BT Home Broadband Reviews

I was approached by BT to sign up for another 18 months and that would involve me going on to BT plus. At the time my line throughput was 41Mbits/s. This speed remained constant for a couple of months and the it started to drop and eventually went down to 10 Mb/s. I rang BT and unfortunately had to speak to their Indian help desk. I had to remove all connections from my router and went through all the tests until the last test where I had to hang up. No call back on reply. I rang them again, a different agent. He insisted I go through the testing sequence again. Again I was told to hang up. Nothing again. At this point I gave up. A friend of mine who works for Openreach measured my line and said there was a high resistance fault probably on the pole outside. I rang BT and fortunately got a British operative who logged it as a fault and three days later an engineer came round and fixed the fault. All well and good I hear you say. No. The throughput speed came up to 25Mb/s. I had somebody ring me to see if I was satisfied. I said no. They decided to send me a new router. I installed this and this one had a software field that actually measured the line speed. It said it was running at 30Mb/s however testing with their own software and Ookla line speed tests it has now dropped to 20Mb/s. The router says it is running at 30Mb/s so what am I to conclude from this? It would appear to me that their network manage to system is throttling my line down to 20Mb/s. As a result of this and poor customer service I shall be voting with my feet at the end of the contract

We have received help from Tyrone both yesterday and today. He was very devoted and exceeded our expectations. He fixed an internet issue that we have had for a very long time and went the extra mile as he came in extra early the next day and made sure the problem was fixed.

Many thanks from Bective Leslie Marsh team at Kensington.

very poor broadband speed
had some work done 2 months ago. But says it is not connected every time we contact BT
This service is very poor
We need an explanation for this delay

Worst broadband experience. Broadband kept on cutting out, after multiple attempts 7 engineers, I finally managed to cancel my contract and get a full refund of charges. Very, very frustrating though, useless broadband. Back with Sky now, not had a problem.

After 6 weeks of trying to get internet installed, it’s pretty obvious BT have some huge internal system/process issues, I have experienced 4/5 times of having conversations / orders placed only to find out that the relevant email/sms does not reflect anything ‘booked’ on their systems.
On top of that the complaints procedure is obviously a token gesture as it’s quickly closed followed by a experiencing exactly the same issue you complained about. Overall absolutely abysmal service.

So, I've come home looking forward to watching Netflix after a long week, and my bt internet isn't working. I have tried the 'on off' method as you do and it doesn't work. I checked the status and apparently it's 'good' in my area. Been on the website and tried to test the landline number and the page goes to an error. It hasn't worked the whole day and when I try test the connection it goes straight to an error page. This is poor from a big company as they do not state any recommendations, fixes, or even acknowledgement of the issue. I hope it is fixed soon as I pay good money for the service.

Not been with them long but cancelled this morning absolutely rubbish service,we have gone back to our original supplier . The straw that broke the camels back was no phone and no internet again this morning. Being pensioners nearly 80 years old we rely on our internet a lot. When we went with them we thought that they would come and set it up but you have to do it yourself so l had to get someone in to do it.

The signal drops at times. Had issues with promised package not delivered. It took many stressful attempts before I got something like the first package offered. Did not support my fragile mental health.

Had 12 months of serious broadband issues, now have issues with a mobile service too.

Let me explain - I noticed broadband connection issues, called out their Openreach guys, fixed it so no problems right? - Wrong! lost connection 3 times more, engineer sent out, he hooked up terminal to my line box which displayed a different number, so he went out to check, returned to say my private line was unplugged (stolen) obviously previous engineers working etc - then told there's ample space for new lines etc - then fixed issue and made report back to BT. BT sent the standard email eg: case closed, then line got hijacked again - altogether lost about 2 months internet time, which after months of phone conversations was eventually credited to my account.

