496 Customer Reviews over 13 pages
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- Cardiff
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-12-02
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Excellent customer service and sorted things out with bill without any fuss.
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- Location
- Carlisle
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-03-13
- Comments
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Done line test with sse to yeast for fibre max results came back saying expected speed of 60 mbps ok not full 76 mbps but good enough how ever after making purchase and setting up and wait more than then 10 days for line to be stable as instructed max speed not passing 42mbps which is no where near 60mbps called to explain problem and to be greater by a extremely rude and arrogant customer service operator who as a answer for everything do yourself a favour and stay well clear of this company full of BS hope at later date I can claim all costs back due to mislead information ie false advertisement
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- Location
- Carlisle
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-01-03
- Comments
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I switched to SSE primarily for the excellent deal and fast speeds. Initially was good but then intermittent. SSE were excellent - problem ended up being an open reach issue but all in all had 4 engineers out. SSE regularly updated me and if the person dealing with my case was on days off she handed it to a colleague. In a previous property I have had broadband through plusnet ( who made me cry) and sky and there is no doubt that the customer service at SSE is second to non. I now have an excellent phone and broadband connection and have nothing but praise for SSE.
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- Location
- Caversham
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-07-22
- Comments
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Started of really good. Was warned by BT that my connection would be throttled by SSE. I thought they were spinning me a yarn to try and get me to stay but I now suspect they were right. I get a 70mb connection in the morning which goes down to just less than 1mb at around 6pm each evening. Upload speeds are remain constant at 12mb at all times.
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- Location
- central london
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2015-11-08
- Comments
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abysmal broadband strength - & this is in Central London, not some rural out of the way location.
Insufficient strength to access email or google on several occasions over the weekend, let alone watch Iplayer, which were all possible with previous provider
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- Location
- Cheltenham
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-01-22
- Comments
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So I joined SSE 15 months ago on a 24 month half price fibre deal with 80mbps fibre. I had a bad few months with very slow download speeds of 0.2mbps after 4 each day till midnight.
I labor d with it for a year until I found out I could get off the contract after 12 months for 30 quid. I paid the money because daisy heavily speed limits certain traffic at peak times rendering the internet unusuable. Facebook videos don't work. Direct downloads e.g pz4 updates don't work. Anything other than web sites and Amazon prime works. I'm leaving tomorrow thankfully. Good riddance.
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- Location
- CHEPSTOW
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2021-03-07
- Comments
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keeps dropping out poor signal to tv
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- Location
- Cheshire
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-07-18
- Comments
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I applied online for their ultra fast fibre broadband mainly due to the cheap deal they had for £21. AVOID them at all costs!
On application I received an email confirming my order and I was aware it could take upto 21 days to change over. After 21 days I received nothing so rang customer services who were useless and told me that my online application hadn't gone through. I asked if they could fast track me another one and hey said no, you'll have to wait another 3 weeks. Appalling company, constantly on hold with customer services and reps appear to have no idea what they are doing. Don't bother with their online chat function either they haven't got a clue and apparently have 'limited access' to systems. I had problems with this lot with electricity many years ago but gave them the benefit of the doubt - AVOID AVOID AVOID!
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- Location
- Cheshire
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-01-11
- Comments
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I'm just finishing with SSE as I've come to the end of my 18 month contract.
I was on the 76meg fibre package and the only reason I'm not renewing is because I can get a cheaper service.
They do use a FUP but I had no issues running web servers, gaming servers and watching live streams on the TV all at the same time.
The supplied router is UGLY but that is all, it copes easily with my unusual LAN setup and numerous port forwarding rules.
One star missing due to the FUP.
Are FUPs needed now in the days of Fibre?
If the price is right go with them. The service is great.
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- Location
- Cheshire
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-12-21
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I suppose you get what you pay for but for once, customer service is exemplary.
