smiley man! Unfortunately at every stage of my purchase, they screwed up so I tried to cancel, which I am legally allowed to do and here is where the problems really begin. Plusnet obviously don't want you to cancel in the cooling off period so constantly find hoops for you to jump through - I jumped through them, only to find another and another and another. I am still fighting to get my money back and will be going to Ofcom and the small claims court. I would avoid at all costs unless you have hours and hours and hours to spend battling with them not only to get your purchase correct, then working but also a refund should you decide that life really is too short.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Plusnet was first signed up to in 2009, as they were the only company that was prepared to connect my phone line for free (it was already installed and BT wanted to charge £200). The thankfulness towards them lasted for quite a few years and through several house moves. But ... last year, when arranging for a house move, the telephone operative insisted that a new package had to be negotiated with them, and offered me a much worse deal than my current one. He also insisted that my line rental had to be paid again, even though it had already been paid a year in advance. After that was rectified, Plusnet still refused to offer me terms that were anywhere near as good as my current deal. When it was declined to change from my current deal, they whacked on charges for my house move, which they have never done before. They then left me for 3 months with no service after my move - they are aware of my disability and being mainly housebound and that the landline and broadband are depended on (almost all my shopping is done online, including food and other essentials). When a complaint was made, they didn't seem to care. Their phone lines are never answered before being kept on hold for at least half an hour - every single time. Now it is 1 month before the end of my current deal and they have increased my broadband to the full cost without explanation, even though there is a full month left on my contract. When a complaint was made, they insisted a new deal had to be taken out with them, even though my current contract doesn't expire for another month. In my experience, they behave more like conmen and swindlers than like a decent, lawful company should - they constantly boast about their "award winning customer service", but all that can be said for that is that, in my experience, the award must have been for frustrating customers, delaying service and overcharging on lawfully negotiated contracts, which they then fail to honour. Do not take out service with them. There are better performing companies on the market that charge less (after BT, who is top of the complaints list every year, Plusnet - who are owned by BT - gets the second most complaints from customers in this country). Their tag line is 'We'll do you proud.' They haven't.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Poor service”

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Posted 7 years ago

“just the worst company i have ever had the displeasure of dealing with - cant get through on phonelines and chats always busy never reply to emails but maintain they'll "do you proud" complete joke!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I've had an intermittent and very unreliable internet connection from 2 weeks after connection on 24 July. Customer services are a joke. After waiting 30 - 40 minutes to get through they go through the same unhelpful script. The faults team aren't any use either as they just try to organise an engineers visit, (which could possibly cost £65), Even at that potential charge I've never been able to get an engineer booked. On 2 other occasions customer services transferred me to the faults team and I waited for 10 - 15 minutes before being cut off. The list goes on and on. They don't even answer the online faults forum which they direct you to to answer questions they pose. Although this morning I had a question asking me if I wanted the fault investigated. It is 4 months too late and I'm now going through the process of changing provider, (which might have prompted their response). I'm going back to Sky and although I have been informed I'll have to pay an early cancellation fee. it will be worth it just to get a reliable connection and get rid off the stress caused by Plus Net. If this was a product I bought over the counter it would be returned for a refund as 'not fit for use'.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Terrible customer support and there is always an issue”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I have never experienced such lack of customer service. I had two numbers with them which i cancelled months ago over the phone, where i was told everything was taken care of. (I cancelled as i left the country) 4+ months later i am still receiving emails about DD payments being taken. After emailing them and answering their security questions, i have been ignored for the past month.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“If it all goes smoothly then it's fine. Their rapid growth means a lot of their staff are not capable of dealing with the unusual. This meant it took four weeks and about 20 hours on the phone to get our broadband sorted.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Just moved over from Virgin because plusnet had a slightly better customer feedback and the call centre is in the UK but it is the worse mistake ive ever made. 21 days ive been with them and now 4 days so far without broadband. Plusnet say Openreach but Openreach say Plusnet. Plusnet said Openreach engineer came on friday but when Openreach engineer came on Saturday he has no record of an appt. I cant even leave them for another 17 months. Plusnet is a shamble. Dont use them. AVOID AT ALL COST.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Pity I have to leave any star rating for this company. Got sent a new SIM that 24hrs later is still not connecting and I have no phone service. Customer service couldn't care less. They have 'informed the tech team and it can take up to 5 days for a response. I can't speed up the process'. Mean while their customer has no mobile. Unreal. Was with O2 for years without any issue. Will be going back, if i can manage to get a PAC code of this lot. AVOID!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I've been with this provider for about 8 months now and only use my home Plusnet broadband twice or three times a week as I work away from home.. and I truly regret changing to them! I really should have followed my instincts and checked these reviews beforehand.. even though I am not a heavy user of broadband daily and only use it a few times a week it is so slow and and I am unable to watch a full movie, it takes me at least a half hour longer to watch a movie because of all the stalling and slow speeds.. I've spoke to a few friends with Plusnet and they have said the same thing.. two of them are very lucky.. there contract expires in one and three months respectively.. they are so happy!!! I cannot wait for my contract to expire so I can expel this company from my life!! Imagine the speed I was a daily heavy user of internet? Avoid this company at all cost if you want reliable internet!!!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Internet has not worked properly or phone since fitted. Engineer repeatedly does not turn up wasting my time. Cannot get through to Plusnet without being 40 mins on live chat now or 45 minutes hanging on phone. Disgraceful customer service, terrible company, would not recommend to anyone”

