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Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
First, a rep called me to offer me the deal of the year because I am a preferred customer of Bell. He harassed me and I finally bought. Then, my hell started. They shipped to the wrong address and I had to pay the freight from NB to Quebec. They invoiced to the wrong name. They didn't want to give me the same numbers I had. They charged me for functions I didn't want. They charged me for 5 cell but I wanted and received 3. There are so many charges and credit that there is no way you can understand. They charged me $700 or a package of 3 cells at $50 each and 3 tablets at $10. They tell ma that I lie and that I have 5 cell numbers and so on.
Unable to talk to somebody who would listen, I finally got an email address where I sent a copy of all the emails I had with the salesman and the package I bought. 12 days later, no answer. I still try to explain to 15 different people from different departments that I want to pay what I owe them and not what they want me to pay that I don't have. They sent a letter the 14 that I got the 24, the day they finally cut the services of my cell and then we are 3 businessman without cell. You dial, you always have the message where you can pay the bill. You want to talk to somebody, then it is the beginning of the circus. I had to pay and after 20 hours, still don't have service. How can we sue them? I still have my blood pressure to the roof because you feel so angry not being able to explain what's going on with somebody who listen and who understand French. I have to stop before being sick.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018
In my experience, Bell has been nothing but a pain to deal with. I got my MiFi box for school since I cannot get internet where I live. I could never get a signal from the damn thing, and they charged me a basic $60/10G which seemed decent at the time. I got my first bill which was $176/10G. I called and they made a ** excuse and danced around it, so I paid it. Next month was the same. I ended up adding gigs to my phone plan at Koodo for $5 more, so I called to cancel my account after all the **. I was told it would be closed after the billing cycle and would have to pay for the month I didn’t use it (0G for $67.) This month I received a bill for my account I was told was closed. When I called, they said they’d cancel it now, but I would owe for the month that I thought I didn’t have and didn’t use since it was suppose to have already been canceled. I would not recommend Bell. Koodo has been awesome!
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018
I have been with a number of providers over my life, but the level of service and support at Bell Canada is to a level where I wonder how can they still be in business. I was with Bell in the past and switched because of their service and costs. But I recently moved and was persuaded to try them again, based on a flyer I received in the mail. I haven't had a home phone for years, I stopped watching cable TV 4 years ago, so I was mainly a internet customer. But I found a good deal for $80 for all 3 services. I called Bell, had to wait 2 weeks to get an install appointment. The technician came but was not successful in setting it up but didn't inform me.
I called Bell back, had to wait 2 more days for another technician to show up, he told me he couldn't set it up either and I would need a cable technician, he said he would set it up for me, another technician came and again he was not a cable technician. I finally spoke to level 2, they were helpful and finally after almost a week, they sent a cable tech. Unfortunately he wasn't able to fix the issue either, he said it had to be fixed at the Central station. Two weeks later still no services. I call back they say, "It's been fixed but we need to send another cable technician. Can you be home on Thursday morning from 8-12."
So I am home, no one shows up, I call Bell, they have no tickets open on my account, they have no record of any open tickets or issues. Level 2 then says you need to speak to level 1 and open a ticket. I ask to speak to the manager. He picks up the phone and doesn't want to hear what I have to say and say you need to speak to level 1 and open a ticket. Before I can tell him my issue I am on hold for level 1. I speak to level one, they try to give me an appointment for 3 days away. I say I need someone this morning. They say, "We will send someone tomorrow."
I agree and ask what time, they tell me between 8 am on 10 pm. Are you kidding me, so 5 weeks ago I ordered their service, still no internet, TV or phone. They want me to take a 5 day off work. Is there anybody at the company accountable. How are they still in business, they are the worst company I have ever dealt with. Problem is no one in this space is much better. If anybody has any advise I would be happy to listen.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018
I called Bell to let them know that they were charging me more than what their own website was advertising. I was put on hold for 12-15 min and then they hung-up. This happened twice. Ever since I had fiber optic line put in by Bell, my internet service is gone down the tubes. Always dropping off every so often.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018
I've been with Bell for 10 years and decided to get another line with them. I was told that my bring your own device plan would give me a decent amount of data along with 4 Gigs from 2 other lines and 3 gigs extra. I decided to get the phones. Once I got them, all hell broke loose. I would never get notifications for data such as "95% usage, etc". They would all of a sudden charge me 50 dollars, 300.00, etc.
Once I called they waived the fees and everything was okay. Then within a month my bill went from $85.00 for a remaining balance to an $800.00 bill! I called them and they said they there was nothing they could do and that they credited me already even though no messages were sent to warn me of the 95% limit. On top of that, they were back charging me for their own mistakes with data! They told me it would 1700 to cancel. It's useless to have such a monopoly in this country for cell phones. Only 2 companies have quality service and Canadians aren't doing anything to stop it. This needs to end and end NOW!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2018
They have very pathetic service. Got roaming charges on data service which I never used. When I call them, they say nothing but offensive. Ended up paying 50 extra. Wish never entered to Bell. They have poor and bad customer service. Fido/Rogers have best service, it was a mistake to come this service.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2018
Man what a ** service. So English is not my first language and I had a little difficulty explaining about how my credit card was charged twice and I could literally hear people laughing on the line. It was really offensive. Also after all 15 mins of talk I ended up paying extra $110 because the payment that I did was not registered on their system and I had to pay two months worth of bills. Just horrible service.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
I plan to use Velcom internet service in Gatineau, they booked a Bell Canada service technician to come to my house to install the DSL service, the technician showed up at my house on Wednesday afternoon around 2:00 pm, he checked the phone jack on the wall of my house, and told me that the signals is perfect, then we shake hands and he told me he will back to the central control to turn on my DSL signals, and said when I pick my kids and back home at night I will have internet, but it never happens, I called Velcom and been told Bell said I was not home when their technician came, and the next installment date is one week later. Why is the big company like Bell Canada lying to customers?
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
I requested my Bell TV service be canceled due to selling and moving. Bell canceled my service a day earlier than requested. They reinstated my service for a day to correct their mistake but now want me to pay a $50 connection fee. Can't believe how this company handles their mistakes and Customer Service!!
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
I am speechless at the duplicitous sales tactics Bell uses (that's why I am writing). Bell Canada agents say whatever they need to to get the sale and then string you along in a series of calls to eventually get a part of what you wanted. They also force you to own a home phone to get a discount - is that even legal (I suppose it is, but it doesn't make it right)? I don’t want a home phone and took one anyways! They also require you to renew negotiated discounts every year and if you are one day late in calling them you lose the discount for a month. Worst of all I feel is the smug «you're a stupid user» attitude you get from virtually any of there agents when you make inquiries. I am moving to Rogers, they are quite honestly try a little harder.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2018
If there are any promotions you receive from BELL don't go for it! IT's scam and their deception motive to lock you down with a contract and then do incremental increase charges for every month. They are one deceptive internet and TV provider, they tied you down and then they can impose any changes as they wish. Somehow they upgraded my account and charged me all kinds of fees and puts the blame on me for making the change, which I never did and they had no record of it too. But because it was ongoing for 4 months, I am responsible for all those charges. Scrutinize your bills closely for every billing cycle and do not rely on them charging you correctly, they will always add things you never thought of, they promise you will X amount but when it comes to the bill you are paying for XYZ!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018
Bell is the worst internet provider you could ask for. This is coming from an ex-customer who has been with this company for 10+ years. My family used to pay about 112 dollars every month just for the internet! Even though the original price was supposed to be something like 60 dollars a month which meant I was paying twice as much than I agreed to. I don't know what they put in the fine print to raise the price that much. Thank god I canceled the service, now I'm using Altima. The switch the smartest move I've made when they say I'm paying 55 dollars a month. It stays that price no matter how much I use the internet during that month. Plus it's because it's so much faster than Bell, it made me realize that Bell was probably slowing down my internet on purpose.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018
I had internet service installed for 3 months at a rented summer cottage. I called on August 18 to have the service canceled on the 21st. I paid my last bill, was given the address where to ship the modem back - which I did and have the return receipt - was assured by Bell that I did not have to worry about the service anymore. Two months later they claim I owe $125 and that my service is still active! I call and tell them the name of the person I talked to, that I have return the internet box and am now back home in Florida. The cottage has been empty for 2 months and they never canceled the service. I explained what is going on and that Franz didn't do his job. They claim the charges are valid and I must pay them.
I asked to speak to a manager, I gave them all the info I had, they said that they are not responsible and I must pay the fees. When I make an error with my clients, I pay for it. When Bell Canada makes an error THEIR CLIENTS PAY FOR IT. They don't care, there is absolutely nothing that the person could do for me. He had no authority to waive those fees and told me that no one in the company could do it because they were valid. A bunch of baloney! I am livid! I took the time to do it correctly and was assured that on Monday the service would be disconnected. They screwed up and now they're asking me to pay for it. I am so mad. Worst company ever.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018
All I can say is if you have another option, use it! Worst customer support and even worse service level. I’ve had 12 technician to my house and been on the phone 100 times over the last year since we HAD to go to Bell because of our location. It is absurd that this company can function like this. Avoid at all cost if you can.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018
I have been using Bell cellphone service for 3 years. I have been very happy with the service. I won't say never had problems or mistakes but they get resolved right away. I moved to Ontario from Saskatchewan and from Ontario to Newfoundland in last 3 years. I had Bell service with me all the time. I would like to mention that when I was on ferry in the middle of the sea, I had Bell network on my phone. Now in NF I wanted to add internet home service. I read so many horrible reviews about the internet installation and tech etc, I still went ahead and booked the service. One more time with Bell, the amazing experience. The tech was on time, called me before he arrived and perfect. Got all done and connected.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2018
If you call to cancel the service, they will just hang up on you or put on hold and never will be back to you. If they promise you discount, they just trying to get rid of you for this moment, they not even leaving note on your file. I regret I get their services. They treat customers like annoying **.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
The last call I made the service rep assured me she understand what I was asking. After clarifying several times she 'assured' me she understood what I was asking. Called back again because I wasn’t comfortable that she knew what I was asking and it turned out I was right. That is one complaint which has happened quite often. Second complaint — I am positive the reps don’t document conversations correctly and probably not even all the time either. They brush you off until you have to threaten closing your account. I asked for a manager to call me back and the guy assured me he sent the request and documented it but speaking to the rep today I don’t think he did. I will talk to the manager if I have to call every day — and wlll cancel all 4 of my cell phones if I have to. Sure it will cost quite a bit - but it would be worth it to not have to deal with most of their incompetent reps anymore. It’s truly exhausting.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
Bell Canada has wasted so much of our time and will charge us over $400 for services that were supposed to be have been canceled. After calling them one representative confirmed they would retract charges since we switched our services, but nothing happened. So we were still charged even more. Different representatives keep running us in circles and saying the same things. Very very frustrating. They say they will email us after we speak to the rep, but it does not happen. If you speak on the phone with to a Bell rep, write down the final order number for every cancellation or change in services. Otherwise Bell is going to give you a very hard time, and send an unfair and massive bill.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2018
I talked with a very worse customer service ever today. He has to learn about communication with clients. Even he didn’t want to finish our conversation so that he can respond for all my queries. Instead he switched off the phone. I am wondering how this man did get in service. Very worse service. You risk to lose our money. They are many companies with a good services.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
Horrible horrible customer service, not transparent at all. Lie to get sales and change your charges when they feel like it. If you’re thinking of switching providers I highly advise to stay away from Bell. The customer service agents won’t even put you through to managers to escalate your complaints. The one I dealt with said “the boss doesn’t take phone time so that means I am the boss” ridiculous.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
I have dealt with many many companies and hands down Bell Canada and Bell Mobility is the worst company I have ever dealt with in just every aspect from service, billing and overall just about everything else. In 2016, a "too-good-to-be-true" (in retrospect) promotional package enticed me to move from ACN (with whom I had been a happy customer) to Bell Mobility. It was a HUGE MISTAKE! I never got the phone number I was told I would be getting and my bills were a lot higher than before with ACN. Nearly every month, for almost 2 years, I had to spend 1 to 2 hours monthly with Bell's "Customer Care" to have the billing corrected and a credit issued for the overbilling and trying to get the right phone number. I was told that they would drop all cancellation fees and keep getting the bills. Called in again and was told I have to pay the fees because it's not Bell's problem. I'm unhappy with the service and canceled my accounts.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
Moved into our home in Tweed, ON. No real choice in providers so Bell it was. We were told we would get Fibe 50. On day of install told we could only have Fibe 25 to find out the cost was the same as Fibe 50 and not unlimited as we were promised. TV also installed. We didn't want the PVR, no use for it, only to find out that is what was installed. Complained. Spoke to a manager from Montreal head office, told internet would be given to us as unlimited but could only have Fibe 25. Gave us a better price... July, Aug and now Sept we've had to call every month due to bill not reflecting proper pricing.
TV wow what a nightmare, called. Said, "Sorry we told you we didn't want the PVR. Please swap it out," that idiot rep cut off our service. The next rep fixed the service and sent a reg HD rec with a tech to install it at no cost since it was their error... Manager confirmed this in Sept. I get a bill and charged for additional rec. install. Each month since June there have been issues each month. I am given better pricing supposedly, however it's never reflected on my bill, even the reg price for the TV which is $84.95 is always shown as $114.95. Not one bill from install in June to current Sept 17, 2018 has ever been correct in any way. It's always an argument. The rep even went so far as to argue what Bell clearly includes in writing in their packages.
Bell is the most incompetent company I have ever dealt with in my life. For all the discounts they keep giving me due to their errors my bills should be getting smaller. How does internet at 49.95 per month, TV at 55.95 per month and my cellphones at $65 per month (the only thing that is ever correct on my bill) add up to $327 per month... Last night's rep couldn't even do the simple math. My time is valuable. I shouldn't be spending hours every month on the phone trying to get my bill fixed!!! And not only fixed but not reflected on next month's bill but on the current bill... Sick of the BS and highly suggest if you have other choices besides Bell (wish I did) go with any other company but Bell. Prior to this I lived in an area where I could only get internet via the Bell Turbo Hub, told it worked everywhere. 2 year fight over that as it does not work everywhere... Bell finally paid 1/2 the cost of a cell phone booster. It helped a little. I HATE BELL!!!
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
In 2016, a "too-good-to-be-true" (in retrospect) promotional package enticed me to move from Fido (with whom I had been a happy customer since 1995) to Bell Mobility. It was a HUGE MISTAKE! Nearly every month, for almost 2 years, I was overcharged, and had to spend 1 to 2 hours monthly with Bell's "Customer Care" to have the billing corrected and a credit issued for the overbilling. Because of Bell's dysfunctional billing system, the credits were always applied against the next month's bill, rather than being subtracted from the bill for the month in which the overbilling occurred.
In total frustration, I terminated Bell's "service" (an oxymoron) just short of the 2-year mark, and switched to Videotron (MUCH better service, better packages, better prices, and a FAR BETTER (i.e., accurate!) billing system. Now, the Bell hyenas are sending me monthly bills for services NOT rendered, compound interest on the fraudulent bills, and letters threatening to "terminate my services" (!!!) if I don't pay them! Idjits! STAY AWAY FROM THESE FRAUDSTERS AND MORONS!
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2018
I had some technical issues with the internet. When I called them they told me that something is wrong with the modem and they will send technician next morning. When I called them, they told they have shipped the modem. When I received, it still didn't worked out and they told that they will send the technician and they didn't. We had assignments and everything pended just because of their services. Their department doesn't even know the technician timings themselves. When I called them to cancel my service and upon asking them the amount I will receive back, they told me that my service cannot be canceled until few days after and I will only receive 6-7 days of money which I was suppose to receive for around 12 days. Instead of giving the extra credit of the days I didn't had, they were saying such sort of things. They ended up agreeing for 9 days. Had a very bad experience, would recommend no one.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
Sold me (over the phone) hi-speed internet service on landline -5-6 Gbps for 1 year at $49.95 net 62.09 with tax; however increased price by $5 after 3-4 months. I phoned them and explained they did not say price would increase; and the only thing it says/said is, after 1 year price would increase. I told them I will only pay the 62.09 per month as originally stated. They refused to cancel the increase. They disconnected the landline Aug 22nd without notice. Note;- I continued to try to connect my workstation without success (it does not have a wi-fi connection. And I trying to find the problem on my laptop it eventually failed- continuous screen flickering making it impossible to read!
