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About AT&T Wireless

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

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

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed May 28, 2016

    On March 4, 2016, I contacted AT&T to switch my cable and internet service from Comcast. I did so because I received a promotion in the mail. The promotion stated, "You've been selected for DirecTV for just $19.99/mo. and High Speed Internet for only $15/mo." So I call in and get in touch with a CSR who assures me that she can get me all signed up with no issues. She explains to me that with taxes, my monthly bill will be $54.99/mo, and that I will receive 3 months of movie channels at no charge. She also explains that the initial fee will be $277.35, but that I would receive a $100 gift card (in four weeks) AND a $100 credit to my account as part of this promotion. I pay the $277.35, they come out and install my service, and everything is great for a little while.

    In April, my bill comes and its $69.30. No big deal. I pay it and move on. In May, however, my bill comes and its $142.62, so I call in to see whats going on (I have also yet to receive the gift card and credit at this point). The CSR tells me that I have accidentally been charged for the movie channels, and that they can't take the charges off for May's bill, but that they would give me a credit on June's bill. I argue with the rep, get nowhere, and just pay the bill with a guarantee that I will be credited in June. He is also unable to help me with the $100 credit that I was promised, and tells me that he will send a form for me to fill out in order to receive the gift card. He also extended my free movie promotion for an additional month, due to THEIR error.

    Flash forward to today. I get my bill for June and not only is there not a credit for what they overcharged me for the movie channels, the bill is $97.89, almost twice what I was promised my monthly bill would be. So yet again I have to call in. The CSR tells me that the $97.89 is what my bill is supposed to be, that the overpayment in May was not due to being overcharged for the movie channels (she said it was a roll-over bill), and that there is no record of a promotion on your account.

    She then starts rattling off the bills that I have paid and those that I haven't paid. I pull up my bank account and read off every payment that I have made, and prove that I haven't missed any. She continues to argue that I haven't been overcharged, so I ask to speak to a supervisor. In the process of her getting a supervisor, the call is conveniently disconnected. So I call back and explain the situation to yet another CSR who reviews my account and tells me that I was overcharged for the movie channels.

    At this point, I am beyond frustrated by the whole experience and the fact that there is absolutely no consistency between the incompetent CSRs that are employed by a major telecommunications company. I ask to speak with a supervisor, and this man has the nerve to tell me that "its not like the old days where you can just get a supervisor whenever you ask for one. All of my supervisors are in a meeting so they will have to contact you later either by phone or through a text message." As I begin to argue with him about how incredibly ridiculous that is, again the call is disconnected. This has by far been the worst customer service experience I have ever had, and that says a lot, because I have been dealing with IRS identity theft for the past year. It's sad when you can honestly say that the IRS is more helpful than anyone at AT&T/DirecTV.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 27, 2016

    I made the mistake of switching to AT&T from Sprint with so many promises from AT&T. I have met all the requirements to get the promised "rebate". When I switched from Sprint to AT&T, AT&T gave me a $200 credit on my first bill with them but the balance to Sprint for my switching and turning in my iPhone 6 Plus was $450.00. I've submitted my claim 3 times. I've called numerous times. I've emailed and I've chatted. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing at that place and the rebate actually comes from a place call Young America. Good luck getting any answers from that company if that company really exists. I think this is a scam and I've voiced my opinion to AT&T and they tell me it's not a scam. So where is my money? I am going to write the Attorney General of TX and the Public Utilities Commission if I don't have my rebate by July 1. The offer is to end on June 30. I'm so disgusted with them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 26, 2016

    A call was made to AT&T to transfer a line from one AT&T account to another AT&T account. AT&T was no longer billing the account for the line requesting to be transferred as it had been inactivated that day and was out of contract. The intent of the call was to have the inactive line transferred to my account, to active the line, and to begin payment for the line. My account is and has been in great standing and have been an AT&T customer for over ten years, continuously renewing my contract upon expiration.

    I currently have three lines I am responsible for. On the first call, AT&T requested to call the primary account holder whom holds responsibility for the line requesting permission to be transferred. AT&T asked me for the primary account holder's number to request permission for him to release the line to me. I thought this odd as I gave them the number I wanted transferred and he was an AT&T customer. Should it not have pulled up when they searched the phone number I wanted to claim responsibility for? I chalked this up as a security measure and obtained the number, which I didn't have at the time.

    They called him and left a message. They stated as soon as he calls back, they will complete the transfer. I requested my plan be upgraded anticipating the account holder to call back soon. I texted the account holder to call AT&T when time permitted. He did and confirmed with me that he had done so. I called AT&T back to confirm this and no record could be found that he had released the line. AT&T politely called him again and left a message. The primary account holder texted back a bit later to notify me that while on his twenty minute break, he attempted to release the line. He stated that AT&T kept "giving him the runaround (i.e. transferring him from department to department)."

    I called AT&T again. After seven phone calls between the hours of 12:05 PM to 6:10 PM, I still was not able to get the line transferred, even with the help of the other primary account holder. As I have wasted so much time trying to help AT&T make money and am in a state of frustration, I will now be cancelling all service with AT&T. The last two times I have requested to make changes on my account, AT&T's customer service has proven itself to me that they are not very helpful and typical leave me in a state of frustration.

    Towards call five and six, I began to feel bad for every new AT&T customer service representative I spoke with that actually tried to help because I know my attitude was less than desirable. Allowing to get so frustrated is my fault as I should have just cancelled my service once the situation started to change my attitude. Transferring an inactive line only to reactivate it and upgrading your current plan to accommodate such a plan should not be such a burdensome task, especially if it a source of revenue for an organization.

    I have no intentions of staying or revisiting the idea of becoming an AT&T customer for any of their current services. Up until these last two times of requesting an account change, I have had relatively good luck with AT&T. For the most part, they left me alone and I left them alone. They billed me, I paid them, and this continued for about nine years. I had a roaming issue (being billed for roaming when I was in the US) approximately seven or 8 years ago, but they handled that very well.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 26, 2016

    I have been with AT&T since 1998. I have been with DirecTV since 2006. I moved and decided to bundle all services. Billing is a complete nightmare. Although I was quoted $118 for cable, internet and phone, my separate bills are almost $500 total. I am so disappointed and I wish I would have left everything the way it was. Of course I am under contract and I can't do anything but call, call, call. A complete mess!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed May 26, 2016

    This month AT&T charges me $225.00 in data overage. I spoke with AT&T at the time the charges began. The representative express that she could see that I was being change a $15.00 fee every 15 minutes which was insane in itself. She clearly stated she would reverse the charges. However, AT&T is trying to collect the money from me now. I turned off the phone in question and still received the data charges. I wanted them to explain to me how could the phone be using data if it was turned off. This is a scam. I know several other people who have experience the same issues. Something needs to be done about this. I am currently looking for a new carrier.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2016

    For the 2nd time in a year, AT&T does a major update process. In both cases it completely drains your battery, causes increased data usage on apps you have not changed your actual usage. Why their process would completely drain your battery is highly suspect and strangely they act like it's normal, what's my problem. I believe they have damaged the battery but no worries, today they no longer will be my carrier.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2016

    I have 4 phone lines and 1 DirecTV, and 2 Uverse line with AT&T. When I want to sign up with DirecTV with AT&T, the manager name Ron and another lady Judy told me, I will get $200 gift card and with all the cartoon network include Boomerang, the monthly bill will fix with $40 with 2 years. After 1 month, I did not get any $200 gift card from AT&T. I DID NOT GET Boomerang as well. In order to get that I must upgrade my service. The monthly bill is NOT $40 actually, the bill is $50 +$7.99 protection, total $57. I can not believe such big company doing this to the customer.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed May 23, 2016

    I am so angry at this company. They never want to resolve anything. All they want is your money and time. When you call you are on hold forever or talking to a machine that half way understands you. Then when you get connected you get disconnected then you have to start the whole process over again. I was paying 57.00ish every month for DSL and home phone. My bill is now over $100. Nothing has changed. I pay my bill and this happens. I am not rich what so ever but anybody can clearly see that it is expensive. Then you see advertisements for 34.99 or 19.99 but the AT&T customer service can not help me. Just say "I'm sorry."

    This is unacceptable and upsetting when you struggle and stress and cry about a bill going up over $50.00. The mobile plans aren't that great either. It's funny how you advertise something then suddenly you don't have any promotions or help for a long time customer. You say "your bill is currently without any discounts and you're just going to have a high bill. Sorry" so you can charge me what you want, when you want to... It isn't right and it shouldn't be legal. I'll be going elsewhere when I pay out my contract. Thanks for allowing me to vent. If you ask my option don't get into a contract with them. They will lie, steal and cheat you. Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2016

    We switched six lines from Verizon to AT&T two and half year ago. After we switched, we put block on international calls to China (Because it's much cheaper use calling card than cell phone). Everything worked fine until this March when upgraded our phones (the special buy one iPhone 6s, get one for free, but in order to get the deal you have to cancel two lines and get two new lines). After we upgraded the phone lines and phones, we asked and called to put block on the international calls.

    On April 11, I got a text from AT&T says that, “The international long distance call charges for mobile ** exceed $200”. My mother’s line (72-year-old). I called AT&T same day to ask why it’s not block international calls and the customer service rep said he will take care of it. He said we can add International Calling Plan to reduce the rate from $3.50 per minute to $.049 per minute. And he said I will see it at next billing cycle of April 29th.

    On April 20, I got another text from AT&T say that, “The international long distance call charges for mobile ** exceed $400”. It’s the same number my mother has it. I called AT&T again and asked why international call is not block. The customer server rep said he will take care of it and said I should add the East Asian Calling Plan for $15 a month so the calls to China will be free. And I will see it the next billing cycle of April 29th. I been asked my Mom not use the phone at call since April 20th and wait for AT&T to correct my bill so I can pay for it.

    As of today, AT&T have not correct my bill. The bill is $1344.50 with $564.95 international (161 minutes to call to China, $3.50 per minute, and calling card is only $0.05 per minute). And AT&T suspend all six lines. I am willing to pay what I suppose to pay ($1344.50- $564.95=$779.55). I think this is unfair. We been use AT&T over two years, and my parents use same calling call to call China. We called, and called ask them to block the international calls, and it's never been blocked. Please help...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 22, 2016

    I've been an AT&T customer for three years. I've been getting robbed from them since 2014. My bill each month is high. I mean extremely high 200+ dollars more than what the normal bill should be and I don't make no changes nor do I go over my data. I call AT&T. On the phone with them for 2+ hours, speak to supervisors and they tell me "someone will call you back in 5 to 10 minutes". Days later no calls whatsoever. AT&T is a rip off and I am going to be suing them. Anyone and everyone save your money and go to someone else. I had T-Mobile. Best ever. I'm going to go back to them. The hell with AT&T. I am so pissed off. I wish I could punch the ** out of the persons on the phone. I am 100% dissatisfied with them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 22, 2016

    I have had AT&T for years for my wireless service. This year however the customer care level is completely disintegrated. I tried to order a phone through the next program with the "buy one, get one" free promotion. They put the order through for my new phone to Adeline, however the free phone was put in as a warranty phone off the first phone. So I call them and told them that this had happened, and they said that it wasn't showing in the computer. I said, "Are you sure I'm not going to get a big bill about this? I don't want any trouble." They said, "Oh yeah, everything will be fine."

    So then I get a letter in the mail stating that if I don't return this phone that I will be charge for it. So I call again and I explain the whole situation again, and yet again I was told that it was handled. Then today I get my bill and it's over $1000, and yet again I call and they refused to fix it. They tell me I need to talk to the warranty department or the fraud department or that some guy had called and placed the order under my name, which is all incorrect. So I would not use AT&T. I would not recommend them to anyone. I would suggest completely staying away from this company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2016

    AT&T does everything possible to screw their customers. They fraudulently added long distance charges to my home phone, totally unauthorized and would not reimburse "my money" back to me. I got rid of my home phone, they upped the price of my internet because they said I did not have a home phone anymore. They make you wait on hold forever to discourage you from staying on to complain. I have encountered 2 courteous and helpful people in 15 years with them. They told me if I bundled with UVerse I would save $40 a month. The next bill was $40 more, not less. They continually lie. They have been admonished by the Federal Trade Commission for making fraudulent charges to customer's bills on more than one occasion. These are not accidental billing errors, but deliberate attempts to defraud their customers.

    I had, yes had, DirecTV for 14 years. Never any problems. Great customer service... Until that Goliath of a monopoly bought DirecTV. Now I am a former DirecTV customer. They did not honor a negotiated agreement and charged me for the NFL package which was supposed to be free. Then they did not pay me back in the manner that was agreed upon.

    When I argued about the original agreement, they said the representative's notes were vague, but mine weren't. I had the time, day and associate's name I spoke to. Since the calls are recorded I told the Supervisor several times to pull the damn call and listen to it. She ignored me each time I brought this up. My bill was supposed to be $65 per month under the agreement, instead they were charging me $93 a month. Customer service to them is "let me see how many ways I can rip off my own customers and get a slap on the wrist by the FTC". They should allow you to pick negative stars, because they are right next to Dante's Inferno!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2016

    I had AT&T for over 2 years and decided to switch to another provider, not knowing that they have a policy if you disconnect in the middle of the cycle, you still have to pay for services that you are not going to be using. Question is why you have to pay for services that you don't use, if it's not a prepaid service? I definitely recommend you cancel at the end of your cycle.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff
    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, PJ increased their star rating on May 24, 2016.

    Updated review: May 24, 2016

    AT&T apologized to me and removed my late fee charge right away. And they will give a special attention/advice to the agent "Leticia".

    Original Review: May 21, 2016

    I called AT&T customer service on 4/16/2016 for cancellation. I spoke & requested to agent named "Leticia" for the Bill statement for the last payment. However, the bill statement came to me after the due date on 5/1/2016 with the late payment charge. I called AT&T again, then Customer agent "Maria" explained that the bill cycle does not end until 5/10/2016, therefore the bill was not sent earlier, and plus the agent "Leticia" did not make any note about my request for the bill statement and did not explain to me for the possible late payment fee. Now, they want to report me to the collection agency, and the it was written on "5/10/2016."

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 19, 2016

    I have had it with AT&T - the entire billing department needs to be fired! I converted to UVERSE back in November of last year, and the problems started. Back in January of this year, I was told that I had a past due bill. After talking to several people (one of them was rude), I was asked to send them a copy of the cancelled check, both sides. I did so on February 1st, along with an email outlining my aggravation. Still, it took them more than two weeks to make the correction, and this was after I had sent them another check just so my service would not be terminated...

    They eventually gave me credit for two payments. The same identical thing happened this month. Went through the same process again, and in the meantime, they have cashed both checks, which I have copies of, and yet they have billed me for two cycles!!! This is the most horrible billing experiences I have had in my entire life... I am tired of fixing their problems! Fire some people and get someone who can get it right!

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    Reviewed May 19, 2016

    I electronically overpaid my account with $478.17 (accidently while I was thinking of paying my car's loan). I have contacted with customer service and all responds were from check "will be issued within 10 days" to "request has been made". All have the same method of taking you for a ride and repeatedly ask the same questions every time I got transferred to the "supervisors". And more to come...

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    Reviewed May 18, 2016

    I switched to AT&T mid February from Verizon. I was told once all the needed info was sent over to AT&T I'd receive a gift card to pay off my balance at Verizon. We're at 11 weeks and it's still in the "validation" process. I have received a collection notice from Verizon because of this. I called AT&T and asked to speak to a supervisor because this is not fair to me. I was told there is no way to expedite the process and to check back next week. That's it. Really?! I'm going to suffer because you idiots can't do your job?! Another huge issue is they've hit me w/ 3 data overage fees in less than a week. I had Verizon for 10 yrs with a 3gb plan and never exceeded 2. With AT&T I have passed 2, 3, 4, and now 5. I had to increase my data package to avoid getting hit w/ more fees since my billing period still has 4 days left. I've expressed my concern. Have spent at least an hr on the phone per night for the last week.

    Everyone gives me a different solution, yet nothing has helped. I was told to turn off my cellular at home in case my wifi wasn't strong enough, I was told to turn off roaming (it was already off), turn off wifi assist (it was already off), reset my cellular usage statistics, erase my phone and restore as new. It's been nothing but a runaround w/ people passing blame. Last tech said there is a huge amount of data being used at off times and she sees a pattern. She believes there is a "data leak" and w/ my warranty should get a new phone. I was then sent to Apple. More diagnostics and blaming me. Oh and there is no such thing as a "data leak" according the last tech person. Maybe the employees should at least know what they are taking about before spewing quick fixes. It's been a complete nightmare. I cannot wait to switch back to Verizon. AT&T just feeds people lies and just straight up does not care about their customers. I'd avoid them at all costs.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2016

    After 20 years with this company it is costing me 746.89 to dump AT&T. But I will save that back in less than a year with MetroPCS. My average monthly bill with AT&T about 170.00 a month. My bill for a better plan with MetroPCS 50.00 per month period total and never any surprise overage, user fees and whatever else this money grabbing company can come up with. AT&T PENALIZES its long term customers instead of rewarding them. A new customer I found out could get twice the plan I had for less money errrr! I am finding a lot of folks just like me dumping AT&T. This monster corporation is destined to the ash heap of history along with others who chose to rob their customers.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 18, 2016

    I have been a customer with AT&T for almost 16 years. I have had a few problems here and there but have dealt with it because I don't see any other carriers honestly being any better or different. My bill has been around $160 per month for years. I called in December 2015 to get my wife a phone for Christmas. They had the buy one, get one free. So I got 2 phones, the rep quoted me $160 after I get my new phones tax and all. I asked "how can you keep my payments that low with getting the new phones." She said "because you have been a loyal customer for a long time and I worked my magic."

    So I was concerned it would be an issue so I had her text me the quote. As you can guess it has been 5 months and my bill has not been correct since. I have talked to more than 15 different reps and been hung up on by 5 of them. I know they hung up because they never called back. I have spent several hours on the phone trying to correct this. At one point one call lasted over 4 hours. I have asked to speak to a supervisor several times, never get to talk to one. Have been told on 5 different occasions that a supervisor would call me back. Still have not got that call. Bottom line At&t has the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with, even worse than Comcast.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 17, 2016

    I have had the worst billing experience with AT&T in multiple occasions. When we first started cell phone service with AT&T about 15 years ago, they overcharged us on every month's bill! I had to spend hours to wait on line and to speak to someone to go through the bill so they could make corrections. We later switched cell phone service to Verizon, and never had similar experience. However I had to sign up for the Internet and home phone with AT&T again 3 years ago because it's the only company that serves the area we moved into. I couldn't believe nothing had changed about their billing practice! They always have billing errors, and they always over charge! We were finally fed up with it and discontinued the service 3 months ago. However I still haven't received the refund check for the money they pre-charged.

    When I called the first time, I was told the check would be issued within 4 weeks. When I called again 5 weeks later, I was told I should expect the check in another 4 weeks, by May 7th. I still didn't see the check on May 17th so I called once again. Initially I was told the check has been issued and the rep even gave me a check number. She said in their system it showed the check was mailed out and had been delivered. When I further questioned when it was sent out, she put me on hold for 10 minutes, and came back to tell me the check is still being processed!! I was told to wait for another 14 days for the check to arrive.

    This seems to me a now intentional malpractice of the billing, not a simple oversight any more. I will file a complaint to AT&T, and I will never use their service and wouldn't recommend their service to anyone who don't want headache, who do not have too much spare time to play bill games with this company. I would have rated it -5 star if that's an option. Very frustrating experience!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 17, 2016

    I took out Uverse on Nov 19th, 2014 at 1:03pm with Alicia who had over 10 years experience in customer service. I took out U300 and internet at 45 Mbps, upload 6 Mbps and guaranteed speeds with phone for $149/m. In May 2016 I disconnect the account and ask for my deposit back with was confirmed to me as a deposit and am told it is a Credit Management Fee. This was not told to me at the time of taking out the account. They took $449 from me. Which may have been done legally according to them but I consider this misrepresentation and defrauding the most vulnerable.

    They state that this charge is necessary for low credit scores or people with no credit history. In November 2014 when I applied I had a credit score of 680-700 on Credit Karma and had a social security despite arriving in October from the UK. It very disappointing for a company to behave in this way which makes me question their approach to consumers with such a large monopoly. I never experienced anything similar with other utility companies and they refunded my deposit.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed May 16, 2016

    We chose to switch to AT&T based on their contract cancellation rebate. Details were not made clear of the process of the cancellation fees for our old cell phone carrier. We left the old carrier with $1100.00 in charges for cancellation and we're only given $90.00 towards our payoff. That is after waiting a 90 day period before we could receive the money. We go back into the sales office and spoke to the same sales person and manager which at that time gives the correct details of how the cancellation fees work. Not at time of cell. AT&T offers a promotion but is not in fact the promotion they offer based on the information provided.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2016

    I am completely dissatisfied with AT&T. I was watching TV one night and saw a commercial on DirecTV stating that all DirecTV customers can receive unlimited data by switching to AT&T with them paying up to $650 of your current contract. It sounded like a great idea considering I had Sprint at the time and their coverage was absolutely horrible in my area. So I went into a retail store in my area and the representative there said it was easy, all I had to do was upload a final bill statement and they would be rebate the $650 back within 3-4 weeks. GREAT right? I go to AT&T's help you switch website on February 17th to submit everything and now I just wait it out till my money comes so I can pay Sprint the money I owe them. Well here we are 3 months later to the date and my submission was denied and I have to resubmit it AGAIN!

