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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 Feb. 6, 2023
Was lied to by Telus rep to switch to them. It would be cheaper they said. It wasn’t. I left a perfectly good phone play based on Telus mobility promise. I have an iPhone 13. I have had it for 6 months and pretty much since I got it it been a problem. It freezes, can’t hear me or others and the data/internet doesn’t work properly. It was my last straw when I use an app to log into my work and it would not let me. Data froze. I had to call my boss to log me in and out. I was told that I don’t resolve this phone issue I can’t work there. I have files CCTS and nothing. They don’t care about their customers. I called them today to cancel my contract. According to Telus $20 per month of the remaining contract, with the being bring it back phone program.
I was told today that I still would have to pay for the phone even if I can bring it back because it wasn’t in proper working order. It’s 6 months old, I am not paying for a phone that doesn’t works. So I ask can I sell my phone and plan and they said yes but they wouldn’t recommend it because the phone isn’t in good working order. It wouldn’t be fair to the buyer. What about me. 6 months of hell and they want to get $900 from me plus the phone when their site states $20 per each remaining month. I need to work and I can’t afforded to keep this piece of junk that they won’t stand behind. And they threatened that they will report it to my credit bureau and my credit would be effected. I am having the worse experience with Telus. It’s is effecting my mental health to fight with them for the past 6 months. What can I do. It’s my work that is affected.

Reviewed Feb. 2, 2023
Hi Telus installed home security in my house to controlled from smartphone (heat thermostat. garage opener. doorbell). It works first day.. I have to call technician next day (nothing works). It work while technician home but it's stop working after he left. Within only one month I have to get technician in my house at least 5 time. After that still nothing work. Now my telus thermostat STOP functioning completely and I have no heat at home with _25 for 3 day. I try to call private technician but they said, "We can't do this because it's connected to telus central internet service." So we have to wait for telus the only one who can fixed. Today Feb 02 and I am still without heat waiting for telus. I have baby at home.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2023
Several times I have tried to get on hold TELUS to solve particular problems with the service, and EVERY time I have been on hold for at least 2 hours!!! That is unacceptable and will be changing companies once I finish the contract. No respect at all for the customer and his time. Always the excuse is the same..."We are sorry, but today it's been a particularly busy day"!!!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2023
Telus agent Jonel called me to offer a promotion because I have an existing account with Telus Smart Home Security (formerly ADT). There are 3 phone lines in our home so I gladly accepted the offer because it is cheaper than our current phone plans with another service provider. The offer is a $5 discount for each of our phones. When the sim cards arrived and I called Telus for activation, I was told that I am not eligible for the promotion because I am NOT an existing Telus customer. So what's the deal with Telus acquiring ADT if I am not a Telus customer? And why was I offered the discount if I was not an existing customer? I was so frustrated I ended up cancelling transferring to Telus and just stick with our present provider. I even gave Jonel an excellent review after our call thinking I got a good deal. But I was deceived. If only I can take that rating back and talk to him again, I would air my frustration and disappointment.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2023
I went to Europe with my wife last December/January. I was supposed to pay 13$ to use my phone plan there. Instead, Telus charged me more than twice as much. When I asked why, they said both my phone and my wife's had been used, except that my wife's phone data was turned off since she got there. Also, Telus security has not provided maintenance to my outdoor camera which doesn't work. To make matters worse, our internet wifi is spotty and often doesn't work. We had pic TV too but had to switch to optic TV because the internet was not reliable to support it. So, in summary, Telus is expensive and, in my experience, has been ineffective.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2023
The technical support specialist that Telus sent, Keith, was knowledgeable, helpful and VERY polite and respectful. I too have been in home services for over 30 years and Keith exemplified professionalism.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2023
The plan I use with Telus had gone down in price---instead of $90 a month, the price dropped to $85 (with more services). I called to change plans and after a very hard time with their employee I got it done. I then wanted to speak to a manager to find out why they were so reluctant to help me---the manager was even more terrible! And here's the worst: Telus has now charged me $15 for changing my plan. "How dare I be an educated consumer?" I pay over $250 a month to this company and I feel I am being held hostage----time to ask our government to allow Verizon, ATT and other US providers into Canada. To me, Telus is a great reason to break down the cellular cartel. Shame on them!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2023
If I could give a negative rating, I would. The summary is, I’ve spent over 8 hours and the mistake they made has still not been resolved. I was cancelling a line on my account and the advisor accidently cancelled my phone contract instead. This resulted in them charging me $800 for the entire contract and it showed up on my next bill. I called them back, waiting 2 hours on hold, and they “fixed” it for me. It wasn’t fixed. After trying to get a hold of them over 3 days, I finally got an advisor after being on hold for 2.5 hours. This 3rd advisor proceeds to ask me questions that were already answered – I know because she read the notes on file out loud. They then suggested that we pay the $800 because when they tried to withdraw the amount from my account it bounced and that if it isn’t paid it will be sent to collection.
I asked her why they need me to pay for an amount that they were going to need to reverse instead of just cancelling the $800 and collect the balance but she wasn’t able to answer that. After about 40 minutes, I began losing my patience and asked for a supervisor. After being on hold for another 30 minutes, they told me they didn’t have a supervisor available yet so I asked to them to just call me back. I checked my bank account and found that they actually DID collect the $800.
I’m a very patient person but I don’t understand why I’ve been spending this much time on mistakes the TELUS advisors’ made. Why am I double-checking their work? My husband has been refusing to switch over from Fido and I can probably see why. I just finished talking to the escalation manager and they STILL can’t resolve their own mistakes and I have to wait on the next escalation up. Absolutely ridiculous. If it wasn’t because of my employee discount, I would never go to TELUS and I am definitely going to move once my contract is over.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2022
** at the Telus Kingsway mall 6617 was amazing. Hooked my family of 4 up with new phones and was willing to go the extra mile to make sure we are all satisfied. ** I will be going back for the service.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2022
Telus is so useless. They have all the technology in the world, but have no idea how to set it up or make it usable for a customer. Recording World Cup final today, stupid Telus brilliantly cut the recording off at the 115min missing the critical last five minutes and the penalty kicks. Of the most important soccer match in four years. WTF? This kind of thing happens all the time with Telus..and the insane part is they could fix it easily. But they don't because they DO NOT care about their customer's experience. Just the money in their pockets. This is one if the most disappointing companies on the planet and I would be ashamed to work there.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2022
I ordered a phone 2 weeks ago. Called a few times customer service, they are useless, all they can say is be patient, one of them told me it won't take long because they have the phone in stock. After waiting each time on hold for 2 hours, it can't be shipped because it has to pass 5 days from the process date then they tell you 3-5 days shipping, then I called. Asked for a supervisor. She said all she can do is send them a email & they will call me. That call never came.. Instead I get a email saying they're canceling the plan because they don't have the phone in stock, what a joke. I'm fed up with them, wondering if I can take legal actions. The amount of frustration they give you is unbelievable.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2022
Those people will just try to grab any money out of you. Worst service ever, you wait over the phone for hours to speak to someone. Just run away. You are way better of with Bell or Rogers. I moved over to Bell and I am noticing way lower wait times to speak to someone. More value for my money, and better coverage for mobility.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2022
It's less than 2 weeks, the security outside camera was installed by a Telus technician then almost after a week it stopped working. I called a Telus customer service and they told me to send a technician to fix the issue I have to pay $150! After asking about the service they may provide with the customers within 30 days after installation, they did not accept to do it free of charge. I canceled the service and I do not recommend it to anyone working with them. The worst experience with a company that seems to assist the customers!!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2022
Marwan **, Director of Business Accounts, called me end of last month to offer Telus Business Mobile services which they had a promotion for Black Friday. He explained in details all that my bill will be around $47.50 and he re-assured me that the offer comes with free iPhone and that there will be no additional charges, no taxes on the phone, no shipping cost. He said all that I would be paying is my bill with taxes. I agreed. Later that day or the day after, I added 2 other lines. He said to me since I am getting 3 lines altogether, he will deduct $15 each lines and the same offer he made me will apply to each line.
Now I have a bill of $282 and change. I have called him and try to understand the surprises, he is rushing me off the phone and told me to cancel. He refused to let me get my point across. He refused to acknowledge his mistakes. He hung up on me. He refused to fix my bill. I asked him to speak to his supervisor, he refused. He later sent me an email saying this the agreement that he and I discussed when I never agreed on that. I tried to reach out by email to the email on Telus website, no one answers. I tried calling, spoke to an agent who reassured me that a manager will call me back, no one did. I went on Facebook, nothing. I need all the extra charges taken off as promise. I will pay my bill with the tax that comes with it.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2022
Waited for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Nobody responded on customer care. Hell service. Telus must improve service. I was having some urgent query on phone bill and I am waiting like free person. Such a long wait time is not acceptable for any of the customers. Please improve for you better customers. There is a limit to patience, who can wait more than one and half hour on call. It's totally ridiculous.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2022
Such a negative heart-wrenching experience with Telus, the worst thing about it was that we were becoming new telus customers!!. Moved 4 cell numbers for my family from Bell to telus. The switching of the service, the plan details, the disconnection in our lines while waiting on the telus SIM cards to arrive and on and on with issues before we even started to be telus customers! It was sickening!
