Plusnet 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 Plusnet.

Recent Customer Ratings for Plusnet

  • Satisfaction
    4.2 stars
  • Customer Service
    4.4 stars
  • Speed
    4.1 stars
  • Reliability
    4.3 stars

Based on 842 customer ratings since 2023-04-27 (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.

3,751 Customer Reviews over 94 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      4 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    Been with PlusNet for two years and never had a problem. Speed has always been reliable and consistent, never had issues with network dropping or speeds crashing. I'm on a Fibre Extra Unlimited and I'm always getting 60+ speeds.

    I am only one person living in a one bed flat so that could explain the excellent reliability and speed. No idea how their broadband fares with a full household.

    The few people I have had to speak with were super friendly and helpful so I would 100% recommend based on my customer service experience.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bedfordshire
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    please do not touch this company with a barge poll. I ordered broadband and telephone service on 26th July. I had to pay for this privilege. 8th August this was meant to go live. The router was only dispatched Thursday. I still haven't received it. I spoke to the supervisor and he said he would order me another one someone has checked the notes and it hasn't been done. 12th August I still haven't received and they just don't care
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Cb10
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Very poor in the past couple weeks, wish I'd swapped when I had the chance a few weeks ago.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    preston
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Comments
    Well the experience with this company was so bad its hard to explain, the award winning customer service is shocking.Takes 30-45 mins to answer, 4
    times i rang with the same problem only to say they will ring me back, they only rang me back when i changed to another provider.the problem was i wanted a cheaper package as my contract was about to end so.so i agreed to a new contract a little cheaper as my children have left home and me and my wife hardly use the internet,but my bils stayed the same i contacted them they said they will ring me back but never did this happend 4 times so war a bit mad and decided to change my provider. they got in touch and said i would have to pay over £200 to leave.i told them that the contract was void because they had not changed it.they also said they have listend to my recording and i agreed to another 18 month the same package as last time. I told them this is a lie and wanted to listen myself,they told me this would cost me £10,so i agreed still have not heard from them about this only letters asking for money. This company is a joke and you should keep well away.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Northwich
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    I suspect many of the recent 1 star are fakes, someone trying to reduce plus net rating. I have no problems with plus net, other than being put in a queue for customer support. Speed is good, never drops below 70Mb/s. Very few drop outs (I can't remember one since BT (or whatever they are called now) fixed a fault on the line about 3 years ago. I have been with pmus net for at least 15 years and can not see me changing ant time soon.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    essex
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Really fed up,moved house 4 months ago,internet has never been right since. Don't want to call & go through the same routines each time, speed is nowhere near that promised. I stream a lot, like most people now but this internet is so unreliable. Can't even do there on line chat as they say they are always busy. Stay away from these.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Manchester
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Have to restart the router daily as our wifi drops daily. It's getting ridiculous. Online forums all say the same thing about wifi dropping and whilst they pretend to fix it, nothing is done. Tried to call Plusnet and after 3min of robot twice it cut me off. Don't bother with them, useless company, useless internet connection.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wales
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Worst Customer service "In The World".
    Took 2 days and about 5 phone calls to finaly get broadband working, it only needed 1 word in router setup changed, then was told there Maybe a fault on my line, wasn't there with all other providers before Plusnet, and they would have to send out an engineer even though a Open Reach engineer had been in my house and tested my line 2bdays before this but if was informed that if NO fault was found I would have to pay for engineer event hough it was Plusnet telling I had a fault?
    After complaining I was offered chance to cancel my Plusnet contract witch I didn't but they failed to inform me that buying doing this they would cancel my phone line immediately and I would lose the home telephone number we have had for the past 26yrs.
    Its 8 days later today and I'm still having to chase them up for the £215.00 line rental money I paid up front.
    STAY AWAY FROM PLUSNET!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Liverpool
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Broadband disconnects
    Broadband is slow
    Customer service is pathetic
    Avoid at all cost
  • Reviewer
    Location
    leeds
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Awful company. Unreliable connection, cutting off frequently in early months then got slower by the month. Took a week to get through on the phone to miserable rude staff. No interest in helping whatsoever. Avoid.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Newcastle
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Awful, Constant drop outs even though blue light on router. Speed fluctuates speeds and then to top this off I received an email about a failed direct debit email and they placed restrictions on my account the very same day!!! I have never had this with any company .
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Hyde
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Gave plus net the benefit of the doubt because it was cheap, can see why it's cheap now. I've waited 2 weeks for installation they couldnt do it on the day, the engineer said another 48 hours and it would be on but it still isn't. I now want to cancel because they haven't fulfilled our contract but will not be able to get my £75 installation fee back for the installation that never happened
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Gosport
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      3 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    They just cannot leave people on a package they are happy with .
    Raise their price make them phone up to get a better deal , waste their time and inconvenience them .
    High tech with low quality service .
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Mk3
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Speed
      2 stars
    Comments
    The broadband speed is ok until 9pm, and then after that films and phones start freezing as the network slows down or something of which I have no clue and this is just about everynight. The last two times I phoned I was told after they tested the speed that the speed was fine and there was no problem, so WHY does it slow down every night?? I wonder.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Thatcham
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      4 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    My problem with Plusnet is that they have been taken 2 amounts out of my account for over a year now since I changed to fibre optic they admit to this and say they will give me a refund but up to date this has not happened and they are still taking two amounts out of my account I have had numerous waits on phone line and promises but nothing happens and it is still getting taken from my account. I was originally a Vodafone customer and then they sold out to Plusnet originally customer service was good and for a 70 year old lady this was what I liked about them but since changing to fibre optic the whole thing has gone pear shaped. I cant wait until my contract is up to get out. Did I read that they charge you for this surely not. Is this legal to be taking money they are not entitled to from me.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    wales
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Been with them a year. Goes smoothly. Only use internet and phone. Were helpful when speed went slower than when you made a coffee waiting for system to boot up in the 70s-80s. Phoned. Was told how long I would be kept waiting - long enough to make a coffee of course. They knw of no problem their end, but would stand by to see if my helpful helper found something. He did. Another helpful helper had turned off the automatic update option and I had 66 updates queued up. So it was sorted from my end and I phoned plus net to let them off guard duty. We laughed.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Lincoln
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Gone downhill in the last three years or so. Billing issues they cant fix,long waits on the phone,speeds less than promised,over confident customer service lads . Went thru the wi fi dropping out and speeds dropping like a stone . Leaving at the end of my contract , been with them years but had enough.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    South Suffolk
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Surprised speed is so poor and always an excuses. Worse than it was with B.T. wired connection! I believe i have been miss sold fibre as the cable to my house comes over fields, was assured by B.T. and Plusnet it was fibre and the wiring across the fields would not be a problem as would be fibre optic either side! Silly me I'm thinking as I think of the story of the Kings new cloths. Was warned of priority usage, by Plusnet, slow me down to speed up someone else - yep I'm sure it happens!

