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About AT&T Wireless

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

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

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015

    My two years contract with AT&T Wireless ended on 10/8/2015. On 10/17/2015, I ended with AT&T service and switched to Verizon Wireless. My main reason to switch is that there is no AT&T cellular signal in my home while Verizon still has 2-bar. When I talked to one AT&T Wireless support person on (800) 331-0500, I was told I will have another bill from AT&T and will be billed proportionally from the days stayed in services (in this case 10/10-10/17/2015). But instead I am still charged for entire billing cycle 10/10-11/9/2015 rather pro-ratedly. I have talked to AT&T again and the AT&T manager changed the stand and said they will still charge entire month despite I ended the service earlier.

    It seems AT&T intends to make profit of extra few weeks even I didn't use their service. I was a model AT&T wireless customer more than two years as I consumed very little their resources. Each month in more than two years with AT&T wireless service, I only made 10-20 short calls and only used 1.5 GB data solely browsing internet. AT&T has already made big profit from customers like me and they still want extra few weeks profit when they terminated their service (outside contract already), gee. That is unfair to customers and a cheating behavior. Other companies don't do that way such as my local cable and phone provider Frontier when I also switched to a different cable provider around the same time and Frontier only charged pro-ratedly in the actual days I used the service in last billing cycle.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015

    What is with AT&T? The format of their bills - they put the amount due in the top middle of the return stub. They put the late payment amount in the commonly used area top right side of the bill. I do not know how many times I have paid the "Amount Due After ... date" amount instead of the real amount due. I think it is an immoral format! I think AT&T is collecting extra money from thousand of customers on a monthly basis. I have complained many time and of course no one listens. How much money are they collecting each month with this tricky formatted bill? Is there any way to get someone to listen?

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    Verified purchase
    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015

    I have been DirecTV customer for years. I love my DirecTV! However, once they were acquired by AT&T I decided to get my wireless service with them. They had a promotion that I will receive $900 in Visa Gift Card for establishing 3 new iPhone lines with them. It's going on 3 months. All I get is the run around, switching from number to number to get answers about the gift cards. The sales rep had all the information on the gift card when I signed up, but not one rep can give me any info now! They will say anything to get you to sign up and not follow up on their promotions.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015

    Due to an unforeseen urgent matter, I asked for an arrangement. I said charge $220 to my credit card on file this past 12/4/15 and $240 to the same credit card this coming 12/12/15. I trusted the alleged experienced rep to do this for me. They disconnected my service. I called them and a very, very rude witch told me that no such thing happened. Yes, she saw a promise to pay, but that I would call back to pay for it. I refused to argue and instead I pleaded to consider it a mistake and still honor the arrangement. She refused and said either pay the entire thing or NO CELL PHONE! It is Christmas and things happen beyond our control sometimes.

    Why can this monopoly attempt to be nice and consider WE ARE NOT numbers? I am not so disgusted with their expensive, but lousy service and the bad thing is that I am stuck for now because of a stupid contract. I am leaving this crappy company as soon as I can. I am not going to accept it just because I don't matter to them. I matter to Him and me and my family. I am DONE with AT&T Wireless. I tried to contact their corporate offices and of course no such thing is available to US!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2015

    AT&T/DirectTV promise a $300 move/transfer reward. I moved after only being at my previous address for 9 months and I got the run around from both AT&T & Direct TV customer service departments. During my first move I was supposed to receive $250 and received nothing! Now again, I only received $100.00 reward card but it took me calling in 10 times and be transferred numerous times to several different representatives. I was also hung up on and treated unfairly. The customer service department at AT&T is poor! I would never recommend them or DirectTV. Next year we are definitely finding another service. Worst service Ever!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015

    During June – August I tried to update my AT&T account to include Passport Plus plans for my two sons. Despite at least 10 attempts utilizing my AT&T account, AT&T chat, AT&T Customer Service and AT&T International Customer Care, I was unable to activate the Passport plans (AT&T online system not working) or completely resolve the billing charges. We were billed over $1,500 in international services, most it from not having the plans activated.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverage

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015

    I have been with AT&T since they bought out CellOne here in Billings, Montana over 10 years and my cell phone bill is never under $300 a month. I had unlimited data messages and phone for 79 per month until my son who was not on my account but had a buddy working there changed my plan without my permission in order for him to get a new phone. I called AT&T and explained to them and they told me sorry about my bad luck, in words similar to that. So I bit my tongue, cursed at my son because they told me I could not get my 79 unlimited back.

    After a few months my own phone stopped working. This phone I pay 6.99 per month insurance on stopped working. I went in to get a new phone under the insurance. They took my old phone and I am on payment 16 of 25 for a 679-dollar phone which was only supposed to be 299 because I extended my contract. Again I called AT&T and brought this to their attention, that it should have been covered under insurance and got the reply sorry about my bad luck again. I HATE ATT. I was so disappointed to see them merge with DIRECTV whom I love. So now my phone is not charging even after new battery, new charger. So what to do?? I called Sprint and unfortunately they do not have service here. Any ideas???

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015

    We have been loyal and responsible customers of AT&T for many years, subscribing the home phone, cell phone, internet, and TV services. Previously, when we had serious billing issues, we literally spent HOURS on the telephone, on hold, speaking to several different Customer Service Representatives, and finally being transferred to supposedly the Retention Department.

    Recently, AT&T radically raised the cost of our cell phone, internet and TV service, without warning. We are now being charged a TOTAL OF $401 PER MONTH! They raised our cell phone billing for 2 phones, (free 3GB rollover service -- we barely use 1GB each, mobile WiFi) to $178.23 per month! We have terrible reception at our home. We rarely are able to achieve more than 2 bars, and experience frequent disconnects because of the poor reception. They raised our internet service, and our TV service (450 channel and basic additional sports package service and 2 receivers) to $223 per month! I have contacted AT&T through their forum for each of their individual service types, and have not received a single response.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015

    I had been an AT&T customer for about a little over six months. I bought a cell phone from them but after a while with it, I decided to buy a new one because the one I had was starting to look a bit rough. So I went on the internet and bought a new phone from AT&T and for whatever reason, the dummy that processed my order sent me an inactive cell phone. When I got it in the mail, I didn't know it wasn't activated so I just simply did what the mailed in instructions said. I installed my old sim card into my new cell phone. The new cell phone didn't work and I didn't know why at the time. So I reinstalled the sim card into my old cell phone to call customer service to solve my problem and then... my old cell phone was locked. I couldn't make any calls or access the internet.

    I used my friends phone to call the 800 number and I tried to explain the situation with the representative that answered the phone. And immediately he started giving me condescending attitude and was very disrespectful towards me. I confronted him about that and he wouldn't even let me talk as he was talking over my own voice. I asked him for his name and refused to give me his name. I asked for his supervisor and refused to comply with my request. I was already angry by this point in time so I just hanged up. So I just did what I had to do. I returned the new phone to the store and got my money back. My current phone service was cancelled even though I had already paid for the service. I mean seriously, AT&T makes the mistake of sending me an inactive phone and tries to treat me as if I stole it when I have the customer order that was mailed to me under my name and to my address? How stupid is that!?!

    And on top of that, they cancel my current service! This is the only bad experience I have had with AT&T but then again... I never did have to talk to customer service from AT&T. This is the reason why I will never do business with AT&T. This type action against customers like me is uncalled for. Unfortunately I'm just a regular man living from pay check to pay check and I can't afford to file a lawsuit against AT&T. But I can assure you that if I had the money, I would. Best I can do is take my business elsewhere and I have. Now I'm a T-mobile customer.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015

    When I signed up for the service, I was told that its internet and voice would be $50/mo. I was also told there would be a $19.99 installation fee, and I had the option of purchasing the needed fiber optic modem/router for $100 or I could pay an ongoing $7/mo. for the equipment (I opted to pay the flat $100). Upon getting my 1st bill, I was charged $99 for installation (instead of the quoted $19.99) and the $100 equipment purchase is NOT allowed (forcing the consumer to pay an ongoing $7/mo).

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    Credit denied after the rep confirmed and promised that the credit check had gone thru and was approved. Who knows what AT&T did to my score or put on my report. They must train their reps to say ANYTHING to get the customer to place an order. I am so glad I actually cancelled my order before 24 hours and went with a different carrier. When you have many lawyers, you can do just about anything you want to customers. But not this one. AT&T... Say goodbye to my money, to the tune of about $2,000 just over the next two years.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    My relatives came for a week and they mistakenly called India from cell, these AT&T people charged way expensively. Immediately we disconnected the international roaming services for that cell number. We talked over the phone to customer services. They took around 2 hrs to resolve the issue. That's fine, but that one week was 3 days was under one billing cycle and 3 days was under next billing cycle.

    They initially charged international roaming, other extra expenses and billed us, 800 dollars and reduced to 250 $. But in the next cycle when we see, other 3 days was under next billing cycle, we talked over the phone, that you applied only for 3 days under first billing cycle and not for 2nd cycle. And the bill was 700 $ for next billing cycle. Customer service initially said THEY WILL REDUCE FOR THAT WEEK AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING "WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING." In general it cost not more than $20 using card or any other services. Now we paid $250 for first billing cycle and $700 for second billing cycle. They are hopeless. These business people will eat out our common man's hard earned money.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    My husband and I called acquiring internet service on Tuesday, Dec 1 and was told that our modem would arrive on Thursday Dec 3. Thursday came and still no modem so we called concerning why. The first representative said that they had a problem with the charges going through but that wasn't the case because the charges reflected immediately on our account along with a confirmation email immediately. The next representative stated that they changed the date to Dec 7 because they didn't have an activation available for that date (which didn't make sense since we opted to install it ourselves).

    We asked to speak to a manager which resulted in us repeatedly being "disconnected" after ridiculous amount of hold time a total of ten times. (The number we were given to call and was having a problem receiving assistance with was 1-866-862-1708.) Frustrated and rightly upset within the time frame of the calls we started thinking we should go with a different company and wanted to cancel our order altogether. Finally I looked up online another customer service number for AT&T 1-800-288-2020. This representative was the most helpful and was finally able to assist us. Their recording say they value us as a customer, but if this is true then the quality of their customer service definitely need to improve.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    Having been a customer for over a decade, knowing how plans work, I tried to help my 80 year old parents upgrade my mom's (out of contract for 2 years) phone to a new iPhone 6s. Apple store said they could not keep her in her grandfathered contract, so I called AT&T. After talking to 5 reps and chatting live online with two, I was told to purchase the phone online, keep her plan and change her text plan (she was on pay per text which is no longer offered). They said she could pick up her newly purchased phone at the nearest AT&T company store and gave me their location. I did all this online, paid with my dad's credit card as instructed, got confirmation from AT&T, forwarded the receipt to my parents so they could show the transaction had gone through and been accepted.

    I spoke with an AT&T rep and confirmed that all was done correctly and all that needed to be done was to pick up the phone at designated store and show ID.

    My parents went to AT&T company store the next day and were told they could not do this. The order did not go through. I have a receipt of confirmation stating this order was processed, I have names of reps who confirmed this was how to do it and talked me through the process. Yet, AT&T refuses to honor this. On their website they offer keeping your existing contract, yet when you go to the store to complete the purchase, they refuse to honor that (in writing on their website!!!).

    My parents have been customers as long as I have at AT&T. I have spoken to numerous supervisors with no resolution. They misrepresent and falsely advertise in order to get business and collect money. After decades of being a loyal and supportive customer at AT&T, I am planning on leaving them for another carrier. Since I'm on a next plan, I don't have to worry about breaking any contract. I can buy my phone right out or my new carrier will cover those costs to obtain me as a new customer. Shame on AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    Bought my iPhone on AT&T store in Winter Garden on 06/18/2015. Two weeks ago the iPhone stopped charging until the battery died and did not work anymore. I took my iPhone to the Apple store in the Millenia Mall, the unit was to repair a few days and when I went to pick, I was informed that Apple would not repair because the device is tampered with inside: cables are cut and some parts adulterated within the iPhone. Apple told me that I am to take the appliance to AT&T, because I bought the device with AT&T.

    I took my iPhone to the AT&T store where I bought, the assistant told me what equipment I bought was not registered in the system, as the unit is not registered in the system, if bought at the store and have the invoice? After the wizard called the manager to talk to me, and the manager told me I do not have insurance on the device, then the AT&T cannot do anything. I am not obliged to pay the insurance, if I had paid the manager informed me that I would still have to pay $ 200 then the AT&T would give me a new iPhone, and advised me to send the iPhone to fix elsewhere, that is for me to have my rights guaranteed. I am required to pay for insurance and then pay another $ 200 for I have a new device running. I did not take and I will not take my phone to arrange elsewhere, because I bought new and have warranty by Apple since the iPhone was not tampered with.

    I bought an iPhone or a problem? Use the iPhone for work, and always bought my iPhone directly from Apple store, never had any problems. Now for the first time, I bought a unit outside of Apple with this problem. Apple's report shows that the equipment is tampered with inside. How can a machine be that way if it only has 5 months of use and never went to repair? I am sending herewith a document where Apple shows the possibility of AT&T have sold me a refurbished unit. I demand an immediate solution because I feel aggrieved in my consumer rights.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    I was told I would receive a bill credit for switching my husband's phone from Verizon to ATT and NEVER received the credit. Then, they charged us 100 dollars OVER what we were quoted for our monthly payment. When I called, they offered me a 10 dollar bill credit. What a joke this company is. The coverage doesn't ever work, they lie about bill credits and they do not provide good customer service. Switching carriers tomorrow.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    I was a AT&T customer for literally over 22 years and have the bill from when I opened my first cell phone account in the early 1990's to prove it. They were Cellular One then I think and when purchased by AT&T shortly after. I stayed with them and at times had as many as three phones with them, before they had any type of sharing plans. I had one for myself, one for business and my ex wife had one. I her go to AT&T. I have also owned the iPhone 3, 4, 5, 5S, two 6 Pluses and now 2 6S Pluses, so you would have to say I am an expert with these phones and with the value of them as well. The reason I bring that up will come up shortly. About 8 months ago, I was going to the mall to the AT&T store for my upgrades (I was out of contract) on my iPhone 5S. I have bad eyes and I can't see well anymore, so having a bigger phone was a huge advantage to me.

    I also got a second phone because I am a disabled and have been waiting for well over two years for my trial. I have 11 disabilities, so I am not worried about winning. However, I had some inventions in my head that I felt could work, so I got the second line to try and actually still work, even though I am very ill. My friend has loaned me a lot of money to help me survive or I would be dead by now. I will be able to start paying him back when I get my disability back pay. I won a disability case 5 years ago but tried to work and had a car accident. Anyway, back to my story. I was in the mall looking for AT&T and I walked by T-Mobile where they had 3 salesmen standing outside and I was lured in and they gave me a great deal on two iPhone 6 Pluses. One was a 128 and one was a 64. I got home and was very unhappy with the service and was calls all the time.

    I gave them about 3 times to remedy this and they couldn't so I decided to go back to AT&T. Now I brought my 2 phones with me and I knew the value of the phones. I could have gone on Ebay and made a profit if I unlocked them. Instead though, l brought them in in good faith and said I wanted to come back to AT&T who I was with for over 22 years. The salesman was there on his second day but said he knew what he was doing. He said he could give me 2 iPhone 6s Pluses (I had to finance both), and I would be free and clear of any money owed on my phones. It made sense since I owed 1075 all together and I could easily get close to 1300-1400 selling them myself. Well, two weeks ago I got a bill from T-Mobile for 1072.48 for the two phones I gave to AT&T. I was furious and called AT&T and spoke to a woman who agreed it had to be a mistake.

    She kept me on the phone a long time and finally came back and said I have some bad news. She said that her supervisor said that the money was my responsibility and she didn't agree with it either and was going to escalate the problem (whatever the hell that means). I meanwhile went to see my son for the first time in 8 months for 4 days. I come back and I look at my bank account and T-Mobile withdrew their total amount from My account. That is my rent money for next month. I am not kidding. I called AT&T and was ballistic asking for a Supervisor immediately. It still took a half hour before I got some jerk who told me I signed a deal for 240 a phone with them. I said to him I was told that they would pay off the phones and why the hell would I want to come back to AT&T for 1000 dollars plus? I said he is calling me a moron and he said he's not.

    He said I should be calling T-Mobile and I told him they are owed the money but not by me. Why would you even tell me that? He said I made a deal for 240 a phone again and I said I owned the iPhones 3, 4, 5, 5s, etc. Do you really think I have no idea what a iPhone 6 Plus in mint condition unlocked is worth? I asked him why wouldn't I just walk in and get two lines without my "trade ins" if they were only giving me 240 a phone. He just would not budge. I have a heart condition and I am very ill. I served in the US ARMY reserve and I was in sales for 26 years and NEVER took advantage of a customer. I also said that this is not the first time AT&T has gotten in trouble. I brought up the 3rd party lawsuit they lost a couple of years ago ripping consumers off. Still no budging from this creep. I feel like I have been robbed literally. I could have gone in with no phones and sold mine for a profit and paid T-Mobile but instead, I am in the hole.

    I don't recall and 240 per phone money anyway and NEVER would have switched if it would have cost me 100, yet 1000. I said it's not that much of a privilege to have AT&T. I then cursed him out and hung up because we were at 90 minutes. I told him I would get the news and write all the consumer reporting agencies. I wrote my local news station last night and I pray they come to my home. I need help here. Anyone who goes to AT&T beware. If they can do this to a 22 plus year customer (I can provide the documentation), what do you think they can do to you?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    I have spent an hour and a half on the phone with AT&T today. I thought I had ordered cable tv and when the people arrived it was a dish. I sent them away. I called, started with billing, went to dish and then their sales support and manager Israel from TX. Apparently they have no record of a bill for 62.38 yet I am being billed from Diversified Consultants, a collection company. Now I want someone from AT&T Dish or whatever to fix this problem but nobody there can help me. I want a direct number for some manager there that can assist with this issue. I am not going to stop until I get this resolved. I have never been exposed to a customer service as terrible as this in my life!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    I signed up for cable service with DirecTV with a $21.67 setup fee and was offered AT&T internet with a $50 deposit. After a credit check, due to the placement of my unit, I was unable to obtain DirecTV services thus was given a refund by Direct TV. When it came time for my refund from AT&T that is where the nightmare began. I was on the phone literally 8 hrs with no resolution. I was transferred multiple times to different departments. No matter what I told them I was put on hold, hung up on, lied to, just plain ridiculous. When I asked for a supervisor, that was unheard of from several workers since no matter what number I called there was no supervisor available which is plain crazy. And if I thought that I would be given the corporate number that would have been foolish on my behalf.

    I was told by one worker that I need to check with my bank because they already submitted for a refund but the question is if you don't have any information on me how on earth could you have already sent in a request for the refund? And when I ask how is that possible under the circumstance, I was hung up on. Do not do BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME WHICH INDICATES A SERIOUS PROBLEM that has not been address and must not be that important.

    Updated on 12/31/2015: Well this is an update on the service received from AT&T. As I stated before DirecTV was the link to AT&T, received a refund immediately as stated, now the funds were debited out of my bank account from AT&T on 11/25/2015. My order sent to my house stated the installation completion date will be 12/05/2015 by 8:00pm. (Remember when I was given the run around after you took my money out my bank, there was no record of any of my information, but I did receive a letter, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE). I called to say that I had no dial tone and was told that someone will physically come out on 12/11/2015 to address the issue. Although I was wronged I waited to see if anyone would call me. Well as you can imagine and what is historically proven at this point YOU WILL BE TOLD ANYTHING if not HUNG UP ON or TRANSFERRED unlimited.

    Today is 12/31/2015 and cycle repeats. They were unable to locate my information for over an hour, tried to offer more services, in which I was not interested. When it came time to deal with the issue of my $50.00 that is when I started to get the unlimited transfers. Now it was confirmed that my order was cancelled so what is the problem with giving me my money back and yet still once made aware of my problem they want to go into offering products in which I made very clear I'm not interested. I was also told they do not have managers so I asked if a rep was unable to handle a situation who would then deal with the escalation. I was was hung up on.

    At this point I am giving up on dealing with these people. It makes absolutely no sense and will just let my bank deal with it because the way I look at it maybe they have more manpower and will be forced to deal with the issue rather than sweep me and others under the rug. Very disappointed. There are powers in numbers and maybe we will eventually get somewhere.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    I have been a 10 year AT&T wireless customer. I have received many payment extensions. On a recent request, the representative assured me with a text that arrangement was made. It was not. So I called back and a different representative apologized and said she "corrected" the problem and she sent text stating arrangement was now in place. IT WAS NOT. I called again, explained I was lied to and have proof (texts). I was told essentially there was NOTHING they could do and sorry you were lied to. Not sure I will give them 10 more years of customer loyalty.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015

    On 11/27/2015, I called AT&T to check if there were any black Friday deals going on as I wanted to upgrade to iPhone 6S. I was informed that if I upgrade to iPhone 6S, I will be offered an Ipad mini 2 16 GB for 99.98$. I felt it was a good deal to get an iPad for that price and I placed an order for iPhone 6S as well as iPad. Later, I wanted to purchase 2 more iPads and while placing the order, the shipping was mentioned incorrect and the agent cancelled the order for 2 iPads to correct the shipping information.

    Even though the order was canceled 218.98$ dollars had been deducted from my account and the call got disconnected in middle. When I called them back and spoke for more than an hour, they were still unable to help me in getting back my money. Also, I came to know that there was a 2-year contract for 10$ each month if I purchase the iPad. Seems like this offer was there for more than a month, but I was lied that its just a Black Friday promotional deal for that week. Have never experienced such a poor service with lot of misinterpretations from AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015

    Incompetent and no way to address system-wide customer service issues. I recently had a very simple question regarding my new "unified bill" (in AT&T's terminology). I called them on the Friday after Thanksgiving and after about 20 minutes getting through their system an automated response stated the office was closed. So I thought I'd try the online chat. To make an extremely long story short, I was forwarded to 3 different reps and after 1.5 hours was told that I need to call the phone number I originally tried. When I complained that the 1st rep should have been able to determine this within the first 5 minutes of our chat, I asked to speak with a manager. I was told I would receive a call back "shortly". But, I was never called.

