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Cable ONE has delivered internet, cable TV and phone services since 1986. Serving over 20 states, it provides high-speed internet, HD cable television and phone services to both residential and commercial customers.
- Reliable internet speeds
- Affordable pricing options
- Good value for money
- Frequent service interruptions
- Poor customer service interactions
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Reviewed March 29, 2018
Worst company in terms of customer service. Why you ask? There is none! Cable ONE's 1800 numbers do absolutely do nothing but route you to a local office. My local office just happens to close what seems to be a few minutes after noon! I can never make it to the office because I too work normal business hours M-F. I currently have internet service only which is awesome, but these people are no better than Hitler when it comes to service or customer rights and respect. This company will automatically increase your packages as they see fit without your consent. I originally was on a $55/Month plan. I was then increased to the $100 (ish) plan, then again to the $130/Month plan all within a years time. Why you ask? I went over my usage x3 months... it doesn't matter if it's 1mb over or 1tb over.
There isn't a slowed service as most will do... nope, they just increase your bill without consent and will not do anything about it until your average data usage is at your package level or lower. If you try and cancel, they will, but that doesn't scare them into doing what the customer wants. Business ethics are not here, believe that. This company owes me approx $300 over the last 7 months, and I have yet to go after that, but I currently have not paid my bill because I don't agree with it! That's ok... will turn new service on in another account and name if they decided to shut off!
I am not paying them currently because my average usage is way below my plan option, and they have yet to lower my plan as requested. I'm guessing because they don't feel like it! Well I requested this about 9 months ago or so, and have just noticed nothing had been done. I haven't noticed because I usually have auto pay and don't pay attention to that. Unfortunately, any other option in my area is no better than dial-up or dsl and who has time for that?! I really wish AT&T would have U-verse out here. Yes it's dsl, but it never seemed like dsl when I had it years ago, and never once had problems with it.
Reviewed March 17, 2018
My internet was always shutting down so I had Cable ONE come out and check it. They took my modem that I paid for and replaced it with one of their's that cost me an extra $12.50 a month. I still have problems with my internet, the point is my modem has a warranty if it was bad I can get it replaced. I have called Cable ONE 4 different times trying to get it back and they said they will leave a message with headquarters. It's been almost 2 months and I still have not returned my modem back to me. I have went down to their office and they say they don't have it there. This is very bad business. Doesn't seem like they care at all and every year my bill goes up in price. I'm vixen to switch to AT&T.
Reviewed March 10, 2018
I've had Cable ONE before, but ditched them for AT&T "High Speed" DSL in 2014. Worst mistake I've ever made. I barely got 2 Mbps DOWN and 128 KBPS Up if I was lucky, and most of the time it didn't work at all. Not to mention the 150GB data cap. After putting up with AT&T for nearly 3.5 years, I came back to Cable ONE. There are not many providers where I live, maybe 3 or 4, wired and wireless providers combined. I don't think Cable ONE deserves all the hate they get for their service.
I have had the service for over 8 months now and it has worked perfectly ever since. I have no complaints whatsoever. I understand that this is not the case for everyone, and other people could have legitimate issues with Cable ONE where they live. I just want to share my personal experience with this company. I pay $80/month, no tax, no fees, for the "Family Plan" which is 150 Mbps Down and 5 Mbps Up, with a 600GB data cap. No matter what time of day it is, even in the evenings, I get more speed than I pay for.
The service has never gone out and I have never gone over my cap, even though some days I use up to 35GB. Most people complain about the data caps. Especially when in some places that have fiber available with symmetrical gigabit speeds and unlimited data. My family members all have Cable ONE also and they love the service too. The service where I live is excellent and I have had no issues with their customer service and would highly recommend them. Unless you already have them and/or hate them.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
2/28/18: Because of the total unavailability of Cable ONE I have been forced to seek relief in a less jaundiced venue. Cable One's answers to me, the FCC and the AG have been blustering, bloviating, bewildering, bullying etc., non-answers. Cable One has tried to make me jump through hoops and waste time trying to get the answer to a problem created totally by Cable One. TO WIT: The payment of bills to which I do not understand the charges. A straight answer to this question has turned into a pilgrimage.
Despite the pompously, bullying rude treatment received; I am willing to settle this matter to save the court's and my time as follows. 1- The piddling payment of $1000. For the pomposity, bullying, casuistry bloviating, rudeness and general incivility, preferred by this company. 2- $150 for court costs to this point. 3- The refund of all amounts paid unnecessarily for over 100 gqtrs, or whatever, speed. Given my past treatment, I expect Cable One to act upon this good faith offer immediately or a bit sooner.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2018
This company absolutely disgusts me, and my star rating is 1 but I would give them -5 if I could. We've been customers of theirs for about 7 or 8 years, and for a while, they were alright. But then, out of nowhere, they implemented a 300GB data cap, which they KNOW you'll go over, and that allows them to charge you more and slow your internet down even more. And note that when they implemented the cap, they told nobody. They just silently slipped it in and let people call and ask why they were suddenly being charged more, to which they would respond that they've always had a data cap.
They advertise 100Mbps and I have about 20 on a good day. I haven't been able to watch a single episode of anything on Hulu for the past 4 nights without it needing to buffer every 10 seconds. We do have 4 people in the house who stream shows and whatnot, but the thing is it's still slow as hell even when nobody's been doing anything on it all day. There will be no one home all day, and then when I come home and turn on a show, boom, it's immediately buffering
And you know why they do this? Why they charge people for going over a very small data cap? Why they treat their loyal customers like garbage? Because a lot of the time they're the only option in an area. We have two major ISPs here for the time being, CenturyLink and Cable One. Cable One is apparently BETTER than CenturyLink, but they're still absolute trash. They can do whatever they want because they know their customers have nowhere else to go, which is absolutely disgusting. It's disgusting how they treat people who have kept them in business for this long
For now, we have to put up with them, along with everyone else in my city. TruFiber (not sure if it's more of a local company or not but they provide fiber optic internet for a much lower cost, or about the same), is currently being installed and I'm very much looking forward to them putting Cable One out of business and crashing them into the ground
And the last thing I'd like to talk about is the prices. Like I said, Cable One implemented a data cap. Well because of that cap, we WERE paying about $50 a month for some pretty decent internet. NOW we're paying about $150 a month for terrible, spotty internet that doesn't even work how it's supposed to half the time. If Tru Fiber has the same prices, I would be more than happy to pay it because I've heard their ** actually works as intended and is insanely fast. Cable One overcharges for garbage. My advice to every Cable One customer is to just find someone else. Anyone. It's hard to find something worse than them. Request better internet in your town and switch to them. They deserve to be put out of business for good, and I'm really looking forward to that happening
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
We have had Cable ONE on and off for years now, and it has always been the same dog and pony show, they go into underserved areas, and provide a better service than anybody else at a price just slightly higher than everyone else, and justify the difference with the better service which I am happy to pay. Now in the last two years I have moved 3 times, each time I set up a new account instead of transferring my plan as I would then get a new line account. The last two times I have done this, as soon as the introductory rate has expired they start sending me notices about my data usage. Now I have tracked my own data usage through my personal router for years and my numbers never match up with their numbers, they claim to have an independent company validate their data usage numbers but, when you dig into it, they pay NetForecast for that validation so how independent can they actually be when they need to please their customer.
I have sent my data information and how it is collected to Cable ONE, I have had their techs look at my router settings, and how it collects the data, and the tech said it is set up correctly, they cannot tell me why the data usage is so high, our wifi is protected heavily and we have all of our streaming services set to medium quality or lower, there is no indication as to why it jumps as soon as the introductory period is over yet it does. Once you do that 3 times a year they force you to the next highest data plan, and it isn't 3 times since the first overage it is 12 months since the last overage, so on the second overage if you are good for 11 months and don't jump the cap, and you go over in the 12th month they still force you to relocate to the next highest data plan.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2017
The charges (105 dollars a month for internet alone capping data) are astronomical, and they automatically upgrade customers who use more data. They should be thankful customers use and have a good time with their internet access instead of locking them in the "bad room" for going a few YouTube videos over the "DATA" limit. WTF is this 1990s cellphone carriers? We need more internet service providers with better pricing, this is ridiculous!!
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2017
Overcharge for everything, internet speed is good for download bad for upload. 150 down and 3 up, I had Midco in Sioux Falls and it was no cap 125 down 12 up less than 1/3 the price and best service ever. Cable ONE cuts out more than my DSL connection (dslonly down 1 time in 1 year). Cable One is down 1-2 per week. Do not get Cable One for anything. Go Dish for TV and anywhere else for internet. You might not get fast internet but it's more reliable and no data "plan" b.s.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
The local office in my small town is great. The office staff (Debbie) is friendly, well-informed, and explains things thoroughly. The only discomfort from this company comes from their Phoenix head office. They don't know what the local office can do. One of the customer service reps insisted I could not Hold my account for my summer vacation and it was such a hassle to have to turn my unit, get a refund, then sign back up again. Oh well. It's all fine now.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2017
Besides my email and account access issues I've issues with Cable ONE Data Cap for their high speed internet service. If you go over the cap they force you to upgrade to a much more expensive plan. 300gb/month for their 100mb/s service. Now paying for the next higher service, which does nothing for download speed. My email has been suspended for spam, and I can't access any part of my account. I've talked to several techs, I've done what they advised: Changing password for email, the account, my wireless etc. I also paid for Virus + Spyware Removal from Total Tech a company Cable One suggested.
After being a customer since the 1980's, I'm very dissatisfied with their services over the last few years, along with the cost has become very high. At this point we really need reliable email service since we're in the process of buying a new house, all signing is done via internet email. Once we're in the new house I will be checking my options, which are somewhat limited in Idaho.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
They are the only choice for cable bundling/internet in my town. The internet is interrupted 5-6 times per day. Cannot live stream on television or use Netflix or similar service, but can do it on my Verizon and AT&T phone and iPad.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
Almost, every month, the same thing I either, can't get into my mail, or check my bandwidth. Either, my password, doesn't work for a while, or the calculation is not updated. And, here, I went and increased the amount of internet, this month. I guess, I really do need a new internet company. I sure hate that too, as I really enjoy the service, when I can use it. Just, too good to be true, I guess. Disappointed.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
I've been a Cable One customer for over two years, and I receive my internet through their company. I pay $105 every month for internet, and I am dissatisfied with this company for several reasons. I am supposed to be getting speeds up to 200 mbps per second, but when I am streaming a show on television I often end up waiting because it keeps buffing. This should not be possible with internet that is supposed to be this fast.
Also, they have a stingy data plan for this day of age where the internet is an integral part of our everyday life. I was forced to go to a data plan that will cost me $130 every month, even though they just recently changed the current plan that I'm on to have enough data that I would no longer be going into overages, but the customer service representative wouldn't let me keep my current plan. I am going to cancel my service and go with a local service provider. I do not recommend anyone get Cable One for internet, because they are way overpriced, and they have horrible customer service. I will continue to let everyone I know to stay away from Cable One.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
Unfortunately this company has the fastest internet service and also offers a landline. Phone service with any mobile service results in "service holes" so landline is needed. We are stuck with this cable service.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017
The Cable ONE internet for my location is down more than it is up. The cost I pay already sucks to begin with. Their only excuses are it's because of microwaves, fluorescent lights, and many others! Don't recommend anyone getting this internet!!!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017
Depending on where you live, they have the monopoly on high speed internet. I am unfortunate enough to be in one of those areas. When I first called for them to come and connect my elite bundle, they came 3 weeks into the billing cycle, but charged for the entire month. While we're on the subject of the phone/cable/internet bundle. I only got the first 3 months at introductory price, instead of the 6 advertised. Then came the data cap nightmares. They only have 300 cap, and there were no data caps in my contract. I have a big family, so naturally that 300 went fast.
Without any warning, after two months, they bump it up to 500, then 700, and right now, I'm at 1100. I started out with a $180 bill, and this month's is $435. Bear in mind, that our internet habits haven't changed enough to warrant such an exorbitant price. Crappy service. Crappy equipment. Crappy data caps. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Also, I know that data caps are a thing of the past, and that having them in this day and age is utterly ridiculous???
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
I have internet only with Cable One (no tv service). I am paying for 100 Mbps. I test the download speed fairly often and always receive over Mbps... sometimes as high as 120. This is very fast, reliable service.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017
I've been told by Cable ONE that I've gone over my data speed for 2 months in a row. That's not possible. Nothing is changed in my home. I feel they're targeting me unfairly because he had to credit me a half a month service due to the fact that their technicians had to come to my house three times before they decided to switch out my faulty modem. When I spoke with someone today at tech support they couldn't answer my question as to why they just kept claiming that I went over my data again. I also haven't heard back from anyone in regards to the fact that a few months ago I spoke with technical support and one of their technical support folks told me to shut up and called me a **. I've had nothing but problems with this company. I've read the reviews. They have a terrible review with ConsumerAffairs. They claim they don't. They have an excellent rating which is a lie so obviously they lie about everything else in my opinion.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2017
We decided to give up our cable and just keep our internet. We turned in our box, paid that months bill and we were told they would pro rate the bill. The next month I received a bill for 230.00 2 1/2 months worth. Called them. We were told we were current. Then out of the blue our internet was shut down. Now they are telling us we were delinquent 150.0. When I called they could not provide me with an itemized current bill. We were told they did not have the ability to do this. Bottom line they are crooks!!! Horrible service and very hard to do business with. Will not be doing business with this company again.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2017
I have had Cable One's high speed internet service for 4 years. Any technical difficulties were promptly resolved by their friendly customer service. As a high internet usage family their speeds always met our demands. We have multiple computer systems, game consoles, mobile devices and never did we have issues with speed or connectivity. The issue is why in 2017 a residential internet provider would cap bandwidth so low. To provide you with top notch speeds but punish you for using it is ridiculous. If you go over your bandwidth 3 times they force you into the next tier of speed and price. I am moving soon and will be out of Cable One's reach, thank God.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2017
Our office received a new modem to be installed. The letter sounds like it's going to be a simple procedure. Came in to work early to get it done before the staff shows up. Was on hold for over 30 minutes so, needless to say, the staff arrives and is chomping at the bit because they have work to do. Finally got a technician by the name of Lance. He asked if the modem had been plugged in at least 30 minutes. I told him "I had been on hold over 30 minutes so, yes, the modem had been plugged in." He told me I didn't need to be hostile. Because I told him I was on hold over 30 minutes?
I had to run back and forth to another office to get the CMAC number and other information he was requesting. The letter probably should have said to have the CMAC number available. I read another review where a CS tech called a customer "the B word." These techs need to remain professional and not resort to name calling. If they are going to send out new equipment that needs to be activated, they need to add additional staff to handle the increase in calls. To call me a name is unacceptable, unprofessional, and downright rude. He didn't get the modem up and running so I just wasted 90 minutes of my work day to be disrespected and called HOSTILE by a Cable One tech. Perhaps Lance needs to be in a job where he doesn't work with customers.
Reviewed July 12, 2017
I went over my data cap without using my internet. Was in Europe for a full 30 days and they said I went over my data cap... It's not possible. No one was there except my mom checking on the cats every few days. Now I got my third strike. This is what they do, they force you to pay more. That is how they get their money, fraud.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
Account is for 97-yr old father-in-law's phone & internet bundled. We get the bills but did not receive one for May. Got June notice today's mail - said it was past due but when I called they ALREADY cut off service. I had sent payment from bank billing but no, had to give them another payment through Visa to get service activated. They didn't care that we had NO notice BEFORE they cut off service. They didn't care that a 97-yr old man had NO way to call us if he needed help. And they are the ONLY cable Internet service where he lives. Very poor customer service and the fees are extremely high for what you get. If there was another option we would choose ANY other over Cable One.
Reviewed June 21, 2017
Just talked to the Cable ONE customer service and had the BEST customer service from Nicolas or "Nick"! in Joplin MO (The Nick that has been there the longest). I called on behalf of my parents' internet and phone not working. I was on the phone while he was guiding her on what to do to try to restore service. He was very helpful and worked with my mom patiently. I have never experienced such AWESOME service from any company! He provides 5 star service and he made a stressful situation much easier to handle. Thanks Nick!!!
Reviewed April 24, 2017
I have been a loyal customer to Cable One for several years. They are quite literally the only ISP in my area I am willing to do business with (see my review of AT&T... LYING CHEATING CROOKS RIGHT THERE!). The speeds and service is great 75% of the time, but when it isn't... Don't call and complain to them about it. I was laughed at by technical support (I am a 26 year old with a Masters in Management who didn't know what a coaxial cable was... big whoop... that's what they are there for?). Anyhow, that is the best thing that happened on the call. The tech eventually explained to me how it was that I could get my speeds where they needed to be, but after another hour of testing, he just gave me "admin" site and had me change things around myself.
Suddenly, as I was following his directions and changing things, I began to receive emails about plan changes, overages and extra fees. I racked up 181 dollars in overages for inadvertently switching to an old plan, and raised my rate by 40 dollars that month. A supervisor in technical support yelled back at me, telling me that I was entitled. The billing supervisor hung up on me, and when I called them back, they told me they had no supervisors available and would have to get a call back for me. All in all, very sloppy and subpar. I will keep them until someone else can compete with EVIL AT&T and maybe put them both out of business.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
We moved from Alabama where we had Charter. Had no limit on data and loved them. They were awesome. Now we live in Mississippi, was forced to go with Cable ONE where we have limited data and the internet is slow and keeps disconnecting. If Charter ever came here we would be switching.
