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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.

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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 ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019

    I already have AT&T Wireless and the service is OK at best, certainly not great. So this Thanksgiving we decided to upgrade one line and add another one to our service. We got the iPhone XR deal buy one get one free. The agent said it would be 35 extra month to add a line and 30 for the phone. The first couple of billing cycles would be charged 30 for both phones and after it would be credited back for the one phone. So first bill arrives and is 435 dollars.

    Called customer service and the agent agreed it was all wrong. They created a new line and there were no charges for phones. They created a case number and assured me it was obviously wrong and that it would be changed. Of course it wasn't and I was auto charged the wrong amount and the case was denied. So I open a new case and they say that I am past due and owe them money when they owe ME money, then they try to sell me cable tv service. What is wrong with these people?

    I think the repeated cases of the same issues shows a pattern of deliberate fraud. They overcharge people and if they don't fight to get what was agreed to, they win. The original phone call to change the service is recorded, they know what the agreement is but are lying and overcharging me even though it has been brought to their attention. From what I see and hear this is standard OP. I'm stuck for now but won't be forever. I will leave as soon as possible.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019

    I purchased a new contract through AT&T accepting the promo buy 1 get 1 free iPhone XR. After reviewing and submitting my online order my total family plan monthly bill was around 167.00 which included insurance on both phones and unlimited data. I got my first bill about 2 weeks ago for 700 bucks! I’ve been on the phone, visited the AT&T store complaining and informing them my bill is incorrect. Now today, I check the bill. It’s now a little over 500 bucks... This is ridiculous! I only have two phones on a family plan, how in the world are they charging me so much, especially on my very first bill? I’ve been with T-Mobile for 15 years; and never experienced anything such as this. I really regret leaving to be taken advantage of. I am extremely disappointed with AT&T; and will be canceling this contract as well as cable and home Internet services.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019

    I have change my data plan to unlimited data in end of September for $263 a month which includes my all services and installments. It did not happen. I call in October 2018, representative agreed and she gave me credit wohi he is never happen and I keep calling them every time I get billed. On Jan 4 2019 I stayed on phone with AT&T for long time. I got transfers to different representative. One of them told me I can complain to anywhere but nothing will happen. Their loyalty department can’t do anything. I believe AT&T is doing purposely misleading customers.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2019

    We bought 2 iPhones, with BOGO deal through ATT. What a farce, we are being charged for the 4 phones. Erika gladly took my money for the two phones to be purchased and now my bill shows that ATT is taking out installments for the other two which were to be free! After 12 hours of conversations over 2.5 months, I give up. This is a shell game and a horrible way to do business. Several of the employees LIED through their teeth in promises to credit the account, etc. NEVER received a credit one! When asked about a pending credit promised by an employee, they would comment that they cannot look into another person's notes. I would have to start my tale of woe all over again, taking multiple hours. I work for a living and cannot continue to hang onto the phone as they put me on hold over and over. A couple times I was hung up on! How kind is this! Word to the wise... go elsewhere... Run from ATT.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2019

    Worst company! We had no problems on my dad's business plan but as soon as we got our own plan it was ridiculous. We told them before phone payments we could only afford 120 a month at most. We'd like unlimited data if possible. He said he could do that and said it would be 100 a month. Yeah. Nope. They want 200 a month after "access fees". I said I told them we can only afford 120 a month at most. Why wasn't I told about these fees?! They responded with "it confuses people so we don't tell them". Excuse me?!

    So we decided to go to a new company. We don't need new phones so we called and they said the $200 remaining for our phones (together, not each phone meaning we've had service for awhile obviously since they're almost paid off) had to be paid to get the unlock codes and we'd get them same day. Okay. So we paid it. Now they're refusing to give us unlock codes for 90 days even though we own the phones out right now. And because we paid that much on our phones, we can't pay the next phone bill! I am very eager to cancel our account with ATT and am probably going to even just buy new phones so that I can be done with them asap cause this is ridiculous!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2019

    Never will I get this service again. The worst of all service. I even call the customer service about it. The representative that came to my house give the wrong information about the promotion and there is nothing they can do to help. Next time if anyone wish to get service make sure there is a written evidence from them to fight back at this people.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019

    Beware of AT&T phone service. If you have an unlocked phone, they will lock it and make it IMPOSSIBLE for you to switch to another carrier. I switched because I got horrible reception while on their plan, and when I called to get the code to unlock my phone in order to activate the new service, not only did they make me jump through hoops to get it, they eventually refused to give me the unlock code stating that I hadn't used my phone in 6 months!!! Which is entirely wrong as I have been using the phone with THEIR plan for years. Now I'm stuck in limbo without phone service unless I resign with AT&T. This is how they trap you! Never trust this company. They are truly awful!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019

    I am a new customer of one week having just ported my phone number and account over to ATT on big representations and promises by retail in store sales personnel. Needless to say nothing they represented, promised, agreed to, and put in writing has come to pass, or ever will. My account is messed up beyond recognition. Every error in the account set up that could be made has been, and after 6.5 hours and nine separate phone calls to both technical support & the customer dis-service department I have been told the problem is I have purchased and brought over my own T-Mobile phone and it will never work properly on the ATT network. The phone is a 16 month old Samsung Galaxy S-7 Edge GSM, the same standard & platform used by ATT. The interchangeability of this phone between the two carriers is well known and generally unquestioned and the reason that specific phone & model was selected for purchase in the first place.

    Misrepresentation after misrepresentation by numerous sales flunkies, bad implementation, poor execution, a lack of personnel training, shameless lying and purposeful deceit, a general lack of anything close to customer care, and an unwillingness or inability to fix self created problems has me closing & moving my account after one week. I am surprised that the entire relationship came apart so quickly but the new ATT is really that bad. Save yourself the time, cost and grief by selecting another company to provide you cell phone service. They are all bad but ATT is establishing the new low standard watermark in the industry.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2019

    AT&T in NYC is the most inept group of incompetents, obtuse idiots I have ever encountered. The "customer service" (and I use that term LOOSELY), are the most hateful idiots. They run you around for hours. And then I got a supervisor who promised me a phone would be mailed to me to make up for them screwing up my account and providing the worst customer experience of my entire life. Then I get a supervisor who tells me she is in charge of ALL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS and says "We can't send you that phone free and clear, as I was promised, because the supervisor you spoke to was not allowed to promise you anything like that!" So your idiotic moronic supervisor kept me on the phone for two hours and then lied to me and you are taking it out on ME? I am left with no phone. This was one instance in a series of 35 phone calls.

    The man in NYC who supposedly runs things was a nightmare to deal with too. He basically yelled at me and then did nothing. I had to call 40 more times and then I finally get something proper and appropriate promised to me which temporarily stopped my hating AT&T. But then talking to their customer service leader who told me I was not getting what I was promised just made me hate them with even more intensity. These people know nothing about service or professionalism. They are a disgrace and I detest them all. I wish they would all step off. KEEP AWAY from AT&T. THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION AND THEY HAVE NO ETHICAL STANDARDS WHATSOEVER. NIGHTMARE!!! Better yet, toss away your cell phone and bills. Go old school! It is cancer causing to use a cell anyway. ** them!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2019

    ATT has horrible customer service. You will be on the phone for hours in the maze of being transferred from operator, to computer operator, to India, and on and on. They scheduled an appointment to come to my home to fix the cable and internet and they did not show up or call to let me know they were not coming. I’ve asked to speak with a supervisor and they say he will call you, but they never return calls. They lie and make promises like telling me they could bundle my service and waive the landline connection fee - then they still charge me and when I question the charge they threaten to disconnect my cable. They are not loyal or appreciative of their customers. They have the most horrible customer service and telephone operators. Please, don’t give this monopoly your hard earned money. ATT is the worst! Do business with a company that cares, NOT ATT.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2019

    On January 2, 2019 at approx 8:20 PM EST, I chatted with a rep named Steve on the online chat. I told him I had a Samsung J7 phone and that I was currently with Virgin and I was wondering if I could bring my phone over to AT&T. I gave him the IMEI # and Steve told me yes, the phone was an unlocked phone and I was able to do so. Steve told me all I had to do was go into the AT&T store in Malden (corner of Main St & Centre St) and swap the SIM cards. He said he made an appointment for me between 6-630 PM. I arrived at the store on January 3, 2019 at 6:30 PM and waited about 10 minutes until a rep was available. Corey was his name. I told him I had an appointment and he said, "No you don't, it was never scheduled." Told him I spoke to Steve and gave him the rundown as I stated in previous paragraph. And that I was looking to swap out the SIM cards as stated per Steve.

    Corey took the key and took out my old SIM card from Virgin and put in the AT&T SIM card. He was telling me about other plans but I knew I wanted the prepaid/no contract for 50.00/53.13 with taxes. He asked me for my license, which I gave as he took pictures of both sides and then he asked for my debit card which he stuck in his iPad (no receipt given). All fine and well so I thought. Then he hits me the phone is not unlocked. That I needed to purchase a phone through them. I said, "Well that is not what I want to do and that is not what your representative online told me." He told me I could bring the phone over. Corey in a snide voice said and he also said, “You had an appointment with us.” I said, “Your customer service rep told me I could do this.” Corey said I could not use the phone or the text and that the only thing that would work would be the internet. I told him I was going back to Virgin mobile and I was mad.

    I walked out and then realized I paid for something I didn't have so I walked back in and told him I wanted a refund. Corey told me, that I needed to set up my account and to call customer service and they would give me a credit. That they don't give credits in the store. I felt I was scammed. I was very upset. I couldn't believe the service I was getting. I went home and called the customer service who didn't listen to me and had me on mute for an hour. Her name was Andrea. I then was able to talk to a manager but come to find out it was the same person claiming to be a manager. Finally she got me the floor manager. The floor manager told me I needed to speak to the manager of the store and he would give me a refund. Very annoyed at this point. Just getting the runaround. I reactivated my service with Virgin Mobile.

    January 4, 2019 my husband and I go into the store and speak to the manager and he claims I told the rep Corey that my phone was unlocked (how would I know if it was or wasn't?) and that it was non-refundable. I paid with my debit card 53.13 which could not be refunded at the store. I want my money back because I never had the service or an account but I was charged for it because it was a prepaid plan that I was going for. So did they steal the money? Maybe you should look into your workers because that does not seem like the right thing to do. I have been in customer service for 30 years and I NEVER heard of such a thing! I want my money back or like I told him a phone case on AT&T. They are thieves in my book. I couldn't stop payment with my bank because I paid with a debit card so it automatically came out of my account.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019

    Utterly disappointed, after being an AT&T customer for over 10+ years, I have been misled and lied to. I have never considered switching providers until now. This issue started in September, I went to a local AT&T store to get an upgrade. During this process the sales associate informed me of a BOGO deal they were having for the Galaxy Note 9. I wasn't in need of a 3rd phone but it was a great deal, and Christmas was right around the corner. I was told all that needed to be done was add a line to my account and the second TV phone would be free. I was informed that it would take a couple bill cycles for the discount to reflect on my bill but the charges would be credited to my account and I had nothing to worry about.

    Fast forward 3 months still getting charged for the second phone. When I called the 1st time, I was informed that it was a simple mistake that could be fixed and I needed to follow up with a call the next week. The following week I called back and was told (very rudely) that it was my mistake and that nothing could be done since I don't have At&t internet or cable services (At&t internet isn't available where I live). This representative hung up on me. I called right back and talked to another representative in the customer loyalty department. I was told I needed to go back to the store and have the store manager send in a request for the error to be corrected. So I went to the store to find out the current store manager is new and wasn't the manager when I got the phone, that manager was no longer with the company.

    Was told that the particular location had a lot of issues and the new management was working hard to correct it, the new management apologized and said he would do what he could to fix the error that had occurred within his store. Ultimately he was unable fix it since he was new to the store. Ending up with a bill over $300 each month is NOT something I would have ever agreed to. The fact that At&t customers service has made it out like this is my fault, when I was told by the salesperson something that is obviously not true just to make a sale is unacceptable. As a customer that has always spoken highly of great service, in store and over the phone. At&t I expected better from you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    We have been AT&T members for years. Their phone support is totally useless. We have phoned four times in the last couple of months since we purchased two brand new Samsung 9+ phones, wanting to pay them off in full a total of $1830.00. Before we purchased them, they assured us we could quickly pay them off. Now, we talk with customer service people who can't find answers about how we can pay them. They say they don't show the bill, or the contract hasn't been finalized yet. We cannot pay them online because it shows we owe nothing. They are literal idiots. Even the supervisor we finally got to speak with on Dec. 20, 2018 had no clue what to do. Don't use AT&T. They are awful!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    I can't believe how a huge corporation can have zero values. They have worst customer service. None of their departments are in sync with each other. One rep will tell you something and the final implementation will be completely different. I was a customer for 10 years. It used to be much better when they were not such greedy giant corporation, but an honest wireless company. Will not recommend anybody to bang their head on the wall by subscribing to ATT services and especially if God forbid you have to deal with their customer service representatives.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    Obtaining ANY assistance from AT&T Customer Service is futile. Their voice response system has been cutting out and misinterpreting customer responses for months. If and when you do get transferred to a live person you will be on hold for quite a long time. Frequently, when you do get to speak with a Customer Service Rep you will be told that YOU have to call another number to get your problem solved. Really? This is a Communication company that cannot transfer a call in their own company?! The "chat" people rarely know how to assist a problem and you will get dropped from them frequently. Oh, and the online billing system. When I accessed the online billing system I received a message that my account was not active. When I selected to activate my account, I received the message that my account was already active. Incompetence at every level!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019

    On friends & family with auto pay. Oct. 17th the person who has the phone in her name passes away. I immediately call and make a payment with my bank account and arrange new Auto Pay with my account. My husband is diagnosed with Cancer on Sept 25th, his birthday, he passes away Dec. 19th. I start getting a late notice on wireless. Called in spoke with Melissa and told her I paid 101.66 (withholding a $25.00 returned auto pay fee and $5.75 for a late fee for the month that 1st person passed away). She proceeds to tell me they are going to shut off phone over the $30 plus.

    I explained how I called them BEFORE the auto pay came back and I MADE the payment and I set up new autopay. She said, "I understand what you are going through." I said, "There is no way in God's green earth that you can even begin to understand what I have just been through. I just took care of two people that died, 1 being my best friend and the other my husband of 29 years." She had the unmitigated gall to say VERY CALMLY, "DON'T WORRY. THE PAIN WILL PASS IN TIME" or something asinine along those lines. I think it is time to SWITCH MY HOME PHONE, MY INTERNET AND CELL. Unbelievable...

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019

    AT&T is not only the worst cable/internet provider I’ve ever tried in my life (and I’ve tried a lot), but what’s worse is the appalling way that they treat their customers. If you want to be treated like trash, sign up with them. I have had to call them every couple months with issues with my bill, and the last time that I called, I spent over 5.5 hours on the phone - yes, you read that right. Single handedly the longest phone call I’ve ever made. It resulted in me breaking down afterwards, when I was hung up on, transferred multiple times to many different departments, and mistreated miserably. I told them that I am pregnant and that I can’t spend 5.5 hours on the phone every time I call to fix a simple issue. NO ONE should.

