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About Spectrum

Spectrum Internet provides internet, phone and home entertainment coverage to millions of homes across the country. It offers three plans with different internet speeds and multimedia options. Customers can combine TV, internet and voice services for the most cost-effective deal and take advantage of internet speeds as fast as 1,000 Mbps. Before you buy, it’s important to know that while Spectrum offers service in 44 states, not all features and speeds are offered in all areas.

Pros
  • Offers a free modem
  • No long-term contracts
  • Packages for different budgets
Cons
  • Not available in all states

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2019

    If you talk with 6 different people in customer service about a problem you get 6 different answers. Spectrum raises prices all the time, whenever they want. They make stations that you have been watching for 20-30 years in a package have much higher prices. They NEVER want to work with you to get your prices down. My cost went up from $185.00 to $235.00 in less than 2 years. That is $50! I thought that previous cable companies (Insight then Time Warner) were bad but at least they would work with you. Spectrum does not. They spend money on their stupid commercials instead of doing a good job with their services. Maybe they increase the prices arbitrarily because they are losing young people who have better options and do no need Spectrum or any cable company while older people who have had cable for decades tend to stick with cable. They deserve an "F".

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    20 years of service with mostly higher package deals. The last few years, as soon as it was available from TW, I upgraded to the top tier internet package which made my service the fastest available from TW. I got internet as fast as was available, and for me the was 750 to 800 Mbps. (Spectrum claims as much as 984 Mbps.) A couple days ago everything slowed down so last night and today I checked, and speeds are down from 800 to less than 70 Mbps!!! That's SEVENTY, not 800, 70 Mbps!! And I'm paying $154 for that and telephone. $154 for 70 Mbps plus phone... It's only $15 for the tier that qualifies you for 100 Mbps!!?? Why then am I now paying so much for so little? Their answer... I'm not a Spectrum Customer. I'm still under the Time Warner package. So why then am I only running at 70 Mbps max?! Switch and we'll work it out, they say.

    When trying to switch, as I see no other alternative (dam$ Spectrum) they then inform me that to switch to the highest level (as I've had for many years until a couple days ago) I have to pay a $200 FEE!!! TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS!! Really? Isn't it normal practice for companies like TV Internet and cellphone, that the customers who choose the higher, or highest service in this case, get some fees waived. Like when you used to get the better cell phone package they'd waive things like activation or service fees, maybe number transfer or what have you. But no, Spectrum will give everyone free setup except for those who sign up for the highest costing monthly offering... We have to pay 200 bucks? Where is the logic? Where's the fairness?

    I already, until a couple days ago, get their fastest speed, so a new wire install from the pole can't be the reason. Hmmm, maybe new equipment must be installed, IE change my box to a newer box? Well as stated, I already get the fastest level speed so why does ANYTHING need to be changed? They're coming soon to change my box out anyways, just because that's one of the steps they insist may correct my problem. I do not believe them. And they know fully well that there's nothing anyone can do about it. NOT ONE THING. Except add to the list of angry customers.

    Customers once loyal to Time Warner, but who are now angry and disenchanted. Actually downright ticked the heck off! The moment some ISP offers fast enough service in my area I am jumping ship! I'll leave Spectrum lying in the dirt like the squashed worm they seem to be! Just worthless. What a load of bunk this is. Less than 70 Mbps for $154 (with landline). I believe they throttled folks like me back to something slow to force us to call and let them screw us for $200 for a setup/install fee when there's nothing necessary to cost that $200. I was fine until a couple days go. Now I am very slow (internet) and to get to where I was two days ago, they want that $200 extortion money! New/potential subscribers; DON'T GO WITH SPECTRUM IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 1, 2019

    My installation appointment was between 11am-12pm. 12:15pm I called the company and was told a ticket was generated, dispatch supervisor will call me within the hour. 1pm supervisor called, says he will reach out to the technician and get an ETA. 1:15pm Dispatch supervisor called back, says technician will be here within the hour. I asked what should I do if technician does not show up in an hour, he gave me a number to call (I thought this is his number, later found out it's goes to their automated system). 2:15pm called the company again. The gentleman shows willingness to help and escalated my ticket.

