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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 ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    AT&T is the biggest rip off ever. Such a joke and waste of money. Their customer service reps are clueless. Truly is the worst phone company. I will definitely be returning back to Sprint.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for 15+ years. I have never been more disappointed in their customer service and/or customer appreciation. If you use the AT&T Next plan, you still have to continue to pay for the remaining balance even if you upgrade, even if your contract is up. I talked to 10 different customer service and sales reps, I even told them I am switching to another carrier and they laughed. So much for appreciating your customers and a loyal customer at that! I am getting away from AT&T as soon as I can. I would NOT recommend using AT&T.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    Had huge data charges on our bill (700.00) that we were unaware of and AT&T would not help resolve the issue! They sounded like a recording robot. I talked to a supervisor, Melissa, she was like talking to a brick wall! We've done business with AT&T for over 20 years and they would not adjust our bill. Looking for a better service contract once contract is up! Very fed up with AT&T!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    My husband and I have been customers of AT&T since 2009. As of July 2015, we are longer customers and WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE. We are expats living in Saudi Arabia since 2014. Since we have become expats we have been treated like dirt by AT&T. We have put up with this mistreatment for months, paid bills for months when we didn't even live in the states, but they wouldn't put our account on a temporary hold because my husband had already "used" his time up. I have called in countless times because of billing errors because their international department doesn't know how to properly bill. I was even told at one point that I was lying about living in Saudi Arabia (side note - if I were lying, I sure as heck would pick somewhere better to lie about than Saudi).

    We finally cancelled our plan, paid off our cell phone, and requested the unlock phone for our iPhone 6. AT&T sent us a payment confirmation, we have a $0 balance when you look at our online profile, and when you call in to the automated system. WE HAVE SATISFIED EVERY REQUIREMENT AND AT&T STILL WON'T UNLOCK OUR IPHONE 6. If you are in the military, if you travel internationally frequently, or if you are like us, American citizens, but living abroad because of work opportunities... DO NOT EVER USE AT&T.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    I have been trying for over a month to get my e-mail and internet service corrected and where I can use it. I have talked to 16 people and no help has been given yet! I would not recommend AT&T internet to anyone. I am so frustrated and cannot get anyone with power to help! My job will be gone tomorrow because of AT&T!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    Was told and promised things by agents that were never followed through with given bogus ID numbers by managers and executive level is just as bad. I went through the new customer application twice. First one was canceled, no call or email. Set up another one, finally equipment showed up, was the wrong stuff and was told "that's what you're getting". Basically tuff poop for me after 12 business days of going around and around. When finally trying to activate 2 phones and tablets I was told I had to wait yet again for new sim cards because they suspended the lines and finally after two big shot executive people taking care of the account a tech rep said my area was not covered and that's why my activation wasn't successful and then was told "well send everything back. You won't be liable." Well duh that's common sense.

    Any time you call there and talk to more than one agent it's never the same story. This company is money hungry, would not make right on the tablets you was supposed to have gotten and I was told that I was getting the LG G pads from both agents I was working with on my accounts. I would recommend running away from this company for anything. No one is clear on their jobs and definitely have high executive level attitudes. Customers ARE NOT ALWAYS RIGHT here. I had begged and pleaded to have the calls pulled to verify I was truthful and nothing.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    I received my monthly bill and it was almost 30.00 higher. I called and talked to Erica. I told her my problem and wanted to know why it was so high. She asked me what I normally pay? She checked my account. Then there was silence, I thought she hung up on me. Came back on, told me I was charged for a modem delivery, I said, better be taken off, that modem was refused and sent back. She said it would be taken off, then silence again. I said, "Are you still there?" She came back on and said "Yes, I'm fixing your account". Then she tells me she has to make sure the modem was returned, asked me what day I sent it back? I said I had no idea, I never received it, it never came off the truck. I told the UPS driver I refused it so it was returned. I then told her there was a charge for 75.00 and a credit for 75.00 on the bill so it must have been returned.

    She said, "No, company bills then credits"??? After nearly 20 minutes I told Erica, "I don't have anymore time for this, give me a supervisor's name and number so I can call back later, I need to go." She said, "I am taking it off your account now," and I repeated my request for a supervisor. Then dead silence, Erica hung up on me. I have never been so upset at a company in my life.What company representative hangs up on a customer??? I am ready to cancel phone and internet. They certainly are not any better than Bright House so there is no reason to stay with AT&T. Tomorrow I call Corporate, I'll find my own supervisor. And I looked back at the day the modem was refused, it was June 16, today is July 13. AT&T doesn't know if a package was returned after almost a month???

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 13, 2015

    I contact customer service regarding my Samsung S4 Active. I spoke to this guy who asked me what can he help me with. I went on to inform him that water was recently spilled on my phone and that the touch screen was not working anymore. I explained that the phone is supposed to be waterproof and that AT&T provides a one-time replacement for my phone model type if any water damages occurs. He went on to tell me that AT&T provides no such reimbursement and tells me directly that I'm wrong. I go on to ask if AT&T doesn't do the one-time replacement, why is it advertised on it's customer support website?

    He then tells me that it is the manufacturer that may provide the replacement and that he can forward me to them. I agree to be forwarded only to find out that he transferred me to MY OWN PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS MY VOICEMAIL THAT PICKED UP. What kind of customer service and false advertising does this company provide? I am definitely telling all my friends and colleagues to never sign up with AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 12, 2015

    3rd time try to put internet on hold/vacation on web. They tell you that you will receive an email but it never happens. But then, you have to pay even if you are not using the service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 12, 2015

    The worst customer care. We had problems getting billed international roaming fees on our phones when we traveled outside of the U.S. We weren't using our phones and we would put the phones in airplane mode but AT&T would still charge us international roaming fees. I had many discussions with customer service about the issue and I was told it was impossible. I googled the problem and found some carriers were having problems with apps running in the background even when the phone was in airplane mode. We had to fight with some very unhelpful and very unknowledgeable customer service people to get the $300 and $400 fees removed. Customer service reps were rude, talked over you, totally ignorant of the service and how it worked. What a nightmare to deal with. I will never ever use AT&T again, good riddance horrible company!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 11, 2015

    After remaining loyal to AT&T wireless service for > 20 years, I spoke with Ransom **, customer service manager, about my dismay over 1-time fee that AT&T doesn't disclose upfront. Instead of setting an example of doing its best to keep good customers, Ransom just excused AT&T charging fees that aren't told to customers upfront, and refused to give his AT&T ID number so that I could escalate the complaint.

    No wonder US Government Antitrust broke up AT&T in the past. When a company has the power to slip charges in without upfront disclosure, then it believes it's politically powerful enough to get away with anything. Clearly, managers like Ransom ** know such practices are wrong, and hide in anonymity. Hope the US Government does NOT allow DirecTV acquisition to go thru. In any event, I'll be buying DISH service since staying a loyal customer to AT&T only allows them to charge more hidden fees.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2015

    I have been with AT&T since 2009 and I have never had any issues. The last say 5 moths my bill has been different although I did not make any changes to my plan. Each month I have phoned up to query why the bill is different and each time I was told that the taxes went up. I told the rep that as bad as the government is they do not raise taxes every month. I sent an email to the president office and a young man phoned back to say that it really wasn't the taxes that were going up it was at&t surcharges! I told him that whilst I can understand surcharge it was unfair that I have to pay a different charge (higher every month). The young chap told me that the highest they can charge is 1.25.

    The issue that I am having is - none of my mates that have at&t is seeing a difference in their bill monthly so how can they justify charging some customers and not all? I know the answer to that - because they are a big rip off! I send another message to the president office - what a joke - and the same chap phoned me back. Of course he told me that there is nothing that can be done about at&t surcharge. AT&T isn't about keeping their customer - they are about making a pence off their good paying customer.

    My contract expires in SEP and believe me mate when I tell you that I can't wait to cancel my account. Don't even bother about contacting the president because they are just as worthless as the people at the 800#. When AT&T learn to treat their customer with value they will eventually get back to the good standard that they used to have. There are too many phone Company's out there to stay with a company that values 1.25 over a customer from 2009. I would recommend that you shop around for service and if you can avoid AT&T I would recommend it.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2015

    After being a loyal customer since about 2003, I was told to just end my account because they screwed up on a payment arrangement I made. The middle of June I made an arrangement to make payment on the 1st of July when I realized I didn't have enough on my card that was on file to cover. I called before it was scheduled, just change to another card. I got nothing but attitude from the so-called customer service girl that I demanded to speak to a manager. He tells me it's no problem to change but neglected to tell me that he changed it to the total amount due and not just the past due so totally screwing up the second payment arrangement I made that they claim I never did so.

    Due to that they turned my phone off claiming they had no record of the arrangement. So again the so-called customer service was rude and again I asked for a "manager" and unlike the nice manager I spoke to before this one was so unprofessional!!! When I questioned him on the things he was saying about my account that were wrong he said, "It was a mistake" and I said, "Just like no record of my arrangement was a mistake." He response... "Psssst you should of paid your bill!" Thanks AT&T for screwing me after all these years! Will be looking around!

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    I was offered at rate by a rep and was charged double for two months in a row. Everytime I called to get help I was given the runaround. Issue Never got resolved or fixed without me having to call over a handful of times. I finally had cancel the service and will never use AT&T again. I explained this situation over 12 times. WOW! This company customer service and reliability in my opinion doesn't hold up too much and carries little integrity.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    On May 14, 2015, I board a plane to the Philippines. I was charged when I tried to call my voicemail to retrieve messages. Only one of the 21 calls ** was connected. Other than that, none of my attempt were connected but charged anyway. Even the blocked calls were also charged. I know there are international charges when calling from overseas, but how can I be charge when connection were never made, except one. Totals for the billing period: 21 calls 26 minutes $65.00.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    I'm so mad I had to sign up just to leave complaints somewhere. I've had Agent name FERNANDO helping me with upgrading my phone. Was hesitant at first because who's got extra money these days? But he was nice to offer me 3 months of installments waived for me if I go ahead and upgrade. Installments were like $28. But since I'm on next plan, that didn't look too appealing. Asked him if he can put that amount towards next month bill, I'd go ahead and upgrade. which he said he would. He told me since he can't put credit towards future bill, he'd call me sometime that month and apply credit at that time. I've completely forgot about it until I saw the bill this month, and guess what? NO CREDIT.

    So I called in and spoke to RANETRA **, customer service rep, who sounded she got no interest to my problem - would only repeat "I don't see that credit on my system". Hello? Why the hell does she think I called? Don't think I KNOW that? Since she did not show ANY sign of willingness to help, I have asked for supervisor. Puts me on hold for good 20 minutes, then person name CARLOS ** answered. Then the explaining goes on for another 10 mins. He also sounds not interested, even chuckles few times like why am I bothering him with MY problems. He said he can't and will not help me find that agent, nor do anything about this false promise.

    All I know is AT&T does not care about customers and will not hesitate to scam customers for their gain. I disgusted with the service AT&T provides and how AT&T trains their sales rep and so called supervisors. NEVER, EVER USE AT&T.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    My cable has been out for a whole week. I took 2 days off from work wasting my time waiting on these people and cable is still not fix. One of those days 4 different tech came to my house & nothing was done. I am soo frustrated with them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for more than 10 years. I bought a phone in 2013 with them two years ago and they said I don't have to have a contract with them. Just last month i stopped at the same store and the sales guy mentioned that I don't have a contract with them and I can switch to any other carrier so I did. I also called customer service to get a pin to unlock and they also didn't mentioned anything about my contract. Since i switched to T-Mobile, they also terminated my online account. Now I received a bill with $125 charge for contract termination fee. I spoke to the customer service person- Daniel **. It turns out they only mention the contract date in the first paper you sign with them and she cannot even mail me the documents I sign or email it to me. And there is no way she will take out that charge for me. AT&T is a BIG LIAR and they HIDE THINGS FROM THEIR CUSTOMER. NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH AT&T.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    After many years of giving my trust to this company all I can say I've been ripped off by AT&T. Stay away. Take T-mobile, Sprint, any company not this one. After paying all my bills, got confirmation from AT&T representatives that my balance is 0. I still receiving bills that if I don't pay that they will send my account to collect agency and I do have statement from my bank that AT&T collect my money for the bill.... It's up to you but if you ask me I rather go to the public phone than use AT&T ever in my life. Same thing happened with my internet service that I have with AT&T....STAY AWAY FROM AT&T.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    I've had a problem with my wifi for weeks and nobody came and fixed anything when they said they have been working on it! I will never count on their lazy butts again!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    AT&T billed my account for international roaming in my May Bill even though I had requested almost a year ago that this feature be blocked on all numbers in my account. On speaking with a rep on 16 June, she verified this request and advised a $1.00 credit would applied to my account for erroneous billing and to pay the balance amount of $129.20, which I paid promptly. On reviewing my current bill for June 2015, AT&T have penalized me a $5.00 charge for not paying the $1.00. On speaking to Supervisor Ms. ** today 8 JUL, 2015, she refused to acknowledge the fact that I was promised this credit and further refused to clear the $5 penalty applied to my account for absolutely no fault of mine. I have never defaulted on my phone payment and this is absolutely unethical practice by AT&T.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    Constantly telling me I'm going over my data. Getting text mssgs at 7:30 on a Sunday morning knowing that phones were not being used for at least 6 1/2 hrs. We have wifi and should never have gone over. I don't think there was a month in the past year that they didn't slam me with at least 2 overcharges. Enough is enough and we are "stuck in the plan".

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    From the start... I should have had so many promises about how good the product was and how reliable it was. First off that has always been a lie. I've dealt with bill problems after bills problem being promised a solved solution that still hasn't came nearly 6 months later. Finally, I had the notion last time I talked to someone that maybe I could use the rewards card they sent me when I upgraded to U-Verse (In which I was told I would NEVER receive any more charges from DSL) to pay the bill that I got sent for using a modem. Whoever I was on the phone with that day in fact NEVER said I couldn't do so. In fact, the only thing they mentioned was that it may take a few days to take effect once I activated it.

    Today on July 8, I was told I couldn't use it. Are you KIDDING me? A bill I shouldn't even have to pay giving what I've been through, I can't pay using a stinking card. I have more important things I need 100 dollars for than some bill that has done nothing but HAUNT me. That's not even the best part... For several months before we finally figured out why I was even receiving two bills, every person I talked to could identify why I had two bills and kept reassuring me that there was only one for U-Verse. I can honestly say that dealing with At&t has become the stuff of nightmares, and that's lightly. I have been nothing but emotionally and stressfully traumatized by At&t. Fortunately for them, I can't really do anything about it right now since we will be moving out soon. Unfortunately for them... As soon as I can bolt, me or anyone else I know will never be seeing your business AGAIN. Yes, angry is an understatement.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    The last year or so AT&T has been Charging me overage a lot more often. I have 5gb and it always seems like it goes within the first two weeks. I don't stream I just search the internet. I feel after that each additional gb goes even faster yet the speed is slower. AT&T service has gone downhill. I have been with them for over 10 years but guess it's time for a change.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    AT&T is the worst. On the 1st of July I made a payment on my boyfriend's account with my bank card. A week previously I had called AT&T and asked them "all I have to do is pay the past due balance in full & my service will be restored." They said "yes your service will be restored" but they said my boyfriend couldn't use his card because it had been denied too many times. I said "how can it be denied too many times if we never signed up for automated pay?" Of course they had no answer. So I used my card with the understanding that I was only paying the due amount. I authorized the due amount. After I called them I called my card to see if the payment went through because they kept saying the payment was denied. When I called the card it said they had taken $30 dollars more than they were authorized to for an account my boyfriend never gave them permission to open. I was livid.

    I called AT&T six different times. Everyone I spoke to was completely careless. I even spoke to a supposed supervisor who did absolutely nothing. No one could tell me why another account was open or why my money was placed in the account or why they took an unauthorized payment from me in the first place. They said they were giving me a refund and it would be on my card within 5 days. Nothing. I called back to find that they used the $100 payment towards a bill that magically became $107. WTF!!! I was told for weeks before that our bill would be $68.90 and only $68.90. Where the hell did $107 come from??? Then all of a sudden the old account is cancelled and an unauthorized new account is thrown in our laps asking for a advance pay of $100. Now where the hell did this come from.

    I told them my boyfriend never called and said he wanted an additional account - they completely ignored me. So my boyfriend said "screw it, they took the money from me so we might as well pay the advance to get the WiFi back on." He goes to the AT&T store to put the advance on the account and they come at us with "oh well he needs direct deposit and a credit card to get service back on". WTF. How can you continue to take our money and then say "oh we can't give you service". I literally hate this company. It truly stinks. They are frauds and their employees are trained to be incompetent. I want my full refund NOW without all the BS and excuses.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    Unbelievable terrible service. When you interact with a customer service agent you expect them to provide information that is honest and in your best interest. I have been mislead too many times by these terrible customer service agents. In addition they will not EVER assume the customer is right - ever. They will continue to take advantage of you and take as much as possible. They do not record any of the phone conversations. I have not been on the phone for over a half hour - they have transferred me, hung up on me, and not completed any of the things I have asked. This is the worst service ever. It's pathetic and the sad thing is there is nothing I can do. No loyalty - they could care less if you have been a customer for years paying over 500 a month. They don't care.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    Went without service for ten days and counting. Still don't have landline or internet service. They made five appointments that they did NOT show up to and did not call to cancel or reschedule. I finally did get someone to come out and fix it but the next day it was not working again. Could not get a local phone number only employees in Asia and India. I do have a couple of local phone numbers now if you need East El Paso AT&T techs (who are not returning my messages): Omar ** and Matthew **.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    Back in March 2014 I was solicited to join direct through AT&T representative. I was told that if I got home phone, Internet, and DIRECTV automatically debited from my account that my total bill for all three services will only be a hundred and fifty dollars with text. Ever since I started this service with AT&T Indirect I have had an issue just about every month for the first 7 to 8 months. I decided yesterday to check my bill online due to I don't receive paper bills just to see my balance. Something told me to check it and when I did it showed I was paying $43 more than what I had agreed to.

    I called AT&T to find out what happened and why is my bill not what I was promised. I was told by the representative that there is nothing that he can do about my bill. He was very short and dry with the whole conversation. He over talk to me - he cut me off, and when I ask a question he never answered the question. He was just go to say "Well I'm not changing the bill cuz that's what you agree to." I explained to him "I did not agree to a $43 hide in my bill." He then told me that they put me on a promotional package for 12 months. I explained to him I was not informed of a promotional package. I was told my bill will be this certain amount $150 with text and nothing more. I was never told about a package. I was only told that if I combine the bills together and have them come out of my account that my balance will remain the same.

    As you can see it is now July 6, 2015, and now my is more than what I can originally afford. That is the reason why I was offered to do the direct debit with a set amount. I ask the customer service rep what can be done to rectify the situation. He was very blunt and rude - tell me that I'm stuck with the bill, there is nothing that I can do and that he works for AT&T and he knows what they tell. In the same sentence he states that they should have told me all of the correct information. I then asked him did he hear what he just said the whole time.

    There is a DIRECTV representative on the phone with me trying to rectify the situation on why my bill was hyped up. The representative AT&T preceded to cut both of us off when we ask question. He talk to both of us, very very poor customer service. I asked him for a supervisor. The representative told me NO, that I could not speak with another supervisor or manager. I asked him "Are these calls recorded?" He said yes then the representative from DIRECTV ask him to put another supervisor on the phone that is over him. He put us on hold and came back to the phone. It sounded like the same representative.