    I called corporate to let them know about my experience, and have them re-adjust my bill to the price that the representative promised to lock in, and they said they cannot do anything at all to lower it & that there are “no promotions” at the time (something they always say to their customers which is untrue), and that all they can do is adjust it one time this month.

    After a couple minutes I told him just go ahead and do the one time monthly adjustment and I’m going to see if we’re canceling or not, and they tell me that they “never said such a thing” and that I must have misunderstood!!! They are complete crooks. They just want your money and that’s it! Quality of service is HORRIBLE. My Internet doesn’t even get 1/10 the speed of what I’m paying for! And I have basic cable that they’re trying to charge an arm and a leg for. Thank God, I just discovered that Comcast is now available in my area. I will be canceling services ASAP! Beware of this crooked company!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019

    Worst of the worst. My scheduled installation date was 12/31, I called in weeks before to update the new address for the moving service. Not to mention the lady took 45 minutes putting me on hold to update my address. The day of installation the tech STILL went to the wrong place, called me and tried to blame the problem on me. I called back to AT&T right away and they don’t see the new address being put in. On top of that, I was told they won’t be able to send another tech out until a week later. Absolutely unacceptable!!

    I canceled my AT&T service and quickly sent an escalation to their customer service and I was contacted by their service office TWO days later. Guess what, yep. “I apologize, our manager won’t approve for the expedition to send the technician out, so the next available date is still 1/6. Would you still like to place the service order?” Um... NO THANKS!!! Called another provider and got the issue resolved the next day, better service, better price. Congratulations to AT&T for losing another long term (9 years) loyal customer.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2019

    Not just the worst phone company, but the worst business I have ever dealt with. We had 2 cell phone services, home internet, and added a home phone line for my wife's work. A few weeks go by, she continues to use it every day for work and I never receive a bill for the home phone line. I preemptively call AT&T to pay my bill to make sure I don't get charged a late fee. They tell me they have no record of the line. I state that it definitely exists because their tech came out and installed it, and my wife has been using it for weeks, and I just want to pay the bill. For some reason this is an issue and they have to call me back to resolve this.

    Next morning, no home phone service. My wife cannot work. After 4 hours of being on the phone with them they finally tell me why they can't just turn it back on, because they sent a tech out that night and physically disconnected the line to our house! I was not delinquent, it was 100% their fault it was not recorded, and I wasn't refusing to pay for what we used, I actually called trying to give them our money. Why is this a problem? Now they took TEN days to send another tech out to reconnect. My wife missed 7 straight days off of work. She was almost fired, and as a result, was not permitted time off for our anniversary.

    Eventually we work out getting home internet from another provider and having her work do VOIP and cancel the home line as well. They lost half of our business. Now we switch to another cell phone company, I paid my bill in full Dec 14th. Billing cycle ends Dec 24th. We cancelled on Dec 27th. Guess what, their "suggestion" is that if we didn't want to be charged for a full month of service when we only had it for 3 additional days, then we should have cancelled ahead of time! That's right, cancelled 3 days into a billing cycle and being charged 100%. Criminals. Charging for a service that wasn't rendered simply because they made you sign it when you started with them 3 years prior. A small sampling of the problems you can look forward to while "being the best part of AT&T!" That's funny, the best part of AT&T, doesn't work there!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2018

    Every month they shut off my service for non payment although I've paid... Every bill is double the promised amount... $400.00 every month for 2 phones. Every month we have to fight to get it fixed. Every month same routine. Stay away from AT&T. They don't care about you... I also can no longer get my DirecTV on my phone since switching to AT&T... Save yourself a nightmare... Don't use AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2018

    I have been a wireless AT&T customer for twenty years. I have experienced the worst yet year ever and dropping them. The customer service reps LIE, and the company does not back up credits given even when in text and in writing. I recently changed my plan and was quoted a much lower price. When I insisted on getting what I was promised they lied and said it never happened. Do not believe them. AT&T has no integrity or trustworthy has been my experience. No to credit a customer when it is in WRITING? Lie on the phone, disconnect, and keep customer for hours on the phone? I am so disgusted with the new hires that do not know what they are doing, and when it goes to higher levels they have no integrity either. I have been with them since 1998 and treated very poorly and hours and hours waste of time talking to their customer service from one to another.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2018

    I pay 45.00 a month, for monthly service. My due date was originally on the 4th of every month. Then it became due on the 2nd of every month. Next, it became the 1st of every month. NOW, it's the 30th of every month. ATT keeps arbitrarily changing the due date, essentially shortening the length of my service and thus reducing the number of days.

    Spoke to customer who essentially tell me there's nothing that they can do to giving me a "set" date for my billing cycle. Someone else from ATT called, when I told them that I was going to look into switching to another phone company, and told me that I could pay extra for additional service to cover additional (meaning to have coverage on the days when months occur on the 31st). Monthly, means monthly to me!!!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2018

    I can only echo what others are saying. It is as if the business model is set up to rip customers off. Then Customer Service agrees to fix it but it never happens. And then there is no grievance method. No one to discuss the lies you have been told. The phones work. I can live with the price. The mark of a good company is how they handle the mistakes. AT&T is the dregs.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2018

    We have Colorado phone numbers and have had those numbers for years. We recently moved to Ohio and got new a new plan through AT&T. We had selected a postpaid plan, but once our phones were paid off we wanted to switch to prepaid to save some money. When we tried to switch plans we were told it was impossible since our numbers were from another state and were “out of their market”. We had three choices: stay with the very overpriced plan we currently had, get brand new phone numbers, or, as they suggested- deal with the minor inconvenience of traveling to Colorado to change plans.

    This is a HUGE company... The fact they are not equipped to deal with phone numbers from a variety of states is concerning. Their customer service department hung up on my husband twice and just kept acting like it was totally appropriate for them to tell us to travel 2000 miles to deal with this problem. Why on Earth would I travel 2000 miles to stay with such an awful company?! I’ve never felt less like a customer and more like a prisoner than I do now with AT&T.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2018

    The worst service I have ever experienced. This company is a total scam. You pick up the phone and order the service over the phone and agree on price and other things. Next thing you know they keep on calling you with tons of different offers which is absolutely irritating and finally they’ll change the price on you without your permission. And good luck getting ahold of someone who accept what you were promised at the time of setting up your account. They have overcharged me too many times. Had me pay for service that I certainly wasn’t happy about and now sent me to collection for a amount I paid already. People don’t give AT&T your business. They are an absolute nightmare.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018

    I have been with AT&T for 20 some years. The customer service will do everything they can to avoid helping you. I have been hung up on. Lied to and have wasted pointless hours of my life dealing with these crooks. The final blow is they refuse to recredit my account for a line that they will not deactivate upon request. After 4 attempts to deactivate the line in the past 6 months they finally get the line deactivated but tell me they will not credit it back. This seems to be a ongoing problem with that service and makes me wonder if this is the way they are training their employees to handle these problems. You won AT&T. Keep my 270 dollars and hundreds of hours spent trying to get you to fix your mistakes. I'm done. Just know you reap what you sow and from the looks of it hundreds of others are feeling the same way.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018

    AT&T sell a product via Walmart. It openly advertises the phone to cover 90 days for one fee. Walmart personnel state this. In fact the fee covers 30 days and another fee is required. It’s false advertising but Walmart and AT&T take no responsibility. I will never deal with AT&T again.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018

    Made an appointment with DirecTV to change service providers. When he arrived he had a women with him from AT&T Mobility Sales. By the time finished setting up our dish, she had convinced my husband that we could save hundreds by switching our 3 cell phones and home phone to AT&T. This switch cost me over $400 right up front.

    One of our previous cell phones through Verizon was new and had a $184 buy out. The sales rep took the new smartphone and provided information for getting back $143 for switching. That was in June. We are still trying to get that money back. Next, only one of the TVs attached to DirecTV worked. The other four TVs did not. After several calls and service visits, they admitted that our home was not comparable, so we had to go back to Comcast/Xfinity. It took them six months to figure this out. Now AT&T has billed us a $180 early termination fee for DirecTV and $130 home phone tied to the internet.

    This has been a total nightmare as we are elderly and on a fixed budget. Yesterday, I spent three hours on the phone with the DirecTV side who agreed to waive the $180 as well as refund the payments on the TVs that never worked. I spent an additional hour on the phone with the wireless phone side of the billing. They basically told me "not their problem" just pay the $130 penalty. WOW! Kevin was so unprofessional.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018

    Recently switched cell phone service from other carrier. I have no complaints on the quality of cell phone service. My complaint is with what was quoted to me over the phone to switch was not honored. I was promised BOGO deal on phones and no activation fee. Neither was honored I was billed for both. When calling ATT I was told the deal was. It on the phones I was given (salesperson offers me the exact phones I was bringing over) so lack of training on their part. I was given a small competition. However I am now stuck with paying for a $900 phone that I had no need for. Unacceptable on their end, when dealing with them I have learned to have EVERYTHING offered by them in writing or there is nothing you can do when dealing with this big corporation. I would expect better integrity.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018

    I've been a loyal customer for YEARS, refusing to give up my service with AT&T even though I wasn't under contract, just so I could stay grandfathered into their service. I called today to cancel my service, mid month (and NOT in any contract), for a service I haven't used at all in MONTHS! The cycle won't end for another 20 days. Jeramiah was willing to cancel my service but when I asked if I would be prorated for the month, he said NO. I was okay with that, it just guaranteed that I wouldn't be back to them for service... But when I asked if I would still receive the service they were going to make me PAY the full month for, he said NO! He said if I wanted the service through the service period, I would have to call back (and wait on hold) on Jan 17, 2019! WHAT A RIP OFF!

    I've left feedback on their site and have not heard back. I did try to speak to his supervisor while I had him on the phone, he casually left me on hold and then came back to tell me there wasn't anyone for me to speak with at that time and he could give me a call back number. I didn't need a call back number. I'll visit the actual AT&T store today. I'll also visit the BBB online and let them know that AT&T wants $omething for n0thing.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2018

    I cancelled phone services on Dec 6. Paid bill on Dec 4 for billing cycle of Nov 23 thru Dec 22. Only used 14 days worth of services for month paid. No prorated refund of 16 days not used because they already billed me for the next month's billing of Dec 23 thru Jan.22. Unreal. They are crooks.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2018

    I tried to reach AT&T customer service twice regarding billing issue and agent was seems like not knowledgeable. I requested to speak the manager on duty. After long wait she did not transfer my call. I was holding for > 30 minutes. I tried to call again and after holding he did not transfer my call either and line was disconnected. Worst service ever. Unfortunately, in past I called almost every month for similar issue. Issues is not resolved almost one year. Same issue every month. I can’t wait for my contract to over it.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    I purchased a phone from an authorized AT&T retailer. AT&T then totally went off the rails and switched me from my prepaid account to a post-pay account. They told me the only way to get back on the prepaid plan was to pay for the phone, so I did. They then switched me to the prepaid department who told me they weren't authorized to do that, that I had to go back to the store where I purchased the phone, which I did. They took back the phone, gave me a return receipt and promised the money for the phone would be back in my account in 24 hours. Ten days later and 20 hours on the phone a woman named Karla did a reversal and my funds were returned in 48 hours. AT&T lost the phone I returned and, as previously stated, for which I had a return receipt and decided they would bill me for their error.

    To date I have spent 80 hours on the phone with customer service reps. and their supervisors who promise you everything is taken care of when in actuality they want you off the phone and they lie. It was now, 11/15/2018, receiving bills for $390 and threats to have my service disconnected, which I had already cancelled on 10/15/2018, and threats of collection. The only way I was able to get results was to take all the paperwork to an AT&T corporate store. The manager there was very pleasant and understood the problem right away, apparently I was not the only one to experience this problem, made a call and said it should be rectified in a week.

    I waited 9 days, no word from AT&T, returned to the store, now the bill has been approved to remove the cost of the phone they lost but has to have a second approval and that will take another week. I waited another nine days, no word from AT&T, back to the store, it is now 12/14/2018 this all started on 10/17/2018 about 2 months prior, finally resolved, but I am now threatened with collections because I'm late for a bill which I never received for $21.90 for the 4 days I had the AT&T post-pay account and a late fee. The bill came from AT&T 9 days later.

    Now that I want to change carriers, wouldn't you, they are holding my phone hostage refusing to release numbers needed to switch because I haven't had my phone in use for 6 months. It's my phone, what I do with it is none of their concern, but somewhere in the fine print, that only an attorney could find, is a clause that states you must keep the phone active for 6 months, I said the phone will be active just not with AT&T they refused. So be forewarned my boll is still alive and well living at AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    We initiated the "passport" data plan for 3 of our 5 lines in June. We called promptly to cancel at end of 30 days. Monthly charges continued to accrue each month for 5 months, in spite of our monthly calls to remove charges and request refund for previous erroneous charges. At beginning of December, I started calling daily, spending an average of 90 minutes on the phone each day, repeating the problem uncountable times, requesting supervisors and managers, never ever to reach the same person twice, frequently trying to deal with customer service reps whose English was so heavily accented, I was unable to understand them.

    Finally found someone to "open a case" and send it to some "backroom office", with the promise of a refund of $850 within 2 days. No refund. Continued calling almost every day in December, wasting hours, repeating the story, spending hours on hold, hearing that someone is "working on it", "my supervisor is busy", "please hold" and "thanks for being a loyal customer". Well, 6 months later, I give up, which I suspect was their hope all along. We will leave AT and T and I'll spend my life telling everyone about the awful customer service. AT and T should be ashamed. Don't get involved with them under any circumstances.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    Run from this company, I was a customer for 23 years and the last three years were terrible! They are the worst company... I bought a new phone and in three days they hit me with $60.00 worth of ad on data charges. I had not even gone online with the phone. After spending hours on the phone trying to resolve this issue, I canceled my service and went to Verizon (Much Better!). Now I have a three-month billing nightmare with these idiots. I have been charged for service that I did not have, there were no contracts! They want $162.00 from me, when in fact I may owe them $41.00. I have had this verified by two accountants, one is my Daughter's bookkeeper for her restaurant and the other a tax accountant. There is no question that they are wrong. Their billing statements even prove it? Yet I can't get anywhere and now they want to send me to collections! AT&T is the worst of the worst!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2018

    I had an employee tell me they on Dec. 6th that they would be crediting me back for my husband's phone upgrade fee and that they were waiving my upgrade fee on my phone. I very specifically asked to clarify exactly what was happening about 7-8 times to make sure I knew exactly what was happening and they said exactly that. I just received my bill and only one of the credits was done correctly. I now called back on Christmas Eve only to be told that the employee who promised me that promised it to me incorrectly and they can't do anything about it. Mind you, I spent an hour and 5 mins on the phone with them just to be told that... This was after I had to explain to the employee on the phone exactly what had happened about 12 times. Truly awful customer service. If you're looking for good customer service, I highly suggest looking elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2018

    Stay away from AT&T. They are crooks! I paid for 30 days of service in which my phone was good until Dec. 27 but because I switched to another plan to be take effect on Dec. 27. AT&T turned my 3 phones off. Stealing my 4 remaining days.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    AT&T should change the department name for “Customer Retention”, to “Customer Expulsion”. After being a loyal customer for many years. I asked that my current service match one of the leading carrier's price and equipment. After 30 seconds I was told they would not do anything. No new phones, no reduction in price, nothing. So instead of keeping my business. They have lost me as a customer for Internet, TV, home phone and wireless service. It is always a great feeling when you feel so appreciated by a company! Clearly AT&T does not care.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    I moved out of AT&T one day prior to my renew date and they have charge me through Autopay one day prior. They are not refunding the same giving all terms and conditions **. I am ending up paying for one month without even using their services. Bunch of money suckers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    Dec. Collections offered 50% discount and waived reactivation on my $311.47 past due balance. Agreement made was I paid $171.20, service would be restored, reactivation would be saved, and the remaining past due balance would be credited to my account making it $0.00. I agreed. They agreed. I paid, service restored, reactivation waived, payment processing fee waived, remaining balance not credited to my account. That was agreed between both parties. Yesterday 3-4 hrs on the phone nothing fixed. Today 9 hrs on the phone collections dept closed ticket without giving credit CSR verified new support ticket opened.

