BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon) 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 BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon).

Recent Customer Ratings for BT Wi-Fi

  • Satisfaction
    2.6 stars
  • Customer Service
    2.7 stars
  • Speed
    2.4 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars

Based on 100 customer ratings since 2020-08-09 (Show all time ratings)

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Ratings are left by users of our speed test as well as by reviewers. Recent star ratings summarise the last 12 months of ratings or the last 100 ratings placed, whichever is largest.

115 Customer Reviews over 3 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    Winchester
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    BT-Fon promote as alternative internet connection, but does not pick it up. When you buy it there was not option to check the straights rate, so as alternative connection it does not work at our area, but my mistake, I've paid full price for a month, and can not use it. All the sale set up like scam to hook you up, but does not provide the promise services. And I have to be on the top floor in the house, because downstairs it doesn't work at all.

    Waste of money!!!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ardglass
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Waste of money. Signal is strong enough to sign up. Sign-up impressive. Very responsive. Since then. Max 2 mins. Low powered signal. Signed up for 1 month based on the speed of the marketing page. Won't do it again.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Surrey
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    As I was in the process of moving house and didn't want to have to subscribe to another 12-month BT contract I decided to try out the service as it was cheaper than being on the rolling BT Infinity contract.

    After about 2 weeks use, what a waste of time. The connection is very unreliable, despite my Wifi scanner picking up about 5 different APs and the connection having full 5 bars. The response time can go into the 3+ seconds with packet loss as high as 75%.

    My iPad on 4G is more reliable than this.

    If like me you need to work from home, don't rely on this...a carrier pigeon would be quicker.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Woodford green london
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    Don’t bother it takes your money then signs you out and then asks to pay for another 1hour. If I could give a zero I would have done
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Norwood
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    Connection keeps dropping specially when inactive. I make and expect international WhatsApp calls & this is becoming increasingly an issue specially for incoming calls.
    This is day 1 and am already frustrated specially since I paid the monthly € 40 subscription.
    I want to cancel and get refund so I can look elsewhere for better service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    achnasheen
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    There is now a box for fibre optic at one end of our village. I an more than the 1.2 km required from the box to receive faster broadband. On the other side of the box there is only 2 houses. Why did the box not go in the middle of the village so that we could all get it? Disgraceful and a waste of money.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bermondsey
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This a pure scam, as soon as you buy more than one day package it doesn’t work anymore! I don’t know how it’s possible that this service is still up! Police should investigate about
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Northolt
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    The service is absolutely atrocious I get no access to the wifi whatsoever and all in all, I’m genuinely so disappointed and upset about it as I really need this wifi to work for my work and academic reasons. I have to waste money to switch because your systems don’t work. Actually so angry about it.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    UK
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    Comments
    The worst wifi the only good thing is the support is okay and it's disconnecting and just so frustrating DON'T GET THIS WiFi I'm warning you...
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Eh23
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Extremely bad and grossly overpriced. Connection often unavailable and subject to frequent disconnects. Logging on fails half the time as system often does not recognise you. Very slow speed.Essentially there is no customer service just the usual roundabout of form replies. No customer service number for personal help. Don't water your money.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wellington
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    Paid for 5 days connection to a bt hot spot because I had some work that needed my laptop.
    The service has been virtually unusable, had to login multiple times. Lost all of my work now
    What a rip off, complete waste of 17.99
    Will not be using bt products again
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cambridge
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    The service is tuned off for long time for several times a day. Highly not recommended.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Brandon
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Maybe works half the time. Won't stay connected for very long. I would hope to pay for a full month of the internet with the price it was that it would be decent speed and reliability that's a lie. I feel scammed out of my money. Don't purchase unless absolutely necessary and maybe then look for other ways to get internet.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    manchester
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    just bought 5 days....wish i hadn,t soooo ssllooowww...i,d rather watch paint dry...i can,t use this ,,,,determined to get my money back after only 20 minutes ..DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON B,T.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I am utterly appalled and disappointed with the service and quality of this product. My wifi constantly goes down, and provides awful speeds when working. The range is also shocking, with it barely even reaching one room. This is particularly disappointing, considering their alleged 'whole home wifi' promise.

    Despite this, what really makes this company stand out for their abysmal quality is the customer service. One man I spoke to was outrageously politically incorrect, and perhaps indeed racist. His hardline right wing views weren't asked for, but he forced them on me regardless.

