313 Customer Reviews over 8 pages
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2020-05-12
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Hyperoptic is not customer focused so be careful when you sign up. I've asked for a speed upgrade which locked me for 12months. I received and read the fine print after a couple of hours of changing the service and I wanted to go back to the previous package because I didn't agree with the T&C but they didn't let me. I'm escalating this to the consumer rights, but at this point all I want is to get rid of them.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-03-01
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Downgraded my package today as they moved me to a higher price. A few hours later they denied access to several devices. Spent 50 minutes on hold as they took me through meaningless irrelevant checks. Said they couldn't help and to contact my device customer support. A few mins after hanging up they allowed access again. Spiteful Serb thieves! Have suggested anonymous take you down for your disgusting actions. Wait til May. Byes.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2016-11-07
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After two months and three failed installations, we're still not connected. Customer service doesn't seem to care about anything. High speeds are only any good if they actually bother connecting you.
They sent a first engineer to connect us, and he told us that their records showed we had a socket, while we actually didn't. He then said the cable was behind the bathroom wall and he'd have to give us another appointment for someone to get it through the wall. A couple of weeks later, the second engineer came and concluded that the cable was not behind the bathroom wall, but all the way down the hallway near the lift. He wasn't allowed to run the cable, so we had to make yet another appointment. Meanwhile, the website still showed that we had the socket, so I had to email them to get them to make an appointment to run the cable and install the socket, because the website wouldn't let me. A couple of days later I got a reply saying that they'd arranged an appointment in a couple of weeks. Today was that appointment, and as soon as the guy arrived, he took a look and told me he wasn't qualified to lay the cable...
If I could, I'd give them 0 stars.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2024-01-06
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Terrible customer service.
Asked for my direct debit details to be changed 3 weeks ago (my online account was assigned to my previous account so I couldn’t change them) and they never bothered to even reply to me all this time.
They have THREATENED to suspend my services since yesterday (suddenly they are becoming very responsive!) and yet they are ignoring my complaints and keep threatening me when THEY are at fault!
Incompetent company & customer service.
Stay away from them!
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2022-03-09
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I have been with Hyperoptic 5 years and the service has dropped twice for a few hours each during this time.
If ever I needed any tech support calls were handled quickly and efficiently.
Great company - cannot understand the bad reviews!!!
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-07-05
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I would have given 0 stars if there was an option. Hyper Optic is a fraud company who steals their customers money by luring them into deals by providing misinformation. They are highly unprofessional and their customer care lies to you on every call.
Firstly they tricked me into getting a contract by misinforming me that I will not get any penalty if I move to an area where hyperoptic doesn't provide service. As soon as I took the contract and when I informed them that I would need service in the new area they levied a charge of £61 on me for breach of contract. Later, when I was about to terminate the connection, they gave a misinformation that if the new tenant for my apartment takes a contract with them , I will not be charged any penalty.
After two days, when I informed them that the new tenant has agreed to do so, they lied again that they cannot waive my charges as there is no such policy. I have a written email from them accepting that they provided misinformation to me. How can they be such a big liar and steal people's hard earned money by luring them to get customers? This is a fraud and not fair to customers at all.
First tricked me into getting the contract and then tricked me into getting the new tenant into a new contract.This is a world class fraud on their part.
They are a fraud company and I hope my review helps innocent customers to save their money and not fall in the trap.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2020-04-26
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I've had hyperoptic for years including at different locations in London. Have never had any issues at all and great customer service as well whom I've contacted a couple of times over the years to change packages. They even gave me an excellent new offer after my contract had expired which is much lower than what's published for new offers as well! Internet service and phone line both work very well, not had a single issue ever actually...
