TalkTalk 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 TalkTalk.

Recent Customer Ratings for TalkTalk

  • Satisfaction
    2.9 stars
  • Customer Service
    2.8 stars
  • Speed
    2.9 stars
  • Reliability
    2.9 stars

Based on 668 customer ratings since 2023-04-26 (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.

7,010 Customer Reviews over 176 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    Gullane
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    Comments
    Have had Fibre 65 for nine days. Current Download Speed is 10.
    Talk Talk claim it has been at 44 (!) most days so far.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    UK
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Very poor broadband. Incredibly awful customer service. They lie on their FAQ regarding switching provider, lie on the phone about same. Unhelpful. Difficult to cancel. Not great broadband, often going down at random ties.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    bristol
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Decided to switch to a TalkTalk broadband package to save money. No one came to install it. Was left without internet for a week, so I cancelled and returned to my old provider (Virgin) who got me back up and running in 48 hours.

    I was assured on 3 different occasions by TalkTalk that my broadband was cancelled. Yet they keep trying to book more engineer visits, emailing me to tell me that "something is wrong", and sending me bills for a non existent service.

    Their customer service is abysmal. Don't be tempted by the cheap prices and stay away!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Berkshire
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst broadband and worst customer service. Broadband connection and internet was patchy throughout my time. Due to their worst customer service I had to continue with patchy internet and worst connection. None of their agents know what is the process and you will be transferred to various department who have nothing do with your issue. I was out through to fully fibre team for cancellation and after 1hr in the call had to disconnect and call back to know that their fully fibre team have left home 15mins before. The best part is I called them the next day to be answered by a rude agent from fully fibre team who did not want to listen to a word on what I was saying and transferred me back to the cancellation team again after 15mins wait I disconnected and called them back to let them know I did not want to renew my contract. How silly was I to think cancelling your contract after it ends will be a straight forward request. Never will I ever recommend or join Talk Talk in near future. Don’t be fooled by their offers and deals you will regret it later.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Selby
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This company is absolutely the worst. Do not under any circumstances use them. The customer service is non-existent. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with them before they would agree to send an engineer to the my mother’s house and this is when my mum is on a priority list due to numerous medical conditions. The engineer did not entirely fix the problem and said we needed another engineer to come out and he would arrange another appointment. After 3.5 weeks without hearing from them I am on the phone again trying to get another engineer - 50 minutes and counting. They do not have supervisors you can talk to and the call centre staff in India don’t have the authority to do anything to help. Stay well away from Talk Talk
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Rhyl
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Leave well alone as the customer service in South Africa (yes you do get transfered to South Africa) is useless.
    Spent hours on the phone to customer service to try and get an answer as to why an engineer failed to attend my address at the stated time to install a master socket and set up the broadband.Eventually after being made to feel like I was banging my head against a brick wall and stating that this needed to be completed with a matter of urgency another installation date was given 3 days after the initial install date. The service is very unprofessional and certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Southport
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Internet went off. Tried unplugging and resetting. Rang Talk Talk help line. They fixed it within seconds of my phone call. Very impressed.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    uk
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    No UK office to try and explain the issues we have. Still waiting for a line installation after 3 months. Keep sending out the wrong workmen. 6 days off work. AVOID THIS COMPANY!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    One landline, double account, double charge
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I had one line and broadband they are charging double account for one ex tenants name , others on my name. I phoned them I cruised for help because it is not fair , and they disconnected the service and also very high additional charge on the bill. The customer service is not helpful and please can you get more staff who can speak fluently English
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Walsall
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    It's now March of 2022 ,and this is to anyone who is remotely considering choosing talk talk as a Internet service provider ,I've been with them for 18 months and the Internet connection has been lost and can take over an hour till reconnects at least twice a day customer service is as much use as a chocolate tea pot
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hastings
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Well after looking on here there appears to be an awful lot of people having problems in 2022 alone! We switched providers after a shockingly low fibre speed (sometimes was only capable of running one device)and we got the same out "brush off"as others have. We then changed providers and now we're being chased by a debt collection agency. Numerous emails going back and forth and getting nowhere! STAY AWAY!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Liverpool
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.
    They cannot get their admin right, how can they provide a reliable broadband service. You will spend your time time on the phone with no positive results and will end up stressed
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Lincolnshire, UK
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    Greedy scammers.

    As my contract was ending, I called them so that it wouldn't renew. They said it would be cancelled, yet it wasn't. I was moved to a different, more expensive contract anyway. When I called to cancel again, they said they knew I'd called to cancel a month ago, but they had no idea why it wasn't cancelled. So now I have to pay a cancellation fee and pay for the broadband for another month or two.

