379 Customer Reviews over 10 pages
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- Sheffield
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2021-12-25
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Had it for 8 months, generally reliable with around 30 to 45 average mbs download, and I am on the edge of the city in semi rural area. Has lost Internet twice in 8 months for about 12 hours each time, but 98% of the time it's fine. Plug and play, better than slow old phone broadband that only gave 2mbs here.
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- Hove
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2020-09-03
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The only thing I can't wait for with Three Mobile, is until my contract ends and then I will never ever use this company ever again for mobile broadband. it is absolutely useless
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- Ramsgate, Kent
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2023-01-08
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Nonsense speeds with 5g router. Its giving me a speed of 2-20mbps variable. Totally unreliable. My ee mobile gives me speeds of 30-50mbps on 4g signal. Just bought it today and i live on the 4th floor with no high rise building near by still terrible reception.
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- W MIDLANDS
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-12-17
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I would give zero stars if I could - they are, in my view, dishonest, unreliable and put so much pressure on me - a vulnerable pensioner I wanted to end my life. They put me in hospital with suspected heart attach as there is no let up from them. They lie in writing saying they need your passport and driving licence to look at your complaint as this is their data protection policy but will not send you a copy of this alleged policy. They tried to charge me £200+ because they sent me two router instead of one (I live in a terraced not Buck palace) idiots. I rang them and emailed the day these 2 routers arrived and asked for an SAE - to return one - I just got a bill for over £200 which I refuse to pay. Ireturned the extra router. As I do not have a passport or driving licence they will not deal with my compaint. I wrote to the CEO by letter twice and sent him an email - he did not reply either - so from the top down - untrustworthy and dishonest. They send me a buill for £48 (my contrat is £22 pm) and will not tell me what it is for but said they would just adjust my direct debit and take the money out of my account - thieves. I stopped the dd. I wait for someone with a brain cell to respond.
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- Huntingdon, Cambridge
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2024-04-08
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- Mid Devon
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2023-01-02
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I got this predominately to use for gaming online, when i first set up it was showing speeds of 25 meg, twice as fast as my home broadband,
The thing is, the connection drops out so often, gaming is impossible due to the lag,
Streaming on it is also pointless as the connection is so unstable. Access to adult sites is restricted, My phone is on 3 and if i do a speed test shows between 5-45 meg
I think the router might need upgrading or replacing, i can’t see how my phone will get a reliable 4g signal but not the mobile hub when they are on the same network.
Really wish i hadn’t bothered because we never use it and at £20 per month for 24 months, such a waste of money
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- cardiff
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2016-10-14
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- Welwyn Garden City
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2014-08-29
- Comments
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Excellent service! I purchased the mobile broadband device online to use whilst Virgin were down due to roadworks. It arrived the following day with too many bits of paperwork but I got it activated within a couple of hours. Every advisor I spoke to was very courteous and helpful. It was a pleasure to do business with 3 !!
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- Cornwall
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2015-05-16
- Comments
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I was mugged nine days ago and THREE have been useless! I still don't have a replacement SIM card yet (for which they're charging me £5.11... I'm a pay monthly customer on a £40 a month plan?!). If you don't have a phone there is no way to contact them in real time (no chat option, Twitter won't deal with "account related concerns", no one has read a Facebook message I sent over 24 hours ago). I had to borrow a stranger's phone to report mine as stolen (I had my laptop, but there's no online option)... there was no obvious phone menu choice for victims of crime, so we waited on hold for 20 minutes before speaking to anyone. That person then repeatedly referred to my phone as "lost" even though I had told him over and over again I was the victim of a violent assault. He then tried to use my call as a sales opportunity (I'd told him I was on a stranger's phone). 6 days ago I emailed to ask about my SIM card and it took them 5 days to reply... clearly the rep hadn't read my email as he asked if they could send my SIM to the nearest store from my house (half an hour's drive away... ummm yeah I want to drive, park and come to them when I have pretty bad PTSD... and when I specifically asked for it to be delivered to my house ASAP). I replied to that email over 24 hours ago and am guessing I'm on another 5 day waiting list. I don't have a home phone, there is no payphone near my house, not enough bandwidth to get Skype running (this is the reality of living in the country). Having a working phone would allow me to call family & friends when I'm upset about the attack, it would really help me, but THREE couldn't give a sh*t, they just want my money. THREE are greedy, useless and heartless.
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- london
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-09-21
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it works well at the first one month, but one day, they suddenly blocked me getting into some public websites,which i used all the time. i have to call them to unblock me and now the speed is terrible and unstable, i can't even use it for my work zoom meeting. and the funny thing is I can't even log into my router, Three is obviously monitoring people, very doggy!!
