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About AT&T Wireless

AT&T Wireless is the cellular branch of AT&T services. The company offers a variety of plan options to suit every customer's needs. Choices include unlimited text, talk and data plans, shared data plans and prepaid options. Customers can get a new phone from AT&T when they purchase a plan or continue using their current one.

Pros
  • Several plan options
  • Includes streaming services
  • Wide range of coverage
Cons
  • Low limits before data throttling
  • Not the cheapest plans

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 4, 2019

    Have been a AT&T customer since 2004, and I used to love their customer services. So I never thought of changing my phone to a different company. But lately, I have been having a horrible experience with ATT customer service especially removing a line from my account. I have several lines for my business and I had to remove a line. And upgrade another one from Galaxy Note to a XS/MAX. But after I canceled the line, I found out that the one line was never removed but instead it was added to the upgraded one. So now I have Two lines on one device which they refuse to correct being that it's their Error. Bill still shows as if I never removed it, it shows as if I have two XS/MAX.

    Anyway, you cannot talk to the same agent ever again. They pretend to take notes, they kept me on hold for long periods at a time just to drop the calls on purpose so when you call back you have to start the story from scratch. Very inconsistent with what agents say, one says one thing, another totally says the opposite. Called again after call was dropped (customer retention department). "Sorry we can't help you to fix the problem remove line," they are trying to get me more lines with no reason (asking if there is anyone need a phone), the service is horrible. I'm thinking to switch to a different carrier. Don't be an ATT customer! They are horrible. 06/03/2019. I hope we have a better relationship with Sprint or Verizon???

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2019

    I've recently resubscribed to AT&T internet and DirecTV bundle. I'd had both services before but allowed my DirecTV service to expire. I maintained internet during the expiry period. AT&T charged me more each month than what I should've been charged ($60 vs $50). When I chat online with a customer service representative for almost an hour, the representative essentially told me I was being charged the correct amount. I was able to locate my service agreement on AT&T's website after the chat session, and the agreement showed plainly that my monthly payment should've been $50/mo for internet. This was in Sept '18. I'm not sure why I didn't just give up on AT&T then, but fast forward to Feb '19 and I re-subscribed to Directv. I've had nothing but issues since. I continue being charged each month, more than what I was quoted.

    Additionally, I'm being charged a $9.25/mo late fee if I refuse to pay because I'm being overcharged. I was charged for a partial month for movie package promotions which I'd canceled and AT&T wanted to refund only a partial amount of this payment. Hold up! The promotional items were supposed to be free until 5/5/19. I canceled on 5/4/19 and you still want to charge me a partial payment. I arrived home today 6/3/19 and AT&T has suspended my service. I'd refused to pay until they correct the billing errors.

    After being on the phone with a representative for an hour today, who told me she was going to see HOW THEY COULD honor the amount quoted, I disconnected the call. I have documentation of every transcript, every service agreement, and keep track of every time I call. AT&T is robbing people every day by adding a few dollars here and there to your bill without people being aware. I'm on my way to either a class action lawsuit or a small court claim.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2019

    I have been with AT&T since they purchased Cingular. I have four phone lines and four iPad accounts and spend a great deal of money every month for the service. I am deeply disappointed by AT&T customer service and could not have believed that such incompetence was possible at an enterprise of this scale and importance.

    I had an account for data for my car which expired and I want to integrate that service with my personal wireless service. I called AT&T at 8:00 this morning and was on the phone with them until 10:03 AM when I gave up after speaking to four operators, two service managers and spending over 2 hours on hold. Every time I spoke to an operator or manager, they assured me that I would be re-directed to the correct phone number or department and each time, I would end up being transferred to the main voicemail greeting asking me why I was calling AT&T. After 2 hours I gave up. I have the employee ID numbers for several of the people that I spoke to and plan to follow up with a detailed letter to AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 1, 2019

    Purchased a buy one get one iPhone promotion from them. Was receiving the correct credits for a few months then stopped giving me credit on my bill. Called over 5 times in 4 months and cant get a answer from anyone one why I'm not receiving correct credit. I am a long time customer who is highly disappointed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 29, 2019

    Not enough room for all of the gory details but AT&T made a mistake on my bill and repeatedly blamed my bank. After numerous calls back and forth & hrs of time wasted they admitted it... I am so angry over numerous calls and hours of wasted time AND that they would not connect me with a supervisor! I finally google how to get a supervisor and I spoke to one today who put me in touch with a Customer Loyalty rep. The Customer Loyalty rep told me to get over it. Imagine that! A loyal 20 year customer and their mistake causing me hours of wasted time and she basically says get over it. Worst customer service EVER! If you are thinking about AT&T JUST DON’T!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 28, 2019

    Went into your Carle Place store, Long Island NY on Monday, 5/27/19. I was not able to receive voicemail on my iPhone X. The fellow who I was speaking with Ian, had an attitude when I asked him why I wasn’t getting voicemail. He immediately said it was an Apple problem!!!! I said, "No it isn’t, when I call my number it gives an ATT message that there is a problem with my voicemail." He was sitting on a couch, didn’t bother to get up and was very disrespectful. He had an attitude from the beginning. Did not even attempt to fix my problem!

    I was so disappointed in that encounter. I have been an ATT customer for a very long time and never experienced anybody like him in all my dealings at ATT. The first store I went into in Islandia, the fellow there told me, "You're converting to 5G" and that’s why I’m having the problem. Didn’t sound right so I proceeded to your Carle Place store and was shocked at that encounter. My final stop was at ATT IN LAKE Grove, NY. I was helped by Niki **. She was on the phone with your help desk for at least an hour and a half. Very professional, courteous and determined to figure out this problem. She is definitely a keeper. I feel your retail stores need some customer service training! I am so upset about this ordeal I feel like switching carriers. Please respond to me by email on your opinion of this issue.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 27, 2019

    Customer service with AT&T is truly an absolute joke. There ain’t no such animal!! They must make a fortune by just plain lying to customers phone call after phone call after phone call (etc.). You can spend MANY hours trying to resolve the most mundane, trivial issue you can think of without ANY consistent or least bit satisfactory reply or answer. Ever tried to get a callback from these bandits? PLEASE do not hold your breath! Ever tried to get a callback number for the person you're talking to? Again, best of luck to you! Ever tried to get an identification number of person you're talking to? Again, best of luck. They undoubtedly have these people on a bonus system - the more they cheat or screw their customers out of the more they paid. Sorry to be so negative but after MONTHS of trying to get over billing questions answered or replied to or waiting for callbacks, etc., etc., etc. - you certainly understand the total frustration.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 26, 2019

    EVERYTHING that I was told by customer service has proven to be untrue. They have not provided anything they said they would. Not just one cust. serv agent...all use the same SCRIPT (word for word). Finally got a supervisor after 3 calls and 1 1/2 hrs on hold and was told that "you agreed to contract and you are ** for 2 years." She did admit that the cust serv reps were being untrue, but AT&T takes no responsibility for the lies. I would not sign up/use AT&T Wireless again. Sad part is that I also have Directv and I have gotten the same lies and same "you are screwed" cust serv and supervisor response. NEVER AGAIN!!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 25, 2019

    @AT&T beyond frustrated with your customer service. I called in March and was told about a new promotion. I asked more than 5 times that by accepting the promotion I would not be tied into a 12 month contract as I was moving in June. I was reassured I would not be. Now I am trying to move and being told I am locked into this contract regardless of the misinformation I was given. Spoke to a supervisor who told me she would pull the call but it would not change a thing and if I were to change or cancel it would be $150. I have been a loyal customer for years and can not believe I was told you will not stand behind what a customer service agent advised me multiple times.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed May 24, 2019

    Worst service in South Florida. Please be careful. AT&T's customer service is now beyond HORRIBLE. All the towers in South Florida are degraded. There are blackouts everywhere. I never have more than 1 or 2 bars. Many times no service which affects my safety. The WiFi went down nearly every weekend and was too slow to stream Netflix most days. They will not take ownership of their inability to provide working service. I have wasted hours on the phone with their tech support and customer loyalty. Still no ownership of their mistakes and not following through on their end of the contract. Please avoid them and save yourself so much trouble and wasted money.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2019

    I have never dealt with any company so incompetent! For a communications company, they have absolutely no idea what anyone is doing. I could go on for days, but will keep it short. Trust nothing they say. I just got sent to collections for something they said was zeroed out three times..three times! The last lady had no record I talked to anyone previously!! I have literally spent hours on the phone fighting them on my wireless bill and Uverse and fiber bills. I got only half of the gift cards I was supposed to get. That is still unresolved. They said I couldn't get fiber to my house even though the person before me had it. 2 months later, I went a 1000 miles away and they were able to sign me up. Makes no sense!

    20 Years ago in college, I had similar issues with DSL and absolutely nothing has changed. Still completely incompetent! If I had another choice with home internet, I would change, but I don't. Stay away from ANY part of this company if you can. Not worth the time dealing with their incompetence, even if the bill is cheaper.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 22, 2019

    Called over 7 times to get an overpayment refunded to me of $155 dollars. It’s been 2 months now and I still haven’t received a check. They would tell me a price and my bill was always much higher. I had an unlimited plan for 2 which they said would be 120 always ended up that my bill was between 165 and 179 a month for 2 people. I was stupid to pay this as long As I did before switching and going with T-Mobile.

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    Price

    Reviewed May 22, 2019

    I first started AT&T it was actually it was actually a good service. It is Stan Lee gotten worse seeing that price increasing. Perks are dropping. I need to go back, do the original AT&T, get rid of Cricket because they are focusing on money instead of quality service.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 20, 2019

    So we have been with AT&T when then they were called Southern Bell. We have cells and internet with them. Cell phones are great but internet for the house is horrible. They also will try and charge you as much as possible for as little as you get. For years we were paying 106.00$ for laggy 6 mb. per sec internet and fine considering we're out in country but since they have upgraded instead of letting or helping customers know that 12.0 is available for the area they choose not to. I am a songwriter and country music singer and recently have tried to use internet 12.0 and yet still laggy.

    I've called support loyalty numbers SEVERAL times and done all the troubleshooting. Had techs come out replace modem. Call AT&T. Say still lagging bad. They say, "You need a new modem". Trying to connect to yes and something is wrong...IT WAS JUST REPLACED. It's a ongoing never ending circle and were tryna have faith in the AT&T but damn. They say this is available. Tech says, "No, it's not." YALL GET ON SAME PAGE. I'm now in process of finding other internet providers since AT&** can't get it together. DONT CHOOSE AT&T unless you're trying to have lag and hassle. Then yeah they're a #1 pick. I'm very displeased. Not one to leave reviews but GUYS this is how bad they are. And if you're AT&T reading this go ** yourself like your internet. Laggy and slow.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed May 20, 2019

    I have had awful experiences with AT&T. They are big cheats. They promise you something and charge you something else. Customer service numbers are worse. They all give you different information and want to sell their own promotions instead of helping me. They will increase your bill without informing you of the price hike. I am so disgusted dealing with AT&T. It has been very stressful. I have complained to Better Business Bureau about them.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 19, 2019

    Canceled my account. Today, I went to turn on my TV and I have no cable or internet. I called AT&T and was told that someone ordered my service to be disconnected. They verified that my bill was paid on time and that I did not request the service to be disconnected. The manager was suppose to call me back but never did. They also couldn’t tell me who placed this order. Needless to say, I got the runaround and still have no service. This is one of many issues!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 19, 2019

    They have not corrected my bill since November. I call and get nowhere with customer service. The worse company I ever dealt with. All I get is promises and lies from this company. Look at all the complaints and wonder how they stay in business.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 19, 2019

    We added Direct TV and Watch TV after being customers of ATT for years. I will not go into detail but it has been five months and we still cannot watch HBO on our program. Talked to every department possible and promises made and promises broken. Promises to call us back and no callbacks. Every time we speak to anyone there we have to explain the problem over and over again. No one writes anything down? Last time was today. Promised to get a call back by 7:00. Called back at 7:30 only to find out they closed two hours earlier. No one can fix this problem after five months. We are strongly considering to cancel all services and plans and switching to another company. If you are considering ATT, DON'T.

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    Customer ServiceStaffProcess

    Reviewed May 18, 2019

    Spoke to 4 agents in an effort to switch from DirecTV to Uverse TV. Their systems don't communicate. If your account holder for each account is different, good luck getting them to do anything at all. There's no consistency across agents. One will ask for one set of information, another will ask you for something entirely different. This makes navigating the process insanely frustrating. They'll ask for your phone number every time but never actually update it in the system. I'm honestly not sure if it's sheer incompetence, a conscious effort to make switching or changing services different, or a combination of the two but AT&T customer service and the system they use are bottom of the barrel bad.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 17, 2019

    I have been a ATT customer since 2001, and I used to love their customer services. So I never thought of changing my phone to a different company. But lately (since last year, 2018), I have been having a horrible experience with ATT customer service especially removing the lines from my account. I had several lines for my family members and I had to remove a few lines when they moved to a different country. But after I canceled the lines, I found out the bill still shows those two lines. Anyway, it happened again now. Hard to remove lines, they are trying to get me more lines with no reason (asking if there is anyone need a phone), the service is horrible. I'm thinking to switch to a different carrier. Don't be an ATT customer! They are horrible.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 16, 2019

    I have been an AT&T customer for now almost 14 years. I have 5 lines with them. I spend an average of $450/month. Be careful with their taxes. There is a plan price that increases substantially after taxes. Also super careful if you travel internationally prices are high. Customer service is horrendous. Spend for 1 to 1.5 Hrs on the phone in each call. Always different agents or departments. They cannot follow up with a problem, nobody will ever call you back.

    You can not talk to the same agent ever again. They will take notes, find a resolution, the day after you realized they did not do anything on what they agreed and when you call back you have to start the story from scratch. Very inconsistent with what agents say, one says one thing, another totally the opposite. I returned a phone that they sent me in error. That phone is lost in transit and I have all the tracking numbers and tickets proving I sent it and even so they made me pay for the full phone. So avoid AT&T and get a more transparent company. They don't care about their customers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 15, 2019

    Be very careful when it comes to cost. ATT complicate billing statement to trick people who wouldn't pay close attention to their bills. This is one of the trick - they charge data package 1 month ahead plus prorate currently month on the first bill, I raised question about the charge and they promised it will be refund after contract ended. Two years later when contract ended, I contacted customer service through chat messages. First, the representative kept telling me the charge already credited, I asked him to tell me when and where it credited, he couldn't tell me and transferred me to a supervisor. Then the supervisor ended my chat message. Also, if you have a phone trade in promotion program, pay attention to see if they'll give you the credit or not. I had to contact customer service to get the credit applied to my bill because they did not include it for me.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 14, 2019

    I feel AT&T should be more upfront about cost. Holy cow I went in and got a $45 monthly plan, sounded good. But when you walk in place they don't tell you upfront about their hidden charge. I yes put phone on pay plan ok so that's $30 a month plus $45 for plan charge. So how in the heck did it got from $75 to $118 dollars. Yes this is how so 45 plan 30 phone payment, so the rest is taxes and something they say is a fee to use services. This shouldn't be allowed. Isn't that why we pay the plan price. Why are they allowed to gorge us like this... I unfortunately am stuck for another year. My other phones are surely not through them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    We have experienced several unfulfilled promises with our sign up deals. We have encountered repeated dishonesty with customer service and help that was promised by various customer service representatives over several months never occurred. The customer service has sometimes been rude, aggressive, and accusational even though my husband and I have always remained calm, factual, and courteous with them each time we requested their help. I feel very disappointed and would not recommend ATT to anyone.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    We switched to AT&T about 18 months ago because it had better service at our house. At first, we were pleased with the service and had no problems. Then, we went into the store for a phone question. When we were there, we were asked if we wanted to switch to auto-pay to save some money. We agreed. The next bill was $40 more and then the next bill was $70 more. When I called both times, I was told that there was a glitch and somehow now our bill would be more. I asked to switch back to a hard copy and get our old price and that was not allowed either.

    SEVENTEEN hours and counting later, speaking with various supervisors over the phone and via chat, I still do not have answers so we are in the process of switching service providers. Be aware that when you do this, AT&T will lock your phones even though they are paid off and not allow you to switch them to a different carrier for around 4 days. It has been a disaster and I would not recommend AT&T to anyone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    I made 4 calls totaling 4 hours of talk and wait times, I purchased a senior plan for my dad which after 3 months would be free of any contract as well as the phone would be free. As stated in the subject field, 3 agents I be spoken to who said it would be resolved and to date I am on the phone with the 4th customer service agent who “said she can get it resolved”. This is absolutely the most unprofessional company I have ever dealt with as a consumer.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    Offered two iPhone 8 if we switch all of our services from Charter Communications. Promised 100 mps and etc. We switched and found out later that another line was added. This was not mentioned in the deal. Also, price quoted for Uverse went up from what was agreed to. We got slower internet, lost one of the premium channels and being charged for the third line. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

    An AT&T person delivers upgraded iPhone and offers a free iPhone 10. What's the catch - nothing - loyal AT&T customer. He asks if I need a new line - I do not. He states that we can just upgrade an eligible phone. I found out later that another line had indeed been added - did not open the phone. Sent the phone back to AT&T - tracked - they got it on the 30th. I talked to someone on the 8th - everything will be credited back on the 15th. I talked to someone today - the previous basically lied. OH and you are lucky you sent it back within the 14 days otherwise you would not get credit back and would have to keep the phone and line. Really? The person lied to me and I immediately sent it back.

    At any rate I am still today trying to get them to credit my account and take off all of these fees and taxes on my bill and credit me the taxes for the phone. I have wasted two whole days and still getting transferred around and around. UNBELIEVABLE. They know that a class action lawsuit cannot be filed and they just don't give damn.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    I ended up just paying $180 because it was going to be turned into collections. This is after about 6 hrs on the phone with at least 10 employees and 4 managers each of which told me I didn’t owe the money - there was a pending credit that will post after the next billing cycle. Then after 3 cycles the credit never posted and got the notification it was past due and going to collections. The last manager I talked to said there was no pending credit and I had to pay it. She would not be doing anything else. Every call had a routine. The first person transferred me to the unified department and they would transfer me back to the department that sent me to them, I then ended up in the U-Verse department even though I never had U-verse. Then I would go to the billing department and finally ended up in the customer retention department after 45 minutes and no one could ever help me.

    I even went into 2 stores only to be told by several different employees and 2 managers they can’t really help - they are just salespeople and would have to call the same phone number I did, which I made them do both times. At the end of the day it’s unfair to the consumer because there is no logical outlet for us. They will turn it into collections with no dispute and have negative impacts on our credit score and for me it's just not worth that.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2019

    On May 10, 2019, I spoke with Briana, AT&T CSR, about an incorrect balance on my iPhone installment plan. She agreed it was an overcharge & assured me I owed one more payment & my 30 mos commitment would be fulfilled. On May 13, 2019, the overcharge was still present on my bill. I made another call to ATT & the CSR told me ATT charges were correct. He said it was due to the fact that I was behind 2 payments in 2019.

