Slow Broadband Slow Call centre Slow Everything......

Where to begin..Like many people I use my mobile more than my landline for making calls.
So, when my landline was making a terrible noise it was not the end of the world. Then Broadband went a bit Pete Tong on me acting slow..No probs just explain to BT the prob and all should be fine (Simples)..
Day 1.. Engineer repairs Telephone line...Even thou I mentioned Broadband slow not put right.
Day 2 Ring BT to explain nice phone line no Broadband (almost 1 hour on the phone to call centre)
          Done the usual speed test - 13mgb coming to the house then 0.03 from hub to computer..
          Everything points to a prob from line to hub.
          So a new filter was dispatched
4 Days later filter turns up
Guess what? Still the same..Ring Call centre 1 hour later explained prob...Dispatch a new hub...3 days later Hub turns up
Guess what? Same old..Ring call centre 1 hour later explain prob...By now begging for an engineer to come out.I am told if the problem lies my end then there will be a charge..(by now could not care about charge get someone out!!!)
What I should make clear this is over 5 weeks now. I am paying for a service I cant get..
By now 5/10/13 I decided to tackle the prob head on and get my own Engineer from check a trade. (i paid for this service)..A former BT man arrived at my house and did the relevant tests and discovered that my IP PROFILE is set to 0.14mbps.. He was dumb founded to here of my plight...Well, I have passed on this information to BT and lets hope it gets sorted....Needless to say Im not happy with BT

Hi stu61,
Sorry to hear that your having issues with your BT Retail services.
You will either be on the ADSLMax (upto 8mbps) service or if your exchange has been BTw 21cn upgraded you maybe on the ADSL2/2+ (upto 12/20mbps) service depending on your line quality and length.
However these upto speeds may not be the speeds you will get as ADSL broadband connections are very dependent on the distance from your property to the exchange and the quality of your line. The further away you are from your local exchange the slower your broadband speed will be.
To enable the community to help you please see the advice below:
Please see Keith's help guide here: Helping forum members to help you, it will go through some checks that are needed for us to help you.
A summary of the checks are:
1a) Is your router/Homehub connected by a BT NTE5 master socket, Adsl Filtered Master Socket or Extension Socket? Please bear in mind that extension cables and extension sockets can reduce the broadband's performance. If you have an Old LJU master socket then please say.
1b) Have you tried the Test Socket? - if you have one.
2) Can you please run a BT speed test (including IP Profile) http://speedtest.btwholesale.com (not beta version)[Best done with a wired, Ethernet, connection] After Quick Test is done you need to click "Further Diagnostics" to get IP Profile.
3) is there any noise on your line. dial 17070 option2 ,called quite line test, from landline phone. should be silent but slight hum normal on cordless phone.
4) please post adsl line statistics
ADSL Line Statistic Help:
If you have a BT Home Hub like the one below...
Then:
1) Go to http://192.168.1.254 or http://bthomehub.home
2) click Settings
3) Click Advanced Settings
4) Click Broadband
5) Click Connection or sometimes called ADSL (see picture Below)
The direct Address is http://bthomehub.home/index.cgi?active_page=9116 (for bthomehub3.A firmware ending in 1.3)
or http://bthomehub.home/index.cgi?active_page=9118 (for bthomehub3.A firmware ending in 94.1.11)
You will need to copy and past all the adsl line statistics ( Including HEC, CRC and FEC errors). You may need to click " More Details"
If you have a HomeHub 4 then the majority of the ADSL Stats shown in the previous Hubs will not be there.
There are more useful links on Keith's website here: If you have an ADSL connection, please select this link
Don't have a BT Homehub/Voyager?
• http://192.168.0.1 for a netgear router and look for ADSL adsl statistics with information like noise margin and line attenuation, connection speed
• http://192.168.2.1 for a belkin router and look for ADSL adsl statistics with information like noise margin and line attenuation, Data Rate
cheers
I'm no expert, so please correct me if I'm wrong

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Halfmad wrote:
Is there a number I can call to speak to someone based in the UK please? I'm utterly sick of the garbage service I'm getting and I can't be bothered with the 50mins of troubleshooting I have to do every time I have a fault, which is always an issue at the exchange. 7 faults in 8 months, every single one is external to my property and we've gone for up to a week without broadband or BT Vision. 3 Engineers have checked the internal equipment and cabling in my house and never found a single fault. It's time for BT to do something or let me out of this contract.
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Phone fault: call centre staff seem to be making u...