    I am fortunate to have a credit card that has 0% on it right now so in order to ensure that my Sprint bill doesn't go into collections and ruin my credit I paid the obligated amount to Sprint. So here we are with AT&T taking their sweet ole' time getting my money back now. "Oh we will pay for you to get out of your contract no big deal." Yeah once you sign the dotted line you are locked into a 2-year contract and they clearly don't care about getting my money back to me. Not to mention I am having to spend an extra $50 a month to get better service from Sprint. I would definitely say skip the Switcher Program unless you have money to throw around unlike me who could really use the money now as I am in the final stages of buying a house.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 14, 2016

    Internet was cutting out. After AT&T service checked out wiring from home to AT&T service box, I was told wire is rotten, very old, cracked internally. Wires replaced then he changed the modem. Asked why he changed it, he to make sure everything is working. I asked if I was charged for replacing anything, AT&T repair said, "No charges for repair or modem". GUESS WHAT? APPROX 10.00 bucks a month for modem. HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT SCREWED ON THIS??? Trying to solve this problem this morning. I've been switched to 6, yes, 6 reps. In and out of customer retention and AT&T/DIRECTV reps. Time for FCC to get involved.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 14, 2016

    AT&T sales rep told me if I updated my old iPhone and add a new phone line I could get a free phone. After 5 months of being billed for the second phone, I called AT&T and asked why am I being billed for the free phone. I was informed that I did not have a free phone and I was on a 30 month next plan. I explain that it's not what I signed up for. I would never had added an additional line if I had to pay for the phone. She suggested I go into the store. I went into the AT&T store and the rude AT&T rep and store manager said it's nothing they could do. I stated "your rep told me I could get a free phone if I upgraded and added a second line." He said "Nope. All the employees had been train" and nobody would have told me that. So am paying for two phones. I guess that's how big companies make their money, by not being truthful to their customers.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed May 14, 2016

    I've had AT&T wireless for five years now. About two months ago, a door-to-door salesperson came claiming that since I already had 3 phone lines with 15 GB data plan, I could add $60 and bundle up DirecTV, Internet, and the phone, and get unlimited data. Guess what? I paid $70 more for the wireless bill last month (apparently for unlimited data), and after more than a month later they cut my internet and when I call, their robot says I have $279 overdue for TV, internet and phone. It never shows in my account and I never got the bill; it's just in their system somewhere. It's the worst crappy service I ever got from AT&T. As you see, this is totally a scam and a false advertisement. I paid the $279 for now because I do a lot of work in internet at home and it's already weekend. I'm definitely going to call back Monday and cancel their crappy service based on lies.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed May 13, 2016

    I've been a AT&T customer for more than a year now and I was in contract with them. I terminated the contract and as agreed I paid them the final bill. Then after 5 months, they sent me another bill of 293$ and they reported my number to the credit collections department. I called the AT&T customer care and all of them were very rude. I was transferred close to 15 departments and I was in the call for 2 hours. Nobody was able to give me a proper answer. I've been in the US for close to 3 years now and I'm an immigrant. AT&T is the worst company that I will ever have relationship with in the future. Note: After this incident, I cancelled AT&T U-verse as well and sent the router back. I told about this to all my friends in my neighborhood and many of them cancelled their connections with AT&T! I will try to inform as many people as possible and will ask them to cancel their connections with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 13, 2016

    I recently was offered an unlimited plan which was supposed to end up costing me exactly the same for what I was paying for a 5gb plan. Turns out that wasn't true. It sounded too good to be true anyway. So I switched it back. Only to find out my old plan was more expensive and the extra charge to use the plan was more as well. My fault for not doing my homework. When I switched my plan back the man told me I was eligible for a free signal booster because of where I live has bad coverage. I didn't have time to go through the whole process as I was late for a meeting and was already on the phone with them talking to 4 different people for 45 minutes to get my first issue resolved. That was two weeks ago.

    I called today because I have been having very bad reception to the point that I have to hang up and restart my phone and call people back and continuously loading data, I recently started working from home. They told me I have to pay 149 for a signal booster. I told them 2 weeks ago it was free and he told me to call back when I had time. They said "I'm sorry your service is terrible but you still have to pay." So they want me to pay for my crappy service and pay them for something to make my crappy service better so I can actually use the service I am paying for. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!!

    Nobody wants to help and I don't have all day to explain my story over and over. Some way to treat a loyal customer that also bought into your cable services. I will be cancelling both since all they seem to want to do is rip people off. Not to mention I can get both services cheaper. I was just trying to be loyal to them. No more of that. They always find a way to screw people I see.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2016

    I entered the store they have in New York on the 34th street in September 2015, and talked to a representative about a new cell phone and different plan options. Based on the information given verbally by the representative I choose a cell phone and a plan. I was with my best friend and we had the time to evaluate all the information given to us by the representative and also took some notes. The representative told us that day that they had a special rebate of $200 on the purchase of the new Samsung Galaxy S6 which I could pay it in 30 payments, if I traded in my iPhone I would get a credit of $100 that I would see on the 2nd maybe 3rd bill, and since I work for a corporate firm I would have a 19% discount on my line and data costs. I was enthusiastic and said to the rep I would come back at the end of my billing cycle with Verizon, in 3 weeks from that day.

    At this point the representative really gave the best of him and told me there were no need to wait. He would have called Verizon and I would not have to pay the 3 weeks to come with them. I left the store with my brand new Samsung Galaxy and very happy for the kindness of the representative that, by the way, didn't give anything in writing.

    What happened next was a financial nightmare. I never received the $100 credit, for that month I had to pay both Verizon and AT&T, I never received the 19% discount on my line and data costs. I went to the store the other night, the representative tried to find some excuses but the store manager get rid of him sending him to the back of the store and he told me I cannot prove what I was telling them because I had nothing in writing in my hands. Do you have a piece of paper by AT&T where we can read all you are saying? If not, the conversation between you and the representative the night the account was opened, was a private conversation, nothing to do with AT&T.

    Since the night I opened the account with them I accepted the "present" of a new tablet connected to my new cell phone data. I will have to wait until the 30 installments are over to close the account I have with AT&T. Meantime, I have to keep paying and accept the situation as it is. I have been cheated and duped by AT&T just because I believed what an AT&T representative told me in an AT&T store wearing the AT&T tag on him. The name of the representative is Eddie **.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 11, 2016

    I was lied to initially about changing my plan and saving money. The next bill was 30 dollars higher. I said I wanted to go back to the plan I had before and not combine my U-verse and cell phone bills. It was downhill from there. One person says they will fix it and the next person doesn't have a clue about your situation. I have a payment that has clearly already been taken out of my checking account and they can't seem to get it credited to the right service. There have been 2 people stating they see it and will fix it and then when I call back because it's not being credited, that person doesn't see the payment. I'm done and am signing up for another service within a couple of days. I do NOT recommend AT&T to anyone.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    OK, someone knocked on my door about 3 weeks ago to sell me AT&T service. With reluctance I signed up for DirecTV and internet. 9 days later they came and determined that the dish would not work on my house. We determined that instead of DirecTV I would instead get UVERSE TV. The lady on the phone said that someone would be out the next day at 9:00 AM to connect. I did not hear anything from anyone. Approximately 10 days has now passed. Then today AT&T came to my house and took their fiber optic cable back and disconnected my Comcast. Now I have no service at all. Have you ever heard of any service worse than this?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    I have been an AT&T Wireless customer since before they were AT&T Wireless - approximately 25 years. Generally I have been a satisfied customer until this year. I wanted to upgrade my iPhone 5s to a 6s. I was "eligible" at the end of December. Twice I went to the AT&T store to do this. I preferred that way so if there were issues they could be addressed. Both times the store was short staffed for the number of people waiting. The second time, after over 20 minutes of waiting, they took my number and put me on a list to call me when it was my turn. I never received a call.

    Decided to do it online and checked prices, $299 with contract renewal. But when I went to actually order the phone they had ended contracts. It was now going to cost me $799 for the phone, spread over 12-24-36 months. No option to buy it outright at a discount. AND with the plan recommended it would now cost me $140/month instead of the $94 I currently pay. Where is the support for customer loyalty? I believe it is time to switch carriers. I can get a 6s for $299, and the monthly plan that is the equivalent of my current AT&T plan would be $75/month, a savings of $19. Way to be competitive AT&T!!

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    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    I was quoted $228.64 for two cell phones with unlimited data, one 5GB Jet pack, and DirecTV Choice! Well I received my bill today for $390.00. Talk about hidden charges! I called them and they reduced it by $30.00. Going to see Verizon tomorrow.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    On DEC 17, 2015 I entered an AT&T store to buy a phone for my mom and dad. The AT&T rep told me they are having a BOGO free special on iPhones. I decided to buy 2 iPhone6 for $600 each. They informed me that I must subscribe to the NEXT program and make payments on the phone. Then, after a few months, I would get reimbursed for the cost of 1 iPhone6 (minus tax). Great deal... So I thought!

    5 months later after not being reimbursed I call 611 and talk to a service rep. After much research, the rep tells me that the BOGO special was only for the iPhone6s... NOT the iPhone6. This is NOT what the ATT rep told me when I bought the phone! Ok, no problem I thought. Logically, anyone can see that I was mistakenly sold the iPhone6 with the BOGO guarantee. The mistake was clearly with the ATT employee. I mean, why would I buy 2 iPhone6 for full price ($600 each=$1200) when I could have got 2 iPhone6s for ($700). I'm not an idiot... If the ATT employee did not guarantee the BOGO offer for the iPhone6, I would have never purchased it.

    Bottom line, ATT now tells me they are sorry, there is nothing they can do. They don't care there is no other explanation for why I would buy 2 iPhone6 when the special was for iPhone6s. All logic points to the fact that it was the employee fault that sold me the iPhone6. She guaranteed me I would be reimbursed and wouldn't you know, when I went in to talk to her, she can't remember me. Now I'm out $1200 for iPhones that I would NOT have purchased without the BOGO offer and ATT is unwilling to help me. This has been the worst experience I've ever had with a company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 10, 2016

    AT&T is a very irresponsible company. AT&T recently came to my property and without anyone's consent passed a tube underground to be able to pass their cables through. I never asked for their service. When trying to do this they broke my plumbing. I've been trying to contact them since the day the plumbing inside my home was clogged and overflowing everywhere.

    The first day I called them, they sent a supervisor. I was talking to the supervisor on the phone when he arrived at my property, explaining to him what they had done. This stupid supervisor tells me he's not a plumber and that they aren't fixing anything. My whole house inside and outside was flooded with sewer water. I have 3 kids. This is insane! Now they just don't answer our phone calls. 3 of my neighbors are also having complaints due to AT&T cutting their internet connections with that awful job they did. DO NOT LET THIS COMPANY DO ANYTHING ON YOUR PROPERTY! THEY DONT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKES!

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    Reviewed May 9, 2016

    I have been with AT&T for several years now as my mobile provider paying what I find to be a ridiculous price for my services, however, I am with them still. So I had been seeing their advertising on the deal where you get unlimited data if you go with DIRECTV now for a few months. I decided to take the leap however skeptical I remained and with good reason come to find out. That unlimited data plan isn't free. It was going to add 40.00 to my 194.00 mobile bill plus the cost of my now new DIRECTV bundle package. Guess that's all I can say although I will post on any and every site I can to give AT&T a bad report now.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 9, 2016

    This was my complaint to AT&T - Got next to no compensation and ZERO apology!!! I am an 8-year customer. I have been an AT&T Wireless customer for many years and have a real issue with an incident that we recently had with our wireless service. I have 4 phones on my plan. My wife and I as well as my 2 teenagers each have iPhones. We tend to use a lot of data and sometimes have overages. We have ALWAYS paid our bill no matter what the total is and recently recommitted to AT&T by purchasing 3 iPhones from your company. The issue that I have is that our data was turned off last month due to overages in excess of $300. Let me reiterate that we have always paid our bill, even when times were tight as we were both once in commissioned sales.

    My wife has recently started her own company and had several sales appointments in Atlanta the Monday after our data was turned off. I told her to go ahead and leave for Atlanta and I would call and get the data turned back on before she would need it to communicate with clients via email & use her Maps App to navigate between appointments. This where I have a serious problem. I called and got the data block removed. Then I called her and told her that she was good to go and everything was fine. The issue is that the data block was not taken off. So now she is in Atlanta, unable to use the Maps App or email. She is calling me trying to find out who I spoke to at AT&T, because the block is not turned off. I am unable to answer because I am in a meeting as well.

    Once I called her back, she had to sit in a parking lot on the phone with me, all the while I am on hold with your company. Once I got off of hold on the second phone call to get this issue fixed, she was having to turn her phone off and back on in order to test the removal of the data block. For some reason AT&T was unable to remove the data block. Only after several attempts was it actually removed by AT&T employee, Zamina **. She was extremely helpful once I was able to talk to her.

    At this point, my wife had missed her first sales call and was late for another. This is not a reasonable outcome for us as she is just starting out on her own trying to build her company. She is livid and has had to spend the last couple of weeks trying to reschedule these appointments and do damage control against her competition, who is claiming that she is late and misses appointments. The amount of potential earnings that she has missed out on is significant, especially when you extend out the potential monthly purchases over a year.

    I do not understand why nobody called to ask us what the issue was or sent us an email asking us to reply or pay a portion of the overages. Instead you turn off the data and make it so that even your own employees can’t turn it back on. This is not the way that you should handle long term customers that have always paid and recently decided to continue our business relationship by purchasing new phones at your store. There are lots of carriers that are cheaper and offering free phones, but we have always been happy since we switched to AT&T until now. Please let me know what your plan is to make this up to me and my family or if we should take our business elsewhere in the future.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 6, 2016

    AT&T 6 GB plan with 6 GB promo scam. Was given a promo offer 12 gb plan for $5 less than what I am paying. Gladly accepted but found out my 'access charge per line' went up from $15 to $25 resulting $20 extra per month on my bill. As I was told later by AT&T after calling that it is (6gb plan with 6 gb bonus) means it is a 6 gb plan and all under 10 gb plan have higher access line cost. Well, why I was not informed about it that mentioned upgrade is technically not 12 gb plan but 6 gb plan with 6 gb bonus. Now I lost my previous 7gb promo with rollover plan with $15 access charge per line and now there is no going back. Like to report it but how? Need explanation in writing. Word of advice - never go for promo offers if offered by AT&T staff. Just go to AT&T website and select what you want to make an informed decision. Talking to customer rep is a TRAP.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed May 6, 2016

    We were paying $88 a month for Uverse Elite Internet and Basic Cable. Then we lost a discount and it went up. So we (my husband and I) saw this great offer online for DirecTV bundle for $80 a month. We entered our account information online (it's under my husband's name) and choose the change plan option and ordered for the DirecTV bundle to be installed in two days.

    Then my husband called at&t Uverse to have it disconnected in three days and find out what had to be done to return the equipment. The lady we talked to said that because of the DirecTV order it gave us a different account number and instead of closing out Uverse account said that she would put DirecTV on our active account and combine our wireless and the new bundle into one bill. So I checked my email the next day and got notified that my next bill will be $356. No matter how I added up the numbers on the bill, it did not equal that amount. My wireless bill is current $122. My new DirecTV will be $80 plus taxes. Even with Uverse prorated it does not come near to $356.

    Logged on to my online account and found out I have an Uverse activation order for the 7th for internet and the DirecTV has a separate account number. Called AT&T today, asked to speak to a supervisor. I got hung up on the 1st time and the 2nd time I actually got a supervisor I think. She didn't want to deal with it. She only heard me say DirecTV and shunted me off to a directv representative to find my order. She then shunted me off to someone else who could see all the account information because she could not. My original DirecTV order is now non-existent. I printed my order receipt and then scanned it into my computer as a pdf, but of course when I offered to email the pdf to them so they could see it they refused to provide an email saying that all the information they need was there.

    After awhile, I told the person I had to go because of a job interview. She said refused to give me any information to contact her back. She said she would continue to work on the problem and call back at 3 p.m. Well, 3 p.m. came and went and no phone call. At 8 p.m. I got online to see if the issue was resolved and of course it is not resolved. Going to call tomorrow morning and cancel Uverse cable and my DirecTV order. Keep the wireless and the internet and hopefully, they will get this right or my next move will be a lawyer for scamming me and for fraud. Already looking for a new service for wireless and internet. AT&T did make my decision to go without cable easier. I've been on the fence for awhile now deciding to go with Hulu or Netflix and quitting cable and now my mind has been made up. I'm definitely quitting cable.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed May 5, 2016

    I switch to AT&T from T-Mobile but this is the biggest mistake decision in my life. At the dealer they promise everything that the best one. I told them I don't want to pay more than I paying to TMobile and they said that I will pay about $180.00 + the phone that is about $55 because they it's buy one get one free and 30 for insurance every month plus tax they said you will be paying around 285 a month which good thing is unlimited data so that's good. So I will only adding about $20 every month from my previous T-Mobile and it's unlimited.

    Guess what my bill is, almost $400 every month. And then they offer me a free tablet. They I just need to pay $10 every month with 1gb on it. But they never told that this will have $45 activation fee. If I knew that I could just buy the tablet somewhere else that is cheaper and not having a 2 year contract with them. Now I'm stuck with them for 2 years. When I called the customer service the only thing they say is "I'm sorry for that but we can't do anything about it". So that's their modus, to lie to the customer so then they will be stuck with them for 2 years because you will not know until you receive your bill and now it's too late for you to cancel. SO PEOPLE AS A CONCERN CITIZEN DON'T GET FOOL WITH AT&T. DON'T GET AT&T. I learn my lesson! That day I switch with them they ask me to ask my bill to the T-Mobile and when I get there the T-Mobile full of customer and AT&T they have about 2 people in there. Now I know why!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 5, 2016

    On 5/4/16 and 4/28/16 I contacted the Customer Service Dept. and after being transferred 4 times I requested to speak to a Manager of the dept. The issue that I had is that I returned a phone that I had reported lost and my account was charged 150.00 for the ins. I originally spoke to Osirion and they explained to me that the refund was already requested. 2 months after, nothing has been credited to my account and is showing has past due and my services are going to be interrupted. I decide to contact AT&T and from the representative to the manager treated me badly and the only thing that I was offered to pay it and have a credit for the future bill or have my service disconnected. The manager actually disconnected the call and told me that I wasn't able to speak to anyone else and disconnected the call.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 5, 2016

    My upgrade on March 19, 2014 - I entered into the NEXT plan 24 with a iPhone 5s at the Elkin North Carolina store. It was setup on the main line of my account, the only account having a smart phone - ever. Come upgrade time, March 19, 2016 I checked my account and it was upgradable. To me the customer - my payment never went up - it went down as errors were fixed on my account. (There have been many with numerous overcharges.) I went to the same store in Elkin to upgrade, on March 22, 2016 and upgraded without issue from my 5s to a 6s. Same 24 NEXT plan but costing a few dollars more due to the higher cost of the cell. No problem there.

    When I leave I own the 5s, it's with me as well as the new contract 6s with nothing else added to other lines or any other change made. That changed fast when my bill arrived with an additional charge of $22.92. My new bill I noticed was higher than expected but I didn't pull the bill straight away. I thought at first maybe I missed a fee or something. So two days thinking about this cost difference, I pull the bill and I'm only looking at my line. It shows the contract and in fact shows some odd additions/ credits. Like I got credit for the $15.00 upgrade fee, but I didn't - it was there. In fact it really didn't add up to anything. Like a repeat of an old bill from the 5s which caught my eye. My daughter's line cost had doubled - to 56.00. So I open the payment roster and there it was, my 5s under a new contract. This contract says Oct 16, 2014 to Oct 16, 2016.

    At this point I'm very upset. My phone I own is being back-charged to me. With this information, I went to the store in Elkin, North Carolina - we pull upgrades, we pull bills, we call customer care. The first lie was that I initially didn't qualify for an upgrade in 2014, and that this is why I'm repaying for my 5s, right before AT&T customer care hung up on the AT&T rep at the Elkin store. We were both at our ends with this. I left the store still with no answers and the lie.

    The next day I call (I have anxiety so I was having to pace this situation). I call and speak with a very nice gentleman at first - he was cordial and took notes and looked over everything. This is where we found the upgrade-eligible lie. I was upgrade-eligible, it was setup as stated 3-18-14 on my main line with paperwork matching. The rep on the phone continued... after I left it was changed to my daughter's line. We don't know why, he didn't know why, but it caused my package of $150 a month to skyrocket to over $210.00 a month with each month going up in the bill.

    When I went in to the store after getting these bills, I complained, I asked why my phone was moved and demanded it be fixed. Not only was I told no they weren't going to fix it, but the only way they seen fit to fix my skyrocketing bill was for me to decrease more time or data. (The $150 plan took the place of my lifetime unlimited data plan and I was paying less than $200 a month for 4 lines.) I had been ripped off and this bill was climbing without cause... and AT&T had no answers. So as the rep on the phone continued, he sees where all these things took place, all the way 'til he says AT&T had a problem apparently in 2014, on the NEXT 24 not being billed on my account from March 19, 2014 to Oct 2014. I'm stunned. He claimed I wasn't the only one and a brief Google check did reveal there were tons of complaints. Then here he came with "can I send you the bills?"

    I seen and paid all my bills. Here's my issue - there's no difference in my October 2014 bill to my November bill, that's a 23.00 hike. So today I'm going in. He says I can pay it off... but i owe it, period. I say I don't. Clearly my bills didn't jump 23.00, it just didn't show the contract in print. It definitely took the money. Like I said, a customer sees a bill jump and I have copies of all my bills and I had no jump. It remained high and I definitely paid a lot of money for this 5s... that today will probably cost me more to buy out to get it off my plan - for second time. It's a ripoff. Either way I'm on the paying end and AT&T knows, they figured a way to scam a lot of money for these phones. It's not right. When they admit mistakes or error, it's funny how the customers pick up that check for their mistakes.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 4, 2016

    Tried to port 4 phone lines to AT&T - AT&T's sales folks gave a wrong plan estimate not including the cost of the 4 new phones which landed the AT&T plan even with the DirecTV bundle and free unlimited data at 40$ more expensive per month than my existing plan. Once I got to a real customer service rep they were helpful and explained all the details to me, however their sales people are not trained well and do not give you all the information. You have to dig. Another piece of information that was missing was how the line credit of 650 USD would be applied and how you would submit the cost of your old plan for AT&T to pay that old plan off. I think I am staying with my existing provider and cancel the DirecTV installation as well.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 4, 2016

    I have never in my entire life received such sucky, sucky customer service!!! I feel like I am being robbed out of my own hard earned money! Every single time I have an issue and I request an manager they will NEVER RESPOND back! I have been a valued customer for many, many years now and I have had it! I do not care that this will go towards my credit but I will NOT PAY NOT A SINGLE DIME TO AT&T! Our service is horrible where I live and we never get to use the phone and yet I have $400.00 phone bill for 3 DAMN LINES. JUST 3 LINES!

    I have several friends and family that is going to follow behind me to cancel their service and go with someone else that can provide outstanding customer service! Jalisa ** is a manager that I have been waiting for let's see 2 hours now with not calling me back! I wouldn't even rate AT&T one star! So to everyone reading this please DO NOT GO WITH AT&T. Their customer service SUCKS and have hidden charges!!!

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    Reviewed May 1, 2016

    My father is paralyzed for 33 years and most of his time spends in bed, he is 94. His life support is attached to the phone. He gets $659 a month. I help a lot, but only thing with his name is phone bill. Well, he owed and forget to pay $47.48, so they cut his phone off. When I called they said they don't care. When I said he has heart condition, Gina said I must pay first and also reconnecting fee, because machines don't care. I have few accounts, but believe me I will find new provider. Sick, sick, sick. I and my neighbor called and gave our names to call, but it is machine??? Life don't matter?? His dignity is nothing. It could happen to us all.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 1, 2016

    I tried to call your service center several times today. The first time was wonderful. I talked with a woman in Kansas City. She was amazing. I explained that when I purchased a new phone something went wrong and suddenly these charges started showing up on the bill that had never showed up before. It turns out they had deactivated my unlimited data plan when I purchased the new phone.

    The bad news: I am part of a family plan and it took a while to figure out what was going on. We are all busy and we don't talk about phone charges all that often when we talk with one another. At any rate the woman I talked to explained that if I had caught and made the change quickly it would be an easy fix, but with it being a year out that wasn't so easy. She thought she would have to put in a change request and even with that no guarantees. As she was in the process of putting in that request a supervisor came over and said that if she transferred me to a different department they could fix this. Super cool! I was excited.