    When I argued that I was never behind on a bill & proved it, he changed the dates to the 2016. I didn't even purchase a new phone until December 2016, so that proved him wrong again. After 20+ minutes of me being accused of wrongdoing & back payments by the rep, and myself proving him wrong at every turn, he left to recheck my bill & hung up on me. I never pay bills late or miss payments. ATT is overcharging on iPhones via their installment plans. Watch your bills! They get a negative in the star ratings as far as I'm concerned.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 12, 2019

    Let me begin with Customer Service is HORRIBLE. To have to listen to that computer help you "fix it" is painful/one time I had to go an entire weekend with nothing but my cell phone because the computer "fixed it" and would not connect me with a person. The tech even told me that is what happened. Whatever they did shut the whole house down when the only thing wrong was no Wi-Fi on my phone? But, my real complaint is the bill I received for my son's DirecTV in the house he rents from me. We cancelled the DirecTV and returned ALL of the equipment via UPS about 6 months ago. Just last week I was sent a bill from System which I assume is a collection agency for $51.66. If I was not told this was owed, how am I supposed to pay it? And if all the equipment was returned, why is there an amount due? He has nothing else in the house? The inefficiency is unacceptable. I would like an explanation.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 11, 2019

    ATT service was terrible. Phone service was bad and U-verse was the worst. I gave them a chance to fix it, but customer service was terrible. Additionally, they increased my bill by $40 while still in the introductory rate period. I cancelled and requested a credit. The rep I spoke to said he would reduce my bill, but ATT owed me money because I cancelled after paying my bill. A month later I got a past due notice of $35. ATT turned off my access to view the bill or pay online. I had to call in and they said the other rep lied to me and I have to pay. To never have to deal with ATT, $35 was worth it even though they were stealing. Then the rep said it costs $5 to pay them. THIS IS A CRIMINAL COMPANY THAT IS LOSING MONEY AND WILL STEAL EVERY DOLLAR FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS. Do not believe a word they say. Get everything in writing.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed May 11, 2019

    This last year in particular, I have noticed a dramatic decline in the quality of customer care with At&t. I’ve been with them for almost 20 years and am ready to leave. When the replacement phone they sent me, through the insurance plan, had a defective camera they charged me $300 of which was returned back to me after 1-2 billing cycles, but when they received the damaged phone. (I’m my opinion, there’s no excuse for that.) Then, 2 months later, after the $300 was returned (because they received the phone), they decided to charge me the full amount of the phone (around $750) and stated that this was because they received it after 20 days from when the claim was filed.

    Mind you, I received the phone from them 7 days after the claim was filed, used their return label and mailed the damaged phone back the next day. So now, hit with a $1000 monthly phone bill, the representative tells me that I am responsible to pay the entirety of my bill and that he is now placing an investigation to review the case-but sees that At&t accepted the phone. I asked him why I would be billed this amount since they have the phone & I am bringing the error to their attention BEFORE my bill is due, and his response was that it will take them 7-10 days to review and refund the $ back to me. Absurd! Let me add that I also was placed on hold for 1 and a half hours to speak to “one of the managers” and finally just gave up. Horrible horrible horrible customer service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 10, 2019

    AT&T used to be a very good customer service oriented company but not anymore. You get canned answers and nothing gets resolved. They say one thing but do another. Never any resolutions. They continue to ignore my complaints about overcharges and they say give it a couple of months to straighten out and I call them monthly when my bill comes out each month and this has been going on for nine months. Luckily I found a company online that will take my complaint for overbilling to arbitration and charge at&t for their services.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 10, 2019

    Anytime you to make changes to your account or upgrade devices it takes SEVERAL phone calls and hours of your time. Hours that could be spent running your business instead of being on the phone with them.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2019

    I have been dealing with AT&T for over 2 months on dealing with a Watch TV account that has not worked. Have spoke to north of 20 people in chats, phone and messenger. Not 1 can resolve my issue. Finally I spoke to 1 person who made me create a new Watch TV account to get it to work but it asked me to put my credit card information in but I wouldn’t be charged and my account would be changed to a free account since I have their top plan which includes Watch TV and a premium channel. Guess what? I am being billed on my credit card and when I try to get answers I hear the same BS that it is going to be escalated. Guess all that means is we are clueless and won’t resolve a thing. Don’t waste your money for horrible service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 9, 2019

    I requested service on Monday. I was told a technician will come in on Thursday... Four days to in this time and age and yet on the committed date, no one showed up and no one intimated me. I called and was told there was an issue which they won't be able to fix until Saturday and that I couldn't have service until the next Monday.

    Then in the evening of Thursday they called to tell me that the issue won't be fixed until the Friday of next week which is TWO WHOLE WEEKS from the date I requested service. My apartment gave monopoly to them so I can't even get internet service from another provider and of course they are pricier than literally EVERY service provider in this area obviously because they have monopoly over this community. Shame on you ATT and shame on you www.athertonfrisco.com for giving monopoly to this horrible service provider in your community.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 9, 2019

    I was moving from another state so I went into the store to get my phone upgraded. Aimee was my rep. I wanted the S9 because it was half price. Aimee said, "You wouldn't see the half price right away but it would work itself out," she lied. She also said I had to go with their internet because they were the only providers, she lied. Aimee jacked my bill up, got me tangled into all this stuff I didn't need and of course quit or got fired. I am going to Verizon as soon as I move back to where I moved to New York from. These sales reps lie and upsell to make more money and then don't care about you, you are a sale. I hate ATT. I have been with this company since they bought Altel out but I am done. Be weary. They are scandalous!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 9, 2019

    I called, many times, to correct my billing issues. One recent incident, after buying a new cell phone, from Best Buy an authorized dealer. I saw an ad online, Moto G7 for $199.00. The hitch was I had to activate a second line and get a second phone number. I attempted to make them, AT&T, understand that I don't need a second line nor a new phone number. After much frustration, I wasn't successful. I was able to find out that I could cancel the new line and number within 24 hours. Had Best Buy hold the phone for me to pick up next day.

    Paid full price for the phone, $249.00 Had it connected, up and running. LOVE Best Buy experts. Came home, called AT&T to cancel the unwanted service. Was told it was cancelled and would not be on my billing. Received my next bill, services for second line and new number remained on my bill. My area code is 386, the unwanted new number area code was 787. Spent two and a half hours on the phone to get this corrected.

    While on the phone, waiting for the supervisor to authorize the credit, I asked about the 100 (not sure what the correct letters are for download speed). Download speed was not working, I do a download test all different hours, it's never more than 55. I was told the 100 is ONLY A RANGE. It's not a guarantee. I also noticed that I was not able to support four devices on at the same time. Which I was lead to believe would not be a problem with 100 download speeds. They also slow the bandwidth, supposedly, at various hours. I've seen my bandwidth slow at peak hours. How can they advertise 100 speeds and not deliver? This is false advertising in my opinion.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 8, 2019

    An Agent Misguidance Has Cost Me Time and Money. Overall, the last year has been a nightmare. I am forced to call AT&T every month and spend two hours on the phone to get a $29 credit for a BOGO phone. My contract began as a business plan where I received a BOGO 7 Plus. When I closed my business slightly over a year later, I asked an agent if I could move to a consumer plan, while keeping the same guidelines of business contract. “Absolutely!” Was the agent's response. Little did I know I’d spend over 50 hours over the next year fixing my cell phone bill monthly and telling the same story over and over again. Never an apology and never taking responsibility for their own error.

    As a former business owner, I would never expect to be treated like my time, money and business isn’t worth it, but that feels like how AT&T has chosen to operate. At my wits' end yesterday, after my monthly 2 hr call of getting nowhere, I went into an AT&T store and spoke to the manager. He said he’d escalate the case, get back with me, and the same old mantra I’ve heard every time over the phone. The notes on my file from phone agents read like this over the year “Do not credit this woman again”. Yet, I am sticking to a contract I signed and abiding by it. I should not pay for the misinformation I was given and guaranteed it wouldn’t be a problem.

    I have until Oct. 2019 until this nightmare and this phone is paid off. Not to mention, I wanted to pay the phone off a year ago, but couldn’t since they’d want a double payment for the phone that suddenly I started being charged for after my business account went personal. Customer agent Christopher ID #** (or at least that’s the information he gave me) was one of the rudest agents I have ever had to work with yesterday, and trust me, I’ve dealt with well into the 100s at this point.

    As soon as this phone payment is over with, I cannot retain my business with a company that treats their own mistake as one that a customer should pay for on my days off I both time and money. I am beyond insulted and disappointed in this company. When you have a problem, even a measly $29/mo one, honesty, integrity and ethics does not need to go out the window. Shame on you AT&T. From a long time loyal customer and government worker who you treat like a piece of gum under your shoe.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    Recently I have a need to unlock an old phone (iPhone 5S) I paid off a while ago for travel purpose. This phone I bought for my daughter when she was in 10 or 11th grade. I tried to unlock online like they said but it kept saying the phone number did not match the IMEI number. I tried my phone number and my daughter's phone number since she was the original user, both did not work at all. I went to an AT&T store and the manager of the store helped me to submit the request and instructed me to confirm my request on the email AT&T would send to me.

    I did confirm my request but 2 days later I went online to check the status of my request, It said I did not confirm and the request was expired after 24 hours. I was very upset and I called AT&T the customer service even told me that I need to have my daughter to call in to request the unlock. I am the one who bought the phone for my daughter, she was 15-16 at that time, would she had money to buy a phone?

    Instead of helping me to process the request they tried to sell service to me for international plan. I told them I just need my phone to unlock ASAP because my travel day is coming up, they tried to delay and made things very difficult for me. I have been with AT&T for a long time and I am so disappointed and not happy with their service, they did not help me at all. I am thinking to leave AT&T soon. I wanted to take care of this earlier to prepare for my trip overseas not that I wait for the last minute.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    I am a home health nurse & need to be on call every other weekend & have limited cell coverage in certain areas. But other carriers have coverage in these areas. I think AT&T needs to expand their service coverage to support their customers.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    Ahmad went out of his way to get me the best deal and show me comparisons for the product I wanted. I will be sending everyone to him. He was professional and kind. I have already sent my girlfriend to him and she’ll be calling on him when she’s back in Schaumburg.

    Edward

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    My May 2019 bill was $7 higher than usual, an 11% increase. When I reviewed the detailed bill I saw they switched me from a 3GB data plan to a 6GB. I checked emails and my AT&T message center and found that they had never asked or advised me of this change. I called customer service; after discussion they agreed to return me to the 3GB plan but said I would have to pay the current bill for 6GB. I refused; the rep put me on hold for a few minutes and then came back and offered a credit to reduce the current bill to the correct amount.

    I told the rep I wanted the person responsible for the unauthorized increase to be fired. She said it was a "system" change that affected everyone. I told her the increase should be rolled back for everyone and the executive(s) responsible should be fired. Obviously, she could not respond to this. Think about this: An extra $7/month or more affecting millions of customers is hundreds of millions in no cost profit for AT&T. I'm sure the executives who approved this plan will be receiving huge bonuses. They should be fired and maybe jailed; this is obviously unethical and likely illegal.

    So I went online to unlock my phone so I could move it to another carrier. The AT&T device unlock web page said the phone could not be unlocked and offered no explanation or recourse. I had to call customer service again; the rep had to open a "case" to get it unlocked and needed a reason, so I told her. After a several minute wait I was told it would take 2-3 days. I asked why; AT&T had no problems adding me as a customer within minutes when I first signed up. No answer. It's clear to me they want to make it as difficult as they can to move to another carrier. I can get a better data plan with the same coverage at half the price with another carrier, so I'll be cancelling AT&T. I hope everyone else does the same and they go out of business.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2019

    Promised specific rewards upon activation and maintaining account. When not all rewards received as specified it was near IMPOSSIBLE to talk to a live person about the issue. I have the documentation of hours spent on hold trying to speak to someone.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 6, 2019

    We were suckered into DirecTV when I called to cancel because the charges for AT&T TV kept going up. I was told they had just purchased DirecTV and it would be cheaper and better - well the better part never came true. We finally made the move to another provider. When this change was completed I called AT&T and canceled everything. I asked the rep several times if there would be additional billing - was told "no" and in fact I might have a credit. Well, a month and a half later I get a past due notice from them and am told I owe an additional $109.00! Tried talking to the rep, but apparently they read from a script. Yes, we had a credit from the DirecTV end but not from AT&T. I even had my cancellation number and date. Don't trust them!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed May 6, 2019

    AT&T scammed me into go with them and the device never performed to High internet promised. Representative came to my property. Convinced me to go with them. When I installed DirecTV I did not call them. She knew how she got info. I was looking for internet. Yes you guessed right - DirecTV I assume!!! 1 1/2 year later with the worst internet ever I cancelled and now they doubled my final bill!! For a service that did not work!!!

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppStaffReliability

    Reviewed May 5, 2019

    Updated on 07/17/2019: Don't ever use AT&T Wireless service. It is horrible. Their customer service is horrible. At best the employees do nothing but lie and give misinformation. They have not released a security update for my brand new Razer Phone 2 in over 3 months and the Android Pie update is non-existent for a phone that is stock Android and has no AT&T bloatware. They are so horrible they can't release the any updates. I will be switching to T-Mobile for better service, lower cost and faster updates.

    Original Review: AT&T has the highest prices and their services are horrible. The customer service is even worse. One agent says one thing and a different agent says something else. Horrible release time frame for the Android Pie update for the Razer phone 2. The OS was released to the unlocked version by Razer back in February and AT&T claims it was released to their version and then some agents say it is not. I have also requested a replacement phone under warranty and it was never processed or sent out. I am still using a defective phone which I paid 800 dollars for and now the phone is only 499. This company is horrible and the DirecTV is even worse. Avoid this company at all cost. It is a overpriced, ripoff and the service is horrible.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 4, 2019

    AT&T people misguided me related to my bill and told my bill won’t go up and changed multiple times my plans every time I am confirmed to not to increase my bill. Finally forced me to pay more bills since two months.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 4, 2019

    I switched to AT&T 5 days ago and it's been nothing but a disaster since I made the terrible decision to switch to AT&T. They charged my debit card twice for same charge and still not processed a refund and have not sent my phone. So I paid double what I was supposed to and have no phone that I paid for and they can't fix the problems that they created. I have to file a fraud dispute with my bank to get my money they stole from me. This company is a fraud and they are scam artist. Then they have continuously lied to me to try to cover up their scam. Trust me unless you want to be overcharged and have to fight every day to get the money they "mistakenly" charged you and then not ship the product you paid double for and then be lied to over and over again, then stay away from AT&T. You have been warned. They are dirty. I wonder how much money they make from ripping people off. It's only a matter of time before they get hit with a class action lawsuit.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2019

    I'm so glad I ditched rotten AT&T for good since decade ago and now I have a better, decent, reliable and trusted internet provider, I'm so relieved and my new Internet connection is flawless not hardly. No disconnect every day. Buh bye AT&T, good riddance.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed May 4, 2019

    I just talked with AT&T about a change in my wireless bill from 1 GB Rollover to 2 GB rollover this month without my consent. It appeared on my bill as a $9.55 change THEY made on March 29 without my knowledge. Their explanation was that the 1 GB Rollover rate plan had retired, and so they changed my plan to the 2 GB Rollover. The person told me that AT&T had let customers know about this. I was NOT informed of this. She said she would change me back if she could, but this was their new plan.

    It's a strange thing to me that a few years back, I called to see about reducing my bill. I was paying almost $300 for a low GB plan which the rep told me had expired a long time before. They didn't bother to let me know that information when I was paying them $300 a month. I asked why they didn't tell me of this, and the rep did not know, but I asked to be taken out of that high-priced club! Otherwise, I'd probably still be paying that price today.

    I am so fed up with this company, and I let them know how I felt. Of course, they just give you the "so sorry" spiel, but something needs to be done about this injustice. We, the consumer, have no say in this company's will. They do whatever they want. Surely, AT&T is breaking laws! They said they let us know of this plan change, but if they did -- they did it in fine print. I never saw it. The bad thing is --- they have a conglomerate in my area as there is no real alternative to internet. Cable is unreliable -- I've been there, and I just need wireless and internet. I cut the TV cable this year (another fiasco mentioned in another of my reviews) -- Fed up with that too. Not going with any more dishes. I have one already that I don't need anymore, and AT&T didn't want back either. What is this world coming to. God help us!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 1, 2019

    Left Verizon for AT&T because of price. AT&T said that our bill would be about $100 bucks cheaper! Was that a Joke! The first 8 months of service with AT&T our bill was $50 more than our previous Verizon bills so we had to complain every month for it to be decreased to the monthly price they promised. Within months they said prices went up so soon we were paying more than we had been paying at Verizon. Also cell service was horrible, dropped calls, bad connections, etc. We told them we were very unhappy and felt we had been lied to and duped. We broke our contract with them 3 months early. Soon we were back at Verizon with our AT&T phones swapping them out. AT&T would not release the phones (which is to be expected) until we ran over to AT&T store to pay the ENTIRE AT&T bill plus the early termination fee over $2500.

    End of story, NOPE! For the next 3 months we would keep getting different fees and bills from AT&T that they said we owed so we paid them. One month later I brought in my IPAD to Verizon which I bought from Verizon (had service with them) before we left, brought IPAD to AT&T (had service) and now bringing it back to Verizon for service, was told that Verizon couldn't not hook up the service because AT&T had a HOLD on the IPAD. I spent 2Hrs at Verizon talking to AT&T, and the fraud department (me and Verizon staff) and no one could figure out why AT&T had a hold on it. I was assured that I had no outstanding debt with AT&T or any other issues. So they released the HOLD and Verizon was able to add my IPAD on cellular package. Guess what! Within 2 months I had another bill from AT&T and within the week a letter stating that they are putting my account into collections.

    I tried to call AT&T to dispute this latest bill and they refused to even listen to my story. I asked for a supervisor and was told that the supervisor would not talk to me because they couldn't do anything. For 5 months I called every time I received a bill and was told that I was paid up, I had zero balance but I would get another bill the next month! I wrote up a dispute letter and did not hear a thing from them for 3 months until I saw that this alleged bill was reported to the credit bureaus. AT&T has horrible customers service, horrible cell service and devious accounting practices. Beware!

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    Reviewed May 1, 2019

    I left Verizon for AT&T. Dumb dumb dumb. The service SUCKS. I have to stand up and walk around my house to send a simple little text. Forget about talking on it, no one can ever hear me. Ugh. 1 year and 11 months to go. *And guess what, I had to press continue 4x to just get this page to change. Lol. Uggggggggh.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 1, 2019

    Have had so much trouble with AT&T crappy service. Had to go outside to talk on phone. They lied and said they were updating towers then said I needed a booster which I had to pay for and since I was a prepaid customer I didn’t qualify for a free boaster. But when I went to cancel my service the guy said the boosters were free!!!! Then I went into the store. They did want to help so changed to Verizon and called to cancel service and they just took a 45.00 payment from me two days ago and said I am not getting a refund since I signed a paper agreeing. But I didn’t agree to getting crappy service with it but that doesn’t matter! Avoid AT&T especially prepaid. All they care about is the money they get and the lies they can keep feeding you!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 30, 2019

    I am very dissatisfied with AT&T. We moved into a new house in January of this year and everything has been terrible. I have been straight up lied to on multiple occasions and when I try to talk to someone at customer service it almost IMPOSSIBLE to get an actual human on the phone and then when you get a hold of someone they can't seem to help at all. Not to mention the $200 VISA reward you are SUPPOSE to get when you get service.... Yeah still waiting on that little marketing scam 4 MONTHS LATER. Also, when we first got service with them their tech was over an hour late and took over 7 hours to get his job done and my husband had to help him finish HIS JOB. It's been a very poor experience all around. Do not recommend!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed April 30, 2019

    Cancelled my service and switched to a different carrier, they continued to charge my credit card and after calling to inquire on my refund I was told I would not be getting a refund because they advance bill and are within the contract guidelines for a contract that expired in 2010... It's now 2019.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 30, 2019

    AT&T has said they would send a Samsung watch to replace a defective one. The phone number for the watch had to be changed. They they did send the watch. However we are being billed a $98.00 (including the taxes) for cancelling the original watch line. We have been told for two months we would get a credit for this, but the cancellation fee is still on our bill even though we still have a watch line in service. Two months of multiple phone calls and lies.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2019

    I signed up for a "12-mo." internet promotion which included an additional $5 off for switching over to autopay. I’ve had to call on 3 separate occasions (months) to have the $5 removed, after always being promised they would make the changes to my recurring payments. Now, on my 4th month of having to call, I’m being told the promotion is over and that they will no longer be honoring the promotion I signed up for initially!!!

