Shell Energy Broadband Home Broadband Reviews

Sometimes the best way to get a feel for a broadband provider is to read what those who are already customers think of the service they're receiving.
Below are all the reviews we've received for Shell Energy Broadband.

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Recent customer ratings for Shell Energy Broadband

Based on 9,163 customer ratings since Aug 2017

Satisfaction

1.95 stars

Customer Service

2.01 stars

Speed

2.05 stars

Reliability

2.06 stars
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  • Reviewer

    ron brandman

    Location

    woking

    Date

    14/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    4.00 stars

    Reliability

    4.00 stars

    Comments:

    Shell energy customer service is hopeless.At least 1 hour to wait before they pick up the phone.At least an hour to wait till you through on a chat line.never less than 40 people in queue.Hopelessly understaffed.
    Could not solve a simple phone problem for me in 2 weeks.Said it was solved but it wasnt.
    I have had enough and am moving every thing to talk talk.I was through to their customer service immediately....no wait
  • Reviewer

    Alex H

    Location

    Manchester

    Date

    14/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    2.00 stars

    Comments:

    DO NOT USE! Took over a week to get us set up after the go live date because no one wanted to do their job, took filing an official complaint before they even looked at it, then when trying to leave placed a cease order on our account so no one else can take over, trying to leave us without internet for two weeks. Frankly 3 mobile provided better internet when I had to use 100GB of mobile data in a week when it wasn't live.
  • Reviewer

    Aluson

    Location

    Teignmouth

    Date

    14/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    4.00 stars

    Reliability

    4.00 stars

    Comments:

    Changed from post office without being notified. Post Office overcharged me on renewal of contract. Although I paid an amount agreed upon after much aggravation, I then received a small amount bill from Shell. On 28 March, I see that none of the discounted amounts I had paid to post office had been deducted. Chat is dismal.. 46 people in queue and 25 minutes on hold on phone. 2 chats later, nothing resolved. Then got email from Shell saying if I didn't pay outstanding amount from post office, broadband service would end and further costs incurred. I view this as a veiled threat to pay up, esp as I had not defaulted on any payments. Finally received an email today from Shell after I had said I wanted to lodge a formal complaint. They have picked up that I was overcharged and will credit me with the difference.
    Fearing that I would be cut off and out of sheer frustration, I paid the full amount. This was before I got the email stating they'd picked up the error. Will I be credited with the paltry amount? Who knows? Will be looking for another provider when contract ends.
  • Reviewer

    Irritated

    Location

    Peterborough

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    2.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    2.00 stars

    Reliability

    2.00 stars

    Comments:

    I have been with Shell B/Band for a couple of months since they took over from the Post Office B/Band and I HATE it!
    It is slower than it was, I get “Loading” problems on YouTube - never did that before and whereas it was easy to login to the Post Office website I have had nothing but problems with this lot.
    Tonight, in order to see my bill, I made SIX attempts.
    Each time I was told that I had entered the wrong address or password.
    As I cut and paste my details into the relevant boxes and eventually they work, the fault must be Shell Energy’s, not mine.
    The moment I am free to leave this cursed company, I will.
    Don’t go near this mob.
    Stay well away.
  • Reviewer

    Libby leigh

    Location

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    Customer service is very if not impossible to get hold of,
    Don't go with these guys...
  • Reviewer

    Asher

    Location

    Bristol

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    4.00 stars

    Comments:

    Just pray you never need customer services. Impossible to get hold of and beyond frustrating. Will be off the very moment our contract ends of not before at this rate.
  • Reviewer

    Jules

    Location

    Hertfordshire

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    I was a Post Office Homephone customer who had to move to Shell Broadband. Since joining it has been nothing but problems trying to log into my account to view my bill. I get the email to advise my bill is ready. I can log in to read emails but when I try to log into my account to view bills it says the password is wrong!
    I've logged complaints via their website and all I get is automated emails saying they are busy....perhaps they should have done more testing and got things fixed before moving all of Post Office Customers onto their systems which clearly are not up to scratch. They take my money by Direct Debit but I cannot access the bill to verify they are charging me correctly! What a mess!
    In my latest complaint I have made it clear there is no way I would have chosen to move, and now I'm locked in for a year as I'd locked into the Post Office plan and that has just moved across. One not happy customer!
  • Reviewer

    Dylan

    Location

    Hexham

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    2.00 stars

    Customer Service

    2.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    Somehow we got disconnected after we paid the bill online. We usually pay over the phone but it would not let us. We have rang and were told it was a fault on their end. And to wait the usual 24 hrs blah blah, 24 hours has nearly passed and just to see what's going on we have rang again, only to be hung up on and no further info. Absolutely appalling, and receiving out next predicted bill during this time, oooh do one
  • Reviewer

