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
    Wigan
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    TalkTalk
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    Not a day goes by without this "broadband" continuously dropping out. It's always 'limited'. At least 5 times a day. Extremely frustrating when you are trying to do a degree and the internet is so unreliable!!! looking at all of the other reviews it's astonishing that nothing has been done about this yet.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Abid
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Do not ever join talk talk . The service is extremely npoor . The staff are unprofessional, i reported the internet fault two weeks ago but they promise me by today and tomorrow but never showed up for the kast two weeks now. They do not send you email /text message atlest you know that some one is working on the issue .They do not have email /text service.They do update you.Rubbish service , rubbish , company and unprofessional staff!!! Strongly advice never join talk talk!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I would NOT recommend talk talk they charged me twice for a service they didn't even provide my broadband wouldn't work then they couldn't fix it but gladly took my money wouldn't refund me and there customer service agents are so rude please do not go with talk talk they are absolutely a joke of a company
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Edinburgh
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    TalkTalk
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    Was on holiday in Italy and could not log into my talk talk account (as it's apparently a security feature. Spoke to someone on live chat to who gave me bank details and told me to do a direct bank payment. Did this from my online banking. Got home two weeks later and snotty message in post and on phone that my account has not been paid!!! 40 days later and they are still unable to find the payment. I have confirmed over and over via email and with my bank (sending them emails of the payment) that it has been paid! Now at day 41 I refuse to pay another cent to them until my account is sorted!!! ABSOLUTLEY CRAP SERVICE!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    manchestet
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    TalkTalk
    Date
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    To anybody considering signing up to swalkswalk forget it. DO NOT do it. One can find customer service problems with any provider I imagine but the ongoing faults I've had with my broadband are such I could fill this comment box 100 times over. They are rubbish.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    EXETER
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    i switched to Talk Talk in August 2016 WOW what a mistake i have made which is made worse by having Sky Q which relies on wireless connection.

    As someone previously stated pay a little extra and go with someone reliable.

    I have switched suppliers no doubt Talk Talk will chase me for monies but i am not prepared to pay for a sub standard service.

    Please think carefully if you plan to join them YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Shocking customer service worst broadband service. Can't speak to anyone as they talk over you and refuse to answer questions.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield
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    TalkTalk
    Date
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    We are moving our business premises to a new one a mile away in Welwyn Garden City.
    We have been told by TT that we can't keep the number.
    Is there any point of sticking with TT When we could easily need larger premises in a few years time. We know that changing our phone number lost us many customer from a previous time.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    glasgow
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    TalkTalk
    Date
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    well what can you say nothing but fly men free engineers vist cost me £85.00 never seen any monies back got credit on next bill, got name, tel number stolen when they got hacked calls from scammers all the time bill charges never the same always different constant disconnections slow speeds cant understand help desk paid my early termination fee just to get shot of them stay well clear dont fall for the adds telling you they are cheaper cause they will bump up your bill when it suits them and you will be on phone for long time to sort it out but you will not get money back conmen
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Banbridge
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Anyone knows how to deal with such a crap issue: We have opened our Internent account with Talk Talk, and frist time arranged engineer to come in for installation in March 8th, however due to our schedule we can not make it that day, so we tried to re-arrange before March 8th, and been told by one of their customer service that we dont need an engineer, we asked: really and the lady said yes, no need. So we trust her, but when we moved in at 15th of March, we found a letter said engineer missed out us, then we realised that we do need an egineer as expected, so we tried again to re-arrange the time for the enginerr coming, the engineer came at 29th, which is quite late... but fine, as long as our internet could be sort out, hoewever, just while the engineer finishing his installation we got an E-mail from Talk Talk said that our account has been cancelled by the system automatically due to there is no fibre service in our area, we were so confused, and asked how could this happen, if there is no fibre why when we set the contract we have not been told, and even the egineer feel confused, if there is no fibre service, why send him here. so we have been told we will get a call by Monday, which atucally is Tuesday (today 05/04/2016) and they called us just say becuase our account is not active, we are invalid clients, they will not take care of us anymore!!!!!!!!!!!! We have wasted lots of time, and without internent, our life and work has been affected badly.... and now TALK TALK just behave like this with no responsibility, just wondering, what should we do??? How can we sue this horrible company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Sheffield
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I had to cancel my account due to a sudden and dramatic rodent infestation which caused me to leave the apartment that I was renting. Talktalk kept billing me despite my many attempts to cancel my account, they then made me wait a year, would occasionally start billing me again. I'd contact them desperately trying to cancel, only to be met with contradictions or arrogance across the phone. I have spent 10+ hours on the phone, and I've sent 60+ emails. I'm no closer to cancelling my account then I was when I started.