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- Carlisle
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2018-12-03
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Unbelievably bad customer service. Spoke to over 10 different people over the phone to try activate my account but no one could tell me the same answer. My account was lost, apparently i didn't exist and my postcode was registered to another person. Tried to cancel but I have to wait 72 hours for the account to be activated. I will believe it when I see it. Not holding much luck with these guys. Should have gone with Sky.
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- North Norfolk
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2021-05-01
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I have been using three for years we had three phones and a mobile broadband dongle then a Huawei router , problems started when 4G rolled out everything became unreliable, not so bad on phones butemail through router became unreliable as streaming video has become more widely used the router situation is awful. however setting it to 3G does give consistent 4mbit down and 6 up so Netflix etc works ok , the real issue is customer service or lack of it I have now got rid of the phones and moved to different networks the router SIM has 9 months to go but I'll move to another providor , they clearly rate shape their network otherwise how can you have a full signal and no data throuput !
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- Hartlepool
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-08-29
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Very rarely does the speed reach 20 megabits. It never does in the evening and often stops working completely. The wifi unit itself also crashes often needing to be reset in order to get any connection. I have been with three many years but this service has let them down terribly
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- Chichester, west sussex, UK
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2018-05-28
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Almost every call drops or at least glitches and I have to play hunt the signal before using my phone almost everytime, perching precariously on the edge of my bath tub and pointing my phone out the window is about the only way it will work, so I have to leave the phone there to act as a mobile hotspot and use my tablet for internet access, any time a taxi or a plane goes by it will lose signal and I have to go through the rigmarole of signal hunting and resetting through the airplane mode and turning the hotspot on again. If it would not be rewarding them financially for failing to deliver a reasonable service, I would buy my contract out and I Will have nothing from three mobile ever again, I'm even going to try to ban them from sending me adverts!
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- South Ayrshire
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-06-26
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Very slow, signed up for a Three mobile, first month or so I was getting 30mb then it has steadily decreased. I even bought an external antenna for a new router to try and improve reception. At best on an occasional time we can get 17mb now, but usually is around 7 - 9mb with 3mb upload. A computer guy I know said that Three will be just throttling my bandwidth and slowing my speed down. My external antenna faces a mobile tower in direct line of sight, but because Three 'piggy back' off the tower rather than own it, they get limited bandwidth on it as well so all in all it's crock of sh*te.
I will change to another supplier when the contract ends but I think the UK as a whole just does not have a good enough internet infrastructure for a modern economy.
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- UK
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2016-09-26
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Some advice for people who are looking to get something sorted with a problem with Three.
1 - Download a free app that records your telephone conversations.
2 - Prior to going to the Ombudsman, pay the £10.00 fee to Three and get all your calls/correspondence re your problem via Freedom of Information.
I had reason to contact Three over a phone problem. I think it is fair to say I was misled and lied to over the two months it took to sort my complaint.
You need evidence, evidence and evidence!
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- Nottingham
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2015-05-16
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Unbelievably ridiculous customer service, they made me go four times to the store and not get what I asked for after ignoring 6 emails of mine. They asked for £700 to terminate my contract and they couldn't do anything when I lost my sim card. DON'T GO WITH THREE
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- Dorset
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2023-03-01
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Absolutely s**t wifi, haven't used it for almost a year with it being unusable
Phoned up to get it resolved and or money back to which he credited money back on the account.....great news right? Wrong! to then which he said it was bloody £5
Customer service is an absolutely joke, stay the hell away from Three otherwise you will be massively dissapointed
F*****g shambles
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- wales
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2019-05-08
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Applied for a handset was refused then bombarded by the sales team. They promised me a handset after 3 months of taking out an over priced sim card and paying on time every month. I did this when the time came they again refused the handset. When i rang to complain and asked them to listen to the calls they refused and also refused to refund my 3 months money only the last bill. Not budging at all and happy to rip off single mothers should be ashamed of yourselves. I will be taking this further, its not about the £ 48 you ripped me off with its the point that a company as big as yours shouldbt be allowed to rip off innocent people with bad credit. I will be leaving reviews where ever possible.. stay clear people ! £16 for a sim card with barely any GB few texts and minutes your so expensive the only way you can get customers is by lying and mis leading people disgusting you shove your offer of a waiver of £10 when the sun dont shine ill be posting on FB and insta and where ever possible!
