2,278 Customer Reviews over 57 pages
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- ewell
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- Sky
- Date
- 2009-08-08
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highest speed 2.5 should get 4.5 in our area. Slows drastically busy times every day.
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- Worcester
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2023-10-02
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Been a sky customer for over 28 years, moved house Been waiting for WiFi for over a week ( and still paying for the privilege) should of gone live today,had text to say up and running,got home from work still no WiFi got on phone waited 30 minutes for answer person on phone tried to help with no joy Been told got to have engineer out out but did know when they are coming,Been told could be a week very unhappy with sky thinking of leaving and still paying for no WiFi.
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2015-08-07
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I have been on Sky for around 5 years and 3 of which were ok at best. The last two years the broadband was attrocious. It got that bad I was unable to connect upstairs on wireless and the on demand didnt work (which I was paying £80 a month for).
Sky customer service is genuienly the worst ever, they simply keep you on the phone for ages (at your own cost) run a line test then put a boost on for a few days untill you have to ring back with the same problem. After years of this occurance i finally wised up and switched to plusnet. The week of the switch the internet (I was made to pay a month for before I left, even though I paid a month in advanced when i signed up) was non existnent. It literally worked for 10 minutes once in 2 weeks. Sky when i contacted them told me because I am leaving i should wait for plusnet and they will not send me out an engineer nor refund the money i am paying for this broadband. I am now on plusnet which is excellent so far and after numerous calls of mivering for me to go back Sky are just a sad memory and i wouldnt reccomend them to my worst enemy!!!
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- Birminfham
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2023-12-20
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It's a joke ur wifi brand, legit never been so stressed in my life
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- East Ardsley , Wakefield
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2009-11-10
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Don't buy it ! It's crap ! . Unfortunatly it's no better than BT or the other Shylocks out there . They promise a lot deliver little and help not at all . To be absolutely fair they are helped a lot by BT who provide a land line that is only PHYSICALLY capable of 512kbps and cable who are not laying any lines any more . For a new building developement where I live this is criminal . BUT ! Check the speed out for your area because if you haven't got cable then you are limited in speed by the distance from the exchange FACT . NON FACT ( Lies ) able to provide a service up to XYZ kbps when physically they can't .
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- Lancashire
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-10-30
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This has to be by far the most internet issues I've had with any company,I'm currently gettimg 3.8MBPS/282.9 KBPS, go to another broadbrand povider this aint the one, for the money and problems you get it's not worth the hassle, save yourself time and money.
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- Northfleet
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2016-02-14
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i love sky it is reliable, never cuts out. sky+HD and sky TV is amazing. but the only thing letting it down is the internet speed, [200 KB/s] it lets me down a lot even on youtube watching videos at 360p. apart from that it is good.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2020-10-08
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Absolute garbage. I have had broadband issues for 6 months and Sky cannot find or fix the problem, but they can if I buy their guaranteed 56mb speed or whatever! Now they don't even answer the phone, they sms you a link to their website where you are basically expected to somehow fix the issue yourself!!!! DO NOT BUY BROADBAND FROM SKY!!!!
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- cambuslang
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2012-11-13
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we are in an unfortunate location - but we are avereaging 0.43mgb which is way below what we were advised we should get - really slow and on/off need to find a faster supplier up here
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- Uk
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-09-09
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Literally the most inconsistent and unreliable broadband available. It goes off without warning basically every week and despite multiple calls has never been improved. Don't waste your time.
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- Uk
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-09-09
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Literally the most inconsistent and unreliable broadband available. It goes off without warning basically every week and despite multiple calls has never been improved. Don't waste your time.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-05-12
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Cant get fiber here so internet is as expected however the broadband is very unreliable and is prone to cutting out multiple times per day so is very annoying if in meeting or gaming, problems have persisted for months. Very unsatisfied customer.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2015-02-05
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Have been a Sky customer for 5 years, first with TV but latterly without. Have had a few grumbles with them, we had an intermittent fault on the line a year or so ago and it took them a while to track it down and fix it, so for quite a few weeks broadband would just drop out for 5 minutes or an hour for no apparent reason. It was frustrating but to be fair to them they did fix it in the end and at least they called back when they said they would etc.
Have now switched to another provider to save money and now I see what truly bad service is like I wish I had never left Sky - if I could go straight back I would, please Sky, all is forgiven, take my money, rip me off, just give me phone and internet and be polite about it, I thought in this competitive market those would be a given but actually they aren't.
