Don't touch this company with a bargepole! I was with Nildram and have stayed loyal for many years, but I have been completely conned by Talk Talk Business. They disconnected my broadband by mistake, then tried to charge me a fortune for reconnecting even though they told me that if I stayed with them there would be no cost involved and even offered me £23 as a gesture of goodwill for their error. Then to add insult to injury my speeds are slower than ever before! Even worse, instead of the 12 month contract that should have ended in Feb 2013, they have tried to start a brand new 24 month contract which won't end till May 2014!!!!!
Buyers BEWARE - be WARNED!!!!!!!
Talk Talk Business broadband Reviews
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Former Pipex customer transferred to TalkTalk Business via Opal. Average download speeds halved from 8 mb/s down to 4 mb/s over past year. Unimpressive to say the least for a business package.
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Talktalk should be renamed Waitwait, I was persuaded to take on a business package and I was conned. My download speed is only 9 Mb and the upload figure is less than 1 Mb. Even the grandkids are complaining. Will not renew, how do I get out of contract, it's rubbish.
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Dear Customers.
Thank you all for the comments and feedback both Negative/Postive this will all be taken on board with the correct area's of business. If you are currently having issues with your TalkTalk Business service then please contact us at customerservice@talktalkbusiness.co.uk or 0800 083 3003, I work with in the Customer Service Department and understand that their can be issues from day to day.
If you are one of these customer please contact us and express this, I will be more than happy to help you and provide an answer for your issues.
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talk talk worst customer service ever- reasonably cheap but hard work to deal on the phone- next time will go for another provider
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Switched one of 4 sites to TalkTalk from BT after dreadful service from BT. Have no complaints whatsover with TalkTalk. Service good, pricing very competitive, after sales good and they do what they say. The only issue we had was down to a BT Open Reach engineer messing up
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Please dont, dont dont dont try talk talk or have anything to do with them. Requested for boradband and telephone from them, only received telephone without broadband and they keep on charging me for the service they did not supply. Now they send debt recovery service to me. My qustion is; why should government still allow this kind of oppression in 21st century?. the great and mighty are trying to destroy the ones that are trying to come up. we all need to stand up for this, however I will contue with this untill everyone get the HIGHT, BREATH AND WIDTH of this problem.
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On 13 September I found the Talk Talk Customer Service really awful. They kept trying to transfer me to different sections and totally refused to get someone to call me back. I will transfer to another provider as soon as possible, I don't think Talk Talk understand the concept of customer service and the people they employ are very unhelpful. If anyone from Talk Talk cares I can provide the names of the people who were so unhelpful.
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Do not ever go into a contract with OPAL or Talk Talk because it will cost you several months to close the service and they will keep charging you, the same aptitude happened with C Warehouse and they know.
I cancel my contract after several years with fredon2surf that was taken by opal, by phone to their support sevices they keep charging me 2 more months by direct debit, I phoned again and they seem to forgot to mention i need to send an email to confirm this, after doing it, not only they not return the money paied in exceess but they tried to keep charging me , now they have send the debt collector and we will see...... I need to spend time to prove them i close my account several months ago.
Do not touch them they seem to work like thiefts...
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talk talk business give a faster upload speed than many. they also give me 100Ghz bandwidth per month as opposed to many others who only give you 40Ghz. (many providers say unlimited but of course that is not the case). the longest i have waited on the phone is 3 minutes. the biggest advantage is that you can speak to an english person!!!
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STAY AWAY FROM TALK TALK AND TALK TALK BUSINESS
I would say talk talk business are the worse company I have ever had to deal with. I used to be a very happy Freedom2surf customer untill talk talk business took them over back in January 2011. Everything was alright until talk talk business started messing up my monthly credit card payments with there mixed up crap system. After that I found they send you nasty disconnection letters for no reason other than they have messed your card details up. Then you have to mess about calling them waiting 30 to 40 minutes on hold to get to speak to them about the problem they have made for you. Then when you think you have the problem sorted a few months go past and they do it all again.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED STAY AWAY AS ONCE THIS COMPANY GIVES YOU PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SERVICE AND BILLING YOU WILL BE MESSED AROUND IN A BAD WAY !!! -
impressive service.. just renewd my contract
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speeds of 248k when i should have 6 meg
still sat waiting for them to answer after 35 minutes
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Talk Talk Business are an absolsute joke - avoid like the plague!
Poor and rude customer services advisors, inconsistent information. I would be embarised if I would for a company with such a bad reputation at this! -
They are beyond useless: customer service is nonexistent - they never answer the phone - 4 days waiting 20 minutes a time and I've given up. I will be cancelling my account and stopping paying since they're not keeping up their end of things. AVOID AVOID AVOID
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Their customer service is totally incompetant. 20 minutes everytime to speak to someone! I shall be moving when I can cancel my contract.