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- walsall
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-02-11
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what a waste of money Huawei A1cube cant watch a decent film or football draging speach advertisments still on when films on what the hell is going on
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2016-12-06
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I wish there were 0 stars but unfortunately, I can rate minimum 1 star. I used this operator from January, and I am from overseas, when I asked them if I will or will not pay for when I am not here they said there will be no problem, you will be paying pay as you go, but then gave me monthly, so I had to pay all year even the 4 months which I was not in the UK. When I told them that they said it is not their problem, I have to go to the store where I bought it. Afterwards, this month they did not give me my new bill, so my usage this month added up to last month bill, so I had pay 30 pounds extra. Anyways, maybe it is cheap but the worst customer service and telephone operator I have ever seen.
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- Buckhurst Hill
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2023-01-25
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Three offer a static IP address to their business broadband customers in Ireland but not in England. They can't explain why, so it appears to be a poor business and customer service decision, as there are a number of businesses for which this is a basic requirement.
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- Essex
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2014-11-28
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After spending hours on the phone trying to resolve disgusting behaviour, advice and as far as I'm concerned theft with (Three) competitor for my son. I realised just how lucky my experience with (Three) has been.
I as a total novice went to my local store 2yrs ago and asked for unlimited use. Groundbreaking idea! Bingo! I got just what I asked for. Never any issues and good connection the majority of the time.
I believe if a company does something right by me I should say thank you. So here goes. Thank you Three! My bill rarely goes over unless I phone abroad or 0845 numbers
This is a genuine review from a happy customer.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2021-12-12
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Having been a three customer for several years I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly.
The good: when it works it works. That said, it works where there is no major demand in a given area such as some towns / suburban areas. Have been using one of these contacts in the TN38 Hastings area (4G) and it works well for the type of use, with speeds of around 6-17 mbps down. Similarly in the TQ2 Torquay area the service works well with similar speeds to the above.
The bad: London... Most of the areas I've tried it, it has failed or offered poor and unusable performance. SE14: 0.2mbps down 10% of the time, no throughput 90% of the time. NW1 : 0.6mbps down. WC1N: 0.9mbps down.
These speeds simply don't constitute an acceptable level of service in my opinion.
The ugly: customer Service... They simply do not know what they are talking about. The speak the language of upgrades and maintenance as the issue and reasons for the slow or unusable service, coming up with a variety of poorly scripted excuses, looking past the fact that it's been going on for years. Then in the next breath they are trying to get you to upgrade to 5G for another two years to solve the problem... Really? I'm sorry but I am not convinced.
I've switched to Vodafone and EE at a far higher cost in the problem areas and the service has been rock solid so far, particularly on Vodafone 4G.
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- Bridport
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-06-06
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I've switched to 3 from post office broadband and the difference is just huge.constant speeds between 40-75 Mbps. I am very satisfied with them, for now.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2017-09-30
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I have ordered a pay as you go card online, without any adds on and credit that does not expire. Here is what happened next:
1. They do not send an email order confirmation (I have asked customer support about it and he told me you need to go somewhere an choose an option to get a confirmation).
2. I received a wrong card, that expires in 30 days
3. When I phoned customer service I was told that:
- I can't return an unopened card, apparently the normal consumer rights do not apply
- I can't prove that I ordered a different card (no, I can't as I have not received a confirmation) hence I can't take legal action without a proof - I haven't mentioned legal action, he did, evidently the company does everything to make sure that there is no proof.
- Before I phoned, I was looking at the page of the card I bought, 2 min after my call, when I refreshed the browser, my card was gone.
Very unethical company.
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- manchester
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- Three Mobile
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- 2017-11-28
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The customer service line is obsoliutly useless, to say the least!! I am not a demanding or picky person myself. However, this was just unbelievable! I was staying on the line for over 2 hours on Monday evening and for over an hour on Tuesday morning. The staff had a very poor knowledge, kept me on hold or transfering me all over the departments and eventually made me cry and spoiled my day. While, all I wanted was to keep my old phone number. I was not even switching providers! I just changed the contract, got the new sim card and therefore kindly asked to keep my old number. Until some gentelment under the name Sunny has assisted me in the best possible way, dealing with a Three customer service was the biggest nightmre and a waste of time!!
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- Three Mobile
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- 2015-01-25
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Since i took a contract of router Huawei E5372 on 4.December 2014 it seemed to me ok until 8.December 2014
when all 15GB gone.As i tried to resolve that issue and get an answer why is that they told me that i had
used it all (and other things like pay more on bills and excuses of not getting cancelation) even i explained
to them that that's not possible as i have been at work until late time but unfortunately with their rude
attitude as they promised an investigation of what hapend until now i haven't heard from them.So in the shortcut
as Three rejected my cancelation (even it was done after one week) still i have to pay for 2 years contract
although i'm not using their service as im scared to do.