    I asked the young man if he is supervisor of the last representative he said yes he is DIRECTV representative. Asked him what was his support number he gave me ** as his operator support number and before I could explain what was going on he immediately went to the defensive side and told me that I was informed about the promotional plan. I again told him "I was not informed about the promotional plan." I told him "I was on your form. If I have everything to come out of my account that I will stay at a discount rate long as is coming directly out of my account of which it is." I asked him for a manager. The young man operator number ** . He put us on hold then he disconnected the call.

    As long as I have been with AT&T I have never had this type of poor customer service ever. It makes me want to disconnect my services and go with Charter or some other company that has respect for that customers and that was show it and that would try to assist the customer instead of fighting the customer every way and not trying to be of any help at all. I appreciate if I can get someone to contact me back regarding this because I am truly thinking about reconsidering my services with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    I have been a AT&T customer for over 2 years. The company is a scam. I have a 200 bill for iPhone 3 gbs of data. Apparently I use 7 more gigs now that I got a new phone. The customer service reps on the phone are horrible. They will not work with you on your bill. My past I have never went over 3 gbs. I'm supposed to pay 102 a month which is ridiculous. Even Verizon has phones for free and 60 a month plans with AT&T or Verizon service so you don't have to deal with the lousy customer service people there.

    Since I've switch to AT&T it's been an abusive relationship with them charging me fees from every direction. I would recommend leaving asap not getting involved with AT&T and go to anyone else. It's cheaper and worth it. I went to AT&T to do Uverse, now I'm leaving their cell phone service. They will scam you. There's a reason they have 1 star...

    So please everyone be smart and no think about AT&T. This company needs to go as a whole. They do not care about you and will tax fees left and right to raise your bill. POOR SERVICE. AT&T SUCKS. I GIVE THEM 0 STARS. They won't work with you on your bill and they will over charge you. They are full of ** and the worst. Never fall for their scam. You will pay. Verizon, Cricket, Boost or T-mobile is fine. I'm switching and glad AT&T is out of my life. It's a happy divorce. ** OFF AT&T.

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    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    AT&T was robbing every citizen of their fraudulent charges bill. I asked them why my bill skyrocketed to $464.08 just for a month bill.. In 2 days they charged me 7gb over which either me and they could not explain why it happened.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    AT&T has once again try to screw me. Their billing procedures suck. They lie to get you into the contract then try to keep you there by saying you're stuck there. AT&T is ** company that will resolve you none of their problems.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 4, 2015

    For the last 2 months, I don't have no signal in my house. I called AT&T 7 times. They said it was a tower problem and they will fix it on June 19. It's July 3 and I have the same problem; and not only me, I spoke with my neighbors and they have the same problem. I was with AT&T for almost 7 years and now I want to move to another company.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2015

    I went to the AT&T store to request passport be put on my phone. I was informed as long as I didn't answer the phone I would not be charged for the calls that were coming in. I received a bill with 44 calls to voicemail. When I questioned it, they informed me that I had been billed for calls that went to my voicemail that I did not answer and there was nothing that could be done about it. I am currently looking for a new option for cellular service.

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    PriceOnline & App

    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    Is always hard to get the iPhone to work. Every time you try to use the data like In the map application and many other apps it won't work! AT&T hold the data and reduces it until the lowest they can. They charge you almost for nothing! The worst internet service so far! Really need to switch provider!!

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    I had my newly upgraded iPhone 6 stolen on February 7th, 2015 and I suspended my device immediately. The phone was surely locked with password while it was stolen. I went to AT&T store and Apple store and took all the steps that I could do in the situation, fully followed the representatives' instructions. I wasn't able to locate the phone because the thief shut off the phone. I requested to erase my phone but the request got pending for two months, because the phone wasn't in wi-fi environment. I reported it stolen and AT&T people said it should be on blacklist and anyone wouldn't be able to use it.

    However, on Feb 14th, my iMessage received unexpected texts. I could see the texts between the thief and another unknown person because he was using my iCloud account, which means he passed through the password and got access to my iPhone. In the texts, the thief was bragging that he stealed an iPhone 6 and he was at an AT&T store to do things. Notice that, he started to be able to use my iPhone to send text at the moment he arrived AT&T store! What can I assume then? Who else can help him at AT&T store to get access to an locked phone?

    I went to an AT&T store immediately to ask why he was able to get help at AT&T store and got access to my iPhone meanwhile, and why can he keep using my phone after I report the stolen. The representatives were not helpful at all and denied the possibility for them to help a customer to unlock a phone. I'm 100% sure that I don't know the thief and he didn't know the password. My lock screen even appeared a clear photo of me, which I think anyone would notice the difference.

    I called customer service to confirm it's on the blacklist multiple times. It was reported stolen in Feb. However, on the record, my iPhone 6 was reactivated on April 23th and on that day, the request of erasing the phone finally got through. So the thief has already reactivated my stolen phone while I am still paying the bill. I am extremely terrified by the fact that he/she could be able to reactivate the device without my authorization. I was told only the person who has my account information/personal information can reactivate the device. That can be considered a fraud.

    OR there's another way to explain it: One of the representatives I spoke to told me that: from the IMEI number recorded, she thought the phone was reported a stolen phone back in 2014, which means the phone was on blacklist back in 2014 before I purchased it. However, I purchased the phone from an AT&T store as an upgrade alternative. She told me that may explain why I couldn't get the phone onto blacklist and why other people can also reactivate the phone. It's because I am NOT the initial owner of the phone. If that's true, I have to ask, why employee at AT&T sold a stolen phone to me? How many other people like me got stolen phones from AT&T?

    That's not even the whole story. I realized yesterday (June 1st) that the device has insurance since last October. I went to AT&T store to report the theft and tried to find replacement many times but nobody had ever told me that I have insurance on that device. Certainly nobody told me at the beginning when I purchased the phone combining the insurance. It appears on the bill that I got the insurance along with the upgrade. I am not the primary account holder and wasn't paying attention to every bill that I paid. But I still have the right to know the insurance status in the first place.

    I called again to customer service and got terrible attitude and an answer like this: "The insurance charges appeared on monthly bills so it's not our fault that you don't read the bill. If you have complaint of the agent who sold you phone in the store, provide his name and his manager's name, otherwise we cannot help. You don't have any names? GOOD. Even you have it, they probably are not working at AT&T anymore. There's nothing more we can do to help." Those are the words she used in the phone interview.

    I called the insurance company yesterday, of course they said it's too late to file a claim because the phone was stolen 5 months ago. They only accept claim within 60 days. They didn't care what do I think about AT&T and told me that's AT&T's responsibility. I think AT&T definitely has responsibility for the customer service behavior as well as the guy who sold me the phone and hidden the insurance information. The insurance feels like a fraud to me.

    With hours and hours of calls, I NEVER got any straight answer from AT&T's response for months. What I got is only confusion and anger.
    1. Suspicious: They sold stolen phone to customer for upgrade.
    2. Suspicious: They helped thief to unlocked iPhone!
    3. Violation: They hide the insurance charge information and didn't inform me neither when I was purchasing the phone nor when I was reporting and finding replacement for the stolen phone.
    4. Violation: They reactivate my stolen phone for the thief without my authorization.

    5. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

    After all this questioning, it's difficult and ridiculous for me to keep paying the bill for the stolen device and the insurance. I will definitely cancel the service and wouldn't recommend anyone to use AT&T and the Asurion insurance.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    I have been an AT&T customer for many years and I've had the "unlimited" data plan. I received a text message that I am nearing my "unlimited" data usage and that they will lower my speed. How is this fair? I pay over $100 a month for ONE line! ** AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    Called many times, never have corrected problems or disputes. Long waits to speak to AT&T reps, many transfers and dropped calls.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed July 1, 2015

    I cannot begin to explain how many bogus charges this company has billed our family plan since beginning service with AT&T. Please, SAVE yourself the headache and AVOID doing business with AT&T. There are many legitimate phone carriers that you can go with that provide the same quality service for a fraction of the price. AT&T the past year alone has overcharged us hundreds of dollars for fees that never should have been accrued... Such as, basic flip phone and they charged a monthly rate of a smart phone which was a $27 difference in price per month, and never had a smartphone. Just one example of how this computer will rip you off.

    If you live in a populous area you have many options with no contracts and unlimited everything per phone for less than $30 a month, and if in rural areas StraightTalk charges per line $50 everything unlimited. We have on average paid $200-$300 a month to AT&T, when they tell you up front your package will be only $160 for 4 lines monthly. You must sign a 2 year contract as well, and your termination fee is very expensive if you try to cancel. DO NOT RECOMMEND!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    When I started with AT&T 7 years ago never had a problem. Now that I have added lines and my bill gets higher, but after it jumps from 400 and some dollars to 841 dollars they tell me my line went over in data which is bull. I have never went over in 7 years so I call and they tell me they can't adjusted anything so I will file another complaint and broadcast this for the public to stay away from AT&T. They always find an excuse and will not fix it.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    I have been a loyal customer of AT&T since 11/2005 and purchased numerous phones through the years and never experienced any issues. I purchased an LG 3 inch on 7/15/14. After approximately 6-7 mos. I noticed the phone was not working properly, even after re-starting and taking the battery out. The system was slow, unable to answer some calls and unable to make some calls. I ended up with the Warranty Dept who took the phone through a series of tests, including sending me instructions for a system re-set. It was determined I need a new battery, which was sent expedited, a photo bucket app was installed to capture my pictures, although I also had prior installed Eversnap app.

    Recently around (6/15) I began having problems unable to answer incoming phone calls; the green answer button was either slow or did not work. I missed numerous calls this way. I have health issues and am undergoing chemotherapy and trying to work; I can't afford to miss calls or not be able to contact my doctors when needed. I can't have my cell phone on at work.

    I also noticed my visual voicemail was giving me the same caller message in spite of receiving 3 calls from 3 different people; the voicemail on all three were from the same caller, but the ID's showed different names. The system started slowing down in spite of not using Bluetooth or any settings that may slow the system down. All my Apps were cleared. I only used Wi-Fi, sound, Battery saver, Rotation and Sync. I only use about 1.75gb monthly.

    Trying to navigate AT&T's site to re-confirm my Warranty Expiration date was impossible; After much frustration, I ended with a Live Chat gentleman to offer assistance. After advising him of my previous problems with the battery and telling him I ended up receiving a new one through the Warranty Dept.; I was told I had the options of paying the $338.29 due on my current phone (I usually commit to a two year agreement and renew and upgrade my phone within 2 mos. of expiration) OR I could pay $193.36 to upgrade to a new device.

    When questioned further, he put another Chat Lady on and I had to explain all over again the issues I was having with a phone Under Warranty. She told me I could go online to order the phone I wanted (the Samsung Note latest edition available). Well, she said she would be glad to handle that for me; but lo and behold, after being on the phone chats FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR IF NOT MORE, She told me her system or whatever wasn't working and she would have to transfer me to a Sales chat person. I specifically asked her if she made notes on my account so I wouldn't have to repeat this whole thing again. She assured me "yes" and next thing I know a new Chatter is on... After spending more time with him, he wanted to TRANSFER ME AGAIN! Enough is enough, I managed to say good night and am going with Verizon.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    I am so disappointed with AT&T. I've been with them for about 7 years at this point and stuck with them time and time again after many experiences of dishonest behavior from them. I'm leaving shortly because at this point this phone company is becoming more and more conniving. A couple years back I had been slipped additional features that I did not want. They were small (total of about $10 a month) and I told them that I wanted them removed immediately once I had spotted them in my paperwork when I was upgrading my phone and renewing my contract of my phone. They said they removed them. 38 days into owning my brand new iPhone 4S, it stopped working for no reason. Took it to the Apple Store and they said it just happened to be a bad one and that it had internal hard drive failure. Took it back up to the AT&T store and they said they wouldn't replace it and that I was basically on my own.

    Left store in tears (and phone less) after about 2 hours of begging them to replace it. A couple months later I noticed my bill was higher than usual and when I contacted AT&T, I was told that they were "government fees" and that I was stilled adjusting to my new phone plan. I believed them like a moron and continued paying nearly $100 a month for my phone plan. I wish I had known that I could have gone online to see my phone plan at this point. Recently, after getting my hours cut at my job, I knew I had to make cuts somewhere and decided to see if I could go into my actual data plan online.

    Once I figured it out I noticed that these "government fees" were an insurance THAT SHOULD HAVE replaced my phone a couple years back. Fuming, I called AT&T and demanded that they refund me for the years of unwanted charges and they said that they could only go "3 months back". At this point in the conversation, I could hear other people talking in the background; giggling. The man I was speaking to on the phone couldn't have cared less about me and I feel as if I was put on speaking phone and being made fun of by a room full of AT&T employees. AT&T, you should be ashamed of the way you treat loyal customers!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I change my phone from GoPhone to 2yr contract. The guy who helped me set up an extra account for connection. He told me it was cancelled after he was done, but when I got my bill at the end of month, they still charged me and I called them to complain about that, so they finally cancelled it, but still charge about $35 operation fee. Then today, about 7 month later, I got a mail from A DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY and AT&T sent the bill WITHOUT telling me, and they said I had a $44.43 bill that hadn't been paid yet. So I called AT&T and asked what the ** is going on, but the lady said she couldn't find anything that hadn't been paid yet, so she sent me to her supervisor, but her supervisor hasn't called me back yet.

    ALSO THE GUY WHO HELPED ME AT THE STORE IS SUCH A CREEP. First he texted me and kept asking me what I am doing, then follow me on Instagram. The most disgusting thing is that he's like "Oh you should give me some return, like massage or food, because I waive your $500 deposit." WHAT THE ACTUAL ** IS THAT? AT&T SUCKS!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupReliability

    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    First when we tried to get the service installed it took them two days. Then my log in info wouldn't work and the live chat was of no help. Then tried to save my debit card info for easier payments and then was told I couldn't do it unless I did automatic bill pay. They make you constantly jump thru hoops for their services. And the internet is slow as can be.

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    Rosemarie increased rating by 4 stars.
    Punctuality & SpeedStaff
    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, Rosemarie increased their star rating on July 11, 2015.

    Updated review: July 11, 2015

    This is an update to my complaint against AT&T from a day before. I was without the Internet for 5 days and everyone was lying to me how they would help me and check on the status of fixing the problem, just to call me 5 minutes before the Technician supposed to arrive and tell me that he was not coming because of workload. Well, Monday, I finally got someone after calling all day with no help from anyone, except ** Badge Number ** out of El Paso, Texas who was wonderful. He got right on the phone with the right people and within Minutes I had a Technician here.

    His name was ** from Alliance, Ohio, who was terrific. I have to recommend these people because there are only a few of them around. So thank you again for the wonderful help you got me after 5 days of frustration.

    Original Review: June 29, 2015

    Internet went out on a Thursday. Called AT&T. They said a Technician will be here on Sunday between 8 am and 8 pm. 5 minutes before 8 pm they called. Tech can't make it because of heavy workload. Try again on Monday. Talked to many agents all their specialist. Nobody can tell me when someone is coming. I have a 85 year old mother in Germany who gets very worried when she can't reach me on Skype. I am still waiting for Tech to show up. Talked endlessly to agents. Nobody is helping. Wish I would have read the reviews beforehand.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    My Husband and I were moving and had poor customer service from AT&T, so we decided to disconnect the home phone and use someone else for Internet but continue our mobile phones until our contracts were up. AT&T was notified of this in January and given our new address. We always did a combined bill so when I received our bills at our new address I paid them each month by calling their 611 number. On June 26th, I got a phone call from a collections agency... (??!!) I am always on time with payments and I know for a fact that they should have contacted me first. I called multiple times to AT&T that day. When I turned off home service, that automatically "splits " the bills so that my mobile balance didn't show what I still owed.

    No one tells you this, but I also know that my phone and wireless service NEVER came to over $200 which they say I owe for that 1 month. So all of this is strange. After talking with AT&T, it was discovered they sent the warning letter to my OLD address even though they have my new address. They is fishy all around and I know for a fact they were already paid up, but I paid over $200 to have them quit with the collections agency. I'm pretty sure they botched my otherwise perfect credit, so I'm angry beyond words!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 28, 2015

    AT&T is a fraudulent company. Yes, the service is good but the problem doesn't only rely on the unlimited data but they also do it to those who have 4gb or 2gb of data. I've been charged on several occasions several overage charges when I shouldn't of been and no helps you. I've reached out several times to the customer service department and no one was able to give me an explanation. At first, they got me good, they had me thinking that I was really overusing data but then the charges were more frequent.

    I started getting $60.00 overage charges and I have a 4gb plan. They would tell me I'm over my data when I would clearly have an entire gb left to use, sometimes 2gb left to use. I've spoken to several people who has AT&T and they've been experiencing the same thing. One day, I decided to look up how many times AT&T has been sued and BOOM there it was. I would like to cancel my service with this company and I want a refund for my last year of data because that isn't fair to me or the other customers out there.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    I am having charging issues with my Samsung S5. I've had this issue from day one 14 months ago. AT&T told me it's the charger cord. I went to an independent service provider. They told me it was the phone. Finally today the charger doesn't work at all. I went by their store in the Rockingham Mall in Salem NH for help. I was told it would be 15 minutes or so. I waited over 30 minutes. I asked their greeter for a status. He told me they called my name and I didn't answer so I lost my place (WHAT?). I was standing in their store with my friend all along. I asked if he could help me. He said 5 minutes. 10 minutes later he has me third in line. Are you kidding me? What a difference when you are buying their phones vs. asking for help... I'm done with them...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    The service is bad. My internet has been down for three days and every time a tech comes out they find some reason to leave saying they will come back and finish the job and then when I call support all they do is keep pushing the date back over and over again and nothing changes. This isn't the first time this happened.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    Every single time I call to refill my prepaid accounts for my wife and I, there's always an issue. They never understand what I'm saying. I'm not being racist, but why can't half the staff I call speak fluent English? I always have to repeat myself 3-4 times. Its so ** annoying. Sorry but I am always raising my voice and asking to be transferred. Horrible ** service. If AT&T wasn't the best service for the base I'm at I would not be using this service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    I have been an AT&T customer for a year now and it has been a nightmare. They are by far the worst company I have ever been with. They don't care about their customers at all! All they want to do is charge more and more money towards you. They have done nothing to help me or my problem. I couldn't receive calls or make calls which was a big problem for me and they wanted to charge me money when it was their fault for selling me a piece of junk! It's like they absolutely don't care that you will have issues about your phone. I regret signing a contract with them. I wish I never walked into their store. It has been a horrible experience being a part of AT&T. I warn you please never sign a contract with AT&T - you will regret it severely!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    We had service for two hours and have had the difference appointment where a tech guy has never showed up to fix our net but they still want to charge us for services. Very disappointed in AT&T. Would not recommend them to anyone. Plus for tech guy was very rude and disrespectful - told us not to ask them to come hook up services when you're moving in.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    AT&T is the worst ever. I'm on a 2 year contract. The lady told me that my first bill was going to be over $100 which I understand! My plan is $66 a month, but when I go online and check my phone plan, it says $80 a month! That's not what I wanted!

