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AT&T - abuse of employees

How AT&T Has Begun Using Temporary Staffing Agencies To Wage War On Their Employees AT&T has begun using temporary staffing agencies to literally wage war on their employees. At&t, based in Dallas, TX, and their vendor manager Kimberly Wolfram, in concert with Pinnacle Technical Resources, has allowed the creation of some very abusive employee labor...

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AT&T harassment of good customers

Dear AT&T Customer Service (unknown name since you did not make this personal note personal by signing it),
Thank you for writing to us and calling us SO MANY times thanking us for being a valued customer. We have used AT&T since we moved to this home in June of 1996. We never had any intention of not using AT&T, as the service was always great.
Recently you have been sending your letter in duplicate and calling with the contents of this letter 5 or 6 times each week. We have asked you to remove our name from the calling list and each time your operators assure us that they have “now placed us on the DO NOT CALL list and we need to give the company up to 8 weeks for the letters and calls to cease.” This goes back a few years and we have decided your 8 weeks is up.
In your letter and phone calls, we are thanked for “letting you handle our communications needs and told that we need to talk with you about our qualification for a special bundle that may save us money.” Now, we have been, as I said, very happy to have you as our carrier and very happy to pay your high rates and keep things as they are. We were very comfortable being complacent since we have such busy work schedules and our phone service was problem-free. However, your letters and phone calls suggest that your appreciation of us, as customers, has been less than sincere.
Since you asked us to look into bundling, we have taken a day off work and spoken with multiple companies. Since you have alerted us to our need to save money, we have chosen to cancel our 16-year service with you and bundle all of our communications needs with our cable company. Since we have been with that company for 16 years also, and they have not harassed us with phone calls and letters, we chose them.
We would very much like to suggest to your marketing department that they reconsider the duplicate letters and multiple calls to “valued customers.” They are, in our opinion, nothing but harassment. Due to your strong, consistent urging, we have realized that you have no idea what you are doing and we will be better served by another company.
Very, very sincerely,
Your Former Customers (keeping it impersonal by example)

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frances88
Colonia, US
Sep 15, 2012 1:21 pm EDT

AT&T customer service really needs to be improved. I added two line to my account. I clearly spoke with this rep I want one black and one white iphone 5 over the phone. I was on the phone with him for hours just to order iphone 5. I do understand that iphone 5 came out 9/14 and everyone wants to get. AT&T is busy with it. But how can you confirm with me that you ready to charge me for 1 black and 1 white iphone 5 on one hand, but on the other hand, when I checked the order comfirmation email, you charged me for 2 white one! This is so ridiculous! And I called to have it corrected, but ATT told me that it is being processed in warehouse, orders cant be changed. you can request correction but not gurranteed. I just ordered yesterday, and today you told me cant be changed. Iphone 5 wont be ready to ship out until 9/21 anyway, I dont't see why it is not possible? AT&T just said they cant reach their warehouse so orders cant be changed. I just dont what to wait till I receive iphone 5 and change at the time. It would cost to much time to get the right color I wanted! I swear, if my two yeas contract ends, I would not be choosing AT&T!

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AT&T bill sent to collections

Account: [protected] Jeffrey Lemke [protected]@ymail.com
Hello - Recently I received a bill for a service I did not receive totaling $249.00. This is the 1st bill I have received and it was after it was sent to collections. I tried obtaining services from AT&T for Internet but the technician who came over to set it up said the equipment in my apartment complex could not accommodate my needs. I do have a couple questions. Why would I receive a bill in the 1st place and why would this bill be sent to collections? Why did I never receive a bill aside from this one? Why would I pay for a service I did not receive? Does someone need to come over to my apartment so I can prove that I do not have Internet? The fact that something like this would affect my credit is absolutely ridiculous. I will fight this and do whatever I can to make this go away. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to go out of my way to do to prove that I should not be paying a bill to this company. As if this isn't enough ridiculous work that I shouldn't be doing, please let me know if I can do more. In the meantime, I will be writing to the Better Business Bureau about this. I cannot believe a reputable company like AT&T would bill for a service someone did not receive and other potential customers and current customers should know about this as well.

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Sanpoochi
NYC, US
Sep 04, 2012 1:54 pm EDT

To Whom It May Concern:
I have been an AT&T customer for years, and frankly I am fed up with this company. Its continuous harassing of phone calls, voicemails, and texts because I am a few days overdue have finally gotten to me. If I am one day late with my bill, I receive phone calls, voicemails, emails, and texts for what? $108… and what do I get in return? I lose service nonstop, I cannot even stream music because my internet is too slow, my phone calls get dropped nonstop, I can’t even make phone calls from my office on 28th street in NYC because the service just isn’t there, and whenever I try to use Google Maps I end up lost because the map NEVER loads (I could go on and on and on).
After years of paying these bills, never once complaining about the horrendous service, I am done. After my plan is up in February I will never return to AT&T. What appreciation is ever given to its customers nowadays? It seems that the only people that are ever recognized are the people that complain, while AT&T sits there sucks the life out of the silent people. At one point I lost my job and being a broke college student, on my own, couldn’t pay my bill, you shut off my phone. I called and pleaded, saying that this has never happened to me, and what did you do? Nothing, you charged me a reactivation fee when I finally could pay the amount. How about that time when I got a phone interview for a dream job, walking around near 31st street in the heart of New York City, I tried to have an introduction interview and the service dropped 7 times (one more time SEVEN) and the job never called me back...
Enough, I am done sitting here paying this ridiculous bill. It’s like paying for a 5 star dinner and getting a f*&%ing whopper jr. in return. I am ashamed to lend my phone to people because it won’t ever make call anyone.
Just thought you should know. This company is a scam.

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AT&T everything

Signed up with AT&T Uverse. My service went down approximately to the day, 2 days before my 6th month. They literally refused to give me service. I called and kept scheduling service and even had it on my phone when I would call in automatically only the service guys would say that I was not scheduled for a service. Finally I had to go to StarBucks to get online to process a payroll. That did it, so I scheduled a Comcast hook-up and thus have been online ever since. Now because of AT&T scamming, they are trying to get me for cancelling pre-maturely for the 6 months. First off. AT&T is as corrupt as any terrorist can be. They have more scams and devices to steal money they do not earn from every body. DO NOT USE anything AT&T people.

