204 Customer Reviews over 6 pages
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- Location
- Spaxton
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-02-21
- Comments
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We moved to ZEN,after trying AOL,Tiscali,TalkTalk(The worst ISP!),and
Plusnet(BT Group!).
I have been checking review sites for years,to try to find a decent ISP provider,and recently deceided to go to ZEN,as Plusnet contract had finished.
Plusnet are always telling you how great they are yet they forget to tell you they are a BT Group company!
I contacted BT years back,to say that I will never ever go to BT again,and then joined Plusnet,and found out they are BT!
I signed-up for up to 66MBs,yet only got 40MBs,so got them to reduce bill.
Service has gone down numerous times,and their customer service is up and down.
Compare this to ZEN,which gave me a speed of 77MBs,and 19MBs upload,before I signed-up,and I get it!!!
Their customer service has been awesome both times,and they have been really quick to answer,as well as efficient.
The first time,I rang after I had connected up to their service,to get the dodgy Wi-Fi deactivated,as I use cables,and the second to add a service.
Both time's they were very friendly,and actually knew what they were doing,too!
We have had no issues,and speed has been 100% reliable,too.
They have been by far the best ISP,and
they are providing the service,we want.
They are more expensive,but I don't put cost first!
Life is about choices,and I drive a V8
American car,and eat organic,too!
- Location
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- Location
- Mortlake
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-02-19
- Comments
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My BT Broadband and Landline contract was due to end 22/2/19 and having done some online research I felt that it might be time to try a new provider. Having looked at a number of different reviews, Zen seemed to be an attractive option with excellent reviews for speed, service, support etc
The timeline is as follows:-
10/2/19 Contacted BT to confirm end of policy for 22/2/19
10/1/19 Contacted Zen to order Broadband / Landline package with a planned activation date of 22/2/19 (correct date)
11/1/19 Received email from Zen confirming activation date of 25/1/19!!! Contacted Zen to change date to agreed 22/2/19. Was informed that they would check recorded phone conversation to clarify
21/1/19 Received Zen Hub from DPD group
8/2/19 Received email conforming activation date of 22/219 (correct date)
8/2/19 Received email containing username and password for hub
8/2/19 Received letter from BT confirming 22/2/19 as leave/transfer date
19/2 11:24 Received email from Joel explaining that landline transfer rejected
19/2 12:15 Received email confirming landline transfer
19/2 13:30 Received email that activation will occur 5/3/19!!!
Having given Zen 6 weeks to organise a simple transfer of landline and broadband they have failed.
Following the last email I spoke with a representative who explained that there was an issue with this case. I took my dog for a walk, pondered the situation and decided that the service and support so far had raised a number of alarm bells and I rang back to discuss the case with the same person. After ringing your number and going through the options (of leaving Zen etc) I then was then kept waiting for 30 mins before I could get through (see enclosed picture)
I did read a reply to one of your complaints that you offer a call back facility, unfortunately this is not true and while i was holding on for 30 mins this was never offered…..only a 'please hold all our team are busy’.
It takes years to build a good reputation and they have ruined theirs in less than 6 weeks.
Avoid
- Location
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- Location
- Greater Manchester
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-02-19
- Comments
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Greedy and inflexible.
Easy enough to setup, however when i was forced to cancel due to a relocation they required the full length of the contract INCLUDING line rental to be paid in full for a service they are no longer required to provide. I can see no reason particularly for the line rental charge as BT would not even be taking a fee after cancelation.
They estimated a fee of £250-300 just for the remaining 6 months.
- Location
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- Location
- Manchester
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-02-15
- Comments
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Easy enough to setup, however when i was forced to cancel due to a relocation they required the full length of the contract INCLUDING line rental to be paid in full for a service they are no longer required to provide. I can see no reason particularly for the line rental charge as BT would not even be taking a fee after cancelation.
They estimated a fee of £250-300 just for the remaining 6 months.
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- Location
- Edinburgh
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-02-14
- Comments
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Combination of bt and zen = very poor service
charges for installation go up as service goes down, zen don't appear to care, service nothing like it used to be.Bt never cared
- Location
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- Location
- Lymington
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-01-17
- Comments
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I feel ZEN are losing their way and blaming the customer rather than taking on Openreach. They also charge new customers less for the same service.
- Location
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- Location
- Manchester
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2019-01-03
- Comments
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Terrible service the last 6 months, had our account cancelled in error, various faults reducing our 80MB to 1-6MB. All caused our company serious problems and still not resolved!