    My account still says that I have a “internet-monthly recurring charge adjustment for -$5 (After, of course, having to call two months ago to have it ONCE AGAIN “switched back over” to the autopay promotion.) I understand it's only $5, but it's the principle. The customer service has been terrible and the rep on the phone this last time was rude and even raised his voice. I never, ever write reviews or complain or ask to "speak to the manager" (still didn't in this case) but this particular situation has me furious. I do not recommend AT&T and will be switching over to another provider soon.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2019

    When I ordered AT&T Internet, they were running a promotion to get a $100 Visa reward card. I never received the reward card. I've wasted 10+ hours on the phone with several customer service (if you can call it that) representatives and supervisors. If you are not a high paying customer, they will put you on long holds, transfer you to department after department, and be as unhelpful as possible in an effort to get you off the phone. They will continue to make promises that your issue will be resolved and never follow through, forcing you to start the phone tag game again. I will continue to fight this fight for all of us that have been wronged by AT&T. If there wasn't a fee to break the contract, I would be long gone. I'm being held hostage. Beware of AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2019

    I have been an AT&T customer for more years than I'd like to admit. Decades, actually. After today's attempt at cheating me, I may finally leave them. Specifically, I called to ask if they have any senior plans similar to T-Mobile's--thus the agent knew I'm a senior (which too many ill-minded people think can easily be ripped off, unfortunately). After the woman responded that they had no equivalent plan she said "your plan says you're eligible for a free iPhone 6s." I asked why would I want to downgrade from my iPhone X?

    We talked, and based on answers to my very pointed questions, she promised me she could send me the phone "at no cost to me" except sales tax. When I told her I'm in a no tax state she confirmed (after supposedly talking with her boss) she'd send the phone at absolutely no cost to me. I asked if I had to activate it or if I could keep it as a non-activated phone. She confirmed the latter. So I said, "Fine, send me the phone." A short while later I got an email which had a link for me to confirm the "order" (which was not an order--she promised to send me a free phone, period).

    In reading through that email, if I agree to the shipment, they will activate my phone automatically in seven days, billing me $499.99--hardly the "free phone" that need not be activated the agent promised she'd send me. There were further points in our discussion which assured me 100% this was purely a gift, not something I'd have to pay a penny for, but I won't detail them all here. Rather, I'll be on the phone with AT&T Corporate tomorrow to find out why they're allowing their call centers to try to scam long time senior citizen customers. Beware!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 29, 2019

    Outdated and worthless customer service in all products: Cancelled internet because when we moved our home they turned off our office internet instead and took 2 weeks to get it restarted. Cancelled DirecTV after 15 years because of a system problem that prohibited us from ordering any PPV - the problem has been ongoing for 4 months with no correction.

    Just cancelled wireless (April 2019) because went to add a line (line #6 on account) and they said I had to pay an unpaid DirecTV balance from my wife's account in 2014. Despite the fact she got new DirecTV service in her name later that year... Don't you think if there was an open balance, DirecTV would have made her pay before getting new service? Therefore, we are now AT&T free! You know AT&T stands for American Telephone and Telegraph - that is the type of equipment their customer service still uses - one designed for telegraphs.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 27, 2019

    This is not for a specific AT&T location or product - rather for the company's overall customer service. Below is a letter I have sent to the company.

    I am writing to you after repeated issues with my accounts and the terrible customer service experiences I’ve had over the last few years. To begin with, my wireless account number **, was linked to another account ** by one of your service representatives. The representative decided to link these accounts a few years ago when I started U-verse services. The set up of my U-verse services was a mess as well (installation person never showed up, the account was set up incorrectly, etc.) - but I’ll skip over the details of that experience. Ever since the accounts were linked, I continued to receive paper statements for my wireless account - even though I'm enrolled in paperless.

    The problem was - the wrong account number was showing up when going into the 'manage paperless billing' page – since it was linked. I learned that the customer service reps would encounter the same issue. I spent an exorbitant amount of time on the phone and on chats with your representatives in an attempt for them to resolve the issue. I was told on multiple occasions the issue would be fixed – to no avail. I dealt with this for years and nobody was able to de-link the accounts to simply allow me to receive paperless statements. Recently though someone finally took the initiative to help me – it was escalated and they delinked the accounts and created a new one for me – **. This took over 2 years.

    Since I received a “new” account and received yet another paper statement for this, I examined the statement very closely and noticed I was being charged for state taxes and fees outside of the state I just moved to (I had previously lived in CA and IL). I called about this on 4/27/19 and spoke with a representative named Leah (not sure of the spelling), she said her ID was ** – she wouldn’t give me her last name and rambled her ID off very quickly- purposely I’m sure. She was extremely condescending and almost argumentative in telling me that it’s the fault of the customer if I did not go online to update my area of service.

    So I have been charged fees for states I do not live in. She offered me a $25 credit. I asked to speak with her supervisor, a woman named Tina who essentially carried the same tone and contradicted her own explanations by saying it’s the responsibility of the customer to update “area of service” online, separately, because not all people use the same area of service as their billing and mailing addresses; and then a minute later said, she cannot explain why the systems do not automatically sync up when the billing and mailing addresses are updated – implying that this is what should be happening. Tina went on to tell me that since I decided to “decline” the $25 credit that Leah had offered (I never declined anything – I simply asked to speak with a supervisor), she can’t give me anything now.

    So I’ve been charged almost $700.00 worth of state taxes, 911 surcharges for a state I no longer live in… and it is apparently my fault for not updating this in AT&T’s systems. This is what was conveyed to me. Given the experience I’ve had with the linking/de-linking, managing paperless statements, installation setup mix-ups due to AT&T systems – I question if the ‘area of service’ just wasn’t correctly updated/synced up, even if I had updated it myself. I’ve been an AT&T customer for decades, but these experiences with your customer service have prompted me to consider another wireless company. I know I speak for many people who have experienced similar encounters with your customer service representatives and services.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 27, 2019

    I am a AT&T wireless customers in Palmdale, California area. I purchased a screen protector film for $49.99 +tax compare to $3 to $10 Amazon and eBay. AT&T told me that this product is lifetime warranty. So once I bought the product I went to the manufacturer website www.gadgetguard.com to register. Within 60 days it started getting cracked, I have pictures and video. I contacted AT&T, they pointed their finger to www.gadgetguard.com. This bad company does not even have a customer service telephone, all by email and website.

    They asked me pictures of the phones along with the imei# on the screen. I did everything they asked. They said my phone is not crushed but the screen guard is bad. They wanted to help me if a have totally damaged phone. I went to AT&T wireless store in Palmdale, CA. They kept telling me that they don't manufacture, I told them, they are making profit on bad items, that contract must end. I usually buy under $10 average $5 but they last forever. An agent assisted me to request a replacement guard only, they charged me again $10 which is equivalent to a purchase. They said the $10 is for shipping.

    This is just to share a good story of consumers spending with big corporation like AT&T. Anything happens they tell customers to contact www.gadgetguard.com. They are all bad. I requested refund with gadget guard, they told me to go back to AT&T store I ended up paying again $10 for just a plastic film. It is so cheap online with eBay and Amazon, they last for the life of your phone. I urge consumers to watch themselves when it comes to mobile phone accessories, AT&T could hurt them, and they don't get their money back. Now I ended paying nearly $65 for a plastic that I usually come in 1st class mail from eBay.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 26, 2019

    We have had AT&T cell service (or companies they sold and bought from) since about 1989 -1990. At the time there was only one store in downtown Portland. We are snowbirds and have trouble sometimes with the timeliness of our receipt of our statement. Such has been the case this winter. Last month when I called, they were kind and reversed a late fee. I paid on the phone with the representative, so they would have the money plenty early. I was not told there is a $5 fee for paying on the phone. I called today and they will not reverse that fee. I hung up and paid our bill including the $5 fee, through our bank.

    The result will be: We will be getting new Apple phones when they come out this fall and will go to another carrier. AT&T does not want our business anymore. I do not blame the representative today, but the policy. Also, I should have been told last month there would be a fee. I could have paid online....just takes a few days for them to receive their money. Done!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 26, 2019

    The worst customer service ever in history! We had Time Warner before and thought it was bad, this is by far the worst! We moved 10 months ago from CA and cancelled our service. We had techs install new internet and DirecTV equipment in our new house in Prosper, Texas. For 10 months they have not sent us a Directv bill and kept saying "it needs to catch up with the internet bill. We thought it was weird, but waited for 2 months, until nothing happened. We have spend NUMEROUS hours over the phone with them within the last 10 months and still they cannot fix the issue. They can't even find an account for us under Directv and they have our service address back in CA, and cannot seem to change the address for 10 months! We can't even get help for internet, because they keep sending the tech back to CA, instead of our new location in Texas.

    We spoke to at least 20 supervisors in the past 10 months and each and every one of them promised NOTHING! Now, they screwed up our internet bill and said that we asked to "unbundle the service" and that's why it's higher. I spent 3 hours over the phone yesterday, being bounced back and forth from one person to another and at the end, NOTHING was resolved and the call was dropped at least 3 times. Not one person at at AT&T can solve the issue. What a waste of our damn time over the phone with each and every one of them!!! They ask you so many damn questions and after 20 minutes, they start connecting you to someone else and the game keeps rolling for at least an hour and nothing is solved. The worst carrier ever in history!

    Please do not go with AT&T. You can never fix an issue over the phone! I cannot believe that they are actually in business and I don't even know how they conduct such a business like this. We can't even resolve our issue at all! We will have to take further action, because apparently nothing has worked so far. Please do NOT use AT&T at all. They will screw up your bill and there's NO WAY of fixing any issues with them. They are horrible. Please believe the reviews that you see on this site.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2019

    ATT's awful reception is beaten only by its horrendous customer service. The representatives are rude, apathetic and inaccessible. Absolutely disgusted by how cumbersome navigating their system is. Thank you for nothing ATT. Will make absolutely sure to warn everybody about your low-grade service.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2019

    It is the company that has the worst customer service. Very bad temper, they ask you a lot of questions and they do not solve the problem. They do not take charge when you have an error. For what they gave you a confirmation number?? Only what is worth is what what they say, you also waste your time when you take a service from them, you spend hours on the phone. I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 21, 2019

    My family had been with AT&T for many years but realized that we were paying high charges. Recently, we discontinued the service with AT&T on March 6, 2019 and called them to pay remaining due since we could not access the account online anymore. The customer service person said that they cannot email or fax a bill but a paper bill will be mailed in a week or so, but we never received one. So, I called them again after couple of weeks requesting them to email or fax us a bill itemizing the last month's [February 2019 till March 6 ] charges. The customer service personnel said that her manager is going to email me the bill and so, I paid over the phone the amount she calculated as the due amount. However, I never got the bill which I needed to get a reimbursement from my company and so, I called after a few days to inquire.

    The customer service gave me a different quote and said that more money is due and still refused to send me a bill. I ended up talking to one of the two managers briefly. He kept me on hold for a prolonged time and finally disconnected the service. The second manager will not even come to the phone but relayed the message through a customer representative that I should go to a store to print out a bill. They cannot provide me with one but they need me to pay for the bill without itemizing the charges! Finally, after spending several hours on phone with them, one representative promised to send the bill but the bill I received did not itemize the February month's charges and did not deduct the amount I paid.

    All managers were hopeless... After being with AT&T for so long, if this is the way they treat their customers, who would ever want to work with them? Our family decided on the spot, that we would never want to deal with them ever again. The managers were extremely rude and demanded money without showing proof of what the charges are for...very unethical and unprofessional culture for the management since all managers were showing similar behavior.... I would like to add that we had never missed a bill before and this time, I am the one who promptly called them to pay off any remaining charge. Extremely disappointed with the company.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 20, 2019

    This company is horrible. I was with them for years because of the $15.00 veteran discount. My bill averaged between 55 & 60 dollars per month. Suddenly in March, bill went up to $265.00. I called and also spoke to thick dialect individual that was able to determine that I must have an app running in the background of my phone. I did find an app running that I have never used and closed it. He said that he would make the charges go away and to make my normal payment. I thought this was resolved until I received a $265.00 bill in the mail.

    I called to speak to a manager today, Emmanuel ** and explained this issue. I was transferred twice prior to asking to speak with a manager. He could have cared less. Still wanted me to pay for service or data that I did not use. Funny, DirecTV snuck in charges and I ditched them too. RUN, don't walk over to Metro PCS. AT&T and DirecTV are both deceptive. Better RUN and steer clear. They make a good dishonest pair.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 20, 2019

    Do not get it. They lock your phone and hold you hostage even when you own your own phone. They refuse to unlock it no matter how many times you call and never send emails to tell you if you unlock it. This has been going over a month and bill is paid in full. I rate them a minus 100. Just a terrible company.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 19, 2019

    For 1 year I have been over paying, my service is on a combine account and it should not be, I told them this 1 year ago. They won't make the correction - they are continuing to try to make me pay money I don't owe. The rep told me today I should have been paying only about $100 a month. They like to play on words to make information suit their definition. They lie to the customer and the men try to talk to the women like they are stupid. A male rep told me find a means to pay it. I had to let him know he was talking to a grown woman... I have been on hold for 30 minutes. To rectify a lie that a rep just told me he move my payment 'til next Friday and he did not.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 18, 2019

    I'm unsatisfied with AT&T due to the fact that there was not a verbal explanation on exactly how the unlimited plan worked. Based on my knowledge if you have unlimited you have unlimited - not that it tops out at 22 gigs. Due to my job I use a lot of data - high-speed data at that - and when my phone slow down at 22 gigs and wasn't able to work because of the internet being so slow that created a problem.

    I called customer service. Customer service told me that I needed to call back and ask loyal customer service representatives to raise my gig up to 30gigs so that I can have sufficient data. So I did and the representative wanted to upsell me another $50 on top of my bill already for more gigs. She was very rude, aggressive and was even telling me to quiet down when I was trying to explain to her what the situation was. The representative was very rude to me and told me that if I wanted to have more gigs I was going to have to pay more. So I gave her a verbal explanation and how that is misleading the customers based on their plans on unlimited high speed data. I finally got the chance to speak and she told me if I wanted more high-speed data I was going to have to pay for it. So we went back and forth on how it wasn't right that I'm going to have to pay more for something that I've already should be getting.

    This is completely totally unfair. I'm paying $150 a month for one line including my phone. The representative was Indian, was very aggressive and was even telling me to be quiet when I was trying to explain to her the seriousness of my situation. She told me if I wanted more high-speed data there is nothing that I can do other than pay more money so that I can get it. I told her that was completely unfair and I will be canceling my line after my 30 days - credit or no credit - it does not matter. AT&T will not be treating me like crap or in lying to me about their unlimited plans when there's really not unlimited. There's a lot more detail to this unfortunately I would write a whole essay. It feels like I did already. Never again AT&T. Never again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 17, 2019

    Hi, I moved to prepaid $45 plan and the internet stops working on its own. I need to restart the phone, reset the network setting etc every time it does that. Talked to AT&T people and they said that's a known issue and they did not do anything about that. This is happening for more than 2 weeks now, without internet my phone is useless. Thanks!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed April 17, 2019

    AT&T refuses to send me a copy of my contract with them and they refuse to honor the contract rate. Don’t believe their buy one get one free phone deal. It is a total scam. They should be in jail. They also overbill.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 16, 2019

    The only reason I switched to AT&T was someone I met in Publix during the Tallahassee power loss after hurricane Michael told me that they were still able to use the phone (towers were ok)...Long story short. That wasn’t true. I still had no service in my part of town. The local store is apparently understaffed. Each client stays longer than 30 minutes. You cannot EVER call and get an English first language person. The information is often incorrect and after an hour you still can’t under the wrong info that they have on the bill (for the wrong plan that you did not ask for). Why would I need to pay for an upgrade I am ELIGIBLE FOR one. I bought a new phone only because my old one broke and to fix it was not an option. I have never taken the time to write a bad review but this is the most frustrating phone carrier I have encountered since cell phones were invented.

    I am trying to save others from choosing them if you have another choice. See how many bad reviews are here! Bought my iPhone online, as Tallahassee has no Apple store. You tell them your carrier and the transaction is not complete until the carrier is involved in it. I should have known when instead of an hour it took more than a day for me to get the AT&T agent to put it in the computer AND HE STILL DID THIS INCORRECTLY. I can’t cancel and start over with the plan I asked for. Why? Because I already checked a box that says you agree to the terms and conditions. And you pay 30 for the privilege of all this incompetence. DO NOT USE AT&T unless you don't mind getting frustrated by them at every encounter.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 16, 2019

    Beware about AT&T Wireless BOGO (Buy One Get One) offer. This is a pure SCAM. We have purchased two phone on BOGO offer. After 8 months we still haven't gotten any credit for it. The case is still pending for review. Each time we called AT&T service representative tries to sell something else, so we ended up having two simultaneous AT&T TV services (Uverse TV and DirecTV). After 3 months we found out about double billing. All of those for the above BOGO and which is still not resolved. So far we have been given 4 different case numbers and each time we contact AT&T they say it is pending resolution.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2019

    I work for a large company in the Mailing Services. We received a package in the mail from AT&T without a person's name to whom to deliver it to. When I called AT&T to confirm who it goes to, they were unable to provide me with this information without a phone number and the last 4 numbers of my Billing Account number. With me being in a company of over 400 people, I was unable to provide this information. The only thing I had was the Order Confirmation. I could provide them with the WMS Order #, Invoice #, Your Order #, Customer PO#, or the Ship ID #.

    They refused to accept any of this information and told me they could not help me without the phone number and Billing number. If I had that information, I wouldn't be calling AT&T, EVERYONE knows how long you have to wait to talk to an actual person through them! After a loooong 40+ minute phone call neither Cheyenne nor Tiana were able to assist me and I still don't know who this $200 package belongs to??? RIDICULOUS AT&T!!!!

