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 640 customer ratings since 2023-05-09 (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.

7,010 Customer Reviews over 176 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    West yorkshire
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    TalkTalk
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    This is the worse company there could ever be i asked them to disconnect me 2 month in and they didn't I was also on restricted use and they are now trying to charge me 700 pound yes you read rite when I spoke to them they said I would have to pay for it even tho I have not had services from them since August and that they want to charge me for broadband that was unusable and when I explained to them that they can not change you for some thing that can not be used they said yes we can I asked them to pass me to some one higher as I could not understand him he said yes I will and low and believe he calls me back saying he has spoke to some one but I still have to pay so yet again I have asked to speak to the ceo so let's see if I get any joy so please if any one is thinking of going with this money grabbing robbing company don't cos all you going to do is get ripped off
  • Reviewer
    Location
    london
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    When it takes over three months to have a broadband in a house,then you know the company is not what it seems, I had to get in touch with CEO herself to get things done, and the biggest problem with Talk Talk, is that none of the outreach staff understand or speak to each other , hence no communication and frustration to the customer, it need for the call centre to be brought back to the UK and the software system need to improve,
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Talk talk is terrible broadband is slow and if I go into different rooms in my house it doesn't work talk talk also charges me 2 a month customer service is terrible and they all lie I am going to change to virgin ASAP I would recommend it
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Surrey
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    The worst network in the whole wide world! They have no respect for their customers. They have bad communication skills and can never sort out a problem. They charged me for a service which they never provided. They took money from my account for a service that went live for only 24 hours. They then cancelled my order and asked me to reapply for it! Total and utter incompetence at it's best!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ludlow
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    TalkTalk
    Date
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    The real nightmare with TalkTalk begins when you try to leave. A month before my contract expired I used chat to cancel the contract and was assured this would be done. I kept a copy of the chat transcript. When nothing happened I rang them and went through to their call centre in the Philippines. They denied both that the chat had taken place and that I had cancelled my contract. After being hung up on twice I was told I could not cancel my contract and would have to keep on paying, this by people who have a very basic understanding of the English language, and apparently cannot understand it at all. In despair I contacted the Chief EXecutive Tristia Harrison (I wonder what she does all day for her millions) who then got someone from her office to contact me, who assured me verbally and by email that my contract and services would expire on the correct date, my DD would be cancelled and I would not be charged for the final month. Lo and behold, the end of the month has come around, my DD has not been cancelled and I have been billed £30 odd pounds for next month even though I am out of contract and my contract has supposedly been cancelled!! If there was proper oversight by the authorities in this country this company would not be allowed to trade. They are basically a bad PR company piggybacking on the back of BT. Charlatans and frauds.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Basingstoke
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    If I could give 0 stars then i would. Staff are extremely rude and argumentative. Never arrived to install and I only found out reason why when I called them myself. Apparently there is no bt line in my property and it's a new build even though I have lived here neatly 6 years and the property was not new then. Went to another company who were able to install without delays. Staff shouted at me on the phone and argued with everything I said avoid like the plague.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Worst service ever, Talktalk is not able to make internet work for a week and just answer that they escalated my case, its joke not a broadband.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Durham
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    TalkTalk is literal garbage. Constant disconnects, always slow. Don't know how they're still operating.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Manchestester
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    To anybody considering using Talk Talk, then my advice is DON'T. I was an AOL customer for many years which became a part of Talk Talk. After some time of unreliable internet access (unexpected drop-outs etc) I shopped around and found a new provider. Even the simple things like "How did you work out my final bill" could not be answered. I am still writing to them to get a refund (already agreed) 3 months on. The rating section of this review does not give a ZERO for customer service, but that is all I can say
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
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    Talk Talk consistently fail to provide the service that they guarantee.

    Their reputation for being a poor broadband provider is well deserved.

    They are only interested in money, they are not interested in providing the service that they guarantee or in fixing the issues that regularly arise with their service.

    They are reluctant to send out an engineer to fix any faults- I was advised that I would be charged £40 for an engineer to be called out to resolve an issue that I hadn't caused.

    I insisted that I wanted to leave Talk Talk and I was advised that I would be charged £40 for the early termination of my contract.

