“Terrible company, been 2 1/2 weeks without WIFI to be told multiple times it’s going to be fixed on certain days with the promise constantly becoming a lie. Terrible service, never thought that this issue would stretch on so long but this company has managed to make that happen.”
“Waited throughout the allotted time of 08:00-13:00 for someone to arrive - nothing.
Called BT, they called Openreach, Openreach had subcontracted to Kelly. I was told the engineer’s earlier appointment had over-run but someone would come “today”
An hour later the engineer called to ask if I was home. At 15:00 he arrived
At 15:05 he asked if anyone had already been and then said there was no fibre outside the house to connect to !?
He drilled a hole stuck a connection box on the wall and left.
2 hours later I received an email to say he had arrived !
Let’s hope the internet is faster than the installation process
1/10 so far.”
“Appalling service like most people here. Waited in yesterday ( boiling hot day ) from 12.30pm as the engineer was due between 1pm and 6pm.
At 6.55pm someone called to say he had just received notification that he was meant to be at the flat and could he still visit? I ran late for my 7pm appointment.
Took time off work like everyone here - incurred £22 worth of car charges as I had to leave the car on a metered bay,
Called Openreach today talked to an advisor who was very helpful- he said the system showed that I wasn’t home when the engineer called.
The invisible engineer must be.
Terrible service.
In the last hour they’ve sent me an email ( to an old email address ) saying ‘thanks for your order, the next engineer will be with you on August 5th’. Despite me telling the agent that I don’t want their service and I don’t want their wi/fi.
AVOID OPENREACH…..in fact they should be called HARD TO REACH. Jokers.”
“Requested a house move with Sky only to find that after I had moved house - 350 miles away from my office - Openreach had placed a cancellation order on my Sky account. Tried to get this lifted which took a week, then the date for my house move was scheduled for a further 2 weeks in the future. During this time I had no internet access for work, so was having to tether to my phone, and no TV or Alexa for music. I now have family coming to stay for a week and they will also have to use up their data if they want any kind of web based service. How this can be legal is beyond me as I am the registered account holder.....appalling company with no ethics.”
“Last year, the village near where I live was connected to full fibre broadband. We had a visit from an engineer to do a survey, as our property is at the end of the line, and our existing landline goes underground, across a farmer's field. We were told that the work would be done before the end of last summer. It wasn't. In February this year, two more engineers turned up to do another survey. They concluded that the field was too muddy to work in. After several months of ordering full fibre broadband from BT, and the orders being cancelled by Openreach, a few days ago, yet another engineer turned up to do yet another survey!! This morning, the order was cancelled for a third time. BT advised me that Openreach will not do the work because it is too expensive. They also mentioned that they could ask us to contribute to the cost! I have read a review on here, from two weeks ago, saying that they contacted the "top man", and got their problem resolved! I had already considered doing that, so I definitely will now! Appalling service.”
“The company was very helpful, they also called me 3 or 4 times regarding my internet connection, asking if everything was in order. I would like to thank them very much and wish them good luck.”
“Rubbish company, they came to install broadband on behalf of Vodafone, they left the cable lose, outside, anyone can trip on it. Employees just wanna run the time down ,do nothing. Customer service inexistent, stay away from them.If you got new broadband installed, make sure it's not openreach who's gonna install it.”
“Don’t trust the engineer that comes to your house. I moved my broadband from BT to Sky and an Openreach engineer fitted the new box. He then offered to return the old BT equipment to BT. So I let him take it all. Then a week or so later BT was asking me to return the equipment or pay £80. I called them to say I had given it to the Openreach engineer to return. They said that engineer had nothing to do with BT. I then called Sky who said they could not help. What amazed me was no one took responsibility for sending a total stranger to my house to basically steal my property and you can’t contact Openreach directly as they only deal with companies not customers”
“I am writing this review to warn others about the appalling experience I have had with Openreach since their involvement in my internet service installation with OneStream in March. If you value your sanity, I strongly advise against relying on Openreach for any service.
The first and most critical issue occurred when Openreach installed the internet cable over my neighbors' doorway without consulting me about the route. This oversight has led to significant problems, as my neighbors were understandably upset and cut the cable. Now, OneStream claims I owe them £199 for the repair. To be clear: Openreach chose the route without my consent, and my neighbor, not I, cut the cable. Why should I bear the cost for this? OneStream states that Openreach sets the fee. Surely, understanding the situation, some flexibility could be shown? Clearly, no effort has been made, and I have been paying for an internet service that I do not have.
Secondly, there are ongoing communication issues between Openreach and OneStream. I received a £200 fine from OneStream, allegedly because I was not home when the engineer visited. This is complete nonsense. The engineer came, assessed the complexity of the site, and said he could not install the cable alone. He stated he would escalate my address to Openreach to send two engineers. I waited over a week for them to assign a new team, as confirmed by my correspondence and phone calls. Yet, OneStream audaciously decided to charge me anyway. They claim Openreach does not respond to them. Well, that’s your problem, Openreach! It's not my fault that you can't manage proper communication with OneStream.