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Posted 7 years ago

“The worst broadband provider I even had! Keep away from this provider and don't believe their slick TV adverts. Their internet connection is dreadful ! There is no connection during the morning and then connection is sporadic. When I complained they blamed my computer ! Also be aware of the fact that it is practically impossible to leave them within the 14 days as you are entitled by law.And here how Plusnet tie you to a contract: They claim that the 14 days period starts from the moment you sign the contract and not from the moment you receive your service. They take over a week to connect you and them when you discover how bad their service is and ask to terminate the service while still within the 14 days period they say that you need to wait for another 10 days until the system is 'stable'. Having waiting for these extra 10 days and the connection is as bad as before and you wish to leave them they say ' sorry but you have missed your 14 days deadline' I would strongly suggest that before you sign with them make sure that you are aware of this trick and better still keep away from this provider .And at one point the broadband completely stopped working and i contacted their so call technical team after one hour wait on the phone they asked me to change the wall socket and said if that does not work you have to change the router i changed everything and the service did not started they then arranged the engineer visit the engineer cam and he said that there is no fault from my side.After a day the service came back with the same old router and the plusnet asked me to pay for engineer visit which i argued that the engineer clearly stated that their is no fault from my side but they insisted that i will have to pay for those unlawful charges.They provide an absolute utter rubbish service so please stare clear .”

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Posted 7 years ago

“The worst broadband provider I even had! Keep away from this provider and don't believe their slick TV adverts. Their internet connection is dreadful ! There is no connection during the morning and then connection is sporadic. When I complained they blamed my computer ! Also be aware of the fact that it is practically impossible to leave them within the 14 days as you are entitled by law.And here how Plusnet tie you to a contract: They claim that the 14 days period starts from the moment you sign the contract and not from the moment you receive your service. They take over a week to connect you and them when you discover how bad their service is and ask to terminate the service while still within the 14 days period they say that you need to wait for another 10 days until the system is 'stable'. Having waiting for these extra 10 days and the connection is as bad as before and you wish to leave them they say ' sorry but you have missed your 14 days deadline' I would strongly suggest that before you sign with them make sure that you are aware of this trick and better still keep away from this provider”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I was with my last mobile phone service provider for 20 years. I thought I would try a change and went to Plusnet. What a diaster...started off okay; up and running in a couple of days but then a week later the service was terminated with no notice. It turned out they didnt like the fact that I had used my company bank account but didnt think to call me and ask for an alternative, just suspended the service. So I contacted them and we resolved that bu tthen the new DD was to late to pay the £10 but they didnt want it now...someone would call me...no call came then I got a suspension of service threat again so I called them (not easy) eventually I paid the £10 by card and explained that perhaps they werent offering the service I require as its all too much hastle so I would like to give 30 days notice to quit. They said that fine but then the following day simply terminated my service with no notice and refused to turn it back on even for the 30 days I had paid for. So no I am stuck with no phone until a new sim is delivered and the PAC code applied.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I would give it negative stars if I could. It has been the worst broadband I have ever experienced. very intermittent dropping signal constantly. Cannot get through on the phone - only after 15-45 minutes waits and then customer service denies any records of things I have said. The bill just kept creeping up and up. Tried to get out of contract a few times, decided to wait until the end of contract and somehow they still manage to say I owe them as I am ending the contract. WORST EVER - do not go with this company”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Extremely bad service from Plusnet mobile, very rude staff, can't sort issues out, no experience, take ages to answer the phone, issue still ousanding, take wrong amount of direct debit, email team as bad no reply, told they will answer when they can I was told!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Never use this company. They are the worst for service, promise broadband speeds that are unattainable promised 32Mbps and achieved 8mbps. Their customer service will keep you on hold for up to an hour, you will be passed form one department to another and often the wrong department so be transferred again which means another long hold. They make it so difficult to get answers or deal with complaints that they hope you will lose the will to continue to chase for a resolution. I cancelled last night and despite being told months earlier that there was no cancellation charge ( as we were out of contract ) they finally come up with a £30 charge because I was not keeping the service with a BT line. ( they are owned by BT) so they charge you for leaving when they provide an unacceptable level of service, The final straw was them then cancelling the service immediately despite an agreement that it would remain until the 14 day cancellation period had expired which meant we were left without any phone or broadband at 8pm last night. They are without doubt the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to enter into a contract with. DO NOT USE PLUSNET”

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Posted 7 years ago

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service, Courier
On-time Delivery	Greater than 15%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Live Chat, Email
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.2 out of 5
Avg Email Response Time	-1 hours
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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