    3:05pm got a call from technician that he will be here in 30 minutes. 3:30pm technician called again and said we have to reschedule because my building rules is no work after 4pm. Building rules I understand but the technician did not seem apologetic at all. Gave me the feeling of "too bad, not my fault" kind of tone. 3:45pm got a call to reschedule appointment. I told the representative that I had to miss a whole day of work and not have service, I asked what guarantee do I have that the same will not happen again? I was told the best she can do is to make a note to assign it to their own technician. Horrible experience.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019

    Have contacted Spectrum for help regarding “on demand” failure. Techs cannot tell me when this will be available again. They tell me they are working on it. I am paying a premium for this service and I feel there is a refund due. I would like to know that there is some urgency in the Spectrum ‘geniuses repairing this issue." It makes setting up my new DVR box way more trouble. I am considering changing back to Windstream.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2019

    Spectrum is worse than TWC. Cable goes in and out. Internet stinks. It took 6 hrs to get tech support on the phone to tell them the whole street is out of cable. They can only go to one house - whoever calls. EVERYONE on this street is 90++. They don’t know how to contact you. They don’t have the strength to wait on the phone for 6 hrs pushing one damn button after another for one stinking recording after another to wait for some moron who has no intention of solving the problem or giving you credit for their stinking lousy service. No one does. 6 hrs... And it's every damn week something is out or wrong and no one cares.

    This is the worst service ever. $250 a month for nothing. Standard cable internet phone and nothing works. The bill keeps going up but they keep taking services away from us every month. There is nothing - nothing to watch on your channels - all with the same crap on day after day night after night. Who the hell watches my 600 lb life? Or any of the disgusting reality crap shows they show nonstop??? Anyone? What the hell are you charging us for??? Nothing to watch. They even took the Yankees games off in the evening so no one can watch them. Hey Spectrum - you stink!!! What a bunch of crooks!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2019

    Spectrum cable is not worth the money they charge. I had twice the number of channels for the same price with AT&T. Save your money and go with someone else. I have had Spectrum cable for 2 months and I'm ready to drop them.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2019

    This company tries to upsale you for everything. The employees don't listen, care, and appear burnt out. I was shocked how I was treated on the phone trying to get a hold of someone to ask a billing question. If you plan to call Spectrum for customer service, plan at least 2 hours out of your day to get this done. I never thought customers service mattered until I did business with Spectrum. Please do not sign up with this company. PS. It's also way too expensive.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    Slowest service and prices balloons throughout billing cycle. Customer service workers aren't trained well and are rude. Will disconnect service without prior notification and don't accept payment plans.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019

    I just completed Spectrum Internet one year promotional rate of $49.99 per month as of January 28 2019. Now the monthly price is $70.99. When I contacted the rep about the increase I was informed there were no additional discounts or promotions being offered for internet service alone. I could get a bundled promotion she stated. I told her I didn't need that, and could not afford it because I am a disabled Senior on a fixed income and I use an Antenna to get free tv and Vonage for telephone service but needed home internet for Vonage to work. She said if I wanted Spectrum Internet I would have to pay the higher monthly rate. I chose to no longer do business with Spectrum.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019

    IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SIGNING UP WITH SPECTRUM - DON’T. They are horrible, their customer service is deplorable, their representatives are the worst I’ve ever dealt with. I have Never dealt with a company or provider that is as bad as Spectrum. Check the Consumer Reports and all of the Spectrum Sucks sites on FACEBOOK. Going with Spectrum would be the worst decision you could ever make. I had an issue with Spectrum and nobody could help me, I would be on the phone for hours, being transferred over and over. I went to the Spectrum store and they were rude, useless and didn’t even attempt to help me. They never resolved my issue. DON’T CHOOSE SPECTRUM!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019

    In October I had to quit my job due to health issues. I am also on assistance as well. I was on the $44 and some odd sense because with my assistance you have to have cable which I did not want and I never have because I do not like my son watching cable nor do I like to watch cable. I have always used the fire stick and can get just about anything for the last 5 years. My place of assistance terminated their contract with Spectrum this year because of the fact that they switch to digital which caused a lot of problems four people in my area.

    So when the contract was up I went and turned in my digital box and told him I do not want cable anymore. I also had a man come to my house asking if I wanted cable from Spectrum and I specifically told him no I do not want cable nor did I ever watch cable and I returned my digital box. My neighbor is on the same assistance and she told me that a man came at night from Spectrum, I feel as if a guy from Spectrum coming to my house asking me if I want cable during the day should have probably went to her house right afterwards to ask if she wanted cable as well but instead it was at night time, I find that very strange and creepy.