Prior to this we had been a happy Zen Business customer for years and used to recommend them to many, now I'd advise you avoid.
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-12-25
- Comments
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It was good until our contract had finished. We simply started receiving higher bills. There was no contact from Zen to inform about higher bills or offer of a new contract. When we decided to move to another provider we C ouldn’t. Zen have done something with the phone line which prevented our new provider to complete transfer. I was helpless and could not resolve this issue, even during multiple follow ups. Altogether I have regrets about paying premium for a year to get such an awful end of contract experience. Avoid! It was truly awful.
- Location
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- Location
- Harrogate
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-12-20
- Comments
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switched to these guys as they have great reviews. I thought it would be worth paying double the going rate (£43.99pcm unl fiber) for a great connection but what I got was NO CONNECTION for a week, then it got fixed (£22.50 credit given). A few weeks later more problems, then fixed. finally in month 10 and more issues with loss of internet so decided to switch as had enough. Guess what they want 2 x £43.99 and a part month as its a 12 month contract. I assume the contract also says they will provide me a stable internet connection?
AVOID ZEN unless you like paying top money for a poor connection. all they seem interested in is ££££££
- Location
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- Location
- UK
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-12-14
- Comments
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Extremely Disappointing - Avoid!
Zen are very expensive so I wrongly assumed we would get a much better service than we did from Sky. Zen’s service speeds are even slower.
Since the very beginning we have had problems with Zen Internet.
We are getting nowhere near the Typical download speed they advertised. They still won’t let us change providers without huge early termination charges despite speeds that are much slower than promised.
Save yourself loads of hassle and avoid Zen Internet!
- Location
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-12-05
- Comments
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Absolute top-notch services provided by Zen.
I live in an area where it can only be serviced by a small number of providers, and being on BT takes some years off my life.
Decided to take the plunge based on some reviews and have not regretted ever since.
Admittedly the price is slightly more pricey than BT, but the quality of the service, both in terms of the internet and also customer, has been fantastic.
Renewing contracts take literally minutes and everything is clearly documented and good to go.
Really happy with the service and could not rate it anymore highly.
- Location
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- Location
- Preston, Lancs
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-10-20
- Comments
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I have been a Virgin Media customer for broadband for nearly 10 years, and a BT customer for landline for 35 years. Both are expensive, and the wireless performance of Virgin's 'Super-Hub 3' router, is anything but super. Virgin refused to accede to my request for a reduction in their latest annual "much-more-than-inflation" price increase, so I began to look for an alternative, and mentioned it to various friends. To my surprise, Zen, a 'local' (NW England) firm was very highly recommended by two friends - particularly in respect of service quality. I did some research, top-notch service being my my highest priority, followed by price. I must admit that Virgin have been pretty good at service, but the reviews of Zen are outstanding. When I used Zen's website to find out how much a combined landline/broadband contact would be, I found to my amazement that I would save £25 per month in the first year and £18 in the second year. Virgin had regularly offered to provide me with a dual service, but this would have meant another cable coming into my house, which I didn't want. Being a retired IT person, I phoned Zen's Technical Dept. to ask them various questions, and was impressed by the replies I received - technically savvy, polite, friendly and quick. My Virgin cable broadband achieved 90Mb/sec download speeds on speed-check apps, but I never got anywhere near this in real life - obviously the speed of routers which are negotiated in getting data to me can adversely affect everyday speeds. By switching to Zen Fibre, I now get 40MB/sec, and HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE from Virgin in day-to-day use. The Zen router's wi-fi is in an entirely different league to Virgin's - I can now stream to my TV without any problems. The Zen router (a Fritz!Box) arrived when promised and is pre-set - all I had to do was plug it in, connect the leads and everything worked first time with no problems. My landline has just swapped to Zen - again, no problems at all. It will take a few weeks to get the BT and Virgin DD's sorted, with refunds and so-on, but I am relaxed about that. So, this long review is, intentionally, just about as positive as I can make it.
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-10-17
- Comments
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DISGRACEFULLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE! Not only do you have to wait hours to get through to anyone, but they are RUDE and condescending when you finally do! The last person I spoke to sounded like he was playing games with a colleague after I called up to find out about a ‘fault’ - which by he way has been going in for nearly 12 hours bow. I was literally laughed at and told it’s not their problem and it’s an open reach problem. But the open reach status website says there is no current fault. Awful service that I assumed would be good because of a review by Which. Even signing up was a nightmare and took weeks to get connected. Will be changing provider immediately after contract expires!!! AVOID!