    So I was on transfer and then the phone call dropped. I called back. Then next call was the absolute opposite. I spoke with Christine. (I asked for a customer number or some way to identify her when submitting a complaint but all she would give me was "Christine.") Christine put me on hold a lot. I'm not completely sure she understood what I was telling her and at times she was difficult to understand. She would apologize a lot and say she couldn't do what I was asking for, then try to sell me something else, then she would need to refresh the screen, so she would put me on hold again and again. The first AT&T representative never needed to do that.

    With Christine I was on hold many times and for long periods of time. It felt like she was hoping I would just hang up or go away if she waited long enough. She seemed incompetent and was not empathetic or kind. The experience was really frustrating, more so since I had just spoken with someone who had the problem fixed. Then Christine started quoting dates for changes that made no sense at all. Her data seemed wrong, and she was mean and annoying, and things just seemed to get worse and worse as I talked with her. I never ask for supervisors and I ended up asking for her supervisor.

    I seemed to feel myself losing the will to live. This woman has the personality of a geoduck. My apologies, Evergreen State, but she was slimy and limp, and pretty much useless. Please AT&T keep the gregarious, wonderful people like the woman I spoke with in Kansas City and release Christine back into the dark part of the ocean from whence she came. She is horrible. She is incompetent. She is a soul-numbing succubus. Please help a girl out! This was an awful way to spend a Saturday.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2016

    2 years ago I assisted my 90-year-old father to acquire phone service. I did speak to the rep on his behalf and provided my info as my father cannot hear. After cancelling the service and being told the matter was being taken care of, he moved to another location. Apparently after several attempts to contact him AT&T took it upon themselves to change the responsible party to me and sent the bill to collections. I was never notified. Sean a worker in the billing department verified that this indeed did happen but since it has already been sent to collections there was nothing he could do about it. I work hard at maintaining my credit and I am very upset that this has happened. Is there anything I can do?

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    Reviewed April 30, 2016

    Our account is under my husband's name. I completed information so that I could make changes on the account as well to deal with my phone as well as the kids too. Once again, I went into the store for help and was told I could not make the changes because of password. A password that we never even knew we had to have. Only the account holder can set this up of course. We knew nothing about this. THE DMV IS EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN AT&T!!!

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    Reviewed April 30, 2016

    In January, I switched cell phone coverage from Verizon to AT&T. While in the AT&T store, their rep suggested switching from U-verse TV (already a customer) to DIRECTV. Signed contract stated what cell, internet, and TV bills would be. Even though AT&T rep cancelled U-verse TV and I returned the equipment (with receipt) I've continued to be billed for both DIRECTV and U-verse TV. Each month I'm promised the situation will be fixed and each month the incorrect bill reoccurs. More insulting, since I pay the incorrect bill, I'm credited with the overcharge, that credit is reversed then I'm charged a late fee. Same thing is happening with cell phone. Without my permission my coverage is changed, I'm billed higher amounts, I call, the plan is changed back but I'm charged for a plan change AND the next month the same thing occurs.

    I filed an FCC complaint (ticket # **) and received calls from 5 different agents from the "office of the president" all promising to fix the situation. Same problem occurs but AT&T has sent 2 separate letters to the FCC claiming they have resolved the billing errors (they freely admit to) even though the bills are still wrong. Bad enough AT&T thinks they can treat consumers this way. What does it mean that they think they can provide the FCC with written factual misrepresentation with impunity...

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    Reviewed April 30, 2016

    We cancelled our Landline with AT&T. Because they had billed us for years for the landline and our cell phones, when the landline was cancelled they lost our payment for mostly the cell phone amount. I spent hours with them trying to resolve it. Instead of looking at their lacking policy and their lacking what to do, even though they had the money (verified by our bank) they still insisted we send them "proof of payment" via a fax. Truly unbelievable. We have a record of always paying on time. Instead of believing in their customers to be "good", they automatically believe we are at fault. We cannot wait to end all business with them. They are the absolute worst. The Devil can only be worse than this. I spent over 7 hours talking to their representatives on the phone. A nightmare.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2016

    On April 7, 2016 I called AT&T to ask if they could lower my service. I was told, Yes. The representative, Mr. Rhbtt ** told me "I can put you on a plan that would be $15 for each of your 4 lines, plus tax. And keep you on your grandfather data plan, 4GB for $40. That would be $100.00 plus tax." This help me lower my plan from $142 including tax. On April 8, 2016, I called back to confirm what the rep. had told me only to hear another representative tell me "no that isn't true." I ask them to check their recording. They were going to call me back. Sham on AT&T! So now mad at that switch and bait! I called April 19, 2016 and spoke to two arrogant representative's, Christy ** and her supervisor Scott **. They told me "No way!" And they were not going to listen to the recorded conversation between me and the representatives.

    So, today, I called AT&T April 29, 2016. I was hung up by once, passed on to three representatives, and one supervisor who was supposed to call me back, but when he did call back he told me he was going to give me the same bill totally $32 for each line and reduce the data to $25 instead of $40. But once you add up the tax I'm back at $165. Wow, what a switch and bait. Well folks I did what you do best. I called another provider, T-Mobile. Spoke with a Ms. Dawn **, told her I wanted a plan that would only cost me $100 plus tax. She quickly without any switch and bait, put me into a no contract, 4 lines with 6GB's. Yes, 6GB's!! Plus, I kept my same numbers and oh, if I want to add another number it will only cost me $10 for each additional lines. Oh, did I say, NO CONTRACT And NO activation fee!! The plan is called Simple Choice Plan!

    Oh, didn't have to pay for the SIM cards for my (2) iPhone 5c or my (2) Galaxy 5 Samsung existing phones! I only paid $100 deposit because I didn't want them to pull my credit. I will get that back in one year. If I would have allow them to pull my credit I wouldn't have paid NOTHING! They are sending me my SIM cards in 2 or 3 days by UPS to my home. Thank you Ms. Dawn **. P.S. Did I mention, I asked her to call me back so I could just check things out! Yes, she called me back, at the time I asked her to. I'm placing this information on all the internet sites I'm connect with. I hope a lot of people switch to T-mobile! Good luck folks!! Sham on AT&T! You just lost my business and my two daughters! Greed will get you every time.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2016

    I've been a customer of AT&T wireless since 2005 and I was grandfathered in on the unlimited data plan. For a couple of years now they've been trying to get me into other plans that had no unlimited data and I refused while my cost for my plan gradually increased. They keep telling me to go on their TV and Internet bundle so my mobile plans cost can go down.

    I agree one time to try their Uverse and alarm bundle. I was told I can have 6 tvs on at one time which I needed but after installing alarm and part of my tvs technician told me only 4 tvs can be on at one time. So that didn't work for my household so they needed to ripped everything they installed out. Couple months ago AT&T increased my phone bill by $20 a month without telling me. When I called to complain 3 different customer service reps instead of trying to fix my billing problems instead tried to get me into another contract. I'm sorry to say AT&T won. I am now searching for a different mobile carrier.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 29, 2016

    Your service is substandard with flaws and interruptions continuously. WiFi shuts off in the middle of my important business. I personally have to physically restart your system. I'm tired of it! We as customers pay our bill on time, and this is the services we receive. You need to survey your customers for a quick response to this complaint to better your internet service as an intervention. You get one stars for this review. If you do not respond to this review. I will contact the FCC and the FTC to launch a larger investigation into this matter. The ball is in your court. You need to fix this ongoing problem.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 29, 2016

    Misleading info about service. I didn't work so hard to build my credit score over the years to reach such height to have unprofessional and uneducated AT&T sales personnel to ruin that. I spoke not to one but two personnel in two different occasions and on both reaffirmed that my total plan is $30 a month but got surprised when my bill arrived and it was $74.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 27, 2016

    After long 'hold', talked to Kinyata based in Louisiana. She managed to resolve various issues except one for which she put our call on hold to do additional checking. She never came back to the phone - was disconnected. Called back again. Talked to Shaquavis in North Carolina. Had to explain everything all over again. He did resolve all questions. Did waste/consume an hour plus of my time due to AT&T automated system & being disconnected. AT&T seems to be like other big companies - easier to set up new service but customer service is absolutely terrible for questions/issues/answers, time on hold, disconnection.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 27, 2016

    They double charged me when I switched over to Uverse. Took 5 calls to fix. I was told it was fixed with a confirmation number. They Sent my bill to a collection agency. Called them back, gave them the number. And didn't help one bit. I have been a customer for over 15 years. I'm cutting it all off when my contracts run out. Stay away - find an alternative.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 27, 2016

    16 calls to customer service, still no resolution. If you are considering AT&T, please read the multitude of negative reviews. I wish I had. You cannot even cancel without going through their endless automated system. When you get through, get ready for poor English. Then you will be transferred only to start all over again.

    I finally got through and cancelled but then got a bill and a welcome to AT&T with an installation date. What the.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 27, 2016

    I notified AT&T on April 14, 2016 as soon as I found out my Wi-Fi modem was hacked into and 43 GB of data was downloaded in a matter of seven hours, while I was asleep at night. It was very evident that my normal usage of 8-10 GB per month was severely exceeded by almost 400% of what I use. AT&T admitted their device was compromised and sent me a new modem and promised to adjust the bill, which they never did. More than eight phone calls and six individuals were reached out to, but none of them kept their promises to adjust the bill. Finally, after six weeks of negotiating AT&T agreed to take out a small portion of the overage, but still want me to pay $357 of charges that were accrued due to the hacking of the device. This is not my responsibility and should not be levied upon innocent consumers because AT&T's security was breached due to a lack of security software in their devices.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 26, 2016

    Paying ATT to rip you off. Had 0 balance and they shut my phone off with the response of "Something went wrong. We don't know what."

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 26, 2016

    I went into this store on Central Ave, in Scarsdale NY on Jan 18, 2016. At the time my provider was Verizon. I spoke to the sales Rep which was nice and polite. She introduced her manager to me which his name was Emmanuel. At the time they offer me a sweet deal and also told me that for each line I ported over from Verizon I will received a credit of $200.00 for each line. I ported over (4) lines. He said I will receive the credit in 45 days or 2 to 3 billing cycles. Since I didn't see the credit I called Verizon on numerous occasions, one rep over the phone that it would take 4 billing cycles. I called again and filled out a online survey and a rep called me and said that they misinformed me and that I will not be receiving a credit.

    I went to the store and ask to speak to a manager and his name was Dan, I explained to him the reason for my visit and told him I was highly upset because I feel that AT&T wasn't honest and will tell you anything to get your business. After sitting around for 45 minutes he came back and told me that the manager that gave me the information wasn't there no more and that he gave me false information. But at that time there was a similar promotion and the reason the first manager wasn't there was because he was giving false information and he spoke to the store manager and the only thing they can do if I didn't received the credit in a month was give me $100.00 credit for each line I ported.

    At this time I was Okay with it (I figure something is something). I asked, "Can I have something in writing?" He said he would give me his card and he showed me the notes where he indicated it and I was okay with that but when I asked him for his card he went to the back and came and told me that the manager in the back said she can only credit $50.00 for each line. At this point I just told him to forget it. I am going back to Verizon unless I receive the $200.00 per line. I have been calling the store for 2 days. No one picks up. I will be sending an email to the FCC and Consumer affairs and at the point I want the store number and the name of the Regional Manager. Someone that oversees the store managers for the particular store.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 26, 2016

    Since October 2014 AT&T charged me $50.76/month plus taxes and fees for an Apple 6 iPhone and line ** I never had. I contacted them 4 (!) times and requested a refund, talked to number different reps. including Sath ** who claimed to be a manager there, wasted hours on a phone, but nothing happened. My request was rejected. Unbelievable! I will change my wireless carrier first thing tomorrow morning.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    I had been a happy customer of AT&T for over 20 yrs, through all the name changes, etc. However, it feels like a conspiracy lately but many that I have talked to say without hesitation that it's not my imagination. I have a basic phone (very happy with it) with unlimited data and an obsolete family plan I added years ago but it's still honored (I think). Several months ago, I found text & voicemail msgs were either not getting thru at all or a couple would get thru 5-7 days late. I bought another SAME phone over the internet (AT&T stopped selling it) and everything was fine up until 2 weeks ago when suddenly, again I couldn't receive text & voice msgs. Calling twice & getting an IT tech didn't help. (They discontinued access to FB on my cell.)

    In the meantime, I keep getting emails and advertisement to get an iPhone or Smartphone. In addition, I'm finding that the bars to indicate reception are rarely available to make or receive calls when I needed it. Never had this problem before! I am on a limited budget with a handicapped spouse and a full time college student. I prefer to stay where I can have affordable monthly payments. But why does it seem like they are trying to force me to buy something with monthly data plan I can't afford?

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    AT&T will always tell you about their so called "bundles and savings deals" and you will always be surprised when you get your bill. It's always higher than told, they charge you for things you didn't know they had fees for! And to make matters worse there is always something wrong with the service! When we call to have it fixed, they lie and try to blame someone else and say it's maybe a line cut from another company and I should of known because when their tech guy was explaining it to me, it all sounded made up.

    When the tech guy came out we were told it was not true. The problem was that our cable was installed incorrectly by their first tech and that's why our service kept going in and out. The tech guy even told us to call ATT again and complain. Well today again we experienced an issue for the third time. When I complained she said she didn't see anything about previous tech inquiries and she could not do anything to make the situation better when I complained about a crazy expensive charge I have now!!!

    How am I supposed to WANT to pay for expensive crappy service!!! They have by far the worst customer service and DO NOT care about pleasing customers. They would rather lose a customer than make them feel better about dropping so much money for their again CRAPPY service!!! Oh yea and the so called money you get like the $150 reward for signing up, they will only incorporate that to some of your bills and give you bogus answers when you inquire about it. Beware!!! this cable is for people that do not care about spending a lot of money on cable only! They take advantage!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    Horrible service! Horrible expensive fees! Overdrafting your accounts and don't repay only to offer a very SMALL credit for next month! Been with this place for 10 years and NO LOYALTY TO CUSTOMERS! I pay $200 for 2 phone lines old phones and barely working! You can't upgrade unless bill paid and current phone not operable at all!! $285 for Uverse.... internet... home phone... Cable wtf!!! I called to see if any cheaper package. OMG, they said "Yes, U300, it's $265 a month." Whattt?!? Promotions only for new customers. They push products on you like DirecTV which promotion for 1 year but lock you in to 2-year contract!

    If you leave they won't unlock your phone and charge high costs even with NO CONTRACT! The in store help walks around like they God and does nothing to help customers and upsell products!!! I'm over this ripoff company!!! Can't believe my total services costing me $500 a month and I've been with them 10 years. Sad thing is ALL the carriers have become this way bc they know we need the service. Customers ain't nothin nowadays, sad world.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 23, 2016

    I had 2 iPhones with unlimited data for $40/month each, plus one Samsung which I was paying $50 for 3GB data and one 2G $25/month. I was also paying $50/month for unlimited texting and $60/month for 700 min/month. AT&T was sending me letters telling me my 2G will be obsolete in 2017. I already started to see the line has bad reception.

    Last month, I called AT&T to see what type of cheap 4G cell phone I can buy to replace my 2G. The customer service reps told me if I add one more line I can buy one iPhone 6 and get the 2nd iPhone 6 free and if I switch to their $180 plan I can have 3 cells on unlimited data, unlimited call and unlimited text for $180/month + tax and my 4th smart phone will be free. Of course, I still needed to pay $25 for the 2G cell if I keep it. I asked her several times if I had to pay extra for the 4th smart phone and I was repeatedly told "no" the additional line would be free. I accepted and added another line even though I did not needed and bought the buy one get one free iPhones

    This month, I have been charged $130 for one line, $47 for the 2nd line, $27 for the 2G line, $2 for 3rd smart phone and $155 for the 4th line which was supposed to be free. I was also been charged 3 $28/34 for the 2 new buy one get one free cell phones. My bill is $337.54. I called AT&T several times and talked to several reps plus two supervisors. Strange thing is that the supervisors both told me they are sorry that the customer service reps lied to me but the bill stands as is. They also could not explain the extra $38.89 charge. I am trying to find a way to close my account with AT&T on both of their services, the cellphone and the U-verse, and never come back. My sister had the same dishonest billing issues with AT&T and she went with T-Mobile. Couple of my coworkers and my brother went to Verizon. I wish I had done the same.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 22, 2016

    I switched to T-Mobile in December 2015. I have been a customer of AT&T for 15 years. I had 3 mobile numbers with them. When my son joined the military, he was able to obtain his own acct with Verizon, so I cancelled his number connected to our acct. So when I switched to T-Mobile, they meaning T-Mobile cancelled my acct with AT&T because of the switch and told me I do not have to call AT&T about it and they will take care of it.

    Prior to that, we used to have autopay with AT&T without debit acct. What we did not realized was they were still charging us, $116.03 every month since January 2016 till march 2016. So I called AT&T customer service to find out what is going on. After I was placed on hold and 7 different representatives that none of them seem to know what to do nor take care of a customer and even hanging up on me, they told me that the only thing they can do is cancel the number that has been cancelled a long time ago and waive the next bill and that they cannot give me a refund on the previous charges. Apparently they said there was no documentation of the number being cancelled.

    I am just an average employee trying to make a living every day - I go to work. The company probably makes billions of dollars on customers like us. How can they still manage to deny a legitimate complaint from a customer. We are not asking for ridiculous amount of money but only to what is owed to us. I hope that people will learn from my mistake of joining AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPriceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed April 21, 2016

    Warning to potential AT&T Would be Customers Wanting to reduce costs of TV. Store rep stated that if you reduce some premium channels and change-out the cable box you could save $40-$50. He wrote on his tablet the work order for 8AM-2PM service call. Two days later a DirecTV Tech shows up at our apartment for a satellite installation which is not what we requested. Since we live in an apartment, our complex doesn't allow satellite dishes and direcTV. Looks like the store rep was pushing DirecTV and didn't give us any paperwork regarding the service call and the info which when billed would cost the consumer $26 dollars. What is really interesting is you really can't change anything till your contract runs out. Then you can pick and choose the right economical TV package. What a bummer store rep.

    When we originally bought our smart telephones the store rep didn't say or show us paperwork, what we would be billed for which was $600 dollars for each phone now $1200 for 2, plus service costs per month. The service costs were also high. We also was told there was great buy promotion for a tablet 1 penny. We purchased 2. Thought it was a great deal till we started to get monthly service charges for each tablet. We then asked the store rep regarding termination of the tablet service costs. He said it would cost $130 dollars for each tablet to terminate (260) plus an additional $26. He also mentioned that you could turn on a free hi fi connection which is in the tablet. He never mentioned that upfront. All this assumed is a bummer! We will wait till we can find another provider to get rid of the AT&T equipment.

    Went back and spoke with the store manager and he apologized for this situation. Meanwhile the customer has to pay for the lack of upfront information. The apology doesn't save you anything! Need to get paperwork before making any purchases with AT&T including monthly service costs before signing up for a contract. I rate the AT&T provider from 1-10 on satisfaction a 1.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 21, 2016

    AT&T is at its best when charging you additional monies or having undercover charges at your expense. About a month ago, I got the cell phone plan. To receive the plan I had to pay $104 for (2) iPhone 6. Upon receiving the (2) phones, one was working and the other phone would not power on and was returned back to AT&T. In order to get a replacement I was charged another $52. Now, I discovered in my monthly telephone bill that they have charged me a restocking fee of $35 for the nonworking phone that was returned back to them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 20, 2016

    I am so glad I switched to T-Mobile but sucks I am unable to use one of my lines because AT&T will not unlock my phone. I paid my AT&T account in full including 380.00 in contract termination fees March 31st and since the end of March I have made 6 online attempts and 3 phone calls to get my phone unlocked to use with T-Mobile and was told by phone yesterday @ 6:22 by Pamela after a 20 minute call and transfer that there was an error in their system and it was corrected and I would receive unlock instructions by email. 24hrs later and phone is still locked and I attempted again to request unlock online and it says my account is still under contract so she apparently did not clear that up as I was told. I just called again and was told to call back after 24hrs because their system is updating!! WTH AT&T???

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 20, 2016

    I ordered a phone online two weeks ago and was unsatisfying with the phone. I placed the phone back in the box and sent it back to AT&T. I received a email today and it said they were taking $35 away from my refund, I paid $184 for the phone and $10 for the case. After speaking with the representative and he place me on hold while he did some research and explain the AT&T policy, saying it was on the website, but didn't place it on the receipt in the box and I asked "Can I speak to a supervisor and explain the situation to him?" and told him I never turn the phone on or used the phone and he said that it a refurbish phone now and explain it will take 7 to 10 days before I received my money but it took them less than 24 hours from my account. What a rip off AT&T. Will be moving to T-Mobile. You lost a good customer!!!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed April 19, 2016

    AT&T was adding charges to my phone bill for service that I never received, nor wanted. I had been with AT&T wireless for over ten years. A number of years ago, my wife added 1 data plan for my birthday. Sometime after, I started to get charges on my other phones, so I added data block to the other phones and text block to all phones including the one with the data plan. This sound extreme but even this will not stop AT&T from charging a customer for services that the customer requested not to receive.

    A couple of years ago, AT&T started adding additional charges to my bill for an additional data plan that I did not want. Even though I had data and text block and could not use the service, AT&T would periodically add an additional data plan to my bill. I would call and they would remove the charges sometimes. Recently, they have refused to remove the charge regardless if the service was used or not. I contacted my credit card to dispute the additional charges. I only disputed the last 2 months of bogus charges even though it should have been more. If I included all of the bogus charges from AT&T during the time with them, it would be in the thousands.

    AT&T sent me a letter about the disputed sixty dollars and that I must pay. I recorded the call and contacted AT&T about the sixty dollar bogus charges. They acted senseless and kept me on the phone for an hour. Finally, the operator said there was nothing she could do, that I must pay the sixty dollars. I asked for someone who could do something about the charges, so she kept me waiting on the phone, before she informed me that no one was unavailable and someone would call me back. Now, I get a call from a collection agency to collect these $60 dollars. Is this the AT&T Policy? To charge customers for services they did not receive or want then threaten them with collections and if they don't pay then send them to collections without an explanation? They will get you eventually. Do yourself a favor, use smaller service companies.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 18, 2016

    After hearing AT&T was offering unlimited wireless data for bundling with DirecTV, I stupidly fell for the bait & switch and signed up for service with both. I was told it would cost $110 per month total for both services, which would appear on one bill. Unfortunately, since signing up with both AT&T and DirecTV, I've experienced nothing but headaches, lies, and misrepresentations.

