Airband Broadband Reviews

Sometimes the best way to get a feel for a broadband provider is to read what those who are already customers think of the service they're receiving. Below are all the reviews we've received for Airband.

Recent Customer Ratings for Airband

  • Satisfaction
    3.6 stars
  • Customer Service
    3.5 stars
  • Speed
    3.8 stars
  • Reliability
    3.4 stars

Based on 100 customer ratings since 2023-03-07 (Show all time ratings)

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Ratings are left by users of our speed test as well as by reviewers. Recent star ratings summarise the last 12 months of ratings or the last 100 ratings placed, whichever is largest.

225 Customer Reviews over 6 pages

  • Reviewer
    Location
    Shropshire
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Installation happen in winter months and we had been delighted to have more then a dial up speed. Unfortunately in spring we had experience drop in speed and at times nothing at all. Just over a week ago we were left with nothing for over a week.
    The problem we were told was due to the new growth of foliage on trees and the lack of engineers who apparently did not communicate to head office. However, after speaking to engineers they only express the pressure of installing new customers regardless of the location or in their option are going to have issues in the future.
    Customer services is not consistent, there has been one person I would always ask for as he was honest and didn't palm me off. The team leader in tech is a joke. Managers do not get involved until you quote your rights.
    I have been able to get out of my contact and have insisted and recieved a full refund on installation and the cost of the router.
    A complaint has been raised and I await response.
    I wish I had done my research as the reviews for this company only show that they lack in honestly and customer service is shocking!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Complained about installation over a year ago and just automated replies, totally hopeless
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    When we first got Airband in 2012 (with a £1,000 subsidy from the Welsh Government) it was brilliant: excellent customer service, reliable, stable connection, good speeds - such a relief after BT. Since Aberdeen Standard Investments bought the company they have been absolutely RUBBISH. They are pushing FTTP - because that seems to be where the money is, and have allowed the FWA network to deteriorate to a point that it is virtually unusable. If I had a choice, I would switch tomorrow.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ross on Wye
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I work as an IT Consultant and had to
    contact Airband Support to request a Static IP address. This is the fourth morning running attempting to speak with someone who even new what this was. Unbelievable / chaotic and shambolic. Avoid this company at all costs!!! PS don't ever expect anyone to call you back despite the promises.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Xxxxxxxxxxx
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    This Company is rubbish!!

    They sent you un-qualified fibre engineers to the field to do the work, half of them DNT understand the work.
    They promise you better speed which is a scam.
    NEVER USE THIS COMPANY IN ANY MEANS FOR BROADBAND SERVICES.. Bt openreach will be the BEST in that field of work and service ...period
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North Devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Ordered a fibre connection back in 2021 with an expected connection within 3 months. Still nothing. I totally back all the other reviews. Customer service is non existent, tickets raised mean nothing. No call backs ever. I have emailed the community support team and have nothing back. Absolute shower of sh1te. I am a carer for my wife who has incurable cancer and have to walk her to the garden to use 4g for conference calls to oncology which airband are aware of. Still absolutely no response or indication of projected connection time frame 2 years on. !!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    BRIDGNORTH
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I went to airband with great hope as there is line of site to the mast, which I was told had very few drawing from it. However I am now at the end of my 1st month and it has been absolutely awful. Internet has been sporadic at best occasional top 30Mbs but then cutting off completely. I have had the last 3 days at less than 8Mbs. You will wait 20 mins for a service person to answer the phone and I have yet to have an answer to an email. I thankfully did not cancel my Sky broadband otherwise my work would have really suffered. Just don't bother.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    For anyone considering using this shower. Dont, really, dont, I have been trying to get someone to sort out the intermittent service for 6 weeks!!! Not one person has bothered to get back to me to explain the tech issues or when it will be resolved. I can't watch streaming TV as it cut outs every 20mins. Dont be fooled by thinking getting internet over the airwaves will resolve your current internet issues. It wont. I could just about accept that they have tech issues if someone bothered to speak to me and helped, like someone cared. But they dont. Steer clear klaxon.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Intermittent service,extremely slow speeds, it was much better when we first moved to airband. Currently have an outstanding fault for over a week with no feedback from airband on what the problem is and how long it will take to fix
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bredon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    I feel, with airband, we have gone back in time 15 years with internet access! Constantly dropping out, to the point that every time I look at my phone I am pleasantly surprised if I am connected to the WiFi! We pay for Netflix and can’t use it half the time so as well as totally unreliable WiFi we’re wasting money too!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North Shropshire
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    WARNING. This glossy company don’t provide the service you pay for. Short and sweet I have spoken to Ofcom who were very helpful and advised I make an official complaint. Airband are ignoring my communication contravening their complaints procedure. They have eight weeks to resolve problems. Ofcom advised if you are not happy complain to Airband and this should es a late the situation.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Plymouth
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    Promise the earth and deliver nothing. I'm writing this review using my mobile hot spot. The rudest customer service team you could ever encounter. The odd time you get through to a friendly person they are still equally ineffective at sorting anything. They will raise a ticket, so nothing and sometimes email to say it's fixed when in actual fact nothing has been rectified. They will take your money, that's the only thing they are good at.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bishope Frome
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Speed
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    We're had Airband for 18 Months (Business tariff @£50 per month) and in that time never reached a connection speed of more than 1.5mb. We moved from BT on the promise of up to 4mb and no lower than 2.5 mb. Raised issue with AB but only tried to change us to POPP connection config and slight change. Bad weather and connection drops. Although breaking contract early due to not meeting there minimum of 2.5mb still want to charge rest of contract less 20%. Moved to other provider using VOIP and getting 28mb connection. Cannot recommend best avoided
  • Reviewer
    Location
    SIDDINGTON
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    Comments
    Airband are not affiliated with the Ofcom compulsory compensation scheme which provides compensation automatically after 2 days.
    Airband have a service level agreement of 5 days: This means that they do nothing to get your broadband working again in a timely manner.
    When your broadband fails for whatever reason customer service do not register your complaint when you call, you have to call again and again and again. When your issue is finally logged, hours have passed (8 in my case from finally getting through to customer services, 16 hours after fault actually occurred) so that effectively increases their SLA time to their advantage.
    The customer services are indifferent and robotic, sticking to a script which will involve sending you copies of their terms and conditions rather than showing any concern or empathy: The very worst kind of response. Then they will ignore you hoping either you or your issue or both will go away.