I tried to reboot with Toshiba program which did ok; But when rebooting continually tries to finish loading window? Which does not make any sense because I used windows after the Toshiba program finished. So now I do not have a Laptop working either. Obviously I need a boot disc to fix windows; but also a fix for the screen flicker, which may be impossible if it is a component failure due to continually rebooting which I did for days to try and get it working. Eventually I had to buy a wifi connector for my new HP WORKSTATION, from the USA as could not find a suitable one in Montreal or on Amazon.ca- Canada??? I had to buy one on Amazon.com (USA).
I have also just read that Bell have more than 100,000 sales complaints in 2017 0r 2018; and that they should be regulated. If you phone them you speak to someone in the Philipeans who only after a long time transfers you to someone in Canada. HOW RIDICULOUS. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO EMAIL THEM SO THAT EVERYTHING IS RECORDED.
I have since received another invoice from Bell this time in the mail??? With another $5 added. But it also shows the price includes $20 for a VPN AND WIFI. So I am paying them 22.60 tax included for Sep. since they disconnected the landline Aug 22nd. That invoice is fraudulent; showing 59.95+tax plus the 4 x $5 for the previous 4 month! P.S I notice prices are Double on Amazon.ca v.s. Amazon.com (USA) for identical items! Stranger since CDN $ is still worth $0.70 US. And with free trade still in effect it does not cost Amazon much to import bulk shipments. Hi-speed internet 5gbps over land line for 1 year.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
Misled into purchasing a promotional package for US-Canada voice and text plan...$30+$5 add on. However, when I returned back to Canada from Calif, my next bill showed that I owed close to $400 for LD and Roaming fees... I gave them info re: agent who arranged the travel promotion with me, dates I spoke with their agent, as well as the time of coverage. I also provided info-Proving per their email confirmation that I de-activated their roaming service plan upon my return to Canada.
I was told they would remove half the charges if I agree to pay the other half. I said "no way! I will NOT pay a dime over the amount I agreed to". So, now 2 months later, I am still being harassed to pay what they claim is an outstanding balance of $185. (Since my return I have continued to my monthly service plan fees On Time!). These charges they are bullying me for are for LD US-Can roaming charges that should have been covered by the Unlimited plan I agreed to purchase for $40 total--The plan I was led to believe would cover June 1-June 30, even though I only used service for 24 days. Once upon a time, I was a loyal consumer of Bell Aliant/Bell Mobility. No more! I am seeking another provider.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
Friday September 7th 2018 I arrived home from work to find that my television service was not working. I spent almost 3 hours on the phone with tech support, continuously requesting that they send a technician. When finally they accept to send a technician on the Saturday. Saturday arrives, no technician shows up. Call again, spent 2 hours, telling me I would have to wait until Sunday night. I ask to speak to a supervisor because this was unacceptable. They proceed to tell me I would have to wait 24-48 for someone to call me and then they hang up on me in mid sentence.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I have dealt with many many companies in my day and hands down Bell Canada and Bell Mobility is the worst company I have ever dealt with in just every aspect from service, billing and overall just about everything else. I cannot understand in anyway shape or form that a company that claims to be Canadian has their call center and help desk in another country. Yes, Bell Canada has their customer service calls going to the Philippines! Sales is in Canada but most of billing and service is abroad. As far as their products, it is what it is and it's ok. Nothing special, I wish there were more options in our country for cellular services and internet besides Roger's, Bell and Cogeco. It is really sad!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
My boyfriend and I aren't too fond of Bell because of past experiences but we were able to get a decent deal, $50 for unlimited usage and 50 Mbps - no contract or expiry, so we decided to give them a chance. We scheduled a technician for installation on September 2nd. The window was from 12pm - 5pm, and we waited all day at home and no one showed up. We received a call at 3pm saying our technician was on their way but then 4:15pm came and no one was here yet so we called Bell. The rep on the phone said the technician showed up at 12:30pm but we weren't home (why did we get a 3pm call notification then?).
Obviously this was not true because we were home all day waiting for the technician. We asked the rep to call the technician to see if he can "come back" and the rep said he has no way of contacting them. Okay then what good is calling you if you can't even contact the driver? After a few more minutes of back and forth he said he'll give the dispatcher a call who will contact the technician... Why couldn't this have been done when we asked? Anyway, he got back to us and said the technician cannot come back today and we must reschedule, so we rescheduled to September 5th (5pm-9pm). We made it clear that the technician needed to call us when he arrived this time so we wouldn't miss him.
The rep tried to compensate us by giving us some sort of free cable TV for 2 months, and if we didn't want it anymore after 2 months, we had to call and cancel. We refused, knowing that they would probably still charge us after 2 months even if we did call to cancel because of previous experiences with them. We said we'd take 2 months of free or discounted internet, but he wouldn't budge.
September 5th came and the technician arrived around 730pm just to tell us that he needed access to our "telephone box" of which only our Superintendent had the key to and since it was pretty late into the day, he was not around to allow access. We were furious now. If they needed access to anything for the installation that required our Superintendent, why didn't they state that when we made the appointment? We would have made the necessary arrangements ensuring that they had access to whatever they needed.
Also, it wasn't as if the technician showed up thinking he could have accessed the telephone box through us, he KNEW he needed the Superintendent because the first thing he did when he arrived was ask if he was around so he could have access... If we needed the help of our Super, you'd think they made sure to tell us that prior to the technician arriving! So we ended up not getting internet again that day, and they wanted to reschedule. We said no way and cancelled. The rep on the phone didn't even push back, just said he understood and cancelled our account.
Absolutely ridiculous. It was like they didn't want us to use their service the way they made everything so difficult! We shouldn't be begging you to install internet for us. Shouldn't you want our money? So on the same day that this all happened and we cancelled (Sept 5th), we called Fido for their $32 unlimited internet deal with 75 Mbps. They set up our account and we received the modem the very next day (less than 24 hours later) and plugged it into the wall and were connected to the internet right away.
We were so impressed with Fido after the hell we went through with Bell. I don't understand how they were able to set us up so quickly while Bell had to drag everything out for days. If I could give Bell no stars, I would. I've had previous crappy experiences with them prior to this one but this was the nail in the coffin. NEVER going to try to use Bell ever again no matter how good the deal is. Rogers is better.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
I switched to Bell from Rogers about a year ago because they were having a good promotion at the time. I had no issues from them until it came time to renew a new promo which was expiring on Aug 25. I had called a month in advance (beginning of Aug) in which I was told I would get a call back (it never happened). So I called again a few days later and was told to call on Aug 25 (when my promo expired) to look at other promos. So Aug 25 came. I called and yet again was told to wait 5-7 days for a call back. Are you ** kidding me!? I don't understand why they can't deal with you from the time you call. They then transferred me to the loyalty department because I was getting irritated so finally (after a very long discussion -__-) they were able to give me a new promo which would have totalled $147.86 for 24 months.
So fast forward to Sept 5 when my bill came totalling $192.19... I called yet again to ask about the overcharge and was dealt with an extremely rude and incompetent agent. I was basically told that the charges are valid due to the expiration of the promo and that "I should've called to avoid these types of things". Really bud?... like really. Their customer service is a joke. At least with Rogers they value you as a customer. I shouldn't have to call more than once to get an answer and BELL, next time write your notes properly because YES I DID CALL 3 times actually you dumb**. BELL, you need to work on your customer service skills or you will lose all your customers. Now that I look back I completely regret leaving Rogers... Lesson learned...
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018
Pay for 100 mbps get 700 kilobytes - For over 15 years me and my family had Bell internet. 400 kb at the start. Spend $1400 to change home set up. Receive 700 kb after. We pay $200 for 700 kb. Try to cancel. They lose our cancellation for 15 years. Ok so I got a gaming desktop still 700 kilobytes. So I work in tech support so now I know it's a line issue and has been. They change our modem and offer to give us a cheaper plan. The plan became more expensive magically in 3 months. So now we are paying $250 for 700 kilobytes. No change in internet. Modem change did nothing and it's rented so we are paying monthly for trash. Ok let's now talk to them about changing our line. They hang up every time it gets to the point where I wonder how this scummy company has not had a lawsuit against them and been shut down for scamming people out of their money. Also all of these speeds are wired.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I have been getting issues since almost 2 years. Spend time on phone numerous time. Even the Bell technicians came for repair and he confirmed that the service is worse than he expected. He did fix it but only for a while and that has been recurring during that 2 years. I received a credit to maintain. Supposedly they gave me a credit for $40 and I have proof via email that it is indeed a credit but when I called to cancelled first thing the agent said, "Good then we will take our credit back". When I ask his ID he refused, I then ask his manager's name Josh but he hung up before I continue. If I have top write, pages won't be enough... Worst service ever and I hope someone from Bell is reading those reviews.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
Super terrible service, I originally accidentally sent a payment on the 9th or so, didn't notice till 8 days later. Bell Mobility told me they would reverse the charges into my bank. I contacted customer service who said they were sending a cheque but that it was never actually sent out, I contacted RBC to dispute the services and they could not because Bell Mobility lied and said they were sending a cheque (or perhaps the 2nd agent lie) I contacted them today and was transferred to the number I called, effectively sending me back to the start and then I wasn't able to connect to Billing because it was then past their hours.
I contacted tech support who was a supervisor and who told me everything the first supervisor and Bell support specialist was wrong and to disregard it. It's now going to take 2-3 weeks to get the refund cheque and Bell has no way to expedite it or to assist me in any way despite making claims that they could in the past. Overall a really shady company.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Bell Canada is the worst company for customer service, it took 3 wks and 3 different orders for a simple bundle package that should have been installed in 1 day. We were given a quote of $99.85 for the 3 services received. Our first bill and price was way off. Rep said that there was no info on file with that rate, funny how they lose tape recorded conversations at their convenience. Nothing but problems from day 1.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
After the 4th call after spending hours on the phone we finally came to an agreement with our Bell Mobility provider, well another verbal contract and not sure if they are going to stick with this one? I will believe it when I see it. So don't accept everything they say. Just hang-up and call in again until you get close to what you think is fair.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
After talking to reps on 5 separate occasions, we finally came to a verbal agreement about a cell phone plan, so we thought. The next day we got a call telling us that there is no such plan available.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018
Our Bell home service has been out for a week now. We have had no home phone, no internet or TV. I had called customer service explained that every time it rains our service goes out. They said they would send a technician to take a look at it. I specified that I believe the problem may be outside. A technician finally showed up 4 days later, spent 2 hour looking and testing everything. Came to the conclusion that the problem is outside in the wiring (didn't take a genius to figure that one out). He told me that a team will have to come tomorrow and fix it between 8 am and 10 am. It was what it was. It's now tomorrow and it's about 3 pm on a Saturday. I have canceled all of my errands and plans waiting for them and no one has showed up.
I have called customer service 3 times today and was told I will receive a phone call back with an update... Guess what. No one called me back. It's now raining we still have no service, no one has called me and I'm left frustrated beyond belief. They keep saying, "We understand your frustration," which really I don't think they do. If my parents had an emergency and I wasn't home they wouldn't be able to call 911 (very old school European and don't believe in cell phones). I'm left with no other options and can't believe this is happening. I've never had to talk to so many incompetent people who don't care about their customers. They are one of the most expensive companies in Toronto and with paying 150 dollars a month I should not get treated like this.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2018
Our Bell Mobility 2 years contract was coming to an end on August 25th 2018 so prior to this day we called Bell and asked them about any new deals that we can switch to since we were paying almost $300 per month for three cell phones. The sales representative told us nothing was available so we decided to transfer our services to a new provider when the contract has ended. On August 21st 2018 someone from the loyalty department called us and offered us a deal which were Bring Your Own Devices plan which were $55 plan plus $35 for 6 gigs of shareable data.
He also told us that the two additional phones will be charge $45 each so we agreed and told him we will accept that deal. So a couple of days after I checked my account on MyBell App and it shows that all Three phones were being charge $55 each. So we called customer service and we spoke to an agent name Dawn and explain the problem which she check and transfer us to another agent. This man told us that there is no records of this transaction in their notes and that if someone had offered us a deal that we should have accepted right away.
I told him that we did accepted the deal the day that the sales representative called because our old bill cycle was on the 25th of each month and now he is telling me that the new cycle is on the 21st of the month. Arent conversation recorded at Bell so that they can check to see what was said. Anyway I already port all my numbers from Bell but their deception and then acting ignorant to the facts is truly unprofessional and Bell Canada needs to look into the sales tactics of their agents because they will be losing customers like us in the future.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
Switched to Bell home internet services in July 2018 and have found that the wi-fi service is even slower than my previous provider (unfortunately had to make the change). Am looking to cancel and find a different provider but may be difficult in Northwestern Ontario.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
Please never work or deal with Bell Canada. I am a customer with them for four months in a rented apartment, then I transfer the account to the next tenant, for which the representative confirmed that the transfer was successful. After half a year, Bell reached to us saying there is payment due because the next tenant did not pay the bill. I am not sure how it relates back to us as I was assured that the transfer was successful, and I even received a refund for the service I did not finish using before I left the apartment. Ok fine, then I asked for a proof of internet usage for the months that the bills were not paid, so that I can argue with the next tenant for him to pay the bill. But the representative refused to give it to us saying that they were not able to retrieve this information. So you have the information of monthly bills, but not the monthly usage? How elementary is your system to not have this basic information?
Ok fine, I paid the bill in full, and I specifically asked the representative that is the account is fully closed, that I do not have to deal anymore of this, and the representative said yes, that the account is closed and everything is settled. But today, one month later, I received another bill saying there is outstanding balance. I am starting to believe that I will never be able to get rid of this account and I have to pay the bill forever. I had never any issues with Fido or Telus before. Please tell me if there is a way to cancel an Bell account, everything is not simple when it is about Bell. Please never ever deal with Bell under any circumstance or you will deeply regret it.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
After being Bell customer for 11 years cancelled my account with Bell 3 phone and iPad account. Bell is worst in billing. Always charge you for unnecessary services, their phone plans are the worst, after charging my sister 140$ a month she cancelled too. ??? This is what they get from me.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
I went into the Bell store at the Eaton Center, Toronto. I replaced my iPhone for an iPhone 8, I was offered a free promotional gift of a Samsung Galaxy Tab E. Looking at my bill I realize I’m locked into a two-year contract at $15 a month. To get out of this contract I have to pay $302 for the tablet. I called to complain about this and was asked, “Did you sign something?” “Yes I did sign something.” More than once I asked “So this doesn’t cost anything?” To the guy at the Bell Store who repeatedly told me it didn’t cost anything and pointed to where I should sign. I truly believe I was straight out lied to just to get a sale. From this point on I will read everything. I have called Bell twice and nobody can help me at all.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
They can’t seem to cancel my account. I’ve been calling every month for 6 months, and they still send me a bill for a home phone that I never used... They’re scammers and if you go with them after reading this, it’s your own damn fault!!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
It use to mean something when you were a customer of 40 years, now I wonder why I have given my Business to such a dishonest, dysfunctional company with the worst service level imaginable - Bell Canada! After reviewing the bill that my wife normally pays, I questioned why the T.V. was so much money, and the long and the short of it, was promotional channels that were added and just kept on being added to our bill over the years. When I question on what authority they could do this, they said it was an email sent out stating the added programs. I asked for the email stating this and the authorization and of course they could not produce the email saying it was too long ago and they don't keep this information - this was only after many calls and escalations later. They also said - it is my responsibility to check my bill - wait a second, you add something to my bill without authorization and I am responsible for your error?
Reading other reviews, it seems other charges are being added to bills of consumers - so check that bill, it is only a matter of time as to when a class action suit will be brought to the attention or the CRTC by some lawyer who realizes the abuse of companies like Bell in charging consumers for business they have never ordered. When challenged, Bell can't provide any support documentation, emails etc... to support the added charges - so strongly suggest you look at your bill. The customer service of a company that calls itself a 'communication company' is abysmal - with wait times of 30 plus minutes or more if you ever do reach a real person.
So what to do? File your own complaint, hold 'big business accountable'. I know the other communication companies are much the same, but when customers start leaving and customer retention is slipping - they begin to notice - Rogers asked me the other day, what they need to do to get your business back (cell phones). In closing, shame on Bell for not providing any consideration and yes, I will watch my bills more carefully especially with the new communication company that we switch to and hold them accountable.
I should also mention, we have had horrific experiences with internet and spent a year with different technicians who all blamed the previous technician for mis-diagnosing the problem. Despite letting Bell know about the problem and weeks of interruptions - there was no compensation. Instead they wanted to debate the hrs. that the internet was running properly. Hope others will take the time to post your frustrations for the benefit of other consumers and hold big business accountable!