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- Chichester
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-10-17
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Paying for 145 mbps, receiving 35 mbps for much of the time. Customer services - once I’d found out how to email them (I do like a paper trail) - have been terrific, but the technowizards have yet to fix anything! Shame.
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- stevenage
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2016-01-31
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Broadband is worst I have ever experienced, it keeps cutting out, dropping out and when it does work its ridiculously slow, have reported before and was let down. Has been supposedly fixed but clearly is not, not value for money and will consider a new provider when contract is up if I dont cancel myself before hand.
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- Reviewing
- Sky
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- 2022-08-03
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Having been with other companies before, Sky is a massive massive let down. The broadband was very unreliable and it would always have issues at night and during peak hours. As someone who works from home, during almost every call the internet would cut out or the speed would drop massively. I feel so disappointed with the service and am so glad I am moving so that I can never use this horrible company ever again.
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- Grantham
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2023-04-24
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My bill keeps going up and up i call costumer service
They are very arrogant I’m leaving sky soon my contact ends i don’t recommend
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- Reigate
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2018-04-01
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Absolute rubbish apart from one or two genuinely kind people on the telephone. Much better and cheaper alternatives. As for the sky engineers words can't describe how poor the service was.
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- Falkirk
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2023-09-04
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Biggest mistake this year was moving to Sky. Ongoing issue but I was scheduled to get my new install on 28th August. Engineer arrived on time and then everything has gone downhill since. 8 days into my contact and I have been given my 4th new install date for 6th sept. Have been left without tv or broadband for over a week and still need to wait. I have been hung up on by staff. Promised callbacks that haven’t happened. I am well versed in everything Sky can’t do, unfortunately yet to see what they can do other than pass the blame to Outreach who according to one of their call handlers they don’t communicate with. Was told to contact outreach to complain to them but I don’t have a contract with them? My contract is with Sky which they have breached numerous times to date
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- W Yorkshire
- Reviewing
- Sky
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- 2024-01-24
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- Watford
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2023-10-04
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- shrewsbury
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2016-05-03
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2 weeks of no broadband and landline month ago still have had no reply to my signed for letter of complaints
should i contact Ombudsman now??
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- Whitchurch
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2017-12-05
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I was sold fibre broadband and only getting 6mb I should never have been sold this product due to where I live I have since found out I would have been better off with the free or basic internet
MISSOLD fibre broadband now off to the Ombudsman
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- Henley
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2018-12-06
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Terrible went from talk talk as didn’t like there customer service to this! At least with talk talk I had WiFi!
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- Sky
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- 2015-06-20
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- Sheffield
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-02-16
- Comments
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Been with Sky since August 2020. Ever since have had recurring problems of connection dropping, wifi cutting out completely for a day, max speeds of maybe 8 to 10 mbs during peak times.
I've even had the peculiar problem of next door neighbours Sky Hub crossing over with ours causing their devices to connect to our network, slowing purs completely. One new router later, 2 planned engineer visits that never happened and many hours with customer services, our broadband is still a pile of refuse.
Yet when complaining, nothing os wrong on Sky's end and it MUST be our router, despite the neighbours having problems too. The staff are also abysmal. I had one guy sass me because I actually knew what I was talking about and had already tried everything possible before calling them.
As soon as this contract term is up, we'll be switching.
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- Blackpool
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2016-06-30
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Seriously 2016 and its rubbish! Not really the speed although it's not great but it's doesn't always work. Regularly it's not picking up. I feel unless you pay over the top fees for fibre optic (although ppl have said that's rubbish too) you get the broadband speed and reliability as the 1990s dial up connection. Disappointed with Sky as a whole and I'm leaving soon as my contract is up.
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- Berkshire
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2020-12-29
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Terrible. Paid extra for top broadband package, paid for delivery of boosters, paid extra for sky broadband boost and still poor WiFi and dropping signal...and this is in a modern house which is not a particularly large house. Stuck now in an 18 month contract and Sky technical say there is nothing they can do.
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- Enfield
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2014-04-14
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I had to put this review on to warn others about NOT signing up for SKY broadband.
I booked my home move on 7th April and was due to have broadband installed in my new house the next day.
On the 8th, the day the broadband was meant to move over I got a text saying there was a 'problem' with install.
