Would you join Talk Talk now ?

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nickofh

Original Poster:

603 posts

118 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Whats your opinions on joining talk talk in the wake of the cyber attacks?

My BT fibre contract is up and there is a potential saving of £160 over 12 months + £40 back from quidco.

I was with them a few years ago without any problems.

Worth it ?

Trevatanus

11,120 posts

150 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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nickofh said:
Whats your opinions on joining talk talk in the wake of the cyber attacks?

My BT fibre contract is up and there is a potential saving of £160 over 12 months + £40 back from quidco.

I was with them a few years ago without any problems.

Worth it ?
Only if you want Zero customer service.
I got away as soon as I could, a couple of years back now.

Trevelyan

717 posts

189 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Trevatanus said:
Only if you want Zero customer service.
I got away as soon as I could, a couple of years back now.
Only an issue if you want or need customer service in the first place though. I've been with them for 12 months, they've never needed to call me, I've never needed to call them. I'm quite happy with this arrangement although I may just have been lucky enough to not have any problems I suppose.

MitchT

15,862 posts

209 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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No, but not because of the recent cyber attack. They'd already done enough to destroy any shred of confidence I might otherwise have had when I was briefly with them some years ago. They could offer to pay me and I'd still want nothing to do with them.

Trevatanus

11,120 posts

150 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Trevelyan said:
I may just have been lucky enough to not have any problems I suppose.
You hit the nail on the head.
I would sooner pay a couple of quid extra and know that support was there if I needed it.

Rollin

6,088 posts

245 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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No chance. Customer service is fking abysmal.

MrBig

2,685 posts

129 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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MitchT said:
No, but not because of the recent cyber attack. They'd already done enough to destroy any shred of confidence I might otherwise have had when I was briefly with them some years ago. They could offer to pay me and I'd still want nothing to do with them.
This.

This.

Still this.

This again.

littleredrooster

5,537 posts

196 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss after what they did a couple of years ago after my mother died.

No-one in their call-centre could understand the words 'dead', 'died', 'deceased' or 'passed away'. "No, no - you have 12-month contract, you cannot cancel"

To say I was furious is a gross understatement. Useless bunch of <insert your own expletive>

SpydieNut

5,800 posts

223 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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another 'no, never again' here!!

All that jazz

7,632 posts

146 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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No. Terrible company. The worst ISP by far too.

Digitalize

2,850 posts

135 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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No, but then I never would have joined them because they offer a bad product for people who don't care about anything other than 'having internet' and it not costing too much.

I'd feel bad for the employees but I'd happily see it fold.

AClownsPocket

899 posts

159 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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No and never.

The lack of decent security for customer data has me questioning what other areas of their infrastructure they left unprotected. It doesn't inspire confidence.

Oh, and the customer service is shocking.

Captain Benzo

442 posts

138 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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been with them for about 11 years ( well tiscala originally and then stayed with the buyout)

never had a problem, they phone me once a year at renewal time and usually sort me out a better deal.
no upselling, no unwanted calls.

the fibre router is a bit st, but its free and i'll change it for a better one once I get round to it.

soad

32,890 posts

176 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Probably not (I wouldn't join them last year either).

Graham

16,368 posts

284 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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I think I'd rather push rusty nails through my testicles...

Trevatanus

11,120 posts

150 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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AClownsPocket said:
No and never.

The lack of decent security for customer data has me questioning what other areas of their infrastructure they left unprotected. It doesn't inspire confidence.

Oh, and the customer service is shocking Non-existant
Fixed that for you.

AClownsPocket

899 posts

159 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Trevatanus said:
Fixed that for you.
Existent.

Right back at you smile But yes, you are right.

Trevatanus

11,120 posts

150 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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AClownsPocket said:
Trevatanus said:
Fixed that for you.
Existent.

Right back at you smile But yes, you are right.
Bugger

frown

nickofh

Original Poster:

603 posts

118 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Thanks for your input everyone.

The customer service side didn't worry me to greatly as I'm quite handy with computers / networking so hopefully should have little need to contact them. ( I doubt they are any worse than ee mind!)

I didn't really have problems in the years I was with them before but the hacking farse will probably make me look elsewhere.


Vipers

32,872 posts

228 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Been with TalkTalk for over 6 years, never had a problem. Works fine for me.




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