Reviewed April 15, 2017
First off I still had CenturyLink when Cable One came and hooked up our cable connection and so help me God the man shorted out the the test connection of the dsl knocking out our internet with CenturyLink. I was online when it went out. I go outside to see what the noise was on outside of my wall and it's Cable One. Took me 3 hours to figure out what happened. When I got off the phone with CenturyLink they told me to check that they were aware of Cable One sabotaging their lines and sure as heck they did. Now that's on my kids' lives I can tell you for a fact... and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
The company is shady as all get out when I'm on the line and the tech tells me, "No don't close Google Chrome. Open that back up!" Now I didn't tell him what I was doing. Clearly they had remote connection to my PC... Now when you buy your own modem and tell them not to update the firmware of your modem, that it does not belong to them and they do it anyway, that unlawful firmware can't be downgraded. I have been recording videos of them doing it to over 10 modems and will file my lawsuit soon!
Reviewed April 7, 2017
I don't know how Cable ONE quantifies the data usage. Despite our efforts to cut back on usage we keep somehow going over. First it was over 300 by a small amount. Now it's over 500 by a small amount. How? It especially doesn't make sense when our data usage goes up when we haven't been home. Finally fed up we called to cancel service for NEXT week. And they cut off service the same day. When we call to ask them to fix it they tell us there is nothing they can do. We have work and school. Important stuff we HAVE to do that is time sensitive. What a bunch of lying, cheating, crooks!! I don't know how what they're doing is even legal. AVOID THIS COMPANY!!!
Reviewed March 28, 2017
My Name is Daniel **, I Live in Dumas Tx. I have been using Cable ONE for almost a year now, and only recently when I started downloading a bunch of extra things on my Xbox did my data caps start hitting, and I was at a 300gb monthly plan and 100mb Download. Speeds were always great, occasional outages were normal due to the weather here in the panhandle, but still reliable. Price was very reasonable considering I was paying 55$ A Month for 300gb and 100mb Download compared to the other company which only went up to 25mb from what I saw on their website, which cost 60$ a month. I'm a Hardcore Gamer and Streamer, SO I do use data, and I have read a bunch of crap about them cheating everyone here and there, but I have not seen that.
Today I had a bill pop up which I called to check on because I had downgraded from a bundled TV And Internet Deal due to just not using TV Anymore and I was still getting billed, (Just Once) For the same package. The lady who I talked to was not only very nice but gave me a legit reason for why that was, and it was because I failed to return the boxes before the billing cycle, which I get.
However I was still upset I was getting charged for a service I wasn't Using and I explained to her how since I don't always know if I will be called in to work or not It is hard for me to sit there and wait for a tech all the time and because of my work Sometimes I miss them. She understood and told me that she would work with me and gave me a credit for the bill so I wouldn't have to pay it, and that was fantastic customer service, even if I didn't ask for that. I Have Never had an issue with cable one, and I'm sure like the other thousands of people who don't come on here just to write a complaint to be whiny, cable one does good by them too. For the choices we have out here where I live, Cable one is definitely the #1 Choice.
Reviewed March 28, 2017
Biggest thing to remember with Cable ONE is that you don't have a contract, which also means they don't have a contract. They can do as they please and there is nothing you can legally do about it. I understand that when it say up to 100mbs that doesn't mean I will be getting that high of speeds all the time. The highest download speed I have ever gotten is just over 14mbs, but that is the really rare, generally average around 4mbs. That isn't even 5% of the speeds I'm supposed to be able to get. On top of that, and this is really the biggest issue, streaming speeds are absolute garbage. Even on all the most reliable streaming services (Netflix, HBO NOW, Amazon Prime) it will play for 5 seconds and buffer for 20. It isn't 100% of the time but it is definitely more often than not.
What I really don't understand is how it will be working just fine and then drop off completely to unwatchable. I have called them and tried to get answers for this and they shirk the blame to my modem or don't have an answer. My modem is brand new $200 top of the line. I am going back to CenturyLink, they have slower speeds apparently, but I am getting those slower speeds anyway and I didn't have any streaming troubles with them.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
I have been a customer of Cable ONE internet for 16 years. I have NEVER once gone over their "300 gig" limit on my internet until September of 2016. I work from home on my computer and nothing has changed those 10 years since I began working from home. I do not have Netflix or any other program that would cause my internet usage to skyrocket. In September of 2016 I received a notice from Cable ONE that said I had used 320 gigs of data. I was shocked since this is the very first time I had even heard that there was a limit to the amount of data that I could use. I was warned that if I exceeded the 300 gig limit three times in twelve months, they were going to increase my bill by $25.00. I currently pay $55.00 a month.
I received another notice in November of 2016 that I had again used 323 gigs of data. I called customer service again and told them that there must be some mistake because I am certainly not using that much data. 323 gigs seems extremely excessive and I don't even know how I could use that much. They assured me that I am wrong and they are right. Of course there is no proof. Just their word against mine. I just received my current bill and it shows my total due is $88.93.
I called customer service and was told that I exceeded my 300 gig limit in January and now my bill will be higher. I asked her if she would be willing to move me back to the $55 a month I have been paying since I have been a loyal customer for SIXTEEN YEARS. She said she couldn't do that. I am now contacting Century Link to see if they would like to have my business. I am so tired of being accused of using excess data when I know that Cable ONE is lying about the amount of data I am using. Someone has got to stop these companies from cheating people out of money with NO proof.
Reviewed March 13, 2017
We were forced to upgrade our internet because Cable ONE said we were going our data plan. First time they tried to do this. I checked the usage times and the highest was a time we were not home! The second time they said upgrade or lose service. So now with our cable bill it's almost 300 a month. The free cable boxes? Ha! We are being charged for those too. We know we weren't using the data they say we were. Laptop wasn't working and only one kid using internet. I know my cell phone isn't using all the data.
We bought Roku TV's and will be cutting all but economy cable. See how the bill looks then. Plus the sports fees for channels we don't want or watch is wrong too. I'm sure we will be forced to upgrade again soon. The price difference jumps drastically when you get to using more data. When I posted on Facebook about the forced upgrade I found out that everyone in our town and the next got the same letters. It's a lie and wrong if we aren't using it.
Reviewed March 12, 2017
I've been with Cable One for 3 years. Their prices are deceptive. I pay for the high speed due to their manipulation of data speed and the service is still very poor. I've spoken with technical support numerous times and have been verbally abused. Had one tech scream at me and tell me to "shut up" because he was talking so fast I couldn't understand his instructions. When I repeatedly asked him to talk slow his response was "shut up." I reported this but nothing was done. He still works there because I was unfortunate enough to have him take my tech call at a later date. When I asked to speak to some else & explained why he hung up. Had to call tech support a couple of days ago because my email and other features were not working. The tech said I need new modem.
The Cable One installer came and started arguing with me in my own home telling me it was not the modem it was my device. Apparently according to him all my devices, which are new number the way, are faulty. I explained that sounds wrong. My devices are new. He began to argue with me. I asked why tech support claimed it was a faulty Cable One modem. He's says he doesn't know why they made this claim. He wouldn't even stay long enough to see if modem worked. It didn't because he never showed me how to locate pass code on modem. He just says code is in the modem. There are seven different number sequences on that modem so I had to call tech support to finish the job the installer neglected to do.
The tech reports my claim and says someone will contact me. I received voice mail from someone in my local Cable One office in Joplin Missouri but the call back number put me onto the main menu so the person that answers has no idea what or who I was referring to. Very Deceptive. Also I had an outage for 4 days due to Cable One's reason was an ice storm in my area. There was no I don't storm. When I called to request rate reduction for outage they tell me "thank you for being a loyal value customer." Then low balled me mail on the credit I was due had the nerve to offer me $4. When I said that was not enough she then offered $10. I do not trust this company at all. I'm leaving Cable One for AT&T.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017
We are seriously getting fed up with Cable One and are going to switch to CenturyLink despite having slower speeds. For the third month in a row now we have gotten a notification, claiming that we have exceeded our allotted data. Ridiculous. There are just two people in our household and we work all day. Just another glorified way to squeeze more money out of people.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017
Cable ONE implemented ridiculous Data Caps for their high speed internet service. If you go over the cap they force you to upgrade to a much more expensive plan. 300gb/month for their 100mb/s service. The only other option in Idaho is obsolete DSL with CenturyLink. We have been loyal customers since the 1990's, we will be switching to CenturyLink when our third warning letter arrives. Even though they have slower internet speeds, they have no data cap and it's cheaper. Seriously ** Cable One, greedy **.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
Cable One is obviously taking advantage of its customers in the area I live in. They are the only cable/high-speed internet provider. Everyone I know who has their service received a letter in the mail stating that we had gone over our allotted data and they were forcing us to move up to a more expensive package. There was no way this was true because I was out of town working during this time, but since there is no one else, unless you want a very slow satellite Internet, we are stuck like Chuck in the muck. If you are even remotely considering cable one I strongly recommend going without rather than using their dishonest service.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2017
Back in August 2016 Cable One put new data caps in place. I originally had 50 Mbps internet with no data cap. They changed that to 100 Mbps and a 300GB data cap. That may sound like a lot, but for any kind of video streaming it absolutely isn't. Most other cable internet ISPs have a 1TB data cap which is much more reasonable. Cable One claims that this is to help curb the usage of the highest level users, but it's obvious what is going on. People are cutting the cord and not paying for cable TV so they have to get more money from their internet offering. I'd be fine if they just raised the rates of the unlimited a bit or just offered better data cap options. I've been happy with the service before the cap, and if they increased the cap sizes at the various pricing levels I would be okay with it. At the current state I am very displeased with Cable One and would not recommend them to my worst enemy.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
I absolutely hate Cable One and its service. The data caps are outrageous as well as its too pricey. We keep going over them and every 3 months keep getting bumped up. I got rid of my home computer as well as PS4 and we're still going over them!!! Makes me so mad. Sorry we all have cellphones and tablets and video consoles that use data. Clearly Cable One doesn't understand that. The only reason I unfortunately still have them is because there is no other internet provider in the area. They also changed the Cable TV lineup and took away half of the regularly watched shows by my family so we dropped that as well.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
I have been using Linux since 1995. I have been using Linux EXCLUSIVELY since 2005. Cable One does not support Linux at all. At all!!! Most of the tech support may have heard of Linux, but they have no clue about what Linux is. REALLY, Linux is more popular than Apple (Mac). When Midco comes online in the next three months, I am going to bail on Cable One, unless they give me a damn good reason why I should stay! Damn it!!!
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2016
I upgraded to Cable One's "100Mbps" service four months ago. The fastest download speed I've seen thus far has been about 60 Mbps, but only one time. The slowest was this morning when I tested it after having trouble streaming videos from a news website: < 3 Mbps! That's worse than the service I had before I upgraded. It's unacceptable, but in this area - Sherman, TX - there is no viable alternative.
Reviewed July 13, 2016
Charge for internet but are unable to install it. So they set up an appointment to install internet at my house between 130 and 230 yet when I get there at 220 they have already came and gone, I guess in the Cable One world no one else works...
Reviewed June 13, 2016
Called to set up an appointment. Didn't get internet set up for fifteen days. Really guys? Then big blocks of time to wait at home to see if you'll show up.
Reviewed May 27, 2016
I live in a 55+ community in Arizona and Cable One locked in a monopoly on internet by owning the phone lines and refusing to allow firms like CenturyLink to use them. So if you want Internet, CO is the only choice. Worse, they consistently raise fees, claiming your broadband usage exceeds the cheaper categories. Oddly, they never give guidelines on how they reach this conclusion. Then if you bring your usage down, they tell you they won't bump you down to a cheaper category for THREE MONTHS. I've screwed them, though: I use our club house internet and told Cable One to take a hike. Oh, one more thing: They won't sell you their modem. You rent it endlessly for $8 a month. I've complained to the FCC and the state's version of a consumer protection agency, but neither of them have replied. Best reply: Don't do business with Cable One.
Reviewed May 18, 2016
Cable One is a pieces of ** over priced bad internet. I had an issue of them overcharging and they told me they would take care of the issues. I called three months in a row and each time they said they would take care of the issues. On the fourth month I told them I'm canceling them now they're going to charge me three months of back charges onto my final bill. Very, very dishonest company.
Reviewed May 2, 2016
Cable has a bad service but they charge too much. When you ask them why the internet cuts off they can't give you answers. They have blocked AT&T just because we live outskirt and all we can get is Cable One. Don't get Cable One TV or internet, you will cry and they will take your money. Cable One is the worse, a very crooked and right out dishonest. This company needs to be shut down for good for committing fraud. Watch your data and you will be surprise, that you're not using as much like Cable One is telling you. The said company is scamming their customers once again. Enough is enough. I wish I can add my receipt but it's all down online. My account is active Cable One account.
Reviewed May 1, 2016
First off I'd say the one shining beacon of Cable ONE is their "no contract" policy. But that being said their arrogance makes that a rather non-issue. Of course their product was very overpriced before their conversion to digital but since then it's just overpriced and garbage. Two required digital converters for free and any additional ones five dollars extra each month. Converter remotes that don't work correctly on any TV in the house which promotes further aggravation. Their 2nd tier line up is pure garbage yet they are quick to show what's on the higher tiers as a despicable ploy to entice customers to upgrade their service.
Internet is not bad though it is overpriced and I was "without option" placed into the 300 tier for usage but considering they show ** for programming I tend to use more data watching Netflix, Hulu, xbox video, etc. I currently pay 197.00 a month and only can use the service in half the house considering paying for two extra converter boxes would have totaled an extra 120.00 each year for the same thing I had before their conversion which by the way I see no difference in picture or programming quality since their change over. Another issue they have failed to provide an answer to is if I have four smart TV's in the house which are 100% digital why do I need a digital converter anyway? Cable One claims they are pushing a 100% digital signal through their lines.
So all in all I'd say the following: Programming: 1 out of 5 stars. Internet: 4 out of 5 stars. Cost: 0 out of 5 stars. Simply not worth the money on the cable side. Customer Service: 1 out of 5 stars. Equipment: 1 out of 5 stars. Terrible idea with the converter boxes. I think they are required more to the point of keeping people from illegally hooking up to the cable. Of course they are penalizing their paying customer base in order to accomplish this.
Reviewed April 6, 2016
I have paid and paid Cable ONE. They are charging me an outrageous amount for billing and cable. I paid over 500.00 in deposits and ended up with metered internet. Who still does that? It is just a way to charge extra on the bill. Unlike the large cities they are the only game in town for wired internet. They have managed to keep Fios and AT&T out of the area so it is a charge what you want to picnic for them and they do that. My bill is over 217 per month compared to the 140.00 per month that Verizon charges for the same services when they are available in your area. The internet is unreliable and keeps popping up as unavailable even though I am on the 200 mbps plan. I went online to see why they are the only ones available in my area but could not find an answer. Sherman is not so small it could not support competition.
Reviewed April 5, 2016
Cable One is again scamming the American consumer. They of course, send you a letter saying you have gone over and this is your third notice. However, they never sent you a first or second letter. Furthermore, the data usage is false given that we were out town a few days and everything was unplug that uses data. Cable One is the worse, a very crooked and right out dishonest. This company needs to be shut down for good for committing fraud. Watch your data and you will be surprise that you're not using as much like Cable One is telling you. The said company is scamming their customers once again. Enough is enough.

Reviewed April 1, 2016
Constant errors. They keep changing my auto billing account information with nonexistent card information so they can hit me with a late charge so every month I have to give them the right info again. They claim insane amounts of data usage was used but me and my family are gone for most of the day and you can't check on it because nothing works in the website. It always says site is not accessible or run time error or incorrect info. I've tried with my laptop, my desktop, smartphone and friend's computer. Plus the billing department works when I'm at work. When I try during lunch time the wait time is longer than my lunch time. Not many options. Both them and Century Link are hot garbage.
Reviewed March 31, 2016
They said I would get around 100mbps. What a JOKE! I get 9-11mbps! I signed up with Cable One 6 days ago. First day the guy came out and after 30 minutes said that they needed to put in a new cable from their box to my house. Three days go by and they put in a cable. Then 2 more days go by and they send out a guy to connect it to their modem. Tried it for less than a day and called Tech support because it was super SLOW. Spent 2 hours on the phone turning on and off the modem and playing with speed test. He said "something is VERY wrong". S L O W - 9-11 mbps! I mean that is dial-up slow.
He sent out a tech today. Tech spent 1.5 hours here and couldn't figure it out. He tried three modems. The original one, a new one from his truck (never worked), so he had to try a third one from his truck. Worked for about 1 hour and then died! Now we are back on the phone AGAIN! On hold 90% of the time! CABLE ONE SUCKS! HORRIBLE PRODUCT. HORRIBLE TECH. SUPPORT. OBVIOUSLY POORLY TRAINED INSTALLERS. Worst phone tech support I have ever used. Phone support know NOTHING and put you on hold for 10-15 minutes at a time and never solve anything.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2016
If I could rate the Cable One CS reps as the best to worst in my life they are far and above the absolute worst. If you have a company looking to have an example of horrible, rude, disrespectful people give them a jingle you will not be disappointed. I was late by one day on an internet bill and they called me and said I need to pay 350 dollars? The bill was 50 bucks. I say "no way, I need your manager". She got then was even more rude and added a 100 more? She was actually laughing at me. I was a customer for 12 years? I hung up and called the corporate COO office. It got straightened out. Avoid this company. They hate you and love your money.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2016
Cable One please stop adding and advertising services until you can get at least one to work. If your service was run by your billing department it would be very reliable. In Prescott Valley, AZ the internet and phone totally unreliable. With Cable One as internet & phone provider, and AT&T cell service, we are back in the stone ages with little outside communication. Another service failure from Cable One will leave no other choice but to look for another provider.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2016
I have no choice but to use Cable ONE as our internet provider. I was upgraded to the 500GB package because of usage. My problem is how the Bandwith is monitored. "My Bandwidth" is for a calendar month whereas your billing cycle is for another calendar period. We are a streaming family and Cable ONE is the only internet provider I can use where I live. The customer service is horrible. When I found out my plan had changed without my authorization, the representative asked, "Well what do you want?" I simply replied "I would have like to have the option of making a choice." She didn't care because she knew I didn't have options. My complaint is how Cable ONE monitors your bandwidth that is not aligned with your billing cycle. This company has to be headed by Satan himself!!!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2016
Service will be out for hours at a time, sometimes several times a week. When you call they say they will get back with you and never call back. Our service went out on a weekend and they won't come fix it until Monday! The only thing reliable about Cable One is the BILL! You will get it on time and for the full amount no matter how long you were without service. You won't get anywhere close to the "speed and reliability" with internet service that they promise. And customer service is even worse.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016
I was bullied into upgrading to a higher level after I reached Cable One's data cap 300GB. I must say, for the $130/mo I would expect much better transfer rates, and we get plenty of dropout times. I average 45Mbs down, and 10Mbs up. I would expect more in range of 70+ Mrs download. The ironic part is that they "offer" a business rate for more Mbs at cheaper, but they won't allow me that. I wish there were more competition, for improved product and customer service.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2016
I signed up for Cable One almost a year ago. We have 2 TVs that we stream to (through Roku and PS3) and we use wifi on our phones. In that year, the internet has been very unstable. It would shut off, freeze, or just pixelate images for days at a time. Each time we'd call, we'd get the same support of "unplug the modem for 30 minutes and it should work." I would often ask for prorated amounts for days lost and be told they don't do that. Now, they have completely disconnected my service and are asking $360 to reconnect. The reason? I was late on my payment by a month. I paid $105 to ensure it was up to date but they are insisting the $360 be paid. Now, I understand that yes, I was late, but there was no warning, no "you need to pay by this date" or anything.
