Shell Energy Broadband Home Broadband Reviews

The absolute worst company I've ever dealt with .
To use the word useless would be a compliment after what I've been put through over these last few months.
From beginning to end , they've messed up everything.
They took money they shouldn't have , and then told a pack of lies about issuing a refund.
They actually lied !!!
Basically I would call them criminals, hiding behind the name of a legitimate company.
I'm now with Plusnet , and so far they've been great .
Once bitten twice shy .
Shell ain't gonna get their teeth into my hard earned cash ever again !!!

Since moving onto Shell from post office broadband.
Had terrible service and charged 7 pounds more èven though I was told it would not increase .
Just lost my husband to cancer and this week end Shell broadband rang me and said my contract ended March so it will cut my service 25th July ho find yourself another provider . Two days earlier I spoke to them and it was agreed a new contract 1 months free and 19.99 a month. I agreed to wait 2 weeks so this call set me back a bit at the week end . Heartless they were . Hope they fail soon

Became a unfortunate customer when mypostoffice broadband was taken over by shell energy. Since then, my broadband speed has halved.
Shell energy has prooved to be impossible to contact by phone and they do not respond to emails

Broadband was all right but returning the router was a nightmare as they kept asking for it to be returned, or for me to call them about the return, when they had already had it back for over a week. Admin is dreadful generally, wasted a lot of time contacting them because of their appalling processes.

Had a generally good experience with Shell Broadband for our 12 month contract - internet was reliable, and faster than we were paying for. Relatively good value. Never had any issues with dropouts or poor coverage. We were very happy with this provider after being with Virgin Media (unreliable and slow) for several years.

The issues have been with customer service since the contract ended. I have been chasing a final bill for almost a month now, despite being told the bill would be issued within 10 days of the contract ending. An extra Direct Debit payment was taken almost a week after the contract ended. I was never sent a return label for the router, despite me asking for one three times, and I am now being threatened with a £35 fine for not returning the router in time. The Live Chat feature on the website is never available so I have had to phone customer services several times to chase the bill and the label, and every time I get "they're on the way", and nothing ever shows up. Very disappointed as the internet itself was fab, but the stress of having to chase them like this has put me off ever using them again.

I was one of those switched over from the Post Office to Shell.

Overall, my service has been good with fibre in my area. I don't remember the last time the internet dropped for me.

However, it is near impossible to get them on the phone! Been calling multiple times a day and have been waiting for over half an hour.

I am definitely moving to a more established ISP, with significantly better customer service.

Left this company on may 17th and was still charged another months rental on May 25th which I am having trouble getting refunded .Had a threatening on June 18th about returning the router although I was waiting for them to send a returns bag
Awful company

Was swapped from Post Office to Shell 6 months ago. Haven't had a single day of constant internet since. Drops out 50 times a day. I've spent hours on the phone with them and after 6 months finally got a BT engineer booked. Shell claims they found a fault and fixed it but my internet is still the same. Cancelled my contract with them and was sent a final bill for £65. On a £17 a month contract. They can whistle for their money. I suppose the moral of the story is that if they can't keep oil out the ocean, they shouldn't try breaking into the broadband market.

My mother in law relies on wi fi for various devices like Alexa, so we can call her 100 miles away between visits.
The reliability of wi fi was poor, kept dropping out, she was paying way over the odds £20+ compared to other providers. But the worst was the lack of help upgrading her to fibre, the agents offered to call her but never did.

Don't bother-it is shit!
Only went live four days ago and it has gone down twice already!
Never had this problem with Plusnet or TalkTalk!!

So far I've been with Shell for a short period of time having previously been the the Post Office, which was excellent. Unfortunately they handed over to Shell. It's been nothing but a nightmare. Slow, unreliable, customer service queue too long and the final straw.....trying to pay my bill I use the website to view my bill of course before paying. Each time without fail, it didn't recognise my email address, then didn't recognise my password, when I tried again and it accepted both of these, I got a page saying OOPS SOMETHING WENT WRONG, try again later. Tried later, same problems up to an hour trying to get to my bill, finally get there and go to pay and informed "your have no outstanding bills' having only received an email a day before asking me to pay!! So fed up I decided to switch to another provider, who by the way, is far cheaper. Shell had the nerve to try and charge me exit fee of over £100 justifying this by telling me, I could have called, or had a chat, if their website isn't working. I do not pay bills without viewing them first and cannot access this without wasting an hour. Basically they're brushing me off and blaming me instead of fixing they ongoing website problems. This is now becoming the norm for most big companies, I am now in the process of discussing with the Ombudsman.

Wi Fi kept dropping out from day one. Phone calls to customer services went unanswered after 30-40 mins. Router adjustments made no difference. Finally got pair of wi fi boosters from Shell Energy which helped stabilize the wi fi performance except on my Smart TV which is pixelated on specific stations. I regret changing from previous supplier which was problem free but more expensive . Lesson learned

On occasions there has been a long wait for customer service, and for a while there were problems with the WiFi. However, these were sorted out by an engineer and all is fine now. Shell Energy Broadband is very good value and I am happy to be with them.

Shell bought the company that supplied my broadband. When I cancelled they wanted a full month of fees plus an extra fee of £35. I contacted the complaints department to enquire about this and got the usual…. Due to high volumes of customer enquiries……got a reply on June 7th….however I got the threatening email from a debt collection agency on 20th May….and it turns out that they want the money to dispose of my 3 year old router…… what a grabby corporation.

Would rate nil if I could. THE worst service AND customer service I have ever encountered. Hassle started in December with the "super fast" fibre broadband that wasn't. Utter garbage and broken promises from them ad I tried to resolve with them. Finally gave up and moved to another provider. Accepted Shell's offer of compensation. And here we are in June. Still no compensation. Still not resolved. They are utterly, utterly dreadful.

Sadly Post Office sold their accounts to Shell,bills never on time ,keep asking for bills to be paid again,totally no customer service.

Have a line fault Shell aranged for Openreach to contact me when they are coming, waited three days but no call from anyone. Have tried to phone Shell six times. waited at least 30 minutes to 45 minutes not answered. fed up with this so called caring company, off back to another provider

I left shell energy broadband on the 5th April and switched to another provider. On the 12th April I got charged for my monthly broadband fee of £18. I rang on the 19th April and was told to wait for a final summary. I rang on the 11th May and explained I have not received anything. I was told I had to request a refund. I rang on the 18th May and was told there is a process to refund. I had to wait 10 working days for a refund. It has now been 10 days on the 1st June. First handler told me the refund was only approved yesterday on the 31st May. I would have to wait 10 working days. I told him this is unfair and not acceptable. I asked to speak to a line manager and wished to complain. He told me I could not and that he could not put me in touch with a senior manager. I feel like this has not been handled very well at all by your customer service team. It has caused me a great deal of stress and no faith in the company. Avoid this company at all costs

One of the unfortunate people 'sold' by MyPostOffice to Shell Energy. Seamless changeover promised wasn't, was without service for 2 weekends. Emails keep getting 'Delayed Mail' message. Have left several email complaints, only one responded to, to sign me up for a new [allegedly cheaper] 18-month contract, but bill came for old rate. No response when I asked for corrected bill. So very disappointed that MyPostOffice have landed us all in this.

Absolutely hopeless! Since Shell took over from Post Office I have not received a bill,Direct Debit set up with Post Office not been honoured,no success at finding out amount owed!I just want to pay!!!!