    As of this CSRs from numerous departments, partial credit of 50$, and another scattered other ones to next month's bill but instructed that they can't give credit on past due balance and I need to set up payment arrangement for -89.00 past due balance or services will be suspended. So this started on DEC 17. My account should have been $0 after my payment and by Dec 22 I've still not gotten my account balance credited to $0. AT&T once again broke their agreement with me which doesn't surprise me, and my services are going to be suspended even though I did everything 100% the way AT&T and I set in the terms of our agreement.

    I've spent 14 hrs on the phone over 2 days literally. The agreement still hasn't been withheld on their end. I've been offered nothing other then a Samsung J3 when up until this I was eligible to upgrade my phone and tablet but now I cannot. My service is about to be suspended again and AT&T breaks their contract with me again and nothing happens to them. There's no accountability, they do what they want. For once I would like to not be the one that pays with my time and energy to get them to follow through with what we agree and them pay for it.

    I absolutely cannot stand how much crap I have to deal with from them and that they can get away with it. I would not recommend this company to anyone. This has happened numerous times all following the same behaviors. Reps over the phone will literally say anything whether they actually can do it or not. My next step will be arbitration because I will not fight with this company again over the phone for another 3 months like last time to fix THEIR screw up and hold to what THEY agreed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    Takes about 2 hrs to actually reach a person that doesn't even speak English! Then you get nowhere! Had to call back another day, another 2 hours and still got no help whatsoever! Worst company ever!! Just want to sell you more stuff and do not help with your problem At All!! The Worst!!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    The same quality & service as post paid. The only difference is prepaid phone selection is limited & there are no company perks. The savings on a single line far outweigh various perks/offers. Best remote area coverage also.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2018

    I recently moved to a new apartment and received an invitation from AT&T to switch to their services, promising to pay for any cancellation fees I may incur from my previous carrier. The cost of the bundled service was supposed to be over $100 a month because there was a promo going on. One month later, I received a bill for over $300, and a gift card of $100. I was promised a gift card of $300 to cover the cancellation fees, it seemed like they had it backwards.

    When I called them to rectify the situation, the rep I spoke with said there were no notes saying that AT&T was going to give me a $300 gift card; and there was also no such promo, so the actual bill is $300 instead of $104. I called and asked for a supervisor and the supervisor told me the same thing, that there were no records of a conversation with any of their reps that I was being given a gift card to cover the cancellation from my previous service provider. When I said I just want to cancel my services with AT&T they hit me with cancellation fees. Ugh! This is the worst experience ever! They lied to get me to switch to them and now the only way out is to pay them to cancel it. If I knew this is how it's going to be, I never would have switched to AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018

    I don't normally write reviews but the experience was so horrible this is warranted. Attempted to cancel wifi after having to move out due to an emergency. $100 installation fee where the gentleman literally took 2 minutes to plug the router in. Had to move out after a month for a family emergency. Called to cancel and was passed around to 5 customer service people saying I needed to speak to different departments - one being customer loyalty where they do not accept no for an answer. Had to repeat myself 4 times to cancel it and quit trying to sell me on another contract. $150 cancellation fee. Almost $300 for one month of wifi. Horrible experience and will never use ATT again.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2018

    I was in the Bellevue mall recently. Was just passing by the AT&T store and looking if they have any new offers for Christmas. So the salesperson named Jason and his ID is ** told me if I upgrade my mobile and add a line I would get one phone for free. So I was like, "Nice offer. So how much does it cost to upgrade from iPhone 7 plus to iPhone XS max." He told $50 more for 24 months if I choose 256 Gb and, "The other phone iPhone XR would be free and only for first 2 months you would be billed and then after that they would discount the charges from your 3rd month bill."

    My current bill I actually pay $80. So he told I would be paying $80 + $52 for the upgrade and $30 for 2 months for the line added. So in total $160+ with taxes for 2 months and third month $30 would be discounted. YOU KNOW WHAT IS MY FIRST MONTH BILL. NOW $357. When I talk to the customer care nobody is ready to help and telling me to go the store and catch Jason and he will give my money back. How can I put a Fraud case on Jason. Can anyone please help me.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2018

    AT&T the worse company ever. Their service is good but customer service and Headquarter and the back office is full of crap. When you call the headquarter it not really them. They say they don’t have number or email for them. I think they need a class action lawsuit or they need to be sued. They messed up my phone when I order them and still have not been resolve. Messed up on my plan so bad I had triple charges on my bill. They never got to me about any issue. I keep renewing my case so they can resolve it. They keep giving little discount think that suppose satisfy me when my bill and my phones are wrong. Every body need to file a suit against them. I hear nothing but bad news and I seen it with my eye from what they did to me and my friend. Very awful. If I can give them negative star I think it would be the highest number.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018

    I have been a TV and internet customer with AT&T for years. Tried the mobile service and home phone. Home phone never worked for 2 years. AT&T and Verizon wireless customers could not get through on my home phone. Could not cancel home phone or would be charged early cancellation fee even though they knew it didn't work. Had cancelled mobile earlier and just paid off the phone. Then I was being charged $180 for a regular line with no data service! I wrote certified letter 3 months ago and nothing. Credit collection now calling me! AT&T is going to cause me a stroke!

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018

    We have been trying to resolve a billing mistake problem for over 4 months. We have been lied to and given the run around over and over. We have a propane business with multiple phones that must have an emergency contact at all times. We were told our phones would not be cut off while resolving this issue, (yes we have proof of that) and not only were they shut off it took 24 hours to get them back on. No one could contact us as at all!! The problem still is not resolved and no one can tell us why our bill went from 235.00 one month to over 800.00. Hours and hours have been wasted on our end trying to get help and they could care less about getting to the bottom of it. Still have no answers. Run from AT&T!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018

    No pro-rating when changing plans. I switched my cell service from AT&T to another carrier. AT&T said I switched 3 days into the new billing cycle so I had to pay for a full month of AT&T cellular service even though the service was turned off and deactivated. ** AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018

    AT&T is the absolute worst. I have been a loyal customer since 2002. I requested they release my phone number to my company as they would take over billing responsibilities. The rep was confused and canceled my number. It has now been 3 weeks since I have had a working phone, all due to their incompetence. They filed multiple tickets, all with a guaranteed fix date which passed and nobody looked at the issue. A store AT&T employee even became irate on my behalf due to how I was being treated by AT&T technical support and customer service over the phone. Congratulations Verizon, you will now have the business of myself, my family, and my organization.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    Over the summer I switched from Verizon Wireless to AT&T. I did so because after over 20 years with Verizon that the help desk at Verizon and Asurion which is there warranty place left me by myself out of town without a phone for 4 days do some major screw-ups on what they told me to do with my phone. They did not realize that the version of the phone that I had was not the version of what they were telling me to do and they broke my phone.

    Next chapter, I go to AT&T Wireless. My husband and my nephew got a free phone which they needed. They started me up on a plan where I got a certain percentage off because of auto-pay I got a certain percentage off because no paper bills etcetera etcetera etcetera amen. Lo and behold I am in a dead zone everywhere that does not have Wi-Fi. The plan that I had was unlimited data so I did not need Wi-Fi. However I was in a dead zone. Let me tell you what a dead zone looks like instead of saying 3G 4G at the top it says h and there's no bars.

    Too bad only a certain amount of my texts will go through. In fact I had been finding that up to 50% on my texts were not going through to the people I sent them to. I come to find that if I send one sentence text at a time that most of them will make it through eye contact AT&T and they don't even send me to an AT&T technician. Guess where they send me Asurion. So in this situation unlike Verizon who actually has a text to, AT&T does not. They just automatically send you to Asurion. I was trying to run run run away from Asurion.

    Okay now let's go on. I have a Moto Force Z2 Droid with Moto mods. So when I signed up with AT&T I did not hear my phone was a problem. The many times I called them the second store the third store and then finally the fourth store the woman said did you realize that your phone is not compatible with AT&T. Really now... Now you know for certain that there's no way in heck tuy that I'm going to buy another phone when I have an amazing phone with Moto mods. You see what I'm saying.

    So when the fourth person who was actually able to tell me that my phone was not compatible said that, "Oh I think I can do something to fix those." Oh yeah she fixed the age to say 3-G and when I got home I couldn't make any phone calls. Couldn't send any texts could not send any emails. I went back to that store and a very not so kind way. That woman was so high and mighty that she can fix my phone and she made it completely unusable. And then I had to wait for 5 hours to actually get her to put it back the way it was. Yeah 5 hours is an exaggeration but it was a way too long.

    So I call AT&T yesterday to get the breakdown of my bill because for some reason when I looked at my bill online I could only find mine and only one of the other three people's bill amount and I need to have it broken down so two people can pay their own plans. When I told this person the horror of what happened what did she offer me well how about if we bundle DirecTV and AT&T landline with yours and save you some money... Really are you kidding me.

    I let her know that AT&T and AT&T Uverse robbed us of over $200 when we shut them off because we did not have him money for those things and they just kept billing us and billing us and billing us and in order for it to not go to collections we ended up having to pay that over $200 that we absolutely did not owe. I asked if there was any way to get out of AT&T and go to a different Wireless plan. you will not believe this we brought my phone in as a paid off phone from Verizon and she said in order to end the AT&T plan on my phone alone it would be $700. And also just to add when I turn my phone on it says Verizon...

    I believe wholeheartedly that they should let us go free of charge for all phones including the free ones because of their huge screwup. I'm not even knowing that my phone is not compatible with their systems. The fact that I could be in a dangerous situation and yes maybe I'll be able to call nine-one-one but I won't be able to call anybody because I'll be in a dead zone cuz there's no Wi-Fi.

    All I can say is stay far far away from AT&T whether it's their wireless DirecTV or the landline. Stay away from these people they're horrible people. All they care about is their sales. They're horrible horrible people. They made a huge huge mistake not saying my phone was not compatible and now I'm stuck and I'm screwed. It required me to put in a star so I put in one star but it actually should say 0 Stars the worst company ever.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    AT&T always lie, since I got my plan they say you will pay 40+40+40+40=160 a month. Not true. Then found charges for things I don't ask for 6 months. I been charge for a insurance for a broken phone I never ask. When I found out they say, "I'm sorry. We can't give you your money back." Then your bill is higher every month, then that promo with the free phone if you don't check they keep charge you for the phone until I found out that they "will" give you the credit after 10 or 15 days that you pay your bill so now I don't send that amount I pay then only for the rest myself I discount the amount for the free phone... Terrible connection. I have to move around the house because they can't hear me and I got disconnected every time...

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    AT&T Wireless has a great prepaid flip phone. Phone was very easy to set up and use thereafter... It had little or no technical difficulty, and has coverage nearly everywhere I went, even rural areas. But their customer service sucks when you have to speak to a rep.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    In July a in-home sales rep came to our home and explained a “switcher” promotion. He explained that if we switched companies we would receive the iPhone 8 for free. I guess you can say I didn’t trust all the info from the beginning so I would text him and get all the details of what he told us in a message. We have been paying for this phone every month... It was never free even though I have the proof that that is what we were told. I have called the company 3-4 times EVERY month asking why this happened or for updates on the claim that I am making about the misleading info we were given and got nothing but the runaround.

    I have been promised that I would be called back on 4 different occasions and that never happened. I have all the dates and names of everyone I have spoke with. I have spoke with supervisors and probably every department that they have and every time I get another story. I have been at this for 5 months and have gotten nowhere. The in-home sales rep can tell you whatever they want to get you to switch and they will not honor it. I have text proof!!! Switching to them was the BIGGEST mistake we have made with phone service providers.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    Opened a new account on Black Friday. The AT&T representative told me that there will be no activation fees - liars! AT&T said that there is nothing written in notes (apparently somebody had to record it! - how do I know) and the representative in Sam's Club said "they can't do anything here, AT&T has to do" - the biggest scam - they should be punished and namely - company has to be punished!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    My family and I switched from AT&T to Sprint over the Thanksgiving break. I thought my AT&T plan had been cancelled, but then today, Dec 13th, I see that they've auto-debited my checking account for $224 (which was my monthly bill for four cell phones.) I went to the AT&T website but couldn't get any account info to come up. So I went on their "Chat." I was on the chat service for quite some time, and "spoke" to two different AT&T employees. Neither could help me (why, I don't know) and they made me call them on the phone.

    I was on the phone for 30 minutes. I got transferred to 5 different people. Had to repeat my story 5 different times, just to be told that they couldn't help me and they would transfer me to someone who could help me. And then I would have to repeat my info all over again, and nothing got resolved. I still don't know if my plan was finally canceled. We somehow got disconnected, while I was on the phone with the fifth employee. I am sure I will not get a refund. They will probably keep billing me. I have been an AT&T customer for at least 15 years. This is how they treat me?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    AT&T will not unlock my phone so that I can switch to T-Mobile. My former company paid for my phone service directly so that when I went to transfer to T-Mobile after retiring, I had to have AT&T unlock it. The AT&T rep I worked with over the phone said he had to create a personal account for me since the phone number was under my former company. The number would then be moved from my company account to my personal account. At that point I could transfer my service to T-Mobile. After several days and several phone calls back to AT&T, the phone was still not unlocked. I called back to them AGAIN yesterday (12/12/18) and was told by the rep that the reason it is not unlocked is it's AT&T policy that the account must be opened for at least 60 days before it can be transferred!!! I was never told this and why would I ever agree to those terms? I called to transfer my service, not extend it with AT&T...and the rep knew that.

    So my choices are keeping the AT&T service for 60 days, which will cost me right at twice the amount my T-Mobile plan costs, or buy a new phone from T-Mobile and port my phone number over to it. I don't want or need a new phone. I own this phone yet AT&T will not let me use it. They need to train their reps better. Why did it take 4 or 5 phone calls to find out what they have done to me? I spoke to a supervisor and she gave me the same story "we understand and are sorry but it's AT&T policy". Well it's not my policy. If this had been my fault I could understand their stance. But they created this situation yet I am the one that has to pay for their mistake. They could unlock my phone with a couple of keystrokes yet refuse because "it's their policy".

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    Be careful people. Record, remember and ask for proof of every word they tell you. Their customer service just want to bring you in any way. I have three lines with Sprint, they offered me good deal ON THE DATA PLAN over the phone plus I will get two phones for buying just one. I said OK, port all my numbers. After they did that, two days later, I called to check on my phone's order. Somehow I found out I have to pay for two phones not just one and the price of data plan was $100 for three lines; win up to $166, plus the phones $48 plus tax also.