    So, since my original question had not been answered, I called the number again on Monday. After about 45 minutes (half on-hold, half speaking with a rep), the rep said I needed to speak with "unified billing" and she would forward me. Keep in mind that I told her this at the very start of our conversation based upon my chat the previous Friday, but she still insisted on trying to resolve it herself before connecting me with unified billing. I was then put on hold for 58 minutes with the incessant "your call is very important to us" message only to be disconnected. Needless to say, I was incensed. I called back and immediately asked to speak with a manager. The rep first needed an input on why I wanted to speak with her manager and I gave a shortened version of the above story. She apologized and said she would connect me. I was then put on hold AGAIN for nearly 50 minutes only to be disconnected AGAIN!

    I called one last time while I drove to a AT&T store to speak directly with a manager. The rep who answered was finally able to answer my initial question about the bill. He was not with the unified billing department (as I would not let him put me on hold to forward me) but was able to figure it out himself (note, I have NO IDEA why none of the previous reps couldn't have done the same). He also stated he had taken copious notes regarding the difficulty I had and would have a customer service manager call me back "shortly".

    Well it is now 2 days later and no call. So, I called AT&T once again and asked to immediately speak with a manager. After about 20 minutes waiting, a manager finally answers. While polite, she stated she could do nothing about the issues I described - she was responsible only for the people in her immediate call center. She had no way of escalating the issue or helping me and told me to go to ATT.com to get the address for the corporate HQ.

    So, not only are the AT&T customer service reps incompetent beyond belief, the "managers" can and will do nothing to address the incompetence or wider system issues. All-in-all, I spent nearly 3.5 hours on the phone and 1.5 hours online to get a VERY simple billing question answered. And AT&T's response to the level of effort required is equivalent to saying "well, that's just our system - too bad - deal with it".

    Incompetent beyond belief. I am now looking for a different wireless carrier and am looking into options for other cable/internet providers. If I hadn't just updated my service with a new 12-month contract, I would cancel immediately. Unfortunately, canceling has some significant costs associated with it, so I need to do my homework to find the lowest cost option to cancel and NEVER USE AT&T AGAIN.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015

    I have now been on the phone with AT&T for about 20 minutes with the customer service rep, because we got another charge. She said the Bill for November is already here and she's trying to tell me that we have four more cycle days left. I said I just changed my data cycle for Dec 2nd. How do we still have four more cycle days, if I changed it and our November bill is already here. Then what the ** are we being charged extra for. Also she told me we get charged a month in advance. So if December's bill didn't even start generating yet and November's done but has a mysterious 4 days left, where is the 5th me fee of $15 each come on.

    I should not be over if November bill was already done. And December just started today. I was not rude, I just didn't understand how it makes any sense, she got huffy with me and hung up. I called back to speak to a supervisor and they said she will call me in 1 hour yeah okay.... I will be calling back. I never had this problem before. I've had At&T for just under 5 years.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015

    My account was charged 4800 hundred dollars fraudulently and AT&T has the worst security features and follow up procedures to go with it. After 11 plus hours on the phone over a 12 day span nothing is solved, and I get an 1100 dollar bill for my thanks. The most unhelpful rude service reps who realize you only have their fake first name, and no recourse to follow up on them. Do yourself a favor, switch to another carrier as soon as you can people. AT&T is so big they do not care about the individual.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015

    I could not log into my personal account for the past 12 months. I called or "chatted" at least 14 times. The reason I could not is that I finally changed my original phone number ** that I had since 1984 - 30 years by my calculation - a year ago. Then there was "no owner of account". I was locked out of an account for which I was paying $500/month for many phone lines. My credit card was ok during that period so the fact that I could not get a bill or log in or do anything was fine (well it was not fine, but I lived with it.). Today, after two hours of wasted billable time, and on my 15th call/chat, I finally got so I could log in.

    I ordered a new phone and line on my account (once again - I've had the account 30 years). Paid via credit card. I won't even get into how faulty their site is regarding changes. Then I get an email saying I need to contact them regarding the order. I'm put on hold for 20 minutes to hear that they are awaiting a credit check for me - 30 years of paying $500/month or more and they want a credit check for the $25/month for my new line.

    AT&T, like many national companies, cutting costs and using overseas call centers, believes they are invincible (could be true). I was the CPA in charge of all the tax work for McCaw Communications, which merged into AT&T and for which my friends became executives, such as CFO, etc. They have gone downhill and no longer care. One customer lost doesn't matter, so me threatening them doesn't make sense. It will do no good. Until millions leave at once, it won't matter. They got a new line out of me ($25/month) and the margin on a $900 phone. They don't care - THEY DON'T CARE.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015

    I canceled my service on 9/30/15. However, a payment was already scheduled and paid on 10/1/15, which I assumed was for the month of October. I was told when I signed up that payments were made in advance for the following month. So since I made a payment on 10/1 ($90) after canceling on 9/30, I expected a refund (since payments are in advance).

    I did not receive a refund and when I called - I was told that the billing period for the Oct 1 payment was for 9/9-10/8. If that is true and the due date was 10/1, I was paying for the PREVIOUS month, not the following month. That is the direct opposite of what I was told when I signed up. I feel misled and ripped off. Oh, and if what they say IS true, I am due at least a refund for Oct 1-8. Nope. Nothing refunded at all. Terrible company, misleading information and extremely poor customer service. I know they don't give a crap about me, but $90 is a lot of money to a fixed income retiree! I will never return to AT&T, nor will I ever recommend them. They hurt and take advantage of people.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015

    On Oct 20, 2015 I purchased a $30 phone holder that mounts on a car air vent. It didn't work well and kept falling out of the vent. I only used the mount for 3 weeks. It was in perfect condition, the packaging was not damaged, and I had the original receipt. I have been a customer since 1997 with both personal and business accounts in very good standing. I have never returned anything to AT&T prior to this mount. The store manager, Seth, at the Richmond Road location in Lexington KY refused to return the mount because the receipt date was a few days past the policy! I asked for an exception and after much debate, his best offer was for me to exchange it for other products! I reluctantly accepted and left a VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER over $30!! AT&T, where is your customer service? I could have left a happy customer - we are talking about a one time $30 charge. Never mind it was a defective product!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015

    I called in to discuss a bill I had received that was incorrect -- incorrect in what I had talk to their representative in their online chat and what we had agreed. To make story short they charged me for what they promised not to charge me, if I came back to their service. They ended with telling me that they couldn't do anything because whoever I talk to didn't put it on the notes. "So you're telling me that I have to pay for someone else mistake -- one of your employees," their response was "YES"!!! This is not right! Now that we have another contract with them they don't care! I will tell everyone I know and everyone I can possibly help and tell to not get this service!!

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2015

    We have AT&T wireless internet only. Unfortunately, we live in an area where they are the only internet provider available. Be very careful!!! These guys are SNAKES and it's quite disgusting. Best advice if you have to deal with them... Do not miss a payment or else they will not only charge you a late fee, but you'll also be hit with an extra "restoral fee" of $50 or more. This means they turned off your internet for a few hours and rebooted it using an automated system and charged you BECAUSE THEY CAN! No way around it.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    On 11/11/15 I switched my family plan (son and I) from Verizon to AT&T and was told that I had 14 days to return and cancel my phone service and we would only be charged a restocking fee of $35.00 per phone. I got to work the next day and discovered, I had no service in the building so I went back to Verizon to start that service back. Spoke to an AT&T rep while at Verizon to verify I wanted to switch and port my number. Went back to AT&T to return phone only to be told that I should have returned phone first and I would have to pay for my phone.

    I did everything according to the Return Policy AT&T gave me, actually returned my phone after having to get approval from another AT&T person outside the store, got a refund receipt from the store and two days later get a bill from AT&T for the phone that I returned according to their policy. I've been to the store 4 times now and was told after calling their number listed on the bill they couldn't help me I would have to go to the store yet again so they can fix the mistake they made. My son has since returned his phone before the 14 day policy was up. I guess I'll have to go thru this mess all over again once they process his return. Awful, awful service. Apparently the offices are closed on the weekends too. I would not recommend AT&T to anyone.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    I bought Apple 6s phone online from AT&T on 10/22/2015 they deliver. I went AT&T office to activate. Whenever I open phone use my password it comes dead few minutes and one time about 13 minutes. So I decided to return. I called AT&T and they told me I can return and can use my old phone till they get back. I mailed on 10/28/2015 and they received on 11/4/2015.

    I want to buy new from Apple Store and waiting for AT&T to credit my account the down payment I paid and let me upgrade again. I kept calling maybe more than 10 times. Some employees say it is under review and one told me, "We cannot give your money back and I must be pay $15 a month as per payment plan." I asked, "Why?" She told me I did not turn off my phone. I asked, "If you do not want pay me back then please give my phone back so I can use and keep paying." She told, "We will not give you mother your down payment neither your phone." So I told her it is not right so she transfer me other department.

    The lady from AT&T Premier Support center talk to me that it takes time give us 15 business days from the date they received phone. It was 11/12/2015. I believed her. I did not stop keep calling talk to more than 10 employees have different answers. Even one person I talked on 11/24/2015 was Jabari and he told he already credit my account and it will show in your bank after 48 hours. I said thanks but I can feel it was not true.

    On 11/27/2015 I again called to get out from this nightmare. It was Jorgan he took seriously let me hold many times then brought me back Yesenia and she told it is under review and AT&T asking me to pay so she told me now you reference or case number ** and when I will call just mention that. I was not satisfied. I shouted myself if there anyone can help me. Finally she called her Supervisor Mr. **. He told me give few minutes to see what is going on. Then he told me the problem is my SIM need to be off so I told him how I can do it. Phone is already with you people. He told me better call Apple Support and they will help you.

    It is one month already when I return the phone, if they have problem they must send me e-mail/text message or phone call so I will understand and we mutually can solve the problem. Talk to more than 10/15 employees. All have different stories. I am sure they are not professionals. Why they create mess for me? When I told them or went AT&T office they can guide me properly. Big name AT&T how they treat customers. I am with them for the last ten years.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    AT&T's advertising says Samsung Galaxy S5 is free at AT&T. Shop now! When I called, I found out that there is no such a thing. First condition was I have to go online and, when I did, I discovered that I have to pay an extra $25 monthly fee. When, I inquired about the situation, the AT&T agents couldn't explain why if I purchase a telephone from anywhere else, there will be no extra changes added to my line; but if I purchase the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is supposed to be free, I have to pay an extra $25 monthly. They call it Access Fee; but for some reason, it applies only to such a telephone that's supposed to be free. How would this make sense?

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015

    Hello my name is Brian **. I am contacting you today about AT&T trying to bill for services not rendered. I had brought in to the Wood River IL store a Straight Talk phone in attempt to switch services to AT&T. They put a sim card in the phone. The next day I returned to AT&T and cancelled my services with them because the phone wouldn't work. It was locked by Straight Talk. A couple weeks later I received a bill from AT&T. I took the bill in to the Wood River store I set up service with. They contacted the main office and supposedly resolved the bill and said I didn't owe anything. Now I am receiving collection notices about the account claiming I owe $330.38 claiming that I owe for 3 months. I contacted Credit Collection Services the collection agency. They told me they couldn't resolve the dispute that I needed to resolve it with AT&T.

    I contacted AT&T - they told me I needed to resolve it with the collection agency and that after they wrote it off and sent it to collections that there was nothing they could do to resolve the dispute. It was their policy. I contacted the collection agency again and attempted several three way calls with them and AT&T. Credit Collection Services was very willing to cooperate in the three way calls but as soon as AT&T learned they were on the line with me they would redirect my call and disconnect me. After a few attempts they even acted as if they couldn't hear me and hung up when they recognized my name and complaint. Eventually after several attempts and the collection agency hanging up too, the collection department at AT&T verified that I had never used the phone by their records and said that they could help but had to transfer me to "special billing".

    When connected to them and after explaining the situation I got the same old story that they couldn't help and that I had to resolve it with the collection agency. I explained that the collection department said they could resolve this. They then offered for me to talk to their supervisor. I agreed to speak with them and requested the collection agency be on the line too. As soon as I added the collection agency to the call AT&T dropped my call again. I've spent several hours today on the phone with both AT&T and Credit Collection Services to get nowhere. I don't have the money to pay for services I never received and don't believe that I should have to pay just to prevent it from going against my credit. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015

    I am disgusted with how poor AT&T's customer service experience has been. I ordered a new phone over a month ago as an upgrade. Now I have spent easily over 3 hours of my life talking on the phone with well over 10 different customer service representatives, and I still don't have the phone. First I received a broken phone. It is unfortunate, but sometimes hardware fails. No big deal if the company providing the hardware is willing to fix the problem. After getting wrong information from multiple customer service agents and being transferred multiple times, I found out that I had to send the broken phone back to AT&T, then call back into them to get a replacement sent out. There was no way to get the replacement automatically sent out and there was no way to speed up the process.

    After waiting for the postal service to send the phone back and dealing with their broken processes, I called back into AT&T. After spending more time on the phone I was finally able to get the original charges undone, and get a replacement sent out. I originally ordered a Galaxy S6 Edge, so I wanted to get the same phone sent out. After confirming with the customer representative twice that I wanted the S6 Edge, and not the S6 Edge+, I figured we were good to go (he even did free two day shipping for me).

    Nope. When I received the phone, they sent out the regular S6. So I spent more time on the phone talking with more people and getting transferred around to find out that I need to repeat the process of ordering. They flat out refused to give me a faster shipping label for the phone return, and they said there was no way to override the system and send out the new phone until they had received and processed the old one. Apparently they used to be able, but AT&T has had this problem (which is at&t's fault) so much that they removed the ability to override and send a new phone immediately.

    Now I call back in to get the correct phone sent out. I am informed now (though I was never told this before) that since two phones have already been sent to my address, I need to send the phone to an AT&T store. They will not send it to my address. Not only has all of this been at&t's fault, they now have procedures in place to cause even more inconvenience. I speak with a supervisor, and they say they have no way to override this ridiculous policy. There is nothing that they can do.

    Of the 10+ people I have talked to on the phone, 3 of them have been helpful and knowledgeable. I consistently received inaccurate information, I was constantly transferred out of departments that were later able to solve my problems, and I have spent over a month now trying to solve this, and the problem is still not resolved. I'm done waiting, AT&T has lost a customer and I will never recommend that anyone ever use their services. Stay as far away from this company as you can.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015

    AT&T continues to overcharge my mother and there is absolutely no help when calling and talking to someone. I have never gotten the same person twice or even anyone in my state. She just was moved to a different room at her assisted living and AT&T overcharged her again to switch on her phone in her new room. My mother has NO money and has been a lifelong customer. Shameful business practice.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015

    I have been using AT&T for almost a year. At certain times of the time my connection speed was dropping down but this happens with almost any provider so I didn't make a big deal out of it and then this happened. 2 weeks ago my connection start dropping random times of the day. 1st it was 2 times a day then it went up to 6, and today and yesterday it went down 20 times in 2 hours. 20 times! I called the customer service then they sent a IT to renew the modem. It was okay for couple hours then it happened again. I called AT&T to tell them the problem is still going on. They will send another IT to fix the problem. I pay my bills and they are never late. If I miss my payment just for couple days you'd cut my internet in the blink of an eye so AT&T can you remind me why I keep paying $60.00 for your poor internet service? I'm going to switch to Comcast. They upgraded their cables. I am sure I will be more happy and satisfied with them.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015

    I have received the AT&T Mobility bill and the cover page says that it will double my data for no cost. When I checked my account online the promotion had not been applied to it. So I called in to check. All they gave me was an additional 5gb instead of 15gb that was promised. Plus a $25 bill credit. I want my double plan.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015

    I received an email stating we qualified for high speed internet at a price of $15 for 12 months ("high speed" was underlined). I called AT&T to inquire about it and the lady explained what they mean by high speed internet is actually slow speed internet. I began to inform her the email did not specify slow internet and this was false advertisement. She began to raise her voice and when I informed her I did not appreciate her tone, she disconnected the call. This is not the first unpleasant experience I've had with ATT customer service over the phone. They are truly the worst. I'm shocked they're still in business. The Internet is full of BAD reviews. Their CEO should really look into spending more money on better training for their employees so they can serve their bread and butter with the respectful and professional service they deserve!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2015

    August 30, 2015 turned in 2 iPhones from another carrier and bought 2 new iPhones, an iPad and tablet along with new DirecTV subscription and was promised $900.00 in credits and a merged bill within 4-6 weeks or 1 billing cycle... It has been 2 billed cycles and close to 90 days and it still hasn't happened. I have called dozens of times for updates and spent over 35 hours on hold and talking with representatives to no avail. This is not an exaggeration. They are completely overwhelmed with this merger and can't keep up with the call volume and the problems that it has caused.

    I have 2 calls that were over 2 hours long and still nothing was resolved. Transferring back and forth from departments from Wireless, DirecTV and merged billing that none of the 3 can view each other's notes or billing. They immediately tell you there is at least a 10 minute wait that usually is 18 to 24 minutes with my experiences the past 3 months. The store reps will tell you anything to get the sale but the policy they use is misleading and the website and call center is completely broken. I advise to stay as far away as possible from this merger between AT&T/DirecTV.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015

    Called in 11-21-15 regarding service issues. Phone says emergency calls only, takes forever to connect to network, no internet half of time. My T-Mobile device does better yet AT&T claims they have better service. Do your job and provide cell service.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015

    Why do I have to call to get promo pricing every 12 months? The sales people tell me to call and request it and they (Customer Service) will reinstate the promo pricing. I've been on hold 17 min 45 sec at current.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015

    I have had DirecTV and ATT for over 10 years. I recently has combined the two accounts as part of the new merger which was supposed to save me $5.00 per month. Unfortunately, the two billing systems were not ready for prime time and now all my billing is a mess. I have "activity" charges being added to my ATT bill and when I go the DirecTV to pay my bill my password throws me over to ATT which is not yet able to allow me to pay my bill. I call DirecTV/ATT or whatever it is now and the person says she would be glad to take a payment over the phone for $5.00!!! I just want to pay my bill! Check's in the mail at this point.

    ATT cannot get my balance correct on my wireless. I normally pay $326.00 per month for 5 phones. Last month my bill jumped to over $500.00 and I got an alert that I was past due and I needed to pay immediately or lose service. We spent over 3 hours on the phone trying to figure out why last month when I paid my bill ON TIME, how in two weeks I am getting another bill for $500.00 with a portion of that amount being past due!!! They told me that there must be a problem with the accounting and they set up a case and somebody would get back to me in a few days. A week later we called back wondering what was going on (we apparently owed money) and we were told the "request for credit on amount" was denied. What?

    Back on the phone with another CS agent who told me that the billing date was changed and the activity fee we saw as a prorated amount from the partial month and the next amount due, which when paid would get me up to date on the new billing cycle and we would then be back to normal. Guess what... 2 weeks later I am due $326.00. I need to be able to pay my DirecTV bill on time as I have for years. I need to be able to reliably receive accurate billing statements with the accurate amount, and be able to pay that on time as I have for years. They need to fix this or I will move on...

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015

    I have a phone that is out of contract I wanted to unlock. I went through an elaborate process online to unlock the phone. After about 10 tries, and each time being told my info didn't match what they had on my account, but never being told WHAT PART of my info did not match, I called AT&T customer service. After being on hold for 30 minutes, the customer service rep did exactly what I did and GOT THE EXACT SAME RESULT. She could not tell me what was wrong and told me to go to my local AT&T store. I went there and they tried twice and were able to unlock it. This entire process wasted about three hours of my time. I think it is by design by AT&T to try to keep people from unlocking their phones. This is yet another reason why I absolutely hate AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015

    AT&T stalked me for months to turn my AT&T DSL internet line into U-verse internet line. I could not agree to do it because I have (had) a security system that was directly hooked up to my land line and wouldn't work through a voice over line. They finally agreed that they could put in the internet line without disturbing the land line. When the tech arrived he was confused by these instructions. I tried to send him away because I had a sinking feeling. He promised he would do as instructed. When he left I had my U-verse internet but my phone was dead. Turned out they disconnected my phone to set it up voice over. They did it anyway, even though I made myself crystal clear.

    Now, I'm without phone. My security system is mute. I have elderly, sick parents who can't reach me on my AT&T cell phone (now Verizon) inside my house because the signal is so weak. I'm on my cell phone (in my front yard) for 2 hours straight trying to find out what just happened. I was then without telephone or security system for 5 weeks straight with constant excuses from AT&T as to why they couldn't straighten this out. Amazing that they can install in the next 2 days when they hook you up but when they need to repair something it takes 5 weeks.

    There was no one to reach out to at AT&T. No one could care less. There's been no way to dispute charges. They will tell you, you can go to their home page and file a complaint. It's a lie. There is nowhere to file a complaint on the AT&T website. You CAN sit on the phone for hours and talk to people who have no record of anything you've gone through. You have no rights as a customer with AT&T. They don't care how badly they mess you up or the consequences of their actions. It's just sell, sell, sell, and screw you while they are at it.