Spent over 7 hours talking on the phone with different reps in the consumer and the business departments; everyone was promising something but was doing something else on the account. Our four numbers ended up being split between two different telus accounts; called and spent 1.5 to 3 hours on every call explaining and re-explaining everything, where one rep had to undo what the previous rep did and back and forth the cycle. What an awful awful experience. Stay away from Telus at all costs. They are incredibly incompetent, inconsistent, and awful! I felt so sick of the whole experience that I had no energy or mood to shut everything down with them and go back to bell or another provider. I'll leave this for another day, but I for sure will leave telus.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2022
Called about data roaming charge while not leaving the country. They refuse to reverse the charge and are willing to lose long term customer over a $ 100 charge due to accidental roaming. Now receive call that they want me to get stuck with new phone.

Reviewed Dec. 5, 2022
We had to call because our internet was disconnected without notice. We forgot to pay a bill. That is on us. We did pay the bill on November 30th and still had no internet on December 5th. When we called the guy we spoke to said we had 3 separate accounts. 2 that we had no access to??? After 2 and a half hours on the phone they cancelled one of the accounts as it was not ours. The other one is still in limbo. Telus can’t/won’t tell us what email it is attached to or whose name is on the bill. They just keep repeating the account number which we do not have access to?
We still have no internet even though all departments (4) have clarified that our bills are up to date and all paid up. We are still on hold with the finance department with no resolve. We still don’t know what the other account is. This company is so disorganized and random I have no idea how they stay in business. If you have another option I highly recommend you use it. We do not have another option.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2022
Bad customer service, long waiting and overages with no reason. Never go with Telus, this company is just not good. They never resolve customer issues and always charge more money. Please avoid this provider.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2022
After spending a whole day on hold or waiting for multiple callbacks, I finally spoke with a human. All I wanted was to update my internet speed. This person placed me on hold again…. Finally came back after 20 minutes to say yup I could upgrade my service but would need a tech to come out. First available was for 10 days away. Put me on hold for another 20 minutes to put my name on cancellation list. I have been a loyal Telus customer for 20 plus years. I am certainly reconsidering my loyalty a company that provides this type of service.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2022
Telus has been the most frustrating company to deal with by far. There’s way too many departments and nobody knows what’s going on. They have offices abroad and you’ll get transferred multiple times before they even know who you are. We have a business account with them with multiple lines yet they expect us to wait a week for an update with no call back.
After I had to call them back for an update, I was on the phone for an hour and a half with someone overseas, spoke to a manager and they still couldn’t give me a time when my internet could be transferred after waiting a week for an update. They asked me to wait another 24/48 hours for them to submit yet another request. We’ll be 2 weeks without internet which sounds like a first world problem but is Telus able to run their business without internet for 2 weeks? If they can’t then how are they expecting another business to be patient and understanding? Don’t waste your time and money with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2022
I have been a customer of this company for over 20 years... And I was gonna say that there was a few years that I wasn't frustrated with them, but then I realized that wasn't true. Recently I feel that they were not forthcoming with fees - so I am returning the two things I added to my account. Thankfully, they are making that happen.... But I have to wait 4-6 weeks for the return to show up... and 2-3 business days for the emails... I am flabbergasted that in 2022 it takes that long to do those kinds of things... I digress. I think it might be time to seek out another provider.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2022
I tend to only write positive reviews for businesses; however, my recent experience with Telus has been so frustrating that I need to share. Frankly, it's unacceptable for one of the, if not THE, biggest phone provider companies in Canada to have such inexcusable discrepancies across their departments and website. Especially considering their exorbitant pricing. I was near the end of my contract, which required me to upgrade my phone and return my bring-it-back device. Great, no problem, I'll do it online, where there is a great deal if you upgrade; you get $10 off monthly for 24 months. After the aggravating process of dealing with their horribly slow website, which is riddled with various UX/UI issues and bugs, I tried to purchase the phone. Nope, can't purchase it- no idea why. My credit card works, Visa debit card works- it must be on their end.
I give them a call, and I'm waiting on hold for over two hours. It's fine (I understand there is a staff shortage, especially gearing up toward the holiday season). Finally, I got to talk to someone on the phone. She helps me place my order. I told her I wanted to place the order online for the deal, but I had to call since I couldn’t finish the order. She doesn’t know of the deal, apparently, so she advised me to call back when I receive my phone and ask. After 4 hours, the order is placed. Five days go by. I got an email to my OLD email address (when I had updated my email to a new one weeks before on their website). Apparently, my order has been cancelled, and I have to give them a call. Good thing I checked my old email, or else I wouldn’t have even seen it. You would think they would call or send a text about the cancellation, considering I’m on a time limit to return my device.
So, I call. Again, waiting on hold for countless hours. Finally, I spoke to someone who has let me know that despite what their website says, their system in the phone department indicates that the phone isn’t available. Okay, no problem- but the website says it’s available. This is when I found out from the lovely lady on the phone (she was awesome) that the website often has issues and that the phone department, internet department, and in-store departments are separate... Separate? Despite being owned by Telus? Okay.
I am advised to place the order online since it says the phone is available so I can get the deal, so I did. I asked why the email was sent to my old email. “The email we have in our system is **.” Odd, I updated it in my account information weeks ago. I asked her to change it, but she couldn’t, so has to call another department to update it. I waited on hold for another hour until they could update my email in their system. Well, another two days go by and guess what? I got another email (to my old account, again) that my order had been cancelled. AGAIN. However, they’re giving me a $50 credit for the hassle (I have to email them back with my new order number).
I go to the website, and the phone still says it’s available, but the deal is gone. Now I’m getting really frustrated. I called in again and waited on hold for another two hours. I spoke to someone about the issues I was having and the time I’d wasted (at this point, almost 10 hours during my work week), and now the deal is gone. I asked to speak to their complaints department, which would take another two hours. It was my only option at this point.
I got a call from the mitigation department, and he was super kind and helpful. I expressed to him how difficult it has been to upgrade, which in itself should be a simple task. He advised me that he would honour the deal, which had expired. At this point, it had been almost two weeks since my first order. So, a new order is placed, and I email my new order number for the $50 credit.
About 3-5 days later, I received an email that the credit didn’t apply because I didn’t place it through the online store. I had attempted to place the online order multiple times, and because of their discrepancies, I had to call to place the order. I tell them this, and again a few days later, receive the same answer. UGH. I should also mention that they double charged me on accident, which required another 2-hour phone call with back and forth between departments, me being hung up on once and having to wait on hold again, as NO ONE had any idea or could see any of the charges on my account…
In total, on hold and with callbacks, I spent roughly 15 hours attempting to get this sorted with Telus. During my work week. I was pressured to upgrade my device, which I had originally left ample time to make the bring-it-back requirements prior. I would have gone in-store, but they charge a $50 activation fee, and my phone would have been ordered online anyways. I’m sick and tired of living in BC and being susceptible to the monopolies held by big corporations that take advantage of consumers like this. The inefficiencies are inexcusable.
Anyways, if you made it this far, I really appreciate it. I am not blaming the service agents, who were very kind, understanding, and helpful when I spoke to them. I am blaming the corporation, the individuals who think these kinds of processes for a technology company are acceptable. For the complicated structure of the business, their inept silos, and everything in between. I feel that we are forced into giving crappy businesses our money because of the monopolies they hold. So, I feel the only way to demand change is to share my experience with others.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2022
Two years I was with Telus for a business plan, Right out of the gate I had to call in for credits on over charging text iPhone to iPhone USA, USA charges for going to Brockville Canada, pressure to upgrade to more data at $ 90 dollars a month where they reduced data that does not work for a business plan at all, harassment from overseas calls. Boxing Day Nov 2022 I switched to Videotron for $ 27.00 dollars a month including USA calling and texting, I think I'm the happiest guy in Canada after my work colleagues recommended this company. My hard hard advice buy your own cell phone from Apple. Never lock into a phone company and stay clear the big three cell companies in Canada. Europe pays over 80% cheaper cell service and Canada is the highest in the world, I would love to find the money trail on on why we pay the highest rates, what a joke!
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2022
I am one of the Telus Customer, but I am not happy with its poor service. I need help for my online banking, but it has been one hour I am in the hold, but no one is answering my call to help me. I am pissed out and I don't know what to do. I should always wait for more than an hour so I receive help from Telus. Hopefully, they solve the issue as soon as possible.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2022
I called TELUS mobility support to add features. For last 5 days whenever I called I reached offshore South America or Philippines or somewhere else except Canada. They tried to help being with them for 1 hour to 1.5 hrs on the phone and they could not solve any issues. The standard of TELUS is gone completely down.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2022
Throughout the summer of 2022, Telus installed Fibre Optic Cable in my community (Huntington, Calgary). For a month straight, every Saturday morning, I was woken up by sales person asking if I wanted Telus. I don’t know why Telus doesn’t keep track of where they have visited & who is & isn’t interested. By the fifth sales person visit, I finally agreed to sign up with Telus. Jahish was the gentlemen’s name who signed me up. Honestly, he was the only person who had any customer service skills throughout this entire process. However, he could only do so much. There was a point when his OSM wasn’t even replying to him.
On Sept 15, I received a text from Lan (Telus Pure Fire Infrastructure Team). The text said they received a ticket & wanted my approval to come on to my property & drill a hole. I did not approve. In fact, I messaged asking for the details of what was going to be done. I have very expensive stamped concrete & didn’t want a hole drilled where it was visible. Matching the concrete would be impossible with stained/stamped concrete. I asked how large the whole was going to be & Lan sent me a picture of a hole. No dimensions. How I was supposed to know how big of a hole it is from a picture is beyond my understanding. I asked multiple times by text for someone to call me, nobody ever did.