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 27, 2015

    Let me start off by saying I had my lines on military suspension for two years. So now I am coming back stateside so I bought 4 new iPhones while stationed in Korea. Was informed that I had 30 days to activate my insurance. I activated the phones within those 30 days and the customer rep (so she said) enrolled me in the insurance plan. 1 month later flying to Hawaii hubby's phone is stolen. Call AT&T... No issue... Talk me through Asurion claim... Denied... Call them... No insurance! What? Yep, been on the phone for days, hours today, getting the runaround, only to find out the rep only insured two lines; didn't inform me, no email, nothing. And seeing now that my 30 days are up... I'm out of luck... You know this should not be allowed legally... They even admitted it was their error but nothing they can do. Wow, I know I have been out the country for a couple of years but AT&T has really sunk low where they are scamming folk...

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I was going out of town and needed to purchase my husband's Father's Day gift before I left town. I went to the AT&T Snellville store on June 3, 2015, and purchased a FitBit Charge. I told them it was for Father's Day and asked if that would be a problem if he wanted to return it. I was told, "ABSOLUTELY NOT." I gave the gift to him on Father's Day (5 days ago). He told me that he did not think he would use it because it was too complicated. (He is 71.) We tried to take it back today. Imagine my surprise when I was told that they would not take it back because I purchased it more than 14 days ago. I asked to speak to the manager. That was a waste of time. He was totally unconcerned with my problem. His attitude and lack of customer service are the cause of my canceling our service with AT&T as soon as I can talk to Verizon and Comcast. I also plan to post my disappointment with AT&T on Facebook and other social media.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I have been on an assignment overseas and put my service on-hold. I returned to US for a week and went back overseas on another assignment. I put my service on-hold online but AT&T kept charging me full amount for no service rendered. I noticed my bill after 3 months where AT&T charged me in full even though my service on-hold and then eventually cancelled my service. Once I called them and explained that I put my service on-hold, I was told that "you cannot put your service on-hold twice in one year". My online request went through, I was not told that I couldn't do that and AT&T kept charging me each month. I have been a loyal customer for 10+ years and I would never use AT&T ever again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    Oh, where to begin! I received an email informing me that my cell phone service would be suspended if I did not make a payment today. For some unknown reason my husband received texts (account is in my name) about the unpaid bill but this was my first notice. I reviewed my bank statement and saw that payments were made in May and two in June. I called AT&T to resolve the problem. Seems that because the bill includes both U-verse internet and telephone, no one can access the bill for both services. For one hour I was bounced around between phone billing and U-verse - sort of like riding the clown car in the circus. Got NO where after speaking with 6 people.

    I have had this combined service for at least 5 years. Today phone people said I have not paid since April while U-verse people could only pull up info on a separate U-verse account and said I have a $9 credit. One kept referring to my home phone account even when told I only have cell phones. Takes a real genius to isolate the billing for the two services. I can't be the only person who has combined billing. Has anyone else had similar issues with billing? Must say they were very polite and each asked how my day was going and could they discuss other services with me. Very frustrating!

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    We decided to switch from AT&T because we were consistently charged for overuse of data sometimes to the tune of $300. I talked to a ** at AT&T and she happy enough to help us leave, very friendly, offered lowered (better) plans and so on and simply told us to "make sure and port your number before July 1st so you don't get billed for the July cycle". So I jumped up and ported our phones. Everything went fine until I tried to activate the new service and realized our phones were locked by AT&T... something ** had NOT mentioned even once in our phone call. I called our new provider and they gave me the link to AT&T's unlocking service page. It said that your bill, including ETF (early termination fees) had to be paid in full and then it might take up to 72 HOURS to unlock the phones.

    Since I didn't have a phone anymore I got on the AT&T website and opened a chat request. I talked to ** and she listened to my story and told me she was sorry but there wasn't anything she could do until our bill was paid including the ETF. So I paid the bill while on chat. I then explained to her that had ** mentioned ANYTHING about unlocking our phones I would've done that FIRST and then ported our phones after that... But, as it was, our phones were going to be useless for possibly 3 days. She told me she "made it priority" and it should be within 24 hours now (this was after she "couldn't do anything").

    The next day when I hadn't heard anything from AT&T I opened another chat. This time with **. She told me it was probably going to be 72 hours before the requests were "processed" since the "ticket" had been opened "just today" (remember it was the day before when I had first chatted with **) that nothing could be done. I told her the same thing - had I KNOWN about the unlocking I would've done it first. I also pointed out that I had paid our FULL bill and ETF the day before. She said she could see about getting it down to 15 hours. This was basically the same timeline as the 24 hours ** had quoted. Mad about it all I tweeted that AT&T was like leaving the mafia and they will hold your phones hostage even AFTER you've paid. ** (@ATTCares) messaged me on Twitter and told me they "wanted to help" and to get on the website and OPEN A CHAT! So... I did so... this time with **.

    Again I was treated like it was the first time I had talked to them and said that there was nothing could be done. She said to "give her a minute to read the past chats" and then replied in a way that was obvious she hadn't read anything I'd said before. I told her everything I'd said before and how (now) angry I was and she started telling me that she was an honest person and that AT&T wasn't lying to me nor trying to prevent me from having my phone but that there was "nothing she could do" to help unlock them. I left the chat and will just wait till the 72, 24 or 15 hours is up to be able to do anything on my phone.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    Since 11/2014, I have had a problem with AT&T. I first allowed them to switch me to U-Verse, because it was less expensive. Then, when I experienced trouble on the line, THEY determined I needed a new modem. They sent it out, I returned the old one. Then they charged me $120 because they said they didn't receive it. I had to threaten them with legal action to have the charge removed. In May of this year, I started experiencing outages with the phone and internet. They changed modem on June 1. On June 3, I had more outages.

    Bottom line, I have had about 2 days of service the month of June. Now I have a $62+ credit on my account. My issue: This bill is automatically charged to my credit card, but AT&T will only give me credit on my bill FOR SERVICES I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED. They are a bully masquerading as a phone company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    At first when I sign the contract the service talk really nice and friendly, but after paying everything and when I realized my phone have problem they sent me to many different place. I don't mind wait more than 30 minutes, but when they ask "what's happen to your phone". I said "it kept kick me out when I use youtube, and also the messenger doesn't run through when I click send". The service people work there said this never happen. And they just reset my phone even though I came so many times to fix the phone. I bought this phone only 6 months but I have to reset more than 10 times. I paid for phone insurance and it still have few months left of guarantee. AT&T does have high signal, but paying so much for nothing...

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I used to have Verizon service for my cell phone and switched to AT&T when I went with the internet service which offered an incentive if we bundled Direct TV and internet service. I fell for it and the cell phone service is terrible. Half the time, I cannot use my cell phone because of "no service available." Being retired now, we set up a direct payment system where all the bills are taken directly from our acct. We allow a certain amount of money in the checking acct. to cover the monthly bills and the overage is put into savings.

    AT&T for some reason will on occasion not bill me one month then double the bill the next month which throws my budget for that month off. When I call the customer service number, I am put on hold for up to 1/2 hour listening to a recorded message and ugly music. When I finally got to speak to a real person with my concerns, she had such a lisp I could not understand anything she was saying and all she said was that they made a mistake. I am so fed up with this company and I regret having switched from Verizon. I am stuck with AT&T for one more year and I can't wait for this nightmare to be over!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    Started receiving harassing calls that treated bodily harm to my husband from numbers we did not know. Called the local police department and they told us to call our provider and have them block the numbers. We called AT&T and they refused to do it without charging us $4.99 a month and even then it wouldn't block multimedia messages. To me this is totally unacceptable and I know to be bull crap. They've done it for a friend of mine about 2 years ago. They have horrible customer service and I would rather pay more and switch back to Verizon!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN CUSTOMER!!! I did not receive back my $1,000 security deposit. I am unable to get a security deposit refunded for over 3 months. I called and visited the store many times, but I still not receive it. The financial department keeps saying that the refund will arrive in 3 weeks. However, I've been calling and waiting them for 3 months already and I didn't receive the money. Now I am going back to my country and I am not going to receive my $1,000. I am really disappointed with the company and I don't want to see other people in this situation that's why I am doing this post.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I've had the worst experience and wouldn't want anyone, ANYONE going to the store and getting fooled like I did. Complete disregard for customer service and mismanaged. Here's what I THINK happened: I was on the AT&T NEXT plan since more than a year, 14 months to be precise and got an alert on my phone that I should upgrade! So I went over to the store, with an inkling that I might want to get the iPhone 6 or the LG G4. I didn't care at this point, which was cheaper or more expensive. As I enter the store, I am told that I HAVE TO return my phone and will have to pay $136 in addition in order to upgrade. I am NOT given a choice to retain my phone or trade it in for a new phone. NOT.

    So I pay $136 and decide to upgrade to iPhone 6 because they don't have the LG G4 in the color or kind that I wanted. That's fine. I try to get the best deal for myself, including memory and data plan. I'm absolutely fine paying more for more memory. This should help you understand that I still don't care about the money aspect in all this. Here's where the BS starts, the customer service agent, Dan then tells me I will get $60 credit for my phone (LG G2) if I get the iPhone, and $150 if I get the LG G4. So I fret and take the $60 for the iPhone. He then throws a bomb and says I HAVE TO BUY AN ACCESSORY FROM THE STORE in order to retain the $60. So I buy what is the "cheapest" available accessory from the store, or SO HE SAYS. A screen guard. Which by the way, broke the very next day!

    He then says I have to pay $40 for the screen guard and the remainder $20 will be credited towards my next phone bill. This is WHAT I LEFT THE STORE WITH AND still have to be with, BECAUSE they refused to exchange my phone for free, even though it was within the stipulated 14 day period. They said it would charge me another $35 plus any charges on the new invoice!!!

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I was told in the store that when ain't changed my phone, I would stay on my same data plan. Found out it wasn't true. They actually changed my plan TWICE once I left. Spoke w/ several managers one of which had a very bad attitude and listened to nothing I said. I understand that they no longer have unlimited data plans (although you shouldn't tell a customer that you still offer it, and put notes in my account saying that you told me I would have unlimited) but at least go over the other options I can choose from instead of just giving me an attitude and doing nothing to help me.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    When I first called they wasn't the nicest person. But I was able to get a 2 different reps in different days. They were nice and even lowered my bill. You just gotta talk with them and usually they will lower it. And with AT&T good luck you have to have your old phone number and whether you have 1 of 3 services. Overall it was great. Thank you.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    ATT quotes a decent deal to switch you from other providers or switch you to U-verse. When the first bill arrives incorrect & you call the customer service they will tell you that you will see the correct price with credits from your overpayment. Second bill comes in incorrect again, called ATT & now the story change to the bill is correct & I'm under contract. Stay away from this company or get them to email you the promised price.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    Ordered a landline and was told date and that tech would be here between 8am and noon. At noon I called and was told they would email tech and he'd call me. At 2pm I called them back and they said I was next call tech would make. At 5 I called and they said he was on his way. At 5:30 he got here. The tech was great, very nice and helpful. He told me AT&T had only given him the work order 20 min before he got to my house. So I sat all day in the house with an 88-year-old man with dementia, without any food in the home to feed him (I thought they'd be here by noon). What a horrid way to do business!!

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I was a loyal AT&T cellphone customer for 13 years. Last year I moved to a town and the AT&T coverage was good. Several months ago, my cellphone constantly registered "no service" both during the day and in the evening. At other times the service strength was so low, I was unable to make or keep a call. I contacted AT&T and was told the tower was being repaired - but they had no idea when the repair would be completed. Later I was told the repair would be completed "tonight." That turned out to be inaccurate as well. A supervisor then told me that they could not guarantee coverage - so, it was unfortunate that I was unable to receive service. I was compelled to change to another service provider when my mother went to the emergency room two weeks ago, and my cell phone would not work in or around the hospital, leaving me unable to call family to notify them of what was occurring.

    I contacted AT&T and they told me that while it was unfortunate that I could not use my phone, there was nothing they could do. And, upon cancelling the service after months of patient waiting for the tower repair to be completed with no success, and after months of minimal to mostly no service, the company still charged me full service fees in my final bill (knowing full well that there was no service in the area). I am dismayed that a company would treat a loyal and patient customer with such indifference. Truly, it appears the bottom line is the company's principal concern.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    Called to suspend service by the end of the month. Was told I did not have to called back. Oh, yes I did. Suspension was never registered. Automatic withdrawal finally kicked in, but AFTER I suspended service. Extremely poor customer service employees and records. Point? Check everybody's work and everything. That's the state of the culture. Use a vendor other than ATT if possible.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    ATT customer service is incredibly poor. I was transferred several times attempting to pay a bill and set up auto bill pay. Personnel are hard to understand, tediously slow and most inefficient. It is hard to understand why such a big company makes it so difficult to get anything done. I can only believe it is in an attempt to save money. It reflects badly on ATT.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    Attached home Internet drop service while being on home internet. It gets very slow around 5pm. I use WiFi in hotel and they notify me I am over my limit on data! If I am on WiFi they are are not supposed to charge for data. They can turn on data without knowing it!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for over 13 years. While negotiating for months on how I could obtain 2 new devices, I was finally told by the retention dept I could lower my data plan from 10GB to 4GB (but paying for 2GB) and get the two new devices and my monthly bill would remain the same. However, the first two months my bill was an average of $50 higher, now it's $31 a month higher. The first time I called about the bill I was told that it was because of the prorated charges and that it would go back to normal ($183) the following month. I've called and spoke to several supervisors, filed a complaint with the BBB only to be told they are sorry. My issue still remains unresolved.

    The resolution they suggested was to drop my insurance on all my phones. This would leave us paying for a lost/stolen/damaged phone if something were to happen to them around the tune of 500+ dollars. I do not see that as a viable resolution. This VERY unfortunate situation is due to the information provided by AT&T and has created a undue hardship on my family as we are on a tight budget due to my husband's medical issues. I would not have bought new phones if I was not TOLD I could afford them. Quite frankly, I was lied to and deceived into purchasing new phones at my expense and AT&T's profit. This practice should be illegal. I will terminate my service with AT&T as soon as I can afford to do so. They do not deserve my business.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    I thought I would be saving getting it.. It was new out on the market. OH MY Goodness. It was a headache. Stressed out!!! My bill was never the same. Every other month I noticed it would get higher and higher. Dumb me. When my contract came up and I had a chance to drop it.. I let them talk me into keeping it... saying that it would be cheaper and my bill would not increase. On and on with LIES!!! That's when I started getting a higher bill increased up to 200 dollars. It was a lesson for me. NEVER again. My contract ended this month and I cancelled the TV package part and went back to DIRECTV. Always read the reviews before buying anything. I saw all of this before taking it out. And trust me, I will know the next time. DO NOT GET the AT&T-UVERSE. It is nothing but a RIP Off. I don't like to leave bad reviews, but on this with what I went through, I had to. So if anyone reads mines.. You will know.. DON'T BE A VICTIM!!!!!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    AT&T users BEWARE!! I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 for my daughter exactly one year ago this week from the AT&T store, and I have it covered under mobility insurance. Within the first month of having it, you could not hear her on phone calls. We called AT&T, were told to send it in and we received another. Ten months later, this second phone would not keep a charge.

    I called AT&T again, and was told to send it in. I was never told this was the warranty department, not the insurance department. I have never been told there is a difference. I received a third phone two weeks ago. This past Saturday, I received her old phone back in the mail, with a note that it is damaged, although there is no damage to the phone that the blind eye can see, and that they are charging me $469 for the third phone. This is on top of the $500 I paid for the new phone last year.

    I called AT&T to find out why I was being charged for the phone, because first of all there is no damage that I can see, and second of all, I have insurance. There was a red arrow sticker on the second phone pointing to the charging receptacle, but you would have to have a telescope to see in there! Apparently that is where the damage is. I explained that I cannot see any damage, but regardless, the insurance should cover it (which is $199 for the deductible). I was told that you have to make a choice before you call warranty, because if it is damaged in any way, you have to pay the full price for the phone, as they do not call the insurance department, which is a separate department.

    This is insane!! I asked how in the world was I to determine that something inside the phone was wrong that is not covered under warranty? How was I to know that you have to make a choice, either hope that it is covered under warranty and get a replacement or pay $469, or call insurance and get stuck with $199 bill when it could be covered for free under warranty? I again was told that if you choose warranty, then you cannot come back and choose insurance, and that I am just stuck with the $469 bill, even though they understand that I could not see any damage. Oh, and they will not take the phone back either. This is completely wrong and unethical. I will not be keeping AT&T as my cellphone network provider.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    Billed $15 for 1GB on the last day of my cycle, used 1MB and they took the rest because the cycle ended. They do not rollover that data, so basically they got free money at my expense.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    I was an customer with AT&T for 8 years and didn't have many issues - sometimes I'd have dropped calls but service was pretty good. I'd have service and other people wouldn't. I cancelled my service when I went into upgrade phone and I was treated rudely. The guy told me I'd have to pay 38.00 in top of bill I already was paying which was 220.00 for 4 lines. Too smart to flip. I called up to cancel and lady told me she would cancel all lines. Same day as transferring two lines. So because other lines weren't transferred the service was still on and I was charged an extra month service. So then when I started with other phone service I was informed I owed 641.00 - what. I only owed a month service and two early terminated fees which was like 230.00 or something. Then when I called to explain what happened they turned me over to collections. Never go with AT&T again.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    I am using AT&T cell phones with and without data plan for more than 2 years now (three phones in total and by mistake one was updated!). Only one has the data plan. My two months bill went up by about $60 and when I called the customer care they said that I changed the sim card to a smart phone (that did not have the data plan). I am 100% sure that none of the sims were even taken out or put into any other device/s. The customer care center turned out to be totally useless (not responsible to help, NOT at all, in any respect!). Wasted so much time on the phone. Eventually I had only two choices: either pay the early termination fee (which was about $400) and get rid of the trouble or just pay the bill whatever they send me in the coming months. I am happy that my contract will be over by coming September (no more upgrade in the future; no more mistakes!!!). Hope this helps you. Thanks!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    I purchased a new phone for my sister from an AT&T store. The phone keeps going to safe mode. We went back to the store twice within 14 days and the manager would not exchange it. We went back a third time and the manager then said to call the 1800 number because it's under warranty now. We called the 1800 number for AT&T and they sent us a refurbished phone. But I'm paying for a new phone. They lied and said it was new. They lied and said they will send a new phone then they add a charge off over 600.00 because we are still waiting for a new phone.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2015

    I accepted a collect call from 20 miles away and talked for 1 minute. AT&T is not my phone carrier, so I received a bill for $48.28 in charges for this one call. 8.48 for the call, 25.00 account charge, 3.16 state tax, 6.69 universal connectivity charge and 4.95 federal carrier line assessment. I happen to think that this is outrageous.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    I lost my phone so I wanted to activate an old phone to use temporarily. I had saved voicemails of my grandfather who passed away two years ago that I wanted to save. I was told to go into the store to get a new SIM card to activate the phone which I did. Before the card was installed, I told the AT&T employee that I did not want to activate it if there was any possibility that I would lose the voicemails of my grandfather that I have been saving for 3 years. He assured me that the voicemails wouldn't delete unless I physically do it myself. I was relieved and then he installed the SIM card in the old iPhone 3G and activated it. My voicemails were all there after activation and I was very happy. Unfortunately that only lasted for a few hours and when I checked later on that night all of my old voicemails were somehow deleted and I was devastated.

