Zen Internet Reviews

Having decided to leave BT due to cost and not being able to hat the same price as new customers, I chose to join Zen.

The order process was quick and easy with good communication throughout. On changeover day, I was up and running by 7.30 am!

The supplied modem/router was easy to setup and initial speed only slightly slower than BT. Will give it a few days to settle.

Would definitely recommend.

I've had 3 happy years with Zen. A solid 65mbps down most of the time and roughly 20mbps up. Any contact I've had with them has been dealt with by efficient and knowledgeable staff. Also they don't filter the internet, which is great.
But I'm leaving for Vodafone. This is purely down to price. Zen are £47 a month Vodafone are £21 as an existing customer with £85 cashback. That's £553 over 18 months and I can't turn that down. Wish me luck on Vodafone, I might need it.

Pleasantly surprised by Zen, painless sign up process, everything went as planned. Then it activated and my download speeds are 63Mbit and Upload 13Mbit - I've had fibre since it was available here (with BT, Plusnet and Vodafone) and none of them could get anywhere near this. Not sure how? BT was the best of those others and they maxed out every time at 55/10.

So credit to Zen, amazing so far. Love the router too!

Unreliable company who take no responsibility for their own failures. Signed up to internet on the 21st with an agreed upon start date of 28th. Come the 28th no internet and an appointment booked for the 30th. Come the 30th no internet and another appointment booked for the 3rd with someone needing to be home (despite the fact we can’t work from home because no internet). Continually blaming others and delaying. Been over two weeks without internet. Stay away from this company

Good price for the high level of service, great speed, and responsive tech support. Full Ipv4/IPv6 stack supported with static IP addresses for both and more than adequate supplied gateway hardware. Are happy to deal with me direct as technical contact when supporting mutual customers. 10/10 and totally worth the small premium over budget providers.

Joined Zen last month after being with Plusnet. So far very impressed. The service was activated in just 3 days, quicker than the original date they gave me.
Really like the Fritz router that they have supplied. Very feature rich including things such as being a DECT base station allowing VoIP calls. Far better than the one that Plusnet provided.
In addition I like the fact it’s only a 12 month contract and they won’t increase the prices after the initial contract unlike other ISPs.

I don't normally review services, but Zen deserves a bit of praise. I signed up with Zen after being a bt and plusnet customer for years. Zen's communications during sigup process were very good, their package was up to date in terms of what was important (cheap line rental, unlimited/uncapped packages) which worked out around 15-20% cheaper than plusnet equivalent. They provided a pre-configured fritz box, which is a great device and to top it off I've gone from 36mb download to 52mb and from 6mb to 8mb upstream speeds. Nothing on the line has changed apart from connecting the new equipment etc

Zen are very expensive so I wrongly assumed we would get a much better service than we did from Sky. Zen’s service speeds are even slower.

Since the very beginning we have had problems with Zen Internet.

We are getting nowhere near the Typical download speed they advertised. They still won’t let us change providers without huge early termination charges despite speeds that are much slower than promised.

Save yourself loads of hassle and avoid Zen Internet!

Joined Zen 2013, service now diabolical. Tech support morons ,seem to read flow charts & blame YOUR equipment, router, Ethernet cable, micro filter, computer = never their fault &despite buying new router, micro filters & Ethernet cables, they still weren't happy, 1st guy I spoke to failed to diagnose trunk outage in area affecting many residents. 2nd failed to walk me though setting up new router I was told to buy - 1st guy insisted that my router, micro filter & Ethernet cable was fault, I was asked,(despite telling the 2nd guy) that I had had a stroke & heart attack & was struggling physically, to kneel on floor to unscrew phone socket on wall to get at test socket & he had advised me to unscrew wrong one, so had to trace wiring to feed socket in garage -other side of house, he asked me to unscrew that & try phone in it, so had to go back to other side of house & get phone then I was asked to go & get router in other side of house . Struggled to plug phone/router into a live test socket hanging off garage wall & 2nd tech guy decided it’s outage in area as both phone lines & internet by this time down he books Openreach, telling me that if I don't pay £120 to get private Broadband specialist out & check internal wiring I might be asked to pay BT £140-£178 for call out, I was incensed. Called out Broadband specialist costing £120 this =on top of having to pay computer shop on as per 1st tech guy’s advice, £75.91 on router, Ethernet cable & micro filters. Broadband specialist after he’d tested internal wiring asked neighbours if they’d any connectivity, they didn't. Called PC repair guy out it was suggested by 1st Tech guy it may be my computer = cost me £50, I’m losing income from booked in clients on busiest night of working week. PC repair guy migrated away from Zen Internet as found them rip off & incompetent, he’d had same problems. I phoned to lodge complaint, 3rd tech guy was smarmy & condescending, rude & disrespectful, so really did lose my cool by this time , he tried to justify actions of other 2 tech guys, as if I was at fault. I demanded a manager called me Monday 11 am & 12 noon as I started work at 12 noon & at 12.54 pm on Monday Nick called claiming to be a Zen manager - he was only supervisor, he was equally obnoxious + unhelpful so I’ve asked for complaint to be escalated above him, he refused to reimburse for costs I incurred from Broadband specialist call out + PC repair man & only offered to pay for router claiming no tech guys recommended me calling out Broadband specialist, fact is I never knew they existed until 2nd tech guy suggested it, so they endlessly back staff, have zero respect for customers. Support= diabolical amateur & useless, no 24/7 tech support either. I pay £67.67 per month for 1 phone line + broadband on & 1 without, no more than 5.85 mbps download speed & 0.84 mbps upload , diabolical customer service ,they know I ‘m self-employed & if I ‘m late paying bill their billing Rottweiler spams me with nasty threatening emails. Threaten to leave Zen & in smarmy voice they rudely tell you, you’ll never find as good a deal. I am done with Zen Internet they’re a disgrace, my advice - steer clear utter rip off utter rubbish, rude unpleasant.

Zen is the best ISP I've used, however pricey.
I've heard good things about AAISP, but I just can't accept their bandwidth caps.

Zen have given me fantastic support when I've needed it, and have fully supported me with issues Openreach caused. They activated my line when Plusnet wouldn't. Beyond activation I've had no issues with my line.

I'm glad plusnet couldn't activate my line because I love the great features Zen offer, including a native static IPv6 /48 prefix and a /29 subnet without having to fill out a RIPE form, unlike plusnet. I just wish I could delegate authority for PTR records.