    So now every month my bill had went up by almost $10. I called and they said my yearly thing was over okay so I'd let that slide. Mind you I have no job at the moment and I'm a single mother and I do have a lot of bills that I still pay. Eventually in January my bill went from $44 and some odd cents to 80 some dollars. I called and told them that it's not possible for this to be and they said I have cable and I told them I do not have cable. I'm on housing. We turn in our digital boxes because of the fact that you made us switch to digital. After a long conversation and difficult conversation the lady finally got my bill back down to $34 to only pay instead of the $87 which I did pay. Then I get an email saying that my $34 was returned and now I have a fee for a returned payment. Which there is no reason for that and I do not even see the returned fee in my banking account.

    Now my bill comes up for February and it is $212. I called Spectrum and told them that there's no possible way and that I spoke to a lady who had fixed it. I called every month for 4 months. And they have no recollection or anything put down about that day I talked to the lady when I have it all wrote down as well. They told me that I have a bundle package of $197 with internet and cable. Now my question is why would I go to a bundle package with internet and cable in. First of all I cannot get cable without my digital box which I turned in the digital box and told him I don't want cable. Never wanted it. Don't like cable. Then I told them or ask why would I call for the last 4 months still complaining about how it keeps going up and how it seemed a little bit suspicious that it started going up once my assistance stop their contract with Spectrum.

    I explained to them that there is no way I would agree to that bundle package due to the fact that I have no job and I am behind on bills and I am struggling. I still to this day have a $212 bill and it is due in 5 days, and the customer service the last time was complete ignorance, but my call for the previous bill, the lady that easily got my bill back down to $34 because she saw that I'm still being charged for cable but I have no digital box was able to get my bill down was so simple. Then the next bill was to be back to 44 something, and now I bill due is $212!?!? If it is not taken care of I am thinking of contacting the Better Bureau Business because this is absolutely ridiculous.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    So I used the phone this morning, late in the morning, and early afternoon it went straight to a busy signal and a 'line in use' message. Hum. Nothing I did fixed it so I finally went into a chat with Spectrum where I was told that my phone service had been disconnected in mid December, over two months ago and that I could not get my phone number back as they'd given it to someone else... Apparently in the three hours since I'd used it they gave it away. Right.

    So then they said they could give me a new number but that the cost would go up. Again, right. All I had done is add cable to my already existing internet and phone service back in December. I made extra sure that the phone would NOT be disconnected and that we needed phone/internet and cable. Like one previous person pointed out, it is almost impossible to find an itemized list of what you are paying for online. So basically I had the service, I've paid the full amount well before it's been due ever since I've had the service.

    I upgraded two months ago and today for no reason at all and out of the clear cold sky, they cut off my phone and then told me they'd given my number away months ago, even though it is the number they need to access my account. It's connected to my account. How is someone else possibly using it. I even demanded to speak to a supervisor hoping for someone with an IQ higher than that of a glass of water, but I was not that lucky. If there were two dots to connect, these people would be confused by that. I would LOVE to have a choice for cable internet. I'd take Satan's Super Cable Service over these guys. Ya know, someone with more integrity than Spectrum.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2019

    I was a long time customer of Time Warner Cable. Spectrum has raised prices and remove services. How can you remove a channel that's a part of a bundle package, then tell me that the channel will be removed from the bundle. The price will stay the same. I'm looking for new cable service. Very unhappy. No help from customer service.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019

    Charter/Spectrum had a notice on my bill. That in Feb they were removing four premium movie channels from my Gold package. When I asked the rep at their office if the package price would go be going down, they said no. When I asked if they would be grandfathering in existing customers, the rep said no. I asked how much it would be to add back in the movie channels, and the rep said $38-$40/mo. It looks like if I want the channels back I will be paying an additional $480/year. A complete ripoff.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019

    I called to setup Internet service and they sent a self install kit. I asked the rep how I would be able to activate service at the pole and she said that her records indicated that it was never physically disconnected at the pole. I asked if it was no physically connected at the pole, would there be a charge for a tech to come out to activate the line.

