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About AT&T Wireless

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

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

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2021

    First, RUN!!! Don't go to AT&T! I've been (been) with them for years. This, is what did it for me. Last year prior to my plan expiring I called to see how to renew my "Plan" as I had a "bundle of services" (cellphone, internet/cable/WIFI/Landline). I was given an offer, told when to expect it. Mind you, this is all over the phone, as COVID prevented face to face transactions. A week later, my plan hasn't converted. I call back to be told the "agent I talked to does not exist and the plan I have expired--but here's one similar..." This went on THREE TIMES. THREE. I was told to "be grateful, look at what we've done for you, etc..." I was lied to, yelled at, hung up on, gaslighted and scammed. WHO DOES THIS??? No one keeps them accountable, and they don't care. Don't give your business to them. READ the FINE PRINT IN EVERYTHING THEY SELL YOU--Because there's a lot of "fine print."

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2021

    Back around the beginning of 2021 Att Wireless had a promo going on for the Motorola Razr 5g if you had a trade in you could get up to 1000 bucks off, so at the time I had a note 9 that was in basically new condition and Att told me that they would give me 900 off the Moto Razr 5g if I traded it in. So I paid off the Samsung note 9, they sent me everything to pack it up and ship it to them. So they shipped me the Moto Razr 5G and they told me it would take like 2-3 billing cycles to see the credits for my trade in. So I waited and would check in with them to make sure they got the phone and everything was good and they kept telling me, "Yes you got the promotion you'll get the credits." So like 5-6 months go by and I wasn't getting the credits for the promo. So finally they had to open a case to review the promo I should have already been getting.

    In the end they screwed me and said they wasn't giving me the promotion I was originally promised. I have most of the transcripts from att where they say that I got the promotion, I even have one where right before they opened the case the representative told me, "Yes you got the promo and on your next bill we will credit you for 5 months at 33.33 a month," which by the way never happened. I then told them if I wasn't getting the promo and the 900 off to send me back my note 9 that I had just paid off I think all together I paid 1300 bucks for and it was in brand new condition and they said, "No we can't do that," lol!!!!???? So they screwed me over on the promotion then I paid off a expensive note 9, sent it to them and they kept it for free!!!

    Mind you I told them I have chat transcripts where att reps said I'd get the promotion, get paid back credits etc and in the end I didn't get anything, on top all of that every month my cell bill gets higher and higher and haven't changed anything on our plan. I can't believe they are able to operate like this!!! I've seen other people post about the same problem with AT&T, they trade in their phone for a promotion and end up not getting it!!! I say we all get together and start a class action lawsuit against them because this is ridiculous!!

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    Customer ServiceBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2021

    I traded in my iPhone 8 for the 11 Pro Max and was told I would get $700 off for the trade-in with auto pay. So, that would leave me with $400 to apt the phone off. Well it’s been over a year and well over $400 paid and was told I still owe over $600 to pay the phone off. I have spoke to several people only to be passed around to the next. I want to leave AT&T, but I have this hanging over my bill. Thanks. People please make sure they explain in detail because they will lie and rip you off.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceRefunds & PayoutsBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2021

    AT&T the worst cellphone company. I asked for a lower charge on the cellphone service and when I received my bill it was over $30 higher. Called customer service and they refused to correct. Also, when I changed service due to them lying to me, I changed in the middle of the service date and they charged me for the full month. If you cancel your service one day into the billing cycle date you will be charged for the full month even though you cancelled your service. Plus, you cannot not use your cellphone because the service is disconnected. So you are paying for a full month of service that you cannot use. THIEVES.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2021

    This is the worse company on the planet. I tried to switch my wireless carrier to AT&T and it was a nightmare and I spent over 20 hours while they made mistake after mistake. They took my order to switch my four existing numbers. Then they lost the order. I called back. They sent me new SIM cards for 4 new numbers, not my old ones. Went to service center. They said they would be able to make switch but it may take days and they had to cancel original order and start over which may interrupt my service during that period. Then called to just cancel order. They billed my $289 and threatened me with collection for something they screwed up. They are thieves and incompetent. I paid it to protect my 830 credit score but I will never, ever do business with AT&T wireless. I would rather use a landline than deal with them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageTechPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2021

    I like Sam's Club but their partnership with AT&T has to go. I contracted with AT&T at Sam's Club. They promised me $110 a month for three phones and the same coverage as Verizon at least in my area. On top they explained I had nothing to lose with a 30 day trial. Sounds good right! Well... I had a weak signal at my house and 10 miles of sparse to no coverage on my way to work. So I sent it all back and thought that was the end of that. They did a $380 direct debit to my credit card. Well... Attempted anyway it so happens I had an issue with that card and it did go through. So I called them and reminded them of the 30 day trial. They apologized and said they would take care of it and sent me a receipt saying the same.

    The following month I got another attempt to debit my card this time for $271. Again I called and the gentleman said my account read balance due $0, and he didn't know what I was talking about. The following week I get a nasty letter "FINAL NOTICE" they are turning me into collections. So again I call this time they know nothing about the $0 balance and can't understand why I haven't paid my bill. I ask for a supervisor, just when it sounded like he was going to take care of it and hour and a half later we were disconnected. Well... I waited 20 minutes since he had my number and I didn't have his. I call back and ask for "Jesus" the supervisor. No one knows a supervisor by that name.

    I start over this time a few minutes into the call the gal says she took care of it and I would be getting a confirmation in my email. I ask if I can have that confirmation number? She replies "No". It has to be generated? But offers her name and ID number. I take it and write it down. To date no email confirmation. Now a week later I again am being harassed by AT&T starting over. They advised me that they just debited the original $380. I don't see how they could have that card has been canceled. Here we go again, now I'm sure I will be getting another final notice. I'm checking into FCC complaints and I will be repeating this with every review location I can find. Why would I or anyone else do business with an unethical company like this. I promise AT&T we will never do business, and Sam's you should think twice who you associate with and vouch for.

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    TechPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021

    I hired ATT internet service, in theory it was going to be installed on September 17th, today is October 7th and they've been rescheduling my appointment, as of today I have no clear answer when will they fix their technical issue; I have NO internet service from ATT and I am trying to work from home.

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    Customer ServiceTechPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingRatesTimeliness

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021

    Upgraded cell phone through AT&T service over telephone using third-party vendor. This person got my credit card information as I had to pay the taxes on the phone prior to them sending me the upgrade for me to exchange and send back. Within two weeks of my credit card details being shared with the third-party vendor, a charge for Over $500 was put onto my debit card, claiming to be AT&T ( mimicking AT&T’s normal monthly statements almost to a T using their phone number (correct) and details in the batch charge) which was authorized and then two days later cleared.

    Subsequent calls to AT&T this was indeed fraud, they had not charged my card for $500 and change. Charges disputed with bank etc. Fast forward to yesterday I receive a text on my cell phone from AT&T not fraudulent, this was the legitimate text I get every time I get information on my billing or account information. This text basically says, "We still haven’t received your trade-in and you will be charged $500 and change if we don’t receive it by December."

    Here’s where it gets interesting. The phone was sent back to them the next day after I received it via United States Postal Service and they probably have it in hand already, however the dollar amount that they threatened me with to charge if they don’t receive my phone in two months, is the exact amount to the penny that was charged fraudulently claiming to be AT&T.

    I didn’t even know what the exact dollar amount would be if my phone wasn’t received. There’s only two people on earth that would probably know that either myself (had zero idea) or the representative from third-party that I gave my credit card information to to pay the taxes on the phone. Beware, GO TO AN OFFICIAL LOCATION and trade your phone in, do not give your credit card information to a third-party associate overseas or not an actual AT&T employee. This is being investigated by AT&T and my banking institution, however figured I would share my experience.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021

    Have had ATT x 25 years…used all over the world with great service…was a flight attendant. We currently are living 20 miles from EL Paso, TX. Why do we have 1 bar of service?? Not like we are in Africa or Antarctic. Please help us!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021

    I have been with AT&T for 7 years. I am very satisfied with their service. I will highly recommend them for cell phone service as I never had any problems with my phone I bought there or the great service they provide.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021

    The network seems to be ok, however, their data on the LTE is awfully slow. I have used their customer service a few times, and have been well pleased with it. Their choice of phones is good, and service in rural areas is great.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2021

    Dropped calls are rare, we have two lines and the my service from AT&T has been uninterrupted throughout the last five years. I've had AT&T since the last 1990's however AT&T's big investment in the early 2000's has really paid off with their ownership/investment in Fiber optics. Finally, from what I understand, AT&T leases access to their cables/systems to the other large carriers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2021

    I've been with my cell phone company for 4 months after switching from a company I had for several years. I've had nothing but bad experiences with them. They turned my service off not for lack of pay but for lack of me using my phone daily. Had to go through a million different things to have it restored. Now I feel as though they are spying on me.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTech

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2021

    I have been with AT&T for 25+ years and I wouldn't have service with any other provider! AT&T provides great service & I have phone & internet service almost everywhere I travel. I also have internet service through them at home & I very rarely have any issues with it, as well. AT&T is coverage is vast, service is next to none & I would recommend them to everyone.

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    Customer ServiceTechRefunds & PayoutsBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2021

    My cell phone bill is ridiculously high! My cell phone bill with 4 people is literally almost as much as my mortgage. The great deals are for new customers but not for loyal ones! Between having to upgrade, pay for additional storage, etc., there is no reason we should be paying this much for service. Hidden fees, taxes, etc. I wish I could change providers.

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    Customer ServicePriceBillingRates

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2021

    Great cell company with flexibility, the payments are better priced than most companies. Also the phone selection is very good and a wide range of choices. Also it is very simple to get things fixed and the different plans that fit each family.

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    CoverageSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2021

    I switched from Sprint to AT&T when T-Mobile bought Sprint. With Sprint, I never had better coverage than with Sprint. The sales rep at AT&T told me I would love the coverage and it was on par if not better than Sprint's. 90 days later I’ve never in my life had worse coverage than I do with AT&T. After I went in to complain the same sales rep laughed and admitted that they have one tower for my County and it was low priority. He laughed and said he can’t even get reliable connection in his own store.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2021

    I have been with AT&T from the beginning of cell phone experience. They have helped me many times with questions and/or problems I thought I might have. They are ALWAYS courteous and helpful no matter what my question might be. I have very good reception on my phone and use it for many various reasons.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceBillingRates

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2021

    AT&T was seemingly a good bargain when I first signed up, but after being with them several years I feel like their prices are getting really inflated. My bill for cell phone, TV, and internet combined was over $500 until I called to attempt to disconnect from Directv. They offered me several discounts to convince me to keep the Directv service, but the bill is still right at $450/month which is outrageous. To further compound the issue, I learn that my twin is only paying $400/month for the exact same service, but with one more additional cell phone line than I have. This discrepancy along with the overall bill amount has me truly reconsidering my continuing service with ATT.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2021

    Great company for real for me and my family for over 15 years now, Never had a problem with the service and timely receive great deals on upgrades to newer phones with great discounts and I have had phones with other companies listed and when I had the chance to get a account with AT&T CELLPHONES I JUMPED ON IT.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2021

    Every time I have been talking to someone at AT&T they have been very helpful and nice. Help in any way they could. Have been with them for a long time. I would recommend them to everyone. They are there for you.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2021

    We just upgraded 2 iPhone 10’s to 2 iPhone 13’s. A total trainwreck. Took over 7 hours on phone, a trip to Apple & then to AT&T store & then back on phone for another 2 hours to get phones activated & set up on a plan that is $20 plus more a month than what was quoted to us when order was placed. Was told by customer relations that they were sorry about the inconvenience of the misquote but there was nothing they could (would) do. Basically screwed for next 36 months. The irony of the whole deal is this is the second time this has happened. Also had a “misquote” when we got our iPhone 10’s through them. Would love to see them investigated for unethical selling practices and a class action suit brought against them.

    For this to happen twice to us is not a coincidence. It won’t happen again as I won’t be stupid enough to do business with them again after this contract is over. When trying to resolve issue at AT&T store the manager stood at back of the store laughing when the rep helping me went to tell him I wanted to speak to the manager. Rep came back & told me the manager was busy & there was nothing they would do & for me to leave their store. When on phone with “customer retention” after that experience and being told they would not honor what was quoted to me I was told a manager wanted to speak to me & would call me as soon as they finished. No surprise…no one ever called. I will honor what I told them which was to tell everyone I could to not do business with AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2021

    I hope to have enough space for my review!!! Order #1 placed online and canceled because they couldn't verify it was me. Order #2 talked to a rep on phone and a day later canceled because they couldn't verify it was me and asked that I go to a store and show my ID. Order #3 placed in store and had ID verified and next day order canceled because they couldn't verify it was me. They asked me to wait until the iPhone 13 is released and to place the order then. Waited until phones were released and placed order Friday morning. Mid morning Friday order canceled for same reason as mentioned above. Order #5 was called by a supervisor and order was successfully placed. Phones were delivered to wrong address on Monday and I called and ATT generated a lost in transit. Person that received phones was kind enough to deliver phones to my home as correct address was on label and wrongfully delivered by USPS.

    Was told my phones were blacklisted and that they would be cleared by Thursday the 30th of September. Called on the 30th and lo and behold phones are blocked and I still can't activate them! I have been hung up on, refused assistance and just crappy customer service!! I now understand why their CEO stated he was not happy with the state of the company. I'm in the military and if I did something like this no telling how many lives would be lost. I might as well just give the phones back and remain getting crappy service from Sprint/Tmobile!!! This experience has been the worst and the best they can do is say they are sorry. I even got my first bill today and don't even have service yet!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2021

    I've never had a problem with AT&T cell phone/service. I was introduced to it through a relative who loved it because you could depend on them. She was right. We've enjoyed it for eight years now.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2021

    Service interruptions, data slow down, customer service is garbage. Bills are never correct. Hold times to speak to reps are ridiculous and when you trade in your device, it starts a new billing cycle throwing your bill off and that credit they promise on trade in doesn't get applied to the new phone but to the bill that's now higher because you upgraded and changed your billing cycle.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2021

    Phone connectivity can be great but their sales people when you go in to get something as simple as a new Sims card and the disable your phone even though it was working fine a few seconds before. That has been my experience multiple times.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2021

    AT&T is inhuman. If you lose your job you call AT&T for payment arrangements. You're out of luck with AT&T, and AT&T keeps adding up what you owe. AT&T **. Would not recommend this carrier. You have dropped calls. Internet connection is lost when traveling. Animation voice when you call AT&T ** until you can get a live advisor.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2021

    I recommend AT&T will. They are very business minded. They are they were 24 seven and they meet all my needs. The customer service people at the store also very Helpful and help you sort out any problems you may have with your service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2021

    AT&T is pretty sufficient in what they do, the mobile data speeds are quite fast and I don't notice any slowdowns along the way. Call and texting is a breeze, no problem. Never had any issues with AT&T before as they are pretty good with their customer service when I need support for any of my lines nor just an overall consultation.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021

    If I could give them zero stars I would. I had been with the company from 2015 to 2021. They were charging me so much I couldn’t keep up. But I paid the bills and switched to T-mobile. T-mobile is way better and half the price. I even bank with them and switched to their WiFi because they are so much better. I didn’t initially realize I still owed $164 dollars until it landed on my credit report. A company I was working with initially disputed it. ATT sent an itemized bill with a bunch of useless crap they say I owed. This company is notorious for hidden fees. They added a $29.99 fee for collections. I gave up and I called to try to pay it. They are flat refusing to take it off my credit report. This company hates its customers so much that they are screwing my credit for 7 years over $164. I would never support this company again. I hope they go out of business.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021

    I have had AT&T for about 15 years now. They have better than others on their packages and phones. The service has always been superb, when others lose service, I never do. The customer service is above the rest, and many other companies could take lessons from our AT&T representatives.

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    Customer ServiceStaffResolution

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021

    It is extremely sad to see a large company like ATT, with such a large percentage of employees that have an extenuating lack of knowledge for the assistance of an ATT customer with the questions and concerns they have. In a period of approximately 4 months I spoke to at least, if not more; about 30 customer service agents with the attempt to resolve my issues and was unsuccessful because they would with give incorrect, information, transfer me to numbers that would continuously ring and not answered, employees with extreme language barriers or they would simply hang up without resolving my issue, therefore; causing me to change companies.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2021

    Overall, they have been a pretty good and a dependable company. My biggest issue is when I upgrade my lines, every couple of years, they always say all these fees are being waived but I always have to call in and spend 3 hours on the line disputing the charges. Granted, they have always removed them it but the hassle of having to spend 3 hours of a busy day on the phone is unnecessary. I recommend them.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingMaintenance

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2021

    Been with them 5 years, no customer service, no discounts, terrible service areas and I’ve had a broken phone since I upgraded they won’t fix! Soon as I can I’m going to T-Mobile where I can get a huge discount.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2021

    When At&T won me over it was for a particular price. Each month my bill was so vastly different and they could not tell me why. Now each month they go in to credit my bill so it is the amount we agreed to. And customer service is abhorrent. My call gets shipped off to India or the Philippines where they might speak english, but the don't understand it.

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    StaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2021

    Reliable, honest, best buck for all services. You can't beat quality. When services are down Att notified all customers and when you need help they answer all questions and if you don't understand something well they are there to explain in detail. I have used all companies and the service and quality of service you just can't beat ATT.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2021

    This company is amazing. I have been with them for over 2 decades and I would not change them ever. I have gotten amazing deals and I am so happy with the service they provide. I never have any dropped calls.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2021

    They the best reception in places that nobody else does. So that's why I recommend them for anybody that does a lot of traveling around the US. This the best I can do on this. We do a lot of traveling and never had a problem.

