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waiting for the 3rd Openreach engineer

WhyAreEEUseless
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Just signed up. Found a username after trying FedUpWithEE, and similar already taken.

Went to EE from BT in January 2025. About 1 month of messing around to get the EE systems to work and then from mid-September 2025 to now speed varies throughout the day from low single figures to the guaranteed speed. Attendances by 3 guides and just waiting for the 3rd Openreach engineer. Many telephone calls.Everyone seems to accept there is a fault (despite closing the fault off several times so the 30 day cancellation period is not actually reached) but they can't work out why or what it is. I get a better, more consistent speed if I unplug the line and use the hybrid in an area where the EE mobile signal is generally poor.

Some strange advice. When I was getting 6 mb stood right by the router it was suggested an extender would help. When I was down to mid-teens speed I was told to check that the wall box to router cable was still plugged in. 

Worked when it was BT for several years without issue. 

I suppose they are just too big to actually care. 

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BillRoo
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Openreach and the interface with EE is a joke.  EE pushes you to upgrade broadband.  Sends out equipment but doesn’t ensure openreach bother to turn up on the date EE gives you!   You waste your life holding on waiting for customer service only to be told they can’t help but reiterate Openreach will come but they don’t.  However, you aren’t given a phone number or reference for Openreach to chase them up.  Dreadful service no respect for customers at all! 

@BillRoo Openreach are the ones, they do as requested by EE depending on the work order, BUT they are not customer facing and DO NOT respond to you as EE is the customer, you also cannot contact the OR Engineer assigned to the task, even EE will have no idea to that also.