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Feb 22, 2012 11:32 pm EST
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A knock-on-the-door saleslady convinced my wife that we should drop Direct and go with ATT (in spite of the fact that I've had a 25 year hate relationship with the company). Give it a try, I thought. The bill was supposed to be less...ya know, don't cha know...a lot less as an introductory come-on. Well, the bill is not cheaper. No surprise there. Oh, we didn't know you wanted meat with that sandwich! And the service is still as bad as the old AT&T monopoly of 25 years ago (ya know, don't cha know, the one that said, we may be the only telephone company in town but we don't act like it?). Play back of recorded programs on their DVR is jumpy at best and downright frozen at worst. DON'T sign up with these clowns. They still don't have this technology thing figured out...but they do know how to maximize a bill!

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AT&T constant letters and phone calls

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PO Box 1846
Alpharetta GA [protected]

August 25, 2012

Dear AT&T Customer Service (unknown name since you did not make this personal note personal by signing it),

Thank you for writing to us and calling us SO MANY times thanking us for being a valued customer. We have used AT&T since we moved to this home in June of 1996. We never had any intention of not using AT&T, as the service was always great.

Recently you have been sending your letter in duplicate and calling with the contents of this letter 5 or 6 times each week. We have asked you to remove our name from the calling list and each time your operators assure us that they have “now placed us on the DO NOT CALL list and we need to give the company up to 8 weeks for the letters and calls to cease.” This goes back a few years and we have decided your 8 weeks is up.

In your letter and phone calls, we are thanked for “letting you handle our communications needs and told that we need to talk with you about our qualification for a special bundle that may save us money.” Now, we have been, as I said, very happy to have you as our carrier and very happy to pay your high rates and keep things as they are. We were very comfortable being complacent since we have such busy work schedules and our phone service was problem-free. However, your letters and phone calls suggest that your appreciation of us, as customers, has been less than sincere.

Since you asked us to look into bundling, we have taken a day off work and spoken with multiple companies. Since you have alerted us to our need to save money, we have chosen to cancel our 16-year service with you and bundle all of our communications needs with our cable company. Since we have been with that company for 16 years also, and they have not harassed us with phone calls and letters, we chose them.

We would very much like to suggest to your marketing department that they reconsider the duplicate letters and multiple calls to “valued customers.” They are, in our opinion, nothing but harassment. Due to your strong, consistent urging, we have realized that you have no idea what you are doing and we will be better served by another company.

Very, very sincerely,

Your Former Customers (keeping it impersonal by example)

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AT&T invalid payments

I had made a mistake this month with my payments. I had sent out a check on a monday for payment. Two days later, I received a call that my account was past due. Having forgotten that I mailed a payment I hastily made a payment with my debit card. When I went online that night to check my balance, I saw that I had double paid. I called them back and explained the situation. After 3 days and 6 representatives, I was finally issued a refund. Now, after everything was resolved, at&t has charged my bank account again for the same amount. The kicker is that the amount was not applied to my at&t account! So now that I am disputing it with them, they just keep going on and on about what was applied to my account.

I used to work for a cell phone company and I know that all companies have a department specifically for locating missing or misapplied payments. I had to tell four representatives and three supervisors what they needed to do. Then, after all was said and done, they gave me an email of '[protected]@att.com' to email all my information to. Guess what? It didn't work! So I had to fax everything to them but now they are saying it could take a week to find the missing payment! My account is over drafted now and I am getting a headache with this company!

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Aug 15, 2013 8:03 am EDT
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i paid my cell phone bill through green dot bill pay and it has posted to my card account but not to my phone. also i was debited a second time for the same amount and i would like those charges stopped

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AT&T service outages, slow speeds

This complaint is based on long term experience, as well as recent issues.

At&t's internet service is very unreliable. Recently, we have found ourselves with only 1.1 mb/s speed, no explanation as to why. Service interruptions are also frequent and long, although service interruptions have always been present, they are getting longer and more frequent. The connection has high latency and suffers from high jitter, the quality has also deteriorated in recent months severely.

Support is horrible. The robot which greets your initial call is convoluted and useless. I have been hung-up on sharp at closing time, apparently the support technicians will not stay on the phone past hours, even to fix problems on at&t's end. Support is clueless, and runs useless tests everyone knows don't do anything. Tier 2 technicians are only available at certain times, responses are delayed by days. Tier 3 technicians come, do tests, than say there is noise on the line and that it is at&t's problem, but they can't do anything.

It's a good thing at&t has a duopoly here, i've heard good things about verizon, but they don't offer service here.

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Mar 13, 2010 6:59 pm EST

I thinking again to switch to Comcast Cable. AT&T for sure don't have hi speed Internet. That's just a joke.

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Frances Blazquez
Greenville, US
Nov 20, 2009 6:03 pm EST

I had DSL Internet Service installed in July 2009, this is November 2009. I never received my reward.

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ray1962
Houston, US
Oct 04, 2008 10:46 pm EDT

I Have AT&T Internet Service It Is Very Slow I Have Spent Countless Hours On The Phone Speaking To Technicians Trying To Resolve This Problem . Not To Mention Online Talking To Agents This Has Been Going On For Almost A Year. So If You're Thinking About Signing Up For AT&T Internet I Would Warn Against It.

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AT&T customer service lacking

U-Verse is not a provider, it is a non-provider.
Four installation dates have come and gone and no
U-Verse. Only for one of those dates was I called
about the installation not happening. After multiple calls to customer service and even a letter to the Senior Executive Vice President, Andy Geisse, my service provider remains Comcast. So my suggestion is that if your current provider is supplying good service, DON'T switch to U-Verse with the expectation of a better service provider. It just won't happen!

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Aug 19, 2012 6:53 am EDT
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I have a similar experiences just a couple of days ago, u-verse ordered, took off time to wait for installation, no one showed, no call, and no e-mail to inform that AT&T was not coming. After calling customer service, they tell me that we are not eligible and the u-verse order was cancelled. I was surely not happy that they cancelled the order, but I am more upset that they did not contact me to let me know before I took off time from work.
The other frustrating thing is with customer service. Spoke to a customer service rep who passed me on to their manager to help explain what went wrong. He (Westley) was not able to provide any specifics as he was reciting from a company handbook. After pressing him to provide details, he agree to e-mail me back in 1 hour the details of when the technician supposedly came on-site to determine we were not eligible. I have yet to hear back from Westley.
The other goofy thing is that their web site, sales rep, and customer service systems all say that we are eligible for u-verse. I guess I shouldn't expect anything to improve with AT&T after 8 years since I ran into a similar problem when we upgraded our AT&T DSL. They switched us off one DSL service to upgrade us to another and then tells us that DSL was not available in our area. After sitting on the phone for hours and being bounced around we finally got it fixed. What a fiasco. What a company.