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
We ordered a Cottage Plan satellite dish package where we paid for the receiver and Bell installed the dish. The installation was free and the Bell system was installed. We had continued problems with signal drop, system shutdowns, and incorrect remote control. Three separate techs were dispatched to correct satellite positioning, incorrect control, and setting tv to HDMI3. We were billed for each visit but told not to worry because we were not being billed for these visits.
Our first bill arrived one month later for $606.89 instead of $78.95. We have made over a dozen attempts to call billing to correct the problem but end up speaking to customer service in the Philippines where they either promise they will resolve the issue and provide a confirmation number and email. Callback attempts show no notes in the database, fictitious employees and employee numbers, lies upon lies and then 4-5 calls a day from the collections department. There is no way to be transferred from the Philippines to Ottawa Customer Service. If you do get Ottawa Customer Service, they will keep you on the phone stating name, employee number and confirmation numbers that never show in the database.
Our new bill arrived several days ago and increased to $753.74. We have spent dozens of hours trying to resolve this bill correctly with people that do not have the authority or integrity to resolve this billing issue. Bell employees do not know product promotions, how cost is generated nor have the faintest clue on what true CUSTOMER SERVICE is really about. We continue to deal with Bell over the phone to resolve correct billing (currently been 124 minutes) but issue a warning to anyone looking for a satellite solution, RUN FAST, RUN FAR, from Bell since they smile and lie about their products and service. THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE dept. in this company.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
We moved to Bell hoping for better service 3 months ago. Since then we have been receiving constant interruptions for internet and TV. Their technicians doesn't know what's the problem or the source of it. Each one of them blames the one before him. In one month we had over 150 service interruptions and it's still going with no solution. They only say that they are highly monitoring our issue but no solution.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
Worst Service as well Worst Customer Service. People don't understand English. They lie. In one day spoke to Tony, Laura, Mark, Jennifer, Denis, and Micheal. Have been having issues for one year. Still can't fix it. Called in to cancel service. Was told by Denis that they will compensate for the loss of service. When I called back they said, "Sorry. You are still in promotion. Can't do anything for you." What a great company.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
In July of 2018 I was over on data. I paid the data fees to have my phone outgoing call reinstated. On July 20, 2018 I call customer service to add 3 GB of data. It was not added when I was assured it was added. During that call I asked what my account balance was. The employee told me I had a credit of $20. I used my data (for income reasons) and on July 22, 2018 my phone was again restricted for data usage. I paid 150.00 via credit card and had service again. On July 23, 2018 I called Bell customer service again to find out the extra data was not added and received a long winded nonsense explanation from the employee. I asked to speak to a supervisor. Waited 2 hours and called back. Then spoke to John employee # ** about the data and I was told data was now on and I had a 172.03 credit that would be applied to my August bill.
I made another payment in July for 44 dollars after knowing about the 172.03 credit because I received a text. My total amount owing was approaching my credit limit. So August bill date comes. No credit and service suspended. I call Bell customer service and spoke to employee # **. This employee stated, "We are current producing your bill," and she unlocks my phone. She states By August 9, 2018 it will be all cleared up. Now today August 4, 2018 my service is suspended again! I call Bell. Talk to Marie employee number **. Whom stated my bill is 459.00 for one month!! I blow up now and I talk to Mark employee number **. He apologizes and says, "Yes. There is a credit for 216.03 and no balance in your account," and assured me to shut off my phone and turn it back on and it will work. If there is an issue dial *777.
Well guess what. It didn’t work!! My call directed to customer service and back to square one with no credit but rather a huge balance and restricted outgoing calls. Waited several hours with no callback from the manager or supervisor! I am currently cutting my losses and moving to a new cell phone provider. Do not. I repeat. Do not become a Bell Mobility customer!!! Their customer service is awful and their billing is close to fraudulent in my opinion! I have strong reasons to believe I will never receive my 215.00 plus dollars in credit from Bell.
Don’t be taken advantage of by this horrendous company! This fifteen year customer will never have another Bell product or service. My adult children left Bell services for reasons similar to this several years ago. They sucked me in with so called Loyalty upgrades. Don’t be sucked in. Don’t be taken advantage of. STAY away from all Bell products! It took me several years to realize how horrible the Bell Company is!!!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
Bell Canada provides misleading information through their customer loyalty department. After several calls in the past as a 20+ years customer of Bell about Bell Canada increasing their prices for services, their loyalty department convinced me to stay with them with what they told me on the phone is a "promotion Package". Now that it's time to cancel because they have again raised their prices and is not competitive with another provider, they are now informing when I called to cancel their service that I agreed to a contract which they confirmed by e-mail at the time they provided the "promotion discount". They claim that they confirmed that I have a contract by e-mail.
The agent never mentioned that during the conversation or I would not have agreed. Bell in their retention effort is misleading customers with calling the discount "promotion discounts" and not ever mentioning on the phone that the "promotion discount" ties customers to a contract... The real story. They are charging $100 for terminating the contract before the term which is very discouraging that the government is allowing companies to hold consumers to contracts which is obtained by this type of misleading sales tactics. I would suggest that old folks with no access to internet is being taken advantage of with this type of tactics by Bell and would like to receive a call to further discuss my concerns.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
A few days ago I got internet service through Bell, since the signals were not strong enough for the large size of my home, I requested them to send me signal boosters which did arrive a day later than originally planned. Not big deal, I called for technical support as the Pods needed set up on Bell.ca. The agent Mr. ** agent ID ** informed me that he can’t help since it’s only self serve service online.
I asked me if he can provide me with my account number so I can register my account at least, which he refused to give as company policy and said I need to wait a few weeks till my bill arrives and all this conversation took over an hour with exorbitant wait times and Mr. ** refusing to help any further and telling me "Good luck and have a great day" and hung up, now can someone tell me where do I go from here, need to take this up to the president of Bell for cheating honest hardworking Canadians of service they say that they take pride in providing. How the hell do I set up the signal boosters provided by the company. This happened on August 2nd 2018 at 530 pm for the record. I sincerely suggest this staff should be fired not only for the sake of the aggravation to customers but for company policy in providing Customer Service.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
Over the last few months, I have noticed in my online billing statements with Bell Canada, that there is a fee being added to individual's bills that would normally go unnoticed because the charge/fee is only for a few dollars per month. I happened to notice it because I had several issues a few months back that took several months and several government agencies and complaints to resolve. This fee is listed on your bill as a 'late fee unregulated'. Look for it. Whether in your online statement or on your hard copy bill.
My personal bill is issued monthly and only online. (Screenshot enclosed). I have paid those bills AHEAD of the bill actually being issued, so no late fee could be added as the bills were paid in full, on time and before bill issue right? Wrong! Bell is fleecing the Canadian public in new and interesting ways by charging UNREGULATED LATE FEES, that is the key word. UNREGULATED. Here is the scenario. These fees if I hadn't noticed them, would amount to between 30.00 and 36.00 per year on a bill that amounts to under $100.00 per month for internet services alone in my case.
There are 9.008.000 Bell customers nationally throughout Canada. I'll do the math for you. With this 'unregulated late fee', that is 270,240,000.00 dollars that Bell Canada have just taken from the Canadian public with no legal repercussions whatsoever by the Canadian Government because this is a charge that no one ever thought to regulate. If you aren't mad yet, you should be! Ask yourself, why in 2018, the Canadian Government has not legally intervened and issued a regulated Terms of Services contract that service providers are obliged to use without alteration, nationwide. A contract that protects the consumer and legally holds providers accountable for illegal activities and obliges them to provide the services promised and paid for by Canadian consumers.
We are now, officially, an undeclared extension of the United States where Capitalism is King/Queen/ and President, and the Canada and the Canadian Government that we used to know that protected its citizens and whose social programs and society were based on socialist ideas and ideals is officially dead. Insert The Purge TV alert here... Capitalism Reigns/Oh Canada!
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2018
Recently I ordered TV & Internet from Bell... from 1st day TV Receiver started to reset by itself. I called on Bell Technical Support. They sent me a new receiver, now I have 4 bad receivers in 2 weeks! So am fed up. I called to cancel services. They said I have to pay 150$ cancellation fees! If I used the service and want to change fine. Fair to pay. But the service actually never worked. I went through hell for 4 weeks and now they want fees for a service technically it does not work?? Welcome to Bell.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
Bell has the best tv and internet service (quality-wise) in my area, but they are the most dishonest and unethical company I have ever dealt with. You sign a contract with them, and before you even get the first bill they send you a letter increasing the price on all three services. When you call them about it they say to read the small print. Most of the complaints given to ConsumerAffairs also apply to me. They are a horrible company.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Need to share this unbelievable experience with Bell. I waited until my contract was up to cancel my service. In their system they put in a date two days before the contract ends and they send me an early cancellation fee. I called to complain and get my money back and they said they need to investigate this to go through recorded calls to make sure I didn't cancel two days before contract ends. I said even if I made a mistake with the contract date, you guys would not make the adjustment or tell me to wait a couple of days to call back and all she says is that they need to investigate. WOW, this is truly unbelievable.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
I have been subscribing to Bell for internet, mobility and TV for several years now. This month I was promised an increase in download speed; they were going to double it. Well the 100 mbps I was promised haven't materialized. After three visits by technicians (and I will say they are punctual in their appointments) the speed is still around 12-15 mbps. Bell may say in their defense that the building is over 50 years old, and that the circuitry is not what would be ideal for today's world, but they shouldn't be allowed to sell download speeds that simply don't exist.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
My iPhone ear piece stopped working June 5 so I contacted Bell to upgrade. After spending time on the phone we came up with a new contract. Just prior to submitting the order, the specialist and I applied my new address to the account. She said it was a good thing we did that so the new phone didn’t end up at the wrong place and kind of laughed. I was told it would arrive in 3-5 business days. I was excited for a nice transaction and my new phone. Well a week went by without a phone and I had a hunch it ended up at the old address, which it apparently did. They said I’d have to wait for Canada Post to return it to the Bell warehouse then they would resend from there. They guessed it would be another week to two.
I waited a week and called back. They said it should now arrive in about 2-4 days. Once it reached the 6th day I called back. They said they have no telephone contact with their own warehouse and would have to email them!!! What?! At this point I was informed the phone was being held at Canada Post for a week when it was sent to the wrong address and could have literally got it at that point and he was surprised nobody told me this. At this point it has literally been exactly 5 WEEKS and I still don’t have a phone. I’ve been offered a $50 credit for their absolutely HORRIBLE service. I asked him if there was a note on their computer stating to treat me as poorly as humanly possible.
The customer service is very friendly but I have been misinformed and given the run around since day one. I would actually cancel my service but I trust this company so little, that I actually am confident after them saying I currently have no payout penalty, they will slap me with a large penalty. I am stuck in a hard place and have talked to several managers with zero resolve. I feel like I am a butt end of their joke. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SERVICE.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
My advice is - don't use Bell for services. I scheduled to have internet service installed in Montreal on 7/6/18. I received a confirmation email for the installation on 6/24/18. I received on confirmation call from them on 7/4/18 @ 6:18pm saying that they would be there on 7/6 between 12 and 5 for the installation. They were a no show and a no call. I called them that evening and asked what happened. They said that there was an external problem with the internet and that they would call me within 24-48 hours. No call. I filed an escalation on their website on 7/8. I called them again on 7/9 and they told me that they would call me within 24-48 hours. They confirmed that it was an external internet problem. No response.
Finally, I called them to cancel on 7/12 - a competing internet company installed my internet within 24 hours with no problem. They did cancel the order; but, they said that it was a problem on with identification and there was no problem with the internet. This is the first that was ever mentioned. This was probably someone who was trying to cover for bad service by blaming the customer. The company is, at best, disingenuous and most likely dishonest. I would avoid them if at all possible.
Reviewed July 11, 2018
We switched to Bell 3 years ago from Rogers because they have the zero dollar phones that my husband wanted. When his Note 4 broke, they said they could not do anything. We sent it to "get checked" nothing happened. We got swindled by one of the tech shops in our area. We had to buy a new phone and opt him out of the shared plan. And that's when the inconveniences started. I switched the account on my name. Never told there was a fee. It was 45 dollars for a freaking transfer! Every month they have new charges that I did not use/know of.
So every month I needed to call them and fight the useless customer service reps in order for the charges to get refunded. And their customer service is the worst, it seems that 90% of the reps have language barrier! It is very difficult to talk to them. I paid 62 bucks for a stupid 2.5 GB. Whenever I cross the border to the states, they offer 100 MB for 7 dollars. WHAT A JOKE. I turn off all my roaming settings and data and still they found a way to charge me!
When that promo of doubling your data was offered by Rogers, same was advertised by Bell that they will honor the same deals. Went to the mall and Bell said I was not eligible and told me some BS about Bell and MTS being different and separate (but their name says BELL MTS!). No company made me this angry. It was the most awful experience. Do not switch to Bell. Trust me on this. Went back with Rogers and my friends are with Telus. If you are with Bell and would like to leave, unlock your phone first. DO NOT LET BELL KNOW AT ALL COSTS YOU ARE LEAVING. WAIT UNTIL YOUR NEW PROVIDER ACTIVATES THE SAME NUMBER UNDER THEIR COMPANY.
Reviewed July 7, 2018
I have been a customer of Bell Canada for at least 15 years, I dropped my phone and broke the screen on my new SG7 and requested it be repaired and I would pay for the repairs as it was my fault. I spoke to someone from India who could not speak very good English and the phone was returned without repairs done after they said they would repair it. I chalked up the failed repair as a language problem and called back and requested to speak with someone from Canada. They refused to let me talk to someone from Canada and even tried to put me in touch with someone who pretended to have a Texas accent while I could hear laughter in the ground.
From the time I put in the repair request to the time I attempted to have it repaired a second time they failed to update my billing for three months and then slapped me with a $711 dollar bill which I told them I could not pay all at one time. I told them that I would pay 200 (145 being the regular monthly fee) a month until the remaining amount was paid off.
They said that would be ok and that they would make a note of it in the system but for some reason I would get two daily text messages and phone calls from the billing department which would ring me hang up and then ring me again over and over. I eventually had to block the number. I called and attempted to contact someone in Canada which they refused again and they claimed they had no notes in their system of the agreement. They cut off my service and continued sending me texts and started calling me from different numbers so I couldn't block them... Some of them would just hang up and dial me back. At this point pretty much harassment.
I had to call them from my work phone registered in my company's name and tell them what was happening. Again they wouldn't let me talk to someone in Canada and as soon as I hung up with them after unsuccessfully resolving the issue they started texting me spam for new phones up to three times a day. Even though this was a brand new phone. They were clearly doing this a as harassment technique. I called in and canceled my contract and now owe 911 dollar bill. India has the rudest and crudest support centers and Bell should be ashamed of outsourcing to the companies that operate there. I will be moving to Telus for the time being.
Reviewed July 7, 2018
I am with Bell Canada for telephony/internet/TV. We changed in January from Videotron to Bell but it was not a good idea. Because making calls Canada-wide and international it is really expensive with Bell, we choose Comwave as provider for this service. It is the same company I used for 10 years with Videotron with no problem. Starting January we can make any calls in Canada or overseas. We call Bell and Comwave weekly but they send us from Bell to Comwave, saying it is not their fault. I have no idea what I can do, I can't call my sons in Canada, my friends overseas but I am paying my bill monthly for nothing. Last week a Bell representative told me that I am right, the configuration is not good but, today a lady told me that everything is fine, nothing to be done at Bell. I am losing my time and my money for nothing.
Reviewed July 6, 2018
Deregularization of the telecom industry in Canada has had no positive effect for consumers. Bell Canada's service has continued to worsen while their dishonest sales tactics have resulted in class action suits against them by both customers and employees. Get frustrated enough to mention that someone should take legal action against them for their dishonesty or incompetence and their reps have been instructed to stop talking to you, obviously the result of so many lawsuits.
Meanwhile their Executive leads a lavish lifestyle, unaccountable for the damages this company wreaks upon the average person in the street. My personal experiences over the years have simply astounded me with the lack of accountability of their rank and file and the depth of their incompetence and dishonesty. While I have come across some top tier individuals in this company over the years, the corporate culture of this enterprise does not empower them and rewards instead the dishonest, the corrupt and the political.
Reviewed June 30, 2018
The worst company ever, they will treat you like garbage. When it comes to get their money they will come behind you. They will call you every minute. I had with the company the 400Mbs internet, I was late to pay one day. They cut the service. After two months I changed the company and I forget to cancel the service, so they were asking me to pay four months payment. Thought they know I didn't use the internet.