    After trying to self install, a rep on the phone and I determined that there was no active service coming to my house so she scheduled a technician (several days later!). The technician reconnected service at pole and left. Now I get my bill with a service charge on it and customer service says that the tech said it was a "failed self install". This is a lie and they can't even give me the parameters of what a chargeable installation is. They just let the tech make that call and will not change it. This company is horrible and I will be going back to U-Verse.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2019

    Spectrum is so expensive and their service sucks! 99% unreliable!! I have a 4k TV that is useless. Every night at 7 you can't watch the app. If you try to use the on demand from the cable box they don't always offer the HD version of the show. The app if it loads is so pixilated and blurry. You can't make out a person's face. I call and call and they just say " uninstall and reinstall" useless!!! If I cancel which I have before... there is no good internet provider that has over 25 Megs. You pay almost $100 after promo is over for just internet that works 70% of the time. Stuck in hell!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2019

    I want to find out if I can reduce the internet plan I have and still get a good speed of internet since it feels like I pay too much. The website will only give me prices for upgrades. It won't show me the various packages it has. They require my address to do things on the site so will only show me upgrades. I tried a Live Chat and they won't give me any information. I explained my situation to the first one and she literally sent me a list of upgraded packages only. When I said that I wasn't looking for an upgrade she disconnected.

    I communicated with a second Live Chat person (Susan **) and she apologized for what happened and said that she would check on things and disconnected from me. They are such a scam. This has to be illegal. All I want to do is look at the different price levels and see which one fits my budget and needs and they have no interest in helping me. I am calling next but I shouldn't have to do all of this to look at the services they offer. If they needed my zip code to give me prices in my area that would be fine but they ask for my address so they can block me from seeing anything but upgrade information.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2019

    They don't care about customers. I've had an internet outage problem for months and they are inefficient to get it resolved and they don't care. They are rude and arrogant and apathetic on the phone and when they send technicians out who act like they know it all and can't even fix the problem. Worst of all they don't even want to credit me properly. I have Spectrum! and how they treat me as a paying customer, and this outage problem is still going on because they are too lazy and uncaring to come troubleshoot in the area or the building. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE, DO NOT USE SPECTRUM. :((( P.S. THEY HIKE THEIR PRICES TOO, FOR THIS HORRIBLE SERVICE. VULTURES.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019

    So many lies, so many games and zero results. Unfortunately, my profession requires that I have internet access. Also unfortunately, I live in an area of Brooklyn (pop. 3million people) where there is no other option for high speed internet. I must use Spectrum and Charter and in turn, they take advantage of their monopoly and charge me for service I don't receive. I could go into boring detail but after three straight days on the phone begging for what turned out to be a $20 credit (for over a month of no service) that I'm too exhausted tonight...

    I almost lost my job yesterday due to internet disappearing from my home for 48 hours (after a month of tech calls and visits and complaints but the problems only got worse). I missed several important emails and subsequently, large amounts of income that I rely on to put food on my family's table. I was accused, by my boss, of lying about my lack of home internet because "that's always your excuse!" Thanks Charter/Spectrum!

    Bottom line is I'm in touch with the state, my attorneys as well as the BBBureau and the Attorney General's office of NYS. I highly suggest everyone else fuming over the unethical business tactics of the Charter Company call their representatives to demand this company be held accountable. It doesn't take too long on the phone and you'll actually get some results.

    And if you're bored, Google: "Spectrum class action suit". You may find that you are owed money that you'll never get back. Someone should also look into their labor practices as I've heard from the 10 different techs that have been in my unit in the past 4 weeks, how horribly they are treated on levels that will make you very very sad. No employee rights whatsoever. Guys are forced to work sometimes 24 hours, and if they complain, guess what? They're shown the door. Just an awful company. If you have any choice at all, spend your money elsewhere.

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019

    This company is a Ripoff. Every year they find a reason to increase the price and they just waste customers time and money. Can you imagine if they have 10 million subscribers and they raise your monthly service fee by $10. What would it turn out to be? What a shameless way of making money and the authorities are probably sitting on the same side and enjoying the benefits. This is ridiculous and unacceptable.