- Location
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- Location
- Birmingham
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-10-10
- Comments
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Can't give less than one! Horrible service from the word go. I was with Virgin all these years and made a mistake of switching over to Zen purely based on Which? review. Installation engineer did not know he is coming for installation. He rather thought it is for repair. When he arrived he found Zen had not delivered BT openreach modem to me. Modem for unlimited ultrafast 4 fibre optic service? He had to go and get it. Took whole day to install. In the end he said everything is working and left When I tried to connect, realised Zen had not spoken to BT to activate the service. Contacted Zen. No one in Zen seems to know what was happening. Children and myself left with no internet for days. Could not do their home works. Speed- rubbish, compared to Virgin. Thinking of leaving the contract and going back to virgin at a significant cost. Horrible tech support; don't seem to know where the problem was. AVOID ZEN!
- Location
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- Location
- Southend-on-Sea
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-10-02
- Comments
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Moved address in July, asked to move over fibre optics service. Advisor told me they would need to check if fibre is available after £70 line rental instalation. Begrudgingly agreed, wasn’t aware that once they installed the line and realised they couldn’t run fibre optics, would only offer ADSL which i never wanted. Went with Zen for fibre. Could have gone with Virgin Media who previously cancelled my early termination charges as they was unable to contunue provinding fibre optics service. Zen charge me a total of £250 to cancel early, was totally not negotiable and failed to meet any deadlines of call back and a lot of the time not call back at all. When i finally got through i was repeatedly told “we have systems in place which mean we can’t do anything about the charges”. I’m rating 1 star as paid for a service i was no longer using. Therefore, meets minimum score in all areas.
- Location
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- Location
- Grange over sands
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-09-19
- Comments
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Zen terminated my telephone and broadband without notice and they don’t know why - blaming openreach - promised to get it up and running in 24 hours - still waiting 6 days later. Terrible customer service neither mixed messages from different people - I don’t believe them. It’s good when it works - their systems are terrible and they can’t cope with a problem. Lost loads of business and many disgruntled residents without broadband - instead of an apology and compensation they sent me a bill for a service I don’t have - can it get any worse.
- Location
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- Location
- Knaresborough
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-08-26
- Comments
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I switched my small business broadband & phone services to Zen IT about 3 months ago. The customer service has been top notch! It is so refreshing to speak to customer service agents who (1) speak in a clear, understandable manner and (2) listen to what you say before riddling off a script. My broadband service dropped this weekend and the service & response time were brilliant. I understand services have issues once in while - the thing that makes the difference is the manner in which a company fixes those issues. Zen IT handled my call with speed, clarity, efficiency and friendliness. The entire service call was stress free. I would recommend Zen IT to anyone.
- Location
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- Location
- mid west wales
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-08-08
- Comments
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For myself its always the customer service that counts, lets face it all of the ISP's apart from Virgin use BT lines.
I have found out via a Subject Access Request that the staff have been lying to myself about not already having the account details on the screen in front of them, as they have been making entries on my account notes despite claiming that they have no access to the account until I answer the questions - which by-the-way do not provide security which I think according to the GDPR and the ICO they are supposed to do. The questions that are asked are mainly common knowledge questions, questions whose answers are in the public domain - I am sure that my landlord and his son know where I live, what my name is, and have a telephone.
I would say that if one can write entries on the account notes and the account notes are part of the account, then access to the account is enabled.
Also, if they do not know who they are speaking with over the telephone, its amazing how they are able to pin-point the correct account to write the entries on - every-time.
I also noticed that the notes were inaccurate, and appeared to be written with the intent of keeping the call centre staff's job at the expense of the customers reputation ie he did this, he did that, but I was great - this type of thing.
Last week I had five of their representatives/agents slam the telephone down on myself, while I was telling them why I was calling. Five calls on the trot. Which is when I sent an email.
I have given them sometime to answer my email to them, I have not heard a even a peep, so now I have come here to report it - so to speak.
- Location
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- Location
- East Midlands
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-07-30
- Comments
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I was almost deterred from moving to Zen because of the reviews here. I so glad I went ahead. No issues at all with the change over. No drops in Internet. So pleased to be out of BT contract and the years of stress they caused me. Now I’m simply paying the same amount each month. No price hikes. No random charges. Peace of mind at last.