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AT&T cancellation fee

First let me start off by saying that I have had my account with AT&T for almost 20 years. I don't switch for the fun of it. We wanted to get I-Phone and 1.5 years ago went and got them, and of course had to sign a contract for 2 years... but then we moved 6 months later. Because our regular phones had been working at our new home before our move, we did not even anticipate that we would have any problems with the I-Phones there... Well from day one at the new house, we had dropped calls left and right. I have called and complained all the time and keep be told we will hopefully get a tower in your area soon, just keep calling and reporting the problem. That is ridiculous... I was told two months ago just to try one more solution... to get the mini tower (Booster) and if that did not work they would waive my cancellation fee. Well here we are two months later, tower helped the Verizon Internet hub in the home but not the phones, drop calls going down the road as well. Now when I call back to cancel and get the fee waived I am told I have to pay $225 to cancel 6 months early...that they do not waive fees and could not. That they do not honor what a customer service rep says, it is not their department. And to add to the drama he also told me that he doubted that I had dropped calls at all, that I use the phones according to his records... What a joke! When I get done with this company, I will be done forever and would say that NO ONE SHOULD EVER USE THIS COMPANY! It is a shame how they will treat a 20 year customer!

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AT&T slipshod service

We got Uverse installed last week, and it cut out unexpectedly Tuesday. There had been some work done by a contractor in the yard, and we called Uverse, who told us that they checked the line from their end, and we must just have a bad modem. Okay. They sent us a new modem, and it turned out that wasn't the problem. So, a tech came out this morning and told us that there was no signal coming to the house, but that he would send out a crew to patch it temporarily within several hours. In mid-afternoon, there was still no crew. I called the tech back, and he said he'd check on the status of the job. He never called back, and did not respond to a voicemail left for him. I called the main office, and they told me someone would be here by 8 pm. -- So far, I've wasted the entire day, and been given a complete run-around. I have no faith that their tech will, in fact, deliver on their promise of service today.

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AT&T service keeps reverting back and shutting off without cancelling

My husband and I had uverse internet service in atlanta for 3 yrs with no issues. We recently moved to ohio and decided that we would switch the uverse account to ohio. First; however, we needed to establish a "phone number" in ohio for residence purposes, etc. , and last october, I called at&t and they "turned on " the land line.

In april when my husband finally arrived in ohio, we had the technician come in to set-up the uverse tv and internet. At that time, we were told that the "land line" was not working and he did not know why (Later the adt security guy found that it had been cut and he spliced it to work for him. The at&t technician never even looked to see what the problem with the line was and if it was in the structure. At that point in time, he left us with only one tv hooked up, internet, and no phone.

Fast forward to june 7th and be reminded that we have had one operating tv and internet only for this time. We have also been constantly billed for the non-working "land line" and the uverse service as if it all worked. My daughter and I join my husband in ohio and another at&t technician arrives to install the uverse phone line and two additional tvs. He is about 2 hrs late (From the projected time) , but he does arrive and everything seems to work when he leaves, except the wireless signal for the upstairs tv is about as weak as it could be.In fact, I get a better signal from my neighbor. His answer is that the at&t modem isn't very strong and I can either change out the modem at my own risk or add a range extender. Since i'm leaving for a few weeks, I decide to do nothing.

On june 26th, my husband comes home to find the tv only providing basic service and the phone not working. He calls and spends 2 hrs on the phone, the tv has be re-verted to a u100 service (We are supposed to have u450) and the phone has been cancelled. (At&t finally thinks they shut down the non-working land line). At&t enters an order to have it fixed after spending endless wasted time calling other departments, etc. , and they promise to contact him the next morning and let him know when it has been fixed. He does not hear from them the next day, calls and get the same speech, and then goes out of town.

He arrives back at the home on 7/13 to again find the tv reverted back to u100 and the phone still not working. He calls at&t and again after 2 hrs on the phone, the tv is back to u450 and the phone works albeit with a new phone number. On monday morning, we receive a "video" bill and email from at&t outlining our service changes. This delightful piece of news tells us that we now have u100 tv service, internet at 12 kps (It is supposed to be 18) and no home telephone.
I spend 3 hrs on the phone again with uverse customer support to find out that I cannot have the working phone line until 7/24 (An additional week without phone service) and that a technician needs to come back to the home for an additional $150 fee. I tell them that there is no way anyone needs to enter the home as nothing was ever disconnected from june 7th when it actually worked that it simply appears to be some internal issue at at&t where the order is constantly "cancelled". I then get asked whether or not I want to have uverse telephone instead of the cancelled (Now get this) land line!

This has been the most frustrating experience of my life. I have been constantly billed for no service, no one seems to no what anyone else is up to, and you cannot talk with anyone above the poor person who has to answer the calls and he or she can't really do anything anyway.

Maybe a $200 per month uverse account is piddle squat to them, but if you add that to my $700 per month wireless account - that is almost $1000 per month that will be going to a competitor tomorrow. I hope that this serves as a warning to anyone who is thinking about the uverse service - service to at&t is pretty much simply a joke and at&t is most definitely a four-letter word to me.

By the way, I can get a competitors services for a few bucks less per month and installed by this weekend. (I have that competitors service in a rental house in ny and i've never had any issues - should have known, but we were intrigued by the wireless aspect). Don't waste your time!

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Jul 08, 2011 5:43 pm EDT

Since initiating service on March 21, 2011, I have yet to receive a bill to pay. Because of no bill, no payment has been made in spite of monthly phone calls to AT&T costumer service informing them of this. Each time, a customer service rep (first there was Stephanie, then additional ones sometimes exceeding 4 calls to AT&T a month) has been much less than knowledgeable. AT&T, at the end of May, shut my service off - all because payment hasn't been made because bills have not been sent. In addition and when I called needing my service turned back on, the customer service agent stated the bill at an astronomical amount not even remotely close to what it should have been. After much discussion, the bill was actually reduced by over $125. Each time and when calling, on-hold wait time exceeds 18 minutes with some times, the phone call being disconnected. In addition, I subscribe to cable TV with AT&T. Most channels volume fluctuates as you watch the particular channel and from channel to channel. I called AT&T tech support and they were unaware of that issue (which is difficult to believe). The only answer Shaneika, the tech support person, could offer is sending me a new box with the promise that all shipping of the old box would be included - surprise - it was not. I suspect that my account will be billed for shipping of the old box back and another 20 min on hold phone call next month. If this is what customer service has come to, no wonder why our economy is down the tubes. Do not subscribe to AT&T for internet and TV - it must be THE worst customer service in the industry.