Since then, two weeks later, all I have had from SKY is excuses. There is a problem with the exchange, its BT Openreach's fault and they have NO IDEA when it will be fixed.
Meantime they turned off my internet on the 7th so my whole house has no net connection.
When I rang up to complain saying my home relied on the net I was cautioned "I hope you are using it just for domestic purposes as work purposes are not allowed".
Gee really?? Thanks for that. I pay you over £100 a month for my package, you havent delivered and you have the cheek to lecture me on terms and conditions.
Now thanks to SKY having no idea whats happening my teenage son has to live at another address as he does computing and needs the net for study and I now have serious childcare issues as every Friday I used to do some of my work at home, to look after the baby, but now I cannot use my net at home.
Please be careful before signing up to SKY, dont be left without internet!!
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- dowanhill
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2011-03-21
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very inconsistent service intermittent connection and customer service go through the same problem solving time after time. when it works its reasonably fast.
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- Stoke-on-trent
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2016-08-08
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If your sky internet is connected well in your area, you are very lucky. My connection drops and connects throughout the day (5 minutes connected followed by 2 minutes dropped)!. It is not fair for customers to pay for the very unstable internet. Even explain my situation to customer service, they cannot do anything to solve this basic problem. Really disappointed.
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- South Wales
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- Sky
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- 2023-04-12
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I have been with Sky for 12 years for broadband and tv, but have just changed providers. Loyalty means nothing. Failed to notify me my contract was coming to an end, then increased my bill significantly. Phoned to complain and told the best new price on a new contract would be £20 more than previously for the exact same package. Phoned BT who offered a far better price. Phoned back to cancel Sky and was informed I had not been offered the best deal. They also informed me BT would increase their price come April by 14% but the price Sky were quoting me would the same from April onwards. They offered a faster line speed. On arrival of a BT Engineer (who I had no idea was coming, Sky only notified me of their engineer appointment) I turned him away after him informing me he wanted to drill a two inch hole to anchor his ladder to run a new line in. I wasnt happy to do so as I have recently had the whole house rendered at a large cost. I phone Sky to cancel the line upgrade and remain on my existing speed. I was told it would be 48 hours before a new deal could be offered and theyd be back in touch. Low and behold, no one did. I contacted Sky again, to be offered a 'deal' on my current slower speed, at a greater cost to the faster speed. Also was informed my bill had infact increased in April and I had been incorrectly informed that it would. I was then told the £10 admin fee would be cancelled for the broadband as I no longer accepted the package. Low and behold, that was another lie and apparently it can not be removed. Back and fore for almost a month, with refusal to offer me a fair deal, especially with the deals on offer to new customers, I decided as I was within the cooling off period, to cancel the whole lot and go elsewhere.
Rarely experience issues with the broadband, but once out of contract they will pull your pants down and continuously lie to try and keep you as a customer
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- Sky
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- 2023-11-04
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The wifi is so so slow, my devices keep disconnecting because the signal is “too weak” never had problems with other companies and before having sky in the past there was no issues. But now I can’t even use my console to play, I’m
Using my mobile data as WiFi to play on my PlayStation as it’s faster than the actual WiFi. Was told there will not be any WiFi problems but since we got the WiFi, there has been nothing but issues and disappointment definitely a waste of money.
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- UK
- Reviewing
- Sky
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- 2016-05-20
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Horrendous.
1. Service had multiple bugs and issues during usage period.
2. After ending my contract early SKY continued to ILLEGALLY bill me on a monthly basis having despite confirmation of cancellation via email.
Happy to take your money even if your no longer their customer.
Extremely disappointed and feel exploited.
Terrible experience,
DO NOT GET SKY BROADBAND
*unless your happy to pay bills 3 months after your cancellation.
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- Nottingham
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2014-12-29
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after being with NTL then Diamond Cable and finally Virgin for about 20 years we moved to Sky with the offer of essentially a free years service (offset by M&S vouchers). They say "up to" 17Mb/s they estimated that we would get 5-11Mb/s (which would be fine) but we only actually get 0.8-1Mb/s down and 0.5Mb up. After talking to them ont he phoen they say the maximumkj we could ever get would be 3.7Mb/s they didnt bother telling us that when we were signing up. We;ve been super busy this last month or so what with christmas an all so now were trapped in this pathetic service for another 11 months. Ill be complaining to OFCOM about their sharp practices first thing in the morning. UPTO 17Mb my arris. what a complete shady rip off.
