Origin 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 Origin.
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Based on 214 customer ratings since 2019-06-09 (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.
760 Customer Reviews for Origin
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Awful company steeling a living by providing poor product. Shouldnt be allowed to keep trading. |
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| Dan F | Doncaster | Origin | 2020-06-04 | |
Check on your contact before you use the landline, I did not have landline in my contract, and I had to console my friend who's mother died, I had to pay an extra £149.55. |
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| Keith pearson | Huddersfield | Origin | 2020-06-03 | |
This is the 4th review I wrote due to origin not liking what I'm saying about their company because the truth hurts . Avoid at all cost . No Internet for over 46 days no help or compensation..... that had the cheek to say if I wanted to cancel to go elsewhere they was demanding over £300 . In the end spent a total of 9 days ringing them 16emails and over 30 hour on live chat for them not to fix the issue and still on going . Now seeking legal advice. Avoid at all cost or just throw your money down the drain now |
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| Dale | Leicestershire | Origin | 2020-06-03 | |
Just horrible please don't do it. I say origin broadband and I vomit.i pay and never got the internet.dont even let me cancel the internet |
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| Alex | Warrington | Origin | 2020-05-30 | |
Absolutely fuming i was in and out of hospital so genuinely forgot about this bill they robbed my dads account of his weekly pension and i haven't been able to earn because of covid left us hungry for 10days would not recommend to anyone about as useful as a steak at a veggie bbq |
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| Jamie cutts | TROWBRIDGE | Origin | 2020-05-29 | |
Been wiv these for about a year and d been really good tbh. Got my friend to go wiv them as well and got money off so we'll happy about that and not ha problems wiv WiFi as well so can't moan |
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| Peter gaz | Manchester | Origin | 2020-05-27 | |
We unfortunately signed up for internet with this company. WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE. We have never had a single day of consistent internet access. We have contacted them on so many occasions it is unreal. We get excuses and lies, conflicting information from whoever we speak to. Nobody will take ownership of our problems. |
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| Richard | Southport | Origin | 2020-05-21 | |
Do not even consider going with this crowd of cowboys. I got signed up over the phone and was promised the earth. It was going to be the fastest and best signal that was possible to get or so I was told. What rubbish. I cannot talk to anybody online and the internet and the signal just cuts off quite frequently.To make matters worse I discovered last week they have changed my phone number, which I have had for over 30 years and never even told me. My number is very important to me as people like doctors, hospital,banks, accountants, etc all call on my number. When I phoned to demand my original number be reinstated the customer service woman did not even ask for my details.Origin is the worst company I have ever had any dealings with and how they are allowed by the government to carry on trading I don't know They are pure and absolute garbage |
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| Andy Thomson | Orkney Islands | Origin | 2020-05-03 | |
Since I have had broadband with origin my signal has been in and out of signal. ie my service has been appalling am never able to talk to anyone as online chat they never seem that interested advise to anyone stay away from origin worse broadband I have ever had. soon as my contract is up I will back to sky. |
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| Mark janes | Ramsgate kent | Origin | 2020-05-01 | |
Don't touch Origin Broadband with a barge pole. The service is totally unreliable, resetting passwords a nightmare and customer service pathetic. My Asus router needs resetting every day and the speed is slower than i have ever had!!! |
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| Robin Hicks | Kirkbymoorside | Origin | 2020-04-30 | |
please stay away they take your money and do not give a damm about you |
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| MARTIN | TEAR | Origin | 2020-04-14 | |
Absolute disgrace please do not go with these,Broadband is not stable at all.I took out ultra fast 80mbs.I dont get 1.5mbps.When you call they fob you off .Totally useless. AVOID. |
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| Andrew gregg | Chesterfield | Origin | 2020-04-13 | |
I strongly advise you not to use this service.I used comparison sites to find this provider, with it being the cheapest I foolishly got into contract with them. After stating the current situation of the house I was assured the Wifi would be good enough to use the computer to play games and watch movies which the wifi really struggled to keep up with. Being told it was fibre and the fastest package available I was told the Wifi would be sufficient, this however was not the case. After the engineer had poorly installed the router, we all experienced problems with slow internet and regular disconnection. I complained and the blamed it on our usage saying that there wasn't much we could do, unless we bought extenders. This didn't solve the majority of the problem after buying fairly expensive wifi boosters. Since then I have wanted to cancel which they have said I cant do unless I pay the hefty cancellation fee which is the same as the contract so is pointless. I would strongly advise everyone to NOT PURCHASE this broadband given the quality of service and WIFI, even though it may appear cheap. The staff are incredibly rude which is totally out of order considering the current situation we all find ourselves in. Don't make the mistake I did and DO NOT use Origin unless you want to be spoken badly to or have WIFI that you would be unhappy if you had it in 2005. Stay Safe everyone x |