By luck, I was home on September 21st. I heard trucks & people in my yard. Lo & behold, the contractors came to drill a hole WITHOUT MY APPROVAL. I explained the texts I had going with Lan & they said “hahaha, she doesn’t understand Men Work”. One of the two gentlemen was rude & did not care about my concern. He actually mocked me for paying $8000 for stamped/stain concrete. Since they were there, I came up with a solution to put the hole under a step board. This way, the mismatch of concrete wouldn’t be visible.
On September 27th, I received a text from Telus advising that my fibre placement was complete…it was not. October 1st Vidit ** showed up to install the fibre into my house. The line wasn’t there for him to do his job, so he left. October 3rd, without any notifications, or permission, Telus showed up to put the fibre from the front yard to my house. They put my deck board in incorrectly, so I removed it to do it properly. This is when I noticed that the hole was not filled. Having the board on top, if I didn’t pull it off & check, I would have had a hole directly next to my house. This could have resulted in water damage if I didn’t intervene.
Oct. 22nd I got a text saying I had an appointment. There was no call asking when I wanted this appointment, it was just booked. I needed to be home for the installation, so I changed the appointment to October 28th. Oct 28th, the internet was finally installed. Some of my 2.4G smart devices do not work. Honestly, dealing with Telus at this point had me in tears. I’m not an emotional person, but my frustration put me over the edge. I’ve personally hired someone to come to my home to troubleshoot & fix my devices.
What blows my mind is Telus is a communication company, & they don’t know how to properly communicate. Anyone who I’ve spoken to said the same thing “I’m not Telus, I don’t take care of that, I can’t help you”. Each visit I would ask if they are letting the NEXT person know that they are ready to do their step, they said no, they don’t do that. Everyone works in silos & has no idea what’s going on. A new customer with an installation order should be a standard procedure with Telus. There are steps required to be completed before the next step begins. In an advanced business process, this would be supported by ‘workflow’. Telus doesn’t have any functioning workflow, and nobody from Telus is organizing the contractors they hire. From a customer’s view, it’s complete chaos.
IN addition, there’s a lump still in my front yard from where they installed the line. This didn’t happen to my neighbour, so I know it’s not normal. Now that it’s winter, I’m not sure anything can be done about this until next summer. I still haven’t put in the chip in my mobile device. The job for the internet is not done. There’s still the hole that hasn’t been filled.
I would like a Manager to call me about this email. I want to know when the hole will be filled, when next summer the lump in my yard will be repaired, & if satisfied, I will activate my cell phone. If Telus wasn’t the only company who has fibre, I would have cut ties already. I’m sure if there was completion, Telus would be out of business, our entire community is complaining about the disorganization. Telus is the ‘talk of the block’. On November 2nd, I called Telus wanting to send this information by email. I spoke to Noah, but Telus doesn’t accept email. It’s 2022, and you’re a communication company who doesn’t accept an email? He did open a case up, let’s see what happens.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2022
Telus internet service is actually the best in BC but, as of October 2022, they are charging 1.5% for credit card payments. What a despicable practice for a company like this to introduce in the early days of a crushing recession. Clearly, in the face of uncertainty, Telus is going make sure their execs don't lose a penny. So disgusted that I'll be switching.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2022
I will make this short, I bought a phone from them 2 years ago on a plan and it started to act up, this is a second line for me and only used for text and the odd call and was paying around $30 a month. For the last year I have to shut the phone down and re-boot it just to read messages and as the contract is up in Nov 2022 I asked them if they could get me a new phone if I stayed with them, the answer is yes but we are doubling your bill, no loyalty after being with them for over 12 years. Telus Mobility sucks.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2022
Chose Telus Roaming for US at $12/day for 15 trip. 50% of time no signal or spotty. Called tech support and obtained better service. However, no adjustment on poor signal service. Spoke to Customer Retention: no adjustment on cost, but attempted to upsell different plan. Finally admitted the present plan was best. Disappointed with hardline approach on offering discount incentive for substandard product.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2022
My alarm provider sold his company to Telus/ADT and I had an amazing service and was connected to Garda World Security, the top security company. 1. Telus never contact me after they bought my previous provider 2. They disconnected my alarm account 3. When after 3 days to try to talk to the right person, they reactivate my account and they told me it was exactly like my previous setup. Without my approval, they switch me from Garda World to their poor Telus Security… 4. An Alarm started and nobody called me… Be careful and don't go with Telus/ADT for your security.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2022
As Telus passes on to its customers credit card charges for using credit card for pre authorized payments I went to the store in person to get help to change pre authorized payments in a manner that will spare me of those extra charges. I did not have a photo ID on me and that was end to the conversation. No ID, no talking/help. I offered them to log into my account, to call Telus and use my PIN code, to verify when I started with them and telling them my plan details, show them card I pay them with, let them call me and verify my phone # is the same as is on a file. To no avail. No ID, nobody care to help.
When spoke to the store manager, Ayan, she just added numbers of "nos" to the above offering and pleas for help. When I told her that last times I was to that store people were more kind, she started attacking me that I was "offending," her. When asked what was the offence she replied that I said that people who helped me in the past were more kind than her and therefore I was telling that she "is not kind." I told her to stop twisting my words and assign labels to them inappropriately. That her being unkind to my needs is not offence but perhaps something she can work on. No help, accusation and absent customer skills.
Called Telus, 1 h 15 min wait time, same answers. So, it is OK on a phone to provide your PIN and be considered right person but in a store despite giving date of birth, address, PIN, log in to your own account and phone in my hand they can ring and verify is not OK. I'm totally puzzled. If that is your policy, Telus, change it and accommodate your customers. The main reason I came to the store is still unsolved. (((
Updated review: Sept. 19, 2022
Was able to get through and Telus allowed me to speak with their resolutions team which resolved all issues in only a few minutes. Was difficult to get through to them, but upon speaking with them, all issues were resolved in a very fair manner. Thank you!
Original Review: Sept. 16, 2022
Trying to communicate with Telus Mobility customer service is very hard. It generally took more than an hour and a half to get through to someone. Upon getting through to a customer representative on three occasions, they needed to get someone else to assist and then said they would call me back. They never called back when agreed upon. We generally agreed to a 2 to 3 hour window the next day to resolve the issue. Issue was that they signed me up to plans that I was never able to get to work and now they are sending me to collections for not paying for these.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2022
They want to take all your money. I feel like scammed, customer service is not effective and not supportive. I am really disappointed with dealing with this company. It seems that their different departments are not connected.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2022
I had a plan for 3 GB of data and unlimited nationwide calling for $35/month. After a call with an agent, I saw that my plan was downgraded to 1 GB of data and is now $45! What is this service? I was not even notified of this, this is unbelievable! And this was after calling for an issue I really struggled to have resolved as well. I hesitate to give such a low review, but this merits it.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2022
Let's face it. If there were a cheaper alternative, we'd be using it, but sadly we're subjected to outrageous prices due Canada's poor enforcement of laws around monopolies. Honestly, had a terrible experience with Telus (and Shaw). Three times now, I've moved to a new place, booked a month in advance, just to be told there's some unforeseen issue technicians didn't anticipate and have to wait another month because all the technicians are overbooked. Yet when dealing with a smaller ISP like Novus, they were able to resolve the issue with no trouble. If only Novus was available everywhere. I would never deal with Telus again. Why are our ISPs trying to squeeze profits from consumers during a recession?
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2022
I just got off the phone with Telus to cancel a home security camera I was talked into getting through my Koodo phone plan. Why do they feel the need to convince me I don't know what's good for me and insist I keep the product? Don't be pushy, it's tacky and not well received anymore. You're not a car salesman in the 50s.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2022
I have been dealing with crappy internet for over a month and each time I use the internet it is less than 1mb a second. Even thought we are supposed to be getting 5000 mb a second and when a technical person on the phone tried to fix it it made it 10 times as worse. Don't use Telus. Use legit any other internet provider possible.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2022
Salesperson promised 24 months plan at $135 monthly for 3 lines. The billing department will charge you 27 months. The first 3 months they will charge you almost full price. They said because the discount price takes about two months to apply for my accounts. So end up I have paid two months for regular price then have 24 months for the discount price. But the salesperson never mentioned full price monthly charge for almost three months. Those 3 months addition to the 24 months is hidden cost. Be careful before you sign up the agreement with Telus.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2022
2. CCTS was not helpful citing that contracts, invoices, service delivery are not part of their mandate.
3. I contacted the press, CCTS again to reconnect my phone which my elderly father uses. It's been a few days and not a peep from them. I even contacted the MP in my area.
4. Is it legal to disconnect without notice? How about not providing contracts, invoices or bills and no access to the Telus portal.
5. Security services never worked correctly from the start. Even had a murder next door and our cameras couldn't help the police as the Internet was not sufficient.
This is beyond frustrating and a key reason we need to bring in the big players from the US to make the service quality and prices better. I never had an issue with pricing, happy with what they gave me for the past 2 years. 3 cell phones, 1.5 GB Internet, Optic TV (Pic 21), Home phone, Security services all within budget.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2022
This once was a good company. Now they do not deserve one star. They break agreements. Create errors etc. But that is not the biggest part of the story. I have been with them 20+ years. They have a system that allows a call back and they apparently decide which days to enable it. Last few times - had to wait on hold over an hour because they could not be bothered to enable a system that lets you get a call back. That shows you how much they hate their customers. I am hold as I write this 1 hour. A billing mistake of $72. Their fault 100%.
