379 Customer Reviews over 10 pages
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- London
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- Three Mobile
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- 2021-01-15
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absolutely horrific customer service! I've been having issues with my mobile broadband and Three simply refuses to take responsibility for it and they want to charge me loads of money to cancel the contract. I'm now making a complaint to the Communication Ombudsman Service.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-08-29
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The worst customer service ever!
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2018-01-03
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Travelling from usa for 3 weeks, decided to use a UK mobile while here.
Carp hone Warehouse suggested my3 mobile, so I paid £25 for a SIM for a month, and bought an LG Nexus to use, which was a big mistake in itself.
My3 network dropped Jan 2 overnight, customer support has been unreachable, the website slow and no help at all
Will be taking the phone and the SIM back to the shop where I purchased it, probably won't get my money back, but will spend many hours panning my3 mobile on as many websites as I can.
Waste of time and money
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2013-08-21
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Horrendous service! these people are so crap. they never wanted to cancel my contract and now they charge me freaking 15 pounds for unlocking!!!!!!!!!!! that is not included in the cancellation charges that incurrred.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2016-05-03
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I have an “All you can eat Unlimited data” contract with Three. Everything was going fantastic for a few months. My downloads and my streaming speed was great and so was my Internet speed.
About 3 months ago I noticed that my signal wasn’t so good anymore and that the speed of my downloads was really bad.
Don’t waste your time calling them because they’ll try to make you think that your SIM card is faulty or that your handset is faulty or any other thing they can distract you with to avoid to tell you that they are throttling/restricting your downloads.
When I connect to the WiFi everything works wonderful, so my SIM and my Handset cannot be faulty.
I called them and asked them if they were restricting my downloads and they assured me 10 times that they weren’t do anything like that, that they don’t restrict anything. So I asked them to send me an email confirming the statement they just made 10 times and they were so certain of. The answer to this of course was that they don’t send emails and that I can find that information in their website. So I asked them to direct me exactly to where in their website they mention this piece if information. After being reluctant to that and then made me wait for 15 more minutes on the line, they told me that they do have restrictions but just in peak hours. They have just lied to me, repeatedly. I was so furious that they treat the costumers like we are stupid. I used to have a service I don’t have any more. A service I’m paying for and you are supposed to provide.
So now, I asked them to direct me exactly to where you can find that information in their website and what I could read in this link is that they restrict Internet from 3pm to 12am. You can read more in the link below.
The question is, what is the point of that? That is exactly the hours anybody will be awake to do anything. They make it sound as if you can just set your alarm for 2am so you can wake up and watch some TV.
They apply these fair use policies during exactly the hours people actually need access to data. What’s the point of paying for it then? Or having it all? It’s not like you’d be awake when speeds are normal.
It’s now 12am and my download and streaming speed is poor. I experienced the same thing with Giffgaff, to the point you couldn’t even use your browser or listening to the Internet Radio. Three is just going to get worse and worse. If I were you, I wouldn’t join them. You’ll get into an endless loop of frustration and find yourself talking on the phone to people who’ll make your life so difficult that you’ll feel physically sick.
I’m now looking for another mobile company – I can’t deal with this poor service again.
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- london
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-09-21
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it works well at the first one month, but one day, they suddenly blocked me getting into some public websites,which i used all the time. i have to call them to unblock me and now the speed is terrible and unstable, i can't even use it for my work zoom meeting. and the funny thing is I can't even log into my router, Three is obviously monitoring people, very doggy!!