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    Customer ServiceTechPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2021

    Very good customer service representatives. There’s no early termination on any phone that’s in a contract so it’s too expensive to upgrade. We tried to upgrade to the new iPhones but were unable to because of this.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2021

    Always wait on hold for an hour and then transferred 5 times. Make appointment and they don’t show up, and then you call and they could care less just schedule you for two weeks out and it was their failure. I think we’ve gotten to the time of clients don’t matter. There is always another one around the corner.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2021

    Have prepaid cell service, unlimited talk, text, and data. Very good service, would recommend to family and friends. Have had service for years... The company has many different plans for everyone's needs.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffRatesTimeliness

    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2021

    Called to inquire about service, the Indian lady said she needed my info to give me the best prices... When she told me my install would cost 99 I said never mind I'll stick to what I got... She insisted a bit, but said ok if you change your mind give us a call back... The next day I get a text saying my service was scheduled... I call ATT and the rudest person answers the phone... I explain what happened. She asks my phone number and says it's cancelled anything else?... I said yes I would like to speak to a manager because this is ridiculous! She says, "I'm a manager I can put in a complaint what was the person's name..." I said you should have in the system the name of the person who set up my service without my permission!... She says, "Not in the system. I can't help you!..." I WILL NEVER USE ATT AGAIN IN MY LIFE AND WILL TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR DECEPTIVE TACTICS!!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaffBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2021

    Salesperson was great! Answered my questions about how my future billing would be and helpful in setting up my new phone. Love the new phone. Received 1st bill and it was spot on from what the sales person told me.

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    Customer ServicePriceBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2021

    I have been with AT&T over 10 years & I like the way your account is set up & they don’t charge you for everything that you use unless you purchase it. Never have dropped calls or problems with their billing or when it rains.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceRates

    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2021

    Sadly not covered any longer for Free Apple repairs or service (Expired). I wish for the price of this cell phone Apple MNCP2J/A that the warranty would continue much longer for ease of mind and monies. If AT&T's product is so good in their mind wouldn't it be fair in saying that they should stand behind their product for more coverage usage. AT&T should demand that their cell phone companies stand behind their phone company products much better.

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    Customer ServiceTechPunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2021

    Every time you call customer service it takes forever to get anyone on the phone. When you do half the time they can't help you that much. It's not that way every single time but for the most part. And not to mention some of them are downright rude and act like you're such an inconvenience. They have all these hidden fees that you have no clue about. My bill gets higher and higher every few months. I can't switch providers because of where I live. They are the only service that works at my house.

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    Customer ServiceTechPrice

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2021

    As a wireless provider ATT has proven to be very poor especially for the amount they charge. From my home I get essentially 1 bar of service, and my home is not in the rural outskirts- it is the middle of urban Albuquerque. In calling it most always takes 3-5 minutes for a connection to be made.

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    Customer ServiceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2021

    I have been with AT&T since 2007. I have always been happy with their customer service. It was the best. In the past two years I can however tell something is different and not for the good. I have such a hard time getting in touch with an actual person and then automated stuff is a joke- it never heard correctly and you get redirected I. Circles then the call disconnects - ugh. Honestly when it comes to getting in touch with someone on the phone I feel humans work best.

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    Customer ServiceStaffRates

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021

    Services overbilled each month. Customer service no assistance non professional services. Tried to receive assistance in overbillings. VIP: Competitive Services, with other carriers requested to Match T-Mobile rates for Seniors.

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    Price

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021

    ATT I don't really have any problems with. Just wish it had more packages that are cheaper or package just for one thing. Sometimes only need one thing but you can't. Gotta buy a whole entire package. That's my only downfall with ATT..

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021

    I have used AT&T (fka SW Bell) since 1996. They've always had the best coverage area. Challenging to reach sometimes, but never a problem getting issues resolved quickly. I'm sure there are other cell phone companies that are cheaper but coverage area is important to me.

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    PriceBilling

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2021

    Through Walmart we were sold a package for $45 a month only to find out there is no such package when we were billed $60 for the monthly charge...$30 for activation (which we weren't informed of upon signing up)...and will be charged $45 to cancel the account (which we were told was charge free). When I contacted AT&T and spoke with a supervisor, she apologized for all of the misinformation and said "I wish we could honor the package you were sold". Gee, what a novel idea - honor what you sold.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2021

    Not reliable! I used to live in the South Port Apartment (Belleville, Michigan) and AT&T was the only option for the Internet. So, I had to make an account during my stay. After 5 months, I moved to another place and I DID return back the device to the company through Fedex (as they mentioned in returning structure). Last night, I noticed they gave my information to a collection agency to made a new account regarding I have never returned the device back and claimed the fee (120$). They reported it in to my Credit Karma to affect my credit!!!! Who are these people??? Unbelievable!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2021

    Where did their customer service go? It takes an average of 8-15 minutes to get in touch with a real person when you have an issue with your account. But then that real person is not the right real person. So they transfer you back to a machine. Then another 8-15 minutes later you get in touch with a second real person. But alas, that real person is also not THE real person that you need to speak with, so guess what? Back to the machine.

    8-15 minutes later, a third real person! Rinse and repeat for approximately 1 hour and maybe you get to the person that can actually help you. But then the call gets dropped (that dratted terrible AT&T Wireless coverage). And do they call you back?? Nope! Because a telecommunications company cannot make outbound calls apparently. So back to the machine for another hour. If you're lucky, a week or two later maybe your issue will be resolved by a lackluster mid-level manager who hates life and gives 0 cares about whether you are happy or whether they lose your business. That about sum up AT&T? --AT&T Wireless and Home Internet Customer (for now)

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2021

    AT&T Prepaid is fine if you have no issues, but if you have a problem, getting help is nearly impossible. Being on hold for over two hours to get technical help to activate service or troubleshoot lack of service, only to be placed on hold continuously, given the run-around, continuing to not address the issue, telling you you'll have to wait 24-48 hours to before a technician MIGHT be able to call you (but your phone service isn't on so...) or MIGHT email you. It's the worst customer service ever.

    I've unfortunately dealt with this for several years, and it's time to switch companies. Do not sign up for this service. Their online interface is awful, you constantly have to reset your account pin code, literally every time you log in, even if you've reset it minutes before. Go with Credo Mobile, or some other alternative. Don't put yourself through the many inconveniences that come along with this company.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffResolution

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2021

    Back in December 2019 I got new cell phone service looking into paying around 130 for three lines, with our own phones. The representative at the store sold us exactly the plan we were looking for (according to him) but with new cell phones included! Then when we realized (less than a month) we were having to pay more than 300 dollars per month, we went back to cancel, because that was not what we were told. It was way more than what we were expecting. So we cancelled and we returned the new phones, We got a receipt to prove it. But now we are being charged with close to 3,000 dollars. Because according to ATT we never returned the phones. Now I have been sent to collections and I have gone back and forth to the store, and nobody can help me. The representative at the store tell me that the manager is going to resolve it and they never do. I call ATT and nobody can help me. I am so tired!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingRefunds & PayoutsStaffTimelinessHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2021

    My husband and I switched our service… My husband and I switched our service from Verizon to AT&T on Thursday September 2, 2021. We had two iPhone 12s shipped to us. First problem the phones wouldn’t activate so we had to call the 800 number. Of course the person spoke horrible English so he was very hard to understand. When it wouldn’t activate we were transferred to another person whose English was even worse. After 1 1/2 hours the phones finally were activated. After setting the phone up my husband's wouldn’t get internet nor could he use data. So..back on the phone to customer service.

    After another 2 1/2 hours the advanced technical support guy told my husband that there was something wrong with the phone and he needed to return it to the AT&T corporate store. So the next day he did that. They refused to take it and exchange it. They told him to send it to Apple for exchange even though we received it from AT&T. So I got back on the phone and talked to the loyalty department and she made notes on the account for the corporate store that they needed to exchange the phone. The store refused..said they didn’t care what the loyalty department said they were not going to do it. They said Apple wouldn’t allow them to do it, that’s a lie because I had already talked to Apple. This corporate store we went to is in Valdosta Georgia. They were apparently mad that they didn’t get the sale and absolutely REFUSED to help us. Buyer beware.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2021

    Bought new phones from AT&T. (SATURDAY) GALAXY S21 5G. Transferred from old phone all files music pics etc... After transfer all music and pics wiped out. Annoying and negligent on their part. Reinstalled my music from other computer. After this FILE INVALID came up and music won't play and it wrecked the music player. Their customer service (IGNORANCE) refuses to do anything about it besides a FACTORY RESET (WRECKS EVERYTHING). BEWARE OF THIS PHONE!!! Beware of AT&T and its deception and horrid service!

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    Customer ServiceBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2021

    Been a customer of this company for 5 yrs. Phones were disconnected in error, their error. Service attendants (whose primary language wasn't English) refused to work with me. And mislead me several times and refused to correct the error. DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM. They will bill you for the full month even if your service was cancelled or suspended. After being feed up with their poor service, I tried to leave them, they refused to release my phones. I will never return to AT&T. Out of all of the carriers I have been with they have the worse customer service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2021

    AT&T is sending out messages that 3G phones are not going to work anymore. When you inquire about it they offer an appealing option that locks you in for another 2 years when in reality you do not need to take any action at all. If you wait you will get a free phone that will work on the new network. When I inquired they said that I would save money by closing my account and opening a new unlimited plan. That decision locked me in for 2 years, added an extra line and increased my bill. They want $1200 to undo this, then I can have my free phone. Don't let AT&T switch your plan when all you need is a replacement phone.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2021

    I have been a loyal customer with AT&T for 10+ years now. They were very good when I was a new customer to them. Over the past 9 months they have been a nightmare. I have been trying to straighten out a billing issue since December. Every single time I would contact customer service or get so angry that I couldn't get a live person on the phone, I would drive to the closest corporate store just to speak with someone. I am not lying when I tell you that each time I did get to speak with someone I was promised that my billing issues would be taken care of, or I was told "Sorry I can't help you," since the error was my mistake I need to pay my bill or my service will be suspended.

    Most recently they have added an additional phone line to my plan (that I did not authorize) which has of course increased my monthly bill. I have tried multiple times to have them remove it, of course nothing was done. The best part of my story is I just received this month's bill and the additional line that was added months ago now shows that this number belongs to an Apple watch that I also never purchased and has added an additional charge of $108.00 per month. Are freaking kidding me!!!

    I am done with AT&T and their fraudulent charges and ROBOT customer service. Obviously loyalty means nothing to them, they just care about taking all your money. Oh, and one last thing, I am an essential frontline worker in the medical field and since the start of this global pandemic I have not missed one day of work and I put myself at risk everyday, but I am ok with that because it's THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Just a little hint for AT&T's corporate suits who sit in their big offices everyday just making sure that their bottom line keeps growing and don't even give a second thought to people like myself who struggle to keep food on the table for my children and live paycheck to paycheck. The only reason I have a cell phone is because it is essential for my job, but since I cannot afford to pay an $800.00 fraudulent cell phone bill I will just have figure out another way to keep my job.

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    Customer ServiceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2021

    They lied to me that if I trade in my phone for a new iPhone 12 Pro that I will get $700 off and I should only pay $400 remaining and can pay it off after 3 months. Now they are telling me if I want to pay off my phone I should pay $1000. Fraud. Don’t fall for it.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2021

    Lied and deceived me about everything and locked me into a 2 year contract that I cannot get out of. They are charging me 126 dollars a month and won't let me drop down to a lower package. Won't give me the gift card they promised when I signed up, and their customer service is a joke. They laugh at you and hang up on you and you can't understand what they say. Never ever again. Don't fall for their lies. Once they got you locked in your screwed.

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2021

    This is the worst telecommunications… This is the worst telecommunications company ever. Bad customer service. Just bad in every way. I Have had and loved DirecTV. For 30 years. I absolutely hate that it was bought by ATT. Ready to leave Directv behind to be done with ATT. Can’t pay DirecTv bill online because they redirect you to the ATT site that has no information about my DTV account. I got rid of the ATT cell account. Gonna call another phone company and. Dish Network. Now. I’m done with ATT.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2021

    In March 2021 I added a new line for my daughter. I was looking on the website for what phone to get. AT&T was offering an iPhone XS for 30 payments of $5 per month ($150 total). I had a question about the new line and called AT&T to talk with customer service. While on the phone they said I could complete the order over the phone, so I did. Fast forward 3 months and I am being charged $30 per month for the new phone. I did three online chats (1 hr each) with AT&T to question the charges, each time I was told they would correct the problem and I would receive confirmation via email. I did not receive any email confirmations, so I called AT&T. After many calls, transfers, disconnects I learn that because the order was processed over the phone, the discount does not apply and there is nothing they can do. I will be charged 30x$30= $900 for a phone that was supposed to cost me $150.

    After 5-1/2 hrs trying to resolve this issue with AT&T the best they can do is give me a $400 credit to my account. So now I am paying $500 for a phone that was advertised as $150. The AT&T employee who processed the order never told me that I would be charged full price for the phone, even though I was very clear that I was discussing the $5 per month offer.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2021

    This company is a joke. They don't care about their customers, they have people working in the middle east that promise you stuff over the phone and then they don't want to honor it. In my case this person promised a $20 discount for bundling 2 services, and it took them 3-4 months to bundle the services, and after that when I called to get my discount, they said they don't offer the discount anymore. I asked them to go back and listen to the recorded conversation, and they said the conversations stay on their system for only 30 days, are you kidding me? Bunch of incompetent people and I'm just waiting for the phone's contract to end so I can leave this stupid company. Be careful with this company, run away!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsRefunds & PayoutsMaintenance

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2021

    So I canceled my wireless service on March and for me to cancel my service I had to pay my mobile device in full, in which I paid $760.00 and when I put Sim card from new service the phone was locked, so I went to AT&Tcom/unlock and did everything and it said it cannot be unlocked cause I still had a balance due, so I paid it in full and ever since I have been calling AT&T so my device can be unlocked and nothing is done, been calling almost every day, so what's the point of me paying my device in full plus my due balance if I cannot use my device.

    This is by far the worst company. I tried again and nothing is done, so next phone call won't be made by me, my lawyer will be handling this from now on cause I'm fed up with you guys. I complaint to you guys all the time and you guys do nothing to fix this situation, so I'm done. You guys will deal with my lawyer from now on, so they told me to call Samsung so they can unlock my phone, so I did. I gave them my IMEI and Samsung told me yes, my mobile device is locked and was locked by AT&T and only AT&T can unlock my device. You guys are the worst and nothing but SCAMMERS. I do not recommend them to anybody.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2021

    We have received nothing but bad service from AT&T! They do not communicate with you and the services are not fixed and they want to charge you money for nothing! Our internet and landline went down for two days and was "temporarily" fixed. He got us up and running but said it was not permanent and would likely go down again because it has to do with the boxes outside - birds poke holes and destroy fiber optics. Someone was supposed to come out a few days later (Sunday between 8-12), but no one ever showed up or called.

    I called again this morning and then said that because it looks fine on his end we would have to pay the $99 fee! I work from home and have lost a lot of money because I had no internet! It's difficult enough with the pandemic. So basically, I have to wait for the internet to go down again and lose more money before someone will come out and fix it correctly without charging us. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I can't think of another company that is worse at customer service.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2021

    I switched over to ATT from Tmobile to get better service and pricing. In the beginning it was great. Att has their people constantly trying to upgrade you. That's where I made my mistake. They claim this and that and my bill grew more and more. When I tried going back to what I started with home internet my bill was awesome, then they upgraded me and my bill doubled. They told be my discount would be removed and blah blah blah. I also switch to their cell phones. A bigger mistake. I purchased a Samsung Note 20 ultra. This phone has been a constant problem since day one. Wifi kick off a lot, called customer service about my 6 week old phone and they want to charge me to get another and charge me to send a new phone. I got better service with tmobile. Then the lady who started my phone account I told her it was for business, she put it under a personal plan so she could get her credit.

    Look, you choose whomever you think is best for you, but with all the headache att has given, I would not recommend this company one bit. I will pay off my crappy phone and I will go else where. Don't learn the hard way. Corporate greed is the main thing ruining this country. They only care about their profits! You have been warned. The choice is up to you. Tmobile will also waste your time.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed July 28, 2021

    I was offered a plan that was never implemented, month after month and hours and hours on hold with billing, customer service, retention and whom ever else they transferred me to, they could never get it right. I was finally offered to return my phones and leave AT&T because I did not want to pay the additional $40 per month per line that I did not sign up for.. I found a place where I could file a legal arbitration complaint. Someone did get back with me and told me that was a deal that could not happen and they do not honor false information by sales people. After my urging to please listen to my conversations with 2 different sales people and at least reprimand them for giving false information. He said he would look into it and get back with me with in 24 hours. After 2 days I emailed him with no reply and figured I should begin my search for new provider and phones.

    5 days later I found phones and provider and emailed him again just to be sure, because I did not want to go through the hassle of switching phones again. Still no reply, 14 days after he was to get back with me, at 5:30pm which happened to be the day I switched providers and had At&t phones boxed up and ready to mail back. I returned his call that morning but no call back. So I put phones in mail the next morning, I saw he had called again at 5:45 the next night but w/ no message so I called him back just to see what he had to say and guess what? He told me that yes indeed they did have that plan, I just had to pay off the phones I was purchasing through them. He told me he understood why I cancelled and was sorry for the misunderstanding. I CANCELLED BECAUSE I WAS TOLD TOO AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE! Thanks AT&T!

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    Customer ServiceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed July 23, 2021

    We had no issues until we had to cancel our service because we were moving out of the country...but then again, we never had to contact customer service before. I called the beginning of June 2021 to tell them to cancel our service on June 30. I called again mid-June to confirm. To make a long story short, they didn't do it and I got a bill for July. The catch? We are living out of the country and can't make calls to them and "chatting" online isn't sufficient as they told me "we are certified to make a reimbursement, you have to call". They claim we used our phones in July and have to pay - we took our chips out before July so there is no way any of the phones were used. They claim I didn't call in June, when, in fact, I had two other agents confirm that I did call. Twice. They play games with you, they claim they "can't do anything about it", and they flat out lie. It is still an ongoing saga and I will NEVER use AT&T again.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 22, 2021

    I have a wireless plan and a bad sim card. Tried going into an ATT store and was told to call customer service. Five calls later (35 minutes, 45 minutes -- on hold; 25 minutes spoke to a rep, but was disconnected; after 39 minutes on hold, told I could not be connected at this time; called twice more a number that stated it was available 24/7 and got messages that I could not be connected at this time.)