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** I think there is a REAL issue here, that most UK ISP's fail to understand! **
Broadband Connectivity is not just about download/upload speeds; but more about reliability, which to many people - especially Business Customers - presents itself in the form of Contention Ratio!
I concur 100% with the comments of 'David', 'Darrell' & 'Ade' and other Ex (ironically) PipeX Customers, who once were provided with an understanding service for Broadband Connectivity.
Initially, a few years ago, I signed-up to PIPEX as a Home Business Customer (as I work from home quite often.) The package guaranteed a 20:1 contention ratio (instead of the usual -
** I think there is a REAL issue here, that most UK ISP's fail to understand! **
Broadband Connectivity is not just about download/upload speeds; but more about reliability, which to many people - especially Business Customers - presents itself in the form of Contention Ratio!
I concur 100% with the comments of 'David', 'Darrell' & 'Ade' and other Ex (ironically) PipeX Customers, who once were provided with an understanding service for Broadband Connectivity.
Initially, a few years ago, I signed-up to PIPEX as a Home Business Customer (as I work from home quite often.) The package guaranteed a 20:1 contention ratio (instead of the usual -
This is a follow up to my post of 29-10-10. Just as a quick update - I was billed by Opal for services I never ordered, then told that the small print says I HAVE to have these services. I was also told quite vehemently that I would've been told this during the initial call to the sales team. Since I had no recollection of this I requested a copy of the call so I could hear it myself and also referred to their own code of conduct that says I MUST be given this information verbally when agreeing to any new services. I told them that if they were right I would hold up my hands and admit defeat, but if I was right I wanted my contract terminated with no cancellation fee. After several weeks I received a phone call advising me that my complaint had been upheld and my contract could be terminated free of charge. I said I still wanted a copy of the call as promised and the lady paused, then sheepishly admitted that they had been unable to locate the call (I'd provided them with the date, time and number the call was made from). Absolutely crazy. I also demanded a refund for all the extra bits and bobs I'd paid for in the 3 or so long months I was a customer and received a mystery £60 credit on my final bill. I have no idea what this was for. I also asked for a full statement of account for my time as a customer. This was ignored. I know I'm out of pocket but I have no idea how. I'm glad I cut my losses and ran though. And it's so, so satisfying to get one over on them. By the way, in all the times I emailed their customer services - bearing in mind I was told several times that certain things can only be requested by email - I only ever received 1 reply. This is because I was told by the call centre (after waiting for 20+ mins) that "they will only reply if you ask them to".
Now I just have to recover the £8 that f2s owe me after they kept billing me for services after I left them too. If only it wasn't the same people...
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I am a Pipex customer and have now inherited TalkTalk Business as my provider.
I work away all week and on my return on Friday evenings if I can manage to open up the BT test site to test my miserable download speeds I am lucky. -
Well here I am again; and yes you guessed it without a broadband service again.
We came in to work yesterday (Saturday) as we are still trying to catch up from the last 2 broadband outages lasting a total of 6 days loss of business. On checking we discovered that the broadband was not connecting again and was showing the same symptoms as the last 2 outages. So we proceeded top call Talk Talk support again and after 20 minutes on the phone finally got through to John again (funny that always the same bloke) and explained our issues.
After going through the same routine of logging on to router, disconnecting equipment, changing password etc. we were then told that it was an issue with our router (Draytek) as it did not support PPOA and was setup as PPOE to a separate modem. HMM! I thought as I explained that this had been running fine for some time and that I had been advised by Talk Talk support to purchase a Draytek router as our aoriginal one (Belkin Vision N) was a load of rubbish and that they always caused issues. I was then asked if I could replace the Draytek which is not compatible with the old Belkin router which should solve the issues. We did just that and after setting up from scratch found we had the same issues (no response from the server end). John said that he could not understand this as the router was showing synced from his end and that he would report it as a fault but these things tend to sort themselves out (RIGHT!)
I then received a message from a colleague in a unit just across the road asking if we had problems with our broadband as he was unable to connect. As he is a PIPEX customer I told hime that we were in fact having issues and that PIPEX are part of the Talk Talk group that they are probably experiencing the same issues as us.
I did ask John at Talk Talk Business when we are likely to be up as we had planned to work the weekend and were still catching up from the last outage. His response was that he could not tell us but he had reported the fault and that it was very unlikely that any work would be done over the weekend.
So we are here again without broadband a service that we rely on for our business with no idea of when we are likely to be back online.
So I would just like to thank Talk Talk Business, Tiscali, Pipex or whoever you are for helping to destroy my business. We will be moving akll our services including phone lines, broadband etc as soon as we can.