    The icing on the cake: The stalking salesman assured me this would change nothing for me as an AT&T customer to change over from DSL to U-verse. It would actually lessen my bill -- HA -- and yet when I canceled my service, I had to pay a $150 early disconnection fee from a "contract" I agreed to -- never happened. And, by the way, the quote for the newer, faster (joke) internet connection didn't match the first bill -- didn't even come close. Get your quote in writing -- not that it would do you any good. There would never be anyone to dispute it with. I never heard from anyone from AT&T ever to apologize or make things right. Unbelievable. Worst company ever. Don't do business with AT&T. They don't care about their customers.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015

    I'll make this brief... AT&T is literally the worst company I've ever been with. I had WOW (Way Out West) in Chicagoland for over 10 years and they were fabulous to work with. Anything we needed, they were there to help. A human always answered the phone within less than 5 rings every time. A+ rating from me. AT&T receives an F-. Still in limbo with my services. Hate the company. I've been struggling with them since I've had them and it's only gotten worse. Living nightmare the last 4 days trying to get my services bundled. Had two techs out and then find out it has to go through another company. It was my understanding DirecTV and AT&T are one company now. Not at all and you'll waste your life trying to deal with them on the phone. F-.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015

    I was an AT&T uVerse customer for 3 years before I moved on 11/15/14. Before my move, I called AT&T and was offered a moving promotion to take my equipment with me and reduce my rate for a 1 year period to $140 + tax each month for bundled television/internet/wireless service. There was also a promotional AT&T gift card offered. I accepted the offer and moved. My next bill time came around, and AT&T billed the expected rate close to $140... no problem. In the months that followed, they began deducting approximately $250 a month from my checking account. I immediately contacted customer service and was told that the promotion was not applied to my account. The agent had trouble issuing the promotion and it never went through. Customer service was horrible. The manager refused to apply the discounted rate and ultimately said he didn't "owe me anything."

    I would never have agreed to keep AT&T after my move unless they had reduced the rate. Nobody can afford $250 a month in this day and age. The next month, I called and spoke to another agent who issued a refund for the overpayments and told me the issue would be corrected. He said it was being sent to another department, and they would apply the promotion for the future. This call took place on 1/31/15, at which time I spoke to Joseph (a supervisor). They continued to take $250 a month from my account in the months that followed.

    Again, on April 27, 2-15, I called again and spoke to a representative named Ramon who applied a $344 credit for the previous months I was overcharged. Again I was promised the issue would be corrected, and this would not occur again. It was being sent to a manager to ensure the discount would be permanently applied. This did not happened. From April until November, AT&T continued to over-bill me and removed $250 from my checking account, up until the time that I removed my credit card from the account.

    I called again in November to try to resolve this one more time. Again, service was absolutely horrific. The first representative I spoke to (named Eloi) threatened me. He said there was no way he would issue a credit for the overpayments. Then he said, I'll issue you a credit for ONE MONTH depending on your decision on whether you stay with AT&T and sign another 1 year contract or disconnect your service. I said, are you giving me an ultimatum? You're telling me that you won't issue a credit for the overcharges you've taken from my account over the past several months unless I agree to sign a one-year contract with you? That's very sketchy and bordering on illegal and morally corrupt.

    I hung up and called back to speak to another representative named Alex. He apologized for my previous experience. He looked at the history and said everything I've been through shouldn't have happened. He admitted AT&T was in the wrong. They should have resolved the discount/moving contract issue a year ago; it was their failure. He said the system wouldn't let him apply a credit greater than 1 month, but he would zero out my current balance, which was around $260, and I wouldn't owe AT&T any more money. I had decided to cancel my service and move to Comcast. He set up the disconnection date, apologized, said I wouldn't owe any further money.

    It didn't end there because now I'm getting daily collection calls and collection texts for the final $500+. Mr. Alex didn't do as he promised and he never zeroed out the final bill and issued a credit for the final month. I can't imagine a worse customer experience with a company. I can't even say the service was good because I had daily television/service interruptions and had constant problems with the AT&T uVerse system. Now that I'm with Comcast/Xfinity, I couldn't be happier. I refuse to pay this final AT&T bill. As far as I'm concerned, they owe me over $1000, a huge apology, and much more that they can't give me back. There is no excuse in this level of service. No customer deserves this, especially one paying $250 a month.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015

    I have an AT&T go phone on the $45 a month plan. Was working fine for several months, then this month it would not renew. Called AT&T, they told me my bank refused the withdrawal. Called my bank, they were supplying my bank the wrong expiration date on my card, after it's been working for months. I call back AT&T, they tell me they are not at fault, but will "fix" it.

    My auto renew was $5 less than the $45 since it was auto renewed. Since they could not get it due to a data error on AT&T, they killed it and made me pay $45 to reset it all up again. It's a scam to be watched out for. I can assume everyone will start to have this problem so they can beat you out another $5. They will not admit they messed it up, they just blew me off and deducted $45 from me. I hate AT&T. They are the worst at customer service since you're talking to some Indian or someone that can barely understand english.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015

    AT&T reps constantly gave misinformation, miscommunication and each one of their department reps had a different story to tell me. I found that none of their department reps had the proper authority to provide me with accurate information. Basically, I was lied to and it cost me $45 for go phone service which I was not able to use with my existing mobile number. I was forced to open a regular mobile account in order to keep my mobile number.

    Recently, I switched to another carrier. When I cancelled my AT&T Account, I was told I would be charged because I cancelled 2 days before the end of AT&T billing cycle. This was an additional RIP OFF, since I had already prepaid for a full month's service. I would not recommend AT&T service to anyone, because of the way they deceive you at every turn, and force you to use multiple passwords.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015

    They overcharge for their service and on top of it they have poor customer service. There are some exemptions of course. Some of the people I dealt with were good but overall I am very unhappy and will never consider services with them. The only time I had great customer service was when I got into the contract. After that it was bad service. I never paid what was promised. After calling so many times I just gave up. I'm glad I have no business with them anymore. No cell, TV or Internet with AT&T ever!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015

    Every month that I have been a customer of AT&T my phone service is shut off before the bill is due. The response that I receive each time I call is shocking at the least. I'm told that they're sorry and understand the inconvenience but in order for service to be reconnected, I will have to make a payment. They state that once service is disconnected due to non payment, they can not proceed without payment. Company policy. I have provided all receipts of payments made and still get disconnected 2 to 3 days early each month. Once my contract ends, I will not be renewing it. Very poor service!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2015

    I have been an AT&T customer for over 4 years. When I switched to AT&T the salesperson used very high pressure sales tactics to sell my husband and I on a road service package. She told us stories of how the roadside service came in handy for her. Afterwards my husband was sold. He was thinking of me and our children. I wasn't quite so convinced. We ended up accepting the roadside package and shortly after my husband ended up needing a jumpstart having the roadside plan worked great for him so we kept it.

    Fast forward 4 + years and we found ourselves in a situation where we needed another jumpstart. We called #Help and explained that we needed a jumpstart. The battery was dead and we were in a car with our baby in the freezing cold with 2 phones that were about to also go dead. At first we were told that no tow companies were coming up in our area. We live in a very built up township. We were near a mall in a large shopping center with several tow companies close by. The service agent asked us for the name of a towing company seems to how she wasn't finding any. Next we were told that we would have to pay for the jumpstart because we had already used the service once!!!

    I have been paying AT&T every month for over 4 years for road service. 4 YEARS! The charges are per phone! I have never used the roadside and my husband used it one time over 4 years ago! AT&T failed us. They were leaving us in a car in the freezing cold unable to use the heat with a baby in the car. Luckily AAA came to our rescue and in approximately 10 minutes! They will gain a new customer as a result of their prompt and professional customer service. I contacted AT&T to tell them how dissatisfied I am with their service. The customer service representative was very nice but he was unable to authorize a credit for the services that we were not receiving despite our money being accepted every month.

    I asked for a supervisor but the supervisor did not get on the phone. Instead he offered, through the agent, a 90-day credit, or $9.00. Not acceptable! After 45+ minutes on the phone with them, their supervisor, Eli ** finally got on the phone but then only offered me a $3.00 credit! Yes, $3.00! He was offering a 1 month credit for the service they charged me for despite not providing the services. When he offered 30 days I responded by saying that $6 was not acceptable to which he replied, "it's actually $3!" I've paid for this service on 2 phones, not 1 and again... for over 4 years. He thought I should be happy with a $3 refund.

    I was told to call a third party, the company they contract out to, and dispute the charges with them. I do not send a payment to them. My payment is to AT&T so I do not see how Eli believes this should be my problem. After 45 minutes of getting nowhere I asked to speak with his manager. I was told that a manager would call me in 48-72 hours. When I asked for his manager's name a first name only was given and Eli refused to give me a last name. AT&T lost a customer tonight. I am in total shock at how terribly Eli handled this situation.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015

    We use Bank of America's e-bill system for paying our bills. AT&T responded to our e-bill request but the account number is incorrect. The e-bills we receive from them are for $0 balance but online, show a different account number and the correct balance. Payment was sent, bank documents show the payment was processed but AT&T claim they never received the payment. I have spent at least 4 hours with customer service trying to resolve this and they are unable to. On top of this, U-verse picture freezes every few seconds for up to 5 seconds, making watching it impossible. Salesmen lied about our service being fiber for which we did receive a credit. Finally, service goes out on a regular basis. We have had to reboot multiple times per day.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015

    I have a received a bill for over $300 dollars for a first month of service. The lady on the phone told me my dsl/home phone bundle would cost $40 a month. It was $72 not including taxes and fees which are many. She asked me if I wanted long distance. I say "No" that "I just needed local". I got put for "all distance" service. Then she said I would not get charged for the technician coming over and the modem. I got charged for both totaling over $200. Basically everything she said she was going to do she did the opposite. Plus I was on the line for an hour while she supposedly arranged for all these fees to not be put into my account and to get the lowest price possible for monthly service. The way they lie is amazing!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    If you ever relocate with AT&T be aware of the false promises, that the installation fee will be waived. In my case the AT&T did not deliver on the promise. 85% of the time you don't need a technician, just hook up the router and everything works. I tried to explain that to representative, but he insisted that they still need to send someone one out. For what??? Had he cleaned off the dust from my router that is another matter. Oh, and by the way I have been with them for over 3 years and my monthly bill miraculously has been increased from $30-$59. And they keep trying to sell me staff I don't need every time I call, when my bill is messed up. Time to switch!!!! AT&T had enough of my dollars.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    I started my service with them in August of 2014. My service wasn't up and going until September of 2014. When I first called in to set up my service, I had to pay a $450 deposit because of my credit. When I asked about the deposit being returned, they told me it would be. I called about a month ago and spoke to somebody who said that my contract was not up yet because I took part in a promotion to keep my bill low. I called back today to see why my bill was $70 more than what I agreed to. They informed me that my contract was up in August and that I was receiving no more promotional deals. I told them about the guy that I talk to and told them that he said my contract was up in December. They did not touch base on that. I've been asked them that since my contract is up and I am apparently on a month to month basis now, how I can get my deposit back and cancel my service?

    They inform me that the $450 that I gave her, the deposit, was non refundable! How is that possible? In normal times when I give a deposit and give back the equipment, when I'm done with it, I get my money back. Not in this case. I spoke with 4 different people today and asked them all the same general question. Why? None of them could tell me why the money was not going to be given back to me. Instead, I was given the runaround about how it was used as a fee for me having not so great of credit. Granted this is true, my credit is not top notch but at the same time, why do I have to pay $450 to obtain service?

    Next, I find out that AT&T is the only provider in my area. Coincidence? I don't think so. Looks like a monopoly is screwing me out of my money and with no reason. I will be filing complaints about this wherever I can and hope that the next consumer does not get suckered. What really burns me is that if this is the only provider, then that would imply that the other companies who have more affordable plans are being shut out which does not really give them a fair chance. When the consumer is given the option to go with different companies in a different area, the companies will compete with prices but since AT&T is the only provider, then that means that AT&T's free to charge as much as they want to. That is not fair at all.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    Folks please share this, AT&T SUCKS. Ever since they bought Directv, I have had to wait over 2 hours (I'm not kidding) for customer service. With our move to transfer and or disconnect, it's been a nightmare to get through. Then you get through only to find out your bill is $1200 because of a computer glitch and then someone is supposed to call back, yeah right. Then you ask for a supervisor and they keep you on hold for another 2 hours. I finally hung up. OMG, I've never in my lifetime seen terrible, terrible service! Please share to pass this around. A class action suit should be started!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    Today 11/13/2015 received a bill for internet service that was installed 10/14/2015 for $359.16. Tried for the first time to get answers for 58 minutes and 4 people later, after being on hold hung up and called back 2 and 1/2 hours later of being on hold when they told me they would find a Sr account manager I hung up. When I signed up for internet was told there would be no additional charges. Seems they want to charge me for installation and connection fees but it doesn't even add up to what they say I owe. Seems to be the norm with ATT from what I am reading online. Monday I will file complaint with Ohio consumer affairs. Ohio fined them a few years back for the same thing. Poor customer service.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2015

    The company did not send my initial bill until 2-3 months into service, when I did finally get it my bill was close to 250.00 when my bill was supposed to be 35.00 a month. 6 months later I am no longer in the "promotional" period, and my bill is 57 dollars a month when I was never told I was only on a 6 month promotional plan. Finally I talk to customer service again and they have me on another "promotional plan". I go to pay my bill today and I be dang, If it's not the same 57 a month they didn't fix anything!!! I call customer service today, and they now want to inform me it takes 1-2 billing cycles for the plan to go into effect. I was never informed that it would take 1-2 billing cycles to go into effect. I was under the assumption as if it was immediately.

    I work in customer service so I completely get that some customers are never happy, but as long as I am told the TRUTH I have no problem with paying my bill... Lying or not disclosing all of the information to me is very deceiving and leaves irate customers such as myself. I would much rather tell the truth initially to avoid angry customers in the long run. The whole time I have been with this company it has been nothing but deceiving and LIES!!! Very, VERY unsatisfied customer, and the customer service line will do nothing to help. The worst part is they gave a customer service "code" over the line that I overheard, if you would avoid the customer disconnect, you wouldn't have to "code" your customers as a problem.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015

    I bought the brand new Apple Phone November 7th from the AT&T wireless corporate store in Lewisville, Texas. I opened the box and connected the charger overnight Nov 9th, 2015. The phone did not charge. Took the phone back to the store and was told its not their problem, they just sold the phone as a dealer. Went to Apple Store in Stonebriar Mall, Plano Texas. Was told that I cannot just get an exchange for the phone. I have to have an appointment to see them. So I got an appointment Nov 11th to see the Tech before doing anything about my phone. Shame on Apple and AT&T, multi billion dollar companies treating their customers like that.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015

    Here is review for my switch from Verizon to AT&T (Sorry for my poor English. I've been learning for 7 mos. now). Had VZ and cancel my service due to poor quality service on 10/29/15. I switched to AT&T, and the first min. I had it, ** service, ** call quality, and when I called to fix, God, so ** rude cs. I switch back to VZ. I found it was just sim card issue.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015

    Back in 2012 when I moved out on my own for the first time in Sacramento, all I needed was internet and AT&T provided me with that for only $20/month except it had to be DSL and I had to buy my own equipment. I figured it was worth it since I was only paying $20/month. Then in 2013, we had to move to Yuba City and figured I could take my equipment with me. But they told me I cannot use my DSL equipment, that they don't "do those any more". So I figured, it shouldn't be THAT bad since I've already been a customer for 1 year, they might help me out.

    Just to have internet for the next year I ended up $45/month, more than double the previous year. When I tried to find a different company to switch over to, I found out AT&T and Comcast were the only two companies in Yuba City who provide internet. I decided to give up and and just stick with them. Then I bought a TV and decided to add just U-verse Family. Now, I am constantly having problems with our TV connection, staying on the phone with customer service for hours on end, and taking up to a week to resolve my issue. A week??? Seriously??? And when I "renew" my yearly contract with them, the price every year goes up every year. And now after being a customer for nearly 4 years, I am paying close to $100/month for the slowest speed and the fewest number of channels.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015

    I can't believe AT&T is playing me again. 2 years ago I got 2 phones, 10 days later I returned them knowing I wasn't going to be able to afford it. They put me in collection for over $200, that was 2012. Then in 2013-2014 we signed up for Internet. We received a bill 45 days later double the amount we were quoted, $185.00. We spoke with 6 representatives. My husband paid 85.00 and it was a deal. The payment was made Saturday night, by Tuesday we had no Internet. We called them yet again. They insisted that we needed to call another department to notify about the payment but that we owed additional 49.00. I got my money back from Bank of America. They took that money back from AT&T and permanently credit our account. We returned the equipment and canceled the service. Again we ended up in collection for 185.00.

    Last Monday I called again for U-verse and DIRECTV. DIRECTV was a bit late but never lost communication with me, very professional. AT&T called me last Tuesday and told me they had technical difficulties, that they would call me back in 48 hours. I called them at the 35th hour, they had no response yet. I called back at the 56th hour because they didn't call me. They had already rescheduled me for Monday the 9th. I pleaded that they come last Friday but they could not. So I asked for a shorter window, 11am-1pm. The technician showed up at 3pm, in the pouring rain. He was unable to connect me, again technical issues.

    I called them yesterday at 5:30ish pm. They promised to call me back, by a supervisor, and that they would come back today (11/10). They never called back and did not come back. I called again this evening. They are now saying they will come to connect me Friday the 13th. What can I say? I have limited options. But I hate you AT&T. I truly believe you have by far the worst customer care, not that your representatives are not friendly, they really are however nothing gets done. I am so upset right now!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2015

    My parents have used ATT for the past 30+ years and have always had problems with them. Not only do they overcharge and have all kinds of hidden fees they will also switch from paper mail to email without notice! Then you're stuck with a large bill! After calling them to let them know we never authorized them to send my bill via email... they just asked how much I wanted to pay! DO NOT GO WITH ATT!!! Horrible service you will regret it later! And who knows where their call centers are... You will not understand a word they are saying!!! STAY AWAY FROM ATT!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015

    On Oct 5th I finally received the new Microsoft Surface... I was excited to have it because I'm an artist and I really needed something bigger than my note and with some features like my laptop. It was perfect for my business. Just a couple days into having it the thing froze constantly... certain parts of the screen wouldn't respond. So, I contacted AT&T for a replacement. Forget being within 14 days, I was within 7. I was given the runaround for a couple weeks. I was not going to send the defective one back before I got a replacement because over the years I've lost a lot of faith in their service. I'm one of those customers that had been paying $300+ a month for several years just to have two lines with data.

    On Oct 16th or 17th I finally got a rep who told me the first replacement order was on hold because UPS was holding it and they would have to place a whole new order and charge my card again. So, the day after I received my replacement I went to UPS and mailed off the defective one. I already had the defective one wiped clean, boxed up, and ready to go. So, it's been 3 weeks, no word on if it was received from them or anything. I get an unexpected package this past Saturday Oct 7. It's the defective unit, with a big gash and broken screen at the bottom right corner with a red arrow, missing parts of the box (I assume the part of the box it was dropped with) and a letter, stating that I sent them a broken device and have to get it replaced with insurance.

    I called today and was even more disappointed. There was no help. They basically told me their returns department has no proof, no video, nothing to show me that it was like that when it got there. That I'm more than responsible for the damage. Basically, as a customer that I don't matter anymore. Just give me the money. That's my opinion. I own up to any mistake I make and I'm really irritated for being blamed for ones I didn't. I'm leaving them as soon as possible. Unfortunately I will be having to shell out a car down payment to do so.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015

    This has got to be the most expensive phone company on the planet. I signed up with AT&T because they made me promises which I thought they were going to keep. In the whole 7 months I was with the company, my phone bill was never below $200.00. I kept asking them what would cause such an outrageous bill (one bill was $900.00), and I could never get a straight answer. I got answers everywhere from "That is the monthly bill for you" or "There are one time charges on this bill, your bill should be normal next month". My bill was never normal.

    According my contract, I was suppose to be paying $80.00 a month (still a little high in my opinion). I always connect my phone to my WIFI so I can avoid the cost if my internet goes over. I still received bills that said I was over my internet usage. I didn't understand how that was possible so I called customer service and the lady told me that I still get charged for using internet even if it is over WIFI. HOW RIDICULOUS. My final straw was when I received a $3000.00 bill. Please keep in mind that I have no one on my phone plan except for myself. I inquired how much it would be to terminate service. The girl told me $400.00 and I wouldn't be responsible for the $3000.00 bill. Unbelievable. I went over to Cricket (which is the same thing) and now pay only $35.00 for my phone bill.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015

    The nightmare started on October 24, 2015 when my husband and I upgraded our iPhone 4 to an iPhone 6S - making the mistake of staying with AT&T instead of going to Verizon as was our initial intention. Due to the recommendation of the salesman, we also opted for a wireless box instead of having our landline. We were told this would save us $20/month and was only $40 to buy. Sounded good, we went for it.

    On October 27, I was online working, and my internet went out. When I called AT&T to see what was going on, they informed me that my number was disconnected - so both my landline and my internet were not cancelled. I said that's not what was supposed to happen; only my landline was supposed to be switched over but it didn't matter. It would take 24-48 hours to restore service. On October 28th I called back to see what was going on with my phone. Spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with a rep - DJ - who guaranteed me that an AT&T technician would call me back in the next 2-4 hours. When I called back in four hours, there was no record of that call ever happening.

    After spending another 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Diana, and being told numerous times that my connection would not be reestablished until 11/2/15, she finally talked to the right people to get my internet fixed on 11/29. I was going out of town for a week and could not wait an entire week to get my service back. My husband was still at home and he could not take off work to wait for the technician. Sure enough on the 29th, the technician came over and put in a "dry loop" line, supposedly canceling my landline and taking me from 6 Mbps to 3 Mbps for speed, and for that I was to pay $52/month instead of the $40/month I was paying. On the 29th, my wireless landline was working fine.

    Today, after being out of town for a week and getting back to working from home, my landline does not work at all. There is a dial tone, but it does nothing. After talking to five different AT&T reps, none of whom knew what was going on, I was told that I still have a landline, and my wireless box is also "working." I was told I had to cancel the landline or else I'll receive two bills.

