Broadband only deals - Basic Fibre Internet for the Elderly, Seniors and Retired People

Our voice service platforms have a 99% uptime. But the first thing we recommend is to reboot the router, as they can lock up from time to time (Never do a Factory reset on the router as this will wipe all settings). We can also run test calls through your account to check the service is fully online and routing calls correctly. 
 
Simple Telecoms customers only - First and foremost, If you have a chronic long-term illness or disability, we would strongly recommend moving to a higher fault repair level if you need a faster response time. It is the end user’s responsibility to make sure they have an adequate care level in place that will offer coverage for faults outside normal working hours and public holidays, should they feel this is needed. Regardless of the fault level on the line, a priority fault application cannot be made outside working hours, weekends, or public holidays. Care Level is the term Openreach uses to define their expected response times in the event you report a fault on your broadband (which is the underlined service for your telephone services). A response does not always mean that the fault will be fixed. For example, if there is a storm and a pole or line is physically damaged, the fault may take longer to rectify. The response is just an initial assessment of the problem by the Openreach engineer and, where possible, their estimate of when it will be sorted. Obviously, if it can be fixed at this initial assessment, it will be. A change of Broadband Care Level takes 5 working days to complete.
 
Broadband Standard Care - Included
Standard Care is included in all services. Basic care operates during Openreach normal working hours. For the reporting of faults, the Simple Telecoms helpdesk is available, 24 hours a day, seven days a week (including UK Public and Bank Holidays). However, Basic Care Faults can only be logged with Openreach between 9AM
and 6PM Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays and Weekends. Outside of these periods a fault will be progressed by us between the hours of 09:00 -20:00. If a fault is found, this will be passed to Openreach to investigate. Openreach will clear/respond to the fault within 72 working hours of receipt of the fault report, excluding any allowable parked time.
 
Broadband Enhanced Care - Enhanced Care operates during Openreach normal working hours. For the reporting of faults, the Simple Telecoms helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week (including UK Public and Bank Holidays). However, Enhanced Care Faults can only be logged with Openreach between 9AM and 6PM Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays and Weekends. Outside these periods, a fault will be progressed by us between the hours of 09:00 -20:00 7 days a week. If a fault is found, this will be passed to Openreach to investigate. Openreach will clear/respond to the fault within 48 working hours of receipt of the fault report, excluding any allowable parked time. Please contact us for more information and cost.
 
Premium Care - Clock Hours - Premium Care operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including UK Bank and Public Holidays. For the reporting of faults, the Simple Telecoms helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including UK Public and Bank Holidays. Fault will not be progressed outside of office hours of 09:00 -20:00. Outside these times, we will process the fault the next day. Openreach will respond/Fix a fault within 24 clock hours of receipt of the fault report, excluding any allowable parked time. Please note - Openreach may turn up unannounced. An "Abortive Visit Charge" will be raised if there is no access to the address at the time of the visit. Please contact us for more information and cost.