    Save spending out money to leave Plusnet don't go there! Being a pensioner on a low income I can't afford to leave at this time. Rely on broadband as live in rural countryside and seldom see anyone, it's contact with friends and family for me! Need shopping on line esp. groceries, it's so disheartening when you try and amend a shopping order and broadband is so slow in the evening when others are doing the same - points to priority use or my being far away from exchange which I was told was no problem with fibre optic connection!

    Not a happy bunny wish I had stayed with BT sooner the devil you know!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Lincoln
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      4 stars
    Comments
    Started out good but sadly in last two years its gone downhill. 30mins or more to reach on phone. Overpriced. Offering new customers the good deals but old ones can go hang..I am leaving them after over 4 years.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Manchester
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Switched to Plusnet end of July, will be lucky to have internet by the 2nd September.

    Had to hold for ages. They blamed the issues on the previous tenants and said there was nothing they could do about the delay. They didn't notify us of or flag up any issue.
    I spoke to someone on the online chat who gave me the wrong information, I then spoke to some one on the phone after 40mins of holding (I recommend getting weq4u app of if you have to call plusnet) who said there was nothing they could do.

    I had a much better experience with sky.

    Avoid Plusnet.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Derby
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    It now takes an average of up to one hour to get through to customer service. I was out of contract with plus net so decided to pay line rental up front and negotiate another contract. Fine , no problem except they are still invoicing me at £45.00 per month. No e mails,just a load of hot air from customer service people promising me a refund. And this is adding another half hour to the phone call. I wish I had never signed up with them again, as I can I’ll afford to keep paying this large amount each month. worse than talk talk service and that is saying something.... I will not be renewing after my year that’s for sure....
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  • Reviewer
    Location
    Brentwood, Essex
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Was very happy to sign up with Plusnet as the deal appeared very good for Broadband & landline 17th Jan 2019. Still waiting for connection 6/2/2019. Attempted web chat etc, no joy! PLusnet caption is "WE'L DO YOU PROUD"! Hope so when this Company get around to connecting me & sending me my router.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    tyne and wear
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    DO NOT JOIN, Unless you want to waste your time. They didn't bother to send the router to us, which would have meant a loss in service. We contacted them and they couldn't have cared less, all YOU needed to do was offer to cover a new router and a months free and you couldn't even do that. Why? Because you don't care about your customers. Unprofessional, I am glad we cancelled. Well you have lost a 18 month contract with us. BRAVO!!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Coleraine
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I have been Signed up for 2 weeks and still have no internet. V long wait for customer service on phone. Engineer was supposed to call today - No show. Another hour on the phone. Wish I had stayed with talk talk. Helpful staff on phone but can't make up for appalling overall service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Aspull
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      5 stars
    • Customer Service
      5 stars
    • Speed
      5 stars
    • Reliability
      5 stars
    Comments
    Switched today was very apprehensive because reviews weren't great.no problem up and running all devices connected speed fine. Very happy.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Aylesbury
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I have had difficulty getting signal where I live. I spoke to
    Customer service who were so unhelpful. Asked to speak to a supervisor or manager that told me what would happen yet never did!!! Stay away from plusnet…..
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Leeds
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      3 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      3 stars
    Comments
    Until now I have always been happy with Plusnet but since I moved from Norwich to Leeds 2 weeks ago their customer service has been appalling as I tried to get the internet connected to my new address. After many phone calls and getting shipped between various departments to no avail I was lucky to get Darren Greenfield in Technical Support who sorted me out efficiently and got my internet connected at last. Unfortunately he seems to be a rare bird amongst a lot of useless incompetents. What a shame.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Huddersfield
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      4 stars
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    broadband frequently drops below minimum guaranteed speed and is generally very slow.Almost as bad as when we had dial up.Sometimes it works very well.Customer services were polite and helpful but didn't resolve the problem.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Coventry