    My internet connection is almost non-existent. Going from 6 Mbps to less than 3 Mbps is almost unusable. When I called to get my speed back - the same speed I have had since 1996 - I was told that the "fastest" speed in my area was 3 Mbps and there was no way for me to go back to 6. This is the most horrible, frustrating customer service triangle I have ever dealt with. I am leaving AT&T for WOW today. Keeping my fingers crossed for WOW. Please do NOT give AT&T your business. They are just terrible.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015

    I have had problems for the entire year of service. The wireless home phone has had static the whole time & I have had 4 visits to my home to get the internet to work. I have never been able to get the printer to work with the wireless internet. When you call customer service, no one wants to help or even care. After holding

    for 15 min, they offer no solutions & make no notes on your account when you call. I spent good money to buy their equipment which is of no good to me now. I will share my experience with everyone, so they don't get taken too.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015

    When I switched from another company to at&t two months ago they charged my credit card twice for the same thing. When I noticed the charge I called the company. But as usual no answer only automated system. I went back to the store and they emailed the company. And they said that they would use the extra charges for the following month's bill. But this month they charged my card again. I went back to the store and they are giving me the same crap that they will not charge me the next month. How will I believe them if they already robbed me? They don't want to return the money. They are a bunch of thieves.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015

    Been an AT&T customer for over 1 year. Paid all bills on time. Went to sign up for service at a 2nd location and they wanted a background check on me. Refused and told them to turn off the primary account service. They are scheduling 12 hour appointments and not showing up (happened 3 times=36 hours wasted of my time waiting for their install tech). They are continuously lying on the phone, not sending service confirmation emails are the tip-off that they have no intention of showing up to scheduled appointments (leave no paper trail philosophy).

    At AT&T, here's what to expect: Fraudulent billing practices, tell you didn’t receive payment on time forcing consumer to call them whereby they want to sell other services. Scheduling appointments they have no intention of showing up to. Hazing customers, reneging on commitments, "deals" and contracts. Throttling service, forcing consumers to speeds so slow that internet is virtually so slow it's not possible to conduct business, not communicate effectively. Watch them ruin your business. Complaints to BBB & FCC go completely ignored = corrupt balance of power.

    Recommendations: File lawsuits, keep evidence on AT&T's practices. Get every appointment, conversation, change on account in writing, give them no warning and file civil complaints no matter how small their mistake, oversight or error. Join consumer class actions to force the govt. to change AT&T's total practices and open up home internet and phone service to additional providers to create competition to this dinosaur which is ruining American businesses by slowing speeds so slow that people begin to lose money, time and life.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015

    My fiancé and I, after paying a bill in full at the beginning of September, we decided to try to get DirecTV and combine it with our wireless, since there was a discount by doing so and already being an AT&T customer. On September 12th, we put in the order and on September 15th, DirecTV came out to try and install. When they arrived, the installation couldn't happen because of a tree in the way and we live in a trailer, which meant our roof wasn't at the right angle that was needed for the installation. We didn't even sign a equipment lease agreement since they couldn't install it. We had no equipment. Before they came out, I went into my fiancé's account (since I have access to the information on my AT&T app) and combined the two bills (wireless & DirecTV) as suggested. We didn't know this was gonna cause us issue in the long run.

    Because they couldn't hook anything up, they said we wouldn't be charged. And we shouldn't have been charged anyway since we were told while putting in the order that the installation would be free. The guy said he'd cancel the service for us. He didn't. So we called customer service and we're on the phone for about an hour trying to figure out what was going on. My fiancé doesn't have a whole lot of patience when it comes to the runaround. Neither do I. They kept transferring us to different departments, first saying it was DirecTV's issue so they transferred us to AT&T Uverse. Then back to wireless, saying there was nothing they could do, or that they didn't know what was going on.

    Our AT&T app was clearly showing us our unified bill (the combined bills). So in the process of talking to customer service for an hour, we were on hold for 45 minutes of that hour, and got nowhere. We then decided to go into the AT&T store and see what they could help us with...and in the past they'd normally tell us to call customer service, because the AT&T store usually only deals with phones and sales. That one time the guy was more than happy to call customer service for us. He got a hold of the unified billing department and explained our situation to them. They needed my fiancé's authorization to un-unify our account, so my fiancé got on the phone and gave them the information they needed. They said un-unifying it would take at least 2 billing cycles and then we should see a change on our account.

    Not too long after, maybe a few days later, we noticed on our unified account that we were being billed $173.44 (which is a normal bill for us) due on October 29th., with $55.70 being past due, when our bills aren't usually due until the 1st. of the month. Without realizing it, we thought this was our normal wireless bill and paid $90.00 on it within a two week period and then only owed $83.44 to finish it off. We paid the $90.00 before the due date, and then we got another bill for $102.00 due on November 6th, which was just yesterday. We paid $50.00 on that last weekend to catch that up a bit, but in the process of this, knowing we had 2 bills through AT&T alone, due one week apart, we called customer service again, and it was way more than we pay for one billing cycle. Overall, $275, and our bill is only supposed to email $173 per month.

    On the phone with customer service, they were only seeing the $102 and said our account wasn't unified anymore, and that we shouldn't owe anything other than the $102. On our end, on the other hand, we weren't seeing the $102, ONLY the remaining balance of the bill that was due on October 29th. for $83.44. We still kept getting the runaround for this. So we decided, even though money was and IS tight, we were gonna pay up the $83.44 AND the $52 of the $102 that we still owed for the wireless (due Nov. 6) and be done with it so we wouldn't owe anything again until the next month. We just did this since we had the money and it's ridiculous. Our AT&T app still shows the unified bill but now says $0.00 and still says, "Account is cancelled."

    My advice to all of you. NO MATTER HOW MUCH AT&T SAYS YOU'LL SAVE, DON'T COMBINE YOUR BILLS WITH OTHER SERVICES. You'll end up paying out more a month than you can afford. It's not worth it.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015

    I moved to the Atlanta area in 2013 and, of course, continued my business with AT&T. In addition to bundling with DirecTV, I ordered online an AT&T smart phone because the ad said it came with GPS capabilities. It did not. They didn't tell me that GPS requires an extra connection and charge. Besides that disappointment, I couldn't get the hang of using the phone. I'm in my 80s and there's just so much technology I can understand. I paid for a phone I couldn't use for a whole year, and then tried to get out of the second year since I'm on a fixed income. The PR person at AT&T HQ said, "Absolutely not." So I had to pay another $250 to get it out of my life. A year at $40 a month ($480), plus $250, and that was $730 for a phone I never could use.

    Then there was my landline. Because my income is fixed I asked for a amount I could count on being stable and not jump around as it had been doing for a year. A customer service person said, "Sure, no problem." Well, there was a problem because the amount bill every month jumped higher and higher. Each and every month I had to call Billing and argue and plead for a figure I could put into my limited budget, and each time the customer service person would assure me that it would be done. It wasn't.

    I finally cut myself loose from AT&T. The connection was off on August 8 at 8 AM. I had just paid $160 in advance for September, but only used their service for one week. I was assured on chat and on the phone to Billing that I would get a refund for the time not used. Instead, I got another bill which I refuse to pay. I'll probably keep getting AT&T bills and am at a loss to know how to make them stop, although I haven't been an AT&T customer for three months.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015

    I bought a smart watch from the AT&T store online. When I got the shipping notification, it said it'd ship in A MONTH. When I called them, I was told they could not cancel the order since it was already being processed, but nor could they tell me anything about that status of the order or why the shipping time was so far out. Three more calls and over the next 2 weeks and an hour of phone time later and I didn't get any further. I eventually ordered the watch somewhere else, and when the AT&T order did arrive, I returned it. Now they wouldn't credit my credit card. I called with information showing them they'd accepted the return shipment, but they would not credit my account. 2 months after receiving the return they still wouldn't credit. I eventually had to dispute the charge. No problem there, since I had all the evidence that I'd returned the item and that they'd accepted it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    We had a $45 prepaid plan which included unlimited talk, text and 300MB fast internet but unlimited after that. My daughter decided to have a new handset so we went to the shop and we were told that WE HAVE to change to a contract before we are allowed to purchase a handset on monthly basis. We were told that $50 will cover all the previous services exactly the same. What lies... The contract has 300MB data and after that it charged $20 for each extra 300MB!!! We were never informed of that in the shop. The phone was set to 4G LTE which auto uses data regardless (we were never told about that). The 300MB was used up in 1 day and we were charged 2 lots of $20.

    I rang AT&T and was told it was our own fault and we should have known better! I upgraded to 2GB data at extra $10 a month. Later I found they charged me a one-off $15 for the upgrade!!! As well as $40 service charge. I returned the phone after 5 days on 29-Oct-2015 and out of the $58 tax we paid, we were given $17 back and we were charged $35 re-stocking fee for handset. We were told that a prorated bill will be produced for the rubbish service that we received in 5 days (poor connections, no SMS at times). I just checked the online bill at still $148. And customer services said they cannot prorate the monthly fees and that I have to pay for full month even though I cancelled the poor service after 5 days. All the one-off charges almost $60 for service connection still apply!

    I told them I am not paying any of it and they have to take me to court. They should be apologizing and giving customers like me a compensation rather than stealing money from me by the hidden charges that they think are valid. The store guy shows you an iPad with little detail and asks you to sign and agree. But the devil is in the 100 page detail which they never print for you and you never have time to read. AVOID AT&T at all costs... I see MANY people moving to T-Mobile, including me.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    Sooo disappointed with AT&T! After over 15 years using their service, I ported my number to Verizon to a phone provided my employer. I realized AT&T bills in advance, but I figured I will pay my bill on time and they would prorate the month, and refund the balance, based on canceling my service 7 days into the cycle. I was WRONG. After speaking with customer service and a manager we went round and round as they explained to me "I could have used my full service in those 7 days". No consideration given to my decade of historic low usage. It was essentially - Thank you for donating your extra money to AT&T. There's absolutely nothing we can do. I should have not paid my final bill and let them bill me for service used after the fact. So much for trying to be an honorable bill-payer!

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    Today I decided to cut off all of my AT&T services. I was told that just because I had paid my past due bill and my current bill that they were still justified in shutting my service off and charging me $40. I explained to them that I had been using them as a home phone company for 28 years, as a credit card company for 31 years, as a cell phone provider for 25 years and as an internet service provider for 21 years and had been paying their company faithfully every month. I said it was not right, which it isn't, to shut off my service when my account was paid up.

    After a long time on hold, the customer service representative came back and told me the $40 reconnection fee was "valid". Well switching companies for all four services I have paid them for for decades is extremely valid. I'm sure I will also save a lot of money doing so. If you own AT&T stock, I'd say sell right away. I'm sure I am not the only customer they have treated badly and I'm sure their stock will drop as a result.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    I have a old flip phone and are subscribed in a $39.99A monthly minimum plan since I'm retired. According to the AT&T bill I had one 1 hour and 3 minutes intl. phone call to Australia and was charged for it $229!! Plus $43 in taxes. This was a full mistake. I have Skype and other prefix numbers where the call is free or might have cost $2. After several calls to AT&T supervisors they never adjusted it, or returned the $ amount charged in automatic payment.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    Unfortunately, Internet Service costs have to be shopped every year. AT&T, like their recent acquisition, DirecTV, slip in fees and add costs arbitrarily throughout the life of an agreement. I have a combined internet (45 mbps) and Land Line phone with AT&T and the once attractive monthly bill had grown to $127 per month. A call to Bright house revealed a similar plan (35 mbps) for $89 per month. I called AT&T, selected "cancel my service" and was redirected to a sales agent. The agent offered to beat the Bright House offer by $10. My bill went from $127 to $79 during a two minute phone call. I should have called months ago.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015

    So I decide to switch wireless carriers and save $100 per month. I have a 6 yr-old phone, not under contract, and owe nothing on my service. Problem is that it is still locked into AT&T. I call customer service and answer 20 questions then they tell me to go online and fill out request form. I do that and then had to wait for a test message. I get the test message and have to click to verify that I made the request to unlock. Was told I would have to wait for the code. Got a message that the account holder information I provided didn't match their records. Geeeeeez. I was a customer for over 20 yrs before they decided to rape me. #AT&Twirelesssucks.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015

    We had an account with At&T for 12 years. In the store not long ago they offered to consolidate the AT&T bill with DirecTV bill. (BIG MISTAKE). To save $10 a month we have been through a month of hell. For no reason the phone service to three phones got cut off. We got the phones back on and the next week all the phones and the DirecTV got cut off for no obvious reason. We got passed from office to office and no one could figure out what happened. Finally the account holder was told she owed $271 (she didn't), but paid the money to get the account reinstated. She was told that we had to go to a store to reconnect. When we went to the store they said the account was cancelled and although they tried to help us, they called "tech support" and after an hour the person at tech support hung up on their own co-worker at the store.

    The next night we went to another store and the manager called tech support and finally spoke to someone who knew what they were doing. That person discovered that instead of consolidating the account, the person cancelled our account. They were finally able to reconnect the phones (after 5 days, and we use the phones for a business). After receiving numerous bills from direcTV, they have cut off the direcTV again, saying we owe $250?? We already switched to T-Mobile for the phones and the next step is call Verizon for the cable. AT&T is the most inept company I have ever seen. The billing dept. can't explain where payments have gone and sends out bills that no one can explain what they are for. I don't know how AT&T stays in business and believe me I am telling everyone I know not to go with AT&T. Most of them seem to already know how bad AT&T is. If I could give them a rating of less than zero, believe me I would give them -10.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015

    Long story short - my phone was not charging. Called to get it replaced. They sent it to me. I sent broken one back. They told me that they didn't receive and could not track. I called everyday for a week solid. They put a charge of $485 for device on bill. I called again today. Told yes they received. Its in their possession but will not take the charge off my bill of 485.00 because it was late getting returned. I got email of a 14 day return policy on 9/8. The old phone was properly returned on 9/9/15 and it was scanned in by ups and AT&T. Received that alert also on 9/9 as the warranty dept gentleman told us it would be ok. (AT&T the supervisor now saying have to pay the 485.00 and no we do not get the device back. Why should I have to pay for a phone I DO NOT HAVE? If don't pay phone service will be disconnected. Poor business practices. I will be filing a complaint on live tv news in RE to this matter tomorrow and will make sure it gets cleared up ASAP.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015

    AT&T sucks. I just called customer service to let them know I sent in my payment. Then it's not enough and said I would still be canceled. They are jerks there. The owner is a very greedy person. My service was so high I was told a different price when I set up my service then I got my bill and it was almost $300. Crazy! ** AT&T. My family is canceling their service with them too and moving our service to Dish. AT&T does not keep up good customer service or work with customers. They rip people off. They should be sued.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015

    After a one year commitment with AT&T U-Verse, I renegotiated a new contract. The new price for the upcoming month had ballooned so much after the first year promotion had ended. I seriously thought about dropping AT&T U-verse to go with another carrier. But I decided to stay after the representative talk me out of it by saying that I had been a loyal customer and that he would work to get me to the nearest price that would work for me, after negotiating the final price after taxes. I told him to send me confirmation and I never received it. I received a bill and it was more than what the agent had quoted.

    When I call to complain. The billing department sent me to the loyalty department and the loyalty department told me for what I was receiving that was the best promotion that they could do for me at that price. I told the loyalty representative that I was not happy and that I wanted to speak to her manager. I am waiting for that call from the manager. AT&T quotes you one price but after they feel that have you as a customer somehow the price changes and goes higher. I have also experienced this on my wireless bill. Watch your pockets.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for 7 years. I bought the iPhone 5S at full price so I can unlock it and use it for my business when I go overseas. They only offer insurance after unlocking. My phone was dropped off my hand. I had to send it back and get another phone from the only insurance company they offer. 5 month later that screen came out. Went to Apple store. They cannot touch it because the phone that I got have aftermarket screen. Now after paying nearly $700 and 20% on my new device 6s and being with AT&T as a loyalty customer for 7 years, they want to charge me another $ 549 so I can unlock. I also spoke with Apple and they said all the phones comes unlock. Thank AT&T for keeping the loyal customer. I am going with Verizon. Their phone is already unlocked.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015

    We recently inherited a home in metro Denver. We cannot make a phone call, send a text message or call 911 from anywhere inside our home. I contacted AT&T and they said it was our problem and the only way to fix it was to purchase a special piece of equipment from them and pay a monthly fee to use it. We have to pay more money to use our cell phones? Our monthly bill is already outrageous. We have 2 lines, with very low data use and pay $150.00 + monthly. The Denver Police Department said AT&T has to provide us with 911 service. AT&T said the DPD did not know what they were talking about.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2015

    My mother and I have had a family plan since 1999. I lost my phone one year ago. I was told on several occasions that in November 2015 I would be eligible for a new phone. I was in town the last week of October and called AT&T to see if I could get it a couple of weeks early and the rep said not without paying for it out of pocket or having it added to our bill to pay over time. So I decided to just keep waiting until mid-November. My mother had a problem with her phone after that call and took it to AT&T store. The sales rep told her that in November I would not be getting a new phone because they do not offer that program anymore. She paid $1,200 for two phones. Later that day I came in town and said there is no way we are doing business with them anymore. They have been telling me on several occasions that I will get a free upgrade in November. We have also been paying $130 per month.

    AT&T said they have changed their policy to be more competitive with the industry and I will not be getting my new iPhone without paying $600. I refuse to do business with liars. We switched to Verizon which gave us an iPhone for 99 cents and we are paying $50 less per month for two-year agreement. Apparently AT&T is not doing a good job keeping up with the Industry. Thanks AT&T for giving me a reason to shop my business somewhere else. AT&T is now added to my list of companies which I will NEVER do business with again. Before shopping I called AT&T directly and gave them an opportunity to make this right. I had my complaint transferred to a Manager, the results were the same. So if AT&T will not stand behind their word, you have lost my business forever. I pray to God AT&T suffers the same fate as Circuit City. They too were on my list!!! I HATE LIARS!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015

    I detest you the most of any AT&T. Your lack of drive, your lack of skills in customer relation have torn to shreds one of the past's greatest communications company. The generation of "I don't knows" or "I can't" have made retail transactions a horrid experience. You are paving the way to a future of automation. Killing jobs for not just yourself but for many others as well. Management holds a stake in this as well. Either stop trying to excel in technology so quickly or create better job training so your employees have an actual clue to what they are doing. I do not use the word hate often but I have been let down more and more each time. It is completely inexcusable for you to destroy faith in your consumers. You tear at the foundation your predecessors worked so hard to build. I am not exaggerating when I say you disgust me. Employees have become ignorant in what value means, not only to potential consumers but most importantly to your current ones.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    AT&T is a HUGE joke, it seems like every month they are making changes to what they are doing, not notifying customers of bill date changes and when making payment arrangements and cancelling it because you've paid a week prior you are still required to pay whatever balance remains plus whatever else is due. The company only wants money, money, money! My bill is never the same rate monthly, it's always fluctuating because of "changes" made last month, and then the reception is poor, I can never get a signal, U-verse is a joke!! If you are considering switching to AT&T, PLEASE DON'T! The customer service reps can never help you either, they always refer to online access and make you figure things out yourself. Whose bill goes from 350 one month to 455 the next???

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    I am fuming... I've been a loyal customer of AT&T for over 15 years. I chose to upgrade to an iPhone 6, but didn't want to go through the NEXT Plan. I attempted to pay the upfront fee of ($200.00) for a 2 year agreement via online but couldn't process the order. I telephoned AT&T and processed the order with a customer service rep with the understanding I had a two year agreement and my bill would remain the same. Well, I received my bill and on it was a fee for an installment of 28 payments for 16.25 to be added to my monthly bill. When I inquired about my bill, I was told I was placed on the next plan and am responsible for the remaining balance ($456.92) for the device. This is not what I was told when I upgraded my device. After being one the telephone with AT&T CSR trying to resolve this issue, I was told, "I'm sorry you were not told this when you upgraded and it is over 14 days so you can't cancel your agreement".

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    After 10 years of being a loyal customer of AT&T I am completely frustrated with the service I am NOT RECEIVING!!! And the run around from Customer Service!!! I am self-employed and use AT&T as my service carrier. I am not able to use my data while I am at work, nor am I able to access my voice mail messages. I have constant dropped calls and it is difficult for people to talk with me or for them to hear me while on a phone conversation. I have lost business because of this lack of service from AT&T. I have contacted the AT&T Service department numerous times, spent HOURS with them, have reset my phone over and over... Have purchased a new phone which reset my contract (Cost me more $$$) I have talked to technicians which have told me that they can't do anything for me and they set me up with a case worker and engineer...

    The Caseworker left a message for me saying "The service in my area was limited and this is unfortunate!!!" (I did not sign up for limited service nor do I agree that this is acceptable). My Case #**. The Caseworker name I was given is Adam ** his number is **. I have called and left several messages, but have not received a returned call. I have been paying for a service I am not receiving and the service department will not let me out of my contract because they say that is the case worker's job. The caseworker will not return my calls. Does anyone have any suggestions for me??? Or is anyone having similar problems with AT&T??? PLEASE POST resolutions. I've lost time and money and also a lost confidence with AT&T'S lack service and commitment!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    I received three bills within one month. Which caused burden my back and I terrified swallowing or accepting three bills in one month. AT&T billed me first month $224.00 + $56.56 taxes. Also I get billed this month $80.17 and then also this $97.00.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015

    Awful service! I am sure the store owner would like to know what type of employees are servicing his customers, thus my review below. Firstly, customers are barely acknowledged upon arrival and once you are helped, the customer service acts as if he is doing you a favor by taking your order. I was "helped" by Alfonso R., two days ago on 10/27/15. I placed my order that day, but couldn't ignore the rep.'s critical comments about how it bothered him "customers who show up to pickup their phone orders first thing in the morning at 9 AM". Despite this, I ordered an Iphone 6S 64GB for my wife with him that day. Today, 10/29/15, I received the tracking confirmation e-mail that it was delivered at the store.

    My wife called at 7:40 pm to ask about closing time and she was told at 8:00 pm. I come in the store at 7:50 and Alfonso, again, makes an annoying and rude comment that "Had I come in 5 min. later, I would not have found the store open". I asked him if "he needed me to return at another time" and told him to save his attitude. He accused me of having an attitude, abruptly locked the store door and almost unwillingly offered to activate the phone, to which I replied I no longer wanted it. It is evident that this employee does not have a clue as to what customer service entails, let alone, does he care.

