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Telus provides telecommunications services across Canada, including mobile, internet, TV and home phone services. Since its establishment in 1990, Telus’ goal has been to enhance connectivity and communication for both residential and business customers.
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Reviewed Sept. 5, 2021
TV always freeze sometimes for hours on end, box has been replaced a few times already. In my opinion the most unstable and unreliable system. They reset the box but within days it does it again. They have no
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2021
I have been a customer with Telus for about 15 years. They had always been okay as a provider (home, internet, television, mobility) - about as good as you can get in Canada. So when I had been having problems with my phone during an "outage" I called with hopes they would offer some sort of compensation. I believe if you are paying money for a service it should work. If it doesn't, that provider should then be held accountable for it not working. I was on the phone with 7 different people and over 3.5 hours. When I asked each time, after explaining my situation to each person, if there was ANYTHING they could do for a long term customer, they simply stated "you have the lowest plan we can offer".
I do not understand how such poor customer service and lack of care can happen with a company not doing what they say they are to be doing- offering services that work. It is a real shame that it is so difficult to switch providers but I will be looking at leaving all of my Telus services behind ASAP for hopefully better customer care. Do not go with Telus if you can help it. They will waste your time, not care and then just repeat the same thing over and over again. Brutal company.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2021
The young man (Kevan) in the Telus store at 1 Adelaide St N, London, ON was wonderful. No hassles. Simply gave me the SIM card I needed. Very prompt, courteous, and helpful. I could not have asked for more. Kevan is a great representative!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2021
This store is scam. I ask them to provide service. They charge me 80 Dollars and they said, "Sorry we don’t have service in your area." Then I ask them to return my money and they, "Sorry I cannot give your money back as well." Be aware. Run away from Telus. Is this a new thing they rob you.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2021
In 1999 our local BC phone company “BC Telephone” merged with Telus. Under Telus the customer service is almost non existent. Whether I dial O for operator, 411, 611 or the 1-888 customer service numbers! Still can’t get through. Long wait times, no way to leave voice message, callback service not always working. Although my Home Phone line in BC has been very reliable, but trying to get in touch with a customer service rep to deal with billing or internet tech services, all long waits.
I am having difficulty trying to find the address of the Telus area office in the Greater Vancouver or Fraser Valley BC area, I did try in the past looking for an office to resolve my billing problem and they refused to provide me a local address which I thought would be easier to have them solve my problem. The Telus Mobility stores do not have the regional managers or supervisors available for customers to meet with to resolve billing problems. The Telus Mobility customer service reps are limited as to what they are authorized and able to do. When BC was under BC Tel, we had BC Tel phone marts in the malls and the stores were available for us to drop in and they could take care of billing problems right away, but the Telus main offices are not available for customer drop ins.
My best advice is if you decide to stay with Telus, and if you can’t get through or if you still have problems, file a complaint with the CCTS Customer Complaint Resolution in Canada for Telecom and TV Services. Shop around, compare prices with the various telecom and cable companies. Currently it would appear that maybe Telus has too many customers or more business than they can handle, more customers than the required amount staff needed to deal with all the TV, Cable, Internet, Cell Phone and Home Phone issues that can come up.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2021
I called to have my Optik Box moved into a different room since a jack needs to be installed in the new room. After an hour of waiting, the person I'm speaking with asks to put me on hold while they contact a technician, which is fine, but ten minutes later they tell me that they "cannot reach the technicians" and that if it's okay, they will call me back later. I said sure but they never called me back. I was volunteering all day so once I was done, Telus was already closed and tomorrow is a weekend (and I'd rather not spend my weekend dealing with poor customer service). Also, the robot told me I could book an appointment through MyTelus and despite being a teenager (AKA technically-able) I could not find a single option that dealt with moving a TV within your own home. On the website, it would only let me select a different address or change my TV plan. I am beyond frustrated as this should be a lot simpler than it is being made to be.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2021
We are Telus customers and we had to spend hours on the phone and being moved from one incompetent person to another and had to repeat the exact same thing again and again. This is extremely frustrating as nobody tried to understand the problem and we have been paying the TV subscription for nothing in return for almost three weeks now. If you have an issue with Telus, be ready to waste hours of your time and you'd be lucky if they solve your problem.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2021
Good luck if you want to speak to anyone with technical support! They do not care about customer service at all, and your time is not respected. Wait times are well over an hour. We pay staff to sit on hold with this company. This company also outsources their business outside of Canada. Do not stay loyal to this company.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2021
Having been a Telus Customer since 1994 I have been put through their horrible service over the many years much of which has been due to their Outsourcing and sending Canadian jobs to Mexico, India and now the Philippines. This is a big Corporation in Canada which succeeds in robbing Canadians off their hard earned cash and plays at using propaganda techniques to have the unknowing public believe that they care about Canada and its communities. When you take millions, eliminate jobs and put pennies back into Canada you are no better than a famous Con Artist known as Donald Trump!
My latest interaction with Telus occurred yesterday when a Telus Contractor attended our residence to install a Fiber Optic line for the upstairs tenants who just moved in. So the Contactor contacts the office in the Philippines to ask why he was installing a second Fiber Optic cable to our residence where we have lived for the past two years as there is a cable going to the residence? The Contractor in the Philippines tells him no current Telus Customer lives there, "they moved", cut the cable and reconnect it to the new and then closes our active up to date account and deletes our profile and account.
After an hour of losing my phone, internet, Optic TV and several attempts of resetting everything I went out front of our house and found the Telus Contractor who was about to leave. I asked him, "Why did you cut my service!" "I was told to cut the service and the Philippines Telus Office deleted your account and profile." Then he called the Philippine Telus Office back to tell them how the information and directions they gave him caused a problem with my service. They hung up on him! The Telus Contractor only does installs at homes with an existing fiber optic line and does not put new lines from the street to a residence.
In order to resolve this issue he stayed late and using an old copper phoneline pulled a new fiber optic line to our house. This is a two man job so even though I am disabled I was asked to help by sitting on the boulevard and feed in the new line at the Telus service underground box while he pulled the old phone cable out at the house. He installed a new fiber optic cable but could not get the Telus Philippine Contractor to reverse their deletion of my account and profile.
I call Telus Customer Service in Canada and was told a Telus Contractor would have to reattend our basement suite and reconnect our modem and PVRs to regain service. I advised them that I will be looking at taking Telus to Court for illegal action of disconnecting my service. So here we are no service but my upstairs new neighbour has let me use their internet to write this complaint. They have also contacted Telus again to demand my service be fixed! Try and find a Company that does not Outsource Canadian Jobs and go with them rather then Telus!!
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2021
Equipment didn't work after installation as expected. Smart locks were losing connection to main panel. I couldn't even use lock code to open the locks. No help and support came to address the issue for almost a week. Had to request cancellation of services.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2021
The most outrageous thing they did was file a delinquency report for 9 dollars outstanding balance on the account I already closed in 2019. I was not made aware of this for almost 1 year and half. Just moved to FIDO, much better than Koodo or Telus and a much better customer service. They were unable to explain why they did not contact me before filing a criminal offence, for almost a year and half. Absolutely deploring, and these guys screwed up my credit history which I made for the last 11 years staying in Canada for 9 dollars. Please chose some other company.
Reviewed May 13, 2021
I was a Telus customer with 4 active lines for 5 years. After exchanging thousands of $$ with them, they have decided to charge one of the acc 55$ for 190mb of used data!! It is 13/05/2021 and telus is a greedy???? That is going to extinct.
Reviewed April 28, 2021
I got a subscription of 150 mbps but I am just getting 6 mbps. I have proofs of screenshots from speedtest.org. If I could attach the screenshot here, I would save a lot of customers from falling into the trap.
Reviewed April 14, 2021
I would not recommend Telus to anyone. Left them a few months early as my contract would end 3 months. I received my final bill saying due date May 5th and made payment April 13th. They reported to credit bureau that I missed a payment. I called them to discuss and the first agent was not able to answer so I asked to speak with a manager. Phone got disconnected and no call back. I call back and again the agent is going to tell me that I made a partial payment the month before that is why they reported a missed payment. He is going to advise me that as per the prior agent I was talking over her. They put negative notes in their system about customer whenever they are not able to answer your question, etc. Never Trust Telus. Because of this negative report my credit score dropped drastically.
Reviewed April 10, 2021
Would not recommend Telus to anyone. The customer service is deplorable. I have had nothing but trouble with the pvr box. The first time it was installed improperly and now it has shut down again. I spend more time on hold with them and nothing gets solved.
Reviewed April 7, 2021
My boyfriend called in and made an appointment to have our Internet upgraded. Tech came LATE so my boyfriend was not home at the time to help him. We live in an apartment so the Tech NEVER told us he needed to get to the Internet box in our electrical room so he was already upset at me when he arrived. The Tech began harassing me by upselling me on other options I did not understand. I Explained to the Tech we just wanted what we asked for over the phone which was 100 MPS. The Tech told me NO and started upgrading our internet for a Apple TV 4K. I told the Tech we do not have an Apple tv to run it on and he insisted I can just watch it on my computer?
He called Telus and gave me the phone so someone else could try to upsell me on buying and apple TV. The Tech got upset at me that I said NO (after he already went behind my back and set up our internet box for an apple tv) and he had to change my internet again! After almost 2hrs the Tech didn't get our internet to 100 MPS like we asked but said the best thing he could do was 75MPS because he didn't have enough time and didn't have access to our Internet box in the building. After the Tech left I called telus wanting to let them know that the Tech we had that day is never allowed to come back to our house again as I was harassed in my own home and I was very uneasy with what happened. The customer service was understanding and gave us an "reimbursement" which we did not receive. Our internet bill has been 300+ almost every month since.
Reviewed March 26, 2021
I am very unhappy with my chat with Customer Service today. I patiently waited for them to help me with lowering my bill and was left with lots of questions I had to answer and waiting lots of time and ended up with 0 results. I am currently paying $75 for 10GB of data and I know people who are paying the same for 20GB of data and Telus also has a promotion for $80 for 30GB of data. Why should I pay the same or $5 less for 10GB - 20GB less. I don't even use all of my data I should be able to get a better deal. Never before have I been so patient and got 0 results. Every company has worked with me but Telus. Fido currently has a deal for 10GB of data for $50/month so I know it is possible. I am extremely dissatisfied with my service today and Customer Service's ability to help me whatsoever.
Reviewed March 24, 2021
I fired Telus about 17 years ago because of their poor customer service. Never in my 73 years have I seen a company undergo such a complete transformation. The Telus customer service today is second to none. Being older and probably not as tech savvy as some, I found that even though the prices for Public Mobile service were quite inexpensive, I wasn't able to negotiate a system where there were no humans to talk to and I decided to move my cell phone to Telus since we had signed up with Telus for a bundle with internet, cable and house phone, and so far we had been happy with our product and service.
Last Friday I went to the Okotoks Tom Harris Telus and Koodoo store at 10am when they opened. I wanted to bundle my cell with the rest of our account. Usually the process of porting over a number from one service to another isn't a particularly big deal. This one turned out to be a big deal. A pain-in-the-a-deal. I not only changed my service to a Telus plan, but I decided to buy an Iphone because my first dive last November into the Android pond with a Samsung has been fraught with frustration. I learn new tricks slowly and I'd been using Iphones forever and am just more comfortable, so I decided to switch back. Charles, from Okotoks Tom Harris Telus and Koodoo store, did all the paperwork, started the ball rolling to swap the phone number from Public (a Telus subsidiary) to Telus. While we waited for that to happen, normally, he assured me, in less than an hour, he switched all my info over from the Samsung to the Iphone.
If you think computers never make mistakes, think again. This was pure electronic hiccup at its best, and even though it appeared the number port had been completed successfully to Telus, the only phone that would ring was the Samsung, with the Public Mobile card. I left the store that Friday a little after 4pm. Charles worked on my problem for 6 hours that day. We worked another three on Sat am and I had to leave. He gave me a number to try myself, which I did.
It was a several day adventure. I was handed through a long list, like 6 different people, all who passed me on to someone else, NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HELP ME, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAD WORKED FOR HOURS AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I was passed WAY high up Monday and Tuesday to both Tech support and Customer support. I was kindly given an account credit for all the hassle and inconvenience. Yesterday several people got back to me from both Tech and Customer service to tell me they were working on it, and last night, long after dinner, a gentleman called me on our home phone and assured me they were working on it and by the time I got up in the morning my iphone with the persistent NO SERVICE signal would be working tickety-boo.
Guess what? I got up this morning, and MY IPHONE IS WORKING TICKETY-BOO!!!! The Telus Technical Service department and Customer Service department got the job done, in spades! It wasn't easy but they were always polite, even in the face of some pretty serious frustration from my end, and worked until a solution was found. THANK YOU TELUS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!!
Reviewed March 15, 2021
As of the time of writing this review Telus does not offer the alarm.com SVR on residential accounts. As a result the alarm.com cameras can only take short 30 sec clips with a 30 sec gap in between each clip which makes it pretty much useless as a video surveillance system. I have heard countless stories of people's cars getting broken into and things getting stolen only to find out the cameras did not record the actual crime or suspect so the police or the courts can't do anything. So what are we paying for?
Reviewed March 11, 2021
Telus Discriminates Against Religious Organizations, and Refuses to Respond to Concerns. 1) On January 21st, I signed up for new service through the Telus online portal, and received confirmation of the order. The purchase and sign up with Telus for New Mobile Cellular service was conducted and completed on January 21st, Including fees of $43.75. On January 21st I also Received an email form Telus as "Your TELUS purchase is confirmed and order details enclosed" indicating that the phone would be sent out within 24 - 48 hours. I will point out that at no point in that email, is there any indication, that any further information, any further process, such as a credit check or deposit will be conducted. It appears to be indicating a fully completed order.
2) On January 22, I received an email from Paul **, requesting personal information in order for a credit check, at that point I responded to his Email indicating that due to the nature as the business that I would be unable to use my personal information. I also indicated that I was open to a deposit if needed, thinking that perhaps I had missed something or simply misunderstood the confirmation email. I did not receive any contact again from Paul ** or any other Telus representative.
3) On February 1st, I contacted Telus and after 11 minutes on the phone, I was simply told that the order could take 4-6 weeks to ship, there was no further mention of any deposits or that there was anything preventing the order from being held up any further. 4) On February 5th I made several calls, totaling 1hour and 38minutes, to various departments trying to get a clear answer of what was going on, I eventually did get in contact with a Telus rep who told me that he knew Paul, and would try to contact him. I was then told that "Paul said he would return my call within 30minutes." I did not receive a call back.
5) On February 10th I again made several attempts to reach Paul, and was told by another Telus rep that he was on break, and that Paul said he would call me within 1 hour. I still did not receive a call back, and called back in, and after some assurances, Paul did finally return my call. I had spent another total of 1 hour and 3 minutes on the phone with Telus again on the 10th to be told that, the Credit department was the hold up. However; I doubt very much that the Credit department has taken 20 days to run a credit check.
I later spoke with a sales Lead, Marlou **, about the fairness of the deposit, and whether or not it was appropriate after a customer had already received, a notice of completed order. I also asked for an explanation as to why the credit check had not been completed as of the 10th of February. Marlou, did respond by email, and indicated that the process was to do a credit check, however, I do not feel that he provided any answer as to why this has taken 20 days to appropriately respond, and quite frankly I feel that I had been misled and lied to on several occasions. I indicated that I was looking for further follow-up, and that I was prepared to escalate my concerns if they were not addressed.
6) On February 22nd, I again called in to Telus to find out what was happening with the account, spent another 53 minutes looking for a resolution, This Time I was in contact with Joe. I very clearly indicated that I was upset, and that I was beginning to feel, that it was no longer, a matter of a case of an incompetent employee, that was not capable of completing the order, and that I was concerned that I was deliberately being treated this way and that I felt that I might be being discriminated against as a Pagan religious group. I politely explained to Joe that while I was looking for a resolution that my concerns at this point were much larger. I did ask to speak to a manager and also indicated that I did not wish to speak to Marlou, as I wasn't sure if he was at least a part of the problem.
While Joe did not appear to attempt to reach a Manager above Marlou in order for me to resolve my larger issues, to his credit he did make extensive efforts to resolve the issue with the order itself. When I asked Joe how long a reasonable credit check took, he said that it was 5 - 7 days, when I asked if the credit check had yet been placed, he indicated that there was a note on the account, that as of February 11th, the order was approved and that he was going to find out why the phone had not been sent, and that he would get back to me.
7) On February 24th after once again not hearing anything back I once again called and after leaving a message for Joe, he did call me back. Today was also another 20 minutes on the phone. However, I am now being told that the account is only approved to receive 2 sim cards, and that if I want a new phone a $600 deposit would be required. When I asked why is there a change from Monday Joe indicated, that he was mistaken on Monday, I again asked him why after more than a month, was it now a $600 deposit, this time he told me that a credit check can take up to 48 hours to process.