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| Joshua | bHorfield Bristol | Origin | 2020-04-10 | |
My review is based upon the ongoing attempt to get any service from them. I swapped from very reliable but v expensive BT on March 4. It’s now April 9 and despite many attempts, it’s always 2 to 4 days away. They blame Openreach but have failed to investigate anything that might be their fault. I feel sorry for the front line staff who do their best. I fear that this will soon be another TOTO energy. Here today, gone tomorrow. Avoid!: |
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| Peter Sanger | Somerset | Origin | 2020-04-09 | |
what a load of crap they taken first payement the thing doesnt work rang the 5 times on the friday to be put on hold for 20 mins each time and then cut of rang monday to be told i would get call tuesday as they can see its not working notthing not a call rang back today to be put on hold for yet another 25 mins then cut of i have spoken to them and told them dont want it now to be told ok i have to paye them 197 pound to end the contrack thats never worked for day 1 i dont think so do u rang bank and they said if the try to take any money the will contrack the fraud dept there not getting a penny from me please dont use the crap company there really r **** thks for reading |
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| tina | pleshey | Origin | 2020-04-08 | |
I have never Ben so frustrated and disappointed with a company in my life. |
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| Richard mcclelland | POOLE dorset | Origin | 2020-04-04 | |
Extremely extremely extremely unsatisfied. I moved to London a month ago, got the service a week ago and since then it has been disconnecting and I spend half a day with no internet connection at all. I am extremely sorry that I took this provider. And now I can't break the contract with no fee. SO 12 more months of this torture. |
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| Roberta | London | Origin | 2020-04-02 | |
Well... First of all please don’t trust all them happy reviews... they are obviously paid for. |
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| Max | Pontefract | Origin | 2020-03-30 | |
Agreed to switch to them and keep the same number, now into two weeks since I changed and they still haven’t transferred the number. Tried email/telephone/live chat, none of which has evoked a response. Have spent literally hours and hours trying to communicate with them without success. |
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| David | East Horsley | Origin | 2020-03-23 | |
Bloody disgraceful. Have deducted £75.80 from my account, although I cancelled last November having paid up-to-date. I even called the bank and cancelled the direct debit to be sure. The bank told me theyve been trying to take payments since 5th March and was only authorised today (pay day). Called origin to be told that they took payment from the card saved on their system and theres no notes saying I called and cancelled LAST YEAR. How rude!! now got to wait 5-7 days before the bank can raise a dispute, how do I explain this to a two year old who now has to go without?! |
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| sophie | newport | Origin | 2020-03-17 | |
Such a scammers. Never use them. They didn't provide any service. They don't pick up the phone and after I cancelled my direct debit they using my card details to make payments. I have makd a record with fraud crime police and my bank I advice everyone to do the same. |
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| Viktoria | London | Origin | 2020-03-17 | |
Broadband doesn,t work.The worst company ever.Not happy with the service.Its my biggest regret. Really disappointed.Never again!it is really slow and bad internet. |
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| Yasmin Chaudhry | Edmonton | Origin | 2020-03-13 | |
Literlly the worst company! 3 times they took money out my bank for other people's Bill's. Leaving me short this last time I found out I've iver paid them by more than 200! The broadband is **** aswell! Left me with no money to pay rent or for my kids birthday! Told me there was nothing they could do! GO ELSE WHERE!!!! |
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| Amanda | Aberdeen | Origin | 2020-03-13 | |
It’s hard to get through to speak with customer services and when you do, it’s hit and miss. A few customer service advisories are good. But some just don’t care about what you say. I called them to cancel an upgrade and enquire about the payment of a period that I had moved home and was not connected yet. The advisor said she would get in touch about it in 24 hours. She never did and they still took money for the over two weeks that I wasn’t connected and didn’t cancel the upgrade so I was on a contract that I didn’t want. Then to get through to discuss it I was on the phone for over an hour and no joy. Disgusting service. I’m going to cancel my contract and report them. |
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| Maria | Shrewsbury | Origin | 2020-03-12 | |
Broadband doesn’t work and no one answers the phone! |
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| Ashly | Leeds | Origin | 2020-03-10 | |
liars and never sort anything, phone and yu sit for 9over 30 mins before anyone answers, speed 2/3 what it should be not reliable cuts out often and they dont give any reason just waste your day sitting on phone, web chat even worse says Currently replying in under 25 minutes, ha wat a joke 1 hr and 10 minutes later they replied and then asked for answers i did not kwow. AVOID |
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| roy sunderland | Keighley | Origin | 2020-03-09 | |