    Barry

    Location

    Stone

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    This outfit must surely be the worst for phone/broadband. It’s impossible to actually speak with anyone. Post Office, my former provider, did their customers no favours when they sold their phone/broadband operation to Shell Energy. Avoid Shell Energy like the plague (or Covid).
  • Reviewer

    David jubb

    Location

    Doncaster

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    2.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    Customer service team want find a new job. They don't listen to the customers. When asked for help you get past around there colleagues. Because they don't know what to you. With your query.
  • Reviewer

    Bluekermit

    Location

    Fife

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    Stick to raping the earth for oil. Raping customers with overpriced, unreliable Broadband connections, terrible customer service. You will find cheaper, better deals. Not worth the heartache. Avoid these clowns!!!
  • Reviewer

    Wendy

    Location

    Maidstone

    Date

    13/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    2.00 stars

    Comments:

    Just awful customer service - would never use again
  • Reviewer

    Simon Bernsten

    Location

    London

    Date

    12/04/2022

    Ratings

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    The worst customer experience you could imagine. Passed to 4 different people none of whom knew what they were doing. Just kept passing me on and behaving in a totally robotic way. One of them in particular should never have been allowed near a customer.
    Do not use this company
  • Reviewer

    Graham

    Location

    Leicestershire

    Date

    12/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    2.00 stars

    Reliability

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    My wifi is so shocking and very poor. The wifi justs keeps going down . Customer services is very poor. I'm cancelling my wifi and don't recommend it to anyone.
  • Reviewer

    Carol Minto

    Location

    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Date

    12/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    1.00 stars

    Reliability

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    I have been a customer with Shell Energy Broadband since June 2021. It was recommended to me by a staff member at Curry's who must have been on commission to recommend Shell Broadband. The Broadband service is very poor. I have to reboot the router 3 to 4 times a day as it I lose connectivity every day. Shell Broadband do provide a FAQ to fix connectivity issues but this did not work for me. I would recommend that you do not change to Shell Energy Broadband even if it is cheap as you do not receive good service.
  • Reviewer

    Peacock

    Location

    Kenilworth

    Date

    12/04/2022

    Ratings

    Speed

    2.00 stars

    Reliability

    2.00 stars

    Comments:

    Took 3 individual engineers visits 2 set up broadband morning 8 to 12 apointment came at 4pm 3 weeks later phone still out of service. Takes min 30mins before they answer HELP line very poor
  • Reviewer

    Belinda Stacey

    Location

    Norfolk

    Date

    11/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    4.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    If you don't mind waiting on the phone minimum of an hour plus all the other hassle that goes with this shambolic company then fill your boots!
    Since they took over from Post Office the service has been appalling.
    Nothing has been made clear re the new online account to check bills and neither has the billing process and amounts either.
    Internet often cuts out, there is no customer service, they wanted to charge me £30 a month for standard broadband to go on a rolling one month contract (I don't need a 12 month contract again as I am moving in with my partner in a couple of months and did not want to incur a large get out clause/fee).
    Got so fed up holding on the phone for so long (with a chronic pain condition too) that I just decided to cancel the contract today which is up at the end of this month and make do without for a short time. Due to billing dates and notice period my disconnection date is 11th May which quite frankly will be a huge relief.
    I could not go through yet another call with this lot any more as my patience has worn too thin with them now and I do not trust them either.
    Life can be stressful enough without Shell adding to it all.
  • Reviewer

    Belinda Stacey

    Location

    Norfolk

    Date

    11/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    4.00 stars

    Reliability

    3.00 stars

    Comments:

    Do not even go there!
  • Reviewer

    Emma

    Location

    Wales

    Date

    11/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    3.00 stars

    Reliability

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    Dreadful. There are no parental controls available which every other internet company provides. 100% do not go with this company if you have kids and would like some control over what they are exposed to. The actual broadband is also unreliable and drops out frequently.
  • Reviewer

    Mary Hamilton

    Location

    Falkirk

    Date

    11/04/2022

    Ratings

    Satisfaction

    1.00 stars

    Customer Service

    1.00 stars

    Speed

    1.00 stars

    Reliability

    1.00 stars

    Comments:

    Shocking service. I am currently on hold for the last hour. My bills have been irregular and not the amount agreed monthly due to Shell amalgamating with P.O. I should pay £25 pm but was billed nearly £70 over a 2 month period and it should not be my problem if they cannot get their 2 systems to work!! I then spent over 1 hr trying to resolve what is happening. My contract finishes in Dec 22 and I will be looking for another provider!!!!! My advise is DO NOT TOUCH SHELL Broadband!!!!!!!!!!