Signing up for BT Fibre has, without a doubt, been the most appalling level of service I have ever experienced in quite a number of years!
Long story short: When the groundwork engineers (eventually) turned up months after the original order, they laid trunking/tube from the underground connection to my house. Days later, BT come to pull the fibre cable through. However, this was unsuccessful due to the trunking. So: I’m left waiting and waiting for any form of communication about when the ground workers are returning. Why they can’t pull the cable through the patently obviously too narrow trunking is beyond me. But that’s not my decision.
The BT engineer who couldn’t get the fibre cable though the incorrectly installed trunking did actually complete the internal works and fit a box to the wall inside and out. He just couldn’t finish the job.
Contacting BT is absolutely diabolical. Go online to get a phone number. They text you a link. Go to the link and get another number. Call the number and get another link. Finally get through to someone… who can’t help…
Meanwhile, every day, the neighbours are all getting connected. Groundworkers installing them like no tomorrow.
I’ve raised 3 complaints. I then get an email to say the complaints have been closed! Completely against the code! I guess, as they can’t resolve it, they close it so it doesn’t look bad!
So, my question is: How can I cancel the order in its entirety so that I can forget this debacle and eradicate ‘BT’ ever actually existing? I’m happy to let them come and take the boxes away or do whatever is needed, but I don’t want anything to do with BT whatsoever in any of my personal and business life. I want them gone, cancelled and never have to speak with them again.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Call BT Billing 0330.1234.150 and inform them you want to cancel your order. Have your order number to hand in case you ned it.
Keep in mind that unless you have the option to go with Virgin, other ISP's will most likely use the Openreach infrastructure which is what BT will be using so your problem will still be there when your new ISP tries to provide you with Fibre.
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Thank you for the number. I’ll give this a go. I dare say you call it, it sends a text, to give you another number and so on. It’s like playing Dungeons and Dragons trying to contact BT!
That’s fine on the infrastructure. This has put me off upgrading altogether. And, whichever company I choose, the customer service cannot be as bad as BT has been! It’s not the fact that the cable was installed incorrectly. Nor is it that it’s taken months. It’s the poor communication (none!), no one helps other than “I’ll note that on the file” and the closure of complaints when they should be very much remaining open!