I paid on Friday afternoon and Friday night, they "hard" disconnected me. When I called tech support, they didn't even tell me why -- just said the usual support advice. I refuse to pay to reconnect when the service was already terrible. Also, they have a monopoly on my area... Every other company except Dish says they aren't available in my area and then they actually refer me to Cable One. That is ridiculous!
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2016
I see other people have reported a similar issue. We use Cable One for TV and Internet and have for years. When we moved into our new place 3 years ago, they had an arrangement for using 50 GBs a month and paying extra for every GB over. We never went over and had been told they weren't enforcing it. I don't know when the new 300 GB data caps were put in and enforced, because we only found out after getting warnings of going over. We didn't change our usage habits from before when we were barely using 50GBs so this seemed impossible.
Another reviewer mentioned having problems since August; our overages supposedly started occurring in July (we went on vacation, so...). We are trying to give the benefit of the doubt to them after being forced into a higher data cap plan we don't want by getting a new router, changing passwords, and making sure nothing is running in the background, but so far it doesn't appear to be helping. (We stream Netflix a lot, but use low quality and even if we use the data calculator provided by the company and fill it out according to gross overestimates of what we actually use, we shouldn't be hitting this data cap. We've gotten a couple more devices since we started, but it's not like we use them all at once.) I'm getting more suspicious of how data is tallied.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2016
I have had Cable One for 8 years now and they were great for a long time. Nowadays their customer service is awful. I was threatened by them for going over my 300 gig bandwidth limit which I didn't even know what a thing. If you go over the 300 gig internet limit then they try to force you to upgrade to a higher package which is a joke. Much rather have DSL and have no data limit than be bullied by these **. Stay away from this company.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2016
I am tired of watching the TV in the evening because it constantly pixelates and we miss a lot of the dialogue. We pay a lot of money for our services and it's not right that we can't have a good signal all the time. We've been told that it has to do with a transmission difficulty from Phoenix to our area. I wish they would get this fixed because it is NOT fair to the consumers. They should give each customer in this area that has the problem a huge break on our bills until it gets FIXED!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
After having cable one for a year we got tired of them and decided to go with DSL. Cable one forced us to upgrade our package because we went over our 300GB a month. Basically if you stream 2 movies a day you're going to go over. They offer 100 mb which is great but not if you have watch what your kids are watching. If you have kids and multiple devices. Good luck not getting ripped off by this company. This is by far the worse company I have ever dealt with. I called and they basically told me to pay 105 instead of the 55 I was paying. I told the rep I wasnt going to double my bill and still be CAPPED. What a joke? Save yourself a headache and dont even bother with them. I got offered 20mb for 30 a month. Slower but its fast enough to stream whatever I want and don't have to worry about Cable One Data usage.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
In my opinion, as a consumer, “deals” certain providers give are just not really honest deals. I am in the process of cutting my monthly expenses. One of those “cuts” will be television service. As I am looking for “deals” online, I see Cable One's deal of $35.00 per month for the 1st three months for Internet. Then when you read further, there is an extra charge of $8.00/mo for the EQUIPMENT to receive internet. So actually, the deal is NOT $35.00 per month, it is really $43.00 per month (plus taxes and other fees). This is the same with AT&T...$**.** for internet PLUS $*.** for the equipment.
You cannot have internet without the equipment. Internet is internet and whatever equipment is needed to have the internet. That equipment to receive internet is implied because you cannot have internet without the equipment. I believe it is wrong to advertise internet for “X” amount of dollars as a deal then the provider also says it will be an additional “X” amount of dollars for the equipment or you will not be able to have internet service.
This does not just apply to internet. It also applies if you want television services too. You pay a certain amount for the television service plus an amount for the equipment (and for each receiver) to receive the television stations. You can't have television without the equipment. This is not just with Cable One, it is like this with AT&T and DIRECTV. Is it just me and I'm not understanding and seeing it wrong? In my opinion this is just wrong and false advertisement.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
I have been using Cable One for a couple of years, mostly because where I live it is the ONLY option for internet service. When we opened our account we had unlimited service. Three months ago, Cable One switched us to a data plan and increased our monthly payment without informing us. When I called to ask why our plan had changed, the customer service rep tried to convince me that we have always had a data plan and that we were probably just using more internet. After arguing with her for 10 minutes, she admitted that we did have an unlimited plan before, but that they only offer data plans now.
So now we pay more money to have less access, at speeds that have never reached what Cable One says we should be averaging. Now they want me to upgrade our account and pay over $100 for their awful internet (just internet, nothing else). The local office here is impossible to reach, and the hotline number is never helpful. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. They should be investigated for fraud. I am looking forward to cancelling my service this month. I would rather have no internet service than pay Cable One for this horrible service.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2015
We have been experiencing higher than normal bandwidth usage with Cable ONE since last August of 2015. We have received two notices from Cable ONE that we have exceeded our monthly allotment of 300GB for two months in a row (that's a maximum of 10GB/day). Looking at the history of our usage, we have exceeded 300GB almost consistently since last August, and our Internet usage habits haven't changed that we are aware of. In fact, August was the first month when this happened. We were consistently under 10GB per day for all previous months of this year. In August, we were on vacation for two weeks and our bandwidth usage shot up over 500GB for that month.
Being concerned about our bandwidth usage, we tried for two days to limit our usage both on the computer and on the TV - and it didn't seem to make a difference as our daily usage was consistently over 10GB/day. That forced us to increase our bandwidth through Cable ONE from 300GB to 500GB at a cost of an extra $50/mo (that's a maximum of 16GB/day). And we are still experiencing occasional usage in excess of 20GB/day when doing almost nothing on the computer or the TV.
Suspecting that a neighbor might have gained access to our Wi-Fi, we also changed the password on our home Wi-Fi (believe me, it has always been a very secure password), and it did not help reduce the high usage. I have a bandwidth monitor app on all my devices now. Yesterday (12/18/15), I was on Facebook for about an hour on my iPhone. That one hour of Facebook used 1GB of bandwidth. Watching a one hour Hulu episode on my iPhone used 3GB, and it wasn't even HD. There's no way that I'm going to be watching video clips on YouTube or Facebook anymore just for the fun of it. We are going to cut back to the 300GB next month and we're going to drop Netflix and Hulu and get all our news from text and even restrict how much graphical content we access on the Internet. The cost of entertainment isn't worth it to us.
We have five computers at home, two iPhones, and one iPad. These get updated often. I've discovered that it uses up to 2GB per computer to update Mac's OS, and I've yet to find out how much bandwidth is used to update my apps. And then I have Windows on three of those computers that also get updated frequently. Just using my computers and keeping them updated can push me over the daily limit, and that means cutting back on entertainment for that day. It really isn't worth it. So now I am also stopping automatic updates on the computers and iPhones/iPad and limiting it to just one update per month at most, and maybe even less. So far for the month of December (2015) we have 13 days left and have already used 50% of the now 500GB bandwidth, and this by being very frugal with our Internet usage.
My strongest suspicion is that Cable ONE has changed the way they tally bandwidth usage, which amounts to increasing the cost to the users. I fully understand that it costs them to provide streaming video and to make it possible for users to store photos and video online, but if it is true that they changed the way they tally bandwidth, they did not tell their customers. We need full disclosure before the fact and not have to discover these changes at the expense of an increased bill for seemingly no reason.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015
I took a day off work to sit in my house all afternoon waiting for Cable ONE installation. After they are an hour late, I call them to see what is going on. I am told that they tried to call my wife's cell phone and she didn't answer, so they canceled the appointment and never came to my door. I said that I don't understand why they would decide to cancel an appointment without even coming to the door! What if she did not have service or was working at the time and couldn't answer? Then I start getting "it's just policy" over and over again.
If I schedule an appointment, of course I am going to be there. I scheduled it! After speaking to two different people whom had zero concern for what has happened, they kindly offered to let me take a second day off of work to wait for them again! I did tell them that that doesn't work and shortly after was hung up on. Yes I was frustrated. No, I never once yelled or use any inappropriate language. I know they don't care about one individual customer but maybe someone who notices this will know who can work to improve this situation. What other company in the world would still be in business with the attitude of "You need me more than I need you!" And now, based on this post, I see Cable ONE also has data limits??? Who does that?!
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2015
I had Cable ONE for about 3 months and decided to turn off my phone and TV service. They increased my bill for no reason, customer service spoke in circles. If you're looking to turn this service ON, DON'T!!!. Stay Away from all services!!!
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015
I have been signed up for internet and phone for two weeks. The internet has been down well over 30 hours and they simply blame it on converting to a digital system. Today my phone is down and I have a message to sign up to voice mail. It will not let me place a call. Their 24/7 service number simply goes dead when asking for support. I have spent over 1.5 hours trying to contact anyone.
This firm is so bad, a single star rating is overkill. Go to dtv or any other service if available. This firm simply does not care about customer support. If someone in your family need to have access to a phone for 911 or to call the fire department they are dangerous to the public and could contribute to someone passing away. The state attorney general needs to look into this firm's lack of service which endangers Arizona residents. Veterans avoid this firm at all cost.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
Well I got Cable ONE when I moved into my new house. Was great till they up the speed from 50 to 100. We couldn't play our internet game at the same time like before. I called them and asked, "Why?" They said, "Come and get new modem." So I did. That didn't help. Then they up my speed to the 150 still suck. I called again. They sent a tech out with new modem and again nothing. Everyday I called and they said it not on their end but was funny 'cause we didn't have problem till the change the speed. So I call CenturyLink. They was there in 3 days hooking me up great plan 40+ and I get 20 m upload. With Cable ONE you only get 3, 5 and 10 but pay thru the neck. Since I went to CenturyLink I can run 4 PCs, play games, listen and watch Netflicks and not one problem. I only pay 40.00 a month. Be careful with Cable ONE. I only got a 25.00 credit and it takes a month to get that.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
The first problems I had with this company was finding router that was compatible; I ended up renting one from Cable One because NONE of the ones sold in my area would work. After going over my data limit (never received a notice I was even close to the limit) I phoned Cable One to upgrade. The customer service rep was rude and condescending. I only wanted a price list so I could choose an upgrade, but she was lost in her world of berating customers. I will never support a company that treats customers as poorly as this one does.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
Since August 2015 I have had numerous landline phone (my only phone) outages. I have spent many days and hours on calls to Cable One. If I have no landline, only to interface with them thru 'chat' on the computer. This has been time consuming. They gave me no - zero credits. For days my phone was non-usable. This continued in September but then it started with internet and television outages as well. Again, numerous 'recommended time' phone calls were made. By this time I had been told so very many times that Cable One was 'sorry' but there was an upgrade occurring. The bottom line to all this is I have only now in November 2015 been given a 26.00 credit. I propose a CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST CABLE ONE.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015
Cable ONE, US again irresponsible to consumers. Recent digital TV was added and Cable ONE is unable to connect to the equipment which Cable ONE provided with digital TV! How surprising! Called Cable ONE support and activation of digital TV box after connecting as instructed to no avail! Cable ONE support person told me it would be THREE WEEKS before a "technician" would be available to visit the residence and determine the problem.
Asked about the television channels not being available after the November 17th deadline, only to be told by support person, "Don't worry, analog will be available for some time afterwards." WRONG!!! 25 television channels ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TODAY, NOVEMBER 17th! Called CABLE ONE Billing to request I receive credit for no television access after THEIR equipment FAILED. Again, Cable ONE person told me, "CABLE ONE WILL NOT CREDIT ANY ACCOUNT FOR NOT RECEIVING TELEVISION CHANNELS!" Cable ONE is unregulated and is NOT a member of the Better Business Bureau! No way to challenge the cable companies! Monopoly of screwing everyone!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
We have been with Cable One for over ten years. When we got our internet we got the largest package and now are going to have to pay more due to them saying we are exceeding our use. Our contract did not have a cap. We looking to directv and so many others are due to cable expense vs channels. Now the menu skips from 41 to 70 you can't even tell what is on tv. I hate to leave because of the time invested with them as a partner for years but the rate increases on internet are not fair. I think they would be trying to keep customers instead of losing them to competition. If the computers can have bigger packages for less what is the excuse.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
Serving 730,000 customers in 19 states, Cable ONE has grown to be the 10th largest cable television provider in the United States. The company was founded in 1986. Yeah because they force people to upgrade for going over their so called data. They also have a monopoly on cable internet service in Idaho. There needs to be a law against forced upgrades.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015
Forced me to upgrade my internet because of going over their 300 gig limit. My internet doubled in price - almost paying a 100$ a month for a connection that I don't want with no downgrade options because I keep going over my old 300 gig limit even though my new limit is 400 gigs. Customer service was not helpful at all - they pretty much told me I have no options but to pay $100 a month. For a broke college student this is beyond frustrating. Watched my internet bill steadily climb all year. I am done with Cable ONE - cant wait for Midco to finally provide service to my area. Will cancel cable one ASAP.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015
Cable one is by far the worst internet service I have ever seen. They told us that they would provide faster service than centurylink, since we had them we have been repeatedly kicked off our internet and when we try to sign back in it tells us the password is no good. Even connected through ethernet we would still get kicked off. I called and complained every day for a week they told me that everything is fine and it must be my fault when they finally sent someone he said everything was fine and it must be my fault. Then they told us that their router isn't the best and we should get a different one because the neighbors WiFi is causing interference. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with in my life. Do not pay these people anything for any service. I only gave them one star because it made me. I am canceling their internet and going back to centurylink. It has only been a month and that was way too much.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
Internet service options in the Prescott, AZ area are limited and I have been with Cable One for 10 years. During this time, the Internet service has ranged from below average to very poor. It's not unusual to have problems on a weekly basis and I've experience drop outs as often as 5-10 times per day. I am sure their customer service group struggles to come up with excuses to defend Cable One's substandard performance. And I've heard far too many excuses; but they are a monopoly and they know it. And with every call to customer service, I hear about an upgrade.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
Well, it's like this! Brand new to Cable One and we are a hostage. The government will not help by allowing other cable companies to compete, where we work third shift and Cable One does all their maintenance at night. We pay our bill and not get services. When you call, they tell you like it or leave it, so we dropped TV and went with Dish (Great Service). We have no choice for Internet and our business is through the internet. Oh did I mention that I am crippled and cannot hear, disabled for serving 911, but don't expect to be treated any differently, Cable One is a non-prejudicial abuser. The ladies in our local office is great. Anti-Customer Service IS THE VERY WORST. Tech Support is a bunch of young kids only reading a script.
If everyone who has Cable One would take the time and start contacting (writing and calling) Federal Communications Commission, Public Utilities Commission and their local congressmen and just keep sending letters, calling every chance you get (I am and I have a lot of time to make some noise). Cable One will lose their monopoly on the areas that does not have a decent cable company. Cable One promises 100 mbps but you only get (and I am doing an average, across 5 different testing sites, including Cable One's) is only at a best (doing each test 3 times) 47 mbps. This is breach of contract and false advertising. Then they tell you "Best Effort, Take It or Leave It".
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
Very frustrating and disappointing service. We have to monitor our internet usage each month to avoid exceeding their limits. We use Netflix and Vudu and were notified that our bill was going from $50 to $135 a month and we have no recourse or latitude in our options. I am actively looking to switch to an alternative provider, but options are limited for us in Meridian. I will leave the nano-second a reasonably fast option becomes available. I have absolutely nothing good to say about this company and their policies.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015
The hotel staff of Suburban Inn & Suites (D'Iberville, MS) called CableOne several times over 10 hours reporting several hotel rooms had failing cable TV ("no service" on regular, paid for channels). Several customers also called because CableOne was not responding to the requests for service. They sent the most ignorant, insulting, lazy, apathetic "service" person we've ever encountered. He not only ignored the reports that ALL hotel rooms had failing cable TV, but he ignored several statements from staff and clients. As a COL and physician in the military, I travel a lot. I know excellent customer service traits - and I've witnessed abysmal. This is the worst I've ever experienced. Personally, I've never seen any "service" person be so intentionally rude and insulting to a highly decorated, disabled, military physician and officer... let alone to everyone else.
The "service" person blamed the problem on the hotel's TVs (which anyone with an IQ>70 knows was not the case, since EVERY tv cable failure in EVERY room occurred at the SAME time). Every client at the hotel, including my soldiers needing rest & relaxation of TV after a long day of actual work and service, had to suffer without - even though they paid for this service.