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Each time I hear the word Talk Talk/Tiscali it makes me shiver! Last year, I was without a phone line for over 6 weeks with Talk Talk. I called in over 20 times, each time I was promised that the problem would be fixed. The first excuse they gave me was that my line was being migrated, they claimed to have sent out a letter informing me of slight interuption to my service for the migration to take place. I did not receive any. This interruption went on for 6 weeks! The only way out for me was to change my phone provider. I had to switch to the dreaded B.T. After switching my faulty line, it took B.T. just one week to solve the problem. The difference was that I only needed to call B.T. once about the problem and immediately they offered to divert all my calls while the repair was going on, they actually called me back to inform me of the progress. Talk Talk did not even acknowledge the complaint I made about the poor services. The only time they got back to me was when I had concluded my transfer to B.T.
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Dont know why anybody would assume talk talk business are bad. I have recently went with them for my internet gaming centre, got two lines, two broadband connections actual speeds around 21mbps. not one issue. prioritised traffic that works fine. Just because one person had issues doesnt mean you will either. Read more reviews than just a single persons.
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Sorry another update :-)
Just found out that another business on the same business park has been experiencing the same issues with their Tiscali broadband delivered from the same exchange. After calling support they were told that there was no issue with the exchange and that a line test had proved that there was no issue with the connection and that they should try replacing the filters (borrowed from us)
Now we all know that they are the same company experiencing the same issues; so why tell 2 different customers a different reason for the issue.
Talk Talk Business told us that the line test was ok to start and after hours of changing passwords, routers, filters etc it was only then then (after multiple calls) that we were told it was an issue at the exchange with the BT Openreach equipment. Yet another business who shares the same offices on the same exchange but with a different provider had no outages at all.
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Just thought I would give you guys an update. Finally got my broadband back on on Monday albeit at 4.5MB connection instead of the usual 7MB.
I was not informed that we were back online it was just when I called first thing Monday and was told I needed to change the password on my router that we were connected.
We have been working frantically to catch up with the lost time as we are currently working to strict client deadlines and then guess what the broadband suddenly went off again after only 2 days service.
Phoned Talk Talk business again after waiting 20 mins they checked the line and tested the connection and then told us it looks like the original issue was not resolved and that it was still with BT Openreach.
In the mean time all my staff are sitting here with nothing to do apart from waiting for pay day.
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Thanks for everyone here who has given a negative feedback on talk talk.Im planning to open my own web business in April and now I will steer clear of Talk Talk.Im just sick and tired of these companies ripping off cutomers with their fake promises and sweet fake talk .They are all the same,its just a matter of chosing the one who can do the least damage !!
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Hello all,
Just thought I would share my experience regarding Opal which has now recently changed back to Talk Talk business.
I too am a web designer who currently employs 7 staff and totally rely on our "business" broadband service. I woke up on Friday morning with my usual routine reaching for my Iphone and checking my emails only to find that unusually I had not received and through the night. Anyway as I had to travel quite a way for a meeting I went straight from home instead of going to the office first.
I received a call from one of my designers saying that our broadband was not working which explained why I was without mail as we run an Exchange server in our offices. I asked my colleague to call Talk Talk Business and report the fault. He did just that and after waiting for around 20 mins on the phone got through to support who initially said everything checked out fine on the line test and that it must be a fault with our equipment. Fair enough we also do IT services so have spare routers on the shelf so proceeded to replace the equipment only to find that we still had the issue which was showing the error username and password rejected by your ISP provider. After many calls to Talk Talk support and my entire team sitting with nothing to do we were told that there may be a fault on the exchange. By this time it was after lunch and now work had been done in the office and we had the embarassing situation where we had to explain to our customers that we were unable to provide support to them as we had no email, FTP access and could not even access web pages. Whats more our IT engineer was unable to access the server by VPN and thus unable to download the files required to complete an installation he was working on.
I spoke to my colleague again and asked him to push for time when the service was resumed and what we should do regarding compensation for loss of business. Immediately the tone changed from their support person saying that Talk Talks terms regaring outages are purely to cover loss of service and that they are not responsible for loss of business. The person then added "I'm not been funny but if you are a web design company and you rely that much on your broadband service the don't you think you should have a second line to fall back on if one fails"
I immediately called them as I was now fuming and concerned about the impact this was having on our business. After the usual wait to get through I spoke to another support guy and explained my concerns. I explained what the previous support person had said and that I thought his comments were ridiculous and that the fact that if I rely on my car for my business which I do then should I buy another one and have it sitting beside it on the off chance that 1 might not start in the morning? His response was that the previous support person should not have made the comments and that sometimes they can be tackless. We then proceeded to change passwords and the usual tests we had done previously only to be told that there was probably still a fault at the exchange. We were told we would be updated by text if the fault was rectified. I explained that I needed to know roughly when it would likely to be on as we would have to work the weekend to make up the lost time. This again would cost my business as overtime would then bneed to be paid.