On hold over an hour twice last week. They are in front of the CRTC this week asking permission to clip customers for additional fees to pay by credit card. Unbelievable. These are the same customers they screw over by not having enough employees to answer the phone -- for billing -- putting people on hold over an hour. Sure credit card fees. Best advice is stay away. Get a bargain basement crap company that has garbage service for the cheapest you can pay. Why pay a premium price for the top three companies to charge you extra to treat you like crap? A small reseller can treat you like crap for less.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2022
I have issues to clarify with my account balance before I will pay the monthly charges I have. I need to talk to a live customer service rather that a chat in the Telus website. I called the number 186655822873 and been on hold been on hold from 3:30 pm up to 5:45 pm. The chat icon as well is not helpful as well and cannot answer my queries.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2022
Months ago, Telus came to upgrade our security system. They were using ADT their new acquired business, to do the job. They showed up and did a partial job. The 2 men said they would be back to complete the job. Since then, no follow up, no calls, no emails, nothing. I have called every week to find out what is happening. No one at Tekus knows. They didn’t even know the names of the men that came to my house! Finally they found the project manager of the job. He didn’t even know the names of the people that came. He said he would follow up- guess what- he never did. I keep getting calls from Telus asking what I want. When I tell them they say they will look into it and get back to me. They never do. They just call again, and ask what I want. There is no way to talk to anyone in the ADT division of Telus. They say they are doing it, but they aren’t. No one is scheduling anything.
I use ADT in Florida and it’s run much better than Telus. You actually are given contact people who know your file and installers. What really concerns me too- was who were the installers? If Telus can’t figure it out- that’s a big concern for me. It now concerns the safety of my property and family. DO NOT USE TELUS AND ADT for your security needs in BC. You will waste so much time with people that have zero clue how to help. A manager named Jolee keeps calling me with no answers. It’s so annoying.
Reviewed July 25, 2022
Why do we have to try explain a problem to a bot. There's no replacement for a human being to the answers you need because a bot only asks you 4 questions and cannot help with anything else. Try to get past that bot to speak to a person is almost impossible. HATE Telus helpline.
Reviewed July 11, 2022
I been long happy customers of Telus, I have three brand new Iphone 13 s, two year contract, tablet+2. I have two older Iphone tens sr, I got telus home security, I lose my job and then wake up my phone and the people that are under my plan got cut off. No notice, no phone call, no email, I’m shocked we could have came to a conclusion. I get paid every week and I could have paid the bill in two or three payments. I’m shocked and disappointed, telus helps with one point four billion dollars and I can’t get a break, thanks telus. We were best friends now I don’t even want to look at you.
Reviewed July 10, 2022
Telus fails to acknowledge or correct billing errors, in fact the Burnaby office got sassy. A poorly managed company. Told to fax, then told to phone, told to write a letter, circle jerk. Telus has no intrusions of correcting billing errors.
Reviewed July 8, 2022
Internet here in Telus is so slow. I can’t even enjoy watching movie and play games 'cause it’s always lagging. It sucks like hell. I always have to reset it and even though I reset it it's still slow as heck.
Reviewed July 5, 2022
We’ve been a client of Telus for a couple of years we went with their fibre service. The real problem can also renewal. I wanted a bit better deal as they “automatically” raise the rates. I spent hours waiting for the customer retention people. It’s like they were doing me a favour and I just had to wait for them to get around to dealing with me. It’s insulting all those wonderful ads yet no follow through. Now because I can’t get through to anyone we are going to have to go with SHAW. SHAW is actually a bit cheaper and now has better specifications but we just did not want the hassle of changing - But it’s a lot better than trying to get through to Telus.
Reviewed July 3, 2022
We live in rural Keremeos BC. Telus has been out installing the fibre cable in our complex. The crew has long since left after running the lines to everybody's house here. The problem is I'm trying get the service activated. The call takers and other staff are telling me it will be coming soon. Telus's own staff doesn't know it has already been installed, nobody seems to know anything about it. Way to go telus, before we even get to use it we're all pissed off. The complex next door is using it and Telus is in denial, sorry but it hasn't been installed yet...?? So when do we get some competent service?
Reviewed July 1, 2022
Telus has a virtual assistant that can't direct or read messages properly. Customers want to speak to actual people. The hold time after wasted time with the virtual assistant is usually 1 to 2hr wait times. Put on hold several times through call because the staff isn't trained properly to answer questions nor do they have any authority to help or fix anything outside of their 5 guided notebook steps.
Also Telus has a safety feature to stop robot calling. Thus forcing the caller to press a random single number to get through to you. Which is awesome. It has stopped many spam calls. The fault in it is that Telus robot calls you. Therefore, they can't get through to you because of the safety code number required. Their very own safety protocol ** them over from giving call backs because these idiots are going all virtual assistant and no longer are willing to give actual honest customer support. So whomever is in charge of their digital age programming should be fired for absolute stupidity. So I will be billing Telus $500 a month for virtual assistant issues, and for every 5 minutes I am left on hold to speak to a representative until they bring back customer service. Billion dollar company, billion dollar **.
Reviewed June 29, 2022
Ended up losing my job so I called in to have my cable turned off to keep my bill manageable. Unfortunately they wouldn't disconnect my cable service until my bill was at zero, after two months of only being able to make partial payments my service was suspended, fast forward two months and had an outstanding bill of 600 which I cleared. I was told my services would be reconnected so I waited a few days and nothing happened so I called back and they told me that my account was disconnected due to lack of payment and to get it reconnected I would have to pay an additional 234 for a disconnect fee that would be credited to my account after I resumed service so on my next pay period I put 240 on my account and waited for my service to resume.
It was turned on for two days then it was shut off again, so called back in and asked what the deal was. I was told that I would have to put an additional 234 on the account for a disconnect fee and it would be credited to my account when I showed them that I made that payment the week before I was told that I was charge for the previous months' services when I stated that I was told before that my account wasn't suspended but disconnected hence the disconnect fee they were unwilling to help what so ever unless I paid the additional 234. So in the end I paid for two months of service I didn't receive cable included which I wanted turned off 4 month previous and didn't use and was billed for both a month I was disconnected threw and a disconnect fee. This took over a month of calling back and forth and nothing was resolved besides Telus robbing me of money. Look for a better service provider their customer service alone makes it not worth it.
Reviewed June 14, 2022
I have contacted customer service over 4 times this week to connect fibre optics. All I have been told my address is not eligible for copper to Fibre Network, yet I am a customer and get bills from them. Nothing gets resolved just get transferred from department to department. The worst thing I did was switch from Shaw to Telus. Will be going back to them when my contract is up.
Reviewed June 3, 2022
I want to give 5/5 stars to Al for a really positive, helpful experience with this representative from the loyalty department. I was trying to help my dad (he's in his mid 80s, me and my sister have to help him with a lot of administrative needs) with his Telus account, the many other agents before him just seem to read from a script, one of them even repeating himself 4x times within the time frame of 5 minutes, he would not let me speak at all.
That one hung up before he could be of any help, which I then tried again I was eventually connected to a representative by the name of Al. Al was very patient and knowledgeable and willing to help. With Al's assistance I was able to renew a contract on behalf of my father (who had been growing fed up of jumping through hoops with the previous representatives to get myself authorized). Al helped lift a burden off my shoulders. My father and I thank you for your sincerity, helpfulness, listening ear, knowledgeable answers, and willingness to see our problems solved. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts! Louis & Denny
Reviewed June 2, 2022
So here is what Telus has done. You had a crew out yesterday morning working on the main poles in front of my property. However they screwed up, they left the line running from the main pole to my house hanging just feet above my driveway where anyone could grab it. You could then not send anyone out until this morning to fix it.
Your technician got to my house only to inform me he could not do anything because the line was a shaw line. So telus did something that caused my shaw line to hang dangerously low over my driveway and then refuses to correct their mistake, instead telling me that shaw will have to repair it. Now because of your poor work I still have a liability hanging b across my driveway. Shaw cannot come until tomorrow and they require that I am home. As I work in a different city I now have to miss a full day and shut my shop down in order to wait for Shaw. Telus's recklessness and poor ethics are now costing me several hundred dollars. It must be wonderful to be a company that can damage another companies service and be completely absolved of any responsibilities to correct YOUR carelessness.
Reviewed June 1, 2022
This company goes on and on in its advertising about caring for the customers and the "Telus family" and yet this service they provide completely opposite. You are immediately transferred to an offshore line where the person may not understand your English and whose main job is to try to sell you some other plan. If you ask for the onshore line you will end up waiting at least half an hour. Then the representatives are disillusioned and snappy. This is supposedly a Canadian company and yet it is treating Canadian consumers as imbeciles. We deserve better telecommunications regulation from our government. If it is a Canadian company they should be employing Canadians onshore. Please deal with their competitors.
Reviewed May 28, 2022
Was offer 4 mobile plans at a great rate without any additional hidden fees. Sim cards sent to me with plan rates nowhere close to what I was offer. Also with all the fees, they said it will be remove. Gave me the run around to have it fix. Still waiting on how to return these sim cards without getting bill for it.
