John Lewis 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 John Lewis Broadband.
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Based on 363 customer ratings since 2020-01-27 (Show all time ratings)
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.
726 Customer Reviews for John Lewis Broadband
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Cant complain about the broadband speed or reliability .The problems arise with the promised free Bullguard security package which i still havent got to function. And the promised John Lewis e voucher which I am still waiting for .Customer service needs a complete overhaul . Keen to extract money from you but not so keen to sort out problems .I cant recommend changing to them . |
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| Peter5825 | East Yorkshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-19 | |
Terrible broadband, keeps disconnecting (like 6 times in the past 4 hours) |
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| Zubair | Ilford | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-19 | |
I'm getting constant time outs. Speed check was giving upload 0.1mbps and download 3 mbps |
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| Zubair | Ilford | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-18 | |
Two weeks in and I am really happy to have changed to JL from talktalk. As far as reliability is concerned, I see no difference and I am happy that it meets my needs. |
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| JR | Chichester | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-16 | |
Just about fed up with John Lewis,keep saying they Can't take our direct debit,the money is always there.Last time we hadtopay late fee +pay over phone it was there new system.Now what is it,spelt something wrong I suppose |
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| Rosemary | Kent | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-13 | |
After an initial hiccup seems due to a high demand was passed through a number of different departments having to give security details each time, hence the 3 stars. However when I was through to the correct department the operator at the other end stayed with me until everything was up and running. Brilliant service really impressed. |
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| AlvantaUK | Braintree Essex | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-12 | |
No complaints at all about John Lewis Broadband. When I moved into my house I had a series of problems with two other broadband providers and Openreach which twice failed to come to install a new line. So I cancelled and made do with 3g. |
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| Robert | Northumberland | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-10 | |
What an absolutely abysmal company this is. I am genuinely surprised they have any customers. Trying to get through is a complete and utter nightmare. I refuse to be kept hanging on the phone waiting for someone to answer my call for hours on end. John Lewis seem to think this is an acceptable way to treat their customers, well believe me it is not....HIRE MORE STAFF!! Not only that but your staff knowingly tell lies. After trying for over a week to get through on the phones and messageS being ignored I decided to cancel. Even that is not being handled properly. |
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| IRATE | EAST SUSSEX | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-09 | |
Just awful.was without broadband for 5 weeks many broken promises and mixed messages |
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| Vanessa | Suffolk | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-08 | |
Cannot recommend. Customer service is non existant. They do not answer phones or reply to emails. |
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| Graham Boardman | Devon | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-08 | |
Utterly useless. No service for 2 full days. fault logged online but beyond an acknowledgement zero information. |
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| John Eckersley | Loughborough | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-07 | |
Had the service for a couple months. Canceled back in Aug. 2018 and had a zero balance on my account. I'm still getting emails and texts requesting payment details.I've called them numerous times over the last 3 months and still nothing. Keep getting the same excuse that they have changed billing companies and yet I'm still being harassed for nothing. I have filed a complaint with the FCA against John Lewis.. I will never purchase anything from them again...Would never recommend them for anything even if they paid me to... |
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| John | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-06 | |
Don't touch John Lewis broadband!!! This is the worst company I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. Shocking customer service including mis-selling me fibre which is not available in my area. They failed to inform me of this fact and only when I called back to find out why I had no wifi was I notified that I was not able to get fibre. I then down-graded to ADSL and was told that it would be active in 3-5 working days. A week later no wifi!!! Once again I called and was told that the fibre had yet to be cancelled and they couldn't install ADSL until the fibre order had been cancelled and that could take another 10 working days. |
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| Nicola | Surrey | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-05 | |
Anyone working at John Lewis Broadbabd should be ashamed for letting their colleagues and employers rip off the public. I have paid for a service they have not supplied, they can not give a date if and when they might supply broadband, the Provisions Team investigate the complaints against themselves and they refuse to escalate and issues. Simply put John Lewis broadband is the worst on the market.Total scam artists. Avoid like the plague. |
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| P | Essex | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-05 | |
