549 Customer Reviews over 55 pages
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-13
- Comments
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I was worried about going with Now given all the people whinging on this site! Initially wanted to go with virgin but can't access them at the new flat, everywhere else was minimal 18 month contract. Bit the bullet and went with Now as could get a 12 month contract- have had no issues. Simple set up, fast broadband, arrived early and activated on the day it said it would. Would recommend.
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- Location
- Richardson
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-12
- Comments
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Worst broadband experience all round.
I went with now TV as the broadband package was the best deal at the time for a respectable speed of 35mbs.
Wi-fi has been intermittent and cuts out randomly crashing computer games and leaving tv shows buffering over the last 9 months. It cannot handle more than one device at a time.
Upon calling NowTV for technical support they said everything was fine with my network and told me to run a diagnostics test on their website but they did not know how I could navigate to it!
Upon asking about cancellation they said I would incur a cancellation fee of £30.
I've had internet with many providers and this has been by far the worst.
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-12
- Comments
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I really regret having bought NOW TV Broadband. As we're currently working from home due to the virus, the internet is the one thing we desperately need working and for the last few months its given us nothing but grief. It's so slow that we can't even stream movies so I feel like I'm wasting money on tv subscriptions. I spoke to NOW TV over the phone and they mentioned there was a problem with the box so sent us a new one (customer service was actually quite good and box arrived promptly). But the second it arrived we had exactly the same problem. I originally chose NOW TV because I'd only have to pay £18 a month but its just not worth the money or hassle. I'd be happier paying more with another provider as long as it means we have a reliable internet connection. Please stay away from NOW TV Broadband, I wish I'd read the reviews before buying!
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-11
- Comments
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AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!
Its very rare a company gets it so wrong and Now Broadband have got it terribly wrong! When signing up to the service I was aware they said they cannot guarantee speed and I remember that but the problem was the wifi signal. You basically can only get a good signal in the same room with nothing in the way. You can imagine in a house you can't get good internet in most other rooms.
Trying to get through to them was a joke and it took many attempts and ridiculous waiting times only to get cut off and then start the conversation again. Furthermore, no matter how many times I told them that it wasn't the speed they would feed me a line and keep testing the speed.
Finally someone understood and told me I needed to buy a booster. I though that was a joke because they were not providing the service. In the end it took several months and a third party regulator to get £25 credit after suffering 8 months of poor service.
So in conclusion, they may not give you a service, the customer service uses no common sense. they are ridiculously hard to get a hold of. If you want more proof there was a national news article of something terrible that happened because they have no common sense or sympathy. No willingness to try and fix things properly.
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- Location
- Sheffield
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-07
- Comments
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I switched from Sky to Now Broadband a week ago, Sky had hiked their prices and and lengthened the contract to 18 months so time for a change. I cannot get fibre broadband in my village so standard broadband it has to be.
The switch over was very easy,kept my phone number, router arrived recorded delivery in plenty of time for start date, plugged router in at 8.30am on morning of start date and was connected straight away. Been going a week now and getting average speed around 14Mb which is good for my area.
The offer of £18 per month which includes broadband and all inclusive calls is a good deal and I am pleased to have taken this up. No comment on Now TV as I do not have it.
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- Location
- Cardiff
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-05-06
- Comments
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The worst broadband ive ever had. Rang them and they said the problem was the box. They sent out a new box. Now this box is causing more problems than the first. They have no clue what they’re talking about. Switching tomorrow. Pathetic LITTLE company.
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- Location
- Northern ireland
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-04-23
- Comments
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I'll definately be changing after contract up. Yes great value but i dont like the way they dont let you pay direct debit. My broadband totally off from this morning nothing from them on their website twitter fb disgrace. Yes its different these days covid 19 but not hard put out something just let customers know
- Location
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- Location
- Howard
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-04-21
- Comments
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So far so good with NOW . I got myself mixed up when I left Vodafone and changed to NOW due to the Vodafone high prices and they wouldnt reduce them despite loyalty over several years. However put myself through purgatory trying to get my mobile changed to Tesco as NOW dont do mobiles. still not really sure what I an paying or what is included but the staff in Derry NI seem very pleasant .
So time will tell when I find out more ! I am 80 and drilled to not expect too much from the newish technology all around us. It was better and simpler 10 or more years ago.
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- Location
- Bradford
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-04-17
- Comments
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12 months after using NowTV broadband I will leave my honest review. After being with sky for 12 months I started looking at deals, cheaper the better. Its only 2 of us in a house so I'm not that bothered about speed. But after using it for a full year, how mistaken was I? The offer was brilliant, £18 a month, free land-line calls and 3 months of NOW TV for free. (used it to watch all GAME OF THRONES). It was a slow burn however as everything was sluggish, like a car losing power and needing a boost everytime to start. The speed is very very slow. Netflix, Internet browsing and general usage was terribly slow. Always freezing and could never get any help. I have now switched providers but I won't tell you who as I do not want to seem biased. Just saying they are fibre optic and it is really fast. Now the same deal is £33 a month!!!! LOL. Just to give you an idea of download speed, I tried downloading an update on PS4 which was 24gb,estimated time 24 hours. With my new fibre broadband, took 1 HR 20 mins.
- Location
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- Location
- Kent
- Reviewing
- NOW Broadband
- Date
- 2020-04-16
- Comments
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Where do I start?! Applied online 18th November to move to Now from PlusNet, given a start date of 2nd December during the process. Order failed. Multiple orders subsequently placed, all failed. REPEATEDLY told useless staff issue needed escalating, REPEATEDLY ignored. Ombudsman utter waste of time (industry bias). Finally lost it and emailed CEOs of Now (Sky), BT Openreach, PlusNet etc. Issue resolved by BT Openreach who found an issue between two systems. Still no help from Now other than placing further order. On 11th February Now advised I was entitled to compensation for the delay (114 days from start to end). Bear in mind they didn’t bother to even attempt to resolve the issue, they are now stating that as the start date was not confirmed (it was, albeit during the initial order process and verbally by staff, not by email) I am not entitled to compensation. They subscribe to an ‘automatic compensation’ scheme. Clearly nothing automatic about it, clearly they think it’s acceptable to breach their own policies, clearly a joke of a company. Off to the equally useless Ombudsman again, and the press (having been told by Now that emailing others slows the process which is both ironic and a threat). Their broadband is absolutely nothing to write home about either. Just do yourself a favour, take account of all these poor reviews, they are poor for a reason. Go elsewhere. Honestly. Anywhere but Now. It’s just not worth the stress.
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