POP Telecom 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 POP Telecom.

Recent Customer Ratings for POP Telecom

  • Satisfaction
    1.5 stars
  • Customer Service
    1.5 stars
  • Speed
    1.6 stars
  • Reliability
    1.7 stars

Based on 100 customer ratings since 2022-04-01 (Show all time ratings)

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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.

322 Customer Reviews over 9 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    Tonyrefail
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I've been locked into contract and paying for nothing basically
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Rct
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst thing I've ever done was switching to Pop com.
    Images on my phone wont load and no apps on tv at all loading.
    Buy cheap..buy twice
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Truro
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Sorry but it is dreadful in every sense.They installed it without agreeing a date.Avoid.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Preston Lanc's
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      4 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    Been with POP telecom now for somme years and had little ned to contact them,The few times that I have had problems they have sorted them out quickly and efficiently.I have had no problems with accounts at any time and recomend them to my family and friends
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Blackpool
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolute rubbish this company I started with them at my old address and when I moved they said I had to start a new one I am due to move again next month and really do not want to start another contract
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Leigh
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely shocking.
    There is a fault on the device/line and they are going to charge me to fix this.
    Isn't that what we pay rental for.
    Disgusting
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Radstock
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Price increases from 20£ to 29.60£ in just few months. Speed not as promised
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Rochdale
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst company ever! They were brilliant until I had been with them long enough to be unable to leave without a penalty.
    I work from him and need reliable Internet, as attend regular online meetings.
    Constantly cutting out, worse than ever recently, so I've reported it to them. They 'rectify' the problem, by cutting it off completely!
    As for their customer service - one star is being generous!!
    I've now switched to a bigger and more expensive provider, as I trust they will be more reliable!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Cheap to get you hooked in, then jumps up to £40.00 a month. Then you're stuck on a rubbish deal. Customer service have attitude
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Comments
    Be warned, they harass vulnerable old people and demand £50.00 administration fees when they try and leave their service, even after contract has ended and it is not mentioned in the original contract. They should be looked into, how many old people must pay just to stop the phone calls.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    swansea
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    was with pop for 6 months, they were rubbish the entire time. i had the normal internet for 2 months and it wouldnt work at all, nothing would ever boot up, nothing would work, and to top it off i was paying for a phone line that actually didnt work at all. they still charged me for it and blamed my side for the problem and then it got proven that it wasnt and they still wouldnt do anything about it i was paying for phone calls i couldnt use because they refused to come out and sort my phone line out. and then after 2-3 months of pure rubbish from them i changed to fibre to see if that would make a difference, it was worse than the original. it was slow, it wouldnt work for hours on end, it would cut off a few times during the day, and they tried to overcharge me so many times. My monthly bill for fibre was £39, one month they tried to charge me £89,i rang up and they couldnt give me a reason for so, bearing in mind the month before i just paid £60 to have fibre fitted (i was having issues with my interenet so they said they would charge the £50 ontop but they did) on top of my original plan of £26 a month for internet and a phone line i couldnt use. i havent been happy with this company from the beginining so i stopped all payments coming from my account, i am not being overcharged and still have a rubbish signal with the internet. they were also very rude over the phone. Honestly NEVER go with pop telecom, if you dont want to over pay for internet and a good internet find somewhere else because honestly you wouldnt want to go with this company ever
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Birmingham
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    What a load of rubbish was with them for 1 month over Christmas got no Internet over Christmas and new year tried phoning wasn't open till first Tuesday in January..told them I'm cancelling it.and goin else where..just got bill of debt company for 796..can't pay we take it away.....DO NOT GOT WITH THIS POP COMPANY THEY ARE CRAP..NOW IM IN DEPT FOR 796 BECAUSE OF 1 MONTH I WAS WITH THEM BUT INTERNET WAS NOT WORKING FFS
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hampshire
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Been with this cowboy company about 8mths now and all I've had is problems.
    The first 6/7mths my internet was terrible. The only device I use connected to wifi is my phone and it would cut off! So many calls to customer service and did nothing and if they did it was the same thing every time, was even told it was my phone that was the problem and not theirs. I since upgraded my phone and still had the problem. So I was then bullied into upgrading to fiber but £30 connection fee was to be added to my following bill, personally I feel I shouldn't have to pay the connection fee. Was then told I was only getting 6mbps to which I asked why wasn't I informed when I first took normal broadband with them! Everything is your fault never theirs. I did try cancelling and going elsewhere for broadband, but they cancelled my order with a different provider three times! To be told I had to pay £500+ cancellation fee etc then they'll allow me to go with Someone else. I now have an outstanding balance of £49 with them (fibre fee, it was £70+ but took some off that shouldn't be on my bill! That's another thing to watch for, they add things onto your bill without you knowing until your bill gets emailed to you). I explained financial hardship to them last week regarding outstanding bill. Lady puts a note to say hopefully will be paid following week, 2 days later I get a call from a rude young man saying I was paying on the day, i explained no hopefully next week, and he hung up without saying goodbye or anything, very unprofessional. Since then in the space of 4 days I've received calls on my home phone mobile and threatening emails of passing my debt over to collections for £49 plus £500 cancellation and admin fees. I would really love to leave and go elsewhere but they don't allow you too. So I'm now stuck with poor internet and rubbish customer service that harass you. My advice to people looking to join pop telecom. AVOID LIKE THE PLAQUE!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Finally a broadband that works with a company that answers the phone quickly and talks to me like I am a person
