Three Home Broadband Reviews

Stay away from Three and never take their contracts. They're the worst provider, but ThreeUK don't care. Because it was "all you can eat data" (a lie) we had three years of bad reception, slow and throttled internet and continual price rises. Even worse than TalkTalk and they're useless, rude call centres.

crap . very bad experience with three. don't sign with them!!! costumers service is based in India, you can't even understand them. after 3 days of internet, they cut me off saying I used too much data which is untrue as it was a 40 Giga contract (which is usable for 32 people) and the bill was outrageous. I always have been under usage with my former providers. i called the customer service a thousand times and they tried to bribe me into giving me Giga.i had enough allowance left, they tried to steal money but saying i run out of it. Shame on three! DON'T sign with them, they are thieves!

Since my last review saying how rubbish The Three network are I have received a letter saying they wish to also charge me a cancellation fee when it was not me who cancelled. The company had not raised a bill since last June and I had phoned 5 times since last June always getting a call center in India and nobody sorted out the problem. I last phoned Thursday May 25th and when the man I spoke to saw I was on one of their old contracts where I could text more than a group of 5 without being charged 17p per text (even though my contract was meant to be for unlimited texts), he must have arranged to terminate my number the very next day. I was cut off without any warning and did not have a phone with another provider until the following Wednesday May 31st.
I then receive a letter from the Chief Executive of Three saying they considered my text usage too high which is why I was cut off. The letter also said they were charging me a cancellation fee.
I have had people contacting me via Facebook trying to find out why they had not had a reply from me. I am happy to pay the monthly charge and the £109 they say I owe outside of my contracted terms over the last 11 months, but NO WAY am I paying a cancellation charge too when they terminated me and in such an unprofessional way.
If this goes to court I want Three to produce a phone conversation when anyone I spoke to in India said my text usage was too high or produce a letter where I was given any warning about this.
Their system managed to produce bills for me until June 2016 so it certainly was not the reason they seemed unable to produce a bill.
I have sent a letter by recorded delivery to The Chief Executive saying how totally useless their company is because they use a call center based in India.
T Mobile (EE) have brought their call center back to the UK because they were getting too many complaints. O2 also have a call center in the UK already and I never hear any complaints about them.
I think Three actually owe me compensation for the stress they have caused me over the 5 day period I did not have a phone.

Julie Davies of Loudwater, High Wycombe

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!!!!!!

Terrible signal and connection on phone network I have with them it took me a year to sort out numerous of phone calls and live chat to be disconnected or hung up on regular bases I had some very very rude and abupt staff over the phone to me patgonzing me down the phone and speaking to me like I'm a stupid person. I once was on my phone for four hours and spoke to 6 different people including the relation customer service team several times to be told oh well there is work going on in your area

This is by far the worse company I have dealt with in 20 years their customer service is pathetic and was billed plus admin fees continuously despite cancelling my account Stay well clear as shockingly bad service and poor ethics of staff (who lie and don't do as they say and management alike.

I use my 3 phone as my work phone on a day to day basis and run by own business. There has been very poor signal at my place of work for 8 weeks now, numerous client calls have cut out half way through and I have lost significant amounts of business. Despite 3 saying this will not be sorted for some time they are unwilling to allow me to terminate my contract without paying a huge early termination charge. In my view they have breached my contract by no longer providing a working network. I originally signed up with 3 because I was told they had good coverage in my work place, this is no longer the case and they will not let me leave. I have spent hours on the phone to them with no success.

An absolute JOKE of a company!

Where do I start? The only reason I have to use this shower of fools is purely for work purposes.

I ring to top up the broadband and am ALWAYS in a queue. It's impossible to top up on line. They even have a dedicated line for the fact that you simply CAN'T ever top up on line thus incurring overinflated call charges!

You finally get to speak to someone who tries to keep you on line for even longer by trying to pass the time of day!!

After an age you are told that it's all been completed and to simply unplug and replug the dongle and hey presto!

NOOOO ! not the case - guess what? It does NOT get connected so you have to call back AGAIN and go through the whole procedure AGAIN.

I've got wise to this so today I'd gone through this whole frustrating sage and got put through to the 'technical dept' once AGAIN............

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Here we go...The 'tech' was telling me how to plug and unplug the dongle - yes been going that for an hour! Next he asks me to take out sim and do a few other stupid things. At this point I asked if I was on the Ant and Dec show. My sarcasm was wasted on him but never mind!

I didn't do any of the things he said but I pretended to. Guess what after another FIVE minutes of stupid instructions the internet came on!!!! I hadn't actually done anything!!!!!!!!!!!

He couldn't believe I'd DARED to not follow his instructions!! lol

They obviously get people to keep calling and waiting until they decide to simply connect you!