    I called AT&T and they told me to call Apple. I called Apple and they told me to call AT&T. The Apple representative spent an hour and a half on the phone with me and during this time they called AT&T with me to try to recover my voicemails. AT&T told me they have no recovery for voicemails. I am so upset and aggravated because I was given misinformation by their employees and then they were unable to help. I even went into the store that installed the SIM card and one of the girls said she could probably help. She played with my phone for two seconds and then said they are gone for good and the man that told me that they wouldn't be deleted didn't even apologize for giving me wrong information!

    I've been told that Verizon keeps their voicemail recovery for 3 weeks and can even send you an MP3 via email or a CD with your voicemails even if they were recently deleted. It would be nice if AT&T did that so I can hear my grandfather’s voice again and laugh at the silly messages he left me. Once I'm able to, I will be leaving AT&T and making my way to Verizon. I've been with AT&T for about 15 years and this is not my first bad experience but this is something I can't forgive unless my messages are returned.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    I started out with having Verizon many years ago. Their 2 bar 4g is better than AT&T 5 bar LTE. About 2 years ago my mom changed me to AT&T. I never actually figured out why. For the past couple months I have not been able to stream well and for the past week I have not been able to stream anything without wifi. Today I tested with my friend who had 3 bars LTE as well. They were able to stream the same video on Instagram within less than 5 seconds while I spent 5 minutes trying to but gave up as the video hadn't even started yet. AT&T is not very good at loading anything else either, the Internet is sooooo slow. I would recommend getting Verizon instead.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    So after 20 years with AT&T I'm FINALLY finished with them. I've made it through the 9.99 scam they had few years back. Adding to bills through a second party. I been paying 10.00 a month for a service to an iPad I don't own for a year now. I've paid that and fought and fought over it. But stuck by with AT&T!!! Now last month my bill was scheduled for a payment being took right from my account. Just like the past two years. Well it didn't take it two months and I didn't notice... Yes my fault. Phone was shut off. Never has my phone been off in all these years. You think they will even talk about removing the rehook fee!!! I'm done!!! Worst company ever!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    I haven't had any problems with this company but the only issue I have is my data usage is a problem. I used to have 10 gigabytes which lasted until my next billing cycle. But after a few months my gigabytes started running out, and I went over. I was charged $15 for one gigabyte they added. So I move up to 15 gigabytes and I have the same problem. I think that AT&T should slow down their data speed so that customers won't run through their data fast. I don't know about other customers but I'm on a tight budget and I can't afford to move up to the 30 gigabyte plan. It's too expensive. I feel that I'm not getting what I pay for with my data plan. I hope in the future that AT&T will resolve this issue and make their data speed slower so that customers can get more out of their data plan.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    Worst customer service. Happy they received the $199 million fine. Each customer service rep can tell you something totally different and not responsible for their information. Wasted so much time on the phone. Management is the same. Same question, different answers. Will be looking at other cellular company now.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    I signed up with AT&T in March 2015. First, I was not told by the young man at the store I was entering into a contract. Secondly, at 1 1/2 weeks of having their service my LG Vista phone began having issues. I, in a little over 3 months, was on the phone with technical support a minimum of 3 times per week (l spent more time on the phone with them than at work). I had 2 Replacement Phones sent to me in this short time; with the EXACT SAME ISSUES with each one.

    When I was told they would be sending me a 4th Replacement… I put my foot down. I realize this will go against my credit. However, I would rather have that than have to spend 1 more second on the phone with them and DEAL WITH THIS. THIS COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL COMPANY. All I asked of them to allow me to upgrade to a different phone. I was not allowed because is not been with them for 6 months yet. Well, I never will be. 3 months with AT&T has been by far the ABSOLUTE WORST EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD WITH A PHONE COMPANY.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    I have been a loyal customer, moved and they do not have a tower where I live. After 6 months of trying everything to get service, I terminated. Now they want to charge me a termination fee for service I don't have!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    The last 2 people I talk to in customer service they went above and beyond for me and fixed my problem. I couldn't be any happier. They deserve whatever good you have to give them. My name is **. Thank you.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 18, 2015

    AT&T won't send any paper notifications for your bill. All they will send you is a suspension notice that you will conveniently get the same day that they suspend your service. It's a joke and a way for them to make more money off of you by screwing you over. Their only saving grace is that they don't charge bogus fees like Verizon does.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    My mother passed away in April of 2014. I had paid her bill in the past, and set up auto bill on a joint account of ours years ago. After she passed away (July 2014) I notified AT&T, and disconnected the phone in the now vacant house. I continued to put money into the joint bank account to cover a mortgage payment and other billing while I changed out the accounts. Last month, I closed the joint account, and later noticed a $65 deduction from AT&T from my personal account at the same bank.

    It turns out, they had been billing the joint account for a year, and when I closed it, they had my personal account on file, since I at one time had paid a bill with it. When I called them, they said they would close the account, but could only refund me for the previous three months. They billed me over a $1000 dollars for non existent phone in a vacant house after I notified them of the disconnect, and would only refund $180.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    I switched over to AT&T in January 2015. I went with AT&T because all these discounts were promised that would make my bill less than it was with Verizon. We are now in June. No discounts have been applied and I'm paying more than I did with Verizon. Why are these companies allowed to lie to people to get customers to sign up?!?!? Awful & Deceitful is what I think of AT&T Wireless!!!

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    I went in to an AT&T store on June 13, 2015 to upgrade a phone line. After spending over an hour waiting for service, I was told it could not be upgraded because AT&T never received my LG phone. Since I had the receipt from the post office, I was able, after spending more than 2 hours, to track down the phone that had been received in their warehouse on April 21, 2015. Because someone had not properly credited my account, I was unable to upgrade the phone at the store, which was 30 miles away. I spoke with a representative on the phone on June 15, 2015 and was told a phone would be overnighted to me. Since I was on vacation I was hesitant, but the representative assured me that if we accepted the terms of the email she'd sent us that the phone would arrive at our location on June 16. In addition, she included an OtterBox teal pink cover with a value of $40.

    I did not receive the phone on June 16, 2015 as promised. I called into customer service and was assured it would arrive June 17, 2015. On June 17 I received an email claiming the phone would not be sent until June 22. Since, as I had informed the representative, I was on vacation and would be leaving this address on June 18, we cancelled the order. I asked that we be able to upgrade the phone at an AT&T store and that we receive a case free-of-charge since that was the offer. I was denied and told I could not receive a case at any store. In fact, I was told that no matter how high I escalated my request, I would not be able to receive a case free-of-charge at any store. I asked for a credit to my account in place of the case. A manager would only credit my account for $25, not enough to purchase a case in an AT&T store.

    I did nothing wrong. I sent in the phone as requested. The warehouse received the phone. But I am left with no phone as of yet and no case. I have spent over 4 hours trying to resolve this issue. I have not been treated fairly because none of this was my fault. I should've received a credit for the full $40. In fact, I should've received more to compensate me for the time and effort I have had to expend because AT&T failed to properly credit my account. I am so disappointed in the service.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    ATT changed my billing cycle in June. I paid my bill for June on the 2nd; now I have another payment on the 29 of June. So, the CS rep told me I would for have a July through December payment as well, which will constitute 13 billing periods in a 12 month year. Someone will get a bonus for this.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    We had AT&T for over 5 year. The first 3 years were great - no problems. The last 2 years have became a joke. 90% of the time had no signal nor could I connect to the internet. Before we switched companies I look up all my lines to see what was under contract on my one was. We took our #'s with us causing AT&T to lock us out of our online account. Guess I should have screen shot the page showing contracts because after they closed our online account the 1 phone that was under contract was changed to a installment plan then they switched another line to being under contract. The only thing AT&T wanted to do was lower our bill - didn't care about the signal problem. I would not recommended this company to anyone. It has gone down hill and is continuing to go down hill.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I purchased a data and voice use in the Bahamas Islands. When the usage exceeded my purchased, I received several email notices to call AT&T. After 6 or more calls to AT&T, I was immediately disconnected. Only one call was answered by a voice, and then immediately disconnected. As a consequence of this FRAUDULENT CALL DECEPTION BY AT&T AND THE BAHAMAS TELEPHONE CO., I was billed $671. The HANGUP process enriched AT&T and the BAHAMAS TEL, CO. FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    AT&T has to be one of the worst companies, and here is why: I signed up for service in April and found that their coverage in my area was low (I'm talking 1 bar in over 70% of my 3 bedroom apartment) while their coverage map says good coverage. I called AT&T about this and their only solution for me after explaining my final hardship was to purchase a $150 dollar microcell. But on the bright side you get a $75 dollar rebate (issued as an AT&T gift card that can only be used at AT&T) so helpful right?

    Before purchasing this expensive equipment, which can only be purchased in-store, I asked about returns of the equipment was not useful in increasing my service, the sales rep told me that I had 14 days to return, but that there was a $35 re-stocking fee even if it did not do what it was supposed to do. Then I asked about the rebate that a customer service rep told me about, and he had no idea about it and told me that I would have to call and ask because that's information that the corporation does not give to the stores. Everyone do yourself and go with Verizon or another company, because AT&T does not guarantee adequate service and they are only after your hard earned dollars.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    AT&T is ripping us all off. They charged me double on my internet and now say that it is 99 to 132 a month just for internet. I have been dealing with them since February and now they say that everyone is affected and that it is billing restructuration. Really, well I am not paying for your island retreat or your entitlement mentality. They did not even have anyone to talk to as they have so many calls,. They said they could call me back but could not promise it. WTH? SOMEONE HELP ME WITH ANOTHER SERVICE! PLEASE, this is crazy making stuff. They all tell me one thing and another says they do not do that, Then another tells me change your plan back and we will give you a cheaper plan. More than I have now. I pay 112.00 for home phone, no extras at all and internet only. No TV or anything else. HELP.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Holy cow, what a joke. It took over a year to change our office phone numbers. Then when they change our numbers no one contacts office to let us know the numbers have been switched. Guess what now? We don't have voice mail for our patients for after hours. So now it took an entire day speaking with AT&T off and on to get this corrected. Unbelievable, why did we want to change? Should not have done so.... What a hassle. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.... Horrible horrible.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    When I pay my bills it is for the full amt. I have paid the full amt on the 4th of every month for the last 5 yrs. I always call and pay with my debit card. No problem. Now they have 2 numbers - one for wireless service and one for home services. I call, my home phone is not listed as one of the numbers I pay. When I call, I ask the rep "Is this the full amt for everything?" They say yes. I pay it. Then I have a past due of 53.05. I have to call 2 numbers to pay my whole bill! WHAT? Their billing services are based upon TECHNICALITIES. Meaning whatever the problem? They are never wrong. Sort of like a double edged sword! LOL!!!

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    I've been a customer for over a year and every single month has been a bad experience from overcharging me some ridiculous reason to saying they didn't get a payment (letting me know months later). I've paid every single month with these thieves!! & their customer service is so rude and horrible! Save your money. Go elsewhere!!

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    I was with AT&T for DSL service for about 3 years. They charge $54 for very slow speeds, so I maintained a 50% promotion at all times--so it was essentially $27. You have to call back every few months and threaten to cancel. My other option is Charter for $40, but I don't care about speed, I care about price. And let me tell you, the incompetence of customer care and hours spent on the phone was probably not worth $13/month. Their automated system used to a nightmare and would even frequently hang up on you if you tried to skip over it, it acts as a guardian to keep people from reaching a person. After 5-10 minutes of dealing with it, there was a minimum 20-minute hold time. Both have recently improved. That's the background. I want to complain about my latest issue that led to me cancelling service.

    Since I complained to AT&T about half of my bills, I noticed that credits or adjustments to take effect in 1-2 billing cycles often did not appear--and often were undocumented, despite me having confirmation numbers. So I got in the habit of disputing any overcharge with my bank if AT&T did not immediately adjust it when I contacted them AND automatically debit the amount the customer rep said they would debit. 6 months ago, my modem died. AT&T wanted me to pay for a new one, but their retention offered me a free one, no charges whatsoever, and I accepted. It never came. So I called back, and they offered me another one, plus a $20 credit for the inconvenience, plus a $30 credit for no service. The modem came as expected this time. I was sent a bill which charged sales tax, and although not charged for the modem or shipping, was not given the promised credits.

    So I called AT&T. The rep tells me to disregard the bill, and told me the amount that would be auto-debited from my credit card. I wrote down the confirmation number for the call (it turns out there is no record of the credits, or apparently even this call). The full amount of the bill was debited. So I called the bank and disputed the charge, less the amount that the rep told me would be debited. AT&T promptly agreed to credit the disputed amount, though this only indicated on my credit statement, not my AT&T history.

    The following month, I received a credit of $27.50 on my bill. The month after that, a credit of $19.98 (there is no explanation forthcoming for these credits--and when going over my history during this fiasco, it seemed implied the promised credits were not issued). The total of these credits was over $4 less than the amount disputed, so it did not appear to be an accidental double credit--not that I even remembered the dispute by the following bill. The amounts were random, and I did not question them. The next two months' bills were normal.

    The fifth month I received a normal bill in the mail. A week after it should have been debited from my account, I missed a call from AT&T's customer service. I checked my online account. I had been kicked off autopay and my account was past due. My bill was $79. A CANCELLED credit was issued the day after the 4th month's bill was paid, BEFORE I received the paper bill for the 5th month, then it was added to the 5th month's bill. The amount was the same as the previously disputed amount. However, if the dispute and credit did not appear on my AT&T history, so it appeared random. I called AT&T to clarify the charge. No one had any idea. No one could offer any useful information. No one could explain why it said cancelled. I was repeatedly told that I requested a chargeback on the date indicated (4 months later than I did) and to call my bank.

    And in case anyone thinks I was shady about this, I did repeatedly ask if the charge in some way relates to a different date. It was "escalated" to collections. Collections informed me that I would need to send them proof I did not request a chargeback, and "if the proof is sufficient, the issue will be considered for a review". I replied that it would be simpler and fairer just to sue. And they hung up. I received several other hang ups as well, which were much less confrontational. After being on the phone for one hour, I was put on hold and the call was cut off. I assume she was sick of working on the problem. Finally, after over four hours on the phone, I reached a manager in the Accounts Receivable department (not Accounts, already been randomly transferred there). She told me the charge related back, and she told me the date. It took me 2 minutes to reconstruct the rest.

    By this time, I have been charged a late fee. So in total, they had now overcharged me $11 for 6 months. And I had spent about an average of 1 hour per month trying to make sure my bill reflects no more than what I agreed to pay. So I complain and get the late charges immediately waived. Then I get promised a $20 credit for my inconvenience to apply at some point. I call later to cancel service and make sure my $20 will take care of the balance due at the end of the month. Guess what? There's no $20 credit in the system, according to the rep. He'll put it back in he says, "just hold." He comes back, and says the computer won't let him, there's something wrong with my account. But he promises it'll get put in there. As a inactive lawyer, I am on the verge of suing for $1 plus pain and suffering. So basically what I'm saying people... don't go with AT&T.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    Each time our (meaning me and husbands) phones broke -or - became obsolete... we received NEW updated phones from AT&T - several times NOT realizing we for suckered into ANOTHER 2-yr contract. Have been with AT&T for approx - brace yourself - 16 YEARS :(. Monthly bill AFTER 20% govt-employee discount: $130 for two lines, each line with 2 gigs data. Will PAY 4 OWN phones!! So as NOT 2 be suckered into yet ANOTHER 2-yr contract.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    AT&T acquired my original provider and from the moment the service switched to AT&T I didn't have service at my work location. Called for 10 months with the promise that would work. Been through the same troubleshooting over and over again. Tired of being pushed around so I could pay another month of my bill without service. Filed a complaint with Office for Dispute Resolution and the summary of a 30 minutes conversation is AT&T is doing nothing wrong and is pretty much my fault for not looking for another provider. They don't owe me reimbursement and they cannot guarantee I will ever have service. Go look for another provider? Big companies in this country believe they are above the law and they might be if they are allowed to treat people like that!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I was told my contract would be ending on X day. The day I switched over my service to another company on X day. FINALLY, I would be able to be free from a company that jacked up prices AFTER joining their plan, giving me no choice but to pay an extra 40 dollars per month. Finally, I would be able to get away from being nickle and dimed with no explanation. This company was crap from the beginning. When we first got our phones, it took 2 weeks to sort everything out because some idiot "accidentally" signed us up for a much more expensive plan. Gee, I wonder how fat his commission was? After multiple trips to the store to talk to hung over employees it got fixed. Then at the end of my contract I check the day, double check ATT, and pay my last bill.

    Or so I thought. The customer service agent lied and told me a different day - by 2 days, that my contract would end. A month after paying my "last bill" I hear that stupid, little passive aggressive knock that can only mean my neighbor that was on the plan with us (because it's the only ** way we could afford any of it) is back and asking for money. After getting neighbor to finally quit repeating herself (she was told our contract ended Y day) I called ATT. They informed me my contract ended Z day! So they told me it ended on X, told our neighbor it ended Y, and then said it actually ended Z day. I blew up. This has been one long screw over and I am never using any of ATT's services again. They're a dishonest, incompetent, ** company that doesn't know how to train customer service for **.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for over 15 yrs. My current plan was the shared data for family of four. I upgraded all four lines at the same time with the 2 yr. agreement. The next day I received a text saying there is going to be an additional $40 charge per month per line because I did the 2 yr. agreement instead of the NEXT upgrade. The AT&T agent told me to take the phones back and sign up for AT&T next upgrade and then I can pay an additional $30.00 a month per line for the next 24 months and then I wouldn't have to pay the extra $40 a month per line. Why in the world would I pay 30$ a month for 24 months when I could pay 200$ for the phone as a one-time fee. I asked her to change my plan back the way it was since I signed another 2 yr. agreement with them.

    I was then transferred to the retention department explained the same thing to him, the agent tried to talk me into the 24 month next upgrade for 30$ which I again said the program is outrageous, the call dropped and he didn't call me back!! I then had to call again and was on hold for over 15 minutes to be told again by another agent that I can sign up for the next upgrade program. Again told him that's the craziest program I've ever heard of. I told him to change my plan back to how it was or I will take phones back and go with a new carrier since my contract is up. The agent told me okay. After paying a company every month for the last 15 yrs. I was expecting a little more understanding and appreciation.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I called AT&T. in April 2 months ago to have my DSL line rebooted because it was blinking. I was told that I needed a new U-verse service that took apart my bundled phone, T.V. and internet. The technicians needed to move my computer area, drill holes in my home. I had to plan several 4-hour windows of service time to be home around my schedule. I have dealt with compromised internet and got extra protection from hackers and now two months later my wireless internet goes down and they come to fix it, in the process my landline goes out and they can't fix it. This is the only line that I have chosen to use for my family safety with my children being home for periods of time while I'm at work.