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
- Date
- 2017-04-23
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Had for a few weeks and I am very happy with the service. It has been very reliable and the speed is very good. I use mainly wireless so I am on the 100MB package. Couldn't recommend more.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2022-05-18
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Hyperoptic hides the fact that they share your IP. Most Internet providers do not do that, because it creates a wealth of insolvable problems for the end-user. When confronted with this hidden sabotage, hyperoptic demands an extra 5 pounds monthly to stop sharing your IP and thus bring you to a similar setup as what most other Internet providers obviously do for free. This is extortion.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2020-07-21
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Utterly ghastly. I’ve had this service for four months and I can’t wait for the 12 month contract to be over so I can move elsewhere. The speed is so painfully slow, I’m either getting back to back buffering or pixelated pictures. Watching tv is now a trial. I had an issue over the installation and found customer service very pleasant but useless so I’m afraid I’m not going to bother reporting this, especially after reading the reviews.
So, if you’re thinking of trying Hyperoptic, please don’t. They’re a terrible company, the service is dreadful and customer service may as well not be there. Crooks.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-08-12
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Avoid at all costs. awful service and even worse customer service
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
- Date
- 2024-04-09
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Worst company ever.
Over 14 days of my connection dropping constantly - support ticket raised 14 days ago.
I have to go to a cafe and waste money all day to be able to work 'from home' as I cannot have any online meetings.
Unable to watch a move without having 20 seconds to have the connection restarted every couple of minutes.
Support and customer service keep ignoring me and refusing to send a new router.
Hoping the Ombudsman forces them to care about their customers. Avoid at all costs.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2016-10-09
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Shockling bad customer service but more importantly extremely unrelaiable., constantly slower service despite subscribing to the faster service. It breaks down reqgularly It is also very expensive. Unfortunately my block Is a already committed to this service. I would avoid this company and go for a better more reliable brand name.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2017-10-13
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Appalling. I signed up for 100Mbs and got about 4. Customer service tried very hard to fob me off and I had to insist an engineer visited. Turned out they had connected us wrongly at another point in the building. Service is frequently dropping altogether, and is never anywhere near what they promised in terms of speed or reliability. I’d recommend it if you want to pay good money for a slow and unreliable service though, as they deliver on that. Just dreadful, I am sorry to report.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-09-21
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Broadband - no issues with connections been fairly good
Contracts - unethical contracts. If you move house, and they're not available in the new house then you still have to pay. They tell you about contract Expiry exactly 30 days before your contract expires and automatically place you on a rolling contract where the cost increases unless you notify them 30 days before. So you pretty much have only 1 day to work out your options and tell them otherwise you're gnna forced to go on a rolling contract for x days. Unethical.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-12-13
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I signed up in August (paid £194). It's now mid December and I'm still waiting for fibre optic broadband! Meanwhile I've had months of STRESS, FALSE PROMISES and WASTED TIME... Phonecalls to customer services that last hours (mostly waiting), invisible engineers, cancelled engineers, countless wrong messages, “problems” that need fixing etc. Even emails cancelling appointments that have already happened!? I am still waiting for activation. Hyperoptic is driving me crazy. After reading the reviews here, I realise I am not alone. Thankfully I didn't deactivate my old copper cable provider contract. I'm going to cancel Hyperoptic ASAP. It'll be interesting to see if I get my £194 back despite the lack of service provided.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-07-10
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13 weeks after the initial call to change company (why did I decide this??!), 30+ calls and 4+ hours in the phone with them, there is still no service in this house.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-01-30
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Since the installation, I was expected to have Fiber Optic deployment and it appears that it was Cat5e to the door and then to a very old Router made by Nokia which does not support Gig Port. my speed was promised 500MB up and down, and I receive 211MB down so far.