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed April 15, 2019

    I've had ATT for more than 10 years. I had to call them to fix my billing every month. They were always trying to overcharge me. After two to three years of having your mobile device it becomes unsupported and does not work right forcing you to buy another cell phone. I had to switch mobile companies because my blood pressure was going up. Now that I'm with a different carrier my blood pressure is good.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 15, 2019

    I recently paid off the phone. I was on the Edge program which gives you the opportunity to "Edge UP" after 1 year to newer phones. I chose not to, kept my phone - Went in months later with an OWNED phone, and decided to purchase a NEW phone, did not turn in old one kept for back up purposes. Now being charged a $30 UPGRADE Fee. I did not upgrade, I didn't use the Edge program, I purchased a new phone. This is another case of Bologna charges from a company about to lose another faithful customer. Back to Verizon looks like my entire family goes. AT&T you should be ashamed of charging customers this fee when they didn't upgrade, Service did not change - Products didn't change - NOTHING from you changed or upgraded. I purchased a NEW PHONE.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed April 15, 2019

    We paid insurance mobile protection from AT&T every month, one year ago iPhone 6 got broken and we paid 100 sth deductible to replace the phone which is ok, we were happy to do it. And then the device got replace with some used device without telling us which we don't mind, but apparently this device malfunction couple months later.

    We file claim again to AT&T insurance Asurion protection, and they said, "Oh this is still under manufactured warranty. All you need to do is call AT&T and Apple and they will replace you like what we did". Spent 2 hours tried to call AT&T. They manage to connect with Apple just to find our phone is expired warranty almost 2 years... How come? We got it last year???! So end up with nothing, phone still broken, upset because every call treated me like idiot, what is your name? What is it again? And then hang up, called again same question ur name?? Without actually helping. So what is the use of pay insurance??? What a liar both of them Apple and AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 15, 2019

    AT&T I'm so stupid when I decide to give you guys another chance to serve me. I thought the kinda service that you guys have now was different from the service that you guys offer in the 2000. I was having my wireless phone with another company and never had a problem with them. In January this year my daughter want upgrade her phone and we went to a store to do it. Getting in there we talk and the sales guy convinced me to switch my plan to AT&T. Now I see that AT&T still the same crap it was in the 2000. They are full of excuses and not take any responsibility for the service that they are suppose to give to you.

    I have a problem with my data plan. Even when I'm connected on my home wifi they still counting as I'm on AT&T wireless internet. The stupidity of AT&T is so big that the attendant on the phone told me that the only solution for that case was that every time I get in a place that they have free internet that I should or I must turn off my data on my phone. Come on!!! The technology is creating things that you have to turn on and off when it's suppose to do it automatically??? The people that make phones are smarter than that. They are not AT&T. They are genius. AT&T is full of BS. Now I'm stuck with those guys until my contract ends so I can go back to my old company. Can't wait for that!!! #justsaying

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 14, 2019

    We have had AT&T for almost 2 years. This past month we got an overage charge on our data for 250.00. When I called to find out the reason, I never could speak to anyone that had an American accent and could be understood. 4 times I was transferred to other departments with the last one being hung up on with over a hour on the phone. We went to the local at&t store with no help. Again I got on the phone with the same results as before. I looked at my bill for the last year and in no way did I even come close to the data usage they said I used in the disputed month. On looking on my bill, we were charged data for days we were not even home. Very disappointed and will be changing my service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 14, 2019

    Visiting from Canada on a family matter we purchased a $45 One month prepaid plan for our phone. The seller misled us and failed to disclose the essential details of the plan. We needed the ability to provide a Personal Hotspot for our computers. We were not informed that this capability would be blocked in this Plan. We only found this out about 90 minutes later, having driven a further 100 miles south. We called AT&T right away.

    After more than an hour on the phone with AT&T, during which we were treated disrespectfully, and further misled, we realized that they would do nothing to assist us to adjust our plan to suit our needs. We were quite willing to pay any additional cost to alter the plan. AT&T advised us to contact the retailer whom they said would be able to switch plans for us. We did contact the retailer, and he refused and also said that he did not have the capability to change the plan. This was the MOST MISLEADING AND DISHONEST transaction that my husband and I have EVER experienced ANYWHERE.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 13, 2019

    I ordered a phone from a retail store. Was supposed to get it on 4/9. Got a text from an agent saying they was going to bring my phone to me. It never came. They called my aunt to make sure it wasn't fraud. She said no. To make a long story short. They need a -100. We stayed on the phone with AT&T for 6 hrs to get the runaround. Nobody noted the account. Wanted to try and help. Then they called me today 4/13 the fraud department and went another 5 hrs on the phone. All this for nothing. Can't get my damn money back. Don't have my upgrade. They sent us to over 13 different departments even to the business department because they knew they didn't know what to do. Now We want all of our money back and will leave for a new carrier.

    I wish AT&T never merged with Cingular. That's how long we have been with this service. Half of the people can't understand English and even one suppose to be superior didn't place us on hold and put the headset down to join the party in the background. We hear the rep say "I don't care about this customer. So what we drinking tonight when we get off work girl." Then must have realized she didn't put us on hold and came back and said I am looking up your account. Please wait. Like wow. Everyone needs to be fired. Whoever is running this company needs to really think about what is going on with the company.

    Now I see why a lot of my friends dropped AT&T for another company. It's a crying shame how sorry they are. Now we don't want the phone and that is just a piece of it. They also bundled up the phone Uverse and Internet into someone else's name without asking us and don't know why they did it. Like what is going on with the company. Now they have a lawsuit coming. None of the agents noted the account about anything. I am in customer service and we would be fired if we tried someone like they have treated us. My aunt and I are so pissed off. That we are suing. So if you are reading this. The lawyer said yes you have a case.

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    Price

    Reviewed April 12, 2019

    My bill went up. I called for a better price. After being on the phone for a while, come to find out. AT&T can't or won't match or lower my bill amount. So I am switching to Xfinity which is $20 cheaper a month.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2019

    We asked AT&T to cancel our extra line a year and a half ago. They never did. We pay online every month, we've been customers for over 10 years. Turns out they never cancelled the line. They took $590 from us since 5/2017. They are not going to reimburse us that because we didn't let them know they didn't cancel for so long. I explained that we don't check our bill, it's the same amount all the time and we trusted this line was shut off, the extra line was for approximately $28/mo. Since there are taxes and fees etc we didn't blink an eye since the monthly amount was the same, we just figured they added some fees or what not. As I mentioned, we faithfully pay online every month.

    We caught the mistake when we were searching for a number on our bill and saw the cancelled line was still active. We called AT&T and after a frustration, long and unhelpful ordeal of about 3 months, they denied the claim. Reason? Because we didn't notice and it took us this long to call them. Even though they have documentation of our cancel request from May 2017 that they dropped the ball and never canceled. If you pay for a filling at the dentist, you assume they're going to put in a filling. The only person that offered anything to us was a very nice young lady in customer retention. She gave us 3 months bill credit for the extra line. So $90. I am still a little queasy from all this. $590 of ours they have. This is so negligent, misleading, deceptive on their part. Totally disgusted. If you can go to another carrier do so.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2019

    I switched to AT&T prepaid from Virgin Mobile prepaid because I bought an iPhone online that was not unlocked. I thought the service would be comparable but I went from paying the same amount and getting 10 GB of data - to AT&T’s garbage, insulting deal of 1 GB of data. When I called customer service to unlock my phone so I could go back to Virgin Mobile, they insulted my intelligence by saying I was stuck with them for six months. When I asked to get transferred to a supervisor they said there was no supervisor available. When I insisted on speaking with the supervisor she put me on hold and pretended to be someone else but it was the exact same voice. She then told me to go online to do an unlock request, which resulted in the same answer. This is the worst company I’ve ever had the displeasure of doing business with. I can’t wait until I never have to deal with AT&T ever again!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed April 11, 2019

    I have been with AT&T for 19 years. On 3/30/19 had the worse customer service ever. For 2 weeks trying to figure out why my mobile insurance was dropped from Asurion by AT&T. As of today I have no explanation why it was, kept getting ridiculous excuses, which did not give me a clear understanding why my insurance was cancel in the first place. Know that I need insurance they are not willing to replace my lost phone Due to backdated issues. The bottom line is they were not willing to work with me at all. They prefer that I take all my AT&T business somewhere else. And they actually consider me a value customer "wow"!!!

    SPENT OVER 15 HOURS THE TOTAL 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE NO CLUE TO WHY MY ASURION INSURANCE WAS CANCEL. They kept passing the buck to different department and no one ever got back to me as they promise. People double check on your mobile insurance with AT&T (Asurion). Make sure that it is in placed. So you don't run into any issues. They do not "VALUE" their customers at all. If that's value don't want it.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed April 11, 2019

    Last summer (2018) I went to the AT&T store in Line Lexington to check in about the plan that I had. When I first purchased the phone, I was given a table for free and there was a $10. fee for the line. I never used this product the entire time I had it so I asked that it be taken off my bill and he was going to take care of that. I decided this past January to switch to T-Mobile because I had heard so many wonderful things about their plans and service. I switched over on Jan. 10th. I received a bill from AT&T for $30. which I thought was just the end of the cycle bill and I paid it.

    Then a month and a half later, I received a bill for $99. I tried to log into their site with no luck. I tried calling but the prerecorded message was that AT&T had no recognition of my number... And yet I was getting bills? I finally got through to customer service, after 20 minutes, they transferred me to their retention department even though I had switched plans and after another half hour, they said they would take care of the bill. Now I just received a bill for $144. and again spent over 20 minutes with one person and was then again transferred to someone in retention - after another 25 minutes, the man now said the bill was from my tablet _ which I have NEVER used.

    They had no record of it being removed and said the gentleman in their store at Line Lexington would not have had that power to do so. I was told the tablet line would be discontinued but not as of today, as of MAY 5th. He could not give me a reason why it had to be continued and said that my bill of $144. for the tablet could not be changed. This has not only been time consuming but totally frustrating and I want nothing more to do with AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2019

    I have been with AT&T for 20 years. DSL is the only internet they offer my road. Surrounding roads have Uverse. AT&T construction says they will bring my road fiber. But because they can put it off until 2020 they will. My DSL download speed gets down to 1.0 mbps many times in a day. My horrible internet and phone bill is $106.70 a month. Georgia Public Service Commission should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this. I live in Austell Ga. on Hillcrest Dr.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 9, 2019

    I recently had fiber internet installed. I called to have the current DSL service cancelled. After 2 hours and 4 representatives later, my DSL is still not cancelled. The fourth rep had the bad fortune of telling me that department had just closed. I called the number that I was directed to call per my ATT mobile app. Now had I been sent there in the first place, the service would have been cancelled. I have been an ATT customer for 15+ years and every time I need to call I am transferred more than twice. Tomorrow when I call to cancel DSL (or attempt to) I will inquire on how much I would have to pay to end wireless, DirecTV and internet.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 8, 2019

    I get no mobile connection (despite my phone sometimes showing 5 bars of 4G) anywhere near I live and my phone calls are extremely choppy. My texts wouldn't send for 4 months and now I sometimes randomly do not receive calls.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 8, 2019

    On March 16, 2019 we signed up for a bundled package, cell phone, internet, home phone and security system. New cell phones came in a day and there was a return charge if we didn't want them. So, we thought, OK, we'll keep them. The installation day came, and no one showed up. We called and texted the rep to no avail. We then went into the store, and after two hours, we thought everything was OK. It wasn't. The installation didn't come, again.

    We went back to the store and were told everything was fixed. The installation date came for a third time, and...you guessed it...nothing. I then spent another couple of hours arguing with them on the phone and our phone bill, we had AT&T before all this even started, increased because our old plan was no longer available, although everything was supposedly cancelled. If I could give these idiots a zero star, I would. Do not do business with these people. You will never get what is promised and the bills will be higher than you are told. I have never experienced a company where the right hand had absolutely no idea what the left hand did, and frankly, they didn't seem to put us, the customers, ahead of corporate interests. We still have AT&T cell phones and are now locked into a two-year contract for more money than we were paying without a contract.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 8, 2019

    AT&T told my husband if you buy one phone you get the other one free (lie) and we were suppose to have 5G (lie). They said our bill would be 175 a month (lie). We were suppose to get a gift card for signing on (lie). Oh and I made an insurance claim for my broken phone. They said I would receive my phone within 1-2 business days (lie). 6 days later and nothing. I called and they still haven't sent it out. They suck all the way around. (False advertisement.) If you're thinking on getting AT&T I would recommend you to find different company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 8, 2019

    I personally called on December 27 and cancelled my service after my 2 year contract. Now I keep getting bills every month for different amounts. Every time I call to speak, a new customer rep who has no knowledge how to resolve my dispute answers my call. When you ask for the supervisor or manager they are always very busy and never return your call. I am still waiting for a supervisor to call me today. AT&T is the worst company to deal with. After 25 years I have cancelled my cell phone service and now I am so very please with T-MOBILE. I am requesting other customers to move their service from ATT to T-Mobile.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 8, 2019

    AT&T rebate program sends salesman to my door. I sign for low speed internet. These carpet baggers sell me a $20.00 a month after rebates. For 3 years then Stay on as long as you like. The bill is $240.00 first month internet. I have to call on telephone. No customer service. Can’t do nothing. Can’t fix it, A complete opposite of the contract. Is narcissistic driven person in charge. Absolutely refuse to honor deals. Must pay first then receive rebates. They only honor small portion of rebate. Customer service narcissist can not help. I never receive the promotion $20.00. After paying the narcissist their $240.00. Monthly billing is $40.00 for 4 months. Only to double $80.00 a month for low speed. Is not honest.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 7, 2019

    Nice people at the service desk. But AT&T restrictions are real bad. After more than 10 years, the services kept getting worse, and their connections. Trying to leave and keep my numbers was almost impossible. Having to buy new phones because of unlocking or compatibility problems. Good luck AT&T customers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 6, 2019

    In November 2018 I was offered a free cell phone if I added a line to my account. I was told I would be billed for the cost of the phone for three months and on the 4th month I would get credit for those months and would not be billed for the phone again for the remainder of the contract. There were a limited number of phones available for this deal. On 12/1/18 I purchased a phone that was qualified for the deal and paid the sales tax on the phone. I also paid for the phone on the first 3 months of the 24 month contract. After I was billed for the phone again on the 4th month and did not get credit for my previous three payments I contacted AT&T. Their response is the deal was not in place when I purchased the phone! I confirmed my account of the deal with their representatives on three separate occasions both before and after I purchased the phone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 5, 2019

    They are refusing to unlock my phone even though I meant all requirements. I have told them I want to switch to Mint mobile. Their online unlock errors. I have called 6 times for the request. They either don’t send the email or tell me they unlocked it when they did not. They are just wasting my time hoping I will give up and stay with them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    Updated on 04/14/2019: This week I received a new call from the Head of AT&T Business Department, "Daniel **", the man I spoke with on my original complaint about the Fraud I experienced. He discovered my Review with Consumer Affairs and told me that "Under No Circumstance" will my complaint ever get past his desk and for me to stop complaining.

    I am hoping that this review will get to the upper management and will put him in his place. AT&T lied to me and committed fraud and should not get away with this. I will continue my fight for my rights as long as I can. AT&T and their representatives committed fraud to my husband and myself by telling us that the only way we could get their cellphone service was by buying from them, the Very Same Model Phones we already owned. They told us our phones would not work and we found out a couple of weeks later that the $1503.09 bill for the same phones was totally unnecessary. We want our money back. And their rep "Danny **" is not going to get away with Bullying us.

    Original Review: We were shopping for a new wireless phone company, when an AT&T representative approached us. He very quickly told us that he could cut our cell phone bill by over $100.00. We sat down to listen and of course was doubled team by the supposedly "Expert Top Management". After an hour of counseling and promises, we thought this might work and agreed to use AT&T and get rid of our Verizons account. They called and canceled our plan, then took my new Galaxy 9 and sold me a different, "Same Phone", but said I needed their Sim Card. Also, sold us a new Galaxy 7, for my husband's card. They insisted we Had To Buy the new phones, totaling $1503.09. Still insisting that our "Same phones" would not work with the AT&T system.

    We learned that all of that was a lie, just to get us to buy their phones, Same Phones, that was not necessary, but made a very nice sale. When I went to their Consumer Affairs Department, their management laughed at me and told me to be more careful about what I bought in the future. This was a very bold and deliberate lie and I intend to take this as far as I can. To everyone that will listen. To the public, in front of their store, to their President, to the Better Business Bureau, and anyone else that I can find. I am 77 years old, and maybe should have paid more attention, but this was really wrong, Buyer Beware, with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    I signed up with AT&T for internet and cable. I called back in July 2018 to move service to a new placed. Once I got to my new home, I received an alert that my promotion is ending soon. I called customer service to find out why did I receive the alert. I was told to not worry about the alert and that my promotion ends in August 2019. I was then given an opportunity in Virginia and At&t is not located in that state. They wanted proof that I was moving so I would not be charged a termination fee. I provided proof and the new VA address.

    My bill was $120.05 a month. My last bill came recently at 188.46 and I called them about it. Now I was told that my promotion ended in March 3 2019. I was furious because I was previously told that it ended in August 2019. When you call AT&T, you are given a representative that is not located in the states. AT&T IS THE BIGGEST SCAM COMPANY OUT. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU SIGN UP WITH THEIR SERVICES. The reps you speak to do not know the business, so they are always giving the wrong information and the customer is left to foot the bill. ** AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    Don’t trust these crooks! They will tell you anything you want to hear to get you to switch over to their services. They won’t follow up with not one single thing they promise or will their phone service be any better than any other. Their prices will keep creeping up also. So all in all see your money, time and aggregation and go with another company. These people only hire sales people that are flat out liars, thieves and crooks!!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2019

    On Feb, 27, 2019, I talked to a home service rep, as I have internet and DirecTV with AT&T. I was told AT&T could give me a much better plan than I had with Verizon plus I would receive a $15 discount on both my internet and TV service and receive free HBO. The cost of the AT&T plan was over $20.00 less than Verizon plus the other benefits. I fell for it and signed up. Checking my AT&T account online, I could not find the cellular plan I had been sold. So I call the home rep and found out AT&T did not even offer the plan he sold me. I was to get unlimited talk, text, data and calling to Canada and Mexico. No such plan exists. I canceled my plan March 1 and went back with Verizon.

    I had traded in an iPhone 8 and received and iPhone XS. On March 5, the home rep. came, returned my iPhone 8 and picked up the iPhone XS. I have the E-mail confirming all of this. Last week I got a bill from AT&T for $940.61 for the iPhone XS. I called AT&T and was told they have no record of the phone being returned to them. The E-mail meant nothing. I had to have the tracking number of the shipment when the phone was returned to them. Since I did not send the phone back, the rep did, I do not have the tracking number.

    I have called several times to get the tracking number to no avail. I was told by one of the customer service reps during one of my many calls that the phone had been received by AT&T on March 19. The charges still were appearing on My AT&T. It does state the account was canceled March 1. On my next call to customer service, I was told there was no record of the phone being returned and the tracking number I was given by the first customer service rep did not exist. During the first conversation, I ask if she could E-mail me the information and was told they were not allowed to do this. Alarms went off. Every call since, which has been every day for the last 4 days, I have been informed there is no record of the phone being returned.

    As of this writing things still have not been resolved. I talked to a customer service rep today who stated my case was going to upper management and I would hear back from them April 9. This is the worst mistake I have ever made. I had been with Verizon since 2001 and never have had one problem. As of right now I don't know how this is going to turn out. I wrote the Michigan AG office filing a complaint against the home rep and AT&T. If this matter is not resolved when I get the call from AT&T April 9, I am going to contact a lawyer.

