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One Communications

Posted: 2010-05-21 by   Talibale
I just want to say that this was the worst customer service experience of my life
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One Communications
United States
onecommunications.com
I just want to say that this was the worst customer service experience of my life. I called in to One Comm at around 12:45pm on a Sunday in the middle of a very busy brunch shift where after 3 of our 4 lines as well as our internet went down. This not only disabled our main credit processing but also our backup, leaving us unable to process 4k of open credit card tabs. I was told on the phone that a verizon rep would be out to see us within 2 to 3 hours. After numerous calls to multiple customer service reps, I was repeatedly told that Verizon would surely be there to fix the technical problem that night. I was also told I would have calls back within 30 min each time with their ETA. None of this was followed through with. At 10pm, I was finally told that no one would be there to fix the problem after I called back yet again. I asked to speak to a supervisor, who couldn't be located, I asked to speak to a Verizon rep, who told me to call One Comm. Additionally, this problem has been going on for weeks and nothing has been done despite numerous attempts to fix on our part. If you are a small business who depends on DSL/phone for revenue, DO NOT USE ONE COMMUNICATIONS . We essentially lost 10 thousand dollars worth of business in one day because of incompetence.
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 29th of Jun, 2010 by   JBossBarr 0 Votes
This is what happens when you attempt to leave the comfort and security of the local incumbent LEC. I have hated Verizon for years, but when you jump to a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) like OneCom, in almost all cases, they are simply reselling POTS lines & internet services through another carrier like Verizon (who actually owns the infrastructure. If OneCom is able to provide "On-Net" services (as in, they have their own plant and fibre in the locale), some of the following waltzes with Verizon can be avoided, but not entirely. Here is what happens when you call for service with OneCom.

1) You open a ticket with a non-technical customer service rep (CSR) located in Rochester, NY.
2) The ticket is processed through their trouble department and tests are run on the lines in question in their offices (+24 hours or so).
3) If problems are detected physically, they call Verizon and in turn open a ticket with them (we are now in +48 hours territory).
4) Verizon DOES NOT communicate with you directly; they take the ball at their leisure and attempt to do a break/fix and report back to OneCom.
5) If the problem requires examination or trace to the CPE, a rep calls from the Rochester call center to let you know.
6) A Verizon tech (or outsourced equivilent) shows up and attempts another break/fix to your CPE.

What you are experiencing is similar to issues one might have with Vonage phone services. You have trouble with your line, you call Vonage, they run tests, and then they tell you its your internet provider, not them with the issue. You get the runaround, plain and simple.

This is not what Congress intended when they forced LEC's to offer services to CLEC's for more competition. Sure, they can offer better pricing, but at what cost? If repairs take days or in some cases I know of, weeks, how much business and time is lost? For small businesses with little money for backup or redundancy (like a restaurant, hair salon, real estate office, etc), I steer my customers toward the LEC (Verizon, Qwest, etc). They pay a bit more per month for their services, but they get far better break/fix mean-time-to-repair than with CLECS. It only takes one complex problem to put these folks in the dark and cause stress and lost business, whereas with the LEC, they will most likely have a wrench on the problem much faster and far better communication.
 17th of Nov, 2010 by   TammyJones 0 Votes
Some CLEC's resell service. However, there are many that that own and operate their own networks. One Comm is one of them. Most of what you describe above is an accurate discription of how trouble tickets are dealt with. However, your time tables are off. In addition, the one important thing you left off is even if you're dealing directly with the LEC as a customer that LEC will take just as long to resolve the problem. You might be dealing with them directly but there is overwhelming statistics in the industry the prove your meantime to repair is no quicker being with a LEC or CLEC. So I have to side on the consumers and the CLEC's who drive down price and keep the LEC monoplies in check.

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