    For starters, I was placed on a 15GB monthly data plan that cost $110 itself. The sales rep said not to worry - it'll be converted over by the first bill... which it wasn't. I called in the middle of March to have everything corrected and was told to wait 1-2 billing cycles. Another month goes by and I'm still being charged $50 for DirecTV and $110 for AT&T. So I call again yesterday to find out I'm not on the unlimited plan and never was. The rep laughs and says I'm being charged $110 then put me on the unlimited plan which she states is $89 (completely disregarded my question of whether this could be backdated to what I was originally promised) and then transfers me to another department to have my bill combined. The department is closed.

    Today I call in once again to have my account corrected to what it was originally supposed to be over a month ago, and am told I'm not eligible to combine the bills. I explain to the rep this is an illegal bait and switch, false advertising, and that at any point, either the in-store reps (I went into the store twice to speak to them in person) or the phone reps (I called in twice before) could have mentioned this, but nobody did and now I'm stuck in contracts that were misrepresented to me.

    The rep says he has no recourse. I now have 2-year contracts with two companies I absolutely hate for lying to me. Avoid AT&T and DirecTV at all costs. They misrepresent the facts and this unlimited data with combined billing is a complete ripoff. I'm now stuck with a DirecTV service I neither want nor need and have no way of cancelling it. This is a complete misrepresentation of facts and a systematic failure on the part of AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2016

    I have been with AT&T for over 15 years and for a long time they have changed plans and just lied about what they would charge. Once I call them they lower the bill and play nice but soon enough they would raise the bill over again. I have changed to another carrier and for weeks after I paid the penalty fee of 235.00 for the iphone they refuse to unlock it... They talk to me nice over the phone but they do not do anything. Call after call week after week. They are making it easy for me never to go back to that company again.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2016

    Approximately one week before we moved, I called U-verse customer service informing them that I was moving and ending my service as of March 1st. I turned in all their equipment on March 3rd. I called mid March to request my closing bill and was told the account did not yet reflect the closing bill, they will send it shortly. Next thing I know, I'm getting bills that continue charges after end date, notices that my service has been "temporarily disconnected” and they will charge me for the equipment if I don't turn it in by a certain date. Of course I called again (the call with hold times and transfer to different personnel took an hour!).

    They said they didn't have evidence that I ever called or turned in equipment. Luckily I had my confirmation # from UPS but not the name or order # from initial call to turn off service. The lady said she would charge me up to the day I returned equipment but would charge me for the few days prior since I couldn't present "evidence". WORD OF CAUTION: Save all names and confirmation numbers. AT&T may keep charging you if you can’t prove your communications!! Also, MAKE SURE YOU SAVE RECEIPT WHEN YOU TURN EQUIPMENT IN! They will make you pay for THEIR MISTAKE.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2016

    I just wasted 45 minutes of my life I will never get back trying to access my AT&T online account to pay my bill while in London. While trying everything including resetting my password, I finally gave up and called AT&T. Asked if there is anything wrong with their website -- answer "no". Said I was in London -- "Oh! It stopped working several days ago and we don't know when it will be fixed." Why aren't they required to put something on their website? They really ought to mention service outages and be required to do so! BTW this is why I mostly use my T-mobile phones overseas -- AT&T just doesn't travel well and is very expensive to use outside the US.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2016

    I spoke with a rep on 4-14-2016 agreeing to pay a past due amount where I had forgot to pay it off 163 and some change by midnight that night. I paid 165.00 that night. I agreed to pay the rest on or before 5-9-2016. That would be my current bill. I find out that they took out 300.00 on 4-15-2016 without any authorization at all. I even went in to check on any possible payments that I already had set up before to make sure that I had not missed anything. There were no payments pending or anything.

    I spoke with someone this morning, he said "we will reverse the payment and offer you a 25.00 credit in your account." REALLY?! He also said that it would take up to 5 business days to get the money back. That was my money for the week to buy groceries and things we need. And what about my other pending items that were waiting to clear the bank?! Who is going to pay the 40.00 for each overdraft fee?! This is not the first time that AT&T has taken a payment without authorization and caused an overdraft in my account. I am so sick of dealing with AT&T!

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    Reviewed April 16, 2016

    Here is what happened to me... The Morons/**s A.K.A. AT&T customer support and I worked it out last summer that when signing up they would send my bill to my personal residence but instead they sent the bill to a nonexistent mailbox, and I requested many times the status of my account but they never replied, and when calling customer service back they tried to set up billing at the residence where the internet was installed but that is my fiancee's parent's residence and I was the one that was supposed to pay. So after being snubbed by AT&T for three months I later get notified by a collections agency that AT&T had turned my account over to collections. Now I refuse to pay it because AT&T screwed up so bad that if I ever get my hands on them it will be with a two-part lawsuit and I will win.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2016

    I was an AT&T customer for 8 years. I knew they weren't the cheapest but overall they were the lesser of many evils. Towards the end I started seeing rates go up and service decline. They tacked on dollars and fees randomly on my bills. I scrutinize all my bills and called them out on it often. They would do a song and dance and eventually after wasting my time on the phone they would relent and take the charges off my bill. I finally gave up on them. I cancelled 3 lines and switched carriers in February of 2016. I called, cancelled, and asked for a final amount to walk away clean. I paid 933 dollars to get this monkey off my back.

    Flash forward to today April 14 and I get a bill for 110 dollars. I call and ask WTF! They said they didn't calculate my fee for freedom properly. Of course I became livid, told the supervisor I spoke with that I'd rather pay a lawyer 5000 dollars to fight this before I give AT&T a penny. Well lo and behold it turns out they didn't want to push the issue and took the fee off. AT&T is nothing but another giant corporation fleecing Americans.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    I got a new unlocked smartphone. My AT&T flip phone contract had expired sometime ago. I took the phone to the store because the SIM card in my old phone was too large for the smartphone. The employee was nice and helpful. However, within 24 hours I was notified I was signed up for Asurion Insurance on the phone for $3 plus $7.99 per month. The subject never came up. I gave the store and the employee a nice review on the AT&T survey before I learned of this unauthorized action. I called to complain as soon as I learned I had been signed up. I was told it was reversed, but it is four days later and I have had to call again to complain (this time to AT&T's billing number). They did reverse the charge this time, but the idea that the person would do this without discussing it is entirely unacceptable. If this second complaint does not rectify the problem, I will switch services.

    Updated on 4/23/2016: I have already posted on the subject of additional charges posted to my account when I bought an unlocked Smartphone to replace one of my two no-longer-under-contract flip phones. I went to the AT&T Wireless store on Frederick Road in Germantown, MD to get a smaller SIM card. I was told there was nothing else involved in the change -- no changed plan, no changed fees. Then I got a text message telling me I would be paying $7.99 + $3 for mobile insurance and protection pack. I called to protest and was told it would be removed. Then I got another message about the changes to my bill including this insurance and protection. I called and was told once again that the charges would be removed.

    Today I got my monthly bill. Not only were the two charges totaling $10.99/mo. still on the bill. There was a change to my service plan that cost me an additional fee. The next result was that my bill went from $81.95/month to $102.96/month. I called a third time (meaning we are on our fourth discussion, including the original visit to the AT&T store and three phone calls). I was told again that the $10.99/mo. would be removed. But I was told that I needed to pay more per month for the Smartphone than the old flip phone because the Smartphone needed a data plan and the prior and remaining flip phones did not need a data plan.

    While I was on hold I read the entire bill. This is what it said about the flip phone's plan: "Mobile Share Value Basic & Quick Message Phone: Includes unlimited Anytime minutes, Nationwide Long Distance & Roaming, unlimited domestic and international text, picture, and video messages sent or received from the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Call Forward feature, Caller ID, Call Wait, Conference Call feature. Mobile Share voice and data plan required."

    What does it say about the Smartphone plan? It says the same thing. Both have to have a data plan. So Anna's answer about the difference was misleading and wrong. It says: "Mobile Share Value Smartphone 4G LTE w/ VVM: Includes unlimited Anytime minutes, Nationwide Long Distance & Roaming, unlimited domestic and international text, picture, and video messages sent or received from the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Call Forward feature, Caller ID, Call Wait, Conference Call feature. Mobile Share voice and data plan required."

    Anna did point out that the plans have different names. The Smartphone is a 4G LTE plan. Of course, she also made me repeat everything twice in the first part of the conversation because she couldn't hear me well on my Smartphone. I guess that was the 4G LTE w/ VVM working. I think I will take my business elsewhere. At the very least, I want to work with people who tell me what they will do and do it and tell me what it will cost and make sense doing so.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    We have been with AT&T forever and the store we visit is phenomenal. The service in regards to combined billing is a nightmare. Although they state it is all AT&T you are actually dealing with different entities. Absolute nightmare and don't recommend. How can AT&T in this day and age not be able to handle combined billing within their own company? Very sad.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    My torture starts back to 2009 I believe. I had 2 lines with two Motorola Razrs and I was a renter so I moved about every 1 to 3 years. I had bad service and would spend hours on with tech support. A call to AT&T is a minimum of 3 hours with or without numerous dropped calls of which the rep never calls you back even after they asked you what is the number to reach you back at if there is a disconnect and being fully aware that the call is concerning service issues. You have to call into work and explain you won't be in for the next few days and possibly a week or two due to being on a never ending hamster wheel of AT&T customer service calls and tech support.

    After numerous trouble tickets being opened and closed without any service issues actually being fixed and being told some towers nearby are under repair. And then yet several other representatives saying there are no issues and never a tower down and "Sorry you were misinformed blah blah" then transferred and told something else and "Sorry the previous rep misinformed you". I'm then told to buy an AT&T landline so I can spend more time troubleshooting the wireless lines I pay for without the tech calls being dropped! I'm then told it's because I lived in a high rise. I move and then it's because I live near water. I move and then it's because I'm on the 7th floor. So I say "But last time you said it was because I was on the top floor". Through all this the services are blamed on everything but AT&T service.

    After a year or 2 of this I'm then told it's the equipment and I need to buy new phones, so I buy 2 iPhones and of course after buying the phones outright and setting them up, I still have all the same service issues, only now my bill is higher and there is just more services I'm not getting yet paying for. I go through all of the above again only now AT&T is blaming everything on Apple because the phones were purchased from Apple direct. Now Apple says it's AT&T and AT&T say's it's Apple and now it's a min. of 3 hours on with AT&T then passed to Apple for however long and then they confirm it's not Apple product. In fact they swapped one of the iPhones on my plane out 7 times in the first year and requested I change the sim cards out several times. All the while I'm paying my AT&T bills and not getting reliable service.

    We jump to 2015. I buy a house, so now I'm not in a high rise, I'm not near a body of water, there is no neighbor below or atop me, I'm not sharing any walls and yet the service became worse than ever. Going 3 and 4 days at my home with either no service or call fail. And it gets better the cable and internet provider for my area is guess who? So in April of 2015 I set up appointment for AT&T to come hook up the cable and internet. Well of course they have problems and this requires several visits to my home and equipment change outs. All while still dealing with the wireless side and my service being the worst it's ever been, despite me buying new phones, tech support and changing out sim cards and moving to different areas.

    I'm given all the excuses and runaround from above but finally June 10th, 2015 I get an AT&T rep who says "Wow I see the majority of AT&T customers in your area have microcell towers because of service issues". "I'm sending you out one today". Great, finally a rep that sounds like she's doing something and she's not telling me to buy a new phone or opening a useless ticket. She told me once we confirm that resolved the service issues that my account would be adjusted for all the lost use and dropped calls.

    The microcell comes and it seemed to give me the ability to actually use my phone, I was thrilled. I then ask where is the adjustment to my account? I'm told the microcell is the adjustment and yet again "I'm sorry the previous rep misinformed you". I finally let it go I couldn't take the hamster wheel any longer. Mind you my calls still dropped and text still didn't go out and come in. The microcell just gave me a sliver of service, however, through all this my cable and internet were not working properly and throughout this whole year I was also on tech support with AT&T U-verse. They finally send out 5 techs to my home within 7 days.

    Yes I said 5 techs. A few of those techs including one senior tech explained the microcell was causing some of the issues with the Uverse services but that they can't resolve that it's not resolvable. They then send an outside line tech and there was wiring that needed to be repaired and replaced and several inside adjustments and repairs however the microcell still wreaked havoc on the U-verse service. I'm also told to pay yet more money and increase my internet speed from 24 to 45 because this would possibly help with the issues they couldn't seem to fix. Once again AT&T is suggesting I spend more money for services/equipment in hopes to resolve AT&T service issues.

    When I was paying for 24 speed anything running on wifi in the home would have no internet throughout the day and night. I would have to reboot any wifi devices in the home and the 24 speed I paid for I was lucky to get 5,7, sometimes 10 speed. I upgrade to 45 speed at AT&T suggestion and I get speeds in the high teens. Ok so now I'm closer to getting 24 speed while paying for 45. Gee thanks AT&T. In December of 2015 after my speed upgrade at cost to me, and the 5 inside techs and 1 outside line tech within 1 week, I finally got the speed test to read in the 40s even 50. Wow. But the speed reading did not translate to my internet experience at all and I continued to be on my devices and show no internet at all hours of the day and night. In fact one of those tech visits the tech had good speed readings in the 40s before leaving my home and an hour later I'm getting 1.75 speed.

    We get to May of 2015, AT&T sends out yet another inside tech and this time he confirms I have great speed tests yet unstable wifi and he says the microcell looks to be defective and could be causing problems. After he leaves I end up with tier 2 support for U-verse doing all kinds of troubleshooting including changing stations and opening ports blah blah. Please keep in mind all this is taking place via skype calls which are continuously dropping due to the intermittent wifi internet issues. So then the tech will call my AT&T wireless phone which as you all know is not working.

    I'm encouraged to call the microcell department on April 11th, 2015, I spoke with Holly for around 3 hours of her troubleshooting the microcell and experienced the skype and wireless disconnects throughout the 3 hour process. Holly orders a microcell replacement. I finally unplugged the microcell which cut down my no internet issues significantly. So I then call AT7T wireless to cancel the microcell shipment because not only was it interfering with my U-verse services but it wasn't addressing my wireless service issue and I wanted the credits to my account that were supposed to be issued for the wireless service issues stemming from last year.

    Again I'm on calls all day, 3 hour calls starting with customer service that transfer me to tech support that say wait for the microcell maybe that will fix service issues and that customer service is the department that can adjust and credit, so they transfer me back to customer service (I got names, times, dates, screen shots, but this would be 12 pages longer). Customer service then tells me only tech support can order adjustments for the service issues. This went on for days. I finally get a tech Nicolas who confirms the service issues and can see all these dropped calls and that the area I live in has a lot of microcells. He says he has to transfer me back to customer service to handle adjustments. I get a Tonya employee number ** after 3 hours on this call alone she says she needs time to investigate, because "I'm sorry the previous reps misinformed you".

    Tonya employee number **, explains she needs time to investigate. I ask "Investigate what, you have the account notes there?". She explains that she needs to confirm with tech support that I'm having service issues. Keep in mind Nicolas warm transferred me to Tonya and already confirmed this. So Tonya says she needs to confirm it with U-verse and the microcell department. I say "Let me give you names, dates, department contact info to speed this up". She says U-verse is closed and this will take several days. I then point out that "U-verse tier 2 is not closed and they have extensive notes so let's call them now". She then changes her story to she has to contact the microcell department, that that's the department that needs to confirm that I have U-verse issues. WHAT... She then transfers me to U-verse!!!

    I currently have a U-verse appointment for them to come to my home tomorrow to do more troubleshooting and rewire or open a port for increased speed that again I'm paying for in hopes of helping some of my service issues. I'm going to cancel that U-verse appointment and dump all the equipment at the nearest UPS store and then proceed to port my numbers to a company that hopefully not only has service but CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! I know with this lengthily share it may seem I didn't leave anything out but there isn't enough time in the day to list the incompetence, lack of accountability, customer service and bad business practices I've experience with AT&T.

    In closing I would like to point out several of these AT&T reps have said the only escalations option for me is an address where I can hand write a letter, lick a stamp and send through the United States Postal Service... REALLY? This is a huge communications and technology company and in order for me to get help I need to send a letter via the postal service? I can just imagine how that would go. I write a letter much like this one, lick a stamp, send it off and some poor low wrong data entry level AT&T employee, making min. wage will scan it into a computer so that someone can read it on their computer screen and then contact me by picking up a phone and calling my AT&T wireless line that doesn't work!

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    I have been an AT&T wireless customer for more than 10 years and they were never the greatest but it was acceptable. Well they have gotten more ridiculous. Their customer service is horrible and now they are expecting everyone to become part of this terrible next program. I grandfathered into the unlimited data plan on 4 of my 5 lines and they are always trying to talk me into coming out of that plan, although if I do I will never be able to get it back, (who would give up unlimited to pay for everything used?) As far as this Next program, if all my lines took upgrades as they are now available my bill would increase more than $100 (AT&T is getting really greedy!!!) monthly. The Next program may work fine for someone with 1 line but when you have 5 like I do the cost increases drastically. I am guessing this is AT&T's plan of action. They basically eliminated the discounted phones.

    The customer service people are trained to give some lame explanation as to how it would work better if we took the Next program. Well guess what, I am an Accountant for more than 25 years and I can do the math and this is never better. If customer wants to upgrade often then they will always be paying for a phone instead of one discounted price as previously done. On top of this, AT&T wants their payment on time and do not give much additional time if needed for customers to make payment. Anytime I have had to make arrangements in the past I have never not kept them but now AT&T has gotten so $$ hungry they do not even care that you advise them of the date you can actually make the payment. They tell you it must be done by a particular date or suspension (which of course will give them even more $$$).

    It seems to me that AT&T does not care about their customers and they are only concerned with the dollars they can make off the customers. Needless to say I am taking my time and research other carriers and I will be finally leaving AT&T as I do not want to give my money to a carrier who doesn't even care about the service they provide to me and create options to continue to get more dollars from their customers. AT&T wireless is getting out of hand and taking advantage of their customers and it is obvious. They are getting ridiculous!!

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    My husband and I had AT&T for 4 years, and in those 4 years we've upgraded from iPhone3 to iPhone4 and ran through two two-year contracts. Our plan included 4GB of data which was split, 2GB for me and 2GB for him, which we were not allowed to share or roll-over. I also had a 25% discount off monthly bill before taxes through my workplace. Between the two of us, we paid an average $160 a month. The only benefit of this was that at the end of a two year contract we got to sign on for two additional years and get a free iPhone upgrade. Then AT&T got rid of their contracts.

    When my contract ran out and I couldn't sign on to another one because they'd gotten rid of them, I contacted a representative via chat, and explained that I'm not seeing a benefit of staying with AT&T if I couldn't upgrade my phone. She informed me that I could still buy a phone through AT&T and pay it off in installments. I asked how is this different from me buying a phone on my credit card and getting better service somewhere else, and she had no answer. AT&T customer service representative could literally NOT give me one good reason as to why I should stay with AT&T. She didn't even try. So I switched to Verizon. I mean if your own representatives can't think of a good reason why people should stay with your product then your product is pretty bad.

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    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, Brenda increased their star rating on April 18, 2016.

    Updated review: April 18, 2016

    After contacting the company several times, the issue has now been resolved. The representative I talked with was very helpful and provided great service.

    Original Review: April 15, 2016

    I transferred to Sprint from AT&T after being with them over 10 years and much to my surprise they charged $200 for having service for only 4 days! So disappointed in them and want to warn others - make sure to transfer before your next bill comes out or they'll charge you the whole month. Wish I hadn't given them my money for over 10 years, they're thieves!

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    Reviewed April 14, 2016

    I have to tell you that AT&T (AMERICA'S THUGS and THIEVES) has 0 integrity. I called them in late August to get service. I have been burned before, so I asked if I could record the conversation. The name and details were supposed to be recorded. To make a long story short, the details were totally screwed up. My bill was significantly higher and different. I have been battling with them for months. They even lie to the FCC. Stay away or you're going to be sorry.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2016

    Unable to receive calls. Called customer service and fixed the issue and the same problem happens again. Lost many business contacts and money dealing with this problem. Payment supervisor looped me again and again. Nearly impossible to get anything done with AT&T GoPhone.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2016

    AT&T made an error on my bill in January 2016. I called and was told it was an error and it would be credited. That was three month ago and I am still having problems. Have spent at least 5 hours on hold, being transferred and disconnected over the last three months and still no resolution! I have gotten robo calls and emails warning of a service interruption even though my bill has been paid on time! NEVER have I had such a horrible experience. Totally incompetent!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2016

    I have had AT&T U-verse for over 2.5 years. I had moved 4 times and paid the $99 installation fee the first 2 times but didn't want to pay it anymore. The 3rd time I moved I called them and they promised me to waive it and keep the promotion I had and they claimed they "put it in the notes". After moving I was hit with the full charge of the installation fee AND the plan's payment was about $30 more and after several calls and complaints, they finally agreed to waive the installation fee and give me the promotion I had before.

    4th move, same exact issue... I was promised to be sent a $100 gift card to pay for the installation fee but I never got it AND I was charged again with $73 for the plan (I was paying $48 before) + another charge that I don't know the source of! They withdrew $224 from my bank account that I won't get back. Every time I called the person had no idea what the other representative promised or did. I even told them I record my phone calls and I can send them the evidence of what I was promised but they didn't comment... Let alone the many issues I had with their website. I'm finally done with them... Changing to ANY OTHER PROVIDER. Anyone would be better than AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    After my contract was up I was trying to reduce my AT&T bill payment without success. I then decided to move on to a different company. All this time AT&T kept charging/billing me. The charge is now up to $196.**. I have no idea how to take care of it... I tried calling customer services and it always ends up in wait time of 45 minutes or phone disconnection (worst customer service a company can... I think they are trained to be that way to intimidate the customers). And they have the nerve to ask me to switch back to AT&T?!

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    I've been with AT&T for over 7 years and there isn't a time when we haven't had random extra charges added to our account. You call them, ask after it and voila! The charges are taken off. I was handed a bill of over $190. I went to the store to have it sorted out and he couldn't explain the charges (break down). He could account for about $180 and said "that's the same ball park". Umm an extra $10 each month over 7 years is $840, that from 1000 customers is $840000! No, if I'm paying a bill "ball park" charges are not sufficient. You need to account for every penny. Ridiculous people, ridiculous service and I won't even bother to review the phone customer service... Will be changing over to Verizon.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    I purchased 2 Samsung 7 Edge phones. The phones cost $709.00. The first phone had major technical issues but I was able to return it to the store to get a replacement phone because I was within 14 days. Unfortunately, my second phone had major technical issues and the screen went completely black. I contacted AT&T for a warranty claim. First of all, they treat you like an idiot and try to blame the issue on the customer instead of accepting responsibility for the faulty device. The manager I spoke to was Jeremy **. He was extremely condescending. So now I paid $709.00 for a phone that will be refurbished.