    If you are contemplating cellular service do yourself a huge favor and stay as far away from AT&T as you can. Don't under any circumstance sign up with AT&T. They lie, and do very little if anything to help if there is a problem. I was only promised a call on April 9 with a supposed resolution to this problem after I informed them I had already contacted Michigan Consumer Protection Division of the Michigan Attorney General's Office. I will let everyone know what happens on April 9. In meantime please do yourself a favor and cross AT&T off your possibility list.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 3, 2019

    I went into the ATT store in McKinney TX to see if we were eligible to upgrade our IPhone 6plus to the new IPhone XS and see what our cost option was. The sales rep noticed that I was a veteran and stated that she could save me money because of that. Net net I would be able to upgrade and lower my monthly payment for the same unlimited data plan I was on. The problem is that she actually downgraded my service plan without disclosing this. I discovered this when I tried to use my phone as a hotspot. I was able to with my previous plan and in order to use the phone as a hotspot I would need to upgrade for an additional $37 per month. I called the 611 number using my phone and got the customer service group (which is located off shore).

    The customer service rep was nice but she said I would have to upgrade and there was nothing she could do about the sales rep miss representation. So I drove to the store today and my sales rep was not in, so a gentleman offered to assist me. As I explained what the problem was he asked what I wanted him to do about it. I shared I wanted a wrong to be righted. And his answer was "you have to upgrade" and there was nothing else he could do. Why the heck ask the question. Nothing resolved today, going back to the store in the morning to meet with the sales rep who sold me this upgrade. Very disappointed, and ready to shut all my services off, including Directv, U-Verse, and all my cellular services for 4 devices.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageReliability

    Reviewed April 3, 2019

    I purchased an iPhone7 and insured it with Asurion at the AT&T salesperson's recommendation because he said they were more efficient than Apple's insurance... My iPhone broke and I paid the deductible and Asurion replaced it with a used black iPhone when I had a white one... 3 months later it malfunctioning so under their warranty, they issue another replacement which turned out to be defective as well and then Asurion and AT&T charged me a $549 non-return fee for the second phone alleging that I never returned it despite the USPS's tracking number showing it had.

    After much back and forth, Asurion finally admitted that they had received the iPhone but that it was up to AT&T to refund me my $549... This was back in September 2018 and since then, I have reached out to AT&T 15 times and each time I am told that the refund is in queue, that someone will call me back, that I will receive an e-mail, that someone will text me at the end of the day and to this day, I have yet to hear back from them or get my $549 refunded... They have the worst customer service and have no follow-through nor do they care about their customers.

    I have been a customer of theirs since 2008 and they clearly do not value my business or the fact that as a result of this they could lose my business to the competition because I have my family's phones with them as well. I recommend you go through Apple and get their insurance plan to avoid being ripped off by AT&T and Asurion. It should not be taking 6+ months to issue someone a refund when the company has had the returned phone since over half a year ago. They just beat around the bush and BS you to hope you go away so they don't have to refund you. I recommend you taking your business elsewhere because AT&T will just rip you off and not care about whether they do right by you or not as long as they get your cash.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 2, 2019

    Transferred my business account over to a consumer account a few months ago. Constant overbilling, it took 8-10 calls to get a credit and they were going to charge me a late charge (one Day) when I had Auto Billing... Hours and hours on the phone multiple times with multiple people who all told me it's resolved only to see that that there's yet another bill issues. I've been with AT&T for almost 20 years and have always had more issues with AT&T than I do my T-Mobile or Sprint accounts. They just don't care about how they treat their customers... Waiting for one of the competitors to put a cell site up close to home and then it's goodbye AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed April 1, 2019

    I purchase a V40 Phone and BodyGuardz for phone cover on Feb 25-2019. The cover crack which I have received my replacement, however I have been waiting for over 2 weeks and I was suppose to get a replacement. I have made several phone calls to AT&T, spoke with Karen, a supervisor name Tony who will not do anything to assisted me. I want to return everything due to charger not working and he refuse to help me. AT&T are usually so much better with their customer service, I have spent a lot of money for this mistreatment. I don't have the time to continue to call AT&T and trying to call LG is just impossible the number that was given to me is 800 793-8896. I am very disappointed with AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 1, 2019

    I am so stressed ever since I purchased Buy one get one free iPhones from AT&T. I've been lied to and customer service is the worse I've ever dealt with. Every month my bill is incorrect. I get the bill on the 11th of the month, however the adjustment for the "free phone" is supposed to be credited on my bill on the 15th of the month. I have to call every month and spend 1 to 2 hours each time to straighten the bill out. Each and every time I am told it will be corrected - it never is. I want to cancel my account with them. I can't handle the stress they put me through. I had Verizon for 25 years and never had a problem with them. I went to AT&T just for this BOGO deal. It was the biggest mistake I ever made. After viewing all the complaints filed here, I don't understand how they are still in business. Please help!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 1, 2019

    I have been with AT&T for 15 years with just two phone lines. All the sudden they kept on calling to add internet to our phone lines which it was not necessary! We already had Comcast on internet. They offered that as a bundle. It will reduce the cost of the two phone lines. After three weeks everything is a LIE! So don't fall for any of the "new offers" they are giving because is just an aggressive way they are implementing to bring revenue!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 30, 2019

    Hello all, So I've been with Verizon for over 10 yrs and been with AT&T with my home phone and internet for 6 yrs. So when I had paid off my phones from Verizon and wanted to upgrade. Verizon didn't have a promo so they told me to wait 'til Black Friday. Instead, I tried AT&T to see what kind of promo they had. AT&T had a promo that was a buy one get one free deal. I thought that it sounded good enough to try and since I was doing okay in my job it wouldn't hurt to give AT&T a shot. So I ended up getting 4 phones. Bought two got two free. Paid for taxes on those phones and some activation fee. Whatever. First bill $520, second bill $220, the third bill $320, and fourth bill $320. I was told my bill would not reach $250. My car payment is $275. It was a joke, they never credited me my buy one get one free credit until I called and asked for it. Which is still pending.

    Also, I've been paying auto pay thinking that I am getting a credit of $20 for doing autopay and am not receiving any of it. I call and there's nothing I can do because the return policy is 14 days. The phone is not the problem the service is. There must be a way to get out of these price gouging companies bad services. At least with Verizon, they had great cell service and you kind of know what you pay for. With AT&T, I have been so disappointed because even at work I have no reception. I am at work all day.

    I call again to see what can be done and they want to add DirecTV to my account for more so-called discounts. I smelled the ** over the phone. I should've known from the quality of internet service I get from AT&T which is slow and complete garbage. I can't wait to be done with AT&T. I was dumb enough to do a 30-month payment plan and now stuck. I've tried to switch to 12 months or 24 and AT&T will not allow me to switch. I canceled my AT&T internet and home phone at least and went with a different provider. Please, someone help!!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2019

    On the day we were scheduled to have DirecTV installed an AT&T rep showed up. Turns out she was there to talk us into other services. We talked about wireless cellular service which we had with Verizon for 20+ years at 110/month. She stated they could do much better than that at 70/month for both phones and service plan. Other items that she mentioned was unlimited data plan included, but found that we were put on 3G plan instead. So we thought the inconvenience would be worth the savings and agreed to change. First bill was about $200, next bill was $185. I contacted AT&T rep and she stated first bill is always high, and said she would look into second bill.

    Turns out that the buy-one-get-one phone offer had been missed which was $29 error. I told her the monthly still did not meet the $70 that she quoted and wrote down on the estimate paper. Today I am receiving a wireless bill for $154 per month which is more than what I was paying previously on my wireless bill. They took our 3 month old smartphones and gave up $630 credit toward bill and charged us $850 dollars a piece for new phones (Which we did not need but was convinced they were required). So by listening to what they said we made a very bad and costly decision to change from our previous carrier. From the over 6000+ complains, it appears there are many others told one thing and stuck with unacceptable results. I SUGGEST STAY AWAY FROM AT&T SERVICES UNTIL THEY CHANGE THEIR WAYS!!!!

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    Reviewed March 30, 2019

    We have had DirecTV for years (now AT&T). We had AT&T install broadband wireless Internet and Home Phone in our house last year. DirecTV and the new AT&T service were and are separate accounts; I was told last year by the AT&T rep that both accounts would be combined, which never happened. I keep getting bundle offers which total about half what we pay for all these services. So I call to do that and the rep tells me there will be no discount from what we currently pay. So I declined. What a terrible company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 30, 2019

    As so many other reviewers state, hidden charges. Charges/fees that just pop up, whatever you want to call them. AT&T does this frequently. I was informed of everything with the sales rep when purchasing a new phone recently and starting a new 2 year contract EXCEPT a $45 'upgrade' fee that appeared on my bill. I am sure the 97 page agreement that was emailed to me and needed to be signed by me while on the phone had this fee in small print. It is the fact that they make a judgment call to not mention it since it is WELL over half the amount of any monthly bill. AT&T is not a company that strives for great customer satisfaction.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2019

    Over the years I have had problems such as AT&T giving my number I had for years to another customer without my approval. Billing issues are consistent. My recent experience takes the cake though. Lied about returning the buy one get one free iPhone Xs which were sold to my elderly parents (took advantage of them). This added a bunch of new charges to my bill. Called in to figure it out but no one could understand my bill to help me. I was passed around back to phone queues I had just talked to for over a hour and half. Talked to Supervisors and Managers who did not help. Eventually I had someone who said they took care of everything. They did not, my next bill was over $100 what it should be and they previously owed me another $150 due to over-billing.

    I put a claim in with the BBB and things got worse. Timothy ** added MORE services going from 15 gig to 30 gig without my asking increasing my bill. He credited me $100 which was short of what was owed just to close the BBB complaint. I contacted him again and he informed me that I am forced to pay for a line that has no phone on it and never ordered. I am forced to pay for an Apple watch $10 service that has no phone line attached to it (and I was told multiple times that $10 line was taken off and canceled). Basically he made things worse and did not address any of my original issues, this is their best person who handles BBB complaints. I recently just reopened this BBB complaint but I expect more of the same. So far over 5 hours wasted on trying to resolve this and only ended up getting billed MORE and signed up for more services I didn't order. Super frustrating! AVOID AT&T Wireless and Timothy ** is awful!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 29, 2019

    I first signed with AT&T for cellular service two years ago. The signal is awful and phones software upgrades completely shut down the phone I was still under contract for. My bill has increased with hidden charges over the last 2 months even though it is paid on time every month. I came home from work today and my phone or my wifi are working because of an outage. I've been on the phone with customer service for over 2 hrs with no resolve. When my contract is up in May I will not be a customer. DO NOT Use AT&T!!!! I wish I never signed a contract. I hate to even give them 1 star.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 28, 2019

    To whomever... DO NOT DO NOT GO WITH ATT CELLULAR WIRELESS! Data speed drops to a crawl or does not even load apps!!! Stay away. Called and always they blame blame bandwidth hogs and told me all carriers have this problem! Made a mistake. As soon as I can get out of this contract switching carriers. Too much $$$ for no service most of the time! Run. Don’t walk to a different cell carrier!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 28, 2019

    So far I've been lied to twice by an employee here in southern AZ and they are attempting to steal an extra $20 per month from me, calling customer service like this employee recommended saying "they should be able to resolve this no problem and I've never seen this type of charge" (you know who you are). To talk with a manager (Camery **) only resulted in her saying their employee was "misinformed" and would NOT be upholding the offer given. I will be taking legal action if not resolved, especially if a sufficient amount of other people were "misinformed" (lied to). It's time to end corporate abuses. BTW AT&T a month consists of more than three weeks, if you could just forward that information to your billing department that'd be great.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 28, 2019

    I've been with AT&T since 1999 and don't get me wrong they have their issues but so do all the other ones. Everyone has a nightmare to tell about their wireless provider it's all about what you can live with. Dropped calls, price, service etc. they all have issues. I just happen to know how to deal with AT&T and I love their customer service so that's the main reason I stay with them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2019

    It is 7 PM EST and AT&T customer service is closed, this is a serious problem. AT&T makes too much money off their customers to not have 24 hours customers service. I will checking in to switching to T-Mobile where you get 24 hours customers service. AT&T needs to be ashamed how they treat their customers. I guess they are the next one on the list to lose me as a customer. I only spend my money where I get quality service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2019

    If you're looking for a company that'll work with you during hard times AT&T isn't the service for you. They offer a set date that is given by the system. Any deviation from what you can pay on that date will more than likely result in suspension of your services. For example, if you call and arrange a payment of 100 dollars next Tuesday but when Tuesday comes you can only pay 50. If their system can't provide you with any additional time, let's say until Friday when you get paid, your services more than likely will be suspended. Don't give your money to this company until they decide to loosen the restrictions of their payment systems.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 27, 2019

    Was not getting the speed I was paying for. Runs so slow. I can't change company because of my email address it's att.net. I wish I could get another company. They have me locked in. If I go with another company I can't get my emails. I have this email address for 13 years.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & App

    Reviewed March 26, 2019

    When a provider can stop misuse of what product they are providing and charge customers a monthly fee to let them use an app they sell, they are allowing the robocalls for financial gain. This is a legal problem that can only be solved with lawyers and a class action suit. I’m sure that AT&T charges the offenders to use the system and they charge you minutes/money. Now they want to charge you to stop the calls from the callers (cash cows). The $3.99 a month is to recoup lost funds by stopping the calls. The kicker is the app they sell doesn’t always work. Is that by design or ineptness?

    AT&T is not the only offending provider out in the cellphone world but they are the biggest. It would go a long way in keeping them at the top to provide this service free and then advertise it. Show your customers that you are doing all you can to prevent misuse and the customer base will grow exponentially. AT&T claims to have blocked over 1 billion robocalls. Did the $3.99 a month pay for that bragging right?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 26, 2019

    I was lied to repeatedly. I closed and cancelled my account over a year ago, not only did they not do this, they lied that they did for a whole year! I checked my bill and kept calling because they did not do this and they said they did each time. I have been battling this for a year and just gave up and paid it. They continued to bill me, then said I would be reimbursed. I called in several times, starting screening the calls, saved chats, and it seemed to be fixed. Each time I called they did not tell me the same thing. I finally just paid it, but this is THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER AND THEY LIE LIE LIE LIE. I am out money because they screwed up and did not shut off a an account that was not even in use and they said it was taken care every time i called, chatted, whatever and yet every time it seemed to be a different communication! I have never been more insulted.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed March 26, 2019

    AT&T has great coverage, reasonable price, good customer service. Fantastic option for DirecTV Now. I've recommended to my family members. I hear all my friends complain about coverage and overage costs. I've experienced none of these.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 26, 2019

    So, where do I start? I have been with ATT for almost 5 years maybe 5 years. I set up a payment for a certain date because I got behind on my payment. I called AT&T customer service which is easier than setting up online. I talked to a nice man who was glad to help me with my situation. He set up my payment to come off in 2 different payments which then he sent me a confirmation email. Well, that's, not the case, they ended up taking the money out on an earlier date which didn't show on my end (my bank account). Then I waited to the say which was a Friday for it to come off. Well, sometimes when you set up the payments for Friday they come off on a that Monday after. So I expected this to happen and waited.

    Well, it never came off and now my service was shut off due to their mess up. The only way I could contact them was via messenger on their website. Well, I contacted someone and said now I have to make the full payment to have my phone service restored. I was so upset and infuriated at them. This was their mistaken not mine and I was penalized for this! If I could get service with another company that works in my town I so would because as of right now this is the 3rd time since I had AT&T they have done this to me. In the past, they have apologized and fixed this problem. Well, this time they won't and now I have to go without a phone (which is my house and all the above phone). I don't have a landline phone because why have more than one phone.

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    Online & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 25, 2019

    AT&T is doing another round of "upgrading" cell phone users 10 GB data plans to 20 GB without the account holder's permission. The increase is about $20 per line a month. This is not an increase in rates, this is an unauthorized plan change. AT&T tried this last year until customers caught on and it was reported to the FCC. The only notification is a generic email asking to review changes. No details, no information, just a link.

    The linked page shows the plan changes with no order number. A real plan change has a order number. When I called to find out about the plan change I was informed that it was done via the AT&T app from my tablet. When I told the agent that none of my devices have the app installed and the tablet hasn't been used in a week, the agent said it must have been an error and changed the plan back. In summary, AT&T is at it again with changing clients plans without authorization.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 25, 2019

    I feel the services are over priced. There are many areas that my service will not work. This very frustrating as we depend on our phone service. The customer service is usually very helpful when they are contacted.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2019

    All facets of service with AT&T or 100% terrible, time consuming and cost exorbitantly more time and money than it could ever possibly be worth. DO NOT use ATT, DO NOT buy from them or waste YOUR time. Unacceptably incompetent, absolutely THE WORST service and worst experience to date. In-store took over 2.5 hours for the associate to determine/ figure out how to upgrade, what discounts to go with, the phones were not in stock, upgraded to one that was in stock, attempted to ship the second phone to fiance in Ca but the phone never was delivered, returned to sender because they input the wrong zip code.

    Called customer care on Friday to find out what happened, spent 2.5 hours bouncing around from multiple departments; ALL calls transferred to order services are all wrongly routed to the fraud dept and that dept states that everyone's calls are incorrectly being routed to their dept, transferred back to customer and started all over again. ATT sucks astoundingly. Spoke to Nate in order services (who is dyslexic and kept reversing all of the numbers I gave him). Nate said he would credit all activation fees and issue a customer service credit as well as overnight the phone to the correct address.

    The phone never arrived on Saturday so I spent 3.5 hours on the phone AGAIN bouncing from multiple departments including loyalty services because i want to cancel and walk away from you idiots without paying one more cent for this horrible, dismal waste of time and money and was disconnect multiple times and never found resolution because your depts closed before anything could be done after 3.5 hours.

    A $700 credit “might” compensate for this nightmare of service but unfortunately this experience is the norm when dealing with AT&T and I have no confidence that 1) ATT even cares how bad everything is, 2) ATT has no quality assurance, 3) hires incompetent and in some cases non-English speaking individuals completely inept at serving even the simplest customer issues 4) and no confidence that ATT will be able to provide prompt, courteous, trained and educated service that is accurate and always ends up wildly different from ATT promises.

    The rep Nate in order services lied and never issued any credit, never set the new phone to ship over night and set it for normal delivery the following week. Absolutely livid with att store/online/over the phone service, ZERO stars, and is the worst by far. And still, NOTHING has been corrected and I still dont have the phone I've paid for and ordered twice already.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2019

    I have had a prepaid cell plan with AT&T for about 8 months. The plan seemed perfect for me as far as the amount of data I needed each month and the price I paid. All seemed well... UNTIL I had an issue. All of a sudden, I could make phone calls, make and receive texts, but could not RECEIVE phone calls. First stop... my AT&T store. They were very courteous, but were handcuffed by the AWFUL customer serious support. After 45 min, a repair ticket was issued and I was told by Support that I would get a text in 24 hrs.

    NO TEXT received! Called from home the next day. Again talked to Advanced Tech Support. After 1 hour 17 min... another repair ticket was issued. This time I was promised a resolution in 48-72 hrs. Not only did I NOT get a resolution... but there was NO contact from AT&T. Talk about HORRIBLE Customer Service. Called again. Actually got a Repair Ticket #**. Now it has been 2 weeks. I am changing service! Good bye AT&T!!!