    Do not use talktalk, ever. Like, seriously, use another company. Talktalk's operation is closer to a scam than a reputable company.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Salford Manchester
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Terrible service from talk talk, bad internet service and tv package, constant error message IPC6023, and no Sky channels, the customer service people have been unable to rectify the problem and the cancellation department in the UK, tell me I will have to pay up until November if I cancel early, yet I'm not getting the service I'm paying for, advice to others planning to get talk talk, don't bother, they are a really bad company that doesn't care about the customers.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    MANCHESTER
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I am been using the internet for over 25 years. TALKTALK is the worse ever! Customer service - Poor. Technical service v Poor. Internet service V poor.
    TV service . VV POOR

    STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL COST
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
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    Totally useless. They have the cheek to have a black Friday type sale while their email is down again for the 100th time. I cannot get in to my emails since last night.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Thank God I found this website.
    I took a deal to switch to Talktalk a few days ago and started worrying straight away. Their call centre is a shambles, it's so noisey I and they had to repeat everything multiple times. They are completely stupid and dunb. When I told them my telephone line number to dheck if I could get broadband they said it did not exist. Realy? I said "We are talking on that line at this moment." - no reply. A few hours later I received an email saying "We've come across a problem getting your service up and running. Don't worry." I tried to log-in to my account when they email my password setup link. After I logged in "This page does not exist" 2 days later still nothing. I'm cancelling right now before they f*** up my existing broadband and cancel my D Debit.
    Thank you everyone on broadband.co for warning me.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Northumberland
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    No stars at all for TalkTalk. The wifi connection is useless, 30 minutes to buffer something that lasts a second. You ring them, they spend forever troubleshooting. Will not call you back with what they've found. Always find nothing, do nothing. Pointless.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I can not give any star as they are totally cheat. For the past 18 months...I have had lots of troubles. I have just cancelled as I have not been happy with their services. They are very clever in caching customers but can never provide a good service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Leeds
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Bad internet, every month there were complaints about the attention of the team and nothing was solved, until canceling this broadband. Then we thought they were dealing with the cancellation papers and it wasn't even cancelled, we called again to resolve and cancel because we continued to receive the bill and without the cancellation letter, and then, even without having a router it was the same thing and it was just count. It was a lot of stress this whole time using this boarband, because we still talk to the whole team and no one can solve any problem, and until today I was receiving a bill to pay. Therefore, the advice I give is do not sign a contract with this broadband because you will have a lot of problems, and many excuses will be made so that you can pay them. I hope they don't send me any more emails charging me because I don't have internet anymore since last year.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Absolutely the worst product I have ever had the privilege of using. The customer support and tech are so useless. I wish i could give zero stars however not possible. I would recommend d you run, run far away from this company. Before signing up stick a needle into each eye and then ask yourself could you live with this pain daily as that what it feels like dealing with them.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Don’t use this
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    By far the worst possible internet ever. Rude staff and disgusting services! Do not go with talk talk! My 4G is faster absolute disgrace
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Daventry