    They lied about the military discount. They told me if I know anyone who's in the military, they will apply 25% discount. I went to the store with my brother who's in the military. They said he is suppose to be the owner of the lines so I have to transfer all lines to his name. I was so lucky I didn't activate the lines yet so I went to back to Sprint; AT&T VERY BAD COMPANY... THEY DON'T RESPECT THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEY DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR WORDS.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018

    After 6+ hours with AT&T over 2 days, I have cell service again. Over chat, in person, and over the phone it had been my experience that AT&T agents are friendly and readily offer to assist, however are not given communication regarding any case their customers, or even ways to directly contact someone who can help. I requested several times, and was denied, a contact email to fully explain my situation so that the correct individual could get a hold of me. 2 days off in a row (which rarely happens in retail) have been consumed with explaining why I refuse to be held liable for a phone that I did not order, but they claimed to have not received back in the mail. This is after a 2 month battle to have an additional line, as well as the above situation removed from my bill.

    I have been a customer with AT&T for over 10 years, and have told everyone how helpful they are, and that I've never had any of the problems that I hear of others having with other providers. Regretfully, I inform you I was wrong. In the past 4 months, a new account was started that I had no access to (instead of transferring service), and it took 4 individuals 3 hours to figure out why, a line was added, 3 total phones sent (only one of which I attempted top order), and I have paid sales tax on all. AT&T cannot communicate with themselves let alone their consumers. A scripted conversation that loops around to get to the root of an issue that is "documented in the notes" is no way to handle a situation. 2 separate cases have been opened, yet when I lead with offering that information, I am still brought back to the basic questions that have been answered countless times.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018

    AT&T FAILS to DELIVER REWARD CARD in TIMELY FASHION - In early October I sent an old iPhone 6 to the AT&T phone turn-in program. On November 6th I received an email saying the card was on its way, and that it should be there in 3 WEEKS. The weeks go by and NOTHING. I call and they say to wait for 4 full weeks. December 11th I call to inquire once again. The person I spoke with said a new card would be re-issued, and to give it ANOTHER 3 WEEKS. I wanted to buy my wife a new iPhone for Christmas, and especially while Christmas deals are going on. AT&T has failed me BIG TIME & I am a VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER. Remember AT&T, WE'RE the ONEs making you MONEY!!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018

    I paid for phone protection plan for three years and when I needed a replacement I got a refurbished locked phone. I already paid extra 75 dollars to have an unlocked phone. When I called and talked with customer service to solve the problem she did not listen and hung up. Insurance service which ATT is working with did the same thing. I could be able to get a replacement for the first replacement through chat with insurance company and second phone that they sent is also refurbished! Unlocking the first phone through ATT website was also not possible because the phone was not in ATT network.

    Where did that phone came from? Probably nobody knows. When I went to ATT store to be able to talk with a person, as expected he told me that there is nothing that he can do. He offered me a phone to buy. What a great idea! I understood that your company is only good while I am paying. When it comes to get the service that I paid I cannot imagine anything worse.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018

    Big ripoff. Stay away if you can. They say one price and charge you a totally different price and when you complaint they make it hard on you. I've been calling every months since I took my contract and every time you call somebody else answer and give you I totally different explanation. REALLY PAINFUL AND WASTE OF TIME.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018

    We have been with ATT for more 20 years. In the last two years, customer service has diminished to being belligerent and degrading. Two and a half years ago we had done their BOGO deal where we would receive what ATT refers to as their Next iPhone credit which would subtract the amount of one of the phone payments from the plan. As it came to the end of the payment, ATT does NOT apply the credit to the account even though their statement says it did.

    We have explained this to at least two supervisors and many representatives in the last week and every ATT worker says it was applied; even though EVERY representative and supervisor REFUSED to do the Simple Math of ALL the items on the statement with us. It is apparent ATT will say they did something (by putting it into the statement) but they do not actually APPLY their CREDIT to the customer's account. And every representative and supervisor REGURGITATES what is on the statement. No one does the actual Math and they refuse to!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018

    AT&T is the worst. And this is a prospective customer talking who has been put through so much hassle that I am irked beyond description. I wonder how they treat their existing customers. We recently moved to a new home in San Diego, Scripps Ranch on December 3. We raised an online request for wireless service installation on Nov 29. We got a confirmation from AT&T mentioning that a technical associate would arrive on Dec 3 (Monday) to complete the installation. We were home the whole day for the person to arrive, no one came. The next day, we called them back to check (they didn't have the courtesy to inform), we were told their system did not reflect any request. Not sure how the hell we received the confirmation message then.

    Anyway, we asked them to reschedule it, and they did for next day (Tuesday) between 1-3 pm. My husband left work early to be at home when the person would arrive. No one came. When we called the service desk back, they had the same excuse. No request reflected on their system. For Christ's sake... either your associates are lying or your system is broken. The request was rescheduled for Wednesday by them, no one arrived again. For us it felt like the only task was to keep waiting for them at home, not being able to step out, keeping aside all of our other work - just for an internet service installation. Anyway, Thursday, they finally sent a technical service associate, who checked our house and said there was no fibre optic line, so he would have to do a copper wire installation on Saturday.

    The request was updated online and we waited until Saturday. No one arrived on Saturday. We were so annoyed by now with all this back and forth that we really decided to drop availing their services. However, the customer service associate assured that someone would come on Sunday and do the installation. They also performed credit check twice on us, without providing us any service through the whole week. You can imagine how frustrating that is. On Sunday, we got a call from a technician mentioning he couldn't do the installation because their system reflected the request as a repair work, whereas ours had to be new installation. The customer service associate said though that was the case, the technician should be able to help. The technician said NO. Now basically here we are dealing with a company whose two departments have no clue what the either one is doing, and it is the customer who has to suffer because of all this.

    I have never ever dealt with such an unprofessional company and its employees. And I guess this is a pretty common experience for all users considering the number of bad reviews I have read. Strange that AT&T doesn't really care fixing this. We have had enough. We have literally been through hell talking multiple times over the phone with multiple executives of AT&T and getting no results. I am not going back to AT&T. I really think I should sue them for the mental torture they have put us through. We have decided to go forward with some other wireless service format. AT&T, I really hope you learn to value your prospective and existing customers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2018

    For over six months now I've been unable to get AT&T to fix billing issues after buying a new iPhone 8 for 50% off. I've called numerous times and get agreements from them that it will be fixed but it never happens. Each time they submit a claim to another party who does not have all the facts and it gets rejected. I've literally spent hours each month and cannot get it fixed. After being a customer for over three years with three phones on my account, I'm forced to take my business elsewhere because they can't/won't fix their billing issues and quite frankly openly lie to me each and every month. Never seen such terrible service.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2018

    Horrible cellular coverage NOW. I’ve had AT&T for almost 4 years. They dropped cell towers (leases) nearest me to divert, use funds for AT&T U-verse also DirecTV. Big problems with billing as well. Called and spoke to billing about removing a line (phone number) for a prepaid iPhone my 12 yr old son lost. Months later (never receive bills) discovered AT&T only suspended line, so my CC was being charged monthly. HORRIBLE CELL COVERAGE. WAY BELOW PAR CUSTOMER SERVICE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaffReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018

    After logging 9 hours of phone time over a 2 week period with ATT customer service just to try and become a transfer customer from Verizon, I had finally had enough and canceled my order before ever receiving my 2 new phones. To start, if you're thinking of taking advantage of the Buy One Get One offer. Do your homework and read the details of the plan. In fairness to ATT it is clearly explained on their website under the headers Support-Wireless Plans & insurance Rewards-promotions & offers-Wireless offers. You basically pay for the "free" phone monthly and then after the fourth month are offered small "bill credits" to offset what you pay for the "free phone" This was my mistake for not asking how this works before starting the order process.

    Initially I had no desire to switch service, but after explaining to a CS rep about my family's data usage she asked if we would consider switching..I was originally speaking with the rep about our Direct TV bill which is now run by ATT. In the course of this conversation she offered the BOGO promotion which appealed to me because we were ready for some upgrades on 2 out of 4 lines of our current plan. How about unlimited data I asked? How much? She said, "Well... because we are running this special we can offer you unlimited data for FREE!" Well sign me up.

    So to confirm, I was offered a galaxy S9+ (which is the one that would be paid for) a Free S9, and free unlimited data over the 30 month plan. The next thing was that I wanted to confirm that all 4 lines would be ported so that we could keep our same numbers. (I've had my mobile number for 20 years) "Yes sir, no problem. All four numbers will be ported." Great, let's do it. Somewhere at this point the call was dropped. Now we are stuck in the abyss of getting the same person back on the line which is darn near impossible.

    Two days go by, no email. Third day we call back. "Yes sir, we see an order was set up but you did not respond to the email that was sent to you." I never received an email. I replied. "We are sorry, well sir let's go through this again." Set up the order a second time. Waited 24 hours and again no email. I call back one more time. "Yes we see you set up an order, I'm very sorry sir..."

    Another two hours later we are assured the order is set up and for good measure we even placed a considerable down payment on the new account via our credit card to try and minimize the monthly cost of the S9+. They gladly accepted our down payment. The woman then said, "All you need to do is accept the terms via the email we will send you." No email again. This repeated itself many times (along with more dropped calls) and it is worth noting every time I spoke with a different person I asked them to reiterate what their notes said about our new plan, specifically the free unlimited data. Each person confirmed the data would be free.

    At some point I received the two SIM cards I would need for the older phones, but did not even open the packaging. No phones in the FedEx package. I called again last night to verify that the phones were promised on a Wednesday, it was now Thursday. Keep in mind it is 16 days later from the original phone call. Last night I was told there was a problem porting one number, and the shipment would be delayed another six days! Now I lost my cool and told him to forget this whole thing. My exact words were. I'm not even a customer yet, and your CS is this bad already! Are you serious?

    He placed me on hold for ten minutes and then returned to tell me everything was worked out and they would expedite my phones out that night, and that I would receive an email with my tracking number. Ok, I won't hold my breath. Thank you, goodnight. No email this morning for the fifth time. I then called to check the status of my order. "Hello sir, yes your phones will not be shipped out for another six days, there's a problem porting one of your numbers" What a joke... I then casually asked the man if he could tell me how much my data plan will cost..."I see right here sir, it looks like you will be getting a discounted rate on the data..." Not free, I asked. "No sir, we would never offer you free data, I don't know why anyone told you that" Thank you. Cancel my order. Now! "Can I ask why you want to cancel your order sir?"

    This company is a train wreck, none of your information syncs up from one rep to another so there is constant repeating information. I'm so happy I never received the phones and activated them. I would have been locked in. The rep told me there would not be any hidden fees for canceling the order and that our CC would be credited back the down payment. When asked where to ship the two SIM cards back he said that would not be necessary. We'll see. I'm going to my nearest Verizon store and buying them the biggest box of doughnuts I can find.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018

    Not even an AT&T customer anymore and still had to deal with their awful customer service. Called in to report a downed telephone line in my yard. Had to hit zero several time to be connected with a person. That person barely spoke English. Then, when he put me on hold, there was a HORRIBLE screeching/squealing. Luckily I was already on speakerphone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018

    After being with another company for over 15 years, our neighbor who works for AT&T to change our tv/internet. He then told us if we switched our wireless service, we could save money and get new phones. We did. Since the first month, we have had a different bill every month. We have called in every month. Their customer service is outsourced to other countries. Most can’t speak English or explain why the bill is different. We have had our service cut off multiple times. I paid the bill on 4th of the month. The bill is not due until 12th. On the 6th they turned our cable/internet off. No one can tell me why! I’m done! I will pay more to change to another provider to not have to deal with this poorly run business!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018

    I contacted AT&T and asked if I was able to get the buy one give one deal they were offering. I was told yes, so I added a new line and upgraded my existing line and ordered 2 Samsung S9s. Four days later I received 1 new Samsung S9, but I decided not to activate it assuming that there was some ploy not to give me the free phone. The next day, I decided to check my AT&T account and found that there was a message, not a text message or even an email, but just a message on my account that my order will be canceled if I don't call AT&T. I called AT&T and they said that my phone number would not transfer. After 2 and a half hours they said I would have to go to a store to fix the issue. I went to the store the next day and they said that they couldn't honor the online deal even when I presented them with a transcript of the online order chat messages.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018

    I was charged for a person I put on my friends and family plan, two years for every month after his death. I called AT&T to report the death and de-activate the cell phone and iPad of the individual who died from my plan. It was confirmed for me that I would not be charged from that point on (June 20th 2016). However, I continued to get billed for a dead person's contract fees for the next 24 months. As many times as representatives would say it was a mistake and I'd be credited back the funds, repeatedly, "THE BACK ROOM" would reverse any credits and again bill me for a dead person who had not used their phone or iPad for two years. I have never been more disgusted by pure, evil greed of a corporation. 3,600 billed to me for a dead person.

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    Verified purchase
    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018

    I visited an AT&T Wireless Internet modem and DirecTV service plan. December 03, 2018. I paid for the internet modem. But the store reps wouldn't accept cash or debit to pay for the TV service. I was told I needed a credit card. I was advised to open a credit card line with Chase Bank which was next door. I was given a debit Visa card with Chase Bank. Again I was told by AT&T that they couldn't accept it 'cause it was a debit card. I left disappointed and upset. The following day, December 04, 2018. I returned the wireless internet modem for a refund. I was told at the store that I owed AT&T a recycling fee of $46.00. I said ok. Then I was told to pay $28.00 that was due. I told them that I would pay it. I had tendered $100.00 on the day of purchase. Got my $83.00. And not I had was being penalized for returning an unused product.

    I wasn't told that on day of purchase. But was told on day of return that it was on back of receipt. I got really pissed off and told them that I wasn't going to pay and that they could shove the modem up to where the sun didn't shine. I threw the box with the modem on the floor and left. I was also told that I would get billed for the recycling fee. I told them, good luck with me not paying them. And that I was going to report them. So, if a person wants DirecTV service it has to be paid with a credit card, NOT debit card and if a person returns unused products within 14 days of purchase. They get charged a bogus recycling fee for a brand new unused product. SCAM SCAM SCAM.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018

    VERY DISSATISFIED. BEEN WITH ATT SINCE 2007. 11 YEARS OF LOYAL CUSTOMER. I felt like I was lied to every time I called about this issue. First I have purchased my iPhone X in mid-Sept and a week later new iPhone XS came out. I then decided to get the new iPhone. Was advised I will have to pay a restocking fee and the phone difference. I said no problem. Paid the fees and they order my replacement phone at the retail store. I handed the phone to the sales rep and she said, "No wait for the new phone and there will be a box for you to return the old phone back." I put the phone in its original form and send it back September 27th and was picked up by ATT return shipping agent on the 29th of September.

    You would think everything is good there. In middle of October I get a text message saying they have not receive the phone yet and will be charge to my account in full if not receive by end of October. I called right away and they assure me it would be ok. Just give it some more time. 2 more weeks go by then and I received another text message saying the charges are going to put on. I called back and was giving a runaround and finally I use the text service and was assure they got the phone and will remove the charge. "Don't worry you are in good hands."