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Mar 31, 2012 9:23 pm EDT
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I called to order 5 of the Channel Directories because the ones provided to me when I signed up for service 7 months ago were outdated. I was told they could only send me 1 even though I have 5 of the boxes in my home. The rep actually told me I would have to call back 5 times and could get 1 at a time. I called back later and had to have my request escalated to a tier 2 tech rep who couldn't help and then I was told this request had to be escalated to a manager who would call me back in a couple of days. Seems completely ridiculous to me for such a simple request.

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AT&T billing issue

I have had Uverse TV/Internet/Phone since June 2009, since July 15th less than a month after activating my service I have called ATT Uverse minimum 2x a month to either fix my bill or fix a service. My original bill should have been about 100$, I was ALWAYS charged well over 250$ for services, fees and taxes were the "reason" . Month after month I would call to fix the bill, have it adjusted, pay the amount due plus a 5$ over the phone payment fee. Every month since 2009, its now July 2012 and I am still getting charged for TV nad Phone services although they were cancelled back in the beginning of the year (march 2012) and again I have to call every month to adjust the bill for not having any TV or Phone.. I am on the phone yet again today because I have a balance of 254.98$ due for a MONTH of internet (42.99$ plan) and again am being transferred around because no one can seem to figure out whats going on. WORSE EVER SERVICE!

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AT&T bad customer service

Cancelled service and so far have spent 2 hr on the phone, transferred 8 times, yes eight times, to still trying to get my deposit back of 100.00. Each person makes something up, then when it doesn't fly, they transfer you to someone else. When I have asked for a manager, they say they will call you back then do not. Every person you talk to will either say, oh that was applied to your bill, oh you need to return the equipment. The equipment was returned trackable 3 months ago, and the 100.00 was never applied to any bill - period. So where did the 100.00 go? All each person does is transfer you, so far 8 times and I still don't have a straight answer. They sure took their pmts out on time, yet getting some answers seems impossible..

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Oct 22, 2016 9:43 am EDT

I have AT&T U-verse TV. I just went through a systemwide update. It's terrible the technicians keep telling me that it's a step forward they're trying to move forward. when I'm saying it's 10 steps back. If this does not change and go back to the way that it was I'll be leaving AT&T. The options for checking live TV on the guide and individual channels sucks. It's frustrating

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AT&T faulty service

See attached letter.
This letter was mailed April 20, 2012: have received no response.
Please notify me of receipt of this complaint.
E-mail address: [protected]@bellsouth.net
Thank you.ROBERT PAHL
9003 Ostrom Way
Weeki Wachee, FL 34613
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AT&T Consumer Appeal
400 Chastain Blvd
Kennesaw GA 30144

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RE: Service Compliant

Dear Officer:

OVERVIEW
We moved from Naples, Collier County, FL to Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, FL July 2005 from Naples, Florida and built a house during 2006 and 2007. I am an 83 year old retired architect who has had many years’ experience with computers since circa 1980 starting with the CMP operating systems, that were before DOS.

Originally our telephone service in Hernando County was with Bellsouth and later with AT&T. Originally the offsite telephone distribution lines were aerial; about 2 to 3 years ago the distribution lines were place underground.

For over 2 years I’ve had many problems with my FastAccess DSL Xtreme 6.0 service for wired and wireless connections. Considerable money was paid for CAT-5e wiring throughout our home for Ethernet service with a central panel and 4 remote outlets. I insist on being able to use this system. The house Ethernet system has been checked and the integrity of all wires and connections are sound. We’ve had numerous problems with making and maintaining connections with wired and wireless systems. I’ve tried 2 each AT&T 2-WIRE routers and numerous other 3rd party routers including commercial equipment to no avail. Some worked for a while and others never worked.

Long ago, I felt that we may have a poor telephone service signal because of the many varying and inconsistent conditions that I’ve dealt with. Issues fixed only to fail again later. This information was reported to AT&T DSL tech support personnel to no avail. Called the local AT&T telephone repair service and requested that a repair person be sent to our house to check the signal. When asked if we have dial tone; I responded in the affirmative. Was no one would be sent because the telephones were working. About a week later called again and told the agent that I was getting a weak or poor DSL signal. Was told to call a different DSL tech support number [protected]); spoke to supervisor Kate and explained the problems. She referred me to her tech person who did testing. He stated he had contacted the local telephone repair station about the problem and would receive a call in a few minutes from them.

Later that day George called and stated that a repairman would be at my residence the next day to do a “bridge tap” on my phone line that would remove many thousands of feet of wire service to our home. He stated he had dealt with this problem before. The next morning Dave the repairman arrived. After further signal testing he stated it was corrupted by other signals on the line and performed the "bridge tap". Since this was done on January 26th this year and a Linksys E3200router was installed the DSL service has been very fast and reliable at all Ethernet stations. Finally, after several years, we are getting the quality Ethernet service that we've paid for.

SPECIFIC ISSUES
As stated above, I’ve had many problems in previous years getting viable DSL service. Kindly check my AT&T DSL tech support record. My DSL telephone number is [protected]. Following are some equipment issues I’ve dealt with while using AT&T’s and 3rd party equipment:

Originally was provided a separate modem and separate router. The router would not work on the wired system so I purchased a Linksys WRT120N router. This worked on the wired system. Later the modem failed within the warranty period. I requested another modem. Received a Motorola modem along with a 2-Wire combination router modem. The 2-Wire unit was set aside and used the Motorola modem and Linksys router until the modem failed. The 2-Wire was installed and only worked as a wireless function temporally until the 2-Wire unit failed. The warranty had expired due to my not using it for many months. I requested a modem replacement. The shipping agent was adamant that the current 2-Wire units have been improved and that I would be better off getting the 2-Wire unit. I gave in and agreed to pay $100 plus $19.95 shipping charge.

The 2-Wire replacement was installed upon receipt and performed no differently than the previous one. The wired ports didn’t have enough signal strength for wired distribution. It was the exact same model number as the previous unit. I was angry and called for a supervisor. Ultimately a Westell Model 6200 modem was delivered and installed 11/17/2011 and the 2-Wire was returned. The $100 was refunded to my Master Card and 10 each $7.50 payments are being debited to my credit card for the modem. No refund of the $19.95 shipping was allowed. I continued using the Westell modem and the Linksys WRT120N router with wired connections until the Linksys router failed. Purchased another WRT120N router, it didn’t work. It was returned and received credit for it.