The rest is at best mediocre and reliability is rubbish at times but speed is fine, if it was reliable
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- Location
- Chester
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-09-12
- Comments
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I recently switched to SSE 38Mbps fibre. Off-peak speed is fine (34-36Mbps down / 9-10Mbps up). However speed during the evening is a pathetic 2 Mbps down. With my previous provider, I got 38Mbps all day long on the same line. Something is very wrong/congested with SSE's upstream provision from Daisy. I have filed a complaint. If they can't sort this out, I will be asking to break my contract and will go elsewhere.
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- Location
- Chester
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-07-04
- Comments
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Have been with sse for 12 months now, as part of an 18 month contract. No problems at all. fast speeds unlimited phone calls and line rental included for £21.50 I do not want this contract to end
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- Location
- chester
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-08-10
- Comments
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Been with them a year, broadband keeps on failing, had engineer out, external problem, should hear in 48 hours, a week ago, 24 minutes on the phone - not to get through, your choice!
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- Location
- Chippenham
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-04-16
- Comments
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Came to SSE from Plusnet (not bad) and previously BT (utterly abysmal customer service outsourced to India) due to SSEs very reasonable pricing. SSE's customer service is superb. We have been having real problems recently that eventually turned out to be due to a local BT open reach line fault. We have had personal contract from the same individual from SSE (Nials) who has held our hand through this frustrating period with almost daily calls to us. I have never had service as good. Very impressed!
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- Location
- Chorley
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-06-21
- Comments
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Absolutely atrocious. To cut a long story short a month has passed and they are still unable to even process the application. Have spent what seems like days on the phone and eventually because they had no idea what to do. I have told them to forget it. Supposedly they will be compensating me with £50. Don't go anywhere near SSE for broadband. Hopeless.
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- Location
- Clay Cross
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2015-06-10
- Comments
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6 weeks after signing up for SSEs phone and broadband deal I cannot comment on speed or reliability because it's still not working. Ours was treated as new install and that was good because the internal cables where probably 1960s GPO. Eventually we received an install date I had to travel 350 miles home from Scotland to make sure I was there for the engineer because they threatened 108 pounds bill if no one was in. I sat in for 5 hours and no one came. Eventually called them to be told it had been switched on exchange, flipping heck had they told us I needn't have travelled, it had probably been switched on days before when my partner received an unsolicited call from Indian call centre. They must have known a number to call but sse didn't tell us. The phone couldn't phone out but eventually I'd to call to ask for new number. Made complaint got long letter back dealing my complaint but nothing else. Broadband router received 7 or 8 days later remember they promise 5 but instructions said don't install till you get code on separate letter. It never came. Eventually called them to be told it didn't need one. Hours on phone to them explanation after explanation and still no broadband. My advice folks look elsewhere for experienced provider .
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- Location
- Colnbrook
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-06-11
- Comments
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Just got my broadband from SSE! Very satisfied with customer service and punctuality! I don’t need more. Speed is not the issue as it flows on the same cables. I did left sky for terrible customer service!
Thank you SSE!!
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- Consett
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2019-05-11
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To anybody thinking about joining SSE broadband have a read of this and you will never consider using them again.
Nothing but problems ever since i ordered from them. Next door neighbours phone line was changed to SSE instead of my own line , took them 2-3 months to figure out what had even went wrong and finally get connected even after i had mentioned to them what the problem could be the adsvisor knew better than me and said the engineer would sort it out. Engineer never arrived twice , he turned up at the house the first time and said that he knocked and there was no answer so he left , i was told i would be provided with photographic evidence that he actually arrived at the right door but this was never provided , the second time he was given my mobile number to call me when he was outside but once again never called and just left. 2 days taken off work for nothing , not that anyone from SSE cared.
