806 Customer Reviews over 81 pages
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- Location
- Midlands
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-10-06
- Comments
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Poor set up, poor customer service (initial set up, revised set up, billing) although technical support good. Would not recommend.
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- Location
- Todmorden, West Yorkshire
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-09-19
- Comments
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Moved to JLB after a price comparison website said they were the cheapest. After less than 1 month JLB increased the monthly cost. I was angry that JLB offered a fixed price contract for 18 months on price comparison then changed it after 1 month. Called JLB. My first introduction to their 'Customer Service' was being asked 'What do you want me to do about it?' and immediately being told there was nothing that could be done. After 2 months of disputes regarding intermittent service, slow speeds, long call waits and multiple spam or 'Stock' emails as JLB like to call them, I finally got through to a call handler. During each call I had said I wanted to log a complaint but nothing was done. JLB don't answer emails, they have a portal you have to log into in order to email them. At one stage JLB completely deleted my account, erasing records of my complaints and preventing me working from home. I would regularly call, complain and give my availability for callbacks, yet I would either get no call back or would be called back when I had already stated I would not be available. Most of the middle managers/Complaint Handlers I spoke to were unsympathetic, unpleasant and one inparticular seemed to do nothing other than aggressively shout me down. Even now after going to CISAS (The ombudsman) and being offered a settlement payment, JLB are still sending me stock emails, dodgy invoices and generally SPAMMING me. JLB is the archetypal cut corners approach to customer service, delegating the onus onto the customer to constantly chase them at the customers time and expense. Ask yourself "Is saving £2 per month or so on my broadband really worth slow speeds, a service that constantly disconnects, an email account jam packed with SPAM, aggressive unpleasant and unhelpful staff and a lot of wasted time?"....If the answer is "Yes" look no further. I'd like to say that JLB had at least one positive; unfortunately even the Wireless router looks naff and the hold music (which you'll be getting very used to) will drive you towards insanity and/or violent criminality
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- Location
- Dingwall
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-09-15
- Comments
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We moved from BT to JL because BT was so slow and expensive (our contract having expired) and we didn't think things could get any worse. How wrong we were! We can barely browse the web now whereas the problem with BT was the odd stutter when streaming. Whether it is the cheap looking router or throttling of the network is unclear. Their customer support is awful - phoned Technical Support a few days ago who said it would get better. It didn't. Phoned them again today waited for half an hour and then gave up. Then called Customer Services who said they'd jump me up and the queue and guess what was put on hold until I had to hang up. Before he transferred me he told my that my 14 day cooling off period actually expired before my service even started! What an utter farce and rip off. Completely despicable it makes me sick. AVOID AVOID AVOID
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-09-04
- Comments
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My broadband has always been slow (0.8Mb instead of the promised 38) but I am stuck in a contract and don't have the energy to deal with the polite but ultimately unhelpful staff for hours on end so I was waiting patiently to get out of the contract. Now, there is no service for 5 days and unless I buy a laptop that can help them diagnose a router issue, they will not help me fix it. They are beneath contempt.
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- Location
- Hampshire
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-09-03
- Comments
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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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- Location
- Nottinghamshire
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-09-01
- Comments
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Broadband speed is ok and generally it's reliable. Real issue is the email service. It's hit and miss as to whether it connects at all remotely - quite often times out (as it has just now). If you get in, it crashes time and again, so sending emails remotely means typing them in Word and copying and pasting, often repeatedly. Most recently, we weren't able to log in at all. Customer service couldn't tell us what was wrong as it was working at their end. Said would get back within 48 hours (!). Didn't. On chasing, my husband spoke with a very arrogant guy who came up with an unconvincing reason as to why it had happened but fixed the problem remotely - but not on the home pc! He claimed it was a Microsoft problem and "Waitrose" couldn't help. My husband (who knows little about IT) made a suggestion about adjusting the Waitrose setting. The guy dismissed it out of hand. End of call. My husband did what he'd suggested and it worked. Totally unacceptable to be without core email for two days and then not have a competent IT support service.
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- Location
- Norfolk
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-08-30
- Comments
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Just came from over priced BT, i have more than halved my monthly costs, but it shows why, BB speeds are dreadful, even though they say the line is fine, i was getting with BT from a ADSL line a good 7 mb DL speed and a ping of constant 29/30
Now with LJ, i have had 0.33 DL and a ping of 1403, it is up and down and isn't stable, JL is Plusnet, i tried to leave but im too late as ive just gone over my 14 days, stuck with them for a year of headaches, maybe a better router will help, as they did say theirs is crap!! avoid.
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- Location
- Rugby
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-08-30
- Comments
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Absolute rubbish - avoid. Signed up as John Lewis is a brand with a good reputation. Their broadband is useless and just keeps hanging, response times 20 seconds or more. Tech support and customer service poor too.
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- Location
- Herne Bay
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-08-29
- Comments
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Awful! Polite staff who don't know what they are doing. They assured me I would keep my own phone number, then when the change over happened advised me of my NEW number!!! They don't seem able to get my number back, different advice from three staff I have spoken to about it. One said he is on holiday soon but will see if he can get someone else to chase it!! My new router didn't work, after three phone calls I got nowhere and then fixed it myself by experimenting with the settings. The username and password were missing! Each time you phone technical help you are on hold for 45 mins each time being forced to listen to insanely bad music, although sales answer straight away!! PLEASE GO ANYWHERE ELSE BUT NOT JOHN LEWIS!!
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- Location
- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- John Lewis Broadband
- Date
- 2016-08-19
- Comments
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Not as bad as Talk Talk, but only just.
I got given three different dates for connection after I signed up to a contract, eventually it took 5 weeks to get the service up and running.
They put my address down wrong on the bills and say that it cannot be corrected. I need various utility bills to confirm my identity, address etc. their ones are useless.
Every time the phone rings the broadband connection cuts out for a few minutes. Customer service have given me three different explanations for this, all of them my fault and none of them correct.
As has been said before the staff are mostly polite, but useless and unable to actually address any problems you pose them. I know good manners can get you a long way but this is taking the mick.
Stupidly I did actually believe that John Lewis would care enough about their reputation to ensure that any service carrying their name would be among the best out there. How wrong I was. I never have shopped at John Lewis, I can't afford to, but even if I could I wouldn't, not now.
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