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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've had a very positive experience with Northern Telecom. Dan Lomas is the person who is currently dealing with our account and he's been very helpful and supportive as well as being a friendly! His... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had an update scheduled for the phantom system for which we were informed there could be downtime of up to 1 hour. The team at Northern Telecom arranged for us to use soft lines which ensured we di... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mike was great during our installation, he arranged to come out, arrived on time and explained how he wanted to install our new system with the risk of Covid before he arrived on site. We felt comp... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

POOR SERVICE My business been without internet, were meant to call me 5 days ago to sort it out, Then they wonder why I'm changing provider, and have the cheek to tell me I need to give 30 days no... See more

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Amazing savings on business telecoms across the North of England. Savings on fixed lines, phone systems, broadband, IT services, SIP Trunks and more


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

34 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service

I am writing this review due to my experiences. I run a mobile phone business and I was promised a hassle FREE service by these people and all I’ve had is continuous Down Wi-Fi. And the price going up and up with them trying to rectify the problem, but only at my cost
I’ve upgraded routers had digital phones added at more expense of course and now they are asking for me to have a 5 ghz Wi-Fi another £10 a month for 36 months which is not happening. I just want out but apparently that’s gonna cost me another £800, do not touch these people as they are a total rip off
Will be going back to BT asap

August 22, 2024
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Hi Brenn. I'm sorry to hear you're having problems with the WiFi in your property. I think it's important to draw a distinction between what we provide (your internet connection) and the WiFi signals in your property (which we have no control over). I can see that the team have diagnosed that the WiFi channels in your location are highly congested (with other networks using the same frequencies) - which is what's causing the issues you're experiencing with WiFi in your property. The team have made a number of suggestions (one of which was a fully managed UniFi WiFi access point at £8 a month) which would typically be a solution more appropriate for a business and which would (among other things) give us the ability to remotely monitor and manage your WiFi connectivity on site.

In terms of pricing, our prices have consistently increased less than most other providers and only in line with the rate of inflation. We prefer not to have to increase prices at all, but the reality is, when supply costs increase, the prices we charge you increase, once a year and these are communicated and explained well in advance.

Moving on to the Early Termination Charges you were quoted. When you signed up for services, you entered into a contract with us and we entered into contracts with network providers and other suppliers. If you leave within contract there are real costs, which are covered by the Early Termination Charges.

I've asked one of the team to reach out to you this week, in case this message doesn't reach you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and rates

We switched providers to Northern Telecom as our previous provider rates were too high. Great service and experience ever since. Lewis has been very helpful throughout.
Highly recommend.

February 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away the hidden charges with any…

Stay away the hidden charges with any explanation is terrible. Total rip with a attitude of that it's there way or the highway. Well I say stay well away

January 17, 2024
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Hi Jodey. It's clear you've had problems that were never raised to us and have therefore never been properly investigated. One of the team will be reaching out to you later today, once we've had a chance to look at this in more detail.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a problem with roaming in Europe…

I had a problem with roaming in Europe and Northern Telecom, came up with a New contract, which was cheaper and had no roaming charges, the whole transaction only took a few emails and the New activation from Vodaphone to O2 only took seconds and I was introduces to the NEW eSim, a simless option to run your phone without a sim card, Brilliant service!

December 13, 2023
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

It was a pleasure to help! Bon voyage!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The company has never been able to get…

The company has never been able to get my 2 phone system working properly. The office leased until August 2023 Since then not working. Apparently I signed up with a 84 month contract with the previous company that went into insolvency.

November 9, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use Northern Telecom

When I was sold into moving to Northern Telecoms the package was not like or like, and was told I have to pay more for a loud ring in the building. The service afterwards not too bad through contract, but I never received any contact for a "rollover contract" and then hit with excessive fees before contract ended. This was quickly retracted when realised my whole contract had not ended yet. Then this company completey ignorged my termination notice, and rolled my contract without my consent.
I have tried to request a compaints manager to contact me, still no contact. As I had moved company they have now hit me with those fees to terminate and then proceeded to carry on taking out their DDR.
Absolute cowboys. Do not use, this company has no integrity or service. I would not reccommend.

October 2, 2023
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. I can see from our detailed notes that you have already had a full response from one of the management team regarding your complaint, which appears in part to relate to your new provider not covering the Early Termination Fees that you had previously advised that they would be covering.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NORTHERN HIDES TRUE MONTHLY COSTS

We were in contract with Toople for many years. Since 2019. In fact we had 3 contracts running in parallel. Our last of the three annual contract did switch post Covid to a monthly rolling contract. We did the past month provide Northern Telecom with the necessary notice to switch to another more competitive provider. Once we had paid the monthly invoices and the termination date had passed we received a further invoice from them with a 25 pound charge and a call charge for 14 p. The narrative reads Additional charge.When I enquired what is all this. They said that somewhere on their T&Cs they say that they will charge a 25 pound admin charge at the end of a fully paid conract. I protested that this was never mentioned in all our communications whereby only the termination notice and the rate per month was discussed. I also mentioned to them that these charges were never applicable in any of the other two contracts that were all agreed at the same time. Believe me when I say these people are dishonest the tell you they would charge you 26 pounds for example but in effect for a short year contract they actually charge you through this admin charge 2 pounds more per month. AVOID is my suggestion , avoid because they hide their true monthly charges and by doung so they stop customers from using other TRANSPARENT alternatives. NEVER AGAIN.

November 12, 2023
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

As you'll be aware from the communications you've had with my team, your call charge relates to the period prior to disconnection. The £25 admin charge relates to disconnection fees charged by networks and was clearly documented in the terms and conditions of the contract you entered into with Toople PLC. These charges were never hidden and have always been clearly identified on the Toople website.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Massively better than my old provider

Recently joined Northern Telecom when they took over Toople. The service has improved massively and everyone I’ve dealt with has been really great. I recommend them to any business looking for phone or broadband services.

April 1, 2023
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Thank you so much for your positive feedback, we couldn't be happier to have you on board!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Backup Service

We have been with Northern telecom for about 3 years now, I can honestly say that there service is second to none, nothing is too much trouble, when you need help they are onto it straight away. I cannot speak more highly of this company, their support keeps us in touch with our clients, and that is the most important thing to me and my company. Well done Northern Telecom.

April 22, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had an update scheduled for the…

We had an update scheduled for the phantom system for which we were informed there could be downtime of up to 1 hour. The team at Northern Telecom arranged for us to use soft lines which ensured we didn't miss any calls whilst the update was in progress. Their service and response time on this occasion was exceptional!

March 4, 2021
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Thanks - we're genuinely happy to help

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

These guys are just incredible

These guys are just incredible. Our phone system provider told us we were having essential maintenance with expected downtime of one hour. Working collaboratively without IVR partner, Redroute, and YB, we had ZERO downtime and automated almost all bookings with no losses. Just incredible.

February 18, 2021
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Always a pleasure to help! Thanks for the feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mike was great during our installation

Mike was great during our installation, he arranged to come out, arrived on time and explained how he wanted to install our new system with the risk of Covid before he arrived on site.

We felt completely at ease during the installation and everything is working great. We can now work from home or in the office.

February 18, 2021
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Reply from NorthernTelecom

Thanks for the feedback on Mike - we’re happy to have helped!

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