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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Consumers express widespread dissatisfaction with various facets of the company's services. People are particularly unhappy with the level of customer service they receive. The service itself is a significant pain point for many, and reviewers are also critical of the staff's performance and behavior. Consumers report issues with contacting the company, highlighting difficulties in getting their concerns addressed. Furthermore, a notable number of reviewers express frustration with their subscription experiences, indicating potential problems with plan management or billing practices.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was told over the phone that my out-of-plan charges were settled, but I still received a €120 bill, just because my phone was not in airplane mode. Verbal promises from the advisors are not kep... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad company as it is now: doubtful business practice, massive overcharges for reasons unclear, extra payments demanded, awful customer service which is not helpful. Avoid ! Bouygues, start over, in a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very poor service had engineers to the property over five times They are not prepared to repair the line 10 meters to my house never had a proper reliable Wi-Fi service Over priced and poor... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service and doubtful business practices, billing for services and options never requested, special deals not honoured and massive overcharges. Their invoices are almost impossible to de... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We cancelled our subscription back in December and returned the box within 10 days, exactly as instructed. Despite this, we are still being charged, and now our account is blocked. Staff in-stor... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am at a loss to comprehend how the signal strength constantly changes from the same position here in Cote DAzur. I am always near and in the Nice area but connection is TOTALLY UNRELIABLE. Also a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I even not get out of plane and get huge problems, and in addtionional is constant spam, always some spammers writed me about courts and fake invoices on other people names... Its every day dozens ca... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had an internet subscription without obligation for more than seven years. First they bill me 3€/month extra for a service that I had not asked for and that I could not get rid of even after complai... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased an E sim for my trip to Scotland. I followed the instructions and when I arrived in Scotland, I received a text from Bouygues Telecom that it was activated and my number. It never worked.... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute shxte is the best way to describe the Bouygues experience. I’ve been without a connection for 3 weeks despite numerous calls, texts, and several visits. Good intentions with zero results and... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bouygues are the worst company that I have ever encountered. I give one star because I cannot give lower than that. I needed a phone and internet so called an English speaking company called Selec... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give no stars if that were possible. I had no internet or phone line for 7 months after work was done in the road in readiness for fibre. Three appointments were made for a technician to come... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not buy an eSIM from Bouygues. I bought one at the Relay store at Nice airport (this seemed reputable). It wouldn’t activate properly on my phone, so I went into the Bouygues store in Nice and they... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never ever come back to this company again, pay for 1gb download and I have 25mb for almost 2 years, asked them to do something they didn't, ask them to do a discount nop, cancelled the contract 70£ t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

First, they asked me 300€ to open a mobike line with then. Then, their services was under everything (8Mbps for a 5G connexion). Then, once you retract, they wait until don't know what to refund you... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give Bouygues no stars I would. We cancelled our internet connection at the end of August when we left France. Bouygues say we did not but we have screenshots that prove that we did. The... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the worst company in the world, they block you the calls for no reasons, service of clients the worst. you can't reach them. their big intersts is charging you without services. and if you reclame the... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give no stars I would. I have tried three times to order a sim and set up a monthly payment with my French bank account registered to my French house. Each time it has been cancelled w... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trying to get internet connected through Bouygues has been the single most challenging part of moving to Bordeaux. We have waited more than 2 months to be connected, with 4 cancellations, and m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased two 30 day 30GB eSims, one for my wife and one for me. I activated them before we left the USA. I disabled our US only Sims while waiting for our plane in on Saturday Apr 20th. We arriv... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This awful company continues to spam my two business' email addresses. I've emailed their MD oroussat @ bouyguestelecom.fr these emails to him go ignored.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst company, scammers. Every few months they increase the plan without asking me. When6inadked customer care they were not very polite and said. This is how things works in France. (indirect racism)... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I can give zero stars, I would, Bouygues steals from you. They sell their cheap package of 9 euros or whatever per month and then all of a sudden, boom, you are hit with excess fee on excess fee. I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible internet. Use another company. I pay for it at home and constantly need to use my cell service just to do basic work tasks on my computer because the internet is so slow.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service - rude technician, bad website, you have to wait for hours to speak to anybody on the telephone. Use another service provider and avoid at all costs!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I want to tell you about my experience with this company. The eSIM card I bought from them My eSIM card was not activated according to the company's instructions.It did not activate,not work at all. I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service is scummy, refused to downgrade my internet plan once my phone contract ended, making changing the operator the only option to not pay 50€+ monthly, for a plan that i finally got with... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service. They steal from you that's all they know to do. Make up lies to sell and then look at your bank balance and here surprise. The worse is that they know and all they say is oh sorry we... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Did not work ! It said the card would work in Italy even though it is a French company. But to get to Italy I had to change planes in Paris where I received a message to welcome me with the new phone... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid for almost a month when I had no connection. The person on the phone from bouygue told me they had no record of that.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