    By end of November I check my statement. I'm charged 1100 for the new phone. Called back and was given another runaround. They stated they are going to open a new urgent case to get this resolved. And will be done within 48 hours. Now it's December 4th and I called back and there's still no answer. Spoke with customer service. They transfer me to retention department. Giving my story the 8th time and the retention department said I would have to speak with secondary sales support team.

    And giving my story one more time they say, "Don't know why it would be transfer to this department. You would have to speak with customer service department." So after been transferring 4 different department and giving my story 15+ time with 10+ phone calls made. Nothing is accomplished. I'm done. It's crazy how a customer who have done everything right by them have to do all these work so ATT won't screw them. And at the end ATT wont do anything extra to remove the charges.

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    Verified purchase

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018

    After spoke with seven 7 representatives at the call center on the last 7 weeks I've decide write the reviews. AT&T representatives said my refund check should be emailed to me by the 6th week after I've terminated the service and returned the equipment, it was 7 weeks ago. How is possible one company been so manipulative. They took the money from my credit card because my bills was auto pay and they do not care to refund it quickly. The service I had on my last month as a client was between September and October/13 and it was terrible. I was more than 5 days without internet and I work from home some days. I also helped the installation technical people to cable my apartment 2 times. Now what. AT&T taking almost 3 months to send me a refund check, but to take money out of the credit card is super fast. Unbelievable. Please remove my credit card information from your system and send my refund check ASAP. Regards.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018

    In website of the ATT shows a price for the bundles, however, when you fill everything and go for checkout, it appears a message that you should call. Then you call and you ask to continue the process and the person say that can't complete but can start everything again. You agree and they check your credit score and after that they give a more expensive price for the same plan that you were checking out. You say that it's wrong and in website is cheaper and they just ask sorry and say that the website is having some problem and they can't do anything. You complain more and they say they can't do anything. ATT is fooling with the customers!! They are not correct and they doesn't care about, because they know you can't do anything.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018

    AT&T is the worst! I couldn’t make or receive any phone calls in my apartment at the corner of Katella and Valley View in Cypress, CA. Verizon worked immediately. Other services work here also. When you get stuck with their big bill by cancelling, pay it off in very, very small amounts, on a regular basis. Collections told me this.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018

    I have had issues twice this year with AT&T. The first time, I was being told different prices by different people. I filed a complaint with the FCC and received a phone call from a Lisa **. She was very nice and helpful. She told me that the reason that I was receiving so many different quotes was because the call center employees are taught tell you what you want to hear. That way you will hang up and be happy (until the actual bill comes out). She did credit me $600 for all of my trouble.

    Fast forward to the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My family needed two phones to replace phones that were not working correctly. We went to our local store, and I talked to a nice gentleman that told me there was a b1g1 sale going on. Through our conversation, it came up that we should be receiving a military discount which would be 25% off of the $80 plan. He said once we received the discount and I was dropping insurance off of 1 phone, that our bill would only change by $5. Our bill is usually $280+$25 (installment for 1 new iPhone) - $20 (military discount) - $8.99 (insurance that I removed from my phone). I repeatedly asked if there were fees involved with switching, if there what the catch was to get a free phone, and was he sure that my phone bill would basically stay the same. He said that there would be no further charges, and he was sure that my bill wouldn’t change by more than $5.

    We bought the phones and went home. I needed to call and cancel one of the phone numbers because that was a requirement to get the B1G1. We had to activate a new line. I called the company to cancel the one line and went ahead and asked what our bill would be. The person that I talked to said that the plan we were on only let us have a 15% discount, and the discount wouldn’t take effect for 2 months. I told him that was not what I had been told. He also explained that I would have to pay 2 installments of the “free” phone. He decided that our bill would be around $315 dollars. The next morning we receive an email that tells us of all the changes that we had on our account and that our bill would be $500 in Dec and $430 after that.

    I phone chatted with an employee with the company. He said that he doesn’t know where the totals came from but that they are wrong. He said my bill would be around $251.98 before taxes. Taxes add around $40. I then called the company to verify that. The service person that I spoke with said my bill would be $303. The day after Thanksgiving, I called Lisa **’s office to find out if she could figure out exactly what my bill would be before the 14 day return window is closed. She was out of the office and gave another number to call if there were problems. I called the number and left a message explaining everything that had happened. I received a callback when I was working and couldn’t answer. The woman told me that the plan I was in did not qualify for military discounts and that I need to go look at past bills and figure out what my bill would be on my own.

    I called back and left her a message that I would do that but I am receiving conflicting messages so I really don’t know how to calculate it. She called back and left a message that said for me to go return my phones that it was crazy for me to think that I would only have to pay a $5 difference for 2 new phones. She also said that she would not help me like Lisa ** did by giving me a credit. I called and left her a message explaining that I did not ask for a credit. I asked for a total that should be easy to give, and I wanted the truth. She never responded back.

    I emailed Ms. ** and told her about the confusion going on and the other woman called and left me another message saying that I should be able to figure the bill out myself. I’m almost over my 14 day limit and I still do not have answers. AT&T is the master at the bait and switch. They will tell you one thing to get you hooked and then switch when it’s too late to do anything. I am very frustrated!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018

    I canceled our phone 4 months ago and AT&T keeps billing us. I have contacted ATT many, many times. They tell me I need a code for them to do anything. I have no idea what this code is and they will not help for me to get this code. I have talked to many people. The real problem is we have this bill on auto payment, we can't change this without this code ATT talks about. They are holding us hostage. They have our account number, the phone number we canceled, our address, our bank account which they take money from each month, yet will not stop taking money until I give them this code which we do not know or have. 4 months at $27.00 a month, hours on the phone with them. I'll get me $2,500.00. I will be happy.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018

    I was a victim of identity theft in July 2018. Someone purchased two iPhone 10s online from AT&T Services in my name. I was alerted immediately from Credit Karma that AT&T Wireless Service had run a hard inquiry on me. I then discovered I had been a victim of identity theft. I immediately contacted AT&T Services to find out how that could happen and what was purchased. AT&T Services were very rude and not helpful. They refused to give me any information to help me to find the person or persons responsible for my stolen identity. AT&T Services told me I needed to contact the AT&T Global Fraud center. Which I did. When contacting AT&T Global Fraud Center they also were rude and shortcoming with me. They refused to give me any information and did not want to help me in any way. They stated they would not give me any information pertaining to the person or persons using my identity fraudulently.

    They also told me I needed to file an identity theft claim with the Federal Trade Commission, a Police Report, and any information being requested needed to be submitted in writing and mailed or faxed to them. They then stated it would be thirty days before they would send my requested information to me. I then gathered all the information they stated I needed and then faxed it to them. I called AT&T Global Fraud department to be sure they receive my fax as I had a confirmation fax, but of course they stated they did not. I then re-faxed the information to them again. I called them after I faxed the info again. They said they did not have all the information they needed which was not true. So I then faxed for the third time. Keep in mind we are now into October, 2018.

    I called AT&T Global Fraud Center. They stated that they received it and then told me I would need to wait thirty days to receive my requested information. She stated AT&T Global Fraud Center had thirty days to submit my request by law. Thirty days passed. I contacted AT&T Global Fraud Services on November 30, 2018. They said they had no information for me. I was so frustrated. I said I was going to contact the Attorney General's office and file a complaint against their company as well as the Better Business Bureau. The woman on the phone said, "You should do what you have to do." She then said, "I hope you have a Merry Christmas," and she hung up on me. I have not received any information I requested by mail or email from AT&T Global Fraud Services and I don’t think I ever will.

    Also AT&T ran a hard credit inquiry on me with Equifax. I requested that be removed by AT&T Services. They agreed to remove it. When I contacted Equifax, Equifax stated AT&T Services never requested the removal of the hard inquiry. AT&T Global Fraud Center does not care to cooperate with me in helping me identify the person or persons that used my identity. This identity theft happened in July, 2018. It is now December, 2018 and I have not heard anything back from AT&T Global Fraud Services. I feel AT&T Wireless Services is trying to protect themselves against any repercussion for their inadequate screening of a person or persons attempting to fraudulently buy equipment and service from their company.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018

    Oh my god! I cannot even describe how filthy AT&T really is! These people are literally savages that just want to take your money by any means. They have tried to withdraw money from my bank account without authorization and after I stopped my account with them! Mind you I do not owe them anything and they OWE me! I was hoping to get a credit back but NO! They send me a bill with a balance of $81. LOL. Where did you guys get this number from? Haha. Good luck with the BBB because I reported you, you are fraud.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018

    AT&T Fiber continues to put mailers in our mailbox stating it's available when clearly it is not. It's annoying and irritating. When I go to check the website my address isn't available yet they deluge my mailbox stating it is. Please stop this nonsense. The only thing available is Windstream. They are horrible, and you know you're not moving out to my area.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018

    If you are thinking about starting with AT&T, I would think this over very closely. We went with AT&T only to have very poor service. Then when you call the company they do the same things over and over with no results. Never do they take care of the issues at hand. Then AT&T tells us that we have permission to port our numbers and then turn our phones in and they will credit the cost of the phones to our account. Not at all! Now they are taking it all back and after we had switched they now want us to pay for the phones. They tell us that they do not want them back. Very poor business practices. Lie to customer, misguide them and then sock it to them. DO NOT GO WITH AT&T -- ANYBODY ELSE!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018

    I was told when I purchased U-verse TV that I would be paying 145.00 per month. Within 6 weeks I had paid 608.60 for service to keep it on since I often work from home and needed the internet included. I moved within that time and they called and requested more money while their employees were installing it in the new place or they were not going to cut on the service (part of the 608.60 total.) They by now. Now they want another $277.00 saying I am overdue. So for 3 months, I would have paid $885.00 for crappy service that often stalls during a show. They promised to adjust the charges when I called, didn't happen. Time to move on. I will never use them again.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018

    Had a particularly terrible experience with AT&T recently. My wife and I just moved to the area and were looking for an ISP. AT&T had a good deal going on over Thanksgiving, so we decided to bite. After telling our friends at our community office that we went with AT&T, they were a little shocked as in their past experiences, they haven't had great experiences with them. Sadly, our experience was no different.

    TL;DR - installation windows are a lie. AT&T will dispatch people whenever they feel like it. Don't bother scheduling around the window they give you. You may have to sit around at home all day because they will come whenever. And if they come outside the window, they can always reschedule you... For next week!!! To preface this, please be aware, my wife and I are pretty reliant on home internet to do our work.

    The installation date rolls around, and no one shows up in the window that was stated on the email confirmation (8 am - 12 pm). I called later that afternoon after my wife confirmed that no one came, and they said that the date is just a suggestion, but they are going to get us in the next day between 8 am and 12 pm. Alright, one day isn't so bad. The next day, I had a company event in SF, and my wife had an event to get to in the afternoon. She was able to be there in the morning, though. Noon rolls around, and no one has arrived yet. In the middle of the afternoon, I finally receive a call from the installation expert saying he is on his way. I asked him what happened, and he said there was nothing he could do - he was at the mercy of his dispatcher. I understand, although, I am still a bit frustrated.

    I call the contact number on the contact information number to ask what exactly happened with the schedule. The person apologizes and says he will look into what he can do to see if an installation can occur later in the day when one of us was home. He tells me to hang on for 3-5 minutes. 14 minutes later, he comes back on the line to tell me to keep my line available around 4 pm. They will call me around then for installation. So at this point, I think we're in the clear. Cut to next scene - I am back early from work to catch this installation person. Clean up the apartment since we still have moving boxes everywhere. 5 pm rolls around, and I run into our community office friends to tell them an installation expert is hopefully coming. They mention that the person better hurry since they all take off at 6 pm, so if the installation expert needed any access to special electrical closets, one of our office friends needs to be around.

    I decide to call AT&T to find out the status of this person and to update them that the window to get the installation done today is quickly narrowing. The representative listens to me while pulling up my file to confirm the install, and then utters the very sad words... "Sir, unfortunately..." And I knew what that meant. So I ask if they are pushing us to tomorrow morning to which the representative responds: "Actually, sir, the earliest available appointment we have is a week from today."

    WHAT!? So you are telling me that you miss your own stated window TWICE, and now we have to wait a full week for an internet installation? No, thank you. I tell them to immediately cancel everything. Do not charge me for anything. I do not want anything to do with AT&T. Tell them I am switching to Comcast immediately and hang up after the post-chat pleasantries from the rep ("We appreciate your service."). Yeah, right. I am not even a big fan of Comcast, but let me tell you: They have a blanket network in our area that you can access if you sign up for services with them. After hanging up, I immediately hopped into my phone browser to look at internet packages. Signed up for one that would be installed in 2 days, and even managed to access the internet immediately on the public blanket network. I don't know what I was thinking. Not worth gambling on AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018

    Just switched to AT&T wireless, they offered me the US veterans discount and the auto pay discount. Only problem was is that the discounts don’t kick in right away and can take 3 billing cycles to take effect. But in my case, the agent conveniently forgot to put me in for it. So after I caught the error, it could be 3 more cycles without the discount. So bottom line, they might not save you the money you may be lead to think. There are also a lot of hidden fees and activation charges that appear out of nowhere. I switched from Verizon and I’m sort of sorry I did, customer service is lacking. I wouldn’t recommend switching to AT&T.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018

    This company has no regards for other people‘s property. They deliberately installed a 5 foot tall box in my front yard. May I add that, across the street from my house there are 2 vacant lots owned by the city of Birmingham AL. But I guess since it’s a predominantly ** neighborhood it’s ok to do that. By me living in a predominantly ** neighborhood our property value it’s already lower than others now with the 5 foot box in my front yard. It's defacing my property making the value even lower. But I guess since it’s an all ** neighborhood nobody cares not even AT&T. I will never use AT&T services again after what they have done to my property and they don’t even seem to care not even after digging up my entire front yard but I guess since we’re ** it’s ok.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018

    I have been an AT&T customer for 18+ years. I recently upgraded to fiber in my home and at the same time, they convinced me to sign up for DirecTV Now, a streaming service for $65 a month. The plan was to drop DirecTV (Regular). But, AT&T couldn't deliver the Roku Sticks so I could access DirecTV Now from my TV as promised. After 3 weeks of waiting (supposed to be 10 days), I called and complained. The rep on the phone decided it was in my best interest to cancel the service, even though I did not ask him to and I expressly told him not to. AT&T hasn't even refunded me my $65. AT&T is an uncaring machine and complaining doesn't help. They are all sympathetic, but no one has the power to make good decisions for the customer. Just like the Verizon commercials, shame on you AT&T. Don't lie to your loyal customers.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018

    Ordered a wireless AT&T phone from Office Max, received product in two days. The answering machine would not work so I called AT&T Customer Service. Was on the phone for over 30 minutes and it was determined the product was defective. AT&T WOULD NOT supply me with a return label for Office Max. Even spoke with a Supervisor. Both AT&T agents were rude. Called Office Max and within 2 minutes had the prepaid return label. Within 5 minutes had an email with return information and credit card reimbursement. Would not recommend AT&T Wireless products. Also terrible Customer Service Team.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018

    I’ve been with the company for more than decade. AT&T representatives lied to me multiples times to get me on the plan. I ended up paying almost $100 more than expected for my monthly bills. I guess tomorrow I am switching to Verizon and willing to pay cancelation fees to do so.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018

    Tried to take advantage of the Cyber Monday deal. But they cancelled the order without reaching out to me, and also took hours to try to find out the reason. Guess they needed to verify identity. They sent me to the store. The store rep told me he couldn’t help called customer service while at store. When I asked to speak to a manager to try to resolve issue I was hung up on. So I lost out on all the Cyber Monday deals and they wouldn’t honor theirs even after doing everything they asked and never getting an email or call that they had an issue. AT&T is trash! Would give 0 stars if I could!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018

    I am a loyal customer to AT&T for the last 4 years. I switched to Unlimited plan and added few more lines to the plan as it says upto 10 lines for Unlimited plan. During the Switch I enquired with the agents and no one told me about the prorated charges that would reflect on the next bill and instead of providing this information, they said that's best plan I could go for and it would save some money.