On or about 1/13/2012 the new Westell modem failed and couldn’t get on the Internet even when a computer was connected directly to the modem at the equipment panel with a 6 foot cable. Called DSL tech support and stated the modem had failed. The tech person went through her check list and couldn’t get it to work. She passed me off to another DSL tech person who couldn’t get it to work even though I stated the modem was defective. She stated that I should contact AT&T Connect Tech that they would fix my problem. Frustration had set in. Reluctantly, I called them and was informed of their agreement stipulation of one year’s subscription of $15 a month. I went along with it; I needed to get this problem resolved.

Paul, with ATT Connect Tech (ACT), went through his check list and announced the problem must be with my computer and stated the hard drive must be formatted and Windows 7 reinstalled; call back if this doesn’t solve the problem. The next day after the hard drive was formatted and Win7 was installed the problem still existed and called back. This time Mike checked the system again and decided the modem was faulty and should be replaced.

At this point over 6 hours had been expended which 4 tech support personal (2 AT&T and 2ACT) in addition to formatting the hard drive. Being told what I had determined in the first place – the modem was defective even though it was about 2 months old (11/17/2011 to 1/13/2012). The Westell modem was replaced on 1/17/2012 and was able to get on the Internet with a direct wired connection to the modem. When connected to the Linksys WRT120N router could only get a signal to the nearest wired computer to the router. So perhaps the router was failing. Contacted Linksys and learned they no longer were supplying the WRT120N model. Did a search on-line for one; Amazon had 20. The new WRT120N didn’t work at all. The unit was returned and received credit.

Next purchased a D-Link DIR-130 VPN Firewall Router with 8 Port Switch without a wireless function that was designed for business use. I was unable to access the Internet with it. Called D-Link tech support and after testing it was declared defective. The agent stated he would send me another one and gave me a ticket number. Waited 10 days and hadn’t received a replacement and no e-mail information. After several calls was finally told to try and return it to a local Office Depot store; the device was purchased on-line. The store gave me a full refund. I asked the store manager what I should do. He recommended trying a Linksys E3200 router. It was purchased on 2/15/2012 with insurance at $141.63.

We have successfully been able, with wired connections, to access the Internet on all computers. The Internet is accessed almost instantly, searches have been loaded in a flash and there have not been any problems since then at any of the stations. This condition occurred only after the bridge tap and use of the E3200 router. This is the way the system should have worked since using ATT&T’s DSL Internet services in the beginning. My extreme persistence has finally paid off and I should not have had to go through the many above issues.

COMPLIANTS

Have not had quality and competent DSL service.

Was told by several DSL tech personnel that wired connections from the 2-Wire ports should have worked, they didn’t.

The shipping agent gave me wrong advice regarding the ability of a 2-Wire replacement resulting in my returning it and receiving a modem.

Many tech support technicians do not understand the different requirements between a wired system verses wireless system. After explaining we have a Ethernet wired system, they still run through a wireless check list instead of a wired check list. Maybe they don’t have a check list for wired connections.

Shouldn’t have had to purchase 3rd party equipment. AT&T's equipment should have worked for wired connections; there are 4 ports on the 2-wire router for wired connections.

Over the failed modem, should not have had to get involved with ACT technicians. AT&T’s DSL technicians should have and could have resolved this issue by ordering me a $75 modem replacement at no cost to me; instead of causing me to agree to pay ATACT $180 at $15 per month for service. Charges have been made on my credit card. I called them to cancel my agreement and was told a $110 cancelation fee must be paid. I told them that if anyone should pay this fee it should be AT&T Company. This issue is not resolved.

After calling back to AT&T DSL tech support after the experience with ACT a modem was sent by Mike without hesitation. This should have happened in the first place.
I have requested relief from ACT’s agreement because they didn’t fix the modem problem and I shouldn’t have been sent to them in the first place; only to get a run around. It took 2 ACT technicians to tell me the modem was defective and had to format the hard drive. I have no intention of using their service in the future. This hasn’t been the first time I was referred to them by AT&T’s technicians; the other time I refused and got help elsewhere. Consider this - who could deal with the modem issue other than AT&T or ACT? ACT Resource Officer’s Case No. A3940739 (Kim) 3/7/12. Another Case No. A3528476 by a previous accounting agent. Was told by both agents that my case was being evaluated and I would receive a call. Have never received a call. Had requested relief from ACT 1/20/12 with no results.
A question - does AT&T DSL support personal get a reward from ACT for referrals?

All the above problems have caused me many unnecessary hours of my time, frustration and expense. The problems have also wasted many hours of tech support personnel as well. I consider the irritation and mental pain I've experienced was inappropriate whether intentional or not.

CLAIM
Kindly acknowledge the following claim for reimbursement for expenses incurred namely equipment purchased, 3rd party services and lack of proper DSL services:
Linksys WRT120N router $38.00
Linksys E3200 router $141.63 Copy of receipt enclosed
Shipping of 2-wire modem that denied $19.95
Partial compensation for corrupt DSL services open
Compensation for ATT Connect Tech services $180.00*
*or full settlement with ACT including credit card charges. I should not have had any expenses for resolving the modem issue. I do not want ACT’s services.

Please forward notification of receipt and disposition of this document by mail or e-mail ([protected]@bellsouth.net).

Thank you very much for help in making the above issues right.

Very truly yours,

Robert Pahl

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I signed up for the lowest speed on DSL internet from AT&T. I was told it was going to be 25 dollars a month. They said due to my no credit history I was required for autobill pay out of my bank account to which I agreed. The first charge made was $49. Seven days later a second charge of $106 was made. I had to call and have this explained to me that the two charges together were for a connection fee, a modem fee, and first week of services. I was never informed that I was going to have to pay these amounts. A month goes by and they deposit $46 into my bank account and a week later then withdraw another $128! (therefore overdrafting my acct!) After calling NOBODY knew what was going on. I had to deal with calling back and forth for a week before I had my banker finally make a 3-way call to AT&T to end up having to claim FRAUD!

They came up with multiple excuses for this last charge...
One person said it was fraud, one said it was a charge made in texas for someone elses account, one person said they just "accidentally double charged me for a month and a half". One person said that the larger amount was the initial price of my services with the deduction of the deposit they had made, and about 15 people DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT! The charge was not even showing up on my account and the only way to access it was by entering my credit card information (which I have now had to cancel)

WHAT HAPPENED TO 25 DOLLARS!?!?!?!