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    Reviewed March 24, 2019

    I really don't believe they are capable of keeping up to their claims of providing service. I am so sick of them sending out guys to fix wifi and it may work while person is here and next couple of days we are back to unstable wifi again. They run the test, say a service guy has to come out and we go right back in same circle again. I have Internet and landline with them. Also a couple of years they came out and connected wifi and now my computer won't connect to Internet.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 23, 2019

    After 15 years of being abused by AT&T I finally decided to leave. I made my final payment and while I was in the process of signing on with Verizon, knowing the underhanded practices of AT&T, I called again to ensure that there were no outstanding charges! The agent quickly looked at my account and said there were no outstanding charges and proceeded to get me to stay. I asked for a final statement signifying I had no balance with AT&T which he said he will send out. He even verified my mailing address.

    A month later I received a bill. I believe that this was retaliation for leaving. I am not very tech savvy, but this company has just incentivized me to become so. Therefore I've enrolled in a course expressly to learn the most expedient way to get the word out to avoid this predatory company like the plague. I'm a relatively young man and pledges to dedicate the rest of my life to getting this message out on every social platform available and alerting as many people as possible as to this threat! I'm just getting started!

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    Reviewed March 23, 2019

    I find that my bill with unlimited talk and text, plus rollover data is way less than my friends and coworkers. It has remained competitive or beat others' for years. We have two people and pay about $120. We also upgrade the two phones with ease every 2 yrs or so.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    I'm going to spend my life trying to get people off of AT&T **. I was only trying to create a new AT&T account keeping my AT&T number after a divorce. They fought me the whole way and in the end I gave up and screamed the f word to them. Now I'm enjoying my time trying to keep people away from this horrible company... clueless...

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    Quite possibly the worst customer service and support on the planet. I have DirecTV and wireless and have to call every month for billing errors. When it was DirecTV it was considerably better. With wireless it has always been awful. I got two new lines for Christmas gifts and they sent me three phones, now 3 months later and numerous calls and hours (literally hours) on the phone I still am getting charged for that line and the installment plan for the phone. We are likely going to a internet based TV provider and a phone carrier with good customer service. I am totally willing to give up a little coverage for a better overall experience.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    I cancelled my TV service. They kept withdrawing $ from my account and they were not on my auto-pay. Tried to get my $ back. Rep said they would mail a check. But they only credited my account, which was supposed to be closed. And even then the credit was $30.00 short!!! Among other things!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    I would give no stars if possible. I have spent two weeks calling and chatting with customer service. I have spent hours on hold and talking to at least 25 different customer service techs. Each time I explained the entire story and waited on hold while they were working on it. I asked for a supervisor every time and was told none were available. I would get passed to two or three different techs to explain the entire story again. They asked the same questions each time instead of just making the notes on our account so they would already know it.

    On about the third person it would be at around the one hour mark I would magically get disconnected every time. They asked for a call back number but never called back. Even after they said they would call back. They gave us a bogus case number just to get off the phone and when we called back to check on the case we were told the format of the number wasn't even correct and they had no idea what we were talking about. They said they would call back within 48 hours about the case but never called. They lost a phone we ordered and refuse to cancel the order or ship another phone. So basically they are telling us we and they can do nothing to fix their mistake.

    I have never dealt with such a useless and incompetent customer service. They don't really care if they help you or not. They just keep passing you around until closing time then you can start back the next day. I recommend using absolutely any other company than AT&T. You'd be better off with two cans connected by a string.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    Please do not waste your time. I had to call for a technician to fix the wireless connection to my gateway box 4 times. My fifth call I just terminated my services with AT&T and switched to Spectrum. The equipment that this company has must be old or not updated. Not once did I receive any type of compensation for unsatisfactory service. I repeat. Do not start services with this company. They are terrible.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2019

    My internet is DSL all we have in the area (or so I am told). The Doctors offices 4 feet from our driveway have Uverse but we are residential... I signed up in June and a fellow Mike came out set the connection up and it didn't work for 2 weeks! Since June 22nd until October 2 more weeks I was without internet, not dependable and several intrusions on my private connection!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 20, 2019

    We have them for internet only now. It continues to go down, drop calls, and customer service is less than stellar. We now use Sling and DirecTV Now which is better but not great. We can't have Dish because of all the trees, so I'm not sure yet what we will do.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2019

    I was customer of AT&T for more than 5 years. Was a nightmare every single day, not connection, not reception... I switched to Metro PCS two years ago and I haven't making any complaint call at all. So happy not to deal with these issues any more!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 19, 2019

    I got 2 prepaid phones at $30 for unlimited talk & text for $30 month but if you do automatic payments it would be $25 and tax of course. But each time they took my credit card for payment they took out 2 different tax amounts and now won't refund me the difference. They are non-responsive to returning my calls. Sends me back to the store to resolve the issue. The store then sends me back to deal with the issue on the phone. I am filing a complaint with the corporate office to resolve my issues. But please be aware of the charges AT&T charges your credit card. THEY GET YOUR MONEY AND MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU TO GET REFUNDS. Do your prepaid at another company. Research what they are charging you and the tax monies. DON'T TRUST AT&T PREPAID TAX MONIES THAT THEY CHARGE YOU ONCE YOU PICK A PHONE NUMBER. There are hidden charges they do not tell you about till you look at your credit card statement. Be aware.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 19, 2019

    I am an AT&T customer for almost 9 years now for wireless services and 2 years for home internet. That how long I have been in this country. AT&T provides the network service, however their customer service is just on the other side of the graph. Worst customer service in the world, hand down. Their policies are against customer needs. I hope someone can provide me a list of all the websites and portals where I can post my reviews/ratings for this company.

    Issue-1: Two years ago, I went into a AT&T store to get my wireless phone upgraded. Local agent offered me a really exciting U-verse TV offer and I signed up for it. During the signup process he asked for my social "I clearly asked the guy if he is going to run a credit check and he replied saying, no it's just for the system to process the request". Guess what happened. I had a hard check on my credit. When I contact the guy next day, he said that is probably a mistake from the back end office and he promised to take care the day later. A month later I called to see where they stand, that guy was fired and I was asked to work with the credit department to resolve my issues. After spending 15+ hours on calls and 2 letters sent to take the inquiry away, nothing happened. Still have that on my credit and waiting for the 2 year credit term. After all they could not install U-verse in my apartment as there is no proper line of sight.

    Issue-2 to Infinity: I had home internet (45 Mbps) with At&t for 2 years and 4 wireless line for over 8 years. In Feb 2019 I moved places and called AT&T a week before my move to schedule a internet move. First guy on call said "This is great.” They have better speeds at the new location, they can give me 50 Mbps for the same price and even going to schedule a tech to install internet at my new apartment. Promised me that I will receive a confirmation email by EOD, Feb 16. Nothing arrived until 48 hours and I called them back again. Called them back again (48 hours before my move) and found out that the first guy did not do his job and they have to run a credit check to get this move approved. This is insane, after being with the company for 2 years and never missed payments on my wireless for 9 years. But still I went ahead and approved it as I need internet.

    They scheduled a installation on the day of my move. Technician never arrived. I called them back and they said, my installation was deferred to 3 days later due to a glitch in the system that did not process the request. I need internet badly as I work from home. They promised me that I will be taken care in 3 days, which I did not want. I spoke to another person asking them to cancel my account, when they asked me for a reason to cancellation, I explained them what happened. Then the agent said, there is no 50 Mbps in my new area and someone gave me false info. I was stoned and asked them to waive the credit check as it was a false promise. They disagreed and asked me to work with credit department. This is after talking to 8 different people and hours on calls during my move process. Finally a sales supervisor offered me $150 credit on my account and to forget everything and cancel the account. I had no choice but to accept it.

    The same evening, I bought internet service from Comcast, bought a router from Best Buy, called them and got my internet activated. All in less than 2 hours. I have my internet and job. Thanks to Xfinity and their awesome service. Then I called AT&T back to confirm the cancellation of my internet account. They promised me that it will be taken care. I received no emails for any calls or activities performed by any agent until this point as "AT&T has a policy that agents cannot send emails. All emails will be automatically send when the orders/services are taken care by the system". Technically you have no proof of anything promised by the customer service agents.

    When I escalated about the agents, they gave me confirmations but I never get to know what happened to those agents. They say "they will perform an internal review and take action". Then what’s the point of giving me a reference number for my escalation. It’s just a game. Spoke to 4 more agents after that to address the issues. No luck. Finally, I saw a credit on my account for $150 on Feb 21st. Thought my account will be closed automatically. Finally, this is March 18 and my internet account was still active and I was charged for the month of March. This time I did not get an email for my wireless account bill. I missed my payment on time. When I logged back into my account on March 15 (15th is my due date), it did not show my wireless lines in there. It just showed me my internet account which was supposed to be cancelled.

    Tried calling support, was on wait for 30+ mins both the times I called and totally forgot about it. Today I finally got hold of an agent that said there is noted on the account to cancel on Feb 21st and he does not know why it wasn't cancelled. Yet I am being charged. Then he mentioned to me that my wireless phones were moved to a different account and he added the account to my online account. Then I saw the bill and they changed the billing date to 12th instead. Now I missed my payment by over a week for the first time in ages. I never received an email or notification that my account will be split or migrated. Yet I will be charged a late fee next month for no reason (I know this is going to happen).

    Finally the guy transferred me to the cancellation department where the lady said she closed the account and I will get a refund the credit amount on my account. I did not get any email yet and it is in a limbo at the moment. At least this person sounded like she knows what she was doing. Hopefully, this time they actually do some work. This company taught me a lesson for staying loyal to them for years. It used to be a good company. I work in the telecom industry. I stayed with AT&T when I was working for Verizon (2014-2017), leaving my employee discounts, just out of loyalty. And this is what this company gives back.

    I spoke to couple of other friends of mine that moved away from AT&T in the recent past and they said "BAD Customer service" is the reason. Now I am educating everyone that I know about what happened and trying to save them from this non-sense. Please share my experience and help more people in staying away from this company. Unfortunately I have 4 phone lines with this company at the moment that I need to. I wish I can get out of that AT&T Next program and get out of this mess right away. If you guys know the best place to write reviews, please let me know. I will take time to write reviews and save more and more people.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2019

    Outright fraud or just incompetence? My wife and I received pre-order offers for the new Samsung s10+ smartphones on our emails. That offer included free bluetooth earbuds and a $150 trade-in allowance for our used Samsung S7's. Having been an AT&T customer for over 15 years we elected to go down to the local AT&T store and see if they would match that offer. Upon our arrival we were greeted by a sale representative, I explained the offer from Samsung and without hesitation he stated "Oh yes, we can do that here as well". Great we thought, this would save time and we could make sure our order was correct and the proper cost were applied so we pre-ordered two new s10+ phones. The sale representative had us remove the screen protectors and take the phone out of the cases so that he could inspect them, they were in perfect condition.

    He stated that we would receive a label when our new phones arrived in order to return our old phones for the $150 trade-in allowance for each of our two s7's. Fast forward two weeks, the new phones arrived however there was no return label. We took the old phones down to the local AT&T store to find out what we needed to do at this point. The sale rep at this time told us that they would take the phones in and we would receive a $50 trade-in allowance for each phone. We explained that we were promised $150 for each phone, the rep stated that we ordered our phones on the 22nd of February and the $150 offer ended on the 20th of Feb. We asked for the manager who stated that the sales rep that took our information for the pre-order may not have known that the offer had ended and there was nothing they could do. The manager told us to contact Samsung and see what they could do.

    Of course this was complete BS but we contacted Samsung anyway, they said we would have to go through AT&T for any trade-in rebate since that is who we placed the order through. By this time we had spent collectively about 3 hours on the phone and in the store with one rep or another and were getting nowhere. I called AT&T customer service and spoke to Ella who could barely speak English, she basically said there was nothing they would do and when I tried to explained that the mistake was by AT&T and not us she rudely began to talk over me and would not shut up. It was like talking to Bon QUI QUI, very unprofessional, I wasn't surprised at this point. Warning, if you dare do business with AT&T don't take their word for anything, it is the classic bait and switch, make sure everything is in writing and I mean everything. If they can do this to a 15+ year customer just imagine what they will do to you.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2019

    We really haven't had many problem with our AT&T wireless service - until we moved from Ohio to Fla. I cannot get my "service address" to match my billing address (where we actually live). Tried for half an hour with one gal, for whom let's just say English isn't her first language. It's like she couldn't understand anything I said! I had to repeat every single thing at least 2 and sometimes 3 and 4 times. She finally, after wasting my time for about 25 minutes, transferred me to a guy who was little better, and after repeating everything to him twice, he said he'd have to call me back. We have a wireless service deal offered to us right now from Xfinity (who provide our internet and TV) and believe me it's sounding pretty good right about now. This level of incompetence is unacceptable from a company the size of AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2019

    My son's cell stopped working after nearly 4yrs of use. After failed attempts of troubleshooting over the phone with ATT and one trip to the ATT wireless store, I was advised (by the ATT rep) to utilize my protection plan and replaced the phone. No problem. I call ATT and the ATT rep proceeds to tell me that because my phone was purchased 3-4 yrs ago it's no longer covered under my protection plan (mind you I pay monthly for the protection plan. I insist that she pull up my protection plan on her computer; however she says all she can do is offer me an upgrade (telling me to buy a new phone). After I tell I'm pulling up the details of my protection plan, she begins to get a little testy and only then does she give me the phone number to Asurion (the company that handle ATT insurance claims). Asurion was absolutely wonder and helpful. ATT was NOT, and I will be leaving the company. Very disappointed in ATT.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 18, 2019

    The only internet providers available where I live is Comcast or AT&T. Since I hate Comcast, I use AT&T U-verse. The speed is adequate but I have to reboot more than I'd like. However, the customer service is much better than Comcast and is the reason I switched to AT&T as soon as U-verse became available.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverage

    Reviewed March 17, 2019

    Poor service everywhere, worse coverage than Verizon, even worse customer service, never able to resolve your problems, even with no upgrade in service you pay an upgrade fee for allowing you to pay in full a phone and be legally bound in a contract for 2 years with them, what a disgusting business!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed March 17, 2019

    We have used AT&T for over 10 years. The reliability of the service is excellent. The installation went fast, efficient, and was explained, in detail, by the install tech. The customer service has deteriorated. More and more, the company is using overseas individuals who have difficulty understanding specifics and American nuances and colloquialisms. The speed is could be improved but suffices for us.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed March 16, 2019

    AT&T would only rate a 3 from me and that is being kind. I am sorry to say that I do not think their service is reliable since I cannot depend on it to be consistent. Some days it works and some days it does not. Then to call customer service is a joke. Most times you cannot understand what the person is saying which is sad. They do not want to transfer you to the United States saying a multitude of excuses. If you finally state that you want to stop the service completely, then they will transfer you. Only on one occasion have they failed to do so, which I understand is most probably against the law. AT&T use to be a good company but now it lacks a great deal of being anything but a good company. Unfortunately there are only two services where I live and other than that, good luck with the choice of services you have access to. We do not have a choice! SAD!

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    Reviewed March 15, 2019

    We have mostly good service, however, from time to time we have outages with no explanation. We had to have a tech come to the house because we could not access the internet and some settings had to be changed which the tech could have handled. We had to take the PC to a friend who charged us to do what the tech should have done. IF it happens again, we are going with another provider.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 14, 2019

    I was a loyal AT&T customer for over 15 years. Despite numerous discussions with representatives from AT&T, they would not reduce my cell phone bill, I had five lines with them and should have been grandfathered in. When I finally decided to switch carriers, they asked me repeatedly if there was a reason I was leaving. The final straw was when I received my final invoice, I was billed charges for time I had already cancelled and they refused to remove the charges, despite having two of their employees who said I was correct and the charges should be removed. They have horrible customer service and they do not keep their word. DO NOT use them.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 14, 2019

    Weak cell linkage and one has to move to different locations in order to receive a strong signal for reception. Customer service is right on. Certain personnel are extremely responsive in assisting with lowering a costly family and friends bill. Wish their trade in and buy back policies were more competitive to invite greater sales on new model phones.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    Started with AT&T on March 5th and been trying to log in on my account for almost a week. After chatting to 10 different people along with supervisors and calling to leave a message and never getting a returned call I come to the conclusion that AT&T doesn't care about the customers they have. I transferred 6 lines and bought all new phones. They will be returned by the weekend.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    I went overseas in March of 2018. Before going overseas, I contacted my wireless carrier (AT&T) to inquire about unlimited data for overseas use. The representative informed me of a plan that would provide unlimited data (wireless) while overseas and added it to my plan. When I returned, I was met with high overage fees (over $400). I contacted AT&T who informed me the representative had misinformed me and that I could dispute the bill. I went through the dispute process, during which time I received no communication from AT&T. I contacted them again, and they said I'd have to file another dispute because the first one hadn't been resolved yet. I did filed another dispute. The representative at that time informed me that I did not have to pay the bill until the dispute was resolved (usually within 14 business days). Again, I received no follow up call or contact from AT&T.

    At the end of 14 days, I called them again, and no decision had been reached. I filed yet another dispute. This went on for 6 months, always getting different answers from customer service on the right course of action. Meanwhile, the charges (from late fees) were adding up and I could not get straight answers from anyone. The bill is now over $1,800!

    Finally, I contacted AT&T corporate to have this resolved - they indicated they could not help me, despite their customer service agents and representatives giving me wrong information on each call - not to mention - they originally made the error of selling me the wrong data package to begin with! They canceled my service, disconnected my phone number, and now are threatening me with collection action. I would like to formally complain that AT&T has abysmal business practices that are not in favor of the consumer and are misleading. I would like these coverage charges and late fees removed and no collection action to be taken.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 13, 2019

    I traded in my iPhone 6 on a newer model. I live in a small town with no AT&T store so I did everything in line and then mailed in my old phone. The phone was in perfect condition...and I got $19... Yes $19 for a phone I’d paid $800 for from AT&T. I was furious and outraged, I’ve spent hours on the phone trying to get the trade in dept and would you believe those slimy cheating people won’t get on my call. Well, of course you can believe that... I will never trade in a phone to them again. I could have sold it outright to someone and gotten at least $50-75, if not more. I’m very disappointed in AT&T. Another thing to add to the list of issues I’ve had with them over the years.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 11, 2019

    I wanted to ask the employee a question about Italy that was unable to send a message. I could not ask the question because the employee said that I did not wanted to buy anything and I wanted to ask only question. He was not paid to answer questions. His name was John and I was there on Monday morning around 11:00.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 11, 2019

    AT&T world's worst company with no ethics follows. They purposefully enable international calling option even though ask for block. AT&T take this as opportunity to rob their customers by mistake. Third party apps like Google Voice, WhatsApp, etc use their network and charge their highly rated international charges. This robbery need to stopped at all cost, this crooked company doing similar bad practices by manipulating billing or billing time frame to steal money from their customers. Stay away from this company. Worst customer service department. They argue with you to steal money and even mock at customers. I'm sad switch to AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 10, 2019

    AT&T has hired the worst bunches of rude people to service their customers. AT&T had awesome plans and nice promotions but me and my bunch of friends are leaving AT&T due to their customer service people. 3 times I called for my Apple Watch and every time I got different information from 3 people. They don’t know what they are saying. Finally I followed Google and found my answers. They are extremely rude. Not sure why. I can be wrong at times but not all the times.

