BT leads complaints list for broadband and pay TV services
Plusnet, which was recently fined £880,000 for continuing to charge more than 1,000 former landline and broadband customers, drew 24 complaints for every 100,000 landline customers between October and December, ahead of Post Office and TalkTalk on 23 complaints.
Sky drew the fewest complaints, at seven per 100,000 customers.
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Hide AdBT attracted the most complaints among broadband providers with 33 per 100,000 customers, followed by Plusnet with 30 and TalkTalk with 29.
Sky was again the best performer, with eight complaints per 100,000 accounts.
BT fared particularly poorly for pay TV complaints, attracting 17 per 100,000 customers, well ahead of TalkTalk and Virgin Media, both on nine, and significantly ahead of best performer Sky on one.
Vodafone was the most complained-about mobile provider, on 24 complaints, followed by Talk Mobile (nine) and TalkTalk and Virgin Mobile, both on eight.
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Hide AdTesco was the best performer among mobile providers, attracting less than 0.5 complaints per 100,000 customers.
The total number of complaints made to Ofcom increased between the third and fourth quarters of last year.
Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom’s Consumer Group Director, said: “Providers must get on and deliver consistently excellent customer service, and we expect this to be their number one priority.
“When companies get things wrong, we won’t hesitate to investigate and potentially levy fines.”
BT said: “We apologise to customers we’ve let down.
“BT cares about the service it gives and we are investing heavily to make improvements.”