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    So rude customer service. Send a engineer a month before ends of contract. Lied i booked it. Later on lied engineer want from talktalk. San from customer service already put complaint for him. Rising voice for 56minutes of phone call. 25mb/s speed instead of 70 promised. Never again. I have back to sky. Thank god for that.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ormskirk
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Have been in dispute since October 2016, after 2 new routers (one a super router) today i an getting 1.7 Mbps while paying for super fibre (no fibre wire within a 1000 metres of my home), next door a BT customer on a basic package is getting a constant 9 Mbps from the same BT box,the customer service people are really good, at reading the script, something i now know myself by heart. sorry Talk Talk, who in my house are called Talk Rubbish, you really are the worst and i will be going as soon as possible . I have had a payment of £30 as a gesture :) joke.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Probably the most frustrating customer service I've ever had to deal with. Very difficult to get a straight answer. Had to speak to 5 different people before I could find out if they had been given my contact details to other companies.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    lewis
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Just dreadful customer service. Very polite but essentially did very little to get my internet sorted out over a 2 week period. In the end it was a simple admin task that resolved it as by luck I finally spoke with somebody who hit on the issue pretty much straight away - so why didn't this happen much earlier? Talk Talk are fine until you get a technical problem and then its hellish.The stress involved was considerable and frankly I never want to experience such frustration again. Even had significant difficulty getting them to credit the call out charge for an engineer who clearly wasn't needed in the first place, but was suggested by them!At the end of my contract I'm changing, preferably to a UK call centre based provider and having checked prices, clearly there are others who are just as keen.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ford
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Score zero. Worse company I have ever dealt with. Broadband should have gone live more than 3 weeks ago still not done despite being told every day its a priority. Complained to email address given for complaints they just refer you back to live chat worse than useless or yo call customer service who never answer. Never use this company they are a disgrace
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Nottinghamshire
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Not even worth 1 star less than 1mg. Worst provider.I have changed from them several times but Talk Talk have bought my new provider each time. Despite their name Talk Talk, they are the most difficult company to actually speak to.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Dover
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Just a 100% rubbish internet provider ,Just hope it go out of business in the near future .
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Heywood
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Absolute joke talk talk! Do not join with them. I signed a 18 month contract for 13.50 a month simply broadband I'm now paying 29.70 as they say in there terms and conditions they can up the price whenever they like I payed 2 months 13.50 then it went to 22.30 and now 29.70 and they are having none of it there offering fibre for 29.95 I'm paying 15p less there a rip of joke customer services is useless do not join!! I will never use these again I wouldn't mind but I signed up to this when it was being advertised on TV as a 18 month fixed contract but in the terms they can change the price wenever it suits them joke.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Staffordshire
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    They deserve no stars st all. E mail down again for the third time since the cyber attack.On the phone for nearly an hour today and still not fixed. Why can't the help centre be in this country.The helpline should be called the unhelpful line.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I was mis-sold talktalk by a door to door salesman. I'm registered disabled and vulnerable with the police I advised of this to the salesman and he coerced his way into my property and carried on signing me up.

