John Lewis Broadband Reviews
Sometimes the best way to get a feel for a broadband provider is to read what those who are already customers think of the service they're receiving. Below are all the reviews we've received for John Lewis Broadband.
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Based on 485 customer ratings since 2018-04-20 (Show all time ratings)
Ratings are left by users of our speed test as well as by reviewers. Recent star ratings summarise the last 12 months of ratings or the last 100 ratings placed, whichever is largest.
541 Customer Reviews for John Lewis Broadband
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Terrible connection (often nothing). Ridiculously poor customer service and serious lack of care and THEIR legal responsibility to resolve things yet they still think you should keep paying them! Stay clear everyone is my earnest advice!! |
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| A | Devon | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-29 | |
Awful. It took 6 weeks and many phone calls to get it set up. They said the phone line needed to be reconnected, but this turned out to be true. It didn't seem to work all that well, but at the end of September it started cutting out and off. We wrote to them several times and have also phoned. Their latest reply is to say there is nothing they can do. So we are sending it back pdq. |
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| A K Volkmann | Lanark | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-10-23 | |
Horrific. I was taken in by the John Lewis brand reputation. Stupid of me. Incredibly slow. No help. A daily phone call about speeds. Just awful. |
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| A. Singh | Manchester | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-04-22 | |
Admittedly fibre optic broadband has only just been installed and I was warned speeds my go up and down initially, but since I've had it I've had to phone John Lewis 4 times; each time I've waited in a queue for around 45 minutes; my broadband connection keeps cutting out; and the last few days my speed has fluctuated between 0.56mbps and 2.84mbps instead of the 34-40mbps advertised!! Not at all what I'd anticipated based on reviews read etc. Sorely disappointed. |
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| A* | Devon | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-11-14 | |
Changed from Talktalk hoping for better service, its worse! On changeover they killed my phone line. Speeds are slower. Router frequently crashes. When I changed my direct debit they failed to process it and cut me off. Avoid at all costs. |
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| AB | Surrey | John Lewis Broadband | 2016-12-15 | |
Wow, how did not come across all these reviews earlier. Similar nightmare here.. |
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| AJ | london | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-08-14 | |
Right, as promised. Further to my review from the 14th August 2018.....I have now had another few disconnections... my thoughts- |
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| AJ | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-08-19 | |
Don't touch them with a bargepole. The most unreasonable and unhelpful company I've had the displeasure to deal with. I ended up pulling out just before the cooling off period finished and even then they made things difficult and wouldn't acknowledge my request and tried to direct debit money from my account. |
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| AL | Warwick | John Lewis Broadband | 2014-12-31 | |
Customer Service? |
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| Alan | Buckinghamshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-25 | |
Scrape away the thin veneer of John Lewis and you have BT (which owns PlusNet, which runs JLBB). Awful speed, awful service when I moved. Awful service when I first signed up over a year ago. OK, they are nice on the phone but that does little to hide their incompetence. |
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| Alan | Laughton | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-10-26 | |
Never knowingly undersold? Well, they have now. Since price increase and unlimited broadband use the service has rapidly become slower. long wait to call centre. I believe Plusnet's servers are overloaded. Broadband is acceptable but web-mail is absolutely hopeless. For five tears or so it was always ok. |
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| alan bailey | CHESSINGTON | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-03-25 | |
Excellent - no problems. |
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| Alan Winstone | Nailsworth | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-05-13 | |
Absolutely terrible customer service. I applied for a broadband/phone deal and, 3 days after applying, was informed that my application had been rejected. I immediately cancelled the application and was told that my £25 delivery fee would be refunded. 18 days later I have been contacted to say that a cheque has been processed, but this could take up to a further 2 weeks to arrive. Their responses to my numerous emails on their on-line "Query' system reads like a comedy. Anyone considering a John Lewis/Plusnet broadband package has to be insane. I certainly won't consider them for anything in the future |
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| Alastair Prydderch | Wrexham | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-05 | |
I have decided to complete this review as all the others were bad about this service; probably because of with a service like this why do a review if its good. |
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| Albert | Yorkshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-04-27 | |
john lewis have cheaped out with the lowest quality router on the market.. i can only get wifi in the room im in,, to add to that i cant use the router to connect to another access point because jown lewis have locked down the router hobbling its features, avoid john lewis and plusnet |
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| alex | scotland | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-05-27 | |
I went for John Lewis because of their reputed customer service. Unfortunately, a lot of them have very strong accents which I can't understand. Although it is relatively easy to get through to them (MILES better than BT or TalkTalk), the broadband speed is really poor. I cannot stream films on wi-fi so the TV has to be wired up to the router. Quite often, the speed is so slow that even that doesn't work, even though I'm in a city, not deep in the countryside. On their advice, I've changed channels but nothing really helps. Not impressed but now tied into the contract for a year, unfortunately. |
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| Alex | Kent | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-07-15 | |
In short, don't use them. |
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| Alex Robinson | Ashford Hill | John Lewis Broadband | 2019-03-20 | |