    We have not resolved the phone line issue now 3 days later. The technicians come and blame each other or are ineffective at their job. Phone conversations give the runaround. I called to check on status of technician arrival for tonight another 4-hour window and I'm told it's cancelled... Nobody called me to tell me that.... I called to check on how it was going. On hold now for my second hour on the phone with cancellation services being told that I have to pay an early cancellation fee for their shoddy awful customer service!!! AT&T doesn't have existing Customer Service at all and I would not recommend their company for anything! Especially customer safety and service.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedOnline & App

    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    AT&T is getting like a roadside carnival sideshow. First I had a 5 line plan. We had 2 gigs per line. I never use data. My flip phone finally gave up. The AT&T store sales gal **, says we have this new 10 line program that has 10 gigs all can share. Then pulls out this Galaxy 2 tablet for $199. I don't need a tablet. She says "hey it's only $10 a month." So I say ok. Months later (bill is auto pay) after I have given friends and relatives a phone I find out that my $10 a month that I had been paying on the 5 plan jumps to $40 per line. Had she told me the truth, I still would have done the 10 plan but NOT gave 5 for phones away. So my $50 jumped to $200 a month. At no time did she mention that the past $10 was going to jump. By throwing in the tablet which is only $10, I was duped into thinking all the phone lines were also $10.

    Speed forward to today. I am now up to a 25 line 40 gig program with rollover data. It is an absolute scam. Example June 1, I have 40 gigs, we hold back to build up 20 gigs to rollover on July 1. Now it shows I have 60 gigs. But guess what. I have to use up my 40 NEW gigs before it gets to the 20 rollover and AT THE END OF JULY YOU LOSE TOTALLY ALL OF THE JUNE ROLLOVERS. SO IN SHORT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TRUE ROLLOVERS. You pay for the 40 and save some, then lose them if you don't go over the next 40. Is that stupid or what... I’m now looking at other carriers and plans. Hopefully they will get enough complaints to change it so that you will get to use your rollovers first before you dig into the new data. That's only fair since you paid for the original data.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    I got letter from collection agent on April 15/2015 AT&T telephone bill from April 2012. I know I don't have outstanding bill but they came up with this $58.65. They do have poor management. Made phone call to verify back and forth, spoke more than 6 person, finally they told me "early termination fee." Told them why you didn't send it three and half years ago. Told me they don't know. That is poor management. I don't recommend AT&T for any services. I pay them $58.65.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    I started out with AT&T probably around 2 years ago. The first year, even though my cable went out quite frequently, my bill was how much they said it would be. Then came the end of the honeymoon period! I was sent a free movie for being such a great customer. I knew better than to use it, and sure enough when I did, it was not applied to my bill and ever since my bill has seen just about every amount. I have had to call nearly every month to see why my bill is what it is only to have representatives claim that they want to help me and make adjustments to my account that I think is helpful, only to call back the next month to someone else saying something completely different! I want to be DONE with AT&T!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 10, 2015

    First of all I have had numerous bad occasions with at&t… from sending phone back in and they claim they didn't receive the phone and was charged on my bill for the phone only to find out a couple of months later and a lot of phone calls made to them that they had the phone after 6 months. They also have scams going on to where you get the contract with them but you are use to having a discount on the line. They never told me about the next plan. If I wanted to keep my discount I would have to be on the next plan.

    Called and went in the stores to switch it to the next plan only to be told 3 different things, I have 90 days to switch and the other operator told me 14 days and another operator told me just to take the phone back to the store and they could switch it like that. Needless to say went to the store and they told me no they couldn't do it. Called at&t once again and they told me no again!! So when these contracts are up I will be going somewhere else!! Maybe verizon knows how to treat their customers better!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    Make long story short... When I moved to my new address, I called them several times to confirm that they had cancelled my service in old address. But after one year, I finally realized they still charge me with my old account, then I called AT&T customer service on January, 2015. Someone told me my service was ended on Dec, 2013. They will sent me a check with the reimbursement.

    One month later, nothing comes out, then called again, another customer service was telling me different story, and said AT&T never sent check to customer, only credit back to my current account, but need approval from the manager. Wait one more month, still nothing show up in my account. Kept calling, people always had different reasons to explain why I didn't see the credit.

    4 months later, I fed up with that, finally caught someone named **, that said he's the supervisor in billing department. Said they cannot give me credit back more than 3 months, and he will do my favor to give me 6 months back, which is the 4 months my calling time and 2 months before I was calling. Then the credit appears in my old account, I have to call them again to transfer the credit to my new account. Again I kept calling, everyone was telling different story. I really fed up with this company, and don't know how to get rid of it right now since I am trapped in a year contract with them.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    My recent and most unbelievable situation was the following: I had a Galaxy S3 and my contract due in 7 months. I wanted the new Samsung Edge 6 and tried to buy it from AT&T without using the Next program. In my account I have 5 telephone lines and the internet and that's why Next wasn't an option because everyone knows the total of every invoice and a change of numbers would be a problem.

    Anyways, they kept turning my options down and letting me know that I had to stay 3 generations back of a phone because the only way was using Next. After several calls of useless representatives that didn't helped at all, I had no choice but to enter this TRAP of NEXT. These were the requisitions: They said that my contract would maintain untouched. That I didn't have to pay the cancellation of it. And that it would due on December. I had to pay the balance off ($175) at the moment because the account had to be at $0 for the program to work. That the only extra amount in the invoice would be the $30 per 30 months. That the offers will not change. All these lies were told very nicely, because it's a sell.

    The problem started when the first bill arrived with $142 over from the normal payments including the phone's $30 charge. We instantly called and here is where it all begins. They started investigating by asking questions and one of the questions were "Did you pay something under the table to the employee?" Really? What is this level of disrespect? Stupid representatives talking to customers that way? WAY TO GO AT&T!!! Then they started assuming that we had not paid some month and started looking for late fees. Come on!!! We have 5 lines and an internet. Money is not the problem here. The problem is when they think you are stupid, we actually save all payment received, so they had to shut up and accept we were paying right.

    They asked if the $175 payment was rebounded by the bank. I HAVE NEWS FROM YOU AT&T, WHEN YOU PAY WITH A DEBIT CARD AND DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE BALANCE IT SAYS THIS MESSAGE: "DECLINE." They informed that when we accepted the Next program, we were charged for the cancellation of the contract, which was random because more than 3 representatives (1 by phone and 2 in stores) told us that the contract would not be affected. They realized that information was true so they discard it. By the way, my brother lives in Nebraska USA and he asked the same question, with the same answer.

    Every time we called, we had to spend a minimum of 1 hour by phone trying to solve this problem. By the time they finish researching, a manager, told us that it was a phantom charge, that it was not real. And according to them, they would eliminate it. A week passed and they called again arguing about the same issue. But this time they changed their version. They said that the charge was because the old phone wasn't paid and that was the charge. Are you kidding me? A 4 year old phone (when Next didn't exist yet) still wasn't being paid? And when does this story appear if AT&T charged me $175, a trade in older phone and a contract to get a Samsung Galaxy S3? This is a lie.

    Again they bring up the contract excuse. But this time, they assure that to get the Next program the contract had to be cancelled. OH AT&T YOU BAG OF THIEFS AND LIARS. We asked a couple of times and they insisted that these program would not affect the old contract. Finally they invented a new excuse. They told us that when I paid the $175 to clear the balance, I've only paid a quantity just to be eligible for the NEXT TRASH PROGRAM. When I asked, several of times to the employee if the account was in $0 and she affirmed this statement. We have all receipts from each payment and we are clear.

    After each excuse, with a lot of rude representatives, we are tired of this scam. They don't do a quality check up with their customer service agents and these don't know what other excuse to tell. Even their managers had bad manners and a horrible attitude. I don't have an issue with the signal because it's great. But for an expensive service, this is no way to treat your customers. Talking to them like it's a kindergarten class or worse, like they are always wrong even with proof in the customer's hands.

    What's the matter with you AT&T representatives? Don't you have more excuses or stories? Does your service is decaying at this rate? Do you even read this complaints? Do you care about your customers? I have to say that not every representative is an inept (sorry for the true expression) but a lot of them could have better attitude when dealing with a customer and don't treat the customer like it's a liar. The real liar here is AT&T. Thank you for nothing!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    I thought I had lost my internet service with Clear so I started checking various providers about new service. I decided to go with AT&T. The next day my Clear service was running fine so I contacted AT&T to cancel. This was within the 3 day window allowed in Texas to cancel a contract! Then the next day, I received a package from AT&T that contained their converter box then 2 days later a tech from AT&T came out! I answered the door and told him I cancelled so he left. I never did nor did anyone else ever activate service with AT&T. This was showing on my credit report with all three credit agencies but after being disputed and removed with all, what started as $93.00 went to $83.00. Then today when I checked my report, Equifax and Experian are now showing that I owe $8.00 plus change.

    This morning I called IC Systems (the collection company) TWICE!!! The first guy told me it was for a service call but the second said it was $8. For what? I have no CLUE!!! AIR???? IC Systems informed me that in order to dispute with them I had to right a letter?? I thought the onus was on AT&T/IC Systems to provide documentation of valid debt! Stay away from both companies... Guess it's time for another class action lawsuit!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    I've had AT&T for 9 years now. Never an issue with customer service, but then again never really needed it. The phones work everywhere you can imagine and paying the bills has never been a problem. I have a 200MB data plan (old grandfathered plan) and they send alerts to your phone and your email to let you know when you've reaching your limit so you can cut yourself off.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    After spending endless hours on phone with AT&T, I finally disconnected our service. I trusted they would give me correct info when I called and they would give me best plan suited to my needs. Cut a long and stressful more than a decade as their trusting customer came to realize money was added to my bill We didn't know about. Their staff are not on the same page with their info and things don't even have to be explained to you for them to charge. Very angry and disappointed.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    Last Tuesday I called at&t customer serve to switch one of 3 accounts (6 months left on contract) to t-mobile and the other 2 (both off contract) to another carrier. We were on a family talk program that was outdated and cost $226/ month. After talking to customer service, they switched me to retention. The rep said they wanted us to stay with at&t, could upgrade our plan to mobile sure for 2 years, and would give us a guaranteed price of $145 per month for unlimited talk and text, plus 6 gb data and rollover. Additionally, they had a prompt for an iPhone 5s at $149. We were told we could upgrade at Best Buy. We were to use one of the two off contract phones for the upgrade on my son's phone.

    Went to Best Buy, they knew nothing about the deal, called at&t, was on hold for over 1 hour with the rep and his manager. Finally spoke to 2 reps and was switched to ** who said he was a senior supervisor for retention. He told us he would honor the price but the phone would have to be ordered through the at&t site. He tried to switch us to the NEXT plan which I had repeatedly rejected. Is this price guaranteed I said? I'm notating the records and if you call, any rep can access them. Bottom line, instead we get a bill of $170 a month and are locked into a 2 year contract on the renewal. Called AT&T, on hold 1 hour and 15 minutes, spoke to ** in customer service who said there was absolutely nothing AT&T could do ** had put. He spoke to us but did not show he guaranteed the $145 price. Tough luck for us. "Anyone else we could speak to?" "No. I'm it" ** said.

    I asked for retention anyway, he said he would transfer us, and was on hold for 71 minutes when we gave up. Over one week, have spent nearly 3 hours on hold, disconnected or silence, including the 1 hour at Best Buy when they couldn't get a rep. Want them to either give us the price that was quoted, repeated and Guaranteed by 3 different reps, including **, or let us out of our new 1 week old 2 year contract so we can switch to an honest carrier.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2015

    First of all I have been a customer since 2007. I have 5 phones on my account and an additional for family on another family plan in a different state. I fell under some hard times with my job and other life hardships and now I am employed and trying to catch up but have always paid my bills. I have 3 phones of payment installments and I am being charged for 4. I have been trying since November of 2013 to explain this but none seems to listen. They listen only to get me off the phone and then continue to bill and over bill me. They have overcharged us for the insurance, charged us. Has a bundle. They denied and cancel the one number the bundle happens to be on because they claimed it had 2 issues only it really had 1. There has at least been 22 dropped calls every 2 months and poor customer service consistently.

    The reason we stay is because it's the only service my sister can get in the area. She lives in North Carolina. However this day June 8th, my birthday no doubt it is for me, I made payment arrangements for my balance and was told that an amount would be taken out on the 5th of June and the 19th of June and on June 8th all 5 phones were disconnected and when I contacted them they basically ** the agent and ** the Manager indicated that I was lying and that although the arrangements were in the system I needed to take the confirmation of those arrangement to a store and pay the amount of the 1st installment and then they would turn all the phones back on. I was never told this. I was told the arrangements had been made and confirmed.

    I can't tell you how many times I have been told so many different things by so many different people and every time I believe their agents. So when I told ** that I would take my business elsewhere his attitude was "Please do". He and ** were the rudest and the unhelpful, uncaring individuals in the customer service business I have ever spoken to. I am an SR Talent Acquisition Account Manager. I hire people everyday and I hope I never come across these two individuals needing a job because they won't receive one from me, until they learn better customer service skills. I have never been treated so unkindly in my life. They didn't even try to help to the situation and when they lost my business ** attitude was he didn't care and "really what's 9 people". So I will be using our go phones until I find another company with better service. Maybe I will go back to Sprint.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I had lost my phone in April while hiking in the woods. I made a serious attempt to find it by driving 75 miles and, using a tracking app on another phone, try and locate it to no avail. I immediately went to the AT&T store where I had bought it. I was told by an employee that I would have to pay $150 on the insurance to get a replacement but that it would take a couple of days. He went on to say that, if I wanted, I could upgrade my phone. I was assured that I would not be responsible for the lost one.

    I took 2 billing cycles before I realized that I was still being billed for the lost phone (mainly because my wife also upgraded her phone shortly thereafter). Neither the store or the AT&T customer support will take any action to resolve this issue. The store manager told me it was possible that they could take the new phone back, I pay the $150 on the insurance and get a replacement, but it was up to AT&T cust. support. AT&T says it's beyond the 14 day buyers' remorse period (how am I to know I'm still being billed for a lost phone within 14 days. Also, I don' t think being misinformed falls under buyers' remorse) and that it is the store's discretion. The store says it's up to AT&T. No one wants to step up, admit a mistake has been made, and rectify the situation. Really, how hard can it be to do the right thing under these circumstances?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I had interrupted my service while being abroad for 4 months. Upon return I called AT&T to reactivate my original unlimited plan. The agent made a mistake and put me on a cheaper plan. I realized this when I got my next bill with a $200 charge for additional talk time (how is that fair pricing?). Fast forward and many phone calls later AT&T reimbursed me for the additional talk time but insists I have to pay for changing my plan from the one mistakenly selected by the call center agent to the one I was supposed to be on. Instead of explaining to me how they justify me paying for a mistake one of their agents made the manager gets rude and condescending. I'll pay the charge and just be done with AT&T. Not worth the hassle & premium if other carriers offer the same or better services at much lower rates.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I called to discontinue my services. I was asked to provide some code and security question, never recalled setting one up. She tells me I need to go and provide my photo ID personally to AT&T store. I proceeded to explain I am out of the country and was there something else I can provide to verify my ID. AT&T's employee started raising her voice tell me how would I like it if someone call and disconnect my service and continued to repeat this over and over. I told her she was being rude, I will be recording my conversation with her, and I am requesting someone else to speak to, she told me because I was recording her she was "I am done taking to you," and hung up.

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    Reviewed June 7, 2015

    The AT&T truck was in the neighborhood. They disconnected our TV, house phone and internet. We have been without for several days with no solution.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    Tried called the store and was put into a constant loop that never ended until they stuttered and said they didn't understand and hung up. Called 10 times and same result. This is a phone company that never picks up the phone and doesn't know how to set up a auto-phone system. Then called the 800 support line and twice for 18 minutes did the same thing twice trouble shooting and twice the tech asked my phone number and promised to called back if we lost contact and twice cut me off immediately after. Horrible Customer Service - oh - No Customer Service. I am going in on Monday to get a refund.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    To be fair, I need to say that my experience today wasn't the worst one I've ever had with customer service, nor with AT&T. However, it IS an example of a problem I've encountered routinely with AT&T, as well as a few cable and/or satellite providers. So, it's getting down to last straws. I own a (very) small business and was sold an AT&T Premier group plan 4 years ago when we first opened. I've been with AT&T since 2004, except for a brief hiatus. Recently, one of my original business partners decided to leave. We parted amicably and he took his wireless business and phone number (which he'd had for many years prior to our partnership) to a competitor.

    Today I looked at our phone bill and discovered that we'd been charged a $125 cancellation fee because my former business partner left his contract four months early. I'm not naive - I hear people complain all the time about wireless contracts but I believed that, since we are a business, with a "business" account, the individual two-year contracts were about equipment upgrades - in my mind our business' "contract" with AT&T remained unchanged and in good standing. (Yes, I do feel pretty silly now, in case you were wondering.) It was after hours when I discovered the unexpected charge, so I used the AT&T Premier chat feature to see if there was any mistake.

    Here's where my shock began to turn into annoyance. Online CS chats are far from perfect, I know, but AT&T's seems to be worse than average. If their goal is to cut down on phone line traffic by providing this service, they're failing. First of all, my correspondent's initial answers were about one sentence long and contained jargon for which the average person would likely have no semantic context: "Active status", "Transfer notation", etc. Not difficult concepts, once explained, but it's up to you to ask for that explanation. Secondly, unless you ask for your question to be escalated, all you get for your time are training manual responses and directions to the website... which is where the chat was initiated (this logic boggles the mind.)

    Thirdly, if you start writing your question before the rep has completed his/her script, it's as if it never happened. They just ignore it and you have to start all over again. I tried asking one if he could see what I'd written previously and it took a couple of tries for him to even consider looking... by then, I was all typed out and trying to extricate myself from the chat. I would simply have disconnected but I wanted a transcript and wasn't sure it would be complete until he logged off. In the end, and after two different chat sessions, I will still have to call my local representative to resolve my concerns and make changes.

    I believe the AT&T Premier plan has done nothing for my small business. I was told today (after asking what the point was, since it seemed to me no different than a 4-line family share plan) that being a business customer made me eligible for offers and discounts. What offers and discounts? When? In four years I've yet to see one, outside the usual, "You may be eligible for an upgrade!" at right around the time we'd be eligible, anyway. But here's my real gripe: AT&T's website has become increasingly over-complicated, opaque, and user-UNfriendly. If you have some web skill and some practice you can (sort of) figure it out, but it seems to me the average person might be completely flummoxed and simply give up after a while. I believe they do this on purpose to discourage billing disputes and scrutiny.

    After my two attempts at their chat service today, I believe the same applies in that quarter, as well. Look at Amazon and other Internet retail monsters - they've managed to figure out how to have helpful interfaces, usable chat features, and clearly-explained member benefits. What other explanation could there possibly be? Feeling very cynical and fed up with the whole wireless business culture.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    The worst I mean worst service ever in the world. Been helping my mother and father with their internet and never would I ever recommend anyone ever to this company. I had called over 10 times in one month with nothing but problems. Being on the phone for 3 hours at a time. Even speaking to tech support and supervisors didn't help. All this trouble just to upgrade to the faster internet speed in our area which at the time is 3.0 which isn't very fast!!! Everyone said they would solve this and on day 4 it still isn't solved. So guess what, I switched services!!! Goooood bye AT&T and I got them what we have and never had issues with (Charter) the best internet and fastest! Can't wait so they can finally enjoy stress free internet. A very frustrated and unsatisfied and never again customer!