    I bought a brand new phone and less than 30 days later, I will get a refurbished phone because Samsung and AT&T have a very flawed warranty policy. Phone breaks and the customer gets treated badly. Most products have at least a 90-day policy and when it is a manufacturer's defect it is replaced with a new product. Not the case with Samsung and AT&T. Do not buy a Samsung 7 Edge! Do not use AT&T. I have been with them for many years and will be changing soon.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    I got into some financial issues and wasn't making as much money as I used to. So I set up a payment plan. I forgot one of the payments. I didn't receive a reminder call or email. My service was cut off. I called and told them I had the money right now and could still continue the agreement. They said I couldn't continue with the arrangement and had to pay in full. I know I shouldn't have let myself forget, but also I wasn't informed that if I was late they would call the balance in full...

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    I have been an AT&T customer for more years than I can count. I have had a bad experience with the LG G4 phone. I would never buy another one. Got talked into it by the AT&T salesman. Had trouble since the beginning. After just a couple of months, it went into freeze/reboot loop mode. Trekked to the AT&T Device Support location after the store where I bought it told me to go there because they would fix it or replace it on the spot. The Device Support Center said they could not fix it and of course they don't stock it! Only thing could do is ship a new one. I could be without a phone for almost 5 days or I could pay $14.95 for priority shipping for a product I had nothing to do with breaking! Can't decide who is worse, LG or AT&T!

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    Reviewed April 10, 2016

    Although AT&T advertises they have cell phone, internet and cable service they're operate as three independent companies. If you have an issue, you'll find yourself talking on the phone for hours and being transferred from COMPANY to COMPANY. They even shut my service off for their mistake. I switched from COX and regret it because I had none of these problems with them. Be sure to pay close attention to your bill because they'll over charge you. Stay away. Buyer beware.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2016

    I was told my promotional rate for my bundle of AT&T U-verse and DirecTV was good for 2 years, wrong. When I signed up I was quoted over the phone $60 a month for both, wrong again. When I signed up for my bundle AT&T and DirecTV had no idea what the other was doing. I ended up paying double my initial quote each to just to start. I immediately became aware of their "toggling due date" practices when my account was overdrawn because they decided to change my due date to a week before I expected it, based on the previous month. I cancelled my auto pay after that, and they refused to help me at all. Since when does a due date fluctuate a week in either direction each month??? Over the next year my bill would magically increase slightly over time with no explanation.

    I had my services turned off after being 3 days past due and was charged $49 "reconnect" fees for months while I was paying medical bills from a car accident that left me out of work for 3 weeks. I informed them of this, they didn't give a ** and kept turning off my service and charging me outrageous fees to "reconnect". I was offered once a "complimentary" upgrade for my 3rd world internet speeds. It wasn't complimentary at all. They hiked my bill even more. I pay for the choice package on DirecTV, and half of my channels just aren't there anymore one day. I call to ask why and they say they changed their packages and I have to upgrade to get the channels I was already paying for. Once again they offer to give me a "complimentary" upgrade free of charge. Bill goes up again. My internet speed is supposed to be 18mbps with a minimum of 12. It's rarely above 3mbps. Regardless of which Wi-Fi channel I use.

    I'm in the technical field. I know what I'm doing when dealing with tech support. When I call it magically gets fixed, 2 days later back to 3mbps. Then they have the nerve to offer to cut my speeds to bring my bill down when I tell them it's a rip off... This company is a joke. Their customer service reps are rude and offer to rip you off but deliver their "solutions" to make it sound like they are helping. How what they do is legal is beyond me. I would rather shave my ** with a rusty cheese grater than do business with AT&T ever again. I'm cancelling my service and haven't decided if I'm paying the fee yet. They have already raped me enough as it is. Misleading, lying, rude, worthless scumbags. Eat a ** AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2016

    We had AT&T for internet and wireless for just a bit over the mandated contract. The internet is intermittently off, the wireless mobile service for out of continental USA is very expensive, and overall customer service at AT&T is dismal. For the above reasons, we changed to another provider. My billing cycle is on the 18th of the month and it unfortunately fell on a Saturday and I was not able to get my service changed until the following Monday, the 20th. AT&T does not prorate billing and collected the amount for the whole month for two days of service!!! So AT&T is one of the biggest media providers because of this - TAKING MONEY FROM CONSUMERS unfairly. LESSONS LEARNED: DO NOT DO AUTOPAY for AT&T! DO NOT GET SERVICES FROM AT&T!

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    Reviewed April 9, 2016

    A friend of mine is continuously stalked by an employee of the corporation. They were once married but he has abused his rights as a employee and the equipment. She has had several phones and numbers. This man has completely exploited her online and the whole marriage a complete sham. After he walked out and committed spouse abandonment it's been noticed the whole marriage was fraud and that the employee was possibly fraudulently filing taxes and committing adultery using his said wife's email addresses and phone numbers to achieve this. Somehow he cloned numbers and crossed messages along with intercepted her calls, texts, etc. My friend lives in terror and even though he used her and walked out one day continues to cyber bully, stalk and harass her. This should be fully investigated by someone other than the company itself and prosecution of whomever is responsible.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2016

    They do not listen. Been with them for 17 plus years and had that worst customer service in the past seven months. Suppose to get a discount from my job and AT&T keeps messing it up. Afford me a $100 for my inconvenience not even enough to cover what I lost out on already. I asked them to disconnect my service and they hung up on me. I will be going to Verizon's phone service if this is the way AT&T is going to treat their customers. They might be number one but that means nothing when it comes to good customer service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 8, 2016

    My experience dealing with AT&T recently has helped me finally fully understood the downhill snowball effects experience. It started when I decided to call AT&T to switch my business land line to wireless. I called the customer service representative and was given options. I repeatedly told him that I do not want to discontinue my broadband internet service. I only wanted to switch my business landline to wireless. Also, I opted for buying one iPhone 6s plus to get another iPhone 6s free. I asked and was told literally that even if I buy a 6s plus, I can only get an iPhone 6s. So that is that.

    I asked if I get to pick a phone color. He said no because I only have a choice of black or silver. Contract term wide, I asked repeatedly when my contract will be ended and I can walk away without any penalty, he said after two years. All these do not sound right to me but he seemed nice and I moved forward with the order. Soon afterward I opened my email to find out that the phone was on installment plan for 36 months, not at 24 months as I have confirmed with him.

    About two/three days later AT&T technician showed up early at my store without any prior notification telling me that they are here to get my broadband internet service started. I explained to him that I do not have a need for that and showed him that my internet is already running. I told him it was a misunderstanding and so he left.

    Things began to not adding up for me. I decided to not e-signed the shipment authorization for my new iPhone 6s plus and 6s. I went to an AT&T store. I told them what happened. They told me that after 2 years I have the right to update my phone. Next thing I checked if I can pick a color, they said I can pick any color. Also, I check if I can get another iPhone 6s plus if I buy a iPhone 6s plus, they said yes. Fact checks done. Note first incompetent rep.

    At the store I got my new iPhone 6s plus and partly completed the switch from business landline to wireless. I came in on Friday and was told that on Monday the switch will be completed. Came Monday my business broadband internet service was out but my business wireless phone was finally working. Note: up to this point I've worked with second and third incompetent representatives.

    I called in the afternoon of that day to AT&T and after so much explaining to do and waiting, the rep to me that the system requires her to escalate the issue. She promised that someone will call me within two hours to resolve the issue. Came two hours and more no one called. So I have to call back. After much explaining to do I was told that the rep in the store should have set-up a dry loop number/account for the internet service because I had now taken the phone number/account to wireless. That was why the broadband service is now cancelled. I need to call and enroll in a new internet service. Unfortunately, it was the end of the day at 5:00 pm, come on now which monopoly/mega business like AT&T has pleasure of closing its sales department at 5:00 pm? I guess AT&T is it.

    I called the very next day because who can run a retail business without internet service for majority credit card transactions? Anyhow, I was told that the account actually has been established and now just need to be set-up. So finally this is going somewhere. The technician walked me through different steps and finally my internet was back on. Finally, I got someone knowledgeable, accountable and competent!!! Note: first competent rep.

    So far you have heard only part of the whole experience. Here comes the billing part... It just got longer and longer. More mistakes here and here. More incompetent reps. More charges. More wait times on the phone. More brushing off at the store. More run arounds over the phone and the locations. This has became my full time job literally try to get this corrected. It keeps going on and on. To be honest I do not see the end to this never ending ordeal any time soon. At the end all suddenly I realized I learned and used their technical lingos to talk with them to resolve the issues.

    I have DirecTV for almost two years. The first year was good but. After that and I pay about $85 a month and all I got is public television and infomercials. I shall be cancelling it soon. If you have DirecTV and read the bill, just like the wireless bill, there are a lot of taxes and fee unknown to 99% of people. Didn't they got sued for all these additional charges recently I heard and they still charging it???

    I feel bad for the people that have to work for AT&T to earn a living. If they treat the people they want business with extremely poor, I do not believe that they will treat their employees justly. PLEASE RUN AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY AS SOON AS YOU SEE SIGHT OF IT!! I realized WE have to give 1-5 points review. There is no 0... Otherwise, I WOULD and WE WOULD???

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    Reviewed April 8, 2016

    AT&T by reviews and personal experience has been notorious for overcharging and misleading people into buying their products and services. They trap the customer by "locking " them in their yearly contracts preventing one to change their mind. This tactic is unethical and should not be allowed. Why hasn't ANYONE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT! It just isn't right! There are plenty of cases and people have brought to light and the right authorities need to step up. Enough is enough.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2016

    I am very frustrated by the lack of compassion in this company. I called in December to suspend my U-verse acct. I notice that AT&T was still automatically debiting my bank acct for $85.60 each month. When I called to stop the automatic payments I was told it had not been suspended and if I could find a confirmation number and call back they would look into it. I was debited two more times!! Four calls later and they say the auto withdrawal has been stopped. I am not certain as I was told before it was and that service was suspended. I had to restart the service since it is a business that needs the Internet. I am going to check and see if there is another provider I can use there.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2016

    I have a small company with a wireless account with AT&T. I called the Business dept to see who my rep was currently as my experience has been they change reps like moms change diapers! I spoke with a very nice gal named Crystal. Normally I don't schedule appts to review my account but she seemed quite real and down to earth, not the typical warm your way in to upsell you type. I was quite honest with her about my account; small business, already on a good plan etc. However she still thought it would be a good idea to review my plan and introduce herself. Much out of character for me, I agree. We set an appointment date. Well today was the date... NO SHOW! NO CALL! NO NOTHING! Now this may not seem like a big deal to some but... like I said we are a small business, which means VERY busy wearing multiple hats, no time for appointments let alone no shows! Very typical for AT&T but I trusted this one, big mistake!

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    Their customer service representatives are the worst. They're never accurate, they never know what they're talking about. The supervisors almost never know what they're talking about, everyone telling you a different story. They just want you to buy the service and then you get loaded up with tons and tons of bills. This company should be known for extortion. You purchase a phone, it doesn't work, there's nothing you can do about it. We have to pay another deductible for a new phone. They never tried to satisfy their customers. They are the worst in every aspect.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    What I thought was a good deal has cost me hundreds of dollars. I switched from Verizon after 16 years of service because AT&T said their service was just as good in my area and it was supposed to save me money monthly as well as they were going to give me a credit for every line I switched over. The salesperson left off monthly fees as well as did not give me all of the information necessary about getting the credit for my lines ported over to them. I was not given my credits at first but after speaking to 4 different people, they found where I was to get my credit and gave it to me three months different (something the salesperson left out of the conversation when I switched over). My bill is $120 more than he quoted because he did not tell me would have a fee for each phone as well as my monthly service plan. (This was what I was wanting to avoid with when I had Verizon and was the main deciding factor when switching over).

    I got new phones for all of the lines and he told me that if I decided to switch back to Verizon that I could continue with my monthly payment plans and not pay an early termination fee since I opted to go with a plan without a contract to keep my options open in case I was not happy with AT&T. Which is not as good as Verizon. The text messages take longer to go through and our calls are always being dropped. My husband doesn't even have service at work anymore. All around AT&T is a complete horrible experience. I am going to pay off my phones entirely and switch back to Verizon and be out several hundreds of dollars for my mistake of trusting AT&T. I could not be more disappointment in AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    Not sure what's worse the fact that the agents don't speak a lick of English or that they are uneducated! AT&T has the worst phone support I've ever dealt with. I'm assuming it has to do with At&t paying them $2.00! Total bs!

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    Customer with AT&T since 2007. Wanted to change my already existing account that I had and add my fiancé to my account. We found that the unlimited data plan by signing up with DirecTV was the best fit. So we went into our local AT&T store. Here's where AT&T dropped the ball. They signed up my future mother-in-law (had nothing to do with my account) for the new plan, even showed up at her house to install the equipment! All of this can be forgiven, but they ran her credit without her permission! That same day, I called AT&T and DirecTV to see what the mix up had been, and got the runaround. They had no information about me signing up with DirecTV, thus, I had to restart the whole process of scheduling and renegotiating my plan with them.

    Finally got it straightened out. Sigh of relief right? Wrong! A week later I get a bill in the mail from DirecTV. Why am I getting a bill in the mail if it should already be bundled with AT&T wireless? Come to find out they NEVER combined it starting the whole process over again and negotiating pricing again. Mind you, every time I had to restart this process they had to run my credit report, that's never a good thing dropping it points every time they run it. Throughout this whole process, I never could get a straight answer from customer service explaining to me how much I was going to end up paying after trying to get things fixed.

    After speaking to 3 managers, several customer service reps and hours on the phone I never got anywhere. I ended up with a price WAY higher than I originally agreed, and there was nothing I could do. Now I'm stuck in a DirecTV contract for 2 years and a new AT&T wireless plan price I never agreed with originally. I guess I am stuck, can't do anything about it. I work hard for the money I earn, and I feel like I've been cheated.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    They are the BIGGEST liars and scammers in mobile! They tell anything to make the sale, then buyer beware when you get your bill! And good luck talking to a customer service rep or even a supervisor who knows anything or has the same story as the previous person! Not to mention a 45 min hold each time you call! Do not go with this company! It will be your worst mistake!

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    Reviewed April 5, 2016

    Transfer of Billing responsibility. AT&T response was misleading, created unnecessary alarm in my mind about my credit rating, completely uncooperative. The end result was that I just spent hours talking to them with no action favorable to my request. Very frustrating provider.

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    Reviewed April 5, 2016

    I have been lied to since the day I signed up with them. I was overcharged $10 from for my phone. It did not work right. I took it back to the store and then for me it was only covered for 7 days in store. The company said I had to pay $150 deposit to get my phone fixed. I explain to them I am disabled and I cannot be without a phone. Well the phone has continued to fall apart. Worse every month their automated payment messed up my payment so I was without my phone for 24 hours. No apologies. No "Will give you a free month", nothing. They just kept repeating the same things over and over like robots. These people lie constantly. Why can't something be done with these mobile phone companies under no circumstances? Will I ever recommend AT&T to anyone?

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    Reviewed April 5, 2016

    I switched to another cell phone carrier. I was billed in full by AT&T although I had a service only for 3 days. I spoke with the customer service representatives. They've said that there were some policy online that specified that you had to pay in full the last month. If you didn't know about it in advance, you will never find it. It has been never said to me when I became AT&T customer. The question is why I had to pay for a service that I didn't get.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed April 5, 2016

    When I purchased an at&t hotspot at best buy I returned the hotspot the same day. A month later I received a bill for over $200.00?? Why am I receiving a bill? I do not have the hotspot. I did not use the spot. The store received it within in 1 hour. This a scam.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 4, 2016

    So I am a single mom that needs to use the WIFI at home for work from time to time so I signed up for the U-verse from AT&T. I was not impressed from day one when they showed up I had to get a landline to get the price I was told over the phone. I said "don't set one up please" they did anyway. I then never got my first bill and when I called for it, it turned out I was suspended for non-payment. I paid it that day and went over my address and info to be sure it was correct. Never got a bill. Called again because I could not get my AT&T account online to work still no bills. Now my third bill I have a 49.00 charge for restoring my service? I tried once again to talk about my bills not coming and was told I have been getting them? I will never use AT&T for anything once my contracts are up. 49.00 fee is more important than a lifelong customer...

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    Reviewed April 4, 2016

    I have not done business with AT&T in many years. Decided to see what the monthly cost to would be with limited service and really to see how much the phone would be. I asked the rep over and over, "How much is the phone?". She replied each time, "No charge for the phone. You just need to take your old one to an AT&T phone store and turn it in." SHE LIED, SHE LIED. When my bill came there is a $15.00 per month 'INSTALLMENT FEE' FOR THE PHONE for 30 months if you can believe that. AT&T IS OF COURSE NOT INTERESTED. They apparently send all their employees to the same college of lies that Hillary Clinton attended. I have notes of our whole conversation.

    She also said I was getting $500 credit - $200 which went to pay for the phone along with turning my old one which no AT&T store would take when I went there. Don't know what happened to any of that 'CREDIT'. Apparently this was a special offer because I am a Directv customer already. Why this was being offered at the time?? Really. Like I said they are a bunch of liars without integrity or moral character and will lie to just to get your business.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2016

    Going all the way back to 2007, so far four wireless providers I was with had billing problems. With Verizon, they forget to mail a paper bill from time to time. When that happens they are quick to suggest to send you into a payment schedule, and if the consumer forgets their billing department calls at some nutty hour on a Saturday morning 8:30 am. It got so bad one of Verizon's reps claimed that they were Verizon and they don't make mistakes. Before them was with Sprint and for 5 straight months never saw a paper bill from them. Then there was T-Mobile who has one of the most nuttiest policies. If you change smartphones they move you to paperless billing without telling people and they expect it to be accepted. After getting tired of that tried AT&T in 2015.

    Until the end of last year, January there was no problem with them, however Feb and March didn't see a bill but they were quick to blame the post office. Doesn't matter the company. It is very hard to phantom that why any of this companies cannot mail a simple paper bill. Right now in the middle of selling a home. Once that is done likely leaving them. There is no excuse for this to happen. And yet there are nearly 930 billing complaints against AT&T.

    Updated on 4/14/16: For the last 2 months for some unknown reason AT&T did not mail me a paper bill. Instead their reps insisted it was the post office, yea I know one giant cop out by them. After doing some checking and checking with a few people I used to work with the post office cannot stop or remove mail it's against the law. So after speaking with somebody who actually was going to listen to reason got the bottom of this back in December I got a replacement phone and I am willing to bet that somebody switched the account to paperless regardless if I wanted it or not. If this happens to anybody while this may not always help but insist that wireless carrier check for changing your billing process. This also goes for any of the wireless carriers. Lucky for me I was able to then knock off 35 bucks from my bill but made it clear if it happened again will take them to court since my complaint was proven true.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2016

    AT&T is trying to stick me with a bill that I don't owe and the worst part the bill they are trying to stick me with is from 2013, and no one has any information on it for the company but they are still insisting that I owe it. #sostupid.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2016

    I have probably been paying the extra 2.99 for AT&T's Roadside Assistance for at LEAST 3 years, and never used it. I had a breakdown yesterday, and called AT&T who was quick to answer and help me. This is the only reason they got a 2, and not a 1. I needed my truck towed 10 miles to a shop that I know and trust. What I did NOT think, was that I was going to have to pay an ADDITIONAL 35 dollars out of pocket, with no real good answer as to why I should have to pay ANYTHING out of pocket for a 10-mile tow other than telling me "They changed providers", whatever that means. Needless to say, I am not happy, and have already canceled the service. Not only that, I found a MUCH better plan through my insurance company, for about the same price, and much better coverage! AT&T, your roadside assistance is a FAIL.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 2, 2016

    I purchased my replacement iPhone through AT&T ONLINE since they were my current cell phone provider, and I couldn't get to the store. I also ordered an Otter case at the same time. The Otter case was never opened because I realized it was way too big if put onto the already enormous iPhone 6s. The return policy at the bottom of the packing slip/order confirmation states, "….exchange/refund one device per purchase up to 14 days from the shipping date of device." First, "device" does not only mean the phone or tablet, it means accessories too. It is a very limited return policy, particularly if you misinterpret that the case is not a "device." Anything you buy from AT&T online is, apparently, a device even if it is not electronic in nature.

    Second, not all AT&T stores will accept your returns. There is a difference between an Authorized Retailer and a Company Retailer (per my chat with the AT&T rep on the AT&T.com website). They both have the AT&T symbol and will both try to sell you their DirecTV or internet service, but apparently only the Company store will take back something you bought online. DO NOT BUY accessories from AT&T online or at stores because it is not "worry free returns," especially if you go the an Authorized Retailer, and not a Company Store (because you misplace the return label). There is no way to tell if the store near you is Authorized or Company.

    The return policy of 14 days is ridiculous if you work for a living and travel with your job. The salesperson at the Authorized store near me said even if I returned the case on Day 1 into the 14 days, they would not be able to accept it. My store (Authorized Retailer) also told me, "you must be rich," (to afford my cable provider) when I declined their sales pitch for their TV service. Overall policies are very restrictive, and sales reps can be rude.

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    Reviewed April 2, 2016

    I bought two galaxy S7 Edge phones through the AT&T NEXT program that I had to pay 30% down for each phone because of my credit. One of the phones was advertised as free and I also got two tablets for free. When I received the phones I called to activate them. I was on hold for over three hours and it hung up on me. I called back and the automated system said they were closed. When I called again the next day, they said in order to activate the phones I would need to pay an almost $900.00 deposit. The lady quoted that the items "shouldn't have been sent to me without the deposit being paid" after I had already paid $573.00 for the phones. She said it was their mistake.

    I am now being told that if I don't activate the devices, tablets included, that my account will be charged full price for all of the devices when one of the phones and both of the tablets were supposed to be free. The only option I have is to return them, after I had given one of the phones to my son as a birthday present and one of the tablets to my daughter. I'm on disability, my credit isn't in good shape, so I can't afford the almost $900.00 payment they're requiring and now I have to take back the devices from my children so I won't be charged.

    This company had no problems taking $573.00 from me, then demanded that I pay another $900.00 or they would charge me full price for everything. This is false advertisement among many other things. It is not my fault the person who helped me with the online sale did not charge me the deposit when they were supposed to just so they could make a sale. If I had been told that prior to paying I wouldn't have continued with the order. As I mentioned before, I am on disability for mental health reasons, and now I have to deal with this backlash of events because of their mistake. Not to mention that I already sold my old phone, and I have to hurt my kids by taking something away from them that they and I were so proud of.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 1, 2016

    AT&T representative had told me that my bill after downgrading service (with no promotions applied) will not go up more than $127.99 but now I am continuously receiving bills of more than $207.99 and every time I call Customer Service they literally hang up on me after wait times of more than an hour. WORST company in the world to deal with!

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    Reviewed April 1, 2016

    I cannot stand Yahoo and AT&T pages. I have used att.net for my email and when I click on a news story I am forced to view their commercials. What happened to printed text??? My solution is use another provider like MSN. At least you are not forced to listen to their commercial. So, the message Yahoo/AT&T should take away from this. CHANGE YOUR STUPID ANNOYING FORMAT. No wonder Yahoo is sinking in market share. Now I see why-crappy product crappy results.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 1, 2016

    I've been overcharged and double billed and paid 3-4 times every month what I was told I'd have to pay. $39.95 a month has gone up to $248 a month and I looked back and realized they're billing for two months at the same time. It's so crazy. I can't even explain it but they're a complete ripoff! And if they make a mistake and don't set up auto pay and you're late, your fees are literally almost $100 on a bill that's suppose to be $39.95. It's robbery! They've charged me late fees and started my first billing cycle in May when I didn't get service until 6/24. It's nuts!