    He seems to have a problem with customers who, based on the tracking store receipt confirmation, come in soon to pickup their orders. Based on his previous comments and after the lack of service I received tonight, it is evident that this employee expects for customers to wait around for his phone call, at his convenience - and not - the store's hours of operations, before they are able to pickup their orders.....Amazing!! I hope management takes more care on their Customer Service training program. As an action, I will come in tomorrow and CANCEL my order. I will definitely be placing it elsewhere and will certainly warn everyone I know to avoid this store, based on this experience.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015

    We purchased a contract with AT&T for TV and internet. We had no service about as often as we had service. I complained and received a couple free months, but the trend never changed. It simply did not work reliably. After one year we dropped AT&T and went with Dish network, which has provided uninterrupted service and excellent customer service. In comparison, we still have AT&T for internet and it is constantly slow or unavailable. When we call for assistance we get put thru to some place in India with people we cannot understand and who do not have a working knowledge of the system. The man I spoke with assured me he was personally going to call someone (I couldn’t understand) and make sure that our service was back online by a certain date. He promised he would call me when he got everything taken care of.

    He did not call, nor did he do anything he said he was going to do. He also said he was sending someone to my house after telling me they had a very large outage in the Dallas area. I asked him why he would do that. Obviously the problem is not at my house if half of Dallas is out. I also continuously reminded him I was flying out on a business trip and would not be home for a tech to come out, but he kept insisting he was sending a tech. It was pretty obvious to me that they have a memorized script to tell people things to get them to shut up. They don’t appear to know anything about the AT&T subsystem. But my biggest complaint is American companies like this who outsource hundreds of jobs for American people and give them to another country. As bad as our economy is, why wouldn’t you do your part to help the people of America instead of creating such a graceless age.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015

    AT&T has a way of making everything work in their favor. Had a cell phone, bill 43$. Was told I had to drive to a store to pay the bill. I said I would mail it. By the time I went and got money order they shut my phone down. Was told I broke contract and bill went to 459.00. They broke contract, not me. Now my DSL service, started out at 14.95 a month for high-speed internet, unlimited. All of a sudden I start getting bills for using too many megabits. Bill was never what it was suppose to be, over charged constantly. Phone call after phone call with promises but nothing ever happened. Told them to shut it down after more than five years of **. Paid my bill at that time, already received another bill for over 100$. These people and this company needs to be investigated for fraud. They do anything they want. Who regulates what they can do? They live to ruin people's credit.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    I have been a customer for nearly 20 years and today's experience is exactly why AT&T can no longer even have my phone service! I have been complaining about not receiving my bill for three months only to return home to learn that the service has been interrupted. I held for 32 minutes and then went online for a resolve and received confirmation that the service would be restored "shortly." That was three days ago so then I called today I was told that wasn't the case, it must have been a mistake online. I asked for a manager and was told that they're all in a meeting but one will call you back in two hours. I called back after three, and canceled the service and was told goodbye. Done.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    When my husband renewed a new contract, our TV connection started to get disconnected many times. It's really frustrating since this is the only time that we've experienced this type of poor service ever!! Calling with customer service is time consuming and I am very very disappointed with their service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    Have spent hours since changing from U-verse TV to DirecTV, and changing to wireless home phone. They did not get much right, charged me for TV even though I had DirecTV, so much else. Now hours spent trying to reset my online account with their agents and still cannot access my account even though the agent says my ID and I put that in and it says it is not right and even after they gave me a new password. Nothing works, just saying. Beware of AT&T and check your charges.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015

    I was a day late on paying bill and they had the gall and tried to make me pay a $40 late fee plus they was going to charge me a $5 fee just to pay the bill over the phone. I was unable to pay at the time as I was in the hospital at the time. They don't care. They are nothing but damn thieves.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015

    I was told as new customer I would get Sunday ticket. I was also told I would get 400.00 in prepaid cards. Nothing. It has been a nightmare.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015

    Don't leave them until AFTER the exact date of contract end. If just think the exact month is enough regardless of paying for the month they charge a termination fee. They are the WORST in the world. The worst service, the worst phones!! NEVER use this company. They have awful service then charge a huge fee for "boosters". The network is awful!!! They should be shut down!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015

    Horrible customer service. Overcharging every month for fees. First 2 months over 15 sales calls on my phone a day. AT&T sold the number to telemarketing. I signed a year with AT&T. I was told that I was being charged 3 months for renting a modem. They lied and they charged me for the installation. Now I have a re-installation fee because I missed my due date. My bills have been completely out of range of my budget, and I can't afford more than the 54$ I signed up for.

    AT&T had sold my number to telemarketers and I received over 15 calls a day on the 200 minute/month phone line. This should be illegal. For 54$ service, I have paid over 200$ in fees alone in 4 months. When I call for customer service I can never get a manager. They won't let you talk to anyone else. If you do the employees will start sending you on a labyrinth of different departments until you're tired of dealing with customer service and just give in. This company is shady, immoral and on the verge of illegal, especially selling a phone number like that without my permission. I spent hours with different telemarketers just to be put on their "do not call" list.

    I want to put my account on auto pay but I'm so afraid that AT&T will just deduct anything they want to charge me and not just the 54$ a month I have due. I can't do that until my faith is restored in the company. I want to be able to call the company with a complaint such as the endless phone calls the first couple of months and actually reach someone who can help me. A manager, someone who is not going to sit there and try to sell me more stuff and tell me what a "great" deal I got with AT&T, because I did not get a deal, I got robbed. Guaranteed, I will be cancelling this service by the end of my contract if nothing changes.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2015

    I live in Pensacola, Fl and my wife and I were at the AT&T wireless store on the corner of Bayou Blvd. and 9th Ave. Upon arrival the greeter opens the door, writes our name down and looks up our account, and puts in the wait queue. While waiting we are browsing the new phones and my wife wanted an iPhone and I was willing to go cheap so she could get what she wanted. She is, of course, non-tech savvy at all and while looking at the new iPhone 6 unplugs the USB cord (and yes she does know what that is) and the alarm system goes off. Person after person come look at it and we are embarrassed of course, then one comments it was already broken and after several minutes they stopped the alarming and fixed what should have been fixed already. Already red-faced, we can let that go. We continue to wait and look around.

    While I am looking at a tablet on display and opening the side door that covers the SD card and the SIM card (and yes I know they swing open) the greeter, who is close to the door and on the other side of the building starts yelling at me in her Hulk voice "Sir stop doing that. You're going to steal it and break it"... OMG. Did she really say that? I work a well-known telecom business in town and have lots of experience with tablets. The lady continues to yell at me and finally stops. The store is still. I am so embarrassed and shocked I don't know how to respond. I put it down and go sit down.

    I then mess with my phone mulling over in mind what happened. And I leave and properly go to Verizon and buy two new phones and two new tablets for my wife and I. After close to 20 years of being a AT&T wireless customer we left. 20 years of loyalty to be treated like a dirtbag. I am so hurt and disgusted and still no one in management will call me be back, no one. My personal cell phone number is **. I would like a call from someone at the regional level at this point. No one should be treated like this.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015

    On October 23, 2015 I needed to update a credit card for automatic bill pay associated with a data plan for an iPad. Repeated attempts to sign in via the iPad were unsuccessful, necessitating that I go to an AT&T store. Once there I discovered that AT&T had completely incorrectly set up the accounts. I had previously purchased a newer iPad (an iPad Air) and gave my older iPad (iPad 2) to my boyfriend. We both went to an AT&T store to create a new account. My account (with the then iPad 2) had unlimited data - which is now not offered but I had been grandfathered in when they discontinued that plan. We requested that this data plan be switched to the upgraded iPad Air and the older iPad 2 have a plan with 3 gig of data associated with it. Both devices should have been on the same account.

    When I call today, I find out, the iPad Air is on a separate account and rather having 3 gig associated with it has the unlimited data on it. And the Air, which should have the unlimited is on the first plan. I repeatedly told the service Rep (Favio) that by the end of the call I needed all the devices on ONE plan. The newer iPad should have unlimited data on it and the older account the 3 gig. By end of call, I'd been able to update payment information, but still had two separate accounts. It took another half hour to get the unlimited data back. Felt like they were being sneaky and trying to get the unlimited plan away from me. HORRIBLE customer service. If hadn't ultimately got the unlimited plan back (and we'll see when I get a bill) I'd be cancelling AT&T.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2015

    When I purchased my new iPhone 6 last year my unlimited data plan was removed and taken away. I've been fuming ever since. I was grandfathered in and was a long time customer. I don't understand this. I want it back!!! Some people I know still have their plan. Mine is gone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    I have over payed AT&T and instead of getting my money back they simply keep it and say there's absolutely NOTHING they can do. I understand that this money will go towards next month's bill but that doesn't help me and any of my bills for this month. They recommend I call my bank to stop the payment because that costs them $0 and me $30. RIDICULOUS CUSTOMER SERVICE AS ALWAYS. No one ever knows anything, nobody is ever able to help and the so-called "supervisors" are the worst. Sincerely, Frustrated customer.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    We were told that our bundle would be around $50 a month. For 4 months straight our bill was tripled. We were charged twice for the same installation. We were charged for equipment that we returned and had received confirmation from AT&T that they had received it. Every single month we were on the phone for an hour to an hour and a half trying to get our bill straightened out. Every single time we were told that the charges were being taken off and that our bill would be correct the following month. They never were and our bill just kept going up. We'd call back and no one would be able to find a record of past phone conversations. One of the last times someone assured us that everything was going to be taken care of, I asked for the reps name and I.D. number. He hung up on me and SURPRISE!!!!! It was never taken care of.

    The last time we spoke to a rep we went through every detail of our history with AT&T and he actually admitted that, yes, AT&T owed us over $300 in fraudulent charges and that he would issue a credit. We told him that we'd also like to terminate service. He told us that he could do that, but that he'd have to charge us a $189 termination fee. We told him to take it out of the credit he was issuing for the fraudulent charges. He said that the only way he'd issue the credit was if we agreed to stay with AT&T. This is OUR MONEY that AT&T should've never had to begin with, but they won't return it to us unless we agree to allow AT&T to continue to robbing us every month.

    What AT&T is doing to consumers is nothing short of criminal. They are most definitely running an intentional scam on the American people and getting away with it, We terminated our service with AT&T and will probably be fee'd to death for it. I will never have anything to do with AT&T as long as I live. I'll go the rest of my life without internet service before I'll ever give them the opportunity to steal one more cent from me.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    Recently switched from T-Mobile to AT&T, bad mistake! I was charged 100$ at T-Mobile including the iPhone 5 charges. The day I got AT&T I played 220$, first month 220$ and now I'm being charged 431$! This is absurd. The lady that rung me up said I'd not pay more than $100 a month.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    I had issues setting up auto pay, it took times online changing my bank account number and once calling and asking a representative to change it. This was done before billing. I got an email a few days after billing saying I owed a $30 return check fee... How? I had changed my account number! They also within 5 days of billing, shut me off. As I'm trying to get it figured out I had a lady tell me that it was my fault and I had to pay now and then a snotty manager tell me he would have corporate call to fix my issues. Never happened. I called a few days later and was hung up on by a representative. I lost calls nearly every time I called. Every single person I have talked to with this company has been incredibly rude in one way or another. By far the worst customer service I have ever dealt with! I would not recommend their service to my worst enemy.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    My husband had been with AT&T for cell service and got new phone and new contract Dec, 2014. I had only been paying $15/month for my Virgin mobile phone -we talked about me taking my husband's old phone but I wasn't wanting to pay a lot for service as I didn't use it much. The rep definitely told me if I did that and was added to my husband's plan it would be $25. I KNOW because I said we could do that but I wasn't paying more since I didn't use it that much.

    They are now charging $40 and said it is because I have a smartphone - regardless of what the rep told me. I argued with them but only way they will lower rate is if I buy a new phone or start using a basic phone - 2nd time I've been lied to by AT&T - also got DirecTV thru AT&T and lied about rate. I even saved the chats I had with the rep specifically giving the rate and I asked several times to be sure this was correct but they refuse to change rate. I have filed claim with Better Business Bureau for that one for AT&T and DirecTV and will file another claim for this AT&T problem.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    I've only been a member of them for around 6 months. I signed a 12-month contract for internet. When I saw my online BILL and noticed it was for PHONE SERVICE TOO, I called. They said they bundled phone to make my Internet cheaper. They ALSO ADDED OTHER CHARGES, which I disputed. (For 2 months, I was paying for phone service that I could've been using but didn't know I had). A few months ago, I checked my online bill again. THEY UPGRADED my phone service to unlimited (from 200 minutes). I DON'T EVEN USE A HOUSE PHONE! They said they don't know how it got changed but didn't believe it was their fault. They said they would look into it, fix it, and said it WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I checked my online bill TODAY, and the SAME THING! It was fraudulently upgraded AGAIN. They handled it in the exact same way. "Oops... IDK... Won't happen again..."

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    AT&T took it amongst themselves to change our bill due date from the 5th of every month to the 1st. So I contacted them 3 months ago to change it back to the 5th and of course I was told "Ok". Well they changed it to the 26th of every month. Well I contacted them again because I got one bill for 372.25 due on the 5th and another for 209 due on 26th same month. So we ended up paying around 600 for Oct. Was told if we didn't our phones would be turned off.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015

    I had a smartphone that said Google has stopped. I called AT&T and they tried to fix it. It took approx. 20 minutes. I was charged for all the overuse of data trying to get into my phone and getting it fixed. I was told by AT&T to go to the AT&T store (big, big mistake) and they would fix it. They could not fix it. I bought a new Apple phone. Salesman (Angel) told me one thing and one price. My bill was supposed to be about $85.00. It was $318.00. Also, I was suppose to have 400 megabytes of data. I was being billed for 300 and was charged $20 or $30 more for overage.

    I called AT&T and they, supposedly, corrected my bill and told me I owed $84.00 and my future bill would be $84.00. Well it wasn't. My bill was $318.00 and was told I needed to pay $84.00 immediately or I would be suspended. Needless to say, they turned me off. I said I could pay part of it, but they said no. They also told me just because I was ready for an upgrade, I still had to pay for it. If that isn't crazy and ridiculous, tell me what is. I have been with AT&T for about 12 years. When I didn't have a contract they were great. The minute you sign a contract you'd better pay right on time or you are off. I think they want the reconnection fee. I am very very disappointed with this company and can't believe how little regard they have for their customers. Maybe you should see what the other carriers are giving people and maybe business would improve and you wouldn't have to be so mean and greedy.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015

    If you want a phone, don't buy it at AT&T on Colorado & Mexico. If you want service on a phone you already own don't go to AT&T on Colorado & Mexico. If you have a question don't ask it at the AT&T store on Colorado & Mexico. They are completely and totally incompetent. At the top of the heap is the so-called "manager" who couldn't seem to stop smacking her gum long enough to give you an answer. She can't even set up a voice mail greeting, but after numerous attempts and erasing data, we finally got out of there and set it up with the guy at Best Buy. The new I6 doesn't hold a charge and keeps switching to cellular, but no one in that store has heard anything about it, even though it's all over the internet about the blame game between AT&T and Apple. PLEASE AT&T shut that store down, you aren't helping anyone. BUYERS BEWARE.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015

    Called today to get help on rewards gift cards I should have gotten for switching to AT&T when I moved. Supposedly letters were sent to me that I never received. I kept getting told nothing can be done after 25 days. Obviously something can be done to get the rewards I am entitled to. The first girl I spoke to told me twice "no supervisor was available." Then a RUDE SNOTTY guy by the name of Tyler came on the phone at the rewards area. Did nothing but read the policy which I knew. He told me to call customer relations. Called customer relations, got Kimberly I think in Oklahoma City. Again, I got a lesson on what the policy was. She did offer to give me a $100 credit on my account, not even close to half the rewards I should have gotten. Didn't want to listen.

    Just got the policy again, confirmed my address and said those are where they were sent. When I said I didn't get them I was told "yea, they are often mistaken for junk." Really? Change how they are sent. She then tried to actually up sale me. And then when asked if she had solved all my issues, I said "obviously not" and she got snotty again and said she didn't have to give me the $100 credit. What is wrong with picture? Not to mention company. Will be switching as soon as my contract is up.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    In January I went on vacation overseas and got an international plan. I paid $150.00, only to find out while out there that it did not work!! Then my wife goes on vacation and did not buy an international plan since the plan I bought never worked. She was away for 25 days and only used her cellphone in places with free Wi-Fi, mainly used her phone to take pictures. When she was connected to the Wi-Fi she was able to get text messages coming from USA. She only got text when she was on Wi-Fi. Now I get a bill of $635.39 which $503.96 was the charge for international usage!! My question is, "How AT&T charge a phone that was supposed not to be working? Since she was in another country?"

    I went to the store, what a disappointment!!!! The sales person was not willing to help in any way!! He said, "Oh she used the phone." Again my question is "How was the phone working? When I paid for my international plan did not work and when my wife is using her phone on free Wi-Fi she gets charged for it???" This is very wrong, I feel robbed especially because I have it on auto payment!!! AT&T should treat their customer with more respect and provide more information!!!! I asked the salesman, "How would you feel if this happened to you?" and he was very ironic and said, "When my father went to another country I got him an international plan..." Sure he did, he works at AT&T and knows how they charge for services that nobody knows about it!!!!!

    I'm very disappointed in how AT&T dealt with my case!!! AT&T needs to be clear about things!!! The store I went to is in Fort Myers, on Six Mile, Cypress, Florida. I wish they can train their sales people to treat customers with the respect we deserve! Also I really wish they would take in consideration how their customers feel and they should refund the money, especially because they never mention that they charge even if you do not wish to have an international plan!!! I really hope to get some answer back.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    I was in New York on my way from Los Angeles to Europe. I dropped my cell phone, so it was no longer working. I had four hours to make the plane. I raced to the AT&T store in Manhattan. Luckily - so I thought - I was due for an upgrade anyway (with another two-year contract renewal). I figured that if the store wasn't too crowded, I'd have to pay $150 - $200 for the upgrade and still make my plane. Within about 45 minutes, I had a new phone and was on my way. As I was leaving, the salesman handed me a box. "What's this, I asked?" It is some sort of a tablet. It is still in the box. I don't need a tablet. I don't want a tablet. The salesman said - scout's honor, he really did say this - "It's a gift that comes with the phone." What? Why would I get a gift of a product that I don't want?

    Upon my return from Europe, I received my bill from AT&T and was staggered. Nearly three hundred dollars! When I called to object to the bill, among the things I asked about was why I have an additional new phone number. Why? This tablet, it seems, has its own phone number. I asked that I be allowed to return it, and only can do so with an "early termination fee." Termination fee for what? For the tablet.

    Somehow, somewhere along the way, I got scammed into signing a two-year "contract" for a device that I don't want, that I was told was "a gift" that "came with" the tablet. Oh, and I did not get my scheduled phone upgrade. No, I bought a new phone for $750 and now have a $25 monthly fee that I pay. What happened to the two-year contract renewal? "The company is moving away from those contracts." Really? The company did not "move away" from conning me into a two-year contract for the tablet, so exactly what contracts are they "moving away" from? Oh, those must be the ones that suit their needs. I have been fleeced. These people should be charged with a crime.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    I hate AT&T customer service. I spent hours on the phone to solve a simple problem and still not solved. Nobody knows what the heck is going on. They just bounce me to different department which bounce me again and disconnect me in the way. They make me wait hours on the phone as if I have nothing else to do!! I want to cancel all my services with AT&T NOW!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    I spoke to 3-4 people about a payment that I normally set up every month on the 15th. The rep said the system is the same and you can't use the different pay date. So, I tried to set up the payment on the 7th because that is what they told me and the rep denied. (Gina **) totally denied me and told me that she will not take my payment. She got mad because I told her that I'm going to set that payment up and she said "are you going to be making a payment that day?" I said "why would I set it up if I have no intentions to pay it then?" She said "I will not take it." We went back and forth for 20 minutes and after that she said she would take my payment. I said "no transfer me." She said "I can't do that." I said "why?" She said "because I'm not going to." I'm like wow! I'm on the phone with AT&T for an hour with no resolve! What a waste of time!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    I buy a iPhone I have no service at all in my apartment. I call AT&T customer service and they told me that I had to buy some Kanda device to have a better service... I said, "Really, so I've been spending all this money plus I have to buy a device to have better service. What a deal." I thought the company who you pay monthly is their responsibility to provide you good service such as this. Kanda device has to be for free because it’s not my fault that you have such a weak signal. I'm so disappointed. Before you buy this service pp do some more research. Thank you.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    For the past 11 years, I have 2 AT&T lines in my office. While supposedly they signed me up every year for a new contract and we agree on a price, every statements is different and it keep going up every month. It has been 4 years, I asked them not to put me on automatic renewal, but still I am in automatic renewal so they could charge me if I want to discontinue. Extremely dishonest company.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    This company has the most argumentative, utterly ridiculous customer service. They even argued with a manager that was helping me in a retail store regarding being overcharged on my wireless account. The loss prevention department is a joke and really doesn't care whether or not you stay. The biggest no brainer is a matter most would deem common sense and that's in reference to their policy of billing one month in advance. I have literally paid my entire balance, including the extra month, on more than one occasion. After a recent bill was incorrectly processed internally, they listed my total amount due as two payments plus late fees and reconnection charges.

    The simple fact is I have paid thousands of dollars more than the amount one would use simple math to figure the amount of service months and corresponding total. They refuse to accept this simple argument by hiding their mistakes and fraud behind a hidden clause that supposedly excuses them of any wrong doing on any billing issue more than 30 days old!! No, I am not joking!! As a small business owner, this makes me cringe and would definitely cost me clients should I adopt the same method of screwing people out of their hard-earned money. So, beware to any out there fighting a losing battle with this huge corporation. Even if your point is valid and have bank statements to support it, they are willing to hide behind a clause that most would consider illegal, unethical best.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015

    On June 2015, I called AT&T requesting my phone bill due date changed to the 15th of the month. I was told it would take approximately 2-3 billing cycles. July 1st, I switched my tv and internet service to AT&T and wanted all my bills to come due the 15th of the month. It is now October and my bill is not only on the 15, but it's the first of the month. I get paid once a month and this is causing me to have late charges with AT&T. I have made numerous request for this to happen and as of today, October 17, 2015, it has not happened.