Very frustrated. We reported a fault with our phone (affects broadband also of course) 10 days ago. Huge amount of crackle on line, so bad we can't hear the other party, and piifully slow BB speeds or no connection at all. Line tests done by BT confirmed a fault 'between the exchange and the telegraph pole'. Fair enough. Told fault would be fixed by 2nd Feb. This came and went with no fix and no contact from BT. Phoned again. Was assured problem would be fixed 'that day'. Call centre phoned back a day later 'just to check the fault had been fixed'. No, it hasn't. How could it be? We live on a small island, we know when the BT engineers are about and nobody has been near us.
Phoned again yesterday. Was again assured phone would be fixed that day (6th Feb). Again, it didn't happen. Phoned again today (Saturday 7th) and was told the reason it hadn't been fixed was that there had been a 'huge disaster locally'. Absolute piffle. I think we would know if there had been a disaster, and our neighbours' phones are all working fine. It's actually a lovely sunny day today. We have, however, had a lot of snow and rain recently and since our phone cables run along the side of the road there are often problems with 'weak joints' where the rain get in. We even know where these places are, and are 99% sure that it's a connection box at the top of our drive that is the location of the problem. It aslways is: we get this same problem several times a year.
Was then was told that even if I couldn't see engineer's van on the road this would be because they were working in the local exchange. Absolute piffle: husband and I drive past the exchange several times a day. There hasn't been anyone working there today at all. There rarely is on a Saturday. Was assured that phone would be fixed by 1pm today. It was 12.40 when I was told this. Needless to say, there has been no progress.
Why can't they just tell us the truth? I would rather they said they were short staffed and couldn't get to our fault for a few days, or that (more likely) the wiring from exchange to pole is in a dreadful state because it's been patched up so many times, and it's now a nightmare for the engineer to isolate the problem.
And it would, of course, be nice to know when our line really will be fixed.
I'm due a call back tomorrow between 12 and 1pm. Any suggestions of what I should say/ask when the lady says she's 'just checking that the line is working properly'??

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Call centre unwilling to help with faulty BT HH5.

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Last month, I contacted BT asking if my exchange is getting an upgrade or not, and one of the guys at call centre said that my exchange will get fibre optic today (2nd February).
Today, I've been checking the BT Infinity availability and it says I only can get BT Total Broadband which is fed by the aging cobber cables, speedtesting and checking my exchange information on Sam Knows - nothing have altered. Obviously my exchange haven't been upgraded.
Now, why did the call centre give a customer such inaccurate information?

Because IMHO they tell you anything to get you off the line as quickly as possible..
When I recently joined BT I took a package BB,Vision & Calls, I had confirmation of everything apart from when the calls would be activated so I called the helpline and turns out due to an error the order had not been placed. Fair enough these things happen and a second order was placed and was given a date of 28/01/10 for activation.
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Another call to the BT helpline confirmed this was the case and a 3rd order had to be placed. So why was I told my calls were with BT by the previous advisor, mistake or lie you make your own mind up.
I have also had problems with broadband but that's on another thread, on one contact to the helpline discussing my IP profile it suddenly occurred to me the advisor had no clue what an IP profile was but was still quite happy to make things up as she went along. After asking if she knew what it was she put me on hold and come back saying there is a fault in my area and that is why I am being disconnected and losing internet access. Bizarre as I have not been getting disconnected or losing internet access at all.
I concluded she did not have the technical knowledge to answer my enquiry so just decided to make this up to get me off the line. How can this be helpful in any way?
I have worked in a call centre and not saying they are all the same but the management seem obsessed with call times, the quicker you get them off the phone the better as more calls are handled per hour/day ect. This pressure feeds down to the advisor and pressure is on to deal with your call as quickly as possible.
This only leads to one thing, poor customer service. The thing is the ones who lie or say anything to get you off the phone have good call times and management are happy. However if like me you actually wanted to help and spent a little time trying to resolve something your calls are longer and you are under performing.
I used to argue the case if you deal with it properly the first time yes the call is longer but it does mean the customer does not have to call several times with the same issue and it is better for the customer.
I think this is what is happening with BT technical helpline and they much prefer shorter call times to happy customers, even if that means telling you what you want to hear because it's so much easier and quicker that way and lets face it there is no chance you will get the same person again and when you do call back angry you will get someone else to speak to anyway.
When I come to BT I knew there were cheaper services out there and the BB is quite expensive compared to some but I assumed paying a premium price I would get a quality service and good support should I need it. Well I have needed it and it sucks!
Apart from the moderators on this forum they are great and will do anything they can to help, shame they can't go to the call centre and teach them some good old customer service skills.