    Well done pop tel
  • Reviewer
    Location
    smethwick
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    after a recent kerffufle with these people i think they are actually getting their act together, hooray.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Dunfermline
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Mum signed up and was due to go active 22nd may, they started debiting her account from April saying she went active on 9th May (but didn't dispatch router until date of activation (22nd may) she's now on her 3rd faulty router and 4th openreach visit (2 of which were accompanied by supervisors) post office said error in scanning the barcodes for return of the faulty equipment (provided directly by pop telecom) company refuse to let us cancel, refuse to refund setup fee or subscription fees for never having had a service since they took over on 22nd. Have requested deadlock letter which they refused to issue (in writing) even though they are members of the adjudication scheme and must provide when asked so now ofcom can't intervene for 8wks. Avoid like the plague
  • Reviewer
    Location
    tyne and wear
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Comments
    paying for download speed of 0.83Mbps and upload speed of 0.55Mb bargain!!!!!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Swindon
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Not very good, slow and we have to keep switching the router off and on when it drops out , several times per day.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Swindon
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    Comments
    We wish we had stayed with our previous provider, router has to be re-set typically twice daily, slow, must have wasted hours of my time over the year.
    Customer service was just about adequate when I phoned up. Overall satisfaction zero.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Norwich
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I really wish I hadn't gone with them but I'm only in England a few more months so I didnt think I'd mind. Internet speed is 80% slower than any other provider I have been with also the connectivity is total rubbish if your trying to watch Netflix dont bother it will stop an start reloading the page super slowly for 10min before playing again then it will repeat this. I originally thought it was Netflix but then it did the same with a bunch of other website like Hulu and prime. I would not recommend this company also they say you can 'pay online' I've not been able to so far and it has drained my credit.....
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bathgate
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Every time openreach go into the junction box outside my property it knocks my telephone and broadband off. POPTELECOM are telling me what days they can get openreach and I may be liable to a charge if the fault is in my property. Direct debit is getting cancelled and I’m moving provider as this has happened a few times. Members of staff are not customer focused when it’s impossible to get time off
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Southwark
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Atrocious service, They keep asking for payment when they were unable to provide the broadband service.
    They have now employed debt collectors to chase me for payment.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Watford
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    How many of you have considered a formal complaint to the Telecoms Ombudsman? As yet mine is too early for them to take but anyone who has a problem which has been ongoing for 8 weeks or more should contact them and ask for their intervention. It's what they are there for!! If enough do it, and I will at the earliest opportunity, they must surely take notice. GO FOR IT AND ALL THE BEST.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Watford
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    If you're thinking of going here - DON'T DO IT!!! My elderly and infirm mother was reduced to a hyperventilating mess when they tried to charge her £500 plus costs to terminate an out of date contract, which unknown to her they had extended 3 months early. Their customer non service dept ignored her request to deal with me, her daughter, and have harassed her with threats.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Watford
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    Comments
    If I could give minus zero I would. Please, please, please if your issue is 8 weeks old or more contact the Telecoms Ombudsman and ask for their help. This company is far worse than appalling I believe it borders on illegal. I am still fighting for my elderly, vulnerable, immobile mother and will continue to do so. Don't sit back and let this scamming company get away with it.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Watford
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Comments
    This week despite everything I and my mother have said and done, both in writing and when they have phoned her, (please see previous reviews under this name) Pop Telecom have phoned her twice and sent another letter demanding £500 to leave them. I have today written to the Daily Mail and asked them if they'd like to look at all the reviews of this company, check out their practices and investigate their apparent targeting of vulnerable people. POP Telecom have somehow GOT TO BE STOPPED.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Watford
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I am looking to expose the practices of POP Telecom in the national press. They have caused my elderly, infirm mother considerable distress and continue to ignore her written, signed and dated requests for POP Telecom to deal with me. They appear to have no specific termination fees; they renew without recourse to the customer and then make threats as to the future. Enough is enough. I refer to them as POP Tarts - IE they are toast!!!
    Those who gave them 5 stars I can only assume are employees of the company.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Birmingham
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Avoid this horrible company. Similar experience to reviewer Rebecca's and good luck to her with her complaint to CISAS - that worked for me.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Scarborough
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    I saw an offer online for broadband/telephone for £14.50/month. I thought this was great, as I am on a limited budget, so signed up. They charged me £9.99 for the router, which was fine as most companies do, then tried telling me I would need a line installing (even though there is an active line here already). They arranged for a technician to call between 8am - 12noon one week day, but as I work mon-fri 8-6 and sat mornings, I told them I would not be in, so could I arrange it for a weekend. They didn't do weekend appointments, so I cancelled my order as I found someone who could. Within a few days they refunded me the £9.99 directly to my bank account.
    A week later (13th January) they took £20.12 from my bank account. When I contacted them, they explained this was the invoice from the date of installation to the end of February. I informed them that I had cancelled my order the week before, and they assured me I would receive a refund. I kept checking my bank, but no refund had been received.

