BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon) 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 BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon).

Recent Customer Ratings for BT Wi-Fi

  • Satisfaction
    2.6 stars
  • Customer Service
    2.7 stars
  • Speed
    2.4 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars

Based on 100 customer ratings since 2020-08-09 (Show all time ratings)

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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.

115 Customer Reviews over 3 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    UK
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Have to disable WiFi, wait 5 seconds, re enable WiFi, wait 5 seconds, go to Google, fall on landing page, select WiFi, click login, wait 5 seconds then try to go online. Sometimes you have to do this 4 times, a session may last only 20 seconds until you have to repeat the above process. I often have more than a dozen used login tabs after a half hour of internet use. Customer service admit how bad it is. Word of note - the contract is unfair under the 1974 unfair contracts act - compensation cannot be limited. You will get your money back if you quote this and consumer protection act and sale of goods act(services(fitness for purpose).

    To sum up; a bad, slow, unreliable, infuriating service with no guarantee in the contract except that you pay the fee even if the service is not provided. Contract is wholly invalid, further to that the contract is in broken English with multiple spelling, grammar, syntax and denotation errors.

    One thing can be relied upon about this service: that it cannot be relied upon. Get your money back!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    brighton
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I had lived in Manchester, Hongkong , macau and now the 4th years in Brighton, I can swear that BT wifi is the WORST idea ever. I never made any feedback for anything, not hotel stay not restaurant BUT i have to make feedback now TO LET PEOPLE KNOW that PLEASE DO NOT USE BT fon, not talking about downloading or loading either movies or video, but GOOGLE TRANSLATE, it took me at least 15 mins to load. Yes !!! 15 mins for google translate or any web page. As a student, there are tons of work to be done daily and with 'Speed' like that its killing me! Please DO NOT USE IT. HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cheltenham
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Once you sign up and pay, you’ll never be able to use the internet as you just won’t get any signal. Seriously - avoid at all costs.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Terrible. Constantly cut off, staff very unhelpful. Felt as though there was never any progress
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cornwall
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    First and last time. What a rip off. Slow, regularly losing connection causing me to lose work, streaming anything was impossible, and £18 for the privilege. My free WiFi on the MegaBus coming down here beats this service hands down.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    terrible service. I opened a bt wi-fi account setting the card payment - never had a problem with that card before- after three months I received an absurd paper bill because for some reason the card wasn't accepted. But they did'n give me an email notice or something, just sent the bill. so I set the online payment again, calling the customer service. one month later another paper bill plus the charge for the late payment. stay away from them
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cardiff
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Great on the first week. Now onto the 4th day of second week. Keeps cutting off signal almost non existent whether i am indoors or outdoors. Now this morning cant even connect. Dont bother waste of money
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Keeps dropping off, costs 40£ and I need to relogin after 30 seconds of internet, sometimes it’s not connecting for a whole day, keeps dropping off when turning phone screen off, very frustrating, very very very expensive for what it deliveres, do not buy this!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Edinburgh
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This is not a Wifi, this is a prank.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    UK
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    DO NOT USE. WARNING. DO NOT USE. THIS IS A WASTE OF MONEY. I AM PAYING AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THESE CON ARTISTS.

    THE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEED IS LESS THAN 1 MB A SECOND. I HAD BETTER CONNECTION IN THE EARLY 90'S. DO NOT USE.

    MY WORK REQUIRES A HIGH SPEED CONNECTION, AND THESE JOKERS HAVE QUITE LITERALLY COST ME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS DUE TO THE UNSTABLE CONNECTION. CONSTANT DISCONNECTION, SOMETIMES NOT WORKING FOR DAYS AT A TIME.

    I WOULD NOT USE THIS IF YOU PAID ME. EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS EVEN LEGAL. THEY ARE SELLING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT WORK.

    AVVVVVVOIIIIIIIIIIDDDDD! DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I strongly recommend NOT to use it as I have been using it for the past 5 days and every single day I have been experiencing connection problems even though it says that it is connected. Scam.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Christ. It's 2020. At £7.99 for a days usage you would think it would work like even Elon Musk could depend on it. But no, it's more like an artificially intelligent spiv. It's the Arthur Daley of internet connections.

    Got me out of a jam though...
  • Reviewer
    Location
    275 Ashley road Poole
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Very very poor customer service and rude staff I was asked to transfer me to talk to manager but unfortunately the manager was a lot worse then stuff
  • Reviewer
    Location
    W4 5DR
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I can not recommended BT. It is actually one big mistake. Signal cuts off every day. No signal available for 3-4 hours a day guaranteed.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Leicester
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    just don't, you'll thank me later
  • Reviewer
    Location
    West Midlands
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Lately the service has been very poor. Seems like 50% of the time I cannot connect to the internet.
    Had very good Customer Service a few weeks ago regarding my account - staff are great but connection can be egregioous.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    Complete crap. If this was a car it would be illegal on the street. We need a class action lawsuit and a petition to make the govt force BT to give us what we pay through the nose for.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    brighton
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    TERRIBLE!! Do not buy. Not only is the connection slow, its not even full bars. Thats bad in itself but the worth part of this all has to be 100% be that IT LOGS YOU OUT FREQUENTLY. At random times it will just turn off and you have to go into your settings and log in ALL OVER AGAIN. I bought for a day and within the first two hours i had already logged in 10 different times because it kept going off! Avoid at all costs.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    It's a scam, paying BT 17,99 for 5 days I feel I got scam it never work, even when it works speed is so slow can't even open an email to check, what wast of money paying for BTwifi-Fon DONE BUY IT better go get sim card and pay for internet future on local store 1 pound for sim card 15 to20 pound internet free for 30 days and it works
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Internet connection keeps dropping
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glousteshire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This is the worst thing ever made ever. If I get ten seconds of wifi on this I'll pull my fingernails off with pliers and swallow them whole. And we have infinity 2 and it can't even have the wifi not lie to me. No I am not connected to wifi. Don't pretend I am. Often I have to turn of my wifi and turn it back on.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Terrible stability, slow connection and impossible to hold a connection on, can't play any online games because the games will disconnect instantly or give me 300+ ping and keep on climbing till the connection just stops and I disconnect, it's atrocious and the only reason I haven't switched is that no one else supplies to this area. Worst part is I'm paying for way more upload and download than I am getting, have their most recent hub and most expensive package and this problem still happens.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Portsmouth
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    Comments
    It's a scam, through and through. DO NOT PAY FOR BT-FON OR YOU ARE BEING RIPPED OFF. Pay for bt WiFi? You can use WiFi and fon, but connect to fon and pay? You're only allowed to use fon. It's the same prices, same login, they just like to mislead consumers.

