italk 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 italk.

Recent Customer Ratings for italk

  • Satisfaction
    1.7 stars
  • Customer Service
    1.8 stars
  • Speed
    1.5 stars
  • Reliability
    1.6 stars

Based on 100 customer ratings since 2020-04-15 (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.

100 Customer Reviews over 3 pages

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    They are **** n don't help people with disabilities people
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    The worse service in all aspects......the broadband the customer service goes off when it's raining. Always taking double payments from account . Cannot wait to get out of this contract . Worse ever
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    I Don't recommend this broadband. Quite disappointedthat that at the beginning we've got promised a fast broadband and turns out that it is far too slow.+ 12 month contract. The internet does interrupt often with covid online lessons, especially wonderful (not)!! Thankfully hands down, it does not go off totally (that's why I give them 3 stars for the reliability). Also, contacted them few times about it. Customer service always good give them 5 stars for it. Sorry for this review but it's only fair for people to know.
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
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    AVOID ITALK! this company is a scam, they will take money from your account without you knowing refuse to refund. they refused to look into any service issue and charge £150 for a engineer to come out. the service did not meet the standed or contract agreed speeds are below 1mpbs WORST BB PROVIDER IN UK. after reporting to ofcom and the fraud team. the customer service is a joke treat you like a child and dont listen but continue to take money regardless of no service.
  • Reviewer
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    Aldershot
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    Worst bunch of crooks ever, didn't even use there services and still they steal money out of your bank they should be shut down just a load of crooks
  • Reviewer
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    Ballywalter
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
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    Worse provider ever !!!! It's been of more than on ...took first payment early 29.94 so I cancelled the d d and within the matter of minutes they emailed. Texted and phoned to reinstate it then they sent me a email saying payment over due after taking it out of bank
  • Reviewer
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    Barnsley
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    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Perfect to be honest, never had an issue with our connection, we had multiple devices online at once and never had an issue, even down to cancelling everything was fair and simple
  • Reviewer
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    Barry
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I've had issues, with it since installing it slow,cutting out, buffering, speed, it's only doing 12mb now. I've tried to leave but have been threatened with heavy costs if I do
  • Reviewer
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    Bessbrook
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
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    *Scam COMPANY***
    If I could give minus 10stars I would!!

    I cancelled my direct debit numerous of times with these absolute con artists but these complete sharks keep setting it up without my consent which I'm pretty sure is ILLEGAL! Literally Stealing money from my account. Do not sign up to this scam company worst mistake I've done was coming across these crooks!! I've also looked up reviews an looks like I'm not the only innocent person this company is Stealing from as there is so many people like myself going through the same thing with this company!! Not to mention the harassment is an absolute joke. They phone me about 5/6times a day chasing money they are NOT owed even tho they are just resetting up my direct debit an take random amounts of money out of my account without my consent anyway!! I've payed my cancellation fees an was told numerous times my details would b removed from there system an they can not take an will not take anymore money from my account, this is not the case they are absolutel Liars an they can reset up direct debit without consent an take money whenever suits them!!! Hope nobody else has to go through this as I'm tortured with these sharks Stealing from my account for months now!!
  • Reviewer
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    Birmingham
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    iTalk is a big mistake in fact I regret ever signing up with them very quick to sniff life out if you if you missed payment but never admitted to rectify your problem when you are having one...very stupid and useless company...Bad market
  • Reviewer
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    Blantyre
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Appaulng company do not recommend at all they said there was a fault on line sent out an engineer which I didnt request then hit me with a large bill and suspended my service so I called them got nothing but ignorant staff so I cancelled my policy and would never go back told them I will not be paying for the engineer either as I never requested this action crap service crap product crap staff there all about money and not customer satisfaction dont go near them cheaper with plus net or talk talk or now tv etc
  • Reviewer
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    Buckley
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    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
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    Get service. No surprise Bill to pay . Better speed than sky full service because they slow the speed down and claim it at the fastest.
  • Reviewer
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    Bury St Edmunds
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
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    This company is an absolute joke they're trying to take money out of my account without my authorisation they have messaged me every day phoned me every day keep away from them I have also contacted trading standards
  • Reviewer
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    CAMLOUGH
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
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    ***SCAM COMPANY***
    They do not deserve any stars. Had cancelled with them months ago and payments just kept coming out of my bank I cancelled my direct debit but they opened up another one every time I cancelled them and kept on taking payments without my authorization. The lies from customer service are just herendous ther is no help from anyone. The company are just greedy money hungry ******** who just want to line their pockets I would advise anyone to stay away from them
  • Reviewer
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    Cardiff
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Please read this and don't make my mistake of joining them. If you have a fault you will be stuck, stressed and spending all your spare time phoning them up.
    All phone companies use Openreach lines, and VM use their own lines, so whoever you go with will all use the same lines which produce same speeds. Go for a company who are very good at fixing faults because that is where this company is lacking.