    I am on the phone with AT&T as I write this. I was told they did show my request for phone date to change to the 25. I have asked why my bill is not on the 15th, they have told me that my September bill due date was the 7th, and now my October bill was the first. I have been told today they would change my date. I asked for verification to be sent by email. AT&T is telling me they have no way to do this. I would advise anyone dealing with AT&T customer service to record the phone call.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015

    I purchased a Samsung Galaxy note 4 in October 2014 under the next program. Since then I have had a total of 4 replacement devices. Each device would constantly power cycle and freeze. Every time I called warranty or customer service, I was given a different excuse as to what it could be. I had the sim card replaced. I have done master reset after reset just to end up losing all of my important stuff. After speaking with a representative today, I was told that my device could be exchanged for a different device. All 3 devices that they offered were all over a year old. Which is a total downgrade (a note 3 or a galaxy s5). Keep in mind that I'm still paying for the note 4 under the next program. So now I'm stuck with a phone that doesn't work. I have seven lines on this account. But I'm currently looking to exchange carriers. I will never deal with AT&T again...

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2015

    I've been a loyal customer for over a year. My bill was always increasing and when I would call about it they seem to give me promotions deals to take the bill back down to what was originally quoted to me. After my 12 month contract had ended I canceled my service and returned the equipment back to the UPS Store. I kept the internet and I'm being charged $67 monthly for the middle speed. They never tried to meet me halfway nor offer perks to keep my business. If you have a choice of companies please think twice about AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015

    I'm trying to send a dispute letter to AT&T in the way that I can keep track of replying from AT&T. I've sent this letter to AT&T but no reply (more than a month). The collection company instruct me to send this letter to them and they forwarded to AT&T but no reply also. I need somebody at AT&T correct this issue.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015

    I decided to switch to AT&T after the sales rep promised he could "bundle" and it would be less $ than what I was currently paying. That was a lie. First bill paid 3 weeks after I got the service was $324 (paid this). This month's bill is $424. I called, rep cannot explain the charges. Online Chat rep can't give me explanation and lied to me about paying it. Now I get a bill that states if I don't pay $125 today, they are shutting off my service!!! Had I known this was going to cost me MORE money, never would have switched!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015

    I pay the same money, or perhaps More, for service that quits working for me! I have been a Loyal Customer, paying Customer, for 3 consecutive years. TetherMe, Throttle Me. What is the New Expression for what these OLD terms mean? I am NOT a customer that wants a New Phone every 3 months. If you think other customers are not on the same page, you should talk to people. Rather than hiring people that Protect your Company's email address. What the Heck???? Wireless Provider does not offer an email address contact. I do not want to talk to your representative. Why can't I email my service provider??? In my experience, ABC calls are a runaround. They do not help me. Thanks, but No Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015

    I called to complain when my bill almost doubled from $128 per month to $214, and this is for one (1) television and one (1) computer. They told me the introductory rate was no longer in effect and that would consider reducing it to $181 if I signed a two (2) year contract with the first year's rate guaranteed to stay the same but the 2nd year it would not and I'd have to pay a penalty if I switched service sooner. I'm dumping them and going back to Time Warner which I wish I'd never left. They completely suck in the customer service dept. When I asked to speak to a supervisor they cut me off and I had to go through all the prompts all over again. Yuck, hated them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015

    After being a loyal AT&T customer for my entire cell phone life, I must say.....they are they absolute WORSE at customer service. Here's some background on my situation. About a month ago I come to find out that there is ANOTHER account in my name. How did I find out? Well, my phone was suspended which really threw me off because I had a payment scheduled to go thru the following week. So I called to inquire, which was difficult to do without a working phone because you cannot EVEN speak to an operator if your line is suspended, your only option is to make a payment.

    Mind you, I am supposed to make a payment on a line I know nothing about. I managed to speak to a customer service rep who informs me about the reason my service was suspended. You can imagine my surprise.... she could care less and gives me the number to the fraud department. OK, that's cool.... I mean at least I can file a claim and get this handled. WRONG!!!

    AT&T does not view this as a "fraud" case because they (the people that opened this account) have my name and S.S number, now that is terrifying. When I ask the fraud specialist if there is anything she could do for me, her response "No, there is nothing I can do for you". No compassion, no attempt at understanding, no empathy.... just a cold hard "NO". I have worked in the customer service area for years and I have NEVER EVER EVER said no flat out to a CUSTOMER, like that.

    Ok.... it is clear that this is a business with no compassion for its consumers.... they're making millions, what do they care if I barely make enough to keep my head above water as long as they get what is owed to them. So I came up with enough money to get my phone back on and I call that lovely customer service line again to get the other account cancelled. And guess what... there are fees on fees on fees....YUP! Nearly $500 to cancel an account that I didn't even know existed, well.... I don't make that kind of money and even on the strictest budget, I will come up short. They tell me it's due in a week and if it is not paid my service will be suspended again.

    It is now a little over the deadline and I call again to work out a deal.... guess how helpful those lovely CS reps were... NOT AT ALL. Again, no sympathy, no empathy. They say I have "about a week" till my phone is shut off again.... and the amount needs to be paid in full, along with my actual bill. Alright, there it is... nobody can do anything to help.... fine. Only it's not fine, the last rep I spoke with actually threatened me saying my phone can be turned off today. I'm over it and I'm over them.

    I will post this everywhere and I will tell everyone I know that this is a really crumby company with poorly trained representatives. And if they read this, I would like them to understand that their reps are just that, representing the entire company and one crack can make it crumble. Please please share this story and know that their security measures are minimal. (They couldn't even "notate" in my account that accounts should only be open in person with an id check.)

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015

    I bought Samsung s6 edge 3 months ago. My phone got turned off abruptly when I was in a call and never turned on. I placed for charging and there is no luck. I did hard reset did all solutions that were available on forums and they were no help. I went to AT&T store, they tried to do a reset and it didn't help. I asked them to exchange me with a new phone and their reply was no. They said it has to deal with Samsung. My question is I bought this device from AT&T. When I am purchasing this device did you say the same thing to me that go and buy in Samsung store??? And when people are there to buy device the way they treat is much different and when you have a problem.

    The solution they provided is to call the service center and I asked them when they have the inventory in the store why do I need to go through all the procedure and they have no answers for that. The way they ship the device takes 11 business days and they want the customers to suffer all the pain. I am paying 38$ every month for AT&T next. I tried talking to a manager named Brim **. He asked me to put AT&T agent and ended the call abruptly. I am very much disappointed with the way they deal with the customers. And the Other thing they said they will send me a certified phone. To the people who are planning to buy devices from AT&T my suggestion would be go and buy the product from the stores they manufacture. These AT&T stores are for no help. They just pretend to nice when you buy the phone and take no care when devices goes off.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015

    I made arrangements to pay my phone bill on the 12th when I was to get my SSI/DIS check. It came & I was short a little on money so I called on the 12th & said I could pay over half of the bill & pay the rest on the next check due in a week... Was told that would be fine. The lying SOBS turned my phone off today & tried to say I didn't call on the 12th. DUH! Why does it show tho that I paid the money that day? Then I called back & spoke to another person who said it showed I called in on 12th to discuss my bill. NOW who the hell is the liars here? AT&T of course!

    I have been with them over 30 years & this past year have watched my phone bill double for same services. Plus this isn't the first time they screwed me over... They did so a year ago when I decided to try out VoIP. I tried it for about a week & it was horrible. I called AT&T, told them I wanted to come back & they said I had a bill just come out & in order to start my services over again I would have to at least pay $50.00 of that bill & they would accept adding rest to next bill. So I paid the $50.00, got my phone back on including same number I had. Next thing I know I got a credit score decline due to AT&T for $126.00. Ummm HUH? That was the bill I had paid $50.00 on. I notice tho they didn't take the $50.00 off that bill charged me the full bill. They will freaking rob even the poorest of poor people!

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2015

    Data rollover is a scam. Cornering the market.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    Sick of AT&T terrible service and high rates. I wanted to quit my family plan in AT&T. On the first day of my billing cycle, I called them to cancel my family plan and before I could ask about billing problems, they directly cancelled my services. Then I got a bill - charged me more than $160 for the new billing cycle that no one got service. So I called them and asked them to solve this problem for me. They said that as the rules they set which I never agreed before, I have to pay for the bill or I can reactivate my service after I paid the bill.

    I had no choice but to pay the bill and let them to reactivate my service. Then I was informed that if I wanted to go back to AT&T I have to pay $500 deposit for the credit check! They kept telling me that if I didn't pay the bill they wouldn't run into credit check, then how could I supposed to know! They tricked me to pay the bill and not giving service that I've paid.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    AT&T sent me an offer to get $10 off my future bills IF I would call in and ask to do combined billing with my AT&T cell phone and DirecTV acct. The 1st phone call lasted 26 minutes before the operator told me I was in the wrong department and she gave me another number to call. After calling that number and spending almost 15 minutes, I was given another number to call, which turned out to be an online survey co. that wanted to sell me cruise tickets. Called the other number back and was put on hold for another 25 plus minutes before being disconnected.

    Called the number back again and after another 45 minutes of being asked to hold and be patient, I was told they would have to call me back in 24 hours because there was too much to do at this time. After more than 2 hours of calling, waiting, being disconnected, and then told they would have to call me back, I still do not have the offer confirmed or implemented. This is ridiculous and very frustrating. Why should AT&T/DirecTV be allowed to treat a loyal and longtime customer like this?

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2015

    I relocated to Georgia from Kansas and they still wanted to charge me a early termination fee. I resolve it by just paying the monthly fee of 19.00 on service I couldn't use until the end of my contract. It was much cheaper than the fee. I just can't believe they refused to work with me on the circumstances. For that reason I don't do any business with them. I feel there will always be something in the small print to get your money.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2015

    I received a bill in July 2014. I called Customer Service and talked to someone that could not find my bill, with any information I gave them, that came off the bill. After much time of trying different things, they finally found me. But could not say that the bill was mine and said since it was not associated with my SS# so it would not show up on my credit report. Received another bill the next month, called again, talked to another person, got the same answer. So shortly later received a letter from collections. I ignored it (big mistake) because I was listening to what the CS agent was telling me.

    Well here it is a year + later and I am trying to refinance my home and I find out from the mortgage loan officer that I have this hit on my credit, that I need to take care of before I can proceed with the loan. So I call the collection agency just to find out I have to go through AT&T to get them to take it off, before I can get them to remove it. So here starts my next long journey of trying to get this taken care of.

    I call AT&T first. I talk with the Fraud dept., no, that is not right, you need to talk with the Billing dept. After being transferred several times to several people and have to go through their AWFUL automated system, almost every time, I finally talk to someone in the billing dept. that said she was going to do some digging and call me back. Two days later, still hadn't heard from her so thought I want to get this taken care of before the weekend. So called at 4pm Friday night, same rigmarole, transferred, dropped, on hold and am told no I need to talk to this person or that person. Three hours later someone transferred me while I was on hold and ended up at the automated system again just to be told they were closed and call back during business hours.

    Ok, so now it's Monday and I need to get this taken care of. So after being told, no I need to talk to the Collections department, when I was transferred to the Collections dept. 2 hours later, she came on the line and said, "nope you need to talk to billing." At this point I told her "let me talk to your supervisor." After about an I was able to talk to a supervisor who finally told me how these calls were operator assisted calls to my house. Even though the number that they assisted them to wasn't my number. She tried explaining to me how this was a valid bill. After much talking, I finally got through to her or maybe she just gave up, I don't know, but supposedly she was removing the charges from (my) bill.

    In all this time I talk to 2 women that actually acted like they cared, Gerry and Camille (who should be given promotions in my mind, maybe something would get done within that company). They both went above and beyond to make sure I was connected to someone they thought would help me and stayed on the line with me until an actual person was talking with me. They both took my phone number in case the call was dropped and Camille even called me immediately back when the call was dropped.

    On the other hand, Raschelle ** and Datarius ** were two of the rudest people I dealt with and that is saying a lot, considering the people I dealt with at this company in the 10 hours of my life. I gave up to get this mess cleared up. Bottom line, do not, I repeat DO NOT do business with them unless your time means nothing to you!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2015

    Upgraded to new phone. When I ask the salesperson if anything on my account would change regarding the current apps I was using, I was told no. I upgraded my phone and found out 3 days later that I could no longer use the Visual Voicemail function (reading voice mails instead of having to listen to them). I was told by a Senior Tech (who was not even aware of the change) that this service was discontinued in July 2015 and when you changed phones it was unavailable unless you qualified the "Disability Plan Act". I am not disabled but there are situations where reading a voicemail is absolutely necessary. This function needs to be made available again for AT&T customers.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    AT&T has the most unbelievable unprofessional customer service ever. Looks like a work from home because many called, you hear the children in the background and it put you in the hole for no reason. When it comes to knowledge, almost unnoticed people laugh at gilded, you asked a simple question, it took me 48 minutes to get an answer. That is really unprofessional. It is possible, I will give AT&T customer service -10 stars. This is the reason why I decided to go with different network for my telephone business needs.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    Both my sons recently purchased a new iPhone. They were charge $750 each at the store and then were also charged a $25 a month equipment fee for two years. Therefore paying a grand total of $1500 per a phone by the end of the two-year contract. I've spent a total of 90 minutes on the phone trying to have the situation rectified. AT&T agrees with me that it is a problem but they haven't been able to make it right. They said it must be a mistake and it should not of happened but they will not correct the problem.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    Since February of 2015. I've had intermittent issues with my U-verse and Internet. The end of September I have noticed our U-verse and Internet has been shutting down and I only get about 10mbs if it was even working and I pay the max turbo which is 30mbs. I called several times to fix the problem but I just get a runaround and told me that my problem was the main box outside of my house. I told them what ever it is to fix but they cannot get me a time when they will fix it. I am paying $227 for a service I don't get.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    Every single time I have called ATT and they promised a product, service, or price they messed it up. There are too many examples to list them all here. The most recent example would be how I was promised to have the early termination fee waived by a "manager".. and I use that word loosely. I was told by workers that they see the notes in the system and that I won't be charged. Just got my bill today and I was charged 135 dollar early termination fee. I think they find the people with no common sense, no brains, and no people skills and offer them a job. Goodbye ATT... Hello Sprint and Comcast!

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    I pay $222 a month and 47 for my U-verse Internet and the plan is Mobile Share Value 1GB with Rollover Data 1gb with 3 phones. How I or anyone else can be so stupid? You'll cut my service twice now over a used phone that I pay in full for to replace my son's broken phone and at checkout, you add a 2 year contract. Check the phone history, never been used. TODAY WE WENT PREPAY unlimited data AND I SAVE $100 a month. AT&T just lost a customer and let me be the first to tell all what a joke AT&T is.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    On Oct. 9, 2015, went into store to purchase phone and plan. Purchased phone and plan which was put on my credit card. On Oct.10th returned the phone. Did not like the phone at all. I was charged a 35$ restock fee, and was told to call 800 number to get the 30$ plan fee that was put on my card in the store where I purchased phone. I had the phone less than 24 hours. The 800 number that I called said no refunds for plan, a What! I have been trying since Saturday morning to get my phone switched back to my previous carrier. It is Sunday morning, still have no phone service. I feel like AT&T is holding this up in some way. I am not technical with phones and how this whole thing works, being a senior citizen. I do know one thing - AT&T will never get my business ever!

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2015

    The worst company I've ever dealt with. I can't understand how such a large publicly traded company can run this way, it blows my mind. Cheating people with hidden cost, charging me for things I never agreed to that are so "hidden" in the bill you don't see it for months, or adding $30 to my bill for not choosing their "next" phone program? I paid for a new iPhone 6 in full from AT&T and a week after I received the phone, I get a letter saying I have to pay $30 more a month simply because I didn't choose to buy the phone on their "next" program. WTF? Seriously?

    It's unreal the country we live in allow these multi billion dollar businesses to rip people off like this and do nothing about it! Other than that unlimited data scam a few months back that caused AT&T to be fined 100 million, they rob every day. And the consumer didn't see a damn cent of that 100 million so what good came of it? I can't wait to be done with AT&T. They are modern day thieves who should be behind bars.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015

    AT&T lowers Mbps over time as they raise your bill price. There is no clear limit on data but yet they constantly dial your speeds back. I had 16 Mbps plan, checked it after 6 months and my bill has risen $20 and I now have 3 Mbps without changing plans.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015

    My wife has had AT&T for years. She complained about it continually. She stated that they would put cost on the bill which she did not want or need. In evidence of that, she is engaged in the class action AT&T suit for such actions in the past. Another incident, she requested the Samsung tablet, $10 a month payment, be removed and taken out of service once the contract amount was satisfied. They did not remove it until recently, at least 2-3 years after it should have been taken off service.

    I, more recently, was involved as I began to pay the AT&T bill. She had an issue on the warranty where it was stated to her there would be a $50.00 max fee for repairs. When a tablet needed repair, the deductible from AT&T was $200. So she has taken all insurance off the AT&T purchased items (after several attempts). Last year we purchased new LG G3 phones from AT&T. She stated NO INSURANCE, returned home to find insurance on the phones just purchased. Now I know first hand what AT&T representatives are like... HORRID. I am amazed that a large corporation can and do such violations of customer wishes, all of which seem to be monetarily in favor of their bottom line. AT&T has been the absolute worst company to deal with ever. We are moving from AT&T to never return!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    My contract started in June 27, 2015. From the beginning the salesperson told me that my wireless plan was going to cost me $58 dollars and the new iPhone 5C was only cost me $0.99 cents. After three weeks I received an Invoice for $145.00 they billed me for first month and the last month plus charged me for the phone line **… I called them and I was able to take the charge for the line since I did not used it. I already had my one phone number from Sprint.

    I had a lot of complaints from my friends and family that the line had static, they could not hear me or the calls were drop. I called their Technician multiple times to fix the problem and they were unable. They told me to go to the nearest AT&T office, that they will help me or maybe tell me if there was something wrong with the phone. These people were unable to help me so they told me to go to the Apple store and I did go the following day.

    Apple did not detected a problem but they decided to give me a new cell phone. I experienced the same problems and after few weeks going back and forth with AT&T Technician they told me to go to an AT&T service by SW Freeway and Kirby in Houston, TX. I went there and they detected a problem with the Chip and they replaced it. At the time it seems that everything was fine but until I got to the NW area where I live the same situations keep coming for several weeks until I finally gave up and they actually acknowledged that one of the towers in my area was down.

    I was fed up and tried many times to have them help me because I was not satisfied with the wireless service they provided. I was having trouble with my final bill because they were billing me for the service of one month $90 dollars plus the charge of the cell phone of $315.00. I went back to the nearest AT&T office and I was able to have one of the ladies help me get a return shipping label for the iPhone 5C and she had them emailed this information to her and she printed the label and I shipped it back to NEWGISTICS, INC. Smart Label Returns, Parcel Return Service **, RMA No. **, Tracking No. **.

    I shipped the phone in September 4, 2015. AT&T is still charged me $315 for breaking the contract but the actual price of the Cell is $315 so I feel that AT&T was not able to provide the service that I was expecting and they still want me to pay when it's AT&T breached the contract because their service was Horrible, the worse service compare to other providers like T-Mobile and Sprint. NOTE: I WOULD LIKE FOR AT&T TO WAIVE THE CHARGES IN THE AMOUNT OF $315.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    I had AT&T service for 2 years prior to September 2015. I was under a contract for 2 years which I was told would end on February 2015. I changed to Verizon in September and much to my surprise I got a bill from AT&T today with a termination fee of $135.00. When I called they informed me that I was under contract until January 2016. I moved to Arizona last November and kept the number and service with AT&T. In the first place I would never renew my phone service with AT&T because I have had serious problems with them in the past. I know they are in error of this information.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    I canceled my account with AT&T because of their terrible customer service and outrageous pricing almost 3 months ago and switched to T-mobile. I paid almost $200 worth of early termination fees to get out as fast as I could. I received an email yesterday saying I have a past due bill for AT&T for $233.76. I call their customer service line and wait on the phone with 6 different representatives for over 2 hours trying to figure out why they are still billing me. At the end of everything, they say that the bill is valid because my account was never canceled. What? I remember calling in and being told that by paying them this extra $185 in early termination fees I would be closing my account. And now they're still billing me?! I will never recommend AT&T to anyone and will never use their service again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    This provider charge an outrageous amount for first month of VERY basic service ($242.00) and then when we dropped back to just internet service (which they are still VERY high on at about $90.00), charged an extra $105.00 for early termination fees.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    In December 2014 I lost internet service. I called AT&T and there was when I realize that I had no paper bills even when I have never signed for paperless. After hours in the phone first searching for the account number, they told me that I would have to buy a new modem, I asked if I could change from DSL to U-verse. They said yes. I have the equipment from other location. So, they promised they will install it the next day. I did not went to work waiting for the tech. By 1 pm, I called to ask when the tech was coming. They said that I was scheduled for Friday (that day was a Wednesday). I told them what the lady promised and they said that she should never offer that. So, in that moment I request the cancellation of the service, making sure both services DSL and U-verse were cancelled. It took me until January to keep calling and telling them that I did not want neither of the services.

    In January, I hire a different company. As the time went by, I noticed that I was still being charged for the service. I called again. Since December, I requested a final bill in the mail. I never got one. Once, I got a check from AT&T for $8 or so. I thought it was it. In March, I went to the AT&T store for a issue with my cell. The associate there signed me in myAT&T application in the phone. There was when I notice a overdue charge. I have no clue that I had an outstanding balance. I called and AT&T said that the issue was resolved. Then, I started to received collection calls. I called again, this time AT&T said that the reason why it was not resolved is because it required a supervisor to authorize the credit in the account. So, the lady said that she had emailed the supervisor and that the issue was resolved. The amount disappear from the application.