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Young apprentice visited (lovely young man and we wrote a very nice email to his line manager as we were impressed with his attitude).
He did not however resolve the issue, he completely renewed all of my broadband equipment and left.
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Started phone calls again to Call Centre. They kept running line tests and telling me there is no problem. Had to explain the term intermittent and there was indeed a problem.
Eventually got through to a level 2 Technician who ran a special test that only he could do and he could see that there was indeed a problem but that he could fix it within 24 hours. He could not.
A few more phone calls, and I eventually got them to agree to send out another engineer.
31 July
Wrote a complaint regarding service on BT website. Incident number 120731-003877. No reply received however did get an email about how to improve my broadband speed! I live in a rural area, anything about 1mb would be a miracle.
Early August
Received a phone call from a nice young lady based in London working as part of the BT sales team offering me a discount on my broadband package if I agreed to sign a 12 month contract. She did not know anything about the issues I have been having. In the hope that the conversation was indeed being recorded I explained everything!
No follow up. As a gesture it would have been nice if someone from sales had phoned me back, offered sympathy and perhaps the discounted package with immediate effect (without a contract requirement) seeing as I have effectively had no internet for a month and possibly the lowest connection speed in the country.
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Further phone calls to Call Centre, told again that they needed to run a line test and that they could get my phone working in 24 hours. Informed them that it was very improbable.
11 August
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13 August
Phoned the telephone faults department to ask for a date when the line would be replaced. Level 1 technician wanted to run line test and assured me that he will be able to solve my problem with a few simple steps and that it would be fixed within 24 hours. I informed him that it would be impossible. I asked to speak to a level 2 supervisor. He put me on hold for 10 minutes and then informed me that a level 2 supervisor could not help me. He agreed to book an engineer to come out and repair the fault (he had never done this for any other customer before but as I was a special case he agreed to do so!). I had to provided him with exact details of the fault. I requested that he refer to the report given by the last engineer that visited but no, he wanted the details from me, slowly, so he could type it out.
I have an appointment for Thursday 16 August between 8am and 6pm. Not hopeful.
I requested the number of a telephone complaints department or any member of staff I could speak with in the UK. He could not find a number for me.

Hi,
Your line and exchange is maintained by Openreach and not BT Retail (your communication provider). BT Retail do not get priority over other communication provider as Openreach treat all communication providers/ISP's equally.
If you would like to contact the BT Care Team they will be able to look into your account notes and to help you get it resolved. BT Care Team are a UK Based BT Specialist Team.
Click here to contact BT Care Team
They wil contact you by email or phone within 3 working days. You will be given a automated reference number please make note of this.
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Useless call centre - how can I get an intelligent...