Reviewed May 13, 2022
Wait times are unreal. No solution to unwanted texts from Telus. No one to help find solution to this problem. Quit sending this message. No data service. I do not use data. Telus needs a supervisor to help solve these issues. 3 different t.
Reviewed May 10, 2022
I requested transferring the business account on Mar. 30 2022 and didn't get any result or answers till May 10 2022, I think it must be longer. The customer service team kept saying, "The department which is in charge of your case is going to contact you within 48 hours" at least several times but I never get any call from them. My case is still going and I will never ever use this the worst stupid company and also never recommend Telus to mine's.
Reviewed May 9, 2022
Unable to assist with problems I had with my phone plan & bill. Unable to communicate clearly & informatively about charges. I was told a few different things by different agents. Unable to accommodate my concerns when I reached out & were unable to work with me to resolve the issue.
Reviewed May 3, 2022
I was supposed to pay $85 but in the results they send me a bill for more than $162! And of course their defence line is “you put signature or the contract, sorry”. I know that is my fault but who is now reading WHOLE contract to find a traps?! DO NOT recommend for any new user, there was a couple of hidden additional costs!
Reviewed May 2, 2022
There was a knock at the from a kid pushing Alarm.com which is part of Telus here. Thanks - no. Couple of weeks later a different kid. Turns out neither know what they were talking about. One told me there is an interchangeable sim card in the cameras. No there is not. Big day comes for installation. Took about 1 1/4 hours. Within 24 hours the cameras started dropping the camera signals. Several times a day. Every day. Called alarm.com to be given the run around. Told it was fixed. Yeah for a couple of hours. Many many calls to complain. Constant apologies from them. I don't want apologies. I want a working system. So the buffoon on the phone tells me they will send a tech to the house. In 20 days!
I cancel everything that the day and no one shows up. No phone call. No nothing. Now I am getting angry. They make another tech appointment for today at 10 AM on the dot! Yeah right. Receive a phone call at 1 PM say they can't make until three more days. I should have known better. We had a television problem with them that took just shy of 2 years!! Yes two years to fix. Never again will I deal with Telus. They have no idea what customer support is. Meanwhile if any friends of family asks about Telus I will warn them off.
Reviewed April 20, 2022
Extremely bad customer service. Spent 2 days with no internet and when trying to solve the problem I was transferred to multiple people and hung up on a few times and on hold for hours. Save yourself the stress, time and money and get services elsewhere!
Reviewed April 3, 2022
Telus has problems scheduling appointments for install. Numerous missed or rearranged appointments. Today the 9:00 am was changed to 11:00 am however no calls and still nobody has arrived. The first guy called at 8:50 am to initially say the installer was sick and then tell me he did not have the cameras because the warehouse was closed. Our experience with Telus is horrible. Brinks, here we come. Our long-term mobility account is next! Goodbye Telus.
Reviewed April 2, 2022
Went into Telus Willowbrook mall Mar31/22 to purchase a new phone/plan asI had lost my I phone 11. Tyler T greeted me and shared his expertise knowledge of phones with greatness making me very comfortable now because of my lack of tech knowledge. Between Tyler and his boss Brandon they took the extra time to completely understand my phone needs. Wasn’t rushed which was awesome. They helped me get rid of Freedom Mobile which was a nightmare for them. Ending up having to change my phone number because of Freedom and having be frustrated by talking with 4 Freedom employees with bad customer service. Thank you Tyler and Brandon. I feel like I have met new Friends
Reviewed March 31, 2022
There is a special place in hell reserved for all Telus employees. They are a pathetic bunch who will blame service and network problems on anything but their own network & service. In fact, they'll remind you when things fall apart that they don't guarantee their service. What sort of company doesn't guarantee the reliability of their services?
Telus is just another reminder of how poor telecommunications are in Canada. It's unfortunate that our pos government allows a cartel to control all telecommunications in our pissant country. If you're looking for a cell service provider, you can do no worse than Telus Mobility or its subsidiary Koodo Mobile. In fact, two tin cans attached by string would likely be a better option than most of the service providers in Canada. Signed, Sick of Piss Poor Service
Reviewed March 28, 2022
Just had a great customer service experience at Telus today. It was Dawn who helped me. She was so informative, focused and quick. She answered all my questions in a calm and positive way. I was a shaw client for more than 10 years. But miss them no more. I am a happy client at Telus.
Reviewed March 22, 2022
I had Telus home service for 45 years, a landline phone, Optik, wifi internet, and cell phone. I moved, so sent all equipment back. No problem there. However, they billed my cellphone for 4 months after I cancelled. They also made a billing error on the landline bill but didn't send a cheque, till 6 months later, after 20+ hrs. of phone calls to customer service, predominantly spent on hold. They finally located their error and sent a cheque. I deposited the cheque and it was returned last week by the bank. Thanks, Telus.
Since I switched to Roger's a few months ago, I have had no issues, I pay 50% or more less than telus for cellular service, and I spent less than 5 minutes on hold, the one time I called. Roger's has trouble free, and cheap. I pay $25 for Canada wide service, unlimited time and texts. I stayed with Telus because I could not make the effort to comparison shop. What an absolutely huge mistake. I am trying to save others from making the same mistake. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH TELUS. BC Tel was a great company, Telus is far from the same. Shop around. It's worth it. Do not be drawn into great deals, because they mysteriously disappear without any warning. They do not tell you that, but suddenly your bill jumps. Stay well away.
Reviewed March 17, 2022
I was with Telus for over 10 years and in 2018 cancelled and went with another provider for a better deal. Number ported over everything was fine with the mobile switchover. Went in to Telus store and called a rep with the store employees to cancel data on my IPad now to my knowledge that was done. Fast forward 3+ years to 2022 and Telus has sent out a balance to collections. After speaking to Telus customer service The IPad data was never cancelled so a $5 monthly bill accumulated to a balance of over $150.00. Telus sent zero notifications either by mail, phone or email. Instead they sold our wrongful debt for pennies on the dollar to General Credit Services. When I asked the agent why would Telus not just send a letter or give me a phone call at least ONCE in 3 years of not receiving a payment? Telus treats its customers like garbage. Stay away.
Reviewed March 15, 2022
And… I switched our services to Telus and I'm regretting our decision. They made all these promises and offered all these credits to sign up. Come time of billing and no credits were applied, their story and explanations have changed 100 times and blame it on the sales person. My bill has been wrong for months straight and they keep promising to fix it and DON'T. Horrible service and just like to ** their way around everything.
Reviewed March 15, 2022
I moved to a new place. Telus wants two weeks to set up internet at new place. Are we living in a digital world? I doubt. These guys doesn’t know anything about customer care. Pathetic. I won’t recommend this service for anyone.
Reviewed March 12, 2022
Called to discuss a new plan. Put on hold twice for over 1 hour so I gave up. They only respond to email from bushiness but not regular customers. Customer can only call by phone. Will be changing provider when my contract expires.
Reviewed March 11, 2022
Booked an appointment to install internet from Telus, they didn't show up, and I booked another appointment the next day same time. And confirmed with both the customer service and the technician, but again no show! I canceled my work to stay home wait for them. I called customer service, they apologized and booked me a third appointment and said a technician will call me shortly to confirm he is coming next day in the morning. But again nobody called. They treat you like a fool!!! What kind of crap service is Telus servicing here.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2022
Recently they installed pure fiber. I tell you my wifi still cuts off. I especially notice this when the weather turns to colder temperatures. You can see the circling thing when it's trying to load when watching streaming sites. As I've said don't pay extra for their so called pure fiber.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2022
Telus signed us and our neighbours up in our building as they installed fibre optics & gave us a great deal. They installed it yesterday and all was well for 5 hours & then the service quit. No one was able to explain why or fix it & we kept getting passed from one rep to the next. We finally told them to just get their equipment. It’s been a nightmare 24 hours with Telus. Worst experience ever.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2022
Well we have been with them for two years and they should have fixed their wire on the outside of the house but yet still two years later we keep getting a monkey that says they're here to fix the inside of the house again and again. They keep sending a monkey and yet over and over on the phone with them get some rude people that think they don’t need us for customers. We’ll wake the ** up. If you don’t have customers you don’t have a F job. As the home internet if it’s not Fox today going to cancel home internet and two cell phone lines with them.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2022
Telus disappointed me very much as a consumer. A system error on their end caused financial loss and major inconvenience for me. Telus representatives were unwilling to be empathetic or show integrity in dealing with the situation. No customer service was provided, zero credit applied to account. This company will stick you the middle finger if you are ever stuck in an unfair situation with them. Avoid!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2022
Called in for moving requests on Jan. 13, scheduled on 19th, technician came and said work order wrong, couldn’t install and left, asked me to call Telus to correct the work order, after bunch of calls to Telus, sent me another work order, next day technician came in and said still something wrong, only have internet installed, no phone service provided yet by today on 24th! I am still waiting and keep calling them, nobody can tell when the phone can be done.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2022
Every time I started a new contract with them there’s always a surprise at the end. I dealt with 3 people first - Winslow (worst of the three) pretending to be at the loyalty department but only to find out he’s just a regular guy a regular customer service representative and the second is Christian then the resolution guy (forgot his name out of frustration) department which settle the dispute but still no solution for this matter. These guys are a scam. I can’t wait for my contract to be over. Don’t recommend Telus at all. No wonder their reviews are very low. So disappointed. Don’t sign up to any of their contract/offer. You will get trap. Beware.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2022
I left my mobile provider to join Telus on a good offer. 2 weeks after I switched my old provider called me and offered me an even better deal, which I accepted. Since I had only been with Telus for 2 weeks I had no online account set up and had not received my bill for the few weeks I was with them. It had slipped my mind honestly until 6 weeks later I receive an email informing me that I have been brought to collections for a late payment ($61). Also my credit score dropped 110 points! I called Telus right away and informed them I hadn't received my bill from them so I it slipped my mind and I would make the payment right away. They said they would remove it from my file but they have not.