    After spending an hour on the phone, being transferred from department to department and being put on hold, a manager finally agreed to send out an engineer free of charge.

    The engineer failed to fully resolve the issue and I have another engineer visit booked for next week.

    Please seriously reconsider if you are considering joining Talk Talk.

    As almost every reviewer here has said, they are a very poor company.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    SLOUGH
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Can't even rate Talk Talk, they've been so bad. Been waiting since August for a connection. Thank God for Vodaphone's mobile router
  • Reviewer
    Location
    london
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    This is simply the worst broadband in the world. The Broadband speed connection is average, it goes from average to very slow. But the most worry is the land line... I work from home and I need the phone to work at all times. More than once, in less than month, the landline simply didn't receive or made calls. I am not going to jeopardise my work, my earnings because of technical problems that shouldn't happen that often. Customer service is impersonal. I didn't deal with anyone, was simply direct to an answering machine. I am switching to another company, so problems solved. I won't recommend talk talk to anyone and if you are stuck with a contract, just pay the difference. It will save you many headaches.
  • 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
    Doncaster
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Do not sign up with talk talk. It should of gone live on the 7th March. After numerous phone calls they said it maybe the 17th March now. I'm so furious!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    welwyn
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    NO stars for anything. Appalling customer service Nobody spoke or indeed understood reasonable English.Problem solving was non exsistent.When my contract ends I will be out of there before you can blink.I don't know how they survive.PLEASE don't go there
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ealing
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    The connection is constantly off. Being slow from time to time. Customer Service is simply horrendous. Would give 0 star if possible.