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE CON
AVOID THIS COMPANY LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bought a new 24mth contract from THREE which came with a samsung mobile phone. Three months later the phone just became unusable, not least due to the garbage bloatware THREE preinstall, most of which I had uninstalled. It still left little imovable scabs, one was every time I touch the fone asking if I want to install THREE apps etc - Then the horror story really begins. THREE customer service just happened to mention fone warranty was ONE year, not the two years I signed up to. They also tried to get samsung to deal with the problem, giving me the runaround. I said my contract is with THREE YOU sort it out. Said they would send a new phone. never did. Made an official complaint and every step was blocked by them misusing the data protection act and claiming they cannot talk to me via email unless I give security details, despite the case already being open. So it was ok for me to send sensitive data but not for them. It then just became farcical and I gave up. They then advised I couldnt even complain to the ombudsman!!! A big fat lie. The network service itself was 2nd rate too. Many black spots and 3 and 4g unusable often. The company is a joke.

I have been with almost every phone provider and Three is by far the worst I had to cancel the contract within the colling off period. Three market an International sim so you can use calls, texts and data abroad. Nowhere on the website does it mention this actually only lasts for 2/3/4 (they still can't give a definite answer) until you are charged premium rates for using your phone abroad. I cancelled and have reported to ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) In addition to get my PAC code took my 10 days of constant calling (average hold time 45 minutes) to be put through to Mubai and to be told no comprende on most issues. A manager was due to call me back on 4 occasions during this time. They are so unhelpful. I really can't believe their service. Vodafone however text me my PAC code after leaving and their wait time is merely 5 minutes. I think i'l rejoin. DO NOT go with Three. They are an absolute Joke. also when you go into store they ask to scan your passport before giving you a sim card. I find this highly unnecessary (I mean it's not US border control And since three recently suffered a hack I think its a consumers right to be more careful as to where their unnecessary details are held.

I've been a Three mobile customer for 4 years and for 3 years I used to have unlimited data, this year I went to the shop and the guy told me to change it for 17 G instead keeping the unlimited contract. That's fine! It's cheaper and my average is 12G per month. However since there it becames a nightmare!!! EXTREMELY SLOW internet, internet goes out all the time... so annoying! Another thing on the day that i changed my contract they told me buy this and that and we will give you a £150 voucher for amazon. I was happy with that. £150 voucher who does't like it?? however when i checked it online they say the voucher will be redeemed after first payment (no problem) and then amazon could take 2 to 3 month to send the voucher...this was in August 2016 5 months passed and nothing!!! I wrote a complain to three and they ignored me!!! Very disappointed!!! I pay every month £55 for an useless service!!!!! Can't wait for next August to finish my contract.

I got a 300 minutes + 3000 texts + 12GB data to which cost me GBP20.

My problem are :
1. There are too much slower of data connection
2. There are too ofter 'disconnect' issue during surfing online
3. There are too much often 'NO SERVICE'.

It's not good to complaint, besides its not type of people who like to do so but all I can say here is.. I made a mistake when I thought that UK has its all the most highly quality both of services and performance. It's so embarrassing when I realise that is just wast't true at all

This is would be the first, and the last I'd use this ISP.
The most worst ISP that I would not recommended it to other service user.

I did cancelled my contract with them twice and they charge me £35 after my first cancellation (i did pay and i cancelled a second time the same contract) and they keeps calls me 5 times a day because?i did not cancelled my contract and i need to pay them £40.ive got a few letters from a debt collectors.it was a horrible experience.if you would like to cancel a contract make sure they understands you.

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.

Very Very poor customer service. call center just pss you irrelative department and spending your time at least 3 hours to solve issue. they are not helpful. they do not know.

I decided to join three mobile and get a contract SIM. Worst thing I could have possibly done. The first 6 months was meant to be half price. £11.50! But, they charged me that PLUS the full amount. They admitted to charging me too much and would not refund me. So, therefore, I cancelled the contract SIM. They are now threatening me with an outstanding balance of £213!! For cancelling. Threatening to take me to court etc. Keep sending letters, emails, you name it. I don't believe I should pay this money as my actual mobile did not come from three it was just the SIM card and they are expecting me to pay this for their mistake. Just don't go with three it's the worst and they do this to everyone and the signal with them are rubbish anyway I'd recommend going with something like virgin network rather than three.

I'm so sick of them, leaving after being a long time customer.

They refuse to help me, and I've had numerous emails with rude and arrogant staff. They've doubled their prices on some contracts, and I'm not prepared to pay it.

Clearly Three don't give a damn about their customers, and people seem to be leaving like rats off a sinking ship. Personally I'm glad to be rid of them, and don't recommend them to anyone at all.

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!

The worst provider I have ever dealt with.

Poor security meaning that my account was hacked- this was eventually rectified after a painstakingly slow and complicated process of getting passed from pillar to post within a disorganised team which appeared to have no internal communication or common sense. The customer service team are very polite, but from my experience of phone calls with them they are not helpful as often quite poorly informed of the information I require and unless you go through to the cancellation team it takes a very long time to get through to anyone. Also infuriatingly slow to get call backs on issues I have had with more recently with their service and still having to chase them. Needless to say that after about 8 years with them I am now actively looking to move!