1,452 Customer Reviews over 37 pages
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- Northampton
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-25
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I tried to cancel within the 14 day cooling off period.They ignored my request and are now trying to charge me £205 exit fee even though I never switched provider
If I could give them a minus star review it would be minus ten!
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- Marlow
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-23
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Same as for many others, the problem was/is with returning the router. Despite having returned it, got charged 35 for not returning it. Called customer service and now waiting for an email to which I can reply with my proof of postage. Pretty disgraceful!!
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- Northern Ireland
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-22
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Got forcefully switched from Post Office when Shell bought them over.
Got cut off with no warning and have no indication of why.
They made zero attempts to get my monthly payment.
Terminating contract, my advice to others is to pay a little more if they want any kind of reliable service.
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- Telford
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-20
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After being with the post office for 2 years and never having a single problem, Had to change provider and from day 1 it’s been an awful service. Rang to make a compliant they can’t even find my post code !!!
What company can’t even locate me by post code?
Can take my bloody money tho
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- London
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-20
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It has been 20 days still no internet nor has the order even been confirmed.
I'm stuck in the middle, they won't cancel the contract nor set me up.
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- England
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-17
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Okay until the end of the contract, if you decide to leave, Shell ask for the router back. Posted it. Nearly a month later they say they have not received and will charge £35. Tracking says delivered. Third party receives returned routers, clearly not recording which customer they have been returned from. Nearly half an hour so far trying to fix this. Ongoing. Best avoided.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-17
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Like another reviewer I had problems after my contract ended. I was repeatedly told I hadn't returned the router and that I owed £35. I provided proof of receipt of the router by Shell. I wrote to the CEO to complain. I received a follow up phone call during which I was asked to ignore any further emails I received from Shell. I have just received an email from a debt collector. I will be making a formal complaint to Ofcom.
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- Edinburgh
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-15
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The main issue that I had with Shell Broadband was after ending the contract. The router was returned but constantly got email reminders to return the router! Customer service was poor, therefore to ensure that I was not charged £35 for returning the router, I cancelled the direct debit. I was in credit by £6+ but decided rather lose that amount compared to £35!
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- Motherwell
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-15
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I would have given it 0,I’ve been waiting 10 days for another ROUTER to be sent out1st router didn’t work,12 days & 4hours of telephone calls,& STILL NOT SENT OUT,BEING CONTINUALLY LIED TO by the PERSON WORKING FOR SHELL B/BAND.WITHOUT FEAR THE WORST EVER ON ALL LEVELS,but your BILL( 4 non USAGE) DOESNT FAIL TO ARRIVE
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- glasgow
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-11
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Don't go near them!!!!!!
Terrible service constant drop outs...Blamed it on me...Went back to po bb and the minute it activated all problems gone and had a perfect service.....Po bb gave up the bb business and to my horror shell took over and all the same problems started again.....They are garbage and they are scammers and liars they know its them!!!! A disgrace a total f disgrace.....Stay well away
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- Devon
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-09
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- East London
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-09
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Absolutely atrocious, disappointing customer service all they keep saying is ‘I understand I understand etc’ I joined few months ago started having problems 3 months down the line with broadband they sent engineer and they was advised it’s their router so they sent a new router 1 week later. It takes 48hrs to get the request approved and then 48hrs for delivery. This is unbelievable Iv had no internet at home just before the start of summer holidays till now there is no internet. I hate calling them to get through you have a minimum wait of 35 minutes before you can talk to something and you will be lucky to get through to the right department if not then you got another 30/45 minutes wait. Honestly regretted using this service. For a company this big it is shocking they have a service like this. I would not recommend anyone to go with them. They might give you a good deal but when problems start good luck to you… absolutely horrendous service it will stress you out.
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- Market Harborough
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-08
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I am so angry and upset with this company that I feel I need to make others aware of their appalling service. I was paying for ‘super fast speed’ broadband for over a year! The connection was shocking! I now realise after leaving them and joining another company, that it wasnt ‘our fault’ that it was slow (which is what we were told by Shell) it was their fault!!!! Their customer service was terrible. Even after having my contract cancelled I continued to be harrased by emails saying I owed more than £80! They even got debt collectors after me! My contract had ran out so I didnt even owe them a cancellation fee. They charged me for my router!!! Which was an 8 yesr old router from the previous company that Shell took over! Im so shocked at how they treat their customers. Trying to scrounge more monies and threatening them. PLEASE DO NOT JOIN THIS COMPANY!
