Plusnet Home Broadband Reviews

To all people who are wanting to sign up to plusnet. Please DONT. We had this company in our home for 5 to 6 years and during this time we have had trouble with slow speed and six engineers later it is still not right. We had decided to go to another company due to the very poor service and was also very under advised by the sales team and also during complaints we have now found out after going to another company there is a leaving fee of £246.09. Whilst trying to sort these issues out we have then found out to our horror that they only had the records going back 2 years, bearing in mind we have been with them for 5 to 6 years. This is due to company policy that reflects on their poor customer service that makes them rubbish. Pease be aware of this as we have been conned!!

I thought BT was bad but these are supposedly a better company customer service wise, I cannot even go on eBay as it won’t load a photo, the broadband service is absolutely diabolical and the customer service the same! They are a complete shambles, all they want to keep doing is upselling! The broadband was great for the first month then every week it gets worse and worse cannot even watch a tv programme on Amazon prime, these company’s disgust me that they keep taking money but are not interested in giving you a service you are paying for.

We went back to Plusnet after our contact finished with another provider, wish we hadn’t have bothered, speeds and reliability are absolutely useless, drops out constantly, takes ages to load, it’s useless. You ring CS all they tell you to do is switch your router off blah blah, not a permanent fix. It’s that bad i spend most my time using my mobile data, i’ve even increased my data so i get consistent broadband. Oh I live in a town and not the sticks so no excuse, I cannot wait to get rid of them.. take my advice don’t bother.

Terrible absolutely terrible customer service is ZERO they bill you for a service you don’t use and when you want to leave it’s like hotel California you can check in but can’t leave. It really deserves zero stars I can’t tell you how much I utterly hate this company and it’s staff are disgusting liars. They lie and lie and lie as to what was discussed only ever contact them via messages as they will deny anything they said on the phone, I hate them with a passion I thought lost to my youth.

I decided to swop providers based on the excellent reviews by 'Which' which is usually my gold standard. I run a business and essential to have a smooth transition. smooth it has not been, it has been the worst experience I have ever had with a provider.
There was initially a four day delay in my getting any internet provision at all, I was cut off from my original supplier four days before the new router was sent out. This was a nightmare, I was trying to run my business including already set up online meetings , plusnet simply said that it was on its way. What a shamble!
It was not an easy process setting up the new system although to be fair the support line was excellent.
I had hoped then to put there behind me and move forward with my new system, this has not been the case, each day wince the set-up I have had periods in which I have been unable to access internet, this in random and several times in the middle of an online meeting.
I have reported this and am told that it is being investigated and nothing more they are able to do until they find the fault.
This is a total shambles and I have asked if I can return to my old supplier, I am told that this will be a breach of contract and I will be required to pay a fee of over £100.
I am beyond words, all I can say to anyone reading this review is do not go near this provider, they are simply the worst.

Shocking customer service and a nightmare system of tickets and questions all controlled by plusnet. Big mistake switching to plusnet

Worst Customer Service. Their agent is rude. I can't believe she was allowed to work there with that bad attitude. Avoid at all cost!

Constant over charging .Broadband is rubbish signal not strong enough .

Awful customer service. I've recently switched providers because of Plusnet's slow broadband speed, unacceptable delays in fixing faults and despite my switch to a different provider I'm currently on hold for 20 mins (my third attempt today to reach them) on Plusnet's customer helpline to get them to cancel an incorrect invoice. Plusnet have admitted in writing that the invoice is incorrect but I just can't get their billing department to stop chasing me for payment. If they don't pick up within the next 30 mins I will report them to the ombudsman. In the meantime I'm leaving bad reviews on any website I can find to prevent others from making the mistake of signing up for Plusnet.

Absolute garbage. Lost count of the number of times it says the Internet is connected but doesn't work. If the power outs, it never works again once switched on and we have to go through the faff of phoning Plusnet to reset the service which is never a quick fix because customer services can never quite grasp that their steps don't work with our router (Aisus). Not compatible with Google WiFi. Cannot wait for our contract term to end. Nightmare from start to finish.