The phone and site "service" staff of CableOne is horrid. None showed concern for this problem, and none actually investigated the cause. Now everyone needs to do tons more work just getting these lazy selfish apathetic twits to do their job, then endure a worse process of trying to be compensated for services not provided. Several staff and clients have called since this massive failure, to get a "service" person to come fix the issue. They said a "service" person would be there soon (that was 7 hours ago, since then the hotel office has now closed... i.e, more promised "service" but again more failure).
Can't stand this inept apathy - I'll never stay in another hotel again that has this service. Neither will my 2,000 soldiers. Neither will my colleague's soldiers, my physician colleagues, etc. They ticked off the wrong highly connected, highly influential military officer and academic physician. If you live in the area CableOne covers, do not use their "services" because you will not get what you pay for. When our media alerts others to their hellish "service" and the boycott is in full force, they also will not have any business any longer. Do not use them.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015
Received a notice that my bandwidth was above their requirements. Changed my settings for Netflix as this appeared to be the major culprit. I have Glasswire on my computer and it shows a daily usage of less than 1GB of date. However, without using any Netflix for the past 3 days, Cable One still shows usage in the 4.0 GB range. One day only had the computer on for 8 hours and no streaming. Everyone should monitor closely.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015
I'm going to keep this short. I'm too upset to go into great detail. I came back to Cable ONE after leaving them 11 years ago for poor service. I have repetitive outages, TV always pixelates, I'm on the phone with them weekly. No bill credit! Gone!
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015
Everywhere I've been just gave us internet and we never had a problem from then on. Ever since the first month of having Cable One we have gotten warnings about over usage... I've NEVER heard of this. They say we used double the amount and our bill will automatically more than double if it continues. Does this sound fair or right? It sounds really fishy to me and EVERYONE I've asked about it. I will actually move from this area to avoid paying Cable One more than they deserve.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015
I wish I could give 0 stars. My internet and cable were both out for three days and everyday that I contacted them, they either said they were working on it, or it was a problem on my end and nothing they could do. Finally, when we pushed them to come out to fix the problem, they said they'd be at the house after 1 pm. At 2:30, the technician didn't call as he was supposed to, and didn't even knock on the door when he got to the house. He simply left the note saying he showed up, while we were sitting in the house waiting.
An hour and a half later, we noticed the note and called and they gave some lame excuse about how they called and left a message (they later admitted they didn't). 5 hours later, I've been sitting waiting for a technician to show up to fix a problem they refused to fix for three days. Save your money and your time, DO NOT use Cable ONE. They have no respect for you as a customer. They're the cheapest service for a reason, and I've been paying to not have internet and cable for three days. Biggest waste of money and incredibly offended by the service.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015
Today, I likely had the most horrific experience with a company in my lifetime. I have been a Cable One customer for over 10 years and have not had any issues with them until last month when I received a notification that I had exceeded my data allotment. The notification stated that I had to upgrade my service to another plan that would provide a larger data quota. I immediately called Cable One and upgraded to a plan which was basically double the cost of the prior plan ($130/mo).
Yesterday, Cable one cancelled my internet service without any notification. I won't go into all the details but I was forced (coerced) to upgrade to a plan that now costs $255/month or face losing internet access, e-mail addresses, etc. Please, be wary of Cable one and their "no fee" data overages. Their customer service is absolutely horrible and they are always right.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2015
Cable One blocked access the internet UNTIL I read/agreed to their new terms/policies. The problem? I woke up terribly, horribly sick and needed to get a doctor's # but didn't feel it was a 911 situation. Cable One blocked every search demanding I read/agree to their policies. I tried to read it but was so horribly sick, it was impossible to concentrate. I went back to bed. 5 hours later, tried again. Finally I simply clicked "agree" so I could use the net. I called Cable One to complain. They essentially said, "Sorry, that is our policy." I said, "Sorry, but that is extremely WRONG! You are not considering extenuating circumstances -- what if you had an emergency with your child, pet, etc. and NEEDED immediate internet access?" Cable One's response? Standard script.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2015
We went over on our data cap 3 times so we were not only forced into a higher tier, but they want us to jump 2 tiers higher. So instead of $50, we'll be paying over $100. For pretty much the same service. Ridiculous. Just avoid them if you can.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015
If you can avoid Cable One, do so! This is by far the worst cable/internet I've ever had. My internet hardly works & when it does, it's not high speed like they promote. Not to mention, they are increasing the cost of internet this October. Plus the channels they offer aren't even worth paying for when Hulu & Netflix are $8 a month. Stay clear of Cable One.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015
Not a lot of choice in Boise, ID for ISPs - both C'Link and Cable ONE have mostly bad reviews - probably due to lack of competition, and the corporate mentality of "more cash, less service". Bad customer service, downtime, bills that make no sense - sound familiar? With the service I've had, I am writing to FCC, BBB. ARE YOU?
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015
We use Cable ONE, well because in Texarkana Tx that's all you have to choose from, and we cant do Dish. We signed up for basic cable and internet, "bundle plan" and was told total with taxes was 130.00 a month. It's been over 200.00 for one reason or another every month. They now say we use too much GB on our internet plan and sent a letter saying "if you don't upgrade to a larger plan we will upgrade it for you!!!" WTF. We specifically asked before we agreed to anything if there was any kind of overage fee or limit to how much internet we used and we were repeatedly told NO. Even the cable installer who came told us the same thing. My last bill was 311.00 dollars for basic cable and internet. This company is scam. If you can choose a different provider!!! The cable goes out all the time and the internet really isn't that fast. If you can do Comcast I would advise to do so. I would if I could.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2015
AVOID Cable ONE at all cost. I have been with Cable ONE for 20 years this October. Two months ago I did not receive a bill. I went into the office only to find out that they do not take payments so I waited to get the next bill. I received the second bill on a Friday and I immediately called your company to talk to a representative because I had a late fee. She removed the late fee. At that time I also told her I would mail in the payment because I did not want to pay $10.00 to make a payment over the phone. I mailed the payment the next workday (Monday) and on Tuesday they disconnected my service. I had 1 work day to make the payment yet the bill did not say it was a cut off notice.
I called to make sure they would not charge me for the service I did not receive and their rep of course lied and said I would not be charged. I received my bill today with not only full charge but a $12 reconnection fee. Considering this is all their fault for not sending a bill and I have been with this company for 20 years, I find this disgusting treatment of a loyal customer and I will start looking for a company that values their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2015
Internet went away again all morning. Called customer service and they of course agreed there was a problem. Said they were working on it.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015
Wish I could give negative stars. My already insane internet rate just went way up, and my internet isn't even working. I cancelled the cable service long ago because they lost all of the channels my family watches, so we use the internet for our TV. Not smiling Cable One, not smiling.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015
I have been Cable One customer for over two years with perfect payment history using the easy pay option where they automatically pull money from your checking account with a debit card. I recently had a debit card change and when I got my bill it reflected current and past due amount. I went online to pay the bill. Silly me for thinking this would have updated my card information on file! Clearly it was not updated for easy pay nor did I receive a courtesy call to update my card information. So... another month went past due but this time they disconnected my service. In order to turn service back on they treated me as if I was a brand new customer and would not reconnect my service unless I paid a $150 deposit, $90 connection fee on top of first month and last month's bill.
So to sum up, I would have had to pay $950 to reconnect my services. They were unwilling to waive any of these fees even after reviewing my perfect 2 year payment history. Because of this, I cancelled cable service and am only continuing to use their internet service as I have no other options. Save yourself the frustrations from Cable One and use satellite providers and/or subscribe to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime or even Apple TV. Cable TV is a rip off and with Netflix/Hulu customers taking customers away from cable companies daily, one would think customer retention is a priority for a declining industry like cable tv. If I am able to find another internet provider, I will be switching as I do not think Cable One is the type of company that I want to do business with.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015
We moved into our amazing home a bit over a year ago. We called Cable One because they are the only cable provider in town. Since we have had Cable One they have been telling us that they have been upgrading their systems, to "bear with them." A year later nothing has updated - speed still slow, can't be on the pc doing homework and have a video game played in the another room etc. Today I finally snapped and started to shop for another service provider and guess what... there isn't one. That's right in this city that's it. We all are angry we all have to deal. If I ran for mayor on Rio Rancho based solely on a no Cable One monopoly platform I would win.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015
I could write a book about my last month with this mega corporation! Promised a $225 refund for our initial deposit after 6 months of paying on time. MAJOR runaround. Different customer service folks, different answers, total BS each and every time I call. It's amazing that on the bill due date, the money is jerked out of our bank account, but God forbid you try to get YOUR refund back. Cable One, are you really hurting for my $225? Retired and living on a pension, we could sure use $225. I lived up to my half of the bargain by paying on time. Now it's your turn to live up to your half. We will fight for our money, believe me. As consumers, we must stand up for our rights and stop the greed. I am sick of their crap.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2015
I called to get my business cable services moved 1 mile. 16 days later I still have no service. I have called almost daily only to be told someone will call me. I have finally requested a supervisor "they were all in a meeting" (sure they were). Left messages -a no call back of course. One csr told me nothing had been started on my account yet to move my service. Really? 16 days! My account is auto pay so I am paying for something I don't have. I finally requested the cancellation dept. They claim I can break contract in 3 days if I still have no service. I just bet it's a lie. How is this company still in business? I am a store owner and would never treat a customer this way!
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015
I am a gamer. I have been for a while. I play a game called Counter Strike Global offensive (or CSGO for short) on a fairly regular basis. If you ever hear about professional shooter gaming it's either CSGO or Call of Duty and only Call of Duty for its extreme popularity. Cable One has been a absolutely wonderful service for me as far as gaming goes. I only use it for Internet and for that it has been great until recently. Cable One recently came out with their "Ultra 100 Internet" or something along those lines and ever since then my internet speeds somewhat suspiciously slowed down to the point where my game is completely unplayable. I am 100% certain that Cable One has purposely throttled its 50 MBPS connections as well as those slower to encourage an upgrade to their Ultra 100 **.
These corporate ** should be sued for every penny they own for false advertising. I feel like walking into Cable One's corporate headquarters and punching the ** out of every executive in there. By the way I'm also pretty good at CSGO. For any CSGO players out there I'm usually around Legendary Eagle Master ever since they ** my internet. I've dropped down to Gold Nova 3. Luckily Midcontinent is coming to my area in a few months but until then I just have to deal with Cable One's sorry regurgitated mess that they call internet. So to summarize DON'T TOUCH CABLE ONE WITH A 50 FOOT POLE MADE OF UNOBTAINIUM WITH A BIOHAZARD SUIT ON WHILE IN A TANK!!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015
We have been Cable One customers for 16 years!! I purchased a new TIVO that must be paired up with Cable. So I purchased a cablecard to go inside my TIVO box. Well, going on week two that Cable One can't activate the cablecard. I've talked to 10+ people, been on hold for hours and hours. They all say the same thing, "Your account shows pending, transition etc." They all say they are sending out a ticket for repair etc. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! Week two, so I actually went to the cable company in Boise. Told them my problem. The guy works on my account for awhile, gets me a new cablecard, says "the pending is closed now."
Go home, install the TIVO and cablecard AGAIN.... only to have the same problem. Called AGAIN, was told the same things AGAIN, said "we won't forget you," "I'll be sure to get this fixed," BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!!!! Now I have a new TIVO box that can't be used but hopefully can be sent back to Amazon. Back to the cable box until I get an antenna and start streaming like most smart people do nowadays. I can't begin to describe how unhappy I am. Hmmm I wonder why they are losing so many customers?
Reviewed July 23, 2015
Cable ONE is losing tv subscriber so they are screwing the internet user. They say "You will get a notification about your usage." I got one that my cable is shut off. I was on the phone 5 hrs. They told me I had to upgrade from $83 a month to $130! They are out of their minds. I had that account for 20 yrs. Never had any problems. We had local support that was top of the line. Now we have nothing. When you call it goes to... who knows where? The cap is the most BS. Profit is one thing but ** is another. $6 to $9 a gig is the charge when in the real world it is 2 or 3 cent per gig.... Criminals!
Reviewed July 21, 2015
Lousy selection of channels, high rates. They were too cheap to pay what Viacom wanted even though the rest of their association did. So we now have Eternal World Network BYU and few other religion stations. Last year, they jumped up rates by 2 a month for sports programming surcharge. Then another and another. Then this Feb they had a 20 percent increase. They never replaced the channels they took away. I was told by a secretary we were lucky to new channel. The rest were put on a separate extra charge tier that rose to 16 a month, the regular went from 45 to seventy.
They've lost 300000 subscribers over their cheapness. Then Cable One was spun off from some big corporation then they took one of the few remaining channels and put it on the extra cost tier and had the techs primed when customers called in. They were trying to convince us to order the tier which would make my cable 85 a month from the 45 it started out 2 years ago.
This executive told me that if they get some issue they don't want to mess with they just tell the FCC. They've done the best they can (he goes home to Cox cable in Phoenix which is great and he dares to say were in the same boat). I read they lost 23000 customers last quarter of last year. When I called to complain about WGN put on the optional tier they gave me 6 months of it free. It’s not that great. They put 16 sports channels on it and maybe 10 non sports channel. My parents pay 77 for 200 channels on Dish.
Reviewed July 16, 2015
Cable One hijacked our internet last week and held it hostage until we agreed to pay the small business rate of $130+ per month because we used too much data. Did you know there is a cap on your internet through Cable one? Us either! We have only one option for internet service at our address... We called to negotiate a more reasonable solution since I already pay them a bundle of money monthly, and they refused to work with us until we could show 3 months of below the data cap usage. It's called a forced upgrade.
So here is what we did to solve OUR problem. DirecTV. I am going to save $600 in the next year over what I would have paid Cable One for television AND another $720 in more charges they wanted me to pay for internet and TV. Cable One just lost $1200 a year of our business. Thanks Cable One for saving me $600 this year. DirecTV - same television service, no installation, half the cost of cable. Check it out for yourself! PS I had to wait 17 minutes on hold just to talk to a Cable One rep. I just pray that we can take our internet service elsewhere someday soon as well.
Reviewed July 14, 2015
Cable ONE installed internet and now I can't get a signal on one of dish tvs.
Reviewed July 9, 2015
Worst internet cable company in my life. At first I was paying $60 a month, a few months later they raised it to $108 a month, a few months later they shut my internet down and they wanted $270 a month. They said that I was using too much internet. That's a bunch of **.
Reviewed July 1, 2015
Cable One should be investigated! I have spent three days dealing with the ** customer service in my 51 years on this planet! I have lost my voice, had to repeat myself 7 different times to 7 different people, 7 different responses saying "WE have it fixed"! I have spent 4 hours of my life in three days on a phone to Cable One trying to get these idiots to fix my account. Charging me for services that are not there. This company has put every customer on the brink of just getting rid of them. Cable One wants a hundred dollars no matter what! From every household they are in. They throttle the hell out of us! What is really going on with corporations like this that are able to rob people outright. Make them go crazy in the process.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
Worst company/customer service I have ever dealt with in my life. Was on the phone with a rep for 45 min and was hung up on after I asked to speak with a supervisor. Would rather have no cable/WiFi than deal with this company. Willing to spend $30 more a month (than what I was paying cable one) to go through another provider.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Active duty service member that relocated to the area and needed basic service. Cable One came out, did a decent job installing the service then departed. Over the next few months, my bill changed monthly. Finally, I decided to get satellite TV and keep the Cable One internet. What an amazing difference in TV quality, selection of programs, and overall experience for a third less than what I was paying. Now the Internet hardly works, the company doesn't answer the phone for customer support, and now I have a bill for a service that hasn't worked in weeks, if not months. My hotspot on my cell phone is faster and more reliable than the so called hi-speed 50mb internet I've been paying for. Horrible unprofessional company. Put it this way... I had to wait in line behind 10-15 people at the local office with people who were also switching providers and turning in their equipment in trash bags.
Reviewed June 12, 2015
I am paying for 75 Mbs and could not even connect to the net! The service has been fine, no complaints. Then they started an upgrade and I lost most of my connection. So far I have not received any discount or adjustment. Do not use their auto pay system because you cannot stop them from draining your account for whatever they want. It is impossible to call them locally. Everything is automated so no live person = no help. I have not missed a payment in 6 years of service. I have received one small discount during all those years. Service = no stars.
Reviewed June 10, 2015
CableOne's high-speed Internet service, at $50/month, has been as reliable as most for the passed year. The past couple of days, though, it's been down time after time, sometime for hours. Such things will happen to a provider once a year or so; it's to be expected. BUT their response to it has been abominable! You phone their support line, to ask, simply enough, if there's a general outage (rather than a problem on your end) and you get a chatty recorded voice who insists on "walking you through" a debugging process, beginning with checking that your modem's power is on, that your cables are plugged in, and so on.
What an outrage that they don't post a message "Sorry, but we're down all over your area, and we're working on it. Hope to be back soon." But instead, they waste your time, stalling (or preventing) any effort to speak to a human, or get an update on restoration of service. This is what we get when we give protected monopolies to ANY firm.
Reviewed June 9, 2015
We have lived in several different cities and have had a variety of Internet providers - some good, some not so much. But none have come close to demonstrating Cable ONE's ineptitude. It took almost three weeks to get an account set up because we "fell off the grid," though they had no trouble cashing my check a day after it was written. Then, the first installer put the wireless modem in a metal box in the garage and the signal was almost non-existent. Two more installation trips and we finally had wireless. But the system is chronically unreliable, losing Internet connectivity on a regular basis. We can't stream movies because of the reliability issues. I will say the tech phone reps are knowledgeable and very service-oriented but each time the problem seems resolved, it surfaces again. I want to get out of my contract and go with anyone but Cable ONE.