    So coming to the current bill they overcharged for everything and now when asked why there is a difference, they would send some links and say they are valid charges. How can they fool customers with these charges. Am so fed up asking agent to agent on why this charges aren't told when enquired about switching to new plans. So that time they don't want to lose the new lines that are added and now since we joined they are least bothered thinking customer will pay anything they put on the DAMN BILL FOR THE BLOODSUCKING CHARGES. SCREW AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018

    I was charged for international call and messages when I didn't use any. I was also charged taxes on top of that. They never mention about extra 20$ for data each month while enrolling. This is SCAM!!! Worst customer service ever, they did not care to respond for paying bills we did not use service for. I was charged 350$ twice for 2 months for 2 lines. They are money sucking, Never ever buy this.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018

    Please, do not chose this company. It is the worst in customer service. Monthly bill keeps growing. They promise one thing by phone and when the bills comes in totally different. You speak with supervisors and nobody seems to care. My issue is still not resolved. I have been changing my phone because it was overheating and it got to a point that didn't charge. It's a shame. I definitely regret the fact that I change from my previous carrier. And also the signal gets lost after a while.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018

    Be careful of this scam! The representative told me I would have to add a line or change one of my original lines (4) to a new line in order to get one of the two phones free. All the upgrade fees were going to be waived with the exception of the tax charges which I paid the same day. It is now November and I have been paying for both phones since then, along with multiple chargers made by them. I have contacted them multiple times, and every time they either say someone else will contact me, or the issue will be fixed by the next cycle. LIES! I called today and now another representative tells me that the original offer was to get the phone free only if I added phone or cable which is a complete lie!

    This is absolutely outrageous and unprofessional! When I told them I wanted to returned the phones, she said I would still have to paid for them. She added she could help me by giving me another option to add a 5th line and get that phone for free. How would that help me lessen my bill! Yes! They bs you left and right and try to confuse you! They record only what is convenient to them and refuse to solve the real problem that they solely cause! I am disgusted by AT&T! I have been a loyal customer for years and never have been late! And the only time they offer me something for free, they screw me up! BE AWARE!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018

    I was illegally charged for an additional services that I never requested and already talked to two different customer care reps that promised that my problem was being taken care of but as of now the problem remains. And to "rub salt to an injury" I was again charged additional for late payment, but the only reason I paid late because I was contesting these illegal charges and I figure that I'm not gonna pay unless they resolved the illegal additional charges that was placed on my account.

    Because it happened before, they're not going to return the money that you already paid to them even if eventually they'll remove those illegal additional amount that they charged you. It was like 4 or 5 months ago when I bought a new cheap phone and they charged me an additional amount monthly for extra insurance which doesn't make sense 'cause I have a more expensive phone and yet I didn't subscribe for its insurance. So why should I get an insurance for a cheap one? So I just filed a complaint to Federal Trade Commission and after maybe a week I will follow with them (FTC) and try to find out what was being done.

    So reading from all the complaint and negative reviews here I can safely say that AT&T has this lousy practice of neglecting their customers' complaint regarding illegal charges and not returning money. So I urged everyone that has gripes and complaint with AT&T poor service especially when it comes to resolving customers' valid problem to file their complaint at FTC.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018

    Their Customer promised me something over the phone and said they'll leave a note in my account to address this issue and assured me when I call again in November, I will get the 12th month for free. I called again in November and found out no note was left and that I cannot receive it at all. There's no way for them to email you a confirmation in writing so if you believe their promises, you'll be screwed later on. I ended up paying for 7 more months of service when I could have canceled before, only because I believed their customer service. They say they will investigate into this but when you ask them when they'll followup with you, they basically do not. Look at this CBS news on how they cheat customers for their promotions and services.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018

    They overcharge you with crazy free. Example, instead I pay $80 for 2 line plus tax and devices if any, but they put in different surcharge to confuse you. Finally, your bill blows up to the sky. I have tried to contact them every circle bill but nothing change. I am so frustrated right now. Why does the government give them the right to put unreasonable fees and taxes in bill? Who can verify that fee?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    I am a customer to AT&T since 2016. I never get any problem, but 3 days back I called customer care regarding some problem in my account. I spoke with 17 agents and no one give me a solution and they wasted 3 days of my time. One of the worst customer service I ever seen.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    We moved from the Utah area to southern Idaho in August 2018. Sprint was our cell service provider. Learning that Sprint had very limited coverage in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. We researched new providers. AT&T was ranked as having the best coverage in these states. We drove to Logan, UT to sign up and switch accounts. FOUR HOURS later we were still not completed. We were obviously unhappy and asked to speak with the manager, Spencer (who hides in the back room--meanwhile other customers are waiting and several are actually swearing and complaining about the service).

    The Logan office is staffed with bored college boys, seldom making eye contact, looking constantly at an iPad, the wall, and a total non-commitment to listening. Because we were unhappy Spencer told us he would "give" us 2 new Samsung Galaxy phones. With Sprint cancelled (we had to keep walking across the street to Sprint in order to disconnect service. The Sprint employees were extraordinarily polite and helpful). After four hours we were left with only one phone connected to AT&T and then were told they were out of phones for my husband (who is not retired).

    OUTCOME: One phone finally connected to AT&T and we were about to discover that the "boys" and Spencer signed us up for the wrong plan. We waited WEEKS for the other phone and my husband finally went to AT&T in Lufkin, TX when he was there on business and that store took good care of him. During all of this we were talking with exec in the San Antonio headquarters. Got nowhere other than a "shape up call to Logan store." We thought we signed up for the unlimited plan. The initial plan was incorrect (another bored college boy, 3 more visits, still not fixed). We were running out of data usage and the bill included a non-existent phone that my husband did not have and a $70 dollar hook up charge on his non-existent phone.

    NEXT: 3 weeks ago we went to SLC, UT to the AT&T office on Foothill drive. Tommy was helpful and we thought the plan was corrected. A few days later, however, my husband can't call out or receive calls when he answers his new phone. He can see the calls but can't take them. So we go to a different AT&T store south of Logan, UT (remember we are driving from ID). Manager was helpful, reviewed plan, seemed to have problems solved, assured us we were on the unlimited plan and his personalized attention was excellent.

    NEXT. Today I am getting over-use DATA warnings AGAIN. We are supposed to have the unlimited plan!! And calling the AT&T help number simply gets me to a robot and no matter how much I ask or punch buttons I am unable to talk to a human. This has been a TOTAL NIGHTMARE and I would never, never work with AT&T again. Incidentally, since signing-up with AT&T I am getting endless robocalls, spam, trash, texts from unknown numbers of people. I NEVER had this problem with Sprint! The endless robocalls began when we switched to AT&T.

    I am making one more call to get this account plan addressed and then it will be adios if we have one more single service problem with this company. Overall, AT&T is the WORST company of any type I have ever worked with. I have been an administrator of a huge agency and hundreds of employees. I am sincere in saying I would fire every single person in the Logan office and start over...with customer service training and an insistence of quality service and follow-up...which is non-existent with this company. Summary: AT&T does not care one with about customer service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    I purchased the wifi, DirecTV, and my cell phones. Was promised by the sales rep 450$ in rebate gift cards. That was a lie. I was asked to pay the taxes for the three cell phones to the door to door rep but within three days of ordering my phones the sales rep was back at my door wanting to be my best friend. He told me he would make it faster for me to receive my phones and he and I went to the company At&t store at I had to sit and redo my paperwork out all over but just for the phones and I was made to pay the taxes again. I for not 1 time in my billing cycles have had all three added on to one bill so I'm paying regular price for a product I was told would run me 250$ a month and that's for the three package deal.

    WHAT A LIE. I'M A DISABLED VETERAN AND I HAD TO CHOOSE WHAT TO NOT PAY because I couldn't afford the things I was being billed for. I had to stop paying on the DirecTV and wifi so I could keep my phones but I called AT&T and made a payment arrangement over the phone giving them a check to directly take out so I could have my phones going. The payment arrangement day came. The money was taken out of my bank but my phones were turned off. They told me I didn't make a payment arrangement but when I showed them an email they then said I had made an arrangement to pay the direct past due. They have really made it look like I was the one going above my means but I wasn't. They did me wrong.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018

    I think the ATT company are thief... I was out of town for family business and I had set a payment plan... family importance got me business. So I forgot all about the payment. My monthly bill is 40 bucks. This nasty thief company charge me 70$ extra on my bill. I hate ATT so much. I try to leave them. They told me I would have to pay this 119 bill plus pay 90 to leave. I hate this company so much... HATEEE. I WISH I COULD POST THIS WITHOUT NO STARS.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018

    I don't have a business nor do I really need much other than a flip phone. I opted for the monthly prepay plan and a flipper phone for $30./mo. Went to the local store and paid the monthly fee for the plan then. I failed to get a receipt which the rep did not offer up (as they usually do) and I failed to request it. - mea culpa. I don't feel it necessary to go back and argue the point, but will change carriers to make my case. Goodbye AT&T. Screw me once, shame on you. It would be my fault if you get to do to me twice.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2018

    In switching to Verizon, I didn't realize it would take 48 hours+ to unlock my AT&T phone. I requested device unlock on a Friday evening and the customer service agent told me to check my email in 24 hours and that it shouldn't take longer than 48 hours. I NEED to have my phone operational for work, so this is a huge inconvenience. Upon doing more research, I learned that many people wait days and days for their device to be unlocked AND that it takes 2 business days, NOT 48 hours. This is a major communication issue. Tell your customers that you mean business days. Unfortunately, I also did not have the option to reactivate my AT&T account because that would require a brand new SIM card to be mailed. Thank you so so so much for being an integral part in the ruin of my personal business. Really glad I'll be done with AT&T soon.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2018

    The AT&T salesman at the store tried to get me to sign up with DirecTV. He was very pushy. When he realized I was not going to, he kept pushing a buy one get one iPhone 8. I didn't need the phone; however he kept saying "why wouldn't you take up the offer." He said all I had to do was add 1 more line for $20 per month and the 2nd phone would be free. Now I find out that the 2nd phone was only free if I signed up for DirecTV. The salesman never mentioned this to me. This is FRAUD.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2018

    At the time we bought our phones the associates at the AT&T store told my husband and I if we buy the S9 plus we can get the S9 for free. We get a breakdown of our bill in the mail and they lied to us. It says I'm paying installments of 24.00 a month for my phone. I’m not happy and now we're locked in a 2 year contract. I do not recommend AT&T to anyone unless you want a high bill every month and you like being lied to. I’m about to fight this. You people lie just to steal people’s money and I will take this to court if I have to to get out of my contract. I’m getting a lawyer.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018

    AT&T has been nothing but a nightmare! Despite 5+ years of loyalty, despite the headaches, they still screwed me in the end, yet again! After overpaying for the basic 6 plan for years, Phil **, a sales agent, promised me a better package for a cheaper price! Not only did I not receive the service promised, which was internet 100 (I received internet 18) my bill came to $183.00 when the signed contract states $75.00. After a month of going back and forth with Phil, who promised to resolve the issues with no results, I finally decided to cancel my service! Despite them not honoring a signed contract they are still holding me liable for early cancelation and expect me to pay for the return of the equipment! AT&T is a joke and their sales agents are liars and con artists!!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018

    I switched From Verizon to AT&T back in March. Worst mistake ever. I regret it every day since I’ve been with AT&T. I have a lot of trouble with the service dropped phone calls. The amount of money you pay every month doesn’t equal out to the service you’re getting. You call in to customer service & it seems as though no one is trying to help you, honestly all they want is your money every month. TIRED OF THEIR BS!!! I wish I could go back to Verizon because this is some BS!!! I’ve never had so many problems with a service provider until NOW????

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018

    I left Sprint for AT&T. I traded in a phone & they went over how they’d pay Sprint off. Found out almost a year after, they didn't. Endless debt collector calls. AT&T has been no help. Credit destroyed.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2018

    Back in May my bank sent out a payment by mistake through my online bill pay to an account that I no longer had. I had stopped the payments to AT&T because I no longer had an account with them. I hadn’t had an account with them for almost a year at this time. When I checked my account on Tuesday, all of the payments that were scheduled to go out were listed as pending. AT&T was not listed as one of the payments scheduled. On Thursday I received a notification that my account was overdrawn and went online to check my account.

    When I checked my account, I was overdrawn for $150 due to a payment sent out for AT&T. I never authorized this payment and chalked it up to a glitch with the bill pay. There have been glitches with bill pay. I put money in the account at went to my bank and told them about the issue. They refunded me the overdraft fee and advised me to call AT&T. I called them as soon as I got home and they had no record of the payment. But since it had just gone out that day, it was possible that they just hadn’t received it yet. They advised me to call back in a few days.

    When I called back a few days later, they said that they had no record of the payment. At this point, I decided to call my bank and see if maybe the payment was returned to them. It wasn’t but they said that they would look into it further and get back to me. No problem. They did contact me and set up a three way conversation with AT&T so AT&T could verify my information. The representative from AT&T got the information they requested and the representative from my bank asked if there was any other information that AT&T needed her to fax to them. The representative from AT&T said that they had all the information she needed and told us that I would receive the check within two weeks in the mail. The representative from my bank told me that if I didn’t receive the check in two weeks, call them back. We all hung up and I waited.

    After about three weeks, I contacted my bank because I had not received the check from AT&T. At this point my bank decided they could no longer help me. I was getting the run around from them. I even went to the BBB. They were no help. I decided to call AT&T to see if I could get info. This is now mid-August. The girl I spoke to on the phone was stalling and trying to make small talk and even tried to sell me a package deal. I told her I just wanted my money. She then puts me on hold and comes back to tell me they can’t do anything for me because they need more information. By this time it’s been almost four months and I still haven’t gotten my check back. No one would tell me why.

    I went to the BBB this time filing a complaint against AT&T. I explained everything that happened up to that point. Within about a week I got a phone call from a Jon ** from the president’s office. I was at work and could not answer immediately. I called them and he was not in his office and I left a voicemail. He emailed me and I responded to the email then called him back the next day.

    When I spoke to Jon ** the next day, he told me that the refund check had already been issued and cashed. I told him that I had never received a check and then he said that someone cashed it and they would have to do a criminal investigation. Basically accusing me of lying. I asked who and where they sent the check to because I certainly didn’t get it. He then asked if someone in my household has an AT&T account. I asked what that had to do with whether or not I received the check. He said that maybe someone else cashed it.

    I told him that no one in my household would cash a check if it had my name on it. He said again that they would have to do a criminal investigation on who cashed the check. I told him I would look into it and that what he was saying made no sense. I called my father at work to ask him if he had receives a check for $150 back in June. He told me that he would check. He checked when he got home and let me know that he did. It was made out to him and he had a copy of the check.