    I came home today, to find I had received a cheque in the post for £20.12. Fine..... apart from I can't get to the bank until 15th February!!! I have contacted them and asked them to pay directly into my bank account and cancel the cheque.

    So disappointed with their service, and would definitely not recommend.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Forres
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Sham of a company. Charge you more than agreed then say its for insurance, which I didn't ask for. Threatening letters sent, I'm in no contract, I did not sign anything in ink between myself and them.
    Avoid at all cost
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Selby
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    When I joined it said I would pay 26.99 6.99 for anytime calls am they still charge me for my calls all my bis av been 50/60pound so far for my package last my bills so far av been double that can't tall to customer service coz phone get to first place then goes dead not happy one bit with this company
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Crumlin Northern Ireland
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Comments
    I cancelled within 4 days of signing with Pop they ignored this and cancelled this with B. T. on 2 occasions. I did not accept reuter and have no broadband. Pop took money from my account 6 days after I signed. no response from emails. the cut my telephone 2 days before Christmas saying I owed 100.19 and wanted payment immediately. I refused so had no telephone line until 3 January until B. T. reinstated. B. T. made complaint to Ofcom but all fell on deaf ears I am now being harassed and intimated bt telephone and email with threats of court action. DO NOT TOUCH This Company no customer contact until they cannot access your money. they insist I have super fast broadband and I do not even have their.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    doncaster
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Stay away!!!!!!
    Do not register direct debit from your bank account, you'll find that poptelecom charge you for no reason, stealing from my bank account after I've paid for so many fees and they've invented invoices for services that does not exist...I've couldn't cancel the DD bank says they are not allowed to cancel....worst company ever, bad attitude of costumer services pleople trying to look like superior
    For ending contract 3 months before 12 months they've charge me £20 invoice,then £43 services, £50 early end fee,then again £29 services invoice... unbelievable
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Suffolk
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Just want to say this company is absolutely c...p! I joined them in June and have had loads of problems. I have had no phone and no broadband for a week now. I have rung them nearly every day and still no joy. They are useless. Tell your friends not to touch them with a barge pole. I have been to the shop that has been promoting them and told them they should stop doing that.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Milton Keynes
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    i had problems with provider, for a long time, twice tried to charge £192 for engineer , which i did not pay, i took photos of router and devices, no internet documented calls , dates ect, and took it to cisas, regulators, they lied about not being eight wks since complaint, my records showed feb and cisas denied there claim, i had a call from poptelecom, july 2022 to drop the and promised stable connection speed etc, this only lasted for around 8 wks, untill sept 2022, the connections, loss of internet, speed problems have started again, so i have documented, details , took photos of router, and devices with no internet, log all calls, as i will be reffering back to cisas, , i suggest everyone take the same steps, i am 64yrs old, have a lot of health problems athritis aswell, waiting for heart surgery, poptelecom are aware of all this , and i rely on my internet connection, and still they dissapoint , cancelling D/D so they cant take any money from my acc
  • Reviewer
    Location
    EPSOM
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      4 stars
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    Very happy with, straightforward, no problems, good price. Would recommend
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Isle of Wight
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Glad to be finally out. Router frequently needed to be reset. Customer service very poor - insufficient staff for the number of calls?
  • Reviewer
    Location
    london
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Good service and easy sign up process
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newton Stewart
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    shocking a rip off from start to finish the worst provider on the market they just randomly add charges to you bill and hope you dont notice. the connection charges for the free phone calls are more than the phone call itself. truly awful avoid at all costs
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Burnley
    Reviewing
    POP Telecom
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    Avoid Pop Telecom!
    Service was on in general however trying to switch away from them is a disaster. I paid the outstanding balance in full. They then decide to send the outstanding balance to a debt collection agency and now refuse to talk to you or accept any complaint.

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