Took out a 2nd service - a mobile phone contract approx £372 pa for I Phone SE (6 year old phone!!), which was a 'recommendation' from 'Sales Dept' - sounded ok, biggest mistake I made -- phone battery issues galore, to a point where phone battery depleted from 8 hours a day (only switched on, and no other usage) to a mere 3 hours after a full recharge!

BT wouldn't take responsibility, tech support was refused, so got passed to Apple instead. Problem was the battery, Apple sent just a refurbished replacement model, not brand new or a newer model offered.

Moving on 7 months later - they double billed me due to 'automated billing system error' - which messed my finances up for 3 months, BT tried to stick me with an engineer call out fee of £180 - based on their customer service suggestion and insisted a broadband check be done at my end to help solve the slow speed issue.

Fault was found to be BT's and not damage to my equipment etc - so another credit made to my account - I should think so.....

Forward a few months and I paid my mobile bill by credit slip at my bank. BT sends me a reminder to restrict my service etc, I explained it was paid 20 days earlier, assured my service was restored, but I owed them £55 for 'other mobile services' which they couldn't explain what these extra's were - actually illegal as all charges must be billed in detail which this wasn't - I questioned this, requested in-depth details and promised to pay once proper itemised bill is forwarded - but none came, yet their still trying to bill me for a non existent extra that I know I never requested as my bill is just for the phone and is one charge only for unlimited calls. so nothing else to pay.

They then sent me a further reminder, threatening account termination, along with debt collection action and that I would be stuck with extra fees for non-payment etc - a very aggressive letter indeed. If only they checked their bank account to see the bank transfer, hmmmm. So got proof of payment from my bank, agent reconnected my service, but few days later - BT disconnected me again for reasons unknown.

Don't get me started on the nightmare call transfer system they force on their customers, or the rude agents intent on blasting policy instead of active listening skills that should be employed to understand the mere basic of info needed to sort an issue.

I don't understand why some people have such problems. I have been with BT for nearly 2 years and they are amazing. I use them for broadband and mobiles, and they are ALWAYS sss helpful.I am so pleased with their service I have extended my contract for another 18 months

I started with BT almost 3 years ago after moving to an address where Virgin Media was unavailable. I had no major problem getting started with BT with everything being as it should be regarding my phone, TV, Sport and Broadband 'package'. The contract was 12 months. There were no major problems in that first 12 months, however when coming to renew I had an email from BT before the contract expired offering me a Broadband renewal at a reasonable price but with a contract for 18 months not 12. I spoke to them via their helpline but was told 18 months was now their minimum contract period. I agreed to this. A few weeks later they contacted me again about my TV and sport contract!!!!!! I thought I had just renewed this but it turns out the verbally agreed renewal was just for the Broadband BUT the TV and Sport package were now a minimum of 24 months. So, there is the major problem - how can I watch the final 6 months of my TV and Sport package if I decide not to renew my broadband? Sneaky. Having spoken with my wife we decided to go ahead with the TV and Sport as we had already committed to the Broadband.
Fast Forward 21 months - suddenly realise that my monthly bill had shot up to £80 from around £40. I contact BT who tell me that I am out of contract with my Broadband and therefore have no 'deal' and the price has risen to £52 (a lot of money, especially as I can only get a maximum of 25mbps where I live via FTTC) I point out that BT did NOT contacted me regarding the end of my broadband deal but obtained no explanation or response from the BT 'assistant'. I enquired about reducing my cost of my existing 'plan' by cancelling the BT Sport and TV package that to be honest we don't watch much at all. In this day and age of Netflix, Youtube and other streaming TV services, BT's TV is not an attractive proposition. This is probably why they hike up the price of their broadband post contract to offset the lack of customers taking up their TV options. To cut a long story a little shorter, my BT 'assistant' could not offer me any sort of decent broadband deal so I am cancelling everything. My 'early termination' charges are way lower than remaining with BT so I'm off. Having placed an order with a different supplier for just Broadband and phone line, (NOT a BT subsidiary of EE or Plusnet) I am now receiving text messages from BT asking me to reconsider. To be fair to BT, I was never unhappy with the Broadband and had few drop-outs and would have remained with BT for many more years, however, due to their underhand sneaky price hiking and contracts of unequal length designed to trap their customers, I will NEVER trust BT again. Deals can be agreed and negotiated but trust cannot. Goodbye BT - Forever.