I asked him to tell me the day the credit check was processed, and he would not, I asked him if the note on the file was from the 11th, why was I only hearing about it on 24th. I did tell Joe to go ahead and issue the SIM cards for now, and that I would look into my concerns further. When Joe began to process the details, I did enquire, as to what my service cost was, and more specifically if I was going to be billed, as per the rate on the 21st when I was approved for service or under the new more expensive plan. He indicated that it was under the new rates, but that he would look into it. 8) Today I have spent another 1 hour and 12 minutes on the phone only to hear that the SIM cards have not been sent.
I have made 2 attempts to contact Telus through the complaints department, but have not had a response. It is unfortunate to deal with a couple of bigots, in the sales department, but to be also ignored by the complaints department certainly shows what Telus really stands for. And yes they continue to delete these posts and I will continue to repost them. As you can see there are some strong concerns. I feel I have been misled, or that I have been lied to (both unintentionally and intentionally). I think that it is ridiculous, that a new account activation would take over a month, likely much longer had I not spent 5 hours on the phone trying to resolve it, as well as considerable time on email as well.
I am concerned that there may also be breaches under The Consumer Protection Act of Alberta, such as; asking for a deposit after completing a sale, making false or misleading statements regarding the status of an account, failure to deliver a product within 30 days, and possible price manipulation if I am billed at the new rates instead of the rate I had signed up for on the 21st of January. I am even more greatly concerned that the length of delay is due to the deliberate actions of a Telus employee, and that those actions are based on us being a Pagan religious group. I do realize that the Sales team, is not the group to be dealing with my concerns further, but hope that my concerns will now reach an appropriate level to be properly addressed. Email me at ** if you have any questions.
Reviewed March 11, 2021
Telus doesn’t help their customers. They don’t care if you switch to another phone company. Bob the supervisor likes to argue rather than help you. Worst phone company EVER!!! One team member doesn’t say the same information as another one and you wait on hold forever!
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2021
Over a month since I ordered my Sim cards and I haven’t gotten them. Then I get a bill for the previous month and for the next month. Somehow they say that’s normal. How can a company expect someone to pay $243 for service that I have absolutely nothing to show for. I also have a business plan with them. Telus has assured me that it doesn’t matter the quality of service they provide, they will not give you a discount. They will not even offer you $5 off.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2021
Been with Telus for decades. Without going into a rant that would equal a full featured novel this company has caused so much endless grief in my life with their ** customer tested upgrades and Horrible customer service. They could Never offer a fluid, Reliable, Secure and affordable service in over 20 years. I have had to call in doz. of times to get something fixed that was working fine until they got hacked or upgraded their untested systems (consumer beta testing I presume - cheapest way). In other words it was not a problem the consumer created by upgrading hardware or changing device settings.
When you call customer service ....It will always be at a minimum a 1 hour wait when you call and for 3 decades the same message will play .."due to high call volume, available wait times will be longer than normal... your current wait time is 1 hour and 15 min...." I have an idea!! Hire some more people! make sure they are properly trained too! And Quit hiring the cheapest software developers to upgrade your systems. God I wish we kept BC Tell.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2021
Was with Bell for mobile phones and Eastlink for cable, made a big mistake switching to Telus internet and cable, only works occasionally. They called to ask me to switch cell providers, offered us three lines and a watch for $120 a month, never got SIM cards yet was billed for an overdue account of $221? Each person I talked to said bill would be erased but wasn’t and every call my bill went up! Went to activate SIM card and after our two phones were activated we were told they couldn’t activate watch due to my completely false bill of $221? So why activate two phone lines before saying no to watch? They agreed it was a false bill so believe this is illegal as billing was false with obvious proof. Don’t sign with this scam of a company!

Reviewed Feb. 3, 2021
They are quick to call you back and respond to emails when you are looking to be a customer, but then ignore you until you decide to leave, then they send you nasty emails trying to belittle you for your choices. No way to actually speak to anyone unless you wait in the incredibly long queue of their main number. Too bad there isn't real competition in the cell industry. Perhaps Telus should stick to just Western Canada, then maybe they could give their customers more attention!
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2021
I was looking to switch rural internet providers and checked with Telus to see if I was in an eligible area, I was so I went into a local Telus store on December 22, 2020 to get set up with a SmartHub. At the store they confirmed that I lived in an area of service. With the SmartHub I was told I would have 15 days to try it out and cancel at no cost if it didn't work for me. Set it up at home, worked great for a few days and then on December 26, 2020 I just didn't have internet access. Gave Telus support a call, they did whatever on their end to get the service back and I made sure to mention that I was on a 15 day trial and wanted to make sure this wasn't going to be a reoccurring issue.
Truthfully at that time I wasn't really concerned that it would be an ongoing problem since it was the holidays and figured there was just a lot more traffic than normal. But, I was AT NO TIME during that first call- or the following calls- advised that I was in what would later be described as "an area of concern." January 16, 2021 frustrated with ongoing issues I called again about no internet and this technician was very helpful and actually looked at my area, looked into my concerns, and he was the first person to mention that I was in an area of concern. I told him that I was now past the 15 day trial period and no one up until now mentioned this problem area to me. He told me that Telus is potentially offering customers in my area an antenna to better my service and that he would put in a ticket and have someone call me back in 1-3 days.
I waited until the following Friday (January 22, 2021) for a callback and when I didn't get one I called Telus to see what was going on. I waited on hold for 15 minutes and the guy on the phone said he would have to transfer me to another department that was handling my "ticket" and the wait time would be another 15 minutes, I admit I was not very friendly with him and told him never mind and hung up, I was frustrated, and I didn't have time that day to wait another 15 minutes to wait on hold.
Now today (January 26, 2021), I spent almost 40 minutes on the phone with them to be told 1) I was never eligible for an antenna as such service apparently does not exist. 2) I would be charged $250 if I want out of the contract or 3) They could offer me a monthly discount for the deplorable service that they have been providing. The customer support I have received has been truly awful. So, now 35 days into this debacle I am stuck in a two year contract with a service that I am only now being told actually has no plans in the near future of being upgraded to be able to provide the service that I was expecting.
Telus should have been upfront and honest from day one that the area I live in is in this "area of concern" and that there were no plans to upgrade anytime soon. I could have tried it out and made a decision with all the relevant information. It is absolute garbage that it took 35 days and how ever many calls to be given the proper information about their service. When I am connected to the internet the Smart Hub works fine, the problem is that multiple times during the week I have absolutely no internet and have to constantly either call them or reset the Hub myself to the get internet back for a bit before it cuts out again.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2021
Our internet is half the speed that we are paying for more days than not. We have to call Telus once every month to boost the internet speed. No, clear solution provided for the problem. Customer service is hard to understand and tends to transfer from one department to another without fully taking the time to understand the problem. Today we were receiving text messages with overages of $10, $25, $50 and our data shows as fully used in one hour for the whole month although we pay for unlimited data and are at home using wifi. Customer service said it is a glitch in their system. Don’t get telus unless it’s your last option.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2021
2 years ago I switched to Telus from Shaw to get their fibre optic internet. It still hasn't been installed and I have had poor wifi while I wait that cuts out at least once per day. We have had 4 techs and multiple phone calls with no solution aside from explaining it was outsourced to a contractor that missed our home. There have been 4 appointments that I have had to ensure I am home for with techs just keep telling me I don't have the line on my property even though that is what I am trying to get them to do.
They keep moving the install date while I see fibre optic trucks in front of my home. Their website is out of date and when I search it says fibre optic is not in our community even though when I asked one of the techs when it was going to be installed he told me in fact it is in the box across the street and was installed a while ago. After talking to multiple customer service reps that could do nothing but schedule another tech I spoke to a manager today. Zero compensation for my lost time and having to pay over $2000 over the past 2 years for sub-par wifi. He actually had the audacity to tell me that I have not complained enough to warrant any... Wow. He kept saying fibre optic is at my doorstep lol... Well the whole point is it is clearly not.
He tried to tell me that the contractor had called me and didn't hear back, which is interesting since I have initiated 3 separate authorizations of this install. I also have not received communication from this contractor but he seemed to be trying to pass the buck. Even if they did call would a follow-up be reasonable? What a joke and what a complete waste of time! Honestly if you have any other options that are even close I would recommend going that route. The issue seems to be heavily outsourced and siloed departments that do not clearly communicate with each other. I regret leaving Shaw and am considering returning even if their internet is slower than this elusive fibre optic..
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2021
What a nightmare Telus is.... and extremely expensive for what you get. I left telus for about 20 years and because Shaw was so terrible in too many ways say...I had no other choice but to go w/ telus. So I more than doubled my bill for 1/2 of what I got from shaw...and was forced to sign into a 2 year contract (money grab), read their....26 page contract (laughable as it only protects them and they can get more money out of you)...and the service is...terrible!!! Big screwup after talking to about 6 different agents just to get it set up (I thought) (how long is that in wait times???) and not one...checked to see if it was hooked up to my home. Finally got that done and it took 1 1/2 months to get it fully going reasonably.
Remote does not work properly (yes batteries changed how many times...buffers or the like in optic...message not downloaded...and on and on). Something constantly going wrong. Now it appears to be impossible for anyone in there to get the internet going. Since telus incorporates 2g and 5g together with the cheaper white tower modem which they first hand out...now, of course my printer will not work. Went through so much time w/ HP to try to figure it out. Now it knocked out my TVs. I've been through 5 wait times today and 5 different agents. Waiting on the 6th to call back...waiting and waiting and still not working after all that wait time explaining it over and over and over again.
First guy had absolutely no idea what he was doing. So he transferred me (another wait time)...to corporate??!?... When I asked for tech support with someone I could not understand their English and a terrible connection (go telus). I could not believe it. Then another senior person and after an hr or so...got it working. Hung up and 20 minutes later, not working again...then another wait time...got it working and 20 minutes later not working. And on and on and here I sit...losing a day's work...could not do anything I slated in for today...and now I sit down for a sec to try to calm down...and still no internet.
Run run run as far away from telus as you can. Telecommunication companies in Canada are horrendous and you only know that unless you travel and experience other countries. Africa and 3rd world countries have better telecommunication companies. We are so ripped off in this country...and of course our governments supports it all with monopolies that only benefit them. Go Hawaii as telus loves them... Known for stealing your personal information and selling it and so much more (read up on them and telus)... Rejected and reviled around the world by many countries for how horrible this telecommunication company is (they cannot be trusted)...and telus invites them with open arms with your information. Go telus!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2021
This company is horrible. I get SmartHome security service from Telus a year a year ago and that time I asked several time from the agent to make sure there is no contract and he said, (No there is absolutely no contract. You can cancel anytime without cancellation fee.) Now after one year, I've been trying to cancel my account for a week. I can get someone on the phone instantly when I want to add a service but when trying to cancel my account they make it impossible. Just got disconnected after 2 hours waiting for the 4th time. And after a week trying, when finally someone answered the agent told me, "You have 3 years contract and if you want to cancel your service you have to pay for the 2 year remaining contract," and I told the agent to just check the records in my account or if I can talk to a supervisor about this issue, and the agent said, "You have only one options to pay your final bill" which they charge me $800 or they will send the bill to collection.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2021
We had our internet installed early Dec 2020, the technician came offering a bundle with Optik TV saying that we'd get a $20 off on our internet bill, a $200 credit and we could cancel the Optik TV for a small cancellation fee. He informed us that the discounts would still apply if we didn't like Optik TV and cancelled after a month. He said it was worth giving it a go as the credit would cover the usage and cancellation fee. This sounded too good to be true so we asked the technician 2 more times and he clearly stated that we can still keep the credit even if we cancel.
After one month, we realized we barely watch tv at all so we contacted TELUS to cancel the Optik TV. Guess what, TELUS informed us that the information given to us was wrong. Apparently, many people have been calling them about having this same "advice" from TELUS technicians (I'm not sure if it's the same guy and I don't want to assume so). We spent almost an hour on the phone and this point, we were so exhausted as they didn't give us a solution so we just told them to cancel and waive the Optik TV fee for the first month. We only signed up due to this misinformation.
Having known that many people are calling for the same problem, the sales rep from TELUS had the audacity to tell us that "you took advantage of the deal because it benefits you". Way to add fuel to a flame there! I also work in customer service and I know there are customers who are very nasty, they create problems to get freebies. But it was clearly stated by them that many people were calling for the same problem, so I think you should know who is in the wrong here. They cancelled the Optik bundle but didn't waive the Optik TV costs for the first month. We don't have the credit, we don't need it anymore, and we have given up on asking for them to waive the Optik fee; so I'm just leaving this comment here to warn you all about the dark side of TELUS.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2021
They are like rats...Try to get every dollar from customer including seniors and if you missed payment they threaten to disconnect. No more decent words. Every time they tell that your bill is ready there must an increase, then we have to call them to complain.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021
I signed up a cable and internet last September and promise me to get a 3 months free. But along the way company started billing me so I followed up last December what's going on to my account and spoke to 3 different people with three different opinions. So I finally reach out to the loyalty department and ask to pull out the recording that I asked last December when I spoke to one of the agent. The manager told me he does not have copy of the recording anymore cause they only retained it for 3 months.
I know for sure they have a copy of the recording and I know I was right about the offer cause I also wrote what our conversation is. These agent should be retrain and educate more about their products when they are offering it to the customer to avoid this kind of problem. For future clients, you should make your own recording or record your own conversation so when you call them back you have a proof. Lesson learned. Don't recommend Telus at all, find another carrier. So disgusted.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2020
Too expensive, hard to get clear answers as to service provided. Long waits to speak to a technician, Once you make contact then answers are clear when talking technical details, but not when discussing various charges.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020
I still can't believe that I was waiting for about 3 hours to ask questions from Telus without having the answer at the end?! They just transferred me three times and the last took more than and half hours!!!!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2020
I Called Telus to ask about lowering my bill and they said they could by $10. I told them about another competitor deal and they told me to go to Fido. I have been with Telus forever why would they want to let a long time customer go? I called three times and all three times I was told to go elsewhere so guess what? C yaaa.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2020
To whom it may concern. In addition to having to be on hold for long periods of time I am dealing very poor bandwidth. Sometimes as 5 mbps dl and .05 ul. I can't run a business with these connections speeds. What is frustrating is.... miraculously they get the speed up to what the agreement after the call, but it only last the day. I feel they do not take their customers' needs very seriously. Just want to experience what I pay for and write a positive review.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020
I have 2 Business Accts with Telus. The Sales agents forget to put the promo codes in the both Accts. It took me more than 1 month getting everything sorted and spent at least 3-4 hrs on hold every time I called them. Thank God that I had the email confirmation about what I was offered. The agent never called me back. Even I sent the Confirmation email to the Manager about the promo I was offered, she declined saying that sorry they do not have any promo like that. It was the worse time dealing with them.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020
Have been a Telus Mobility customer for 15+ years. We are part of the EPP program. Had bought a iPhone XR 2 years ago on a bring it back plan. Received a text reminding me the contract was up and to either elect to keep or return my phone. Planned to return and use the mail it back option to avoid driving 1.5 hours to Telus store during global pandemic. Followed instructions on the website and spent the last 3 days and over 8 HOURS on the phone with 3 different reps. This is beyond ridiculous. The poor reps have no idea or authority to solve the issue. Hours and hours of wasted time to replace a phone in 2020. Unbelievable. Still have no resolution. Telus, you are making it very easy to be replaced.
Updated review: Dec. 8, 2020
So there's any update I would like to briefly share, refund submitted should be receiving soon and took a while as well making a point were all not perfect. Patience and communications is key. Thank you Telus especially during this pandemic!
Original Review: Nov. 23, 2020
Telus business webstore... what happen? Went from 5 stars to 0. Purchase a phone through business webstore is terrible. Meaning other departments have no authority to fully help customers with refunds or cancelations. This is an ongoing event happen not to all but a lot have walked away with money paid. Not cool Telus, Still waiting for refunds, it's been two months now. I/we undertake its covid but the staff are working extremely hard but the business structures are left absent or they don't realize it's not fully functional now and something that shouldn't be ignored (that's why I am writing this comment). Wondering if the Ceo/Cfo of Telus is aware.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2020
I moved from Koodo to Telus by getting false information and now they are charging me for no reason a 200$ amount. They didn't tell me about this payment before so I recommend you guys that don't trust them if they call you and. Ask you to move to telus because they are not reliable. I know it's hard to believe but I'm certainly telling my experience so that you guys cannot be fooled. Stay happy and safe.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2020
Telus customer service or live agent is hard to reach. They always redirected you to the virtual assistant which can’t help you at all. Waiting time is over two hours. If you ask for call back and they don’t know the answer. They will transfer you to another department, the long wait begins again. Not acceptable.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2020
My wife and I had been Telus customers for 7 years. After our divorce she moved so I set up the account In my name. Went in to get a cell ph and had to pay a huge deposit. At the same time I set up my internet through them which they insisted I pay another huge deposit for. After thinking about how I was treated I returned the box which was not even opened and the ph and went with Rodgers which I am happy with but now I see that my credit rating has dropped because Telus has filed a $50 charge for rent on the unopened cable box which I refuse to pay!