Reviewed June 8, 2015
If you have more than two devices connected to the internet, the connection drops CONSTANTLY. We tried two modems that were supplied by the company with no fix. Then when we bought our own, they said it would take 24 hours to register it in their system! We were never credited for down time -- even the 24hrs they wanted to get off their ** and register the modem... Zero customer service adds insult to injury. The staff seems too busy with their own problems to actually do their job. It's almost like the whole company is two guys and their girlfriend. This is why it's important to be involved in local meetings where these contracts are handed out.
Reviewed June 3, 2015
I called the provider to ask for credit to my account for every day that they have had an outage in my area. It has not only been very time consuming to call on a daily basis but very frustrating to deal with the support staff of the cable company to speak to them regarding getting credit towards my account. They told me that I needed to keep track of the daily outages when in fact they have that information on hand. I was told today that I needed to call back when it was up and running to talk to someone to get credit. Cable one is the worse company and the sad fact is that in our area we have no other options for a provider.
Reviewed June 3, 2015
We got internet service through cable one in December 2014. The line has laid across our yard for 6 months with no attempt to come bury it. I get home today and someone had buried the line, but instead of burying the line that was existing, this idiot ran a new line and left bare wire exposed out of the ground. And now my internet and satellite doesn't work. I have called 5 people including 1 supervisor and nobody knows what or why this happened. This is the Sherman, tx office. Do not deal will Cable One, they have no clue what their workers are doing. Will be finding another provider.
Reviewed May 28, 2015
Back in 2012 I ran into a few financial woes due to medical bills therefore I had to cut my cable and internet to keep up. After I returned the equipment (A modem and cable box), I asked them if I still had anything left I owed them. The person taking my equipment told me that I didn't so I assumed my debt with them was wiped cleaned. Now, almost four years later as I'm in the process of trying to purchase a home, I noticed a collections debt on my credit report stating that I owe Cable One $220.00 so I figured I'd call Cable One directly first as to maybe it would be easier to get it removed off of my credit report through them than dealing with a collection agency but to my surprise they told me that I actually owe them over $400.00 because it was never documented that I returned the equipment.
That prompted me to deal with the collection agency instead. I went and and paid them due to the painstaking task it would have been disputing that debt (as well as the amount of time I likely would have spent waiting on an unknown outcome) and I do not have a receipt from that long ago. I had the collection agency promise to have this bad mark completely removed from my credit report as well as send me a receipt (Which they did). It's pretty bad when a collection agency is easier to work with than the original entity you owe a debt to.
I will never again in my life ever be a Cable One customer.....Between their subpar service along with crappy internet and lack of good channels due to all their disputes with multiple TV networks and the horrible customer service, I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. I rather go without anything and go to my local library as a means of personal internet use before I ever use this crack pot service ever again.
Reviewed May 26, 2015
According to Cable one we have a HDTV/DVR and we are charged $10 per month. WE DO NOT HAVE A HDTV/DVR and every month we try to address the issue. Cable one calls as a VP long time service person, just imagine the other overcharges that are unchecked. We also "noticed" last year that we were being charged the "sports surcharge" $2.94 and we do not view any sports either! We are being nickeled and dimed to death by cable. The bill just went up this month to $126.72 and this is internet and DCX700-M piece of equipment that is not worth having and out the door it will go. Something is wrong with the way we in the US are being robbed by Cable.
Reviewed May 22, 2015
The worst customer service I've ever dealt with in my entire life. Also they charge you for no service or they charge you whenever they want to for service that you haven't even had or can get from them. The slowest and the weakest minded people I've ever dealt with. If you are reading this save yourself - do not deal with Cable ONE. They will send you to your grave.
Reviewed May 20, 2015
The last several months, the internet disconnects or drops to such a low level - typically between 8 and 9 pm that we cannot even read email. The service is frequently so bad that the site www.speedtest.net will not load. The service is restored for a minute or two to an acceptable level and then drops again. It appears that they may be 'multiplexing' the service, cutting speeds to essentially nothing and then restoring it so that the customers cannot document the abysmal performance. I wrote a complaint to their customer service, and my wife has called to complain. They claim they know they have a bandwidth issue at 'peak times' and are 'working on solutions'. They are selling a product which they do not have. That seems to be a definition of fraud.
Updated on 09/25/2015: We have been a Cable One customer for almost 5 years for both our home and business. At home we had the 'bundled' Cable TV, internet, and digital phone. We didn't use the cable TV much, as we typically stream a Netflix show instead. The frequent outages on the digital phone made it essentially useless for incoming or outgoing emergency use; how can you rely on a phone which may or may not be working when you need it? The internet service was terrible; frequently dropping off to useless or just off line between 7 and 9 PM.
Our frequent calls over the last 2 years were always handled with a "We are oversold on capacity in your area but are working on an upgrade over the next few months." However, while admitting the service was oversold they still continued to aggressively market for new customers in our area. What do you think would happen if I sold services with fraudulent claims and goods which I did not really have available?
I finally got this SOLVED. Here's what we did. We had a digital broadcast TV antenna installed. We get about 30 channels in an area which is not known as a 'good reception area'. A local company Mile High Networks installed an internet service using a roof mounted antenna. They claim the service is only 6 up and 6 down compared to Cable One's 2 up and 50 down, but the service actually works better and only once has been down for a network problem, which was fixed in hours. The only time I notice the internet is slower than Cable One's 'blazing fast service' is when I have a large download. They have other speeds available, but this works for us. The bandwidth is somehow dedicated to each customer so our speed is not affected by what other customers are doing.
For our phone we got a Republic Wireless WiFi and cellphone with voice only service for $10 / month. We bought a Blue Tooth to actual phone line adapter from Amazon so we could plug in our home phones to the adapter. When we want to make a call or someone calls us, we use our regular house phones but the call is made or received over the Republic Wireless cellphone. So, for a total of about $60/ month we now have reliable and functional phone, TV, and internet. Don't assume the 'cable is only available from one service provider' is really the truth until you check it out for yourself. The cable companies want you to believe they are the only option, and the 'blazing fast speeds' are just marketing baloney. When I complained to Cable One about the terrible speeds one CSR told me "The speed is UP TO 50 mbps. Even 1 or 2 mbps meets that service description."
Reviewed May 2, 2015
I have to pay a sports tax of 2.94. I do not watch any sports ever. I was told when I signed up that they have On demand. They do not have this service at all. I was flat out lied to. They said I could access Starz, play a service Starz offers their customers at no extra charge. Another flat out lie. Another problem with them I pay my bill over the phone, I could not get thru. I went to Cable One office you can not pay your bill at cable one you have to go to an Authorized payment center to pay the bill. And of course you are charged to pay the bill. Cable One should not charge you to pay at their Authorized Payment center. That is wrong. Also they are very rude.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
Generally poor connections - slowness for multiple devices, drops/stalls in service periodically. Various t/s steps showed issues to be on cable one side.
Reviewed April 24, 2015
We can only buy 5 mbps internet. They keep sending ads saying super speeds avail., but nothing here in Page AZ. Then when I try to use the internet I can't get speeds even close to 5 mbps. I'm lucky to be able to get half that. Everyday my connection to the internet drops out several times (speed goes to 0). I usually just have to wait till evening or early morning to get a decent connection. I have called tech support and got everything blamed on my cable router or computer by them. When I complained via email they said I did have some issues with my speeds going to 0. Tech support never helped. Unfortunately we don't have other options in our town for reliable internet other than dial up. This really sucks...
Reviewed April 20, 2015
Since using Cable One they have said I use several hundred GBs and then bumping me up to the business plan. I've called to discuss this issue telling them I only have one PC and I do not download movies nor music. Even in December they said I used over 400 GBs and that's being out of state for 2 weeks. Ultimately, these people are thoroughly uninterested in being any help. No big deal though, they said I only have to pay $487.48 and I can have Internet. What a joke this place is.
Reviewed April 15, 2015
I watch these Cable One commercials claiming "blazing speeds" and have to laugh. I have had dial up faster than this garbage. I can't even check my email half the time without the connection timing out. I call and complain and they say a tech would come out and fix it but half the time they don't show up, and when they do they just wiggle a couple wires and say they don't know what the problem is. Guess it's too much to expect for them to do their jobs and find the problem. The hub outside has been hit by lightning and never repaired. I've told them 3 times but they don't care, they have the attitude of "shut up and give us your money". Now they have doubled my bill claiming I'm using 300 gigs a month, despite the counter on my modem showing that I have used less than a tenth of that. This company IS NOT what they claim, nor are their services. THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A GROUP OF LYING EXTORTIONISTS!!!
Reviewed April 11, 2015
I received an increase of almost $4.00 around beginning of winter for a Sports Surcharge and we don't even watch any type of sports on any channel. I called to inquire and was told everybody has to pay it. Then February bill was increased by $11.00 with no prior notice. Now my CBS station is gone - no explanation - and that's the channel we watch the most.
Looking into purchasing an antenna for my local channels and purchasing HULU for other TV stations at slightly over $6.00 per month. It beats my current bill for cable of $72.00 per month which most of the 60 plus stations we don't watch called Standard Cable. Anyone notice on this month's statement "As of midnight, May 3, 2015, Pay-Per-View channels will no longer be available through Cable One." etc., etc., etc. This is probably not going to affect our family but I know a lot of folks who will be very upset.
Reviewed March 31, 2015
I would just like to say that in the 2 months that I have had CableOne, the internet has been AWFUL!! It continually drops connections (wireless or wired) and my VOIP is spotty at best, I can hardly have a conversation. I called service personnel (after I could FINALLY find a number to call, try posting it clearly on your website!!) all they wanted to do it point at the router/modem, point at the console or PC, point at this point at that, when the fact of the matter is your Service is NOT ADEQUATE! It should be illegal for you to advertise "UP TO 50Mbs" when you squeeze everyone down to NOTHING.
I definitely have an issue, but all the rep would say is "we can send out a tech. but if they find nothing, we'll need to charge you." PLEASE, this should be part of the service; all I need is some disinterested tech. having to get out of his bunny slippers to come to my house after hours and NOT try to get to resolution. Then I get charged, with no faster internet, NO THANKS!! They did run a speed test - 8.4Mb down - .21 Mb up - AWESOME!!!
Reviewed March 25, 2015
I called to report that the remote was no longer working and wanted a replacement device. When I told them they said my only option was to take time off of work and go to their offices to collect it. When I said I was not able to do that and asked if there were any alternatives, they said we could mail it and then hung up on me. I have no clue if they are going to mail it to me or what happens next. I have no want to call back. This is yet another experience with their lack of Customer Service.
Reviewed March 19, 2015
We have lost basic CBS channel with an explanation that the cost was too high and immediately we get an increase on our bill for less service. It amazes me how this company can continue to rip people off with no FCC interaction. Who do we as consumers turn to for justice?
Reviewed March 18, 2015
I have not received a billing statement from CableOne since December 2014, neither online or in the mail. If I view my account on their site and look at past statements there are none since December 2014. I was charged a late fee for February 2015 because I forgot to pay (no statement) and CableOne did credit the charge back since they couldn't find any statements for my account since December 2014 either. I have spoken with CableOne representatives since January regarding this issue and am still waiting for the issue to be resolved.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
Cable One treats you like an inconvenience rather than a customer. Rudest people I've ever dealt with. If you can avoid using their service I would suggest it. I'd rather pay twice as much than deal with their people.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
I made a payment over the phone for $111.55. When I checked my checking account the next day Cable One charged my bank account $111,111.000. Which left my account at a negative $-97,004.98. I called customer service to let them know of the error. They were very inconsiderate and told me that it would be 10-14 days before they could do anything and that my bank would have to straighten out their error. Customer Service clearly didn't want to deal with this problem. On top of my account being in a negative they told me that they didn’t know if they could pay all the fees associated with overdraft. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER :(
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I signed up for Cable One high speed internet because they promised 50 Mbps service. Had to help their service person put in the cable. When set up I could get 6 Mbps and kept dropping connection. They informed me that "you could not get 50 Mbps on wifi that is only with direct Ethernet connection." Problem is my modern hi-tech laptop does not even have a Ethernet plug. Connections kept dropping on every reset and sometimes speed was 0.7 Mbps. The only reason I kept trying is because don't have many better options in my area. Spent a total of 17 hours on phone with technical service and every time I called it was like starting all over again.
They said they would send out a service person. I said "what time would he be able to come" because I would have to take off work to meet him. They said "sometime between 8am and 5pm" so took entire day off. The service person arrived plugged in Ethernet cable to modem and said "its working fine". I ran a speed test in front of him and it was 1.2 Mbps on wifi. He informed me that no one in the company could not do anything to help me with wifi. He recommended I try the Motorola 6580 modem instead of the Arris they supplied me. But I had to go pick it up myself at their office and swap it out. Drove 40 minutes to pick up the modem and they told me they did not have any Motorola modems any more and would not be getting any.
Ok I'm a calm guy and these people were really starting to frustrate me. It was almost as if there company mission statement is: We vow to give the worst customer service possible and charge the customer as much as possible for there frustrations. So as a last ditch effort, I really need high speed internet connection for work. I got on amazon and bought a Motorola 6580 cable modem and an Asus Dual band Gigabit Router. Hooked them up per there simple directions in 20 minutes. Hallelujah - I now have 50 Mbps over wifi and can support multiple users with no drops or problems for a week now. Also I have the satisfaction of sticking there mission statement in their face. I just hope I never have to talk to them again.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
Over the past two years, Cable ONE has dropped several channels that I enjoy. These channels were replaced with another set of channels and my bill has gone up by at least $20, if not more. Now, several channels I once received are on a different subscription package? My rates have gone up but my service is getting cut. In short, Cable ONE is charging me more and more for less and less while failing to provide consistency in programming.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I just got my March bill... no explanation, just a $10.00 hike. When I called, they told me it's not their fault, it's the networks. I am getting DirecTV installed today. I had it for years with no problems, but cable was already hooked up to this house when I bought it. I think in the past 10 years I'm paying at least twice as much as I used too. DirecTV sent me a $300 deal where I could use it towards my first year of service, or get a gift card. I'm applying it to service. Now, I know that at the end of the year my bill will then be $80.00 rather than $40.00, but that is still a bargain, compared to what Cable One has done to me.
I'm returning their equipment tomorrow. I'm going to keep my internet, because it's only $35.00 a mo., but I'm so done with Cable One. If they were going to increase prices do it to the newbies, not people who have been with you for years and years. I was supposed to be a "Homesteader," or so they said... not so. It's been a long 10 years, but I'm moving on. You may not have to sign a contract, but they can raise their prices mo. after mo. with no notification. I also have Tivo, and have the little box in a bedroom. It loses connection with the main DVR at least 5 times an evening. I called and told them the box was bad, and they sent a guy to just replace the cord. Sayonara, Cable One.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
Once again my rate goes up almost $10 and I got no warning. The internet is slow, every other station is either too loud or too quiet and I have lost some favorite stations with no new ones being given with the latest increase. I think it is pure greed on Cable One's part. Dish is looking better and better every day.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
Feb 25th 2015, 15 minute wait time to report service interruption. Presently, Internet has been down for 3 hours and is still down. Told that service is down in my area with no ETA of when it will be restored. Need the Internet to support a voice over Internet phone line.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
First I had to give almost $200 deposit. Could not get all back when stopped service because they used part of deposit for other charges not bill. I started internet service for $50/mo. I paid this first 2 months and the charges went up to almost $100/mo. THEY ARE RIP OFF!!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
We have Cable ONE TV and internet service with their Tivo system and have been connected to this outfit for over 4 years. No alternative locally because they have a monopoly. Everything else is DSL which does not support what we need. Well, we pay big money for 60 megabit service, most expensive they have. Every time, every time, I check the speed on my Windows 8.1 computer the best I ever get is 14 megabit. I have the latest Zoom modem with a brand new Linksys AC1900 router that provides the best connection and latest interface available.
Tonight while trying to watch an SD TV show on Amazon, the speed of the connection was constantly running at 1 or 2 megabit, causing the show to pause every few seconds. The TV ads Cable One puts on the air are an insult to the people who use their service. I called their support and was told that they do not support anything but one connection to the modem and the minute I install a router they no longer support the incoming/download speed. Nothing running but one TV show in low resolution and this computer connection running a text application, and 1 or 2 megabit is all I get. Sure wish there was some kind of competition around here, I'd be gone from Cable One in a heartbeat. If you have an alternative, consider it seriously. (Just ran the speed test again... 3 megabit!)
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I do not personally pay for Cable One service, but my employer (AmericInn Hotel & Suites) does and after my experience at work I never would pay for it. A couple weeks ago our maintenance person had to install these boxes for digital TV and ever since that day they have consistently stopped working. Some days I spend more time fixing TV's than I spend sitting at the front desk! I imagine this wouldn't be a huge issue if it was just one or two TV's in someone's home that kept breaking, but I am one person and during my shifts I am responsible for about 120 TV's all at once. It is so frustrating and I am constantly at my wit's end. Cable One sucks.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
I got my Cable ONE bill yesterday and discovered it had gone up another 10 dollars since last month and there was another 10 dollar increase back in November. I called to complain and was told that this increase was posted on the back of last month's bill...aka: read the fine print. The operator said he was sorry and was going to take 10 dollars off my bill for the next 6 months. Today he called back to say that he could only give me one month of 10 dollars...needless to say I am exploring other TV options.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015
I’ve lived all over the country and I’ve had Time Warner, Comcast, and now I have Cable one. Cable one is the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with. My cable bill just increased from $142/month to $171/month, which they claim was due to a promotional offer that ended. Another thing prospective customers should know is that their channel selection doesn’t even come close to measuring up with their competition. And don’t get me started on their 50 Mbps Internet. Our speeds are 6-8 Mbps on a regular basis and the wireless connection is intermittent, at best.
If you call and complain about your poor wireless connection, they'll quickly inform you that they don't guarantee a wireless connection, and if you'd like to have someone come take a look at it, you have to pay a service charge, none of which is mentioned in the paperwork. So now, if I want to cancel my service, I'm required to pay some exorbitant amount of money (60% of the total of my remaining 16 month's bills), or let it be sent to collections. They got me. Don't let allow them to get you! Don’t waste your money or time. This company is absolutely horrible!