Reviewed June 27, 2018
On my Nov-Dec 2017 bill appeared an overcharge of $276.37 which I was really responsible for about $50 which I paid, the remaining amount couldn't reach an agreement so I escalated it to the CCTS. Many months went by and I get a call from Bell's executive office just to let me know they are still proceeding with the overcharges so the CCTS assigned an investigator to fully look into the matter. It's been over six months and got tired of fighting with Bell for peanuts and decided to go with another provider but now I had $120 overcharge balance after paying my monthly fees. I couldn't use my phone with another provider because Bell had my phone blocked. I sent an email to ** and they say they get back to you within 48 hrs. It's been 3 days and no word from them.
On top of that, after I called them to notify them about my last payment and they wrote down the reference number, in the next hour they canceled my service and they said it takes 3-5 business days for the payment to go through. I call them to explain to them what a terrible experience and such awful customer service they provided. I wanted just to leave them and ask them kindly to unlock my phone. I mentioned that I wasn't happy with them and that I was so tired of dealing with their terrible service and that I could see what kind of company they are if they charged me those $120 overcharge remaining on the account or they just let me go. So they decided they will only unblock my cell phone after I paid the remaining unfair balance. So that is the kind of company Bell is, they will fight every penny even if they lose their clients.
Reviewed June 27, 2018
Bell Canada called me to strike a deal, better speed internet, same price I was paying previous company. Seems good right? WRONG! Every month Bell has tried charging me for TV, saying it's having TV AND PHONE, which makes my internet price so low. I do not need TV and phone. What is MORE, Bell constantly send me a bill higher than the one we agreed upon. In one year I have had to call 3 times. Every time I call, the call is outsourced to Tunisia, India, Philippines, or another country where English is their second language. These people are slow, they waste your time, they repeat things and constantly say "I am checking ma'am" without actually doing ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
It is beyond frustrating and the WORST COMPANY I have honestly ever encountered in my entire life. Bell Canada does not care about Canadians or providing good service. They are shady, - and it takes hours to correct your incorrect bill every month. Hours of your time spent fighting these people who do not even understand what you are calling about (no offense to them!)
Reviewed June 27, 2018
Called Bell Canada for a small business internet service. After a few "deals" that did not match my budget or needs, the customer service representative proposed a $78/month deal based on a 3 year contract for internet Fibe 50 with a fixed IP address. That person assured me that this is what I would pay and failed to mention that this price could actually change at any time. Bell (he) gave me the impression that to have/keep this price, I would have to commit to a 3 year contract. I accepted the deal at the beginning of a month, to be installed on the 1st of the next month, so roughly 25 days later. I received an email stating that my monthly fee would be $78 with a contract attached on the next day of the call.
Bell came and installed the necessary hardware on the 1st of the (next) month and I used the internet for 26 days, until I received my first 5 pages bill of $137.18 full of annotations and whatnot, which made no sense at all and no mention anywhere of the $78. I called the small business customer support for explanation and reached a first representative that tried to make it look right by losing me in some calculations, that the billing cycle starts on the 10th and that there is an extra 10 days at a pro rata that is added to my bill. Unfortunately, that person failed to find a formula that explained the gap between $101.40 ($78 + 9 days pro rata) so at this stage I was ready to cancel my services since it was clear that I got tricked into it and was already paying the price.
As I was not having it; that representative bounced me to another representative, who basically tried some other mental gymnastics to come up with a reason why my bill is of $137.18 and failed to do so, and finally ended up passing it as a billing error, while she had tried very hard to justify the amount for the longest time. That person was the rudest person I have ever talk to in my life. Contemplating her failure, she told me to pay the full bill and that I would get a credit over my next bill, which I refused. I told her to send me an updated bill of the right amount which she refused to do so.
That person also let me know that my $78 could go up at any moment has the fine prints in the contract reveal, and that to cancel my services, it would cost me $500, since the "cool-off" period had already ended. I told her that I didn't want to be in business with a company that already tried to scam me off at the first bill and because I had been using their service for less than 30 days, I should be able to just cancel without any fee.
She then hung up on me. I'm now trapped in a battle with Bell who can basically does whatever the hell they want with the price of the service and I am not sure if I will be able to get out of it without paying outrageous fees. Side note on the cool-off period, it starts when receiving the contract, so by the time I could first use their service, the cool-off period was already over, which is counter intuitive to say the least. In any other case, you would pay for something and start using it and return it if you are not satisfied, which is not possible to do with Bell.
Reviewed June 21, 2018
After years of frustration with Videotron, I signed up for Bell after speaking to a representative who assured me that the plan I chose would never change in price unless I changed services. Three years later, the price goes up $10 per month. I call to ask why; they say it had been a "promotion" that ended. I complained that this had been misrepresented to me, and they agreed to give me a new plan that offered faster service for the original price I had been paying. Ok, great. I asked for a confirmation email and was told that would not be possible. I should have realized what they were doing. One month later, no change to the increase in my bill.
I phoned back and explained the situation again, not to one but two representatives who asked me the same questions over and over, and kept trying to sell me services I don't want or need. I became frustrated and said that if she couldn't help me then I would simply cancel my service. The agent chastised me for being "argumentative". Finally, after I confirmed for the FIFTH time that all I wanted was my original service at the original price, the agent gave me what I asked for. Twenty minutes of hell and now my blood is boiling. I can't believe that Bell treats its customers this way. And the agent I ended up speaking to was in their "Loyalty" department.
Reviewed June 20, 2018
I am a 20 year customer. I was convinced to purchase a new bundle (with Fibe TV) which would ultimately cost me less per month. I am now being charged almost $40/month more. I spent more than a half hour on chat trying to resolve it only to be told that I need to call another department to cancel the Fibe and get back to my old rate. They sold me something then they tell me to remove it??? Makes no sense. Now I have to call someone else to try and correct it... more of my time. And, they have gone ahead and charged me when I did not agree to pay this amount every month.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
The worst company I have ever dealt with. Dishonest! As other reviewers have remarked they guaranteed me a fixed monthly rate for two years in January 2018. Within 4 months the rate was already increased. I called customer service to complain - nothing they could do other than offer to terminate service for $150 penalty. When I requested transcripts of my original calls when ordering the bundle service I was told only "the court" could order these transcripts! As usual, the dishonest runaround. Filed a complaint with the CCTS. Suddenly I get an email saying I can get transcripts but it will take up to 30 days. Some manager also called offering a 5$/month discount for 12 months.
I refused saying I wanted Bell to honour the terms of the contract I agreed to. Unfortunately, delivering service as promised is beyond Bell Canada's ability. I am hoping to use the transcripts of my original calls to take Bell to Small Claims Court as Mr. David ** did in April 2018 for similar dishonest practices by Bell. Mr. ** represented himself and won. I have also contacted Go Public the CBC initiative to address such dishonest business practices as Bell continually carries out. I will forward copies of my call transcripts to both the CCTS and Go Public who are talking of a class action lawsuit. In addition, Bell is continuing to bill me which they are not supposed to do while the CCTS is investigating a complaint. Do not deal with Bell. Zero stars!
Reviewed June 17, 2018
Best company I switched to. They are really helpful, their service is really good across Canada and their plans are cheap and really effective.
Reviewed June 16, 2018
I waited 3 days for internet service... each day I called and they said to wait to midnight for dry loop to be completed. Is that their standard response in training??? Why is it they act like they have no info in front of them... don't they take notes from the call? If they do, then they are complete idiots. 3 days to get someone who knew what they were talking about... they are going to have to pay me to stay with them. I am done, forever with Bell.
Reviewed June 14, 2018
I changed from Bell internet to a different provider that runs over Bell lines. I gave Bell proper info as to account cancellation which was confirmed by an on phone Bell rep. No problem? Bell tech changed the IP address on the Bell Box and all was well briefly. My new IP provider modem promptly crashed. I called my new provider up and was told that Bell had said that I had changed my mind about canceling Bell internet services. Being single and the only person with access to my PC, this was impossible.
After numerous calls to my new provider and to Bell (who were rude as could be) it turned out that Bell had decided to reactivate their IP address on a "Free Don't Go Away Trial" causing my modem to crash while trying to handle the two separate IP addresses at the same time. I threatened Bell with legal action and they finally removed their IP address from the line; however, I did have to replace the modem (my new provider did this for free). Just another Bell Canada story!
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Reviewed June 14, 2018
I have bad experience with Bell Company. They keep on Charging my cellphone Higher and Higher. First they charge me 400 + on my bill, the following month is 600. The next bill is 500 which I did not pay yet because they don't fix yet my last month complaint... When I check my bill I investigate. I found out that they charge me for many unknown caller... I'm a common sense guy... Who will accept unknown caller? I am a busy person. I only accept caller that is I know or there is a number on it... The worst thing I do is I let them on my pre-authorize debit account on my account. Now because I'm mad at them I remove them on my pre-authorized on my account. Do not deal with them. They are thief and great on stealing your money.
Reviewed June 12, 2018
I had decided to change from Rogers to Bell, as a nice young man came to the house and explained how much better their services were with the new fibre cable. He came to the house to explain it at least three times, after hours, and we were impressed with him and the potential of Bell. Then the trouble started. We booked an installation appointment, and a technician came. He said your neighbours are not home so I can’t get permission to do the install, goodbye. I called Bell, explained the problem, asked someone to get permission from the neighbours before they came next time, and rebooked. Another technician came, said he couldn’t get permission from the neighbours, and left. He said no one had told him about the last problem.
At this point, I asked our sales rep where the box was, he said at 41, I took some pictures of what looked like the box, we talked to our neighbours at that address, and they gave us oral permission. We booked again, the technician came, said that was the wrong box, and he couldn’t get permission from the neighbours where the correct box was. He said he would just go and do the work, except that the neighbours explicitly said he couldn’t enter. He left. I went to the neighbours at 47, they gave me permission, I called back the technician who had just left, he said he would see if he could come back, I heard nothing more from him. I rebooked.
Today, someone was due between 8 and 10. No one arrived. I called, and was told someone was on the way. No one arrived. I called after 12, and was put on hold for 20 minutes while someone tried to find dispatch. I eventually gave up and called back. This time someone told me that “control” had failed to assign a technician to the appointment.
Either Bell is extremely incompetent, or someone has decided that installing their services at this address is impossible, but is unwilling to say so. This is infuriating. Their relations with our neighbours are terrible; they complain about technicians stomping through their property and cutting trees. Their customer relations people on the phone do not provide accurate information and different technicians have different understandings of what kind of permission they need. The coordination between their sales, technical and telephone staff is not working. I am retired, so I didn’t take four days off work to stay at home waiting for Bell. However, I did set aside four days with nothing else on the calendar and have spent a good deal of time talking to Bell representatives and dealing with neighbours. Totally frustrated, we have cancelled our order.
Reviewed June 11, 2018
I live in a rental basement. Around early May 2018 I switched my ISP to Bell Canada, and what a huge mistake was that! The technician installed a temporary "above the ground" fiber optic cable, and said within a week or so another technician will come and run a permanent "underground cable" for me. My landlord, who lives above me, had signed up with Bell couple of months before me and her permanent optical fiber cable had already been put underground. Several days after getting my temporary internet cable with Bell, while nobody was at my/my landlord's home, a technician came to put my cable underground. The technician put my cable underground and mistakenly assumed that my landlord's cable is unauthorized and cut HER internet connection.
My landlord not knowing what had happened to her internet connection called Bell and a technician came and connected her internet connection, and doing the same mistake as previous technician, this time cut MY internet connection. The mistake of cutting MY internet connection and HERs repeated for about, get this 6 TIMES (unbelievable, isn't it). On the occasions that I was accidentally at home while the technician showed up, I would explain the problem to the technician, who would believe me only after checking the cables and the technician would leave without putting my cable underground as "this wasn't his job".
To this date my cable is still "above the ground" and the next technician is scheduled to come late June. My landlord and my next door neighbor, are understandably mad at me, as every time that a technician shows up, they walk on the grass and make a mess of the front yard. What is unbelievable is that Bell Canada not only cares about the customers, but also doesn't care about wasting their own money, as they have been paying their technicians for doing the wrong work. At the end this is my advice to you: DON'T SIGN WITH BELL CANADA.
Reviewed June 11, 2018
I have a trailer, therefore satellite service for 6 months, when I suspend my service I always ask what will be my monthly cost when I reactivate my satellite. Every year, when I get my first invoice, I am so upset because every time I get my bill, it is billed and not at the price that I was quoted. I called Bell, spoke to three people, asked to speak to a supervisor, well that never happened, they kept saying, "I am sorry for the misunderstanding." It is not a misunderstanding, they do not own to their words or commitment, nothing changed, kind of suck it up buttercup. I am now looking at changing provider such as Shaw. Bell is not geared to customer service, customer satisfaction, they just do not care about the customer that is paying their wages. Be aware before you sign up with BELL CANADA.
Reviewed June 9, 2018
We continue with my story I reported on 6/5/2018. I have been getting fraud emails, fraud text, now orders on PayPal, which I'm trying to confirm, can't even get in my account. And also can't get into my account to check on Trans Union, after I have called them 3 times, and they reset my password, still says can't verify that it's me, great, can't check. So I was looking of ways to see if I've been compromised, and if my information was sold SIN number, email mail, password etc. So I found a website called, Have you been pwn, of course I didn't give any information to the site until I read who this person was. Troy ** an amazing story, hackers actually brag about hacking, and send him information of where they have hacked, and also a list of personal listings who has been hacked. How it works is on this website you put your email in and he research if you have been hack.
So I did just that, and there it is, I was hacked 5 times, starting with Bell Canada I guess when I purchase an iPhone for working at CIBC where you need a smart phone as a mortgage specialist. This is where it all started, I have sent Bell Canada a letter, and at this point I will have to get a lawyer involved. I have had problems with Bell in 2015-2016, had several issues and would call tech, and customer service to get someone on line that is rude, foreign that I cannot understand and even them hanging up on me. I already had sent Bell an email about my concerns then, about customer service and tech was in another country like India. I had to cancel my service with them sometime in 2016.
So now I know, it was the first hack through Bell, and now 4 years later I'm living a nightmare, watching my bank account, deleting old files, canceling LinkedIn, Alignable, LinkedIn was hack also 180 million, I will cancel Facebook. And my email mail with Hotmail, where it's not secure. I will email soon with feedback. Good Luck everyone, can't even go to a bank now and talk to cashier, many banks are debit machines only, you need to deal with them online or phone, Great!
Reviewed June 9, 2018
Bell is very scammy. They constantly (and intentionally) overcharge you for Data, and then put the onus on you to call and disputed the charges, which are exorbitant.
Reviewed June 8, 2018
I have 2 line with Bell mobile. Been 2 years. Long time to wait call centre to answer. No single in underground parking. Complained about it, they said if not happy just go. I have contract with them so didn’t cancel my service. Finally my contract almost over, called today to cancel, I wait 50 minutes, then they say office close now and apologize for that. I was wait 50 minutes. No way to go back. Thank you.
Reviewed June 2, 2018
Bell cold called the house for an upsell on TV packages. While they were speaking with a visiting family member who answered, I interceded, as it’s my account. Very rude, aggressive and demanding sales agent. I instructed her to not cold call for sales anymore, and hung up. Now my account is ‘locked’ due to a stuck pending order (apparently the do not call request). The online customer service keeps telling me to call billing. Billing keeps telling me to ‘escalate’ through TV customer service. Because I refused to be slammed with products I did not want, and because I requested to never have it happen again, I am now the victim of targeted harassment from Bell Canada. I can’t even cancel my service due to the stuck pending order!! Online ticket “Something else [#**]”.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
I changed my credit card numbers and didn't update my Bell portal fast enough so the auto payments failed. Somehow, my data sharing feature for my iPad was placed into a separate account that I had no access to. They then continued to charge me for that feature, however when I changed my card numbers again, the update didn't make it to this new, isolated account. It should have been under my Bell portal, but was unaccessible. $125 dollars, and 4 to 5 calls a day from their Accounts Receivable Department. The last voicemail was threatening, that "I must call Bell back by 10 pm EST or else". Account Manager - Brittany - Was willing to listen at first, then became combative, unwilling to do anything, admitted to the screwup, but still made me responsible for the Bill. Needless to say, I've now paid them off, and are transporting my service to another provider. Bell Sucks. Go to anyone else but them.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
After cancelling my home phone with Bell. I kept getting phone calls about our service. I told them that I did not want their Bell phone. That they did not treat me good when I was a customer. I asked them to stop calling and to not knock at my door. I was told by the person I talked to that I would be put on the do not call list and that no one would knock at my door. Tonight I had a nice young man knock at my door. I told him that he was not allowed to knock at my door. He said that he was a contractor from Bell and that they gave him my house number, he gave me the number of his supervisor. I called and talked to him, he said that Bell gave him a list and that my house number was on it. He told me to call Bell at 310-Bell. I did and was put on hold for 15 minutes and then Bell hung on me. I called back. Was given a different number.