    For most customers Airband is not a choice, it is the only option so they don't bother trying to do anything over and above the minimum according to their terms and conditions.

    If there was a choice Airband would NOT be a consideration.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Ash Magna, Whitchurch
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Ratings
    • Satisfaction
      1 star
    • Customer Service
      1 star
    • Reliability
      1 star
    Comments
    One branch took out my broadband for nearly two weeks cutting me off from my work ...
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Highley but very rural
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    I have today had my service fitted in a very rural location. I would just like to thank the 2 engineers that attended today. They both did an exceptional job! I would especially like to thank the younger engineer as he went "above and beyond" for my family!!! I would not hesitate to recommend Airband for a 5* service.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bromyard
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    No answer ..no show to install..absolutely no return calls ..so I cancelled before any more bull....
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Welshpool
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    Not rateable!!! Absolutely appalling customer service. Promises of call back - never happens!! Trying to get issue resolved - still not sorted after first reporting 3 weeks ago!! Subsequent calls and promises - fruitless!! Even told an engineer had called on Friday to resolve issue - they had not!!! Needed internet for work issue but had to travel 30 miles to friends house to deliver via their internet connection.
    AB - they say we can only apologise!!! Not good enough.

    Still waiting for a confirmation call to advise that engineer will actually be deployed today - we can only reboot, disconnect and reconnect so many times to know that this is NOT the problem!!!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    It is a waist of money live very close to a airband tower and keeps cutting out I have made more phone calls to them than I have in my life time dont waist your time service is absolute shambles would be better if they worked at an airport as they give no flying
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Wears Giffard
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    On behalf of my neighbour.She has been without service for11days.Absolutely no support whatever.Promises to call back but never do.Lives in remote village and it’s important she has it. There is no mobile signal so relying on other people.Desperately looking for another supplier this service is rubbish.Hopethey don’t send her a bill because they will not be paid
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North Wales
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    I have an Airband tower on my land & for the last2 weeks the Wi-Fi has been on & off the customer service is a complete joke they never contact you back & cannot seem to solve the problem I’m going to have them remove the tower from my land & find another provider who actually cares about the customer
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Bromyard
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    We booked Air Band on the 20th November, on a promise of 3 weeks installation, however they would try for two. It is now early January, and we are still waiting and have had our installation date deferred for the third time.This company are atrocious for customer service, no one seems to call you back inspite of constant promises to do so, they are an absolute shower. I have now cancelled completely with them.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    North Devon
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    Have been with Airband since they took over from WildWest around 3 years ago. Since then the service has been diabolical to say the least. We regularly experience intermittent and long downtime Internet connections. In fact, we are having to use our mobile data right now as the service has been down 3 times already this morning and it is only 10am! Despite contacting them many times both by phone and by email, we rarely come away feeling satisfied with their response. They often try to blame our own receiving equipment when in fact 9 out of 10 times it's their radio equipment that's at fault. If you live in the North Devon area then we beg you to avoid them as if your life depended on it. Unfortunately for us, broadband is even worse in our area and fibre optic connections do not exist here so we are stuck with them. Never known of any other company as dire as these guys are. We are now contacting trading standards for advice.

    Our own ratings are as follows:
    Overall satisfaction: no stars
    Customer service: no stars
    Broadband speed: no stars
    Broadband reliability: no stars

    Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!
  • Reviewer
    Location
    South Molton
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    Terrible service since being misquoted originally and cancelled the installation without notifying us.Had no speed for two months and was told the band width was being widened two weeks running only to be cancelled the day before on both occasions.Spoken to numerous people there and nobody ever gets back.£102 a month for terrible wifi.They have refunded last months fee but you should not pay for a service that's not being provided.The engineers are the only ones to escape criticism as they have tried at least.A shambles of a company who don't seem to care once you have signed up.
  • Reviewer
    Location
    Oxfordshire
    Reviewing
    Airband
    Date
    Comments
    Our broadband connection keeps dropping and it is very frustrating.
    I cannot complete work tasks in my office this also interferes with watching downloads / streaming and videos

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