    I want out of this contract! They're ripping people off and screwing us out of 3xs the amount they agreed to. How can I have late fees on a month that I didn't even have service? After 6 weeks of service, I'd gotten charged for 3 bills! I hate AT&T. What they're doing should be criminal. My bill has never been $39.95. The least Amount I've paid was $65.44 and that was the first bill I paid the day I ordered service. It's been all downhill from there! The way they do the billing cycles are set up to screw the customers.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    I switched from Verizon to AT&T and that was a big mistake. First of all they promise you a lot of credits and discounts that you never received. I have been with AT&T for 3 months and my phone bill has been incorrect for 3 months. I called customer service. I was on hold for 30 minutes. I was also transferred 3 times and then the final rep asked me to repeat my phone number, only to disconnect the call! I really HATE AT&T. They are the worst company. Don't use them, you will regret it! Also three weeks after I got a brand new Galaxy Note phone the camera stopped working so I took it to the store and the girl deleted all of my photos and she reset my phone. She said she was really sorry and she assumed I saved all of my photos. After all of that, the camera still did not work and I had to wait 3 weeks for a used replacement.

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    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, MW increased their star rating on April 3, 2016.

    Updated review: April 3, 2016

    Thankfully, this was resolved. Thank you!

    Original Review: March 31, 2016

    I would have given a zero if it were available. I pay my bill with the over the phone automated service EVERY month...and have for years. Today I call to make it, and for whatever reason, it couldn't understand me (I was speaking clearly with no background noises). Anyway, it transferred me to a person, and they told me they had to charge $5 to take my payment, even though they could see I pay EVERY month through the automated phone service.

    I talked to three different people, the last one was supposedly a manager named Tony **. I explained to him that I don't use the online site or app because when I've tried, they're always messing up. He said he was sorry that the automated phone service was messing up, and he could see I use it every month, but he'd still charge me $5 to take my payment. I'm pretty sure you can't get much worse on customer service. I will be changing my internet service pronto. I've been a loyal customer with phone, Internet, and now satellite service. That's all about to change. Shame on AT&T for their poor customer service.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    As a client of AT&T for the past 5 years would expect better than the experience I had today. I went into an AT&T store in Tallahassee and was told that if I joined DirecTV, I would be eligible for unlimited data. I then signed up for DirecTV, paid a deposit and installation fee only to call AT&T back to be told unlimited data was $100.00 per line even with DirecTV increasing my bill by more than $150.00 as I have two lines. Also, make sure to read fine print of promotional deals as not only is the unlimited not unlimited, you cannot even use for your tablet. So I am now paying more for TV services and more for my phone bill. I work full-time and now I have to spend additional money trying to dispute the contracts. What a mess!! Just do not do it! Stick with your rollover data and save hundreds!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    On 3/21/16 my landline was out of order. I called AT&T and they said that number belongs to Verizon. How can that be I have had this number for 13 years? After being bounced around from one customer rep to another, I went to the retail store in my area Lynn Haven, Fl. Verizon manager said that a Verizon rep at a Walmart store called AT&T port center and received my home phone number for a prepaid cell phone for their customer. AT&T released my number without my permission. God only knows what else AT&T gave Verizon.

    I also went to AT&T retail store to confirm this. He gave me a temporary phone number. Yes, all info was correct. It took a week to receive my landline number back as Verizon rejected AT&T request for my number back then finally released it back to AT&T. In my mind I wonder how safe is my information I have given AT&T? When is AT&T going to wake up and realize their service to the customer is non-existing? FCC needs to spend a lot of time looking at this company.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    I purchased an iPad Mini for my 10 year old daughter for the holidays in 2015. Recently, it became damaged and the screen was glitching, etc. I have insurance on the device, which was very much replaceable. The problem is that I purchased the device for $99, AT&T's insurance provider wanted to charge me $199 for the deductible replacement! So, not only am I paying for the insurance but now they tell me I have to spend double for a new device! What good is the insurance??

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed March 30, 2016

    I'm very dissatisfied with AT&T. I signed up with AT&T for a promotion they had and without notifying me they charged me 3x more than I was paying AT&T U-Verse. They only rip off people. They don't care about the customer either so I don't damage my credit I had to pay them $369. This is a ripoff. They don't care about the client. They didn't even ask me if I wanted to stay with them. How can people do that and get away with it? Never again.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaffReliability

    Reviewed March 30, 2016

    I have read many reviews about AT&T and their terrible customer support. I have stayed away from using AT&T due to the multiple complaints. Unfortunately, my alarm system provider, LifeShield, was acquired by AT&T and I still had 2 years left on my contract with LifeShield. So I had to be transferred to AT&T Digital Life - not by choice. There will not be enough space to explain how bad this company's service is. I'm originally from a developing country, where customer service is non-existent, and my experience with AT&T Digital Life's service is similar to my country - incompetent and non-existent.

    The first technician who came to upgrade my alarm system was very rude, unprofessional, and incompetent. He had to make multiple calls to make the system work and when I asked him to wear his shoes sleeves in my house, he complained about it. Besides taking 3-4 hours to make the system work, he left pieces of drywall where he worked and didn't clean it up. He also didn't explain anything about how the system work, and I preferred not to ask him because he seemed to be upset. 15 days after the alarm system was updated, it suddenly stopped working. I was not surprised because as I stated above the technician who came to install the "upgraded" equipment was incompetent and unprofessional.

    On March 16, 2016, I spent 2 hours with customer support member AT&T trying to get the system to work, but the alarm system never worked. Jennifer told me that a technician needed to come to fix the system. Unfortunately, the first tech available was until April 1. I was appalled that they didn't have a technician available before April 1, in spite that my system was completely offline. They said that if a technician became available before, they would call me. Also they said that if someone broke in while the system was offline, they wouldn't be liable.

    Two weeks later, after being with no alarm system, a tech came and said that I had a defective keypad, so he replaced it. The tech worked for an hour to get the alarm system online again. He also said that AT&T does multiple updates and that sometimes the main box doesn't process the updates correctly, which was another reason my alarm system was off. He said that any time that the box couldn't process the updates correctly a technician has to come. Can you imagine, it takes 2-3 weeks for a technician to be available, and the possibility of malfunctioning is high due to the multiple updates. I mentioned that to the technician and all he said was they didn't have enough technicians for the area and that they are short in capacity... Great that is all I needed. BTW, also one of my remote controls for setting on and off the alarm was not working. Hence, the "upgraded" equipment was defective.

    After the technician left I called customer service and spent 1 hour and 15 minutes just to get a credit for the 15 days that I didn't have any service. The customer support person couldn't find any notes of when they lost connection with the system and when it got online again. Just unbelievable of how incompetent this company is and how their employees seem to have zero training. I wasted over 1 hours to get a $30 credit and talk to 3 customer support members to verify that I was telling the truth since their system is worthless and they can't verify that it was online from March 14 to March 30. I decided to write this long complaint to make aware potential customers who are looking for an alarm system to avoid AT&T Digital Life... Unless you want to experience a nightmare like me. BTW, my Digital Life AT&T app is also terrible.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2016

    I just had 45 min trying to talk to a CS representative. Very disappointed with their CS. They are just there to apologize for what this company does. They increase the bill every time you turn your back!!! Then you have to call every single month to try to drop those charges and nobody takes responsibility for it. Pay attention to these guys people!!! They are a monopoly. They just partner with DirecTV. Run, Forrest. Run!!!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 29, 2016

    Steer clear of AT&T. After two years of service with them, I cancelled my contract. All charges were paid and I was left with a zero balance. Yet, AT&T fails to unlock my iPhone. Do no business with this company!! You will regret it!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 29, 2016

    I was intrigued when AT&T got together with DirecTV and was offering a $10 discount to combine the bills onto one. I signed up in October 2015. January 2016 rolls around and my bills are not on the same bill yet. I call AT&T to be told they can't help me and send me to DirecTV who tells me that sometimes it just takes time and should happen soon but they couldn't tell me anything else. February 2016 still no change so again I call in directly to DirecTV this time. They proceed to tell me they can not help me and direct me back to AT&T.

    Several phone calls and 2 days later I finally talk with someone who can help me to unify my bill. The customer service rep advises me that I may have some proration on my bill for a partial month of DirecTV since the dates might not align exactly. 3 weeks later my bill comes out and it is more than $300 than my typical monthly bill is. I call customer service and they tell me a number of different reasons of why the bill is so high.

    First it was because I didn't pay the bill from the previous month which I had paid. Then it was because my DirecTV bill was pre-billed which made no sense since my monthly charges for DirecTV is less than $60 and to double that couldn't account for the $300 in extra billing. Then they told me it was pre-billing for a month of my wireless service and again that didn't compute because that was less than a full month's bill. I have also never had to prepay for my services with AT&T. The customer service rep began talking to me like I was an idiot. I asked for a supervisor who again could tell me no new information. I became frustrated and terminated the call.

    The next day I went into a local store. The manager was super helpful and nice but had to escalate the problem since I was on a unified bill and he couldn't access the information without the escalation. I left the store with the assurance he would get it sorted out. I communicated with him a few times over the next week and he continued to inform me he was working on it. Finally looking over my bill I discovered a payment that I had made hadn't credited to my account. The local store worked on it as far as he could and then sent me to the phone system again.

    I spent 2 1/2 hour on the phone with AT&T again. Finally discovering that by me requesting unified billing that allowed them to pre-bill me a month in advance. I asked if I could remove the unified billing since the slight discount wasn't worth the trouble. They said they could remove it but I would still be billed in advance because they are unable to reverse pre-billing.

    When I expressed that this was not what I signed up for they said that they sent an email (fine print) that stated I had 30 days from the date of the request to reverse the billing. I explained that I had been calling in trying to figure this out since well before the 30 days was up and no one could tell me what was wrong. He then changed his story and said I would have had to have called in by the 10th of the month which would have been only 19 days from the time I requested the changes. The most he could do was say sorry. I told him if he was so sorry he should pay my bill this month.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 28, 2016

    I have had minor issues with AT&T in the past, but you deal with it and move on. I have NEVER in 20+ years had such problems as the last few months. They have more problems than I could begin to address here. A few include the worst telephone service I have ever experienced, workers that don't speak or understand English very well, over-billing and lack of ability to resolve it. In the past 4 months I have spent more than 5 hours on the phone trying to resolve issues. Today alone it was almost an hour and 8 representatives and the cancellation billing issue is still not resolved. I have had it. They kept transferring me to "someone who could help me" Ha Ha...

    I finally just hung up on the last person who was supposed to be the supervisor of the billing department and even he could not help me and would have to transfer me to "someone who could talk to me about my issue because he was in the U-verse department". I have NEVER had U-verse so how did I get him in the first place? AT&T collects for a month in advance when you open an account, but when I closed the account in the middle of a billing cycle (13 days into it), not only do I NOT get a credit for the prepayment, I OWE them for the FULL billing cycle. It is NOT prorated. I am so put out, frustrated and disgusted with AT&T, I could NEVER recommend them to anyone. With this kind of service, don't know how they can stay in business.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 27, 2016

    Representatives in Willow Grove, PA sold me insurance on my phone telling me that if anything happened to the phone, similar to the coverage Sprint offers, the phone would be replaced. THEY DID NOT TELL ME THERE WOULD BE A $200 DEDUCTIBLE! I have been paying $8 each month to cover accidents or theft. Instead I encounter a mechanical issue, the battery continuously disconnects and resets the phone, one month after the manufacturer’s warranty. When I went to the store, they had me wait twenty-five minutes for a representative just to tell me to call Asurion. The Asurion representative told me my product is a Tier D, which means $199 deductible. (Seven months that I paid this year for insurance and $23 each for the phone, I have already paid close to $300 for the phone.)

    The woman with Asurion was the opposite of helpful saying "That is what insurance is, paying monthly premiums and a deductible to insure your valuables." I said "I know what insurance is but it has to relate to the value of the products and how much is paid down." She was obviously not going to listen nor assist in making the problem go away. The last representative with AT&T attempted to make it right by removing the insurance on my phone and providing a $25 credit to my account. I still have a broken phone with 17 months left to pay it off from the 30. I had asked to be contacted by a regional or district manager but will not be holding my breath. I am stuck with AT&T unless I want to pay off my phone and the early termination fee, totaling near $500.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 25, 2016

    I cancelled my account in 2009. At that time I returned my equipment at the local UPS store and never heard anything again. Then in 2015, I bought a car and when they ran my credit score an AT&T unpaid bill came up. They had filed against my credit in 2013. I called AT&T and they said I had not returned the equipment. Since it has been so many years UPS has not gotten rid of their information and I have gotten rid of mine. AT&T will not budge or even talk about making a bill resolution. I even agreed to pay half the bill, just to get it off my credit.

    I have been on the phone twice today with AT&T and the first time the person would not allow me to speak to a manager. That phone call lasted 55 mins. My second phone call to AT&T tonight had lasted 55 minutes and then the lady helping could not find a manager on the floor to help me. She said I could expect a phone call back from AT&T tomorrow. I just want the bill resolved and I will never use AT&T services again or recommend anyone use AT&T service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 25, 2016

    AT&T has got to be the most useless company ever. I moved from Sprint to AT&T 4 months ago and still trying to resolve how my credit of $500 per line is going to be credited. I have called them every time a bill has come out and each time I have received a different answer. When I ordered the phones it was "you will not have to pay a bill until your credit is used up", then it was "oh it will show up on the next bill", then it was "90 days and don't need to pay." I then got an email in Feb saying that my service is going to be turned off so I called again and was told "oh it takes 90 day." Next I called and they said since my bill was behind that I didn't qualify now, I explained that every time I called I also offered to pay the bill but was instructed not to because the credit will be applied.

    Today my phone was turned off and I paid the 3 months bill, I was then told "you have to maintain a good standing for 4.5 months." I don't know how you pay a half bill but I'm guessing this is how they can tell you you're not in good standing and not give you the credit. I was also told it can be up to 6 months to get the credit. I was also promised a return phone call from a manager but obviously that hasn't happened. This has to be the most useless company regarding customer service.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 25, 2016

    I have been a customer for AT&T for over 20 years and never even attempted to switch until now. I called just to get my directv and wireless bill bundled. Had no idea I would have to talk to 3 different representatives and be on the line for over an hour to get it done. Are you kidding me? How do they stay in business? Should not have been that difficult, not worth saving a few bucks for the aggravation I went through. The second rep even told me I don't have an account with directv. Guess she was calling me a liar. Finally the last rep I talked to was able to help. Why did they not forward me straight to him?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2016

    In August 2014, an AT&T sales representative called me and offered me a new cell phone plan that would give me unlimited data usage. She stated that cell phone plan rates would increase. However, I would have unlimited data usage. Well, I soon discovered that this AT&T sales representative, upgraded my cell phone plan to a fraudulent plan that didn't exist. I then called AT&T and spoke with a representative and discussed my dispute in detail. He issued a $25 credit to the account and advised me that he would be escalating my dispute regarding the excessive data overage charges on my account. Well, of course, the representative didn't escalate my concerns because my bill was still showing that I owed over $400. As a result, I called AT&T on January 27, 2016, and spoke with Paula **, who then transferred me to Zachery.

    I explained my dispute to Zachery, and he stated to me that he changed my plan, applied credits to the account as well as stating that my total bill is now $98.31; which would be due on February 9 2016. I further explained to Zachery that I had set up a scheduled payment on January 31, 2016, for the disputed charges because the AT&T mobile app didn't offer any further dates and I didn't want my service interrupted. Zachery then stated that I would be okay and that the payment scheduled for January 31, 2016, would be canceled, and I didn't have to worry because All that would be due on February 9, 2016, is $98.31. Also, Zachery also stated that he would have his manager update the account, and it would take over 30 minutes. However, I do not have to worry about my cell phone service being interrupted, and everything that stated during the call will happen.

    Well, of course, I was misled and duped again by an AT&T associate and due to Zachery not doing what he stated during the call, my cell phone service was interrupted on February 2, 2016; after Zachery assured me that I didn't have to worry about service interruption. I want Zachery's call pulled. I completed a customer satisfaction survey for him regarding this call, where I gave him high marks. However, he didn't follow through on anything, and my service was interrupted. Also, I was double-crossed and forced to pay a bill that I DO NOT owe and have been disputing.

    Additionally, I called AT&T on February 2, 2016, and spoke with two managers named Markell and Nick about this conflict, and of course, all I got was fleeced and deceived. I then talked to Queen **, who works for the President of AT&T, who made a lot of promises and didn't honor any of them. I became tired of her always changing her story, and now I see why their consumer practices are shady. I would like to know, when does it become time to stop companies from misleading their consumers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2016

    This company is nothing but a scam. I was told by the salesperson when I signed up for AT&T Wireless that you receive roll over data each month, not once was I told it expires after 30-days. I tried to call AT&T and was only offered to pay more money for more data!!! So I filed a BBB complaint and spoke to a Melissa who is the most inconsiderate, rude individual I have ever experienced. She was not willing to do anything to satisfy the situation. I will never use this company again and recommend all BUYERS BEWARE!!! I am making it my personal job to ensure no other customer is scammed like I was into a contract and mislead by false advertising and sales!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 24, 2016

    The customer service could not understand the English language, could not input my data correctly, and was obviously in a room with 100 other reps, since the background noise was extremely loud! Up charge, constantly up-selling and could care less about fixing issues, only out to make $$$$. AVOID AT&T. THIS IS NOT THE COMPANY IT USED TO BE. Wish I was back at Verizon.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 23, 2016

    I purchased 2 new cell phones and the reps in stores are not 100% truthful regarding FREE tablets with the purchase of a new phone. They are not FREE and there is a 2 year contract that comes along with it that they don't tell you about verbally. Did I sign a register receipt about a mile long with fine print? Well I guess so. I was told to sign for the new phones that were being purchased and I didn't read the fine print so shame on me! But the rep wins since they made a false sale! I can't wait for my contract to be up so I can go to a better wireless company!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 22, 2016

    Switched an AT&T Lan Line to Charter Communications on March 4. Number was ported to Charter. My kids try to call the house with their AT&T IPhone 6 and get message, "The number ** has been disconnected. The new number is **." Call AT&T on March 8 and they say the order to port the number to Charter was completed but system error occurred. I was then transferred to AT&T sales and told to have Charter make sure the number was ported. Called AT&T Mobile on March 8 to report that I had 2 phones both IPhone 6 and they couldn't call the number but my IPhone 4 could call the number. Given a number 1-888-898-7685 to talk to Port Activity Center which did send me back to the regular AT&T 800 number. Went to store to have the problem fixed on March 14. They had me call the 1-800 number because they can't do anything at the store.

    Alissa figured out that if we changed the setting on the IPhone 6's to change Enable LTE from "Data and Voice" ' to" Data Only" the phones could call the Lan Line. She created a CASE Number and said they would report back to me on Mar 17. They closed the case without doing anything. I still am not receiving phone calls from people because I am now responsible for telling people to change their settings on their phones if they want to call me.

    Called to get an update on my Case Number on March 22 and they told me that AT&T does not have any problems, they are working great. The problem is with the small local company I chose to go with (Charter Communications). They say "AT&T has Cleared the event and the service has returned to normal. The issue is with the local company towers not accepting HD voice calls." Michael refused to put anything in writing because his job was to answer phones and talk to customers not to write. I asked him to get me somebody who could write me a letter explaining what the situation was so I could send it to Charter. After being placed on hold he did send me a email.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2016

    I have been with AT&T for over 30 years. One of the alarm lines got disconnected in Nov 2015 due to change of credit card number as a result of ID theft. This begins my nightmare with AT&T. After reconnecting it for a month and a 1/2, I got disconnected again. I called back to discover that the "new " bill was not paid. I told them I JUST GOT it a couple of days ago. They apologized, agreed to waive the early termination fees and ordered the line back. The new order confirmation was sent out twice but never processed. I never hear from AT&T.

    During the following 6 weeks period, I have been calling 4 -6 times to AT&T asking them for any charges outstanding for the new order/bill. Every time they told me none. Then I finally discovered the new orders were never processed because AT&T decided to slap me a $250 penalty for disconnection the second time. Finally I talked with a supervisor. He blamed it on the post office not delivering to me on time despite my several attempts to pay any balance due without the bill in front of me. He absolutely refused to waive the fees and claimed it is not AT&T's fault. There is no apology and he refused to even allow me to talk to a different rep from my call in rep who is rude. AT&T has a monopoly. That is why they are so arrogant towards their customers.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 20, 2016

    I have had DirecTV for almost 20 years. In response to weekly invitations I went to the local AT&T store on March 19 to buy a cell phone and add AT&T wireless service. I also offered to change my internet and landline phone to AT&T Uverse service. This would have been a total AT&T package deal with automatic monthly debits to a credit card which I have been using with DirecTV for several years. A great deal for AT&T and hopefully an easy transaction. After 4 1/2 hours of total incompetence the staff and management were unable to manage the transaction. For some reason, they could not put it together. I wasted the afternoon and walked out greatly disappointed with the service but confident that AT&T really is a mess.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2016

    Someone was able to go into a Best Buy 7 states over and a line to my AT&T Mobile account. Once I figured it out the line was suspended. AT&T will take no action against Best Buy or the store rep that is most likely in on it. I had to go into a store to get my service turned back on and it took 4 hours for them to do. During the 4 hours I had to listen to endless attempts to upsell me and how this was somehow my fault that they got hacked (basically social engineering). Then they screwed it all up and I have been on the phone for just shy of 2 hours with customer retention because I decided to cancel my 4 lines after 12 years.

    In that 2 hours I was hung up on, transferred, the person I got transferred to was in another department that had nothing to do with retention so she tried to transfer me back and got hung up on twice leading to another wrong department and finally back at retention. AT&T is instituting 2 factor on request now (and has been for 5 months, way to be 7 years behind everyone else AT&T) and is "phasing out" use of your Social Security Number as the identifier. AT&T needs to go away.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 20, 2016

    A customer representative got the SIM card stuck inside my phone. He took my phone apart with a knife and paper clips to take the SIM card out. It didn't work, and he asked me if I could leave my phone and come back later because he didn't have time to fix it. I took the phone with me, and then called the customer service phone number. The customer service representative told me to go to the Apple store to fix my phone, and I would have to pay for the charges. I live in a small town, and the nearest Apple store is about an hour away. I'm switching back to Verizon because at least they don't break phones and refuse to fix them.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2016

    On 12/22/15 I called AT&T to cancel my service and to unlock my phone as I was moving to another company dissatisfied over their lack of coverage and added costs to improve their services. I started by first canceling the AT&T U-verse, internet service and lastly on 12/22 their mobile package. When I called to cancel not once did they asked if I wanted to change the package, they simply allowed me to believe that my wishes had been met. In January 6 I paid the $119.62 and thought that was my last bill. When I receive an email reminding me to pay the next bill of $164.44, I tried to enter into the account via internet and it did not allow me. I called and advised that I did not understand about the bill as I had cancelled the service.