My broadband is dropping every couple of days, often for 5 to 10 minutes. Red lights on the modem and the BT Home Hub splash screen on the computer saying it can't connect to the internet.
I phoned the help number and spoke to a call centre presumably in India judging by the accent and odd use of the english language.
He checked the connection at his end and said it was fine. I repeated that it was OK now, but it had dropped an hour earlier, well as every couple of days.
"Now I have to explain something to you sir. Your hub can accumulate blockages. It is like static electricity they can make your light turn red and block your connection." WTF? He asked me to reset the hub to get rid of the static, despite the fact that I'd told him I pull the power on the hub every couple of days in the vain hope it'll speed up the reconnection (it doesn't).
Then he said again that his computer says there is no problem with the network so the fault must be in my house. So I repeat that the problem took place an hour ago, so the connection is fine now. I asked if the dropped connection an hour ago showed on his computer. "No sir. I can see your connection is fine". I asked about dropped connections in recent days, but he said there had been no dropepd connections.
He then started talking about wifi settings and that lots of devices on wifi can cause problems. So I repeated again that the box has a red light and all my devices can see the homehub interface, but we cannot get connected to the internet.
Then he started on about making sure we have the right wifi channel. So I said I wasn't going to talk about wifi anymore, the problem is with the network, and it happened an hour ago, and it happened on other days. "No sir, your connection is fine, I will email you some details about how to improve wifi in your house."
I then said I didn't want to talk about this anymore and I would end the conversation. I put the phone down.
Then my mobile rung "Sir, I have to tell you about your wifi." I reply "No thank you, I don't want to discuss this with you"
Then my moble rang again "Sir, there are some things I can tell you about fixing your wifi." I reply "No thank you, I don't want to discuss this with you"
arrrrggggghhhhhh !
Is there any way of speaking to a person who understands that a red light on the modem and a homehub that says it is dicsonnected from the broadband might actually be a problem with the broadband connection?
Also when I've had the same thing a few years ago I though the helpdesk operator could see how many dropped connections had taken place? The chap tonight was insistent there was no record of dropped connections.
edit to add: I'm on a Hub 5 type A plugged into the master socket. No other sockets in the house.

1. Product name:
BT Home Hub
2. Serial number:
+068343+NQ34940784
3. Firmware version:
Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A) Last updated 22/01/15
4. Board version:
BT Hub 5A
5. DSL uptime:
0 days, 00:58:41
6. Data rate:
9995 / 39993
7. Maximum data rate:
11929 / 48683
8. Noise margin:
6.6 / 9.5
9. Line attenuation:
25.6 / 20.4
10. Signal attenuation:
25.4 / 20.0
11. Data sent/received:
8.6 MB / 61.5 MB
12. Broadband username:
[email protected]
13. BT Wi-fi:
Yes

Call centre refuses to reset my password

I want to cancel my account. Now spent possibly up to ten hours trying to communicate with Bt over this matter but they at the call centre cant be flexible and wont assist.
I pay the account for phone + broadband monthly. But my father is on the bill as the account holder despite me trying over the years to alter this. He is now not only frail and has dementia but is also blind. There is no understanding here. I look after him, I live with him and I take care of his affairs. I pay the bills with my account diligently each month
BUT bt still wont let me access my account online to login and change my now unusable locked out password.
This is a living nightmare. I dont want to spend anymore of my precious time or money trying relentlessly to do this simple action.
I feel totally ripped off by Bt as the problem isnt sorted and I dont think this is probably offering a good service but actually taking my money for goods that arent recieved, can anyone advise on this.
I am so frustrated I feel the only way to be free of all this stress is to cancel the accoutn but I wont be able to do that as they want to speak to my father as Im not good enough apparently.
Madness, who made up these Draconian rules????????????
All I actually want to do is to be able to use the broadband connection vian btwifi when Im out and I need to reset the password. But as previously explained I cant as they wont let me carry on with the phone call as Im not my father, who cant communicate anymore.................