    I called Jon ** back and he finally admitted that they had decided to post the check to someone else’s account and then when I asked for the money back four months ago, it was issued to the person whose account they decided to post it to. I told him that this wasn’t right because they got a payment in error and randomly decided to post it to another person’s account then give them the money. I also wanted to know why I hadn’t been told this from the beginning. I’ve been getting the run around for four months.

    He said “oh well. If you think we are going to take money out of our pockets to give it to you, you are mistaken.” I told Jon that this was not legal. He basically gave away my money and that was it. Even though I had been asking for this check for four months. He told me that people make payments for other people all the time. I responded that when they do, they give authorization. He said “oh well. Go get a lawyer.” I consulted a lawyer and as expected they wouldn’t do anything because the amount was considered insignificant, and a lawyer wouldn’t bother. Even on the fact that what AT&T was doing wasn’t right.

    Now I did get the money from my dad with absolutely no hesitation, but that isn’t the point. I was lucky it was my dad. But for months I was chasing this money trying to get it back and the whole time they knew what happened. How many other people have they done this to? And most of them have no hopes of ever seeing that money again. If I had a roommate that I didn’t interact with or a family member that I didn’t get along with, I would be out that money. This cannot be legal. I intend to let as many people know about this as I can. I am writing this in hopes that AT&T will be brought to task on this. They should not be allowed to get away with this. Something needs to be done.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018

    I have more than 5 accounts with this garbage At&t company. Every account I have with this guy is a nightmare when I get monthly bills. They keep on changing my bills without any reason and every time I call them they keep on passing me to different reps until I get tired and pay the bill. They ruined my credit last year over equipment returning fees and had me pay that amount twice already while I was in store trying to get second line for my sister under my plan. They had me pay the amount and told me I won’t be able to add a line so I walked away from the store feeling like I was being ripped off! And guess what they just called me tonight from collection company asking for same amount again. People please don’t get your service from At&t. This company has no sense of morality at all. This is a robbery in daylight. I’m considering suing this company at this point.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018

    On January 31, 2018 I ordered phone and internet service from AT&T. I ordered two phones, however when AT&T sent the phones they sent them to the wrong address. After a week I spoke with no less than 7 representatives to explain I have not received the phones or my internet service so I cancelled the order. Even though they acknowledged the phones were sent to a different address and not mine they still insisted that I have to pay for the phones. I contacted AT&T’s fraud department; they did their due diligence and stated the phones were sent to the wrong address and they would take care of the problem and I am not responsible for the mistake.

    Several weeks past and I received emails from AT&T billing department stating I owe for the phones. I contacted AT&T and explained that I never received phones or internet but they stated they could remove the problem if I reinstated with AT&T. I refused and called the fraud department again, they said their department was not responsible and sent me back to the department that transferred me. This time I did an online chat with a representative. I attached the online conversations in which the representative assured me along with her supervisor the problem had been resolved and I was no longer obligated to AT&T. However, since September I have received calls from Sun Rise Services, a collection agency who has threaten to place this on my credit report if it is not paid in full by November 18.

    I contacted AT&T again via online live help to explain the situation, after texting with two representatives and a supervisor they gave me another number to call. I decided to do a review because I am not obligated to AT&T and now the collection agency is threating to place this on my credit in a week. I am requesting your help in this matter and I thank you in advance to whatever can be done.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2018

    AT&T loyal customer 30 years, I have medical issues and the bills started coming. I called all my monthly accounts for lower price options. AT&T gave me a great deal called Fiber Every Day One Price/ Internet Basic Three 2yr. price guaranteed with 3 qualifying products. This saved me $140 a month. I received the confirmation e-mail. They billed me correctly for a few months then my bill started going up a few dollars every month. On the 11 month my bill increased $140. I started calling the customer service line. The first call was over was 3 hours, that included 2 dropped calls. The supervisor told me he could not receive e-mail. I need to go to an AT&T store, gave directions to a store. Show them the e-mail. Have them call service line and confirm the e-mail. I went to the store. They explained the service center does this all time but they are not able to help.

    That store directed me to another city to a corporate store. I went to this store. After 4 hour on the phone 3 dropped calls, they told the representative nothing could be done. They would have someone call me back. "Wait until they call before you pay current bill." A week later no call, so I e-mailed AT& T cooperation customer service with my cell phone # and home phone. I received a voice message and I have been called that number back twice a week for the six weeks. I e-mailed again and no one has called going on three months. I am not sure what to do next.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2018

    I switched from Verizon to AT&T because of their “promotion” buy one phone get one free. Plus I was told I would get a $200 credit per each number I switched over (4), and a $250 credit per phone if we traded our phones in, a Visa gift card to pay off our last Verizon bill and $15 off of our monthly DirecTV bill. This promotion was in August. In September I received a bill for almost $700! I immediately called and the rep told me it takes 1-2 billing cycles for the promotion to go into effect. She said my next bill should be $0. The next month I paid $243 and now I am being charged $332 for this month.

    I am still paying for the 2nd phone (of the buy one get one free) and I have NOT received ANY of the credits and discounts they offered me. Given all of the negative reviews and the lies and the extremely high bills, I think a class action lawsuit is due. I never had this problem with Verizon and the only reason I switched was because of the promotion and the savings I was “supposed” to get but have not. DO NOT SWITCH TO AT&T!

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2018

    I am with AT&T already 10+ years. They change your plan without even asking you! Twice! Overcharging and trying to get more money from you by adding some new things. People always check your bill! Be careful! Switching to Sprint next month.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2018

    My name is Raypier **. I writing in reference to two of your Employees a Mr. Harold ** ID# ** and Mr. Ryan Id# ** I were misinform about the promotion offer they mention to me, that this package contain a free phone, $50 credit on my second bill, a $200 visa card once they receive my old phone also my monthly bill will cost me $45.00. When I received my statement it was totally different from the deal they offer. So I call in and spoke with ms. Debra ID# **, she explained that they should have mention the $35 line cost and a $9 other cost will bring the total up $80.00. Now I ask Mr. Harold ** several time is this correct and he promise me my bill will be only $45.00 a month and nothing else so I agree to switch from my old provider cause it seem like a better deal. So he had Mr. Ryan to confirm my agreement to accept the order, I also asked Mr. Ryan is this a final offer the deal Mr. Harold ** promised me and he agreed. So I am very Upset because it have cause me unnecessary money and waste my time.

    My old provider was much cheaper and a better offer. I feel your company should not charge me for the time I had use this service. I did change back to my old provider and mailed your phone back. I had to pay for activation fee and a monthly fee to get my service cut back on. I just will like you to know you lost a future customer cause of your employee not be honest. I really don't know if this will be taken under consideration. But thank you anyway for allowing me to send this information to your company.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2018

    Hi, my name is Wilson, ph **. I purchase 4 phones for the Father's Day promotion this coming June 2018, and the promotions was buy one and get one free. Also I bought an iPhone x and they give another free- that is not true, since service start they start charging for all 4 phones. Trying to call customer service but they covered with the same blanket, always trying to lie constantly. Also they charge too much money for the service and the service is really bad. I enforce the company to said the true to their customers and please don't cheat them, because are going to lose all the customers. I will start a process with the consumer report in Texas trying to recovery the money that they took from me. Don't believe on promotion that they advertise on TV. Always they lie to all their customers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018

    I have been overbilled for the last 6 months to an issue that the salesman at the AT&T store made it look like I had purchased a phone and he must of kept it and when was caught returned it as it was found months later... But with that said AT&T and the store have made me go back and forth between them for the last 6 months. And today I open my bill and I am getting charged the remainder of the contract 743.97 because I BROKE MY CONTRACT!! Wow!! Be careful. Read your bill... They will try to get away with it.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018

    I'm very disappointed with AT&T and I'm just about ready for my contract to end. I wish that I could fast forward the time so that I don't have to deal with them anymore. They add all sorts of promotions to your bill and charge you more than what you sign up for. Not to mention all the other issues I've been having that they will not fix. Don't even bother to call them because they will not help you. Ps... They force me to give them a one star rating. :(

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018

    Not even worth explaining the pure disappoint in such a big company. The only reason people have AT&T is because it's cheaper than Verizon and please listen loud and clear PAY THE EXTRA MONEY AND STICK WITH VERIZON. This company has truly given me gray hairs. I get credits to my account every month yet half of the time it "doesn’t make it in time for the billing cycle" so every month my bill is incredibly wrong and I call minimum 2 times a month, and on top of that no one is trained on how to read a bill. No one knows anything and because of that nothing is resolved resulting in constant phone calls chasing a resolution.

    Currently on their online chat and all I want to know is when my credits are going to hit my account because yet again, I overpaid for the month. I have been transferred to the 6th agent about 3 minutes ago who is yet again "looking into it" and I have been waiting for a simple response for over an hour. I can't explain the excitement in words for this contract to be up and quite frankly I am excited and more than willing to go back to Verizon - even if that means my bill doubles. And I am not exaggerating in the slightest bit.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2018

    I spent 2-1/2 hours yesterday afternoon trying to get an iPhone 7 on my AT&T plan either replaced or upgraded because it has the same problem many, many other people are having, the speaker quit working after the update to 11.3. AT&T refused to do either because our phone was a buy one, get one deal. We could pay the total price for the phone and the $350 fee to then fix the phone or they would give us a Samsung Galaxy to replace the phone for free. Between a rock and a hard place. After the phone call I did some research. When we purchased our phones I bought 2 iPhone 7s and an iPhone 8, 1 iPhone 7 for me that I have not had issues with, an 8 for my grandson and the other 7 (the free one) for my granddaughter which is the trouble phone.

    When I bought the phones I asked for insurance on all 3, unbeknownst to me they only put it on mine and the 8, they told me on the phone yesterday that they didn’t put insurance on the one because it was free and already covered with one year warranty. I believe I was misled by AT&T when buying the phones, and now they are not wanting to stand behind a known problem with the iPhone 7. However, by offering the free Samsung I have to send back the iPhone 7 which they will refurb for a small price and get money back out of the phone. My ‘free’ phone cost me nothing but headaches.

    AT&T comes out ahead as does Apple and meanwhile we are stuck with a phone we don’t want. As soon as our ‘contract’ is done in May, we are done with AT&T after doing business with them for many, many years. And don’t even ask about our bad experience with AT&T’s Sister company, DirecTV who promised us a $200 gift card upon sign up which we never received. After several phone calls I was told yesterday that we didn’t go online to claim our gift card so it was our own fault. So much for honesty in corporate America.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2018

    AT&T's business practices are lousy and so are their systems. I was a wireless AT&T customer under my corporate account. My phone was paid for. I called to switch to a personal AT&T wireless service and AT&T said they had to unlock my phone. They were happy to do that while I waited on the phone call (from my house phone). Instantly, I had personal AT&T service. I was not aware that they re-locked my phone even though I had no contract. Now over a year later when I want to change my service for my iPhone7+, their automated system won't let me. It says my phone is locked and I have a contract. But att.net validates I DO NOT have a contract.

    Now after 3 phone calls to AT&T customer service (2 hours of my Saturday), they send me to tech support who says they will submit a ticket and it will take 48 hours to unlock. I asked to speak to a supervisor because I want it unlocked NOW, just like when I was switching to AT&T personal service. They said they can't do that and all the supervisors are on other calls and they will not prioritize unlocking the phone anyway. FCC - please keep active competition in the wireless business so companies like AT&T and the other lousy behemoths ultimately die out as they should.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2018

    I had been with AT&T "Mobile Share Advantage 16 GB" for $90/mo. July 2018, ATT forces all subscriber to double data for $5/10/20 more. Mine is $10 to get double at 32 GB. My family monthly average usage is about 15 GB. I asked ATT to: a. remain in my original "Share 16 GB" for $90/mo; or, b. give me the advantage by let me switch to the now, double to, 20 GB (previously "Mobile Share Advantage 10 GB") for the same $90/mo. ATT answered is "No, I MUST take the upgrade to Share 32GB for $100/mo." There is NO other options. This is a robbery!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018

    I would rate 0 star if it let me. The only reason that AT&T has a 1 star rating is because you HAVE to rate a 1 star to get this review placed. I travel all over the United States and have yet to have good signal; New York-Bad Signal, Seattle-Bad Signal... It seems to not matter where I am. The only reliable way for me to make calls with AT&T service is with my WIFI connection. So, what is the point in paying for a monthly service when all I need is a WIFI connection. Then when the WIFI calling isn't working the phone and service is completely useless. Good luck getting assistance from the phone agents, they just talk over you and tell you they can't help you because they "can't see any issues in your area" on their computer screen.

    It is complicated to get service. It is not convenient to not be able to use the phone or send text messages when needed. The phone map rarely works as well as I am so dependent on the WIFI and while driving that is nearly impossible to count on. I had Verizon for over 15 years, never a day with an issue with Verizon. It surprises me that anyone would recommend AT&T over Verizon or have a leg to stand on when it comes to service. AT&T is a huge disappointment and I will be getting new service with Verizon now.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2018

    Do not change your service to AT&T. As a long-term customer of AT&T the reception has always been weak and spotty at best. Yes it was still up in pc after the hurricane and was not worse than usual. I still had to go outside to make a call. I just changed to Verizon and even with their reduced service due to the hurricane my reception is much better. Also when cancelling my plan I was told I had a $66 early cancellation fee on an iPad I thought I had received as a customer service bonus a couple of years ago. No option given to continue limited service until it was out of jeopardy period. Better to just avoid AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2018

    AT&T lacks the spine and the balls to respond to any customer inquiries. Faulty iPhone Xs from the factory. Cannot activate new iPad Pro (with an eSIM). Regardless of phone, chat, or in-person (company store), AT&T has failed. Period.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2018

    I've been with AT&T for seven years, my last bill there's extra $40 charge in my account, so I called them and online chatted with them, asking why, they kept telling me it's one time charge access fee, I don't even know why they charging me for, I asked them to look at my previous bill. It was never there, they didn't care and refused to remove the charge.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2018

    ATT wireless ** sucks. They were not efficient in explaining my plan to me... I start service with them at the end of July. Make a payment in August. Here I am in October and have to give them over $600 to restore my ** service... Now you tell me how in the hell just in 2 months I have racked up a $600 bill for 3 lines. Did not tell me there was a per line usage fee or anything. All these hidden fees...** is ridiculous.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2018

    January 2018 my husband and I decided to give AT&T Wireless service a try after being asked several times being a already DirecTV customer, well that was a mistake. I was told every month my bill including taxes and fees would be no more than 175.00 a month with also military discount so we says that's not bad for a unlimited plan, 2 iPhones plus free HBO. Ever since we agreed to accept their offer I've been calling them every month to remove the discounts we're suppose to be getting every month.

    I'm tired, angry and very disappointed with all of the lies and poor wireless service. I wish I wouldn't have switched wireless carriers. I was with the best but they were more expensive but the service was much better. I could get service anywhere no matter where I was, like they say you get what you pay for. I'm gonna tell all my friends and family do not get service from AT&T wireless. They're telling me now my bill is about 195.00 a month now. Not a happy customer.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2018

    I placed an order on 10/15/18 with a representative for an upgrade. (iPhone 8 Plus) R. Well, after confirmation, I was told that I would receive the product by mail on the 18th, I also had the link to check my status. When I would occasionally check the status, it would always say... In progress. So after a few more days of this I called customer service. I explained my situation and I was put on hold for 20 minutes, for someone to return to the phone and say... "You need to be transferred to billing”.