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-10-17
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We bought this because of the immediacy - as opposed to waiting for installation. My advice: ALWAYS WAIT FOR INSTALLATION OR SEEK ANYTHING ELSE. This device is absolutely awful, genuinely the worst internet provider I've ever used. The people on the lines for customer service are really good but it ultimately does not matter because the product itself is categorically useless. I've had it for seven months - in which time I've moved three times - and every single place I've used it, it has varied been working extremely slowly - or not at all. Seriously, do yourself a favour and steer clear of this one.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-11-12
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Horrible horrible broadband. As a user I have never been so helpless. Three broadband charged me double the bill in one month. When I asked for help on customer care, they made me wait for 40mins and I am kidding. When I went to the store they asked me to call the customer care. Horrible and pathetic service. Never ever opt for this please if you want to stay in peace.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2015-07-03
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Got a contract with mobile broadcast on ipad2 since last year, bundled with 15gb mobile data. Very bad reception at home, no working solution (wifi signal, mobile home signal box) all rubbish. I wanted a lower tariff as i am UNABLE to use the mobile data anyway but they could not give me the option. I am still bound to pay the contracted price even if i am dissatisfied with the service. I have faithfully endured one year paying for the device and mobile data which i dont use and to my horror i still need to pay for another year! Customer service misinformed me that i can make changes to my tariff a year after which i thought i will have done today but no. That will cost me early contract adjustment fee of 250£ and if i decide to cancel the service? 250£ all the effin same. The most frustrating customer service encounter of my life.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2018-12-06
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Bad connection, bad customer service, 4g speed was as slow as a dial-up connection. difficult to cancel even after contact ends.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-02-03
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Rubbish service, some days it's 15mbps, some days 20mbps but to many days its 1mbps. Its not good enough and now they are trying to sell me 5g when the 4g hasn't worked consistently. I wonder if they are slowing down the 4g network to encourage people over to the 5g network?
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-04-28
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8-10mb for the price of 5G. Last time I take contract with Three.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2016-12-06
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I wish there were 0 stars but unfortunately, I can rate minimum 1 star. I used this operator from January, and I am from overseas, when I asked them if I will or will not pay for when I am not here they said there will be no problem, you will be paying pay as you go, but then gave me monthly, so I had to pay all year even the 4 months which I was not in the UK. When I told them that they said it is not their problem, I have to go to the store where I bought it. Afterwards, this month they did not give me my new bill, so my usage this month added up to last month bill, so I had pay 30 pounds extra. Anyways, maybe it is cheap but the worst customer service and telephone operator I have ever seen.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-05-14
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Shockingly bad. Its now basically unusable and I have to use my 02 phone to tether to my computer. So annoyed. It cuts off all the time and everytime I try to upload a file it basically renders the whole broadband useless. Customer service (in India) just tell me to move my router - after 45min chat... How many more times can I move my router??? I wish I could give less than 1 start but I can't
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2024-04-05
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If I could give them zero I would.
Started off great and convenien eg could move router outside in summer. Speeds of 300mb.
Deteriorated to the point of being unusable - speeds of sub 1mB, especially during the day time.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS - DO NOT CONSIDER THIS PROVIDER EVER
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- LONDON
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2021-03-18
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Moved in a studio flat on the 19 of February 2021, after searching on the net for a quick easy to handle broadband provider I decided to go for Three 3 mifi mobile broadband. Down load speed between 6.9 Mbps up to 18 Mbpps (late night) 2 devices connected, I am pretty satisfied with the service. And it is the best cost effective solution on the market for an unlimited download mobile broadband 2 years contract.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2016-04-06
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I am so disappointed in three and it's only been 1 day. I tried to upgrade my husband's account to change the plan and pay for a new phone as well.
They said it was impossible and I had to start a new contract for 41.00 for 2 years to get the phone I wanted for my husband. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge for his bday. They did a credit check and approved a 2 year contract with 14 days cooling off period.
The signal service has been so poor that I called to complain and was told to upgrade to a 4G phone and plan for free, and I could cancel the other contract.
They said they had to run another credit check. I complained that they only did one 12 hours ago but they insisted they had to do it again.
Yesterday was glowing I was told and today I did not meet criteria. No leisure vessel in my driveway since last night so very upset.
Yesterday I was told there was a popup saying my cretit was exception and they offered me a free tablet with a data contract for 9.00 a month.
Today, after 3 hours on the phone and 4 people I feel angry, screwed and bitter.
They have damaged my credit for no reason and lied to me about my options.
Literally we have 2 bars by the south facing window and 0 in any other room.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2018-03-09
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Very bad customer service with three network. Very poor network coverage. Don’t buy from 3 network.after my contract finish 8 months to take cancel my contract. Totally disaster
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2016-04-06
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If you are purchasing an Apple iPad do not use a 3 sim for broadband. The iMessage does not interact with it so you cannot access the 3 App to top up or change your contract. The call centre I believe situated in India was unhelpful and were not conversant with the interoperability of Apple and 3.