    Utter scum!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Aberdeen
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Now days Talktalk is the worst internet service ever.+(Scam) After 6 years with them.( 1 ) Mistake"Set up totally wrong address with new update, even im staing in 1 and the same address for 6 years,and they know it. (2) Mistake".Gave me an option,nothing else but cancel it, (and then canceled an update,and a contract the same time).(3).Left me with no internet for 2 weeks while they been looking whats happening.Why i keep paying money for next 3 month forward when the contract actually been finished(4) After head manager investigation,to find out whats happening,"Thank you God" all thats been sorted,finished with talktalk end off.(5) After 2 month received another message from talktalk "Outstanding balance" 40£ last day to pay .Received it the same day(6) Phoned them up to find out.The operator on the pone "Told me totally different story " compare to that what head manager told me. Her words was that i actually still had a contract with them,and its been finished the same day,when last time talked to a head manager.And i have no choice but to pay for their router 40£.(7) The bank cancelled a transaction when i tryed to pay for it.When i looked at my talktalk accont find out whats happening,there actually was 2 payments.1 those 40£ for their router. 2 DIRECT DEBIT 19£ pluss!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Gullane
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    Comments
    We started yesterday with Fibre 65 Broadband. There was a Download Speed of 9. TalkTalk Chat attribute this to a stabilisation period. Today, Ookla recorded a Download Speed of 8. (TalkTalk claimed 16.) THE ADVERTISED SPEED IS 32 - 50!
    We're watching closely.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Falkirk
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Without a doubt the worst Internet provider I have ever had, internet cuts out atleast once a day, latest issue has left us without broadband for 9 days now they sent openreach out 4 times only to find out its their router causing the issue and imagine my shock when the new one arrives today and…..you guessed it it doesnt work! Their complaints department are supposed to call me today so they shall be instructed to come get their equipment and cancel my services! I am done!
    Only reason they got 1 star is because it wouldnt let me put nothing,100% avoid this provider
  • Reviewer
    Location
    BR15RH
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    They promise you fast fibre speeds of 30+ mpbs....ha ha...be happy if you touch 10 mpbs download and 5 mpbs upload speed. The internet is erratic. Cuts off ever so often. Pathetic service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Swindon
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Talk Talk in 2 words: total crap.