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
Same old cable one services! Received billed today with a $10.00/month increase with no explanation! In 10 years the price of cable one has up 2 1/2 times what I was paying! WTF! All for more infomercials, religious, and commercial! Time to cut the COX/Cable One off! Ridiculous!
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
Terrible Internet quality and very inconsistent... Sherman customer service was invariable and unacceptable. Very rude and unprofessional managers that try to get every little cent that they want.. Would get other provider but in Van Alstyne Texas it is the only cable service available. Hoping one day some other provider (Verizon, AT&T, and etc) will knock this joke of a company off their pedestal. DO NOT GET THIS SERVICE IF IT'S A CHOICE!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2015
Raised prices because "sports" channels were charging them more. Jan 9, 2015 they blocked the CBS channel in Batesville, Clarksdale, etc. Ms. Nothing was given in place, and no refund. The CBS channel will have the football playoff this Sunday. I will have to drive 40 miles to a bar with dish to watch it. I love jeopardy, the mentalist, madam secretary etc. The air should be free! They cut off the baseball playoffs last year, my husband went insane. Many days we have no TV, computer or phone, they never give refund. I have too many trees to have Dish. Any ideas? If someone wants to start a class action suit count me.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
Almost every single time I try to watch things on Cable ONE the connection is total crap, is jumping all over the place, is bleeping. There's no connection, it's just total crap and I know because I have called them many times about dealing with their ** that there's nothing to be done, and they are there. I feel like there is just make up something. They're the worst and I hate that I have to have them and every single day I hate using their product.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015
Antenna does not work. Cable ONE is taking channels off of their problem for no good reason.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2014
I absolutely HATE this company. I am not someone that ever has a bad thing to say. I am extremely easy to please, and I will give companies chance after chance to get things right. Cable ONE has been my worst nightmare since I signed up. I got married and moved to a new location. Our apartment complex signed a contract with Cable ONE, so they forced all residents to use them. To get set up, they had us call a number that went straight to an automated voice mail. The machine said that someone would call us to get set up within 24 hours. I waited 3 days and did not get a call. I repeated this process three more times and never got a call back (remember, I have now been without cable or internet for two weeks at this point).
I was extremely upset, so I drove to the nearest location. They were rude, not helpful, and they couldn't send someone out until the following Monday. When I got my first bill, it was $35 more than what I was told. When I called to ask why, I was told I would have to pay a $10 fee to speak with someone. I didn't even care at that point and I stayed on the line for FORTY MINUTES! The rep came on the line, and tried to look at my account. She said that the EXTRA $35 was for "service charges and taxes," and that I could expect to see monthly. NO ONE EXPLAINS ANYTHING! I WOULD RATHER GO WITHOUT CABLE AND INTERNET IF IT MEANT I NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS HORRENDOUS COMPANY AGAIN!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
I called to find out about how to change my service from cable and Internet to just internet. After waiting for over 15 min to talk to someone, the rep that answered let me know how much the Internet was but never once asked me why I wanted to cancel. She sounded like she was bored and I was just another number. I advised her that I wanted to make my last pmt over the phone and she transferred me and placed me on hold for another 10 minutes. The next rep that answered said she would transfer me again and placed me on hold again. Then a third rep answered and said she could not find my account, (I've been with cable one for at least 6 years) and said she would transfer me again. When she did this, she disconnected the line. I thought they would treat long standing customers better and would be upset to see them go but I guess that's not the policy with them .
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
I have been with Cable One for years. They have had Great Customer Care Service until recently when I chose to close my cable due to constant difficulties with the new system. I have talked to 3 representatives who all gave me 3 different dates I would get my refund. Believe me, they were not polite and could have cared less. I was also given 3 amounts of my refund and now it is even lower. First, Oct. Then Nov. Now Dec. I don't get it. If I owed Cable One I would have been disconnected for sure. Sad to have to agree with thousands of customers who have had the same treatment. I worked for Dell Computers years ago and Citi Bank Customer Care. This is definitely how I treated Customers. Who knows if I would ever choose to change back to Cable One someday. Unfortunately I for now would say no.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
I have had this service for less than 2 months and their phone number is at the top of my call log! We are calling them several times a day and their automated troubleshooting machines comes on. We go through that process on to be told we be transferred to customer support. They consistently tell us there is "working being done in our area." Everyday? All day? Please, find another provider. This was the worst possible route (pun intended). Cable One is garbage! Point blank.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
My wife and I had been pretty satisfied with Cable One in other regions we have lived, and thought it would be the same experience here. Wrong. First they repeatedly have the wrong listings on two of the channels. We have to look at listings by another provider on the opposite end of the state to even know what is playing here. Second their Cableone.net service ever since the fall semester began at the local college has been subpar at best, poor at worst. We are lucky to stay connected for even 45 minutes at a time. I can use the same computer and the same network adaptor to connect through my broadband (using my cellphone as a hotspot) and it works great. It is only problematic when I'm going through this service provider.
This is the first time I've ever seen a wireless broadband service outperform cable internet in terms of reliability and speed. Whether they don't have enough resources to handle the population on anything other than the summer semester I don't know. Whatever the case though their business model in this area is nowhere near satisfactory. I have no intention of staying with this service when we move. Maybe in other regions or parts of the state, but their management here doesn't seem to have any idea what they are doing.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
Channels 465 and 455 have been tiling or the channel reads "cannot get signal V52". This happens in the morning around 8am and again around 8pm to 11pm. It seems when the channels are real busy during those times I lose the signal.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
I called to cancel cable before and the lady said it would cost money to do that. And she will have someone call me then - no one ever did. Then I called again and decided I just want the internet on Oct. 2nd and the lady said my bill will be $85.00 and I will get free cable the rest of the month. And then it ended up being $145. I called customer service and asked and she said they took $55 off and the bill was more than what I have to pay every month. Then I told the lady the situation of what the other person said and then she hung up on me! You want customers then give good service. I never heard one person say anything good about you and that is a fact! You have crappy channels and charge a lot when other cable companies cost the same or less and have way more channels and better service. I am very disappointed and thinking of cancelling everything from this company all together and get internet somewhere else. Your a bunch of money hungry people that need to be fair to customers!!!!
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I moved into a new place where Cable One is the only viable choice for service. I have had their service for 6 months at this residence. They turned off my service due to my "excessive use" and forced me to upgrade to a package that cost 130$ per month. When I asked them if they could offer me something more reasonable, they declined and said I could cancel or upgrade to this package. The package isn't even a consumer product. They offer it to Businesses. I am shocked. I didn't even ask to cancel yet they still proactively told me to cancel or choose this option.
I called on 10/21 and received false information about the package they offer. I was told I can get an unlimited bandwidth option with 30mb speed if I paid 60$ a month. When I called back to select this option, they said they do not offer that. I should also mention I was transferred 3 times and the total call time was about 50 minutes. I didn't ask for a manager or anything. Maybe I should have. Between the 3 people that live at this residence, we use between 450-600gb per month. We watch netflix and play games. We don't feel this price is fair at all, and they would not let me choose a different residential package.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I have had problems with Cable One since I signed up. I receive free Cable One (CO) with my townhouse rent. I called CO because I wanted to add a TIVO as well as internet connection. I was placed on hold several times for as long as 40 minutes each time before being disconnected w/o speaking to anyone. I finally got in my car and drove to the office. It took THREE women one and one-half hours to attempt to sign me as they were just going through a change in the billing system.
They sent a tech out to connect the internet and my smart TV. The tech gave me a Motorola modem that caused my service to go down at least once and often more times a day. I was told to unplug the modem, wait and then plug it back in. This helped for a while. My cell phone bill skyrocketed due to the excessive amounts of time that I was placed on hold. In one month alone, I had 183 minutes of hold time and I had to buy a larger cell package. I decided to take a landline with CO to take care of the UNREASONABLE HOLD TIMES. When they installed the phone, they gave me a new Arris Modem and since then my service has been better.
The technician who installed the phone looked at my tv and asked if it was a smart tv. They need to be connected into your internet to function. The first tech did not do this and the second one did it for me. Not knowing that a tech needed to do it, I would have wasted hours of frustration trying to figure out why my apps weren't working.
My problem now and since day one is that I can never get through to CO for service problems or to pay my bill online. The phone system there does not recognize my phone number (which is a land line with CO). My only solution is to call corporate headquarters in Arizona when I need to call the local office and they transfer me. This always entails at least a half hour on the phone. I am submitting this complaint now while I am waiting on hold with CO.
DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH CABLE ONE. Their SERVICE IS NON-EXISTENT. They do NOT TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES. I am putting up with CO as this is a temporary residence and the only service available in my area. THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY! When I move, I will definitely go back to DISH and whatever other companies are available. I DO NOT RECOMMEND CABLE ONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
Upset that Cable One is blocking me online when I try to go to all nat'l news & other shows: CNN, Midnight Show, etc. They are not in my channel line up because I can't afford them. This is not right. I pay $90/mo for cable & internet & a lot of ppl can't afford these.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
Been cable customers for month and half, and we received our bill for 590.00. How is that possible? I called them and they won't even do payment arrangements. Customer service refuses to help us find out what the problem is. That is outrageous. How can they get away with this? We only have basic cable and internet, nothing fancy at all. I would expect to pay maybe under 100 a month I can see but not close to 300 for one month of service.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
I set an appointment for 1 till 3. The tech shows at 10 am. TECH is at my house for 5 to 10 minutes, claims he is done and leaves. The modem is not set up so I begin to set it up. It will not connect, I call customer service (that name is a joke with this company). I am told they need to set another appointment for a tech to come out between 11-5. So at 4 I call to see if the tech is coming... They have no record of a tech coming out. SO THEY SET ANOTHER TIME BETWEEN 4 AND 9 and still do not show up. Just go with Windstream or any other company... This company is a bad joke run by **.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2014
Made a payment online, and was charged twice. Notified Cable One Before the 2nd payment cleared bank, but they would/could not stop the extra payment. After a $20 overdraft fee now at $200. Local office was notified to call me (3 days and nothing). Now they cannot refund my $200. However they will credit next month’s bill... Rep insinuated I was lying when I said I DID NOT AUTHORIZE the second payment (I never owed it) even though I was issued only one confirmation number. I am 60 years old. Because of Cable One’s admitted theft of my money, I will not be able to afford to eat or take my heart and blood pressure medicine for this month. If anything happens to me Cable One should and WILL be held directly responsible for their actions.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2014
I have called twice, was told to remove battery for a few minutes, it did work after a while. They went out five times on 09/12/14. Out when I came home today. It has happen more times than necessary, but we get the same bill every month.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2014
The number of commercials on cable TV have increased each year to the point where at least half of your time is spent watching stupid commercials, same ones over and over and over and over. I think the day is not far off when people will be able to get TV through the internet and not have to pay you greedy slime $100/mo to watch commercials and you will all be in the unemployment line where you deserve to be.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2014
I recently signed up for internet service. I had to pay $50.00 upfront in order to get it. Then they charged me that same $50.00 again. It shows a $50.00 credit on my bill and down below it shows I was charged the $50.00 again. The customer service rep said the 50.00 dollars I paid went into a pool. What that mean I don't have a clue but I guess that mean the employees can split it however many ways they can.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2014
We have lost connection to Cable ONE over 300 times in the last year. Cable ONE has made 6 home visits without finding a solution. The last three technicians indicated the service box at the property line was over heating, and indicated the signal was not sufficient to stay connected, but we still have no solution. Cable ONE acts as if they accept providing frequently interrupted service while collecting premium payments. This is pretty darn close to stealing and fraud.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2014
Cable ONE rips people off by saying you are receiving what you are paying for. They never do service calls and their Internet is the slowest I've ever experienced. It never works and when we call to complain, they say it's your problem, not theirs. Hughes.Net Gen4 is better than they are and Hughes Net is terrible.
Reviewed June 30, 2014
Approximately 3 months ago cable lost 123 channels - most of the very good one. They gave us about 4 channels, but none of them were as good as the lost ones. And as of this month my bill went up six dollars. I really feel like they’re not trying to get these channels back, so I’m being overcharged!!!!!
Reviewed June 21, 2014
I have had CableOne.net since July of 2013. Not much of any problems before the end of March. Beginning of April, then at that point our internet was out for hours at a time. Today June 21, 2014, the Mbps was at 5 and 7, then back up to 15, kicked off for minutes to half hour at a time.
I must have called them dozens of times in the past, spent my days off from work calling them because I was unable to upload photos to my art store etc. The ENTIRE building that I live in have the same thing going on with Cable One. Our neighbors are all complaining about how they aren't able to get online. Even today, we all are having problems just streaming an Amazon movie with our computers off, Amazon ends up not working too.
We can't use a game system very well and when we do get on, our computers elsewhere are off and we still get kcked off continually. We kept getting a message on Play Station that stay tuned for a new roll out of a server at the end of May. I was patient at first, very patient in explaining things to Cable One. They constantly want to blame your own computer, and the chances of every single person's computer in the entire building to be at fault is astronomical compared to the news of their new software and server rolling out at the EXACT time everyone is without internet. They sent out a maintenance guy, a very very nice man to Apt 7 twice, then to our apartment twice or perhaps 3 times, and the Cable One wanted to CHARGE me at first for something on their end. The nice cable guy that came said it was NOT our fault, but theirs.
Sometimes Cable One's annoying female computer automation will test it, it will say there is a problem with the internet then she will reboot it, then send me over to a live person that says, "Oh, it looks fine over here. It looks like your online now" and then of course I state we weren't. And why do I have to reboot all day long? And still the reboot doesn't work half the time. They test it over at their site again after the reboot and say it's ok and "we can't send someone out," even though an entire apartment building is out!!! They finally admitted it's an entire town that is out here and there throughout Cottonwood.
The maintenance guy was very nice, and he even said this is not normal for an entire building to be doing this. So this issue from beginning of April on we have been getting the runaround on the phone. To shut me up, they gave me some off my bill, only for April and so instead of 58.00 a month they charged me 8.00, but now want full amount even though NOTHING has changed much at all. I think I should not have been charged 1 cent. Our download and upload speeds, even connected directly to their modem is about 15, 18, 7, 5 and then back up to 22 etc, yes fluctuation can be expected but nothing in the 20's is acceptable never mind the teens, and all day, mostly in the late teens. And that is with a direct connection test, and still the test with wireless is exactly the same showing it's not about wireless. They wish for you to use their speed test, I wonder why, there are so many out there but they claim it's because it's theirs and accurate.
Finally they admitted they were doing "new cards" and I ask what that was; they made no comment back at first. hum. Then I said to them it is like they are making the entire building share the same internet connection, when 6pm comes around when everyone is home from work, everyone is then kicked off. hummm, when each of us are paying for 50mbps. Then they claim the cards to me were for better utilization. Ya right. It's the same, exactly the same and now worse for these new cards. They admitted that much of the town of Cottonwood AZ was going through the same thing as we were. They are working on it, it could take MONTHS!! they said and that we have no guarantees when it will be fixed. Meanwhile, they are still charging us for 50mbps when we are lucky to get the teens worth out of it.
I called today again on June 21st, have already called this week another time too, and they are smug, etc., etc. They don't like me now, it's because I see the injustice of paying for something and getting no goods and service in return. I have told them I would like an attorney to get involved. Meanwhile, our local Cable One office is NEVER answering their phone and they have wonderful hours of (3 1/2 hrs per day) 8:30 to 12 Noon on Mon, Tues, Wed, and (3 hrs) 9 to noon on Friday. They never answer their phone, they don't even have the local address on our bill. It should be illegal to charge money for a service and not get that service.
Nobody wants to complain, who would, who wants to take time out on the day they are working or when they are off of work to call them. Nobody wants issues, but here it is 3 months down the road and not much changed at all. Instead of hours a day being cut off from the internet, it's every 20 minutes with snail like loading of pages all day long to being cut off for 10 to 15 minutes throughout the day, all day. Kicked off maybe 8 times a day, sometimes it's for an hour still, other times 1/2 hour, and then other times for 15 minutes. They treat their customers like we are morons. So this new server made the internet worse and if it was for so called better utilization, they are living in an imaginative world because it's horrible.
Our entire building is kicked off just like myself, just like our apartment, the other apartments are all going through it. If there is a class action suit, please count me in. It is stealing people's money and not giving them anything for it. At least cut the bill down to a quarter of what they charge, maybe 19.99. But frankly 9.99 would seem more fair. I hate to see what you get for paying for 70mbps. They should not charge any more than that until they fix it utterly and completely. As many months as it takes. I would love to see another internet service provider that really gives 50mbps for their money come in here, I would switch in a minute.
Reviewed June 13, 2014
If I could give them negative stars I would. I'm currently typing this review from my phone because Cable ONE internet is down yet again. I run a business that needs internet during the day. Twice this month they have been down for a period of time. When I just spoke with a manager at Cable ONE who told me that their solution is that I should pay to have a backup provider. She told me that they can't do anything for me. I told her that they were losing my company over $50 per hour. To which she replied that it wasn't their fault and that they would not credit my account.
I previously had Midco when I lived in Bismarck for 3 years and never had a singe problem. As soon as Midco gets to my area, I'm switching providers. Everyone I have ever talked to says the same thing. Cable ONE can and will go bankrupt as soon as Midco gets its cables laid. Goodbye forever, you sorry excuse for a company.
Reviewed June 6, 2014
I have been a customer for the past four years and have been an unhappy customer the entire duration. At least four or five times per month, my service is interrupted by loss of connectivity. I have never been late paying my bill nor have I missed a payment; however, my service has still faltered. Because Cable One has a Gestapo on the Gulfport, MS area, there are few other choices. However, recent additions have become available. I do plan on dropping this **-driven regime for professional service. You ask, do I recommend prospective clients to pull the plug and become a Cable One customer? Save your sanity and pursue another provider. By the way, I want credit for all of the outages that have occurred. I know you, Cable One, have a record of them.
