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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

“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

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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

POSTED July 9, 2023

“Very unreliable at times. Customer service absolutely terrible. I eventually left for a better provider and had a terrible time trying to get a final bill.”: “Utterly useless. Customer service uncontactable, endless overcharging, broadband speed less than 1/3rd of what they promised. Look elsewhere.”

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

Reviewer Peter Walton: Location Llandudno: Date 2023-06-17

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Very unreliable at times. Customer service absolutely terrible. I eventually left for a better provider and had a terrible time trying to get a final bill.

Many phone calls where they had told me I hadn’t returned the router (I had) and several final bills which included charge for non return of router. I asked several times for correct bill and they eventually without warning referred me to collections agency. I called the agency immediately and they had the correct amount which I paid over the telephone immediately. Avoid this company Poor Broadband and extremely poor customer service. read more

28 June 2023

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Absolute rubbish the worst internet…

Apsolute rubbish the worst internet provide ever, talk talk and now internet much better. Shell internet doesn’t work at all, they give you little to no internet, then charge you for months of internet you’ve not received rubbish company with rubbish customer service!!!!

Stay away from shell broadband

I am currently sitting on hold, it’s been 40 mins and this is my 3rd attempt to get through. First attempt Shell offered me a call back, I agreed to this. My phone rang twice as I went to answer it cut off. Second time I was on hold for 5 – 7 mins the phone began to ring and I was hung up on. This company clearly does not value its customers. Now for the reason I am trying to contact Shell. I signed up to their broadband with average advertised speed of 67mbps. I knew I would not get those speed where I live, but I knew I should be receiving 32mbps. My internet went live on the 12/06 And I have not received anything over 18mbps. Whilst writing this review I have finally managed to speak to a operator from Shell who is less than interested in helping me. I was told I’ve had looked at other speeds in your area and 16 – 24mbps is the going rate. How is it with my previous provider I could get speeds of 32mbps? The same lines are being used. I will be cancelling my contract with Shell and I will be going back to my previous provider. read more

Posted by John Donovan: 7 June 2023

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

Reviewer Luke: Location Westhoughton: Date 2023-05-14

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Do yourself a favour DON’T USE THEM FOR YOUR BROADBAND , Its slow when it works and you are forever offline its hit or miss when broadband is up and running, its always down nearly every week and their customer service is shocking

STAY WELL CLEAR

Reviewer Alexander: Location Edinburgh: Date 2023-05-15

Comments

When I joined shell broadband there was a deal that you get 3 months WiFi free charge and after the 3 months I was too receive a £100 amazon gift card called shell broadband up and now there trying to say it takes upto 120 before anyone will get it I feel its a scam in a way just to get customer’s too join up as i see it’s a false advertising just so you join there broadband and there not interested in helping you I called them today asking where my £100 amazon gift card after nearly 5 months with them wasn’t helpful wouldn’t listen to me cut me off all the time wouldn’t let me talk broadband has cut off that many times when watching a film on Netflix not the best broadband read the small print before signing up with them they can lie about your contract and put the phone down on me today because I said I was going to ofcom and the customer service told me too do what I want she didn’t care about me i think they customer services agents she get sent for training on there manners when dealing with customers I was shocked by they way I was treated can’t really understand the customers services read more

Published 26 May 2023

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

Reviewer Fred Darlow: Location Bridgwater: Date 2023-05-04

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Absolutely diabolical. Never have I ever had such hassle setting up a service. Shell are undoubtedly the worst Broadband provider the planet has to offer.

The router arrived over a week late, The service which I was informed was live didnt even work when the router did arrive. Upon trying to close my contract before the first bill even came through, they’re attempting to charge me the closing fee of £308 despite the fact that I havent even been able to use the service through no fault of my own. Truly despicable, absolutely useless. If you have the option between Shell and no broadband, youd be better off with no internet. read more

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

Dealing with their customer service is something akin to torture with endless recorded messages and options before you end up speaking to a person. They then end up transferring you from one person to another…

Reviewer Oliver Dickens: Location Cambridgshire: Date 2023-04-24

Comments

If I could give their customer service a negative rating a would.

As a previous post office customer, I decided to upgrade to a full fiber package in early January 2023- I was repeatedly given different installation dates. Finally on the 21 March I was given a confirmed date for the Openreach engineer to arrive. Suffice to say nobody arrived on the agreed date. Subsequently 2 more engineer visits resulted in a line being installed-but still no internet service. As of the 24th of April(more than 3 months) they managed to achieve nothing. read more

21 May 2023

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Do not use shell broadband & phone

Do not take out this for your broadband & phone as they do not tell you when your contract runs out & do not care that when your in hospital for 4 weeks & cannot use their services they still want full payment even though you contact them

DO NOT USE SHELL ENERGY

I would give these guys negative stars if possible. Whatever you do, DO NOT get them to change your meter to a smart meter. The initial meter they installed was dodgy (kept resulting in power cuts and damaged numerous devices in my house). It then took them 6 months for an appointment to install a new meter. And throughout this time my father had pulmonary fibrosis so had an oxygen concentrator connected to the mains so any power cuts in the night could have been life threatening. read more

POSTED 16 May 2023

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Reviewer Zoe: Location Southport: Date 2023-04-19

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I have been without broadband for a week now. Shell finally sent me a new router on second class service even though I said it was urgent it was sorted. Customer service completely unhelpful. Shame I have to wait 7 months until I can leave them. 5 days since the router was sent and they refuse to contact Royal Mail for an update.