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    Reviewed July 21, 2021

    I have had At&t unlimited for about 8 months, and for 2 months now they are trying to charge me for a second phone, second phone service plan with all fees including phone purchase installment, insurance installment, upgrade installment, taxes, etc. as well as a random $50.00 restocking fee for? And of course, two $40.00 reconnect fees...They turned off my service to my actual phone and didn't turn it by on until I made a payment if I didn't pay a big part of this fraudulent line's past due bill.

    I have spent 16 hours of personal time on the phone with customer service (mostly on hold) on 6 occasions, having the representatives tell me they removed the ghost plan bill and its generated costs. I thanked them graciously, each, time... I have spent $60.00 in transportation, been extra stressed, and lost $3000.00 in business income (due to being without communications for multiple days because of the multiple days of interrupted service bullying"' use of the fake phone bill's past due) And my phone has been getting sub-par connectivity and absolutely blasted by random, nondescript "click link" messages 1-2 every minute (24hrs) for 6 days now. And if I cancel my service now to go elsewhere, I will incur a negative credit score effect (x2) by early contract termination of TWO lines, and I am sure more illegitimate fees, and lose a phone have paid about half of the seriously high price for.

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    Sales & MarketingStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed July 20, 2021

    You can buy a device from anywhere and these days they all are the same. It all boils down to who gives you a better experience. All AT&T offers are lies and deceptions. DO NOT BELIEVE anything that sales guys are saying in the field. For their billing to normalize it does not take 3 or 4 months as they put it in the field after all credits applied. Mine has been going on for 8 months now and still wrong. Knowing this and you fall for AT&T deals, it will be your own fault. I'd have to deal with crappy deal I got for another 22 months before I can dump them. Everything sales guy who was a smooth talker said turned out to be a lie. Signature plan, data plan, device plan and credits, all lies.

    Watch out people. AT&T is not the same AT&T as 10 or 20 years ago. They are scary. I'm being overcharged $50 and in 2 months will be $70 overcharge because of a promotion they put on my account and removing it after 10 months on their own. That was not even discussed at the time of the sale. When talked to their executive guy he was another smooth talker who tried to blame me for not knowing what I signed up for and tell me that I couldn't read my bill. You tell me if plan is $50 and with auto pay supposed to be $40 then you are on a signature plan for employee discount to drop another $10, how's that putting you in a $60 data plan? There is so much shady behavior from AT&T. Watch out people. God Bless.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 15, 2021

    ATT customer service is subpar. I have been transferred to several departments. I’ve been hung up on. And a store representative stole my trade in and one representative can find the information but no one else can seem to find the information of the missing phone.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2021

    This review pertains to my AT&T Prepaid experience. TLDR; AT&T has GREAT coverage, customer service is OKAY at best when it comes to keeping you as a client and keeping your money, however they are BAD at everything else. In relation to the actual Prepaid service: I have been an AT&T Prepaid customer for many years! I had recurring AutoPay ON, for the $30 plan. It came out to be ~$25 with AutoPay discounts. This included unlimited talk and text with NO data! After years and years of paying for this plan with no data, I had to update payment info. I decided to look at plans at the same time. Turns out, the $30 plan now includes 2Gb or data! They didn't tell me at all! No clear indication, no email telling me of this "free" 2Gb I could've had already. After a month with 2Gb, I checked again. For the same $30 now there is 5Gb! What a scam...

    In terms of the customer service: The customer service experience is a wild rollercoaster. If you call and are lucky enough to catch them on a non busy day. It can be pleasant. They attentively assisted me in my troubles for billing early in my prepaid ventures. If however you need to lookup issues, or contact someone, you will be in for a treat. When you try to chat with someone on the website, it leads you to YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook! Not a live chat at all. You even need to make an account on their site or forums to comment which is totally separate from your prepaid account!

    Other information: If you ever lose access to your phone, such as it falling into a lake, getting stolen, etc... You would be screwed if you want to transfer your phone number. They ask that you CALL them from your MISSING phone to get that account number. Which makes no sense at all. I have complete access to accounts, all information linked to those accounts, bank statements, etc... To prove it is me, to try and get that account number. NOTHING.

    The plans are expensive in comparison to other companies. Sure you get good coverage, but most other companies do too! Steer clear from doing business with AT&T for their Prepaid services. Complete scam in my opinion. Even Mint Mobile will email you if you don't use all your data in a month to try and save you money. AT&T care about one thing. MONEY. They will assist you in a timely manner if, and only if, it pertains to money.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingTimeliness

    Reviewed July 12, 2021

    Bait and switch contracts. Terrible manipulation tactics! Terrible customer service and response never came. Fraud, Fraud, and Fraud! They love sitting on the other end of the line after you’ve asked a question, like why was my plan changed? What is my plan? No response? They switch your plan to the highest one! You are the administrator but you're not…they are con artists. They won’t address your trouble, instead it’s trying to sell more product! Overrated and please Google their bad reviews and see their lawsuits for yourselves.

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    Reviewed July 12, 2021

    I got an upgrade on a promotion 11 months ago. Everytime I call them they say they working on my promotion. I paid my Galaxy S9 back to them after paying $900 and got the Note 20 5G. I needs my promotion and plus bill keep going up.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2021

    I switched my wireless service to AT&T. I was talking on chat to an online agent when I switched. The agreement was and I explicitly asked for an international call plan to be added. It never was so I made calls overseas and when my bill came it was almost $2000. I called immediately and spoke to a support person. I explained what happened and she said she will add the international plan and file a dispute for the charges. I checked my account online. There is no change in the amount due and no international plan was added. Again. And all the overseas calls I have made since I was told the plan was added is still charged at the ridiculous standard rate.

    This is the second bad experience I have with them. Previously I changed addresses, called to move my account and they canceled it instead. I couldn’t call and they gave me a call number to use until it was sorted out. They didn’t tell me the service was canceled or the call number was charging my overseas calls at a high rate. Bill came and it was enormous.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2021

    Had a terrible experience with the Montgomery PA store, the salesperson mislead me, I went to get a new phone because my old phone was no longer holding a charge. It took 3 hours to get a new phone, which is ridiculous, as I was leaving the salesperson told me he added a 3rd line and when I told him I didn't want it, he said just cancel it. However, it isn't that easy because they attach the installment plan to the new line and if you try to cancel it they charge you for the whole cost of the phone.

    I did not request a 3rd line and have no phone attached to the 3rd line, the new phone is attached to my old phone number. So basically AT&T attached the installment plan to a non-existent phone, this ensures that you will have to continue with the 3rd line whether you want it or not. They claim it is because of the promotion, but when the promotion expires you will then have to pay for that 3rd line because you cannot cancel it without paying for the phone. Also, you are paying taxes and fees on the line you do not want. The AT&T Customer Service told me they couldn't do anything and that I need to contact the store I purchased it from, the store said they cannot do anything at all. My advice is to choose another carrier and stay away from AT&T!

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    Reviewed July 7, 2021

    This company lies and makes up different scenarios each time you call. They also conveniently lose the records of phone calls and emails when they give you information about your account and tell you about changes. I am stuck with an extra phone line that I never ordered and am not getting the promotion on a telephone I was told I would get when I ordered the phone, in an email, and during a phone call to customer service. I thought Verizon was bad and I would give Verizon 5 stars over ATT customer service. At least Verizon owns up to their mistakes and makes things right.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2021

    I was the customer of ATT for almost 11 years. But when I moved to another location they had very BAD to no coverage in that area. I called them. Submitted online requests multiple times related to bad/unreliable network but they did nothing to resolve the issue. Finally, when I discontinued the services just after 24 hours being into my usual billing/service month, they charged me for entire month. Never going to return back to ATT again.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2021

    AT&T wireless...still the same crappy customer service and misleading sales tactics after all these years. Got new AT&T wireless service from a kiosk at our local Sam's Club, long story short, AT&T has not/will not hold up their end of the agreement as far as promised discounts i.e. Military, Sam's Club. They have charged me 3X what I was quoted on my first bill. My next two billing cycles dont/wont include my discounts either. So basically in 4 months I might see the discounts. They promise to "reimburse" me once the discounts start. Why not just charge met the agreed on price ATT?

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2021

    AT&T is a very greedy company. They do not care about their customers. I had gone to cancer. Was out of work for a year and they would not even remove one late fee under the circumstances that was very valid. I cancelled their service and I just want to let others people know so that they know what they're getting into when they're going to do business with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceBilling

    Reviewed June 26, 2021

    I have had AT&T for a very long time. My bills even after I paid off 4 phones fluctuate crazy amounts of money per month. One month $211 next month $274 etc. at&t is the masters of billing manipulation. I was on hold today for an hr straight transferred 5 times. I got different negative responses from them all. I closed my DirecTV and I'm now closing my at&t wireless. We have way too many service providers now that you know what you're paying. At&t is a scam. Straight scam! It's sad that it's even allowed. Shame on me for overpaying all these years!

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    Reviewed June 22, 2021

    I have had ATT wireless for well over 2 decades. It has been up and down as for customer service. This current failure to refund us and credit overpayments or they will destroy our credit is reprehensible. Started in Nov. 2020 and continues through present. We have not been credited for our returned trade in phones. They bill us for $76 + extra per month and keep telling us it is resolved. Numerous calls and being told it is resolved and yes we agree owe you does us no good as they say wait another 60-90 days. (Call and repeat!!!) Ask for a hire level of management does you no good and the ability to speak English to you so as to be understandable get worse. Actual cell service is only reason we remain. Staying may only be until if and when this gets resolved as they hold all the cards in this relationship. Consumer rights be trashed.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2021

    Worst service and wireless cell plans ever from ATT. Never believe the plans they have posted. I had 2 lines with them and had one switched to VERIZON for better pricing and better customer service low bill with the same unlimited perks... Bill never changes and I dont have to auto enroll for any deals. Att bill was always too high and nobody could explain it and when I kept the one line with them after the switch it was supposed to be for 60 a month but noooo.. Received surprise bill for 80 and was told it's a 20 dollar charge for no auto enroll!! The lies this provider uses to try to lure customers is pathetic... Also the service is bad for all of Southern Cal people and for international... DON'T USE ATT!! Calls dropping left and right and always low bars... Going today to get this second line switched to another provider as well. Should've just switched both!! Lesson learned ????

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    Reviewed June 17, 2021

    I went overseas, text stating international data, called AT&T who assured no charges are being processed. Got changed $356. Filed a dispute, denied dispute because worker failed to document why the dispute was submitted. Asked for supervisor who states his supervisor is the one who can process refunds who is in a meeting and will call back. But supervisor agreed and acknowledged AT&T error. NO call back so I called back in. Informed I need to contact international department. International filed another dispute and offered 1/2 $178 refund. I refused 1/2 and ask for a supervisor. Supervisor wouldn’t hear me out before yelling and hanging up on me. After many years of business I am DONE WITH AT&T.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2021

    Recently made a payment online via At&t website. Have paid this manner for over 10 years. Received a confirmation code of payment and email confirmation that payment was made 06/07. Payment was never pending with bank, nor was ever collected or applied to At&t account. Called to inquire. Told via agent, email, and even escalation, that I needed to "PROVE" I had submitted the payment. It is in their system, they even read me the original confirmation code to confirm I had the correct code.

    Because I had made the payment on 06/07, received the email and code, I did not feel it was my responsibility to go "chasing" the information for them. If they have the records, they could have easily searched for the payment authorization and reissued collection on the original payment. Been with At&t for over 30 years. Better customer service is required to keep me another 30 years.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2021

    My number was ported from AT&T to T-Mobile without my authorization. I was lucky enough to catch it before the number was in use and got T-Mobile to port the number back to AT&T but I lost a half day of time having to take care of this. I'm seeing people that haven't been as lucky and lost a lot of money. But this is what happens, someone contacted AT&T got my account information and stole my number. AT&T's security measures are very poor and scammers are using this method into hack your phone. Afterwards you don't know who has your number or where it went and there's nothing you can do because they are acting as AT&T employees and using authentic credentials to get your information or it's simply just an inside job done by AT&T workers. Either way your phone is not safe and given how much our phones is tied to so many things the impact can be massive.

    If you're an AT&T customer please be aware and take measures. Activate the security feature where you receive notification via text or email before your phone is ported anywhere. I'm not sure if that will work but it's better than nothing and having to go through this experience. I will be migrating away from AT&T given how easy they are making it for scammers to steal your mobile identity. To top it off when my number was ported back to AT&T I had to repay my monthly bill because my old account was closed as soon as it was ported. They would not credit me considering I had already paid and this situation was not my fault. So in the end you will lose time and whatever the monthly bill cost is to activate your phone. Terrible.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2021

    I have been with AT&T for over 20 years and because the prices continued to rise and because they are a very "Woke" company, I decided to cancel them and go with someone else. I had originally transferred 4 numbers of 5 lines to another company and when I called to cancel the 5th line, I was on the phone being transferred to different departments for 2 hours. I was hung up on twice and the sweet friendly attitudes that I normally got when I called before, became nightmarish "what do you want" attitudes. I have never experienced such terrible and unprofessional behavior from At&t in the last 20 years. I will say that I also called and canceled My Direct and I got the normal professional and nice customer service from them. Because of this bad experience with the phones, At&t will not get my service again.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 27, 2021

    We had our company numbers, eight of them, with AT&T. We moved to a city next to our current location and asked to move our numbers on a specific date. After 5 different calls, one saying they could not, another saying they could and visa versa, they committed to move our phones on our move date. That date came and went and after about 50 calls over 100 hours and about two dozen different people (one even said they did not care about our business) we are now 2 months later and still cannot get our numbers released. In the meantime we hired Comcast who hooked up our phones in 1 week. They cannot get our number since AT&T is still unable to release them. Daily we make a dozen calls and still cannot get help. They say they will call back and do not. They say they are not the right department and cannot get us to the right one. We will NEVER use them again and still they are holding our numbers hostage (we have had them for 40 years).

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    Customer ServicePriceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed May 26, 2021

    I was lied to about my plan details and cost and when I tried to get out (13 days in) I was told I have to stay with AT&T for "at least 60 days" to get my phones unlocked. My phones are held hostage until I pay the ransom determined by AT&T. Stay away from this dishonest company. They talk a good game but it is a shell game to steal your money.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed May 22, 2021

    Worst company ever!!! I tried to switch over my daughter's phone carrier and when we found out her phone was locked thru her original carrier-Cricket they still billed me even though we never used AT&T service. They are scammers just trying to get people money!!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2021

    Every month, when my phone bill arrives, the cost goes up and the service goes down. I am currently traveling in Mexico and was trying to make a medical appointment and couldn't do it. I have spent 3 hours of my day on the phone. Two of the phone reps were great, but the one male rep was simply nasty. Once I'm back in the US, I am most definitely switching to another phone service. This one is the very worst. I've had to go through this six times in the last six months or so, and I got an $11 discount and that was it (the guy I was talking to didn't care). Not recommended. In fact, I encourage you to do research and find a stable phone service that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and where you get attitude and poor service.

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    Reviewed May 6, 2021

    I have ordered home internet, and porting phone number online to receive the rebate reward offered by AT&T. ($250 for home fiber, & $250 for each line) The day I have the internet installed the account manager (Brian ** Pooler, GA) was at my house setting up my home internet account, and he Offered me help with a sim card, it was nice of him, however I ask if he is not going to interfere with the reward and he said it should not affect it. After almost two months I called the reward center about the status of my reward. They told me I was not qualified because the order was changed to home order instead of online. Customer care advise me to contact the Sales manager via email to solve the issue, but never responded. So, the conclusion is: NEVER TRUST AT&T REP OR CUSTOMER CARE.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2021

    I called in asking if I bought a phone if I can transfer over to AT&T service. I was then pitched to their promotion in by their phone. The sales rep tried to sign me up for a phone when I did not authorize it and shows that he placed for the wrong phone.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2021

    AT&T: The worst company in the world. I have been forced to use AT&T for over 20 years due to them monopolizing my neighborhood. I have been trapped in 8-18 mbps speeds. I have reported them to the FTC, gone to office of the president, and spent thousands of hours on the phones with them due to disconnects, subpar service, incorrect billing, the list goes on. One Source just started offering copper and fiber in my neighborhood. I switched immediately! The nightmare with AT&T however, has not ceased. They are forcing me to pay for another month of service though I disconnected my service and am not in a contract. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. They are literally one of the worst companies in the world.

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    Reviewed April 22, 2021

    January 16th, 2021 I entered the AT&T store in Slidell, Louisiana to purchase a pre-paid plan I found on the company website. I called ahead to verify I could cancel my current service (Mint Mobile) due to MMS issues and start AT&T that day. After one hour and 45 minutes in the store I was first told the plan I called about was only available if I went home and ordered it online. This after I had to cancel my Mint Mobile plan prior to being seated in the store. Now my option was to pay a higher price plan available in the store or go home, order online and be without a phone for 3-5 days. I reluctantly went with the bait and switch higher plan. The AT&T rep (Damon) took my credit card and walked off.

    When he returned he was unable to get my Samsung A71 5G phone activated. Damon walked off several more times and finally returned to tell me he found that he can get me the lower price online plan but needs my credit card again. This time he returns and hands me a receipt for the higher plan ($435.37) stating that the charge did not get processed and my card was only charged for the lower price plan and the phone is now activated. Approximately 10 days later I learn that my credit card has been charged twice that day - once for the plan I got and once for the $435.37 charge I was told was not processed. For two weeks I called and left messages at the store for Damon but was never granted the courtesy of a return call.