    Weeks later, the phone calls continue. I called again. This time, they said that the supervisor did not complete the process but that this time the supervisor will do it. Every time, I asked for confirmation, and they promised to email me or call me in a given time. They never did. Weeks later, the same story. The same waste of time in the phone, the same promises; but this time they promised to credit my account in an amount over the due amount so I would received a check in the mail for 30 some dollars as a proof that the correction was made. I have never received such a refund. Then, the collection calls again. And I called again, first they saw the credit, then they transferred me to another department who did not see any credits, bouncing back and forward for hours in the phone.

    At the end, the same promise that this issued was resolved. Weeks later the same thing. This time, I chat. The same promise last Oct. 2, 2015, "Everything is resolved, just wait for a confirmation call in 72 hours. Here I am in Oct. 9, 2015, no call yet. I entered to myAT&T online, and the balance due still there. I chat for long time bounced between departments 5 representatives until the last one called me to connect me with Cancellations Department, who connected me with the supervisor, and the call dropped.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2015

    This has got to be the worst wireless service I have ever had. I switched from another service and am very sorry I did this. First of all, people call me and sometimes my phone rings and sometimes it doesn't. Most of the time when people call, it goes straight to voice mail. Secondly, I get constant dropped calls. When I make a call, it takes 20 seconds in dead silence and then the call may or may not go through. If the call goes through, it just drops. I called AT&T and they told me to shut down the phone and restart it. I have done this many times, but it doesn't help. When my contract is up, I will NOT renew it with them again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2015

    Don't know where to begin due to this situation being a nightmare. Ordered New Service. Installation technician could not completely install due to obstacles, but was able to get partial. 1 day later Cox cut all connections. Attempted to cancel service. Called over 50 times to get account straightened out, it never did. I continued to receive overdue bill notices for $150.00 (only had service for 1 day!!!). Began receiving collection calls, yet I called and documented each call, with them promising me they would look into it and call me back - never called me back. Ended up paying so it would not negatively impact credit score. DISGUSTING.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    I have been trying to cancel my service for 3 weeks. I have paid all fees required to cancel my service. AT&T will not unlock my phone number. This has resulted in me paying for two cell phone companies as they did unlock 3 of my other phones. They have been difficult and transferred me 4 times to speak to someone. Each time I had to repeat all of my info. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told they were not available. I asked for the name of the supervisor. I was given only a first name. I asked for the last name. I was told they didn't know the last name. REALLY? Who doesn't know the last name of a supervisor.

    Then I was told they couldn't unlock my phone right now, but couldn't tell me when that would be. I explained that I have waited for three weeks and all other phones were unlocked. It's outrageous. It's theft! NEVER USE AT&T!! They also tried to sell me new plans. I explained unless they could match my current deal I was not interested and yet they kept trying. AS IF. I just want my phone unlocked. THIS IS THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. STEER CLEAR OF AT&T!!!! THIS IS NOT A GOOD COMPANY.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    I called for internet service problem back in July 2015 for not getting any signal. CS Agent cannot resolve the problem and suggest to send another modem to replace the old one. Since I paid for the modem last year for $100 to begin my internet service I was told that if a pay this amount I will technically owned it. So all was set until last July, which I had to call them to fix my signal. Anyway, before I agreed to them I made sure that I am not getting charge for replacing my modem, the service and installation and the modem itself is free of charge. I got 100 percent response of NO CHARGE will be put on your bill. For that I said yes! The technician came, brought the new modem and took the old one.

    Now, exactly October 7, 2015 I checked my bill and I am trying to pay for my bill. A lease charge for the modem appeared in my bill. It is less than $8. I called the customer service and asked about it. They told me about the new policy which began in January 2015 that there will be no more replacing equipment and that you can either lease the modem or pay for the whole amount. And I just learned that the lease for this modem will be for the entire time I will have their service. Are you serious! They told me it's their policy, but how about me which was not notified about it during my conversation with the technical support? The CS agent told me that they send an email regarding this. How's that? I am on the phone with them, I asked a few times if I am going to get charge about the new modem replacement, they said "no." Take note, I was told that it wasn't their fault. So was it my fault then?!

    Back and forth over and over the agents are telling me their policy but didn't consider the fact that the reason I called was, I wasn't notified about the charge cause if I was then, I will let it go. It is only $8 but the problem is I was not aware and to me they are fraud. One agent actually hang up on me. Very unprofessional! And their customer service are not trained well. Rude and not knowledgeable enough. I requested an investigation and playback my conversation with the technical support who dealt with me when I reported my internet service problem last July or August.

    I want the $8 charge OFF in my bill not just waive for 1 month. And even though the warranty book is attached they should notify their customer about it in the sense of Service Operation Procedure. This is not the first time it happened to me and I am very dissatisfied with their service. And what happen to the old modem? If there's is no warranty for that, why did they took it? It's mine already. I told them I paid for it, I bought it and so I want it back!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    I needed to cancel my DSL service due to moving, but when I called AT&T and after being transferred numerous times explaining my situation over and over they were unable to find my account. This wasted a ton of my time and yet never got my issue to close my account resolved. Thus allowing AT&T to continue charging me for a service I was not using. Finally after digging through my boxes I found a bill with an account number and called back. I was assured she would credit me for the time I had not used the service and close my account. I was also promised a call back about new service which never happened.

    About a month later I see a charge on my debit account for $24.05 that was clearly not authorized, because my account and auto draft was suppose to be cancelled. I called today and without any exaggeration I was transferred to SIX different people for something as simple as a billing error. Highly unacceptable customer service and again a waste of my time only to finally be transferred to technical support for NO reason. I finally hung up. I can't take the incompetence of AT&T's employees any longer. This is absolutely the last account I will hold with them. I plan on transferring mine and my families wireless service to another company as well.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    We chose to go with a bundle package that included a $100 rewards visa card. We never got a letter in the mail (which AT&T claimed they sent) that was suppose to inform us how to claim the reward card. Whenever we called to complain, a customer service representative would tell us they would take care of it or we would be disconnected after an hour of being on hold. Once we got a hold of someone who wasn't disconnecting, we found out the rewards card expires if we do not claim it after a month. So AT&T swindled us out of $100. The only reason we chose the bundle package (which was originally more expensive) was to use the $100 card towards those bills to make it less expensive than the non bundle option. We feel like our time was wasted, our satisfaction was not their concern, and we ended up losing money because of their mistake.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015

    I really am so tired of AT&T. I have tried so hard to stick with them as a company. I have had them longer than any other service but they don't want or need my loyalty. A mobile phone is an item designed to be mobile, to be used wherever you are. I recently talked with AT&T and told them I was anticipating an upcoming move for my family. I have been and stayed at our new home and the AT&T service is horrible.

    I asked them what they or we can do to get better service. They recommended I spend another $150.00 to buy some device that works off the internet and that will give my phones better service. Wow, AT&T just invented the in home non-mobile phone and I get to pay another $150.00 to get it. Yeah for me. When will all of the government people stand up for us as a group of consumers that are getting fleeced at every turn?

    This is a cell phone. It should deliver a mobile service and if it does not, then why should I be required to pay for it or pay to get out of some contract? I will in the end pay what it costs to get rid of this poor quality that I have dealt with. I guess now, I should start looking for a better satellite TV service. Since DIRECTV is now owned by AT&T, the service promises to only get worse.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015

    I received a statement last night from AT&T, although I haven't been an AT&T customer for years. Upon opening the statement, I discovered that I had a credit of $24.28 on my account. There was no explanation as to where this credit came from, so I called the customer service number to get some answers. I repeated "representative" to the automatic answering robot approximately 50 times before being put on hold for the next available representative, who picked up about 10 minutes later. I explained the issue and asked her where this credit came from. After asking me a bunch of security questions that I was lucky to still remember the answers to, she looked into my old account. Apparently, I had made my last payment on 10/29/2011 (FOUR YEARS AGO!) and had overpaid by $24.28. She then asked me if I remembered why I overpaid.

    I told her that I didn't even remember making that payment, let alone what the amount was... after all, it was FOUR YEARS AGO. Then she asked me how I found out that I had the credit balance in the first place. After explaining that I had just received the FIRST statement from them in four years with this credit balance on it, I asked her to please send me a check for the credit. She told me that she would have to reopen the account, make a work order, and then someone would review the account and would then PROBABLY send me a check.

    At this point, I half-seriously asked her to include the interest I would have accrued had that amount been in my bank account for the past four years. She told me this wasn't possible (Really?!?). Then I asked her to pass on my anger to the next person down the line. Since when is it okay for a company to keep an account credit for four years? I realize that $24.28 is not a huge sum of money, but it is MY money, and I want it back!

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015

    Being charged for promotions they forced on me & extremely rude when it comes to setting up a onetime payment plan. Haven't had access to online to view my bill to see what I'm being charged. To turn off the automatic paperless I need to login to account online. Makes no sense. Seems like I can’t get access because they don't want me to see the overcharges. Extremely upset.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    I have been fighting with AT&T about a monthly $7.00 + tax leasing charge to my account, on a Modem I paid $99 + tax when I first got the service. Suddenly they decided that they are going to charge equipment leasing fees on it. How can they charge a lease fee on a Modem that was paid for therefore own by the consumer? This is ridiculous, imagine how much money they are stealing from the many people who paid for their modem, and are charged these monthly fees? There are Millions of Dollars they are stealing from Consumers. I hope someone does start a class action suit to make them pay for such charges and aggravation related to them.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    Because the service as of now is terrible. I have had my phones for about 1 month now and I have had nothing but problems since. I had issues the day I wanted to buy the phones and it ended up taking 4 days for everything to get worked out. Then where I live and the roads I travel and where I work, I have no signal and I am forever dropping calls. Sprint had the ability to make Wi-Fi calling and AT&T does not (WTF). This sucks because if you did, then at least 2 of these would be handled. Then I get my first bill saying that I am $177 late but with no statement on as to what the money is for. When I call you all, I get hung up on and talked down to like I am crazy for wanting to see what I am being charged for, but yet AT&T can not even tell me.

    Then I get my next bill for a grand total of $1,156. Which nowhere on the bill do I see 177 late charge from the previous bill. There is $756 for a "balance transfer." Which no one at the call center can seem to help me with. I spent 4.5 hours on the phone with them on Saturday 10/03/2015 and got transferred multiple times, hung up on a few times and left on hold a few times for a very long time, and one guy even lied straight to me and said that he was not going to put me back on hold and did it anyway. I have never been with a company that sends out a bill but cannot explain why you are being charged what is on there. This is the worst experience I have ever had and I will voice that opinion until something changes or I switch companies again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    First bill arrived with a $49.00 + tax service connection fee which was not disclosed when I ordered the service. They did remove this fee upon calling. Second bill arrived with fees that were not correct including adding services I never ordered plus not removing voice mail charges. I called - spoke to representative who told me that a $35.00 credit would be applied to my account. I deducted this $35 upon paying my bill.

    Third bill arrived again with incorrect charges and a carryover of $35 from previous bill for the credit I took off the prior bill. I called again and spoke to a loyalty specialist who told me that a manager would be calling me to resolve the matter. Instead of a manager calling me, I received a Service Interruption Notice. The very next day I picked up the phone to call AT&T about this interruption notice and the line had been disconnected. Fourth bill (retrieved from online) shows that they have now charged me $35 for restoral of phone service. If there was another local landline carrier in the area I would change in a heartbeat. They are completely unethical is my final conclusion. I would not recommend AT&T to anyone and will never change my cell phone carrier to AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2015

    I purchased an iPhone from AT&T in Anchorage Alaska as an 80th birthday present for my mother who lives in Salome, Arizona. I also purchased the GoPhone service at the same time. Later, I found that AT&T does not have service in Salome, Arizona. I thought that since I had purchased the phone outright and was sold working service in Salome, I would have no problem getting the phone unlocked so I could purchase service from another carrier that covered the area. I have spent hours trying. I have offered to pay the 6 months of service up front to get out from under this contract, but have been told by AT&T that I have to keep the service for 6 months of time, even though service is not provided in Salome, AZ by AT&T.

    I even received an e-mail from AT&T that agreed to unlock the phone, only to be told that we received that e-mail by mistake. I am not looking for anything extra. I will even pay for the 6 months of no service up front. I just want my 80-year-old mother to have a birthday gift she can actually use. If there is anyone that has experienced this type of treatment before or has any ideas what I can do to make AT&T see how ridiculous this is, please reply. Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2015

    They have excessive random charges. The plans are simply outrageously expensive. No network coverage and when complain to the customer service, it's not addressed and just repeat that the charges are valid. What a rip off company!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2015

    Now, I know what you're asking yourself; who on earth would want a two year contract these days? Well friends, Romans, countrymen, I can tell you who; us mythical creatures with unlimited data, and for obvious reasons, few more important than AT&T's CEO losing sleep over it, I'm more than willing to hang on to that bad boy. Except, now there's a problem, and it goes a little something like this: the CEO of AT&T says, and I quote, "I regret how we offered our data packages in the beginning, we basically said 30 dollars, all you can eat. I lose sleep at night over this and other things such as Apple's iMessage."

    Oh my sweet Randall, that is music to my ears, as well as many other thousands of AT&T users who hate your scheming ways. You see, life as an AT&T customer had been going okay for me, Randall, other than, yes my bill is a bit high, but way less than most cell phone users, and it's always without errors, but the problem, Randall, came today when I had patiently waited two years to upgrade my phone, and today was the day, Randall, I was going to walk out of that trendy hipster Apple Store holding my new iPhone 6s, in my new Toms, but you, good sir, had other plans for me. You see, my fellow AT&T rioters, now at the Apple Store you can no longer purchase an iPhone if you wish to hold on to your two year contract, and simply "upgrade" your current phone.

    You can only switch to Next, which in my case is more money for less data, or buy the phone outright. Us frugal two year contractors boasting our unlimited data have only one option, to purchase our phones online and wait for decades until the FedEx guy begrudgingly throws it at our front doors. I know what your thinking, quit whining, go online and order your precious phone, but it's the principle. I was bitter, for a while, thankfully, as I was in a mall I could take my rage out in the form of twenties and buy a multitude of leggings at the neighboring H&M, who financially gained from my demise, but here I was being punished for being a loyal, long standing financial partner in your unhonest form of making a living, Sir Randall.

    Well, at the end of the day, Sir Randall, I decided it is no trouble to wait a few more weeks for Benny to launch my coveted iPhone 6s at my front door. In the meantime, I will continue allowing friends, strangers, enemies, children, dogs and cats of all ages to use my retro Iphone 5 as they wish on planes, trains, cars, boats and will continue to be in the top 5% of data users each month. Why you ask? Because now I have new H&M leggings and can post my #ootd, and I'm sleeping like a baby. Knowing you, Sir Randall, spend many relentless nights tossing and turning, wondering how to kick me off my two year contract while also trying to conjure up a way to get a camel through the eye of a needle. Sleep tight sir Randall, sleep tight.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2015

    The past week my wife and I had been getting notices about our cellular data usage two weeks into our billing cycle. Here's how it played out: Notified at 75% of plan. Notified at 90% of plan. Notified 100% and over plan and will be charged $15 for an additional G. I go online to my account and look at things and try to find out more. Fruitless. Go to the chat help and explain my problem. Basically it's this. We are not using our phone any differently this month than the months before, yet our data usage is way out of line.

    Chatman suggested, we turn the data on and off when we enter or leave the house. I explain to him, again, I am not using the phone any differently and I am wondering why data usage is so high this month. I tell him "I have never had to turn my data on and off when entering or leaving the house." Chatman restates the "turn it on, turn it off" suggestion.

    We go back and forth on this a couple more times and then Chatman offers to credit my account the $15 overage fee and to give me 5G's of data. I ask him "is that for both phones." "Yes." "Fine, now can you tell me why my data usage is so abnormal." He says it should not be a problem now that I have 5G's of data. We go back and forth again. I am trying to find the cause of the usage. Chatman has solutions to my condition but not to the cause of my condition. I ask to talk via phone with someone who may be more helpful. Chatman accommodates my request and I begin a telephone conversation with another AT&T person. They are quite nice and immediately understands my concern and begins to review my cellular data usage.

    She says, "You recently changed your plan." I tell her I didn't change my plan. “It says you changed to the 5G plan.” Boom! I have just realized that Chatman was not compensating me with additional G's get me through the remaining 2 weeks of billing. He had changed my existing plan from 3G's to 5G's for good. He had sold me a new plan without telling me. I inquire how much more per month it will cost. Boom! She says $10 per month.

    I tell her I never agreed nor intended to change my plan. I was led to believe I was being relieved of any additional data overages for the remainder of my billing cycle. I intended to find the reason for the high data usage that was all. I asked her to change my plan back. I again explained to her, I am trying to find out why I am suddenly using so much data while I am using the phones the same way as we always have. Boom! She tells me about the Apple ios9 upgrade and the "Wi-Fi-assist" button. This is the first time this button is mentioned in the 1 hour I have been working with AT&T on this problem.

    I don't know if it was intentional or not. She did not reply to my request to change the data plan back. The update info makes a little bit of sense, since I did do an ios9 Apple update about 2 weeks before. Then I ask her to change my plan back and we will see if this fixes the usage issue. Another Boom! She tells me my 3G plan (which I had just 45 minutes ago) is no longer available. Stunned...

    I tell her very clearly I never intended to change plans, that Chatman never told me I was changing plans or how much the additional plan would cost. I asked for a copy of the chat dialogue between Chatman and myself since it wasn't available to me to print out once. Chatman transferred via phone. She told me one wasn't available. She told me she will make a note in my file and that someone will decide about changing my plan back and contact me in 4-5 business days. I thanked her and told her, again very clearly. If they don't return me back to my 3G plan I will cancel all my AT&T accounts and I will tell everyone I know about my experience. FYI: These conversations were very professional, cordial and respectful by all of us.

    3 areas of concerns as they relate to my experiences. 1. Does At&t expects these customer experiences and the training is to upsell more G's as a solution. They don't want to help you find how you waste data, they want you to buy more. 2. The training is poor and out of date. Why did it take an hour to learn of the "Wi-Fi-assist" switch. If the Chatman had offered me this solution first we would have been off the chat in a minute. Or a combination of all three.

    The thing that has me most upset by far, and by far I mean miles farther than the data usage overages, is the fact, AT&T says my 3G plan is no longer available moments after switching me. This happened once before a couple of years ago. Same vague switch dressed up as a solution. Their solution had nothing to do with my data usage problem.

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    CoverageOnline & App

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2015

    I was with T-mobile when I stayed in Seattle for about a year. Tired of their small coverage and switched to AT&T since I did not want to buy a new phone. Talked to the man who work at there and they assured me that AT&T has the largest coverage and fastest 4G internet speed. I chose goPhone prepaid instead of signing a contract. I was fine with AT&T all the time when I stayed in Seattle since it is a big city. When I moved to South Carolina, problems came one after one!

    I moved to Myrtle Beach 2014 and it's a tourist paradise. It's not as big as Seattle but it is still considered as a city. The neighborhood that I live is close to main highway. Blind spot is everywhere if you stick with AT&T. I paid 60 every month to have 4GB of data in LTE speed. Somehow, LTE network never work in the area around my neighborhood. I had manually switch to 4G in order to use Internet. LTE logo was displayed but it wouldn't connect me to the Internet. Tried it on Galaxy s4, s3, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. People around me who use AT&T experienced the same thing! Changed SIM card and it didn't solve the problem. Sometimes the 4G wouldn't connect me to the Internet and I had to manually switch it back to LTE! This is ridiculous! No reception at all in some part of I-77? Really? Their performance is unacceptable.

    I finally switch to Verizon which is so much better than AT&T. Paying 60 every month with a new iPhone 6s 64GB which support both CDMA and GSM and sharing 3GB data with one more person! AT&Ts iPhone doesn't support CDMA but GSM only! Switch to Verizon if you care about the quality before you regret with AT&T!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2015

    I purchased an iPhone online 5 days ago. They charged me yet cancelled my order with no explanation. I called customer service to ask why. They told me because my bill was passed due so the phone was cancelled. I said it was not late, and they said they used my payment for the next month and my current payment was late. I told them that cannot be true as that would be illegal. They agreed and said they had no idea why the order was cancelled, yet I was still being charged. After one hour on hold they told me they would give me a courtesy credit for my troubles (after practically begging) and they would be refunding my money for the phone in 3 business days or less. I called back 5 business days later as I was still being charged for the cancelled phone. They kept me on hold for "an indeterminate amount of time" waiting for a supervisor because the girl couldn't help me.

    She recommend I fight the charge with my bank, which is ridiculous. I professionally manage a bank and know this isn't how these things work. It is AT&T’s responsibility to refund me. After 1 hour and 20 minutes of begging for a supervisor she puts one on the phone. Before even introducing himself he condescendingly tells me he needs copies of my bank statement and then he'll transfer me to the Premier department to see if I really was charged. Why would I be on hold this long if I was lying? I tell him I know the Premier department is closed and he tells me it is not. He says he will transfer me. I asked “Why did the previous rep say she needed a manager approval for the refund?” if he would transfer me. He was very condescending and rude, like he was happy to say no to me.

    Finally, after asking for a warm transfer clearly and specifically so that I would not have to repeat my entire story again and him promising he'd do so, he transferred me to a line that simply said "We are currently closed" and hung up on me. I want my money back immediately. This was absolutely atrocious customer service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015

    I ended my connection with AT&T after ten years due to their increase in prices. After a month, they sent me an early "termination" fee of $184. Funny thing is, I have never signed a contract with them! They established an auto contract renewal, which I have never seen evidence of or approved of. I was able to resolve the problem after spending about 30 minutes with a very kind representative. 1 month later I receive another bill from AT&T for long distance of $50. First of all, I have never called long distance. Second of all, I have NO connection with you whatsoever. So I called AT&T again.