Very disappointed with John lewis Broadband and customer support. Cant wait till my contract ends and I can switch. I would absolutely not recommend them. |
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| Alexander | Aberdeenshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-05-22 | |
AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS |
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| Ali | UKAli98 | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-12-06 | |
12 months into my contract and my broadband has been down more than it has been up. Two routers have broken, support from John Lewis (i.e. Plusnet) is non-existent with queries not responded to....really I have never experienced such poor service in my life. Avoid like the plague. My advice to John Lewis...Plusnet is ruining your reputation - find a new supplier urgently. |
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| Alison | Warwickshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-07-08 | |
awful just awful |
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| ally warbs | cheshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-08-18 | |
Moved from Bristol on November 1 and signed up for John Lewis Fibre and 'phone service from 5 November. Got an email saying my sevice has been connected and advising me of 'phone number. The 'phone had a dialling tone but could not make calls. When i dialled the number the phone rang but not in my house. The next day a lady ( turned out to be a neighbour)called asking why I kept calling her, she was calling from my ( supposed ) number. When my ' phone was finally connected hers was cut off. Fibre broadband ( promised speed of 34 Mbps) turns out to be broken string with speed between 0.2 and 10. After a week got a letter from plusnet telling me that someone was moving into my house and that they were taking my number. The letter, from the head of customer services, stated if there were issue to 'phone them. I dialled the number on the letter which was no longer in service. Got through on the website number told them I had only just moved in and was not moving and wished to keep the number. Two days later I was cut off. I then got a call asking if I would mind giving my router to my next door neighbour as she now had a phone and broad band service again. Made several calls and was told I would be reconnected in about 10 days time but on a different number. Chased this up and was told the order had been cancelled also that their system had suffered a fault and that the only way to speed up the process was to rejoin, at a cost of circa £87 which would be immediately refunded. 'Phone was finally reconnected but on yet another number. The fibre broadband has yet to be resolved. I have been promised the refund of the £87 but some three weeks later am still waiting. I have spent around 15 hours on the 'phone to them, about the only person in plusnet I haven't yet spoken to is Peter Kay. I joined John Lewis broadband based on customer service I have received from John Lewis over 40 plus years and having endured talk talk cutomer service for about 7 years. I was wrong in thinking talktalk was as bad as it gets. |
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| Alofbristol | Kilcreggan | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-12-12 | |
After an initial hiccup seems due to a high demand was passed through a number of different departments having to give security details each time, hence the 3 stars. However when I was through to the correct department the operator at the other end stayed with me until everything was up and running. Brilliant service really impressed. |
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| AlvantaUK | Braintree Essex | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-12 | |
I have been a John Lewis broadband customer for 3 months now and have already started thinking to quit. Problem started since the the order of the service where it took 14 days to activate the service. Since then there is no ending of the problems with the internet speed. I have 17Mbps plan and have been living with the speed from 0Mbps to 5 Mbps with continuously erratic speed of internet. Raised complaint and called customer care multiple times but the issue remains same. Reaching out the customer care service is a pain. There are different teams/departments within John Lewis who seems to be totally disconnected. One agent does not have any idea what has been done by other. When called the customer service and discussed the speed issue, first of all the agent was not at all agreed that there is a problem with the internet speed. After a while, after talking over the phone and troubleshooting, finally they agreed that there is a fault from there side. Since, then the speed seems to be erratic and inconsistent. I am loosing the hope now and thinking to come out of the contract based on the pathetic product and customer service i have received so far. A huge disappointment on the product provided by the brand name like John Lewis. |
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| Amit | Slough | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-05-13 | |
Stay away from JLB. I have been struggling with their service since i joined in March 2018. Inconsistent speed issue has been there since then and no one bother to resolve the issue. I raised so many queries but no concrete results. |
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| Amit | Slough | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-09-24 | |
I made the switch a couple of weeks ago as BT so expensive now. Seamless transition despite a problem with BT having my postcode wrong which delayed JL picking up my account. Phoned the JL hotline about 4 times to check that BT was sorting things out and every time the call was answered promptly and by knowledgeable staff. After trying to do a deal with BT to improve their pricing they finally matched the JL deal a couple of days before my transfer, but I’m glad I told them to get lost as I’ve doubled my download and upload speed and the new router does not need rebooting every few days, which the BT one did. Very Happy. New Router worked as soon as JL sent email to say it was ready. |
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| Andrew | Liss | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-02-11 | |
Ordered Superfast Fibre Broadband from John Lewis Broadband .I never received the router etc checked with them to ensure they were still able to provide the Service,they assured me they could and were waiting confirmation from their suppliers (Openreach Arghhhh!).I assumed they had extended the swap over date but no 1st June no phone or Broadband.My previous supplier stated they had failed to comply with the process .They failed to apply for a new phone line or arrange for the Fibre Broadband.I now have no phone line or internet access .John Lewis need to distance themselves from Plusnet who run this for them as it will damage the brand.Awful service does not describe them. |