Saturday morning; no emails means no connection in the office. I called tham again and got through to another support guy who checked the status and said there had not been any updates as yet. I then did my own research and checked the BT exchange status for our exchange which had all green ticks stating that there were no current issues. I called Talk Talk again and got the same guy this time who said there was no updates. I explained my findings that there were no issues reported on our exchange and to add to the mystery another business that shares the same offices gets their broadband from the same exchange and their connection was fine. I then started suspecting that maybe I was not been told the truth. I asked if I could have the contact number for their bt centre so I could speak to an engineer. Tone changed again and I was told that they would not speak to me as I was not a BT customer and that my contact was with Talk Talk and their contact was with BT. I then said that basically if if had an outage again I would be better having BT as a provider as I could speak to them directly and perhaps get the issue solved quicker. I said I was not happy and that I was considering changing to BT as I could not rely on their service (happened many times with 1 outage lasting over a month and nearly costed me my business :-(
Tone changed again and I was then getting a default response read from a hymn sheet that they did have up to 7 days to resolve any issues causing broadband outage. OUCH! this would definately cause unrepairable damage to our business reputation.
So there you go; I'm still sitting here with no VPN to the office; no emails and basically out of business until the service that I am paying for is resumed.
And yes we are looking to move providers and will make sure we steer clear of anything related to Talk Talk including Opal, Pipex, Tiscali or whatever they decide to call themselves.
Oh and by the way I WILL make sure I let every business I know what they are likely to expect when dealing with such a company especially if your business depends on it.
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I was a very happy f2s (freedom to surf) customer, but now I am very frustrated Opal, possibly frustrated Talk Talk Business (?), customer. I have a 8mb contract, never got it, but it averaged out at 6mb – tolerable.
I am now getting no more than 2mb download speeds, usually 1mb, enough to b****r up live streaming, and an unwelcome taste of what dial-up used to be. The service has also gone down twice in a week, usually late at night, and I can't rely on it to work from home any more.
In the interim, I am being bombarded with phone calls encouraging me to buy a phone package, which will entitle me to get on to the new high-speed broadband network, but because these calls are from call centre monkeys (no offence, but they don't work in Opal premises, so they have no idea other than what's on the script in front of them), they don't know whether it's possible to get on to the new broadband set-up without buying a phone contract – and they don't want buy out my existing BT one, that's for sure.
It rather looks as if as these people are clowns, but has anyone had any success with their new high-speed broadband, or is that too pie in the sky? I'm just reluctant to lose my email address, but I'm not paying c.£20 a month for dial-up standard access. The 1990s are long gone, as I will be soon...
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Aha, and the saga continues!
The credit given by Opal to cover calls made to the 0871 number during change-over keeps on appearing as an `overdue amount' on the monthly invoices.
Telephoned customer services in early January who confirmed that they would arrange to have the re-occuring false `overdue amount' removed from invoices visible to me.
Recently received a letter from Opal stating that payment had not been received to cover the January invoice, and that there would be a disruption in service.
Again contacted customer services and advised them that there was an existing Direct Debit to cover the monthly payments, and that this had been in existence for some 9 years, throughout my time with Nildram.
Customer services advised that there was no trace of a Direct Debit mandate on the account. Asked to speak with a supervisor, but got put thro to the girl who had handled the call in early January. She stated that she had closed the account on my request. I again explained the situation, the re-appearing overdue amount etc. She took debit card information to cover the overdue amount, and set up another Direct Debit. Throughout the conversations, they were right, offering lame excuses and justifying themselves with side issues.
However, I wonder if there is now a move to find reasons to close all existing ex-Nildram accounts, and `switch-sell' the more expensive Opal accounts. They look good on the surface but one needs to watch the add-on extra costs! Anyway would you let Opal take over your contract with BT, `Line rental' and Broadband service for 24 months?
The impression is that it is a badly run organisation, in chaos and overstretched.
Now to be re-branded as Talk-Talk business, I wonder why?
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Having been a very satisfied customer of Pipex for 8+ years I was interested to hear from the new owners (Opal) that they could provide a faster & cheaper service, so foolishy signed up.
The transfer from BT was to take place on Monday 24th. At 16:00 hrs the phone & broadband went dead, and wasn't reconnected. I phoned their tech support who told me it would take a little longer (their documentation says it takes 20 mins max).
Next day, still no phone. Tech support passed it to BT, who 'will take 5 days to investigate'.
So, in short, after 20 years of good, reliable service from BT & Pipex I now have a service provider who have provided no service & no concrete response times.
I WISH I HAD NEVER HEARD THEIR NAME - DO NOT DEAL WITH THESE JOKERS
