TalkTalk problems driving me mad
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I have been on TalkTalk for about a year.  I did experience a few problems every so often and even changed my modem on three occasions.  However none of those were a patch on the recent problems I have been encountering with this outfit for the past three and half weeks.  I am generally a very placid person, but I found myself being increasingly irate having become so helpless and frustrated by their service.

My Internet connection has been down so much for extended periods and the telephone too has been either dead or extremely crackly, so much so you can barely have a conversation.

Phone on a desk, TalkTalk problems

I have called TalkTalk’s technical support team, based in Delhi, about a dozen times a day.  It is extremely infuriating as you first have to go through the routine security checks.  You then have to explain all over again the difficulties that you are experiencing.  Having to do this several times a day, daily for three weeks has been intolerable.  Also when you dial their 0870 087 8777 number, (even with a poor memory I have now memorised it), the internet connection stays connected but stops again soon after you end the call!

All I have been told by TalkTalk is that there are "technical issues" or "quality issues" at our local exchange and the engineers are working on it.  They say it will last for one, then two, then four days etc. depending on who you speak to.

I had a sick child at home and was totally incensed when they even cut my telephone line for two whole days without any warning.  I could not telephone them to complain either without a phone line!  Also I could not phone them from my pay-as-you-go mobile as often it could take 20 minutes before they answer.  They have in the past kept me waiting for over an hour when directed to call the "higher technical team" or "escalation team".

Each time you call TalkTalk, they make you go through the whole routine of "please check your connections", disconnect each item, switch off, switch on etc etc.  and ask you the same questions, whether you have any other connections, wires, fax, printers, telephone extensions etc.  etc.  as if its the first time.  None of these apply to me.  It's as if they have no customer records!

As I type this gripe my Internet has been disconnecting frequently today and I’ve called TalkTalk of course.  The connection may then come back for a minute or so and then disconnect again.  I have called TalkTalk literally about 93 times today, just to get a brief connection.  I will probably develop RSI at this rate and I have spoken to those poor chaps in India at least 5 times, the last call being an hour ago and lasting about 90minutes (including hold time).  Still no joy in resolving the issue by the way!

I have never been more ready to change provider and don’t mind paying a little more now just to save myself a lot of grief!  No one knows how long this will take to resolve or even what the problem is.  TalkTalk does not warn you in advance if they wish to cut you off for a few days.  Nor do they apologise to you.  They always make it look as if the fault is at your end.  So much so I was advised to change my modem yet again and even to change three micro filters, all in the last two weeks.  They keep assuring me that they will resolve it.  Yet they do not have the courtesy to send an engineer, even though I have offered to pay for this myself.

My reason for writing this gripe is to provide others with an insight into what level of service they may receive should they consider signing up with TalkTalk.  At least this was my experience and it has been a complete nightmare that has practically reduced me to tears.

By: Gerrald


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I phoned talk talk to come at put me phone line in change me mind and cancelled it the same dat getting bills debt letters av rang then sixteen times and still not sorted out dont know what to do at me wit end av emailed them to it made me cry ,
*spenner  27-Feb-2010 11:25

 
Talk talk is evil evil evil and dishonest.I don't know how they are getting away with it. where are the people who are suppose to be there for the ordinary people . DISGUSTED WITH TALKTALK
*vonnie  25-Feb-2010 17:42

 
I totally agree with you I am sick getting the runaround from talktalk
should re name there,selfs notalktalk I have not been able to phone out for a week
and no one seems willing to help I am going to cancel my dd what a rubbish company
*mom  11-Feb-2010 14:06