I called that number and was on hold again for 15 minutes. When the person came on the phone he asked for my home phone number. He told me that it wasn't an actual number. I told him that it was the same number that I have had for 32 years. He then asked for my Bell contract number. I told him that I was no longer with Bell and did not have one. He then said that he could do nothing for me. I asked to talk to a supervisor and was again hung up on. Bell use to be a good company back in the day that they actually cared about people. Now since of the rudeness of the service department I am still on the list that they told me that they removed me from. I am tired of the lies of Bell's customer service. I want to be actually be put on the do not call list and promised that they will not knock at my door again.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
Bought a tablet 2 years ago and was offered to integrate the cost of the tablet into my existing Bell accounts (cable and Internet). Was told it would be $10 a month. Fast forward to a year later and I start receiving calls from a collection agency saying my account was sent to them from Bell for non-payment for the tablet. I was shocked as I thought I was paying through my monthly bill. Spoke to a Bell rep about the issue, they informed me a supervisor would get a hold of me. That did NOT happen, that phone call happened last Sept 2017. Fast forward to yesterday May 29th 2018 (still btw receiving calls daily from collections); tried to buy a new phone through Virgin. This account is now preventing me from getting a new phone, I call Bell and they don't help at ALL.
In fact they're rude and dismissive and spoke to me as I have not been a loyal customer for 5 years now, have paid all bills on time. They were also tacked on a cancellation fee on top of the price of the tablet, even though the error was no fault of my own. I even agreed to still pay for the tablet but requested they waive the cancellation fee. Tired of getting nowhere and just wanting to purchase a new phone I agreed to settle the account with collections. I go to The Source to now buy my phone and open another Bell account to find out there is still an outstanding balance with Bell. I call back. The last hung up on me! You just lost another customer and to think it was all over a $200 tablet I was still willing to pay for. SMH.
Reviewed May 28, 2018
Paying $200 for 3 services. Bell customers for past 20 years. Basically they told me that they don't care about any of that. Spoke with rudest customer service manager by name of Denisha who at the end of conversation could not care less that they are losing loyal customers. Great job Bell. I guess you got so big and money hungry that you forgot your main focus. Your customers. Happy to cancel the services and go somewhere else.
Updated review: June 14, 2022
It took four years but Bell finally installed their wireless 50mbps internet... Hurray.. We're now happy.
Original Review: May 25, 2018
I see folks here complaining about 50 mbps, I wish I could get anything near that. I'm out in the country and Bell offered us "Up to 5 mbps". UP TO... we get 4. Well it's better than dialup!!! Maybe... At least dialup was stable. My biggest complaint is: it's not stable. Our internet won't stay up. I came home today, which prompted this note, and our internet was gone, AGAIN. I had to reboot the modem to get it back. I always have to reboot our modem. I've had to install a WEMO and schedule a reboot daily in the wee hours of the morning and hope it stays up for the day. Most times it does but today it died even though it was rebooted this morning. It's now afternoon.
I have called in so many times about this and I end up with the same lame Tech Support who ask the same lame questions (obviously reading from a script) and I go through the same lame procedures with them and... nothing. I escalated a complaint to their escalation department and they call me and discuss the problem, they even sent out a Tech but nothing changes. It goes down again and again. I'd like to know why? I now realize there is absolutely no point in calling Bell. They can't and won't provide anything better than what I have. Bell isn't capable of providing DSL here and if I go to another company they simply use Bell's access lines to my home and again nothing changes. I reboot and then later it goes down.
I'm told "well we'll be putting in Fibe someday". Not in my lifetime they won't. Even so; we have friends in town with Fibe and it's awful also possibly even worse as they lose everything even their TV. At least our Sat TV stays up. Bell's other services Sat TV, Home Phone, and Mobility have been great, at least for us. No issues there, but the internet has been a disaster. Bell Canada should be banned from selling internet service until they can guarantee at least a 95% availability and for that 5% outage provide a refund automatically for the periods it fails. But again, not in my lifetime. They take your money and provide crap and raise the rates every year. Explain the rate increase if for expanded service but not in our area. Just more crap.
Reviewed May 25, 2018
Bell signed us up for 50mbps service (which is really slow by today's standards in urban areas - many areas come standard with over 10x that speed - not with Bell, mind you) and have not been able to deliver it to us at any point. They also refuse to change the plan because we signed up for it and it allows them to take more money from us. We've had them out multiple times because they keep talking about being able to deliver the speed but every technician throws their hands up in frustration and they all say it just isn't possible.
To give you a practical idea of how it goes, I can't download or upload anything and then accomplish anything else on the internet. It's one thing/task at a time. Their terrible bandwidth can't support standard internet use. My practical download speeds for large files went from about 15mbps with Rogers to about 1mbps with Bell. We are getting 25mbps service according to the speed test system that is built in to the router, but testing of internet with a wired computer shows often less than 1mbps on download speeds.
This was never an issue with Rogers and we used the same ethernet cables and computers with them, so it's not the cables or computers. Also, we are about 2 blocks from their Central Office where they have all their local servers and we are so close that our line goes directly to that Central Office (unusual with Bell service, usually there are multiple connection points between the home and CO). So the odds of it being a bad line somewhere out in the streets is zero. Our line goes from our building to their building and that is it.
Bell wants around a thousand dollars in penalty fees if we cancel early at this point. Rogers service was fine. We switched to Bell because Rogers TV is terrible. It's as bad as Bell is with internet. But between the two of them you can get some decent service with Rogers as internet and Bell as TV. If you have it the other way around, I feel for you. That must be awful.
Possibly the worst part of Bell is their "customer service". They just bounce you around from department to department and you spend more time being transferred around their offices than anything else. None of them want to accept you as their problem. There is too much internal incentive for them to just transfer you to someone else. Must be pressure on the employees to get call times down or just absolutely atrocious training. Probably both. I will never give another dollar to Bell and look forward to them reaching out to me in the future with promotions of their terrible service so I can deny them entry into my home. I will also not use any third party services that use their lines because then I will again be dependent on their crappy service/technology. For 2018, in an urban area, this service is pathetically weak and their customer service to fix the issue is just as bad.
Reviewed May 24, 2018
I had issues with Bell before, but decided to give them another chance two years ago...what a mistake. I got on two years contract and regret about that every minute. First of all, during accepting contract, I had been told, that my price will not change during that time - wrong. Apparently, there is somewhere small shrift stating that it will change, when out loud Bell say it will not...
My payment was lost. I paid bill 10 days before due day, it never got posted, two days after due date, I received letter from collections stating that I owe money. Money, Bell got lost, and decided to blame me for it. Finally, my contract got to the end, and I found another provider. I had phone call from the Bell saying they received cancelation request for services and they wanted to offer me something better. Of course it was not even close as good as expected. I declined offer and confirmed that I would like to cancel my services on April 16. Bell agreed, however, they keep sending me bills, for services I do not have, and was supposed to be canceled over a month ago.
Moreover, apparently, my services never been canceled, and even I returned all equipment, according to Bell representative, I still have to pay the bill for something I do not use or have. This company is horrible. I am planning to sue them, as someone should stop customer abuse, and Bell should pay for it. NEVER GO WITH BELL, NEVER!!! THIS WHOLE COMPANY IS ONE BIG SCAM.
Reviewed May 24, 2018
I've been with Bell for several years and they screwed me around. I tried to switch my billing dates and they charged me about 50.00 just to change for 8 days. If I would have known about that I wouldn't have done it. I advise not to go with Bell.
Reviewed May 23, 2018
I called to cancel my home phone, they stalled and then hung up on me, and it was closed when I called back. I called the next day, the first person hung up on me. Now calling for the 3rd time I am ready to cancel everything I have with Bell, I got sent through to a retention person, who offered me a deal that was worse than the one advertised on their website??? When I pointed that out, I was told "I am not sales" and she cancelled everything I have with Bell and didn't seem to care at all. I have never seen a company care so little about their customers before. I called to cancel home phone and ended up cancelling home phone and unlimited internet (over $150 a month on a terrible plan). Amazing "customer service" to actually ruin any chance of staying with the company. If I could give no stars, I would have.
Reviewed May 22, 2018
We have been a long, long time customer of Bell. We recently got talked into taking an upgrade in Modem to Fibe 50 which is a faster mb download. We did this because I was looking for a better deal on my bill since I've been carrying all 3 services for years. The tech came and had to put the modem in the basement. The speed was terrible so I had to call again and this past Sunday (2 days later) another tech came to put the modem upstairs in one of our bedrooms. This all went fine until the next day when we noticed that one of our phones was not working properly as a result of the move.
I then proceeded to call again and explain this to another Bell person who, after speaking with them for 30 minutes stated that there would be a charge for the tech to come and fix the line. So, because of the fact that we upgraded our Modem and now one of our phone lines doesn't work, they want to charge me $75.00 for the internal line repair. To make a long story short, I finally called the "Loyalty Dep't" and they did say that they would charge me but that it would be credited to my account at a later date. It has been quite an ordeal dealing with Bell all because we're basically giving them more business. As it is we have 3 of Bell's products in our home. TV, Phone and Internet. The whole thing has been such a waste of time and has given both myself and my wife a headache. Exhausted!!
Reviewed May 16, 2018
I have been with Bell for a long time. My contract was up long ago (thank goodness). I got the bundle service (internet, phone and tv). The cost of my bill just kept going up and up without any notice! It was outrageous! I called Bell many times to try to get my bill down in cost monthly or I told them I was going elsewhere for my services. They wanted to keep me as a customer so they would try to get it down with a credit here and there. But my bill NEVER goes down! It keeps going up!
Recently I kept getting a white screen from Bell everytime I try to type in and search any URL telling me I need to register my new internet service? I never got any new internet service! I always tried to go with the lowest priced package for internet they offered and even that was too much money for me and my very tight budget! When I kept getting the white bell page asking me to register the new internet service I decided to investigate what was going on. I had no idea what I was going to discover. I found that BELL CANADA upped my internet package without asking me and without my knowledge! A $99. package! It said they gave a $10 credit bringing it down to $89. But my package I had was less than that! That is when I made my mind up to get rid of Bell ASAP! I completely cut them off!
I am with another company and my new monthly bill (regular everyday price, no contract) is less than half of what Bell charged me! They can send my name to the credit bureau for all I care after cheating me and doing what they did to me without my consent! I have no idea what else they were charging me with that I never signed up for! Bell Canada are crooks and cheats! That need to come off their high horse as there are so many much cheaper choices out there for services! Yet they keep increasing their prices and sneaking add ons? Pathetic!
Also after being a customer with them for so long and paying my bills they wanted to suspend my services because I was short about $36 on my bill payment due to my dog getting diagnosed with diabetes and having to scrape up fund for him to go to the vet. It was a week before payday and they would have gotten the new bill paid in full along with this balance overdue! Yet they couldn't wait? I was still in the crying and scared stage after my dog was diagnosed. I was distraught and they added this burden on me! I needed my phone for the Vet in case of any emergencies with my dog.
After the vet bills I have no money for feed myself. I have about $25. in my bank account for food for the next week. I gave it to Bell to help cover the $36 balance I owed from my previous bill. I now owed $11.00! They still threatened to suspend me if I didn't pay it all! Then they wanted me to pay the new bill also in full right then! According to my new bill I still had a week before it fell into being overdue! They had me crying, panicking and feeling like giving up! I am more than happy not paying this last bill! I could care less what they do about it! How dare they get so greedy and treat a long time customer like that! Shame on Greedy Bell! I am so HAPPY I am with the new company I am with!
Reviewed May 15, 2018
I signed up for Bell internet online to skip the hassle of calling in and received my confirmation email with an installation date of April 28th. The day comes around and the tech doesn't show so I call to find out why and they tell me the facility was insufficient for a Bell line so they needed to send an engineer to the site to get it ready. This was scheduled for 2 days later with a promise to call back and set an appointment for the in-house installation. Okay, no problem I thought. Two days later, nothing. I call back on the 3rd day and find out the order was on hold because of some "looping number" whatever that means. They send another tech 8 days after the original date and this guy notices hey the facilities were insufficient and an engineer had to be on site. Back to square one.
Call in again asking if it's even possible to get Bell internet, got put on hold and this CS agent had no clue what to do so she tried diverting me to another department and then asked me if I everything was resolved LOL... I just kept muttering, this has to be some kind of joke while I was on hold so she came back on and told me someone from Elite group was going to call me with more info shortly. They call set up a new appointment 16 days post original one. When the day comes, the tech doesn't show. I call in asking why and they tell me it had to be postponed to the day after because they're spread too thin because of the storm.
I decide to cancel by calling the same number but get diverted to a number starting with 1866 669... call this new number and the agent couldn't find any info regarding my order or at least pretended to because I gave her everything from the order number to email and address. She said it wasn't in the system. So I called in again the following morning to the CS line I've been calling all along and this time they were able to cancel my order.
I was asked if there was anything that could change my mind and I told them if they offered free service for a year I was still cancel. My advice to anyone considering Bell. DON'T. Try smaller start up companies like TechSavvy or Start Communications. They operate on the same lines as Cogeco, Bell or Rogers but are easier to reach (e.g. a call to Start Communications lasts on average 1-2 minutes whereas Bell has had me on for over 30) and they offer generally the same internet packages. Plus discounts (e.g. Start offers $25 dollars off next bill if you recommend their services to a new customer, my name's Benyam ** by the way).
I hope this helps anyone considering making the fall to Bell. I wasn't rude once in any of my phone calls, didn't curse at anyone because it really isn't their fault, the company's CS is just flawed. They outsource it to American companies and the disconnect is so apparent. When you call the smaller companies you dial local numbers and really good CS.
Reviewed May 14, 2018
Greed and fraud are what motivates Bell. Scamming subscribers (cancel and support honest companies sic.) is written in their marketing strategy. I have now canceled my subscription, but while I was a member I had made no less than 20 complaints on double late fees, fees that change from month to month (one month 3.99, others 8.94). One time I was charged 13$ and was not late at all. Investigate Bell immediately. People cancel in protest.
Reviewed May 11, 2018
I left this company 9 MONTHS ago and I'm still suffering for it! After breaching their contract multiple times by altering my bills and charging me for services I never signed up for among other foul plays, I gave up and switched back to Rogers. I ensured to pay off all of my balances and even confirmed with the company that it has been paid for. Of which the agent I spoke with said, "Yes. You no longer owe us anything".
Fast forward 3 months later, I received a call that I owed some money, so I was stuck on the phone for over 20 mins disputing their claims. Eventually, after being passed around through multiple insensitive agents, a superior agent reversed the fee, and again confirmed I owed nothing. Fast forward another couple weeks and the same thing happens again and I had to fight it all over again. After all, it has now been over 5 months since I left Bell. (As at that time.)
Today May 11 2018, I got a call from a collection agency, (PVB or something like that ) that I owed $228 because I didn't not return my Bell cable box. Bell never contacted me regarding this (probably because they know I did in fact return their box in late August 2017 couple days after canceling my service). They waited almost a year before sending my account to collections, knowing fully well that I won't have any proof lying around that backs up my defense.
The collection agent was rude and condescending on the phone so I hung up and contacted Bell directly. They told me to provide a tracking number as proof. One I obviously no longer have. Considering it has been 9 MONTHS!!! So again I went back and forth with Bell trying to recall days dates and whatnot including the method of which I returned their equipments e.t.c. 'I mean I left your company almost a year ago. Why would I keep your box??? I sent it through Canada post as instructed by your agents.'
This company is a big scam and I sincerely hope that one day they mess with the wrong customer and get what they deserve. I almost cried on the phone cause they are always trying to put me situation and it just so infuriating... I can't sue them, they are too big. I guess it's why they bully and rob their consumers. Seriously, dealing with this company is like joining a cult... You never fully leave, and when you do, they find a way to pull you back in. It's sad and stressful to say the least... I won't even advice my worse enemy to sign up with them cause you gonna spend a chunk of your life arguing with them on the phone... mainly proving your innocence like you some kind of criminal.
Anyways, I spoke with a Bell agent today and once again they claimed to have reversed the collection bill and made a note that I have indeed returned the box since 2017. I asked for her name and ID number. Let's just hope that nothing springs up again in a couple months. It's a really exhausting, and a regrettable experience all round.