Do not sign up with this company.My poor experience reflects that of others 2 months of waiting with 4 new contracts. Long waits to call customer service. Excuses given and existing provider blamed Money taken immediately at the set up of first contract not returned despite promises. I gained a better deal with my existing provider BT but plus net left a tag on the line causing a two week delay. Stressful from start to finish. I have complained to ofcom suggest other reviewers do the same |
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| Mollie | Argyll | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-11-01 | |
Changed from existing provider to John Lewis Broadband as on paper seemed better value for money. However, this was not the case. Paid by credit card but John Lewis Broadband, delivered by Plusnet, failed to undertake the transfer. They were being upgraded. Repeated contact with different call centre individuals resulted in no real action. Then realised with John Lewis directly, and refund was obtained by cheque. Another delaying tactic. |
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| Lithium | london | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-30 | |
Lousy, struggling to a speed above 0.6mb/s despite promise of 1.5. No customer service after 6.00pm. Difficult surf at times and can't complete my online study. When I can speak to someone I will be trying to get contract cancelled. Best left, go elsewhere. |
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| Paul | Poole | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-29 | |
Patchy speeds, I can deal with, I've had worse. But the levels of customer (dis)service within this company is utterly disgraceful |
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| Jamie | Glasgow | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-29 | |
Absolutely appalled. Cancelled my account today after waiting ONE MONTH for them to install our broadband. They constantly lied, saying it would be installed in the next few days. They strung us along promising compensation for our troubles but now I have had enough. DO NOT GET JOHN LEWIS BROADBAND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Me and my house mates have spent around £100 on data add ons due to their incompetence - we have not received any compensation. Customer service is awful, had to wait on the phone for at least an hour every time I tried to get through to them. Don't waste your time or money on a company that is clearly inept. Only wish I had read these reviews sooner, have been without wifi for about 5 weeks now. Shocking. |
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| Ella Walker | Durham | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-29 | |
Broadband speed is poor comparing to other copper line providers we have had. Fluctuates quite a bit In the second week speeds dropped below 1mbps on a Saturday night. Bad move |
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| Marko | Welwyn Garden City | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-26 | |
Customer Service? |
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| Alan | Buckinghamshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-25 | |
Avoid. It took over a month after the agreed switch date to actually switch. There was no notification that they were going to switch on that day. I was working and suddenly my internet dropped. Poor communication for something which these days should be a standard process. |
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| Michelle | Eastbourne | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-24 | |
Worst decision we ever made! John Lewis is a name synonymous with quality but their broadband service has dragged their name into the abyss! The telephone switch was fine but they left us without broadband for 10 days because of problems their end and Customer Service was a bad joke. It never takes less than 25 minutes to get past their appalling “musical” hold system to speak to a real person and when you do, their scripts are so basic that they can’t actually help you in any meaningful way. They have failed to correctly set up the direct debit and are now hounding me with emails and text messages for a payment that their Customer Service team member confirms they have actually received! The icing on the cake? I have never had such a slow broadband speed! Can’t wait to switch away. |
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| Michele | Hengoed | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-23 | |
Zero stars. Horrible experience. they charge the first month, 22.50, my contract is with one laptop of gift. 5 months after, no services, no laptop, no router and they charge 26.50. I send one letter for break my contract. 3 weeks after, still not solution. DONT CONTRACT WITH THEM¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ |
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| Gabriel | Isle of skye | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-21 | |
Worst company ever paid £25 sign up fee have now waited another 2 months no money taken from my account.just keep getting told they have problems setting up account.can you believe that.was told it doesn't matter reporting it to any one else as they will get the same response. |
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| Peter | Chester | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-20 | |
Terrible customer service. Had problems since signing up. They never reply to queries. Have been overcharged in second month and still awaiting refund and explanation. Wish I'd never signed up to John Lewis. |
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| JM | Kent | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-20 | |
After ordering the broadband I had to call them just before the start of service to ask for a router. Apparently it had been forgotten to be sent out. One minute after asking for the router I received an e-mail stating my broadband order had been cancelled. Nobody could tell me why this had happened and I had to wait 5 days before anyone contacted me. When they did they just said they didn’t know why it was cancelled and that I woud have to start the order again from the start. Apart from ‘I’m sorry’, there was no offer of compensation or anything. I had to beg my previous provider not to terminate my broadband/phone. NOT recommended! I wish I had read these reviews before wasting my time. Very disappointed that John Lewis are treating their customers in this way. |