    I got a message that my Apple Watch plan had been changed. So I contacted them to check about the same. But somehow I wasn't able to remember my passcode. Brandy from AT&T was adamant that she needed the passcode but I was a human being. Wasn't able to remember it. She was literally not helping at all and finally I had to request her if there is any workaround. Then she gave a workaround after a huge mental torture. I AM not sure what she got torturing me. This happened today March the 10 morning 11:15 am CT. I am leaving AT&T forever. Enjoy with your awesome customer service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 9, 2019

    I did my due diligence before signing up for AT&T's travel plan. They have two: The International Day Pass for $10/day or the Passport plan for $60. Since I was traveling for two weeks, the Passport plan made more sense. When I got abroad, I noticed I wasn't receiving any texts. Turns out, you have to turn on the SMS as well as iMessage on your iPhone in order to receive text. Who would know that? It was really annoying since the plan provides for unlimited text and charges for 35 cents/minute for phone calls.

    Also, When I got my bill, I found I was charged an ADDITIONAL $60 for my shared device (which I did not bring). There was no mention of $60 PER device for this plan. Also, just to add fuel to the fire, I was charged the 35 cents a minute for all the calls I needed to make while abroad to ask why I couldn't receive texts! This is NOT how one wants to spend their vacation - dealing with a sloppy phone company and their poor communication skills! They did refund me the $60 for charged for the extra device.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 8, 2019

    I'm a frequent traveler, within the United States and internationally. Was happy with AT&T international plans for a long time but something happened last year and now it became a totally awful experience. First, at some point they introduced two types of international plans for different countries: One is $10/day, and another is travel passport with two or three different packages (I think the most recent is 1GB and 3GB). Catch - I learned about this hard way. Travelled to Russia twice and in summer, all worked great on the $10/day plan. I triggered automatically when the phone was used abroad. So, if they fail I didn't even bother to check what changed, and ta-da - got a $400+ bill. Why? Because something changed between summer and November and apparently I had to buy a passport because the $10/day wasn't working in Russia anymore! How anyone supposed to know about the change?

    I called and the AT&T person was nice, tried to help and apply a passport purchase but said she would need to open a case because the reimbursement amount was higher than she authorized to provide. Well... The case was rejected? Why? No one can tell. I was penalized for not knowing that AT&T was going back and forth with changing the way how international plans work in different countries. Also, there is no option to refuse a $10/day plan. So, let's say you aren't a big phone user and travel for two weeks in Europe, in which $10/day plan is triggered. If you get or place one call per day from your phone you'd need to pay $140 for two weeks. Why can't you use a $60 travel passport instead?

    Finally, the customer service recently was absolutely useless. They used to be very helpful in working with you on correcting those things. Now it's just - whatever, you screwed. At this point, I can say it one of the worst services I received in the past several years. Will definitely be looking to switch to another carrier with better international plans. Or, at least, with better customer service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 7, 2019

    Was on the phone with them for almost 2 hours. They kept putting me on hold every 2 minutes. They are no help! One person would just keep passing me down to the next. Save yourself the time. Don’t call them unless you actually NEED to.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 7, 2019

    First of all I joined AT&T last year when they had a $50 Visa gift card promotion after 3 months of service. Did I ever receive the gift card? No! I may have spent $100 worth of my time trying to get a $50 Visa gift card card that would never come. Next, I changed plans and the company actually took all of the money I paid for one month on one plan instead of carrying it over to the new plan as though I had left their company. Finally when I went to their consumer community websites no matter what you post it's answered by company trolls. Some of the posters answering questions had 10s of thousands of posts on the site. What a joke. Bottom line is it's a horrible company with awful customer service. Don't fall for their Visa gift card promotions--you'll never see it.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 6, 2019

    There is not enough space here for me to describe the nightmare I am trapped in with AT&T (not that I think Spectrum will be any better if I make the switch - nor do I think anyone will want to endure my telling of this endless saga). I asked them to upgrade the modem because it is so very, very old. I also asked them to increase the download speed from SIX mpbs to 100, hoping that will stop all the buffering and loading and interruptions in the middle of programs. I was told that my neighborhood is "not eligible" for anything faster than download speed of 6, so live with it, I guess. They mailed the modem and when the tech guy came, he said it was "the wrong thing" that they sent (is it? isn't it?) and that if he installed it, I would "lose" my internet service.

    What does that even mean? He left without doing anything. I have this thing in the box and have no clue what to do with it - or about it!! And...(drum roll...) now my Google wifi add-on no longer works, so I can only use my laptop and iPhone in one section of the house. But wait, there's more. I had a box where there used to be a television that I no longer use, so I figured it's time to stop paying the "per box" fee for that particular box. I gave it to the technician. The very next day, I was unable to access ANY television in the house until I selected the (forced choice) one I wanted to eliminate, because I am only "authorized" to have one in the studio OR the kitchen - not both. That's not true. I have been paying for YEARS AND YEARS for boxes in the bedroom, kitchen, studio, and dressing table.

    I gave back the box for the dressing table, NOT the ones for the other three locations. But wait, there's more. Someone whose English is at about 3rd grade level called me the next next day to introduce herself as my "account manager" and to inquire as to how the service call went. After I explained what all had happened, she said, "I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience and thank you for choosing AT&T." I have heard NOTHING from anyone at AT&T. Disgusting. How much worse can SPECTRUM be?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 5, 2019

    I was promised a promotion and never received it. I would call every month and was told "pay your bill, on the next billing you will see the discounts" and nothing, three months in a row and every time I would call, I was being told the exact same thing. AT&T is a joke, the customer service is horrible and the way they con people is disgusting. I do not recommend them to anyone!!! I do not understand how big companies continue to get away with this. And God forbid you refuse to pay for something that is incorrect, they will send you to bill collections. Absolutely the worst company!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2019

    I move to an apartment in January. I have never work with ATT because I have never like it. But it was the only option that the apartment's manager gave me. The agent that I contact was the one working in this complex. She told me that before I pay my first bill contact her and she will take away the $99. Installation fee. When I received my bill I try to contact her many times. Finally someone told me that she wasn't working here anymore but sent the info and she will remove it. She did not do anything. I contact directly ATT that is really a pain because I was on the phone for more than 1.5 hours talking with different people. Finally the last one told me pay the bill without the installation fee, after the 27 that starts your new bill it will disappeared.

    Guess what that was not true. Yesterday I call ATT again, and again for more than 2 hours talking with different people. Finally they just agree to reduce the installation fee in half so that I need to pay $45. And today I receive my bill and now they are charging $10 extra for late fee. Seriously, this is the worst worst company. They don't care about the client. They promises something and it is not true. There are liars. And of course the client NEVER WIN. They are the ones. I'm so upset about this situation. The worst thing is that they made you work with them for 12 month and because it is the only option that the apartment complex gave you so AT&T takes advantage of it. WORST SERVICE, WORST COMPANY. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND THEY ARE LIARS.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2019

    I had my son on my phone plan and he got a new phone and we had the installment plan. My son got his own account through AT&T and what was supposed to happen was a transfer of billing...this was in January Well, someone from AT&T opened a new account for him and neglected to transfer billing. Both he and I gave permission for this to happen as we both had to be present at the time. 2 months later, several calls and several chats and several store visits, this still has not happened. So, I am paying on a phone I don't have and a plan I don't use and he is as well. AT&T is double dipping and I plan to seek an attorney as this has went on far too long.

    Today, as a last attempt to get this remedied, I went in to the store in Whitehall, Fairmont, WV and the manager was just awful. He totally dismissed me and sat in his chair. Didn't even bother to take his eyes of his iPad or get up. When he did speak to tell me that he couldn't do anything to help, he was very rude. You all need to get better management or better yet hand this business off to someone who cares about their customers. This is the absolute worst customer service and the worst company I have ever dealt with and I'll never do it again and I'd encourage you to go elsewhere. Don't waste your time or money.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2019

    The vengeful and dishonest AT&T company was so bitter after switching to superior T-Mobile service that they won’t waive a same day service switch from paying the entire month's $103 bill. Even worse they refunded the payment after calling but then sent the account to collections. Anyone who can switch do it, AT&T is a monopoly that needs to be broken apart.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    We purchased a phone for our daughter specifically to add her onto the family multi-line discount. Her phone line was supposed to cost an additional $10/month after a 30 day waiting period after starting her line at $30/month. It has now been 4 months, and the phone is still unable to be added to the family plan. I've called and complained numerous times, and am always told I must wait yet another 30 days. I have wasted hours of my personal time on the phone trying to add her line, and over $60 in added fees for a phone originally promised to be $10/month. I do NOT recommend this service to anyone. I feel like I am being scammed.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    I've spent over 4 hours on the phone trying to get them to note that both my cell phones have been paid off. The payment is evident. Each agent required the same ID information, description of problem, blah, blah, blah... repeat, repeat, repeat, and can't fix the problem. The matter then gets escalated to "crickets". I also spent 5 hours today waiting for an install. Tech was suppose to be here between 11am and 1pm. The on-line link showed the install was in progress and the tech was on his way, all afternoon. Unless he was Casper, the friendly ghost, I never saw him.

    It took two hours, three agents, just to discover they were overbooked and rescheduled me for eight days out. I guess as a customer, I am to be at their service. I've been a customer for over 13 years. Should have slashed their services long ago. My TV and internet services were never flawless...the buffering and stalling was probably due to the inability of their cable to transmit data from both devices simultaneously. (Imagine shoving an Anaconda through a straw...)

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    I don’t want to bore anyone with all the details, my Cable bill went from $135 to 200. I called and tried to get details why it went up, I got put on hold time and time again, shuffled from one person to the next, at one point disconnected, ask the same questions over and over and over. Spent the better part of two hours trying to get this resolved, finally so dejected and demoralized I pushed it to the next day. I tried again the next day, more of the same. Ultimately decided to turn in my cable box, the next month I will still billed $200. I had to call again, again put on hold, shuffled through about four or five different service relations people. They said that they could not find the information where I had returned the equipment, but I had the receipt. Again I spent over one hour and 30 minutes screwing with this, could not get anyone to adjust the bill or resolve the issues. Even tried online chat, what a joke!

    Finally demanded somebody call me after the online chat, I got some screwball I could not even speak the language. I demanded that somebody called me back that could speak English and have the authority to resolve the dispute. It never happened. I am turning in the rest of the equipment tomorrow and telling every soul I know on this planet about my experience with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019

    My family of 8 people have been using AT&T for at 5+ years. Not anymore. After being repeatedly treated poorly by the customer "service" team we are switching to a company that we have actually heard good things about (AKA Verizon). You might think we would be treated as loyal, valued, longterm customers. Especially since AT&T has SO MUCH competition and because customer acquisition is so expensive. But no. AT&T doesn't seem to want to retain any customers.

    My husband lost his phone (with AT&T coverage) on a flight this month. While waiting on the lost and found claim, my husband decided to use his old iPhone until he got his current phone back from the airline. He called AT&T about obtaining a SIM card to use during this time. He was told very rudely to go online because that request can only be completed online. He then went online, searched for about 20 minutes and found no information about how to obtain a SIM card. So he started a chat with a customer "service" agent. The agent didn't know the answer to his question, or where to find anything on the website, and told him he would have to buy a new phone.

    The next day he called AT&T again, and they told him that to obtain a SIM card he would have to go to the store. Well guess what, like most normal people he works during the business hours of the AT&T store around us. So he asked to please complete the request online. The customer "service" agent then said it was impossible. So my husband said he wanted to cancel AT&T service. The customer "service" agent was very rude and immaturely huffed and puffed, saying "okay fine" like a middle schooler being told to go to their room. No attempt was made to try to keep their customer of 5+ years. And no attempt will ever be made by my family to use AT&T again. In a world with so many coverage competitors, AT&T needs to try a little harder to be something more than totally disappointing. Bye AT&T, Hello Verizon!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2019

    I'm going to keep it short. Every month we are told our payment is late (it's not). Then they charge us a late fee, and a reactivation fee for BOTH our internet and wireless bills. We dispute these every month and have to go up to an ATT office to be reimbursed in cash. Yes - this really happens. On top of these, they have started double charging us, claiming we are behind a payment every month, and they auto withdraw from our bank account, which we NEVER gave them access to. Our last withdrawal from them was $400. One of our phone's service has not even worked in 2 months. I am being robbed.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019

    Customer service? More like disservice and mediocrity, if you ask me. After about 5-6 years of being a loyal customer to these deceptive lying hypocrites, I experience the tip of the iceberg. During these 5 years, I have only used the most basic internet service they provide and I paid my dues every month, never complained, always paid on time, quietly allowed them to raise my rates for the same basic service, etc etc. I had just moved to a new home last week, and I called them in order to change my service location. They then proceed to tell me that I have a whopping $473 balance from a "Directv" account under MY name, and in one of my old addresses from 2014. They go on to tell me that because of this balance, they cannot go forward with the process. Mind you, after 2014, I had moved to a different address where I was NEVER notified of this balance nor did I have any issues. So how does this balance just suddenly appear now??

    I have NEVER subscribed to DirecTV and NEVER used their service before. So they then direct me to the 1-800-531-5000 line, and the man tells me to file a police report for fraud and to call back with the case number. I file my report, I call back, and a woman tells me that I'm supposed to call the identity theft department. So she transfers me. The agent of identity theft quickly tells me that this is AT&T's mistake, that the account belongs to another individual of the same name, and she asks me to call the 1800 number back and ask them to contact "credit inactivations" and that "they will override this account." I call the 1800 number FIVE TO SIX TIMES, waiting an entire HOUR for each call, and every single one of them tells me that they are "collections" and that this is the identity theft department's problem.

    So for the next 5 hours, I'm being transferred and thrown around back and forth by both Directv, At&t, and "identity theft department" who ALL tell me to call another number, claiming that there is NOTHING any of them can do, they all cut me off when I try to explain what the other idiot told me to tell them, and basically I end up wasting 5 hours of MY TIME, for a RIDICULOUS situation that I am not even responsible for!!! The next day, I give this corrupt company a second chance to fix THEIR problem that THEY'VE caused, and all I get is more robotic scripted responses and a RUDE woman from the "identity theft" department who interrupts me, refuse to listen to me when I explain to her that the other line refuses to do what these people have asked, and she HANGS UP on me. YES, AT&T hangs up on its OWN PAYING customers!!

    So in conclusion, this deceptive company will try to charge you insane amounts of money for a service that you NEVER used, AND they will use their untrained, unprofessional and RUDE employees to read their deceptive scripts to keep you from getting these charges removed. AT&T lies right in your face and tries to paint you as the perpetrator, then if they're unable to shove you to another phone line so that you can become someone else's problem, they hang up on you. STAY AWAY FROM THIS LYING CORPORATE SCAM!!

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019

    I purchased my service for 125.00. I have never received a bill for 125.00. The first month of starting my service I did not receive a bill. The second month I call thinking I would receive a prorated bill. My service was disconnected. I received a bill for almost 300.00. I had to pay 189.00 to get my new service turned back on then every month for the last five months the bill has never been 125.00. Now for the third time my service is off. AT&T only gives me 5.85 off my bill while I've been inconvenienced for 24 hours or longer. The say I'm under a contract and I've not signed anything. I would get rid of this service because of all the trickery. Choose someone else. I hate bait and switch deals.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019

    An AT&T sales rep, Adam ** in Madera, came to my house to switch my phone from Verizon to AT&T. He said they would pay off my Verizon devices. All I've gotten from AT&T are notices saying my submission for AT&T switch can not be approved because my bill, which was attached, did not have the Termination Fee on it. It's there but Verizon does not call it a Termination fee so AT&T aren't honoring it. Worst decision to switch. Don't do it. You will owe your precious carrier hundreds.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019

    Purchased 2 identical phones from a promotion, then my Bill never reflected credit for free phone. Spoke with customer service people and they made many excuses. Finally contacted Better Business Bureau and within a short time I received a call from Corporate office where they started to credit me. But after several months I was being billed again so I called AT&T again and spoke with Supervisor Amy who made multiple excuses and told me I had a rose colored phone and should not receive promotion. Also I did not have DirecTV service as well as many other excuses.

    Then she forwarded me to Nico who also argued with me, these two supervisors wanted to be right at all costs. They are a bunch of junior league nazi leader and know nothing about customer service, what a waste of time. Better to just contact BBB and District Attorney office which is what I plan to do immediately. This explains why AT&T has such a bad reputation. They commit fraud and a class action is warranted.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019

    I asked AT&T service to put restriction on international phone calls. They kept telling me they did. But they did not. I ended up paying a lot of money. They still could not do it. AT&T now hired people from Philippines to be problem solvers. What a joke! So incompetent! AT&T is going down very fast, not like the AT&T twenty years ago. Good for them! Just switched to T-Mobile.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019

    I was in ATT store in sometime Nov or October 2016 to upgrade my iPhone. ATT Rep Clinton ** convinced me add DirecTV service in my home and showed my plans that my bill will never be more than $40 per month based on basic plan. I did mention that I only watch local and national news so I just need basic account. Because I have dealt with him in past I have trusted him on my account activation. I have also told him that my home I not eligible for DirecTV because of signal issue and he has convinced me to get all equipment in my rental property and watch news via apps in APPLE TV and Roku TV. I agreed on everything as long as my bill would not go up more than $40 -$45 per month.

    He has showed me set up of auto pay from my credit card as I always pay my ATT bill of all my 7 lines from auto pay. As usual we get busy and never check the charges for Big and Reputed companies I never noticed that my credit card was being charged more than $100 per month for DirecTV Bill. I just happen to find our on Beginning of 2018 when I noticed my bill. I have called my credit card company to dispute all the charges but I was unable to do so because of time was passed. They could only dispute my two recent transactions. I called ATT and DirecTV and explained them about fraud but they could not help me and only willing to give me credit for few dollars.

    My credit card was charged for more than $1500 for the bill that was part of major misrepresentation and cheating. I have called store Rep Clinton and explained them my situation and he was quiet and told me get back to me after talking to Manager to see if he can do something. He has never got back to me and stopped picking up my calls.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019

    I switched to Verizon with my family, once I made this decision to have superior service and connection, as well as cheaper prices. AT&T decided to be petty and spiteful and not unlock MY phone. Yea, that's right. The phone is paid off. It's my property now and AT&T is holding it hostage, I feel, out of spite. I've been paying for a service with Verizon which I’m unable to use because the phone will not unlock. They've been giving me the run around for over a week now. Every time telling me to "file another ticket" and that "It will be unlocked in 24 to 48 hours." and yet it is still not unlocked after submitting 4 tickets, 2 of those having been "escalated". After all that and 168 hours, the phone is still not unlocked. I'm going to head to AT&T corporate this evening. If they continue to refuse to unlock my phone, I will move to take legal actions against AT&T.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2019

    I switched from Spectrum to AT&T 3 weeks ago and have had nothing but problems since. We can't run more than one device at a time. We experience constant disconnects and have to reset the modem all the time. I've contacted customer support with and am told to reset the modem. There is no resolution. It's infuriating! When I try to use troubleshooting where I'm supposed to fix it I'm supposed to hook up Ethernet to a computer. We don't have an Ethernet cable or device that runs on one.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    In the end of Jan of 2019, I signed a contract with AT&T. It’s now a month later and still no service after they ran my credit and my credit score dropped dramatically! With having two appointments with AT&T to come out and install my service. They have yet to install my service and no courtesy call or simple knock on my door. I have been to the store numerous times to find out what’s the problem, they lied to me explaining to me their service is down in my zip code which is 77076. It’s a big fat lie because I seen the AT&T technicians in my area 3/4 times so that can’t be true. All I want is for them to install my service and compliment me with an extra box for the whole year or deduct my bill some being that I’m going to be paying monthly @ $250 for the bundle. If it was Xfinity, the problem would of been SOLVED already! I’m very LIVID! They are very LAZY & VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    We recently resubmitted our service through Star Solutions who I have no problems with, however, I am very upset with AT&T. They told me I needed to disconnect and reconnect and when AT&T tech came out he said that was not necessary! We are now 1 week later without the telephone service! We have been customers for approximately 45 years and have always paid on time. There is no excuse for this, which has been a huge inconvenience! Seriously, rethinking our devotion to this Company! Very disappointed!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    I was upgrading my wife's phone two weeks ago (wanted to make her a birthday gift) and was very concerned about the price change I'm going to see in my new bill. The lady from AT&T explained all the details about the price change compared to my previous bill and I was totally satisfied with what she said. On her words I was getting some crazy deal and my bill is going to be $210 a month plus I get new iPhone XR for free and DirecTV package. What a surprise was when I got my first bill.