    Router never worked from day 1, help team failed to solve issues. returned router during cooling period. Never use this company again.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Sussex
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Tried to set up a phone and broadband account. Completed online. They decided to set up a completely new phone line. They unable to provide the service they agreed to , then failed to notify us of this.
    This was for my elderly dad who needs a phone line for his care line and the previous suppliers contract had ended.
    Cancelled before we could be treated as a mug any more by them
    Utterly appalling “service”
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wales
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    TalkTalk have been fine, except for the inability to contact customer service. That is ridiculous, and they have lost me as a customer because of that.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Whitstable
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst service ever have deal with. Charge me for an extra 3 months after cancellation. Telling me that the line was dropped during a cancellation. Always pay my bill on time from first day till the end, please be aware of this company. Very disappointed.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hove
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    High speed broadband when it works but connection is often intermittent. I work from home and its totally untenable for me. Customer service was terrible. Sucked up lots of hours in failing to fix it.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Dartford
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Terrible service from start to finish. Engineer has cancelled on me twice with no contact. Only me having to contact them. Customer service is awful. I would not waste your time with this company I have cancelled my whole order and decided to go elsewhere
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Edinburgh
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I have a print-out from Jeanette at Talk Talk's CHAT, stating my broadband would start on 1st March. This has now been changed to 3rd March, suggesting I'll be left without broadband.
    On 14th February I was promised that a Welcome Pack would come by mail. This hasn't arrived.
    72 minutes on the Talk Talk CHAT yesterday failed to resolve these issues. So far, pathetic.
    I'll contine with updates.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Berkshire
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    !! AVOID AT ALL COSTS !! I have had the worst experience of customer care in my life from these people , the broadband never worked the TVC box quality was from the 80s , when I tried to call to resolve these issues , I was met by long long phone calls ,some that ended with “we see no problem it must be your device”, because yeah all 15 devices connected to the internet went down at the same time, they are thick , don’t know what they are doing and even when I went to leave it took 2 hours on the phone and they tried to charge me £160 for the pleasure of running as far away from them as I could!! Again AVOID AT ALL COSTS !!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Huddersfield
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Rubbish customer service never deal with them again...
  • Reviewer
    Location
    edinburgh
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    For anyone considering buy talk talk... I placed an order on the 17th of december 2021... one week after got a message saying that my order there was an issue with my birthday... 2 weeks later same problem.... 3rd week same problem again!!! 4th week the order is processing and their checking my credit score.... 5th no updates.... 6 weeks later the agent told me by the end of the week i will recieve a call for an appointment for the installation ( I said to my self '' finally!!) 7 weeks after... I called them because I didn't recieve any call from them and you know what they told me?! I apologies but you have to cancel your order!!!!!!!! and place a new one!!!! 7-8 weeks after waiting for this internet!!!!! Then I cancel and I placed a new one........ and you know what?! 3 days later they told me that all my orders was canceled ( P.s everycall with talk talk at least last me 1-2h). What an orribile experience, 1 star us even too much for this company.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Birkenhead
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely rubbish speed.i can hardly load Netflix or anything and it cuts out around 5 times a day and when I called the customer service and I told them the issue they told me "not my problem deal with it yoursef" there is no need for how disappointed I am with the company the broadband is way over priced for what I get from it. I'm discusted
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Uk
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    Lies and more lies
    Not sure how these people have got excellent customer service
    They don't listen, they go off on a tangent
    Each week I'd call, agree a package and price the rep says they'll call me back. They never do. So I call again the next week and the price has gone up. This happened 3 weeks in a row.
    I would suggest reps that understand English!!!! (Yes they speak English fine. They don't understand or don't listen) not racist as I'm a minority but I am prejudice against stupid people
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Witney
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Do not use talk talk you will be ripped of!!!! They are worse than BT and believe me that takes some doing. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE. TRY AT YOUR PERIL !!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I would like to give zero stars if possible. Paying for a service and I didn't even get it. Avoid!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Swansea
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst customer service I have dealt with an absolute joke company , I have many houses with internet provided , and even virgin are better than this joke provider , if you have to use openreach and overhead cables go for Vodafone , so much better , I’d put 0 on all counts if possible ,,AVOID
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Doncaster
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I will not renew my contract with TalkTalk. My Wi-Fi drops every night at midnight. Customer service are just not interested. They have a ridiculous answer “we are very sorry but we are closed at midnight so there’s nothing we can do.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Essex
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Great until something goes wrong (which it probably will). TalkTalk Customer service is simply dreadful. Countless broken promises. Countless hours on the phone being talked to like you were a moron. I am moving away to BT next week, it's more expensive, but so much better value.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Jedburgh
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely shocking customer service, couldn't understand a word she was saying, got no sense out of her whatsoever, avoid like the plague
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Manchester
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely disgraceful company do not go near.

    Promised me an amazon voucher with my broadband package then told me 3 months later I'm not eligible and refused to honour it, not to mention the conversations I've had with some horrible customer service staff (leonard)
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wigan
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    My problem started when leaving talk talk first they charged a leaving fee when they had been paid till the end of the contract and then charged me again for the period until the end of contract and two weeks beyond even though they had disconnected my service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    I would put 0 stars if possible. Absolute thiefs. We have not had wi-fi for 3 months, so we say we want to cancel and they are forcing us to pay a cancellation fee. When you call and say you want to cancel, they hung up on you and transfer you to different departments with 30min waiting periods. However, if you call for an upgrade, they answer straight away. Talk Talk, if you are seeing this, you are truly the worst company I have ever dealt with and I can only wish you to go bankruptcy. THIEFS GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Milton Keynes
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    When our contract expired they didn't told us in advance and proceeded to charge almost DOUBLE the price for the next month. They had tried to get in touch a week after my partner has received notice of the high amount, probably to get us to renew the contract but we told them we decided to go with another company.
    When the new company contractors installed the router I asked them if internet will come straight away and he said it will, but it won't be very reliable on that day as they would do sistem updates.
    I was planning to go to the office as I am working from home and that would be an issue having to start work in over 1h. The contractor advised me to stay connected to the old internet (Talk Talk) as it shoult still be connected for at least 1 more day (and even 2-3). I felt very relieved to hear that and even asked him to confirm that again before leaving. He assured me it is very normal for the old provider to still leve it on a few days after switching, just in case.
    15 min before starting work the internet dropped and called Talk Talk to find out they disconnected me. It was very stressful to find that out just before starting work. I managed to sort it out with my work but was very disappointed with Talk Talk. They simply do not care.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    To be honest I wish there was a way to give 0 or minus ratings. Talktalk have to be the WORST internet provider I have ever dealt with. Absolutely no regard at all for their customers, as long as they are getting a bill thats it. Continuous problems with the internet speeds, it crashes daily, customer service levels of a dead donkey. I strongly recommend against this company as a provider. We may as well be on dial up connection at least we would get the speeds we were promised and it would most likely be faster

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