Reviewed May 26, 2014
My family has been calling and complaining of the extremely poor internet speeds and the daily complete loss of signal altogether. I have visited the local offices repeatedly and finally got a 200$ credit to our acct, but that doesn't fix the issue. We were lied right to our faces and actually told that a person in our area was the root of the problem, and had a tv that was causing our internet outages! This was over 7 months ago... After reading the Cable One Facebook page, we quickly realized that it wasn't a tv in Globe, AZ that was causing the entire Cable One internet community to go down! (Lol) Apparently, the entire subscribed community is experiencing the same exact problems, almost verbatim.
We were "promised" that it was being addressed, and would be fixed within the month.. As I said before, this has been going on since last October, coincidentally, that's when cable one forced us to start using these digital "high definition" (lol, even louder) boxes. These digital boxes are obviously the issue and are somehow blowing out the nodes that provide the "high speed internet". If there's a class action lawsuit being prepared, please PLEASE sign me up!
Reviewed May 4, 2014
After being a Cable ONE customer for almost 35 years, paying my bills by automatic payments on time every month, I cancelled my account on April 14, 2014. I was told I owed a $35.05 balance which would be billed. OK, no problem. Several days later I received the bill. On April 24, TEN days after I cancelled my account, the balance was turned over to a collection agency. I didn't even have the bill for a week!
Ironically I had also cancelled my in-laws service recently and they had a credit of over $50. I was told it would take 4-6 weeks before a refund check would be sent. Why does Cable ONE take 4-6 weeks to send refunds but only allows less than a week for payments? I was considering changing my phone and internet to Cable ONE but not now. I will NEVER do business with this company again!
Reviewed April 30, 2014
Cable One dropped all of the Viacom channels, which they made their biggest mistake of all time. Now, I hate that company's TV service. And the cable bill is STILL climbing even though they said the bill wouldn't climb if they dropped them. BIG FAT LIARS! THE COMPANY PRESIDENT'S PANTS BETTER BE ON FIRE!!!!
Reviewed April 24, 2014
We have lost channels and the bill has gone up. I manage an apartment complex and we have high deposits for a dish to be installed. My residents are angry. I have promoted Cable One but now I tell people get hulu and nextflix. My internet goes in and out and so does the TV. It's just not worth it anymore.
Reviewed April 18, 2014
I have had service with Cable One many times over the years and they were always "just another cable company". Not great, not horrible... an excessive bill similar to all the rest. Then they had "policy changes" when I went to start service after relocating back to Arizona. I had service with them a year ago without much incident... but now. Sheew!
First they said I owed a bill of 104.00. When I said I didn't, they informed me that this was from 2003. Seriously??? I asked what address and when they told me I don't recognize it AT ALL! But they weren't bending. They just said we have made some "policy changes" and they want to collect. I acted reasonably and paid this bill they claim I owed and began internet and basic cable (planned on streaming content). Now I won't say I paid this happily as even if this was an old bill of mine, surely they wrote it off many many years ago, now they get the money and had the benefit of taking it as a business loss years ago. Whatever.
So I start service and decide streaming is not all it's cracked up to be, so I call the cable company and tell them I want to upgrade and get a couple DVR boxes. They had the audacity to want 300.00 deposit PER BOX! Really??? Now keep in mind I have had service with these people only a year ago. Never paid a deposit before, never not returned equipment, and the only bad thing they could ever come up with against me was this 104 bucks they said I owed 11 frigging years ago, which I paid only because I have no way of proving otherwise after all this time. On top of that, they now don't include ANY Viacom channels because they themselves don't want to pay their bills. There's a piece of irony for ya.
People please know this. If you rent and can't get satellite and are forced to go with Cable One... the least you can do is not pay their ridiculous deposits and rental fees. DON'T DO IT! You can buy a brand new Tivo HD recorder online for less than 150 bucks. So why would anyone ever pay twice that in a deposit only to pay them another 15 a month (per box) to use their equipment. Lord they should be ashamed for taking such advantage of people who rent and have no other option but to use them.
In closing, karma is a (well you know)... so I will sit back and wait for them to be taken over by another company and/or file bankruptcy because the people let them know loud and clear that they can take their new policies and shove them where the sun don't shine! I give this company 2 years tops with all their "new policies", the name Cable One will be gone by then.... I only hope the jobs remain.
Reviewed April 9, 2014
For years, I have been paying for cable with CABLE ONE and they have been getting $149.00 per month out of me. On top of losing 23 channels and expecting me to just accept it... No as a paying customer I want the channels I signed up for. So I did my research and guess what I found out when I called STARVISION 228-861-1720 - that I could get the channels CABLE ONE allowed to be taken from me for just $24.99 over 130 channels.. Wow, I can't believe all the channels I have and how wonderful STARVISION was about providing me with the best deal and not trying to over sell me. Stand up like I did to Cable ONE and give Starvision a call, 228-863-1720.
Reviewed March 31, 2014
I really liked Cable One cause it was cheap on the 3-in-1 bundle but they have really made me upset with this going all digital stuff. I really feel like to the customer should have a choice if they want digital or not 'cause some of us can only pay what we can pay every month & it's not fair to the customer that don't watch TV like that. That's like going to Walmart & they say we have only Chicken & Ground Beef but you gotta buy chicken. I hate to give up my service due to Cable One. Didn't think like "Well, the customers might not want this."
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2014
I recently switched from Cable 1 to DirecTV. For the same price I was paying for standard cable, DirecTV gave me 60+ HD channels & a Genie whole home DVR. Cable 1 said that even though I was a "per offered VIP customer" that a $300 deposit per DVR was required. Anyway, I went to cut off my cable service, and keep my internet service with Cable 1, and was told that there would be a $45 downgrade fee. The representative then told me, that there would not be a fee if I cut off all Cable 1 services at once. How do you charge customers that pay their bills faithfully, a fee to terminate a service. I'm happy to say that, I am soon getting WindStream internet installed at my home, and saying "GOOD RIDDANCE" to Cable 1 forever. They will never get another penny of my HARD EARNED MONEY!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
Okay, so I move to a new town, and the only decent internet service is through CableOne. I was thrilled at the thought of 50gb/s for only $78. (If you think that is expensive you haven't seen the 5gb/s plans through AT&T broadband). So, fast forward a few months, my service gets disconnected due to a lack of money and I end up having to pay for the modem before they restart my service. I pay for the modem and everything. Corporate rep tells me that since I paid for my modem I don't have to pay the $8 per month rental fee. They also bump me down to their NEW 50gb/s plan with 200gb cap for only $50 per month.
Next step is to call the local office and have my service connected. At first the local office wanted to charge me various premiums as well as revert my plan back to the old rate (like a reconnection fee that I was promised by corporate that I wouldn't have to pay and etc). I had to talk to them for an hour stating exactly what I wanted that the corporate rep promised. They also said that they don't 'allow' users to use their own modem, but they would credit me back the money for the modem I bought from corporate and that I would have to continue the $8 per month fee. All the same I relented because my monthly bill was down to $58 a month and my cap usage doubled.
However, I would like to state for others, that CableOne corporate is great, they know their stuff; however, they don't monitor or control their independent agents, who seem to often use sneaky ways to try and mooch more money out of you. Point blank, when getting CableOne internet, try to go through corporate as much as possible and NOT the local rep UNLESS you already know that they are good people. My local rep is a complete ** (in this I mean that he essentially sells himself to the customers just to get money). He is very good at talking to people and convincing them that he is offering them the BEST, but he isn't. I found out later that some of my original connection fees weren't necessary, and that the deposit I made doesn't even exist in CableOne's records.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2014
I was grandfathered into a 10m Mb plan with Cable One which had no caps on service. Cable One instituted caps and increased their speed to sucker people into paying more for internet. I've seen their caps so I stayed with the 10 Mb plan for a couple years. Just recently a Cable One representative advised me they (Cable One) did away with their caps and encouraged me to drop my grandfathered cap free plan to their 50 Mb plan which now is cap free. I specifically discussed the 'no cap' with the representative and he said they did away with the cap and he assured me I would suffer nothing negative from switching. Now, Cable One says I must switch to a higher tiered (higher cost) plan because I went over their cap. I was furious and so called Cable One to switch me back to my previous no cap plan and they refused.
Bottom line - I was lied to to get me to switch from my 10 Mb plan without a cap to a 50 Mb plan with a cap and mandatory upgrade if I exceed their cap. Cable One is run by criminals who have no regard for the law. This should be illegal and I hope to fight them in court. The customer service I have received from Cable One has been the absolute worst in my entire life.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2013
Cable One is the worst cable provider I've ever had, and I have lived in every corner of the country with many different cable providers. Their customer service is deplorable. Forget about trying to call anytime after 5pm or on the weekends. They show time and time again, that they have zero regard to the customers they service. Instead of believing that a happy customer is a repeat customer, and one that would recommend their service to others; they seem to operate on the business model of taking your monthly payments only and providing you, the customer, with sub-par service in return.
They must depend on the business of new to the area customers (like myself), and those that live in an area that has no other choices because I can't fathom there being too many "Satisfied" Cable One customers out there. Take the way they are handling the impasse with Turner Networks. The cable channels have been out since October 1st, and all you hear about it from their representatives, and commercials on TV are messages of how bad the Turner Network is and how "they" are the ones screwing you, the customer, and not Cable One. They are trying to portray themselves as the fighters of justice and morality here, fighting to provide you with the best service possible, and priding themselves on how few rate hikes they've had over the years.
First of all, if you are not providing me the channels you agreed to provide me with, then you are in fact, not providing me the best service possible. Cable rate hikes are just a fact of life; you can count on them like death and taxes. How are the other providers like Dish able to offer the Turner channels without rate hikes?? Answer: Because they value the customer and are willing to eat the higher rates they must pay Turner, until the time of year comes that they have their annual rate hikes.
Second, all you hear about is how they are going to provide you a credit for your service. Well, the Turner channels have been out since October 1st, and I just got my new bill for the period of Oct 15th to Nov 14th, and low and behold, there is no refund for the loss of the channels. When you finally get a hold of a customer service agent, they tell you they are waiting until it is all over before they issue the credits, so they know exactly how much to credit, and also so they don't have to credit multiple times. What a pant load.
You could easily have given a credit on this billing cycle for the 15 days leading up to this bill. They want their money when it is due, and I think it only right that you give me mine when it is due. I will be switching to Dish Network as soon as I get my credit from Cable One. Their poor customer service and lack of a quality product have driven me away. I would rate them zero stars if I could, but you must at least provide one. Horrible, horrible company. Worst cable provider I have ever had.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2013
Our Internet continues to be unreliable and their customer service (and consequent repair?) are the worst! Our Internet service invariably goes down on Thursday pm which makes the first service call available the following Monday. CableOne will promise to come out between 1-5 pm requiring someone to stay home and wait for their repairman. They have a policy that if you aren't available by phone, you will lose your place on their repair list thus extending the time before repairs can be made. Their repairman also do not show up for their scheduled visits (at least, that is our experience) and what should have been just a day or two of not having service extends to 6-7 days. This is occurring on a regular basis as is our Internet lost time of 2 weeks for problems related to their outside wiring. If not having RELIABLE Internet is enough, CableOne yanked all of Turner's excellent programs without any regard for its customers. And CableOne posted its highest profits ever during the last quarter! Put Turner back on and develop a reliable Internet service for the customers who pay a premium for your services. Dish is looking more and more attractive!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2013
My family has Cable One because there is no other cable service in the area and it is terrible! We moved to Texas from Iowa which had Cox Cable and it was so much better. Cable One has commercials stating that they have the "fastest internet" and if you have Cable One there is no "suffering buffering" but buffering is all there is. I can't even do my homework on the internet because the connection is to slow to support the program. If you live where there is any Cable One has terrible service and their customer service is not any better!
The first few appointments we had for Cable One service to be installed they didn't show up to the first two appointments and didn't call to cancel so we sat at home waiting for their workers to show and were disappointed. Furthermore, when we called to discuss the matter with customer service over the phone, the workers were so incredibly rude! DO NOT go with Cable One! You'll thank me later!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2013
Absolutely the poorest service I have ever gotten in cable television. The pictures are always grainy even in HD. In fact, half the time my HD channels don't even work, or if they do they continuously pixelate. I feel like I'm watching old time satellite. The other problem is that Cable One knows the problem lies in the outside transmission lines, but they keep insisting that I be home for their visits. I'm losing money waiting for them to fix a problem that they can never fix. Stay away from Cable One and their under performing product.
Reviewed May 12, 2013
I have had trouble with internet for a couple years (not constant, but 4 or 5 times a month I lose internet). Now I lose it daily and the phone too. I can't use Netflix due to something wrong with my up speed according to Cable One techs. This has been going on for around a month. Finally, 2 days ago, they gave me a $20.00 credit. Woohoo. I give them $150.00+ a month to have a dependable service. I have talked to management and they're like, "Let me look into this. Let me call you back later today." They never call back. We're screwed here in Show Low, AZ due to Cable One being only the cable provider.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2012
I have been forced to be a CableONE customer for years (kids need there gaming). I signed up for their 50mbps 50gigs a month with a DVR for under $100.00 a month. Pfft, all was good for about 4 or 5 months then the ** hit the fan. My usage had consistently been over 100gig and have called every level of CableONE for help. I was told, that was the amount of data that came through my router. The day my son got married there was over 14gigs used (I was not even home) and I told them that if their rep had not said that I used that much on that day, I would have had no clue, but since she did tell me about that day’s usage, I hit the roof. No wonder my bill was two times the amount I agreed to. They refused to listen to reason about me not even being home to use it and said it was not their problem as the router was in my house and I must have given someone the key to use it.
I am disabled, raised my 11-year old son alone and have the Internet for him. I don't have 200.00 dollars a month to watch T.V. and surf the web - that is 1/5th of my total monthly income. I am locked into a 2-year contract and have 1 year left before I tell them to take their service and stick it wherever the sun doesn't shine. Just today, I looked at my usage chart after shopping for Xmas and had only used about 65kb. Me and my son went to eat and he knew not to watch videos as they eat bandwidth up. We were back about 30 minutes and he checked the usage and it was over 4gigs. I called CableONE and spoke to a tech, who told me that the usage had happened between 12 midnight and 8 a.m. and it would not go against my quota. I told him that was a problem as I was asleep during those hours and could not be using it with our stuff off. As usual he wanted to punt it to the local office, as he couldn't do anything from his end.
God, I can't wait till my contract is up. AT&T is offering me 250gigs for $24.99 a month. I can't wait to talk to the local office on Monday and hear them tell me that there is nothing they can do as the data came through my router and I am responsible for it, no matter if I am asleep and my computers are off.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2012
I got home the eve of Thanksgiving looking forward to watching Christmas shows that night and while cooking Thanksgiving dinner; no connection. I called and was told that even though I made a half payment on the 19th of October, that they had given me 21 days then disconnected me (Thanksgiving eve). Then I would have to pay an additional with the reconnection. My pay day, which is on 11/23/2012, would have paid it up. I just had basic cable. These are tough times and if this company is so cold and greedy they could not even call or wait until I got paid on Friday. I do not want them and will get an antenna which is much cheaper in the long run. Example: one payment instead of one every month. Cable ONE can just wait while I pay what I can!
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012
Here is what they say: If Cable One made a collection or disconnection attempt at the subscribers residence, then we may also be entitled to assess an additional charge for that home collection or disconnection effort. "Additional charge" was not specified. As I have said, "I'll take my beating if I'm late but an "additional charge" of nearly twice my monthly bill?" Our late fees were intended to be a reasonable estimate of our costs due to late payment. How is $90.00 for a seven-minute drive is considered "reasonable?"
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012
I had always paid my bill by the end of the month. Late, yes, and I'm earning less than half than I had been. I paid my bill in September. Four weeks later, a technician showed up to disconnect my service. I scrambled to get the amount demanded, which was almost $90.00 more than for the service. I called the local office to ask why and was told this was for a trip charge. At least the person said, "I'm so sorry." This is not a booming metropolis. It takes 20 minutes (at most) to go from one end of town to the other. Yes, I'll take my beating for being a week or so late, but charging $90.00 to drive seven or ten minutes to get payment is nothing less than theft.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012
We have been customers of Cable One since September 2011. We first had service through the Gulfport location. The service itself was stellar; however, we never received a paper bill. In May 2012, we moved to another location and in doing so, we found out the address Gulfport had for us was somewhere we had never heard of before! After moving into our new home, we changed to the Pascagoula office and things went south fast. Internet became slow and sluggish, TV kept cutting in and out multiple times, then the modem kept shutting itself off and turning back on, and now the Interent won't even load pages.
I have called Cable One several times over the last few months and had several techs come out but I am still having the same issues. One tech said he heard trouble in the lines out at the pole on the road and that was supposed to get fixed but hasn't. One tech said it was the faulty modem so they exchanged it, then changed the modem out for 2 - one for the internet and one for the phone. Still, nothing has worked. I have since gone with another company and I have also filed a complaint with the BBB. Next step is Attorney General's Office!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2012
I've had nothing but problems with Cable ONE as far back as I can remember. Number one, the service is crappy. When you have an issue and have to contact a technician, they are all uneducated about their jobs. Not to mention last year, I was fooled into thinking that if I upgraded my package and added the Cable ONE phone bundle, not only would it save me money, but I would receive a higher speed internet. Since I run my business from home, I agreed. I can always use a higher speed internet service. After the upgrade, my internet service got considerably worse than it was prior to the upgrade. We have frequent outages and my monthly bill has slowly creeped up every month until now I'm paying $180 per month for phone, cable and high speed internet (and there is no high speed about it).
