TalkTalk Reviews

Name: TalkTalk
Rating: 1.19

1.2 Rating 1,580 Reviews

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1.2

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Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 40%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 84%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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TalkTalk 1 star review on 20th June 2024

Disabled, Excluded And Leaving

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I am totally disgusted with Talktalk. As a Talktalk customer and carer for a seriously disabled man I recommended Talktalk to him when he decided he wanted internet to stream extra TV programmes, he was with BT but the offer from Talktalk was cheaper and because that is who I use I recommended them. I called Talktalk and explained that my client was quadriplegic and required a constant telephone line for his alarm system for when he falls and needs help during the hours he has no carer. I was assured that the changeover would be seamless, and he would definitely not be without a phone line, they said that when they went live BT would drop out. His going live date was two days ago 9/11/2000 and we were told that it could be up to 12 midnight before it went live, BT disconnected him at 10am, but he never went live with Talktalk, I called yesterday morning and explained fully that this man required a phone line 24 hours a day, but was told that they could not get an engineer to come until today between 1pm and 6pm, Guess what, No engineer has come despite being assured twice today in chat on theie website that an engineer was on his way. This sham of a company have left a very vulnerable man scared out of his wits that he will require help and won’t be able to get it, he has no verbal communication so the alarm is his only way of letting others know he requires help. I will be calling BT first thing in the morning to see if they can assist, but no doubt TT will have control over his line. I have never had a problem with Talktalk, but now that I know what to expect from their customer service should I get a problem I won’t be hanging around, my contract was up months ago so I am free to go and I will be. Hang your head in shame TalkTalk Customer Service Department. I will be posting this on all the local and national disabled groups on both Facebook and Twitter.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Anyone looking to join talktalk I would strongly advise to go elsewhere. I have been a customer from day 1. During lock down the cut my broadband and TV, even though I had paid in full. Then had the nerve to add additional fees even though I had been cut off from the world! Arranged a payment plan as I lost my job. They basically couldn't arrange anything affordable. They were talking over £100 pcm. Of course I couldn't keep up with this after losing my job. I then arranged a 2nd plan. Then without the blue they've just passed it to a 3rd party agency!!! Totally shocking. Thankfully the 3rd party is now paid and I've joined Sky. They were very understanding and even gave me a great discount. Much faster and customer services are excellent. Unlike talktalk who basically say you're lying at everything and anything. Be warned people!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“TalkTalk broadband is slower than an asthmatic slug carrying two very heavy bags of shopping. UNHAPPY.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If I could give no stars I would. I'll keep this short as they've wasted enough of my time but wanted to warn others who rely on a connection for work. I set my "Go Live" date as 30th Oct. No supply. They tried to convince me that I had set it to the 5th Nov. Considering I'm well aware of my move in date and that my online back office and physical welcome pack said 30th Oct, I was not best pleased to be saying, "No it was supposed to be the 30th" till I was blue in the face as they would not listen. Eventually, after going through live chat and phoning, (taking an hour) and telling them I could send them a photo of my welcome pack that says "Your Faster Fibre is ready to go on the 30th Oct) they conceeded that there was a delay. I would have to wait till the 5th Nov. This came and went. Still no internet. As I'm self employed from home, I have been unable to work during this time which has hit me financially. I've also had to pay out for a data boost on my phone so I could still stay connected to my family. The TV would also only pick up a few channels, so after all the upheaval in of moving house, I also was without my usual streaming services. I then spent 3 hours on the phone trying to find out the issue. Apparently an authentication issue (they had flagged the property as a business address instead of a residential address, clearly a numbered house on a solely residential estate). I was told they would forward the issue to a department that could only be contacted via email and I would have to wait up to 5 working days for a response (not a fix, a response). This came and went. When I phoned again, they had no clue about the authentication issue or this other technical department. So, as of right now, I'm still without internet! The service has been appalling and I have lost revenue due to it. I would have cancelled and switched if it weren't for the fact that I need the connection asap for my work, and the other supplies would take at least 3 weeks to setup (sadly I thought this was fixable in less time frame). I will never use them again.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Had issues with this service since the day 1! They sent me a broken router and said that it should work nevertheless! After trying to contact them for ages they decided to send me a new one which didn’t work! (yet again). Engineer had to come and fix this issue and we were promised a compensation for our troubles which we never received and we paid for not having any internet connection for a full price (never discounted). It was working fine for a month and the we started having issues since September, after trying to contact them through the live chat for ages, we were told that the internet line was faulty and we need an engineer but we should worry as when contacting them again they will know the issue and we won’t need to go through it all again. However, the live chat didn’t work and we couldn’t contact them for a few days. Finally, after reaching out to them they said there is nothing they can do at the moment as they are experiencing issues themselves, try to contact them in few hours. Which we did, but they didn’t respond. Today I managed to reach them: the first person i talked to said that the issue is the placement of our router and i kept saying that last time we spoke i was told we needed an engineer, he kept disagreeing until i said that i want to talk to somebody else. After 2 hours of conversation I managed to get an engineer booked for tomorrow, but they do not care about stress I had to go through just to fix the internet. They are not prepared to help others with the issues especially during pandemic when the internet is needed more then ever! Would never recommend this company!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This is now November in May I joined , still waiting on tv service ( but I’m still paying for them ) pissing me off !! Been online help and called so many times , someone was meant to come and install everything for me , but no one turned up still !! I pay £35 a month for shitty internet , honestly if you are planning to join , Please DONT!