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    Reliability

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019

    Both my daughter and I work at home and we have Spectrum internet. We have been told that we are on a node all by ourselves because all our neighbors have AT&T or satellite. For the past several months, the service has become more and more unreliable. For instance, we have lost internet 4 times since 9am and it is now 3pm. It only goes off for a few seconds, enough for me to have to restart my computer and set up my network. This usually takes about 15-20 minutes. This is time that I am unproductive at my job. If there was any other option for internet for us, we would take it but there isn't. We're stuck with Spectrum. We're totally dissatisfied customers.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019

    This company has very creative ways to charge you for fees, some probably invented by them as they seem shady and ridiculous. Just because they don't shackle you to a contract they make it up on extra fees. They have the ability to add up so quickly that I cannot keep up with the payments as the prices go up and up for very small cable channel packages. I am done. I cut the cable and went back to HULU and Netflix.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019

    I have been with them since they were Time Warner Cable, 6 plus years. I never had issues with my wifi until they merged to Spectrum. Now the wifi goes in and out. I have done troubleshooting steps via app and customer support. Customer support just brushed me off and told me that if they come to my place and there is nothing wrong with my modem they will charge me. That was very poor customer service. The bottom line I have a problem with my internet and they did not care to resolve it. At the moment I am looking for another Internet provider.

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2019

    They took over for Time Warner and that's when it all started. First the price went up by $40 per month and now it's more than twice what I was originally paying. Cancelled cable and phone service today.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2019

    So we've lived in Whitefield, Maine for over a year now. My father, who also lives in Whitefield just seven minutes away from me, has Spectrum internet. Over the past year, we've waited and tried other companies like Consolidated Communications and US Cellular to get internet service because Spectrum said "we don't offer service in your location yet, try again later."

    Earlier today, my father says "try today" so we do. We call up Spectrum and the guy on the phone puts in our address and we go through the steps to get service, going as far as to set up a date to get a technician out here to set it up for us. Guy puts us on hold so that he can transfer us to get our payment info set up and to finalize everything. Someone from (I believe) the billing department picks up the phone and asks us again for our address and then tells us that they don't offer service to us and hangs up. We were on the phone for 15-20 minutes, the whole time glad that we could FINALLY get some decent internet that we've been waiting over a year for, and suddenly they don't offer it to us. Thanks for nothing.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2019

    Spectrum internet is the worst. They promise you 100 mbps. Their ping test shows decent numbers but when you use a 3rd party (someone that's not trying to sell you anything) ping test it show 30-50 mbps. Constant outages and at times the speed drops to kbps. Not even 1 mb. The service gets worse and worse but the bill is constantly going up. Steer clear and find another ISP.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019

    An elderly client's service was stopped because of aid bills. The bills were set to an repeatedly sent to an incorrect address even after we called and changed the address. When calling to re-install service today, we find out that they now charge $5 to speak to a customer representative? And then they still drop your call due to technical difficulties. Customer service has truly been eliminated.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019

    I would like to to watch up to date shows instead of reruns. I feel that I am always not watching live tv. So how do I know what's current and what's not. So I guess I would like to stream live tv instead of old shows and as far as internet it cuts in and out interrupting the shows all the time.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2019

    It was about two years ago that I became a customer of Spectrum, formerly known as Time-Warner Cable. For years, I had avoided this company because just about anyone who has used them reports terrible service, lack of reliability, outrageous pricing and tactics therein. You needn't search online to know they have a bad reputation. I was hopeful, however, when I signed on for service which, for me, is just basic cable and internet. It didn't take long for me to conclude what all others are saying or have said about them - they're terrible. It's for the internet primarily that I subscribe, and I RELY on it. The amount of outages that occur are too many, too often. It's for this reason, primarily, that I offer this review. Very rarely can you find out via their customer service what the issue is - either they don't tell their reps what's going on or we're deliberately lied to. I'm beginning to think it's the latter.

    Customer service is always a headache, always. They insist on going through this checking of your equipment protocol, despite the fact that no one has touched the equipment except for the Spectrum agent who installed it. I cannot count/recall the times I have contacted their customer service over internet outages. When it works, it's pretty fast internet, but again, when it works. Even if there isn't an outage, it's common for movies or TV shows that I stream to freeze. Then there's the issue of billing. The longer I remain with this company, the more my bill becomes. I don't think many of us would mind that so much if the quality of the service to which we subscribe and the customer service therein were significantly better. It's particularly telling when a company is well aware of their terrible reputation, yet takes no measures whatever to improve.