2nd worst provider in France (after Free who comes at 1st place), they occasionally cut the 4g internet on a whole town like that without any notice, in 2 months they have done this twice, and even w... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely worst. I was contacted by them, they wanted me to change my internet provider and switch to them. The salesperson left me his number, but impossible to join him. Out of curiosity I started... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought a new phone in contract where they tries to sell me an assurance plan for 15 euros a month claiming I can make unlimited claims, which I promptly refused, good that I refused since I have che... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unacceptable doesn't even cut it. I have ordered my internet since the 3rd of January. I have 3 Bbox's that were sent and 2 interventions with technicians to install my internet and I needed a third o... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

From requesting broadband to getting it installed was great. But I discovered a valuable item missing when the engineer left. I have searched everywhere. There was no one else in the house. I... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No assistance tel line provided on the site, no live chat, no English language support. Cancelling subscription appeared to be a problem.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Completely useless, app does not work ever. The line never works abroad. Customer service non existent. They should be embarrassed.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give it -5 stars I would. I don't even know how such a business can keep any customers. I just went through hell with them. I'm reporting a total outage from.my home Internet for the second... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hotel California Check in anytime but you can never leave - WHY DO YOU MAKE IT SO HARD TO SIMPLY STOP USING YOUR PRODUCT??

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Company details

  1. Telecommunications Service Provider
  2. Cell Phone Store
  3. Internet Provider
  4. Mobile Network Operator
  5. Phone and Internet Service

Information provided by various external sources

Téléphone portable et téléphone mobile Bouygues Telecom : opérateur téléphonie mobile. Offres de téléphones portables, forfaits avec ou sans engagement (cartes prepayées Bouygues Telecom Nomad), appels illimités, i-mode, services (SMS, sonneries, logos...). Réseau à couverture nationale du téléphone portable. Bbox de Bouygues Telecom : Internet adsl Haut Débit sans engagement, TV en qualité numérique et téléphonie fixe.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Service — Charged After Cancellation, Ignored on App

We cancelled our subscription back in December and returned the box within 10 days, exactly as instructed. Despite this, we are still being charged, and now our account is blocked. Staff in-store were unhelpful and online advisors didn’t properly cancel our subscription as requested.

They even forced us to download their app to get “support” — but after opening a chat, they simply stopped responding. Completely unacceptable.

We will not pay for your employees' mistakes. If this isn’t resolved immediately, we’ll take legal action. Avoid this company at all costs.

23 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I can give zero stars

If I can give zero stars, I would, Bouygues steals from you. They sell their cheap package of 9 euros or whatever per month and then all of a sudden, boom, you are hit with excess fee on excess fee. I've even been billed for things in foreign countries when I've been in France. DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE PROVIDER

14 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trying to get internet connected…

Trying to get internet connected through Bouygues has been the single most challenging part of moving to Bordeaux.

We have waited more than 2 months to be connected, with 4 cancellations, and multiple times have being told that we would be contacted by the company
This just never happened.

We will be returning their equipment and use a different provider; I would strongly advise that anyone considering Bouygues look at alternative providers.

22 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid this useless company

If I could give no stars I would.
I have tried three times to order a sim and set up a monthly payment with my French bank account registered to my French house. Each time it has been cancelled with no explanation.
There is not even a customer service email to write to.
Judging by the lousy reviews, I have had a narrow escape and I will take my business elsewhere.

9 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service

Terrible service. They steal from you that's all they know to do. Make up lies to sell and then look at your bank balance and here surprise. The worse is that they know and all they say is oh sorry we will deduct your next bill. Whattttttt they take today and think a month from now its easy to wait. They are charlatans. If I could I won't give any stars.TERRIBLE COMPANY.....