    I've attempted to cancel since the 01/07/2022 and still on fighting with them. They've taken £57.05 for a bill which was supposed to be free for 3months. They've left me with no money for food. I work full time and can't afford for things like this.

    AVOID THIS FRAUDULENT COMPANY
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Darlington
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Terrible. Just terrible. Worst internet service i have ever experienced. Customer service department is from abroad and have no clue of british law or how things work here at all, quite obvious they are reading from a sheet of paper. Absolute joke of a company. Avoid at all costs!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Absolute disgraceful service from Talk Talk. Getting less than 10mb (sometimes less than 1mb) on a 76 Fibre Line. Passed from one useless advisor to the next. and promised 2 callbacks, neither one being followed through on. Finally managed to get an engineer callout after threatening to cancel, and even then the closest one is 2 weeks away. Clueless staff who just read off a script and can barely understand my issue.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cardiff
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I have been with Talk Talk about a year. Was offered a new, as sales team says, super fast router. However, in my opinion this router can't be described like this. Since installation, have systematic problems with connection and wifi signal - couldn't watch any videos and films, even you tube didn't work - simply didn't work. Bought a new router from a market known as TP-Link and which is much cheaper (£24) than Talk Talk "Super Fast" router (£79.99). Contacted customer service in regards to new router and they suggested to buy a router from them instead of buying it from the market. Moreover, they also refused to give a guide on how to install explaining that they do not know anything about it and company's router (Talk super fast router) is very simple and can be easily set up after delivery. Very disappointed with the customer service and inability of Talk Talk team to offer adequate solution to the problem!
    The router I bought is super fast indeed and simply fantastic! Moreover, it is much cheaper that Talk Talk router. Most importantly, I can now watch videos online.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Plymouth Devon
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Were do I start false false selling.
    Moving to my new home I decided for ease to stick with Talk Talk ...Big big mistake engineer came and installed connection in hall way I pointed out that my TV was in the lounge and I couldn't and didn't want leads running across the door way due to risk of my young grandchildren tripping in my very small hallway.. Anyway engineer left with setting up the broadband, probably because it was impossible to connect to my TV from my hallway..So after a long drawn out call to Talk Talk I was was told I would have to pay 160 if I wanted the box moved..I declined and as I was still in time for the cancellation period I did just that..If only that was the end of my misery ,buy oh no .A week later I get a call from a guy saying he was a manager for talk to and why was I leaving.after going through this all again I was offered plug in signal boosters Worth 50+pounds free of charge and the offer 5o fix my contact for the term of contract for 21.50 well like a fool I agreed....What a mistake no signal booster arrived and after being kept on the phone for over a hour , past from 1 person to the next to be made out to be a liar and to finally be told it's not there concern and to be charged 29.99 for a service that is not what I signed for (total miss sold on lies)I want to warn others not to trust this lieing robbers and if they are miss sold contracts. to like me take it further with the ombasman.
    DONT let these lieing robbers get away with there force selling ....
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Nottingham
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    Awful company. No rewards for loyalty. Customer service simply don't care. I'm going somewhere else as enough is enough.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    West Belfast andytown
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    The worse broadband I’ve ever had in my life!!
    Paying a bill that doesn’t even work! I might aswell Just burn the money!! It’s an absolute joke and everytime I phone or chat to them they tell me it is working fine&there is nothing wrong with it. I’m sitting in my own house where the broadband is and I’m still using my own data! They have nothing to try and fix it “ because it’s working perfect “ aye right. It all started off if I was on my phone my partner couldn’t be on his phone. It only working on one phone at a time. You couldn’t watch videos or download anything now it just doesn’t work at all! I’ll be changing my broadband and I’ll be making sure to tell my family and friends to not as much as even think about getting use. Joke joke jokeee!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    nuneaton
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    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    I have a talk talk business phone and broadband. Went to the office last Friday to find out phone and broadband is disconnected. I called the support centre and they told that they will investigate the issue and it could take upto 14 days to resolve or even identify the issue . This is clearly ridiculous and unacceptable as to not have phone or broadband access in my office for 14 days .
    There is clearly not our fault at all and moreover, I wasn't informed prior to disconnection . I also raised a and raised a complaint which I haven’t even heard back about !
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    worst broadband in my entire life feels like I'm back on dial up. spoken to support multiple times and have not got anywhere, would rather put Lego bricks in my shoes for 18 months, more enjoyable than being locked in a contract with talk talk
  • Reviewer
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    TalkTalk
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    I honestly don't know where to begin with my review, other then saying Talktalk are beyond the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. They let a man who was imprisoned for stalking me change my router name to I was a slapper, then without my permission continued my contract when it ended and over charged me, when I was previously paying £45 for the standard package, they put it up to £79 a month. They also have called me by the name of Tina on more then one occasion, leave me on hold for hours then cut me off, and I cannot seem to get through to the correct department to cancel this terrible part time working service I pay over the odds for. My review is DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Thirsk
    Reviewing
    TalkTalk
    Date
    Comments
    AVOID AT ALL COST! Bad connection, constantly contacted them to sort. Finally informed the router was out of date. No new one sent. We are now moving out of the property, tried to cancel the service. Never answer the phone. Esculated a problem, they promised to call on 5 occassions. Never did. Then when we finally made contact they said they had tried to call but no answer! They say they can cancel the account now, but we have to pay a fee and it goes from today (when we have been trying to cancel for a month now). Terrible service, terrible comms, terrible company. AVOID.

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