    This company has thoroughly earned their bad reputation. I gave them a chance, but they proved of their own volition how utterly terrible they are as a company and as a service provider. There ARE other options, so I, like so many others, are looking into those. I will be glad to soon call myself a former customer of Spectrum, and I will not hesitate to explain to people why I'm a former customer. People usually say, "they're a monopoly." Only if WE allow it. Every minute you endure through your next outage is time for which they are billing you. Remember that.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2019

    WORST company ever! I’m actually in the process of hiring an attorney. I canceled my service in May of 2018 and here we are in Jan 2019 and I’m still dealing with them. They never canceled my account ever after I changed my cable to WOW. I had no idea I still had an open account until I started to receive bills from them. They “claimed” I never canceled my account, when I had even returned their equipment. Still after they realized my account was canceled in May, they sent me to collections. After I told them I contacted an attorney is when they got serious. They stated they would be sending me a refund check in Dec 2018 and I have yet to receive anything. Every time I call, they state the check has been sent on a different date. Meanwhile my account is still in collections. Not sure how they owe me money and have me in collects at the same time. If I have write a bad review on every website, I will.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019

    I have had Charter's email service with my business for several years. In the past six months, Charter switched to an Outlook based format. While I understand the changeover to Outlook is sensible due to its widespread use, the switch has been anything but smooth. In the beginning, there were a lot of problems logging in for a couple of months. Generally for several months the service has been dreadfully slow. It takes forever to load up an email from the inbox, to view sent emails, etc. I'm not sure why these problems continue to persist. I've called in probably 10+ times in the past 4-5 months to register complaints. I'm hesistant to change because I have many contacts stored in there and don't want to change email addresses. If you're considering using Spectrum's email service, DON'T!

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2019

    Terrible internet. Can’t even watch the spectrum app. At least every other day channels I try to watch pause or lose sound or skip. If you have a choice don’t choose Spectrum. I upgraded to a “faster” internet speed and there is no improvement. If you have a choice don’t choose Spectrum.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2019

    This is by far the worst cable/internet provider. The internet constantly stopped working from time to time. Very unprofessional technicians. We called in for techs to come by and assess the problem and by far, two of them are no call and no show. Not worth it. Stay away from this company. Poor customer service. No one is willing to help with your problem. No one wants to fix the problem but they want you to pay for a service that does not work at all.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019

    I received a letter sent to my new address from Spectrum dated June 1, 2018 informing me that I had a credit. I waited until the end of July to inquire about when I would receive it. It is now January 2019 and after 6 calls (I made notes about time/date of call) I am told that they have no record of my credit. Mind you, I have 2 refund confirmation numbers! If I owed them money they would have cut off my service and had a collection agency after me. THIEVES!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2019

    Spectrum Sucks, every 6 months they have been increasing our rates. Service rates increases without any warnings!! Buyers be aware!! As a small business, it has become near impossible to survive in California. I will be looking into change the service carrier ASAP.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2019

    I made an appointment to have Spectrum install a wifi in our house. Immediately I began getting calls from Spectrum salespeople, trying to get me to subscribe to their other services. These calls came before I even had the wifi installed. So I called to cancel the installation and Spectrum's defense began aggressively. I could not get the person who answered to cancel my order. She kept arguing with me. After I hung up another woman called me back with the same aggressive sales pitch. If I hadn't canceled Spectrum would have called me constantly.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2019

    I have had Time Warner for many years, more than a decade, and never had any problems accessing my email online through webmail; logging into your email using an internet browser. Spectrum comes in and gives us 150mb/s internet, that is clearly throttled because it never gets that fast, particularly in one place - Spectrum Webmail. This site is so slow it reminds me of the beginning of the internet speeds on dial up.

    It literally changes screens after :25-30 seconds, sometimes longer, and is so antiquated that it is obviously an ignored service. If you send documents through your email from a PC, you have to use a third party email service to find any speed, but when you do, you will get messages that say "message send failed" and many other lovely messages that are not correct and you send emails 2 or 3 times, or you just don't ever reply! I know, it sounds like user error, but this experience has come after using an iPhone and Outlook for many years. Trust me, it is their antiquated system that makes those devices report erroneous messages and keeps the webmail server slower than molasses! All the best!