    After numerous calls to various AT&T Mobility departments around the country who all claimed they could not help me with a refund, I returned to the store on February 20th with a copy of my credit card statement showing the two charges. With Damon not available the assistant store manager, Trichelle, proceeded to help. Once Trichelle saw the problem she attempted unsuccessfully for 30+ minutes to credit my credit card. I offered that she could just put the credit on my AT&T internet account if that would be easier. Neither option for the refund was able to be processed.

    Trichelle gave me two toll-free numbers to call and even gave me her cell number to offer to anyone I could reach higher up at AT&T so she could explain the store error. Ultimately on February 23rd I contact a Kris at an alleged "office of the president" and open case #82470 with her to have someone issue my refund. On February 24th I received a call from Mr James ** who was assigned to my case. For the next 5 weeks all I got was phone messages, texts or email from Mr. ** stating that he "still looking into it". On Friday, April 2, 2021 I sent an email to Mr. ** stating that is my refund was not issued by the end of the day Monday, April 5th I would contact my attorney, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the BBB. My attorney was copied on the email. After receiving no response from AT&T I contacted the Louisiana Public Service Commission on April 7th stating the details I have in this post. A case was opened almost immediately.

    On April 13th I received voice messages and an email from Ms. Ruth ** with the "office of the president" stating she "would like to learn more". I replied that there was nothing more to learn and that Mr. ** in her office and Trichelle in the Slidell store had all the facts, and until a refund was issued I had nothing to talk about. On April 20th I received a voice message and a text from Ms ** stating she was trying to reach me to issue the refund. I returned a call to Ms. ** and was told the Slidell store has a new manager (I wonder why) and he, Mr. Sedrick **) knows how to issue my refund but I need to go to the store to have it done. I told her I would be at the store within 15 minutes and she stated she would call Mr. ** letting him know I was on my way. I entered the store and Mr. ** greeted me within two minutes and took me back the cash register in the rear of the store.

    He next asks for all the details related to to the misappropriation of my credit card. Even though I told him everyone knows the details I patiently gave him yet another recap. He got up to privately speak with Trichelle while I stood at the register. When Mr. ** returned he sat (while I stood, not even offered a chair) in from the register screen for approximately ten minutes only stopping to deal with two other sales agents who came and interrupted him. After this time I asked how much longer this was going to take and he rudely told me he was looking into it.

    I told him Ms. ** clearly told me I was coming to the store for my long overdue refund and I got another rude reply at which I had had enough of AT&T's failed customer service and I stated that I wold go back to my attorney and the Public Service Commission if he could not issued the refund right then. Mr. ** stated that at that point he would no longer speak to me. I left the store and called Ms ** from my car and in an very agitated state let her know what an incompetent and rude person Mr. ** was and that he obviously had not been instructed to issued the refund. It is now two days later and I've heard nothing from this company that falsely charged my credit card $435.37 on January 16th.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed April 12, 2021

    After years with Verizon a decided to go At&t. This has been the worst mistake I ever made. I was charged 138 right off the bat. Next my first bill $463. I called numerous time after I was told I was going to get my employee discount 80% from Walmart. My bill was supposed to be $57 for both line before tax but now they just apologizes but no one takes responsibility knowing they told me this just to lock me up in a two year contract. Completely waste of my time calling over.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2021

    My name is Vianca ** and I will like to inform you that I’m writing these for my own records if I have to get a lawyer and file a case against your company. It not going to be easy with me. Your company just pays people to false advertise and get the in these contracts that we don’t even get to see while your third party do all the application filing then we get reported to our credit because we don’t want to be overcharged in your company so then you report us to the credit bureau to get negative marks. I know all about your retention team. "Loyalty Department" on a payroll to keep the customers in to get overcharged. So please do me a favor and someone, anyone needs to call me at **.

    I will like to stop my four numbers from port to your company 4/10/2021. Yesterday one of your third party came to my home and offered me a false contract. What was said out loud wasn’t in your fine print. I read this morning so I know I have 24 hours. It’s ok if you don’t call like I mentioned earlier this is for my lawyer's records. I’m tired of your company taking advantage of people especially me that I I been a “Loyal” customers to your company. Also I want to cancel my cable and internet. I’m done with your company. Also I have cameras. Your team had no mask on either!!

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed April 8, 2021

    Upgrade performed Dec, 2020 in store in Simi Valley, CA. Received new phone by mail end of Dec. Mailed it same day! They received my old phone Jan, 2021. Today, 4/8/2021 12:30 pm PST they have not yet processed my return nor credit!!! Spoken to reps/managers and there is no sense of urgency. Their infrastructure of service has failed!!! Lost a very good customer forever!!!!

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    Reviewed April 2, 2021

    After almost 18 years with AT&T wireless service I am forced to cut the tie. The reason is pretty simple. It is due to their poor customer service, un-helpful management and not to mention their outrageously high service rates. While their service is ok, their agent mislead customers to add plan that supposedly would reduce my monthly cost, instead it went up. Furthermore, the hotspot service was removed from the plan without any mention by the agent. When I called their customer service to ask why the bill went up (when I was told it would reduce monthly cost by $40), another lovely agent said all the right things. However, she was not able to help, but would transfer me to a "loyalty service department" and they would be able to take care of me.

    Another 30 mins of **, the loyalty service agent" tried selling me a service (basically adding hotspot service, which I already had previously) that would cost even more... WOW! Then the "manager" comes along...absolutely useless. I asked her to put me back on my previous plan before they messed up my service. Wow what a big mistake that was!! 12 hours later no change. Spent 2.5 hours on hold and all, very disappointing as the value aspect no longer exist with this company.... Time to go shopping for another carrier.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2021

    My husband and I went to the 2900 Los Feliz Blvd AT&T branch in Los Angeles on 1/18/20 as the store had a "promotion" (Bogo Promo). The promotion consisted of purchasing one iPhone, and getting the second one free. We already had an AT&T account and two iPhone 6's (my husband has been a customer since 2006). We traded them in as part of the promotion, and were given the two new iPhones. The "salesman" ** said that our initial bill was not going to reflect correct amounts and that it was going to take "a couple of billing cycles" until we saw the corrected charges for the promotion. A few months later we called ** as the bills kept showing that we were being charged for TWO brand new phones as opposed to only one. We kept calling and calling, we kept visiting the store, and * kept saying "just to wait" for the charges to adjust eventually on our bill.

    We finally called AT&T "Customer Care" and they said there was nothing they could do and to resolve the issue directly with the store. ** kept purposely delaying adjusting whatever issue they were having and continue lying to us saying that we were going to see an adjustment on our account. Finally, towards the end of the year we reached out to the "store manager," **, who suspiciously and all of a sudden, "found the error" on our account that had kept us from having our promotion reflecting the correct amounts. We had been paying for TWO phones for almost an entire year instead of only one, because of an error the salesman ** had made on our account from the start. ** reassured us that now that the "error" had been found, we were going to receive a refund of $750.00.

    A couple of weeks passed, no refund. We again called and called, visited the store several times, no refund. Finally the issue was escalated to **'s superior, someone also named **. We followed up with ** SEVERAL times for SEVERAL WEEKS, then MONTHS (I have proof of this) and he had no answer for us from his superior ** in regards to our refund. We finally got a hold of ** on February of 2021 and he had the audacity to tell us that he acknowledged that they owed us $750, but that this issue was "over 12 months old" and because of that small detail, THAT was the reason why they were not going to refund us what was owed to us. I told **, "What about the COUNTLESS times we called and visited the store to try to have the issue resolved WITHIN the correct timeframe since early 2020?"

    So they not only made a mistake on our account, but PURPOSELY dragged correcting the error made on our account for over a year in order to then state that 12 months had already passed, and that they didn't issue account adjustments past that time period. This is a scam and fraud by AT&T. To drag the issue long enough to make sure customers don't get refunded what is owed to them. We have documentation and proof of the store manager acknowledging that they made an error on our account and that they in fact owe us $750.

    **We are in the process of terminating our AT&T phone, cable and internet services.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2021

    AT&T's customers are unaware of the 15-day return policy for the damaged device when they file a claim with Asurion. Asurion goes out of their way to make sure they don't mention this anywhere but the fine print. Then they charge you $850, keep the $250 deductible, they keep the old device, and the premiums. Total scam. They belong in jail. If you file a claim I suggest you educate yourself so you don't get scammed by this fraudulent process designed to confuse you then exploit you and steal your money.

    At&t then claims they have nothing to do with Asurion when you complain. Asurion won't even take your calls after the claim is closed. The little guy gets screwed every time. They're liars and criminals. AT&T has chosen to work with this partner and they work together to screw you as badly as they can. Someday there will be a class action lawsuit against these pieces of human garbage.

    If you simply report the device stolen or lost then you won't have to return the old device and they can't charge you an additional $850 for not returning it. Don't let yourself be penalized for being honest. I've been with AT&T since 2006. I pay around $6,000 per year to AT&T. I have 6 lines with data plans with AT&T. Still, they were unwilling to help me in this case. I hate AT&T now and plan to switch carriers because of this and AT&T doesn't care at all. Go to hell all of you. That's where you belong.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2021

    I have ATT Prepaid service since 11-2019. Nov of 2020 I changed the bank account that my autopay comes out of. Since then, auto pay never happens & I lose phone service. Each month, since then, I have contacted ATT & they put the payment thru manually. No customer service person will help to solve the original problem. The problem is, that auto pay doesn't work. There is a misconnection between ATT & my bank account. It is not the bank. I have researched that. All customer service people will not help or put me thru to anyone that can fix the issue. ATT tells me that it is not an issue, but autopay still doesn't work. Each month, I spend at least 2 hrs on the phone, trying to fix the issue & it never happens. I just get the run around.

    Today, I was on the phone to 6 different people, in customer service & payment department. The last person in payment dept., told me there is nothing they can do about it. This is horrible service from ATT customer service. When the customer service reps don't know what else to say to me, they transfer me, which often ends up in the call disconnecting, with nothing I can do about it. ATT is the only wireless service that works in the remote area of my home, or I would have gotten someone else by now. I called corporate, & when I do the option to speak to a representative, it says the number is no longer in service. So, once again, I get NO HELP FROM ATT!

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    Reviewed March 24, 2021

    In Sept 2020, I called in to make a payment for my bill and update my address since I recently moved. The representative who assisted me said since I've been a loyal customer for 5 years I qualified to get "3 NEW SAMSUNG A19's for FREE". I told her I didn't need any new phones and she kept trying to give me the phones. She said all the phones are FREE and all I had to do was pay a shipping fee - it was around $35 for all 3 phones. Again she said they were FREE and I could have them in case one of my phones needed to be replaced. She also stated if I didn't like them, I could send them back. Again out of skepticism when it comes to corporate marketing strategies- I asked her what's the catch and she said there isn't any except the shipping fee. Otherwise the phones are FREE and mine to keep for being a LOYAL customer. Sadly, I fell for it.

    Well we received the phones and activated one because a week before my wife broke her phone. So instead of paying $200 for our insurance to get a replacement we figured we'll try the new phone. It was not to her or my liking so we returned ALL 3 FREE phones. We returned the phones before the 14 days they give us without penalty - even though theoretically we shouldn't have gotten a penalty because they were FREE - right? Well no, that is the opposite that has happened.

    Back in October I received a bill for 3 NEW lines and the 3 PHONES we returned! I was livid, 1) for the rep lying to me and adding 3 NEW lines I never requested nor needed and 2) for being charged for phones that I was told were FREE and we returned them. So every 2 wks after that (I am serious- every 2 weeks till today) I had to call ATT to 1) pay my monthly bill and ARGUE with them that they were sent the phones and that I didn't agree to a new contract with 3 new lines. So they took it off pending review of my case and "waiting for the phones to arrive".

    Two weeks later I get a text stating I owe $2200! They were charging me for the 3 phones and 3 lines. On that call I got them to remove the lines, but continued with the problem of the returned phones they say they haven't received - this went on for another month. Again 2 weeks later- the same routine. I would pay my regular cell charges and argue with them about 3 FREE phones I am being charged and did not have.

    In Dec, I am back at again with them - every 2 weeks. I make a payment every month and in between, every 2 weeks I am back on the phone trying to get the extra charges for the 3 FREE phones removed. This time they started canceling my service for non-payment! I believe during that month, it was when I was told by a rep to hold my payment for about 8 days to see if they received the phones to make the adjustments to my account. I argued, that's not my problem because I don't have the 3 FREE phones! Well I was credited $600 because the system doesn't allow more. Again 2 weeks my bill was supposed to be reduced until the balance (credit) of the returned 3 FREE phones was completed.

    At that time they admitted to having received the phones at their warehouse in early November but can't be totally credited until it was in their system? That made no sense - right. The new statement came and the credit was reversed and it happens EVERY TIME a representative gave me the credit! Seems that AT&T has a backstop whereas the COMPUTER overrides what the representatives are crediting customers.

    Fast forward to today Mar 23, 2021-my service has been disconnected since yesterday because AT&T is saying that they've given me enough credits and that I have to pay for late and re-connection fees! So far, they have only reversed - not credited because I don't owe them squat for 3 FREE phones they admit to receiving nor am I paying the fees because it was their lying representative that got me into this mess. BTW that representative was let go back in November - seems I am not the only one that AT&T has and continues to screw! I've asked them to pull the original recording of the FREE phone set-up and said they can't because that's a different department. Convenient isn't it?

    So after speaking with several managers and wasting at least 2 hrs every two weeks to correct what their employee did - I have tried my best to resolve this amicably. Today, I made the representative say out loud he was recording me and I recapped the fiasco that At&T is involved with cheating their customers into contracts and payments they are not entitled to receive by strong arming us.

    Well, they chose the wrong client. On the recording I told the rep to forward the recording to his manager for action. I again agreed to pay what I normally pay for my monthly service he refused today, a manager refused yesterday and another rep as well because the system would not allow them. I will be suing AT&T in small claims court for - 1) False advertising 2) Predatory Marketing 3) Mental duress 4) my lawyers fees if needed. If AT&T has screwed you - sue them!

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    Reviewed March 18, 2021

    On November 5, 2020 I upgraded a phone line with AT&T Wireless during a promotional period where a trade in would result in a billing credit equal to $800 applied over the course of 30 months. The trade in was completed and confirmed by AT&T’s trade-in department as received in the correct warehouse on December 30, 2020. When I still had not received the billing credit by the end of January the trade in department instructed me that it would be processed any day and just continue to check back. The trade in had still not been processed by the end of February and after pushing the issue with AT&T they agreed to submit a form that would resolve the issue in 48 hours. The problems really began after this with representatives that would hang up on me and refuse to answer my questions.

    The issue is still not resolved after escalating the claim to the highest department available and submitting more forms to correct the issue. An ICU form was submitted on 3/4 and should have resolved by 3/9. I still cannot get a consistent response and the problem still has not been resolved. Terrible company to steal $800 from their customer, no accountability, terrible way to treat customer of over 20 years.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2021

    They've screwed up 3 different phone trade ins since I became a customer 5-6 years ago. This latest one has been the worst. I've been trying to get my bill corrected for 7 months now, and every month I have to spend 7-9 hours on the phone just to get an update on why they haven't made things right. Then, they'll tell you "It will be FOR SURE fixed next month, we promise with all of our hearts". Here I am, 7 months later.

    This is the absolute worst experience I've had as a customer. They'll literally hang up on you or transfer you to American Airlines if you try to get what is rightfully owed to you. Worst part is: AT&T and their customer service representatives know that there is literally nothing you can do. You are at their mercy. There are absolutely no repercussions for hanging up on customers, or making them waste 80+ hours on the phone with them. Avoid like the plague, and go with a smaller wireless provider.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2021

    I have been with At&t for a long time now. I had a plan that over time I went into a store they said, "Wow! We as employees can't even get that good of a deal." I would say, "Yep I know so do NOT change my plan." Well you know where I'm going now. I had an unlimited plan that included all data, all cellular, etc... Again they were always trying to upgrade then I would say, "How is that an upgrade when you take what I have and give me something worse?" "Well um you're right. What you have we don't offer anymore and only did for a short time period." "Yes I know," I would say.

    They are now sending me emails to add data to my plan for additional money. Well this led to an investigation on my part. Only to find out they had also added stuff and hadn't removed things they were suppose to. I am now in a battle with them to get my old plan back, my money returned that they have been overcharging me. Just keep an eye on your bills. I don't want anyone else to go through this.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 9, 2021

    I transferred cellular service from Verizon wireless August 5, 2020 enticed by a $700 offer to trade in my and my wife’s cell phones and port our numbers to AT&T wireless. The offer was supposed to go in effect 60 days from the date I signed up. I have made numerous attempts to get AT&T to resolve this issue, they even gave me a case number and promised it would be taken care of by January 4, 2021. The case number is **. I am getting the runaround but not the credits for moving my services to AT&T. I am a retired 70 year old on a fixed income and what I am paying AT&T is more than what I would be paying had I not left Verizon wireless.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsBillingTransparencyTimeliness

    Reviewed March 7, 2021

    I purchased 2 phones on the same day with the same device discount promotion. After a few billing cycles, I realized I no longer receive device credits on one of the 2 phones. AT&T constantly drops the device credit on the bill so I had to contact them every month to receive the credit (Quite frustrating). Recently I talked to a service manager, and he created a ticket in which he agreed to refund for a 4 month worth of missing credits and ensure that future credits are deposited correctly. However, next day, I got an email indicating that the case is closed without any explanation. I need to start over and it’s FRUSTRATING. What a poor system with a terrible and irresponsible customer service!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBillingResolutionTimeliness

    Reviewed March 5, 2021

    Review for AT&T Wireless. I purchased the iPhone 12 mini through the AT&T website 2/1/21, using their trade-in deal. Chatted with an AT&T representative online that same day BEFORE purchasing to verify if our current plan was eligible to receive the trade-in promotion [documented conversation by taking pictures with phone]: I specifically inquired if our 'unlimited text/talk' plan was included in the promotion, even though our plan does not include 'unlimited data'. The representative assured me it was.