Very unsatisfied and unhappy with the outcome. during the day while I am on Netflix, it is buffering every certain time. and more of that
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
- Date
- 2019-02-04
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Buyer beware when you first get Hyperoptic you get the speed you pay for after a couple of weeks it drops by half when I ring customer service the guy trys to tell me im getting the spped I should be and must be something broken on my pc that's doing that I tell the guy dude I build and fx pc's for a living and I can tell you 1000% theres nothing in a computer that can reduce cable speed so he hung up on me ….ill stay for the year as its still better speed then I was getting before but if I see a better offer im gone
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2019-10-31
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After having a really bad experience with Hyperoptic service in a previous apartment I swore I would never have anything to do with them again. Unfortunately we have just bought a new apartment where Hyperoptic is the only realistic option because alternatives are super slow. After waiting 2 weeks for an engineer to come I took the morning off work for the appointed time slot and needless to say nobody turned up. No text message to say they were going to be late, no email from Hyperoptic apologising, nothing. I spent two hours on the phone to 3 different people trying to find out where they were. Eventually an engineer turned up two hours late and explained that two engineers were always required in this building and they only sent one. So yet again we are at the receiving end of this company’s utter incompetence. I simply do not know how they are in business. A manager pointed out their customer service award which based on my experience in two different properties is an absolute joke. I would strongly advise having nothing to do with them unless you have absolutely no alternative.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2019-09-13
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speeds constantly down. have to phone up to fix it every time
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-11-30
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Been over a year. Contract finished, call them and offer me a better package and free upgrade for the modem. The new speed upgrade is amazing and the modem flies! For £25 a month I think it’s a bargain. 2 kids on youtube, streaming a football match, wife on the pc and everyone is happy at peak hours. Defo recommend it!
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-05-13
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Not Happy & Would NOT Recommend: Ongoing Problems Develop Over Time
(I have to use tether 4G iPhone connection to write this as HyperOptic is again not working)
HyperOptic were installed in our block in Westminster and after HyperOptic initially cancelled the installation, eventually it was installed. All worked fine to begin with but then the problems started to develop.
Interestingly, after many years with Talk Talk on normal copper wire broadband, these problems never happened, and that was with Talk Talk(!).
Firstly, the HyperOptic Internet connection comes in and out, and HyperOptic speeds move up and down. The signal strength on Wifi for a device next to to the router moves in and out.
Then, more problems develop. The Internet goes down for no reason. This has happened a few times now and usually in the morning. The Customer Service team just make excuses, like it is something to do with my iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Windows laptop, Amazon Fire Stick, Echo Dot etc.
Then the speed slows down dramatically, to slower than my old broadband with Talk Talk. Websites don't load up quickly at all.
HyperOptic make ongoing excuses, like it is the Wifi router that they provided (yeah... right!), and it is the 2.5 Mhz or the 5 Mhx Wifi channels impacting one another (then why does your Wifi router offer both?).
I worry why the Internet is so unreliable and slow with HyperOpic. I worry that they utilise the network differently over night and in the morning, redirecting capacity.
I would not not recommend the HyperOptic service. The problems continue and are painful to deal with their Customer Service.
I know this sounds odd but as soon as I can get out of my contract, I will go back to Talk Talk(!).
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-06-28
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If you want a broadband network where you get yourself 1 Gbps networking and end up with 2-30 Mbps, then you are in the right place!
I'm not joking. We got 1gbps networking but were then told we already had it, so woohoo!
I connected to the network, and the internet was off. Oh well, guess I gotta restart the router!
Didnt work. Oh well. Time to call customer service!
They actually dealt with the issue and made the internet work. But, when I first did a speedtest, I got 1 mbps download and upload. What a disgrace.
Nowadays I got 20mbps download, but still. Why?
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2021-10-14
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During last 2 month my network is being down at least once every week and it is not restored until I reach until I reach customer support. You'll be lucky if you are not kicked out from the queue while you're waiting for your spot for 1-3 hours, you'll be able to reach for some help. But even if you were able to reach customer support that doesn't necessarily mean you connection will be restored. Had to ping support several times before I finally could get my network up
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2020-08-03
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Not sure about all the negative reviews, but my own experience with Hyperoptic for the last 3 years has been all positive. Great speed, reliable connection, particularly important nowadays while working from home, good customer service.
Only recently had an issue with the broadband, called customer service on Friday, had 2 blokes visited my apartment couple of hours ago (on following Monday), changed the router and all back to normal.
Perhaps their service is not consistent and depends on the area, but again, my experience with them in south east London has been all positive.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2019-03-05
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Service started out great, brilliant support all the way through the contract, but then...
I found out they signed me up for a 12-month contract for £67 per month right before I was due to move out.
Based on their site £64 is pay as you go 1GB service, and 12-month contract appears to be £46 per month.