Had tv and broadband package which came with £100 on a debit card and free bt sports. Tried to use the card which doesn’t work , can’t contact anyone!! Also had my monthly bill increased , I phoned to make a complaint and was told after a long discussion that my bill would not increase. Forward a month and my bill increased, called again to complain and was told the previous advisor should not have agreed that , made a complaint and was told they would look into the complaint . Just had a phone call and been told my bill will increase , I told the advisor you wouldn’t fill a car up with fuel and half way through the garage decides to increase the price by 10p a ltr. THIS IS LEGALISED ROBERY

DO NOT TAKE THIS BROADBAND, customer service is useless a lot of lias, is not working at all even on Facebook you can't go ...they charging for nothing...at the phone to cancel your contract they are saying you have to pay £30 for one month and £47 the fee and after they are charging £145 ...they are not serious at all...really bad customer service and experience...I fell so bad because of them...they see people like me how doesn't speak English and they trading to rope them ...be careful

I have move, to a new home and my previous speeds at my old house, with the exchange over a mile away was 37Mb down and 10Mb UP and ping around the 7ms mark, this new house which is less than 50 meters away for the main exchange in my home town are bad 16.1Mb down and only just 1Mb UP with a ping 18Ms and up, I wish I could move back, to plus net, BT say i am getting more than they said the min was so my line good, but for my point of view my all Broadband cost only 24.99 and mow I am getting far less and am PAYING 31.99, and they won't give me a reduction on my bill because its past the minimum they said

BT are dishonest and made us agree to an 18 month contract without telling us that it was 18 months. They hide this information in order to tie people in. Our tenancy was only 12 months so we had to pay a large cancellation fee(almost £200!). Their customer service are also difficult to deal with. I had no problem with the broadband itself, but it is dishonest to actively try to trick people into signing an 18 month contract, especially elderly or vulnerable people. A company which is not to be trusted.

18 month contract with BT, first few months everything was ok, good speed and reliability, then things deteriorated rapidly. Speed dropped and is now half of what I was promised, connection drops out constantly. I have complained on several occasions and was advised to reset the router on a weekly basis, reset it once but then for some reason it wouldn't reset again. I am now in the process of switching provider and am hoping for an improvement but one thing is for sure, I won't be returning to BT.

I am so disappointed with BT, I had no broadband connection for a week I contacted them and this was resolved, however was told I won’t be charged for the times I had no broadband, however the bill came with full amount which I had to pay. I contacted them online and was told we are going to refund you and you will get an email within 3-4 hours. I waited all day no email came. Decided to contact them again today and was being tossed around different agents and for 50 minutes I got no help. Was patient bough to remain connected and waited for them but they wasted close to an hour of my time with no help at all. So this means am going to pay for the times I had no connection and it’s always very slow seems they also switch it off at night i don’t know. Am glad my contract is ending soon, so.

I went from EE to BT as you are supposed go be able to get fast fibre broadband in every room. Yes you can if you buy into extra discs for every room. £10 extra for each one per month. Rubbish coverage. Can't wait for my contract to finish. Don't do it.

i am locked into a 24 month contract with this bunch of cowboys and want to warn anyone else not to fall into the trap i have. Do without a service rather than get it from these guys as the stress is not worth it

Why is it BT continually get it wrong. Very simple these shysters increased the price of my BT without my knowledge or consent. Spoke to them and they hung up. Spoke to them and they said we sent an email (didn't get as it was in spam) said your in contract and that's it. How do these lick spittles ever expect to keep me as a customer when they literally robbed me.