    -Had no WIFI for 15 days out of the 20 days I have been using their service.
    -Had a seriously up and down connection during the 5 days it did 'work'
    -Engineer did all he could over 1 wk ago, wifi still broken and said that it's on them to resolve the remaining issue
    -They are closed weekends. Despite my connection going down Friday even when closed, was told they could only refund me for no WIFI from the day I reported the fault.
    -They refuse to give me refund until the fault is fixed, so in meantime are taking full payments while I have to spend £25 on EE data to tether from
    -despite having depression and severe physical health issues, paired with the fact I've been offline for over 2wks of the 20 days I've been online, they won't terminate me from the contract.

    For those who want more details:

    I've only been online with them for 20 days. After going live, the broadband has been so awful I've had absolutely no WIFI connection for 15 full days; even after an engineer was called out to have a look.

    So, since going live on December 29th, the broadband has constantly disconnected, requiring me to lose pages/re-login for my work. This has had a negative impact on my work. On January the 31st the WLAN and DSL lights on router went blank. In other words, could not pick up on internet at all. As the offices were shut, I rang them on the 4th and explained the issue. I also asked if I could get a refund for the days it hasn't been working. The guy said I could only have a refund from the day I reported the fault. I explained they were shut, and I asked if they have a record of when I was online because obviously, it will show when my internet went down. Apparently they 'can't' see this, which is a joke. The engineer who came over on Jan 11th (yup, I had no connection for those 11/12 days), showed me a device with a graph detailing the drop outs/dates they happened. He explained that my provider can definitely see this too. So basically, they're either dishonest or completely ignorant. The engineer somewhat got it working again for about 2 days, but like before, internet consistently disconnected. He told me he did everything he could, but that it was up to the provider to sort out the issue on their end.

    After finding the time I called them up on the 13th, to explain the fault was still there. However, the guy over the phone told me to switch router off for 30 min so he could do a test. I did, when I turned it back on the router had the same issue of no WLAN or DSL light. I phoned up to explain that it's suddenly unable to to pick up connection at all, even with plug directly into the line without the cover on (which is meant to be the best connection you can get). I was asked to do a speed test because the line supposedly had 'no faults'. I explained that I could not access the internet to carry out a test. Anyway, they just said they'd pass it to the fault team. I phoned up over the next couple of days to explain that I seriously need WIFI, I was advised to do a speed test again (absolute joke). So I've now been offline for an additional 5 full days. That's 16 days spent offline.

    I asked to leave the contract without any fees since my mental health is seriously suffering. I have also spent £75 on EE add-ons to tether from my phone. I also asked for a refund for what I've paid the first time I had faults, but they told me to wait until the fault stopped happening so they could calculate. In the meantime they happily took the full bill out of my account.
    Fortunately for them, the fault is still persistent, so they are continuing to receive my full payments, despite the fact I am having to pay for EE data to substitute the lack of WIFI.