Shhhh wrote:
I want to cancel my account. Now spent possibly up to ten hours trying to communicate with Bt over this matter but they at the call centre cant be flexible and wont assist.
I pay the account for phone + broadband monthly. But my father is on the bill as the account holder despite me trying over the years to alter this. He is now not only frail and has dementia but is also blind. There is no understanding here. I look after him, I live with him and I take care of his affairs. I pay the bills with my account diligently each month
BUT bt still wont let me access my account online to login and change my now unusable locked out password.
This is a living nightmare. I dont want to spend anymore of my precious time or money trying relentlessly to do this simple action.
I feel totally ripped off by Bt as the problem isnt sorted and I dont think this is probably offering a good service but actually taking my money for goods that arent recieved, can anyone advise on this.
I am so frustrated I feel the only way to be free of all this stress is to cancel the accoutn but I wont be able to do that as they want to speak to my father as Im not good enough apparently.
Madness, who made up these Draconian rules????????????
All I actually want to do is to be able to use the broadband connection vian btwifi when Im out and I need to reset the password. But as previously explained I cant as they wont let me carry on with the phone call as Im not my father, who cant communicate anymore.................
Hi Welcome to the forums.
Sorry to hear about your situation.
If I may be frank initially, it makes sense thar the account holder with any security answers are used to ascertain the owner of the account. It's not really draconian as it could be abused by anyone knowing some (but not all) of the details.
However, you say you take control of his affairs - do you actually have Power of Attorney in this sad situation ? If you do then the appropriate document needs to be sent to the correct BT department in order for you to control the phone etc. Sorry I don't know where you would send this, but a moderator would be able to help here.
If you don't have PoA, then it might be worth considering, and needs to be discussed with any other family members. This will help in all sorts of areas, e.g. bank accounts, utilities etc. I don't expect they mind who actually pays the money, but the account holder needs to be validated.
It's a very sensitive topic of course, so I wish you well in this,
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Amazingly bad service from call centre today - can...

Just spent 31 minutes on phone to the call centre in India. Must have explained a dozen times to different people that having been sent a brand new mark 3 router on Friday it doesn't work. No power from adaptor I'd suggest. BT's suggestions was to go to local market and buy a new adpator !!! Incorrectly palmed off to a BT vision help desk then back to broadband desk who started list of unplug it, wait for 2 minutes, plug it in... blah blah blah.
Please please if there is a BT moderator out there then send me a replacement router / adaptor. Your broadband is fine, works reliably and quick but your help desk is appaling if ever a customer needs help..
At least the old mark 1 router still works......
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you can contact the mods by completing the form http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
you could try India again as it sounds like you got really bad help last time - they normally just replace the hub
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Insulted by Call Centre Staff

I wanted to post a copy of a complaint email which I have just sent to Warren Buckley. Still can't believe the customer service I received:
Hi,
I wanted to make a complaint about a call centre team member who was phoning from 2touch on behalf of BT. I recieved a cold call at approximately 8:20 to 8:40 last night (23rd Oct) and was in the process of working through a telephone / internet quote with a team member named James. When he asked me for my phone number to confirm my expected broadband speed I noted that surely he already had my number, after all he phoned me on it. He responded that they need to take personal details like phone numbers, addresses, etc. At this point I was concerned that this could actually be anybody phoning me and trying to steal my personal information, and I pointed this out to him.
Then, under is breath I heard him say to someone else, "This guy is a **bleep**" - clearly referring to me. I expect he thought that he had muted the call so that I wouldn't hear him.
I proceeded with the quote for a little while but was too shocked to carry on and eventually asked to speak to his manager. Adam came on the line and said that he would listen back to the call recording and take appropriate action. I received a call back from Adam at 12:40 today (24th Oct) and he offered his apology but refused to say what action had been taken. From what Adam said, I feel like this has just been swept under the carpet.
Please note that Adam did confirm that the original offensive sales call was recorded by 2touch and I would expect that you should be able to obtain a copy of the recording to confirm this.
I am very disappointed with the level of customer service I have received here. Both being insulted by one of your representatives and subsequently not even being told what the result of the follow up was - if there even was one.
It is most disappointing as I was considering switching to the package that James had been discussing with me - I was even thinking of spending more on BT Vision. But I can safely say that this is the most appalling level of service I have ever received. I can not understand why you would outsource these sales calls to a company which insults your customers.
Regards
Ryan McGuinness

Hi Ryan,
Welcome to the forum, I am really sorry about this.
If you'd like me to look into this please feel free to send in your details to us. You can get our "Contact us" link by clicking on my username, under "About me".
Thanks,
Stephanie
Stephanie
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