Here's the thing: As long as it works, you'll be totally fine with BT. The speeds are fine on the…read moreBroadband, I like having a landline and I'll get myself some cable TV to start watching the BBC, for which I pay a TV Licensing fee (the UK is amazing with the fees....really), so I think I deserve it! Besides some snafus with not being able to locate the equipment they sent to me (thanks Royal Mail) -- once I got it, all went smoothly and connecting to the internet was quite easy. I'm not sure why, when the outgoing tenant had BT, and I wanted the same services -- it took 6 weeks to "flip a switch" and send me a box so that I could connect, but it nearly drove me to a nervous breakdown. I survived, though. Why so long? I really cannot figure it out in the slightest. If it doesn't work, please see other reviews and deserved 1 star ratings. ::::prays that the internet keeps working::::

After many years having a nightmare with Virgin Media who might offer the best speeds in the…read morecountry but they have the reliability of an estranged father, I decided to give a chance to BT down to them being one of the major players in the UK Broadband market - I use my broadband a lot which is why I need top speeds which are reliable, sadly some of their best speeds were not available in my area and even more confusing I was told by online sales that their best speed package would cost more but would offer no benefit to me (It wasn't possible to get the higher end of the speeds promised in that deal), for me it makes no sense - then why is it letting me purchase it with nothing stopping me otherwise? As well as broadband BT offer many other services in the UK including - Mobile (The other big players in the telecommunications game including Sky and Virgin also offer this but BT's difference is that they also own the largest operator in the UK, EE, however, they do have their own branded network) - Television (Perhaps not as good as the big players Sky and Virgin) - Sport (Exclusive rights to UEFA matches in the United Kingdom - free with Virgin Media, chargeable to other customers) I ended up getting a deal which seemed quite good at £29.99 per month with a £60 cashback through a prepaid MasterCard for speeds estimated around 32-36 Mb/s which still isn't great but I thought with their two week cancellation period (see how it works, only end up paying your usage) which allows you to get out of contract in that time, I decided to give them a chance. I really don't understand the £9.99 delivery fee, considering an engineer is coming out the next day after the kit is received why can't he bring the equipment instead of charging me more for it to come separately the day before? I can't help but feel this is just a hidden installation charge so they can recoup some of the money back if you do decide to cancel within their two-week period which they allow you to cancel after the services are up and running. For the price, the promised speeds are pretty ridiculous especially how they did allow me to go through and buy a higher speed even though the online support did advise me that this wouldn't work - but they'd be willing to take more money? With BT being the largest telecommunications company in the country, you'd expect them to have great speeds anywhere especially where Virgin Media can deliver speeds over 6x as fast. I didn't have a good start with BT either - the annoying, repetitive emails once or twice a day about my engineer visit really got annoying after a while - I know when they are coming I booked it, I don't need multiple daily reminders via email and SMS - once is fair play, doing it, again and again, is just harassing and takes the piss. The customer support for customers really did decline after I signed up - not only was it difficult with them originally refusing to connect me onto online chat, meaning I had to contact them for a different issue as it only re-directed me to their useless help pages but I had an error changing my engineer appointment, eventually I was told that if it's under 24 hours you have to let the engineer come to your house and cancel it then and then phone them to rebook - surely this is bonkers as they're wasting an employee's time who could be working with another customer AND bothering a person after specifically not requesting a visit from an engineer at the previously agreed time? The engineer did text me on the day of my visit - which also happened to be alongside another half a dozen emails from BT - I mean, come on how many times do they have to tell me someone is coming? I tried to contact him to let him know not to turn up anyway - but he did and he didn't bother to read my text. Shame. BT then continued to phone, text and harass me until I decided on making a new appointment and in the end, I just decided to cancel my services before they had even begun - awful customer services with high pricing services which are nowhere near what competition can offer. 1*

Very happy - cheap and honest service. Approx the same cost…read moreas XLN each month but so much of a better service. Highly recommended.

I just needed a telephone socket moved from my window sill…read more BT wouldn't help - BT engineer London (Peter) came round & it was done within 30mins. Absolutely great service & respect shown to my property. Would always recommend.

From the owner: Telephone Installations Master sockets moved…read moreTelephone Installations Master sockets replaced Too commonly your telephone socket is in the wrong place Generally installed by a builder or an electrician, Not a competent telephone engineer!

Hello everyone, please try to avoid this company. As soon as you signed on the contract then the…read moreprice never the same and kept rasing. Terrible service, when I called them request about my bills in overcharge as they answer because they believe they added more service into then the I must to pay more. They are scam company MUST AVOID this company

Our company was with XLN until recently. We had a loss of broadband and therefore sales for about…read more10 days due to an admin error at their end. Extremely hard to get out of their contract despite following the terms they had sent us. They word everything in such a way that it is misleading to the customer to tie you into their services and make it hard to leave. They claim to be there for small businesses but they are just out for what money they can get out of you. Avoid at all costs.