5 February 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Positive overall

Lot's of 1 stars but my experience have been positive. Bought a phone, and a ligne and all was smooth for now (2 years later). Special thanks to Ismael who helped a lot in my lengthy procedudes.

10 January 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good provider for tourists

In July 19 to 23, I had Bouygues Telecom (roaming from Play) for 4 days. Internet and cell service was great. Every location, I had good service (3-5 bars), great internet and could call flawlessly. When I waited for Metro, everything worked and i had 200mbps.

19 July 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the worst company in the world

the worst company in the world, they block you the calls for no reasons, service of clients the worst. you can't reach them. their big intersts is charging you without services. and if you reclame the refund they'ill tell you because one of section of the law. the law don't tell just charge people without services. so is the worst experience i had with a company of telecomunication.

12 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service

Terrible service - rude technician, bad website, you have to wait for hours to speak to anybody on the telephone. Use another service provider and avoid at all costs!

10 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not ever deal with Bouygues

If I could give Bouygues no stars I would. We cancelled our internet connection at the end of August when we left France. Bouygues say we did not but we have screenshots that prove that we did. They are now charging us for months of internet connection when the line was already cut off and we no longer even lived in France. Do not deal with this company under any circumstances.

28 August 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible internet

Terrible internet. Use another company. I pay for it at home and constantly need to use my cell service just to do basic work tasks on my computer because the internet is so slow.

3 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MORE SPAM SPAM SPAM

This awful company continues to spam my two business' email addresses.

I've emailed their MD oroussat @ bouyguestelecom.fr

these emails to him go ignored.

21 November 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

In my opinion, this company is really poor in terms of service and money back

I want to tell you about my experience with this company. The eSIM card I bought from them My eSIM card was not activated according to the company's instructions.It did not activate,not work at all. I traveled to Europe I contacted the technical department of the company by email and again this eSIM card was not activated, so I went to Europe then bought another eSIM card there and came back in two weeks.After returning from Europe, I contacted the company. that they return my money, and they don't want to return it for some false reason. And they tell me that the card is active and they don't want to return my money. Or they say that 5 US dollars will be deducted from the card. This is a kind of fraud. Because I wanted to use I tried to do it, but it was not activated. And now I want my money, which they don't give me.

19 September 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10 Euro for 1 Mb in Moldova

I even not get out of plane and get huge problems, and in addtionional is constant spam, always some spammers writed me about courts and fake invoices on other people names...
Its every day dozens calls from spammers i alredy not accepted phone call from anyone...

17 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Expats avoid

Bouygues are the worst company that I have ever encountered. I give one star because I cannot give lower than that.
I needed a phone and internet so called an English speaking company called Selectra who assured me that Bouygues was the best choice for mhy village and had 5G coverage. Two days later I discovered that this was a lie and cancelled, well within the two week cooling off period.
I was supplied with nothing but that did not stop Bouygues taking money from my bank account and after I had clawed my money back Bouyges blocked me from having a phone in France
reading other reviews it seems to me that Bouygues treats Expats with total destain

17 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT USING THIS COMPANY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING.

If you are traveling in France and looking to use a cellular service don't even think of using this company. Once you buy a prepaid sim card, if you do not have an annual plan, they are not interested in servicing them in their boutique locations. They are not interested in showing you how to update your data or extend your sim card for another month.They just tell you to go to a tobbaconist and buy a new sim card. Which means you get a new phone #.

Fortunately the tobbaconist was a lot more helpful. When I explained what I was looking for he offered 3 different companies which offered much better plans.

BOUYGTEL also have the lowest data amount. I bought a 10€ sim card, which is standard for all companies, and a 20€ data plan. This was for just 2 GB of data.
On the tobbaconist's advise I purchased a SFR sim card, 10€ and for an additional 15€ got 80GB of data.

Bouygtel, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HELP TOURISTS STOP SELLING PREPAID SIM CARDS!!! I will be watching for your response.

23 September 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just awful

Just awful!

Joined one week ago and I am cancelling.

Website never works, payments never work, service never works. Their “customer service” is worst than anything on this planet. A bunch of useless people

25 September 2024
Unprompted review

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