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Nov 22, 2015 7:04 pm EST

I noticed while looking over my credit report a open account for collection in the amount of 34$ for ATT was on my report, says from dec. 2013, but just showed up. i have never had any accounts from ATT, every time i try to dispute won't let me .. This is some sort of scam.

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D.K.C.P. Jones
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Feb 21, 2011 3:38 pm EST

I previously had AT&T home service for approximately 10 years. We decided to use the DSL service and the fun began. Not only did the DSL service only work for one day, but the home line stopped. After numerous calls to try to have this resolved, I simply asked that everything be disconnected, including the home service. We returned the modem via the shipping label that was sent to us (after 2 calls since they did not send it the first time). Then the fun began...apparently, you have to speak with numerous uneducated folks who simply tranfer you to another department and everyone says you have to speak with someone else. I spoke with billing, the DSL department and even someone in the warehouse. At one point, I was told they could not tell if the item had been returned because the often just receive them and put them back on the shelves (huh?). Finally, got someone who said it was received and that while he could not send me a letter stating that, that my next bill would cycle out and show a zero balance. Fine, never received the billing and went throught he whole dance again two months later; however, did have original person's name and as resolved only after 2 hours. Two months later, guess what... yet again. Called again and had same solution. At this point, I asked for the name/address/phone number of CEO who could help me. No one would give me this information. So, here we are in February and I've been turned over to collections for $118.00. Hell will freeze over first. These folks are totally incompetent and I will use two tin cans and a string before I use AT&T again. Their customer service is lousey and they products are horrible. It has been interesting to share my story with others. It appears that AT&T has a horrible reputation for billing/customer service.

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emcd
LaGrange, US
Feb 23, 2011 1:10 am EST

In 2004, I got a cell phone from Cingular wireless. My phone stop working properly and I notified them. They agreed to send me another phone and I was to send the other phone back to them. I never recieved the phone and when I contacted them, they told me they had proof that I recieved they phone. After my complaint to different people and offices, they researched and informed me that they postman left the phone on my porch. I informed them I did not recieve the phone and therefore I would not need their services without a phone. They refused to send me another phone;therfore I cancelled the contract. They then charged me phone remainder of the contract and the phone.
During this time I find out that my cell phone and home phone bill have been combined after I told them during the purchase that I did not want a combined bill.
It is 2011, I still refuse to pay for a phone I never recieved and AT&T refuse to take it off my bill. Eight months ago, I signed up for internet with AT&T and was approved only to find out on the 9th of this month that my services were disconnected because of the Cingular bill.
I have spent 3 days trying to get this cleared from my account and has been unsuccessful, even though my home phone and internet bill is paid and update. This is ridiculous and something needs to be done. AT&T waited until I have 2 remaining payments on the modem to inform me that I can not have internet the Cingular account is paid in full. Again, I have lost money and have no services.

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KGall
ST AUGUSTINE, US
Apr 11, 2011 6:39 pm EDT

AT&T charges customers a Worldwide Occasional Calling amount every month. If they are charging all their customers this they are making millions of dollars a month in this bogus charge that 60% of the customers will never use and most of the customers do not even know they are being charged. Call AT&T and have this bogus charge taken off your account.

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Sprague
Louisville, US
May 03, 2011 8:11 pm EDT
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Had bundled service through AT&T with Dish Network. Disconnected all service in October in the middle of billing cycle. Dish Network credited my account for the middle of the month charges and AT&T claims they did not recieve this credit of $69.70 and is billing me for it. Several calls were made to Dish Network/AT&T to no avail. One says one thing and the other denies it.

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MPrice
Glendale, US
Jun 21, 2011 11:52 pm EDT

My bill is past due because I do not receive the bill. I have tried calling but I’m always transferred to somewhere where the phone is not answered. I just spent 1 hour on the phone trying to resolve this issue. I keep calling back and the last time I asked for a supervisor and again I was placed on hold and no one ever answered. They are a phone company that does not answer the phone. How ###ic is that.

I have a history of horrible service from AT&T. My Pac Bell phone service was once hijacked by AT&T and my bill was much higher. I had a time getting my service back and getting my bill reduced. I currently live and have a business in an area that only has AT&T. What happened to breaking up the monopolies.

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ebhntk
Midland, US
Jun 28, 2011 5:33 pm EDT

I've used AT&T for many years for long distance (goes way back...) Years ago I was encouraged to use automatic bill pay by one of the representatives, and I also went with paperless statements. Two years ago when I changed companies and cities and moved my service with AT&T. I had a DSL/land-line/cell phone bundled package. It was supposed to be flat rate kind of thing, unlimited everything...I didn't want nickle and dime charges and wanted a predictable bill. They moved my service, installed everything and I was off to focus on life. Today, Monday 6/27/2011, my cell phone was disconnected.

When I tried to place a call I received an automated message to hold for a customer service representative. I was greeted by a cheerful sounding customer service rep who told me my account was past due and... "would I like to make a payment over the phone for...(drum roll)...$6, 835.54...? "

I don't know if it was the "cheer" in her voice, or the absolutely absurdity of the "past due balance", or a combination of both...but I actually laughed out loud...a real laugh, not a fake sarcastic laugh, the kind of laugh you'd have at a really...really funny joke. ...I asked her to repeat what she just said. ...and she did. My laugh quickly faded. I said there must be some sort of mistake, I had an automatic payment set up for this account, and besides, even if there was a draft error my bill shouldn't be any more than $175 dollars for the month...(I giggled again here...)...not almost SEVEN THOUSAND dollars. She said she saw where I had set up the automatic payment on the account but for some reason it looked like I had NEVER made a payment. Now, I've been with AT&T for decades (...at least long distance), I've made lots...and lots...of payments. She said "the system" was showing that I had NEVER made a payment...and THEN...asked if I'd like to make a telephone payment now. (?!)

I asked her to tell me the breakdown of the charges, which... she couldn't do. After fumbling around for awhile, I assume trying to read "the system". She put me on hold for five minutes (which is a long time, long time on hold). When she came back on the phone she said that she had "found" where I had made my last payment in November of 2010...but she STILL couldn't explain the charges. Doing some quick math I said "this still doesn't add up...EVEN if you've not received a payment from me since November of last year...7 months ago...there is no way $175 per month would add up to almost $7, 000. I need to understand the charges you're asking me to pay (still with a smile on my voice)... Believe it or not, even after all we had been through she made another canned attempt, "...will you be making a telephone payment today for the past due amount of $6, 835.54?"...(?!?!?)