I discussed this with their management and they advised that this was a contract I signed, my question is why would you give me the worst possible option (doesn't sound very customer-centric to me).
So it sounds like they screwed me from the start. Safe to say I would not be recommending these guys any time soon.
Luckily I only had about 2 months left in the contract as I had to move out of the property I was renting, so I ended up paying for the remainder 2 months.
So, I worked out that the lifetime value of a customer for Hyperoptic is around £128. I would have been happy to take them to my new place, but since they were such (expletive here) at the end I have chosen to stay well clear of them.
Just a word of caution to everyone else looking to sign up.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-11-13
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I have contracted the package 30Mbs download & 1Mb upload about 6 months ago. It has worked well until August/September, more or less. I then started feeling that my connection was not so great as before (specially for upload). Coincidentally, I got an email by the end of August offering an upgrade to higher speeds for a small fee. I ignored and kept testing the connection speed at random times using the google online tool. A week ago, I contacted the company to ask what was going on since the upload speed has been persistently about 25%-30% slower than expected. After an initial helpful support that didn't solve the problem, I started getting non-sense responses to my inquiries claiming that it's normal to get speeds like these (30% less than agreed is normal??? with optical fibre...) because of interference from other wireless signals/routers and that I should consider to upgrade for a fee!! I want to highlight that I tested the connection using ethernet cable several times during the last 2 days and the only time it really worked at about 1Mbs was very very late at night.... In summary, the problem here is that first, the agreed speed is not being respected. Some variation is expected but 25-30% less is too much. Second, pushing to contract higher speed rather than solving the issue is at least disrespectful. Given my whole experience so far, I do not recommend this provider and I recommend to stick to those well-established in the market. Prices are a bit higher but you really get what you pay for. That's all I want, to get what I paid for, no more, no less.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-04-18
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WOW - been with these guys for 2 yrs on 1Gb - solid connection 8-900 mbs both ways - i have experienced no down time in 2 yrs. Customer service is flawless. cannot recommend highly enough. A benchmark all companies should strive for.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-06-19
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Around August 2017 I signed up for hyperoptic, after tolerating Sky for the past few years. Sky broadband used to experience breaks in connectivity throughout the day, and was often affected by weather. Customer service took forever and it was an utterly disgusting service.
Paying around £20 a month plus £50 off through referral, my 2 bedroom flat is using the cheapest deal that hyperoptic provides cuz we are broke students...however it has not disappointed once. No hidden fees AT ALL. Other than for installation (which was fast and free), I have never needed to call customer services as there have been no issues at all for the past year.
Will definitely recommend to everyone!
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2019-09-26
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I had Darien come set up my internet broadband and he was really helpful and precise and got the work done easily without creating a mess.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2021-07-12
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I decided to switch to Hyperoptic after seeing good reviews online. I was very pleased with how easy the process of arranging an installation was.
The engineer came to install the services two weeks ago, however, they told me that they would need permission from the building management in order to do extra work for the installation. They said that they would sort it out themselves and that this kind of stuff normally takes about a couple of days or so.
Two weeks forward - still no service and heard absolutely nothing from Hyperoptic. I rang up the support line to ask about the progress. The person on the phone said that they're still trying to chase up the building management. I asked them when was the last time the enquiry was made and they said it was on the day of the installation. Yup, a single email within two weeks time is considered "chasing up" by Hyperoptic.
I rang up the building management and they told me that the last email they received from Hyperoptic was several months ago. I called Hyperoptic again to check what email address did they try to reach out to for the permission. It turned out they had wrong contact details. I was waiting for two weeks for nothing!!! Who knows how long I would've had to wait if I didn't take this matter into my own hands.
Everyone in my household is working from home so having an internet connection is an absolute must. We haven't had service for two weeks and no one has bothered to give any updates on the situation. We had to purchase data packages and use our mobile phones for wifi.
I'm really disappointed in Hyperoptic and I am shocked how incompetent they are in cases like this, especially with so many positive reviews on Trustpilot.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2021-01-27
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I don't understand all these negative reviews. We now have Hyperoptic for at least 5 years in our block of flats and I never heard of or experienced any downtime.