Gone from 5* to 2* from my opinion.
To be honest they have gone from being ace to just bellow average. I will leave at the end of my current contract - I would have done so already but couldn't because of personal reasons. They have just become one of the average crowd of suppliers.
My recommendation would be to avoid.

Plusnet failed to mention when I signed up that I would not be able to get you view.
This is important to me. To try and get help on line is very difficult and any answer I do get doesn’t answer my question.
Definitely a company to steer clear of.

Unsatisfactory.
Speed isn't great. Monthly cost keeps going up. Reliability is poor.
Only guarantee is you'll lose coverage when you need it most for example weekends or evenings when you're most likely to need it.
Very disappointed. Changing provider tomorrow.

Worst Internet provider by a country mile.
I was informed by customer service to go and buy my own router if I wanted better WiFi coverage around the house.
Still no better, constantly cuts off and getting online via WiFi at peak times is a nightmare.
Avoid plusnet at all costs.

terrible speeds, terrible service, constant high packet loss. absolutely shocking.

Sorry to be a party pooperon this forum of slagging off your ISP, but I have been a Plusnet customer for about 5 years and have just renewed. They are a little cheaper than BT and their router is a hand me down from that company. However their service has improved considerably over the years. I still use their original IEC modem which is connected to a sinology router. I get consistent high speed and have had no issues apart from when we had a power cut and the Synology router went off piste, but Plusnet tech helped me sort the problem even though it wasn't their router. So I can recommend them. So there.

had contract with them for 2 years geting about half download speed stated on my contract switched to sky better deal and getting advertised speed also charged for finishing contract one week early avoid plusnet had talk talk and ee before but no one as bad as plusnet

I would advise against taking a contract with them. I am alone using the broadband, and still having issues. Netflix keeps disconnecting as I use it via Google Chromecast. Teams call for work are poor quality and often need to switch video off.

An absolutely terrible experience from this incompetent company.

We moved into a new property in November and booked a connection slot for a fibre order in advance. Despite calling for updates, we still weren't connected a month later. I was told that it was Openreach's fault and they hadn’t booked us in.

Openreach actually visited our property a few days after to connect us to the cabinet but when I called Plusnet, due to their sheer incompetence, they told me I couldn't have Fibre and couldn't be connected at our property. When I asked what the engineer had been doing in my property if not connecting me to fibre I was told oh, something else.

Following this exchange and what had already been a month of waiting and additional delays I cancelled my account with them. In the end I switched to EE (both owned by BT) but miles apart in terms of the helpful, prompt customer service I received. Although we had to wait a few more weeks for the EE connection, I asked if I could have unlimited free data to hotspot while we waited for our connection and it was absolutely no problem - they were super helpful. When an engineer came back out to connect us to EE before Xmas - he found we were already running fibre to our home (!) Exactly what I suspected, despite Plusnet telling me otherwise…

I couldn't recommend EE highly enough and though we're on the standard broadband now (due to Plusnet's mess-up with the fibre) I've got total peace of mind and feel like I'm dealing with a quality company. They even discounted my mobile bill.

A final detail - we are still awaiting our £36.99 refund from Plusnet as of January… having just paid a petty £3.52 for the 'service' we (didn't) use in November/December. What a joke. I fully expect my 36.99+3.52 refund but am sure I'll have to call a few more times to get it.

Avoid like the plague and go for a proper provider - BT, EE, Sky etc.

Worst service - winners of the Wooden Spoon. In case there is an issue that you complain about, they will take a month to fix - this is written in the contract. In my case, they had restricted the broadband to a lower speed inspite of charging me for higher speed - when questioned, no word of apology or anything. You are tied in 18 months contract to cant do anything. Very unreliable speeds. Why do review sites not have less than 1*.