The next issue was my connection going on and off consistently about 20-30 times a day ruining whatever work i had to complete that day aswell as games and music i had been watching. For some reason i was advised to call the faults line 12 midnight by an advisor , when i rang up the automated line said i was in a Q to hold on and that my call would be dealt with very shortly , i waited on the line all night expecting for someone to answer and sort my connection out but nothing. The automated line told me to wait in the Q for an advisor even though the line was infact closed and nobody was there until 6am , another £20 vodafone goodybag wasted based on an SSE advisors advice.
Obviously a complaint had already been made by this point and next up was the manager dealing with the complaint Rachel from SSE. On initial contact she told me everything would be investigated properly and compensated accordingly. A previous advisor mentioned something to do with a connection fee of £60 being added to the bill as a engineer had to visit .When i spoke to Rachel an arguement took place and i explained that if i had to pay the fee after all the issues that i wouldnt continue with SSE. She assured me i didnt have to pay any fees and the previous advisor was incorrect. She took no responsibility for any of the previous issues raised apart from the automated line complaint .A month later i checked my bill online and what do you know a £60 connection fee charge added to the bill , i rang straight up to try n speak with Rachel , she wasnt availiable and hasnt been ever since that moment and along with that she pretended as if none of what she said previously had even took place!
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- cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-06-05
- Comments
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Biggest load of rubbish ever, speeds abysmal and every time I call up they make me do the same things over and over again, do broadband speed test etc etc, then today I was told that my router must be at waist height in my home !!!!! Was stupid enough to take out this awful contract, roll on 16 months time when I can go back to bt or I may cave in and pay to get out of contract early or I might seek legal advice , be warned !
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- Location
- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-03-30
- Comments
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We moved from sky because of prices going up ,but it was the worst mistake we made , first there was a minor problem with the line , that's OK openreach sorted that out , then it was sse,s routers they can't deal with the speeds ,so they have to slow down what they give you , then all of a sudden the routers go off big red light, they say it wil, drop out from time to time , but never experienced this with sky, Not good if you are in the middle of watching something , or on a computer, doing work.
Custom services are OK , but if it goes down out of hours you deal with another company, over all if you need a decent broadband signal I personally wouldn't recommend sse broadband.
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- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-12-05
- Comments
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Have been with SSE less than a month, So far had a whole week with no internet at all, SSE then had an engineer sent over, who fixed it straight away. However broadband speed between about 17:00 until about 22:00 makes it almost unuseable. We have 2 phones and 2 computers connected to it in the house, but even if we switch wireless off on everything but one device, it is still so slow that you can rarely watch a video without constant bufferring. Not what I expected from 'ultra fast fibre broadband'
The customer service I have received from them, has been brilliant thus far, certainly can't fault that in anyway.
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- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-09-18
- Comments
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Switched to SSE from BT as it was less than half the price for Ultra fast fibre.
Very disappointed!
Speed tests show that I'm getting between 30 -38 MBS, but it can't even stream an HD movie.
What is the point in advertising these fast speeds if it's useless. It appears SSE throttle the hell out of the bandwidth.
I phoned their customer services who say they'll sort the problem and call back, they never do.
So nearly 2 months in, they've delayed so much that I'm past my cooling off period and will now undoubtedly have a major battle to get away from the 18 month contract, which is not fit for purpose.
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- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-11-04
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Switched from BT to SSE and halved our bill. We switched at the end of September and all has been well. We get 70+mbps regularly, on iPad and iPhone, but lower on laptop on wifi. The only thing we had to do was to buy a wifi booster for the sitting room, but that was paid for from the savings on our bill. we only contacted SSE once and had no problems with CS. Overall we're happy. We have fibre here in superfast Cornwall.
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- Location
- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2020-06-29
- Comments
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DO NOT USE SSE!!!!! after installing router we have had a few days of poor quality internet, then nothing. its been over a week with no internet, no customer service, you wait hours to speak to someone and then the line goes dead. no answer over and over again. Repeat DO NOT USE SSE
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- County Durham
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2019-11-06
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Am 'live' today. Or would be if the router arrived which it wont for at least 3 days so I don't have internet access. Thanks for nothing sse and once I'm set up I'll be cancelling.