    Based on this information I purchased the 12 mini, traded in my iPhone 6s the week of 2/21/21, and received a confirmation text 3/4/21 from AT&T saying my trade-in device was received. This text also said, "In order to qualify for one of our current trade-in offers & get promo credits on your new device, you must sign up for an eligible unlimited plan within 7 days."

    I then called AT&T 3/4/21 and spoke with Jan Erika, who referred me to an AT&T store. I visited an AT&T store 3/5/21, and they gave me a customer support number to call. Called the support number the same day & spoke to Michael. I explained the circumstances. He told me that since it had been more than 14 days since the original purchase, AT&T could not adjust the monthly bill to include the trade-in value of $350.

    Just to note: I took my phone to an AT&T store to complete the trade-in instead of mailing it in; however, I did not even receive the trade-in materials from AT&T in the mail until 2 weeks AFTER I'd already made the original purchase. So there was no way I could have known and communicated my complaint to AT&T within the 14-day time frame. The trade-in value was the only reason I had decided to purchase the new phone through AT&T to begin with. Even with all the documentation I was able to provide, AT&T said they were sorry the representative had given me the wrong information, but they would not correct the issue.

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    Punctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2021

    AT&T has been sending its monthly bills later and later. This month my bill arrived 3 days before its due date. No way my payment can travel across several states in 3 days. To be clear, this is intentional and not a USPS problem. The rest of my bills arrive at least 10 days before payment is due. AT&T has been a week or less for some time. 3 days is beyond the pale. They want me to go paperless or they want to collect late fees - probably both. So if you prefer paying bills by check you need to take this into account when choosing your carrier.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2021

    I just purchased new iPhone 12 from At&t. Salesmen was very nice but would not give me a 25 $ credit for my existing galaxy phone in order to get 350 $ off my purchase of brand new iPhone. We proceeded to call 4 different depts within at&t, including customer loyalty, trade in dept. and main office. All departments blamed each other and said they couldn’t help me. The last one blamed the computer and said she could not override it and had no discretion. Baloney. The salesmen looked it up and I have been a customer for 21 years. They all told me to go fishing. Does this sound like a bad story? Yes I got stuck for the whole 800$ for new iPhone and they told me to take my old phone home.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2021

    I would like to give zero rating, Unfortunately there is no 0 option. I don't think it is a mere coincidence that so many customers got into the same scams by these sales associates. Looks like, AT & T corporate team train these sales (scam artists) teams on how to trap and cheat customers. AT & T sales team is a big SCAM. Never believe what they say. I have been with AT & T for almost 20 years and I have traded/purchased many phones. I went to the store for a simple billing inquiry. As mentioned in many other customers, here also the sales rep said, if I upgrade my phone with 2-year contract, I would get a free phone.

    I was aware of the AT & T next (Installment plan for full price). He assured me that, it is not an installment plan. When I saw the additional charges in the next month's bill, I called the customer service. Unfortunately, the customer service is so useless and dumb. They said it will be adjusted after 2-3 bill cycles. As you all could imagine, I end up paying full price for the phone and the only reply I get from the loyalty department is BIG DUMB SORRY.

    In addition same stupid sales tactics to upgrade my existing plan and it would not cost any more but get more features like data and other things. Before the upgrade, I free AT & T TV on mobile. As they are aware of the SCAM that, they want to charge the customers for this feature. They kept this feature for 6 months and later canceled it without notice. When I called the AT & T for this issue they said. It was not part of my new plan and can't change it, because it was over 6 months. Another DUMB reason on why I was getting that free TG service was, It took 6 months to get those changes to implement. Another SCAM: We can do free exchange after we pay 50%. The catch there was, you are getting charged 5 bucks more from the beginning. Which will total to 5x30 = 150. As usual, they never inform about these additional charges beforehand. They will STEAL customers like bloodsuckers.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2021

    I didn't think there was a wireless company that had worse customer service than Verizon. I was wrong. The customer service is so poor, I couldn't even imagine how anyone could keep service with this company. I have tried for over the course of two days to get help with an order I placed. I get told they can't help. I get transferred to automated lines that disconnect me. I never received my phone. I just want my money back.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2021

    WORST customer service EVER!!!!! I have been a LOYAL customer for 21+ years!!! I have 4 lines and always paid the premium price. I never call to complain and I have no problem paying for the service I request. I called and left multiple messages for a call back but no one could call me back as they were too busy. I would not recommend this store or AT&T. I will never recommend them and encourage you to leave their HORRIBLE service. I called their online support and they are unable to provide any additional support. BYE BYE AT&T. 56637 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Twp, MI -- Very unprofessional and RUDE! Not interested in resolving any questions or issues. Refused to call back.

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    Sales & MarketingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2021

    Bait and Switch Tactics! Stay way from the "Authorized" AT&T Cartersville, GA store! They are not interested in honesty in providing wireless service/products! They only want you to sign up for the next cell plan, obviously to get paid! They will say whatever to get you to fall for their tactics. Unless you enjoy throwing away money, do yourself a favor, stay away from the hassle, find some other place. You'll get ripped off here! The only thing this store seems to be "authorized" to do is Take Advantage of Loyal Customers! One other regret... I wish I could leave Zero or Negative Stars.

    Sincerely,

    Soon to be EX - Loyal 3+yrs AT&T customer!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2021

    Basic Bait and Switch company. Met AT&T Rep in Sam's Club Kiosk - AT&T rep had AT&T Badge and said they work for AT&T. Signed up for plan promised to be equal service to my Verizon and I would get a Samsung Note20 for FREE. Now four months into billing and I am paying $35 a month per phone!!! BAIT and Screw the new customer. Called many times to AT&T and they basically say 'too bad - So Sad' --- Consumer beware. They have ignored all efforts to address issues and tell me I can leave AT&T to return to Verizon for $2000.00 or eat the costs of the phone and stay with AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaffBillingResolutionHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2021

    1/22 AT&T offered to upgrade my phone for only $6 more than my current bill because they would give me $899 for my current phone, I only had to pay $51 for sales tax. 1/27 I was delivered the wrong phone and called upon receiving the wrong phone and was told it would be corrected. The rep had me on the phone for almost an hour, she stated she had the correct ordered. I only had to pay the sales tax again and I would have the phone in 2 days. The rep said they were placing me on hold but hung up the line!

    I proceed to call back since no one called even though she asked for my number in case that happened. The next rep I speak to states she can help me complete the order, places me on hold for about 20 mins although she came back about every 2 minutes to ask me to continue to hold. Finally she comes back and states she can't help me because of something to do with the wrong phone still in my possession and she had to transfer me to another agent who would help me resolve it, but she had to blind transfer me and I just needed to explain it to the next rep once they answered the line.

    Ok 3rd rep now and over an hour in talk time with no results. Speaking with 3rd rep now and I explain whole situation to him and he puts me on hold for about 15 minutes to read previous notes he says. He comes back on the line and tells me they were ordering me the wrong phone again. They had placed an order for Samsung note 20 when I wanted the Samsung 21+ Ultra but that phone actually didn't come out for another 2 days so he has no idea why the 2 other reps told me that's what they were ordering. So at this point 3 calls, 3 reps and I have paid them $122 and still no phone in addition to I had to call back in 2 days so they could fix everything.

    1/29 I call back 4th Rep who I explain it all to them and they proceed to fix the problem but I have to pay $71 dollars this time for sales tax and the rest would be refunded when they received my trade in device and the wrong phone THEY sent me, I reluctantly agree. Rep states I will have my phone in 2 days. 2/4 Six days later I receive a trade box for my old phone but still no new phone. I call AT&T back again, 5th call 5th rep. Rep cannot find my order number for about 15 mins but finally does and tells me Fedex tried to deliver my phone and no one was home to receive it! Lie! Me and my wife work from home and haven't left the house since the order was placed. I inform him of this and the fact the AT&T sent me a USPS tracking number which has had no movement since received, he ask me to hold while he investigates further but then the line disconnects again! No call back from rep #5 either.

    I call back again rep #6 Daniel who again takes 15 mins to find my order then needs about another 15 mins to read thru the previous notes. Then he needs to investigate where the phone may be. Another 15 minutes goes by. Once he has done this he tells me Fedex has my phone at their warehouse and they are behind due to Covid so I should just wait to hear from them AT&T cannot do anything. I ask him for better solution since all the time and calls that has passed we need to do something else besides waiting to see what happened especially since the last rep told me the phone was back at AT&T warehouse so I am not confident FEDEX has this phone I have no tracking number for.

    Daniel says he find a better solution for me. He places me on hold for about 20 minutes coming back every so often to ask me to continue to hold. He finally comes back and says If I cancel my order I will get all my money back in a few days! This was his fix, I ask can we find another solution, I don't want to cancel my order. He places me on hold again, another 20 minutes he comes back and says I should cancel the order and go into a store and just buy it there! I advise him due to Covid is the only reason I ordered it online, this is not an acceptable solution. I ask for a supervisor, I am put on hold and the line is disconnected. No phone still!

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    Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    I've had several prepaid wireless accounts with several MVNOs including T-Mobile twice and they never asked for your social security account much less required it. AT&T's explanation is that "it adds an extra layer of security." For who? Certainly not me, the consumer! Why would you need to run a credit check (I assume) for services that are "prepaid"? It lowers my "layer of security" to carelessly give out my social security number. For once I wish the FCC and government would "really" protect consumers and police these abusive business practices.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    My husband and I recently went to the AT&T store to buy him a new phone. While we were there, working with an agent, a female agent interrupted repeatedly to tell us we should "upgrade" our plan to get unlimited data, because 'it will only cost $1 more" and we would get one more phone line. We said no because we had no need for a phone line, but the agent who was helping us was taking so long that we decided to listen to the woman and eventually agreed to the "upgrade." She didn't tell us we would lose our ability to use our phones as hotspots as a result. For the last week we haven't been able to figure out what was wrong, and my husband was finally told we don't have "a hotspot plan." To get the hotspot again, we now have to pay $10 more a month than we were already paying. It was a blatant bait and switch and that woman misled us completely about what we were getting.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2021

    Decided to cancel my ATT cellular plan two months back. Was promised a free Iphone11 on my second visit with loyalty service only to receive my bill and be over charged $10. Manager said there’s no record from phone call with loyalty rep that she offered the phone for free or that she promised a specific billing price that would incur until I changed plan. Att has no loyalty to customers, only to con their customers to be falsely offered something over the phone so there is no evidence of transaction to keep us happy until billing arrives. Unbelievable that there is nothing in loyalty report to support my recall of discussion.

    My advice to customers is to record your conversation with Att when a deal is being processed over the phone, because Att will find a way to be the dealbreaker if it is not part of their process to make billions for stockholders. I realize it’s only $10 a month, but I made my decision to stay with them on the terms that were agreed upon for the service they provide. It took me 15 years of being a loyalty customer, but after I finish paying off phone it’s off to a lot better cellular plans that offer lower costs and more data. Left this review so others don’t fall for Att's culture of misconceptions of loyalty, because I’m stuck with them again until phone is paid off!!!

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2021

    I called this company 30 days before the closing day for our home, paid our last bill before the next cycle and they had the nerve to bill us for another month in the home we no longer resided in and reported it to credit bureaus. Now I will report them to the BBB.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2021

    I purchased a 4 line family plan with AT&T 2 weeks ago. The service has been decent so far (although I don't notice any significant difference using 5G). What I am not satisfied with is related to the seller who managed my purchase. Both, the first representative (Francisco) who responded all my initial questions on January 12, 2021, and the one who actually managed my purchase (Gerardo) on January 13, 2021, assured me that I shouldn't worry about the activation costs because they were going to waive them from my purchase as a promotion for new customers. However, after two weeks, the company neither have the notes from the purchase and an accurate billing for me yet, nor does it intend to discount the promised activation fees from my bill. I'm currently deliberating between staying or paying the amount for the phone I purchased and then canceling the service.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedMaintenance

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2021

    I have been an AT&T wireless customer for years. I haven't had any problems until recently. In the past, I always purchased my cell phones from Amazon or Walmart. I received a notice that I needed to upgrade because the phone I had will no longer be valid with the new 5G services. Because I waited until the last minute, I purchased an LG from AT&T. That was my first mistake. The telephone stop working after 8 months. I contacted AT&T and the phone was under warranty. I was quickly sent another phone. I returned the old one immediately. The next week after returning the phone, I started receiving calls that the phone had not been returned. I explained the phone had been returned and gave the customer service person the tracking number.

    I was told there were several warehouses, due to the pandemic, holidays, and sickness, the phone probably had not been scanned. The next month, I was charged for the returned phone. When I called, the customer service person, she explained the process of the warehouse and scanning again. The tracking number that I was given by AT&T to keep up with the return was not any good. I am now required to go back to the post office and track down when the package was mailed. Needless to say, I will never get another phone from AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2021

    I have been a customer, for a very long time. This company is the worst for over billing, bought a ipad. It's been paid for over 2 months now, still being charged for a payment. Been on the phone with their billing department many times still have a big bill. Gave this bill to my attorney. They're not getting away with this, leaving this company, never to return. Terrible service in their stores, texting, and personal talk among employees is more valuable than dealing with customers. They hide in the back room when it gets busy, sports on the company television is more important than earning a honest paycheck. Employees argue over some dumb basketball loser while waiting on a issue from a customer tired, old and fed up with stupid, lazy people and the companies that value them.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2021

    Beware of AT&T's scam to 'return your old device' for a monthly credit towards a purchase of the new phone. If you don't use the correct shipping label, and I still have no idea what label I was supposed to use. They gave me a $35 credit, instead of the $900 they promised, because i "didn't use the correct shipping label to return the old device".

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2021

    I have 3 phones that are locked by AT&T. They refuse to unlock them now that I have changed carriers, which is completely wrong. I have been on the phone with customer service for 3 weeks now trying to unlock them, and have tried going into the store as well. They continue to give us the run around b/c they do not want to unlock. I have furnished all the receipts to show that the phones have all been paid off. This is ridiculous!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2021

    It all started with making changing plans so my husband who is a nurse could get a discount. After 2 weeks of calling, hanging up on me, getting nowhere. Nothing being done, AT&T opened a new account that I didn't ask for. Now being charge for account I didn't even want. Their customer service is beyond horrible and unprofessional. If you tell them something they don't want to hear, they just hang up. I suggest and highly recommend not doing business with them. I have never had such bad and horrendous customer service.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2021

    Switched to AT&T late this August in response to the BYOD program advertising a $250 Visa Rewards Card per eligible line. My lines were deemed as eligible and I was looking forward to my promotional cards coming as a new customer. However, I never received any communication, notification, text, or alert to bring my attention to any kind of process to claim my reward. Have spent over six hours on the phone, conversing with customer care, rewards, retail support, and online chat, totaling about 20 AT&T representatives. Many times I found myself speaking with customer care, only to find out that I needed to talk to rewards, then I would be speaking with rewards, only to find out that I needed to talk to customer care. Not one person was able to assist me with how to claim my reward.

    I was notified by five representatives that I am eligible for the $250 Visa Reward Cards, however, I am refused the issuing of the reward because they stated that I am now outside of their window. This window was never communicated to me, and confusing to me as a customer since the promotion I am being denied is still a current promotion running on their site. The representatives and supervisors simply could not and do not want to understand how I was not notified. Also, not any department wants to assist with issuing me the reward.

    My experience with AT&T leads me to believe that the BYOD program is a gimmick and a scam meant to lure people over to their company with no intention of honoring their end of the promotional agreement. Please report this link as a scam: https://www.att.com/wireless/byod/ and alert other people to avoid signing up for AT&T. Also, how can a company with an average review of one star have a rating of A+ from BBB? I think it's time customer input has an effect on the rating of big business. At this point, I think AT&T not only needs to issue the Visa rewards gift card for each of the lines but also a statement credit as a consolation for their customer care and rewards departments failing to assist the request of their customers.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2021

    Charged our credit card without authorization ($1516, 2 days before Christmas) - spent 7 hours on phone with them to find out why. Canceled and returned phones - now over 3 weeks later still no refund.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2021

    AT&T is the worst customer service experience I have ever had. Their phone system only works by voice not by pressing buttons, so if you are sick and can't talk the system hangs up on you! It doesn't even give you the choice of pressing the buttons, like most other systems do. That is just outrageous! Also, I have had nothing but trouble with them ever since I tried to cancel my service almost 3 months ago. They charged me three times after canceling my service and I had to call each time to get a refund and reiterate that I wanted the service cancelled and now for the fourth time they are charging me again. This is undoubtedly the worst customer service I have ever had with any company. I would advise anyone thinking of getting AT&T service of any kind to think again and get anyone else!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2021

    2 Business lines stolen for 3 days. BUSINESS LINES. Att finally answer phones, told to call back 2-4 hrs 2 times, then 1-3 hrs, then told FRAUD dept is closed... Had to get a police report. Transfer to wrong depts. Disconnect calls. They didn't take care of me. $15,000 money stolen from this illegal port of my lines and loss of business for 3 days... They offered me a insulting $10 credit for being out of service for 3 days on work lines... Basically you have to keep calling to get anything done. I mean calling for a few days until you get someone to care and not pass you off.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2021

    AT&T does not even deserve 1 star. I moved to the country and unfortunately AT&T was the only carrier that provided service in my area. The phone I wanted had to be mailed to me. I received not one but two incorrect phones. After an hour or so phone call (no call with AT&T will EVER be under an hour) they agreed to send the correct phone. I mailed them back the 2 incorrect phones.