    They transferred to one representative to the next, totaling 5 representatives who were still not able to resolve the problem. Then, I explained my situation to the final representative. She mentions all of this nonsense that I have never signed or heard of, and states the representative I talked to two months ago was inexperienced. If he was inexperienced why was he not trained properly and was able to delete the error of $184?! An "inexperienced" representative wouldn't have the power to do that. Now I have to wait five days for a manager to get back to me. Ridiculous.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015

    I cannot believe AT&T is willing to lose $1000's of dollars in revenue a year over a $200 credit. Their agent told me I would be charged $40, instead I was charged $246. Is it too much to ask a company to stand by what their agents are telling people?

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015

    I have used my phone card and used local number to dial out US for international call. I’ve been using AT&T and this international phone company for many years and never get double charge from AT&T. I never used 011 to dial out which is I don't use AT&T line to make an international call and they scam and charged me for making international call thru their AT&T line. They reduce from $170 for 49 minutes phone call to $25 for connection fees. Are they a thief? They said they don't support 3rd party, is that right? I would like to let everyone knows that AT&T is a scam company. You should lock your international call so when you use your phone card they couldn't charge your international call period.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015

    Like most customers who wanted to have the latest phone, I switched to AT&T from Verizon back when the 1st iPhone came out and been stuck with them ever since. Overall, it was an ok service and lived through all the upgrades. For the past several months my service been nothing but a problem. Missing calls, text messages, poor reception, slow internet. Spend countless hours with technical support and did everything possible but the problem was never resolved.

    My contract is finally up and I was happy to cancel and go to a more reliable company with a better service and pay a lot less only come to find out one of the phones contract is ending next year (I have 3 on the account). So instead of accommodating a loyal customer over 10 years and waiving the termination fee, I'm forced to pay additional $100. This is what you should expect from their customer service. I'm furious that this is how they treated me after paying my bills on time for a decade and being forced to switch to another company due to their horrible service. I'm just happy that I won't be wasting my time and missing important business calls ever again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015

    I have only been billed correctly twice in a 15 month period. It has been a lot of fast talk. I've been told for security purposes they are not allowed to email or send a response in writing. Initially the receivers were at no charge and every month I had to call in for credits to be issued. Each month after a good 30 minutes on hold I eventually did get my credit but the next month the same hassle. I finally stopped calling. I just send them the same letter with my bill each month. To add insult to injury they increased the receiver fee a few months ago.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    I bought a HTC Desire Pay As You Go at Best Buy the first week of January 15 for $183 with taxes. On July 22, I called technical support because the phone was not working properly despite 2 master resets. The tech told me that the device may have a manufacturing issue and it was still under warranty. A replacement device was sent to me two weeks or less after the conversation. 3 weeks later, I received another device which turned to be my old device with a letter stating that the phone had water damage and therefore I must pay $199 for the replacement. My monthly bill was up by $223 due to the replacement phone.

    I called them back to be told that I agreed to pay that amount of the phone had water damage. I never agreed to that because the rep never suggested to check for water damage. Moreover, it is difficult and surely impossible to open the back cover. I told them that I will send back the device because it is absurd to pay $199 + taxes for a refurbished phone while the brand new phone is being sold way cheaper. I was told it is their policy and I must pay that price even if the phone originally cost less than fifty dollars. I believe that is a fraudulent tactic to sell refurbished devices to customers. This rip off tactic will continue to the finish line. AT&T and it's employees are worse than thieves in the street. There is no loyalty to customers, I will cut all their services. Please don't do business with thieves/AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    This is the never ending AT&T horror story. Back in July I called AT&T to get internet. The guy on the phone quoted me 14.95 a month for a year and no installation fee because I was a former AT&T customer. I got my first bill and it was $190. $130 for the internet per month and an installation fee. I called and was told they would fix it and they told me to pay 14.95 for that month and then it would have to be 29.95 a month for the remainder of the year. And then a couple of days later AT&T showed up to install a land line that I never requested. They said I missed my appointment with them. I was at work and never knew anyone was coming because I did not order a phone!!! Tech came out on Saturday and "fixed" what was done.

    Then I came home a couple of weeks later to a bill for $255. They never fixed the account. My wi-fi was no longer working and it kicked me to billing for me to pay the $255. They disconnected my service even after speaking with them about the bill at least 4 or 5 times, one hour at a time (at least). To make a long story short, I received another bill the other day for $60. This is for the phone they installed and for internet service. I can't take it anymore. I truly have spent about 8 hours on the phone since August with AT&T. They always say they will help and then nothing gets done. I finally talked to someone that I believe might be helping with the $255. But then I got the $60 bill so I was on the phone yesterday again trying to tell them I do not have a land line and I refuse to pay. It is amazing to me that a company can be run this poorly. Feel like no one cares. It really sucks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    I was on the phone with AT&T representative asking a simple questions and I called around 10:05 am and they were keeping me transfer to different representative. I requested to speak with a manager and I was on hold from 11:05 am until 12:25 pm and I got disconnected. I have been AT&T consumer for last 7 years. Thank you AT&T.

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    Price

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    AT&T always overcharged and the service is not good. They tell me I'm going to pay 54.00 monthly and they charge me over a hundred. I need someone do something about it. Please help me.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    I spoke with 6 people in 1 week and all 6 people had a different story. The first 4 people said they would fix the billing issue that is AT&T's fault and then they never did! Then I called two more times and the other two people had an attitude and said the other 4 staff members lied to me. I asked them "why would your company lie to me?" I'm the customer and I expect someone who tells me "I'll fix the problem to fix the problem." I can't believe this. And now I have to call and speak to the 7th person and my billing issue is STILL NOT FIXED. AT&T is a joke.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    2 yr. contract, you pay $200 on upgrade, eligible. Compare at about $28 a month 30 mos., ridiculous and I wasn't told that on upgrade, I'd lose accumulated data. Looked at my data remaining, it had started again, losing about 12 gigs. Deceiving as I used to pay $105, taxes included. Now I am paying around $150 a month... more.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    iPhone plus 6s ATT. When texting the screen is black. Phone goes off, will not come back. On call ATT they tell you call apple. What a joke. Call apple, Apple says Download their update. So you do that but their update is corrupted so another update to fix first update. Then your phone is still screwed up then its restore your phone. One person says iTunes. You go there. Next rep says, "no, go to iCloud." Back to iTunes, phone still not working. 10 hours on one phone, still not working. Phone under warranty and you have to put up with this. They corrupted the phone with their update next update to fix the first update which corrupted my phone. Had to reset everything on phone. Word of caution: Stay far away from ATT.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015

    Tried to take advantage from my broken english. I tried to buy 2 watches Motorola 360 and the sale consultant Dennis ** told me that the Motorola 360 was compatible with iPhone 6 plus. Also he insisted to sell me the adapters for it telling me that was all the package together was the offer from AT&T for the week (after I found out was not true.)

    At home I tried to setup watches with my iPhone and naturally was not working because online I found out that they are not compatible. I went back at the store that sold me the watches with all the adapters and I complain with them about it and they let me lose just time. I got the retail Sales Manager MELVIN ** who literally told me in front of other people and my relative: "GET ** OUT FROM HERE." I asked to repeat and HE DID. I called AT&T and they said that cannot do anything about. Beautiful. Thank you AT&T. You will never see me again as customers whether my friends.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015

    I upgraded my iPhone recently. I went to the store and it all went smoothly. I was talked into an iPad mini which I do actually find very useful and it was free apart from a small ($10) monthly cellular charge. What I am very miffed about is that I was not told of the $200 deductible on the insurance. If they told people about the deductible no one would keep it. I only found out because I cracked the screen cover which they can sell you for $35. I got a replacement on Amazon for $8.99. So be warned. Your iPhone insurance has a whopping deductible which they do not tell you about - until you have an issue.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015

    AT&T is by far the worst company that I have ever gotten with. 1) They scammed me for at least over $15,00. Within my two year contract they tell me that I'm going over my data almost every month so they charge me an extra $100 every time. I think I paid my actual contract monthly payment only five times within two years so I've called them multiple times, reported it and they tell me it's my phone. It runs data on its own, so I took it into my own hands and turned off my data for a whole month and still somehow I went over. You tell me how that happened. It's easy, I'm being scammed by this company.

    2) They have the worst service and when I called to report this they say it's the area that I'm in or it's my phone and they told me this when I lived in three different areas and three different side to town. I get dropped calls all the time are don't receive calls or text messages and till hours later or days. 3) Their customer service is not very customer pleasing. They're rude and they always point the finger at you. 4) Their data is slow. The Internet is slow. 5) They are very expensive. You pay more to get less.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015

    I upgraded one of the phones to iPhone 5C under our Family Share Plan 4 months ago. Sales rep at AT&T store in Santa Monica stated the cost will be $0.99 plus 2 year commitment which I agreed to. Now that I want to change carriers, I found out AT&T changed our plan to Mobile Share Plan without my knowledge and authorization, and requesting $350 to unlock the phone to be able to change carriers. AT&T spends billions on advertising and getting new customers yet play shady tricks on their clients as soon as they find out one of their customer is leaving them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015

    The service is very bad, customer service is the worst and I keep getting random bills and extra fees every month. When I go to AT&T store to complain about these issues all I get from them is "you can cancel but you still have to pay cancellation fee". I hate this company.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015

    AT&T arbitrarily charged my billing due date from the 1st of the month to the 25th of the month so I ended up paying twice in the month of July. I called billing - they say it's correct. I kept trying to tell them I will be making 13 payments this year instead of twelve. They don't get it. Said they would give me a $25 credit, for what? I don't owe you anything. They will probably shut off my service by Monday. I spent over 4 hours on the phone with them... I should be billing them for my time. Monday - a complaint will be filed with the attorney general's office. This is a class action suit in the making. I'm done with them.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015

    I purchased an iPhone 6 in Jun 2015 from an AT&T store in Tracy, CA thinking it was brand new, 100% apple iPhone for my wife. I paid full price, cash it out. Two months later we started noticing problems with the battery dying. We called AT&T customer service several times trying to fix but no luck. They recommended taking it to an Apple Store which we did, an hour away one way. The Apple store recognized it was only three months old and was willing to replace it. They decided to open it up and see what was wrong. To our surprise, they discovered that the battery was previously replaced with an non-apple battery and is being held with white tape. They also discovered that the display had a QR code that is not on Apple displays as well. Of course this meant that they weren't going to replace the phone and that now I have to deal with AT&T.

    I called AT&T customer service letting them know I was unhappy at getting a non-apple product. They deterred me, did nothing, and told me to go back to the AT&T store. I went to the store and the manager there named Chris was acting very stupid. He had made up his mind before he even spoke to us. Just came to tell us that we were liars. He was accusing us of doing this to the phone saying that AT&T didn't sell it like this. I am extremely annoyed and disappointed at the service there.

    I told him “Why would I replace a battery on a phone under warranty? That doesn't make sense.” The phone is in like mint condition and doesn't have any signs of drops or breaks. It has been in protective screen front and back plus a cover the whole time. This phone was babied since we bought it and we got it like this from the store. I am very very very disappointed at AT&T for selling me a fake iPhone. I will report this to Apple and post everywhere. I am sure I am not the only one that this happened to. AT&T SELLING FAKE IPHONES.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    I bought 3 different AT&T prepaid card - this is the first time I will use this. The first card was a $45 Worth - refill and go. I was not able to use it because I don't have the right cell phone carrier, it was not use at all. The second card is worth $25 and I was not able to use it. It was not scratch, good as a new card. I try to refund it at Walmart Rosemead where I bought it. The manager decline it even with a receipt so for the At&T prepaid card these are ripoff and a scam...Be careful users of prepaid card of At&t. I am really disappointed about this. At least Walmart Rosemead should be able to refund my second card!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    Was with Verizon and want to upgrade phones so we talked to AT&T and we told there is a great promotion that we would get a $200 credit after 90 days per phone for switching service. Sept 17th was 90 days. I called and was told "Your money will show up on the next bill." I checked again Monday Sept 21st and we showed a $200 credit. When I called I was told there is no $200 per phone program. I persisted for 10 minutes and asked to talk to a supervisor and mysteriously all of a sudden they found the $200 per phone program and assured me everything was taken care of but he did not have enough credit available to process my credit that it would show up in 24-72 hours.

    I waited until today, Sept 26th to call back and ask where is my other $200. Gee, imagine my surprise when no one had anything about the talk on Monday. Asked to speak to supervisor and was told "You are taken care of. You will see your credit show up in 24-72 hours." I asked to speak to her boss who conveniently was not available to take a call and he would call me back in 24-72 business hours which may mean Thursday. I have spent almost 3 hours total on the phone and my expectation is to get another $75 credit for all my time and aggravation.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    From day one I've had bad experience, sent me three phones cause first two didn't work... DO NOT GET AT&T. I spoke with EVONNE last night in accounts receivable. She was so rude asking me if I pay attention to my bill, she was arguing with me. I told her she sounded rude. She said, "so do you." Wow horrible. She must not care about the customers cause At&t doesn't inform their employees to treat us right. At&t doesn't care about their customers, just money. I'm honestly canceling my service with them because of Evonne from accounts receivable and I have Directv.

    Well now that they're with At&t I'm going back to Time Warner Cable. They care about their customers and besides cable doesn't mess up when it's light rain out... Don't get involved with At&t. They are rude, mess up your bill and when you call to complain you're on hold forever only to get a "I'm sorry." I don't need an I'm sorry. I need money off my bill from you wasting my time, taking time away from my kids cause you screwed up my bill only to deal with rude customer service agents.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    Been with AT&T for over 5 years - had problems with it. From the start they lied to me, overbill me, take advantage of my wife. She told them she was computer illiterate and wanted something that she could operate with no problem. So what they do? They gave her a Galaxy 6. I have a hard time using. Then she figured out she didn't know how to use it and tried to return it. And then I told her that she had 30 days to figure it out. And after 20 days or so she wanted to return it. They told her she couldn't because she had to return it within 14 days not 30 days. Lies, lies, lies.

    She only had 14 days so they took her with a fraudulent bill of goods and it wouldn't let her return the product. All I gotta say is I tried to reduce my bill. I've been trying to cut all my costs. I just refinance my house and got my mortgage reduced etc. And every time I turn around there's some company trying to screw me over and AT&T is at the top of my list. And this is just one story about how I been ripped off over the past 5 years. I could just go on and on and on and there's no laughing out loud about it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    I switched to AT&T last December and ported 3 lines with them with new devices. To my surprise the first bill was for 6 lines totalling $499.78. I call their billing and customer service immediately and after 2 hrs of haggling I was able to convince them that I only have 3 lines. Every month my bill amount would vary and I had to stay online with them for an hour before they would issue partial credit. I got tired of it and decided to drop them although I am still under contract. I paid $255/line penalty, a total of $765 to get rid of them. I confirmed with rep when I cancelled that there will be no more cancellation charges except what I paid already and she confirmed. To my surprise again, my last bill was for $1077. It had a credit of $765 that I had already paid and $176.59- my monthly charges plus unknown charges of $135.41 ($765 + $176.59 + $135.41 = $1077).

    However, even after spending two hours with their second line level manager at AT&T, she did not give me an answer regarding $135.41 that is unknown. There is no explanation in my bill, except it state previous balance. I tried to understand which previous balance because I did not have any pending amount from previous bill; there was no explanation except that those charges are for taxes. I asked them about taxes on which charges, she danced around my question without addressing it. I think it a bogus charge and they themselves do not have any idea what are those charges. This is clear case of being dishonest and although I am not a lawyer, I would call this a fraud. I would never ever give my business to AT&T again even if they offered me free services.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    First I went with AT&T wireless due to said work discount. I was quoted for 3 phones, the bill would be under 200 dollars a month. Very sadly mistaken. Discount didn't go into effect for several months, every month an unauthorized change. On the phone with billing an hour or more each time. Then went with with U-Verse, screen freezes, dropped Internet, lies of cost. I was told I would be able to use the rewards card to pay the first bill. Sadly was a lie. This company is based on lies. Beware.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    They were stealing my data then forcing me to pay for the overages and now I have an outstanding bill of $382.40 and they are harassing me for payment and have sent it to collections.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    This is a complete honest review of a few instances why AT&T is a good "service" provider, but they lack customer service and are not customer orientated. I say this because if you want a company where you will have service everywhere, maybe it is for you; however, the anger, confusion, and play with your money they put you through is not worth it. I, for one, am concerned about my money.

    I signed up back in February for a new 2 year plan because I upgraded my phone to an IPhone 6. I have good credit so they signed me up for a next plan(pay off the phone through your contract with them). I had to put $40 dollars down in order to take the phone home with me and start my contract. That was no problem. We discussed GB options because with data usage you need GB. I signed up for 4 GB. The plan altogether including paying off the phone and paying for my plan with tax was running at about $120. The other plan was 6 GB estimating around $160-180. The first month ran me around $125-130. I had no problem with that, it was around my price range. I used the Internet as much as I always do. I will also include I was living in a home with complete wifi connection.

    I only used the Internet when I was out. All the time I spent home was strictly on wifi. I'm saying this because the GB is where they get you. Everytime you go over your paid GB it's $15/GB. The second month my bill was sent to me around $280. I used the Internet as much as I always do including sending pictures, using apps, using maps, etc. As previously stated, I was also using WIFI a majority of the time. I paid the bill thinking to myself, maybe I overused my internet in some way (even though it was impossible), and I will see how much my bill comes up next month. The following month came around and my bill was OVER 300 DOLLARS. Still living in a house with wifi, in the process of moving out of state almost 1000 miles away from my home. I was using my phone for finding jobs, gps, etc which meant that my phone was very important to me at the time. My bill was maybe IF THAT 3 days late.

    They shut my phone off on me. I try to call AT&T customer service to speak with them and see if I can work something out with them and they do not allow you to speak to a customer service representative until you pay your bill in full. Yes, that's correct. Unless you have money for them, the operator tells you you cannot speak to a customer service representative and won't even connect you. So at this point, I got angry and called off of my fiance's phone. I spoke to a customer service representative and told them that I did not have the full $300, but I was getting a paycheck sent to me next week from my previous job. I can advance you 60 to turn it on at the time of my call and then give them the rest next week once the check came. She was not trying to work with me AT ALL and couldn't have a care in the world about the customer.

    I couldn't go without a phone so I went to Walmart and bought a to go plan. I had the phone from my "next plan," so I bought an AT&T to go plan for $30 not knowing it didn't include Internet. However, they do advertise that you can call AT&T and add 1 GB of data for $5. I called and spoke to the operator and was able to add the 1 GB (which he supposedly activated). I go to use the Internet after the phone call and it WAS NOT WORKING. I thought maybe it took some time. I wait until the next day and it's still not working. I call AT&T the next day and the woman on the phone tells me it's in the system for my account being taken out $5 but he never activated it. Needless to say, I'm over AT&T.

    I feel like I'm an honest customer who was overcharged, uncared for, and completely written off. And I truly feel like you are only advertising your special deals right now with AT&T because you are losing customers due to your horrible business that you do with people. Might I also add, I have two other family members who have separate phone bills with AT&T that lived in the same household as me with the great WIFI connection and somehow are also being billed $300-$500. Yes I said 500 DOLLARS a month because he is supposedly "going over his data" THAT much. I think not. Stop overcharging and get your "data" together.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    AT&T talked me into getting the insurance plan, $7 a month they told me. But if I lost or cracked or broke the phone it would only be $50 to get a new one. This sounded like a good idea since the phone was for my 19 year old and was the new iPhone 6 and costs $700. One month later he broke the phone. He went into AT&T and was told they had to mail it away. No instant replacement - they ran his credit (?) and then when I got my bill they charged me $200. I just got off the phone with them and they said too bad - nothing they can do about it. I said "your employee told me $50 deductible" - they said "well it's $200."

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015

    Horrible! Drove to two stores and a corporate store given the wrong information. At 3 stores the excuse was the employees are new. (What happened to training?) They are money hungry - no loyalty to a customer over 10 years. Wrong phone ordered - no initiative to fix.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015

    After making a complaint with the BBB I was contacted by the office of the president for AT&T. After speaking with him I was told they will do nothing for me to let me out of my contract even though it's cause of their horrible service. If I want out they want my phone I paid 400$ for and me to pay 205$ to terminate. This is a horrible company. I have been a great customer for 5 years and dealing with their horrible service and customer service, I just want out and they won't let me. They want to continue to collect my money monthly for their horrible service. This company is the worst company I have ever dealt with. I will not recommend. And advise all customers to stay clear of this company.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015

    I just want to say I've never ever wrote a bad review in my life. This has just really pushed me overboard this morning. Pre ordering a phone to me was ordering the phone before the phone is out to everyone and receiving it before and stress free on the release date. Not with AT&T. I was up waiting on September 12th until I was able to preorder the iPhone 6s plus rose gold. I've had the iPhone 5s for 2 years and I was waiting patiently to be eligible for the newer one.

    It's now September 24th, the day before the release date and I have not gotten any email about my phone being shipped. I track the order and I see it doesn't get shipped until October 12th or anytime between then and the 23rd. Which I think is COMPLETELY wrong considering I paid $75 to PRE order the phone. And now I'm not receiving it until a whole month, basically after it's released. I pay a good chunk of money each month to stay with AT&T because I like their service. After I spoke to them on the phone for about an hour with nothing to offer me as I was completely upset and aggravated. They were not accommodating at all. Now I will decide if I want to stay with AT&T or switch to another provider.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015

    They try to tack on a bunch of extra fees to my bill every month that requires a 30 to 40 minute phone call (most of it on hold) to remove the fraudulent charges. That's exactly why AT&T was called in front of a congressional hearing and found to be in the wrong and yet they still do it. They are ripping off millions of dollars every month from their customers.

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