    The woman who helped me confirmed that I had and stated not to worry that I owed nothing. I said, "So you have me on an automatic bill? And have not changed the system? So I should just ignore the email you sent me?" She said yes. I get another email about a bill this time for $221.04. I called and was told that the charges were for my IPOD!!! I had the iPod included in the phone package! I asked to please re-consider that when they sold me a package and I called to cancel I assumed they had done that. The woman was unmoved and said I still owed the $221.04. I asked for a bill to be sent as I have not been able to go into my account since I closed it in 12/22nd.

    I just got the bill and it showed that I CHANGED the service! I never would have kept an iPod that I don't use outside my house! I need help in disputing this amount as I think it's totally unethical what they have done. I have paid over the years for AT&T's inept service, overtime I complained of the poor service they charge me for UPGRADES to better the service on everything... cellphone coverage and internet! I've had enough and thus the reason I chose to leave the company. Now they want to stick me for the last time with a $221.04 charge! Please help me in resolving this matter.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 17, 2016

    I switched my service in Dec 2015 and went with Verizon. I dropped AT&T account. This morning I got a bill via email saying I owed 227.00 for an iPad that was attached to my phone bill for an extra 10.00 a month. I phoned and spoke to 4 different people. All different stories. They are saying WE forgot to cancel this iPad add-on. It was part of my account on my phone bill. Billed and paid every month included on my phone bill. WE never got a bill for it since we paid our final bill in Dec. I told them I was not responsible for THEIR mistake, if that was the way it was suppose to be handled.

    When I dropped my account with them duh...I meant just that! if it was my account...drop it. I told them I would go to court first. I then submitted a complaint to the Attorney General's dept. The lady I talked to there said there's a special person that handles all the AT&T complaints because they have so many that come in about billing. I think there needs to be a class action case brought against them and investigation on their billing practices. I truly think they hire people to look through your account and see where they can extort money from us. They have added other people's calls on my bill before to pay for and hope you don't notice. I found it very stressful doing business with them for that reason. I will NEVER use AT&T again. And don't forget they turn all our personal data over to the NSA as well. Something to think about.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2016

    After reluctantly signing up with AT&T Wireless almost 2 yrs ago for my son to have service, my son fraudulently used my account to purchase one of their phones. He promised he was going to pay the bills which he did until he didn't. I contacted AT&T and had his number shut off and blocked and was told by AT&T that they informed fraud division. This was all done in Dec. of 2015. I even did the buyback program and they bought the phone back saying that all was done now. Then in January I closed out my number and left AT&T for good with them saying at retention dept. that all is done.

    I am now receiving threats of collection if I do not pay these certain amounts that keep adding up and every person I speak to in AT&T says something different but all said I didn't owe anything. AT&T is the biggest ripoff ever. They will lie to you every chance they get. PLEASE BEWARE. Do not go to AT&T EVER. Too many hidden fees, lies and hidden costs. I am a 70 yr old woman in bad health and they could care less how they talk to you. And the so-called "fraud" division is a big joke. Buyer beware...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2016

    I had a tablet that was attached with a second number to my phone. I have called AT&T twice about cancelling the number associated with the tablet, and both times have waited more than 30 minutes on hold, been transferred multiple times between agents, and BOTH TIMES they cancelled my phone line instead of the one to the tablet, which occasions a visit to the store, where in two trips I have also not managed to simply get them to shut off the correct line. It is a complete and utter joke to call what they do "customer service." Run, run like Hades, to some other provider.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    Made split payment arrangements, first one in the amount of 56.86 for the date of March 11, 2016 and the second payment in the amount of $150.00 for the date of March 25th, 2016. With working 2 jobs Mon-Fri I completely forgot to pay the 1st 56.86 on March 11th but remembered and paid it on March 14th. Today March 16th AT&T disconnected my services. When I called to see why they told me because I didn't pay the 56.86 on March 11th so the whole arrangement became null and void. Even though I paid the $56.86 it didn't matter. I had been a customer of AT&T for a number of years but after this... no more. If you're willing to lose a customer over something like this then clearly your customers don't matter. I cancelled both lines that I had with them and then also cancelled my U-verse and told them to just send me the final bill.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    I am AT&T long time customer. When open with account with AT&T giving one price then go to high price bill sending. But, my friends also told me Home and Cell with AT&T bills comes too high simply make numbers. Customers didn't understand with AT&T OR AT&T Service didn't understand with Customers, but getting bill number prices like this - $268, $498, $694, $904, $1,059, then Now $2340. Customer can't pay this kind of bills. So many times talk to Service Department and any service suspend or cancelled again bill send too high. This is my AT&T service responsibility with customer. Thank You.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    I had T-Mobile wifi calling for $40/month. AT&T said they could match it using my iPhone 5C. It worked fine with T-Mobile, but the cell towers around my home are only AT&T towers, so I figured I would switch. After calling AT&T as a brand new customer, I was put on hold for 10 minutes and then it disconnected. Finally getting through to someone, the lady said it was no problem $40/month wifi calling with iPhone 5C. I wait & wait (over a week) for the SIM card that was supposed to be overnight delivery, and finally call back. They didn't send the SIM card because "they needed my passcode" to change over my existing T-Mobile number. Do you think they could have called me to tell me this? NO. I had to call them because the SIM never came.

    The SIM comes, then I wait on hold for 15 minutes, then another 15 minutes for the man to check on wifi calling and after 65 minutes on the phone he tells me they can't do wifi calling with iPhone 5C, only iPhone 6 and above. I had bought a new iPhone 5C to use wifi calling WHICH WORKS JUST FINE with T-Mobile. NOW, my phone service with T-Mobile no longer works and I need to set that all up again. BUT, T-Mobile has a "customer callback" service where The CUSTOMER IS NOT ON HOLD FOR 30 MINUTES THE WAY THEY ARE WITH AT&T! AT&T provides the worse customer service I have EVER experienced! Bait & Switch.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    I have no hope of resolving the bureaucracy that is AT&T. So, I'm complaining here. A year ago I moved from AT&T to Verizon. Wife's tablet somehow didn't move and they continued to bill me. I got it straightened out, and I actually resolved the billing issue on the phone with AT&T. Apparently, they have changed their mind. No one notified me that the dispute hasn't been resolved and they continue to bill me more and more. It has now climbed from $180 to $280. Based on principle, I won't pay. The morale of the story is don't buy from AT&T... ever. They aren't trustworthy. I put them in the Donald Trump camp.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    I change to this company after having 5 years with Verizon. My bill always has been more than what I agreed to pay. My bill was always $800 dollars every month and I was supposed to pay $145. This company needs to be sued. OMG.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed March 14, 2016

    Tried to set up TV and Internet package. Technician didn't arrive for installation. Had paid deposit of $250, no record at AT&T of deposit. Rebooked. Technician arrived, same not suitable - needed to change package, Tried to change package, 3 hours on phone again. Want additional $450 deposit. Fed up, now trying to cancel order and get back deposit.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 14, 2016

    AT&T called last October to review my business accounts and lower my rate. I agreed to the changes, the following month I received my bill and it was $50 higher. I called and they agreed they made a mistake and would refund my account but it would take 3 months to correct THEIR mistake. It is now March and once again my bill has not been changed. I have not received credit and this is the 3rd month that I have called concerning my bill. Last month I called and I was on hold off and on for 1 hour (I refused to leave the line). By the time I spoke with someone in charge they told me they could not talk with anyone longer the 90 minutes so I would have to call back!!! We have no options but AT&T in the area where we have our business. I feel so sorry for their employees. They must hate their job. As of now I have been on hold for 40 minutes (the message did say there was a 4 minute wait time).

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    Reviewed March 13, 2016

    I am AT&T customers for past over than 2 years but it is worse than T-Mobile and even Sprint. I am a truck driver. This is worse service. I have unlimited data, paying 350 and a DirecTV, it does not work in Ontario, California even in 4g LTE. What the **...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2016

    I've been with AT&T for about 3 months and my experience has been HORRIBLE!!!! On 5 FEB 16 I made a payment to reconnect my services and set up a payment arrangement for 15 Feb to pay Feb. I also asked the rep to remove auto pay from my account because for some strange reason my account kept getting put on auto pay after I told the reps not to do it. The rep confirmed THREE times that my payment arrangement was set for the 15th and that I wasn't enrolled in auto pay anymore. On 9 Feb 15 AT&T took out an additional payment which caused my banking account to overdraft. I called back in, explained the situation and the rep ensured me that he reversed the 9 Feb payment back in my account. I called back on the 11th to see how long the payment would take to be put back in my account and he told me it wasn't reversed and that he would reverse it for me.

    I called back the next day (12 Feb), explained the situation again and asked him if he knew how long it would take since my bank couldn't see any pending or refunded payments. He placed me on hold and transferred me to a supervisor (Ellen) who was very would and didn't listen. I explained to her the situation again and advised her that the 5 Feb payment should stay on the account and the 9 Feb payment was the one that was reversed the previous day.

    While I was explaining the situation she was over talking me and being very rude. She then placed me on hold and came back a few minutes later telling me that she could only see the 5 Feb payment so she reversed that one as well after I told her numerous times that the Feb 5th payment should stay on the account because it reconnected my services and I only wanted to know how long the 9th payment would take to get back in my account. She laughed and told me that my services would be disconnected in a few days.

    I've even spoken with someone from the president's office and they still won't help. I even told them that my spouse works from home and has now lost her job because of AT&T's mistake and they still didn't care! My bill is now 400 bucks and the only resolution they have is for me to pay it. But how can I pay it if my account is still negative because of them and my spouse has also lost her job because of them!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 12, 2016

    Since day 1 I have had trouble with service. When I signed up, my home address was looked up and I was reassured I was in a 4G LTE area. After going through 2 phones in two months, I was finally told my address (that is the same exact address given from the first day) is in limited service. After being on hold and being transferred for an hour and a half on the phone - I got transferred to 611 and was asked to completely start over. I then went to chat. Do yourself a favor and stay FAR, FAR AWAY.

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    Reviewed March 11, 2016

    A collection from Southwest Credit Union for $31 regarding my AT&T bill in my credit report. After discussing with AT&T manager I came to know that this bill was outstanding from Dec 12, 2014. But regarding this amount $30.70 (not sure exactly what is that cents. it's around .70) I called AT&T several times from Nov 2014 to June 2015 and I informed them that I never used AT&T services in month of Nov & Dec 2014.I transferred my Mobile account from T-Mobile to AT&T but it never transferred to AT&T till Jan 2015. So without usage of AT&T services they charged me around $120. I called AT&T several times (more than 20 times) and discussed about this amount. Finally one of AT&T manager, she waived of $30.70 and asked me to pay the remaining amount. So I paid the remaining due amount. I thought I was paid all the amount as she waived of $30.70. I never heard anything from AT&T regarding this $30.70 (by email/by post/by phone).

    I think in the month of Nov 2015 I received a Southwest Credit notice for $31. Again I called AT&T and asked about this letter. She said don't worry no need to pay any amount as there is no outstanding dues on your account and we never sent to any collection agent and that letter might be wrong. So I never pay this $31. But today I can see this in my credit report as collection. So again I called AT&T discussed with couple of customer agents and one Manager.

    Manager reviewed all my earlier history & notes on my account and said that there is some miscommunication in my account so she will credit back that amount into my account but she can't edit my account now as it's moved to collection. So asking me to dispute this with credit agent. Once we, she (AT&T), get the disputed request they will waive off this amount and close this dispute and inform to Credit Union. After disputing the AT&T again they are saying these are the correct charges. How these are correct charges, AT&T have any process? One person say we wave of this amount other will come and say these are correct charges. Is there any way I can take action against this provider?

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    Reviewed March 10, 2016

    Their 10 cent/min. plan has NO ANNUAL CONTRACT and NO RATE PLAN CHARGE. Plus balances are rolled over. That sounds great BUT you HAVE to use your balances every year. If you don't those balances just go to AT&T. If you cancel your phone service AT&T keeps all of your money. In my case, I gave them $100.00 so that I could have an emergency phone number. That account required a $100.00 balance. That was good for one year. At the end of the year I made sure I still had a $100.00 balance. Being short by $17.00 I then added $20.00 to meet their requirement balance.

    But after that they told me my service was cancelled because I had to add $100.00 every year regardless of my $100.00 balance. If you do that for 5 years you will have a balance of $500.00 with AT&T which you can never retrieve. So isn't that an annual fee? This is clearly false and deceptive advertisement. Never use these people... Never... The word slim comes to mind.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed March 10, 2016

    We moved from one apartment to another apartment in January. They are less than 5 miles away from each other. I had my DirecTV account cancelled since we couldn't get the service because of a tree. I kept the internet though. I am still being billed for our DirecTV service that we haven't had since December. They claim they have issued credits, but this morning, my internet service was off. They said there was a balance from DirecTV for $152.45 remaining and that they couldn't help me with my AT&T service without me first paying the past due bill. I had paid the final bill to DirecTV for $73.47, so how did I have a new amount to pay.

    Of course I paid so that I could get all of this resolved. I was told 7 different stories from 7 different reps in a 6 hour period. Hold times included, it took my whole work day to get absolutely nothing resolved. I can't even get a copy of my bill, access to my account online because they can't reset my password or username. After dealing with that for 45 min., the rep got impatient with me, told me there was nothing else that she could do and that I would have to start the whole process again tomorrow. UGH. I really liked the service when we had it. I should have paid more attention because what I found was that we were getting billed for channels we didn't have access to, late fees because the auto bill pay didn't get set up even though I had a rep do it and whenever I called in, no one wanted to help.

    This has been a horrible day and I have nothing to prove that any of this took place because they don't actually record your call or add notes to your account. No one wants to be held responsible for their screw-ups. Don't get AT&T ever. DirecTV either for that matter. We only have Cox and AT&T/DirecTV bundle here in our area. Cox is overly expensive and AT&T does not care about their customers. I'm past being nice... I'm pissed. So far I have given them almost $500 in 3 months. My bill wasn't even that high. Don't go to them... Heed my warning.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    According to my most recent credit report I was sent to collection by AT&T Mobility for an account ** that I never opened. Now I already called AT&T Fraud Department and the lady who helped me wasn't so helpful at all. Therefore I decided to resolve this matter asap so I went to the closest AT&T store to ask for a copy of the contract and I was denied a copy because according to the rep he didn't have access to it. So he directed me to call the fraud department but I couldn't resolve anything as of yet. I don't know what else to do in order to fix this matter. I know you guys might not be able to help me with this but just want to complain about AT&T opening fraudulent accounts! Thank you.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    I assumed that when I signed up for Autopay with AT&T internet service that they would pay my bill. Nope, they skipped a payment, doubled up on the next payment and added a $9.00 (lol). I guess I misunderstood what "taking care of the customer" meant! They did refund my $9.00 after a call to New Delhi.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    I have been trying for weeks to get AT&T to unlock my phone. I have been with another carrier now for a few weeks. I had to buy a lesser quality phone because of this. They keep promising to unlock my phone and they never do. They are rude and liars.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    AT&T has screwed our business TWICE now. Terrible tech service and even after having a free service ticket for TS360 (their better techs) due to them creating the problem, they charged us and then shut off the account. After getting it turned back on, we have issues AGAIN, that they screw up while TRYING to assist. Now, we have no outgoing e-mail through outlook, to their server. At this point, it seems like they are trying to screw things up in order to charge customers for tech services. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING WITH ANOTHER COMPANY.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    I attempted to switch cell companies from Sprint to AT&T. Due to my concerns about whether AT&T's cellular service at my home would be reliable and without signal issues, I was told that if I was not satisfied with AT&T, I could cancel my new service and return my phone within 14 days for a full refund. So in good faith I gave them a try. I returned to the store within 3 hours because the call quality was horrible. Dropouts, delayed voice, echo, and only 2 bars inside or out. I was told that I would be credited the cost paid, but I would be charged a restocking fee of $35.00.

    If AT&T cannot provide satisfactory service at my location, I don't believe I should be penalized for their inadequacies. After all, they are constantly on TV touting great coverage but in just about everyplace I have lived for the past 10 years the signal strength indoors is weak. When are the cell phone companies going to give us the quality they claim to offer, that we are paying for, but not getting?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 8, 2016

    @4 months ago I called AT&T and adjusted my long distance service. My U-verse and AT&T phone bills are being paid automatically with my charge account. After my call I began receiving bills for my past phone number which I have not had for 18 months. I have made at least 12 calls during this time and have spoken to numerous people. No one has resolved this. One person said he could not find the account and just not to pay it. Another told me to pay the bill and future billing would stop (even though I do not owe this bill). I have asked to have my billing and payment account for the past 18 months be sent to me and I would figure it out and they won't do this. I have asked to speak to a supervisor but was told I can't. My account has been turned over to a collection agency. Who can I contact to get this resolved?

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 5, 2016

    I called to get options on a Carnival Cruise cellular package with AT&T and the sales rep misinformed me on my plan. She neglected to tell me that I could only use my phone on land of only two of my stops. I used my phone on the ship and on every stop! I called AT&T after day one of my cruise while on the ship to assure that I was not incurring any charges and he told me no I was fine and nothing was on my account. I continued on freely using my phone taking calls and racking up charges!

    When I returned I called responding to text messages I received about roaming and to my surprise I had a lot of charges. The sales rep assured me that they would adjust my bill once it came out, no problem. They adjusted my bill but they paid half and I have to pay the other half. They were very clear of what my option were upon my returning but the late knowledge cost me a pretty penny!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 5, 2016

    About a month ago, I had heard an advertisement from AT&T about unlimited data plan if we had DIRECTV and AT&T in which I did. I called in and they went over the plan with me in great detail, leaving out, of course, that they were going to combine my phone bill with my DIRECTV bill and that the unlimited data did not include the hotspot on my phone; the only reason why I would need the extra data, as I live in an area where internet is very slow. After I got off the phone, it came to my attention that my hotspot had disappeared, so I called AT&T and the new salesperson explained to me that the hotspot was not included. I was furious, as that was not what I was sold on. I insisted they put everything back the way it was and they then told me they couldn't do that. They managed to put my data back on but all of my history of payments and everything else that I had for the past ten years was totally wiped out.

    A few days ago I received a bill in the mail for $719.00 with no explanation of the charges and when I called in to get an answer, it took them over twenty minutes to answer the phone. They then informed me that because my phone bill was tied in with DIRECTV, something that I was not told, that they would have to send me to a different billing place. I was put on hold for another thirty minutes. When I got in touch with someone, they were more confused than I was and at that point I asked to talk to a supervisor. I was advised the supervisor was way too busy but that he would call me back within the hour. I waited for over two hours and got no callback. I called again and this time they told me I would have to talk to a supervisor but if I wanted to, I would have to hold for at least 30 minutes. I hung up.

    I did pay $300.00 on the account and I have never been past due on this bill ever. My normal bill is around $285.00 a month and certainly nowhere near the $719.00 they now claim I owe. This morning I got a threatening phone call from AT&T telling me in a recorded message that my DIRECTV would soon be turned off if they did not get another payment of $201.00. I, by no means am a poor person but if I was, there is a good chance I would lose my phone and use of TV. As it is now, I am not sure what will happen.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 4, 2016

    Spoke to two AT&T representatives (Robert & Marcia), whose only job it seems is to not listen to what the consumer is saying and to argue the non-arguable. Perhaps training should be made available to them on listening, rather than talking over the customer.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 4, 2016

    In August 2015 I signed up with AT&T and their Uverse plan to get internet service. They offered me a rate of $36 something a month to get their turbo internet plan (25 Mbps) if I bundled with DirecTV. What I did. I also paid a deposit of $100 to AT&T before I could sign up for their service. However, I was told that my deposit will be used to cover my first 3 months of service.

    Few days later the technicians came to my apartment to install both services (cable and TV). Unfortunately, DirecTV could not install their cable because they said there were too many trees around my house so their satellite cannot get any signal. As a result they had to cancel my account. At that point the AT&T technician was still at my house and did not install the internet yet. So I called AT&T customer service to ask if I will still get the same rate even though they couldn't get me the cable because I was ready to cancel everything. Their representative told me they will still get me the same rate because it wasn't my fault.

    I got my first bill and they charged me $75/month. They took all my deposit and still charged me. When I called to complain they told me I was given a wrong information and they could not give me the plan for $36 if I don't get the bundle but for the inconvenience they were ready to cancel my plan, refund me the rest of my deposit. Also they would not charge me an early termination fee.

    It turns out that was a lie because they canceled my plan, did not refund my money and charged me the early termination fee. Since I had automatic payment they took my money out of my account and overdrawn my account that resulted in more fees from my bank. I was lied to by AT&T representatives and misled me into a contract. Every time I called their customer service they keep transferring me and putting me on hold. Nobody seem to know what is going on, they did not note my account even though I was talk several time they did, they are really rude too.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 4, 2016

    I called AT&T customer service with a complaint. During the call, I spoke to a customer service rep who was rude and I asked to speak with her supervisor. That person was rude too. Since I was complaining about being treated rudely and bad service to begin with, I asked to speak with the next person up the chain and was told that was a Level 3 Manager. The supervisor promised I'd get a call back with 72 hours. That was a month ago.

    Yesterday, I called again and explained I had never gotten a call back as promised. Again I spoke to a CSR who was rude, who transferred me to a Supervisor (who was rude) and promised me a call back the same day. Which never came. I called today and spoke to a rep (who was rude), who transferred me to a supervisor (spoke over me, put words in my mouth - rude again) so I insisted on speaking to her manager. By then, my complaint had grown obviously. So I explained why I was calling and he raised his voice and when I pointed it out said he wasn't... I asked to speak to another manager and he hung up on me! I was bringing up some easily verifiable facts to AT&T and again the manager was rude and hung up on me. If I treated my customers the way I was treated by AT&T, I wouldn't have any.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2016

    AT&T is absolutely hands down the worst company to get service through. I have a landline and slow internet with them. They mess my bill up every single month. I have to call, sit on hold only to be transferred back and forth between departments for assistance. Every single month they apply credits to my bill instead of getting the bill right in the first place. They are fully aware that I need the internet for business but now they are turning my service off after being only 6 days past due. I pay them in full every single month. But now in retaliation they are turning my service off and making me pay 30 dollar restoral fees. They lie and say the customer comes first but that's bull.