If changing tariffs minimum time to wait is 48 hrs for upgrade which if you are short on data you cannot add whilst you wait.
If you use it for business then that's a nightmare.
Customer Service cannot help you with the above problem as they cannot add or change data.
So beware Cheap but cheap brings its on problems.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2021-05-13
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The worst experience ever! I switch to 5G broadband wanting to reduce cost of broadband and stop paying for line rental. Even though I live in central London the 5G signal kept dropping, latency and drops in connectivity were common. Hours wasted with tech support on the phone they finally agreed to allow me to terminate contract and send equipment back. Five months later I’ve realised they are still taking payments and now are telling me there is no evidence of agreement to allow me to terminate contract early. I’ve raised complaint and am still waiting on outcome. Whatever you do get everything in writing and take names of whom you spoke to. Do NOT trust!!!
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- london
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- Three Mobile
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- 2017-08-13
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crap . very bad experience with three. don't sign with them!!! costumers service is based in India, you can't even understand them. after 3 days of internet, they cut me off saying I used too much data which is untrue as it was a 40 Giga contract (which is usable for 32 people) and the bill was outrageous. I always have been under usage with my former providers. i called the customer service a thousand times and they tried to bribe me into giving me Giga.i had enough allowance left, they tried to steal money but saying i run out of it. Shame on three! DON'T sign with them, they are thieves!
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2021-06-04
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Terrible and completely unreliable. Only get this if its your only choice. At least when it was Relish the customer support was good.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-06-02
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Three the are worst in the internet Iam call them both tge are say to pay Iam not satisfied about internet the customers service they not help you nothing iam not recomend to anyone
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2019-10-29
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This company bought Relish broadband and when I moved house recently I tried to call to cancel the account. I had to call multiple times and wait on hold for over 40 minutes each time, only to be told they couldn't locate my account, despite me giving all the information. They told me to call another number which disconnected no matter what selection I made. I called back. I chatted with advisors online. I called back again. I went to a physical store, where they couldn't do so much as look up my account information. Finally after more than a week of trying to sort it out, I am told I can cancel but I will be charged for an extra month of services, because I didn't cancel one month in advance. What a rip off. Not only that, but the service was unreliable and pages took a long time to load. I liked Relish but Three is a corporate and bureaucratic maze and I can't recommend them to anyone on customer service (or lack thereof) alone.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
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- 2014-11-07
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Unethical Standards of CEO & Executives of Three
I'm on the sim rolling monthly One Plan of Three network. I signed up in winter 2013. I was assured it was for an indefinite period, with no end date and for as long as I wanted. I signed the monthly plan of £18 unlimited data, unlimited tethering, 2000 mins, hundreds of texts.
On 5th Nov 2014, I received a text from Three network, "Hello. We need to speak to you about changes to your plan. Please contact us free on 08003583429 to speak to our dedicated team." I spent almost 45 mins trying to get through to Three to ask what was going on? They evidently were besieged by other callers wanting to ask the same. All I got was bubblegum pop music, so I went to a Three store in London's West End. The store manager revealed that on Fri 31st Oct, 2014 news came down from on high - the CEO Dave Dyson and executives - that those of us who'd signed up for the unlimited data and unlimited tethering under the One Plan should be instructed that our Plan was no longer available to us - even though we'd signed for an indefinite and unlimited period. The rug was to be pulled from underneath us - whether we liked it or not. We were now to be charged more and be given less. If we didn't like it, we would be told to go elsewhere and our account would be terminated. We were not to be given a choice. The store manager also said that the CEO and executives knew this would result in numerous disgruntled customers and complaints, but he said "they don't care". He said he'd received many complaints from customers who'd received the same text as me, and was advising us all to complain to Three (he warned it'd make little difference as the instruction, to treat One Plan customers so abysmally, had come from the top of Three) and to also register complaints with Ofcom. He was very apologetic and said it was unethical and a blatant dishonouring of an agreement we'd all signed in good faith. He also said that it reflected very badly on him and his staff who'd acted in good faith when convincing me and others to leave our other networks/deals, and to move to Three's One Plan. The nearby customers all heard him speak openly and with no respect for Three's unethical treatment of customers.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2021-03-04
