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johnboil
Explorer

Hi  guys I'm after some advice about my ee broadband account?

Basically a few weeks ago I swapped to EE broadband due to a EE advisor telling me I'm gonna get close to the 300mb package I'm gonna be paying for. Now! That the line is settled and my quit out period has finished I find out what the advisor told  me on the phone was a load of rubbish!!  

I now pay for 300mb (or 160mb is what I'm getting) just under half of what I was told!!  So now I'm left with slower Internet and more costly than before I swapped from talktalk!!  I 100% feel lied and cheated by EE sales!!  And I want out of the contract!!(without paying the leaving fee)  With the Cost of living crisis happenimg and EE staff are happy to lie to get customers in and it's not fair!! 

 

I literally pay more now for slower Internet so please can someone give me some real advice and not the crap I had off EE sales

 

Thanks in advance 

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Chris_B
Grand Master
Grand Master

@johnboil If you look at your emails from EE about your BB you’ll have one that states your minimum guaranteed download speed.  You have to have this minimum guaranteed speed otherwise it’s a breach of contract.    

Because I have this email myself here’s the part you want to know about 

 

“If you're experiencing lower than your minimum guaranteed speed, please let us know on 0800 079 8586 and we'll do our best to fix any issues. If there's a fault we can't fix and you continue to receive a speed below your minimum guarantee, you have the right to leave your contract free of charge.”  

this email is titled 

Your new EE home broadband plan

you need to find that email to see what your minimum guaranteed speed is.  

Hi Chris,   thanks for the reply

I've just gone through my emails and it clearly says min guaranteed is 300mb so I'm getting nowhere near what I'm supposed to as I've not seen it go higher than 165mb

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

Welcome to the community, @johnboil.

If you're not experiencing the guaranteed speed, I would suggest calling the number that @Chris_B posted above.

Chris

XRaySpeX
Grand Master
Grand Master

Welcome to EE's Home Broadband Forum.

If you would like help with your BB speed or connection issues, please would you carry out the following steps for starters, which will enable us to diagnose the problem and advise you further. Do not restart your router to do these tests:

1. Post your full router stats:

  • For a BrightBox: login and go to Advanced Settings > System > DSL Status. Also post 'System Uptime' from top of System Log page.
  • For a SmartHub: login and go to Advanced Settings > Technical Log > Information. Obscure your names & any numbers in the BB Username & also the SSIDs.

Full router stats are key to any speed & connection issues.

2. Try a wired speedtest, using an Ethernet cable supplied with the router, here http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html . Click on the "Results Page" button at the bottom of the graph you first see and then copy to here just the "Link to this result:" link that you see below the next main graph.

3. What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post just the whole table and the line above it, blanking out your phone number. If it doesn't recognise your phone number or you don't have one, use the Address Checker, not the Postcode Checker.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC => 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC => 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC => 2022: EE 80 Meg FTTC (no landline number)
HarleyBlue
Contributor
Contributor

Call them up and request a deadlock letter and then contact Ofcom with a complaint, go into full detail on the complaint from what you was told you was going to get in speeds and data usage amount. 

No, @HarleyBlue , not OFCOM, who don't consider individual complaints, but EE's ADR, The Ombudsman Service.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC => 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC => 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC => 2022: EE 80 Meg FTTC (no landline number)
s7eveyorkshire
Explorer

stop testing on wifi and / or on a laptop with a vpn or anti virus and also what speed test are you trying on ? i can guarantee you arent getting 160 true speed but like 160 over wifi with about 40 devices like most folk try you dont know how to test correctly