    Two months later I was charged close to 600 dollars for the 2 phones. I called (of course over an hour call) and after much debate the rep admitted that the phones were shown as returned. She told me it would take about 2 to 3 billing cycles to see the credit. After the 4th billing cycle with no credit I called in and had to start all over. Same result. Still no credit. Now I am sent to the Loyalty Specialist who after hours on end gives me a case number and proclaims that the specialist will contact me no later than 12/7/2020. No phone call. They have stolen my money and I want it back. I literally want to move just to get a different phone plan- I hate them with a passion.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2020

    Absolutely the worse customer service I have ever received!!! I wish I could AT&T negative stars. Misinformation at all levels of the organization from offshore team to managers. I have been waiting over a week for internet!! Called everyday. Have called 10 different occasions and talked to over 15 different people. Constantly getting transferred. First they lose my move order even though I have an emailed confirmation. Next, they “100% guaranteed” a technician was arriving today. Called and confirmed twice this week. Only to find out the technician was never even scheduled. Now I will have to wait another day for a technician to come (if they actually come)! Lies after lies. I have never distrusted a company more. I have Spent hours and hours on the phone with them. Everyone takes forever to even look at the most basic information. DO NOT USE AT&T! They are terrible! The internet is not even fast. It cuts in and out. You are much much better off with Spectrum Internet for the Dallas area.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2020

    Don't use AT&T. I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T. AT&T told me I will get free iPhone 11 for trading my old phones. I did that and they charge me $23.34 each phone for 30 months. I sent in my old phones and called them 5 times. They first said we never received my old phones. Even they received they still charged for new phone for a year now. I pay $243 a month for 5 lines. They even increase $25 for one time charge. Not explain why? AT&T cheated customer and break their contract. No free phone. First couple months bills were $600 plus, then drop to $350 a months for several months. When disputed, they dropped to $243 a month. DON'T SIGN UP AT&T. I regret to get off from T-Mobile. I'll go back either T-Mobile or Verizon. SCAMMER! I BET US GOVERNMENT WILL FINE THEM AND MAKE THEM PAYING BACK TO CONSUMER ONE DAY. WE NEED TO SUE THEM.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2020

    The worst wireless company ever from the service to customer service. Takes at least 45 min to get someone on phone. I switch to new company. They owe me refund and won’t Reimbursement. I’ve called a number of times with no help and then I get hung up on. They are rude and unprofessional. The best thing I did was switch.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2020

    We have a family plan with 4 cell phones (iPhones) and truly have been satisfied with our service until now! Today one of our phones that we bought 15 months ago stopped working. I first went to Apple. They were no help because the phone is older than a year. They suggested that I visit AT&T which I did. At the AT&T store in Natick Mall (MA) the associate was helpful. He verified my account, provided me my options and suggested I go through my insurance. He proceeded to explain how to file the claim because he was unable to do it in the store. So I dialed 611 at 6:50 pm. After an hour on hold (first mistake) I speak to an associate who tells me I actually have no insurance but I can buy it for $15 and file a claim in 24 hours. He even reviews the plan with me. As I wait for a manager to help me proceed we get disconnected! I get no call back!

    So I start over (mistake #2). After another 45 min on hold I get another representative. He proceeds to tell me no I can not get insurance and I was misinformed AGAIN- oh so sorry your phone can’t be fixed and even though it is only 15 months old I will have to pay out the existing plan ($225) but don’t worry for only 10.00 more a month I can upgrade. The catch is I will have to add 15 more months to the existing plan! So I ask for a manager but never get to speak to one. After being on the phone for over 3 hours!!! I get nowhere.

    AT&T can’t help me. They do not stand behind the device they sold! I will have to buy a new phone and start over. Even though I did not damage my phone!!! The problem is an internal hardware malfunction! I wish there was a lemon law on phones. If only the software update that caused this was three months earlier! In the end I am disgusted by the fact that I wasted 3 hours of my life that I can’t get back with customer service reps that provided me with wrong info! And after all that time asking for a manager there was not one who had time to talk with me. I’m very disappointed with the lack of resolution and the unavailability of management.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2020

    AT&T is a scam of the highest magnitude. I turned in my equipment and called to verify that it was received. Upon trying to get a phone from them I was told I never sent in the equipment & are trying to charge me $500 + dollars. When I called about I was lied to and treated rudely and disrespected. They have the balance in collections destroying my credit. When I was in the store attempting to get a phone, one of the employees said they did the same thing to her for $300. She said she just went ahead and paid it. I don't have that kind of money to throw away because AT&T aren't doing what they are supposed to do. She also said she has only seen one person to have their case won in their favor. And she was correct. They closed my claim stating they couldn't find the equipment. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN DEALING WITH AT&T.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2020

    The worst customer service among all the wireless service providers. I feel cheated being trapped as a new customer by offering deals without proper information and tied me for 30 months contract. I purchased AT&T wireless an online promotion to receive $700 discount with iPhone 8 trade-in. When I completed my trade in process which took more than a month, I was informed to upgrade my plan which would increase my monthly billing amount by 20$ per month for 30 months. I spoke to customer service multiple times before trade-in but no one informed that Unlimited plan is required for this promotion, until they received my trade-in device. Now either I upgrade my plan or pay full amount of device.

    AT&T accounting manager's response on this is that "initially we give full flexibility to our customers to choose what they want but we have a fine print at the bottom which states the terms and condition and it is customer's responsibility to read all terms and conditions before signing up not AT&T's customer reps". Their system will not stop you from choosing the options which are not eligible for the promotions. I find this very misleading and a setup to attract new customers. Please opt for any other providers whose service is much better and way cheaper than AT&T and customer service is more supportive and reliable.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2020

    I bought a Note 20 from AT&T. I used the phone for 90 days. The phone locked up and tech support said they could not fix. They would not give me a loner phone or support the product. They said they would send me a refurbished phone but it would be 10 days. I depend on this phone for business. I would not sign up for service or buy a SAMSUNG phone. ATT does not support the phone they sold.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2020

    I signed with AT&T Wireless back on 8/26/2020, ever since I am being overcharged every month. I had to call every month to revise my bill. It's been 4 months now and they keep overcharging me. I will take it to Arbitration or small claims as I have all the documents and contract that support my claim. It is one of the worst experiences ever with this company. They are a complete scam. Every month they have a different false reason for overcharging my bill then they reverse it. I thought I covered all the corners before signing with them. But apparently not. They don't honor their own contract. I hope soon they will be exposed to the public how corrupt they are.

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    Sales & MarketingBillingLoan Process

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2020

    Company withheld information from me that they had removed my military discount for several months after I asked why my bill was high. Their intentionally deceptive practices rank right up there with payday loan businesses. Actually right below. They refuse to pay me the money they stole from me. Canceling service ASAP.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2020

    I bought AT&T Wireless services (4 Lines) Dec 1. The sales took just 15-30 minutes with Chat. The equipments came in 3-4 days. Excellent AT&T when it was Sales & getting a customer onboarded. Salesperson sold all the promos just on chat, but I have not got any hard document from AT&T. I got emails saying in 5-7 days I will get return shipment boxes for trade-in device. It's been 2 weeks now and I have not got it yet.

    I have tried 8 times to call Customer Service, I have spent 12-14 hours on phone & could not connect with customer service. I tried Sales & it got connected in 1 minute, after speaking to them to ask help as I am not able to connect to customer service, they transferred me to Customer Service, which does not connect. Extremely frustrating customer service. There are many other horror stories that I want to share in my past 2 week experience with AT&T. I think this is the worst customer service experience I have had from a service provider.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2020

    I have been an AT&T customer for over 6 years. Within the past year I have called customer service over 10 times waiting an hour plus each time to get someone on the phone. My first bad experience started when I ordered a Samsung watch. I received it in the mail, no issues there. Once I had the watch I couldn't get the number sync to work which no one could help me fix so I returned it, also closing the line I started for it. For three months following the return they continued to charge me for the extra line, which took me 2 to 3 phone calls to get it closed and credited to my account. Last month I upgraded my phone, after doing so I realized I had one more payment before my s10 was paid off so I returned the upgrade.

    Two weeks pass after the return and a $325 charge showed up on my account because I didn't send in my s10 after the upgrade. Now mind you I talked to customer service about the return, they sent me the return label. So once again I'm calling customer service, they told me the phone was received, the $325 charge would be removed and my bill would go down to $75 seeing as how my s10 was paid off. Another few weeks go by and I am still paying for the upgrade. I call AGAIN, the customer service agent said the phone wasn't received, he wrote in that it was lost in transit and he would have his supervisor approve this and again it would be fixed. Next bill and nothing changed, so I call again.

    This time the customer service rep said the phone was received and credited my account making my next bill $23 which did happen. After this my bill should be around $75 monthly and should change. I just received my last bill and it is $185, this will be the last time I call AT&T customer service. Absolute worst experience I have ever had with a company, their service is not worth the headache.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2020

    3280 E Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas NV 89121. I came here today 12/5/2020 to turn my prepaid account into postpaid and purchase a new device. While I have received a stellar service from the staff, especially, William J. who helped me with my purpose of visit and whom was very patient, accommodating, and was very professional, I definitely did not appreciate the way I was mocked by this person with a longhair while going through the process of activating my new account who turned out to be the store GM.

    I work for Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and it is stated in our government issued credential that we are a Federal Emergency Responding Official. I was trying to see if I can use it to get a discount as they are offering them to Emergency Responders. This GM made an unnecessary statement in normal speaking volume in front of me, in front of his colleague, and within eves drops of other customers who were there that "TSA is not law enforcement, but they like to act that way," before walking away.

    I understand if you do not think I deserve any discount and I would be very happy to pay what is due since I am happy with the AT&T service, but I do not think it is necessary for him to mock my profession. If you have a bad experience with DHS/TSA it is within your right to feel upset and say anything negative, but not while you're on duty, your employees are looking up to you for example and I was not there and have nothing to do with it. Therefore; I do not deserve to be mocked in front of people.

    The GM would probably just get a slap in the hand and nothing at all, but at least it's here for people to see that I am a DHS federal government employee and this is how the GM at this store treated me. William J. should be the GM, he talks well, acts well, and treats customers like me with utmost respect and not that guy. This won't be the final place that I'll be sharing my experience with this AT&T store.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffRatesTransparency

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2020

    AT&T customer for decades no longer willing to take their abuse. I was taken in by an iPhone upgrade offer - basically getting an Iphone 12 for $200 following trade in of Iphone X. I completed online order - didn't really take much notice of the absence of any further reference to trade in. I got the Iphone and nothing was included for the trade in. I waited a few weeks - contacted customer support, an hour or so later I was told a mail in package would come.

    It did, a reasonably few days later and, though disturbed at the relatively unsafe packaging - sent in my perfect condition Iphone X. Then I waited. And waited. Tracking info confirmed AT&T receipt but...nothing. So, again, another hour plus of sitting on hold and eventually a service rep spent an incredibly long time confirming that I am me, which didn't seem to help only to eventually be told, yup all was well and an email confirming followed - I asked for more detail - ooops - and was handed off to a supervisor who told me - nope they were not going to honor my trade in AND to make things really interesting they were going to keep my Iphone X. Where I come from, we call that theft. I'm going to wait a few more weeks, since they clearly can't find their behind without a guidebook, and see if a credit starts posting. When it doesn't, time to look for the class action suit or maybe start my own. Check in later for the update.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    I moved my four wireless lines to AT&T approximately a month ago. I was enticed to do so because I was told I would get $250 account credit per line ($1,000 total), and that my total bill would be $150 monthly plus taxes and fees. While waiting for my first bill, I noticed that AT&T had posted a $600 credit to my account rather than the $1,000 promised. I contacted the person at the local AT&T store that set up my account and he said he could not help me: I had to call AT&T.

    After waiting on hold for over an hour, I talked to a representative. After nearly an hour waiting while she researched the issue, she finally said she saw what the problem was and that she'd contact her supervisor to get approval to fix it. I asked for an email confirming that, and she said she couldn't do that but that she would "annotate my account" so that anyone looking at it would see the fix. I also told her that my name was misspelled on the account, which she said she would fix as well. Now, a week later, I go online and see that 1) I still only have $600 credit; 2) My name is still misspelled; and 3) My first bill is $280 rather than the $150 I was promised. I am currently on hold again with them (over an hour), and I'm going to hang up now and submit this complaint.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    I bought 2 phones from At&t, buy one get one free. I paid the most expensive one and they wanted to put me on a payment plan for the second one, so I can get credit for it back. You need to understand I pay taxes on a money that I don't owe them because I paid both phone by paying the expensive one.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2020

    I started with ATT this week with a new prepaid plan with the intention of switching to the online offer, the $300.00 a year plan. I went to my local ATT store to get the initial set up with your prepaid. That way the port from my old carrier was easier. Once I got that done and was up and running I called customer service to see how I go about switching to the yearly plan and was told that I can't make that switch and that it was only for new customer activations. It's funny too since in the store there is a sign that says they treat existing customers the same as new customers. Clearly, that isn't true, or is there actually a way to switch to the online only plan for an existing customer?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2020

    We were switching from Verizon to AT&T because the store employees said we could get a great plan along with 2 new phones at better than half price. This turned out to be false. The bill (which AT&T via phone would not show us or send us a copy) was a lot more money than was quoted. We cancelled the plan but they are charging us a restocking fee of $55/phone. Beware of AT&T! I will never do business with them again!

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    TechMaintenance

    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2020

    We have been without Internet going on nearly 3 days. ATT is unable to fix the lines they damaged in a timely way. The same thing happened a month earlier. They cut the lines because they didn’t know how they laid them out. You would think ATT could buy a clue after the first time they goofed. Before that, both cellular and internet went out at the same time. TV is a joke. Who uses dish? I predict ATT will be out of business within 5 years.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020

    Wife and I recently signed up for cell phone service. We ordered 5 lines with phones and 2 smart watches. We was told when we signed up, the watches would ship separate from the phones. We received the phones but, did not get the phones. When I called to activate our phones, I asked when the watches would come in. They did not show where we ordered them with the phones. So, we could not add them to our service until 60 days after we have service with AT&T. Very unsat..

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    AT&T's so-called customer service is NONEXISTENT for Land Line customers. Everything has gone to wireless, leaving those of us without cell signal in our areas without any options for landline, especially if you're below federal poverty level. Our original first billing was only $6 and change with their 'LIFE LINE' offer, now discontinued our current billing is for $131.37!!! We had to cancel AT&T's DIRECTV, as the ever increasing monthly charges priced us out of it. When we were deceived into trying their WIRELESS offers of a SIGNAL BOOSTER, OUR LANDLINE NUMBER was 'ported' to WIRELESS WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE!

    Their signal booster didn't work, and we were left without ANY phone service for almost three months, until I finally went public with the help of a local TV news station help offer that got me in touch with the AT&T PRESIDENT on-line. It still took several weeks to get our landline restored, but then we started getting billing for all the so-called changes! In the meantime, as we had no phone any longer, my wife had to go to a neighbor to call 911 as I was having a major heart attack! I 'flat lined' on the AirEvac helicopter on the way to Tulsa Cardiac ICU. I was DOA when I got there, but the ER docs were able to revive me. Not long after that my wife had to be admitted to ICU with life threatening internal bleeding! We're both in our late 70's, I'm a VFW Navy Veteran, both on only SS retirement as our sole income, no life insurance nor savings due to previous divorces.

    AT&T used to send me emails for upcoming payments due, but since August 13 this year when our house was hit by lightening that destroyed my desktop PC leaving me without being able to make on-line payments as usual, all of our expenses have taken a drastic toll on our well being. I had to purchase a new desktop as my old Windows 7 OS as well as all of my data files were lost and unrecoverable, so most all email and contact info was no longer available. Not being able to contact AT&T Land Line Support caused me to miss the payment so now I'm being charged for late payments and payments made since then not being recorded on billings! Now that I'm in Parkinson's stage 4, my abilities to communicate have become all but useful. All I've ever expected from any business was to be treated fairly and honestly. AT&T, after nearly 40 years, has destroyed all of it!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2020

    Don't sign up with AT&T. Check the Better Business B. You will see why. They are very unreliable and they love screwing over their customers. They took my trade in phone and gave me nothing for it....

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2020

    I have been an AT & T customer for years but lately particularly the past 3 or 4 years the customer service is horrible. They can't find your account by phone number or SSN, issues with a bill you have to talk to three or four people and still may not get it resolved. If charged an incorrect amount if you don't pay it they charge you a late fee, yet you can't get anyone on the phone to assist you with it, at least no one that understands what you are saying.

    Then when you do get someone on the phone they lie to you and tell you they have remedied the problem and that your account is updated, but you wait a day or two and you never see the bill updated, you call back and if you say you want to cancel the service, they send you to the "loyalty" department, you go through the whole rigmarole of explaining, they supposedly fix it so you don't leave and that doesn't happen either and you have to call back 2 or 3 times till you finally find someone that knows what they are doing and it might get fixed that time, then a few months later another issue, another round of calls to customer service, billing, loyalty etc., nothing solved and more frustration. Customer Service and service with ATT is not what it used to be, so I will be ending my long association with them. My advice go to local cable company for internet and TV and Verizon for phone service.

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    Customer ServicePriceBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2020

    I bought a new phone cause I was due for an upgrade for 2 years now. They offered a mid-range android for 5 bucks a month. They are charging me 15 a month instead. When I called to inquire, they stated I didn't meet the term for the deal and needed to upgrade my data plan. It said nothing about this when I bought it, or I wouldn't have bought it. They did the same thing to my wife, but hers was supposed to be free with her trade-in. This company is on par with Wells Fargo. Fraudulent billing practices. This is Trump's deregulation in action. We all get screwed by the billionaires and no justice for those hurt.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2020

    Hours on the phone yesterday and today trying to switch to AT&T, paid the money to have everything connected, new phones, watches, etc. They were supposed to be here the next day, but never showed. When we called they then said they would have a supervisor call back. That never happened. When we called this evening, we were told the order was canceled but we weren’t refunded. But that he could reprocess everything and get us our phones. After two hours on the phone (just the call this evening) he told us that they would have to issue a refund which we wouldn’t get for days, but would have to pay again right now. And not only that, but the amount we’d have to pay was OVER DOUBLE what we paid yesterday for the same thing?