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Terrible. Was sold a 5G connection to my address but when I was experiencing below expected speeds checked the Three website to be told that 5G was not available in my area. When coming to cancel the contract I had to enter my details 3 separate times only to be cut off mid conversation with the person who was meant to be helping me cancel my contract. 0/10, Would never use Three again.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2014-12-24
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Well I can't say anything worse but I can say the worse broadband I have ever have. Me and my husband we both have 3broadband 2years phone contract my iphone 4 is full now has no space even to take a picture :-@ and I only have 100min for other networks to call that I use morethan this and I pay morethan my contract bill the contract is very expensive I pay for 8gb iphone4 and has 100minutes and I pay £21 a month it has weak signal sometimes it disappears , unfortunately I have to wait until July 2015 to cancel the contract if I had that money to pay for cancelling the contract I would done it 6months before.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
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- 2017-03-16
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I use my 3 phone as my work phone on a day to day basis and run by own business. There has been very poor signal at my place of work for 8 weeks now, numerous client calls have cut out half way through and I have lost significant amounts of business. Despite 3 saying this will not be sorted for some time they are unwilling to allow me to terminate my contract without paying a huge early termination charge. In my view they have breached my contract by no longer providing a working network. I originally signed up with 3 because I was told they had good coverage in my work place, this is no longer the case and they will not let me leave. I have spent hours on the phone to them with no success.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
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- 2021-05-23
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Absolutely terrible. I have a Mobile and Home Broadband contract, in Central London Zone 1. Out of the blue, they decided to stop the service for a month. without any notice.Zero WiFi. It took 2 days on the phone with the absolutely hopeless customer service, based in Asia, to find out its for ‘maintenance work’.
They offered a compensation of an ‘extra month for free’. Extra month of what ? No service. Absolutely shocking. We are in a pandemic, people work from home and need Wi-Fi, thank you for cutting us off without notice. I cancelled both contracts and they said I don’t need to pay a penalty... penalty’s for paying for a service it is not existing. The connection, in central London , was rubbish anyway when it worked sporadically for 2 months ( I got a 5 G contract but I was barely getting a 4G with the need to restart the router at least once a day). The worst provider ever, almost criminal. Liars to get more customers that’s all.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
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- 2021-02-26
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7 days after purchase Download speed 11.4 MBPS upload 4.9, handling a laptop and 2 mobiles connecting at the same time with no issues at all. Pretty happy very easy set up you are online in no time after unboxing. No hassle, It is a small portable device highly recommended.
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- London
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-01-07
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Download speeds are incredibly unpredictable; very occasionally you might get 20mbps, but you usuallyget 0.5-2mpbs. Customer Service will have you move the router around, change Wifi frequency etc., but it does nothing to help the really poor consistency of their services.
What I really don't understand is my mobile provider Smarty use the Three network, and my phone gets far greater download speeds than the router sat in the window. I hotspot more than I use the Router now, which begs the question why bother paying for the service in the first place.
Easy to choose them Relish/Three in the first place due to their quick delivery/set up times, but in the end really not worth the hassle.
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- London SE14
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- Three Mobile
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- 2020-03-04
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Utter ****. In zone 2 central London, my closest mast is 100m away, and I cannot even get reliable 3G, let alone 5G, at peak times. Their customer service, the usual call centre drones, just repeat the same script over and over. Without doubt the worst service I have ever received from.any utility ever. DO NOT CHOOSE 3.
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- London SE5
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- Three Mobile
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- 2020-11-22
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These guys have been quietly taking money from my account for a service which they cannot actually provide. I had this router from when it was Relish. I thought that it was cancelled but I was wrong. Now when I tried to reconnect last week I was eventually told that there was no 4G available in my area. Then they tried to sign me up to 5G and wanted my card details etc. I checked on their site and found that there is no 4G or 5G mast in my location and would I like to be contacted when it eventually comes around! I have cancelled the direct debit myself and immediately go an email saying that I had not replied to previous emails about the Direct Debit cancellation?? These guys are liars and thieves.They even have the front to complain when you stop them from stealing your money!!!!