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- Hampshire
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-08
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Absolutely awful to deal with.
Charged me to leave contract even though contract period had ended.
To add insult to injury they charged me £35 for a router that I returned but they are saying they didn't receive. Many other customers report the same. So unless you are happy with a £50 exit cost and poor service I'd avoid.
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- Northampton
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-06
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I tried to cancel within the 14 day cooling off period.They ignored my request and are now trying to charge me £205 exit fee even though I never switched provider
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- Merseyside
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-09-04
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We took a contract with Shell Broadband when we where ready to connect the router did not work rang Shell after several minutes I managed to speak to an engineer try few thing no luck told they will get me a new router. After 3 days contacted them and I got told they were going to repair my router from their factory and it will take 48 hours. 3 days after contacted them (weekend)I will have to wait for another 3 days or more. Cancelled it send me an email asking me to paid £78.+£12 for cancelling our contract good firm to deal with...
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- POLEGATE
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-03
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The very worst company for broadband stay away if I could I would give this company -10 for the rubbish services I have from day one through PC World overcharged for leaving early haressed over a router that the post office lost not happy at all.
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- Belfast
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-02
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- London
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-02
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Really SLOW broadband speeds - I changed over to Shell Broadband and the service speeds I am receiving aren't even enough to watch Netflix without heavy pixelation. Their solution: I should be plugging my devices into the router by ethernet cable rather than using wifi. Ridiculous!
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- Kent
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-09-01
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I have been with Shell for 18 month and that was one of the worst broadband experiences so far for a number of reasons:
- misleading advertisement - ad was promising 11 MBPS, I ended up getting 4-6 download and less than 1 upload. felt like a dialup modem
- bad router - constant disconnects from my laptop, very annoying
- engineer required to come and fix something on their lines after half a year of constant calls to the support
- on the way out they charged me for 4 calls I never made (my landline was not even connected) and I discovered only when they charged over 5o quid to my account. Again calls to the support and refund which is not yet paid in
- mandatory return of the router with charge if you don't print a label and send the old router back (useless piece of kit in the first place).
Summary
Required hours on the support calls, some issues never got fixed, overcharging and just poor connection quality. Would recommend to steer clear.
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- Stafford
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-08-27
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Constant ‘drop outs’ and then the most useless Customer Service
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- Leeds
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-24
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Where do I start from? I was sold shell broad band whilst trying to leave talk talk, they promised to settle my cancellation fee and have now gone back on their words. I have decided not to leave talk talk and I call shell on day 14 only to be told i can nolonger leave, bear in mind I haven’t even gone live and only received router yesterday- still unboxed.
This is legit the most inconsistent, and insensitive service provider I have ever come across.
Shell I will drag you to court if I have to. You are not getting a penny off me!
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- BASINGSTOKE
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-08-23
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Shell took over my broadband after being with previous supplier for a number of years. After a further 12 months requested a new router on line via the chat link. Eventually gave up and visited a comparison site and found a much better deal. Since they received notification of switching my broadband has been pants! They even have the nerve to charge a disconnection fee. Not pressed!!
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- SALISBURY
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-19
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Very unhappy, £15 charge to leave, insisted on 30 day cancellation notice but was cut off the next day so had to pay a month for nothing, returned router but they say they haven't received it so are charging me another £35.
DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND.
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- Cf83
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-08-19
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I would never go with this company again I was quoted a price through Uswitch but when I called the customer help line the lady said I had it through another website I complained no luck. At the end of the the 12 month period I have gone with another company i now have been charged for not returning the router which I sent back and it has been delivered to them avoid the company.
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- London
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-17
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Think the reviews from others speak for themselves on how bad Shell energy broadband is, how poor their customer service, how substandard the router etc. Finally, after switching away, and putting a formal complaint in (as opposed to the many resorts to calls and 'chat'), we have had offers of 'help'. Yesterday, finally had an admission that the difference with other providers might be that Shell's supplied router might be 'different' to those of PlusNet, BT or Sky that we have had over a long period without such a devastatingly poor service that Shell has offered. Stay a mile away if you possibly can! I have also complained to USwitch for their truly dreadful (and probably not impartial) advice on Shell's supposedly higher speeds than some of their competitors which is what had prompted us to try them out - we have regretted every minute of it - and now being stuffed by Shell with early termination charges! You get the picture I am sure.