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| Andrew | Swansea | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-06-08 | |
I wish that I'd read this site before signing up to JL Broadband....like others I followed the "Which?" guide about JL...not reliable advice at all, very unusually for "Which"? From wrongly quoted packages/ speeds/ failure to provide the agreed email address/ broken promises/ long waits for customer service/ to my password not working (twice) I'd give John Lewis Broadband "no stars" for satisfaction if I could. Hugely disappointing; I was quite wrong to assume that the excellent reputation of JL would apply to their broadband service...to be avoided unless you enjoy being continually disappointed. |
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| Andrew | Southampton | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-11-11 | |
Shocking service both technical and customer help |
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| Andrew | Dorset | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-11-19 | |
This is the worst internet provider I have ever been with constant dropping very slow poor broadband I never signed up to this discussting service |
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| Andrew Burnett | Cardiff | John Lewis Broadband | 2019-02-26 | |
I have just moved to a new supplier after a one year contract with John Lewis was over. I couldn't wait to leave. |
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| Andrew Clark | Doncaster | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-02-02 | |
Customer service is what lets them down. It's quite different from what you expect at John Lewis- I suppose thats because it is actually being provided by Plusnet, who are part of BT, The worst problem I have is that they have double billed me for the first month's service, and seem incapable of sorting it out. Now I am being chased and threatened with service reduction (!) for an amount I already paid when I placed the original order. As noted by others, you spend ages listening to music on hold, but if you contact them on their messaging service nothing much happens. |
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| andy | Hampshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2016-09-03 | |
Absolute disaster thought I was going with a John Lewis product but turns out that John Lewis Broadband is a seperate company and what's worse JL don't care if they give poor service and turn a blind eye. It is impossible to escalate a complaint. So far we have been cut off, missed appointments, super slow fibre and a faulty phone line which I feel will never be resolved. The icing on the cake is that one of the engineers broke my front door. John Lewis and JLB say it's nothing to do with them so we have now got to deal with BT who frankly could care less. I feel that the hole thing is a breach of trade descriptions by John Lewis. |
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| Andy | Leicester | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-10-28 | |
Nothing wrong with the Broadband supplied ! Its pretty good. But they encourage you to contact them by online Query form , that says they will reply in 24 hours , But they don't , 5 days and counting ! |
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| Andy | Faversham | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-02-19 | |
John Lewis Customer Service????? Clearly this doesn't apply to their Broadband. I had a problem with my Broadband Service continually dropping the connection (this is after being with JL for 3 Months). I informed technical help that it was a Router Issue. I was told I needed to agree to an Engineers Visit at £65.00, this I reluctantly did. Engineer arrived checked line etc and told me it was a Router problem. A new Router was sent to me. I have now been presented with a bill for the Engineer's visit despite being continually reassured that this would not happen. I rang today to be told you have to pay for the visit and we will credit the charge back to your account. #2monthsbeforeican leavethesecowboys |
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| Andy Graham | Stamdfor Lincolnshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-04-27 | |
I wish I had checked the reviews before signing up, I foolishly went on the name. the service is appalling I finally got my broadband after 6 days of phoning and being on hold, two open reach visits which never happened and they have offered to refund the weeks broadband I didnt have as a gesture of goodwill, beyond amusing AVOID AT ALL COSTS. |
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| angela | suffolk | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-08-13 | |
We thought we might be taking a chance having read all the reviews on here about John Lewis Broadband. |
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| Angela | Droitwich | John Lewis Broadband | 2015-04-30 | |
Terrible customer service ordered fibre no engineer turned up wasted a whole day of work no one informed me then changed to adsl with them and my adsl router has not arrived although promised for today. False promises and hopes from the beginning would not recommend at all and now just waiting for my contract to finish john lewis broadand gives the company a bad name. Their staff are rude also!! They have not resolved my issue or even compensated me although i made my complaint over a month ago not worthy of your money at all. |
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| Angie | John Lewis Broadband | 2013-12-09 | ||
We have had no phone or broadband for over three weeks and just been told not likely to get it back before next week.. I tried to report it on March 6th by phone, but was advised of 45 minute wait, so did it online. No response, so managed to get through on phone on March 8th. No one had looked at my message. Openreach came and said it was an underground job. 3 days later underground engineer came and said digging was needed.On March 17th JL phoned and said it would not be repaired until April 11th, because of 'complex issues'. Since then I have been trying to get JL to do something, but all I get is complacency, excuses and platitudes. Yesterday the digging was finally done, but still no service, and the next review date is April 3rd, a whole month since I first reported the issue. |
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| Ann | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2017-03-29 | |
Absolutely awful. Since November I've had to call them a couple of times a month, now evey week almost. The internet goes down daily. We've had a router change and two engineer visits, no communication on the problem other than 'It's fixed'when it clearly isn't. The worst service and product. Highly frustrating especially when I work from home once a week. The tech centre know as much about it as I do (very little). Wer3 changing providers asap |
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| Ann j | Macclesfield | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-05-19 | |
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