I strongly suggest you choose another company for your services. They are thieves And charge whatever they feel like and you are forced to pay it! By far the worst company Ethics I have ever seen. This company should be forced out of business. Any other company that has the product returned in the box unused would not charge you a monthly rent if you retunred it within a few days! If they were the last cell ph company around I would just go without a phone! Totally disappointed.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2020
The worst service ever experienced. Telus changed over email service to Google and lost my account, all my emails over the past 12 years. I have been a more than loyal customer for reasons I don’t know why My husband and I have stayed with for far too long. My husband has called Telus more than six times, put on hold for over six hours in total to be told it would be fixed, told we would receive call backs which never happened. Now all our basic TV channels are missing. Another hour on hold with Telus this morning, after a call back, Telus has still been unable to resolve our problems that we pay $175/ month for. It has left us no choice but to cancel our service with Telus. Another phone call to Telus to cancel service. Customer service told us they would try and fix the issues and call us back. We have yet to receive a call back. Telus, we have given you our business for far too long. Time to say goodbye to a bad relationship. Done.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2020
I was with Telus for more than 4 years now. This never happened to me before. They just cut off my line without notice. I don't even have existing balance! Granted my contract has ended but should they at least call me first to continue since my whole family and friends is with them too? This so disappointing. It seems that they don't really care they will lost a loyal customer.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2020
I got scammed by Telus sales team. I received a call from Telus agent like we usually get almost every week for their sales promos. Agent offered me a good plan with phone, it was a good plan so I signed up. I got confirmation email from telus and my credit card was charged by telus webstore. Next morning, on the safe side I checked from telus and they confirmed my order. In short I received I received parcel through UPS and when I opened it there was 2 phones instead of one and meanwhile I got a call from agent for verification and I confirmed him 2 phones, He told me to return those ASAP to get the right one. I did it.
While I was waiting for my phone I called customer service, this time it took me approximate literally 3 hours and I was told that I was scammed. I was advised to report to police, I did that. But telus totally refused to help me in this case. I called and spoke with couple of people but no one there to take the ownership and resolve it. I still have account in my name in the system and pending dues. It is ridiculous. Only Telus people call for promos and goes door to door. This is the reliability of these people to do business with and this is the company who owns their affairs like this. Simply stay away.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2020
The Telus Smart Hub restricts certain Internet activities like using our company VOIP phone system. It worked very well with our previous Internet service provider (ISP). After finding this out in the first 24 hours, we tried to return the Smarthub and cancel our plan. Telus said a resounding NO! After being backed into a corner, our only option was to use the Huawei Smarthub we had and no longer have a functional business call centre (not an option) or take Telus up on their offer to replace our new Huawei Smarthub with an older-model, used ZTE hub so we could continue to make & receive business calls.
The shameful thing was that Telus still made us pay the same extra $10/month "new financing fee" for a USED ZTE Smarthub that was scratched, arrived with a piece of food on it, had slower speeds and constantly lost connectivity. I tried to have that fee cancelled but again was told no. VERY poor customer service. Know that there ARE limitations to what you can do on the Internet if you use a NEW Telus Smart Hub. You have more freedom if you use their older Smart Hubs, but they will be used, won't be reliable, may arrive with food and you still have to pay full list price for them. Our 2 year-term is almost up and we are looking forward to going back to our previous ISP who has just dropped their prices.
p.s. I worked in telephone customer service at a large retail chain here in Canada. People used to call and complain about the smallest of things and it would drive us crazy. I promised I would never be one of those people. I don't write negative reviews unless I feel that a company has sincerely wronged me (or my wife or mom). The gentlemen that work at the company that Telus uses for their sales did a wonderful job convincing me that a Telus Smarthub was the best choice for me; I take FULL responsibility for believing everything that I was told.
However, when I quickly found out that our business phones didn't work with the Telus Smarthub and sought help from Telus, a Telus representative literally blamed me for not asking the right questions before signing up. That was wrong. I did not know that when switching Internet Service Providers, I am supposed to ask specific questions about what limitations or restrictions there may or may not be with one service provider versus another. Until I switched to Telus, I NEVER experienced any Internet restrictions before. I hope this has been helpful.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2020
It went from a good to the worst experience. Modem replaced several times. So was all TV boxes. Wi-Fi is the worst. I bought a booster only to have the Telus boosters also go. 150 150....I get 20 or 30 150..... Telus blames my neighbours. Can you Believe this. The worst is I have a home security system. I constantly get reports that my security system is offline because no internet connections. Telus stopped by the other day trying to sell me Babylon and home security. They promised to send a Technician by. Still waiting. I went online today at 430...then they said they would call back in 60 minutes. 930 now, still no call back. Their online help is absolutely useless and misleading. Pure Fibre is full of problems and overpriced considering it only works at best 25% of the time. I can go on for hours on Telus screw ups.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2020
I have had to constantly phone monthly for Telus to honor agreed upon 2 year contract. Agents offer deals and then say it can only be for one year but they'll note in notes that I was offered 2 years and other agents will honor it. I'm sure many customers do not check their bills and pay extra. I am frustrated with calling monthly and spending my precious time on this absolute nonsense which to me is dishonest. Tonight I've been on the phone over two hours trying to get my sports package back, given the wrong one with no baseball and told it was baseball.
I called back, this fellow sent me to technical support as he did not know which channels were included with any sports packages. Waited 10mins+ and this fellow (kids crying in the background) sent me back to customers service b/c this was obviously not technical issue, he sent me to business technical who sent me back to customer service and am now on hold nearing 3 hrs! There is something wrong with this company and has been at least year of nonsense and deceitful practices. I should be paid for all my time on hold.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2020
This company is completely irresponsible. My internet and phone bill every month comes to me for the amount of $108.00. In the last 4 months TELUS duplicated the price of my bill. I have had to call customer service every month to fix the problem. They fix it and give me a reference number and they say it was an error. This month of October I received a bill of $640.00. Customer service tells me to pay the bill and that they will return my money, I always have to wait more than 2 hours on the phone to speak with somebody. The customer service for this company is the worst. Now I can't even cancel the account with this company.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2020
I've been a Mobility client since 1996 and full home service for 15 years. Their high speed internet is the worst in Vancouver as it constantly cuts out and drops Zoom meetings and pauses streaming services. To add insult to injury their SENIOR tech teams who are assigned to troubleshoot ongoing issues all say there is nothing wrong with their service. When you press and say, "Then why are we having these continued issues?", they just bat you around and blame Netflix and Apple applications calling them "3rd party" hosts and they aren't responsible for ANYTHING.
To prove how well their high speed connection is they ask you to download THEIR app that shows you THEIR speed tests and of course nothing is ever wrong. If you are a creative that uses Apple products like Mac Mail to manage many email accounts and iCloud systems run as fast as you can from Telus. Their spam filtration system will prevent you from sending outgoing mail if you are not on their WIFI and a simple Google search names Telus as the only Canadian provider with this issue. They will not take ownership of this. Telus is less than transparent in their customer billing and how limited they are in supporting anything to do with Apple products. STAY AWAY.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2020
In 2014 I was charged $500 for a 10 minute call roaming New York to Canada. I have called before my trip to set what they had then as prepaid roaming, an amount to set previous to a trip. Unaware that in my Telus Bold Blackberry the customer service agent never did her part on making the necessary changes and protect me from the roaming, I was upset and left the company to never return. I later spoke to a customer service to please remove the unfair charges, and I learned later it was never done. My account incurred in a kind of default, also unaware, because I never ask for a credit report. It was until late 2019 that I was denied credit from American Express. I had to call TransUnion. Called Telus collection department, and my account stated an invoice was sent to my apartment; but I moved out a long time ago and never received any bill once or ever.
After months of robo calls and hungry collection agents calling me all the time, I asked many times one of the Collection Agency to provide me with details on the Telus account, and I finally got it in late 2019; then I was able to prove that the customer service made a mistake by not activating the roaming I paid for... The point is, TELUS not only damaged my credit score for years, but over 1 year still uses tracking and tagging in TransUnion to block every financial activity I require as credit, and lately I was too denied a job because of this issue. It has been years of profound damage to me and my family and has increasingly turning grave, unfair, inhumane and unfortunately I am ready to press charges against this company, for using TransUnion unfair commercial practices.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2020
We where told by Telus that the hub would work in our area and there would be no issues. We were given a 30 day satisfaction guarantee in case it did not work. Apparently the 30 days start when you sign up not when you receive it in the mail a week later. We hooked it up as soon as we got it. We was supposed to get up to 25 gigs per second download speed but only ended up with half of that. We have lost connection multiple times during the 3 weeks we used it. We decided not to keep it because of the poor service. Cancelling the contract is a nightmare in itself. We ended up going past our 30 days because we could not get threw to cancel. Minimum 2 hours of being on hold for 3 days before getting it cancelled.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2020
Just an FYI for anyone moving. I scheduled 2 months ahead, found out a week before moving in that they were cancelling my installation date and moving it back two weeks. During Covid working from home and now no internet for the home I am moving into. They went by the place to do some sort of installation outside from the street and the current home owner turned them away. They did not call to schedule this or notify me in any way so that I could let the people living there know ahead of time. I then got through to an agent who told me they would get someone to go by this past weekend and I notified the current owners. They didn't show up and now are trying to push my date back even further. No resolution offered once again, nothing compensated. Congratulations. This is the worst service I have ever experience. Severely incompetent and broken in the way they operate.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2020
YOU PAY IN ADVANCE,, AND 42% + IF YOU ARE LATE???? WORSE THAN LOAN SHARKS, 3% COMPOUNDED MONTHLY!. Example just to put it in numbers $4.92 a month on a $169 bill. Warning do not be late they will nail you!!!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2020
I can't wait for contract to end! I've had nothing but trouble. And Very Expensive! Every time I call, not only is there usually a long hold time, I find service to not be entirely helpful. And their warranty really sucks! You not only pay a monthly charge, you pay a lot to get it sent in. And when I did it cost me a lot before I sent phone back. And when it couldn't be fixed they sent me a comparable phone because my model was unavailable. I hated the phone!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2020
Regrettably, we had our home security contract with the 5 star Alarm Force taken over by Telus. We got a notice from Alarm Force advising us this was happening, but never heard a word from Telus to welcome us, tell us if our contract was unchanged or to coordinate billing. About 2 weeks before the formal transition date, our back door sensor stopped working (not the battery). We called Alarm Force, they told us it was not a Telus issue. After finally finding a number to call Telus, they advised there was nothing they could do until the contract date. Several back and forth between companies finally had Telus agree to have it fixed, after the start date.
When the tech finally arrived, he said the system was too old (10 years) and he couldn't repair it. So back to customer support. They indicated a new system would be installed...in a month! So 2 months with a non-functioning system. Since we needed a new system, we decided to upgrade to a smart system. We could select from multiple devices and one we choose was the video doorbell. When the tech arrived, he could not install the main key pad at the door entrance as he needed a power source (Alarm Force had battery pack with 10 year minimum charge so could put it anywhere). He also could not install the doorbell camera as ours was wireless and power was needed for the new one.
We asked if he could come back after we fixed those issues. Yes, but we would get a service call charge. So we had to figure on-the-fly compromises. Really would have been nice to have the sales guy tell us all this while we were on the phone with him. Then we got our first bill. It was at the lower rate of the non-smart system. I called billing services and after an hour wait, I was told I would see a correction on the next bill. Well 6 bills later, no change, but then get an email saying I was in arrears on payment. Another 90 min wait to find out it was their billing error, so we got that corrected.
Finally, after 9 months under Telus contract, I called to ask if we would ever get our "welcome package" of security monitoring signage to post on doors/windows. After yet another 60 min wait, the associate said a package was on the way. She warned I would see a $35 charge on my bill for the package, but this would be offset by a credit. Low and behold, the charge shows on the bill, but no credit. So 90 more minutes waiting to be told I should ignore the bill, I would not be charged the $35.
When I logged into my account while talking to the agent, sure enough, it said I owed the normal amount it the payment box, but the .pdf invoice stilled showed a total owed with the $35 added. I asked for a corrected invoice showing the credit and was told I shouldn't worry if I'm only expected to pay the lesser amount. Having learned you cannot trust Telus business support, i am insisting on a corrected invoice so this charge doesn't come back to bite us in future. I still gave a 3 as, so far, no issues with the actual monitoring team.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2020
We have been loyal Telus customers for many years and across Canada. Today I called them to tell them we were moving into a new home that already has internet access and they tell me it's going to cost us $10 a month for the next 10 months because we have a contract. I am absolutely flabbergasted that they get away with this nonsense!! We have no choice but to pay it off and I guarantee we will NEVER be Telus customers again!!
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2020
Some time ago I caught Telus red handed over charging me on my monthly bills. They denied it and forced me to go thru every charge and every phone call, which showed them charging me for fake services. Their client retention people talked me into staying and gave me the money back. Then I signed up for a 2 year phone contract with a new phone. After 3 years they were still charging me for the phone. I called in to find out why and they had the nerve to tell me it was up to me to cancel it. And that they couldn’t reimburse me for the years worth of inflated payments they took from me.
After I jumped up and down and threatened to go public they credited me the money. But changed my plan So that I am over billed every single month. And then when I’m over my data limit they cut off my service until the end of the pay period. Even though I have never missed a payment. I also had a roaming plan for holidays in Europe and one in Cuba, neither one worked as promised and when I complained no one would call me back but they kept the money. Telus is a horrible, dishonest company to do business with. We need the government to open up competition to allow honest businesses to compete with these thugs.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2020
I called for my billing issue. The waiting time was almost over an hour. They just play the music and will say sorry for the delay. I don't think they understand the value of time. It is so inconvenience to pay the bills online if it's a corporate account.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2020
We have 3 cell phones and 2 home services with them. As one of the family members was purchasing a new home, we had it set up to get internet on the day of possession. Day before possession Telus calls to say they need to push it back 1 week. As this family member works from home she had to use her data. Once she received the 100% warning text she shut her phone down. We now have a $10 charge for data overage. After calling in they let us know that "they will do us a favour and give us a $5 credit, but to not expect it again as it costs them money to send the warning texts and they do that for a reason". We spend $400/month there. Easy to say that we are all switching to Shaw mobility services for a total of $250/month and the same services. DONE with Telus and waiting and waiting to speak to a customer service rep who won't do anything for you anyways. DONE giving them our money each month.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2020
Brutal company with horrible service and wait times to talk to horrible service in the hours. Failed to provide home internet and then overcharged my mobile as well, absurd, bills just for my phone and internet ove 500 per month!!!! Avoid at all costs.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2020
I have been with Telus Mobility since 2016, the past few months they charged me from my attached bank account on Telus website three times the amount needed to keep my phone working but I never received the service, then they blocked my account. I called the customer service many times, when I was able to join them, they put me on hold for more than 50 mns then the agent was repeating the same sentence again and again in a defensive way without listening or understanding my problem. Now I am losing all my contacts because they locked my account for a reason caused by them. They charged me for the same service three times which I didn't receive then they locked my account. I am giving one star as I cannot give less.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2020
Telus ADT has extremely poor customer service. My system was originally from Voxcom which became Reliance, then ADT and then Telus. Since Telus took over it is the worst service I have ever seen. My system is old, original 2008 equipment and way out of contract. It broke and try to get something fixed or updated. Everything is a hassle and the tech says you have to call the Loyalty line? I thought they would be able to upgrade the old system hassle free to at least PULSE with a cell app etc. What Loyalty, at a minimum you have to sit on hold for 1 to 1.5 hrs.
Isn't Telus a phone company? Couldn't they put in a system in place to call you back so you don't have to wait online like other good companies? A good company would have the tech fix it while he is here. My system has been out of service for 9 months and I have had no security to protect my house and family. My time is valuable and I have tried calling on numerous occasions, but you get put on hold every time for at least an hour and I can't wait hours. It's extremely concerning that Telus makes it difficult to even cancel service. They make you state things exactly as they want them or they won't cancel your service. No exceptions and they say there is no one to discuss it with, not even a manager. There are similar warnings all over the Internet. FYI, I have ADT in the US and it's great service. Someone picks up in minutes whether it is an alarm or issue of any kind. Do your homework before considering Telus.
Reviewed July 23, 2020
We have been with Telus for about 3 years now. And they called us to offer a new home bundle deal since Fibre was installed on our street. The offer was for the fastest fibre internet speed option they had, and an app that allows us to watch tv. We thought great! Faster internet. Little did we know, the internet does not have wifi. We can only connect to it with Ethernet cords...which is soooo old school. But we thought whatever, we have computers we will have faster internet. No, it actually has slowed down. Trying to log into anything is a nightmare. Even trying to log into email can take a minute or two, which in internet word, that's slow. Over all, I would not recommend fibre, it isn't that great and the fact that we can't connect to wifi would have made us say no to it.
