Shell Energy Broadband Home Broadband Reviews

elderly parents moved into new home, decided to keep the existing service, all fine on the day of new activation then suddenly the landline number changed and the broadband stopped working, after a 2 hour customer service phone call where I spoke to no less than 6 people from various departments I was told an engineer would be sent, never arrived on that day, called again and another ticket raised, I have lost all confidence in them resolving this, hopefully I can cancel in the cooling off period, it really shouldn't be this hard.

I am a former home phone customer but when I left Shell they claimed I needed to send back a router, or pay a £35 penalty. I have never been given any equipment by Shell. On receipt of a letter demanding return of the Shell router alleged to be in my possession in November 2022 I phoned Shell to point this out. They promised a note would be placed on my file to stop demands for payment. Out of the blue today (24 Feb 2023) I received a text demanding payment of £35 today to avoid a negative credit reference file. To add insult to injury the payment link in the text was broken. I have been in contact with Shell today and unfortunately the payment demand will take 3 days to cancel and they cannot tell me whether my credit reference will be impacted. This is now causing me considerable anxiety as well as already taken me a lot of time to sort out (the usual our lines are busy fiasco). I would recommended that people steer well clear of Shell Energy Broadband.

Awful service !, passed from person to person , sent out wrong wires so my wifi can not be set up. Its been 6 weeks without wifi and waiting for them to set it up. There technician didnt even turn up to fix the issue so i took a day of work and sat at home on my own all day without wifi. And iv spent £100 on extra data. THEY Refuse to cancel my contract unless i Pay a fee. Absolutely discusting service. They shouldnt bother, messing around with peoples livily hoods. DISCUSTINGGG

1 week after placing my order for broadband I receive a phone call to say they cannot guarantee my broadband will be switched over on the same day. They told me it was my fault for giving notice to my current provider, something Shell Energy told me to do!!! Not happy as my current supply is being cut off and I have no new provider!

Stay clear! I moved over from Virgin Media and had absolute terrible broadband speed from the get go. It was an absolute nightmare to get in touch with support.
First I tried the phone, just to wait ages in a holding loop to then having the line suddenly interrupted when I was finally talking with someone.
Then I tried email and nobody answered for a week. And even then it was a very slow back and forth with them not taking it serious.
Finally reached someone on the phone, just to be told it must be the WiFi router and I should reset it and connect it to another outlet. And after I've done that, I had to wait again for hours to talk to someone.
I then tried to cancel as it was an absolute nightmare, and they just outright rejected it.
Months later after the communications ombudsman, finally someone came out and fixed it. Speed is now perfect, but too late, because I had to extend Virgin Media as the Shell line wasn't working.

I now have two connections. Never ever again!

Refuse to honour the 30 day cancellation policy, despite a looming price hike. Followed through with the complaint and they insist on charging the full amount of my remaining contract if I cancel £170 for 9 months. I will never entertain signing up with Shell Energy again

This company are without question the worst company I have EVER had the misfortune to have any dealings with. Shell Energy and broadband are nothing more than a bunch of cowboy liars...!

Do yourselves a favour and DO NOT have anything to do with this bunch of greedy, careless, Liars... Stay well away..

Absolutely awful service if I could give minus stars I would, 3 months of misery tried to cancel contract they want £250 ,How dare they,They are not supplying me a service ,I so wish I had read the reviews from other people,PLEASE DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND

Absolutely awful service if I could give minus stars I would, 3 months of misery tried to cancel contract they want £250 ,How dare they,They are not supplying me a service ,I so wish I had read the reviews from other people,PLEASE DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND

Absolutely disgraceful service that pass you round in circles with no solution.

The product doesn't work relaibly and the router drops the WiFi completely in the next room.

I'm thinking of buying out of the contract its that bad.

Avoid this company and product at all costs.

Absolutely appalling service.

Inept customer service that pass you round in circles.

A product that doesn't work relaibly and a router that drops the WiFi completely in the next room.

Avoid this company and product at all costs.

Since Shell took over from The Post Office I've had no problems at all. Good speed and reliable broadband

Today I was on the phone to such an amazing lady who really wanted to help me and was so kind . I don’t think much of Shell as a broadband company but I do however think it’s extremely important to give credit to customer services in particular one named Katie from the retention department. What a star so pleasant so kind patient understanding and has helped me resolve my problems. She’s been the best person from this company and I’d like to thank the manager to for accepting my issues kindly too . Thankyou ever so much Katie I really cannot thank you enough .

I am absolutely dissatisfied with how poor Shell broadband is. I am having issues trying to get them to close my account because I refuse to be with them for a second longer. I signed up with them which was the biggest mistake I made and now they’re trying to see if I can get out my contract or what the fees will be. This is an absolute disgrace considering I’ve had a very poor broadband that went on and off constantly I was forever having to turn the router off non-stop issues had to get an engineer out to tell me there was nothing wrong with my line which was a lie that Shell broadband told me over the phone and then to make things worse when I asked them to close it this is now the third time they’ve still not closed my account. I moved on to another provider.I am refusing to pay for a service I didn’t receive and this company should be avoided at all cost . If they continue to expect me to pay for leaving early I shall take it further

Horrible experience!!!definitely would not recommend them and I wish I read the reviews before I join them
The broadband speed is not the best but the real nightmare is trying to contact the customer services
Awful and horrible experience

OK when everything is ticking along. Disastrous at sorting out problems--particularly bills!

Absolutely awful I have been stuck with shell since July. It is by far the worst internet I have had ever! The download speeds are super slow and the Wi-Fi constantly cuts out - driving everyone on the house nuts. I’ve contacted them so many times and even bought a signal repeater nothing helps just stay away from shell broadband.

We had Shell broadband fitted on the 13 January 2023 it hasn't worked since the day it went in. If we are lucky we might get 20 minutes a day before it drops out we gave had to telephone calls who could not fix it an engineer called out it worked for 4 hours then dropped out we called another engineer who was booked for the second time to call on the Wednesday but he never turned up phoned Shell who told me they forgot to book the engineer he booked again for Monday. The company will not let me cancel for 30 days or I have to pay £300 to cancel. So 21 days into thus contract we get approximately 20 minutes service. I am now taking legal action against thus absolutely dreadful company. Whatever you do don't take out out a contract out with this diabolical company you will be sorry

I was with the post office, then she'll toothpaste over, now extremely slow, rarely able to use laptop, can use mobile which is better than it was this was due having a replacement rooter, buti gave up hoping for better, also they changed my number when they gave me new rooter, now I find I'm ex directory, no one can now find my number as they no longer add the number to the directory, not a service they offer according to customer service I rang today, can't wait until my contract is up, they are appalling.

the way you handle the relatives of deceased loved ones when sending a final bill, you make the bill look like people owe you money, you even put on a pay by date, lucky i noticed after paying your company, that you owed the money to myself and not the other way around, i had to phone to complain, how many people have fallen for your little tricks on making people think you owe the money, like myself, clearly out to swindle greaving, the vulnerable and the elderly , you must be making millions out of the most vulnerable people, shame on you