Openreach, you have caused me significant distress and inconvenience. In less than half a year, your incompetence has led me to sincerely despise your service.”
“By contacting me quickly and dealing with my request quickly and helpfully.
I have a Waveleave agreement for a cable passing through my land.
I wanted it altered and so tried to contact Waveleave without any success.
My questions never seem to be covered by the drop down boxes.
I read the old reviews. They were not good. People having the same difficulty in trying to contact them. So when I am at the end of my tether, I resort to writing to the top man.
I received a very quick acknowledgment. The next day I was telephoned and over the next two days , my request had been discussed and a solution come to.
In my case, their customer service was excellent.”
“Appalling service. I have BT so Open Reach is the engineer services that are supporting. They failed to turn up the first time booking, say that although we got a confirmation text this was booked in wrong. This was the first day we stayed in for 5 hours. They booked us in for Thursday 1-6, it gets to 5:30 and I contact BT asking what is happening. They inform me they did remote checks so no one was coming to the house and it won't be fixed till tomorrow. The service and communication Open Reach provided is appalling. Working from home without wifi and not being able to leave to house for 5 hours just to find out they never came and it will be remotely sorted after 7 days of no wifi. Do not trust OpenReach”
“So far taken 2 days off work for a new line to be put in, as a self employed builder, lost £'s and still nothing after a month now, I refuse to take any more time off work, absolute sh1t, really considering cancelling and they can go and do themselves in the rectum. Total w4nkers”
“An elderly parent living alone with medical issues depends on a working landline for their lifeline alarm to work. The line failed, was reported via the phone link and a message reported that it would be fixed one week hence. When I questioned it and explained the situation, the matter was raised to priority as a welfare concern, and the line was fixed in less than 24 hours. The engineer was very pleasant and checked thoroughly that everything was working. Special thanks to Jyoti whose help on the telephone, and whose understanding, empathetic approach and a thorough approach to getting the situation resolved, has prevented the family from having another six days of worry, and has saved a person in their nineties from being afraid in case of any eventualities. Thank you so much.”
“Abysmal company with no customer service. Merely pass the buck. No landline for over three weeks and they don’t care. They say contact the provider , the provider says it is definitely your fault. Dreadful”
“They constantly change dates .which means cancels the order and then reinstates it meaning my phone line keeps getting disconnected.
I have a hotel and restaurant and this is losing me a lot of money !!”
“I am simply shocked by the lack of professionalism and complete disregard for people’s time.
I had to take time off and use my annual leave to wait for these people who never showed up!!!
But not only one, twice!!!
They are simply ridiculous and deserve only the worst comments! Never come across such a poor service!!! They are simply a joke!”
“Horrendous experience, I had an openreach engineer in my driveway in January after ordering BT full fibre 900. He explained that he needed to order ducting and I had to pay to get it installed myself and he would cancel the order and when the ducting was in place I was to reorder and they would come back out and pull the cable through. So I spent months and a huge cost putting the ducting in and in March tried to reorder the fibre which BT and openreach are now saying I cannot reorder because I don’t live in a fibre area. After explaining I ordered it in January and the engineering from openreach showed me the fibre on the pole and the route to it for the ducting it’s nothing has changed. Hundreds of complaints to both BT and openreach and still no further. No answers, just they are looking into in. It’s been months they cannot communicate they are slow and they do not care. Avoid at all costs”
“I Reported two open green cabinets on george street neath last week . Both cabinets have been broken into and tampered with , all wires visable , not safe for kids in area. You sent an engineer out . All he has done is Put tape on one to keep the door closed and did not bother with the other so all the wires are still exposed. The elderly man who lives opposite said he saw one of the housed imagrants that have been placed in the area break in to the box and was doing something. Thank god im not with openreach because i suppose alot of peoples internet and phones run of those boxes.i have tryed uploading photos below but they wont send. I will post them on social media if this is not resolved asap.”
“Sky Broad Band it’s the worst network ever. Wi-Fi activated on the 17th of June - Router already received. Plugged and done everything. FAULTY CONNECTION. I complained on the 18th of June and booked a visit with the Engineer OUTSIDE from OPENREACH. Therefore, no need to meet in person or access my place. They gave me 48h to sort the issue. Keep in mind that I was home yesterday. You think that sirtes anything? No! Today the engineerL FROM OPENREACH called me and asked me to access my place. I’m out of the country for the week end!!!!! It’s a pure and sole scum! I am supposed to rebook an appointment with another engineer. Pity that I’m in the office at the time. Im cancelling the Subscription with SKY and I m complaining about the disservice from Open Reach who do not update SKY! I had to call them! STILL PENDING!”