Reviewed July 7, 2020
I moved into a new building that was offering 1 year free internet service with Telus. After signing up in March, I received my first bill which was $13, spent about 2 hours trying to reach a customer service representative to get this measly $13 waived. Second month April, I receive another bill for around $30. Again I called Telus and spent the entire morning trying to get this $30 waived (again internet is FREE for one year). Then I didn't receive any bill for the month of May or June, only to randomly check my account yesterday to find out that I am owing another $30. This time NO BILL was sent, and payment was due on July 2nd!!!! This company will ruin your credit without a care in the world, and you'll spend NUMEROUS hours on hold with customer service agents month after month to dispute a bill that was never necessary to begin with. CANCELLING MY ACCOUNT!
Reviewed July 7, 2020
We ordered service from Telus on the 25 June 2020 and we are still waiting for service to be set up. I have attempted to call Telus many times but am put on hold. We are a business and are also serving our customers so it is difficult to remain on hold for extended periods of time. When I called Telus today I was on hold for at least 2 hours and then when I finally got to speak with someone she transfered me to another department. An automated message ensued which advised me to call back during working hours. I can only say that I am extremely disappointed with this service and if there was another company that could provide would switch to them immediately. I had to give a rating of 1 star as there is no zero as an option. Should be a zero!
Reviewed July 3, 2020
I made an online order on 15 June 2020 and have been struggling since then, to get only one answer to my question “WHERE ARE MY DOCUMENTS BEEN RECEIVED?” I have had been speaking to 15 different people either from Customer Service or Escalations Department but since 25 days they don't have answers for me. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE MY DOCUMENTS ARE AND WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO REPLY BACK TO ME. I spoke to Mohammad, Stephanie, and Ellion from escalations department and according to them since 15 days the WEB STORE department is not replying to them. Pathetic customer service. Not going to deal with them ever again. Very irresponsible with delegate information from the customers.
Reviewed June 28, 2020
My experience with Telus is not one that I can speak highly of at all. I spend many hours of each day on my computer as well as my cell phones at home. Not just me also my wife, my daughter and my son. The Wifi connection around the whole house is unbearable and is some of the worst I have ever seen. Constantly turning off and lagging even though I have bought and paid for 5 Telus Fiber Optic which is apparently one of there best options. I have contacted support many times and I always get the same answer of "just try restarting it" or something of that sort even after waiting on hold to get into calls for hours.
Once they also sent over somebody to work on my Wifi at my house and they tried to convince me that it would help improve it by doing a few little useless things. Nothing got better. In fact it may have even gotten worse. I really wish I could say something good about Telus home internet but I sadly cannot and after being a customer for multiple years I can easily say their Wifi is not a smart investment and I would definitely recommend a company like Shaw instead. The only positive thing is that their data plans for phones work well and are a pretty good price. Thank you for reading. At the the end of the day it is up to you but this has been my experience with Telus sadly.
Reviewed June 25, 2020
I tried to get Telus 115 Internet. My apartment couldn't support that speed wifi, they didn't tell me details "it just slower and you pay less." It became Telus 75. At the time I had no idea how fast my internet was, or even how much my bill would cost without access to my account. I have no info and I'm frustrated. I Call telus (which is a pain in the butt to do by the way!!). Talk on customer support to sort it out...finally ok. Lady on the phone is nice, I know I'm mad with Telus itself.
Suddenly telus starts to call me repeatedly (only picked up once because I was busy) to tell me about a deal on their cable/new tv streaming services and talking up HOW GOOD OF A DEAL they gave me, which is the SAME DEAL everyone gets. Dude on the phone is nice but obviously reading a script and it annoys me that they call to advertise the way they do. Very insincere corporate policies and they don't seem to care to change it. Not even 1 month into picking telus over Rogers and I regret it already.
Reviewed May 27, 2020
- Monthly bills of roughly $100-$145 consistently, up-to-date
- Ported out the number with a $0 balance
- No final bill notifications, emails, formal letters - nothing
- Access to app/online account disabled at port-out
- Recently came to learn of $30 past usage charges that were "invoiced" and now reported to my credit file
- Unwilling to resolve and correctly report back to credit file, despite lack of notifications
Obviously a clear reflection of their values...glitch in their systems, poor notifications and inadequate workflows. Lost me & my network for life. Posting here for awareness to aid others.
Reviewed May 17, 2020
I been with this company Telus for about 2 years for personal line and since I have a business I decided to get a business line so the phone line for this business line was opened under my partner's name and I had to port my number out from my personal line to keep my number.... So when I did my line got canceled as everyone would expect. I remember paying some portion of the bill but I knew I owe them some money for the few days of usage and waited for them to send me a letter by mail for my final bill or email or at least a phone call. Telus said they had sent me a email notification few weeks back but I couldn't find it when I searched. Maybe they did ended up in the spam. I don't know and they sent they sent a mail out to me. I have not received the mail. I told them that they could of contacted me before but they said all they have to do this and send it off to collection. The amount I owe them is 30 bucks.
They know my number is still the same and I'm still with Telus for business line and still decided to screw up my credit by doing this. I have contacted Telus and spoke a manager called Chris. He was very rude. Laughed at my situation. Said too bad to talk to credit agency when I offered to pay with my credit card if he withdrew from the collection agency. I'm going to cancel my business line in few months or year from now. I have talked to my partner but if anyone is planning on doing business with this company stay away. I use to think Rogers was bad but I have internet with Rogers they have cleaned a lot of mess up now and things seem straightforward. Even the contract is sent by mail and someone always follows up. Telus is screwing with people's credit which can affect a person from buying a car or a house for small stuff like which happened to me. Never ever am I going to do business with Telus.
Reviewed May 17, 2020
I switched to Telus from Rogers in 2019 as they offered a promo cellular rate. Worst mistake ever. I live in central Toronto... North York to be precise. Their cellular service is unusable from my home location. Even Freedom Mobile that I have got for my family works fantastic at our home. Not Telus. I have been calling them for 9 months and no resolution. They tell me WiFi calling is the only option. Sad.. and a joke. I have WiFi calling on and still have constant call drops or poor connections at all time. I pay over $100 a month and it's a joke when they even dare tell me to use WiFi calling which I am pretty much using my WiFi provider that is a different carrier and Telus keeps taking my money for nothing. Switching to another provider after 9 months of talking to them for nothing. Telus simply does not care to resolve customer issues. Total niğhtmare dealing with this cellular provider.
Reviewed May 16, 2020
We have had the system for over a yr and have had nothing but problems, from no recordings, deleted clips (not by us), no notifications and more. We have had our vehicle broken into right under the camera with no detection. We have spent many hours multiple times on the phone with "techs" and managers, have had "techs" come multiple times and still doesn't work. Had new cameras installed yesterday only to have absolutely no video clips since!!!
Reviewed May 12, 2020
They offered me an average plan. It was still acceptable with a new phone. Then, they have made roaming mistakes (mentioning that because I am close to the US, sometimes it takes their signal), and charged me hundreds of dollars of roaming fees. They have changed my roaming options also without notice of extra charges. They have charged me text messages I have never sent as well. Their signal is really good, but definitely not worth the struggle of having to call them every time for mistakes done by them.
Covid has been a challenging time, but they have not been helpful at all. I was not eligible for any refund, even if I didn't use my data. I asked if I could pay my balance and take a cheaper plan with no data, but the "cheaper plan" they have is more expensive than my current plan (with 15 Gb of data, which I don't need, and that would be after the balance of my current phone being paid)!!! Very deceiving.
Reviewed May 6, 2020
I ordered a phone from Telus Last week. They sent me an order confirmation with a payment number and a link to check the status of the order. I checked it and it said they needed further information to process my order. I sent an email asking what information I should send to the address they provided, and got no response. Seven emails later, with no response I cancelled my order and requested a refund. I am still waiting for a response and my refund. The Telus mobility online store is an absolute rip off. I am so amazed the CRTC hasn't caught up with them.
Reviewed April 27, 2020
I have been overcharged on three separate occasions over my 2 year term. Twice this year!! They billed me long distance when I was I called from a (780) area code to another (780) area code. I was an hour down the highway from my home town!! They charged me roaming when I could not use my phone. Said it would work like at home. It did not work at all. Locals had no problem but apparently it's my fault they misrepresented the performance of their roaming service. After the resolution process I agree to pay half, then when I get my bill it's $40 higher than they said on the phone. I would never again deal with Telus Mobility. Greedy, no help, they don't even want to waive late fees on that $40 during a pandemic when my household income is dropped by %40. Bunch of jerks.
Reviewed April 13, 2020
Telus is major Canadian provider, but plans are very pricey. Sometimes I access service in error that I don't want and then get charged a premium fee. Staff have been very helpful and provide answers why questioned.
Reviewed April 12, 2020
Offered their services on a very attractive terms. However, sent their contract after 3 months, completely contrary to initial offer, and told early disconnection fee would be charged as 30 days trial period is over. After long follow up and providing documented proof of their offer ultimately confirmed in writing that initial offer would be honoured. Even thereafter did nothing. How can one depend on such an anti-consumer company, which adopts every tactic you fleece their customers.
Reviewed April 11, 2020
Could be cheaper but the customer retention people are great! I have been with Telus since cell phones first came out. They have always been very helpful when it had been time to renew, although I hear newer customers don't get the same treatment.
Reviewed April 3, 2020
While some of the contractual details are unreasonable, overall Telus does well. Responds quickly and reasonably and uses its contractors wisely. They will usually stand behind their commitments, and if challenged on their commitments, they will do what is right, most of the time.
Reviewed March 5, 2020
Absolutely impossible to work with. Took two week from the time I signed up for a plan to actually receive and SIM card and have it activated. Then get a bill double the amount on my first bill. No one explained that I would be double billed on my first bill. And on top of that, Telus has a very backwards definition of what POST pay means. They explained it's like a restaurant. You pay after you eat. Except Telus wants you to pay 3/4 of the way through your meal. Doesn't seem like Post pay to me!! Just remember if there is ever an issue, expect them to blame it on the system and not be willing to fix the issue. The big three are allowed to get away with anything they want.
Reviewed March 3, 2020
Full monthly bills and taxes for 6 months in advance. Instead of appreciating my advance payment, they billed me for additional charges with various excuses. As the dispute was not resolved, they disconnected my line and connected on their own choice after a month and then asked for re-connection charges. I cut all my TV, land line and internet from Telus and used other providers. Then they sent the above unfair additional charges to a collection agency. I explained the reason to the collection agency but they do not care about my reasoning.
The guys in collection services call a few times a day during this week after sending scams to my phone all with 604-992-*** other fake numbers. I do not recommend Telus. You will not be dealing with a decent large corporation but with scammers orchestrated by Telus for about $100 disputed fees! As explained above. It is worthy to mention that they have numerous telephone advertisers and people coming to your door who convince you to have their services and after you are having it you will notice the above irresponsible manners.
Reviewed March 3, 2020
The worst customer service bar none. They will willingly lie in order to get you off the phone asap. They have no regard for your concerns and when called out will snicker and laugh while you are still on the line.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2020
I called to inquire about a cell phone line and mentioned I would use it for my newly established business and that I need to know if there are plans that are low rate as I am just starting out. I said I did not need any unnecessary charges such us data as I want to use this phone purely for receiving calls through a forwarding service to my existing number and outgoing calls that show the new number.
I explained that the goal of having a new number is purely not to use my existing personal phone number. The rep interpreted this as me asking for a line without paying for it and proceeded to say "unfortunately we do not offer lines for free"... in a sarcastic way. I think he thought it was funny to say that in front of his colleagues or something... This rep is the most unprofessional sales rep I had ever come across so far... I had to cut him and had to hang up because he wouldn't take a goodbye and continued to challenge and argue with me so I just hung up. Telus, I never dealt with your company and not sure now if I should assume you just happen to have a lousy rep or this is a general thing in your company, but if it's a one off, I advise you to look into this or you'll be losing many potential customers without even knowing why.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2020
We kept a land line just in case.... so $25 a month isn't bad for nothing... but then Telus decided to raise it to $42, no reason... We called to ask why, they decided to try out the CRTC card, when they have never listened to CRTC in the past... So we canceled their service after waiting 1 hour 45 minutes on the phone.... Last year our line died for some reason and they could not come out to fix it for 4 weeks. Good thing we don't rely on them. PATHETIC SERVICE!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2020
Hi when I started services with Telus my agreement was $85 for tv, home phone and internet and six months free for home security. After that $20 kick in. I said ok. Now they want me to prove it. Now its is almost $ more over the price. I don't want anybody go with Telus.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2020
This is a disgusting company. I told them that they could not put one of their utility boxes on my property. So to insult me they went ahead and put a connection on what the called the council's property which they made sure was as far up to my house as possible. Disgusting. I do not like Telus and will never be their customer. My previous dealings with them, when I was a customer, were far from good.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2020
Since day one (3years ago) we have been given the run around, starting with the days mixed up on Telus side to have a tech set our service up. Then for THREE years after this we paid always on time for the optic services, countless times within the three years I have called in because the home and internet service is horrible, freezing and always initializing. Only to find out on a countless phone complaint the telus manager sends a tech out tells me for a service check. She totally lied because after THREE years of telus charging us for optic they finally realized we were not even set up for it. We only had copper wires!!! So this service check that should only be an hour appointment turns into four hours for tech to install properly!!!!
We are getting the run around still because we are demanding FULL reimbursement for the three years they billed us took our money and all the hours spent trying to figure out the problem, will be seeking legal action now as we still have not seen or heard anything from telus now!!! I have no choice but to give a 1 star rating, without a rating I can't submit my review. I do not give any star that is for sure!!! BELOW ZERO STAR!!!
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2020
If there was a way to give zero stars I would. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have had to call Telus because our network failed to work. It goes down at least twice a week. When you do get lucky enough to speak to them, you end up talking to one illiterate person after another. They either keep asking the question over and over expecting the answer to change or they don't listen at all. It time to part way and go with Shaw again. It just might be the lesser to two evils.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020
At the beginning of Jan/2020 I contacted Telus mobility and talked to Cecilia. I told her I have a cell phone (actually a flip phone) that I only use for emergencies. I had asked if telus would extend my one year expiry date to two years. She checked my records and saw how little I use the phone. She recommended a plan more suited to my needs. She said she would call me today to confirm what we had talked about. Just talked to Cecilia a few minutes ago and plan is now a go. I certainly appreciate her taking the time to save me money. With this new plan my $100 should last approx. 33/34 months. I’m a very happy telus user.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2020
I have been a Telus customer for many years but this will be the LAST contract I sign with telus. I just finished a 2 year contract with them and my Samsung S7 phone quit working so I took it to Telus Kingsway to get it checked out. They looked at it for a few minutes, tried to get it going with no results so I purchased a new S9 and signed another 2 year contract, also purchased a Otter case and tempered glass protector which THEY installed and less than 24 hours later the glass cover just fell off and cracked.
I went back to telus kingsway where I purchased it and explained to them what had just happened but they told me there is nothing they can do except sell my another one for $50 after I just bought a $1000 phone. I even talked with the manager which she was also helpless as she was also ready to sell me another one for $50. I was so frustrated after this terrible experience that I just left the store with a brand new phone with a cracked $50 glass protector. Yeah so telus if you're listening. THIS WILL BE MY VERY LAST CONTRACT I EVER SIGN WITH YOU GUYS. If that's the way you treat a long and faithful customer... I'm done with you guys. I wish we could rate with 0 stars because that's what this bad experience was worth... A big fat zero.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2020
Every night around 12am my Wi-Fi is slowed down to a crawl to the point where my 5g doesn’t even show up in Wi-Fi settings. Half the time I end up wasting data on my phone plan because of this. I was gaming for money and lost because of this. My upload speed was in the kbps. Every time I’ve called about my Wi-Fi speed they tell me it’s the walls or too many people are on the network. But at 12am it’s usually just me on the network.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
At home our internet service was running at a speed of 3. We stayed on line for 1 hour and 12 minutes before the first person answered. Then she referred us to someone else which took just under a hour. At the same time, the message consistently repeats that they realize our time is valuable and yet it takes this long??? Why is Telus not hiring additional employees? At work one of our phone lines went down. Same thing in the wait... please remove that our time is valuable as it is very insulting as clearly when there is such a wait, it is not valuable.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019
After being on a corporate account with Telus through BCMA/Doctors of BC for years we finally got tired and switched providers, got a much better plan for half the money. But the glitch... Telus is refusing the remove a porting block on the numbers that we were never informed it existed by the administrators at Doctors of BC and those people are away between Dec 21 to January 2 with no one to contact. So now we are stuck with four bills instead of two. No accountability on either part, typical Telus behavior.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019
I wish there was a zero star rating. I bought a two year contract since it was cheaper. I cancelled it after three months since I could not make it work at all. They charged me a very large cancellation fee.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019
Been with Telus Mobility for over 20 years. I pay my bills. My previous contract with them involved paying off 2 phones and 1 of those phones was not in use for nearly 3 years. The phones were paid for fully a year ago, Only 1 was in use for the 3 years. I came to them 3 years ago to cancel the service for the one. Was told that due to the contract would still need to pay for phone and service for full term or 2 years. For over 1 year I have paid for service for this inactive phone that was deactivated 3 years ago and for the phone itself that was fully paid for one year ago. When asked for some sort of refund or offset to current bill, there was no responsibility assumed and no offer for refund given. Of course my only contact is someone in the Philippines who could barely speak English. I am sure these guys are not alone, but don't buy from these scumbags. No loyalty and no honour.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2019
Telus came over to fix a problem with the tv signal. The guy shows up, does some changes and leaves. The TV starts shutting off again. No signal so I get another Telus worker to come over and he changes the tv box. He leaves and 30 minutes later the tv shuts off again. This has been going on for two weeks and the problem is not fixed. These idiots just send morons over to fix the problem and they never fix it. It's just a clown operation with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2019
Decided to switch from Rogers to Telus for my wife. As she was away they issued a temp number for one week. After one week called Telus to activate and transfer her number to Telus which has not happened since last Friday. We made more than 5 phone calls and spent 40-50 min each time. No luck yet. From morning her phone is not connected to any of the providers. No connection at all. They do not know what is the problem...! Very disappointing. We made a big mistake by choosing Telus.