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    This started in 2011. I had them combine my internet and cell phone bill. They tell you it can take 3 billing cycles to work and to call to get the amount due. I did. I paid what I was told was due. They disconnected. I asked why. It's because I never paid the full amount. I had to pay $40 per service to turn them back on, plus what they then claimed I owed. The next month, my cell was off again. Same reason given, another $40 do I thought. My internet was never turned off so there shouldn't have been s reconnect fee. Wrong. They charged me $80 again. Why? Because they "should have turned it off." I cancelled everything. This was a total of $160 they virtually stole from me.

    Fast forward a few months. I'm in collections and the company offered me a half price settlement which was about equal to what I should have actually owed minus the bogus charges. I paid it, never heard anything back from them and moved on. A year later, I get a letter from a second collections offering the same thing. Now, no one at AT&T has a record of my payment. In fact, they can't even open my account. I tell them I'm not paying twice. I don't hear anything for months again. Now a third agency is on my credit report after never even attempting to contact me.

    I go to the BBB. AT&T Home and Internet dept. contacts me. They can open my account and can see the payment I made, but told me I need to talk to Wireless because they are the ones that sent it to collections. They claim they can't open my account because they no longer have it and I need to contact the collections that has had it since the beginning. Funny how they could tell me all of that in an account they can't open and don't have. I called the collections company. They got my account 1/1/15. They don't know who had it before and since I am disputing with the credit bureau, they are sending it back to them.

    The BBB just contacted me to inform me that AT&T is standing by the original claim so that's that. Oh and to top it off, I gave the collections my social to look up my account. They have mine and some ** person in another state both under my social and in collections with AT&T. I have lived In the same city and state the entire 20 years I was a customer. Why would they open an account in another state under some other name at the same time I have mine open in the first place? Now I have to prove where I lived in Jan. and Feb. of 2009 with rent receipts or school records. I can't use W-2 or tax returns or anything easily obtained. Why would I have 8 year old bills laying around?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    I was quoted a price of $99 a month and has never been that price. But I am so sick of listening to the BS of all their excuses that I am done. I was told by the lady on the phone straight up it was a variable rating that I did not sign up for. I had the same issue with my AT&T phone. Sick of getting ripped off. Will never use AT&T again. I did not sign up for a plan that changes monthly. Who in their right mind would???

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    I met the lady in the store on the 30th. I am not disclosing her name because I still hope AT&T will resolve my issue. Today 06/05 a technician came to my house to Install the AT&T box. And to our surprise we saw that we are not getting the Indian channels as promised to us by the lady for a certain price that she wrote on the list of channels sheet. Now my wife calls AT&T customer service to claim those channels and they are telling us to pay extra. Also they told us that we do not have proof that she told us that. Should we take a recorder each time we talk to the rep at the store.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    Thank God for services like consumer affairs. Too bad this review will do nothing to repair the broken kafkaesque customer service void created by AT&T. I called them to unsuspend my account after receiving over $500 in international service fees. A fee I didn't think was fair personally but I wasn't even going to contest this, knowing already that my complaints would fall on deaf ears. I was calling simply to unsuspend my account, using the number texted to me by AT&T. What this led to was a series of automated menus that ran in a literal circle. After pressing the appropriate key for my issue, I constantly would arrive at the menu I had started with. When I somehow fell out of this absurd cycle of menus, it was only to arrive at the "international provisions center" whose hours were 8-midnight.

    Despite calling at 9 am Alaska standard time, this menu was for whatever reason "closed". Ignoring the absurdity of an automated menu being closed, I was calling well within the "open" hours, leading me to wonder if this "international provisions center" even exists. That being said, AT&T's services have consistently disappointed me in many respects. My service is typically spotty and weak, in city centers as well as rural regions of the country. The inability to purchase unlimited data (an option for every other service provider I am aware of) has caused monthly issues. The only reason I am giving this review one star is because no stars is not an option. Needless to say, after this morning's customer service fiasco, I will be dropping AT&T, and suggest everyone else do the same.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    I have been an AT&T customer for years. My husband used to make International phone calls with calling cards with his other company and never being charged for it. Not even taxes. This year he did the same thing with AT&T. He made an international call with a calling card with his phone because he does not have access to international calls, he couldn't have direct access to those calls. I witness that, but it turns that we were charged 80.00 dollars for the call he made. I called AT&T and talked to 2 representatives. They said that AT&T does not support calling cards. My question was how in the world and why the international calls went through if that particular phone number does not have international call access. We paid 10 dollars for that calling card and now we have to pay AT&T.

    I told them that it just does not make sense. If there was no access, the call would be dropped, as easy as that! The reps couldn't help me and wanting me to purchase their international call monthly access in order to reduced my charges to 11 dollars. What a trap! My bill now will be 310 dollars a month. I regret business with AT&T. I had no option but to pay. I will change provider as soon as I can and possibly a prepaid phone will be better. There are lots of options out there! They are not the only ones anymore.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 4, 2015

    My Iphone 6 plus was stolen last Friday 5/29/15. I immediately called to suspend my phone and file a claim. On Monday Asurion says my claim was denied because they didn't have record of the device I was filing a claim on. The last phone they showed I had was the iphone 4s I told them I upgraded last November. They said I needed to contact AT&T to update the records. So I called AT&T and they said to fax Asurion my proof of purchase and start a whole new claim & everything should be fine. So I did on Tuesday. Wednesday Asurion informed me my claim was denied once again for the same reason. By this time I was livid. OMG!! I pay for insurance and cannot get a new phone.

    Thursday I called AT&T again and I am SO mad I told them my claim was denied again. So they called Asurion on three way and confirmed I had the iphone 6 plus. So now I had to file a 3rd claim which was finally approved. I asked the AT&T rep "What accommodations would be made for all the trouble I've been through? Or maybe can I have my deductible waived?" They said NO. I am very disappointed with AT&T. Once my contract is up I am canceling all our phone lines. This company made an already bad experience with a stolen phone even worse.

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    Reviewed June 4, 2015

    Horrible unorganized customer service. It was a very simple task. We just moved in and wanted to start our service. We did it once online it didn't go through and we were hit a hard inquiry! Second time we called made the whole process with the agent and gave us an appointment for set up. No one showed up. We called and they DID Not HAVE any of our info again!!! After being hit the second hard inquiry. They told me we need to redo the whole process!!! We tried to talk to a supervisor we weren't successful. Horrible start. We will go with charter!!!

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    Reviewed June 4, 2015

    I keep getting phone calls from AT&T on my home phone. Automated message mentions some account number, which according to them belongs to me, and asks to contact them ASAP. First of all, I don't have an account with this company and never had. Second, when I call the number it's also automated system, which prompts me to a menu which notifies me that my account balance is $250 and asks me how I'd like to pay. I tried calling other AT&T numbers, but people who work for this company are unable to help me since they need to know what kind of account I have. As I mentioned above, I don't have any; thus they can't help. I'm getting really frustrated. They're calling everyday and there's no way to stop it!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    I mailed in my previous device with the label provided by AT&T about one month ago. After getting AT&T message about not receiving the phone, I called AT&T service and the conversation was very unpleasant. AT&T customer service raised his voice on me and kept saying nothing can be done. AT&T ask the customers to send in their phone with the label provided by AT&T, but there is no tracking number on the label. Now the phone is missing, customers were left with no resort but getting charged $222.97. This is not right and I know I am not the only one who got the same problem.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    My complaint involves fraudulent practices of AT&T wireless. A particular practice is by deliberate design when something with identical facts happen twice. It cannot be random and coincidental employee incompetence. I have been paying insurance for almost ten years, and more specifically on iPhones for almost three years. AT&T solicit premiums but no longer honor claims. Since this exact thing happened in the late fall, when I looked to give my son-in-law my iPhone (because his broke) I transferred him into my plan, bought myself a new phone and gave him my phone. He could not get a replacement when his broke because he was under my daughter's plan and she didn't have insurance and when they fought among themselves she shut off his phone. They have kids, my grandkids, and they must be able to get a hold of their father in an emergency: hence my involvement!

    Because an identical issue already happened with my other daughter, also covered under my plan, I was explicitly clear when I gave my son-in-law my phone that I wanted the insurance already on my phone to transfer over when it began utilizing a new sim card to access the newly created phone number for him under my plan. His phone, the one I just gave him, was stolen and when I placed a claim I learned that that phone did not have insurance. After I created his new number I asked AT&T whether that phone had insurance now under his number and they said yes. After I put in the claim they said no.

    This happened twice and there is no chance that this was incompetence. It is by deliberate design to recoup the various fees Congress is forcing them to pay their customers. And my beliefs are further validated when I gave them the choice of refunding all of my premiums or covering the phone for which that insurance was to pay when they gave me a third option: Tying myself up in a service contract for two years. As it was plainly obvious how dissatisfied I am, the option they provided me showed me their real intentions were disingenuous and that they are knowingly perpetrating a fraud on me and as this is their policy, on the public at large.

    Furthermore, when I explored buying my phone with AT&T before gifting my phone to my son-in-law, I further learned just how deceptive their policies are. They will not insure a phone that they do not sell. Its significance is explained by the next few sentences. The phones they sell have hidden charges of $25 per month for 30 months, by removing a discount of $25 per month at the same time they add a surcharge of up to $30 per month. They will represent the cost as $30 per month for the life of the contract no matter how many times you remind them that by buying the phone they no longer offer the competitive $25 per month discount. But in fact it is $55 per month because they are bumping the bill up by $25 by removing an otherwise discount when one buys the phone. This is an extremely dishonest business practice (amounts to fraud of $600 misrepresented charges) and Congress needs to investigate them.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    I used AT&T mobile phone for a couple months then I cancelled the phone because the monthly charge is too expensive. After I called to cancel the phone, the monthly charge still showed in the bill for the line that I cancelled for 3 months, I didn't notice about this. When I figured out that it's overcharge then I chatted with AT&T agent, she agreed that it was AT&T mistake so she refunded immediately 2 months and told me that 1 more month will be processed within 24 hours. I waited 24 hours but nothing happened, so I chatted with another agent, told about the situation but this agent refused to refund for that month. I show her the log that I chatted with another agent who told me that another would process within 24 hours. But she didn't take any action, just told me that the bill was correct, it cannot be correct because the bill is advanced payment.

    So I decided to call to AT&T customer service, the first agent agreed to refund but then she transferred the line to another agent and that agent disagree to refund and talk rudely to me. I decided to print every bills which related to this case and went to AT&T store to discuss about this, but the store manager told me she could not do anything I have to call to AT&T service. I don't want to call anymore, so I decided to chat with another agent, and now this agent told me that she cannot refund the bill more than 3 months and cannot file the case because the service was cancelled. AT&T has totally bad customer service I have ever talked/chatted with. This company tried to steal money from your pocket, BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE THEIR CUSTOMER. Once you cancel the service, make sure you check your bill carefully, they always charge in advanced 1 month to your account.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    I recently had a terrible customer service experience with AT&T. I canceled my TV service with AT&T and switched to Directv because they had a better offer, but I wanted to keep my existing Uverse internet service with AT&T. After making several phone calls trying to explain the recent situation I was able to speak to the world's rudest supervisor who would not provide her first name (** is what she provided). When she answered the phone she immediately had a rude disposition. I asked her if she could pull my previous calls and she could not. She was very unwilling to help or rectify the situation. She stated that AT&T had tried several times to "retain" me as a customer but since I was not keeping service with them there was nothing she could do. I stated that I wanted to keep my internet service but I did not want the TV and I had made that clear to her and she still was not willing to cooperate.

    No one would take ownership of the mistake or confusion that was clearly present. I expected to receive a much higher level of customer service. Now I am without internet and will probably receive an incorrect bill and will have to continue down the saga of having to deal with them. Directv does not bundle with any other internet provider in my area so now I am going to have to look for another provider for TV and internet services.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    Terrible service... on March to cancel the account since the bill was too high. In order to maintain my account they offer me some discounts. My account supposed to go from $220 to $160 per month, that's never happens. When I receive my bill I call at&t and a supervisor promise me to call me back. Never call. A week later call again like that more than 4 weeks every time spending an hour explaining my situation. My last call was last friday the 5/29 and they told me that in order to fix my situation first I have to pay and then they can fix. I didn't agree with that since I don't agree with the bill. How is possible that they can charge me whatever they want and I have to pay to fix.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    They were very rude to my grandmother when I took her in to get a new phone. Like most older people, she had questions and it was clear they didn't want to make time for her even though there was only one other customer in the store. I was so livid with their lack of professionalism, I took her to a different cell phone carrier. To top it off, they overcharged her for two years. Obviously they take advantage of older people. It's disgusting. Had I known she was being taken advantage of prior to her end of contract, I would have spoken up, but I didn't see it till it was up. 250 dollars a month for one cell, with data--that she didn't need--is absurd. And of course, I can't contact corporate office. They truly do not care about their customers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Absolutely impossible to talk to a human being. Automated service is pitiful. Sorriest customer service ever!! Phone still out of order!

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    Reviewed May 30, 2015

    I was promised back in April my bill would be $50 a month. I kept checking the online status to make sure they kept to their promise. It never reflected the discount for the cable as promised and the bill kept showing at $70. I contacted AT&T about this on chat 6-7 times. The first 5 or so times they told me to wait a day or so and it would show up. The last two times they told me I had to contact AT&T by phone to get it permanently fixed. I finally got the time to call today and both the Agent and her supervisor said they could do nothing and that all the previous Agents were wrong, that they don't give discounts on basic cable and that the only thing they could do was up my bill $7 for a bigger "better" cable package.

    I am livid. This isn't the first time they have done something like this and this is on a bigger scale as all the previous agents promised this price. I was suppose to talk to the manager on duty (since there was supposedly no one above him) and he has yet to call me back and it's been over 20 minutes now (I had been waiting 10 before I got off the phone). I even have printouts of all the chats where the agents said this but they said there is nothing they can do.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2015

    I am member of AT&T and they are offering free McAfee antivirus software. When I tried to download it, McAfee gave me a serial number with 25 number as pass code, I tried several times but did not go through. I need to find another provider.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2015

    I would give this store a zero if it was at all possible. Every time I go to this store I am cheated and lied to in some way. I have been overcharged, signed up for things I haven't asked for, and treated to condescending attitudes. A perfect example: one year (12 months) after I got a phone there and ended up on a Next plan that I didn't ask for, I went in to change it because the phone wouldn't hold a charge. I was told that I would have to wait, I was not yet eligible for an upgrade. However, in a six months I could get any phone I wanted. Now understand, if I was on the Next 12 (upgrade in 12 months), it means I was paying the highest possible monthly cost for my phone. Instead, I should contact AT&T online because my phone was still under warranty and they could fix it.

    Skip forward another 6 months and I went in to get my upgrade, the salesperson tries to charge me the highest possible rate for the phone I want, I say no. He says, "but you have Next 12 now." Which means either someone changed my account or the last salesperson flat out lied to me when I came in to ask for an upgrade in December and I have been paying 18 months for a 12 month phone. Was the store at all concerned I had been cheated? Of course not. Please note that in all these encounters I have witnesses that can back me up. The Lenox Road store should be shut down.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 30, 2015

    AT&T has been non-supportive in stopping harassment of employees using FMLA, STD. A lot of employees have lost their jobs due to managers not following up and getting the correct information to the employees. It is frustrating and unfair. The other concern of mine is the harassment of a Muslim who has endured being ostracized, harassed due to disabilities and her religious practices. I have, along with others, watched how members of management have attempted to make her feel as if she is a burden to the company. Everyone has their breaking point. I just hope I am not there when it comes...

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    Not happy with AT&T every I was promised to charge 110+ tax that will come out to 120 but always charged 140. Last month they took out 180 from my account without letting me know and when I called they gave difference excuses and did not refund my money. It happened quite a few times. Cheater company.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    We've been with AT&T for years and been loyal customers. We have six lines and the bill is always under $400. Lately we upgraded 2 lines and they nearly charged $200 for that! Not only that they magically added almost $200 that we haven't fully "paid". Strange how we called prior to this situation and NEVER did they mention we were behind. We call AT&T Customer Service and they laughed in our face and were EXTREMELY rude. Still battling them with the injustice they are doing upon us.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    When I added my line the representative assured me what my first month bill would look like as well as my second phone bill should look and it was nothing like what the representative said it would be like. I've been with the company for over three years and I have received nothing but terrible coverage. The bill is over $300 every month and they could never seem to explain the charges. They offer a petty discount for students that does nothing and they offer terrible coverage. They're not the fastest LGE network. I'll be in areas where I should have coverage. I'll have four bars with the LTE by the AT&T side and still have no service on my phone. Won't be able to receive calls, text messages, or Internet access and this happens multiple times throughout the day every single day it's frustrating.

    I work in the city. I should be able to have coverage at all times. I can only enjoy the full function of my phone when I'm home connected to Wi-Fi. When I called to state my complaints they did nothing. They had steered it off a technical issue. That's how they get me to dish out a deductible for the insurance coverage that doesn't fix the problem. It's all just for the money. They care very little for their clients. Switching as soon as I can!

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I placed an order with AT&T. It was an accessory for my phone. I paid $14.99 extra for overnight shipping. It has been 48 hours that I placed the order. It has not been shipped yet. I called AT&T 6 times. They couldn't do anything about it. They said it has been dropped for shipping. It hasn't been shipped out yet! So the extra money that I paid for shipping was for nothing!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I had AT&T unite hotspot because they didn't offer their home internet in our area (supposedly) which was a lie cause they offered it the whole time they just didn't have any ports open. I was told we would get 6 mb/s at the minimum of 4G speeds. Well that was a lie. I was lucky to get even 1 mb/s in my area. We called them multiple times because of this issue and no reason why.... Finally after almost a year of their crappy service they tell us that our area is only 3G and that we still have to pay for our plan or cancel it for their misleading information. So we decide to cancel it and they tell us that our cancel fee will be $98 and some change after tax and that we have to return the device we had and it will show on our next bill.

    So we wait and get our bill. It is almost $115 so we suck it up and go to the place to pay. At like usual the guy says we can't take the box back cause it is out of return period that we shouldn't have to turn the box back in just pay the fee. So I ask him to tell us why the bill had jumped from one price to another. He couldn't answer and said to call customer support Which I'm not.... Your retailers should be able to tell customers why the price changed. AT&T I WILL NOT BE PAYING Y'ALL A PENNY. I WILL STICK WITH VERIZON BECAUSE THEY GIVE US TWICE THE DATA AND SPEEDS OF 30MB/S FOR THE SAME PRICE. FOR ANYONE READING THIS GO WITH VERIZON NOT AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    'Premier Support' they call it! BS! All I needed was to look up my call records to find a number I previously called weeks before. After having to call 7 times navigating (and reconfirming every time my name, company, account number, on-line password, call back number... (like are you ** kidding me - 7 times??!! And every transfer asking the same!!) finally get to someone who claims they can help me by setting up my account on the Premier website. Then it won't recognize the log in information they gave me! WTH! And the solution? They submitted a 'trouble ticket!' And I have to WAIT FOR A CALL BACK! Are you ** kidding me?Wait for a call back? Premier Support from AT&T! Go Verizon, T-Mobile, any other!