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- Norfolk
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-06-02
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Just crap tbh. Also lagging and slow speeds
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- Coventry
- Reviewing
- Sky
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- 2021-06-09
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- Northwood
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2021-08-20
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So trash always disconnecting causing me to lose matches in games because I always disconnect the WiFi doesn't even reach the damn kitchen which is like 5m away from the router I hate sky will tell my dad to switch to vigin
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- Canterbury
- Reviewing
- Sky
- Date
- 2015-07-28
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I can't even comment on speed or reliability because we requested internet in May of 2015, and just now on July 28th has Sky finally gotten a line put in at our house. It has been a nightmare, and I haven't been able to see my new husband's face in two months.
Matt requested a Sky connection in May, and it was going to take them over 15 days to get a tech out to set up a line to our new townhouse which just finished construction. He had the appointment set for the day after he returned from our wedding in America, and let them know that while he was away in the states to please contact him by email. There was no contact and he returned and waited on his appointment day. No one showed up.
Turns out they called his UK phone instead of emailed to let us know that because the Counsel changed our post code from 8PY to 8PZ they couldn't set us up in their system. He asked why they didn't email like he asked, as he could have rescheduled. Their customer service shrugged it off as if they actually tried and we should just be happy with nothing.
Then he couldn't reschedule an appointment because they cancelled his order. He had to start a whole NEW account because of the change of letter of post code. Which means another 15 days to wait for a third party to connect a broad band line as they couldn't schedule until after the 24th of June. In the mean time, I'm stuck in America waiting on my Visa and not able to see my husband over Skype. I attempted to LiveChat in to their customer service (since I don't live in the UK yet and can't call) and their first chat representative just sent me a canned response and said they couldn't help and that I had the wrong department and disconnected the chat. I WORK in a call center and online chat help. You could have simply hit one transfer button and connected me to a representative who COULD help, rather than just throw you hands up and say screw it. Then I chatted back in and actually had one helpful rep who explained the third party system and that they have to set up appointments once a month with them? Which sounds rather silly considering Verizon Wireless over here state side can take care of everything in less than a week. Meanwhile, Sky is still more expensive than Talk Talk and not willing to budge or even apologize. Maybe because they have a monopoly on our post code for broadband at this point.
So the second appointment comes and goes. Matt took off work. They were supposed to "rush" our appointment. A tech DOES NOT SHOW UP. Sky does not call us. Matt phones Sky. They said "Open Reach should have contacted you" (the third party that hooks up lines). Sky told us they couldn't reschedule the booking until they heard back from Open Reach. So Matt calls them again on a Tuesday two days later, hoping they would have had contact. Sky STILL says nothing. They said they would call Matt on Friday with an update, they didn't. Matt called Sky, they said they would call on Tuesday. Tuesday comes and they said they need to CANCEL the whole order and redo it again, no faster time, no expedite and another two weeks of waiting. The phone rep (also a Matthew) said he understands the frustration and would speak to his manager about putting account credits on for the inconveniences. Nothing happened.
So after another two weeks of waiting, the technician arrived but there was a delay notice on the Sky Account. Matt called to see if things were OK. The phone rep Ashley said yes, and Matt inquired about the account credits. She said they "don't offer compensation for third party problems" which is a cop out excuse. He asked to speak to a manager, and they were "busy". No apology, no sympathy, no attempt to make things right by the customer. The manager was supposed to call when he was free. We are still waiting two days later.
I work in a customer service call center and this is bollocks. This kind of crap is piss poor customer service and unacceptable. I'm just waiting until I move in a week so I can call them and give them an earful, and switch companies as soon as Talk Talk is available in our area.
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- N. Ireland
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- Sky
- Date
- 2018-12-21
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Absolutely horrendous service. First of all the engineer who was sent out wasn't given the details of the job that would need done (we needed new phone lines etc), so I had to rearrange the appointment for them to come during the AM. This didn't seem to be a problem, until Sky kept delaying the appointment, texting me over and over again putting it off from one week to the next. I cancelled the direct debit as nothing was being done, then was contacted via message (again) four days before Christmas saying they couldn't complete my order...naturally they realised the DD had been cancelled, and suddenly couldn't do anymore. Never again, I'm waiting until the New Year and looking elsewhere for better customer service with a provider who does just that...PROVIDES!!!
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