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-07-18
- Comments
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Most of the time reviews you read on the internet are the result of someone's ire causing them to try to find a way to pay back the harm that a company has caused. But I, personally, can't speak highly enough of the peace of mind these guys give me whenever I call them.
From set-up to moving house to cancellation and renewal of contracts, every time I've had an issue with them, I've given them a call to be answered by a lovely Northerner within 3 minutes, and had all my concerns put aside.
Speeds have been a pretty constant 6-7MB/s download for a year now, with only a week here and a week there of wobbly slow-down that was always corrected.
In a 2 person-household the prices are roughly £25/month each for their top-tier speeds, but given the reliability and the actual customer service, it's worth the extra spend compared to someone like Virgin with their constant drop-outs, throttling, and customer service outsourcing.
- Location
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- Location
- Holmeswood, Rufford, Ormskirk
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-07-09
- Comments
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I joined Zen around 2013 since then the service has become diabolical.
The Tech support staff are morons who seem to read from flow charts, when you call due to lost connectivity to the Internet they blame YOUR equipment, router, Ethernet cable, micro filter, computer - its never their fault always yours and despite buying a new router, micro filters and Ethernet cables the last time, they still weren't happy, the first guy failed to diagnose an trunk outage in my area affecting many residents all on different providers. The second failed to walk me though setting up a new router I had to rush out and buy as the first guy insisted that my router, micro filter and Ethernet cable was likely the fault, then I was asked despite telling the second guy (all this in the same day) that I had had a stroke and heart attack and was struggling physically, to get down on the floor to struggle to unscrew a phone socket on the wall to get at a test socket - only to be told he advised me to unscrew the wrong one, so then I had to trace wiring to the feed socket in my garage on the other side of the house then he asked me to unscrew that one and try a phone in it, so had to go all the way back to the other side of the house to get the phone but no that wasn't enough I was asked to go and get my router so had to go back to the other side of the house to get that. struggled to plug the phone or router into a live test socket hanging off my garage wall and the second tech guy decides its an outage in the area as both phone lines and internet by this time are down so books an engineer, telling me that if I don't pay £120 to get a private Broadband engineer out to check my internal wiring I might be asked to pay BT £140 - £178 for the call out I was incensed.
Called out a Broadband specialist costing £120 this was on top of having to rush to a local computer store on the insistence of the first tech guy and spend £75.91 on a router, Ethernet cable and micro filters, the Broadband specialist asked the neighbours if they had any connectivity and they didn't after he had tested the internal wiring.
I called a PC repair guy out as it was suggested by the first Tech guy it may also be my computer, so that cost me a further £50 and all of this time I am losing income from booked in clients on the busiest night of my working week as I need the phone and internet to run my business.
The PC repair guy said he migrated away from Zen Internet as he found them a rip off and completely incompetent and he had had the same problems as me.
I phoned to lodge a complaint and a 3rd tech guy was smarmy and condescending, utterly rude and disrespectful, so I really did lose my temper by this time as he tried to justify the actions of the previous two tech guys, as if I was at fault.
I then demanded that a manager called me on Monday one between 11 am and 12 noon as I started work at 12 noon and at 12.54 pm on the Monday someone called Nick called claiming to be a manager - he was only their supervisor and he was equally obnoxious and unhelpful so I have asked for my complaint to be escalated above him, he refused to reimburse me for the costs I incurred from the Broadband specialist call out and PC repair man call out and only offered to pay for the router claiming that none of the tech guys recommended me calling out a Broadband specialist, but fact is I would never have l thought of doing that as I never knew they even existed until the 2nd tech guy suggested it, so they endlessly back their staff and have zero respect for their customers. The support is diabolical amateur and useless, no 24/7 tech support either yet I pay stupid money for this crap service - £67.67 per month for one phone line with broadband on and one without and no more than 5.85 mbps download speed and 0.84 mbps upload speed, diabolical customer service and they know I am self employed and if I am late paying a bill their Rottweiler in Billing spams me with nasty threatening emails with an insipid tone and they wonder why you lose your cool and tell them that you are far from happy with their service. Threaten to leave them and in a smarmy voice they rudely tell you you will never find as good a deal elsewhere, well I will do this time as I am done with X+Zen Internet they are a disgrace and should be closed down I am far from happy - my advice - steer well clear utter rip off utter rubbish and crap rude unpleasant experience.
- Location
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- Location
- Southend on Sea
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-06-09
- Comments
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What a waste of time this provider has proven to be.