This is ridiculous and unreasonable. I have tried calling them several times to follow up but my calls go in circles from automated menu to automated menu until eventually I end up getting a recording that they are not taking any calls at this point. I have never had a strike on my credit report in my life and now because of an honest mistake and $61 my credit score is ruined. Deeply regret my decision of going with them and will strongly discourage anyone in joining their network.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2022
I'm writing about the experience I had with Telus the past 5 or so months on behalf of the company I work for. We wanted to get a landline phone # transferred from one location to another. We've done this many times before with other companies without much trouble. This process with Telus required 3 different site visits. I have lost count on how many time I called Telus to try and sort out why this service request wasn't completed. Every time I called I had to reexplain the entire situation (even though at the end of each call the agent assured me I'd not have to reexplain in future). Every time I reexplained I got different information and advice back. No consistency. Was put on hold. Was transferred. Had calls dropped.
I'd guess I spent 30+ hours on the phone with Telus. I never lost my cool, I always considered that it's likely not a staff person problem but rather a structural issue with Telus. I did encounter 2 very helpful staff along this process which were the ones to actually resolve things. However, I'm now taking time to write as I just found out the account I'd cancelled months ago we're still being charged for. So... guess I'll have to get back on hold, hope I get a decent representative and hope I things work out! I never had this issue with Telus when I was in Alberta. This seems to be a BC-specific issue. Telus, maybe instead of virtue signaling with your 'Anti Bullying' Campaign that you make us people on hold hear all about, you actually get your own house in order first!
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2022
The 1 star shown above only applies to the 2nd agent who answered. I called three times for the same issue. The one who helped me is the 3rd and last agent his name is Alex ** if I'm not mistaken. He is very patient and very helpful especially handling the CC information. It took me a while to realize it and he was so patient and solved the issue till the end. I would rate him 5 or even more! However, the first guy who answered I think he is of Vietnamese accent I am not sure. He was kinda helpful but it did not fixed the issue and somehow I think is new and he needs more customer service training especially handling the clients. I would rate him BETWEEN 1 AND 2!
Contrary to the first two agents that I mention, the second guy who answered is NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. He answered the call in a VERY DULL AND UNMOTIVATED PLAIN WAY. If I'm not mistaken he might be of Filipino accent and I think he was working from home (I can hear the chickens from background noises). It seems he just WOKE UP the way he answered he is like yawning when he answered. He asked whats the issue and I told him this and that and he said (NONVERBATIM) ,"Okay, I'll put you on hold. I will be back in THREE MINUTES."
I don't know what he was doing but I was ON HOLD FOR 30 MINUTES!! Until I got pissed and hang up the line. I would guessed he MIGHT WENT TO BACK TO HIS DREAMLAND since it was interrupted when I called somehow or at least something like that. Putting clients ON HOLD and sleeping back while client is on hold is NOT VERY NEW IF YOU WORK IN A BPO COMPANY since it's usually night time at them while day time in here but IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED IN ANY WAY. I would rate him ZERO or even NEGATIVE!
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2022
For context, for the last half of a year or so, my internet has been having issues where my internet would constantly drop in and out without any reason, and while I called TELUS about it, they genuinely could not figure out the issue. My family picked up the TELUS Gigabit Fibre plan a few months ago, which finally meant there would be a technician over, but after the installation, the internet was still running at 90-100 MBPS. It took a total of three technicians being sent over just so they could fix the issues with the Fibre not working, and while the Fibre is now working, my internet is still not working correctly, despite half a year passing of me griping to TELUS support about my broken internet.
The shocking part was that the second technician that came over had told us they would begin charging us if we would have to send another technician over. Hearing that across the room was shocking to me, that we would have to be charged EXTRA for a service that wasn't even set up properly. The last technician they sent over, the "senior" technician was competent enough to fix it and said the issue was somewhere along the lines of "bad termination". Still, they did not care to fix the issue about my dropping internet, which was disappointing. Half an hour ago my internet cut out again, so here I am truly fed up, writing a review about my infuriating experience with TELUS.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022
I have been a customer of Telus for home services for many years. Within the past 2 years I have had several billing issues that required me to phone them to rectify. I have experienced ridiculously long waits on hold, being transferred from one department to another, more holds, and eventually speaking with an agent for at least an hour each time carefully going over the problems I am experiencing. I have been promised a reduced bill at a cost which was never applied and was sent an additional service (security camera) that I did not want. When I said I didn't want any additional services as I was already unhappy with the service I was receiving, I was told that it was a 'gift' free of charge from Telus and was included automatically in my new plan. Now I am being charged for it! I have been misled and out and out lied to by Telus. Looking now for other avenues to get service .
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2022
Home service contract expired December 3, 2021, which I didn't realize until I received an extremely high bill December 5th, 2021. Called Telus on the 6th. First kept on hold forever until someone answered, then had a service rep that treated the whole thing as a joke. After about an hour on the phone with them and finally setting up a new contract, he said I should pay the full amount, even though only 3 days were used, and that there would be a credit next month, plus he was giving me an additional $100 credit. Therefore, he said there wouldn't be any amount due in January and only partial amount in February.
Just got the January bill and the only thing showing is the $100 credit. They are incompetent and not customer service oriented at all. Now have to stress out and call them back about all this. Already on hold over 40 minutes and counting. Telus's main goal is to keep people on hold as long as possible hoping they'll give up. Horrible mistake signing up with them again!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2022
I had 7 phones and 3 security on my business account, and my plan is bring it back. After two years when I returned phones through UPS as Telus said, but after two months Telus said, "We got only one phone." Telus charged me huge and sent bill with late fee without listened me, I went the store in person 3 times but they don’t care, without my fault, I am suffering a lot.
Even they lied me each and every time, I am tired of this **, better I was stay with my Rogers. Whenever I went outlet in Kitchener, fairway mall guy who worked there and who packed 4 phones he gave me different tracking no and said to contact UPS, but when I called UPS they said, "We don’t have any packages with this tracking no." Telus guy issued only one label to us when we returned and when we questioned he said, "Label is only one but bar code on 4 packages are all different so don’t worry."
Now I felt myself in very bad situations. Telus said contact UPS, UPS said contact customer care and customer care said, "Contact your store where you went." I think they cheated me or person working there he did something wrong but the way Telus not responding or taking care of my problem, I thought they tried to cheat me. I think to sue this company and expose them in media if someone guide me. Telus owe around 1700$ for four phones but without giving credit or solve problem sent me bill for 3000$ and 1500$, I paid 3000 $ but now they said to disconnect my service. Scammers. Stay away.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2022
Telus bought out our existing security company Alarm Force and when a problem incurred they did not have replacement equipment and could not maintain the system. We were forced to have Telus system installed. It was supposed to be a no charge replacement but we got billed horrendous $$ which were reversed, then the $$$ reappeared again on our bill. Then the upstairs security panel does not work and we cannot get it to sync with the downstairs panel. Problem after problem. Miss our old Alarm Force security system and service!!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2021
During the boxing week, I thought about joining Telus - spent 3 days calling Consumer/Corporate CSRs-found all - unknowledgeable, untrained, not interested in knowing customer needs. DO NOT JOIN THEM.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2021
They said I had 3 months to pay the full amount, to keep my phone number and restore my services. I paid within about 80 days, when I paid they said there was no way to restore my services. They also kept sending me emails, and every time I talked to them they stated I was a valued customer and they wanted to maintain a positive relationship. (Not an exact quote) They obviously misled me, by saying my services would be restored once my bill was paid, because the bill is paid, in full, and Telus refuses to turn my phone back on. As a last resort, I plan to ask them for a record of the online text chat, that will show they’re in the wrong, and that Telus broke our agreement.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2021
I have noticed in the last few years their customer service agents are nothing like they used to be. I have been with them for at least 25 years. If they cannot give you an answer which is often the case now, they do not have or are not willing to move you up the chain of command. I have gotten a mysterious $14.99 charge added to my cell phone bill. After contacting Telus about a number of times about this charge, I have gotten four different responses on four different occasions as to what this charge could be. They have been kind enough to dismiss the charge on my last two bills, but apparently it is a monthly reoccurring charge. I guess they want me to contact them every time I get a new bill and go through the whole ordeal of explaining the situation again. Bottom line is, I have no clue what I signed up for, no one at Telus can you tell me and it is shameful that I cannot get an answer.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2021
It's getting worse. They start charging a $150 for a simple a technician to get a minute job. This's I asked for longer internet cable they can't provide me, the manager offers me a $20 credit & am going to find somewhere else. It's a ridiculous decision. I've been with them for a long time. It's better to shop around.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2021
The Phone and Internet marketplace is monopolized by just few companies. They managed to keep competitions out of BC market by banning foreign competitions. Our internet service costs among the highest in the world. The service is lousy, I get so many calls from thieves and robbers who try to scam us for money, imposing themselves as IRS agents, border service agents. Scammers can get legit phone numbers so easily to harass us every day. Phone company don't protect us from scammers. With little competitions, the service becomes poor and price is relatively high. Hope someone will clean this mess up.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2021
Hi! I am using Telus home Internet service since 2 years but this October my contract finished up and meanwhile I switched my Internet Plan to business account and Nhema ** TBS Fixed - Care TELUS Business Solutions dept. assist me beyond my expectations. She setup all the required procedures and helped me for the transition of the service very smoothly, Telus is doing great just because of real passionate associates like her. I will be with Telus forever and suggest everyone for gaining a pride to be a Telus Loyal customer ever.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2021
We signed up for Telus PureFibre to be installed in our home due a year ago. The contractors who did the work made a mess of the yard and we had to petition Telus to repair the damage. This process was a long one, but was elevated thanks to a conscientious call centre person and the supervisor who took it on. Polar Communications Inc took over and the job was done well. We're satisfied, and will soon change from Shaw to Telus to be our phone, TV and internet provider.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2021
My experience with Telus has been the WORST! Communication from a person that will actually LISTEN in order to help has not happened. I STARTED service the 15th of November. 3am 24th of November service was “suspended”. I was told on the 24th “account went over credit limit”. I paid $155.40 9 days of service I had. For that amount and Telus still thinks I owe. I’m told on the 24th of a “connection fee” $50. I was not informed of this on the 15th and also should have been informed of “$200 credit limit”. From $50 fee that Telus has tried to push and not informed me of at the beginning has resulted in cancellation of my service now. I was told by one Telus employee I was to get a call back from a actual “supervisor” no later than 48 hours. It has now been 55 hours. TELUS is only equal to money grubbing GOOFS only!