Had my Internet put in on Wednesday and so far it's beem great we have had a few issues of disconnecting but nothing major its off for no longer than a minute and we have ipad/switch/phone/alexa/tv connected and 3 out of 5 still work perfectly when using Internet at the same time |
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| Kirsty | Bo'ness (Scotland) | Origin | 2020-03-07 | |
I have signed up with this company for fast fibre broadband but was then told they can only fit slow copper line in my area I was not happy about this so trying to get though to them but no awnser no body has came to instal a line and 3. Weeks later there takeing money out my bank with out my permission how can they do that wen I don’t even have any connections |
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| Nick Caine | Portsmouth | Origin | 2020-03-04 | |
A load of crap worst company and customer service ever and only been with them a month,false advertisement and took money out they wernt supposed to,would advise anyone not to go with this company!EVER |
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| Suzanne | Liverpool | Origin | 2020-03-03 | |
Only signed up with you on Friday 29th March, it was agreed that I would start on 6 April only. I did not agree to change my phone line to you before that date. You have contacted plusnet to take over phone line on 11 March which I have cancelled. I agreed and want to change to you on 6th April only. Not happy with service so far. |
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| Lesley | GAMLINGAY | Origin | 2020-03-01 | |
con people rip you off give ya a £20 routor charge u 146mins on calls and no help and cow boy company |
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| Adam Hockley | Basingstoke | Origin | 2020-02-27 | |
Was quite happy when I signed up the advisor I spoke to was quite helpful... |
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| Sherry | Birmingham | Origin | 2020-02-24 | |
Biggest regret is signing up with these. The staff can't answer questions because they don't have a clue!! They want payment upfront and then don't even bother to set it all up... u have to chase them to get anything started. Feel I'd be within my rights to end the contract earlier than agreed....I haven't even had any services. Beware |
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| Paula | Liverpool 7 | Origin | 2020-02-17 | |
Company is poorly run, even when you do finally get through to customer service, they can't answer your questions, no clue...think its their first day. Insist on first months payment upfront, then need chasing to get the broadband actually up and running. You get a date of installation within 4 days...2 weeks and still waiting for any contact from them. They have 1 week and I will be cancelling my contract. |
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| Linda | Liverpool 7 | Origin | 2020-02-17 | |
this is the worst customer service i have ever had from a company, after 8 calls that wear never answered just background music, & after spending 1 1/2 hours on a web chat i cancelled the contract on the chat line what a load of rubbish |
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| s parker | LEEDS | Origin | 2020-02-14 | |
I was very pleased with the customers service and everything was explained very clear . They were very pleasant. Can't comment on any of the broadband as I am not set up yet. |
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| Anne Purdon | Clydebank | Origin | 2020-02-14 | |
Really disappointed with this service. Signed up after reading mixed views, but mainly for the cheap price. We placed the original order a month ago and we still don't have wifi up and running. The initial delivery is slow, the call answer time is slow, the help chat is slow; basically impossible to sort out. Incredibly frustrating. |
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| AH | Stoke Newington, London | Origin | 2020-02-13 | |
Easy set up, no hassle no fuss, no upfront fees, excellent broadband. Excellent customer service from Valerie, who clearly loves what she does snd is extremely knowledgeable about the service you. provide. A great experience since switching to origin, not only for better broadband but for the customer service experience. Thanks Valerie, your customer service skills are excellent, which makes origin broadband a great service provider |
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| Sharon Williams | Renton | Origin | 2020-02-08 | |
Our service has been disconnected without any warning or notice given. Apparently some issue with our direct debit. Had we known, or advised of this at any point we would've resolved it instantly. But no - they simply disconnected our service. Now, in order to reconnect it they say it'll be 10-14 working days, plus starting a new contract (so locking us in again for 12 months again). |
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| T | London | Origin | 2020-01-28 | |
Signed up to these, wish I haden't, they sent modem and I can't get it to work, I am elderly, disabled and terminally Ill, I explained I couldn't set it up and required someone to call. They wouldn't, told them my health issues and why it is impossible for me to carry out the checks they wanted me to do. So I threatened to cancel, but although it says you have 14 days to cancel you don't as that 14 days starts the day you sign up and they don't send the thing out for 14 days, so your 14 day cancellation period is over before its delivered, dreadfull company, don't go near them, it may be cheap but it doesn't work and they don't want send an engineer out. It's disgusting treating elderly disabled this way they should be ashamed of themselves, not to mention terminally Ill people, we have enough to worry about with our illness without that. It's made me really Ill, I hope they have a terminal illness see how they feel. |
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| Mrs victoria taylor | Wolverhampton | Origin | 2020-01-13 | |
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