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    I am in a 2 year contract that started Jan, 2014(?) I lost the first phone 5 days after I got it, replaced that one and I lost that one in Oct of 2014 and used my insurance to replace it. I was told that phone was new, but just last week the screen went to varied colors to black with no way to get on the phone. I now am faced with another deductible of $150.00 due to the fact that the warranty is no good. I think that if it's a new phone it should have had technicality good phone. I think this is a company that just soaks the customer with rules that are twisted to cost the average client. I am a senior citizen with only a limited SS check to live on...I am looking for another company that will work with the customer.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I went to the AT&T store regarding my cell phone. I have been a loyal AT&T customer for 3 years now. Through the years, my bill kept going higher and higher so I do what I can as a single mother with one income to not have my whole check go to AT&T. While I was at the store, the guy mentioned a new program called digital life. I told him that I really did not need a fancy alarm system because my home is secure, the main house is on the second floor and I have one way in and out of my home and my windows are high and no tree is near so no one can climb in or out without breaking their neck. The guy at the store went on to show me how he can do all these wonderful things from his IPad. Still not thrilled or concern. I have been having trouble with my garage opener and he told me that the service will help with that so I could open the garage door through my phone.

    The man at the store told me he would have somebody come by to see if he could add the garage opener, just a consultation to see if I need security in my home. Two days later while I was a work a giant box came to my home. (Never signed or agree to an installation). Early in the morning, some guy saying he from AT&T, (shown a badge and ID) was here to install my free system. I was very short with him and said I did not agree to an installation, it was consultation for the garage opener. He went to the garage which is downstairs and said he cannot do it because the system for the garage is wired incorrectly and he did not want to be held responsible for any damages or fire. He said, "for that, I will give you for free CO system and keypad deadbolt". He said, "all this equipment in the box is yours free, out-right". I told him I did not have anywhere to put all this stuff because it doesn't make sense for me have all this for this house.

    He said, according to his records, this system and equipment and the installation are all free. You do not have to have the motoring service which is charged after 14 days, just call cancel the service, and you still keep the all equipment. Before 14 days came they sent me a bill for over $129.89 for monitoring services and other charges, then they set the due date on the same day my cell phone is due. Then I told them that I did not want the service they told me that they set my service for disconnection. I called find out when they were coming out to disconnect the service then they said, the equipment was mine and that I would have to pay a $700.00 cancelation fee for the monitoring service. I explained that I did cancel before the 14 days and that no one came to uninstall this stuff. They still kept sending bills. My cell phone bill was close to $400.00 a month and now digital life bill for monitoring was over $100.00. It was too stressful.

    I regret that I did not have all the names of the people I talked to. I should not allowed myself to be forced into having all this equipment added to my rental home. So I have been still paying the bill $80.00 a month thinking they would just leave me alone, I eventually catch up, because it is all I could afford at this time. I was hopeful this 2 years will go by fast. Well yesterday they decide to turn the service off. They sent an email implying that I called to cancel service, so I called. I owe $39.75 for the bill plus $40.00 activation fee, plus a $425.79 early cancelation fee. They still saying that the equipment is mine, they won't take back and it cannot be sold. This is what happens when AT&T says free. All this for a service I never wanted in the first place.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    We were overbilled for 3 years on a house phone. They quoted my husband $10 a month, they charged us $20. When the contract ended they continued to bill us for phone numbers we had transferred to other providers. When we called them ** from AT&T said "We can bill you because you didn't discontinue your auto-pay." They also sent us a paper bill saying we used extra minutes and could not provide any documentation of where and when those minutes were called... from a phone they didn't have on record! This is the worst customer service I have received in the last 50 years! Someone needs to sue them!

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    My daughter wanted to upgrade to a 32GB space gray iPhone 5S. So I called ATT today and after 45 minutes of phone conversations, several transfers/holds I was finally able to get the discounted price on a 2 yr upgrade. So far so good. After several minutes, the email I received said I ordered the gold iPhone 5s. So I figured it was an honest mistake and decided to call them back to make sure I received the space gray color.

    Evidently, ATT is so big and such a behemoth that its processes and systems are such that it cannot correct the order to the space gray color prior to shipment, nor cancel the order to prevent it from shipping. Instead, I have to wait for the incorrect gold phone to ship and upon receipt, either return the gold phone back to ATT or see if a local ATT store will exchange the gold phone for the gray phone at no cost to me.

    So the onus is on me to correct their mistakes. I've dealt with ATT numerous times in the past and am a long time customer so I know when dealing with a Fortune 100 company, things will take time. But it's sad too that I could have gotten what I wanted the first time by transacting on the internet rather than talking to one of their "SPECIALIST".

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I went to the AT&T Store on Hwy 141, Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree Corners. I asked about their Internet and I begged them not to lie to me. So far I am at 12 lies and counting. I took the internet on a Trial Bases and if returned before 30 days, there would be NO CHARGE. Lies! I returned it to the store to find out that it has to go to the UPS store. They gave me a receipt with 3 days to go left on trial and everyone (3 people) I spoke to said “no problem, no charge.” Lie!

    I started Service on Feb 13th, 2015. I returned the equipment on March 7th, 04:08 PM. They will not stop charging me yet they all agree that the equipment was returned. I have spoken to 13 people at AT&T. The store promised me this would be resolved 4 times. LIES! All they do is LIE! And they WILL lie to you. This big evil machine needs to be broken. Please stop this madness and stop believing them. I am moving because I can't afford my apartment. I begged them not to lie to me. They continue to lie and lie.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I am disabled and live on $808 a month. A few months ago, I had unexpected doctor's bills and had to pay out co-pays 3 times in one month, which put me behind. So last month, I paid all but $53 on my bill. I had planned to pay the rest on June 3rd. Meanwhile, I got next month's bill, including the $53.00. Said it was due by 6/5/15. No problem, I planned to pay it all on the 3rd of June. Next, I received a suspension notice, so I called AT&T on May 22nd, 2015.

    After waiting 22 minutes on hold, I spoke with a representative. She told me I should pay the $53, I said I couldn't pay until June 3rd. I assumed that this wouldn't be a problem, but my phone was turned off on 5/26/15. I called and spoke with 3 different representatives today, explained what happened, explained that I need my cell phone in case I fall or have seizures. Finally, someone said he would turn my phone back on, but there would be $40 "reinstatement fee". Mind you, I received no warning that I would have no service today, and I did call last week after receiving the notice. I cannot afford the $40 charge, and I was very honest about that. I explained clearly that I have been ill for some years now, but have ALWAYS paid my bills on-time.

    I am not a new customer. They have a clear record of my payments for the past three years. And the 2nd person I talked to today described my call last week as this "when you called crying about your bill last week". Unbelievably rude!!! I'm looking around for a new carrier, and I will NEVER use AT&T again, and I will tell everyone I know to avoid them. Way to treat a good customer who's going through a difficult time, AT&T!!!!

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    We have a business account with AT&T and have 8 phones on the bill. We have been trying since Saturday to replace a phone for one of the physicians. He is an authorized user on the account and had with him all necessary information. His phone was completely broken so he went to a local AT&T store to get a new phone. He wasn't eligible for an upgrade, which we knew, so we knew we would have to pay for it. He spent a total of 8 hours and went to 4 separate stores, but each store got an "error" when trying to complete the purchase. No one could fix it, no one seemed to care.

    On Tuesday after the holiday weekend, I spent a minimum of 3 hours on the phone with various business account reps, trying to get this resolved. An employee went to a 5th local store and after spending 2.5 hours there, still cannot get a phone due to some "error" in the store software. And as multiple reps at the 800 number told me, "it's a different software than what we use and we can't do anything about it." Never mind that this has been going on since Saturday and he still has no phone. Never mind that there is nothing wrong with our account. All we are told is that a store manager will have to override the error.

    When we finally got a manager to come in to the store, all she would say is that the software won't let her go any further and there is nothing she can do. This is totally insane and no one wants to take ownership or responsibility. We spend over $1000 a month with AT&T and have for 15 years and yet no one in the entire company can help with this?? Worst customer service I have ever experienced, ever. We finally were forced to order the phone over the phone and have it shipped over night. We paid for overnight service and were confirmed. Then, I get an email saying it won't ship for at least a week.

    When I call about it, again no one can tell me anything other than "well, maybe it's back ordered." Maybe? Backordered? Can no one give us a definitive answer?? Why were we allowed to pay for overnight shipping if there is NO PHONE AVAILABLE?? I am frustrated beyond belief with this company's cavalier attitude towards its good customers. An entire day wasted, for me and one of my employees. And an entire Saturday wasted by one of our physicians. And we still have no phone to show for it.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I have no service in my home. My phone says Emergency use only. My surrounding area service sucks, little to none, dropped calls, cannot hear the other part etc. I have been with AT&T better than 18 years. I could always use my phone in my home, but for he last six weeks or so I cannot. The phone service in my area has also diminished. I took my phone into the device center for testing and was advised that there is nothing wrong with my phone but that AT&T has not upgraded their towers and servers to accommodate the growing population. I was told this by two AT&T employees.

    Upon calling AT&T customer service, their fix was a $20 monthly discount and to send me a booster for my home. How will that fix a tower/server issue? AT&T thinks that its customers are stupid. I want out of my contract so that I can obtain service with another provider who will give me the service I pay for, not take my monthly payment and give me nothing in return. Make complaints with the FCC and Public Service Commission and Better Business Bureau. WE have to band together to get AT&T to do what is right.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I called in this morning around 8:17 to make payment arrangements through the automated system. Well it did not recognize my pin so it sent me to a live person. I was transferred 4 times and my issue is still not resolved. I'm waiting on a call back.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    First off I want to say that I have been an AT&T customer since 2003 and have never filed a complaint with them or any other company for that matter. This was my first call to get an issue resolved and received no satisfaction whatsoever. My daughter was misinformed about getting a new phone and what the contract would do to our current billing. Was told that she would get this great deal on a new phone with a new 2 year contract. Well the $750 phone cost her $360, but what they didn't tell her is that I would lose a $25 credit for 2 years. So that is another $800, making the phone $1160.

    Then when I get the bill the 30 day period is up and I can't do anything about it. When I called I was told that I could buy out the contract for $315; that is better than $800, so I'm thinking that I would do that and get my bill back to where it was. Noooooo, that is not the deal. That would be too easy and make too much sense. I can pay $315 for the contract BUT they can't guarantee that I will get my $25 credit back. Okay, so I could pay $315 for the contract PLUS $800, making the phone a bargain of a whopping $1475! But wait, after 6 months I can get a new device. Really? Gee, I can't wait to make this more stressful and complicated than it already is. AT&T, I will NEVER recommend you anyone.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    I have had nothing but negative about AT&T since December 2014. Nov 2014, it was time for a new phone. I had friends rave about AT&T service. I purchased a phone outright, better for me. Took new phone, service was great, added my parents and brother-in-law. In came the new bill, outrageous amount. Called, complained, employee discount not applied etc, was given wrong info and amounts. It was somewhat resolved in Jan 2015. Continued on, called in March to see about smartphone credit of $150 x 3 lines. It will show on April bill, nope, chatted again and said it will be on May bill, our oversight. May came, nope, chatted again, given case number, was told I did not qualify because I purchased the phones not pay per month (so AT&T could make more money). And all of a sudden, the service is not working at brother-in-law's house. We had 3 different AT&T phones there (2 on my account and 1 3rd party) no signal on 2 phones.

    I had 2 bars and could not call out. Called AT&T, everything is fine on their end and closed the complaint. No call asking if it was working with us, no email, no text.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    I've been a customer with AT&T for fifteen years now and I'm in dire need of a new phone. The phone I have is an iPhone 4s, which is sadly outdated, has a crappy battery (it only lasts at most 30 minutes before needing to be recharged) and is known to delete things on random (this has been going on for about a year, mind). I've been looking into getting the iPhone 6, a really reasonable solution to the iPhone 4s conundrum. However, because of my contract, I am unable to get one for less than $549.00, which in itself is ridiculous. Not only is that approximately $300 more than I would have to pay if I got a new plan, it is also a huge rip off.

    I need this phone before I start college in a few months time and at the rate AT&T's going, I'm going to be stuck with my (pardon my slang) piece of ** 4s until it can only hold a charge for a minute. I'm seriously considering dropping AT&T all together. I'm very dissatisfied with their service and am quite angry at the way I've been treated. Very unprofessional and uncompassionate company.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2015

    I pay for U-verse high speed internet. It's as slow as dial up. AT&T scheduled 4-8 repair. Then said they don't repair after 8. They never contacted me & I sat 4 hrs & spent 1 hr with text support/wasted time. Then rescheduled Memorial Day 8-12! Then called today during dinner! I hate incompetent companies -- like AT&T.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2015

    Telling us to "Bundle" our services "it is more convenient & simple" then they unbundle the services without notification and double charge our fees. Our wireless service has always been paid with our wireline service on that due date and the service is paid after the service has been rendered not before. AT&T IS TRYING TO MAKE BANK THE UNSUSPECTING. As it turns out in my community they have done this some sooner in the year some now & others not at all. All that have been affected find themselves in similar situations as we are. Pay up or suspend service & pay a breach of contract fee on top of that.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2015

    Katy Mills Mall AT&T - Salesperson told my husband the data box was free us it or don't didn't matter. We learned different when bill came. My husband called couldn't send box back. It's been 8 months at $45 a month. With poor service phones don't get signal but have to buy booster $150. Never again will I use AT&T!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    This morning, both my phone and my partner's iPhones stopped taking or receiving calls. Both of us spent hours trying to resolve the problem. Today is May 22. ATT has assured us the problem will be fixed by June 14. That is three weeks. I have lived through a variety of challenges in my many years with ATT. But, to make a commitment to resolve a major service in three weeks is the last straw. We are moving our service. By the way, we live in Pacific Palisades where there is a cell phone in every person's hand.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    I have been with AT&T for a month now. I am highly dissatisfied! I bought a new phone & unfortunately signed a 2 year contract with them because we just moved into a new house & they were the only ones with service. The phone itself is great, but everyday my phone completely loses service & I have to restart to get it back. After contacting AT&T they said they would send a microcell for free. It's been a week and a half & I haven't received anything so I called to see where it was. Now they are telling me I have to pay for it. Complete bullcrap! They don't care about their customers & did nothing else to help me. Thanks a lot AT&T for your horrible customer service! I can't wait until 2 years is up!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    We've been with AT&T for years, but I have finally had it. Spent 30 min with one rep to find out why my bill went from $207 to $296, got disconnected. Called back and had to start over. Well after one wasted hour on the phone I find out, each time we upgraded, they not only charged us the upgrade fee, we lost some $25 credit for each line so they are taking an extra $75 a month and we were never told about this. When I asked why we were never told they said "yes you were via email" on such and such date. Yes and that email was very deceptive, the one you get after you upgrade your phone that says you made changes to your account. They cover their butts for legal reasons but the bottom line is they are the worst company ever. Why can't they tell you upfront that we are going to screw you and trick you into giving us more money because we are unethical and have no integrity.

    We have four lines on our account and 3 upgraded. When the fourth line wants to upgrade our bill will go over 300 a month and this is with business discount! I was so angry I asked how much to get out of our contracts and they said $1,000. So we are basically screwed for two years, because to get out and go to a reputable company, we need $1,000 to get out of our contract plus have to buy four phones with a new company - crazy. I believe AT&T has the absolutely most deceptive practices I've ever seen in a company EVER. I'll be counting down the days until I can get out from under them. I hope the FTC will sue them again for deceptive practices. There will be an army of regular folk like us who work hard for their money, only to have a greedy unethical company continually conniving ways to take it from us.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    False charges for the last 2 months. Very poor customer service. Unprofessional and argumentative. After not helping, the supervisor made false claims and transferred me to tech support. Tech support transferred me back to billing. I was told there was nothing I could do.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    AT&T keeps my internet speed on my cell phone so slow that it is impossible to use! I have spoken to them several times but after a few days, it reverts right back. I think they may not be keeping up to their contract obligations and a refund might be in order!!!

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    I get new phone upgrade today. I call to activate. Young man activates my phone. He does not sound very competent and it took nearly an hour including several times being put on hold. Moments after getting young man's name and customer service ID and hanging up, I get random text from someone. This poor man is texting his fiance who apparently has had her number inextricably attached to my new phone/SIM card.

    Now AT&T is telling this woman she's been hacked while I'm being told by another customer service rep that this should never have happened. Since her account is supposedly being "hacked", in afraid they'll assume I'm responsible somehow. Now I have to wait a day or two or more for the new SIM card to arrive. After it arrives, I get to replace it and try the whole process all over again. So... This is the closest place I've been able to find where I can make a complaint. Would someone please direct me to a real person or place where I can make a complaint against this particular customer service representative? Keeping in mind that I did think to get his name and csr #. Assuming he wasn't lying to me.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I didn't pay my AT&T on time. I tried to log in to pay but AT&T blocks access to the portal until I paid, so I had to pay to a representative which charge $5 to take the payment and for my surprise the reconnection FEE is 50% of the monthly cable price. This is what happens when MONOPOLY companies are take over without regulation of government!

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    To make a long story short...........AT&T fraudulently assigned an iPhone purchase contract on two of the three lines I have. This was dated 07-29-2014 on my bill. I contacted them in Sept of 2014 regarding this error and was told, after several hours and people, that this was fraud committed by the authorized retailer I was dealing with. They supposedly contacted them regarding this and I was told the charges would be removed and I would be credited the total amount. They removed one of the lines and credited the amount for that line but continued to charge me for the other line. I once again contacted their Fraud Department and explained my dilemma again. They promptly told me there was nothing they could do and I would have to go back to the point of sale and resolve it with them.

    When I responded that they corrected the other line the prior month so I didn't understand the problem with correcting the line they omitted, I was told there was absolutely nothing they could do. I told them that I found it illogical that they expected me to to back to the same retailer that ripped me off in the first place and expect me to expect them to help me. I had already been on the phone with them with no avail. So here I am.......in May of 2015, still dealing with the same problem. I went to the retailer last month and asked him to credit my account and remove the bogus contract from my third line and he said he couldn't do that, but he would credit my account so much money to make up for it. So now he's covering up a fraudulent act with another scam. I'm on my way there again today.......I am going to make my point clear or social media of all kinds will be alerted to this type of practice they so obviously condone.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    Someone opened an account with my name and information. The lady I spoke with about the problem was rude, and basically said they could not prove that I didn't open the account, and that I was stuck with the negative mark on my credit report, and they were going to keep pursuing me for collections until it gets paid. I have made 2 phone calls that were over 30 minutes each, and each phone call went the same way. The customer service training the rest of the company gets could be useful in the fraud department. I understand if they are restricted in what they are allowed to do but offer some suggestions to people in my shoes and don't be so rude.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I am a AT&T customer, I moved and when I called AT&T to advise them, they said nothing about charging me $99.00 for hooking up my internet. I now have a $166.00 dollar bill that I have to pay by the 24th or I will have no service. I called their Cust. Serv. - they were very rude & unprofessional.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    If this didn't happen to me three times in the past year I would have written it off as an uneducated customer service chat rep. But now I am really believing it a sales ploy to get you to upgrade at a ridiculously lower plan per quoted by the chat person. Once you get your new statement it is at least $20-25.00 higher than quoted online. After spending an hour with "chat" and he reassured me at least three times during the conversation that it would be the price he quoted which was $116.00 per month with 6 GB and an iPhone 6 on the "Next" plan (another gimmick) unlimited talk and text and 1 other device. The price excluded taxes. He walked me through the ordering process and then he disappeared from chat.