Reviewer Ian Snape: Location Stafford: Date 2023-04-15 read more

Frustrated broadband customers face poor service and rising costs

Shane Hickey: Mon 8 May 2023 09.00 BST

theguardian.com

When Annabel Miller* took up the offer of a new superfast broadband plan with local and international calls for £40 a month from Shell Energy, she thought she was on to a good deal.

Within six months, however, she had suffered an 18-day broadband outage due to the wrong router being sent to her London home, a series of incorrect bills for more than she was due to pay, and even problems with her house alarm. When she tried to complain, she says she received confusing and frustrating responses.

“It appears Shell Energy decided to use an initial tactic of not responding to complaints, then dismissing them and closing them,” she says

“I had a number of emails claiming they had been resolved and closed, despite not having received any responses. The strategy was to confuse and distort facts, and ignore my complaints,” she says.

This will have a familiar ring to it. Communications regulator Ofcom announced that the company was the most complained-about broadband and landline provider for the final three months of last year. read more

3 May 2023

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Disgusting

Disgusting. Disorganised. Impersonal service. I was ‘allocated’ Shell after Green went bust. Never again. I’ve gone back to EDF energy who, in 2 emails, set up my account in the correct way. Never again will I use this company. And don’t bother with your insincere response. I’ve got loads of emails telling me you strive for excellent customer service. All evidence to the contrary in my experience.  Regarding  your reply. I already said not to bother. I’m sick of speaking with a company who has zero regard for its customers read more

POSTED 29 APRIL 2023

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

Reviewer Peter Clegg: Location BURNLEY: Date 2023-03-16

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Spend most mornings with the broadband dropping out and reconnecting now evenings are getting as bad. very poor overall made a big mistake moving from talktalk

Reviewer N H: Location Northwest: Date 2023-03-16

Comments

POOR POOR,

Cancelled my broadband last year and they are still requesting money. I have late payments on my account and my Experian Credit File has taken battering. Come on Shell have some respect for your customers and stop doing this. No wonder you have so many bad reviews. I want a Shell member of staff to contact me and do three things. read more

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POSTED 22 APRIL 2023

Reviewer Tom: Location: London: Date 2023-03-16

Comments

Never experienced such terrible customer service – clearly got no process in place for working effectively with OpenReach, delay after delay, engineers turning up without a clue what they are doing. I’d avoid at all costs as I’ve wasted 2 months trying to get this sorted. When I told them I was cancelling and going to BT because they will likely be better at wrangling OpenReach the operator just said “yeah probably” – even their own people know it’s not good enough. read more

16 March 2023

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Awful service

Awful service, customer care at it’s very worst! The phone and broadband goes down, you call them and they don’t help. In fact they try to charge you to fix a problem that isn’t even your fault. Yet you are forced to pay for a service that doesn’t work

Absolutely the worst internet i have…

Absolutely the worst internet i have EVER had!!!
I can’t wait to switch back to sky.
It never ever works and if it does it’s still not the best.
Ridiculous and absolute waste of money.
Never again!!! read more

Awful awful customer service and product. Worst company I’ve ever dealt with in my life. Totally incompetent. AVOID like the plague.

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

1st March 2023

Reviewer Colin edwards: Location Ainsdale: Date 2023-02-03

Comments

We had Shell broadband fitted on the 13 January 2023 it hasn’t worked since the day it went in. If we are lucky we might get 20 minutes a day before it drops out we gave had to telephone calls who could not fix it an engineer called out it worked for 4 hours then dropped out we called another engineer who was booked for the second time to call on the Wednesday but he never turned up phoned Shell who told me they forgot to book the engineer he booked again for Monday. The company will not let me cancel for 30 days or I have to pay £300 to cancel. So 21 days into thus contract we get approximately 20 minutes service. I am now taking legal action against thus absolutely dreadful company. Whatever you do don’t take out out a contract out with this diabolical company you will be sorry read more

27 Feb 2023

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Avoid Shell

Shell broadband is awful. Poor signal.
When you do get a signal it drops off.
No person to call for help and they send you email instructions – no good if you have no internet and have to use mobile data.
When you can read your emails they send you the same information over and over again

Complete and absolute nightmare

Complete and absolute nightmare. Where can I start been with them sine 2018 no problem smart meter reading always worked. Then in January 2023 smart meter failed to communicate so an estimate bill was generated wait for it £2500 for one month!!. I immediately phoned and complained they advised it would be corrected in February bill it wasn’t another bill for £1500 so phoned and asked to make a proper complaint I was transferred through to complaints department who said they would sort this out and contact me now at end of Feb and still waiting for them to contact me as they said they would. My bill is now showing i owe Shell £3800 for two months gas and this is not including electric. read more