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I have been a PlusNet Customer for years. We've been paying £45 pm for super-speed but it is barely adequate, HD rarely loads on anything. I have queried this several times and on my last call they promised me a new router. 2 months later, still no router. I tried to contact them, the online chat is impossible to join and who wants to wait up to an hour or more on the phone? I've given up. I've wasted so much time and money on a service which is worth more like £9.99 per months. I will just switch. Was really pleased with PN in the early days, but since it's been bought out, it's just like every other large provider, full of promises but rubbish in practice. Might give Zen a go, the Which? gives it a 91% customer satisfaction score whilst the next one down gets 71%.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Honestly the worst company ever I'm surprised they even got 3 stars. I'm not the person to write reviews but this one deserves it. They are disgusting and they false advertise literately everything. I'm telling you buy into it as you will be writing a review just like me saying they've robbed you
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Coventry
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Constant problems with dipping connection & speeds. Customer service poor -- long wait times, don't follow through with solutions offered. WORST VALUE FOR MONEY for existing customers. Customer for 5 years paying nearly double compared to what new customers pay & compared to most of their competitors. LOYALTY TO PLUSNET IS AN EXPENSIVE CHOICE. Could've had Zen Internet for the same price who by all accounts deliver on speed & customer service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    East Midlands
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      2 stars
    • Speed
      3 stars
    • Reliability
      2 stars
    Comments
    Signed up 3 months ago and have not yet received my cashback cheque - have chased on numerous occasions and have spent hours on hold only to be told that 'the cheque is on the way from the third party supplier' but it is yet to materialise! Therefore consider the fact that you may not receive your cashback when working out the annual cost. Broadband is generally reliable however has dropped out and I had to reconnect all of my devices which I have never had with any other provider. Suffice to say I will be changing providers at the end of my contract!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Glasgow
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      2 stars
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      2 stars
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Broadband was ok when connected but we were killed caked out of the internet every time a phone or iPad went on to rest mode so if I was watching a film on the iPad like I often do every time I paused it I cad to the connect to the internet before I could play the movie again. Also there was zero internet service every nite approximately between the hours of 8 and 10 absolutely no good and when I eventually got on the live chat after months of trying plusnets answer was that they don’t guarantee WiFi absolutely bewildered what on earth was I paying for who uses a direct line any more? Anyway they refused to terminate my contract therefore I have been forced to cancel my direct debit with the bank. Waste of time trying to go about things the right way and waste of money on a useless service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    County Durham
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    was with them for nearly 5 years and they honestly treated me like crap at the end. on sep 2022 I took out a contract renewal. I showed as 12months or 6 months. I knee I was moving early 2023 so I took 6 months out. when I called in Feb 2023 to cancel my policy I was informed I was due them £170 as I still had a year on my account. I argued against this as I knew I took only 6months. I was called a liar and told this was my problem not theirs. they claim to not do 6 month contracts but then why did it show as that on my app when renewing. no one can answer that. never go with plusnet they are horrible and rip you off.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bath
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Broadband is terrible, cuts out all the time, customer service is awful, they say they will ring back, they don't, then send you a video to watch!! Makes no difference, They have ME trying everything to make it work, but nothing...over 12 months if terrible product and service which they still charge me for... The BT sub-station is 10 foot from my property and I am in the same room as the router?? And I am outside using my Tesco mobile to connect to this!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Worcester
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Comments
    Have had no internet only in front room, cuts off as soon asti leave front room, they advised Ethernet cable for ps4 in bedroom which I have done and still cuts off, but where do you put cable to iPhone or tablet??? There are a joke been set on phone for 15 mins as can't log on to there site y
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Milton Keynes
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Meant to go live yesterday with phone & broadband, no router has been sent! Phoned & chased on Sunday to be told there was a system error & for some reason it hadnt been ordered but they had now ordered it & it would be with me within 5 working days but dont worry they would waiver the P&P charge of £6.50, a charge I knew nothing about!! Told them I wasnt paying for downtime too.
    So yesterday the phone line went over, oh yes, theyve managed to cock that up too!! They have given me a new number & not taken my old one over, obviously they havent told me my new number otherwise I could of preempted this mess up!! It will now take 14 days to port my number from Sky.
    This morning I now receive an email telling me my router is being dispatched today, 2 days after I phoned chasing it!! Luckily for me they are sending it Royal Mail (they cant courier it despite it being their fault!) & we all know how reliable Royal Mail is!!
    So thanks to Plus Net I now have no internet & a phone I can only call out on as nobody knows my number to ring me on!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Very poor and slow at organising connection.