Alright they phone back when you report a problem but at the end of the day I still have an unreliable connection- Avoid at all costs.
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-05-29
- Comments
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I came to Zen on the advice of a colleague, and for about two years, they were brilliant. Over the past six months, the connection is dropping every two days - sometimes more often. When I ring their support line, I have to listen to their equivalent of 'have you tried switching it off and on again?'.
Then they go through the big list of 'troubleshooting' that I need to try - most of it designed to kill time so that either the connection comes back up or else the customer gets bored and waits for the connection to come back up.
And then when you complain, the response is 'broadband isn't a guaranteed service'. Is there any other commercial service where we'd accept this cr*p? How about I say that my payments aren't guaranteed? How quickly do you think the service would be cut off?
Utter rubbish.
- Location
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- Location
- Maidenhead
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-05-13
- Comments
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I've been with Zen for 10+ years. I've never minded paying the premium for their support/service until now. They've turned into a company that just shuts cases even though faults clearly remain in order to hit SLAs and Goals. They pass off as much blame or potential risk to the customer as possible when faults are clearly diagnosed. They'll do whatever they can not to pass off issues to BT Openreach, where I assume they are bonused on passing off as few issues as possible. What was once a great ISP has turned into the new "We're just here to make money." Real shame.
- Location
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- Location
- Huntingdon
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-04-24
- Comments
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I currently have a problem with the broadband. The engineers at Zen have been brilliant. Not only have they patiently gone through changes with me, but they have even diarised and called me back a few times to see how I am getting on. There are very few companies that will do that IMO.
A bit thank you Zen technical team.
Even the sales team are good
I asked them if I might upgrade to fibre and they said that, rather than take my money, they didn't think that the speed would be significatnly better so recommended that I didn't upgrade. I am not confident that many other broadband sales teams would say that.
- Location
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- Location
- NW5
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-04-17
- Comments
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We switched to Zen 12 months ago based on (a) their great reputation and (b) faster speeds. Initially we had problems with advertised speed - not as promised. Eventually resolved. Over the last ten days we have lost our internet connection twice (first time three days with a BT Openeach engineer turning up unannounced). Now again yesterday. Each time we are asked to accept liability if it is our fault otherwise they won't investigate / resolve. Obvious from the engineer's visit on Saturday that there is a problem with the exchange. A refund for days lost is irrelevant - it is fact that we cannot use the internet when we need and having to revert to other ways of access ...... not at home. We will be switching. Great customer service does not outweigh getting the problem fixed quickly. No previous issues with Sky.
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- Location
- Truro
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-04-08
- Comments
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I switched to Zen in mid February as I was fed up with BT price hike. Since the 2 week cooling off period ended, every weekend we have had constant losses to our connection at peak times. Zen keep saying that there is interference on the line, even though drop outs only happen at weekends. I would not recommend them and will go back to BT next year.
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- Location
- Southampton
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-03-22
- Comments
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We have been with Zen for many years and they used to be very good. For the last 12 months the service has been useless and almost unusable.
Speed test today: 1.23 Mbps download, and 0.36 Mbps upload.
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- Location
- london
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-03-09
- Comments
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This company was good.....things change.....it takes ages to get through on phone....sometimes the are unhelpful...and the telephone answering system is not always operating....Zen do not answer emails...or in my case they have not
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- Location
- Manchester
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-03-07
- Comments
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You don’t get what you pay for.l with Zen I don’t believe.
The old adage that you get what you pay for is just not true any more in my experience.
Zen used to offer superior customer service. And I can’t even figure out if that is true, or had ever been true.
Is it case that Zen started out when everyone else was terrible and they appeared good relative to the rubbish competition at the time?
Whichever it is, they are now so far behind the competition.
I have had excellent experiences with some of the big providers who provide decent routers, fantastic customer service and want to keep your business through good pricing and a professional customer service.
Call Zen today and you are met with arrogant technical support. And you are always met with Zen’s favourite one-liner “have you got another router”.
After 13+ years with them it’s time for me to leave.
If I were to meet anyone considering Zen I’d tell them to save a shed load of money. Cancel your BT line and move to one of the big providers that have fantastic offers that include line rental.
Pound for pound the service of other providers is way above Zen and their supposed superior customer service.
It just isn’t true any more from what have experienced and it’s taken me several years of giving them he benefit of the doubt to final realise it’s them, not me!