 
I am totally disgusted with Talktalk Broadband. Not really a service atall. Frequently I am unable to finish emails because my "session times out". Talktalk say go to settings and select a longer time or tick the statement when signing in saying "stay online until I finish". Have not found this statement and find settings useless as immediately a longer time is set the system returns me to signing in again and the setting returns to default 30 minutes. Don't know what happened to "always online with broadband" My much earlier dial up service was better!!! I can't wait for the contract to finish and may well leave sooner.
*Meg McKenzie  05-Feb-2010 10:21

 
talktalk is a very bad company. A compay that cannot account for the money being taking from people,s direct debit just because they have access to it. What kind of company is talktalk were the call center cannot tell you why things are going on. The customer service are just sitting infront of the pc but have no clue of what they are doing or what they should do. You call them about a problem concerning how they take money without anything showing for it, then they keep transfering you from one department to the other until you get frustrated. They keep on saying what they are not intend to do now or in the future. At the end of the day, they send your name to one credit solution saying that you owe them. Which is vice versa. Talktalk is a bad company. I am speaking unbehalf of my husband because they are driving him mad but before they drive him mad I will drive them mad.
*yab 02-02-2010  02-Feb-2010 10:04

 
talktalk is not that bad.everyone is talking about the bad but guys what about the good they are doing.free calls anytime unlimited dwnload faster bband speed. you people should try looking at the pro plan,it has great offers
*claire,ng2 6gh  28-Jan-2010 18:20

 
is there an actual department I can talk to where talk talk will explain to me why they said I would recieve £97.75 back they charged me by mistake and now 5mths down the line I have been informed that the refund they were putting into my bank account was stopped by them and when asked why they did this I was told by there operative at the other end that she couldnt tell me .why o why o why are these companys allowed to play god all I want are some answers my money and if at all possible an apology (asking for the moon would be easier )
*aud 27/1/2010 19.48  27-Jan-2010 19:48

 
In my experience Talk Talk are one of the most incompetent communications companies I have had the displeasure to deal with. Their departments are so fragmented that there is no liaison between them. Cancellations do not seem to 'talk talk' to Billing, Billing to Customer Services or any combination of the three. After two weeks of constant calls at last I spoke to a Team Leader who 'seemed' to understand the problem and promised to confirm to me, by e-mail, that they had the situation in hand and were investigating. What a surprise, nothing materialised. So will be on the phone and writing again today. I am acting on behalf of a family member who is a pensioner, on income support and has learning difficulties and due to Talk Talk's incapability to resolve the matter swiftly my relative is possibly facing court proceedings for not paying a substantial rental bill against an account which was cancelled within 48 hours of opening it, some 4 months ago. Even Customer Services accept it strange that no calls out have ever been made against the phone number. That is, as I keep politely explaining, because the number was never activated. No one at Talk Talk seems to care and they are unable to give me the name and address of anyone in authority within the company who may be able to resolve this rather non standard and complex issue.
*Wizzie  19-Jan-2010 08:52

 
I have been on hold with talktalk 95mins after they hung up on me !

Internet up and down 40 times a day for the past 3 weeks.

They blame the routers / line / microfilters / browser / Opp System / everything but them!!!

TR Leicestershire LE19
*TR  16-Jan-2010 18:47

 
hi is there any one out there I have tried to phone tt all pm I lost my e mail account and cant get it back nobody seems to be answering at tt if tey dont ring 011132872895 in the next hour I am canceling all accounts with them its a disgrace the message says they have a high volume of calls does this mean they have loads of problems or just cant be bothered fed up
a15bww@talktalk.net
*bob  30-Dec-2009 17:47

 
We too are experiencing the same problems. All weekend our broadband has been sporadic, TalkTalk have tried to blame our router. We are looking at other providers.
*Essex Coast Mum  21-Dec-2009 10:08

 
I am becoming increasingly frustrated by the length of time it is taking for my broadband to be transferred from Orange to Talk Talk. I first contact Talk Talk on 6th October 2009 and have since then made numerous phone calls and sent e-mails to them. I am now waiting for a return phone call for them to accept a second MAC Code as the first one was not applied by them. I am awaiting a new date for connection to broadband and in the meantime I am having to pay £19.99 a month for Orange.
*Sue  02-Dec-2009 14:35


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