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| Tony | Hove | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-19 | |
Ordered a package on Tuesday, and Broadbad was up & running by Fri! With a new router delivered inbetween. |
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| MikeL | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-19 | |
Brilliant company. Just swapped over from BT. Saved £200+ per year, Speed up from 51Mb to 63Mb for download, 9Mb to 18Mb for upload. Everything came as promised. Instructions were the clearest that I have ever seen. They answer the phone very quickly. I will not be going back to BT. What is not to like!!!! |
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| Michael Benneworth | Perth Scotland | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-19 | |
Very disappointing. Kept adding extra items we had not ordered to DD payments, took ages to request refunds. The last one they said would be paid by cheque which never arrived. Decided to cancel and did so at end of contract. They now claiming cancellation charge. Finally the 0800 tel no on the emails and texts they keep sending to contact is incorrect 0800 013 263. |
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| John Carnegie | Chichester | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-19 | |
I was pretty happy with JL initially. It gave me what I need from a contract despite initial set up problems due to Openreach. I switched to VDSL and have had now 2 bad experiences with customer services. They are patronising and not helpful. I;ve been using my own router as their ADSL offering didn't have 5G. Person 1 thought I had a password problem when in fact I needed to input Plusnet VDSL as the provider, which no-one told me. They changed my password; when I tried to change it my internet would not connect. I one to TP link customer services and we went though a complete reboot. Still no connection, I finally got though to JL customer services today and the young man I talked to assumed it was my password while my router is saying contact your service provider. He wasn't listening but was trying to be reassuring. I didn't want reassurance, I wanted them to check my connection. Wake up boys this is the 21st century and women know about technology. Patronising to a fault and not helpful I ordered a JL router to save my temper and sanity. |
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| ChrisG | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-18 | |
Having seen some of the reviews, I wonder whether the people are dealing the same company. Apart from some delays in getting through on the phone, I found customer service excellent, very helpful and problems sorted very quickly with ringbacks and really useful information |
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| MICHAEL | shropshire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-17 | |
DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS PROVIDER! Ordered new internet and paid the first month. After reading all the reviews and realising that it is not John Lewis I decided not to proceed. I was told the refund would take 5 days. After a week called again to be told it would take 20 days. After three weeks was told it would take up to a further three weeks. Please save your time and money, KEEP AWAY . |
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| Peter Lomax | Grantham | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-12 | |
Signed up last week and have now cancelled as poor communication. Phone operatives are rude - when you can get through on phone! They just don't have the capacity to offer a good customer service. Do not think John Lewis aligning themselves with Plusnet was a great move - certainly do not have same values. |
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| Beverly | Suffolk | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-12 | |
very poor service speed not the right word customer service non existant |
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| David Shields | Glasgow | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-12 | |
Unbelievable - no customer service whatsoever. Made arrangements to change from my existing provider as this appeared cheaper. |
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| June | London | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-11 | |
Words fail me. I have had terrible service and even worse "customer care" from JL. Don't go there. Life is too short.. |
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| Lara | Surrey | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-09 | |
I wish I had read these reviews before I made the switch from Sky. I keep receiving emails about “queries” I have never made, nonsensical messages and incorrect information, dates for the switch which are then cancelled and uncancelled in a seven circles of hell vortex which has turned me into a mad woman. I am now without phone and broadband which has been disconnected and appears to be beyond their ability to connect. Hours on the phone to so called customer service and now an inexplicable charge has been taken from my bank account. How could it be worse. John Lewis need to distance themselves from these third party suppliers pronto. |
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| Jay | Abergavenny | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-09 | |
the worst customer service i have ever experienced |
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| david | worcestershire | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-06 | |
Absolutely terrible customer service. I applied for a broadband/phone deal and, 3 days after applying, was informed that my application had been rejected. I immediately cancelled the application and was told that my £25 delivery fee would be refunded. 18 days later I have been contacted to say that a cheque has been processed, but this could take up to a further 2 weeks to arrive. Their responses to my numerous emails on their on-line "Query' system reads like a comedy. Anyone considering a John Lewis/Plusnet broadband package has to be insane. I certainly won't consider them for anything in the future |
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| Alastair Prydderch | Wrexham | John Lewis Broadband | 2018-10-05 | |
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