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- Location
- Eastleigh
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-03-05
- Comments
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I have tried zen now for 6 months and the service is really bad constant line dropping noisy phone line and speeds as low as 1.5mb on a promise of a min of 5.5 to 10. spent days playing there games. they contacted me to day I could have broadband for £50 set up more than anyone else they actually took £55 and immidiatly the broadband dropped out constantly so i cancelled within 12 days. now trying to get a streight bill out of them to leave.
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- Location
- Brighton
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-02-14
- Comments
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No other company comes close.
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- Location
- Altrincham
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-01-26
- Comments
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Don't understand all the negative reviews. Would really like to know (from Zen)why some people have had such a bad experience. I accept thay are not cheap (you get what you pay for)and there are no introductory special offers, but after my previous supplier (firenet)suddenly abandoned all their customers without notice, Zen was like a breath of fresh air. I am using my own router and most of the time am using a wired connection to my pc so don't know if that is one reason I have had no problems. Their customer service is second to none, spending a long time on the phone to help me set up/ solve problems. They even identified an incorrect setting on my own router that had been causing a previously unresolved problem with my previous provider (who even had an engineer out who failed to find the issue. Maybe I have been lucky but am very happy with Zen and prepared to accept the relatively high price for the service and support received.
- Location
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- Location
- Marlow
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2018-01-20
- Comments
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Moved to Zen from BT and it's like night and day. Consistently high speeds (in the region of 60mbps + at the router) and very few drop outs. I have used support because there was an issue with our router which turned out to be because it was too close to the smart meter. Support was great, quick and based in the UK. What's not to like?
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- Location
- Powys
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-12-15
- Comments
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Don't provide a router. Don't provide socket-filters. You don't really get ANYTHING for your money except paying Zen for the use of BT/Openreach infrastructure!
I upgraded to fibre BB when it arrived in my village 18mths ago. Great at first, but service has deteriorated and customer service has been non-existent. Download speeds have dropped below the minimum specified by Welsh Government's Superfast Cwnru BB project [but, of course, monthly charges remain HIGH!]. Also, I've been experiencing frequent 'drop-outs' of service for several months now - but neither Zen nor BT will investigate the issue without threats of extra charges. Zen suggested "borrowing a friend's/neighbour's modem to see if that improved things" :@ !!
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-12-14
- Comments
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I've been with Zen nearly 13 years for wi-fi (tied in through tenency) and know these people and their rubbish very, very well.
Very simply, Zen internet doesn't work, is not going to work, is not fit for purpose and will not preform to any kind of reasonable or even just basic standard. You'll be very lucky if you can stream a YouTube video....and there is nothing you can do about it other than change your provider.
They won't improve anything ever and there's no point contacting them so don't bother.
I went down this road a few times and all they'll do is waste your time with some rubbish about ethernet wires.
Bottom lines are they cannot and will not provide a reasonable service and you will not be able to use the internet.
Typically British organisation.
Fundamentally sub-standard and want money for nothing.
Avoid altogether.
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- Location
- South Warnborough
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-12-12
- Comments
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Been with Zen off and on for many years in various houses and the service is very stable compared to when BT provided it. I've not had to contact Zen for a while but when I have they have resolved any issues very quickly. Costs more than the cheaper bundles but you get what you pay for. Keep it up Zen!
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- Location
- Rossendale
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-11-28
- Comments
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Amazing!!! We live on a hillside & have always struggled with broadband speed. Tried BT, Plusnet, TalkTalk, back to BT etc. It's been a total nightmare for the last 5 years, until we switched to Zen. Previous max speed has not gone above 2 megabytes. It's been impossible to watch Iplayer without major buffering issues, constantly had to call out the engineers. With Zen, we get between 11 - 12 megs & it's like being in a new, modern world!!! HWe've had Zen for about 2 months now & not had one single problem - ever! I really cannot recommend them highly enough - I guess it must be down to the amazing router they supply.
- Location
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- Location
- East London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-11-25
- Comments
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My business line goes down at least 10 times per day! It has been fine for the last few years but in the last 3 months it's constant disconnection problems. I think they are using some kind of unsusual setup that causes constant downtime! I have changed every setting and spent over 20 hours trying to fix! Nothing works and costing our business money :(
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- Location
- London
- Reviewing
- Zen
- Date
- 2017-11-05
- Comments
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Until recently Zen service was excellent. Sadly lately it had dropped dramatically. Constant disconnections, snail pace downloads. Will look to switch as soon as possible as this is a business connection and any time disconnected could prove costly. Very disappointed.
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