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Shell Ditches Half a Million Broadband Customers 

Posted by John Donovan: 14 Dec 2023

In an astonishing display of ‘see ya later’ strategy, Shell has decided to bid adieu to the British residential energy market. But fear not, Sir Charles Dunstone’s broadband empire, TalkTalk Telecom, is swooping in like a knight to rescue nearly half a million of these abandoned souls.

Sky News, ever the bearer of intriguing news, has whispered that TalkTalk Telecom is all set to absorb a whopping 480,000 broadband customers from Shell Energy Retail UK, courtesy of UK energy superstar, Octopus Energy. But let’s not talk about the price, because apparently, that’s a bit hush-hush right now. read more

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40 calls and 12 hours of my life I will never get back

The content below is sourced from current verifiable customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot

(Examples posted 11 November 2023 by John Donovan)

CHASED ME FOR NEIGHBOUR’S £4400

For 2 months Shell Energy sent me postal demands for nearly £4,400 for
a neighbour’s electricity supply based on the fact that I lived in the same postcode. I spent over 12 hours on the phone over 2 months explaining their error time and time and time again but not one call handler grasped the fact that Shell did not have a full supply address – they had sent letters to all householders living in the same postcode asking for payment. Appalling service, extremely rude staff, some of whom appeared not to have the foggiest idea what they were doing. Worst service I have received on my life! read more

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No Stars at all for anything… worst broadband provider I have ever had

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan:

3 November 2023

Reviewer John Duxbury: Location Selby: Date 2023-10-13

Comments

No Stars at all for anything. The worst broadband provider I have ever had. Regularly loosing signal whilst watching vids online on my TV, resulting in my computer dropping the connection. Shockingly bad service and for the last 15 months it just was not worth phoning them and expecting them to improve. When the contract finished they tried to bill me for the final month even though I paid in advance. Cannot even do basic accounting.

Reviewer Daniel: Location Kent: Date 2023-10-10 read more

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Painfully slow Shell Broadband

Painfully slow at times. Not very reliable either.

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 7 Oct 2023

Reviewer Kevin: Location Matlock: Date 2023-09-12

Comments

I would not recommend shell energy broadband and phone to anyone, Had no problem at all with the Post Office. but when Shell took over they cut me off and sent a engineer out to check my router and said that I wanted a new one when in actual fact it still worked as I tried it before sending it back They told me that I could upgrade to superfast fibre and the contract would last 18 months at a cost of around £29 but every time I receive a a paper bill it has gone up and the last one that I got was £44 , I spent 1 hour 45 minutes on the phone just to hear music playing so I hung up after getting an head ache the day after I hung up after 30 minutes. read more

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What a load of rubbish if I could I’d give them minus 5

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 30 Sept 2023

Reviewer Michael Collins: Location St. Neots: Date 2023-09-04

Comments
What a load of rubbish if I could I’d give them minus 5

Reviewer MB: Location Southampton: Date 2023-08-31

Comments

Far cheaper (initially) when I joined but I have been plagued by very slow broadband speeds (once recorded at 0.2Mbps) and signal drops. I’m now switching to Plusnet and Shell have cancelled my service one full day earlier than requested. Beyond dreadful.

Reviewer David Twining-Harris: Location Bristol: Date 2023-08-29

Comments

I should have checked the reviews before signing up to Shell! I’ve suffered from repeated outages sometimes up to four hours. I’m now considering leaving and cancelling my direct debit so that Shell can’t try taking cancellation fees. I do not understand how they can levy such charges when they’ve failed to fulfil a contract. They’ll probably try threatening me with loss of credit rating credibility but at the age of 83 that’s hardly going to be of concern! Has anyone considered taking class action against Shell? There appears to be a huge amount of dissatisfied customers! read more

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Unkept promises from Shell

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 26 Sept 2023

Reviewer Martin: Location Derby: Date 2023-08-29

Comments

Fast and reliable wifi when it finally was set up, but faced weeks and weeks of delays before this with poor communication and unkept promises from Shell. Moved house earlier this year and tried to stick with them but had similar issues where I was promised a ‘go live’ date that came and went with no wifi only to be told the order hadn’t gone through. Waited a week to find out it was still no further and they could not give me a new date, so cut my losses and cancelled with them. No real apology from Shell and a constant sense that people I spoke to on the phone didn’t really know what was going on and just wanted to give me a quick answer to get the call finished. read more

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Worst Internet do not get tied into a contract with this company