"No...I won't"

...I said I did not believe HER "balance" was accurate and that she needed to provide me information supporting her claim that I owed ANYTHING. This kind of threw her...so...She put me on hold...after a few minutes she said she was sending me to "customer service" (ah! now we are getting somewhere...CUSTOMER...SERVICE!)

...after waiting on hold ANOTHER cheerful voice came on the line with the same canned greeting, "HOW MAY I BE OF SERVICE TO YOU today?!..." I told him that I had been transferred to his number from another "customer service" area...somewhere... He responded, "Great! can I have your name...home telephone number...and the last 4 digits of your social security number (little did I know how tired I would get of this routine...AT&T should have some sort of software to "hand-off" customers so they don't have to keep reexplaining AT&T's screw up)...this rep knew less than the first rep, it was completely obvious to me that my problem wasn't part of HIS script...SO...he put me on hold.

When he came back online he cheerfully informed me he was transferring me to billing (...but that's where I THINK I just came from?) I think I was being shuttle passed, like a hot potato from billing(... or collections) to customer service, and back again. None of them had the appropriate script. The only additional information I gathered from all these hand-offs was that there had been a "SYSTEM ERROR"...oh, and that no one at AT&T knew how to read their billing system, or could explain the "past due amount". I must of had to answer the same "security questions" and explain the situation a half dozen times or more (...it went on for the better part of an hour...holds and transfers). The second to last representative (...perhaps collections?) did not have a happy voice. ...after going throw the security questions she said, "I see where your account has a past due balance, were you planning to make payment over the phone today? " (I was so proud of myself for keeping my cool throughout this ordeal...up until this point...where, I lost it...just a little...and began...well...yelling...a little) She became angry and said she would not be spoken to in this manner (I wan't cursing...still was able to hold that together...just raising my voice... a little) I want so badly to hang up but this company had me by the short-hairs. EVERYTHING was with them...and it was OFF. I contemplated ending it right there...but thought crap, I don't I don't have time to make all the 1-800-who-cares calls to other providers. I pulled it together and told her "I've asked to speak to a supervisor for the past half hour of my life. I am only going to try explain this to ONE MORE PERSON at AT&T...this last person needs to be ABLE to help me or I will end THIS call and dial my attorney.

I was handed off to a billing supervisor who had the sweetest most motherly sounding voice (nice). We had a great relationship together for next half hour, delving into the nether regions of AT&T's "SYSTEM" trying to find the esoteric knowledge of HOW an AT&T balance is calculated...it fruitless...she couldn't figure it out either. About the only thing she could determine is that I had set up an automatic payment, that had not worked since Sept 2009 (almost two years ago) ...it was a "SYSTEM ERROR" and they picked this MONDAY...to fix it.

She did one thing right, made the smart choice of turning back on my cell phones, internet, etc so that I could work this out. The math still doesn't work for me on this one, but I did find out that they were not taking the automatic payments from the household account. But they'd have to be charging me double what I thought I was paying (That's the only way the math works). SO...I just paid some LIFE Tuition today...#1 No more automatic payments #2 pay close attention to those "little" bills because they can bit you in the ### and #3 NO more bundled deals...none. I will NEVER depend on ONE company, especially AT&T for ALL my communication and technology...no way...no how.

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Hed1379
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Oct 18, 2011 12:17 am EDT

I had service with AT&T a long time ago and had cancelled it. Months ago I agreed to have service with them but cancelled in plenty of time and never got hooked up. Now months later I am getting billed for a service I never had. I refuse to pay the $191.95 bill they keep sending me. I have tried getting this settled and the last person I talked to said she would see to it that it would be taken care of..well I'm still getting billed and I'm worried about my credit since this is not going to get paid by me. I am totally frustrated with AT&T and will not refer them to anyone.

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anniemary
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Dec 29, 2011 5:43 pm EST
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I noticed new charges on my AT&T landline bill - when I called I was told they were for NOT choosing a long distance carrier, not meeting minimum usage, and then taxes on these charges! WHAT?! They have got to be kidding...someone must have gotten a huge bonus for thinking up this ridculous fee. I am paying AT&T for local service - it's none of their business if and who I choose for long distance. Their CEO must be asking for a pay raise...or maybe they need to add a new corporate jet to their fleet! They must be taking lessons from the banks. This is outrageous and after this email I a going to look for a new carrier. Goodby AT&T!

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LVM
Miami, US
Feb 23, 2012 7:38 pm EST

I am so angry and fraustrated with AT&T. They are just to rip you off!
I was paying more per month for Internet services in order to avoid having a contract! I closed the account 6 months after with zero balance! 7 months later I received a bill for $150 cancelation fee. I called right away, they said they will credit me back! I just received call from collection agency that my account is in collection because of that!
I called AT&T. 1hr and 45 minutes transferring me from one person to the other and it is not resolved yet! Their customer service is the worst I have ever had to deal with. They kept on connecting me to the other and to the other states when they didn't feel like helping! I hate big corporation like at&t that want to become fatter by stealing from hard working people like most of us! Never Again with AT&T. This was the second chance I gave them and I wish I never had!

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AT&T fraud and incompitentcy

My family and i were moving to another home, so i signed up with at&t uverse for their gateway and internet service. on the webpage i was told that they would be the the friday that i was supposedly moving in. I called them to confirm the date, and they then told me it would be 2 more weeks before they could come, i told them that date was unacceptable that i had a 80 year old mom and i had to be able to communicate with the outside world since i planned to use an internet phone system, they would not budge, so i told them i was going to see if i could replace them which i did, i called them and asked them to cancell all service and not to send me the gateway, they are so stupid and incompitent they could not find the order and i kept calling them until i moved, they still could not find the order and cancel it. then the friday that they had originally promised to come, i found the box and i called them and asked them how to return it to them i did not need or want their business and i complained that i told them to cancel the order and that they were not supposed to send the gateway to me. i got the run around by their employees on how to send it back, then i got a bill from them and contacted them again askin them how to send it back, they are so incompitent they would not tell me, this went on for 3 months, On april 23, 2012, i called them from office depot because even if i had to pay i was going to send the package back to them, again, proving how stupid and incompitent they were, they gave me the runaround, i finally found a return sticker to put on the package and returned it to them by mail, even after it has been returned they are trying to force us to pay the 150.00 gateway modem that we have never used and returned to them, please do not order anything from at&t uverse.