    In addition, when I joined the lady on phone was dishonest about how many weeks (3) it will take to install, knowing that I needed to be up and running by at least around 2 weeks. I could have gone with another provider if she actually told me about them taking 3 weeks after hearing my concerns.
    Just an outright disgusting company.
  • Reviewer
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    Don't ever be late paying them they bombard you to death otherwise.
  • Reviewer
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    Colchester
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    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    soooooo impressed!!!! Will recommend to friends i cant big you up enough!
  • Reviewer
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    Coleraine
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    Can’t give any stars at all I have never seen anything worse than italk we bought the package at £19.99 per month now we are being charged 29.94 with £8 for phone calls yet we don’t even have a house phone to call on, service is constantly cutting out or not working at all and the customer service team are no help whatsoever absolute joke of a company and should be ashamed of themselves for false advertising
  • Reviewer
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    Crewe
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst mistake cuming to this company as the broadband is rubbish kept dipping in and out couldn't play on my playstation or YouTube. Kept ringing up to sort it had 3 different engineers out they said its sort the problem but it did not work each time when phone up the customer service operator had a voice changer and sounded like a robot he was rude and disgusting they he spoke also Kept passing me yo 6 different operator but none knew what they were doing or talking about.They would not let us leave. I have learning disability and autism this made me feel really frustrated and angry had yo pass to my support work which in the end gad to shout at them as they font listern to whst ur saying plus we just hung had enough kniw I get no stops calls and emails from asking me to stay with them no thank you I would not advise anyone to go with this crap company.
  • Reviewer
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    Croydon
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    Do not deserve no stars was going to leave last year after double payments to from bank poor connection and just lies from customer service. Promisised faster broadband cheap price to stay a year on it still poor broadband the price is more than I paid before and once again there taken double payments ur be a fool to go with them I'm now stuck with this for another year poor poor overall rubbish
  • Reviewer
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    Cumbria
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Absolutely cowboys! They spoke to my 85yr old mother who suffers with dementia, over the phone and signed her up for a 2 yr contract, when I contacted them to complain and cancel contract they said she would have to pay £185 exit fee!!!
    I was on the phone for nearly an hour with 3 different people, all unhelpful talking round in circles , how can this contract be lawful when they were talking to a person who had no idea what they were signing up for?!!! Do not touch this company with a barge pole
  • Reviewer
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    Denbigshire
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    Slow , 100% packet loss nearly everyday ,Super fiber 40mbps..
    Buffering all the time on everything.. customer service is a joke.. had to send proof for 3 weeks before they sent engineer was told i would be fined if they couldnt find a fault.. they apparently fixed a fault.. got worse.
  • Reviewer
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    Derby
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    Tbh can't give any stars broadband crashes every single day absolutely attrocious I did contact them recently and they allegedly did checks over the phone and said there was nothing wrong with it !!!!!!!!!
  • Reviewer
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    Derbyshire
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Avoid at all costs, I have received repeated threats to take me to court, I refuse to pay for a service that was rubbish( putting it very politely) I repeatedly tried to cancel before the end of the cooling off time, and every time they fobbed me off until I was tied into a contract, I didn’t break the contract they did when not one person in my house could receive internet connection, vile customer service and no offer of resolve, they tried to get me to pay for another package, please do not use this company, they take hours to answer calls until you cancel and then all of a sudden they constantly answer you
  • Reviewer
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    Dudley
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Do not use this for anything they are no help you pay you bill and they still try to take money out of your bank account.do not use them they need report.
  • Reviewer
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    Dunfermline
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    Router didn't come then engineer didn't come crap
  • Reviewer
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    East Anglia
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    If it seems to be good tobe true then it likely is too be good to be true.
    I thought i bagged a good deal with fast fibre broadband, but oh no,this is THE most incompetent broadband company.
    Customer service staff are miserable and it really does come across they are working from home because some of them answer the phone like you've interrupted them.
    Processing is a joke. Today i received a letter for £65 bill for early termination of contract. This transpired whilst in my cooling off period and their diabolical service, i was shopped around for another quote. I told iTalk they then offered me a good deal and rectified the issues.
    I believed what i was told and subsequently cancelled the other service a month ago. iTalk then said they are UNABLE to cancel it their end so instead of dealing with the technical issue they have sent me a bill.
    Logic? None
    I phoned customer service twice today. Nobody can tell me the timescale for a call back.
    As soon as my contract ends i shall NOT be renewing it with iTALK. I may well have to pay more to another provider but iTALK are driving me insane!!!
  • Reviewer
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    Fife
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Cancelled direct debit loads of times yet italk keep taking different amounts out my bank all the time. I dont even have italk Internet, but am still being charged!
  • Reviewer
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    Glasgow