Please don't use Bell. It's not worth the stress nor fee. They throw tempting offers around, trust that they will only adhere to it for the first few months and then screw you over! The service isn't all that to begin with. I'm still amazed you had my number and email the whole time to contact me, yet you sent my account to collections for something you were certain I didn't owe. Wow! I think their favorite victims are people with unique foreign names. They assume you don't know anything which I guess makes you an easy target! I feel sorry for Canadian newcomers. But what do I know. Don't use Bell! Don't do it! For the sake of your sanity.
Reviewed May 11, 2018
We have been paying our hard earned cash for the worst service and programming from Bell. They play the same movies over and over for months at a time which can ruin even the best, like “Young Guns.” They totally ran it into the hate list. I think Alexander is getting even with the Canadians for not supporting him when he was young, so he turncoat and is trying to get even by shoving their ** service on us. Let all sabotage the local recycle ♻️ programs until someone somewhere straightens these thieves out.
Reviewed May 10, 2018
Bell Mobility is THE WORST company I have ever used. They charge in excess of at least 50 percent more than they tell you when you sign your contract. The customer service is horrible and constantly drop calls, and do not call back. Do NOT use Bell. Save yourself time and money.
Reviewed May 8, 2018
I had agreed to give Bell a chance to win my internet business back after a 10 year boycott. 10 years ago they had the worst customer service known to humans. They haven't improved. Read on. The problems started at the installation appointment. The tech couldn't finish before I had to leave my house for an appointment so I rescheduled for 2 days later. The tech finished up while I had already left my home. When I returned to my home the tech had left the modem on my front porch where anyone could have stolen it and I would have been on the hook for missing equipment. That was a bad sign but it gets worse.
I was told that the second appointment would only take 20 minutes at 10:00 am. The second tech came at 10:00 am said he would be back in 10-15 minutes, he left, but didn't return for over an hour. I had to leave for another appointment so I called the sales rep and advised him I was cancelling and to not touch my home. There were too many signs this would be another bad experience with Bell. My rep said he would call the technician. When I returned from my appointment the technician was working at the side of my house. I advised him to stop working and that he could remove anything he installed. He tried to convince me that he was almost done but he hadn't even started drilling a new hole for the fiber line. I went inside to call 310-BELL to cancel and while I was on hold my internet with Rogers went out.
I went outside and asked the tech what he did to my internet. He tried to play like he did nothing but the Rogers box was cut open. Tie straps were on the ground. He played with some wires and reconnected one. I finally got through to a Bell rep on the phone to cancel but my internet was still not working. I went outside and looked in the Rogers box again I noticed that the internet fiber line had been cut. I didn't notice it the first time and the tech had left. The tech had intentionally damaged my existing internet. If he returns I'll consider him a threat and will deal with him as such. Stay away from Bell. They are still as horrible as ever and they hire criminals that will damage your property.
Reviewed May 2, 2018
I have 2 accounts, 13 TV sets in my home and high-speed internet. Not only does are system not work correctly, we have been overbilled by in excess of 30% more than originally agreed upon. I have been promised on 5 different times from loyalty and never lived up to these promises. I can give great advice to anyone considering Bell. DON'T DO IT.
Reviewed April 28, 2018
Some TV channels taken away without adequate notification. $5 charge to get back. Next month's bill shows a $12.31 increase. No satisfactory explanation, just the usual runaround. Does anyone in customer services, including billing, know how annoyed users are? Please bring us Fios, Verison, and ATT, etc.to compete with the CRTC protected vultures!!!
Reviewed April 25, 2018
Be aware of Bell (Kingston Ontario) and Cellcom (Ottawa). They provided me with a business internet hookup only to disconnect after a week of service with no notice or reason. Cellcom employee Steven ** provided me with a business internet account. When Bell disconnected he promised to fix, 2 weeks later he did nothing but harass me and verbally retaliate against me for placing a complaint against him, I have written proof. Bell refused to hook me back up but enjoyed sending me 2 bills for a months of service when I only got 1 week of service FRAUD. Debating whether to go public or not. Stay away from these 2 companies. Very abusive and rude and they commit consumer fraud and somehow get away from it.
I'm so emotionally stressed by how Bell and Cellcom treated me. Almost had a nervous breakdown. Bell uses Cellcom to obtain more customers. They are greedy. Attached photos. Now I have to pay for 2 months of service when I only got a couple weeks of service. Thanks Bell and after fighting with them even head office executive Michelle ** ignored my complaint. Bell refuses to provide answers. It's been weeks now. So I guess I'll just have to shut up and pay a fraudulent bill because no one seems to care about how they treated me including Cellcom .
Reviewed April 24, 2018
Service this bad requires special skills. I've gone from puzzlement to exasperation to anger to rage to laughter. No exaggeration to say that this is the most deplorable service I've encountered with any company in my life and I'm no spring chicken. It's quite clear that Bell is not actually a company that services customers but rather a cohort of executives with stock options who hire the cheapest, most profoundly incompetent sub-contractors possible, and then have drinks with their buddies in private clubs laughing about the idiots who actually pay for their 'services.' - Another company will finally be servicing our area shortly: Sayonara Bell and never, ever, ever again.
Reviewed April 19, 2018
I had been with Bell Canada for over 10 years but decided to switch to Rogers because of the following: 1. Bell Canada agents were calling 3 or 4 times EVERY day, to market/upgrade services. 2. Their internet service was slower than Rogers. 3. I upgraded my phone and received a better deal on Rogers. When we called to cancel the account, we were told that we will received a pre-paid package to return the Satellite box, and we paid the final bill to make sure nothing was owed.
To our surprise, the same amount that we had just paid, $331, was charged again, because we were on a pre-authorization method of payment. When we contacted Bell, they said that Rogers was supposed to take care of the transfer, and that they never canceled the TV, so we were being charged for it. They absolutely refused to give a refund despite the fact that they knew perfectly well that we had called to cancel the TV service (hence the note on their account about returning the Satellite Box - and the level of incompetence goes further since we never received that package).
I am appalled at the service and feel very foolish for giving them our business for that means years. In conclusion, I will never give them any business and will share this experience with others, so that they know what they are dealing with - very unprofessional and no accountability (they made the mistake of charging us twice and never sent the package to return the equipment). I wish we had just canceled the pre-authorization for automatic payment, but we were dealing with a death in the family, and the last thing on our mind was how to avoid being robbed of $331.
Reviewed April 19, 2018
On March 15 I agreed to Fibe 25 service in my house via chat with their representative. She clearly identifies herself in the chat as a Bell rep. Through the discussion she agreed to $45.95 per month for the next two years and waive installation charge. I get the confirmation email and the price is wrong so I go back to chat with a different agent and she confirms that she has made the change to $45.95 per month and no installation charge. I printed out both of these conversations. I get my bill today and being charged $74.95 a month. I call loyalty department and get someone who cannot speak English very well and he proceeds to be all over the place when I called to speak to them about my TV and internet and no interest in home phone.
I just couldn't believe this guy. He told me I should get Fibe 25 when it clearly states that what I have on my bill. I lost my cool with him and told him I wanted to speak with manager and he says he can schedule a call back for me at their convenience??? WTF??? They are losing clients like flies but they are also not honouring their word. I have just emailed the President's office and see where that goes. If nowhere I will forward the conversations to the CRTC and see where that takes me. I got this in writing no getting out of this. If you ever have a chat conversation with them always print it out.
Reviewed April 18, 2018
First thing - My husband paid off his bill in full amount of $800 one year ago and the credit department did not update it on the credit report and my husband was refused his job offers because of this and when called in for continuous 3 days one CSR kept transferring phone to another! Second, I got 10$ off on my second line of phone which was not updated for 4 months. I called every month to get the $40 and every CSR said, "Yes. It's done," and just hung up the phone and when called again other used to say, "No. There are no changes made," and they asked me proofs that I called them to ask for my genuine discount. Overall they just want to sell their product and want their money!! They do not at all care about service or customer care. Bell not recommended for anyone. My contract will be done in June and I will be done with Bell too!
Reviewed April 16, 2018
I've contacting Bell mobility customer service since February due to my issue at credit bureau. I never been a Bell subscriber and yet I got charged $180 year 2012. They keep on promising of calling back 10 to 14 days every time I will follow up. It's been over 2 months no one has contacted me from Bell, just telemarketing.
Reviewed April 12, 2018
I got bundled services with this company 1.5 years ago. For the first 6 months billing was fine. After 6 months services and bills started changing. I brought that to their attention by calling them and their agent suggested a different package which would meet my needs under the budget I was comfortable with. When the bill came, it was more than what the agent told me. I wasted countless of hours trying to resolve billing issues over the phone and setting up the right TV channels and package to fit within the budget. The bills were always off. I set up automatic withdrawals for monthly bills, automatic withdrawals did not take into consideration actual balance on the account. It took out the entire bill amount which was over by $250 instead of the actual balance due mid January 2018. I called Bell to try to refund the overcharged amount of $250.
They told me that their system did not allow this and that I have to wait for a check which can take weeks. On January 26, 2018 I decided to disconnect my services with them because of my overall frustration and they tried to charge me an early disconnection fee because I was on a 2 year contract. The email that their employee relation sent me said that this charge was because of When I talked and shared my overall experience with Bell the agent who was in charge of closing my account, she waived the disconnection fee. I returned my cable and internet equipment. Bell processed a refund in February which never got to be because it got sent to my address without the actual suite number as per their agent when I called them towards the end of March, 2018. The agent assigned a case manager to get in touch with me to get this resolved.
This got overlooked and no one contacted me or did anything on my account in order to get this resolved. I found this out when I called again In April 12, 2018. I asked the agent about the number of times I called Bell in the past few months and she said that I called them over 26 times since October, 2017. I am still waiting for my $250 check and a call from a Manager. I have easily spent over 20 hours of my personal time trying to resolve billing issue with this company and still waiting for my refund of the overpaid amount. Would it be fair for me to ask for a compensation for the amount of time and stress I went through? I hope my story reaches the right person within Bell. If not Bell I hope other consumers who are trying to find out whether Bell is the right company for them read my story.
How do you hold a company accountable for the amount of time a consumer wastes trying to resolve billing issues caused by a system that does not work efficiently? It is interesting to note that the refund process at Bell make sure that the customer experience remains poor because of one option which comes with delays in check processing. When it comes to accepting payments their system has so many options and flexibilities. I find that very interesting for a company that presents its self as being customer focused.
Reviewed April 12, 2018
I called them to make an appointment for Thursday morning and they set the schedule for me. I gave them a phone number that is different from my phone number because I am not the owner of the modem. I told them seriously about calling to this number instead of my number. I had test on that morning, and they called to my number. I was so angry about it but could not go to pick the phone up because it was not allowed. Then, they let the owner wait about 3 hours. After finishing the test, I called them to be sure that they could come back again because the owner was still waiting, but they said they couldn't and asked me to make another appointment in the afternoon. What the heck? Let your customer wait in 3 hours with a wrong calling phone number? And now telling me to make another one? Do they think that our time have no value? If I can, I will sue them.
Reviewed April 7, 2018
2 months after cancelling my Bell account and paying all my dues, they send me another bill saying I have to pay extra 3.60$. It is not the 1st time this is happening with Bell and I known many people that have issues with Bell all the time, which lead me to write a review about it (something I don't do often). Also, Bell always puts extra charges on my bill and I have to call them every 3 months to clear them, which is a waste of time spent on customer service.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
I was going to switch my services to Rogers and Bell called me saying that they would match Rogers price. I could not believe it when I realize Bell delete everything on my phone. They took off my voicemail, call waiting, call display. they strip my services to nothing in order to match Rogers' price. They are such liars. The agent reassured me that my voicemail and call display was included in the price. I called back to make sure and was also told that it was included. Bell also added $199 for a modem. They did not advise me of this. I called and they changed it to a rental fee of $ 7. I was not paying a modem fee prior so why would I choose to pay now. I cannot believe the level of dishonesty in this company. So terrible. I asked them to play back the conversations I had with the agent. Bell refused.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
Bell customer service was ridiculous. I have been Bell customer for last 6 years and they screw me very badly. My plan was loyalty plan and I have been getting 6 Gb data and my wife was getting $65 no data. So I asked the customer service agent her name was Abby to change my 6 Gb to 3 and give me unlimited call and text and change my wife plan to 75 where she can get 3 Gb data. But what she did she was so happy to degrade me to 3 Gb and after she is changed right away saying that she can’t give $75 for other plan. So I asked her, "You promised me first. So if you can’t change then back me to my old plan." She can’t do that as well. They will always ready to degrade you. So please beware of Bell representatives. I never recommend Bell to anyone.
Reviewed April 5, 2018
To begin, I would like to say that I have been a customer of Bell Canada for close to FORTY YEARS. I used to have Bell WiMax modem, which had good speed and zero caps on usage. About 6 years ago - give or take - they informed us that we would be switched to something sooooooo much "better". Of course no choice in the matter. WiMax was discontinued. I still to this day wonder why, unless it was strictly for this cash grab called Turbo Hub. I immediately went online to see the reviews of this new modem/service and was greatly disappointed. Nothing but complaints about the prices, service and the agents/tech support not knowing what the *bleep* they are doing.
Now that I have been using the Turbo Hub modem for this many years, I have nothing but bad things to say about it and the "customer service" that goes along with it. Everything I read on the review sites is happening to me. Being passed around from agent to agent to agent when having technical or billing issues, each agent blaming the last one in lots of cases (very unprofessional). Don't even get me started on this ridiculous cap of 80 gigs. Bell is probably the only service in Canada doing this. No upgrades to it, sorry this is not available. I can do 80 gigs in a week if I was allowed to watch Netflix. But no, I even have to be careful of how many cute and fuzzy cat videos I watch on YouTube because this can put me over at the end of the month.
The price for this piddly 80 gigs/month!? $70.00. So if and WHEN you go over that incredible fee for what you get, you pay $4.00/gig in overages!! Do you know how fast that adds up? That's 20 dollars for FIVE gigabytes!! Talk about raking it in, Bell! I am just dying for Rogers or some other service provider to come up here. It won't be long now, we're just north-west of Orangeville. I don't care if their reviews are just as bad, it's the principle of it now.
And finally. The Bell.ca site, or log in to My Bell? As soon as you get used to their stupid layout that's hard enough to navigate, they go and change everything to a worse layout than the last! And good luck if you choose the Chat With an Agent option on the site. They take a two-minute problem and turn it into a two-hour marathon with all their scripted BS that they fill the chat screen with. Ok. I'm done. Purged. For what it's worth. I know nothing will be done about any of this by Bell themselves, but maybe, juuuuuust maybe one person reading this before locking into a contract for at least one year with these bandits will think twice and go with Xplornet or whoever else is available in their rural area.
Reviewed April 3, 2018
The customer service is NOT customer service. I was given a new cell phone from the smart/phone care plan because I dropped the other one I had and it needed it replaced. I gladly paid the fee to get a new one sent to me, because I dropped it, it was my fault. They sent me a refurbished cell and it just crapped out on me, the screen suddenly stopped working. They sent me a faulty phone and because it has been past the 90 day warranty they expect me to pay another $300 for a new replacement. How is that fair? I was given a faulty cell, I should not have to pay for a new one considering it was their fault. They sent me a refurbished, faulty, cell. Where is the customer service in that? I am willing to pay the $600 to cancel my contract with Bell, I would rather find a new provider than get ripped off from a multi-million dollar company. I am getting a new provider and cancelling my service with Bell.
Reviewed April 1, 2018
Basically the Bell Technician who came to my house was an incompetent moron who couldn't tell the difference between PC and Mac. He made multiple offhand racist comments about ** people and made comments that I was a loser... he refused to identify himself and made threatening comments if I reported him. When I complained to Bell this ** Dave ** called me and was very rude and basically called me a liar, strangely multiple times he compared me to his own mother... he let me know without a witness they weren't going to do anything and wasted my time. I never thought a company could be as bad as Bell but they have had an almost monopoly for so long they think they can get away with anything.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
Bell Canada does not deserve any star. The customer service department, which is the face of Bell Canada do not know who to be customer service people. I was kept on hold being bounced back and forth between departments for 45 minutes. They said they would get back to me and it's been a month and I'm still waiting. As soon as I can find another provider I will be done with them.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
Bell Canada does not deserve any star. Worst unethical company. The management should be ashamed of themselves running such organization. First of all, customer services sucks and not helpful okay? Secondly, what's the matter with your unlimited corporate greed to suck every cents out there in your customer's pockets? Changed from Bell to Virgin last December (both belong to the same ** By the way) and finished paying all that was owed to Bell. Bell account was deactivated so there was no way to find out if they sent me some message to Bell account.