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 17 Sept 2023

Reviewer Diane Bryant: Location Lowestoft: Date 2023-08-16

Comments

As a vulnerable disabled person who is very reliant on a reliable WiFi, Internet service I totally regret signing up with She’ll Energy as it’s extremely unreliable

Reviewer Gerald: Location Northern Ireland: Date 2023-08-15

Comments

It is beyond absurd the way this company have treated me. After dialogue with this company about renewing my contract I was assured on multiple occasions that the new rate was in place however they continue to charge me at my old rate hence the multiple staff members I have spoken with simply did not do their jobs as they assured me it was changed yet it has not after multiple assurances. What kind of company employs staff who are simply not doing their jobs and lying to customers? I will now seek legal advice in relation to consumer rights as this company is simply not providing what we have agreed upon in the terms of our agreement. Truly shocking in this day and age that a company treats a customer like this.

Reviewer Yuchun: Location Belfast: Date 2023-08-15

Comments

Worst Internet do not get tied into a contract with this company

Reviewer Joe: Location Suffolk: Date 2023-08-15

Comments

Absolutely crap! I was lured by a £95 amazon voucher. The speed is OKish but the router keeps disconnecting my devices and then has a fit itself. When I got the router out of the box I thought it was off wish.com, very cheap looking and apparently also in its operation. I am looking to move next year and am seriously thinking about ‘buying” myself out of the contract early read more

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Worst broadband, Worst customer service

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 13 Sept 2023

Reviewer Billy Loudon: Location St Andrews: Date 2023-08-15

Comments
Worst broadband
Worst customer service

Reviewer Tristan: Location London: Date 2023-08-14

Comments

Utterly awful. Pathetic router which just can’t hold a signal or broadcast to anywhere other than the room it’s in. Far too expensive for the speed you actually get and useless in terms of customer service. Avoid

Reviewer John Redmond: Location Buxton: Date 2023-08-14

Comments

Had no problems until i decided to switch, my broadband suddenly developed a fault and was constantly going on and off, no help whatsoever from customer support, I would advise against using shell energy broadband awful service and poor speeds waste of money cowboy outfit!!!

Reviewer Paul Butterworth: Location Aspatria: Date 2023-08-11

Comments

For me the issue with Shell Broadband is mainly their customer service. If will offer you no grace if you need to change contract and it will always be in their favour. They will charge you FOR EVERYTHING. Admin fees, routers, sending routers back. I consider them the easyjet of flying. read more

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Shell Broadband Utterly Useless!!!!! WASTE OF TIME!!!!

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted by John Donovan 5 Sept 2023

Reviewer Luis Navarro: Location London NW1 8UB: Date 2023-08-09

Comments

Contracted Shell broadband over a month ago for offer of £26.99. Engineer booked for 9th August 2023, between 8 as m and 1pm, they did not turn up, on phoning them the lame excuse that it had been cancelled by them and apologising for not informing me. Utterly Useless!!!!! WASTE OF TIME!!!!

Reviewer uj: Location Camberley: Date 2023-08-09

Comments

shell broadband kept on cancelling my order , because of them i was without broadband for 1months +….existing broadnand provider disabled their services in order for shell to switch …and shell cancelled my order on the switch day….dodgy … read more

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Had the misfortune of being sold Shell Broadband by Currys

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Examples posted 31 August 2023 by John Donovan

Reviewer Jas: Location: Leamington Spa: Date 2023-08-08

Comments

Had the misfortune of being sold Shell Broadband by Currys. I really wish I had trusted my instinct and walked away from this. I do NOT recommend the service to anyone. It was installed on 7th August and by 8th August I have cancelled. I have had to pay an early termination fee which I see as deplorable. The customer service was atrocious from the moment I made calls on the day of install. Avoid at all costs. It cost me £300 to terminate early and although it is painful – it is the right decision. Don’t touch this with a barge pole!

Reviewer Derek: Location Glasgow: Date 2023-08-05

Comments

Completely useless.

Broadband continually drops out for minutes at a time during the day making watching Netflix or streaming a painful experience. When it is working the speed is ok.

Have been without a working phone line since installation and the web chat and initial phone support are worse than useless.

Current waiting for an Openreach engineer to visit but no idea when as the complaints department haven’t got round to telling me if one has actually been booked or not.