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2021
I left Shaw to take advantage of Telus fiber optics, What a mistake. the first 4 months my invoice was correct. Then I had Telus install the exact bundle at a second address of mine. Both accounts under my name. Since then my bill for services has been a constant overcharge. Sometimes $500, $453, etc. when it should be $360 for both addresses. For 6 consecutive months I am on the phone for hours trying to correct this issue. To speak with an agent is next to impossible.
Customer service hours are limited and wait times are always a hour at least. Each month they assure me the issue is resolved. 2 months ago I quit Telus in Sept. to put an end to this nightmare, to no avail. I received an invoice for $160 in Oct.. Phone Customer service again and they assured me again it was fixed. 2 days ago another invoice for $188. I opened a pre authorized account when I started with Telus, so the money is debited every month. Now I am on the phone again! WHEN WILL THIS NIGHTMARE END!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2021
Started company conversion from landline to VOIP Feb 2021 - many screw-ups by Telus, not completed till June 2021. All lines, setup, etc were installed prior to contacting Telus. Their incompetence in project management and follow through was the root cause of all delays. Likely, due to no one actually being responsible for true project management (most are contractors vs. actual telus employee).
Subsequent to this - mobility account required transfer from company to personal. Really, good service - 6 to 8 hours on hold attempting to get someone to take payment for outstanding amount and transfer account from business to personal - not accomplished. Only way to get their attention was to move phone number to different supplier - causing account to close. Two months later before notification by mail requiring payment of outstanding amount. Three hours on hold, transfers back and forth to make payment and get copies of statements sent to email (which the person said they could not due). If you are going to use telus please be aware of their NON-EXISTENT business etiquette, service, logic? In my opinion (been in business for over 40 years) Telus is the worst run company having no accountability for their poor service. CRTC where are you?
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2021
I been with them since Jan 2021. Never missed payment. Now got the contract in July 2021. Love it has a cell phone and tablet plan. Cause of my disability I got a discount on my plan. Thank you. I most definitely will renew contract once approved.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2021
Telus sold me a smart hub for my home. Never worked properly and cameras always lose signal. Spoke with Telus ten times and never got a call from a tech. I have called them over and over and over.. All they do is say, "Oops you have the wrong department" and pass you off for another 1/2 hour wait on the phone. They damage my stucco on my house. Two different techs installed it wrong. Here I sit on hold with telus again on Saturday.. So excited. All telus does is send bills. Horrible experience. Canceling service and NEVER DO TELUS AGAIN.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2021
Doorbell camera takes multiple attempts to connect when you want to view it from a phone or even the hub provided and is slow, to the point where in an emergency it’s useless (can’t blame internet connection as that's also Telus and we pay extra for a faster connection). You also have to pay extra if you want the camera to notify you of movement smaller than a person 2ft away from the doorbell. Internet drops out and lags regularly (we live in a city). Terrible picture quality on their doorbell camera compared to a Vivint camera from 8 years ago. Thermostat doesn’t read the correct temperature in the house and goes on and off when it shouldn’t.
Customer service is useless as you spend hours on a call with them while they say they’re running tests which never fix anything. Then say they’ll have some call you back, which never happens. Then their sales people knock on your door and ask how your service is. You provide feedback and concerns and never hear from them again. If they operated in another country that had more service options than Canada does, and they didn’t have a monopoly on the market - they’d probably do better for their customers because they’d have to.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2021
If you’re already a Telus mobility customer you know how bad the customer service is and have probably been left feeling cheated, as I have on numerous occasions. All of these bad experiences need to be reported to the CRTC and Consumer & Corporate Affairs Canada, leave reviews online to save others from similar experiences and, if necessary report to CBC Marketplace, BBB and don’t hesitate to use the Canadian Courts Small Claims to resolve these matters. In my opinion, Telus is the WORST cellular provider in the country by far, they need to be held accountable in every way possible for their actions.

Reviewed Oct. 27, 2021
Telus is completely useless. They have the worst customer service and the most overpriced plans. I will never sign another contract with them again. Another provider gave me better rates and plans for my mobile and internet and most of their customer service reps are some of the most unprofessional people I have ever dealt with. I'm done with Telus for good. They been nothing more than a waste of time, not worth it.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2021
Did Telus buy ADT just to ruin it? I had been a happy ADT customer for years. After relocating & being changed over to Telus, I have experienced exceptionally poor customer service. I am going to find a better company that provides proper customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2021
Total nightmare to cancel service. Called to cancel. Told to use online portal to cancel. Cancelled and returned equipment shipping tag generated by their system. Billed next month. Months of repeated calls to finally confirmed service cancelled. Still don’t know my final bill.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2021
I wanted to look into business plans for my small business they had advertised all over their homepage a plan that was $85 a line and included Canada and United States unlimited with 40 gb of data and no overage fees and a $15 per line discount I wanted to switch three lines over in total. When I went to do so the representative had to call for a escalation on the order and they came back with telling me it was an error and they completely changed everything online. This was 3/4 of the way through the month!! I even took photos of before and after someone needs to step in and regulate this kind of stuff. I personally don’t like reviewing things but this is just unfair in my opinion!
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2021
As I was offered a plan of $65 per month with phone per line if I am including at least 4 lines into one account and I found that offer reasonable for me and my house mates and we ordered and signed the contract of 2 years but as after 1 month bill appeared it was $100 for per person that was too high balance than it was offered to us. But when I contact Telus they told me that they will update billing next month and I waited till then. However nothing was done with that, additionally bring it back balance was supposed to be $300 per phone but into account it was showing $700 per person.
I tried to explain Telus customer care everything but they did not take any action. After two months I asked them to give me either same promised offer or take the phones back and they said after 40 days I can not return the devices. Eventually they did nothing and we have to pay off whole retail amount of cellphones because Telus was not listening anything. So never go with Telus and their signals are really bad.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2021
I would never recommend Telus to anyone for any service. I have been a loyal customer for over 20 years and they screw you over and overcharge you at every single turn. They won't help when there are issues. They trick you into paying for things you don't want. More than half the time the internet is out and they never know why and can't help. After 20 years I can't wait to say goodbye to Telus. I will also be taking my cell phone services somewhere else. they don't deserve anyone. Money greedy company that doesn't care about its customers.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2021
Called into a customer service rep about inquiries of home security. Now Telus bought out ADT and I was a ADT customer previously. No word of extra charge this or extra charge that. The tech comes and tells me of all the extra charges. Remove old panels and install new ones $50 bucks each. My alarm can’t be wired to the old alarm so will need new sensors, that's an extra charge. I now have talked to a manager about having a tech come back and take all the supplies back. I have sat at my house for over and hour since they told me 8 am - 9 am. No one called no one showed.
Call in and they don’t know what’s going on. So this time slot was booked by an area manager not a regular customer service rep. So fed up with Telus and their hidden fees. Waste of my day and time. I wish I could send them an invoice to charge them for my wasted day. I feel that should be something cause time is money. I bet if everyone sent them an invoice for wasted time they would straighten their ** up.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2021
Telus double billed me over $660 in March and April. On Sept 28 ‘Eric’ said the refund would be processed in 3-4 bus. days. On Oct 12 Rachel said a supervisor hadn’t authorized the refund yet and said she’ll call me. I’m still waiting. Customer service is appalling.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2021
Transferred from Rodgers due to no coverage in Northern BC and Telus has monopoly. Changed 2 lines over. One line took two days to transfer and work. Other took five days to work; so without a phone for a week. Had to do the research myself as the company told me it was rogers issue. Called Rogers to confirm it wasn't was a telus porting issue. 8 hours of phone calls to get info between. Still charging me a $50 connection fee for 1 wk no service.
