Freeola & GetDotted Reviews 372

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.1

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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. Many customers consistently praise the service for being friendly, quick, and budget-friendly, often highlighting the knowledgeable support staff. People appreciate the efficiency of installations and the professionalism of engineers, noting that everything is left neat and tidy. Reviewers also value the quick response times and helpful explanations received, feeling that the company is genuinely on their side. However, some customers were dissatisfied with service outages, particularly regarding email and website hosting, which caused significant business interruption and inconvenience. These individuals reported issues with vague status updates and a lack of clear information on service restoration. A few other people also felt that the website builder was awful and that the company's transparency regarding service limitations, especially for "free" offerings, was lacking.

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Service

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Website

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Yet again service outage - really not good enough for businesses dependent on online sales, and again no emails. This is now twice within 6 months and would indicate Freeolamail is not a reliable prov... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Such a friendly, quick, budget-friendly and knowledgeable service! So refreshing to have a call answered within seconds and to speak to someone who instantly knows what you're talking about. Just had... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I use Freeola for my domains and my Broadband and wouldn't go back to anyone else for either. I've never had any problem lsnwothbusage and most importantly their customer service is second to one.... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Freeola has hosted two sites for me for very many years. Always extremely reliable. On the very few times I've had to ask for help - usually when it wasn't even their problem, they've been very quick... See more


Company details

  1. Internet Provider
  2. Internet Service Provider
  3. Web Hosting Company

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Freeola is a UK internet service provider offering high-quality, low-cost internet services. Whether you're a business, club or family, setting up your website and email for everybody is easy. It costs just a few pounds each month with Freeola’s fast, reliable, unlimited services. We even include free email and unlimited web-site options with some of our products or broadband packages. In addition to web hosting and email on all of your devices, Freeola offers an easy-to-use website builder complete with unlimited hosting, a set of top-class internet security products and a worldwide webmail platform. Plus, don't miss our broadband connections without commitment, superfast broadband with unlimited data, and cheap domain names from GetDotted.com (part of Freeola).


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Try Freeola, they are great.

The new fibre line I have is definitely an improvement and with the removal of incoming calls no one wants to sell me a car warranty. Brilliant. The guys on the customer service line are excellent and have done loads or work for me to reduce spam emails. All in all, a great company

11 July 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First Class Service 100% of the time.

First Class Service 100% of the time.
Never had a problem in over 20 years of service.
Tech support has always answered my questions quickly and more importantly, correctly.
Would never consider going anywhere else for web hosting and email service.

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Tech Support and Service at a Fair Price

Been a customer of Freeola and GetDotted for more than 2 years. I rely on them for ALL my emails, my 2 websites and my 3 domains. Where most companies hand you to an AI bot or worse, these companies provide clear, comprehensive and fast answers that are logical and written by an intelligent and very helpful human. I sincerely hope that Freeola/GetDotted will be able to continue their extraordinary level of tech / sales / other support.

FREEOLA/GETDOTTED: THANK YOU. YOU ARE GREAT.

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

I've always had great service from Freeola and GetDotted and prices are very competitive.
I'm not an IT expert but most queries can be resolved easily via the website and when I've needed 'extra' help the staff are friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.

15 July 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Freeola provides great value services

Freeola provides great value services, all on reliable, high speed servers based at secure data centres in the UK. Their Support team, also based in the UK, are all very experienced technicians, totally dedicated to helping you.

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely highly recommended

Ive had my domain hosting and email services by Freeola for what must now be oer 20 years, and been with them since the '90s when they were Special Reserve. They have been excellent and consequently i take them for granted. Absolutely highly recommended

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been using Freeola regularly for…

I've been using Freeola regularly for about fifteen years. I've found it one of the cheapest providers out there and they are consistently reliable. There's always someone there to help with phone enquiries too, a great help to speak to someone human in these days of chatbots. They've had one or two surly people on their helpline over the years, but they've always helped and they have a huge amount of knowledge. I'm not a techie but I managed to build my own professional company website, which my clients always raved over. I've only had one or two brief outages in fifteen years. I recommend them highly, especially to people who want an easy way of building a website, or even buying domain names and email addresses. I've also recommended Freeola and GetDotted to several friends over the years. These days I have several businesses, and use Freeola for all of them.

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been with Freeola for nearly 25 years = Reliable

I have been with these for nearly 25 years and never had a service issue or needed to look elsewhere. My forwarding email always works and the dashboard works well on any of my devices. One niggle is, that after moving to the Channel Islands, they show little interest in deducting VAT or making it cheaper to access regular updates of my website, but I was with them before moving from the UK so I have worked around it. The fact that I have remained with them since moving is testament to my satisfaction with the company. Overall, 4.5 stars

7 August 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been using them for years

Been using them for years, always keep me informed about any changes to service or price. Not restricted to using their router can use my own. Easy cheap website hosting and tools, control panel is easy to understand and use. Very helpful if I have any problems on connection line or hardware.

1 August 2024
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