Got 21 dollar surprise bill in March suddenly from Bell saying that I owed them. It does not make any sense to me. They said they sent the bill in February to me which I did not receive at all. The mystery of this was created when I called Virgin customer service number to activate my new account with Bell number and account (I had Bell unlimited call plan by the way) apparently, Bell charges you to call other provider's customer service number. Where is the contract promise? Unlimited calls in Canada should be unlimited. Period! I pity you little parasites at Bell. Never buy anything from Bell, people! Stay away from them!
Reviewed March 24, 2018
It's the most ignorant company I ever deal with in my whole life it's call (Bell) Canada. Actually no stars but your system make me click on at least one star and I believe you do not deserve any star.
Reviewed March 21, 2018
Whenever I call Bell Mobility about my account I end up speaking to someone in the Philippines. I would like to speak to someone in my own country. When I request this they tell me they cannot transfer me. I am repeatedly told it is not possible for me to reach someone in my own country.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
I switched from landline to mobility. They billed me $788. I called to find out and they kept transferring me to landline and mobility departments in circles. I was on the phone for 2 hours. Every one of them said they don't see the balance on their side and they can't even find my account. One of the reps even hung up on me. I thought Rogers was a bad company but Bell is just plain stupid and moronic. One of the reps named Anthony said this might be a scam, I logged into their website and saw my bill. How could that be a scam? What a fool. He also said he will transfer me to someone who can "really" help me with and he would explain to them and hold line but he didn't. People who works as reps needs to lower their pay and learn about what customer service really is. I will never use Bell or refer this demonically moronic company to any business owner. I will do my best to stop anyone I know in business and family from using Bell.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
Constantly calling my friends phones even after telling them every couple weeks that they need to call my phone if they need to talk to me. I have 4 cellular lines with them and when I first signed up with them a couple years ago they were great. This past year however it's been a non-stop battle. In fact the first week of January this year I spent over 30 hours on the phone with them after my phone was stolen to get it replaced. And than after one of the calls they disconnected all 4 of my lines go no reason.
Come February I get my bill and it is 950 bucks for 1 month of service so on the phone with them again. Took about 10 hours on the phone with them to get it adjusted and for them to send me a copy of the bill that I have still yet to receive. Then this month my bill is over 1000 bucks again. I am to the point where they can take their lack of service and shove it up their ** if they can't even bill properly and then sit there and argue with you. And that is if you can even understand the person on the phone as none of them seem to speak any English.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
~136$ tax in became 172.41$ tax in, in about 2 years. Of course, those are normal business practices, that only Bell seems to apply. So, we were paying for limited 20mbps internet, telephone with no long distance (we have a different service for that) and a TV service with sub-par programming (as all TV is nowadays). So, we called to compare with a competitor. And that competitor blew them out of the water, and onto their sorry ass in under 5 minutes. How is it possible in 2018 to pay 40/50/60$ for phone services when there's widespread VOIP connectivity? This is unsatisfactory. And then the internet service - 20mbps limited at 300-400gb? In 2018, North America? at 60$? only if you're high – or in their case, dishonest.
And then, we made our decision: to switch internet and telephone to the competitor and cancel TV plans altogether. And that competitor managed to give us double and above the speed of the internet with unlimited usage. And unlimited long-distance phone calls for 30$ - which of course would infuriate any Bell user. Additionally, we decided to cut TV for the simple reason that between YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify – we get most of our entertainment for less money and with a higher quality.
Two phone calls later I have heard the following dishonest upsell tactics: "Other companies rent the line from us, so their lines aren't as good." (Not all other companies run on Bell infrastructure, and you’re not supposed to **-over your corporate customers that are renting from you.) - "Other companies might not have a service in your area (that particular competitor did, and so do 6 others)" - "Other companies' hardware is not as good as ours" - "We provide a superior service." Listen, honey, these are half-truths left for interpretation. If you aren’t technically inclined, you might misinterpret what they’re saying as being facts. This is dishonest.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
Bell Internet, cable - OK Service TERRIBLE cx service: Bell is a terrible company because they never follow the conditions of the contract. They have little fees for everything and next thing you know there is $1000 bill accumulated which essentially should be 0 according to the contract for an x number of months. CUSTOMER SERVICE 0 stars. I would give a negative rating if that was possible. They wait times are at least 2 hrs. They get on the phone, listen and leave you on hold for hours without checking in with you to ensure that they have not forgotten about the cx. It takes weeks to get in touch with them and God forbid you have technical difficulties which also happens a lot.
I feel bad for all Bell consumers. They are a mafia and don't give a damn about their consumers. I have switched and my family and in laws have since switched to better providers. I have been with Fido and it's been 2 years and I have never had to make a call or experienced an interruption or slow service. That's the way it should be. I HATE BELL. I am embarrassed and appalled that such a huge company has such poorly trained staff and salespeople. The service and products are a joke.
Reviewed March 17, 2018
I called today to modify my services with Bell and the reps were very rude when I told them I was canceling the landline and cable only to keep the internet. They also did not respect the original internet pricing contract. Will not do business with them in the future.
Reviewed March 15, 2018
My family are subscribed with Bell in the province of Quebec since the late 60's and we were really proud to be with but since a decade, I've never got satisfaction from their services. A lot of mistakes were made on my billings and on the installations. Some of their employees don't have a complete training. Many of them are Arabs and ** men which lack of comprehension about how to find solutions "in the Canadian way", lack of politeness, not serious at work, rude on the phone, and else. I'm just saying the truth and of course some people will be against my reviews but that is reality. I am sure a lot of other customers did struggle same as I did, hours on the phone trying to get back our stolen money from Bell.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
I have lost approximately 25 hours of my life, over the past 5.5 Months to this company. In September 2017, I received a charge on my Mobility account for $517.30. I have never had a mobility charge over $200, in my eight years with Bell Canada. I logged on to MyBell to view the bill, as it was obviously incorrect. My bill was not available online, in fact my September bill is the only bill EVER that has not been available online. No worries, I’ll contact customer service and they will provide it to me.
Over the next 5 and a half months, I called into Bell at least 3x a month, requesting this bill. On every occasion, they reported it cannot be sent via email or fax, and that snail mail was the only option. It was “sent” to me via mail approximately five times. I never received it. During that period, I received approximately 15 letters from Bell, in regards to promotions, threats of cancellation and threats of sending my account to collections. But still no bill. Every time I called in, they would re-send it. They promised not to charge late payment fees, yes charged them every month. Every month I would have to call in, and have them manually remove the late-payment fees.
Finally, in March 2018 I was broken. I have contemplated accessing lawyers, however the time and effort while working full-time and raising a family were just too substantial. Today, I paid in full a fraudulent charge on my account for $517.30 that they were never able to provide a bill for. They have no evidence they rendered any services to me in September 2017. This is illegal. This company committed a crime, and yet they will win again.
This is not my only massive issue with this company. On a number of other occasions they have “forgot” to credit my account after returning my PVR. They “accidentally” charged an old MyBell account $150.00. I called in and they responded, “Oh yes that is not a valid charge” and simply removed it. Without my one hour phone call, they pocket $150 illegally once again. If you are set-up for pre-authorized payments with this company, you are undoubtedly out 100s of dollars.
I wish they had pulled this on me in my younger years, when I had the time and ability to go toe to toe with a giant organization and get legal representation.Overall, stay away at all costs. This company needs to be held criminally responsible for what they do to their customers. After 8 years, I have likely paid them over $20000 for services, some rendered… others fraudulently created with zero tangible evidence. This is my story, don’t let it happen to you.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
We went into Peterborough wanting to switch phones not knowing if we needed a new SIM card or what. Natasha was most amazing. Helped us switch the phone over, added what we needed to our account, set our old phone to a new phone app. An excellent experience. We have two cell phones and a home landline with Bell Canada. Have always had excellent customer service also and we are 25 year plus customers. But the Rep Natasha at Bell world was very kind and very knowledgeable. She provided excellent customer service and My Husband and I would recommend Going there.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
After reading all these negative reviews I had to share my experience with this horrific company. I purchased my house 2 years ago and decided to go with Bell because my neighbour told me that Rogers was running slow in my area due to the high demand. I have 7 Smart TVs in my house and 6 Bell boxes ($7 each box a month). I was paying $260 a month for Internet, cable & landline. Within the 2 years, I’ve had Bell technicians at my house about 50 times (not over exaggerating)! First time they came they hooked up all their services and everything was fine. Then I realized that every time Bell would put in their modem it would interfere with my alarm system (Guardtek). My alarm would stop working so I contacted Bell and said I don’t know what your technician did but my alarm is not working!
Customer service said not my problem call Guardtek, our services are fine. So I call Guardtek schedule and they said our services were in first so it’s Bell that’s doing something wrong. Got another Bell technician in and he said I don’t know. Then I made an appointment with Guardtek and they came in and had to draw me a circuit diagram to give to the next Bell technician to show that they were putting a filter that was blockage my alarm. Guardtek had to reword everything again which costed me $400 after they had to come 2 times due to Bell's incompetence! I should of gave that bill to Bell! Finally got my alarm up and running and then lo and behold my TV starts freezing and internet kept crashing all the time! After that was finally taken care of, one day my electricity went out in my house due to a storm and I lost my services for 1 week!
I contacted Bell. They said, "All our technicians are busy. They will come to you next week!" I said, "Are you serious!? So reimburse me for that week". They said no, I even threatened to leave to go to Rogers and they didn’t care and said, "We will transfer you", I said, "Great now I have to talk to another idiot for an hour!" Bell has replaced 4 modems in my house in 2 years and no one can seem to figure out what is going on. The Bell technician comes and blames the previous technician. It’s like come on people! How hard is it to do your job? My final straw with Bell was last week. Fibre Optic just recently came into my area and I called to make an appointment for them to set it up for me and they said it’ll be a $7 extra charge. Now I’m at $267 a month for freezing TV and failing WiFi. They said this will fix all my issues with the TV freezing and lagging internet.
They sent a Bell technician that wasn’t even trained to set up the Fibre Optic! I stayed home all day for the Bell guy to come to my house to say “Sorry mam, they must of sent the wrong technician I am not equipped to do that ” I’m like great another waste of time! So what do I do, go back on the phone with Bell! Set up a new appointment for the right technician to come and he said that he would have to set up the Fibre Optic wire from my backyard and run it into my basement and run the wire on top of my ceiling. I told him that’s not happening. My house is new build. I’m not having a wire from the back of the house all the way into the middle of my house on the ceiling! He began to stare at me for 5 minutes and another 20 minutes into my electrical room and then said, "I can’t do it." So I said, "Okay that’s fine. I’ll get my electrician in here to run the wire properly and I’ll make another appointment with Bell".
I then told the technician, "Since you’re here my PVR hasn’t been working for 3 weeks can you fix it?" He said, "I don’t have time, I’ve been here for too long." I responded, "You’ve been here for 5 minutes and you would still be here if you were running the Fibre Optic!" I lost it on him, I said, "Is this a joke?!" He was huffing and puffing and said, "Where’s your PVR" and I said, "Upstairs". I take him to the PVR he takes a look at the PVR and looks at me and says, "I don't have time". I said, "So why would you tell me to take you upstairs? To stare at my PVR that doesn’t work". So I told him, "That’s fine. Don’t worry" and told him to stop wasting my time and get out of my house!
Rogers came knocking on my door last Saturday and offered me $160 promotion package for 2 years, no contract. I showed him what I was paying with Bell and that my services were always failing and he almost dropped his iPad. Next day Bell technical support called me and offered me a lower package, no super channel and removed a bunch of other features and said it’s going to be $210 + tax. I told the lady, "I am done with Bell." It’s not about the money! I’ve been paying $260 a month for 2 years! I told her, "Your services are garbage and I want all your services removed from my house ASAP!"
She kept saying, "We will offer you this and that but Rogers doesn’t have that." I’m like, "Listen lady I’ve had nothing but problems with all your technicians", I told her they’re all brain dead and she said, "As a Bell customer myself I am very sorry." I’m like, "Ya I’ve heard sorry from you guys for 2 years but no one feels sorry for me once you continue to take money out of my account!"
Whatever they offered me didn’t compare to Rogers. I would have to limit my channels in order to get the same rate as Bell. Rogers said to me, "Why are you paying for 6 boxes when you have Smart TVs when I can give you 2 boxes and you can hook them up to every TV." I said, "Amazing done!" I am so happy to have switched providers and my life will no longer consist of calling Bell 10 times a day for the same issue over and over again. If I wrote the rest of my experience with Bell then you guys would call me stupid for continuing to give Bell my business.
Everyone seems to have the same issues and bad experience, now it makes sense why every time I call Bell I’m on hold for 15 minutes trying to get a hold of someone who is more incompetent than the last person I spoke too! Bell is a joke and does not care about customer loyalty as much as they say they do! They won't do anything for you but cause you aggravation and grief! STAY AWAY.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
I will add my name to the long list of unhappy Bell customers. They overcharge. I switched providers recently. When I called to cancel my Bell internet the woman on the Bell end nearly refused to disconnect my service as I asked. I demanded she disconnect my Bell internet or I would lodge a complaint. She finally relented and agreed to do as I asked after a near argument with me.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
If I could rate this company a negative number I would. They are complete fraud. As a business owner I have worked with numerous companies. Many good, and some bad. However, this company is by far the worst. They are money stealing and completely deceitful. Definitely avoid working with them.
Reviewed March 5, 2018
Bell tv & internet is a scam! They shut off my services because I was late on payment, ok that’s fine. So I pay them, then a week later they shut off my services again, so I call them up and ask why they shut it off. The lady goes on to tell me that I have not paid them, when I have an email to prove that I did. She goes on to also tell me that she will not try my services back on till I pay again. Cold day in hell I’m going to pay them again! They are just a money hungry company! My husband also worked for them and they would not pay him for the month he worked for them, so he quit! I ended my services with them and will not be going back to them! They are a crappy company!
Reviewed March 2, 2018
I have had it with Bell. Just this week (10hrs +) I was escalated to their "level 2" phone techs for internet TWICE, got 2 in-person visits to confirm that although I've been charged for a 25mb service for the past year, my house is in a loop and can't get more than 12mb. Now on the phone with customer service for over 45 mins - no ticket #s are in my file AND now they want to charge me for downgrading to a 15mb plan which is still more than I will ever get here according to the tech. Seriously?
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
Been a customer for 11 years. Wife was with Telus and wanted to switch to Bell. Huge mistake. Live 2 hours from a Bell dealer. Bell Mobility assured us,"No need to attend the store. Simply mail us the phone and call in to activate." Received the phone. Called in to be told she had to attend a Bell store for “identification purposes”. So she drive 3.5 hours after work to the nearest Bell store with two pieces of ID they asked for.
When she got to the store (St Paul Alberta Bell Store) she was told they have no idea why she was there and the discrepancy was through Bell head office and “Manpreet” had to fix the problem. She called “Manpreet” and could not speak to him. Drove all the way home and called Bell. Total of 6 hours on hold and told to “just go back to the store and tell them to call us”. Absolute customer service joke. She stayed with Telus. I’m also switching to Telus and if Bell thinks I’m paying out my contract they are CRAZY! DO NOT DEAL WITH BELL! You were warned.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
I wish, there is a 0 rating. BELL Canada, Loyalty Supervisor named Anthony completely sucks at the name of Customer Service. He keep on saying "I have nothing to do with you." Basically, I filed a service request on Feb 19, and it is Feb 27 today, neither BELL nor Asurion (Insurance Company), provided me ETA on phone delivery, and keep on blaming each other. I am a business owner, and phone without business is impossible. BELL keep on saying we will keep on charging either you get the phone in 1 week or 2 months, it's my fault to lose the phone.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
Bell Canada should be investing money in their customer service as we have been waiting for our account to be credited for 5 months. We were told 5 months ago our bill would be 150$ and have been paying 215$ a month. Every time I called they told me we would be credited on the next bill. Every month it was not credited. When I called to cancel they told me I would need to pay 447$ to cancel my account as this was my outstanding bill based on the incorrect billing. If they had applied the credits of 325, I would have absolutely paid the remainder, but they did not and they were very rude. As well I was bounced from department to department for 2 hours just to cancel my services, only reiterating the reason why I wanted to cancel. It seems like no one knows what they are doing at Bell.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
Extremely insensitive to customers needs. Suggesting/Recommending paying additional $50 extra for additional data to avoid having to block kids data usage shows how out of touch and unconscionable Bell Canada is. Avoid them like the plague.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2018
About a year and half ago my wife renewed her phone on a 2 year term. After a short time the phone was not receiving some of her text msgs. She contacted Bell and after some troubleshooting they decided it was a network issue and should work itself out. A month or so goes by and she is still not getting all text msgs. Once she calls Bell and more troubleshooting done. This time they asked to keep a log of every time she does not receive the msgs. Hard to do when you have no idea if someone sent you a message or not.
