PopTelecomReviews 44

I have had many suppliers of broadband over the years due to rising costs. I went with Poptelecom because it looked like a good deal, and paid regularly via direct debit every month. My contract was from the 04th Feb 2020 to 04 Feb 2021. Lost count how many times I was without broadband within that year. So decided to inform Poptelecom in Dec 2020 that when my contract was finished, I would be taking my business elsewhere. Bearing in mind my contract should not of finished until 04th Feb 2021, my broadband was cut by them on the 01st Feb 2021. Leaving me without broadband. I finally found another supplier and Poptelecom REFUSED to hand over the landline plus inundating me with calls asking me to stay with them. When I refused, they finally handed my landline over to my new supplier. But are now stating that I owe them £12.35 for broadband between)1st Feb 2021 to the 05th Feb 2021. And are trying even now to charge me £54.60 totalling £66.95 from 05th Feb 2021 to the 05th Mar 2021. Even though I went live with my new supplier on the 01st March 2021. Since leaving Poptelecom, I have been inundated with mobile calls, landline calls, texts, and emails requesting this money. I have informed them many many many times this money is NOT owed by me, but yet they keep on. In the end I told them to take me to County Court where I will counter claim. I have ALL my bank statements of payments and even a copy of my contract with Poptelecom. But they will not give up. I am now keeping a diary of when the contact me and how they have contacted me. And will be billing them for £40.00 per contact. My advice (take it or leave it) would be to steer clear of this company even if you have to pay a supplier a little more each month... You have been warned.

Terrible experience with this horrible company. They confused an elderly relative with health issues into renewing an overly-expensive contract over the phone. Then they stonewalled them during the period when it should have been possible to quit without a financial penalty, ignoring all emails asking for help. Fear of being cut-off during a pandemic deters anyone from trying to switch. So they are stuck with a pricey, year-long contract before they can leave, and who knows how easy that process will be? In my opinion, this is a pretty crooked company. Please avoid them!

Had to complain to CISAS twice
Had to complain to CISAS twice(like the ombudsman). Have finally left the company this week with no penalties due to CISAS intervention, after being with them only 4 months. Even after CISAS intervention they tried to charge me a termination fee of £115. Shocking.
Reasons - Didn't consult me that my number would change so I had no incoming calls for a month including work calls as I was WFH due to Covid at the time, no Caller display for 6 weeks and my bill went up after a month.
Decide for yourself if you want to use this company.

I had some very important work to do this evening and I was unable to finish it because my internet service has been absolute rubbish, This has been going on for several days. There is no way you can contact them in the evening and they have an email address but when you try to send the email you get an answer to say that the department is closed and you cannot see it. As soon as my contract expires I will certainly be leaving them,

Main problem is intermittent wifi, keeps dropping. TWO months and still they dither... asking me to do testing when it is plain as day that the router/wifi box is faulty. I am pig-sick of being their unpaid staff member because they will not send anyone out to fix the problem.

I have had a faulty broadband connection for over 4 weeks. I have contacted them numerous times and it is still unresolved. They will take no action unless you have the time to pester them everyday. Service number is a chargeable geographical number, but I waited in a queue for over 20 minutes before speaking to an adviser who spent another 20 minutes before telling me the line had passed all tests. On one occasion there was no broadband for over 12 hours, connection drops typically more than 4 times a day. When there is a connection it is slow 6Mbps instead of advertised 36Mbps.

AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!

I would give this minus 1 million stars if I could. The WORSE company I have ever encountered. They reel you in with apparently 'cheap' prices and then tie you up in knots to extend your contract with extortionate prices and terrible broadband. We moved house and not only have we been a whole month without Internet which they are still going to charge us for, they renew the contract to another 24 months! Been on the phone to them constantly about moving and was never once told this would actually renew the contract! All we want to do is leave this awful company but they want to charge us as much as possible to leave.

NEVER EVER GO WITH THIS COMPANY!

They should be shut down.

I have had nothing but trouble since switching to this provider. I have had WiFi that is so slow I cannot use it at all which has prevented me from being able to work from home for 6 weeks now. I quickly upgraded to the faster service (at a very expensive rate) and I was not informed it would take so long to instal. I am still waiting. Despite numerous attempts to contact the company for help with data costs and some sort of compensation my requests have been rejected. I am appalled the company will not consider the huge disadvantage I have suffered in switching to them and attempt to help me out with the expenses or compensate me as a matter of decency. Avoid at all costs! I will be telling everyone I can to avoid this company.

Shockingly bad, the worst company I have ever dealt with. They will slap up to 5 unauthorised charges on your bills and not repay you. At the end of the contract they will try to extend the contract to 24 months even if you have emails and screenshots stating 18 months. They move the contract start date forward so they can try and charge you a £160 seven month 'early termination fee'. They then try and slap in a £100 admin 'exit' fee. This is hidden in the small print and was £50 but they decided to double this under 'NEW' T&C. Basically they are trying to extort over £300 for me to be able to leave them. The icing on the cake is when you try to switch providers - they cancel the switch without warning or notification. Never mind Ofcom, CISAS, old MAC codes etc.- they do it, and get away with it! You have been warned!

I went with pop telecom in august. June now it's august I have paid 3 bill one £46 then another £46 then I get a call saying ur bills due £89 how can that be I went wth this company cause they said it was cheap calls I've only got broadband wat plays up all the time and phone. I think I'm paying for the street. Now they have sent be a bill of £500 I'm not paying it cause it's all faulse advertisement

Don't touch 'em with a barge pole - even before the line goes live they will over charge you and lie about your address - they can't find it etc - lie about how many times (they haven't) contacted you - and then overcharge with no explanation.
They do not abide by the direct debit code of practice and will take out of your account whatever they want whenever they want without writing to you first.
As for refunds forget it... it will be down to your bank to do that for you.

These people are total scam artists. I was mis-sold an internet package by a sales agent at CarPhone Warehouse, and I've been complaining to POP Telecom since early January, but they keep giving me the runaround, always changing their story and never calling me back when they say they will. I've asked them multiple times to end the contract, and have requested that they refund my money. They have established a definite pattern of constantly promising to fix the situation, and then never following through.

After over 3 months of trying to resolve this dispute, they are still debiting money from my bank account each month, even though I've asked them several times to stop until this dispute is resolved. They claim their automated system can only stop the direct debit if I cancel the contract and pay an early termination fee of over £200, but if I terminate the contract they can no longer investigate my claim for any refund. They say if I cancel the direct debit myself while the account is still open, they will report it as delinquent to a collection agency. Please spare yourself the nightmare of having to deal with these people!

Absolutely horrific company. Over 4 months without broadband not bothered to fix it. Non existing customer service if u lucky speak to somebody after hours on wait then he wouldn't help you at all l. Charging random amounts on the bill without proper explanation. 50 £ leaving charge. I f u got no service like us for months u still have to pay. Never ever Poptelecom. Dont get excited with the price because in the end u will pay more than BT. Read proper reviews on trustpilot and go somewhere else... Save Your money and nerves