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019

    It would be zero but sometimes I can watch but only if it is not important. If it is a highly watched game, like the Ohio State game, it buffers continuously and is terribly fuzzy. What a rip-off! I recorded the internet speed with an independent speed analyzer. The 100MB speed was mostly in the 20's but often dropped in the middle tens during hi demand.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019

    I started having my spectrum WiFi service last year for $49.99. This year, they charged me $69.99 and I asked the reason because the awful receptionist didn’t mention the price will go up like this. They said it’s only limited for one year. If you want WiFi service, don’t go there. They are going to fool you to get into this service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    Lied to outright. Pitiful! PLEASE, PLEASE, do not do business with this company. Told 3 different things by 3 customer service people, including a so called "specialist". BUYER BEWARE! CONFIRMATION # ** about the issue involved. LIED TO AND RIPPED OFF.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    I started with Charter back in 2013 at a rate of $29.99. Last year, the rate was $54.99. This year they raised it to $65.99. That's a 20% increase...that's ridiculous!!! There needs to be more competition in the internet service business. Charter is out of control!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2018

    I have Spectrum and my ISP is trash. If you are considering Charter take my advice and don't waste your money. They don't have any humans in customer service either and if you wait an hour to actually speak to someone they read a vague script giving zero useful Information. They're the worst company I've ever had to use due to monopoly, if you have a choice I suggest you not choose them. Outage after outage. They can't get anything right and since Time Warner bought them out It's only gotten worse.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2018

    Long story short, when I signed up for Mobile services via Spectrum, I was not advised you must have a banking card for auto-pay from an actual bank such as Chase, Citizens, etc. It can not be a pre-paid card from Ace Check Cashing. It is funny how you accepted the card for payment for the equipment but not for the auto-pay which works for all other auto-payments. I've been advised that now I have to call in every month for the payment to go through rather than auto-pay. This is a huge inconvenience. Spectrum please come up with other payment solutions. I damn near canceled both mobile, internet and cable because of this. RIDICULOUS!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    I made an appointment for a tech for today between 12-1pm. It is now 3:16pm, no tech, no call no show and 5 customer service people and one supervisor later, no one knows ANYTHING. I wonder might I try this with anyone I make an appointment with?? I think NOT. I wonder might I try to do them like they have done me today when it comes to making my appointment? I know I can't because they with just turn it off. I made a dire mistake because I am paying for 200 Mbps and only getting 16 up/11 down. I lost a possible job with SelectQuote because of this and now to try to get it fixed, I get played. I am so sorry I left DISH, their customer service and payment arrangement service was stellar. Yeah, we lost reception when it rained sometimes but hell, it sure was better than this mess!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    Cable constantly broke up. Canceled it. Kept internet not much better either. When it is off they never reimburse you for time off. Customer service ridiculous. You go through a long process even to talk to anyone.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018

    They treat their customers like crap. I'm paying more than 200 a month for internet and basic cable (no premium channels). When asked why, they say you have already gotten a discount when you started. You will have to leave for 6 months then come back to lower your price. How ridiculous is THAT?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2018

    Spectrum's Customer Service is great. The main problem I'm having now is being on my computer and constantly being dropped from the Internet. It's annoying. When I'm in the middle of something, it just cuts out. At our other house, if we were watching something on TV, the service would just stop. Sometimes the service would be out for an entire day.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2018

    For the amount of money I pay for service I am not happy with the selection of channels. Thinking of cutting the cable and streaming.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2018

    I thought cable was originally done so that it was commercial free. Now you've got commercials everywhere and we still have to pay for cable. Don't get it. Prices High and they bundle stuff so that you end up getting a bunch of channels that you don't watch. It would be better if they gave you a package in which you choose the channels that you want.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2018

    The choice of channels and programming is very, very limited to say it modestly. Also the most of the TV shows are not of any interest to me or anyone in my viewing area, also I doubt anyone in Canada would even be interested in the lame shows that are of no interest, matter of fact I'd just as soon watch "soap opera" all day-to-day! That's bad. They want high dollars for packages of any quality content. They lose service constantly, and give you an attitude showing you they don't care. If you like it, and you are dumb for saying or contacting them!

    They are difficult to get someone to talk to about problems even if it is their equipment not working properly! Of course they raise prices fast as the stock market changes! Advertisement they send to you comes in bulk 5 or 6 letters ALL the same thing! I have already switched to Sony Playstation and Windstream as my streaming TV and satellite providers!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    After Spectrum took over Brighthouse cost increased exponentially. Service and selection declined. Forced into a phone package that we did not need or want. They cannot port the number so I cannot offset the cost by replacing one of our CenturyLink lines. The phone did not work at all until this past week, charged $29.99 since January. They just refund only $65. Nowhere near the $300 + that I paid out for nothing. Going to Tallahassee for the next legislative session to see about changing the rules that permit this nonsense.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018