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AT&T billing error

I am writing this complaint because I was contacted stating that I had internet service with Att&t provider. I have never used the services and no one ever came out to my home to install it. We have never recieved a bill regarding the services that they are informing us about . My internet services are through another company in which I can prove the documents for that .
My account number that att&t is saying that is mine is : Acc [protected]
please contact me through the phone number above.
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AT&T landline home phone service

After spending a week trying to get my phone working, I had to cancel my service. I made a repair appt. and AT&T never showed up. No explaination from AT&T. During this period I spoke with at least six agents, one finally admitted AT&T was doing work in the area I live and that other customers were without service. Next I went and got a Go-Phone cell phone and it too has failed to provide me with basic phone service. There is such poor reception I cannot make or recieve calls due to breaking up, failed calls and dropped calls even outside. I am going to try Verizon next.

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Nuponed
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Jun 05, 2012 4:29 am EDT

I went into the store and ordered my I-Phone on 11/5. I was told it would take 2 to 2 1/2 weeks for it to come in and they would call me when it arrived. After 3 weeks, I called and spoke to Rick, who informed me that my name wasn't on their list to receive one. I explained the above and he asked me to give him until Friday 12/2. I then called today and found out the "Rick" wasn't there, but the Assistant Manager was on the phone with the Manager and he would call me back right away. That was 4 hours ago.

I have gotten the hint that they don't want me as a customer eventhough I always just pay and use their product, but I have been real satisfied with the service. I then called AT&T and spoke to SueAnn out of the St. Louis Call Center. She was wonderful and understood my frunstrations and has kept me being an AT&T customer for another 2 years. It would be such a plus for AT&T if people like SueAnn would become the managers of their stores and get rid of the idiots, that make it obvious that they do not care about their customers, out of there.

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AnnoyedwATT
Charleston, US
Aug 31, 2010 11:05 am EDT
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I have dealt with AT&T both in home and with my business, and have had HORRIBLE experiences all around. First, with my home I ordered the DSL Lite ($19.99/month), and I'm being charged for the $35/month plan instead. I work 60 hours a week and rarely have a minute to call them during the work week. Every time I've tried, I get stuck on hold. I was stuck on hold with the billing department for over an hour last time I tried! In addition to this billing error, I couldn't even pay my bill! I tried paying online, but they want you to have a online registration code, which you can only receive by phone (their account, which I don't have a phone through AT&T, just DSL internet, so that won't work) or by US Mail. Hello?!? What's wrong with email?!? I finally was able to wade my way through the hundreds of automated responses to get to an automated message that allowed me to pay my bill. I never could get a billing rep on the phone.

Second, with my business - my office is a small subsidiary of a very large international company. Anytime we have a problem, I have to spend 10 minutes trying to find an appropriate phone number. I never get it right the first time, I'm always given an automated message that goes through 20 options before I get a person, and then that person is in Sales or Texas or small business (we're in large business) and they can't help. Then I'm given the run-around because I don't know our account number offhand and they refuse to give any information. Finally, when we placed an order for a simple jack installation, it's taken a week and nobody seems to know who's working on it or why we haven't been contacted about the status. They won't even give me an order number because it's an existing account. UGH!

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AT&T disconnect charge

I had to move my 87-year-old parents from assisted living to my home 7 weeks ago so my dad could start home dialysis and my mom could get more attention. I also moved my 63 year old autistic brother at the same time. I was a little overwhelmed so I wrote a form letter to each utility or service we had telling them we would no longer need service as of 5/2/2012. AT&T ignored my letter and when I talked to AT&T customer service they said they would disconnect the land line today but could not back date amount due - policy. We have 2 iphone's with AT&T and our home phone with AT&T. It does not seem unreasonable to ask them to do this. When I get time, I will change all my phones to another carrier and never use them again.

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May 23, 2012 8:22 pm EDT

Forced to change from Centennial, went to your store Road#2 Bayamon, PR (Store # U302) and made contract including transfer office telephone & internet & cell phone. (27 Oct 2011) I Wasn`t able to install the Internet in spite of changing the equipment provided. Frustration made me cancel your contract, as per contract there were no penalties if done before 30 days and I did. Returned equipment 2 Nov 2011, less the restocking fee I received my reimbursement of internet and cell phone, but had to stay with office phone (My previous Internet was not restored.), until another company requested my number from your company, as told by Victor Santiago, your employee. This was finally done on 23 Nov 2011, but I had already received a bill for $156.12. I complained that it was excessive since, no internet provided, I returned equipment within 5 days, and was returning the office wireless that day but was not accepted so I got no refund on it. But the bill was corrected to $9.57. On that same day two customers complained of incorrect billing. One a 75y/o gentleman got no assistance from your employees (only 4 customers) when he got nervous because he had to claim by phone & did not know how. They just gave him the phone. No assistance at all. So he got angry and went away. On 29 Nov 2011, I received another bill, totaling $328.24. Today I went again to your distressful store to complain for the bill. I just was given a cell line and Jennifer attended me following the instructions from the how to deal with stressed people, course, which I also took. The bill was corrected. Why the information entered in that store computer on 23 Nov 2011 did not get to the billing office computer? Happened to me and the other 2 customers I mentioned. Your mistakes only affect customers. Even with a lost receipt your computer can provide the transactions made with the account number as Jennifer did to me. For the 75y/o gentleman your employees had no considerations. Willingly, I will not make any contracts with you.
Your service at that store is totally inhumane so you’re better off closing it. I am a government retiree, so I have enough time to stand with an “I DO NOT TRUST THIS AT&T STORE”, nearby and at rush hours.

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Pueblo, US
Jun 13, 2012 11:21 pm EDT

@Regions Bank Employee, the word is 'accept', not 'except'. It was not a mix-up. The people were incapacitated and the poor family member was trying to help. If your attitude and AT&T's inflexibility are where we are in this country, God help us.

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Regions Bank Employee
Honolulu, US
Jun 01, 2012 11:31 am EDT

I know you had a lot going on but you have to except responsibility for the mix up, learn from it and move on. Always follow up with a phone call to ensure they got the letter.

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AT&T promised $100 reward card

I ordered Direct TV and internet. They set me up with ATT Uverse. I was promised $100 in reward card that I could use for the modum that ATT sent. I waited and ATT sent me a bill ( my internet was $24.99 a mo) for a whopping $176.00. $ 50 dollar charge for hitting a switch. $100.00 for the modum charge and the 24.99 internet monthly service. NOW they say I am not eligible for the $100.00 reward card because the internet and dish tv bill me separately. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I WAS NOT told this when I signed up. I am so fed up with ATT I can not see straight. As soon as my mandatory time is up.. this company is gone. No wonder they can't keep customers the way they lie to them.

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