    When we asked why he wouldn’t answer straight. When we asked again, saying it didn’t make sense, he hung up and didn’t call back. AT&T used to have such awesome customer service. The only reason we left was because we didn’t have good service where we lived, I was so sad to leave AT&T back then. What happened??? Looks like their customer service is spiraling down the toilet and it’s their own employees hitting the flusher. At this point, I just hope we get our money back.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffResolution

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2020

    I have companies that I have been doing business with for over 25 years because of their service. ATT will be permanently on my DO NOT CALL LIST. My issues with ATT include but are not limited to:

    1. Loss of phone, voice mail, and text message over several months access while traveling overseas. Could not send out pictures so loss effective use of camera once my storage filled up. Impacts included: failure to receive messages offering me an ongoing work contract; having to change travel plans to address the issues; time lost from vacation, increased costs as a result.

    2. Over 30 calls and dozens of hours lost in troubleshooting and trying to navigate across ATT siloed systems.

    3. Pushing blame elsewhere - Claiming issues related to local cell coverage when issues were consistent across countries in built up locations - issues proved not to be related to local cell providers.

    4. Agents who did not know capabilities of other departments for trouble-shooting or customer service.

    5. Told multiple times issues were resolved when they were not. ATT closed the cases with the issues still unresolved; including times when they did not tell me the cases were closed.

    6. Incorrect diagnosis, and troubleshooting multiple times on multiple issues.

    7. Different information from different agents on the same issues.

    8. Told - there is no number for that when I knew there was.

    9. In trying to resolve customer service issues, I was told on at least 4 occasions that a manager would call me back within 24 hours. No call back.

    10. ATT senior management cancelled 2 meetings I had scheduled with them.

    11. Failure to respond to multiple written letters requesting help that were sent to multiple locations after having verified the correct address several times with different agents.

    12. Failure to document troubleshooting steps, or customer service steps even after my requesting they do so. With the result that I had to reexplain and retrouble-shoot the same steps numerous times.

    13. More disconnected calls on transfer than I can recall.

    14. Failure to delegate authority to employees to help resolve issues rather than forcing customers to push to escalate and then have to chase down responses.

    15. Total loss of service to phone and VM on other occasions when I had interviews.

    One of their agents told me that ATT should replace my phone given the issues I have had. Nothing resulted from that. ATT did offer to give me $300 off a new iPhone if I purchased one. Clueless! This is no better than deals they are using to entice new customers and an insult in compensation terms for the time, aggravation and inconvenience. There is no way I would direct another time of business to ATT on any product, business or personal, even if I have to pay more to do business elsewhere.

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    Customer ServiceTechRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2020

    They don't care about US, the actual customers. All they care about is taking innocent peoples money, especially when most of the United States is struggling to pay their bills because of the Pandemic that does not seem like it is getting any better anytime soon. They format their bills to make it difficult for most people to read so they don't even realize that they are not even paying for the right plan. My phone bill has been close to $200 for the past 5 months and the rest of the time it was between $140 - $160 every month. I called AT&T today & according to them my bill is correct, NOT EVEN CLOSE. So I told them that I will be switching back to a pre-paid provider & all they can say is, "I'm sorry you feel that way."

    I asked the Manager himself, how would he like taking his hard earned money & just flushing it down the toilet because that is pretty much what I am doing & he said he wouldn't like it either. So how is it fair to spend our hard earned money & supposedly paying "just our" phone bill but .... They can't explain why it is always so high.... Truth be told, we are probably paying some of the employees phone bills as well. Not me, not anymore. Beware if you have service with them, make sure to check your bills often.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2020

    I have been with AT&T for over a decade. The customer service is by far the worst I've ever dealt with. Sent in my old phone several months ago for a trade in, but haven't received anything. Tried contacting them several times/ways and still nothing.

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    MaintenanceBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2020

    I have observed countless errors trying to do routine tasks on the att.com website (i.e. download a PDF of my last month's bill). Att.com frequently breaks on modern browsers like Chrome and Firefox. Very low quality user experience.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaffBillingRatesTransparencyTimeliness

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2020

    First of all - I wish I could give them 0 STAR. Yes - that bad is the customer service. Summary:

    - Kind of Stole ~$100 from us.
    - My Friend who I wanted to add on line, still not added.
    - Customer Service is Really Bad.
    - Customer Service representative don't know their own plan and just read what they see on screen.

    - Service is very lengthy and (-5)/5 rating for the knowledge CS have about their own company.

    Here is my story if you want to hear details. I was on a shared plan as I am working from home in COVID paying 66$ for 2 lines. I wanted to add a friend who is using AT&T who was on prepaid. So in total I spend ~5 hrs. to add her on my line talking 4 - 5 different times with customer service and she is still not added.

    Day 1:

    -> I called, provided the general information, she spend 20+ minutes gathering all the details. I told her to add my friend to my account and make it 3 lines unlimited plan which will cost us 135$ for 3 lines or 45$ per person. Response we got can't add her as friend needs to do this in person. So I told her she will go tomorrow and you make the plan unlimited for all 3 of us starting the next billing cycle. Total ~1 hour call got ended.

    Day 2:

    -> Friend went to AT&T travelling an hr. and spending an hr. talking to AT&t in person. They transferred her from prepaid to postpaid to add her to my account.

    Day 3:

    -> Called Customer service to confirm if she switched us all 3 to unlimited plan as they said they will automatically do it. Talked 45+ mins repeating same process and in the end Customer Service cancelled the call on my face. Next Day my friend gets a bill of $120 and me a bill of $111 increase of $100 compared to our previous bill.

    Day 4:

    -> We called together to see what happened. Customer service told added two lines in one account to unlimited as we said and third account she needs to transfer and we can't do automatically. If that was the case they should have clearly told us that. But they didn't. Not a word about that. Digesting that we told now make the changes. Then she told it will take 2 months to transfer as the number just got transferred from prepaid to postpaid for my friend. Why on earth will you not tell your customer this beforehand so that he makes the decision accordingly. I asked her to talk to manager, representative, we had some heated discussion, my friend calmed me down and finally started conversation and then she said, "Sorry I apologize. I can see a transfer can be done and account can be added." I was just laughing on myself on what I got myself into. Still keeping calm I told her to do the transfer and she said okay doing it and I got the billing responsibility email, I accepted it and the agent said third line will be added in few hours. Few hrs. passed line didn't get added.

    Day 5:

    Called again to AT&T. Told them the situation. They started the process from scratch of gathering info and said might be some error and need to process this again. Again keeping calm I did go through this process. Now again this new agent said my friend needs to hold for 2 months before getting the transfer. Like really - Don't you guys have notes maintenance system -making your customer yell out their heart. We explained what happened a day back and then she called someone on line and then said, "Yes we can override for you." Now it was done. Then I said this agent, "Now my bill will be 135$ for 3 lines correct. Because for 2 lines unlimited it's 120 and if you get 3 lines it's 135 i.e 45 per months plus tax." She is like, "No - it's 55$. I have to see your line." I had to give her reference of their own site and explain how the billing system works for AT&T. Then she checked in system and said okay. Finally she did the transfer again and said check if its updated. It should be done. I did check it was showing up 2 lines and 3rd still not added. Then she said, may be wait 1-2 hrs. before it gets added and if you want any other help. And the call got abruptly connected. So I am hoping it is done now or it will be day 6 to my story.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceMaintenanceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2020

    Possibly the worst experience I've had with a wireless carrier. My family switched over to AT&T in June 2020 and traded in our old phones for credit. The Sales Rep at the store completed the trade-in survey himself and stated as per the survey, both phones had a trade-in value of $60 each. I was told the trade-in values would be applied to my monthly statements in the form of installments and was instructed to give it a few billing cycles for it to kick in.

    About a week ago we received two letters in the mail from AT&T, both containing "AT&T Trade-in Promotional Cards." The letters stated that AT&T could not apply the credit to my monthly statements and as an alternative we were receiving two promotional cards valued at $60 each to be used to purchase wireless accessories from the AT&T store. Whatever....I placed two orders online for a bunch of accessories (I had to split the order in two because the cards could not be combined to make one large payment) of about $55 each. I received an order confirmation, then a shipment confirmation for one of the items in the first order. I then received two emails stating that the remaining items in both orders were placed on hold because the card information was inaccurate. Not possible, but I went in to double check. I re-input the card info which was correct the first time but still received an alert that the card info was not valid.

    On 10/19 I decided to call AT&T Customer Service and spoke a representative who had no idea how to troubleshoot the issue with the cards so she got another department on the line to help. The rep from the second department was just as lost so I was transferred to someone from the Rewards Department. That rep said his department did not handle those cards and provided me with the number for the Rebate & Rewards Department (apparently a separate department from just the Rewards Department) and assured me this was the last department I would have to speak with....BUT, advised me to reach out to the Loyalty Department if they were unable to offer any resolution.

    On 10/20 I dialed the number provided but that number was no longer in service. I had to call Customer Service back and ask to be transferred to the Rebate & Rewards Department and spoke with my 4th representative. She had less of an idea how to assist as she was also unfamiliar with how these cards worked. I was told to reach out to the Loyalty Department and was given the direct number to them. I called the number provided, busy signal before the call disconnected.

    I called a general AT&T number and reached a representative who confirmed the number I was given to the Loyalty Department was not listed as any of AT&T's customer service numbers but was UNABLE TO GIVE ME THE DIRECT NUMBER TO THE LOYALTY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE ONLY TRANSFERRED CALLS THROUGH A SWITCHBOARD. So, he transferred me to the Loyalty Department where I spoke with rep number 6 (I'm counting switchboard guy as number 5). She asked the same exact questions as the first 4 reps, "Are they Visa cards?" "Who mailed them to you?" "Did they come from an AT&T store?"

    After determining that the Loyalty Department was just as incompetent, she transferred me to a department that handles the Trade-in offers through AT&T. This poor guy had to feel all of my wrath. I was done but he appeared to be the only one who had any knowledge of what was going on. First, he explained he did not work FOR AT&T, but WITH AT&T. His company dealt with wireless carriers and their trade-in programs. According to number 7, one of the phones I traded in became damaged en route to the AT&T warehouse. Once they received it, AT&T determined that the value of that phone was no longer $60. It was now worth $30. Somehow, someway this resulted in AT&T's database generating these two "promotional cards" which were erroneously mailed out to me.

    The cards were never activated on AT&T's side, though I should have received some form of credit for $90, not the original $120 due to the damaged phone. The problem was the phone WAS NOT DAMAGED when I traded it in, its condition was well documented on the receipt I signed the day I traded it in. Thankfully, this guy was able to keep calm during my fit of rage and instructed me to call AT&T's Office of the President and inform AT&T that the damaged phone was not damaged when it was traded in, removing me of any responsibility for its condition when it arrived at the warehouse thus justifying my full $120 credit.

    AT&T would then have to open an inquiry, communicate with this guy's company to determine how the phone was damaged, then resolve the matter. Great, until I spent the entire morning trying to speak with a live person at the Office of the President. No matter what entry I pressed, I was either sent to a full message box or transferred back to the highly productive Customer Service Department. All this for a $120 credit which I have yet to be able to enjoy and the phones I traded in are sitting in some warehouse. AT&T essentially stole my phones.

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    Billing

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2020

    My father and grandfather both worked in this company. However after losing ability to work and make money after car accident I asked AT&T for a way to lower my bill. They talked me into unlimited plan. They said would lower my bill $40 a month. Instead they took advantage of my disability and raised it so I pay $40 more a month.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2020

    I had 4 lines and a tablet for $137 a month, with Metropcs. My home internet was through Cox, but it was slow because of the area I live. I see an advertisement for AT&T fiber optic, so I signed up. As the tech is hooking up the home internet a "phone salesman/tech" showed up. Promised a cheaper rate and free better phones. I received an email saying my 1st month would be $130, but they "pro rate" it? What does that even mean? Then they take $240 out and say it's okay because they only rip you off your 1st month? Okay? Now, I have a $240 phone bill with 4 lines but my bill has 5, the so-called better phones are very generic 32gb of memory galaxy phones. My original phones had 128gb of memory. Then, I'm told it is a 30 month contract when I was told 18 months. Stay with Metropcs.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2020

    Ordered one thing from AT&T and received another. Total bait and switch. And of course they aren't willing to help. They would rather lose 2 years of payments than to give what I thought I was ordering in the first place. Everyday for 2 years I'll be here.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2020

    I was mislead about a new cell phone I purchased, I was told the monthly price was going to be one thing & it turned out to be substantially more. After several calls to "customer service"... a play on words... I received a callback from a man named Stacy ** from the Office of the President.. only after I wrote a letter to the BBB.. Mr. ** told me I would soon receive a corrected invoice. This all started in March, I just received my September invoice, still no correction. I wrote another letter to the BBB, Mr. ** called without an explanation!!!! He said he'll call me back in a few more days with an answer.... Are you kidding me AT&T. This is insane!!! Fix This!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2020

    Two weeks ago I bought a long charging cable for my iPhone from the ATT store at 1800 N Federal Hwy Pompano Beach, FL along with $50 of other stuff. I have purchased 2 phones from this store over the past few years. The charging cable fell apart after 2.5 weeks. Both schmucks in the store told me they didn't cover damaged cables. They never even looked at the cable! They blamed me for damaging it. It has an open circuit and doesn't charge. Both ** and his manager were rude and told me they are willing to lose a long term Customer over a $10 cable. File this in the "CAN'T FIX STUPID CATEGORY!" The lack of service and rudeness is mind blowing.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2020

    Over billing. In the thousands on a single mom's phone service. I pay for my daughters and I phone, have been charged on auto pay over $2k a month. Fraudulent company. This month charged $800. Yep. I am amazed how they over charge. What have your bills!!! Use any other service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2020

    Avoid AT&T like the plague. I had Verizon - had no service issues at all, they were just more expensive. I can tell you they were worth the cost. I rarely have reliable service, I live in Augusta Ga. It is the second largest city in Ga. You think they would have towers (that worked) everywhere in a community this size. I have terrible service at home, and hit and miss service at work. We have two offices. At the second office in down town Augusta I have nothing. Maybe one bar if I stand outside. I'd give negative stars if were allowable. I feel like they should be paying me just to say I have AT&T.... Pathetic. I have an Iphone X with all the latest updates...

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2020

    I have been trying to get my service fixed since May! I cannot have a bill sent to me without them charging me to send the bill even though I cannot log into my account because they cannot fix the glitch that has haunted my account since May. They charge me a late fee every month since the only way I can pay is to make an appointment at the store which since COVID has been a nightmare!

    The last appointment I made I sat out in my car for over an hour in a parking lot waiting for a new phone and to pay my bill. They say they will remove the fee on next month's bill and it never has happened not even once! I have been on hold this morning for over 4 hours (still on hold as I write this) and I have talked to 3 people 2 of which were in India and had no idea what they were even talking about or any knowledge of anything ATT. I have my account for over 30 years and I can honestly say it’s time for a change! This is the worst service ever and I would never do business with them again our new company phones we bought through Verizon got that deal because of the way they have handled my account!!! #ATT #attsucks #badservice #customerservice #customerexperience

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2020

    I start with them in April with a promotion plan. Trade in phone and get iPhone 11 free. I trade in 2 phones and still paying for iPhone 11. They lost my Note 10 Plus and iPhone 10X Max. Been calling but keep getting the runaround. Be careful with dealing with AT&T Wireless.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2020

    I switched from Verizon Wireless to AT&T wireless back in April after 12 years with Verizon. AT&T seemed to have cheaper plans that offered the same coverage that Verizon offered so I jumped ship. That’s when I began getting spotty service. People were complaining that they could not hear me (this never happened with Verizon) or my calls would drop altogether. I guess you get what you pay for???

    To make matters worse, they said bring your own device and receive $250.00 visa gift card. I assumed it would be automatically done but it wasn’t. So I called about the gift card in July. The rewards rep was processing the claim but he said he needed my order number for the SIM card. I didn’t have that readily available and had to call customer service for that info. He said he would notate the file so I wouldn’t have to explain when I called back. Well as you can guess, the file wasn’t notated, they claimed they don’t even have call history from me about this claim and that they cannot honor the reward because it was past 120 days. I asked to speak with a manager. The manager echoed the same thing, that it was nothing they could do.

    I was furious, not only would they not honor their promotion to get me to sign up, but no one told me there was a deadline or explained this policy to me. I immediately filed a complaint with the BBB and signed back up with Verizon that same night. And guess what? Verizon had a BYOD promotion as well, they sent links to process claim and my money is on the way. I appreciate how Verizon did not make me jump through hoops to get them to honor their commitment.

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2020

    Another incorrect bill. Once again my bill was MORE than it should be. I called Customer Service and was told I hadn’t been getting my discount on one of my lines. So, they charge more? I am a single mother on a fixed income and I cannot afford surprises. They have done this on several occasions (not giving my discount I was promised when I signed up, etc.). Just bad business all around. Watch your bills when you get them.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2020

    This company is so unethical! I switched over from Sprint to AT&T for potential better network service. I spent nearly $3k to terminate my contract early to join AT&T. When I received my phones, customer service told me they would add a note in the file to waive my activation fees. In three separate occasions, they “put a note in the file” so when my first invoice was produced, I could just call and no issues. This is not the case! When I got my invoice, I called and the representative told me there were no bots in the file and that they couldn’t waive the activation fees.