    The most egregious part is that your net may be fine, but if you get a 30 day voucher, they will flip the throttle to the max, to the point where I can't even access this website.

    You can test this yourself. Pay for 1 hour, do a speed test, log out, login your 30 day account, and magically, your speeds will plummet to the ground. Swap back to your 1 hour account and magically the internet is fast again.

    They scam you into paying for more time, trying to save money, and once you're hooked, they cut off the service and tell you where to shove it
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Worcestershire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Terrible. You can't even set a custom DNS on their home hubs. And overall terrible speed.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    so disappointed. Constantly cuts off. It cant remember your log on details and there are chunks of time when you cant connect at all. You call BT and they say 'its not us' even though they present it as part of their offer when you purchase. It's called BT-with-FON after all. No help or call number on the user interface. Have paid a fortune for 5 x 1 days and spent half the time writing in my password because it costantly cuts off. You cant even use it listen to the radio without dropping off the air. This is a poor advertisement for BT for anyone considering signing up for a longer contract.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Nottinghamshire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    I can not recommend BT highly enough. I have been a customer of virgin broadband for many years. I would have weekly problems, hours with no internet and “glitchy” internet. I was nervous to move supplies but a neighbor recommended and I can’t believe I waited so long to move! I get WiFi in every room with no glitches at all! I can’t telk you what the technical support is like (Virgin’s was terrible!) because I haven’t had to use it in 10 months!! I urge everyone to move!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hampshire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    The absolute biggest piece of trash I have ever come across. Back up to my mobile for meetings. Never have I come across anything as poor as this. Avoid like the plague.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cornwall
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely rubbish. I have full signal thanks to a long range antenna. My computer connects without issue (generally) but I am still unable to connect. For what ever reason it is only usuabkr about 33% of the time. Don't waste your money on it!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glossop
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    If I could give zero stars I would - horrendous service, awful signal reliability, condescending and unhelpful staff, avoid at all costs!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Totally a waste of money bt are a rip off as they always have been won't be getting any of my cash anymore I can watch a film on my phone but won't let me play my online game.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    eastleigh
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    i pay for the 12 month contract called up btwifi to find out date of payment and thanks to the great customer service I was able to change the date and move 2 months payments into a month after, only complain is the speed, 1mb/s for download and 6m/s for upload why is upload higher and if I could get a better speed that would be amazing as some files take ages to download if they are 1gb or more.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    hampshire
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    30 years of excellence - thank you
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bradford
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely terrible.
    After taking £39 this set up can't keep me online for more than 5 minutes without knocking me off.

    I'm sure there will be no refund available. Just don't waste your money with this scam
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Just awful! Bought the 30 day package for £39 and haven’t had a day yet we’re I haven’t been cut off or unable to connect. It even managed to cut me off half way through this review as if it knew what I was writing. Don’t waste your money on this truly awful product.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    UK
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    Comments
    BT wifi! I was told by BT was what I had paid for was someone else's Internet and the speed of it all based on if that person was using there Internet and all this was in the small print.

    Awful. I was refunded my remaining time. The service provided was a rip off and the customer service was average.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bristol
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Constantly disconnects. Slow. Unreliable. Very, very overpriced for what it is.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wales
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    The worst broadband provider I have ever been with
    WiFi drops out completely all the time and bt always insist I need an engineer who comes over and says nothing is wrong..
    Wifi speeds are always dropping to under 3 when promised fiber speeds.
    Have made complaints over and over and have been promised compensation but never heard back. Will be leaving for sky asap.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Sunderland
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Strong signal when you make a payment. After that nothing total rip off don't bother. Why are B T making money from a hub which is available to owners first then us idiot's paying B T for using another person s hub!!! Never again but
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Possibly the worst wifi hot spot! complete waste of money! I spent £40 of this hot spot and it cuts out constantly and sometimes wont rejoin! Much better just topping up your mobile data than using BT Wifi Hotspot!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Goole
    Reviewing
    BT Wi-Fi (aka BT Fon)
    Date
    Comments
    Broadband barely ever works no matter where we place the WiFi. Even if it does work, it's only ever slightly working thus being almost pointless, this has led me to having to burn through mobile data and completely drain it resulting in purchases for what I should already be able to do and not need to put phonecalls before the WiFi, I'd rate 0 stars if I could. Hate BT wifi with a passion

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