Ramin
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019
A Telus salesman came to my door. He promised me $60/mth internet, $20/mth landline phone, $40/mth Optik TV. Two month free trial, no contract. I told him I never watch live TV, I record & time-shift everything I watch. No problem he said, he would throw in a PVR. So they install "PVR". Only it wouldn't record. They send out a tech. He said the box I had installed is not a PVR. So he gets & installs a "real PVR". It won't record either. The tech calls his support people to find out why. Turns out Telus has a policy that won't allow PVR's for commercial customers. Why did the salesman and tech not know this?
So they say they can switch my account from Commercial to Residential, but it means a week of interrupted services. It seems that the Commercial & Residential branches are distinct and can't play nice with each other. I told them I can't have a week of interrupted service. Just cancel the TV service. I disconnect the box and use my Shaw PVR to record (I didn't disconnect Shaw until Telus' 2 month free trial is over). Then I get a bill for first 2 months. I contact Telus again to remove billing for 2 month free trial. They did for internet & landline, but not for TV (which I didn't even use).
Being upset with Telus, I called to discontinue my landline. They said if I do that, the price would go up from $80 to $105. What?! Raising the price to reduce services?! The salesman quoted me $60 for internet alone. I have spent at least 2 dozen hours on phone/chat with Telus. I'm not fighting with them anymore. I called Shaw and switched back to them. I know I'll still have to fight with Telus over the bill though. The saleman lied to me. He promised me services that Telus would not provide and prices that they would not honor. Worst company I have ever dealt with in my entire life.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019
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Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019
I got a new Samsung phone with Telus after having iPhone for 8 years. When they made up my new contract I said I wanted warranty or insurance on the phone so they added Apple Care to new contract. The phone got drop two days later. The phone crap out and they won;t fix it after they found out that I should had a different warranty on the phone because they screwed up on the contract and apple care. I told them to cancel the contract and I drop the phone back at their store and now I'm on the the hook for a bill of 780 with no contract, no phone and they won't give me back the the phone but still want their payments.
The best answer I get from them was, "We're not liable for contract that you sign with wrong warranty on the phone." I would NOT recommend TELUS to anyone. Worst company to deal with on the phone. They're only after your money with no customer loyalty. I've been with TELUS for 10 years for two mobile phones and home internet and cable tv. Giving them over 500 a month for years. Now we're canceling all my services with them over 600 dollar phone.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019
Simply the worst customer service in the industry. I was a client for 18 years with several major issues along the way. Recently we called with yet another problem and it took over 4 hours being transferred back and forth between different departments - simply infuriating - to learn it couldn’t be resolved. The final straw was they had randomly lowered our internet speed in the midst of a 2 year plan from 6 down to 2 Mpbs with no warning - when we reported this issue (after several months of agonizingly slow speeds without realizing what they’d done) they claimed at first it was untrue until they dug into our bills and realized they had actually done this.
Although they then apologized we did not get any compensation for paying a higher rate for lower speeds and ultimately they just tried to upsell us to a faster speed at a more expensive rate. They then would not match the prices we found elsewhere. Ultimately after 18 years we have cancelled Telus and moved on. Steer clear everyone!!!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019
I have been a customer of Telus for several years - mobility and home services. I switched mobility to another service provider that was more cost-effective (Freedom) and could not be happier. After that switch, I began contemplating moving my home internet over to an independent company - either Can-Com or Teksavvy. The price of the Telus internet was considerably more than that of the two independent companies. I phoned Telus this past October and talked at length with a Loyalty Department Representative. She offered what sounded like a great two year TV and internet plan that was $55 dollars cheaper than what I was currently paying. Like a fool, I agreed to it.
Upon reviewing the PDF of the agreement in very small print it said the promotional deals can change. YES INDEED. It is now only December and price creep has already occurred 2 months into this contract - by $13. If the price has increased by $13 in less than 2 months what will it be in 2 years? I phoned Telus to complain and waited nearly one hour to talk to someone in the Philippines about this issue. The conversation went in circles because her grasp of spoken English was poor. What I did ascertain from the frustrating conversation is that I would be charged $15 for each month I left the contract early should I decide to leave. I was strongly encouraged to discuss any grievances I had over any rising cost with the Loyalty Department given that I had been with Telus for so long. What point is there in talking to the Loyalty Department at Telus? Telus are nothing but thieves and liars. STAY AWAY.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019
I was overcharged d$260 due to fraudulent billing, when I caught their fraud they offered to refund me $59. I was given a defective phone and Telus refused to rectify it. I will not use their service again, horrible customer service at the store and over the phone.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019
I have to say that agent was so very awesome I can’t even express how wonderful he was! He had helped me and had gone above and beyond his job duties and actually was awesome and amazing person to chat with. I really wish I got his name. That man needs a damn raise!! I cannot express my gratitude enough with all his kindness and help! Even the lady who had set me up with my phone lines was also amazing! I vote TELUS all the way! Amazing customer service providers for real!??? ❤️
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019
Very poor customer service. They made a mistake on their end, and rather than trying to help fix it and make up for it, they simply brushed it off. Extremely disappointed in this company, as they clearly only care about the money and not about keeping their customers happy or loyal. Will be switching providers asap.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019
I've been with Telus since 1999. That's 20 years. I've always told people how amazing Telus is for their customer service. I just had to call and speak to two different people and my problem still isn't solved. This is unacceptable when I am paying premium prices for my plan.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019
On October, 10th I was called on my Cell by a Telus Customer Service Rep about getting Optic Tv, and I told them I wasn't Interested unless they made it worth my time. They Said I qualified for a 55" Samsung 4K HDR T.V. and Also said I would receive a $500 Prepaid Visa gift card on top of it if I agreed to a 2yr term for Optic T.V. I received the tv but now they refuse to give me the $500 visa gift card lying so they could get a 2yr tv customer through giving MISLEADING & FALSE STATEMENTS! They Also made me wait almost 2 1/2 hrs to even talk to 1 customer rep because they Knew I use a pay and talk cell Intentionally Wasting my minutes so they wouldn't have to talk to me in the customer Loyalty department! ANYBODY THINKING OF USING TELUS DON'T. DO BUSINESS WITH SHAW CABLE INSTEAD!!!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019
I have been with Telus for many years, now I have the tv and internet only. Even-though I have the internet speed 50, but still have problems. It's really hard to speak to their agents, because you have to wait for long time. Today I am trying to switch to fiber optics to have a better internet and get a better deal. I have been in the phone waiting for 49 minutes and still on the line waiting for someone to answer.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019
Nice and helpful the first couple of times and then they change. I will never go back to Telus again. I have been with this company for over 10 yrs and they just lost me as a customer. I have already called several times about them charging me data usage. I went to make a phone call and no money on my account. Again. I tried to speak with their customer service and they will not give me my money back. Charges for data on my phone when I was nowhere near my phone. Other times I wasn't even awake as they took money in the middle of the night. I was told, "These charges are valid and we're not giving your money back." It may not be much from one person but that's around $250-300 a year they just lost from me. Beware of this company.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019
Just got off the phone after an hour with Telus Mobility support. We have been good customers with them for the last 25 years or so. Last May we changed our plan to try and save some money since I have had health issues for the last couple of years. We have 2 cell phones on our plan so we were told to get a small bus. shared data plan for 25 bucks for 3 gb of data along with the regular plan on the one phone. That was fine for us because we dont use much data anyway and we could save some money. A few month later the phone bills seemed fairly high because I thought I was using too much data and I was getting charged another 10 bucks, did the math on the data used on both phones and found out we were way under our allowable 3 gb.
Phoned telus and after a while was told that the data sharing plan does not share with the other phone. It shares it with a data sharing pool I guess according to the bills. They finally told us they had very good news for us after 40 minutes on hold, gave us the 10.00 credit per month for the months I was charged 10.00 a month we used our phones. I tried to find out where all our extra data went to but she could not explain it and said we should probably change plans for more money....it dont make sense to me!!! Now looking for a change.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2019
After over ten years with Telus, I have never felt so enraged. Last year, my dad bought me an iPhone 8. We were told in the store we were paying for the entire phone in that moment. We were NOT TOLD that we were in fact signing a two year contract to pay an ADDITIONAL 365$ towards this phone over the next two years. When my phone was stolen a year later, I was told I had an unpaid balance. I spent 6 hours trying to remedy this with Telus that afternoon and the best they could do was offer me 100$ off my remaining balance. Completely miss the point that you misled a life long client and then did not fix the situation. Cannot believe the lack of customer appreciation.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2019
Wow, where do I start? In April 2019 I began having issues with my TV cutting in and out and audio static. I called numerous times, waited for, in one case over an hour, told to reboot. It got so bad I was rebooting the PVR every time I turned on the TV. Twice they sent out "technicians" and they didn't fix a thing. Now, I am intelligent enough to know that if my AppleTV works just fine, then this is a Telus equipment issue. So, finally in September after 5months of never getting satisfaction and paying for TV that I couldn't use, I asked to speak to a manager. I told her I was cancelling my service but I didn't know when Shaw could connect me. She told me to email her with the dates for cancellation which I did. "Cancel email Sept. 10 and internet Sept. 16."
When Telus debited my bank account Oct. 9th for October's use, (Regular charges (Sep 20 to Oct 19) TELUS Internet 25 (included data:300GB)), I tried sending another email to the same woman. The email was not deliverable. I am familiar with email; being a retired IT professional. The server response did not give a reason which it normally would, so I expect this "manager" blocked my email. So, after repeated phone calls, "chat" sessions and more emails to other "managers", I still have not received the refund cheque for the fraudulent charges for October and now November as well. I cancelled the automatic debit to my bank account, thankfully, because shortly after they billed me for November!!! How is it that it is impossible to cancel service with Telus? One phone call used to do it. I have now been diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer is in part caused by stress. Thanks Telus for helping me develop this nasty illness.
Fortunately being in IT for many years, I am knowledgable enough to know that documentation is paramount so, I have months' worth. I have emailed Global News, Consumer Matters, and filed a complaint with the CRTC. I am seriously contemplating filing a Small Claims action to ensure that I get my refund before I die. I suggest that, as I did, you record all phone conversations with Telus, all "chat" sessions and keep an email trail. You will need it because, as I discovered when they were quoting their log files, they are not accurate.
Last night when I hadn't received the cheque I was told on Oct. 22 would arrive within 5 - 7 business days, I called "support" again. I was told there had been a "system error". I asked what kind of "system error" and "Dakota" told me it was a "computer error". I guess "garbage in/garbage out" does not resonate with this woman. I just laughed and told her maybe she shouldn't tell anyone else that flimsy excuse. Too many people these days know how computers work. So, Dakota told me they have to go through this cheque process again, and as it is a "manual" process it will take longer than 10 days. Seriously? Why wasn't I told this in the first place? Why didn't the manager who initiated the cheque let me know that there had been an error, and the cheque had not been issued as he said it was. In the meantime, the cancer grows and I have my doubts as to whether I will see my money before I die.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019
I'm a self employed consultant working from my home office. I bought the TELUS fibre service thinking it was a great opportunity to boost my bandwidth with bi-directional service up to 160mbps. What I've discovered is that I seldom actually receive the service I'm paying for. Today it dropped as low as 8mbps down and 12mbps up (tested with Ookla and the connection from my service in Calgary to TELUS in Edmonton). It levelled off at about 50mbps each direction later in the day and has been spotty like this for a few weeks.
So, after giving them all this time to sort out their service, I finally called. After sitting on hold for about an hour, costing me billable time, I reached an individual who told me he handled copper only, not fibre. After another 15 minutes or so, I reached an individual that was "talking to his technical team that changed a few settings." Wonderful, the speed went from 130mbps over 140mbps down to 44mbps over 24mbps. For the record, nothing has changed in our environment for months. The saga continues... I would give up any amount of fictitious speed right now for reliable service where I get what I pay for.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
Ordered a cell phone from Telus web store on Sept 8. Was promised of a new phone. However, the phone arrived in a box with broken seal. So I started RMA and returned the item back to the store. Now I have a problem getting refund. After a month of waiting and calling to customer support, I still don't have the refund. Nobody in this web store cares about customers. They don't reply to your emails and phone calls. Will never used it again.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
I was moving services for my parents moving into a new home. Telus services are siloed, so I needed to flip between, mobility, home services, and security. Hold times for home services was between 1 to 2 hours. I spent about 30 hours of my life and a week only to find that Telus does not provide services in a developed affluent area of Fort Saskatchewan. Individually, the sales reps were good although in home services they never got back to me with information that they committed to doing. I was so frustrated that I sent a note to Telus senior management documenting my experience, the website said they would respond within 24 hours, well it’s been 4 days now, and nothing. I guess the lack of true customer service and responsiveness starts at the top. Conversely, Shaw was amazing and follow through has been fantastic.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2019
I have been a Telus customer for that last twenty years. I have paid my bills and have a credit of 93 dollars towards my next bill. I owe $150 towards the phone I purchase on contract. I phoned them and ask to waive that money being a long term customer. After a period of time they offered my 100 off that amount in which I reluctantly agreed. They then put conditions on it saying I can only use it at a telus store. I wanted to get the deal at Best Buy. To me this isn't about money but about the fact that they have no regards to losing a long term customer. I didn't get new phone yet but when I do it won't be under telus. Their customer service sucks.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2019
My phone never really worked. Telus continues to bill me for service that does not work. I have tried following telus support tech directions and sent phone away for repair. No contact from them and then just directed to fine print about how telus can void warranty if they wish.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2019
I switched to Telus from a competitor because they were offering a better plan for more data and a lower cost. Makes sense because who wouldn't more data for a better price. upgrading from 5 gigs to 10 gigs is a no brainer. I have had nothing but grief from Telus ever since. My first month in I was over my 10 gigs of data in the fist 15 days of activating my plan. For the record I didn't insert my sim card until the 9th of the month so that gives me 6 days to use 10 gigs.
When I called Telus to talk about this there was not even a consideration that it was an issue on their end. All the customer service agent said that it must have been my phone and to check this app and that app, and all they could tell me was what days I used the most data. I had 15 days left where based on my plan my data still works but they throttle your phone significantly.
I spent 4 hours total on the phone speaking with 2 customer service agents, and not a single person would help me with my issue. The entire issue was put on me the consumer, and just because the computer was showing the data being used I must have used that data. (Keep in mind that in my 5 years with my previous provider and a plan of 5 gigs I may have went over 1 time, and have not changed my usage or habits at all.) I use a lot of wifi as I travel a lot for work and have networks across a massive geographical area that I connect to Wifi. I use a apps that literally i need to track my in person customer calls and can't do my job without data. This is big reason why I chose to go with the 10 gig plan. Rather than helping me resolve this clear technical issue Telus put the blame on me and all I was told by the agents is that I need to physically turn my data off every time I connect to Wifi or tried to up sell me to a more expensive data plan.
1: Who has time to do this? Also I use a brand new iPhone7 and had never had issues before.
2: I just upgraded by switching to Telus, and rather than help me fix my problem they kept trying to up sell me a more expensive plan?
I have been with the big 3 companies in Canada Rogers, Bell, and now Telus at one point or another since owning a cellphone. This is by far the worst customer service experience I have ever had anywhere. Do not waste your money here. The fact that I was blamed for this issue and also asked to speak with a supervisor many times and was denied. Throttling is literally inhumane and Telus should be ashamed of themselves. Taking away my ability to make money based on a technical issue, and flat out refusing to help me is just poor customer service.