The worst broadband service I’ve had in 15 years and 10 at this property. Bitterly regretting moving from my previous provider. read more

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Shell Broadband is incredibly slow if it even connects at all

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer Rods: Location Kent: Date 2023-08-02

Comments

Total rubbish. Keeps falling out. Their”award winning router” can’t hold a signal for 5 minutes without it disconnecting. DO NOT BUY

Reviewer David Hancock-Dexter: Location Stoke-on-Trent: Date 2023-08-02

Comments

Signed up took up direct debit immediately.

No contact after 14 days.

So contacted and they said problem with previous provider could not connect. They knew ti’s 12 days before but did not contact me. Awful

Reviewer Matt: Location Staffordshire: Date 2023-08-02

Comments

Placed my order on the 3rd, order was cancelled by openreach on the 10th, she’ll failed to communicate this at all, even when I rang on the 10th. Advised I had to wait until after the 14 day cooling off for install (absolute rubbish as plusnet installed within 2 days of order)
Called on the 21st and was told my order was cancelled, no manager able to speak to you, no complaints dept takes in lunch calls. Useless company I wouldn’t recommend to my worst enemy DO NOT BUY FROM THEM! read more

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Terrible service. Shell Broadband unreliable.

July Examples Posted Here 16 August 2023

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer CleoT: Location Northwest: Date 2023-07-29

Comments

Terrible service. Broadband unreliable. Lies about parental controls – they do not have any.

Reviewer Ranj: Location Wolverhampton: Date 2023-07-28

Comments

This is the worst internet service I’ve ever had in my life, I’ve had to top up my phone to use the internet because they said there’s a problem with their equipment but they want me to pay £75 for someone to come out to sort it out, it’s not my problem if you don’t do your job properly because I’m just paying for the services, not to fix your equipment, I can’t wait until my contract is over. read more

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Slowest internet on earth

Examples Posted 10 August 2023

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer Ashok: Location PRESTON: Date 2023-07-21

Comments

One of the world slowest internet on the earth. Maybe they were trying for Oscar with there brand. My personal rating 0.00000000000001

Reviewer Lisa Stanley: Location Horsham: Date 2023-07-19

Comments

Terrible customer service, bills all wrong, not helpful when openreach issue occurs. Now I’m stuck in 18 month contract with them. I blame Currys for selling them to me!!

Reviewer Adam: Location Oldham: Date 2023-07-18

Comments

I’ve never done a review before but wish I’d believed these 1 star reviews prior. Shell energy has an unreliable internet connection, and I felt like I worked for them and not the other way around as they treated me like dirt, continually trying to find way to get more money out of me 3 months after I had left them. read more

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Treated like dirt by Shell Energy Customer Service

“I’ve never done a review before but wish I’d believed these 1 star reviews prior. Shell energy has an unreliable internet connection, and I felt like I worked for them and not the other way around as they treated me like dirt…”

Examples Posted 7 August 2023

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk read more

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My service is more off than on!! Very unreliable!

Examples Posted 6 August 2023

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer Jane: Location Wilmslow: Date 2023-07-14

Comments

My service is more off than on!! Very unreliable! I certainly wouldn’t recommend them. It would be impossible to work from home!

Reviewer MICHAEL CHESWORTH: Location MERSEYSIDE: Date 2023-07-13

Comments: SHOCKING ….IVE BEEN OVERCHARGED FOR A BROADBAND PACKAGE SINCE NOVEMBER 2022 AND DESPITE 4 ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE MATTER IM STILL BEING OVERCHARGED IN JULY 2023… AVOID AVOID AVOID

Reviewer Ashok: Location PRESTON: Date 2023-07-13

Comments

One of the biggest mistake my in my life is using shell energy broadband. worst customer service, lies, WiFi not working, oh my god I can’t explain… read more

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Frustrated and disgusted by Shell Broadband

“I’ve had no reliable connection since I switched provider to Shell. Nearly 2 weeks now…”: “Terrible Intermittent Service. Customer Service is hard to get a hold of – when you do, they are rude.”

Examples Posted 31 July 2023

Shell Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer Susan: Location Ely: Date 2023-07-10

Comments

Hasn’t worked properly from the get go and it’s hard to contact customer service as they give you the usual “go online and let the chatbots or help options see to your needs” rubbish. How can I go online when my internet isn’t working? Basic logic fault. Whether it’s the router or exchange problems god alone knows as the Qube guy couldn’t fix it.
I’ve had no reliable connection since I switched provider to Shell. Nearly 2 weeks now. I’m disabled and need a decent service to stay connected. I wish I’d stayed with my previous provider now. At least when I had power cuts the router would reconnect automatically. I’m frustrated and disgusted. read more

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