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- London, Holborn
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- Three Mobile
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- 2020-02-25
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I have written probably just one bad review in my life and only because it was really bad, this is the second one.
The first thing is their customer service. I have been using broadband from Relish for 4 years before Three took over. I have never had any problems with Relish. I used to have nearly the full signal.
I live near Holborn and not so long ago my signal dropped to the minimum and my internet basically doesn’t work.
When I made a decision to move here, due to some circumstances Relish was my only option and still is. I was basically dependant on it. Now, it caused me loads of troubles.
When I called the customer service, my call was transferred 4 times and they asked me the same questions. It was a mess. When finally somebody decided to talk to me, they were asking me some random numbers and information. It seemed like they had no idead what are they talking about. At the end I was told that my broadband is not registered and that I can’t be helped. RIDICULOUS!! Despite the fact I was paying my bills and using my broadband before. I gave up really frustrated and tried to call them again later.
This time I wasn’t transferred. Their support guy, who seemed like he knew was he was doing, managed to find my account without issues and started looking into the problem.
Not here comes the second part. I was told that one of the cell towers was removed and there is nothing he can do. Without ANY warning. No emails, messages NOTHING. What a disgrace to their customers!!! I have never experienced anything like that in my life. That’s how they value their customers. I asked to speak with somebody higher and I was told that it is not possible. It wasn’t his fault, so I didn’t want to vent my anger on him. Until now I am still struggling to find a replacement. I have already had some problems with Three before. Now, I am changing my mobile network too. I have heard some bad stuff about them from my friends and I was warned. I think I have learned my lesson. The most people I know have a different one or are changing their network.
I hope that this will help the rest of you who are still deciding to or not to go with this company and I strongly recommend to AVOID it. For some people it may work, but once you start having some problems, you can’t rely on them at all!!! It seems like you are secondary or none to them.
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- London, New Cross Gate
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-07-30
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I went into the Three store in Lewisham. Arrogant staff who were not very helpful and did not provide good information.
First day I have finally got the router and finally managed to get it activated useless instructions provided by the staff at three store and with in the product its self. I had to find a way to contact customer service and talk to a human and not get thrown around the houses to speak to the right person. Waste of time.
Router is now finally working, signal is rubbish even though it says my area should have a super strong signal.
I go on to the website to check coverage and I get this message: "We're really sorry. There's an issue with the network in your area at the moment.
We know that there's a problem with the service in your area and we're working on getting it fixed. Check back within 7 days for an update."
WHAT!? Not a good look, I've never been with Three before and was trying to look for an alternative to a crappy internet service currently provided by Sky over land line.
Thankfully I ordered online and have a 14 day returns period. Something to take note of if you order in store is that you don't get the 14 day return option so make sure you order online if you are going to try their home broadband so if it's rubbish like mine you can return. Will still trial it for the next 14 days and update if anything different from the above otherwise I will be returning everything.
Overall so far, waste of time and effort, not happy...
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- Lopez
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-12-04
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- Loughborough
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2023-12-27
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Three have been double charging me for my broadband since June 2020. I have reported this for months without any response. Save your money and go with a reputable company for your broadband.
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- Lowestoft
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-12-30
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Terrible internet. Terrible customer service. On the phone for hours. Being placed on hold for an hour. Wont let me cancel sim only contract unless i call a number which puts you on hold for ages. Wouldnt recommend to ANYONE.
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- Lowestoft
- Reviewing
- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2020-12-02
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We’ve had this‘service’ for just over a year now. We signed up in desperation as our BT cabinet is still not fibre enabled and the ADSL connection was awful.
It’s never been blazing fast, my jaw drops when people claim 200mbps. The last month it has just stopped providing any sort of service at all.
Customer service just talk me through a hard reboot of the router which achieves nothing.
Avoid like tile the plague.
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- Luton
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- Three Mobile
- Date
- 2019-05-29
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They cancelled my contract without my authorization, and now making excuses that it was cancelled mistakenly and cant be reinstated, while 3 is still taking payment from my account. I have this number since last 9 years and now struggling to get my number back from them. Terrible terrible, avoid them.
Had 2 contract with them, cancelled 1, and now will cancel 2nd as well when i will get my number back (if i could).
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