Well here we are month 2 and sure enough I am over my data again. Noted this time its a bit later but I still have about 10 days to go on my billing cycle. Fully expecting the same Scripted Answers: (A supervisor will tell you the same thing), (Oh there is nothing we can do for you sir), (Why don't you upgrade to a higher data plan? It will solve these issues), (There is nothing we can do for you sir, you used your data), (you will just need to wait till your billing cycle resets for the throttling to stop).
Some tips for Telus:
1 - Stop blaming your customers for their issues with your network and your service. ( I understand some people must try and take advantage of this but most people are just hard working, and trying to make a living.)
2 - Have a review process for new customers to ensure their service is working the way it should.
I hope this reviews helps someone choose a better service provider, because I wouldn't wish this frustration on anyone. Seriously Telus get your act together because as someone who is in the Customer Service Business and in Sales this was the worst experience I have ever had and by a very large margin. Plenty of other places to spend your money where your business will be appreciated. Rather than having to fight with your service provider to just to provide you with the service you paid for.
Matt
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2019
Just wanted to give a shoutout to Dave **! After finally getting thru to the fix it division they had said that they could only come out on the Sat between 3-5... however when we originally had our Telus equipment installed a great guy Dave gave us his number after completing his installation. He gave us his number to call anytime - he came thru for us on the same day! With grandkids arriving, it was crucial... as well as not going over our cell data with no wifi!! He’s awesome! Telus give him a raise!!! He’s a service technician, home team! Thank you SO much Dave!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2019
Telus is doing fibre upgrades in my area. I have several letters telling me that. Two days ago, my business phones went dead for 5 mins or so. Then people started to complaining that they couldn't get through to ether me or my Telus voice mail. I concluded somebody had done something in the Telus "box" in the area. It took me 2 hours on the phone and 5 bozos before I finally got someone to listen to me. It took quite a bit of yelling and screaming.
This "one in a million" gem sent out a tech today who fixed the problem in the box in about 5 mins. It was exactly what I said it probably was: Someone had moved one of my lines and it messed up voice mail and the works. Now everything is back to normal. I was told twice that it was my phone system, which is the typical "let's blame the customer" routine. I would consider this wonderful experience "par for the course" at Telus. I expected it and sure enough, I got it.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2019
Telus advertised the hub for rural only areas with the promise that it would stay rural and not be oversold. Well of course that was just a lie. Speeds started at 25 mbs and now sit consistently at around 1.8 BUUUUT at 8 pm, I have no internet. I can check emails and sites without video. At exactly 8 pm they throttle back internet everyday! Cant stream anything. Only one device can be used after that time otherwise it buffers endlessly. This is not acceptable. I have a paid for a certain amount of data each month and Telus will not allow me to use it. It's not even a tangible thing they are trying to control.. it's Telus algorithms that slowly take away speed. There are no video games played here, only surfing and some streaming. Try to get someone not from the Philippines or Mexico to try to help you in their broken uncomprehending English. Telus you are crooks without question.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2019
Terrible service! Not helpful at all! Went in to upgrade 2 phones and all he cared about was that we agreed to Tom Harris Cellular charging us $75 extra per phone! Also said he wouldn’t help us with data transfer from our old phones. Plus we had to wait because there was only one person working. When a second employee came in she didn’t know what she was doing and told us she had only been working there for about a week. Why would we pay an extra $150? We had already called Telus Mobility and set everything up. We left and went to a Telus store that wasn’t associated with Tom Harris Cellular. Saved $150 and received excellent service!! We will never set foot in another Telus store that is associated with Tom Harris Cellular. It felt like all they cared about was making money off of us by charging us ridiculous fees for their non service!
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2019
My kids just got new cell phones. I asked for no data on their phones and was given a plan for each phone. Then within a month, I get an email from Telus saying I had a $50 data charge. I was confused and called Telus telling them that my 12 year old daughter's friend used her phone and must have turned the data on. The rep was extremely friendly (his name was Marvin). He put me on hold for 5 minutes and then came back saying that they had credited my $50 dollar data charge and recommended that I switch to a cheaper plan for my kids that was better suited to them and would block all data. I accepted and in 2 seconds got an email confirming the new plans and that my $50 charge had been credited. I was very satisfied by customer service and will stay with Telus Mobility.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2019
Telus had huge issues in the latter part of August with their email. I was not able to log in or send emails for 5 days..like thousands of other customers. They did offer a deal and when I asked when or if it is arriving, all they say is within 30 days. Well it is past 30 days and when I ask about it, I get no response. I resigned up with Telus for another 2 years earlier this year and I really think that was the biggest mistake of my life. I will definitely be switching as no matter the issue, can never get a straight answer or the same answer for that matter. Be safe and stay away from Telus.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2019
Poor technician service from Internet department servicing BC and very poor service from technician for home security in Fraser Valley region. Hidden fees in cellular mobility offers and very insecure Internet network. Too many employees to monitor what’s really going on.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2019
I was with Rogers Wireless for 35 years. They treated me like gold. I have all of my television, internet and home phone with Telus. They kept calling me to get my cell phone moved to them. I finally dropped Rogers and went with them. I paid extra on my bill each month to try and stay ahead of everything. Later I get a bill from Mobility and I can't afford to pay it. Telus Mobility is a separate entity. It doesn't appear on the Telus bill. You have to pay it separately. I am on full disability, and I don't have the money to pay the $145.00 dollars that they want so they have cut off my service. I am not impressed with them. I was led to believe that it would be all on the one bill. If you have a provider that you are happy with, stay there. Telus isn't in my good books anymore. I wish that I had stayed with Rogers Wireless.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019
Technician came and installed a product that was suppose to be a net booster but it's just been a problem ever since its been installed. This so called net booster is causing disruptions and sometimes cuts off the internet of devices that are directly connected to the router. Called service multiple times and all they did is sequential reboot which only stabilizes the flow for about an hour at best. We disconnected the "net booster", everyone in the house lost wifi but it stabilized the connections of wired devices. Would recommend just a regular router with wifi for future customers and not get a router that comes with a "net booster". All this net booster is doing from my observations is, it just severs connections of wired devices to maintain a decent wifi, it is not even a good wifi connection. It basically just bypasses wired devices and makes it a priority. It doesn't boost anything at all.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
I have been having an issue with my phone of the wifi turning itself off, and then accruing data charges. I have gone into a Telus store numerous times, gone to Samsung and called both Telus tech line and customer service. My last experience was calling again, being told from Tech there is nothing they can do over the phone, and I asked to speak with customer service. I was told that the phone was off warranty, and if I wanted more data, I could pay for it, or I could upgrade my phone, or I could take a new contract and pay out the old one. I explained that I had tried all of the fixes recommended, and that this was an issue for at least six months. Finally, I was offered an additional 2.5 GB of data. I explained that my phone used up 2 GB of data in the first 3 days of my billing cycle. An extra 2 GB would not assure that I wouldn't go over in the next 27 days.
I asked to speak with a supervisor, in North America. Not gonna happen. I was told numerous times that there was no way that could be done. I know it can because I have had it happen before. I was, after at least an hour, transferred to a supervisor, who had no way to help and kept telling me to go back to the store. I asked to speak with loyalty and after waiting another 15-20 minutes, was told they declined to speak with me. When I asked for that in writing, the supervisor refused.
In my frustration, I did go back to the store, and on the way, called back into Telus to ask for an audio transcript of my call. Of course I had to explain again the whole issue. I had the rep on the phone as I went into the store so he could hear everything. The store assistant manager told me that there was nothing he could do about the phone issues. They had tried what they knew to do. The rep on the phone assured me that he would take care of the problem, apologizing for my inconvenience, etc. I was put on hold for 45 minutes, and then the phone hung up! I called back again, retold the store again, and asked immediately to speak to a supervisor. It took well over an hour until I badgered someone to transfer me. I asked to have in writing that they would not transfer me, and that they would not connect me to loyalty.
By this time, I had spent 3 hours on the phone and going to the store. Finally I got a different manager, explained all to her. Again, told they can't do anything, but that my case has been escalated for handling. I asked to speak with loyalty, and was told, nearly half an hour later, that the department is now closed. I said that now nearly 4 hours ago it was open when I originally asked. This supervisor at least listened, and I could tell that she understood why I was so upset. I told everyone that I would be writing reviews and putting them on as many places as I could. I am waiting to see if I am contacted back from Telus with some resolution. I will NOT be renewing my contract with them.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019
I called to switch my phone plan to a business plan and had to wait for over an hour and a half as the gentleman on the other end kept trying to figure out how to set up a new plan and provide me with a new phone. He put me on hold over and over again, on the 12th time I told him my time is worth money and to call me back when he was finished (he never did). I called back the next day and it turned out he never completed the job and they were going to charge me a higher rate than I was quoted during my first call. So I asked to speak with customer service, my complaints there fell on deaf ears. I asked to speak with a manager and I was told they would call me back (no one ever did).
I called back to cancel my plan of 22 years. They again they told me someone would call me to discuss what happened (No one ever did). I decided to keep my number and switch phone companies. I now save $10/month, have a new phone and customer service is in the country I live in so they actually listen. When I received an email from Telus stating another company was taking my number over they asked if I would like a call to discuss the problems. I had again NO ONE EVER CALLED. Telus has gone so far downhill I don’t think they can recover.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2019
I ordered a phone to upgrade from my old one (it's a couple years old and I thought I would treat myself to a new one). Well a week later, I have no new phone, no information as to where the phone is, when it will ship or if they've canceled my order all together without telling me. I emailed them three days ago and haven't gotten a response. I spent my entire lunch break on hold and left a message. Their social media support has done nothing but tell me to wait for the webstore to email me back or to try calling them again as if customers have multiple hours in a day to waste on hold so we can give this company hundreds of dollars.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2019
We agreed to business internet 75MB terms at $67/month for 12 months and $117/month after that. Now we received a monthly bill almost double that. I'm on the phone with your representative for more than one hour and Telus is unwilling to provide us a price that we agreed on. How is this even possible?
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2019
Webmail has been down for days, online chat has been discontinued and after two hours waiting in queue to speak to someone I gave up. What a joke, no problem taking your money but don't expect any service in return.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2019
2. Ample warning should be given to additional charges (i.e. minimum of 3 months), so that the consumer can look at other phone providers.
Ps. I tried to phone Telus to address these concerns and the present wait is over an hour. Perhaps they need more staff support or better business practice to decrease number of consumers who are calling.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019
15/16-8-19 You guys have this service down now for the majority of the last 48 hours. Need to get your ** together - the service outage is not acceptable. Be nice if there was some type of notice sent out to say when it will be restored. WTF are we back in the 80's.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019
Nobody wants to read a long tedious account of consumer woes. It's suffice to say that you'll have constant problems and good luck reaching support. Today alone I was on hold for 32 minutes and then 46 minutes... with no resolution to my phone not working and a 'customer service' guy with attitude saying someone will call me back. How? The phone doesn't work. I used the time on hold to order a SIM card from a competitor. 2 days without a phone is a bargain to be rid of Telus once and for all. For $10 less I'll have double the data and unlimited calling (instead of 500 minutes). Be aware that Telus also owns Koodo.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019
I waited on hold for half an hour; supplied all the info to the billing person; was then transferred to another person and still waiting another half hour later and increasing. The account was for a landline - PERIOD. For months a long distance plan was billed to the account even though it was specifically not ordered and declined. Now suddenly for two months the bill has been tripled. Then it went back to what it should have been. Service in reprehensible.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019
8 years ago I had a Telus modem and internet connection. I moved and returned the modem, yes I forgot to pay the last bill... Oops. Big opps. After the interest on the original $42 of debt reached $500, 8 years later, they sent the collection agency after me. They also charged me for the modem I returned... So, long story short. I paid $200 for a modem, $358 in interest because of a $42 bill no one bothered to remind me I owed. Their collection practices are borderline illegal, and I will never use them again.
Reviewed July 30, 2019
We live in a small hamlet south of Vulcan Alberta. When we moved here we wanted to keep all our Telus services we have had for a long time. To my surprise Telus told us they did not service this area so we took Satellite phone, Bell TV and local internet. (All installations come with a price tag ) When we were settled Call Before You Dig came out. The technician told us that there was a fiber optic cable right in front of our house and phone called into the house and the garage. And yes in front of the house is a Telus post. After numerous emails and calls with Telus in New Delhi I quit. I have never heard anything from Telus except for the bills they keep sending for a landline which should have been closed on April 23 (the date the satellite phone started. They are still billing 2 phones with the same number 1 landline and 1 satellite. What a company!!!!
Reviewed July 27, 2019
About twenty years ago we signed up with Telus for their Mike, loved the service and the rates. Customer service was always friendly and helpful. Through the years we upgraded to newer phones and added a second phone. Two or three years ago I was offered a corporate plan through my employer, Telus could not come close to the price difference so we switched to the other provider. When it was time to upgrade my second phone Telus could not compete so the second phone was moved over to the new provider. All was done properly and legally with the new provider so now I no business at all with Telus.
The last week or so we started having problem with the phone we've had for almost twenty years, friends and family could not get through. We were getting texts from people and places we don't know or go. We called our current provider who thought they had it fixed but the problems persisted. They told us we may have to change our number because the line may have been hacked in some way. Our provider even called Telus to see if they knew anything about it but because we no longer deal with Telus they said they knew nothing.
Through pure frustration we called Telus ourselves, we were put on hold several lengthy times. Finally they started accusing us of improperly ending service with them and the number was in the pool for reissue. We stated all transfers were done properly and we will not give up this number, she told us at one point that a corporation had requested the number and we would have to call them to get it back.
A lot of people threaten to call a lawyer which rarely happens but after over two hours on the phone I mentioned the CRTC. The lady on the phone said she was going to talk to her support team. About three minutes later she came back and said it will straightened out in twenty four hours. I found the name of the person who bought the phone and number when his employer was trying to contact him. His employer was getting upset so I told the employer the story so this guy wouldn't loose his job. There is a lot of names I could call Telus but won't, if they start telling you it's your fault and there is nothing you can do, the CRTC is there for this reason, they have a toll free number. To me, Telus does not deserve 1 star.
Reviewed July 14, 2019
I just contacted Telus today in order to report that my daughter had her phone stolen in Paris (France). She was beaten during the incident and she is in a hospital. I had everything about the phone: Account #, phone Number # and I also had her Telus credentials to log into her account. I could obviously provide all personal information about my daughter (date of birth, address, ...). It actually turns out that I am the one who paid my daughter's last bill... Despite all of this information, Telus insisted for having a PIN and/or to speak to her directly (remind you she is in a Paris Hospital). Well, they could not help me. It is extremely frustrating not being to help your daughter in such circumstances. Telus' security is inhuman and not adapted to sad incidents like this one.
Reviewed July 5, 2019
I’ve got an email from Telus that I have outstanding bill so I called them. After 1 hr 42 min Ali picked up the phone. I said, "I canceled my account. Why I’m still receiving bills." He’s trying to be smarty ** detective and saying, "you didn’t cancel your account." I asked him to talk to the manager, nobody available, email address to escalate, nothing like that. So I asked to cancel my account. Not possible till I pay in full. Can you imagine. I can’t find any email address or phone number to find out why I’m being charged.
Reviewed June 22, 2019
Spent all day Saturday on hold off and on trying to get business phones reinstated. Finally find out that the “business department” is closed on weekends and there is actually no one that can help you. I also have my residential phone with Telus and pay an arm and a leg for internet alone!! It is a very frustrating company.... All you do is call and get put on hold. Left a call back number for one department to call back, never got a call. Switching all phones.
Reviewed June 18, 2019
This morning I woke up to find the Telus Optik box that serves the entire neighborhood open. I thought maybe some tech had to run back to his van or something but half hour later....nothing. I called Telus and notified them (after sitting on hold for over and hour transferred in circles) and spoke to four individuals including a supervisor. They indicated that they would have someone there in 4-5 hours.
When asked if they were not concerned about their customers security or tampering, the Manager Jodain, advised me that it's almost impossible to tamper with it. I then asked why they cant have someone just come and lock the thing as it would take 1 minute to accomplish. She then kept repeating herself basically telling me she was doing me a favor by getting someone out today. I explained that I've been watching this thing and sitting on hold for over 2 hours and she followed up by saying she can assure me my information hasnt been compromised. I asked how she can assure me after she just said it's possible. She had no explanation. What a waste.
I just hope that that our areas network hasn't been compromised. Especially considering they cant even confirm it was a Telus technician that left it open. I don't know if I can stay with them considering I appear to care more about my neighborhoods security than they do. I'm waiting for this tech and ensuring no one is tampering with the box (if someone hasnt already). Additionally, I cant even close it so it appears locked. It just flies back open. She said she would give me two VOD compensation. I told her I don't want it.