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    The worst company I have ever been with, would not recommend this company they like to phone you about 5 days, they left me with out broadband for a week then they had the cheek to take a double payment out my bank,I am still waiting for them to put my money back in my account, they are a pure joke!!of a company stay way clear of them
  • Reviewer
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    Glasgow
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    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Would not go near them they took money out my account and again 3 days later an suspended my subscription they wanted more money and sent out a service engineer after me saying I didnt want this then sent me a bill for the engineer who was ALLEGEDLY sent out but never was they tryed this on a few occasions lying that there is an engineer out then billing you for nothing and regularly going into my account every few days taking out £20 here £40 there then a bill of over £200 I immediately cancelled my subscription I am still waiting on them giving me the money they had stole but instead they are trying to charge me £200+ to re connect when i dont want to re connect with them do your self a favour avoid at all costs the signal is rubbish keeps breaking up then they just dismiss what you are saying and continue with yes yes ok yea ok ok but ok al set you up an account to pay back the £200 you dont owe then we will start your subscription again that you dont want avoid avoid avoid !!!!!!
  • Reviewer
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    Glasgow
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    My debit increased from £30 to £40 for no reason. I sent company 5 emails asking why it increased and every email was ignored. Cancelled the debit and they then added a further £10 to my bill. Still haven’t replied to me. Do yourself a favour and AVOID this company.
  • Reviewer
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    Gloucester
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    I have cancelled my installation within 48 hours of reading the reviews on this site however I have been treated with respect and my installation cancelled with no problems.i hope I have not made a mistake
  • Reviewer
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    Gosport
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Hi
    All I can say about Italk. The worse broadband company i have ever used stay away
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Greenock
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    italk
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    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    These guys are a nitemare my bill was overdue which I take full responsibility for I contacted them by email to explain my situation til then they sent another 3 emails and they kept contacting me by 3 diffrent operators through out the the space of 24 hours then they sent another email and another txt message after speaking and saying the bill will be brought up to date the following day its as thou they think putting presure on several times can makes money appear for you I feel as though there trying to intimidate me and bully tatics with there atitude.if thing are not bad enough just now
  • Reviewer
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    HEREFORD
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Unless you have 3/4 weeks to wait for connecting and patiences of a saint when trying to communicate with the staff. It's a computer says no place of work. Stay away. Going to have to cancel before we even got I.
  • Reviewer
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    Hewcastle
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    do not go with this company they keep overcharging me every month in phone calls chargers I don't own a house phone and whenever I ask for proof they don't provide it and also the putting my broadband up without telling me
  • Reviewer
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    Holyhead
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    Where do I start well I've rang italk up about moveing my services to a new address as I wanted to keep the broad band with them but unfortunately I was told they couldn't provide the services where I'm moving to so they told me I would have to pay an early termination fee as I'm still in contract with them but I stated that it was them that terminated the contract not me but they said I had to pay it as it's my fault so I cancelled my DD and only yesterday I noticed on my on line banking they set up a new DD with out my permission I've emailed them but no response from them iv informed my bank and notified the police and now they are looking in to it for me so there for any body thinking of going to italk I'd think twice as they are the worst company iv ever had any dealings with so good riddance italk mere again
  • Reviewer
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    Inverness
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    Absolute joke of a company. I had a package for 24.99 a month for in,limited Internet and anytime call. Just had my first bill in for £33. Turns out mobile numbers are not included in anytime calls.had nothing but hassle from them. Started off with lies and didnt get any better. Do not go with italk.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Irvine
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    italk
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    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Got to be the the arse of IP. After many calls 2 engineers called out, never even told me about second until i got a phone call on the morning the 2nd engineer called out, stating he would call between 1pm-6pm, i told the agent, don't bother i have signed up with someone else, but hey ho an egineer called at 10 and said he would be 20 mins, then was told to cancel with new provider which i already paid money to or i would be charged any costs, they cancelled from their end, when after 4 hrs the chap got the internet working, i went straight back to new provider and signed again, 2x money still waiting on refund on the first cancelled payment, they said they would refund for lost time/internet my phone data was all used up lol, joke, now because i'm leaving they cannot do this, and because i cancelled direct debit they charge you £10 lol, no i must pay final £19.99, well they say they will persue this, even when i got home from work landline rang, has not for yrs lol, i'm Scottish you know the answer i gave them lol, stay well clear folks, really terrible internet speeds 0.02 mb lol what a joke it is now 11.0 my new IP will be about 16.0, legalised thugs, especially when you leave. They have no techinal staff just call centre people reading from a scripted screen. Stay
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Keighley
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    italk
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    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Wast of time,broadband been cancelled but still taking money from my account

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