    After talking to a supervisor, they committed to waiving two of the six, as originally committed. They transferred me to the loyalty department, could not help me at all. As a matter of fact, they wouldn’t even grant any waivers. This is so wrong and unethical! I am so co side ring spending additional money to get out of my contract and go back to Sprint! Sprint is so much better and does what they say. I plan to send a letter to the President of AT&T to let them know they're just unethical and don’t care about customers.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2020

    My phone has been dropping calls for a year and a half no matter where I am. I called 6 times and each time I'm transferred to other departments. They tried a lot of things and can't fix it. I called to ask for my money back, I had to be transferred to an account manager, but the call got hung up by them. No one calls me back every time it gets dropped or hung up. All transfers are cold and I have to explain again from the beginning. I am done with ATT and will never recommend to anyone. They said they don't have a complaints management system. Someone needs to investigate this company!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2020

    I cancelled my service and found a new provider. I cancelled in June and got a bill in July. Called to see why it wasn't prorated. I was told to pay $8 and the difference would be written off. Get a bill in August. I spent hours on the phone trying to take care of the problem with no resolve. I asked for someone in the US. Was told no. All they did was repeat themselves. Have never been so frustrated or had such bad service.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2020

    The service I'm receiving after paying out $256 a month towards my phone bill, cable, and internet is just downright unacceptable. I know that the customer service reps can't control everything, but not a single one has even attempted to help me solve the problems caused by their faulty service beyond troubleshooting. I made the mistake of extending their reach beyond just my phone when I moved into my new home this July and without fail, my tv buffers during my shows every night.

    I shouldn't have to call and stay on the line with a representative for hours every time a problem pops up, they should've arranged for a new box to be sent out. And if their service still couldn't function correctly, they should've canceled our contract without charging me. It's ridiculous that I'm the one who's having to jump through hoops to get their equipment working and not the company that sends this crap out. Not a happy customer and if we keep going at this rate, I definitely won't be a returning one.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2020

    Worst customer service in history! I had AT&T Uverse for 7 years with an Internet and TV bundle. They bought out DirecTV and sold me on switching my bundle from Uverse Tv to the DirecTV service with my internet. I had that service for 3 years. The entire time, the Uverse Internet was subpar at best nonetheless, I was too lazy to switch. Fast forward, I never used the TV because who watches cable nowadays when you could stream and streaming on subpar internet got annoying so I finally made the choice to cancel my services and just stream and get better internet to do so.

    I called AT&T to cancel my bundle and was assured it was cancelled and to go to the UPS store to mail back my equipment. I did so right away. Never was I told I’d have to cancel DirecTV separately yet all of a sudden I’m getting collection calls for a DirecTV account I never had. I called both AT& T and DirecTV both to resolve the issue. One hand doesn’t talk to the other so I was passed around for 3.5 hours only to be told that since they can’t see each other’s system a manager would need to call me back. No manager ever called but the calls to pay a bill for AFTER I was already cancelled remained with no one knowing how to help other than me paying a $175 bill that I never incurred. After hours of wasted time with threats to harm my credit if their mistake wasn’t paid, I paid the bill so my credit didn’t suffer. I will however let everyone that I know, know about this fraud and bad business practices.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2020

    AT&T does not have good cellular coverage. I transferred my service from Spectrum to AT&T THINKING I'd have better coverage and I wanted service for an Apple Watch. Instead of better coverage I got dropped calls and garbled IRRITATING conversations. I live in the city and am not far away from towers and I have new devices. When I called customer service with AT&T they weren't willing to reimburse me for my crappy coverage. In fact they were ready to help me find a new provider. (They don't need me. They have plenty of others they're snookering.) Don't be fooled, they'll take your money and you WILL NOT get what you paid for.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2020

    Their customer service stinks! I talked to 8 representatives since Tuesday and each one told me something different. Our internet went out on Tuesday 8/11 due to a storm. They sent a router and I received it on Wednesday 8/12. I plugged it up and it didn’t work. They determined that the phone line was messed up. They scheduled a technician to come on 8/13. They did not show and did not call. I called and the earliest they had was 8/24 but she told me to call back in the morning to have priority changed to higher since no one showed up. I called the morning of 8/25 and she changed the priority but she told me I would receive a phone call by the end of the day. We did not receive a phone call.

    I did an online chat and a supervisor called me. He transferred me to another person who set up an appointment for today 8/15 between 2-4. Around 10 this morning we received a text that the technician was running late and would not make it so I called customer service back. He said it was showing pending and that a technician had not picked it up. He told me to call back at 3:30 if I had not heard from anyone. I called back and the last lady I talked to said that I need to wait until well after 4 to call because it was still in the time window. It is now after 4 and I am about fed up with this company. We have been with them for two years and they are about to lose a customer. This is getting ridiculous!

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2020

    Neither the company nor Mr. Stephenson, CEO of AT&T take care of their employees, much less their customers. AT&T is the worst company with one of the largest monopolies in the communication industry. As a teacher, reliable internet is a necessity in these times of distance learning due to COVID-19. I switched to AT&T on a promise to get a great teacher discount, but the run around apologies and lack of accountability is astounding when the internet failed to work correctly from the onset. After initial installation, internet reliability was intermittent, so a second technician was sent. The second technician made the problem worse and the internet failed to connect at all.

    I spent countless HOURS trying to get an answer and immediate service because teachers are in constant training and constant lesson planning and constant updating student lessons on online applications that without reliable internet connection, we cannot do our jobs. I had to drive to the AT&T store to get connected to the hotspot, which costs me extra money, so that I can get online access. I was still on hold going into 5 hours trying to get a manager to give me answers, so the AT&T guys at the store took pity and got me a "package" that would give me better services, but costs more. BUT the internet is still not working.

    The third time a technician was schedule to come the following day, who was scheduled to show between 4 pm and 8 pm, my ticket was not even picked up and after about four hours wait time, and a text message was sent that the technician would NOT make it by 8 pm! So they give me a next day appointment, yet again,for a technician to show between 10 am and 12 pm the following day. So I wait again, and I get a message that morning that the technician is on the way. The technician never arrives and I get a message that reads, "It looks like we missed your appointment. If you'd like to reschedule, reply CHANGE." I was told that the technician tried to reach out when he arrived, and the ticket generated on their end said they could not reach the wires, but my building is open and accessible from the street!! I am sitting in my living room with my phone next to me, and I get no call, no text that the technician is here

    I call and again to complain and "the only thing they can do" is reschedule for the next day because Kevin the technician will not answer his phone, nor Juan his manager. I asked for the floor manager, and after explaining the whole story again for what seems like the hundredth time, a floor manager, Angel, worked very hard to get a hold of a Field Manager who did not respond. Angel was able to reschedule me for "an appointment that just opened" for the same day evening. I am sitting here waiting, again waiting to get internet service so that I can do my job. Not only has this cost me to lose online training sessions, but also work and a lot of aggravation that has elevated my blood pressure.

    The way this multi-million company does business is atrocious! It is unacceptable, it is shameful that you make your employees powerless to handle crucial situations, and you do not deserve to have such an important hold on the consumers and employees. This is the worst company I've yet to come across in terms of service, wait time on the phone to get answers, and accountability. I thought that after years of switching from AT&T due to their poor service and services they would have improved, but that is definitely not the case. Perhaps this sole customer may not affect your multi-million profit, but if I do not get reliable service by tomorrow, kiss my rear end goodbye forever. I am greatly disappointed, extremely frustrated, and filled with lots more negative and penned up feelings about AT&T.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2020

    I recently purchased the Samsung 20 which is 5g. Slow, slow, and slower. Then I can't turn the volume down on my phone because the phone case doesn't fit right on the phone!! So I can turn the volume up wait till it shows on my screen then turn it down from the screen.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2020

    I made a payment arrangement with AT&T. However, AT&T did not honor their end of the agreement. And as a result, my bank account went into "OVERDRAWN" status. I called all the proper channels for resolution and got scripted responses and blatant indifference from the representatives. I asked to speak with a supervisor and was put on hold for a very long time, only to be told that someone would contact me regarding my concern. NO ONE ever called me back! Do not, I repeat, DO NOT have any business relations with this company. You will be very, very, very disappointed!

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2020

    I ordered a new phone from AT&T. It was shipped out timely, but lost in transit at a UPS distribution center. The UPS distribution center told me to contact the shipper - AT&T. From there, I spent over 2 hours on the phone with AT&T either on hold or talking to someone trying to get action taken. It was clear that the AT&T service reps were not even listening to me. I would explain the situation and the rep would come back and tell me they tracked the package and it was in a UPS distribution facility and would be delivered in a few days. It was a immensely time-consuming, unproductive use of time to try to resolve an issue that is ultimately between AT&T and their choice of shipper, UPS.

    During the 2 hours I spent on the phone with AT&T, I was transferred to 6 different people in 5 different departments...why AT&T doesn't appear to have protocol to deal with packages lost in transit is beyond me. What should be a simple issue to resolve turned into a finger-pointing, blame-placing ordeal. If AT&T truly cared about their customer experience, they would take ownership of resolving the issue with UPS and sending out a replacement order asap.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2020

    I wish there were a zero star reveiw because AT&T deserves less then 1 star for the con game they tried to pull on me Friday. Both my wife and I need new phones and I've been a Verizon customer for way too many years but when you need new equipment now these carriers force you to switch carriers to be able to afford new phones, it's ridiculous. This review is 100% about AT&T Wireless; Friday I was on their web site and noticed a deal for Galzxy S20's for $10 each per month for new customers so I started the process with the live chat having video of the agent I was chatting with. Once we got in to specifics he wanted to call me so he did and it turned out, the $10 per phone deal was for unlimited data which is quite a bit more expensive then the 3g plan I needed so the Agent Celso P. found another deal for the 3g plan and the 2 phones were going to be $15 per month, no big deal. We were on the phone a long time and he wound up emailing me quotes that said what we agreed on but being on the phone so long I had to get off for a conference call so Celso said he would call me back, which around the time he said he did call me back.
    Well, we went through the details and I agreed to switch from Verizon and get the order for our new phones placed. He ran my credit, not a problem and he took my credit card for tax on the equipment, activation and auto pay and sent another more formal email with all of the details on what we talked about but here is where things took a turn that I am not happy with. I read through the details and nowhere on this order was anything relating to our conversation and what he presented and I accepted, nothing. He put me on hold for 10+ minutes and came back to ask me if he could call me back he needed to contact an internal department to figure out why the order wasn't what we talked about. Long story but 20 min later he calls me back to tell me the deal he presented wasn't available any longer it had expired the night prior at midnight but the ulimited plans he could do for $10 per phone but it was $60 more per month. I was livid, not only did he present a plan I was happy with they ran my credit showing an inquiry on my credit report and wasted over 2 hours total of my time. I asked to speak with a manager and Marissa gets on the phone to try to tell me they can't do anything about it. I called her on it and told her I would be writing a negative review and that it's just wrong that a deal her employee presented to me from his computer screen, is being pulled away and then they push a more expensive plan to try to get the sale closed. I was not having any of it. When I told her how wrong this was she paused and then said "let me talk to the loyalty department and higher ups to see what we can do for you. It's 4:30 pm now so Celso will call you on Monday with the outcome. Well, it's Monday at 4:30pm and I have not heard a word from these people and I emailed Celso and got no reponse what so ever. This was a classic Bait & Swicth which I believe is actually illegal so my next review will be with the BBB and then the FCC because they tried to rip off the wrong person.
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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2020

    My elderly mother has no internet for her life alert to work. They will not expedite an appt and are making her wait 5 days for repair. The company does NOT care about their customers. Have spoken to several supervisors who "say" they are going to take care of it and never do. When I call back for a follow up no one can find any notations in her file about any conversations. We will be switching carriers!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2020

    Last year we moved into an apartment complex with an AT&T exclusive. This is a HUGE red flag. Never do this. One year of TV Uverse constantly freezing and pixelating. Constantly. The 300 Mps has never gotten above 60Mps. Never. The money we have paid has been 100% good. No glitching. In other words we pay perfectly good money for horrible service. I have spent many $$$ with AT&T but when ever I get out of this garbage service I will never spend a penny with AT&T. But go ahead and get you some. I am sure this could never happen to you. Not you.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2020

    Wiring burned in my home. All wifi and DirecTV components wouldn't work and the took almost a week to show up and fix it. Then it was only half fixed and they left and still giving me the run around. And my bill was $15 extra this month. Not sure why.

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    Reviewed July 23, 2020

    I switched onto ATT back in May from another provider in order to try out a new network and get a deal on new phones. I was told if we ordered two new phones online and transferred a phone line over that we would receive two $150 reward cards and a $250 reward card respectively. We had a lot of trouble over these orders and every time we tried to place it online it would cancel our order while processing. This happened multiple times over the course of 3 days to the point where Customer Service had to help us through an online order and even then it STILL ended up getting cancelled. After being so fed up we called ATT and had to work with them over the phone to get the order processed correctly.

    After that every month so far we have received bills that were grossly above our estimated bill. Every single month it was another long and drudging phone call to try and figure out another ** excuse for why we had to pay another fee or another charge. And on top of that, still no reward cards. Every person we spoke to simply said "It's processing and on that way" and that was it.

    Finally after another month of bill problems we were told to call the rewards department. I finally did that today and I have spent my entire day on the phone because of it. Because I needed ATT's own customer service help to work and process the order, in their system they classified it as a phone order and not an online order. Which meant that in their system we didn't even have rewards cards on the way in the first place despite what every other representative had told us up until this point.

    The insult added to it all is that due to the complete bureaucratic nonsense that is the ATT customer service department, the rewards department told me to try and call customer service for more help. I did and after hours of exchange, they told me to call the customer loyalty department to help get a resolution. And then they told me they couldn't help with that at all, and that the only department who had any authority to issue or resolve reward card issues was the rewards department. Which meant I went on a goose chase all day long with no resolution and no attempt in the slightest by ATT to undo the wrong that had been done to me. This isn't customer service, this is a customer patience gauntlet.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2020

    I had Hours of waiting on the phone, 9 total, endless CHATS online, standing in the store 3 times, being cut off on the phone several times, ordering a phone on the phone then having to cancel the order because no one could take my payment. I made an appointment to visit a store the rep said was OPEN after I told the rep it wasn't, it was closed. I finally ordered online by myself. Received my phone, set it up myself and NOW receive a bill twice what it was. Talked to an associate yesterday who agreed that was a mistake, ONLY to receive the actual bill today saying it increased! I wanted to throw up. If you are purchasing a $700.00 phone, you think you could get at least "fair' Customer Service? I tried to resolve it online, "SITE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY" message after several attempts. Not sure what is next? I just posted on FaceBook. Waiting for reply.

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    Reviewed July 20, 2020

    I recently had two devices stolen my cell phone and iPad both on AT&T account. Seems that silly me stored all my information on the two stolen devices. I don’t remember my login name. I don’t remember my password since I decided to take the convenience of auto fill password. Now they can’t verify it’s me when I try to log in. Plus the fact there’s not ever a 24/7 representative available. After spending 45 minutes on the phone this morning in Bollywood I was told the system was upgrading. After three calls I finally did find someone that could point me in the right direction. It seems the issues I have is with my login identity. I can’t get past that. Must listen to reset a password. I just don’t get it. It’s not like I’m trying to break into Fort Knox.

    It was a vicious circle every time I tried to log in. They had to send me an through email a new user log in name. When I tried to reset my password was told by the, as he referred to himself, the virtual representative To visit the site for more information on how to log in. Virtual assistant? More like an annoying bot. Good thing I couldn’t unplug him. Is it just me wishing AT&T Had a 24/7 USA Customer service representative available.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2020

    I called customer service, received a quote for a new higher tier rate plan, and signed up. The bill came in 50% more than what the customer service agent told me. I called customer service again and was told me the new bill was correct. AT&T Wireless really didn't seem to care to have my business. So I am switching to another provider. Hopefully, they will have more truthful agents.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2020

    I have never been treated as bad as I have in the last year with ATT. I am sure they are outsourcing the reps on chat. The rates I get charged are just downright out of touch. I upgraded my phone per ATT's advice and promo with only 2 months to go on my old phone. I was told I would get a credit of up to $100 for trading in my phone. So 6 months after getting confirmation that they have my old phone and it's in working order, I didn't trade my phone in correctly to get the credit. On top of trading my phone in when I wanted to, I was charged double that month for the installment payments. 1 for the new phone and 1 for the old phone in the same month. Our bill went up to $538 in one month from $209. We also upgraded plan, but still that is outrageous.

    After chatting several times with other reps, I was told (and I have the chats to prove it) that I would be getting that months over charges returned and a $60 credit for my trade in. Today 3 months later, still no such credit. I chatted again today SAME CRAPPY SERVICE. Telling me it's my fault for upgrading during a promotion. Even though I have the letter and email confirming my phone was returned and in good working order to get the credit I was promised. Nope they said again I did it wrong and I wasn't owed a credit. I hate this company and their over priced plans. Same crap they pull on the DirecTV side of service. They have reps that tell you what you want to hear and get you off the phone or chat and move on to someone else. I am moving on. I hate this company.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2020

    In Sept 2019, I was promised a great price to switch my service from Verizon to AT&T and it was the worst mistake ever. They have yet to honor the price they quoted me. I've been given the run around since Nov. 2019.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2020

    WOW! I just found out when I went to settle my final ATT bill that they have been charging me an additional $13.50 a month for the last 4 years since they gave me a "free" tablet, that is still in the box! That's over $600 for a device I've never even used. AND since there was a separate phone number associated with the tablet (which I was also not aware of), they were still charging me the full monthly phone charges even tho I switched wireless companies a month ago. How did I never realize this? When you pay your bill from your phone, you never actually see the breakdown. I just thought that I was paying an average monthly bill for owning a cellphone. I'm an idiot.

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    TechPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2020

    I am AT&T customer since two years and it took me long to figure out that behind helpful teams there is something seriously wrong which technical teams can't fix which fails the Internet solution for me which tells on paper 300 plus Mbps speed but actually less than 20 Mbps most times in actual. I don't mind little less or more speed as long as it is consistent and I am not stopped. Irony is that it has dropped me out of several important meetings for spotty connections and reviewing in detail afterwards resulted in no findings from tech team for why was it dropping.

    Believe me I was with Spectrum before AT&T and they provided 100 Mbps consistent even when I was registered for 200 Mbps and I never complained because never faced such humiliations in office meetings for such kind of disconnections. It was my greed for better bandwidth which resulted me into this horrible internet provider.

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