    Worst broadband!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ammanford
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Terrible service . Internet is always really slow . Customer service is terrible. They promise you a phone call back but never do . I’ve never had it sorted when I’m always on the phone complaining had it over a year but I’m going else where now . Best advice I could give anyone is to never have talk talk broadband is all lies you never get what they promise and simply do nothing to sort it out . They should be shut down and banned. I’ve never heard one good word spoken about them. I’m ment to be having super fast broadband!!! Slowest internet I have ever had.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Perth
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I'd advise everyone to not go with talk talk they took £85 out my account when I'm not even using there services and now there telling me I have to wait a month to get my money back even tho they know it's there fault yet they refuse to put it in til the November. Absolute joke ! I've been on the phone for an hour trying to get it back and I'm still on the phone yet getting put on hold every 5mins!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hawick
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Loyalty could ts for nothing. New customers get new wifi hub for free where us older loyal customers have to pay. I upgraded to fast fibre and expected to be given the new wifi hub as a new fast fibre upgrade member. No chance ! When I asked for one they said I would have to pay. Shocking service.
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
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    RUBBISH do not buy them deals or anything internet connection what can I say about that hmm there is none sometimes I struggle to open one website not dreaming of something more sophisticated like watching a movie or playing a game .....they(talk talk ) don't deliver what they get paid for!!!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    England
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Overall rating = ZERO
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Do your self a favour never ever go with this company. I have been with then for 5 months made every payment yet they took extra money from my account and saying that they have not and are charging me double now always for 3 months I have had little to no internet there service is terrible and rude I am leaving them this week cause they are so terrible
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Weymouth
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Dreadful service!! I will not recommend talktalk to anyone ever, I've had countless phone calls to and from the customer service team to do with technical fault, I had the phone line and broadband a little over a month and I only signed up for the you view box 3 weeks ago. So because I want to cancel the TV they are telling me I have to pay £200 I am in shock!!! Terrible service I was in the phone for 1hr20min on hold I was just trying to tell them that I wanted to cancel... DONT EVER SIGN WITH THEM
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Yeovil
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Very bad. They are offering fibre optic broadband but the average speed is 11. Waste of money.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Near Watford Herts.
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    When it works it is not too bad but usually slow and inconsistent and unreliable. Response delay is terrible. Service is generally very bad with telephone support nil. Took 10 hours and talking to at least 10 people and something like 15a telephone calls along with a engineer home visit before any improvement on the service which was intermittent and went off completely for hours or days. This even when I told them that it was their local/profile setup. The engineer who came agreed with me. Still took 2 weeks before I got any response.
    Will leave them although the phone package is good!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    CH76GD
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Not poor service, NO SERVICE!! No answere to questions. Order not raised by me took several hours to cancel.
    Ordered new package took well over 60mins bot helpful he was condescending. Then sent information 33, yes 33 of the same email. Told me someone would carry out survey, no idea if this happened. Installation due yesterday no one came. On phone over an hour no one dies or k ows anything.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    southampton
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    i have never dealt with a company that you can not talk to any one about problems with their service avoid do not take out any of their services i can not rate them bad enough avoid
  • Reviewer
    Location
    folkestone, kent
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Awful company. I have had to take 3 separate days unpaid time off work to wait for engineers who never showed. Apparently they were each cancelled but no one bothered to inform me. Thanks Talk Talk for nothing! Still don't have a working tel, broadband or tv for almost 1 month now. customer service has been disgusting.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Southampton
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Every week at least 1 day we have no internet at least once a month we have no phone for 10 day at a time when you phone for help you are put through to India they want £250 if I leave before my contract is up only just signed with them so I am stuck , we have been without a phone now for 5 days week before was good only 2 days .
  • Reviewer
    Location
    East acton
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Talk talk is always harrassinhg us they are rubbish and bad and we owe them 60.00 but faked and made it 260.00 it's very bad there like stealers.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Talk talk. The first months of the contract, the Internet is fast, then the signal is very low, when you call to make the claim they have you online for about 1 hour in front of a computer acting as an employee for them, then they send you a technician who comes to your house and that he puts in his system a few numbers that solves the problem for a day, then the problem continues, and the worst thing is that Bill paid for it myself. Is incredible
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
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    They lie. Send over engineers in the hopes that you miss the appointment and pay the penalty. The engineers just pretend to work. Everyone on the phone has an IQ of maximum 12….
  • Reviewer
    Location
    birmingham
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    talktalk is the worst broadband company i have ever come across absolute jokers, customer service can't even speak fluent English how annoying I ADVISE anyone TO STAY WELL CLEAR FORM THAT DREADFUL COMPANY. PAYING FOR A SERVICE THEY CAN,T PROVIDE AND THEY GET AWAY WITH LEGALLY ROBBING ME
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Southampton
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    WORST EVER!!!
    DON'T EVEN THINK OF USING TALK TALK WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME VERY SLOW SPEED
    NEVER AGAIN
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Please Please Please save yourself hours of your life and do not sign up to a TalkTalk contract. If you ever have a problem with your internet then you will spend hours trying to deal with an incompetent customer services team that will, send you back to the start of a basic troubleshooting process every time you call, fail to call you back when promised, never pass on your details to the next caller and regularly close cases before your problem is resolved. The worst company i have ever signed up to.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    swansea
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    keep away from this company recently moved home been without broadband for a month despite giving ten days notice before moving fed up of talking to people who can hardly understand me and waiting for return calls i never get,keep away from them at all costs and save your sanity,not worth giving one star rating
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wrexham
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Rubbish bills keep up speed going down.
    Customer service worst you can get.
    Can't wait for contract to end.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wakefield
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Avoid this company like the plague totally useless I signed up and got no service what so ever for a month but they still took money from my account for a service I couldn't use customer services team don't speak or understand English 3 phone calls lasting over an hour engineer visits and still nothing now they want me to pay a cancellation fee even though I cancelled within the 30 day period this company needs closing down permanently
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Birmingham
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Very poor.
    Speed is so poor can no longer work from home.
    Support service is poor- clearly not based in the U.K. Standard message us that there is maintenance work.
    I can wait to get out of my contract.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Berkshire
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I struggled for many years with BT Customer Service but the broadband service itself was very good. I was persuaded by Talk Talk to switch on the basis of a much higher speed only to find that they failed to meet any of their promises. They have made endless promises to solve the issues and at times down right lied and their customer service is even worse than BT but masked in a veneer of caring for the customer. What is even more incredible is that I needed an exterior socket moved and they informed me they are only allowed to open one call at
    a time for a consumer with Openreach who appear to actually do any of the work. It is without any doubt the best example of style of substance and the worst customer experience I have had with any supplier and still the broadband speed falls far below the minimum speed they promised me. BT may have its issues but if I could I would go back tomorrow.

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