Anyway she tried to do what they asked for a month or so and called back again and this time asked to get a new phone. Bell did some troubleshooting and this time determined it was the phone and she needed a new one. Problem is that the manufacturer warranty is now expired. Not wanting to argue with Bell my wife used her protection plan to get a new phone. This cost her $180.00. After starting to use the new phone she again was not receiving all her text msgs and the battery only lasts 1 hour and gets very hot.
At this time I contacted Bell and asked for a new phone from a different manufacturer and a credit for her having to pay $180.00 for using her protection plan for no reason. Bell refused. After some arguing with Bell they finally offered a $150.00 bill credit if she wanted to get a new phone and buy out her existing contract. So she would have to pay $290.00 to buy out the contract, plus pay $200 for a new phone in order to receive the $150.00 credit. This is the worst service I have ever received as a loyal customer (over 10 years). Will be cancelling her contract very soon and as soon as mine comes due I will be canceling it as well.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
I canceled my account last month, paid them 180 to put the account in good standing so that I could unlock my cell phone. PLUS 47 dollars to clear the account up. Now they want 47 dollars again and they tell me this is the last 47 dollars. NO. OVER MY DEAD BODY. Bell Canada: "Hi Tim. We're sorry to learn about your concern. Please private message us with your account details for us to look into the bill you received. Thank you. - Mae." Tim **. The technician on the phone asked me what date I paid the 47. What, do I work in your accounting department now? Now I have to go to the bank and have my transaction documents printed out. This is beyond frustrating. It's financial abuse.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
Every year I spend an average of 3-4 hours on the phone with this monopoly to maintain a somewhat reasonable price for the services it monopolizes in this country. Every single time, Bell employs unethical practices: up-selling, cancelling services without permission, changing the parameters of the services initially purchased, sending order summaries that do not reflect what was agreed upon, increases in costs every 4-6 months that are significantly higher than cost-of-living increases. This abuse must stop. There is no reason a company with such a widespread monopoly and income like this, needs to continuously gouge its clientele. Every year, we receive far less service for far greater costs. CRTC, stop allowing Bell its abusive monopoly in Canada.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
This may be two issues. I have been paying for Bell high-speed internet service and do not believe that it even exists for the St. Thomas, Ontario region. Every time we try to access Netflix it either does not connect or it freezes.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
I came here to show my anger on how Bell treated me. I wanted home Internet and I booked an appointment with them so I waited for 6 days till my appointment date and when their technician came to install Internet for me he checked electricity room and stuff outside house. And then he simply said that he cannot install Internet for me because my "black wire" is "buried" in the ground and that I have to wait for 6 weeks to get Internet because they have to dig the ground to extract my "black wire". That was shocking. I had waited 6 days already without Internet and now want me to wait 6 more weeks, what a joke. I just wonder how can they give appointments to people when they're not 100% sure of everything is set to install Internet in the alleged house. Absolute ineptness and laziness.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
They charged me 2 times this month. I called them that there is something wrong. It's a lot of money. They said, "No, you have to pay and today." After 2 weeks I saw 81$ in my account. They didn't say anything but it was what they stole the money and returned it back.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Bell offered me a promotional package for a 2 year fixed rate of $100 for my services which included landline, TV & internet. However, that deal was only good for the first few months and then my bill started to steadily increase, until it reached $160. I've repeatedly tried to correct this matter, but all my efforts have been unsuccessful. More recently, I stopped paying my bills, in order to sound the alarm at Bell & have someone call me, which they did, from collections. I explained to them what the situation is & they assured me that someone would speak with me, if I would only wait on line for a level 2 director, so I did, several times in fact.
Over a period of 1 month, I received numerous calls from collections & spent several hours overall waiting to speak to a director & every time my call was accidentally disconnected. How is it possible that all my calls were disconnected so easily by Canada's premier phone company with the most advanced technology??? Furthermore, 2 weeks ago without any notice, they disconnected all my services. Therefore, I've been waiting for a letter, because, now, that's the only mode of communication left between us - all I've received is silence. Furthermore, to reconnect my services, I'm obliged to not only pay my bill in full, but I will, also be charged an additional $50, when this matter is squarely Bell's fault. How appalling... Can't believe that as consumers we have zero protection from the corrupt business practices of big business!!! I've rated bell at 1-star, because that was lowest rating I could give.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Want to cancel the Fibe tv service and willing to pay for the penalty. Call the CS, I was being on hold for around 1 hr 30, spoke to 4 representatives. The first one told me I don't have to pay the penalty, second one said 400, third one said 425. Last rep said 450+80. The 80 is another installation fee because I have to downgrade my modem. I spent around 2 hr 30 mins to do my cancellation. Bell Canada good job!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
Today Feb 10 I checked my bill to pay and I noticed there is a $2.13 late charges. I checked my previous payment which I paid two weeks earlier than due date. I spoke with customer services which told me will adjust the amount. Bell apologies and credit my account. I never got a letter or email from Bell Canada about this mistake happened, until I checked my bill online. I am wondering how many thousands of Bell customer got late charge and didn't notice it because of trust we had about Bell.
How many of old people wouldn't check their bill or do pre-authorized payment and wouldn't know about this late charge. Imagine 10 millions customer charged for $2.13, in total Bell made $21,300,000.00. Bell support let's talk but the money is supporting is fraud. Please everyone who has same issue as mine put a comment in this site and let everyone knows about it and do a class action about Bell Canada. I am looking for other internet provider to change it. I am sure many people has same issue. Please, please mention it here so everyone will know and find out how many thousands of Bell Canada has same issue. I have my bill as proof. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
While just about every service providers in the world gets better than ours, Bell and Rogers are the only providers responsible for this atrocity against humankind. Data is currently as expensive as food thanks to them. This monopoly has to stop, for the greater good of the Canadian people.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2018
I am continually astounded at the epic, galactic scale of the sheer hubris and jaw-dropping incompetence that permeates every stinking layer of this giant, rotting, carcass of a company. I have long since abandoned Bell permanently as a residential supplier of ANY service, and would cease all business and communication with Bell if I believed that they were able to process it both literally and figuratively. I have had it with being on hold for hours and passed along the India-Sri Lanka support chain like some offal being disposed of in a Kafkaesque nightmare version of the Bataan Death March.
I am finished with repeating simple statements of fact ad nauseam because there is no single person within the entire organization capable of recording basic details and retaining that information for even double-digit seconds, let alone overnight until I call yet again to repeat my story to some fresh troglodyte who starts from square one. Again. I’m in North America calling about a business line, stop asking me 6 times for my name and number. Collect my pertinent information ONCE and pass it along. How is it possible for a company unable to perform basic clerical tasks and fundamental customer service functions accumulate enough business to survive?
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2018
After moving to a new province, my boyfriend and I signed up for Bell Aliant as we heard it has the best price in bundles for the maritimes. When setting up our account, the employee told us there was a $500 activation fee that would be completely reimbursed after a year of service. After signing up, Bell Aliant canceled on us three times for set up of the service. After finally setting things up we had numerous issues with our service for the first few weeks. After a year of service, Bell never gave our $500 activation fee back to us. After calling Bell they stated that the customer must pay 6 months in a row on time to be eligible for the $500 to go back into the account.
This was something that was never stated to us when signing up for the service. In which case, we would’ve paid the bills on time. After an hour of being transferred from department to department, Bell has refused to give us any sort of assistance with this bill. Bell does not support the customer or try to keep the customer within their company. They have done absolutely nothing even in terms of payment plans. And have now shut off our cable and internet services and refuse to turn them back on until the account is brought up to date. Bills have not been paid because we are waiting for our $500 in return. The worst customer service I have ever dealt with. Bell doesn’t even give their employees empowerment to keep their customers happy.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2018
I have never felt compelled to write a negative review about a company, but after ending my services with Bell, here I am. I became a Bell customer roughly two years ago, after a Bell salesperson knocked on my door inquiring new business. I signed up for a bundle including internet, cable, and home phone for roughly $110+tax monthly. This price was very reasonable and I was happy with it while it lasted the year. Stupidly I paid no attention to when the promo price ended, and I must mention that I was never informed by mail, phone or email that my price was about to jump up to over double what I was paying. I was in the habit of paying off my bill each month in the same amount ($110+taxes and fees) without bothering to check my bill, as most of the time I was unable to view my electronic bill because there typically seemed to be an error while trying to view or download it.
So a good six months or so after this promotion ended I happened to check my electronic bill and was shocked to see it was overdue by over $500!! I called customer service immediately and asked why the price was so high, and then realized it was because the promo had ended. Of course there was nothing they could do to lower the ridiculous balance on my bill. I had used these services for months without realizing how much money it was costing me, so now I was expected to pay it off. This was fine I guess, though I did not agree with it, I was willing to take responsibility for the fact that I owed them this money. So after speaking to the typically insincere customer service reps and being passed around from department to department I finally came to the conclusion to keep the internet and cable for roughly $150+ tax.
I expressed that I had zero need for a home phone and do not physically own one to even plug into the phone jack as our family solely uses cell phones through another provider. The rep kept trying to convince me to keep the damn home phone, and said it was only about $15 a month so I may as well keep it! I explained again I did not need it. So time passed and after about a month we decided that we felt the cable was unnecessary and expensive, as well didn't have a huge use for it, so I decided to call Bell again to discuss the cost of only keeping fiber op, as the internet is our priority and main source of entertainment. When I called them again to inquire I did yet again get passed around from person to person and repeated myself many times.
Don't get me wrong, there were a few people I spoke to whom were pleasant, however the majority of them clearly did not give a crap about what you as a person needed to get some resolution. They just want to end their call quickly, make an appearance that they helped you, and tell you something that you want to hear though it may not be accurate. Upon speaking to someone in the retention department I did discover that my home phone service was still in fact active and was not cancelled as I requested the month prior. So when all the stress was said and done, we reached a point where I decided to keep the most basic internet we could, which was a very low speed and unreliable connection. This ran us $95+tax!! The reps said this was the very best price they could offer us. So figuring I had no choice this is what I decided to do. Though it seems utterly ridiculous to charge such a high price so very basic internet.
Then my stress level for this company reached a new high when my internet was disconnected in January. I was given no notice whatsoever, though each time to call Bell they tend to end the call by asking to verify your phone number and email address and the best way to contact you! So my service was disconnected without notice even though the company had clear information as to why my bill was overdue, and they saw that I was paying off at least an extra $100 a month to get my balance down. When I called them they stated that my service would not be reconnected unless I was able to pay the full amount of my bill within less than a two week span. I explained I was unable to, and wanted to know if they would reconnect it if I agreed to pay $300 that day, which would have still left me owing them a couple hundred. They declined and said it was too late because the service was on temporary suspension.
I questioned if it was normal procedure to disconnect without giving the customer warning or notice, and I got ** answers. By this time I was so fed up I just told them to disconnect it completely that day and to provide with my final amount owing to them so I could pay it off as soon as possible. So that day I owed them $690. I paid $200 immediately, another $100 about a week later and told them I would pay off the rest as soon as possible. So a couple of weeks pass and I finally get something in the mail from Bell. A final bill for close to $600 saying that I had until February 6th to pay it off. Again, I called them to ask why it was still so high seeing as I just gave them $300 and my last quoted bill was only $690, it was though they lost $200 from my online banking payment.
They also apparently had a memo on my file saying that I agreed to pay the full amount by the 6th of February, which I had never agreed to, no was I told at any point that I had a date by which I needed to pay it. So again, this is a clear indication when you call them they do not actually make accurate notes on your file, they just do what is easy for them in the moment and have no regard for what happens to you when you end the conversation. I was given a lot of irritating ** answers by very grimy people in their billing department. When I asked why my bill was still so high they spoke to me like I was an idiot stating that they charged me an extra $60 for having the internet for a week outside of the billing cycle, and I was being charged interest, then another $50 for a disconnection fee.
It was all so frustrating and I know this sounds horrible but the two people I spoke to I had a very hard time understanding and they clearly were not in a mood to want to help, so I just decided to give up. It is all said and done and in a couple of weeks. I will hopefully never hear from them again, unless they decide to send my file to collections though they stated they would not provided my bill was paid in full in no longer than a month. I feel like I was so ripped off by Bell and they obviously don't put a lot of time or effort into the people they have working in their call centers, which I can relate to as I've worked in that environment in my younger years. It is disappointing and so aggravating that they seem like they can just get away with whatever they want. Because in the end, they are a huge company, and we are all just one person trying to get treated fairly, but we have little power.
I'll never give money to this company again just out of the sheer frustration I went through with them. I was amazed when I went into Rogers a few days after closing my service with Bell, to discover I literally and getting a way faster internet now for only $69 a month, tax included. Bell was fine on the beginning but every interaction I have had with them was a bad one, and left me frustrated, annoyed, and feeling cheated.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
Seriously if I could rate something less than a star I would have done that. The most disgusting customer service ever. I started two new contracts with Bell in Feb 2016 when I moved to Canada. After 4 months one of our phone started having technical issues, since the phone was in contract I started calling Bell about that and their representatives kept telling me about some repair charges and stuff. And then after couple of month my another device started acting up. Which was serious now, I called them again and the answer was same. They had no courtesy to apologize or to offer you any compensation. Then from outside somewhere we got to know about Apple's manufacturer warranty so we contacted Apple service dealers near to our area and they simply replaced our devices within 15 days without any cost.
My frustration was that this was suppose to come from my mobility company. If they can't help us at least they could have guided us properly. But no... They just made me more frustrated. And after that almost every 2-3 months I have to call them for some unreasonable $5 or $3 charges which are not genuine and then they say sorry and credit it back. This is the reason why I have not set up the pre-authorize payment for my cell phone bill. Now last week I called them since our contracts are over and I was looking to upgrade and was looking for some good deals or promotion as I was getting good offers with other mobility companies. The Rep on my face said that there are no promotions for you and also you are not eligible for higher plan to upgrade BECAUSE YOU MISSED ONE PAYMENT IN MONTH OF NOVEMBER (because I was on vacation and was out of Canada).
I said, "WHAT???" She said, "Yes. That is how our system works here." I was like OKKKKKAY! I am actually done with you guys and I ported out one of my number from Bell and now they are giving me Hard Time in unlocking my device. All their Reps are full of rudeness and no genuine information. Every time you call and they will tell you something different. I am so frustrated with them and really want to take all my services with someone else. Please consider Bell as your last option when you are out for getting a cell phone on a contract especially.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2018
Got A new phone from Bell from January 11 and by January 12 following day they cut off my line and said that I have to pay 186 dollars but in the first place they said that I will pay it on the next pay bill. So basically I was driving and next thing you know I don't have connection, they send me a wrong phone. They give me 4 different number that still other people using it and on top of that cut ** line off. Now I'm still fighting to get my money back for 3 weeks, this company is crazy.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
If it were possible to give less than a star, I would. In the past 24 hours and this is no joke, I have called them 4 times, spoken to two people online and went into one of their stores and my problem is still not fixed. Not only is my problem not fixed but my line has been cut despite them having a good amount of my money in credits... I have never dealt with such an incompetent company and I would never recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
I've had services with you over the last 17 years and when you are a leading giant in the telecom world with incredible success - I will hold you accountable especially when we are all overcharged for the kind of services we receive. It's data flow for God's sakes... yes there is infrastructure, servers, networks, etc., that must be maintained but on average we the customer receive billing of excessive amounts which are well above and beyond the cost of maintaining your systems.
I'm also really sick of the lectures on how Mobility and Aliant are separate companies etc. Just get serious about my complaint and get on it already. The customer deserves better and the only reason you are the magnificent tech giant you are is thanks to the 3rd world service from Rogers and their criminal cronies which dumps any potential clients in your direction. Bring in one service provider for the competition and you guys are down for the count but we have only this monopoly in Canada and as a result you are going to have pissed off customers when we wait hours every single call we make or receive to or from Bell. We pay based off first-rate pricing and expect first-rate service. Period.
Bell Canada Company Information
- Company Name:
- Bell Canada
- Website:
- www.bell.ca