    Then billing would say... "You're were transferred to the wrong department." The third representative I talked to replied, "Hi Mrs. How may I help you?” I then explain my situation for the 4th or 5th time I was transferred again. Then by the 6 attempt to explain my situation this representative looks into my information and then says... "Ma’am you’ve already received your phone." I then tell her... "I never received the product and also would like to have my account credited." I then asked, “What’s going on with the account?" She says, “Oh, the product is on back order." I then asked, “ Well, instead of lying why didn’t someone tell me that?" I then let them know that I will be switching to another phone company, and also writing a review on the most terrible service I’ve ever had with this company.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2018

    So we haven't really had many issues with our wireless service in terms of performance... we get good signal where we live. However there are sooo many issues with everything else. We can never sign in... It always says to try again later. We've contacted support and their only solution is clicking "forgot password" and changing it from there. Sometimes that works, most of the time it doesn't. Still, we shouldn't have to change our password every time we want to sign into our account!

    AT&T offers temporary line closures for deploying soldiers, so that's what we did when my husband deployed. That was easy... when I tried to get it turned back on I called the military support line and was transferred between people for an hour before they said "email this address and say MILITARY RESTORAL with your info to get his line restored." So I did that, and 2 days later got an email saying it was successfully cancelled! From there I had to email countless people who had no idea what I was talking about or what to do.

    I called and spoke to a manager who assured me it would be fixed soon, but didn't tell me how or when. It took 2 weeks before I even got someone to respond with anything helpful. The manager kept asking "did we resolve your issue today" and when I said "No. My line still isn't on and I don't know when or if it will be restored by the time my husband needs it" he kept trying to paraphrase my response into something along the lines of "yes, it's resolved!" When it was finally restored, all of his line's information was gone online and they said they'd accidentally cancelled it all together.

    They are notorious for adding packages/services to your account and not telling you. One line had phone insurance added for 4 months without our consent or us knowing. When we called to remove it they assured us we'd be refunded. However, the refund never came and the charges started popping up again about 2 months later. FINALLY someone removed the insurance and refunded the money. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME! We called to have another ridiculous, unapproved charge removed and while on the line they asked if we wanted to upgrade our package. We said no and hung up after the 1st charge was removed, but of course the next day the mentioned "upgrade" had been added to our account.

    I swear these people try to see how much they can get away with, knowing that most people have autopay and don't check their bills in fine detail. Not to mention, their site is the most difficult thing to navigate. It's almost as if they're deliberately trying to confuse and frustrate people who want to manage their account without speaking to customer service members trying to sell you crap while you're currently trying to fix the problems they've created! We are cancelling AT&T as soon as my husband's new phone comes in. Don't even get me started on their internet.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018

    When we decided to switch carriers because we needed more area coverage when camping, I called to ask how much we still owed on our phones. I was told $28. I called again before we cancelled service to verify how much our final bill would be. They told me around $60. A few weeks later, after we cancelled I got a bill for $217, which they would not even let me view anymore because I was not a customer. When I called I was told my husband had removed me from the account and they could not talk to me. Which was another lie. So we waited to see if they would send us a paper bill, which they never did and then we received notification through our online bill pay that we owed $397.52.

    When we called I was told that we had to pay for the whole month and we still owed $150 on our phones. When I said we should not have to pay for a month of service we did not have, the customer service rep said they would transfer us and then laughed at me. I was told to pay it and they would do nothing to help us. So paid it we did and we will NEVER use AT&T again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2018

    Literally the worst company I've ever had to interact with. My stepdaughter's phone was stolen two weeks ago, and AT&T is so incompetent that they filed my phone as stolen instead of hers, and blacklisted it. I've been trying to get service restored, and my phone off the blacklist for SIX DAYS. I've wasted hours in two different stores, on the phone and on chat with a multitude of agents, and instead of helping, they make things even worse. Some tell me the issue is fixed when it's not, and when I asked for compensation, they offered me $2.20. That's right folks, TWO DOLLARS and TWENTY cents for SIX days of absolute misery.

    As fast as I can, as complicated as it will be with 5 phones, TV and Internet service, my family and I are switching to Verizon. There is no other company in the world who could possibly be as awful as AT&T. Hate is a very strong word, but that is the only word that comes to mind when I think about AT&T. Thirteen years of horrific experiences and service needs to end now, and my husband and I need our happy lives back.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2018

    Zero customer service. AT&T doesn't even know the meaning of the word. Suddenly for no reason, in the middle of a text, I get locked out of my account. Tried to call and find out why but they needed a password that I don't know. Very condescending, trying to explain to me what a password is. Really? Would not ask me anything else, said I needed to do the online reset. Refused to answer why I was locked out in the first place. Going back to T-MOBILE tomorrow.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2018

    Please save yourself the pain. I seriously have no nerves or dignity left in trying to deal with them. Sheesh, very simple questions and trying to pay a bill. Complete runaround. Rudest agent I've experienced in my 47 years on this planet. Boo!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    I regretfully left T-Mobile 2 yrs ago, because the signal in my house was no good. I got a new Samsung S7 whereby I paid for it, but there was a credit to my account. 11 months in after having already paid $257 towards this phone, I gave the phone to my daughter. Come to find out in doing so, I started the clock all over again, on paying off the phone. I called to speak to customer service and they said, sorry it was in the terms and conditions. I said I want to speak to a manager, it doesn't make any sense, she says I can't speak to a manager, it was in the terms and conditions.

    I ended up losing the $257 I had already paid in. Total scam, total screw job, horrible customer service. Buyer beware. They shut off my phone hotspot at 10G (or so slow it didn't work). I called to see if there was anything they could do, since I need my phone for work. They said sorry, nothing. So much for UNLIMITED. Again, total SCAM. Moved to T-Mobile who has since improved the signal in my town. Stay AWAY.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    We have been with AT&T for over 10 yrs. Up 'til now we have been satisfied customers. We recently found T-Mobile to be a better deal and to make this happen, have to get our phones unlocked. Well after 2 weeks, many hours on the phone with CS, and false promises and lies, it has become quite clear that they are essentially refusing to do this. No money is owed on the phones, and now we are forced to purchase unlock codes. I have determined to do everything possible to help someone else avoid making the same mistakes we've made. Tell all your friends, STAY AWAY FROM AT&T!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    I called AT&T to cancel my Tablet # over a year ago. It was never cancelled and so I was being charge for this tablet monthly. I called back few months ago to find out why it was not cancelled and they showed no record of me wanting it cancelled! So this was in September 2018. They finally cancelled it. So being said that I was going to be reimbursed over $129.00 for the time it should of been cancelled. Never got a credit! So I called back today and no help whatsoever. I just got a cocky representative and no people skills with that. AT&T really needs to be more professional and just don't give us answers if you don't mean it. I've been with this company over 15 years and pay at least over $250-300 a monthly. I think it's time to go with another cell provider. This is ridiculous!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018

    AT&T billing is always in question when it comes to my fix monthly charges. Even without any over usage or anything bill doesn't come out same every month. We have 5 lines on our family plan. We had a 20 GB plan limit and the bill was never the same. At one point, I stopped looking at bill cause it was always within +/-15 bucks range. That itself is insane. We should have fixed bill for same usage every month.

    I added a new line and AT&T charged me $200+ on that line for making 66 min international call. My total bill with 6 lines went above 600 bucks. God Save Me now... Called AT&T customer service and they said, "We cannot help but you need to pay the amount." I was trying to figure what to do and looked up and found $15 add on for international calls made so that I can add that and remove those extra charges. The add on is called world connect advantage. When I asked about that, the representative said there is no such plan. They just didn't help me. I called again in a week, now they said because it's already billed, we cannot swap it with $15 add on. I insist to get more help and they transferred me to an international billing department. Now they are saying that I denied to get that add on when asked! What a bummer. Really! This is just total harassment to customer.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018

    I was an AT&T for 20 years and they started charging me $25 past due amounts on my already $300 cell phone bill. The thing is I had automatic withdrawals each month. So after them telling me there was nothing they could do I canceled my service. So that was in August so a September bill came with yet another $25 past due charge. Well we paid it because we figured that would be it and customer service was no help. Here comes October they charge me another 42.22. They say it’s from my U-verse account which I don’t have. Now I have to go to my bank and have another debit card reissued. Because they can’t fix it and don't care to.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2018

    Been a customer for over 20 years and their customer service department is at a all time low. Reps don't know what is going on and management is no help. Spoke to two managers, one is Carlos and the other would not give his name. Customer service type in the wrong card number to withdraw payment as scheduled and caused my account to go in default. They shut off the phone and demanded full payment. Management was of no help and would not confirm that it was an error on their end. Therefore after years of being a loyal customer. I am forced to leave and look elsewhere. Therefore goodbye AT&T, I will forever tell everyone that you are the worst ever. On to the next review site to give more bad reviews.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018

    The representatives will put you on speaker for others to hear the conversation. You can hear people laughing in the background. They are unprofessional. You will be re-routed over and over again to various people in other departments not related to why you called.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018

    Ordered a phone through phone and was advised to reach to Any store to collect SIM card. At the store (Wayne NJ) I was told: SIM card would arrive with the phone and that I could get another SIM and number and that we could cancel the phone order. Along with manager a call was made to AT&T customers service who confirmed cancellation but said that the phone would still be sent and advised to returned it within 14 days and provide them later with tracking ID. Phone returned as advised. After a couple of weeks I reached out to AT&T and request receipt confirmation. The phone was received!

    Then a couple of weeks later my account was credit for a phone I had returned. Went to Wayne store where store manager and I called customer service who confirmed receipt and apply recrediting in my credit card. Then a few days later, my account was again credited for the phone. After this day I made so many calls (>20 hours) to AT&T. Managers review investigate my case(s), track the phone using different systems AT&T have and approves credit! Then someone somehow disregard over and over again the credit approval and rejects the credit! This has happened up to 10 times, If not more. I was once called by someone who claimed to be a “high manager” (was made aware of the above after I filled in a survey,) who was going to investigate why all was rejected and promised crediting my account and would follow up with a call. That never came.

    Five months down the road, I’m still being charged for a phone I returned to AT&T and which receipt was confirmed my multiple managers. Recently I made payments that would go towards my service but AT&T is applying to the phone. Upon consultation of an attorney I called Customer service and requested to escalate the case which I’ve done. During the call I came to know that the case was internally escalated and that I would receive a call on October 18th.

    It’s today Oct 18 7:58 pm and no call has been made to me. I will contact Attorney General's office to file a claim and initiate investigation as AT&T is committing fraud! For the record, I have been with AT&T for 10 years now and am a gold customer as they called it. This means I never was later on a payment! Fear of AT&T destroying my credit is the only reason as to why I’m still making calls to them. I hope they don’t hurt my credit like it was apparently done to another customer I just read the reviews who has similar issue!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupReliability

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018

    I have tried their security system and could not get anyone to answer info on login failures. Could not use system for months but now owe 200 plus to collection agency even though told them to put on hold. However, they require to confirm that I said this or that in their notes but they refuse to document requests so that they can say they never received the request. Bunch of thieves who would prefer to send to collections an account instead of offering a way to keep an account open and get a technician to location to assist in device failures. Happy to cancel, however, have a pile of devices here that are now useless that I had to pay small fortune to get installed. Their cell service has become just as bad in rising rates for existing users and milking every penny possible when needing to upgrade a device. I miss the days when they had deals for existing users to get new phones at a discount instead of offering only for new users.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018

    Beware of the message from AT&T that your prepaid plan is "good until" a certain time (e.g. 8:57 a.m. CDT) the next day. This implies that current plan is being cancelled and that you have to choose a more expensive one. AT&T does not say that you can keep your current plan and that the "good until" time and date are meaningless. In fact, you can keep your cheap plan if you like it. In my opinion, this message from AT&T constitutes consumer fraud.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018

    I got this service back in Jan of 2016. I was told by the rep they could not provide service without doing auto pay. Okay, so I set up service. Their auto payments came out at random times of the month so I shut it off and logged on every month to pay. This was okay, until the year contract expired. Then they stopped sending emails for when the bill was due and would shut off service anywhere between 2-7 days after the bill came out to charge an additional $30. I called to cancel the service and was threatened with my bill going to collection if I did not pay that day. This is the absolute worst service I have ever received.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2018

    After an hour and half with ATT on the phone, promising a new iPhone with savings on my DirecTV bill as well I said yes, after 2 wrong total for my monthly bill I got one. Then was told after the credit check etc that there was a activation fee of $30. Then it was a state sales tax of $67.00 ok, I gulped and still said ok. After everything was done I was directed to a website to "check the boxes." I just needed to that the girl says, when I asked about this contract to pay $700. To ATT she didn't know anything about it.

    She gave me to the manager, who tried to tell me I was getting the iPhone 8 for "free", but if I left ATT before 30 months were up I had to pay the phone off or give up "my free" phone. At best it's lying, attorney general should close them down or fine them for lying, nondisclosure at least!!! Thank god I read the fine print for once in my life. I saved myself a lot of grief! No way would I have kept $80 a month for 30 months, not when everyone else is doing $25 to $40 a month nowadays! I have some choice words for them!

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2018

    My experience with AT&T by far hands down the worst experience I've ever had with a company tenfold. They continue to send me Bills 6 months after my account was closed and demand that I pay them when I have no account with them. If you go with AT&T go with God!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018

    My father in law passed away in August. We canceled his AT&T service and paid his last bill. Still, there was a credit on his account. Upon their request, we returned all of their equipment under their statement that we would be reimbursed the credit on the account. Oddly, they charged the closed account EXACTLY for the amount they owed us! When I called to complain, they treated me so rudely that I am now canceling our account. DO NOT JOIN AT&T. They will rip you off even after you’re dead.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018

    Whatever you do not, I mean do not sign up with AT&T. I purchased my phone the S9+ on May 25th 2018 only because I was promised a rebate after 90 day for already having U-verse. 5 months later I'm calling and they said they can't find the promotion that was associated with this deal on that date. I've been transferred to every dept. with no one can give me any answer as to what's going on. I will be paying the cancelation for my services for wireless and U-verse and moving on. Stay away. Go to Verizon or Sprint!

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018

    This last year has been complete misery. My contract is up and I can not leave AT&T fast enough. I have had problems from day one. First they lied to me about the channels available and wanted to charge me $30 more a month to get the channels I wanted. So for a year I have not had the service I signed up to receive. I have had 3 dvrs break losing everything I recorded. Each time calling customer service was a joke. Waiting for 45 minutes sometimes for them to answer after navigating a labyrinth of computer assistants designed to remove your will to live. Then getting through to someone who has me go through all the same procedures I have already tried. Then to put me on hold and cut me off. They all take my number but NEVER call back.

    I have never resolved an issue without making 3-5 calls to the service department. My recommendation for any unlucky souls in this position is to immediately ask for a supervisor. This slightly shortened the process. But as the filbert comic once said; they do eventually solve the problem if your problem is an abundance of optimism.

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