    On the bill there was two installments phones for 30 month installment period each (I was expecting to have only one phone I purchased for my wife) and separately from this bill I got another bill for DirecTV service which was saying that my first bill I will have to pay is $64 and then $40 for 24 months under contract. So I received two bills for the total amount of $361. Such a nice surprise. Looks like people who work there are completely unfamiliar with the services they offer and then sell or with reason hiding the important information to make people put their signature on the contract sheet and get them involved in this fraudulent scheme. Almost 6 years with AT&T and I was never expecting from them to be treated like doormat (was sitting there for an hour and a half) and fooled.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    What do you get after almost 10 years of loyalty with AT&T and have a significant problem? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I have never been so disappointed in the way I was treated. Retail store was shady with upgrade practices and now I’m paying the price. All I want is for my bill to reflect the services I have. After 4 transfers of people not helping me, the last representative I spoke with transferred me to the loyalty department because she felt they would do something for my inconvenience. She thought after hearing what I went through warranted some act of integrity on AT&T’s part.

    I guess she really doesn’t know who she is employed by! Not only was my billing issue NOT resolved, the crappy $25 credit I was told I would be offered at the very minimum wasn’t even true. Instead the oh so generous people of AT&T offered me a plan upgrade instead. Mind you these are the last line of defense associates before someone cancels service. 2 hours and 17 minutes later, Nothing was done on my behalf. The thing is all I wanted was my bill to be correct and nothing more. The “loyalty representative” was snarky and said it cost nothing to cancel except paying off the devices thinking that would scare me because I just financed the new iPhone X and I have my daughter’s phone on installment.

    I understand that’s $1400 and is a big hit at one time, but I’m so disappointed that I’m ready to put the balance on a credit card to walk away from this nightmare. I have excellent credit and I’m sure T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint would love to have me as a customer. Clearly customers that pay on time, buy multiple products and services, and stay loyal for years means absolutely nothing to them. If you are looking for a reputable wireless provider, I highly suggest you don’t waste your time with AT&T.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019

    Service techs installed wire at my neighbors across the street and put about 20 feet of wire in my trash can. Incredibly disrespectful but what do you expect from a company as miserable as AT&T. I am so glad I do not and will never be one of their customers.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019

    Questionable business practices alongside unjustifiable charges for over 1 GB of data that is somehow magically being used up without explanation as to where all of the data is being used up and if it actually is, and more importantly, how. It is also ridiculous that instead of just cutting off data on certain phone lines which have used up all of the data, the company goes on to automatically, and for a charge, add additional amounts of data for you to use. Unethical business practices. Just cut off data and stop charging additional fees for something that consumers didn’t consent to. I don’t like not agree with what this business is doing.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019

    I’ve been with AT&T for well over 6 years and have NEVER been treated with such disrespect and disregard for the truth. I upgrade my phone 3/4/18 to an 8S iPhone. It had static and issues that very night. I called a technician and he mentioned the static before I could. This phone gradually began to have other issues as well. After hours on the phone and repeated trips to the Apple store I was finally given another phone 8/4/18. I had the VERY same issues right off the bat with this second phone. Again, many hours on the phone and trips to the Apple Store, I was given my 3rd NEW phone 10/4/18. I didn’t even make it home until the static (worse than ever) began. I was livid and so tired of messing with these 3 defective phones since March.

    I decided to trade to a Samsung Galaxy 8S+ on 10/11/18. Well, once I got home I realized that only 600 of my 3,500 pictures and videos transferred. I had been given a mailing label when I got the new phone and asked to mail the defective iPhone back within 10 days. But, once I realized I’d lost so much I began calling over and over and trying to find someone, ANYONE who could help me retrieve my pictures so I COULD send the old phone back. EVERY TIME they’d try to transfer (in every way possible). I’d only get duplicates of the same 600. I was also asking With every call and visit for extra time to get my pictures which they said they would allow.

    Finally, 11/28/18 after spending hours in the AT&T store with a couple of technicians I was able to see my original pictures and videos! SO the phone was wiped clean and I went straight to the USPS to mail it back. And unfortunately later that night I looked all over the Galaxy for those pictures... They were nowhere to be found! So here I was AGAIN spending hours on the Phone with tech support trying to locate the pictures... And there was not a thing I could do because my iPhone was on its way back to AT&T (I believed).

    From this point until 12/15/18 I was told they hadn’t received my phone and I would be charged $350. I have NEVER MAILED ANY PACKAGE THAT DIDN’T REACH ITS DESTINATION...until then. I have no idea how many people I had talked to that day about this lost phone. I ended up speaking with a very RUDE lady, CONNIE, in collections who said there was nothing I could do...pay or have my service terminated!! At this point I got rude and asked to speak to someone OVER HER.

    A nice man came on and said he could open a case for me... They’d investigate and try to find the lost phone. AND until the case was solved I wouldn’t have to pay ANYTHING. I remember asking him over and over and over about this “Not paying ANYTHING until they ended the investigation”. He assured me that was indeed how it worked... I wouldn’t pay ANYTHING. He said they’d be in touch with me with updates. NO ONE FROM AT&T HAS EVER CALLED ME ABOUT THIS CASE OR MY BILL!!! I, on the other hand, constantly called because I really wanted to know what happened and where that phone was.

    The entire rest of December 2018 and January 2019 I STAYED ON THE PHONE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS...trying to find out the status of the case. I really wanted to know where that phone was. I even called the USPS FRAUD DEPARTMENT enlisting their help to find the phone. This Federal Government Lady asked which carrier I used. When I told her AT&T her comment was sharp as she said that AT&T is NOTORIOUS for treating customers this way! I was absolutely blown away! She advised me to Google “I’ve returned my phone to AT&T and they say they haven’t received it”???? I think anyone who has an issue with AT&T should Google their issue. It’s time they were exposed!!!

    It is 2/20/19 today and my service was cut off on 2/17/19...just the day before I was on the phone with “Hannah” who had tried by remote support to help me on my Galaxy (yes, the pictures)! She realized just how messed up all of this was. She was even going to send me an iPhone X because of all the s... trouble I’d experienced that had wrecked my life since last March. She gave me an order number and said it would take an extra day due to President’s Day Holiday. Well I did get an email stating the details of the order along with the same order number and a phone number to call and track it.

    I called and talked with several people about WHY my service was suspended... No one had a valid response. I finally spoke with "Elaine" last night for 1-1/2 hours and asked her if she could help me find out about my service AND if she could track the iPhone X for me. I gave her the details I had and guess what??? NOT A VALID ORDER NUMBER! And when I went back to look at the email again...it had disappeared. I had not moved or deleted it because it was so VERY IMPORTANT!

    All she saw was that my bill was overdue and a note from another hateful lady, Amanda, who said she’d warned me that I had to pay an amount I had never even heard of in ANY of my calls. As far as the case for my lost phone which was mailed 11/28/18 but never found, I’m not satisfied at all that they evidently sat down and did nothing for these few months but allow my bill to keep increasing with fees and more fees. I WILL NOT PAY THIS!!!

    AT&T is the WORST!!! And I hope I’m not the only one to sue their socks off??? At this point I AM seeking out counsel for help! I’m over AT&T! Done with the lies on the notes compared to my notes I’ve been taking during this entire time!!! I called the post office I’d mailed it from and even spoke to the clerk who waited on me when it was mailed. She had no idea what could’ve happened and asked if I had the tra. In my bill I was sent 11/30/18 I noticed I was being charged for the old phone???

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    I got my roommate to come over to ATT with a buy one get one offer. After a month I decided to pay off my own device in full so that I would have lower monthly budget, something I did not need to do. Somehow this was put onto the "free " phone account. When I tried to correct it I was told that by paying off my own device, even though I was not under a contract, I triggered the free phone to be charged. My roommate would of never agreed to pay $750 for a phone and will not be reimbursing me for that. ATT would not help correct the payment and would not re-instate the original plan. I got left paying for 2 phones, 1500! I spent 3 days, at least 2 hours each, trying to talk someone in the loyalty department to help resolve this. I am so disappointed that this is how they treat customers that have been with them for 42 years! Bell telephone was my first landline and I stayed with them when ATT was born out of them.

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    While purchasing new devices in store, we were signed up for a free trial period of DirecTV WITHOUT our knowledge or consent. After realizing months later the trial period had expired and we were being billed for it, attempted to discontinue the service we had never agreed to in the first place. Ended up with $580 in cancellation and service fees. Unable to resolve. Stuck with the bill for a service we never agreed to or used at all.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    Returned defective device (Samsung S9) in November with AT&T provided shipping label, through post office. I received call last week that they never received phone. After speaking with multiple department two of their employees (in different departments) located the phone in their warehouse. They assured me the charges would be removed from my bill. I received a confirmation number and was told they made a note on my account and there would be no further issues. Yesterday they called me again saying they never found my phone and if I dont pay bill by next week I will be charged late fees.

    I then proceeded to contact the U.S.P.S. I provided them with my tracking number. They notified me that it is sent through a third party shipping company and, they only keep those records for ninety days. I opened a case with U.S.P.S. Conveniently for AT&T they contacted me after the ninety days. I continued to research my issue and found this isn't uncommon. It seems to be their policy although corrupt and deceptive. They offset the price of their defective phone by charging the unfortunate customers that receive them through mail fraud. I've spent 8 hours on the phone trying to resolve this issue with AT&T, and the U.S.P.S.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019

    AT&T, another American company whose sole objective is to satisfy its shareholder of the company before satisfying its customers who provide the shareholder with profits. Actual circumstances with ATT: I called to request reduce rate suspension due to finding a much lower mobile plan. One month later I realized I was still being billed the full monthly service plan fees. A call back to att again to request a reduce rate suspension which was processed as of the time of the second call.

    I then contacted ATT office of the president who stated due to ATT's policy they were unable to backdate my request and therefore I would be responsible for paying att the full rate even though I did not use the service. In conclusion, ATT has hired software programmers to design their programmer in favor of its shareholder and to extract maximum profit from the American people without any consideration of customer satisfaction.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019

    I've started to look else for internet service. I had to call 4 times because they keeping scheduling me on the wrong timeframes. I can't get nothing right with ATT. They haven't even installed anything yet. The customer service is horrible. No one says the same thing. Get different answer with every single call. I'm started to think this is a bad company. Not professional at all.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019

    Not only did we have poor signal throughout our apartment that we were paying a pretty penny for, AT&T made MULTIPLE mistakes on our invoice throughout our year contract and tried to pen it back on us. Our service was shut off because a new neighbor moved in and typed in our address and AT&T did not think to ask us if we cancelled the service or not or why someone else was registering with our address. Next thing I know, we have no internet, TV, and are slapped with a cancellation fee. It took THREE days to finally get a hold of someone who didn't try blaming us for the situation and looked into their records and saw that THEY had actually made the mistake. Numerous situations on a smaller scale happened like this but we didn't want to pay the cancellation fee so we stuck with them.

    THEN we are a month out and I have an emergency situation and have to move out, I call the customer representative who assures me 3 different times I will not be charged a fee, and to just turn in the equipment on time... Well what do you know, now I have a hefty cancellation fee with other surprise surcharges and when I call customer service, "Can't do anything for me, and we apologize for the inconvenience but the fees are valid." AT&T, you will NEVER have my business again and I'll be sure to spread the word to everyone I know that you are a crooked company with uneducated employees!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019

    After 3 years of AT&T service I recently switched over to Sprint. I tried to stay at AT&T but they offered nothing to me except an increase in price (I have 5 lines). Needless to say the cancellation process was a disaster. The rep didn't know what she was doing, the final bill was incorrect, they credited me, then billed me again and then sent me a threatening letter. To top if off I just spent 24 minutes on hold and no one from customer service even picked up the phone!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019

    Worst service ever. Purchased the "Unlimited and more" service with the Directv, and fiber optic internet service. Never again. If anyone tries to sell you, RUN AWAY... RUN AWAY fast and far! Customer service (I say that laughingly) is the worst, most disjointed service I have ever experienced. Had the service installed in January, still not working properly. If you can get to the right people (and that two letter word has huge significance) they screw it up. Believe me. I say again... if it's offered to you, don't do it.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaffReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2019

    Hi, my name is Ryan **, I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio... And I was an AT&T customer from approximately March 2016 through September 2017, and I have regretted it ever since. I should have known that AT&T services would have been questionable because the day that I was receiving my phone in the store, I was behind four different customers and every single one had complaints. From bills that they should not have been receiving, to defective equipment.

    I had stated to my salesperson that I wanted a phone at no more than approximately $80 a month and service as it was just myself and I used very little data at the time (I would primarily use Wi-Fi on my devices). My salesperson said that my credit record had qualified me for nice and newer at the time LG G4 phone. And as a bonus, it should have been lower than that because I was supposed to receive some form of monthly discount because the company I was employed with a company who was part of some form of a business partnership with AT&T.

    So I had received my LG G4 phone, and I had problems from almost the very beginning... The phone had a tendency to overheat, so I told them I wanted a new phone, and they were able to do that fairly quickly (to their defense), and when I received my new phone it did the same thing, so I finally just bought a few extra batteries through walmart.com, and made sure to turn the phone off for at least an hour a day. But then came billing, although my phone was supposed to have been financed and paid within a month, for some reason extra charges were still being added on to my bill to pay off the balance for the purchase 4 months later.

    And even after the phone was purchased, my bill was still never less than $90 a month, and since AT&T had such poor reception, my calls were quite frequently dropped, I always had to pay for extra data because my phone could never properly read Wi-Fi at any location that I was at. And when I went to the store to try to have these issues rectified, customer service was frequently rude to the point of almost wanting to yell and fight you. Customer service over the phone had always stated that it's "because we do not have new towers in the area where you're using your phone at". So when they start charging extra for the extra data that I used (which burned up more frequently than it should have, plus it was such a low streaming quality that I wasn't sure half the time whether or not it was actually ever released to me, because the phone texts would say that I was charged for it, but half the time it stalled out after 5 minutes of usage).

    So I canceled my account, and went with a lower charge provider... And as of today, 2/16/2019, AT&T still has a collection department saying that I owe over $500. Good luck with that??? If you think that I am paying a bill that you imagined because you failed to provide a service at the promised prices, of a lower quality, while consistently adding hidden charges, keep dreaming. As of today, the collections company was kind enough to inform me that I could settle this $500 debt at a 60% discount at the request of the customer, and I had stated to the collections department that I do not owe this debt because it is imagined on the behalf of AT&T, and now this collections department has my account under review.

    The moral of the story is that AT&T has so many hidden charges, so much double talk, and is doing everything that it can to take money out of your wallet while providing you a lackluster service. I tell everybody around me that will listen to avoid AT&T at all costs, and they are not receiving this $500 from me. If anything, they probably owe me $500, at least. Note, this ConsumerAffairs website will not allow me to proceed without giving a rating, so I am giving AT&T one-star because I'm required to. Amazing: A corporation can put something onto my credit record that affects my future because they feel like nickel and diming me to death, but I have to give them at least a star???

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019

    Salesman came to our home during DirecTV installment. I accepted and was told our refund would come within 4 weeks of submitting the final bill. I had to pay out of pocket $900 to get out of Sprint contract, I REGRET IT. It has been over 4 weeks, and still no $444 prepaid visa. I keep contacting AT&T, and today I was told to wait 21 days from yesterday to receive it. I was told this end of January as well. Am I actually going to receive this “prepaid Visa card”? What a JOKE! Now I am out of pocket $900. Good job AT&T for having such great scams.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019

    Misled and took $1019.00 out of my bank without authorization for a mistake they made. Never a call back from anyone and sat on hold for hours several times. Very poor management and the people answering the phones don't know what they're doing. I've been a customer for years. Horrible treatment.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019

    We started this process with AT&T of trying to return phones and cancel contracts the end of September 2018. We traded phones for two reasons: 1) our service was really bad, 2) we have had a hacker on our system for about a year or more and no one was helping to get rid of the problem. I have over 500 screenshots showing problems with this. The last straw was the hacker got into our AT&T account and Wells Fargo locked it down. I couldn’t even access my own account. I had been telling AT&T for about a month that I couldn’t access my account, I was locked out and they kept telling me that the company was probably working on it. Not true!! A HACKER HAD CONTROL OF IT. No one would check. The next thing I knew someone had a shopping cart full of phones trying to check out with my credit card.

    We talked with the Retention Team, a Vincent, and got commitment to cancel our service and contract We had to follow directions and return the phones. Which we did. I have been addressing the issue of $1,732.74 with AT&T since last November. Phones were returned to them through their Retention Team representative Vincent. I have receipts for everything. I have the tracking number on the phones through USPS. We were charged by AT&T in November and it was reversed because the phones were found in their warehouse in Texas in THEIR!! possession. I have copies of letters from AT&T and my bank to that effect.

    I contacted AT&T today 2/12/19. I spoke with several people. It was once again determined that the phones were in AT&T possession!! I was told that the account would be credited and zeroed out not to worry. I asked for documentation in writing and will forward this when or if I get it. This company is not too dependable. It is now the 15th and I did not receive anything from AT&T. I did send a letter of Dispute to the Credit Agency they have trying to collect this debt I do not owe and I received a letter back from them stating they have received it. I have asked them to not report this mess to the credit bureau against me. I have a credit score over 800. I will see that they are reported as well. I have had enough after months of this mess. What a mess. Turn people over to collections who don’t owe a dime.

    So here starts the reporting process. I am out over $6,000 to date going on their recommendations to escape or get rid of the hacking situation. Buy more phones, buy yourself out of this contract and use another technology. I blindly followed recommendations, what a fool I have been. Now look at this mess. The last set of phones they even cut them off so abruptly we couldnt transfer any information or data to the new phones we have now from another company.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019

    I was a customer for 15 years and they started increasing my bill even though I was on a plan that they came up with a year ago. I would call customer service and they gave me the runaround. I ended up speaking to 5 people with no help. So I cancelled my service and went to another provider and AT&T didn't like that even though I was paid up to date and my devices were paid for so I could get them unlocked. AT&T gave me the run around for over an hour and still did not get my phone unlocked. If there was a chance for me to return to AT&T it's definitely never now!! I was a great customer who always paid their bill on time always. BIG LOSS FOR AT&T!!

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