    Something didn't seem right so that evening I called and spoke to a manager and explained the situation, I told her what I was quoted from chat; she put me on hold and sure enough it was $20.00 more per month than I was quoted. I explained it was the third time this has happened to me and I had a 4 page copy and email of transcript. She apologized and told me I was misinformed. Ok if I didn't check I would have received the phone, which I did, I would have opened it, which I didn't and would have been stuck with a restocking fee or would have passed the 14 day return policy when I realized they were billing me for what they want me to pay and not what you was quoted! Therefore I would have been paying almost $30.00 more than what I am currently paying. Why shouldn't AT&T have to honor a quote like most businesses?

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    My wife and I are separated and I wanted to change the billing so that I am responsible for my phone. We have an account with her as principal. When we set up the account 2 years ago, I asked to be on the account as well, so I could use my employer discount. This was not done.

    Our contract expired on Monday, 5/18/15. All I wanted to do was to split up the account so that we could each be responsible for our own bills, as we are separated. We have been trying since Saturday to get this done. On Monday afternoon, we finally got word that we should be able to do this, after hours on the phone and in the store. I called this morning and was told that they have to pull my credit. I agreed. They then wanted a $500 deposit, as Equifax gave me a Z credit rating. I told the young woman that I would investigate this with Equifax and get back with them, as my credit was very good. The woman assured me that she was making copious notes so that anyone could pick this case up.

    I checked with Equifax and got fleeced for $17.50 for a full credit report from all 3 agencies. All 3 rate my credit as excellent. However, the guy at Equifax assured me that the only way Equifax would have given me a bad credit rating, is if they had provided inaccurate information. I called back and spoke to someone else, a lady by the name of **, who said that they would not be able to do anything, and that I should go to the store to rectify the issue. This after approximately 3 hours on the phone.

    I went to the store, and they asked me to call customer service, as they would not be able to do anything. I then called customer service, who connected me to their authorizations area and spoke to someone who once again told me that there was nothing that they could do. I would have to pay the $500 deposit. In the meanwhile, my wife had called CSR, and someone called ** contacted me. After about 30 minutes, and providing him with all my details, he once again told me that they will not budge with the $500 deposit as my credit was bad. I explained the situation to this so-called CSR, but to no avail.

    I went across the street to Verizon, applied, and they pulled my credit. A rating. Why can Verizon get an A rating and AT&T a Z rating? People have long complained about under-handed dealings at AT&T; am I another victim? In any event, I would encourage people to look at other wireless companies. Of the big 4 providers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint), AT&T is at the bottom of the pile, and it is an incredibly smelly pile. Also, look at ** if they are available in your area. They seem to have a lot of good ratings. I will be looking at these guys tomorrow.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    AT&T sends out deceptive letters that your current contract is about to expire and that if you would like to keep your current plan at low rates call to extend your contract another year. After calling to extend your current contract another year, you receive your bill in which your rates have substantially increased. Upon calling customer service to resolve, they advise you that your phone call only served to renew the plan for another year at a now higher rate and that if you would like to cancel an early termination fee applies. Customer service representatives speak in broken English and are infuriating, offering you no acceptable alternatives to rectify the matter, just hours on hold with no resolve. Once they have you in their grips, you're at their mercy and they do not practice business ethically. Will never do business with AT&T again.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I changed my 2 lines from Verizon to AT&T back in November 2014, they offered me 150$ per line. I went a couple of times to a commercial branch to check on the status of the promotion and they kept repeating that the gift card was in process. After 4 month waiting I stopped by an office again and then they told that I do not qualify for this promotion because of the plan I have. They were who recommended the plan in order to get the promotion. Why they lie by saying that my gift card was processing? On top of that the internet service of AT&T is really bad comparing to Verizon. Do not trust this kind of promotions unless they give it to you at the moment of switching the line.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    We spent 2 nights at Casini Family Campground last weekend 5/16/2015 and still no cell phone coverage. Last year it was the same and also was true at Lawson Landing and also Doran Beach. We did notice that many other people were able to use their cell phones and were walking around talking on theirs. Our contract will be up with AT&T in October you can safely assume we'll be going to a different carrier. All the advertising AT&T does about how their coverage is the biggest just doesn't hold up when it counts. By the way, there was also 0 wifi reception.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    Since January 2015, ATT has been changing the charges on my bill. In January they told me I would pay $55 per month going forward. In February, they told me that they would no longer be able to honor the $55 offer but they would instead charge me $69 per month going forward. In March they sent me a bill for $106. When I called them about the increase in my bill, they told me that again they would not be able to honor what anyone else told me and that was the current rate. I could either take it or leave it.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I was having difficulties with my phone about a year ago. It was unresponsive, slow, and kept shutting itself off. I received an email from AT&T stating that I was up for an upgrade so I thought "terrific timing!" When I got to the AT&T store I picked out my HTC-M8 and signed the paperwork. I specifically remember asking if it would change my plan at all because rather than an upgrade, I found out what they really were advertising was the ability to finance a phone. I was assured my plan would not change, and I was also told that the plan I was on was the best option for a singular person (3gigs of data, unlimited talk and text).

    So I am paying 140 something a month for a 3 gig plan, and getting charged $10 for every gig I go over when there are 10gig plans for cheaper than what I'm currently paying. I also found out my plan did in fact change. I'm on some ** next plan thing which means that I don't get upgrades, so when I need a new phone I get royally screwed. The person attending to me was very friendly, but straight up lied to me about what I was getting myself into. I need a new phone again and a better plan and in order to do that I'm going to end up paying several hundred dollars. Thanks for nothing AT&T!

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I signed a two year agreement with AT&T on 4/8/15 based on: new phone LG G3, $40 activation, $65 monthly service, plus taxes (AT&T: "not more than 10% additional"), with the right to cancel within 14 days. AT&T: "If you cancel within 14 days, you pay only phone restocking fee $35; all other charges and fees are waived." I have this agreement on clearly recorded phone calls from two AT&T sales people, an oral contract.

    My first estimated bill was $123, which include $40 activation fee, $65 service charge, plus $18 in taxes and surcharges, $12/month higher than quoted (adding $290 to 2-yr total). So I cancelled service on day eleven (4/19/15), paid the restocking fee, filed the receipt, bought my own phone and signed with Straight Talk. Thought that was that.

    However, within one week I received a surprise bill via email for $130+ --- along with --- surprise, surprise! --- a written threat to send it to a collection agency if not paid within 10 days! (Note that this bill, with the threat was the first and only bill I received, issued less than 30-days from first ordering service.) So I called AT&T billing, who said, "well, your bill is actually $447, including early termination fee." After my protest, the AT&T rep "Oh, sorry, our mistake, we'll put it 'in dispute' and issue a correction." (Uh-huh, right). After two additional calls, the bill now finally stands at $80+ for prorated charges, activation, taxes, and fees for 11 days of service. This is invalid, because the service was cancelled with 14 days, and according to my agreement (recorded oral contract) with AT&T sales, "all charges and fees other than restocking fee [paid] will be waived."

    I believe there is clear evidence of a calculated bait-and-switch/extortion scheme here evidenced by: sending the full bill within days of cancellation (even before normal billing cycle); by threatening to send this first-ever early bill to collection if not paid immediately; and then by inflating the bill to include obviously bogus early termination fee, when cancellation date was unequivocally recorded with the 14-day return period. These are egregiously predatory tactics IMO. I intend to fight this, file complaints with the BBB, AZ AG, and the CFPB or other appropriate regulator(s), and to warn people clearly to avoid AT&T at all costs. In my experience, this is a deceptive and dishonorable company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I've been having problems with all three of my phone lines. I have had different conversations with AT&T technical support. Every time I call it's a new excuse or looking into something different. Told him I was going to T-Mobile and acted like they didn't care.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    All AT&T customer service agents are very kind and polite and try their best to help me. The problems come later when I get my monthly statement not even close to what I have ordered and what kind agents offered to me. Either they are trained to lie or billing departments have their own mind. On top of much higher bills they never closed my old account and keep charging me twice for the same services. I just hope other AT&T customers never had these problems. Best luck with your AT&T.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    Had just a MiFi unit, just fine there. Was switching from Sprint to at&t, got Note 4 & tablet. Sprint backed out from ending contract, returned equip to at&t within guidelines, received a bill for 1200. Went in., asked why, 3 hrs later, said it was fixed. Week later, MiFi turned off. Went in 2 hrs, assured me would be fixed. 2 wks later, bill for 1200. Called customer service. End results, pay or will report nonpayment, unless store verifies return. Go to store 3 hrs, said they would fix. Wk later MiFi turned off, went back to store 2 hrs, finally fixed. No credit for time of not being able to use MiFi. I sell online, destroyed me. Now they're saying I missed a payment and owe double for MiFi. Never even been late. Worse experience I've ever had doing business.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    After 15 years with AT&T I decided to move on to a different wireless carrier. I ported my number to a different carrier and soon found out that in doing so, I automatically suspended my AT&T account for none payment... while my intentions were to port the number and payoff the remaining balance due. Further my account was on autopay thinking that the remaining balance would automatically be taken care of... wrong.

    Well not only did they block my account, but the charged me a restoral fee on top the last payment due to the involuntarily suspension. Mind you that this all happened within 30 days. On April 7th, I port my number, on April 29th I pay my balance off, and on May 2nd I get a final bill for restoral fee due. The rep that attended my last payment never mentioned a restoral fee so the bill came as a surprise after the fact. I called back to get it waived, and the CR reps argued back that the fee was justified.

    While I'm thinking... did we all die and go to mars??? What planet are these AT&T people from, how can this restoral fee be just? Realizing how AT&T shakedown works, I mentioned to the rep that I will gladly pay the restoral fee and afterwards cancel my internet and Uverse account. That's $1300 a year billing they will lose. The rep quickly did the math and passed the phone to supervisor who waived the restoral fee. I mentioned to the supervisor that AT&T did not have to suspend my account when for 15yrs I never missed a payment. AT&T tactics are way over the top.

    Day after I was disgusted I decided to cancel my Uverse and internet service altogether. It was an unnecessary fight that AT&T put me through. What they don't realize is that I was a good paying loyal customer, and the experience of leaving should be as accommodating as coming back. You want to make your customers come back. I fear AT&T as large as it has become it has lost its sense of business. Sadly the internet and data IP calls like WhatsApp will soon make AT&T a thing of the past. Good riddance. It's about time!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed May 17, 2015

    First off I went to AT&T store because my Galaxy S4 was broken, I was not in a contract. I asked if I could upgrade my phone seeing as it was broken and was told that I could not just upgrade my phone due to the fact that the plan that I had wasn't even offered by AT&T because I had Alltel before AT&T takeover. They then went on to ask where I worked. I told them and they say we'll you get a discount for working where I do and that my bill would actually be cheaper if I switched to AT&T Next. Ok, sounded good. "Wrong".

    First bill more expensive than ever before. 279 compared to 220 which I had been paying forever with Alltell. So I call customer service and tell them what had went down. They tell me that the discount was shown to me wrong and only applies to primary line on account not the whole bill. And go on to say that there was nothing they could do about the fact I was straight up lied to, but they could put the other lines on AT&T Next because they were out of contract also all but one 3 lines total on next 1 under contract. I said, "Great but I do not need phones for those lines" and I'm told not to worry I could continue using my current phones and they would send me their cheapest phone Nokia lumia as backups and as long as I never turned on I would not be charged for them. I said, "Are you sure?" They said, "most certainly."

    Once again "wrong". Got bill, it is now higher than ever because you guessed it I'm paying installments for my so called back up phones. Call again told them about this. They say, "Our managers can listen to that phone call and resolve this for you sir." GREAT, right once again "wrong". No call back from said managers. Call back next day to be told by supervisor that they cannot go back and listen to calls, "sorry" I agreed to terms in email nothing can be done, "sorry" that I was misinformed by customer service. Moral of rant is do not believe anything AT&T tells you in person or on phone. They are full of cap. They tell you one thing and do another.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 17, 2015

    I have been with At&t for years but back in November we had an upgrade done on a line in AT&T without explaining to us how it worked. They helped themselves to another line on our account cross the lines... My family was getting calls for each others phone... that was the beginning. We finally took a phone off the account to try and solve the problem since half the people in customer service didn't understand a thing we were talking about. Long story short, I would never ever recommend At&t to anyone. Pretty bad when their own store manager was so frustrated at the situation. He said the best thing to do is close the account. Of course now they give you a final bill over a $1000... Terrible Terrible company...

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    They charge you every month more than the agreed amount. After staying online for hours, all customer service rep could tell you is "I am sorry"! They are trained to say only that... The managements are piece of trash and lairs, thieves and dishonest. Cannot wait. I finish my one year contract and get out of it. They claim bundle, universal but no department could see the other department's account. For example, if you have cell phone, TV and home internet services with them, each one charge you separate and no BUNDLE THING is existing!!! I'm SURE their upper management know what they actually planned... I strongly believe they created this stupid bundle thing to charge more and make customers like you and I pay more for each piece of services. Bottom line LOUSY. DISGUSTING... Makes me sick...

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 15, 2015

    Recently I went into an AT&T retail store to have them add a phone on to my account to an existing number that wasn't being used... The sales person kept asking me if I wanted to change the number? I told him I don't need to change it, but if it's easier for you, then go ahead and change it. He starts to enter the data and says, "Uhh, can you hang on for a sec" after about 5 min, he comes back with a supervisor and says, "Do you mind if we keep your old number?". I looked at him and said, "Didn't we just discuss this?". He said, "Oh, yea...sorry". 15 min later he finishes, I told him my iPhone 4s is messed up because I downloaded the new software on accident..

    He immediately said, "AT&T doesn't give phone upgrades with contract renewals anymore", so I told him that I can go to another carrier and get a new iPhone 6 plus free for switching... Instead of talking to me about what he can do to help me and that I'm a valued customer since I have been with AT&T for over 10 years now, he started comparing other carriers and which carrier he would go with?! I was mortified! I emailed the CEO and he had some guy from the Executive Response Team call me and I have yet to make contact with him after 2 weeks! I am so frustrated and I will be switching carriers this weekend!

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    Online & App

    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    I took service with AT&T thinking they would be a reliable company. I had phone service but I wanted to get a tablet. AT&T told me that my bill would not be over 55 dollars a month. They sent me another tablet that I did not ask for. I couldn't get online very much because of rising data charges. Later they sent me a bill for 185.00 I hit the ceiling. I'm thinking about suing.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    Representative lied and told me she block my data usage. And suddenly stop receiving the over data usage alert. Thinking I'm within my limit. Then got $600 phone bills. Every month my bill is over $300, AT&T always have an excuse, but never help.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    I have been a customer of AT&T on again off again for 15 years. This last statement I've been with them almost 2. Their roll over data is a great concept. I never have problems getting anything I want. Cellphone, tablet, or any other mobile devices. I plan on staying with them!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    I signed up for AT&T 1 month ago at a local office and after deactivating old line, the salesman says "I told you about the $40 startup fee right?" I was hit with a $255 first month bill because of billing cycle. Apparently you are charged prorated amount depending on your plan when you sign up if you are off billing schedule and future payment bill because that's how AT&T bill customers. Nothing that the salesman or two of the customer service representatives I spoke to said anything about. If this company would just be transparent they would not have so many angry customers. I will pay the $325 cancel fee. I'm done with AT&T.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    I get crappy service almost everywhere I go and get no service at home. So they expect me to pay money to get service at home. Then I finally buy it after all this ** - the Microcell takes forever to set up and sucks. DO YOURSELF A HUGE FAVOR AND GO TO VERIZON!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    I purchased an iphone 6 which failed immediately at an AT&T-owned phone store. I took the phone back 3 days later, showing the Blue Screen and panic error messages. The store staff refused to accept the return phone, saying that the phone had to be taken to an Apple Store because AT&T stores were prohibited from exchanging phones even if broken in the first 72 hours. I went home and called AT&T Service. After speaking to 7 different people (including a disconnected call), I was transferred to an Apple Warranty specialist. The specialist said that the phone could and should be returned to the AT&T Store where it was purchased.

    Still, AT&T refused to accept a return and said that I would have to pay a $35 restocking fee. I gave up, drove a distance to the Apple Store and, I think, received a refurbished iPhone 6 to replace the brand new phone (the Apple Store employee didn't understand why I was taking an AT&T purchased phone back to Apple, either).

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    July 2014, phone CSR offered a 50% off $60 17mb Internet speed plan = $30/mo + equipment fees for 12 months. I signed up and after a month the bill came wrong at $68. After a 2 hour phone call they credited me with the $30 amount and said they would fix the wrong monthly charge. 2nd month, still billed wrong at $68, I called in, they transferred me around after a couple hours and never got it fixed. On top of that the advertised speed of 17mb, in reality was always under 10mb, sometimes 3-4mb/s. I called tech support 4 times to fix it, never fully fixed.

    After 8 months of calling they never fixed my bill correctly with the excuse that the 50% offer had expired. I cancelled the services and declined the last 3 month charges on my credit card. Now they are chasing me for the $140 fees. But in reality I was overcharged $30 for around 7 months which would equate to $210 overpaid. I can't believe AT&T can get away with these kinds of scams and continue doing business. I've spend combined 20 hours+ on the phone explaining the same error over and over again as they transfer me around their depts. I even have a phone recording of the CSR confirming 50% deal on the system, but that she couldn't apply, so basically I had to pay double of what I signed up for and nothing she could do!!

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    Price

    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    AT&T's Fees and prices for devices and phones are ridiculous. I'm very unsatisfied with AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I contacted AT&T to inform them that I am traveling internationally and asked them to unlock my phone so that I can use it overseas. Their response? "No, we have a policy against that". Does it cost them anything? No. Does it make a customer happy? Yes. Why they refuse to do it? Because they are not customer-oriented in the slightest bit. Horrible service even though I pay $200 a month!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    Every two to three months I have to contact AT&T for issues with my account, my bill, service and reps ignoring my request. Reps claiming to fix the issues and never did, etc. AT&T cut off my service for no reason. When I called to find out they did not know why it was cut. Called AT&T for three days in order to get my service back on, and they never gave me any credits for those three days that I did not have service. They blame me for their mistake. Then they charge me $39 for putting my service back on when it was their fault. Several Reps lied to me or did not know how to fix the issues. Then they come back to charge me more than twice my actual monthly rate for no reason and without any notice.

    I have spent several hours talking and calling AT&T and I have lost valuable time that they do not pay for of course. Plus the phone machine they have is made so that you get nowhere with it. The list goes on and on.. My advice is if you have another option, do not ever use AT&T. They have the worst customer service and they do not care. All they care is to steal money from you. I cannot believe that a multi-million dollar company has to steal from its customers in order to make some extra money.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I called today about my bill. It was much higher. The boy **, did not know what to say except that the fees were hidden somewhere by the government from lines 5 through 10. I don't even use my minutes every month. My teenager needs a phone. It won't be AT&T. We will go back to Verizon. Verizon has such better customer service it makes me sick. Remember to be more professional and you get return customers. Be a jerk and you lose fine customers like my family who always pay bills on time. ** was so dumb. No help at all.

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