Reviewed June 14, 2019
Well I haven't had my own cell phone for a number of years but decided it was time to get one satin. Went to Telus, got a phone and the fun began. The phone I got would not connect to the network so I was told to keep trying it overnight and if it didn't work to come back in the next day. It didn't work. So back to the Telus store we went the next day. They tried to call corporate to get it to work or at least troubleshoot but wouldn't ya know corporate was closed Saturday so no dice. So I then left my new phone with the store and they told me hopefully Monday I could have a working device. They told me this never happens and that, "Don't worry we should be able to credit you like 100 dollars." Well Monday rolls around and they get the phone working about mid day. Great. Finally on the fourth day, I take time from work to go get it because I need this for a project I was doing on the side.
Again the employee lets me know, "Don't worry Telus will credit you and you will be satisfied." Well 2 week goes by and I get my first bill. $181 dollars. Hahaha. For a 14 day period of having the phone when 4 of those days didn't work and required me to drive to and from the store a total of 6 times. Today I went back and talked to the lady and she informs me corporate won't deal with the dealership and needs me to call in. So here we go again. I go home, call customer service and talk to a rep. After being on hold for quite sometime he comes back and says, "We will credit you $11.00." I'm not exactly sure on what planet this company operates but I am disgusted with Telus on both the mobility front and the tv front. I'm sorry Telus but you have got to be the worst company I have ever dealt with. I sincerely hope you learn some values and try to get better. My name is Seth ** and I warn all consumers against their services.
Reviewed June 14, 2019
I contacted Telus support today to see about upgrading my plan since I saw that new plans were coming out and I did not have sufficient data. After being told by one rep that I could indeed upgrade my plan, I left the chat to contact my dad for advice and was ensured that I would be able to follow through with this plan if I returned to chat support. When I returned, this rep told me that the upgrade was impossible and that this was basically my problem as I was given the wrong information. I left the chat and re-entered, hoping to talk to someone more helpful and pleasant.
I was connected to Ana ** who provided me with amazing service! She took her time to talk to the support team and was able to offer me exactly what the first lady offered me. She was very pleasant to deal with and you could tell that she genuinely enjoys helping her customers! I really appreciated her patience and kindness throughout this process. It is not even the fact that she was able to give me this upgrade, but how pleasant and amazing she was in dealing with this issue. Thank you Ana! I wish that all customer service reps could be as awesome as you.
Reviewed June 12, 2019
I've been trying to get my home internet setup for over a week. It took me over 2 hours to set up the initial appointment, the installer couldn't do the job for reasons not even the Telus tech department can understand. Now I've spent the better part of a day on hold hearing about a follow-up appointment that was supposed to be in the morning, then the afternoon, then was never actually booked. STAY AWAY from Telus!
Reviewed June 11, 2019
I have been a Telus customer for 24 hours and I am regretting it fully. My service is not working and customer "care" has let me know that they will follow up with me in 72 hrs at which time they would not promise the service would be working. I requested a refund and was denied, I requested an assurance that after 72 hrs if the service still was not working I could get a refund and was denied. Basically I was told they will fix it when they can or if they can and thanks for your money. In the meantime I have no phone and can't go to a competitor (that might actually provide a working service) because I would be paying two bills. Stay away from Telus.
Reviewed June 8, 2019
Worst company I've ever dealt with. I've lost $650 in wages so far. Them canceling or rearranging plans and doing absolutely nothing to make it right. In 3 weeks still don't have internet. If it wasn't through my building I would have switched already.
Reviewed May 30, 2019
If I’m not in contract with this company, I would have left them long time ago. The worst service provider, worst customer service. Seriously, please don’t fall from the same mistake! Called today, and the customer service doesn’t understand what was I talking about. And put me on hold for the longest time that I ended up disconnecting the call.
Reviewed May 24, 2019
Boycotting TELUS!! I am SO livid with their services, once again! This time for data charges when I wasn’t even using my phone! I was literally feeding a newborn horse at 8:00 p.m. at the farm, my phone was almost dead so I didn’t even want to use it. Then bam I received a stream of text messages at 8:17pm, summing up that I’ve “incurred $100 of Canadian data charges.” I’m sorry what!!!??! So I called TELUS, and even during my phone call I received another text indicating I’ve incurred another $200 in data charges. And guess what!? They insisted I incurred 4gb of overages at 8:00pm. I WASN'T EVEN USING MY PHONE!
I don’t know how many times I told them it has to be an error of some sort, etc. Etc. They apologized I racked up my data (excuse me!?) and advised the charges are correct and they cannot remove them. I am ending all services tomorrow. The funny thing is, the lady who was on the phone laughed at me. Horrible service. And no, they will absolutely not be getting my $200.
Reviewed May 15, 2019
I am a customer of Telus for more than 4 years. I have had lots of problem with my billing because they will give you discount for only 6 months and without notice, they will charge such a high fee. I always have to call after 6 months and I always have to pay more. But when I talked with Brenda a Telus representative she helped me a lot. She reduced the price and gave me a deal for 2 years. So happy with Brenda.
Reviewed May 6, 2019
I am a former Telus mobility customer. I have kept all my bills on my email and when I tried to long into my old Telus mobility account to print off my old receipts/bills as Revenue Canada is asking for them for tax purposes, the account is canceled.... Fair enough but I should be able to access my old statements/bills. After 90 days of not being a customer they cancel your account and charge you $3 per bill so for a two year period of bills I need for Revenue Canada, I will have to pay them $72.00. Be warned.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
They did not prorate my December bill, as I moved and hence was dinged twice. Which still hasn't been fixed. I understand the billing cycle completely as I'm a credit analyst. I called initially in March right after the bill cycle. I called to have my packages changed and I coerced into a 2 year package which I would have never needed. If they had prorated the December bill. They do this to people so your bill ends up being astronomical. It's a sales tactic. See my contract had just ended. Then they said my bill would be 120.00 approx.
I checked my acct 2 days later and noticed there was something wrong then and I called, they assured me it would be fixed. I received my bill and it was 450.00 because they added packages I didn't have. And on top of it is ** up my credit. Long story short when I moved to my new home I did not receive my Optic cable. I had to beg for old and my bill is still Almost 5 bills. I paid over 400 last month. Almost 500 combine the 2 months before. They told me this will not take effect until NEXT bill cycle. Not true. They can fix today but I will see a revised bill NEXT issue date. Teach your CSRs on how to coach customers. Telus this was your mistake. Not mine. I want out this contract. I will file a complaint with regulating body as well.
Reviewed April 23, 2019
Currently I pay for 12 GB of mobile data and have a huge internet package yet I'm paying for data overages 10 days into my billing cycle even though I'm at home and my phone shows I'm using wifi. I've spent endless hours on with tech support and my TV that I got thru Telus craps out several times a week. I'm so sick of calling help desk. This is theft as far as I'm concerned. Why should I pay more when I already pay so much.
Reviewed April 19, 2019
I have been a customer since 1981 when Telus used to be called AGT. I this week enquired about Telus 300 fiber and had it installed. I also needed a static IP. This Telus won't provide unless you have a business plan. Telus have apparently not heard of small business with people working from home, it is a new concept to them. It's either a huge commercial operation or you're a resident. I was advised if I put in the personal system nothing needed to be done to switch to business at my home. It could all be done remotely.
Today I called, waited for the call to be answered forever and eventually spoke to a lady who said she would have them call me back in an hour but because it was good Friday maybe they would not be working. can you imagine a business service not working 24/7? I called back after an hour and a half and got through to someone who advised the following; I need to have the modem changed which will take 7 to 10 business days. I am out of business for the next two weeks, thank you very much Telus. I will be away on business with no access to my files or equipment. I asked to speak to a manager and was told that they could try to find me one but I would probably be on hold for a very long time. Well Telus if you think I am taking this lying down without repercussions you would be wrong. Telus is so bad they should be shut down by a shareholder revolt. Seriously, try Shaw, or even use Rogers unlimited data plan but whatever you do avoid Telus.
Reviewed April 18, 2019
Worst ** company ever. I’ve been a loyal customer until now. I was promised a gift with purchase only to find out after waiting over a month it hasn’t even been sent out. They did not resolve my issue whatsoever. All is they do is apologize. Don’t promise people ** that you can’t follow through with. I will be switching.
Reviewed April 16, 2019
In a word, terrible. I've been with this company for 17 years, but recently I noticed that they are not quite honest and fair to their customers. Never again. Service representatives are not willing to solve the problems, and are only good for excuses.
Reviewed April 4, 2019
I have been trying to get service at new location. They assured me that they would come out and it would be hooked up. They left, no hookups. Told rep would contact us. Still has not. We have left messages, no reply. 45 minutes this morning on hold, they came back to tell me that there was a problem, put me on hold again, 45 min later, still on hold, hung up, called back and not they will call me back. We will see. Cannot believe this. They are stupid people, really. I cannot believe that this company is still in operation. We need more options.
Reviewed March 30, 2019
I signed a contract with Telus for two years TV + Internet. The contract speed I signed was 150 MB/sec but the actual speed was about 7 to 10 times smaller. Every other day I had to reset the router to have the internet and TV of course the slow one. They said that I got great excel for fast internet because I have an optical cable but it did not help either. The support is ridiculous and inflexible. They only know how to take the money. Today I have screenshots so I can prove everything I've written. They are trash of the company and big big thieves who think they are gods.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
Don't waste your time with these idiots. I've had to contact Telus four times in the last six months because of Bill creep which is my bill going up every second month 10 or $15. In September of 2018 I contacted Telus and I was told I would get this service for $135 per month for 2 years straight. 2 months later my bill is $15 more a month. I contacted Telus again and got another 2 year deal. He was supposed to send me an email with a confirmation of this. He stated, "Don't worry. I will send you the email." I never received it. 2 months later the same thing another $10 increase. They promised me the world I would get a two-year contract and ask him to send me an email. No email ever appeared. They promise you the world on the phone but they won't put it in writing. Don't trust what they say unless they put it in writing. Don't waste your time with these idiots.
Reviewed March 25, 2019
Our contract is coming due with Shaw, so we thought we’d get a hold of Telus to compare their rates and to talk to a Telus rep about switching to them. It took us 10 minutes to even find a contact number, and once we did, there was no available options for “New Customer” or Sales. The computer generated voice kept asking for our current phone number like we were already a Telus customer and it wouldn’t Recognize our phone number for the callback option. After about a 1/2 hour on hold, we finally hung up. It shouldn't Be this hard for someone trying to bring you business Telus. You should have one of your own call the Customer support line to see how truly frustrating your process is.
Reviewed March 25, 2019
A rep came to our door with a great promo. Save lots of money & faster internet, so we switched to Telus from Shaw. We were told that we would keep our phone number & our email address. This was not true. After going back & forth with management for 2 days & many hours & not getting anywhere, we cancelled our account. Within 2 hours Shaw had us reconnected with everything back to the way it was. Thank you Shaw!!!
Reviewed March 18, 2019
Recently a family member went through a divorce. She had to get her name off the joint account she shared with her partner. We went to a local store and the service agent was nothing but condescending and rude. When asked to cancel her subscription he simply assigned her another - more expensive package with NO explanation or helpful suggestions. The whole time we were dealing with this man - he kept asking new customers as they came into the shop if he could help them - while we were still attempting to deal with our issue - Telus obviously can't bear the possibility of losing a "POTENTIAL" customer - so do not instruct their salespeople to give you personal attention. The WORST SERVICE. Rude, disrespectful and only interested in signing up potential customers. We went to FIDO and they were AMAZING.
Reviewed March 14, 2019
This company rips you off your money. I do not recommend them whatsoever. Do not take their deals as it’s a way to lock you in for years and paying huge money for not a very good service! I inquired about terminating my account but was never told how much the cancellation fee would be and lo and behold my balance came to $1400 which if you’re living in Vancouver is already 3/4 of your rent. It is preposterous! If I knew the fee would be that high I would’ve stocked it out till the contract ended! It highway robbery guys! DO NOT GO TO TELUS.
Reviewed March 13, 2019
Recently I moved my apartment. I tried to call Telus so that they could install the router in my new apartment. I tried really hard to contact customer service. After three days of hard work, finally, somebody picked my phone. Instead of asking them to install the router in my new apartment, I terminated the service. They sent me a box to return their router back (you can't stop by a Telus outlet to return your router), the horrible thing is they asked me to give them tracking number by calling customer care, and it is my third day trying to contact them.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
I have always been with Telus, never had the best experiences but not the worst, till now. Switched mine and my boyfriend's phone for the S9, I was assured everything would be transferred as it's a business phone, I need all the information. I trusted the Telus technician to transfer it all, he told me to leave and come back in 30 mins, so I did. Now here I am 5 days later trying to get things done and realise I'm missing a TON of valuable information from my phone. I have called Telus store and corporation and no one can help. My business is now out of money and my personal files are gone. Plus, I lost so many photos and the rest have been disorganized and all say they were taken the day I got the phone.
Don't trust Telus, they don't actually care about you. They just want to get your money. I couldn't be more disappointed. I have done this switch on phones many times and I always have all my data until this switch, the technician really screwed us over, and Telus doesn't care. Save your frustration and go with a better company, or save everything yourself because unfortunately not all Telus technicians actually know how to do a smart switch. I never should have trusted the guy when he said come back in 30 mins.
When I called today, I was told the technician was able to transfer everything on my boyfriend's phone because he had an SD card, but I didn't so he wasn't able to transfer my info. That's great to be told 5 days later, but I made it VERY clear I needed everything in the old phone transferred to the new one or I'm not transferring. I'm beyond angry as to why he didn't tell us at the time that he couldn't transfer my info, instead he told us all was good to go and sent out old phones away. Crooks, avoid them if you have importance info you don't want to lose.
Reviewed March 11, 2019
Telus started sending email bills to my 89 year old Dad on MY email account which I totally ignored - I do not pay or buy anything online. As there were no snail mail bills nothing got paid (has in the hospital for over 3 months) and I only paid what came in. I contacted Telus three (3!!) time to remedy this at which they assure me it was. Then, they CUT OFF service!!!
Reviewed March 10, 2019
This is the second time Telus has sent me to collections, Should have learnt the first time, owed 42.00 on phone bill. Was 2 weeks late paying it, they sent it to collections. First time they sent no notices out said it was my responsibility to find out how much I owed. I paid up to date and cancelled service. Was later called by a collection agency stating I owed Telus money. Second time I was just late paying. Worst customer experience I have ever had. Never again.
Reviewed March 8, 2019
Please be kind, cause I am new to this! My husband and myself, went to purchase phones from Telus. We both had previous phones from the same store. I had never got familiar with my phone, because it was difficult to navigate. Mine was basically for emergencies, but I was envious of the masses. We were lucky enough to sit down with Matt **, to discuss our needs. He sold us both, a new LG Xpower 3. He really listened to us, and advised us, about the features this phone has. So simple to use, and we were both up and running, in no time. I guess this review, is more about the excellent customer service we received, than about this sleek, easy to use phone. We both, have not had customer service like that in years, if ever. Thank you Telus, and Matt **.
Reviewed March 5, 2019
Protection plan is a complete scam. Don't waste your time or money with that. Telus has left me without a cell phone for 2 weeks and I'm paying 9 dollars a month extra incise my phone gets damaged. I called the protection plan company only to be bounced around to 4 different people for over an hour and still didn't have an answer. At that point I hung up and called Telus directly. Telus basically said there's nothing they can do. And I'm still without a new cell phone. How can they leave a customer that has been paying for insurance without a phone for weeks??? Cancelling and never going back. Bye Telus and shame on you.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2019
Last year I took advantage of a deal where I would get 300 min\mo and 10G of data with no contract. I changed my plan from another carrier to Telus for both my daughter and myself. Today I get a letter in the mail stating they are raising the rates as of April 1\19 by $10\mo. The only way to contact them on the letter was to contact, "Telus.com\plans". So buy a new plan! VERY poor customer service and just an outright rip off. Just another way for them to milk more money out of their customers. I can't explain how they believe this is good corporate business. Just blatantly ripping off their customers. I loved the way it was signed, "The Telus team." All this has done is to get me to change carrier and change my internet as well. I'm sure they don't care but it will cost them over $250 per\mo.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2019
My recent and past experiences with TELUS Mobility both consumer and corporate have been more than a bad taste but are the better of the other corporate and consumer gangsters. I recently went to reactivate a modem and was informed that this was not possible as more than 3 months had passed even though when I deactivated it I was told I had 6 months and only 4 had passed. After they messed up other devices on my account and were unwilling to take corrective action to correct the issue. They are unwilling to compensate or assist in correcting the issue and continued to treat me as though I was incompetent.
We have filed complaints with the BBB as well as the CTSC and the FCC is next. I thought that should you know if you want anything more than a simple service from Telus you had best ensure you speak with the right people and if they are not willing to assist ask to speak with their supervisor until you get the action you require. For your info there last screw up cost me $2223.26 out of pocket in which I am seeking restitution for. BUYER BEWARE!