Installation went without any issues and the engineer was polite and did a great job. He routed the cable nicely along with the ceiling, precisely to the point I wanted to have the router. Since then I buried the cable in the ceiling and extended the cable. Easy enough to do.
Initially, we had the 100Mbit connection which was upgraded for free to a 150Mbit connection. While working from home and being reliant on a fast and stable connection I upgraded to the 500Mbit connection. I used the online chat to do that and it took literally a second and I had my 500 up and down. For this, you obviously have to connect via a cable. A lot of customers seem to complain that the wifi doesn't deliver the promised speeds but most computer wifi adapters max out (if you are lucky) at 300Mbit. If you are in a different room, forget to get full speeds. That's simply not possible. You could run cables and have multiple access points to achieve this.
I also had an issue with the old first router as I wanted to assign more static IP addresses and they send me a new one immediately free of charge.
Speed is as advertised and I get an incredible ping of 1ms. For the cost of now £35, this is a bargain.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-05-22
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I have been with hyperoptic for over 9 months now and I have to say they are probably the best provider I have ever been with.
Installation was simple mainly due to everything already in place with the new building. Activating it took minutes and we were connected.
Have not had any realisability issues and I regularly check the speeds and they are consistent even at peak times. I am on the 30mb package which is perfect for streaming and using two devices simultaneously.
For the price and service they really are the best in my opinion.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2021-03-12
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Absolute joke of a service, line goes dead for a minute or two in the middle of meetings, several times, each day, everyday. They fix it for you over the phone and back to the same "service" the next day.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2021-04-29
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We bought the fastest (and most expensive) available hyperoptic package as we were tired with BT's intermittent service. It is indeed fast - but only as long as you are right next to the box. Stroll a couple of yards down the hall to my bedroom and I get less than 0.5mbps download speed. Honestly! What a terrible box they sold us. Does anyone know a provider that can deliver a service in the whole flat?
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2017-07-14
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100mb package.
Been connected for just over 2 months.
The promises made:
No more dropping out;
Very fast speeds.
What we got:
Constant drop-outs. And I mean constant. What's caused me to leave this review is the fact -- yet again -- my internet connection has dropped 4 times in the past 5 minutes. This is not a rare occurrence; it happens frequently every day.
The speeds are fine -- does everything I want it to do. Not 'amazed' by the speeds by any means.
Installation was a bit of a shambles.
Customer support aren't able to help to get a stable internet connection.
I left PlusNet as they had a habit of dropping out for long periods of time. Hyperoptic's advertising promised an end to that. But they're just as bad. Scratch that, they're worse. I'm seriously considering paying off my contract and going back to a mainstream provider.
Would not recommend.
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2023-09-28
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They have done the installation to my house. It has not been working for 4 weeks now. They keep on saying there's a problem outside the property, no engineer available. Why did they installed the broadband if they don't have any engineer to fix the problem. Still waiting
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-11-18
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Our building went Hyperopic about three months ago in a building of 60 flats although I don't know what the uptake rate is in the building.
I have the 1Gb/s package and a wired Ethernet network including wired connections to my my Smart TV and Amazon Fire Stick.
I have been very pleased with the connection, made a huge difference to when multiple devices were using bandwidth simultaneously.
Ping varies between zero and about 7. When the network is not busy, Downloads Ookla speedtest and steam dowwnloads usually come in around 800Mb/s which is very good, during peak times there is less bandwidth but will usually not go below 400+Mb/s. Uploads more variable, usually 800+Mb/s but sometimes a lot less, presumably depending on what the neighbours are doing. The best speed I have clocked on the wireless 5Gz connection is about 300Mb/s.
It has also made me realise how slow a lot of the internet still is...
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- London
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- Hyperoptic
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- 2018-01-21
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Not reliable, falls out all the time and some of the worst customer service I have experience anywhere for any product. They wanted 30 days prior notice before my contract ended even though my contract was a 1-year contract, which forced me to pay for almost a full month. On top of the rudeness I encountered, they wanted to claim an early cancellation fee, cannot believe how people stick up with this company.
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