    The customer service is absolutely horrible and the supervisors are even worse. Bellsouth was a great company and the service was impeccable. AT&T taking over has destroyed Bellsouth's good name and reputation. They take over these zones that we live in and block you from being able to obtain other service. They trap you and make your life a living hell. I am looking to move so I can severe ties with AT&T once and for all. If you have any other carrier that you can get, please do so. Any and every carrier is 10 times better than AT&T. I have plenty more complaints that I will be posting regarding mine and my family's crappy service from them for all the years we have assisted in padding the pockets of these execs who care about nothing but money!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed March 3, 2016

    I travel quite a bit for work. I also only use my phone for phone calls and text. I called AT&T to get the phone unlocked as they have been charging me a huge amount of money to make phone calls in other countries. They told me they would send me the instructions and I could "do it myself". The instructions came. They said, "Back up your phone, Erase your phone, Restore your phone." That is it. No instruction. "Back up your phone, Erase your phone, Restore your phone." Okay... I admit, I do not use social media of any kind and I use my phone... as a PHONE. I have no idea how to do any of that.

    I called AT&T for help. Talked to someone in Pakistan who spoke little English. He send me the same instructions. I called AT&T again. This time they offered to let me pay for the "passport" service. $1.20 a minute for phone calls out of the country. What choice do I have... at this moment none as I am leaving soon. But as I told the young man on the phone, the moment I land I will switch my entire family (7 lines in total) to TMobile or someone else. Smoke signals would be better than AT&T.

    So my message is... if you are shopping for a cell phone and you catch yourself looking at AT&T. RUN FAR AWAY. Check the reviews, they have a terrible record. They will charge you unbelievable prices and their customer service is officially DEAD. What's more, they could care less if they lose you as a customer. Instructions from AT&T: (The sincerely AT&T customer care made me want to smash my phone.) Backup your iPhone. When you have a backup, erase your iPhone. Restore your iPhone from the backup you just made.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2016

    I was extremely displeased with AT&T. My son's phones screen went blank so we went into the local AT&T store to find out what we could do. After the representative looked at the phone she said it would be covered under the manufacturer warranty and gave us a phone number to call. We called the number when we were in the store. Their representative did some tests on my son's phone and agreed it was a manufacturer defect and told us they would be sending us a replacement phone and to send the damaged phone back within 10 days. At no time were we told that they might find that it might not be a manufacturer defect. So we did what they said.

    Well just yesterday received a package, our damaged phone and a letter stating they charged our account $516.00. I was irate. We spent the next several hours on the phone getting nowhere. Finally diana said if the lady that looked at the phone would document that she looked at the phone they would reconsider. So the next day we went to the store. They were not helpful at all. Basically said there was nothing they could do and it was not their protocol to document that information into their system and that the warranty company was separate from them. So again called the warranty company and sat on the phone for 2 1/2 hours getting nowhere. Managers after managers everyone saying there was nothing they could do. Even though no one told us we might be charged $516.00!!!

    We asked them to review the phone call. The representative jose promised he would call me back once the supervisors reviewed the call. Well he never called back!!! Very upset but AT&T didnt care. 516.00 is a lot of money. They know how to screw you. There was nothing we could do. Offered them to take the phone back but said no they couldnt because it was activated.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2016

    I was paying too much money for AT&T U-verse and Internet service through AT&T. Upon renewal period for my account, I selected to terminate my account completely. The AT&T representative promised me an internet and DirecTV bundle that met my budget. After receiving my full first bill (approx. 3 months later after the prorated amounts were applied to the two previous bills), my monthly charges were $30 more than what was quoted. They also signed me up for a 24-month term agreement with DirecTV. After several conversations with reps and Supervisor Bryan, I can get out of the agreements and still paying $10/month more than what I was quoted. From all the frustration and dishonesty, I will NEVER do business with AT&T again.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 1, 2016

    When we upgraded our phones, AT&T apparently defaults to including insurance as well as their Mobile Protection Plan -- a $10 additional charge. This happened to 6 of my 11 devices, for a total of an additional $60 a month. When I called to dispute this, I was told that I signed the contracts -- which I don't dispute, but felt that since it was a default that was not discussed at the time of signature that AT&T should provide some compensation.

    After being on the phone for 1 hour 23 minutes, I was offered $25 for being a long-time customer. I refused this, as I felt that if I accepted then that implies satisfaction with the resolution on this issue. Additionally, the person I was talking to indicated that she was annotating my account but refused to tell me what she was recording in my record, which felt threatening... Overall, after being with AT&T since 2003, I am very dissatisfied. I believe it is dishonest business practices to have a default charge that isn't discussed at time of purchase.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 1, 2016

    Fall 2015 my phone turned off and didn't turn back on. I went into AT&T and asked them what I could do. I'm not the most tech savvy and the employee quickly began bringing out the new 6's and telling me about the payment plans so it would "cheaper" in the long run to stay in contract and make payments, instead of paying for the phone in full and staying out of contract. Well later another employee came and asked if the employee had tried to "reset" the phone. Lo and behold, my 5s turned back on but I had already signed the contract for the new phone. I decided not to press the issue, but I know I could have and that employee would've been in a lot of trouble.

    NOW, I am out of the country and trying to unlock my phone with my bill totally paid off and they REFUSE to unlock it because of the manipulation they use to keep people in contract. The phone has to be paid in full, when Sprint AND Verizon both unlock their phones for their customers. VERY disappointed and disgusted by AT&T who manipulate long-time customers. Will definitely be switching carriers as soon as possible. I WOULD NOT recommend this carrier to anyone!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 1, 2016

    I simply wanted to move over to Verizon to join another contract for a discount and because I decided to use my existing (new phone) when the sim was pulled and the new Verizon sim card was put in, AT&T locked my phone. I was told to pay my contract out and the phone would be unlocked. I did this. My 4th call to AT&T customer service told me that I should have paid the balance first. No one told me to do this the first time I called. Now it's been 3 days with a locked phone and no one at AT&T seems to care. Currently they have my money (balance of agreement) and a lock on my phone.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 29, 2016

    I bought my first smartphone in December. They told me if I signed up for auto pay it would only be 55.00 a mo. But I wouldn't be given credit until the following month. Ok, on Jan 31st they signed me up for auto pay & deducted it from my visa, 65.00. Then she said she gave me a $10.00 credit on my account for the following month, which was to renew February 29th. A week later they said I used my $10.00 credit to get more data @ 5:00am. I did not & no one had access to my phone. I had unlimited data, why would I need to buy more? They actually lied to me & took the credit. Then this month they want to charge me another 65.00. $60 plus taxes and their other mobile charges. Plus they tried to deduct it two days early. Don't trust them on your bank or credit card account unless you keep them on limited access!

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2016

    In Nov. 2015 I decided to go with a bundle (landline, internet, and TV) and I chose AT&T because I had a landline with them for about 30 years. From the very beginning, every aspect of the bundle, at different times, didn't work. I had to wait for so many 4-hour windows for techs to come over and fix the problems and spent so many hours on the phone. It was like I was working for them, for nothing. Every time it didn't work I didn't have a phone (no internet either) and I don't have a cell phone at this point.

    I decided to get my landline out of the bundle and requested it to be back the way it was, basic service (I have long distance through MCI). However, when they disconnected my landline from the bundle they didn't give me the basic service. They gave me a more expensive one with long distance, without telling me or me asking for it. This caused MCI to cancel my long distance without telling me as I had another carrier. I knew nothing of this until I opened my January bill and, because I call UK and Jamaica regularly, my phone bill was about $1200 (usually I pay 50-60 dollars). I called in January 2016, and after a lot of time and trouble, spoke to a supervisor who agreed that it was wrong and I shouldn't have to pay for something I didn't order and that it would be waived and that I should only pay the basic costs (the basic plan).

    This month the bill is getting larger and the basic plan is now more than $10 more. I spent 4 hours this morning making many phone calls in which they told me there was no record of my waiver through "Lauren", getting disconnected, having nobody call me when they said they would, and having rude and cold-hearted customer service people telling me that I should look at it from AT&T's point of view. I now have someone "escalating" and looking into all this... that's what they say, and that they will call me in a few days... I hate AT&T. It is so upsetting. My bill now has late charges on it because I was told not to pay, and is $1282!!! It HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE SINCE NOVEMBER 17TH.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016

    My bill was 130 for 2 lines. I added a line so it would be 45 more plus taxes for a line and international calling. If you add a line in the middle of the cycle your extra line will be charged double. They call it prorated charges which is just a way to take more money from you which they try to make sense of it but it's a ridiculous charge. The bill turned to 285 for 3 lines, so the extra line was 150 by itself which it should have been only around 53. If you want an extra line with AT&T just get your current bill and multiply it by 2 and you will get your next bill total. :)

    Breakdown of bill: $40/line * 3 people = $120, $25 taxes for new line = $25, $5/international calling = $5, $40/6gigs = $40, $40 "Prorated charges" = $50, $45 activation fee = $45 (Said it would be waived). I complained and gave me $52 off so I paid around $233 but unsatisfied for which I was charged for prorated charges which doesn't make any sense when they tried to explain it. (If you read and compare why it's being charged it's the same thing that is covered in your $40 charge/line).

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016

    After being over billed for several months, we were told on two separate occasions that we would receive a full credit on our account. Not only did we not receive the credit, after our fourth attempt to resolve the issue, we were informed that suddenly they were unable to backtrack our bill. AT&T refused to repay the overpayments.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016

    They're a rip off. Charged my credit card more than what I authorized and have nerves to tell me it's not reversible and they're sorry they cannot refund me charges that I did not owe. They are the worst phone company ever. I will not refer AT&T to anyone because all they do is rip you off if you're not making payments in the store in person. Be very careful because they tend to overcharge a lot and don't refund you anything, backwater or not it was their mistake.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016

    I paid on our account as was scheduled by the automated system. That was eight days ago. They turned off our service this morning. After making calls to customer service, retention and going into the store, there was no one who could help me or be willing to turn our service back on and see that there was something amiss. They just said "sorry you have to make the current due payment (We have not even had our next bill come out yet)."

    In the past the customer service dept had the ability to help by seeing there was something wrong. Now everyone one says "I would help you if I could but system won't let me." This big corporation has changed so much since we became Cingular customers in 2004. I requested at least to not be charged the $40. We'll see. The rep "couldn't promise anything". We HAD the internet service in which the customer service was so horrible and overcharged us every month so would never go with them again, but at least thought the cellular had a little better customer care. Not true anymore.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016

    I received a letter regarding my business line of 8 years stating the plan I am on is being discontinued and to call for a new plan. I called and the agent said I had to purchase a cell phone or tablet to keep a low rate. I told them I did not need one. They then said I had to sign a 12 month contract and then see what they could do to keep my rate about the same. I explained I'm moving my business in 3 months and not sure if AT&T will be in the new area. Asked if they could keep me on my plan for 3 months more. They said no, I received my new bill and they increased my rate by $81!!! I called and spoke with manager Denise ‪#‎**‬ who basically could care less. So much for being a good customer for 8 years and paying every month on time.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016

    I personally want to thank Gage for her wonderful customer service in assisting me in having my payment rectified. I paid my AT&T bill on February 24, 2016, which is the last day of the bill cycle. I paid through my Discover Financial and they approved the payment to be paid out to AT&T; however, today (February 25, 2016) I found out that AT&T still had it in their system as though I did not pay when I did, and thankfully I always check all of my accounts to make certain no fraud business is going on.

    AT&T made a major error in having my payment sent to another person account. Until I spoke with Gage **, which was the fourth call I made to AT&T today, I was not given any help and received unprofessional assistance from other AT&T representatives; even as I was on the phone with a Discover Representative with the AT&T previous representative she pretty much accused me and other customers of not reporting glitches that the company may have experienced, and that is why my payment went to someone else's account. Furthermore, I was told that Discover will have to deal with it since they made the payment and pretty much AT&T could not do anything.

    By the time I spoke with Gage ** in W. Virginia, I was assured that not only did I receive bad customer service prior, but also she made certain that I felt like a valued customer by apologizing on the other customer service representative behalf and writing a case up for investigation on the error of my payment being sent to someone else's account. Again, I thank Gage ** for her true understanding of stellar customer service and I would highly recommend that AT&T train all of their representatives on great customer service because in every business, customer service is failing.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2016

    I had AT&T Uverse for 29 days. I called to tell them that I could not access my recordings. This took me 45 minutes to just get to technical support. I was on with them for over two hours and all he kept doing was resetting my box. I could not understand most of what he said with his accent. They made an appt to come out the next day to fix. My appt was between 8:30 am & 12:30 pm. At 12:45 I started calling again to see where they were. They first said no one was home when they came. After I confronted that lie. They said they would send someone between 1 & 4. At 4 the man came and I told him to take the equipment with him. He would not. The next day I took the equipment to the UPS store and sent it back. The best experience I had with AT&T was in the return with the UPS store.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2016

    I transferred 3 cell phones from AT&T to Sprint. To keep my numbers, AT&T kept the AT&T account open for the transfer. Ok. AT&T would close the account as soon as the transfers were done. We discussed my Galaxy TAB 3 (AT&T) which was not being used and was not being transferred. Its service would be terminated closing the entire account. AT&T did not close my account as requested instead, without my consent or authorization, AT&T kept the account opened by adding a new service plan for a Tablet 4G LTE. I knew nothing about this until I received an AT&T bill. I did not purchase or receive a Tablet 4G LTE from AT&T. I'm being charged $50 on an account that I closed for service on a Tablet 4G LTE I have never owned.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2016

    Started being bombarded with calls though am listed on Do Not Call List, unlisted in phone book 40+ years, and am a very private person. Not on social media. Changed telephone number, but within 4 hours robo calls, collections calls, etc. began. Got bill, was triple-billed. Plus they said I hadn’t paid current month’s bill on old number – I had. They’d subtracted that amount out from bill for new number but not from the total as person who’d had that number owed a balance. Eventually found out former # not deactivated, so I billed for 2 numbers. Cust. Serv. in Caribbean (Ashley) asked me which # I wanted, I said original #. I asked she be sure the newer # was deactivated. But within 2 hrs BOTH numbers had been deactivated - so have no dial tone - nobody can call in, I can’t call out.

    Am 65, handicapped, alone, and only have a now dead landline. Couldn’t get help/resolution, so went to local AT&T store. Landlines are being phased out, so are employees in that dept. Couldn’t get a timeframe. Found out I’ll now additionally be billed as a new customer - more fees, costs, money for them, more double billing though haven’t had a working phone. In addition, lost Lifeline, and calling plan I had they don't offer anymore. Customer for over 50 years, but everything they are doing is to make money – doesn’t matter how customers are hurt. Totally unprofessional.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2016

    I am deeply concerned and frustrated with the service you have been providing me for last 13 months. At first your network is not as good to work on certain areas (forget about inside office, even on the road it's bad) in Houston and have been communicated to you over time several times. If needed I can provide you all the previous complaints and reference number with approximate time of call from my phone bill. Secondly, you provided me a phone on which data actually never worked but you kept charging me for the data charges for 13 months, and I kept asking you to fix or resolve the issue, but you never did. At last you sent a replacement phone which was lost somewhere, but you did charge me full amount of the phone which was not even worth $50 but you charged $2XX, and then when I chased down you this for several days, then finally you admitted of refunding it.

    Anytime I had to get to AT&T, it was a painful spending hours and hours of getting hold of the right person, from one person to another, one supervisor to another, one manager to another and one department to another, you do not really realize, how much painful it was for me to call you back again and over to explain everything to a different person, and then at the end of day when I want to port my number out of your system you take 13 days to release my number to another carrier. It has been an awful experience till the end.

    The pain does not end there yet, your social media manager on the recorded line promises me last month that I do not owe any amount to AT&T, and there will be a credit left over on my number after the device charges has been taken over, and this was confirmed, if not ten times, then at least 5 times over the phone on a recorded line. Yet again I was feeling being cheated to see that after the device charges has been removed, I still see pending charges of $19.**. And then when I speak to the same person, I am told that $19.** is nothing, and I should pay that, as she said since my account is in high credit so she unfortunately can not do anything.

    I don't understand that if you will have to remove the device charges then it is your fault that you bill so much and then you have to refund and show to the customer that you are giving any credit, whereas you are not being courteous to remove those charges, and you are liable for those charges to be taken off. If you can not provide service and send bill, it is your fault, it's not that you are doing the customer any favor of just providing the courtesy for your mistakes.

    It makes no sense to see the bill of plan charges of $80 for one single line with talk, text and data in this competitive world, and now I have decided I will not just stop here for all your malpractices, but I want to show it to everyone what have you done to me. I was disconnected from calls while your managers and supervisors kept me waiting, and then I had to go through the same trouble of explaining the same thing to the new person every time over and over and over.

    Is that the way you think you are going to survive and provide service to your customers? When I call customer care recently, I spoke to Derran and he agreed on everything to what I had mentioned in reference to my issues and even promised me to get me a refund. However, he said and told me that his managers and system not allowing him to do anything on recorded line. When spoken to managers they have no clue whatsoever I am talking about as there are never notes left in the system by previous person whosoever I spoke with.

    It has been getting frustrated to deal with AT&T by any means. There is never an easy way to reach the management and if you send the letter to PO box address, no one responds. No fax number, no email address. AT&T claims to pay rewards for paper less billing and auto payment, so far I never have got anything in last 3 years. Their rewards call center do not work most of the days and most of times to respond any question. Kindly refund my legitimate amount for 1.5 month bill ASAP and ensure to have my bill on the lowest plan bracket according to usage.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2016

    Have spent days trying to get a copy of my bill that keeps going up since I moved here - Indiana from Georgia. Apparently, a different market of support because cannot get it and they would be out of business if they treated people in Atlanta like this - bill keeps going up after only a few months and Customer NO Service is in a foreign area and only following a script. No common sense and keep asking you all these questions to prove who you are and yet doesn't address why you are calling.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2016

    I have to say I am totally disgusted with AT&T. Don't switch and make sure if you are going to make any changes to your account you know what can go wrong. They will mislead you. Make sure to read some of the complaints that have been posted. Wish I had. I know I am a nobody to them but I am so frustrated at the way they are misleading the consumer. I had a phone which cost me $15 and with the access discount it would cost me $15 so we moved it to an iPhone and since I was a customer for over 10 years the plan for access discount will be applied and grandfathered in. Needless to say it did not!

    My bill came and I was charged a prorated fee for the first month and will be charged $40 a month. When I called customer service they said it would not apply since the plan didn't expire until April. If I had known that and wasn't told the discount would apply I would have waited. I will be making a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and post on every social media I can. Make sure you do your homework and be aware of their tactics. I have 7 lines and I will be reviewing and looking to move them to another company.

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    Contract & TermsCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2016

    After having a stroke, I went to AT&T hoping for the advertised coverage and deals etc. Long story short, coverage sucked!! My bill was almost double the quoted price. I just had a stroke and open heart surgery, and unable to work... I advised them more than once I could not afford their lies. They sent me to collection agency... now what? How do I take them to court for breach of contract? Anyone?

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    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2016

    I've been w/ AT&T for many yrs. Bill started off under $100. Now it's up to $300. We have 2 lines both are smartphones. My problem is we live paycheck to paycheck. As most people your major bills are due on the first of the month. I wanted to split my phone bill in half to make it easier since my husband job is seasonal & he doesn't get a lot of hrs during winter. When Dec payment was due my mom died. The last thing I was thinking of was calling in my payment. So of course our phones were shut off. We worked it out. Paid the bill but then Jan payment was due and they wouldn't let me split the bill beyond a certain date. 2 days before payday phones were shut off. I paid the balance.

    Now Feb is due... $336.00!!! I only have $296.00. I said I can pay the $40.00 next Thurs. They gave me till Tues to come up w/ it. How much do you wanna bet because these ** tards couldn't give me 2 extra days? My phones will be shut off on Wed... Payday is Thurs. So they can get another $40.00!!! It amazes me that such a big company likes to screw people in the azz so bad!!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2016

    I was shock with my bills with AT&T Wireless phone service and on Nov. 23, 2015 I moved my telephone network to T-Mobile, and by my last bills they charge me $1.300,00+. I ask for itemized bills, AT&T Wireless won't sent me. I needed for refund. Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    I just spoke with a manager at AT&T Wireless and her name was Laura **. I must say she was very rude and did not help me at all. I changed my plan in the middle of the cycle to get more data and at&t decided to bill me for 2 plans instead on 1 plan even though I only have 1 phone and 1 plan I was only upgrading. This made no sense and she would not refund any money to me. I am 7 months pregnant and high risk at that and did not need this type of stress today!! At&t should be ashamed to have employees like this woman working for their company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    I have had AT&T for years. Since they combined with my Satellite TV, I combined my bills. I am now told that Due to my combined bills, my phone service has changed. I am being billed double this month. When calling AT&T I ended up talking to a smug, RUDE representative that basically told me tough, though none of this information was given to me when I "combined" my bills. Run people!!! Find another Wireless company. ANY other wireless company. AT&T is obviously trying to rip people off.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2016

    I have been a loyal AT&T customer for over 6 years and the way they treat their customers is just horrible. I believe employees are suppose to undergo training before they can work for AT&T? We have a family plan and it's about $230 a month for four lines two lines are smartphones and two lines are just regular flip phones. So I had an extra iPhone and I decided to change one of the phones to the iPhone that was a basic phone so I called AT&T customer service to go about doing this since that SIM card wouldn't fit. The lady I spoke to told me to just go into any store and they could do it for me free of charge. I asked her twice if my bill would go up in price since it's a standard flip phone I'm changing she told me it would not!

    So I went to the store brought the flip phone and the iPhone. Now the employee working there I asked the same thing if there will be any up charge for this he stated no since the other lines we have already smartphone and share data it will be no extra charge. I asked him three times to make sure he told me again no. So I changed the SIM card and started to use the new phone. So next month when my bill comes in mail it's $40 more than usual. So I call AT&T customer service and ask them why this is. If I would have known this would be more expensive I would've never switched phones. My bill is already high as it is and I can't afford to be paying $40 extra a month.

    Now my old flip phone I already threw away when I changed to the iPhone and was told would be no additional charge. She told me for smartphone my bill will go up higher well why wasn't I informed the first time I called and asked or even when I went in store to do this? So I was on the phone with customer care for 2 hours being transferred from one person to the next then they told me I need to go to store and speak with someone. I went to a store on my way to work to speak to someone then they told me I need to go to the store that they did for me and speak to them. Well I work 90 hours a week and it's very difficult to find time to go and do this.

    I finally went to the store and explained what I was told prior and the guy pulls up my information and tells me I need to call customer care to take care of this. I told him "Customer care told me to come to store. Do you have a manager I can speak to?" and I was told there is no manager on duty. So wasting time and money to go there to be told to call customer service again! Now this is very frustrating. Now I call AT&T customer care yet again nearly a hour on the phone with them and yet they keep telling me there is nothing they can do! And I asked how much it will be to cancel everything with them and that is nearly $200 a line.

    Why am I being punished and having to pay more because you don't properly train your employees? I should've at least been reimbursed my money or they should pay for a flip phone for me for giving out false information in the first place. Even managers are rude and disrespectful. They treat their customers horribly. I would never recommend AT&T to anyone and as soon as my contract is up I will go elsewhere. After being a loyal customer for so many years and they don't care.

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