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019
I moved into an apartment complex that if I signed a year’s lease, I would get Telus free for a year. My apartment manager faxed over the paperwork to Telus on January 21, 2019 and told me someone from Telus would be contacting me to schedule an appointment to install. And when no one from Telus contacted me by January 28, 2019, I called them. I had scheduled an appointment for Telus to come on February 3, 2019 between 1 & 3. So figuring my appointment was set, I contacted my building manager with the date & time so he could be there to open the electrical room.
Then on January 29, 2019 I received an email saying my appointment was scheduled for February 5, 2019 between 1 & 3. So I called Telus to inform them that this was the wrong date. They told me that they couldn't set up my account because the name I gave them was not my legal name. (which is funny cause I'm sure I would know my own name) Plus, they had the paperwork from my building manager with all my information. So finally I said I wanted to talk to a manager to get this dealt with. I was put on hold for 45 minutes (which I wasn't hanging up until this was rectified).
Then on my moving day, as I was in the middle of moving my stuff, I had to again call Telus to make sure my appointment was scheduled for February 3, 2019 between 1 & 3. Finally, I got my TV & internet hooked up. So, the first manager I talked to said they would compensate me for all the troubles I had. I have never heard back from her. Now I have another manager I am in contact with and I asked her how they will be compensating me. I sent Telus an email on February 5, 2019 stating that since Telus gives away TVs for free anyways, that they should at least give me one for all the troubles I had getting this set up. I received an email today, February 6, 2019 stating that they would offer me free internet for a year (which I already get as part of my lease with my apartment complex). So I sent an email back stating that I would write review after review on every website & social media until this is rectified.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019
Very deceiving door to door agents working for Telus. They are not honest when they explain their promotions, and just mention the good stuff that the customer wants to hear. Once you sign up with them, you discover they had you sign up for a two year contract which was never explained to you. If you want to discontinue their services or make a change to it, they strike you with $15 per month for the rest of the two years contract. VERY SLIK.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2019
I have sign up for Telus Internet. It says first 6 months promotional rate and then regular rate. But Telus start charging me regular rate at the end of 5th month without sending me any notification. I have asked the customer service rep. why is it? She gave an example that I started middle of the month such and such so it is 6 months now. I wasn't fully convinced and I asked why can they send me notification reminding me about the promotion to regular rate. She said that yes they should have but I have to pay regular rate now. Anyways, I decide to end the deal right away and pay the remaining balance. She advise me the amount I paid over the phone using credit card. A month after they send me another bill saying I still owe them so and so amount. I called verify. They explained and paid over the phone.
A month after I got notice from Telus collection saying I owe them more. I politely request them to send me a copy statement that has month to month bills and the payment I made over the phone and from my bank. Simply no response on this. She goes on and on about the money I owe them and what will happen if I don’t pay. I told her that the last time talk to their CSR and paid full amount owing how this ended up in collection? She replied that, “We don’t have any record you paid and you still owe us money.” No more details! Now, is this fair? Is there justice in this country or what? This corporate crooks is gonna eat people's money like that? Terrible company!
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2019
I got a call several weeks ago from Telus (Vancouver office) asking me "When can they expect my account to be paid". I informed them that I thought that all was well with my account as I usually pay the bill within days of receiving it in the mail. I had been at my existing address for over a year and had receive my bills regularly at this address. I asked them to check their records as I had no way to verify that the person on the other end was not scamming me. The person told me that the address he had on file was the previous address. I then told Him that it's somewhat strange that Telus out of the blue demands that my account be settled when I have been faithful in the past keeping my account paid. It seems that someone decided to stop sending paper bills to us and there were no emails - so how were we to know???
I told the person on the other end of the line that I was uncomfortable giving my credit card number to a stranger that could not provide info that Telus should have as I'd received bills in the past at my existing address. I asked him to send the bill to my present address and it would be paid as soon as received. He agreed with me that He'd also be somewhat leary in paying this bill over the phone. He then agreed to halt pending suspension on my account until I had received the bill and had reasonable time to pay it.
Today my wife made a doctor's appointment for my son and was going to call me on our cell and let me know went to take him to the Dr's office (appointments up in nwbc are very difficult to get). After waiting some time I tried calling home on the cell only to find that the service has been suspended. I have had other issues in the past with Telus (not related to paying a bill) and have found that for a "communications company they can't even communicate between themselves. How can they possibly communicate with others??? It doesn't surprise me that this company's customers reviews are so low. If there was another provider in the area we'd be switching in a heartbeat!!!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019
It is not enough to just complaining but really sick of their billing. Nonsense billing and ripping off. Please get paper bill and get track of them every month. They try hard to put extra charges. Very disappointed & hope to have Telus to be one of social issue someday soon.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019
My Telus home phone has been dropping calls and I get a sound like someone is dialing while I'm talking, then the phone call just drops off. They have been here three times in the last 18 months. Each repairman has a different reason why this is happening, and every time, they say it’s fixed in a box down the street, or they have changed the wires. Last time I didn’t realized they screwed with my alarm system, that cost me $220.00 repair bill from the alarm company. Now @ 8 months later again same problem. I have some very important calls happening, from medical staff. Yesterday I called to get this fixed or I’m switching companies.
The lady from a far away company said, "You must have the fiber optic line put in." I don’t want to pay one dime more, I tell her I’m a pensioner on a very fixed income, plus a widower. She still insisted this was what I need. I finally gave in, but I knew it was wrong. She tricked me, they're good at that. Today I canceled my appointment, I’m really angry now??? I just want my phone fixed, that’s all I want. I don’t need fiber optics plan, she promised it wouldn’t cost me any more money... I hate when people lie to you. Now what? So upsetting. This company I have had an account since 1973... shame on them for treating a loyal customer like crap???
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2019
I moved to Boardwalk and if I moved to new place, Telus would be free, the technician come on November 9 2018, he said problem with the box. I keep calling and when will repaired... and the agent said Dec 19, 2018 but not coming yet. It's too long. I tried to order a product of Telus... just only 3 days after order. The technician come to repaired and only 2.5 hours. The technician was not polite like I used to be... I have been a Telus customer for 9 year. Even the agent... I tried to cancel Optik TV and phone. The service still there... I'm planning to take another provider as soon as possible. Telus is not in my interest anymore for now.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2019
I called Telus January 9, 2019 to renew my contract. I have been a Telus customer for 8 years with 5 lines. I was offered the iPhone X 64 zero dollars with an 80$ plan plus Apple Care, the customer service rep provides me with my reference number and advised me I shouldn’t have any issues. Well I went to a Telus store and waited for over an hour to be advised the offer has expired, even when I called back Telus they were very rude advising me what I expected the offer to be forever I was shocked, they absolutely didn’t provide me any offer and advised me they could do what they want when they want. After paying this company for so many years over 4000.00 yearly, I couldn’t believe they don’t honor their word or at least offer something else to keep a customer satisfied.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019
The phone service is ok but when we needed to schedule a tech the wait time is over 6 days. Not ok when the internet and TV are dead for that time period. I think they are prioritizing new installs over keeping existing customers happy.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019
I called Telus to renew my Optik tv, internet and home phone contract for two years. I was left waiting on the phone for one hour with no option to get them to call me back. I’ve been with Telus for more than 10 years and came to conclusion they’re not as good as they used to be unfortunately. I am not happy with their customer service or their prices. They gouged me for many years and it’s time to jump ship and try another provider!!! I would’ve put zero star if this option was available.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019
Got new pure fiber connection. Worked fine for couple of weeks, after that no internet. Called to customer care. They replied technician will come after 6 days. Can you imagine 6 days with no internet at home. TELUS if you don't provide a service do not add more consumers.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
I recently changed provider, called to get final bill amount and month later get a bill still owe a balance. Have name and date who I talked to from month before and told there is still an outstanding balance due. I will never do my business with Telus ever again or would I recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
Anyone thinking of going with Telus do not. I had never been screwed like this before in my life. It was a back and forth game and had waited since Dec 4 to get cable internet and phone!!!! Guess what? Still to this day when the tech supposed to come he did not. My Rogers bill went from 247 to 330 because I had to raise my data up. Today they said they will send a tech tomorrow and this has been an ongoing game. Do not fall for their garbage because you will regret it!!! We even did a credit check which messes with our credit to find out our services kept getting pushed around!!! I will take this to a next level Telus!!!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018
I got Telus Optik TV package in September. Disappointed in customer service: 3 hours of waiting time on the phone. Customer help reps usually directly showed that they didn't want to help or resolve the issue. If they advised some products, it would not work out because they do not listen carefully. Later on I asked if they can give me my money back for the wrong advise, they said they will transfer me to speak with customer loyalty department and I had to wait another 3 hours. They don't know products and services themselves. Yesterday, on Dec 15, 2018 service rep did hang up on me. It is extremely rude and unprofessional. Their TV packages set up that it is almost impossible to understand what you are getting. I would call it terrible business and terrible unprofessionalism of staff.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018
To everyone reading this got with Shaw instead of Telus. I'll try to make this quick. I got a new apartment with my girlfriend for the 24th of November 2018, I tried to schedule a move in installation on the 20th for the 24th and was told that I couldn't get an install date until Dec 2. On the second the installer came and said he couldn't do the install because the apartment office was closed but told me that he would call me back later to schedule something for the next day (so I took day off work). No one called, no one showed on the Monday.
I tried calling on the latter half of the Monday but was on hold for so long that I had to hang up as I needed to do something that day. I called the next day and spoke to a lady who ensured me that Telus's Mr fix it was coming (which I thought was strange) and could be there on Sunday, I had to tell her Sundays don't work because the office isn't open and that was why my last installation didn't work so she booked on Monday the 10th but she couldn't give me a time. I called once again on the 12th because I felt strange about not having a installation time and spoke to another gentleman who didn't ask any of the usual password or identification questions but assured me that someone was coming on Monday (no time given again) and actually told me to stop calling.
So I call on Sunday because this all sounds strange to me and I speak to someone who tells me that my original install on the second was never canceled so I have no upcoming installations, I'm also told that because it's a Sunday he can't do much. On Monday I actually drive into a Telus store this time and got an employee to look into it, she arranges for me to have a Friday install between 9-11, she also arranged for me to have a manager call me back. A manager does call me back an hour later but my ringer didn't go off for some reason, I try calling back but he is busy so I email him a very detailed message.
I then receive a call from a different manager the next day who ensures I have an installing scheduled for Friday between 9-11 and also gives me a credit (this was great). So now I am currently at home waiting for an install, it's after 11. I just got ahold of customer service and was told my install is booked for December 19 between 9-11. I don't know what to say. I've lost 2.5 days of work, hours of time spend on hold, over on my data because I have no internet. When I was with Shaw none of this ever happened to me but I'm stuck in a contract my girlfriend signed us up for. I guess we aren't a priority anymore.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
Telus representatives in Manila are very friendly but totally useless people. If looking for a wife I would definitely call them. But calling for help my 85 years old grandmother is better. Despite never having seen a computer before. Telus is going to lose a lot of customers. Unless those wishing to find a wife. What DISGRACE!!
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018
Agents at this company for small business sales are not trained in the most basic of customer service skills. It took me 12 minutes to find out the status was exactly the same as the status was from 7 days ago. I have sent my personal information twice and have not received so much as a confirmation email. It's been three weeks and I am nowhere near to getting signed up. I canceled my ordered and will place it at another company that actually wants my business. What a truly terrible company to deal with. If they deal with new customers like this can you imagine how existing customer feel?
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018
Telus is gone to crap. The customer service argues with you about what you use. They do not support the products they sell you. It's all lies. The only way to get your money's worth is to call and say your internet is not working right and have someone come out three times in a year then they will offer you deals. But to hell with Telus. I'm going to hell. Probably not better but not ** Telus bs.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
Telus offers incentives and discounts to get people to buy in to using their products and services, it is how they hold on to customers and sway customers from their competitors. Do not be blinded by these illusions of deals and incentives for what you will get in a short time deal, a somewhat cheaper bill or one time incentive, it is not worth it for the lifetime of stress, frustration, demoralization you will feel from trying to get Telus employees to help you with your reoccurring problems from their faulty products and services.
Telus employees lack in customer service skills and they miss the other point which is really to care about the customer. They say the same lines over and over again but with zero meaning, no emotion and no incentive to actually help you and make your life, and your services better, (they don't find a solution). They just continue to disrespect you. And they waste your time by having you call over and over again, and wait on them, and have them not fix the problem or take it seriously.
Further, there is a serious breakdown and lack of communication between departments at Telus, then when you talk to them they have no idea what you're talking about, as apparently no one knows how to make client notes or communicate between departments, they will even go as far as to try to act like you are crazy as there is no record they say of your complaints, or appointments scheduled at all.
This is where they will waste more of your time as you will wait for a technician to come to your house and none will come at all, you will then spend hours on the phone, getting nowhere, because they don't care about you and your life (what obligations you didn't attend to waiting for the Telus guy to come), they will try to act like you didn't actually have an appointment today and try to give you one for next week.
Whatever Telus, whatever. I'm done. Seriously people don't do it, don't switch to Telus. You want to know why the other companies are a bit more it is because you are paying for service, clearly something Telus doesn't have or care to have. Pay it, pay the difference, you'll be glad you did. I switched to Telus and my TV didn't work for 4 months, I can't get service, I feel like I need to take drugs just to deal with the stress I get from their customer service people. I'm counting down the days till I can be free of Telus.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018
Walked into Telus store at Southcenter mall in Calgary. 15 minutes of Looking at products we were never approached by any sales rep. As we walked out of the store pissed off a sales rep approached customer walking in and asked if he could help. I approached salesman and said why are you serving him before us. We were here before him. He said that’s how it works. I told him he’s quite rude to customers.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
I was promised a good deal but I have to call a number to get the deal. After installation, I have been bounced around many times for hours for the past few days and still haven't reached anyone. I greatly regret switching to Telus now. Don't do it.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
We went for a month holiday to Europe and got message after message about how wonderful Easy Roam is for $12 a day. So we did sign up for emergencies. We have an iPhone and contact most of our friends and kids on iPhone or WhatsApp. I had roaming and data use blocked! I did not use Easy Roam at all and was surprised to get a bill for $48 for 4 days of use! It was explained to me by Telus, that any i-message to another iPhone where the receiver is not on wifi gets sent as a text message and that it counts as using the Easy Roam! So I paid for 4 text message, sent on wifi from my iPhone unawares, $48! A real rip-off!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
Telus technician in our area is great though he must feel like a one legged man in an ** kicking contest trying to stay on top of failing, old, infrastructure. Telus is the only internet provider in the area in which I live and therefore there is no incentive for them to spend $ on improvements to customer service. Sure they'll offer discounts but these don't help with submitting my kids school work. Internet access has become an essential service and the Govt must mandate that service providers provide reliable service at a fair price.
Telus has it nailed in two areas though... empty promises and abundant apologies... most of the apologies are from folks that have no clue what they're apologizing for nor knowledge of the services they're supposed to be "supporting"... how could they when I suspect they're located in some well removed foreign country; communication in English is often a complete joke. I could go on. Telus you need to do much better.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2018
I keep track of my credit score. I noticed it dropped and the culprit? Telus of course! One of the months they had no payment made and didn't update my balance as well. So, naturally I called and I was pretty miffed. The reps know nothing about credit scores or payments. I sent a scathing email and threatened the Consumers Protection Act. A company can be fined up to $250000 for fraudulent or inaccurate record keeping. I received an email from Carol shortly thereafter, stating she straightened out the confusion with Transunion. My credit score went up!
I'm still not done with Telus because they're still doing things wrong in my view. I get an ebill on the 14th or 15th of every month. I don't have to have that bill paid until the 6th of the next month but they still report the balance usually a DAY after I get my ebill to the credit bureau. I'm done with them when this contract is up in 6 months. They can kiss it.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2018
I lived in many countries, but worst ever is telecom provider is Telus. I faced two issues - spoiling credit score, high bills. For 20 dollars, they spoiled my credit score. Hopeless people, not sure why credit bureaus in Canada take data from these fraudsters. Telus in fact uses credit score as a threat for collecting wrong charges from customers. I received a bill of 350 dollars, I was having an old 40 dollar postpaid plan. I was using Koodo from Telus for nearly 2 years, and I was charged as I called a toll free number without knowing that they are charged.
Later I came to know that even toll free are charged and there was a plan which Telus offered unlimited calls for the same amount I was paying. It was horrible experience talking to call center, they behaved as if I committed a big crime and 350 dollars was genuine charges. I felt cheated to be with this stupid company for two years, and canceled my connection immediately. They spoiled my credit score and charged me heavily. I hope these stupid guys fail.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018
I paid $330 for what amounted to dial up service. Every time I called to complain, they told me there was nothing wrong. I was getting 1MB of upload speed and was told "that doesn't matter" by some little girl in a third world country that has no understanding of my business. I can't tell you how many times I called to get help, how much wasted time waiting on hold. Abysmal service. NEVER choice Telus.
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