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- County Durham
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-12-12
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We were due to be connected on 30th November and now 13 days later we still have no broadband. Shocking customer service. Will be switching as soon as possible.
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- Crewe
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-09-16
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Worst broadband I've ever used. 0.5 Mb/s download, what is that about? I'm supposed to be getting 80Mb/s.
Speedtest.net says 60Mb/s, Microsoft.com download achieves 20kB/s. Traffic Shaping ultimate fail.
No thanks.
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- Crieff
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2020-07-20
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Worst service I have ever had the do not answer emails
Have had problems since 2018 broadband connections
Cutting off all the time very poor customer service
For disabled OAP
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- croydon
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2020-07-07
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Exasperated . Accept Covid has caused service issues but SSE online information is poor, the accounts page is lacking clarity and there is no way to check what your current Broadband deal is and when it expires and if SSE have carried out a renewal.
Their packages have names but these are not named on the SSE Deals page . My latest Bill does not explain if my new deal has been activated.
They have not responded to my emails.
Very disappointed, they do not give enough info online for me to resolve my problem.
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- Croydon Mitcham road
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2018-04-10
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- Cumbria
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2020-07-08
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My first time with SSE was brought to and abrupt parting of the ways by a house move. Overall at the time I was pretty happy with them. The accounts system was one of the best I had come across, never as mistake, an overcharge, nothing. Support at that time was pretty brilliant if you could not get through the automated system asked if you wanted a call back and gave you an approximate lead time, and it worked, brilliant! The only downside I recall was the fair usage policy, which quite simply was not fair and caused a lot of frustration at times and up to the time of writing is still sadly in place. I tried to transfer my account to the new address but was informed they could not supply to that address at that time.
I tried 2 other broadband suppliers, neither one up to much. I won’t name them here.
(But they were Sky and Plusnet)
Later SSE became available. So this is my second time with them and my 18 month agreement has come to an end. I have sadly made the decision to move on. The systems and accounts department are still solid. As far as support goes the automated call back system is no longer there and your stuck with the endless wait times, though the staff have always been helpful. I have been on a supposed 35mb fibre connection which for the most part seems to operate between 8mb and 20 mb and the test were run in the main via ethernet cable. I understand that they are thinking about moving over from unlimited broadband to truly unlimited. I f anyone from SSE happens to read this I would like you to know how much you have got right and to thank you for it. What a shame!
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- Cumbria
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2019-12-27
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I’ve been with SSE since April 2018 when I relocated from Yorkshire. I cannot fault the service I’ve received.
I constantly achieve the average speeds advertised and am on a rolling monthly contract so if I wanted to (which I don’t) I could cancel with no termination fee.
There have been occasional outages, but these were rare and beyond SSE’s control as large geographical areas were affected at the time.
I’ve always got through to customer services without too long a wait and have found them to be very courteous and helpful, on the rare occasions that I’ve had contact them.
I live in a smallish village in Cumbria so I’m not sure if this is why I get such good service, compared to bigger conurbations where demand for internet services may be higher.
WiFi coverage is good with just 2 blind spots in a 4 bedroomed detached house.
Value for money has always been good.
I did however change the DNS settings on my smartblu-ray player as I began to have problems streaming when using SSE’s DNS address, I expect they were traffic managing, however my service has recently been upgraded to truly unlimited with no traffic management.
I’ve done regular comparisons with other providers but haven’t changed because the costs savings would be minimal and why risk going with another provider when I’ve received such a good service?!
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- Cupar
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2022-10-03
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I have been with them for years now. I got a call
today nice caller but waste of time. Was not told
they are now talk talk which I did not sign up for
and said I had an unpaid phone and broadband
bill from last time. I really do not understand this
Also sone recent bills no details of calls. Very strange
company.