    After being given the option of when I'd like the engineer to install my fibre optic broadband Plusnet then decided to arrange for them to come on a completely different day. I phoned and told them that I was not available on the day they had chosen so I got a new date. The engineers still came on the date that plus net had chosen that I told them I would be unavailable for. I confirmed the agreed date with them that came and went with no engineer and they then gave me another date which I can't do in another two weeks time. This is now over 6 weeks from signing up. Unacceptable!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    London
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Appalling service all round from the very start. Had to cancel after 2 days of aggravation and then charged for the privilege. Would never go back to them nor recommend them to anyone.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Reviewing
    Plusnet
    Date
    Comments
    I don't even know where to begin. I call and try to organise wifi for myself and I'm told it will be live in 10 working days. Fine. 10 days comes and goes? I don't have an e-mai, modem or anything never mind my internet. I call. 40 minutes waiting time!! I'm told they can't find the line???? They had to call another company to ask them. Don't know whether to laugh or cry at that. Then they said they'd e-mail with an update. NO update but I have suddenly been 'opted in' for several marketing channels?!!! I then have to call and chase them (another 30 mins) and I'm told they found the line (talk talk told them) BUT FORGOT TO PUT IN AN ORDER FOR THE MODEM!!!!!! So thats been ordered now and I've been told the 17th is when I go live........ I'm a 4th year uni student who's falling behind for lack of internet. And no mention of any kind of compensation. DISGUSTING. Only thing they haven't forgot to do is bill me.

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