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Been with talk talk few months , broadband is the worst, still waiting on tv getting fixed , honestly I wish I went with another company 10outof10 of 💩”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If I could of rated talk talk with no stars I would of! I have experienced the poorest quality and the lowest standard of customer care! I would highly recommend NOT to use this company for anything”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Absolute shambles from start to finish!! Booked a technician to install broadband but they didn't send me a router! Then had to wait a week for it to arrive, which didn't work when it did. So they organised another technician to come out (a further 3 days away) and he couldn't sort it out because head office had lowered my speed. I then called them to request the original speed/package I asked for and they said that they would another 10 days before that would go live!! So I asked to cancel and they charged me from the originl set up date! So they basically charged me for all this hassle when I was having to work in coffee shops and find broadband else where. Absolute clowns!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Absolutely terrible customer service. Whether by phone or live chat you just hear the same stock phrases over and over again and are guided through a useless troubleshooting procedure. If you call again, they insist you do it again. Huge delays while India tries to talk to UK engineers (engineers are OpenReach and excellent) and no actual interest in solving problem. Live chat and phone calls very slo w and disinterested operatives read soulessly off a script and don't listen. Was without WiFi for days and wasted hours trying to get them to understand. Avoid at all costs.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I would not go anywhere near TALK TALK. They have pursued me now for over a year for alleged bills caused by their company structures which prevented me from closing my account. I raised an action with the ombudsmen, they were asked to apologise, my account was closed, final invoices settled and now a further 3 months later they are pursuing me again for more money. This whole action has already lasted 10 months and been extraordinarily stressful. Please save yourself the stress and avoid.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If I could leave 0.5 I would. I've had broadband, but it's been sketchy, more of a skinny band, an anemic band, an anorexic band, a band made of highly taught buffering face. But it was the cheapest available so I was like, hey, you pay for what you get. And I should keep a keener eye on my ingoings and outgoings I know, but when I found that the contract had ended and they had upped my monthly fee by a third without letting me know (ok, there is an email in my spam filter somewhere, but come on) 20 months later I'm £200 down. I call. I explain the situation. They send me around the phone lines for an hour, and then someone says she'll call me back. She sets a time. She sounds genuine. Do I get a call back? Do I {expletive}. So, don't bother. Awful. Origin are the new talktalk, providing the service and prices talk talk used to before they started taking their customers for granted.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“very bad company, for commissioning, it took 3 weeks, the technician came, he put the cable through the window, I could no longer close my window, I had to contact talktalk several times so that he sends a technician back to run the cable normally, the technician only returned a month and a half later. In August, I left England, so I decided to terminate my contract, I contacted them on August 24, 2020 on the chat, the agent confirmed to me that my termination will be effective on October 11. past the month of october i still receive invoices, i get back in touch with them, they made me change agent 4 times, more than two hours online with them, they tell me that my contract is still active, that 'it will only be terminated on November 21, that I will have 100 pounds of termination fees and that I have to pay for the months of October and November ... customer service is really catastrophic ... unprofessional, liars, and endless waiting time ... really disappointed by this experience”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Missed the install date, the tech never showed up or called saying they couldnt make it so wasted my whole day waiting for nothing. Then after calling and waiting on the phone for a hour they said best they could do was set another appointment 2 weeks out.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Terrible customer service. I called 20 days ago to set up my final bill and the agent told me I could split the payment in 2 months. Today I received a message saying that my payment was overdue, so I called the customer service and the lady told me there were no notes regarding my split payment. The next month because of this (their) mistake I will have to pay a fee charge for "delayed payment". I find all this frustrating and unprofessional. Not only I have to pay extra for a mistake I didn't make, but I had also been a victim of a payment system that doesn't make any sense. STAY AWAY!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Been talk talk customer 9 years but the service is so bad now . Been complaint logged with them the last 6 weeks .been on phone constantly, been on live chat also all of which has been useless. Been paying for 71mbs at some points been as low as 13.7. 4 engineers visits 2 new routers still no good . Left contract early this week now they think they're going to charge me for leaving. Ive rang the about that another useless call cant be sorted until final bill comes. I will not be paying for it. Can't wait for new provider to take over 3rd Nov.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“WORST EVER EXPERIENCE AND WILL TAKE A COMPLAINT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. NO RESPECT TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I don't often write negative reviews but I've had such an unpleasant experience with TalkTalk lately that I thought I'd warn others. The speed has never really been a problem, it's a solid 15 Mbps as promised (we don't have fibre in the area). It's the strength of connection which drops out many times a day that's the problem for both of us working from home. It's been a very stressful couple of months with the connection dropping out during important meeting, client calls and what not. I have used live chat first to "troubleshoot". We didn't fix anything. I was sent an email on how to check it myself which I did. It was still bad. I went on live chat to request a £40 engineer appt which resulted in nothing. I asked for another option, which was a £65 engineer appt which also solved nothing. At this point, over a month down the line, I am £105 out of pocket and very frustrated as you can imagine. I went on live chat again where I went through the same "troubleshooting" procedure I've done many times before and then I was told that the speed was fine and above what is promised. I didn't complain about the speed. (this was 2 hours into our live chat by the way). So again, I explained in plain English numerous time that the connection drops out numerous time a day, both wifi and wired. At which point, they left the chat. Having wasted 2.5 hrs I was beyond annoyed so I tried getting through to someone via he phone. I thought I could reason with a person. When I finally did get through I was told to do the exact troubleshooting checks AGAIN. I told them I've just done them and then explained the situation. The person on the other end couldn't do anything but read off the script. She read why they won't refund the money and asked me if I want "troubleshooting guidance" emailed to me... It felt like talking to a wall. I will definitely be changing providers. Absolutely horrendous customer service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“SOOOO BAAAAAD”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Absolutely disgusting. Have tried for 3 days to cancel my broadband. Gave them my mobile number to ring me, nothing, no call. Would not recommend this service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

TalkTalk is rated 1.2 based on 1,580 reviews