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- DAVENTRY
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2020-07-02
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Absolutely shocking. Was fine when 1st went in but a month later the blaming covid for slow speed. We pay for upto 70mbwe were averaging 34 mg and that was fine. Suddenly were on around 4mg bearing in mind we have 2 kids and out TVs are all internet service providers and rely on good speed. Have contacted sse and not a thing been done or said. Got to an escalation point yesterday and we have escalated it but they just dont give any cares at all. We will be leaving sse and not paying to do so as there not proving a service we pay for. Dont bother people its shocking
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- Derby
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2019-05-19
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Utter rubbish.
There is a lot of network throttling during peak times, and of course peak times are essentially any time OTHER THAN 9-5, when everyone is at work - meaning you are ALWAYS throttled during any normal time of day - think abysmal streaming speeds, piss poor download speeds and shocking connection stability - online gaming is just a nightmare.
The 'Technicolour' router is the biggest pile of garbage on the market, whoever in SSE thought this was a good product to give to customers must have been swung full force at a wall as a baby. The connection strength is non-existent, I have zero/one bar (effectively no usable connection) in my bedroom, which is no more than 4m from the router, through two walls (only one structural). The router will also randomly drop out for absolutely no reason.
I only chose SSE as they were the only provider to offer a 1-month rolling, and since I get my electricity with SSE I got a decent discount. If you are not limited by needing a 1-month rolling period, DO NOT GET SSE - you will experience nothing but misery when dealing with anything internet related. If you absolutely must use SSE (for whatever ungodly reason), invest in an aftermarket router, probably something by Netgear - and use the Technicolour P.O.S as a modem only.
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- Derby
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2021-01-17
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Seriously the worst internet provider ever - no contact - put the price up 10 pounds without any notice - internet is unstable down to 6-7mbs most of the time but paying for 70mbs - no customer service - unethically using Covid as a reason to be terrible - basically a bottom feeder of a company
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- Derbyshire
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2021-04-29
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I had previously left a positive comment but would absolutely withdraw that and not recommend anyone this company. I have been left without Internet for over a week and I work from home. Misinformation from the staff at SSE and have been basically left to keep chasing. I have no confidence in them being proactive about sorting my issues out as they cannot even raise a ticket for an engineer to visit despite promising to do so. Appalling service, I would advise to avoid.
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- Devon
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2016-07-21
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Really impressed! Having experienced switch overs before I expected the usual chasing and days without any internet but I had nothing of the sort! It was really straight forward, I just filled out a form online and was told that they would be touch within so many days. I received a letter in time with all the T+Cs and to let me what to expect and when. Without me doing anything else, my old supplier contacted me to say that SSE had been in touch and they knew I was leaving. I was told when an engineer would come (I was given a 4hr window to expect them). The engineer arrived as expected and I had, at most, 1 hour without internet! There's been no problems so far!! I have never known any switch to go this smoothly! And at such a great price too, way below everyone else. I had to call customer services to ask 1 question, I had to wait to speak to someone for 40mins (hence 4 stars) but when I got through to someone they went above and beyond to help. I really can't speak highly enough of this company.
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- Devon
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2021-02-23
- Comments
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Awful internet and telephone provider. Customer service is non existence, you have 5 ways to contact them, and none of them get a response. Been with them for 11 months, will never touch with a barge pole. They are using covid as an excuse for everything. Slow, poor quality product as well.
AVOID AVOID AVOID!
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- Devon
- Reviewing
- SSE
- Date
- 2017-05-09
- Comments
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From day one speeds were terrible also the system keeps stalling and freezing .After numerous calls to SSE still no better and life is too short to keep running tests for them, talking to a telephone engineer who was working locally he tells me it is possibly the modem and even one SSE operator told me their modems are not the best.But no offer of a replacement modem in fact I have told them that even if offered ( which I have not been ) I do not want one,I will run the contract and good bye to SSE NEVER AGAIN.
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