Today, I called the automated phone system to make my monthly payment and the system kept denying my debit card. I hung up and tried calling the automated system again and again it denied my card. Then, I tried logging into my Cable ONE bill pay account online and it still would not allow me to pay my bill using my debit card. Finally, I called and talked to a customer service agent (Mandy) and explained the problem I was having processing my payment. I was extremely angry because I was sure that this was another ploy by Cable ONE to mooch an additional $10 off me by making me speak with an agent. Mandy didn't want to hear anything I had to say and told me that if she processed the payment, it would cost me $10, but heck, I'm used to them overcharging me so $10 more would kill me.
Mandy claimed she attempted to process the card but stated that there was a problem with my bank because the system was reporting that the card was invalid. I clearly knew that my card was not invalid and I was also logged into my account with the bank and my balance was well over $800 more than enough to cover my $177 payment. I told her that there had to be something wrong with their system and they need to correct it. She didn't want to hear anything else I had to say and told me to take it up with my bank. I hung up and drove down to Jerry Lee's, the supermarket down the street from my home that takes payment for Cable ONE to make my payment there. I used the same exact debit card that they told me was invalid and the payment went through with no problem.
At this point, I am so tired and so frustrated with Cable ONE that I am considering switching to AT&T, but my entire business network is tied up and I hate to go through the process of switching everything. I started documenting all communications with Cable ONE on April 26th, which includes a log of all outages, recordings of all phone calls with and concerning Cable ONE. Something really must be done about their substandard service. If something doesn't happen soon, I'm going to create a website to publicly post their customers' complaints.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2012
Mistakenly Charged Me Cancellation Fee!: So here we are, 7 months after I canceled my service with them, after a 1-year contract. Then, they charge my bank account $265 ($360 total but I had a credit with them when I stopped service). I called them immediately and asked why? The reason: because I initially signed a 2-year contract. Umm, no way when my apartment lease was only for 1 year. (I had trouble with them setting up my service as well.) I asked them to fax me a copy of the contract my roomie signed for 2 years. 3 hours later, no fax. I called them back. The representative said, "Let me check with my supervisor," and then came back to the phone and said, "Ma'am we will mail you a check in 4-6 weeks for $360." Umm, what? It took y’all a matter of minutes to take my money, but then you want to mail me a check (in the name of my previous roommate when money was taken out of my account?).
I had to call and go to my bank numerous times because of this; I had to cancel my debit card and call Cable ONE numerous times. A supervisor did call me 4 days after my initial call but had nothing to offer me for this major inconvenience. I work full time and attend college full time and this placed me in a huge bind. Tisk tisk Cable ONE! When I asked why they weren't sending me a copy of the contract, the customer service supervisor said they couldn't find it. Well, next time you should make sure your ducks are in a row before you charge somebody! Ridiculous and I will be informing everyone I know about this. Horrible out come!
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2012
I got internet service with them 3 months ago and I lose signal all of the time. I was told when I started the service with them I would be able to stream movies with no problem. Well, that was a load. I can't even surf the internet some times. It is that bad. I lose the signal. I have had the service guys out here a couple of times. The first time, he did not know. The second time, he disconnected all of my cable lines going to every room and ran the cable direct from the pole to my modem and left all of my cable lines just hanging there and did not connect them back.
This was over a month ago and they are still like that. He came in after doing that and said I had a problem with my cable and that he fixed it, so to give it a try for a couple of days and see if it cuts out again (really). It's just another "I don't know" blow off. Well, yesterday, I finally got the time to have them come out again. I called in and they made me an appointment for between 1 and 5 pm. I waited all day; they never showed or called. I called them. The serviceman said that he called. I told them that was bull, that I was home with my cell right with me. They then made another appointment for me from 5 pm to 9 pm. Again, he did not ever show or call. I called them again, chewed their **. They told me I could make another appointment. Really, after waiting 8 hours with a no show, they did not offer any kind of credit for my time, nothing. They have not called since my internet is still jacked up. If you are reading this and you have had or are having, please contact me. I am going to file a lawsuit in small claims court for my 8 hours of time and for whatever I can. If enough of you contact me, I will see about getting an attorney and filing a class action suit.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2012
Okay there was a storm. However, the cable programming with no internet was available the entire time. Then, the sun comes out and the whole mess drops off line. The cable company in my area, I suspect, does the least maintenance on their infrastructure to maximize their income. I have met a few of the techs. They are nice folks, however, their RF knowledge base does not go past the rudimentary knowledge to operate the test equipment. Cable One should be denied being allowed to supply phone service. Cable One will say it's better than the landline, but they only want the profit without really providing the true utility in accordance with the telephony laws and regulations. I have no love of Bell, however, their equipment did not go down in my area. If all you had was an internet phone, you could not even call in to complain. Not to mention if you lose power, you lose your phone. Unlike Bell.
Reviewed May 1, 2012
If you choose to pay your bill with a Cable One rep, you are charged $10 extra on your bill. I went to pay my bill online today and was charged twice! The first time, I did not get a receipt. I thought the payment did not go through. I did it a second time and received a receipt of payment. I checked my bank statement because car payment is due. I was totally pissed! Cable One charged me twice! I called Cable One and was told by the rep that they cannot credit me back. The bank will have to do that. The bank will charge me $30 to do this, so says the rep at Cable One in Ada, Oklahoma. She told me that I can just let them credit my account. I told her that my car payment is due. She told me to call the bank.
The bank, Tinker Credit Union, stated that I have to file a dispute and it will take 10 days to get my money credited back. Meanwhile, I have a car payment that is due not later than the 7th of the month! They do not hesitate to shut off your service if you do not pay your bill. How can a business keep your money? Cable One is not a penny ante company; as much as the bill is, why can they not refund me back? Our economy is in the toilet, and this company wants to credit your account and return money. Unacceptable! I want my money back!
Reviewed March 28, 2012
After I had cancelled my cable service on 1/20/2012, I received a bill in the amount of $140.27. I received the bill on 3/26/2012. On 3/27/2012, I contacted the organization to find out why I was billed. They stated I had cancelled a contract and this was a fee. I asked them to see a copy of the contract which they sent over. I informed them it was not me on the contract and I had in fact one. It's very clearly not my name. They asked me to send them a copy of my license to prove it. On 3/27, they stated that I either pay that fee or they will pretend there was never any contract and charge me any fees they claimed I had not paid in that time since they were under the impression I had signed it. I faxed the license on 3/28/2012. On 3/28, I received a call from a collections agency stating I owed them the $140.27 and my credit would be damaged if I didn't pay it. At no time did I sign a contract or was there meeting of the minds in regards to a contract. I feel they are trying to extort money from me with falsified documents.
Reviewed March 3, 2012
I have been trying to contact someone from Cable One regarding my bill. I previously had service at another address, where I had signed up for the 25-25-25 deal. When we moved in December, we had to change addresses, which (from what we were told by a Cable One representative) entailed us ending our contract at our old address and signing a new contract for our new address. Yet, after we signed our new contract, we found that we were signed up for another deal, which is significantly more per month. When we called Cable One offices to remedy this, we were met (rudely) with people (including a manager) saying that we were not new customers (even though we signed a new contract and paid a fee) and we were, therefore, not eligible for the 25-25-25 deal.
I feel that this is outrageous. Shouldn't a company reward its existing customers for continuing their service, not penalizing them with fees and higher rates once they move? I've been treated rudely, charged insane fees/monthly bills, passed around on the phone from one rude person to the next, spoken to answering machines with no call backs, plus my service doesn't even work consistently enough to even pay a higher rate. My internet shuts off, won't cover a wireless speed strong enough to reach the other side of my house and my phone cuts off constantly. God forbid I'm a bit late on my bill then everything gets cut off with no warning!
I receive offers weekly in my mailbox for 25-25-25 deals and see commercials on TV blaming satellite companies for using bait and switch tactics to get their customers. I actually converted from satellite in order to receive the 25-25-25 deal and was sadly disappointed. I had to get rid of my DVR, get slower internet, deal with phone/internet failure monthly (as did my neighbors, who eventually switched to AT&T), none of the good channels were available, and I felt like I was not a valued customer, like I was punished for being loyal to Cable One. It would seem that their policies (not satellites) need to be reviewed by the Better Business Bureau. Nothing has been done in three months of being passed around and overbilled (and about $550 of my money).
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2012
As best I can see/ my email now functions through "Google", I was using Microsoft "Entourage". What a horrible ** thing I’ve been thrown into. It takes a long time loading, not user friendly and just a real pain. The worst of it is I had no say in it.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2011
I had Cable One for over a year. They did not have very good channels and the worst PPV movies (maybe at least 4 PPV movies). As soon as my husband and I switched over to DirecTV, I called on Monday to cancel my service. The lady told me that I would have to pay $30 for the guy to come pickup the box, remote and cable. Well, my husband called them and another lady told him they don't charge anything for the pickup. She also told my husband that I did not put down a "deposit" for the installation and that my money was for the cable itself. Then today, the guy showed up to disconnect my service but did not show up to pick up the box and what not. They told my husband, when he was on the phone with them, "oh yeah, they will be there between 11am and 3pm". They showed up to pick up the ** box. I called them about two hours ago and the lady told me that they don't do "pickups on cable boxes". Boy, what a lie that was. I will never go back to this ** company again.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2011
What a huge mistake to switch to Cable One! They bill more than they say. We supposedly have the $85 a month service, but our bill consistently runs $100 a month without relief. We supposedly have high speed internet, for which we pay an extra $10 per month, but we only get maximum of 5mbps. Every independent test I run says we top out at 5mbps. That is unless we call and complain. And then, every speed test through Cable One is magically at 10mbps.
The sales rep said that the only way we could get cheaper TV and internet service was to also take their landline phone service. That should have been the first clue to not do business with this company. We don't want landline phone service. Yet, the bundle would be cheaper. So, we now have a landline phone number and no phone hooked up to it. I don't even know the phone number. And now that I'm moving out of state, they won't "allow" me to cancel service. Oh, well if I pay to ride out my contract, which at this point will be $120, again they expect to be paid for not providing service!
But I can't even get that far. They won't take a "terminate service" phone call. I have to bundle up the rented modem and drive 45 minutes one way to deliver it to them before they'll even consider canceling my TV and phone (much less the internet). Never mind that a Cable One service technician has to come to my house and unhook the cable wires. Apparently, picking up a modem is beyond his/her job description. No, apparently it is much more convenient for me to leave the moving company alone in my house, so I can make a little 3-hour trip to the Cable One store.
As for delivery of service, forget about it. We never had an ounce of trouble with our satellite service. Yet, the cable TV service goes out regularly, not just when there is a storm (although that happens too). As for the internet service, as above, it isn't very fast, certainly not "high speed". But then Cable One also seems to "cap" service by grinding the service speed to snail's pace, especially at the end of the day when there are more users on.
Lastly, their website is pathetic. Once you log-in, you can't do anything except pay your bill. You can't look at your bill. You can't look at your account information. You can't change your service package. If you want to do more than pay your bill (like maybe manage your e-mail account, which I don't even bother using), you have to get out of that screen and log-in again to a whole different screen. And even then, you can't do anything. Signing up with Cable One is a "deal with the devil". Once you start, you can't get out of it. They try to hook you and hook you. I haven't dealt with a company this bad since cellphone companies in the early 2000's. A class action lawsuit is definitely needed.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2011
I decided to cancel the TV portion of my cable bill in order to save money for tough times. I called Cable One to confirm that I was no longer under contract and to ask what the new fee would be for regular Internet service. The person on the phone was very helpful and quoted me a fee. I was instructed that I need to return all the items before she could cancel my account. However, that's where the good news ends.
That same day, after work, I packed up my DVR, cable and remote and I headed to Cable One. I started the process of "downgrading" and when I was told at the counter of how much the Internet portion was going to be, it was $8.00 more than what I had been quoted on the phone. When I protested, I simply received a blank stare and the, "sorry, ma'am, but that is our rate."
Secondly, I was then informed that there would be a $30.00 "downgrade fee." $30.00? Really? This was never mentioned on the phone. Furthermore, I asked if all people get charged with this fee when they completely cancel their account with Cable One; she said, "No." So, I said, "I would like to quit Cable One completely and then sign up again please." She said that I had to wait three months before signing up again (which I can't because Internet is required for my job!).
Bottom line, if you're a customer that has been paying for two years and wish to stay a customer but simply drop part of your plan, you are punished with a $30 downgrade fee. If you want to drop your service entirely and move to a competitor, there is no charge. That's just brilliant customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2011
My cable and phone have been in and out for almost three weeks. A service person came and said it was the router, after which we had already bought another one. She plugged the cable into my computer and left. I cannot use my phone, access to internet is always interrupted, main service center said it is a problem on their end and local office keeps running me around.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2011
I initiated this company for internet, cable and phone line. I specifically told the sales person that I would be needing cable installed at my home, and that I wanted to make sure that they would allow enough time for the technician to complete his task.
Upon arriving at my home, the technician told me that he would not run any cables, and that I would need to contact someone and pay for the installation. I called Cable One, and agreed to pay the additional amount. The technician told me that his manager said not to run any cables. I was trying to contact his manager to find out why they were not honoring the original agreement and without finishing the installation, he drove off.
I had to take an entire day off of work to have this setup completed and have lost out on making any money. This company has not honored the original agreement.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2010
I wanted to disconnect my Internet service from my cable TV. Good luck. In an attempt to lower my $165/mo cable bill, I planned to move Internet service to AT&T and at the same time drop my deluxe cable to their 'standard' service. Of course, the rate goes up, but I still save money. But the real kicker in all this, is they want to charge me $23/mo (double)for the rental of a DVR box that I have already paid for (at the rate of $12x24 months) well over 2 years ago, and continue to pay for today. So far, I have paid enough in rent in the 5 years I've had it, to buy two of these on E-Bay.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2010
The ** HOA in my apartment complex requires us to go through Cable One for internet installation. Despite my misgivings about Cable One's customer support track record, I signed up for their internet service through their website and scheduled the install. Their install technician came to the apartment at the correct time. We saw him pull into the parking lot. We waited for him to knock on the door, assuming it would take him a minute or two to get tools out of his truck. After a couple minutes, we came out of the apartment to see if he was having a hard time finding our apartment. Instead he hung some stupid "sorry we missed you" card on our door without knocking, calling or making any attempt to contact us at all.
We called the customer service number on the card he left immediately and were informed that the install tech was already out of the area and we would have to reschedule. We rescheduled for the next day and of course they just didn't show at all. We called the customer service center again and were promised they would come the next day. Again, they pulled a no-show. We'll call the customer service center again and set up another appointment that they will blow off. Do whatever you have to do to avoid working with Cable One. This has been the worst experience I've ever had with a company.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2010
I signed up for Internet service with Cable One at their published price and then when I received my first invoice, they had added an additional charge of $6.00 for a modem. I was under the impression that DSL service was not as good as an Internet connection with a cable company but I was so upset with Cable One's bait-and-switch that I called AT&T. I was surprised to find that AT&T guarantees the speed of their service whereby Cable One says up to various speeds and then says depending on local conditions.
I now have AT&T DSL internet service which is faster, at a lower price and the reliability is much superior. An added plus is that my AT&T phone service has been reduced $10.00 a month. AT&T's customer service is far superior to the customer service that Cable One provides. The following is an excerpt, in part, of an email that I sent to the Cable One CEO and is an example of what I experienced with Cable One.
"I moved to Denison, TX on Wednesday, November 25, and went to the Cable One office to order cable, Internet and phone service. I told the lady at the counter that I needed cable service that would include Fox News and the Encore channels. She said that I would need to order the Premium package, which would also include the Starz channels. I also ordered the standard Internet service with a speed up to 5MB.After perusing the Cable One Phone Package Features/Service Details from the card she gave me, I ordered a phone with unlimited local calling plus free long distance. The card said that Caller ID is included at no additional charge.
"Your customer service representative took an hour and six minutes to complete this transaction. She constantly needed to ask questions from other service reps. Finally one of them came over to help, which entailed that person patiently showing her where to move the cursor and telling her what to type into the computer. I was duly thanked for my patience. I would have given her my bank account information so that the installation fee of thirty dollars would be waived, but finally decided it would be best not to add a further burden to her seemingly already difficult task.
"On Friday the tech installed the equipment but could not tell me the parameter to send email through the Cable One server. After he left, I called support and got the required parameter in order to send email. When I attempted to access the Encore channels, a message displayed informing me that I was not authorized for those channels. I again called Cable One and was told that I would need to upgrade to the Ultra package for an additional seventeen dollars. Accordingly, to access Encore, I would be paying thirty-three dollars over the standard package, which included all of the other channels I had an interest in watching.
"At the same time, I asked the tech why Caller-ID was not working, only to be told that would be an additional seven dollars. Even Time Warner (my former cable company) lets Caller-ID pass through at no additional charge, standard operating procedure for telephone companies. On Monday, November 30, I took the cable box back to the Cable One office to downgrade to the standard package. After explaining the reasons why I wanted the downgrade, the customer service rep told me that in doing so, I would be breaking the contract. She accepted the cable box and I left. Because I was concerned that she might have charged me for 'breaking the contract,' when I returned home I called 888-235-0164 and talked to another service rep, named Bonnie.
"Since I was unhappy about the Caller ID, Bonnie said I could return the equipment and cancel the current contract and sign up for the special offer for the standard cable and standard Internet and receive half-price for the cable for the first six months. She said that I had until Friday, December 4, to do this and that she would enter a note in my record so that there would not be a problem."
I canceled my phone service with Cable One and ordered phone service from AT&T. Cable One never did cancel all the charges from the first contract.
Cable ONE Company Information
- Company Name:
- Cable ONE
- Year Founded:
- 1986
- Address:
- 210 E. Earll Drive
- City:
- Phoenix
- State/Province:
- AZ
- Postal Code:
- 85012
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.cableone.net