If i could rate half of the star i will do that as i am very disappointed with their behaviour and service
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- Morden
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- Three Mobile
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- 2015-01-21
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Since i took a contract of router Huawei E5372 on 4.December 2014 it seemed to me ok until 8.December 2014
when all 15GB gone.As i tried to resolve that issue and get an answer why is that they told me that i had
used it all (and other things like pay more on bills and excuses of not getting cancellation) even i explained
to them that that's not possible as i have been at work until late time but unfortunately with their rude
attitude as they promised an investigation of what happened until now i haven't heard from them.So in the shortcut
as Three rejected my cancellation (even it was done after one week) still i have to pay for 2 years contract
although i'm not using their service as i am scared to do.
If i could rate half of the star i will do that as i am very disappointed with their behaviour and service
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- Banbury
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2017-11-21
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I wasted so much money topping up my phone or using pay-as-you-go and I've never been so disappointed with a company. I am studying abroad and was told that three was a good phone company to use, but I think otherwise. Three is a terrible company to use. I feel as though all they did was take my money and waste my time. I spent more money on three topping up my phone than I would have with an international plan.
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- Southport England
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- Three Mobile
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- 2020-09-18
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I have full signal on my router but my speeds is about 1 mbs , most of the time it’s lower than that , I’ve seen speeds of 10kbs which is rediculas ... I’m stuck with this contract for another year! It also just cuts you off the internet for no reason it just stops !!! I was told it would be perfect for Xbox live , this was a massive lie , you cannot compete with someone with real internet because you are lagging so badly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It even struggles to run Netflix! NOT HAPPY!!!
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- Studley, Warwickshire
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- Three Mobile
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- 2015-08-12
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Broadband postcode says 3G inside out but get 3G only if I hang out the back bedroom, say 4G available, but cannot connect nor detect any 4G signal even with a high gain directional antenna outside.
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- Derby
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2020-12-02
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Absolute rubbish, hovers from 3g to 4g, says good signal but cannot connect to the internet.
Extremely frustrated as cannot log on to 3 web site to moan and demand a refund
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- Failsworth
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- Three Mobile
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- 2017-05-02
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Signed up to capped contract. Then recieved stupid messages billing me 1.50 a message and sky rocketting the bill. 3 said there was no way to stop it and i have to pay. Now i have been took to court. Avoid there contract scam you have been warned!!!!!!
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- Bridlington East Yorkshire
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- Three Mobile
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- 2020-09-08
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I went to the 3 store to ask about their mobile internet. While I was there I was told about the 4g homefi, 300mbs and only £22 a month wow! I signed up and cancelled my sky contract. The best speed was just over 15 meg at 5 AM. Before 10 am I could get 4 to 5.5 meg after that 1 meg was fast weekends we often couldn't even get on Facebook. My first complaint I was told it was because of the unlimited service and they are working hard to solve the problems. My second contact when I asked to cancel my contract was agreed without any argument. If you are considering 3 4g homefi I would suggest you ask them to put the download speed for your postcode in writing.
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- New Basford, Nottingham
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-07-02
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Best speeds I ever got were 7MBPS, usually closer to 1MBPS. Consistently cuts out once per hour, for about 5 minutes.
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- kingston
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-01-22
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Joined due to the price and it definitely paid the price. Worst customer service along side the speed of the wifi Huwawie is rubbish. Never again. The customer support technical team always telling me there is no issue however takes forever to load a simple google page. Cannot watch anything on youtube as it always buffers. All pages buffer. DO NOT RECOMMEND
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2019-10-29
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This company bought Relish broadband and when I moved house recently I tried to call to cancel the account. I had to call multiple times and wait on hold for over 40 minutes each time, only to be told they couldn't locate my account, despite me giving all the information. They told me to call another number which disconnected no matter what selection I made. I called back. I chatted with advisors online. I called back again. I went to a physical store, where they couldn't do so much as look up my account information. Finally after more than a week of trying to sort it out, I am told I can cancel but I will be charged for an extra month of services, because I didn't cancel one month in advance. What a rip off. Not only that, but the service was unreliable and pages took a long time to load. I liked Relish but Three is a corporate and bureaucratic maze and I can't recommend them to anyone on customer service (or lack thereof) alone.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
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- 2018-02-18
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Truly shocking. Entered into a 12 month contract and was promised I could use my phone after a couple of days. One week later, I still couldn't use my phone despite numerous promises.
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2021-12-25
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Absolutely terrible service. Its been working fine for 2-3 months then my crazy super fast 5G mobile internet get dead slow. Thanks to this amazing £18 a month deal I never know If I’ll be able to watch netflix after work. I can’t wait to the end of my contract in june... Thanks Three!
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