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- Colchester
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-16
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The broadband was always reliable, but the router was dreadful. I replaced it with my own TP Link router within a month of taking out the contract and threw the Shell router in the bin...18 months later and I have to pay £35 for the privilege of buying a £150 router to make their Wifi work. Terrible!
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- bishop auckland
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-13
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Anyone looking to use these look elsewhere speed was awful kept saying it would get sorted and never did got fobbed off till the 3 weeks ran over so I had to pay the full contract off or baliffs were coming to the door never worked once it was that slow.
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- DURHAM
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-10
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Abysmal.
Fooled into joining by the cost, and the proclaimed broadband speed in my area.
Plusnet appears far cheaper. The broadband connection constantly drops and I lose it.
Do not sign up.
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- Middlesbrough
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-10
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Would,nt have it if it was FREE - TOTAL ****
Ran by kids who laugh when you complain after 30 mins wait on phone, How do these idiots get a licence to trade ???
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- Wallasey
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-06
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- Chorley
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-05
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Do not use Shell Broadband the service is very poor and their customer support is abysmal. They charged me £240 to exit my contract and would not accept that the service was performing under that promised. I’m moving country for work and they still insisted on me paying the huge exit fee. They are indescribably awful in al respects and their customer care team are surly and unhelpful!
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- York
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-08-03
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Absolute joke. Do not use this provider! Impossible to connect some devices and the connection is down more often than it actually works.
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- London
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-29
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Truly dreadful in every sense. The download speeds were very poor, far worse than PlusNet, despite 'targets' being higher. Being with PlusNet and Sky for a number of years, we made the mistake of switching to Shell, and have we regretted it! The upload speeds were so shocking that we have had to use mobile internet hotspots to function. Despite wanting to exit in the first month, we have had to pay hefty termination charges. Do not go anywhere near them.
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- Ely
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-29
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Absolutely the worst company I have ever had any dealings with. They changed my package mid contract without me asking and put up the price. They didn't provide the service they promised and when I complained completely fobbed me off. They don't respond to their emails.
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- Runcorn
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-28
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Been with shell broadband for nearly a year now and never had a problem, reliable connection and has only ever turned of once, paid late a couple of times with no problem and no loss of connectivity
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- Southampton
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-28
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I recently left shell on June 2021 but kept receiving bills which more than tripled , I kept phoning them to say why is this since I usually pay at the beginning of the month and left 2 weeks before the next payment due. Initially , they themselves did not understand why I had charges. Then they said about early termination fee , which I refuted since I was with them early July 2019 for an 18 months contract. But when I phoned the last time to resolve this apparently I had to pay an engineer fee for the month of May for a simple repair which mind you did not fix the internet that’s why I left them in the first place plus a cease fee. I caved and paid just to get it over with as I do not want to deal with them anymore. Poor internet service even poorer management and ripped off
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- Whitworth
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-27
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I have just finished my 12 month contract with Shell Broadband and was very disappointed, firstly I was not switched on at the start of my contract and customer service had me going round in circles for days making out it was a problem with me setting up the router when I had not been turned on at the junction box, then my bill was higher then it should of been and when I bought this to there attention it took over 3 months for them to sort out and I'm not totally sure they did as my bills are overly complicated! I have now been charged for existing the contract even though the contract has ended. I have to be honest and say the Internet speed was OK but it did drop out quite often while watching a movie or gaming which was annoying. Do yourself a favour and avoid shell.
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- Bedford
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-26
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I left early, paying them £150 exit fee for them to **** off. A guy came to the door last year offering a broadband and energy deal - the broadband price didn't get credited and I send weeks and weeks trying to convince shell that this guy came round and offered us a better deal, showing proof and being assured it would be sorted. No luck. So a year later I finally caved and they can **** right off.
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- Huntingdon
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-22
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You get 14days to change your mind that starts from the day you sign up you don't get a chance to check the service as the router has not been delivered
Route has no range unless you are in the same room speed is never above 0.3. If anyone know the any way I can geg out of the contract let me know
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