Phone now on fritz and needed new one. Called to get a new one and spent one whole day between 6 different sets of individuals from several different departments to quote me two totally different quotes on the same phone and line (also sent to outlet store). Transferred me to a loyalty specialist to work something out and had to transfer me because they couldn't deal with the issue. Departments only trained to do one thing. Don't communicate thoroughly amongst each other. Misleading information. I'm ready to go somewhere's else but have no other option as a Telus monopoly for towers up here. It hasn't even been two weeks yet and I feel like I need to wash the filth off after dealing with this company.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2021
Salesmen said Telus would buy out my remaining contract and cancel my account with Virgin if I switched over. I agreed. They did not cancel the Virgin account and also billed me for the Telus account. When I called customer service they said they can't verify what the salesmen said nor do they have access to billing. I am left with 2 different providers, 2 monthly bills and one cell phone. Never trust these people. All liars and scammers.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2021
We get charged a fairly high amount, every month like clockwork for continuous high-speed internet. We even have a booster. Yet every single day starting around 6 or 7 pm our internet vanishes. Everything goes into loading screens and all the streaming services that we use say we don't have enough bandwidth and this fight goes on as late as midnight. Telus is a ripoff. Do not pay for their services. They know there is a problem and they refuse to do anything about it. They owe us a lot of money. Sadly our internet is bundled with a family member's phone service and we don't have much say. I am dropping these jerks as soon as possible.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021
Telus is so unreliable we’ve had. So many issues with them for YEARS. Do not choose Telus. IT SUCKS ABSOLUTE **. I rarely have cell service in my own house, no wifi in my room where I work, and I can’t even call people in my house because the reception is so bad!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2021
Please go with Shaw. Don't waste your time with this company, I had 2 tech come to my house to fix my internet. I work from home and I have to end up going back to the office because of internet issues, I call, wait almost 1hr to speak with support, why have support when you can reach them? Tech show up, sit in car then drive off!!! What kind of business they are running? I'm switching to shaw before the year end. This is rubbish!!! They compensate but compensate can't fix the problem when you miss a day pay/class.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2021
I just had the worst experience with Telus after long standing relationship with them. I called last month to renew my plan and get a new phone. I was told that my plan will not change but will be enhanced and I will be charged $50 for activation fee to discover that they charge me $167 and made me pay some taxes upfront that I haven’t been aware of and they’re also overcharging me on my bill by 20 bucks for the phone which I wasn’t told. When I called and asked for an escalation and tried to return the phone on the basis of breach of contract they told me, "You missed the 30 day window to return it and you are stuck with it!" .. Can you believe that! And they call themselves a big company, what a joke. I will be disconnecting all my services and make sure others know!
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2021
My brother-in-law canceled Shaw service for my 83 year old mother-in-law because Telus said they would install service the next day, September 16. It is October 2 and she still does not have service. No phone or any way to communicate or to call for help. According to Telus, a 83 year old woman who lives alone is not a high priority.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2021
It is now 10.27 pm on October 1, 2021. I just checked my mobility account and it says my daughter’s phone is already above the data limit for Oct 2-Nov1!! And for mine I have used 1.64 GB. Is Telus trying to cheat their customers? I have been with Telus for many years now.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021
I have been with Telus for over 20 years. In that time they constantly try to scam you every chance they get. When your internet contract runs out (only good for 2 years) it automatically resets to highest paid/worst service billing. Once you catch the discrepancies on your bill, you call to readjust your package to the previous. They don't reimburse you for your excessive bill and say, "Sorry it's all we can do." I pay for 72mbps and often only get around 15mbps. Calling technical support is a joke, expect to be on hold for hours. I need to contact them on a monthly basis regarding our slow (if any) internet service, so they can "update the software".
I also receive emails stating I'm over my data usage for the month, when I have an unlimited package. Telus tries to squeeze every Nicole they can from you at every chance they get. You will always need to be on guard for hidden fees and contract spikes. If you have any other option than Telus, take it. One of the worst companies out there.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021
Great at first, when everything was installed. Just a simple system on all the doors and to room monitors. But first the batteries went within 6 months, and had a service call. This has happened at least 4 times over the 5 years. Alarm goes off and police attend, and we get a Bill from the police department. This happen 5 times. They don't investigate, they leave every problem to the customer to sort out. Even to the point of the police locking the door and the alarm goes off again 2 min. later. I always contended that someone was in the house. After selling our house and just being on the phone for 130 mins. to cancel. I get a surprise of 90. to cancel because we renewed over the phone in 2019. Who does this ** and gets away with it. On month to month we thought after the first 3 year contract, but just another rip off. Change of ownership has done nothing in improve this company. Stay away.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2021
3 hours on hold yesterday. 2 hours on hold today and I decided to hang up. No one came to my help. My internet is still not working good with uploads speeds of 1.9 but they keep billing me $110 per month.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2021
I have been a business customer of Telus for over 20 years. During that time, I have never had fewer than six phones, but now I am in the process of switching carriers. In any other industry or country, their actions would be criminal. I got a quote to renew the contract for five phones this year. The Telus dealer said the best deal would be if I also signed up for an ADT security system because of a special promotion, even if I didn't need a security system - which I did not. I asked to see the paperwork. Upon review, the ADT system was for a longer contract term than the phones. I signed nothing and ordered nothing - neither new phones nor security system.
While I continued to pay my monthly Telus invoice for all existing phones, as expected, I started to receive a new monthly invoice for $5.84 with a different account number. I spoke with a Telus customer service rep. after a 47 minute wait on the phone. She could not tell me what the invoice was for and that I should ignore it. The same invoice came the following month, this time with a late payment service charge. I called and spoke again with a Telus customer service rep and after 1 hour, 13 minutes on the phone I was told it concerned a security system. Really? I never ordered a security system, and what kind of security system do you get for $5.84?
Later the same day, I spoke twice with the Telus fraud department. They told me that they were starting an internal investigation and that they would cancel the invoice. Well, you guessed it. The invoice arrived again this month and it is now up to $6.16. I just paid it because my time is worth more than the invoice amount. Telus is a gong show, or a criminal enterprise. Take your pick.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2021
Run, do not walk away from this company. They consistently charge double what you can get from other cell phone providers and they scam you any chance they get. They have decided to charge me $310 at the end of my contract with them because I changed to a different provider and they refuse to honour the “bring your device back” program. Apparently it’s in the fine print of a contract that I signed two years ago and it is vital information that I should “obviously” know yet it’s not worth them putting it into the instructions on how to return the device that they linked me to on their website. Complete garbage scam artists. I’m disgusted.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2021
Worst company and customer service ever. I ordered an iPhone 12 online and I never got the delivery. Telus wanted nothing to do with helping us out. They kept defending UPS saying they got proof of delivery which was my name, on the box. So finally my husband found the phone, box, cable, SIM card all shewed up in the yard. Because probably UPS guy throw it and left. And Telus refused to reimburse or send me a new phone saying it’s not their problem. They delivered, even though no one was home and UPS just threw it anywhere. We lost $1200. Telus is the worst company in the world. Most expensive and worst customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2021
When I purchased a new home, as internet was included, I called Telus 3 1/2 weeks in advance of my move date, to cancel my services. As I am newly retired, the rates charged for cable and home phone are now far out of my budget. The service rep was extremely helpful and offered me a great deal that fit within my budget, so I decided to keep my cable and land line and organized the move in date/transfer of services date with him.
As I did not receive a confirmation email or text the day before the technician was scheduled to come install my services, I took it upon myself to call them to confirm. I was told that, although their records showed I had an appointment for the following day, their system had erroneously canceled my appointment and I would now have to wait another week. I explained that was inadequate and, after an hour on the phone with 3 different people, the final rep I spoke was rude and cut me off. When I attempted to call back, I reached a recording that said their offices were now closed (it was only 7pm).
The next day I called back stating I wanted the appointment I had been promised for that day. After again speaking to numerous reps I was finally put through to the expedited case department. They said they were unable to guarantee an appointment for that day, but would do their best and assigned me a case number. They then provided me with a direct phone number to reach their department. I waited around all day, but they were unable to keep their original promise of sending a technician to install my services that afternoon. The next day (a Wednesday), they called to reschedule a technician to come install my services the following Sunday (5 days later than my original appointment). The catch was, I would have to remain home 9 hours to wait, as the appointment time frame was from 8am to 5pm.
I waited all day long, only to receive a call from the technician at 5:10pm, saying he would be at my home in 15 minutes. When he arrived, he informed me there was no cable at my new residence, so he was unable to hook up neither my cable nor my landline. However, he assured me that he would write up a work order to have the cable installed, work which would be done within the following day or, at the latest, in 2 days (by Tues) and then Telus would send a technician to hook up the services. He had located the hub nearby and explained it would be a relatively easy job to complete. No work crew from Telus showed up Mon or Tues.
Since Wednesday I have left 3 phone messages at the "expedited" direct line, and I also emailed them. Not one person from Telus has attempted to respond back, either by phone or email. It is now almost 2 weeks since the original appointment date for installation of services. Moreover, Telus has emailed me an invoice for the previous amount charged for services, not the deal I was promised, even though I have not had any services from them in 2 weeks. Furthermore, they are still charging me for internet, which I cancelled with them over a month ago. There are no words strong enough to express my disappointment in the shoddy, disrespectful way they treat their customers.
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.
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