    It is safe to say I will not be using this device again.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Yorkshire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely awful. If multiple people are using it expect terrible speeds and connection and on top of that the wifi will usually die a few times each day leaving you to have to reset it manually and having to wait a few minutes till it reboots. I honestly think I have used my phone's data more than I have used the actual wifi.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Edinburgh
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Pathetic. That this service exists in 2017 is a revolting indictment of what happens when you give a PLC a monopoly. Tragic speed, tragic reliability, tragic uptime. Tragic.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Leeds
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    A disaster. 95% of time it does not work, and they dont offer you any help.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Howwood
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Would give no stars. I bought a 5 day pass and the internet connection kept dropping all 5 days. Thrown out of internet all day long. A girl at BT contacted me to ask if I wanted there Broadband as "they were the best" she is sorely mistaken! CRAP!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Loughborough
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst internet service. Totally rubbish, signal keeps dropping a real pain. Don't waste your money with this stupid company. Smash my phone into the wall with anger!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    near scarborough
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I try to use hotspots when in the West and North of Scotland. Used to be O.K. Not always there but once you connected, it was not too bad. Now in the last 12 months the message comes up every time "cannot connect". I have moved my locations but clearly the hotspots have weakened to the point of uselessness. Now almost a waste of time. So called Super Hotspots, well there is one about 150 metres away and I cannot even get a signal. Did they give up or do they turn everything off when they shut the office door at 5p.m.?
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Maidenhead / Slough
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Total dog ****. Their BT Fon setup is ridiculous. 21st century, you clowns. 56k modem speeds are not acceptable under ANY circumstances. You are a joke of a company.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Sir John Moore Barracks
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Great on the first week. Now onto the 4th day of second week. Keeps cutting off signal almost non existent whether i am indoors or outdoors. Now this morning cant even connect. Dont bother waste of money
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    O/O never ever buy anyhing from them, total scammers, no bill in email where you can track your ID.20£ for nothing but angry for trusting them.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cheddar
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Without a doubt the worst WiFi I have ever had the displeasure of using. BT is absolutely useless and I highly recommend you look else where unless you want to be extorted for all your money and get absolutely nothing in return. The router constantly crashes, there’s always problems with it. For no reason it just turns itself off and starts flashing red. I have racked up a serious bill using mobile data because BT is so terrible. STAY AWAY
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Gainsborough
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Was quite good when it worked but paid for 5 days it stops working entirely after 2 and keeps saying their is an IP error which needs the router to reset which cannot get to
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Internet keep disconecting all the time. Worst internet ever
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I would give this product no stars if that was possible. A total waste of 39 pounds (I took the 30 day pack). Never again. Do yourself a favour and don’t subscribe to this.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Sevenoaks Kent
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Adequate for most purposes but there are too many occasions when the connection drops out. Cabinet is about 300m from house - therefore last 300m are in copper - and when I first made this connection the upload was usually aroun 10mbs but over time there has been a steady deterioration.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Birmingham
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    Comments
    Bought a 24 access because I am visiting a relative who does not have wifi. Wifi was great at times, and then suddenly dropped out for no reason.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Northern Ireland
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Very unreliable. Works then doesn't work then works again.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    UTTER Awful WIFI. The range of the wifi cant even go futher than 1 floor. BT promised a speed of 20MBs but we are currently getting 2MBs. The signal is lost every 2 minutes and takes 30 min to re-establish.

    AVOID AT ALL COSTS
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Avoid if you can. I think is the worst internet I evet used. The signal is dropping down every couple of minutes.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Letchworth garden city
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Was unaware I was siging up with company called fon thought as bic to click was on bt web site , ended up talking with a guy in some far away country to sort out issue when after 1 day into a 5 day bundle it logged me out and had to buy another 1 day bundle to get online to find out who to call then after talking to bt found out this fon company is not part off bt ...will not be using again ..IF I WANTED A DIFFRENT COMPANY THAN BT I WOULD HAVE LOOKED FOR ONE ... NOT IMPRESSED.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Visiting from New York
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Every time I visit the UK I try to sign up with the dreadful BT Fon. It feels like a complete con. The only time it works is when they take your money. From that point on it’s a complete disaster. Whether you sign up for 5 days or 30 days, it just doesn’t work. And why isn’t there 24/7 support? DO NOT USE BT FON. IT IS AWFUL.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    stockport
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    DONT BOTHER AND HERE'S WHY......

    It seems to connect when it wants your card details and/or when you activate another 24 hours worth (if you've subscribed to a 5 or 30 day contract). As soon as you've done any of the above, its very unreliable, slow as you can get and it's simply RUBBISH....WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This so-called service throws even awful Lebara 3G off the throne of flies. What a stinker. Most of the time you won't find reliable connection. I've literally scanned the streets of central London on emergency. You will get very familiar with messages like "Out of reach", "Obtaining IP address", IP address errors etc. And as someone stated, it disconnects randomly between 3 to max 15 minutes even if miraculously getting 4 bar service. Avoid at all cost (day ask big money for this junk) unless you get a free voucher or something.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    England
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Literally the worst. Never works, nothing except my laptop can connect, and that's a bit difficult. What I'm trying to say is - it's a massive waste of money - you could get broadband for half the price and a hundred times the speed from the flipping post office. Just... Don't.....
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cardigan
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    First time using BT Wifi wth Fon whilst working away from the office for a few days. The Wifi connected immediately with high signal for me to enter card details to make a payment. Immediately after entering my card details, the signal disconnected and would not reconnect. Very appalling service and an absolute rip off!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Tynemouth
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Complete and absolute rubbish. No customer service, and I mean no customer service at all. Ever. Its difficult to connect, it shuts off unexpectedly, its slow (3.5mbps download) and will only work in one room in my home. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

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