    I would like for Spectrum to add a feature online where you can add or cancel any tv package service. I really don’t like every time I want to cancel or change a service I have to call a representative and them asking a 100 million questions before I can tell them what I want. And not to mention they have bad customer service.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2018

    Very expensive limited TV service, freaking me out of service and no rates for disabled or handicapped or elderly people. The attitude is if you can't afford to pay what we're offering then you will have no TV. Very difficult to reach anyone at any time. I am very unhappy with the service of this Spectrum company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2018

    Service and equipment is archaic at best, the menus are terrible, uninformative, un-intuitive and hard to work with. The layout is miserable, multiple key presses to see information that should take one or none. It feels like cable service from the 1990s or a hotel.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2018

    The worst service I have ever used. Every month they lock me out of my online account and do not recognize my password and I have to call and have them reset it, and it is not my error because I write the password down. I've called maybe 8 times now for this same issue and they only fix it temporarily. Also, I called them when I started the service to say that I did not want cable service and that I just wanted internet.

    Well my apartment complex backed out of a contract with them where the cable box was included in our rent, but we never had our services activated to begin with, so when they canceled the contract, Spectrum started charging us for the cable box again. Now my bill is $200 more than it should be and I have been on the phone with 3 different representatives and a supervisor for the last 45 minutes trying to get it taken care of. Worst service, they do not have it together as a business, and if you have to call them it will eat up most of your day.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2018

    My dad was under a $130 promo. When my dad passed and I had the account changed to my name, they ended the promo early and said I would be charged $200 monthly. They would not negotiate price even though we’ve been customers for 12 years. Threatened to raise price when I asked for a lower price. Awful company! Bye bye Spectrum. Hello Netflix and Hulu!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2018

    They are the worst. Always raising high bills, poor quality, awful customer service. We were without service for almost a month on and off. Offered a 10.00 rebate only when asked. Supposed to be 100 mbs internet, I am lucky if I get 25 mbs. They say it's my equipment, which is brand new. Every time they call, they try to sell me streaming, which I have with my Roku.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2018

    Missed two installation appointments without even a call. Since merger with Charter, the service has drastically decreased. I will be moving service as soon as Fiber is available. Had Spectrum Charter in Oregon, even worse there. Took four appointments, supervisor visit, and a 15 calls to get cable working.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018

    I feel Spectrum's fees are a total ripoff. If I choose a smaller package they decide only certain channels I can choose from. I am very disappointed and am paying $200 a month for what. It should be at least half that. When we had to upgrade because we had been customers so long, they quadrupled my phone charge. Totally disgusting!!!

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018

    After experiencing the worst service ever from Spectrum for over a month where I could not send email on any of the previously used unchanged settings of 6 devices since upload speed was between 0-.5 mbps, having the Spectrum app not return to full screen display after switching inputs, having resolution drop to 480i while watching content, being unable to use the guide as it would freeze, having the app just drop out indicating service unavailable, being unable to even start the app, having the display and/or audio loop back for a second or two randomly while watching content, being told the problem is my network setup when everything worked before and now without changing anything, having the cable box sound produce a loud pop when changing channels, and having Milwaukee channels disappear from the guide, I now see I have the scenario where the bill has been increased. I am aware that servers have been added according to a customer service supervisor located at 10300 Ormsby Park Place, Louisville KY 40223.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018

    They do not listen. They change prices every month as each bill is increasing at least $10+. Customer service needs to have new training. They are rude. Don’t listen to the customer. I’ve had to call 5 times in one month to get everything to where I was given the rate I was quoted.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018

    Poor customer service and overcharging. My bill has gone up by $34 a month since Spectrum took over. They raised my bill two years in a row and claimed I was on a special promotion. The internet goes out periodically as well as the entire system. We have very little choice. It is them or nothing.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2018

    Spectrum service is horrible. Cable is archaic and user unfriendly. Customer service does not care and all of them lie to you. Internet is fine when it works which is only about 50% of the time. Going back to ATT.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2018

    We have frequent loss of service phone, cable and internet. They refuse to credit for lost service and $140 monthly is more than this should cost. Wait on phone is always lengthy but in home service is on time.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2018

    Basically the only problem I have with Spectrum is the cost. The visual and audio is fine with their cable reception. With their internet speed, you have to pay more to get what you need to run devices. Again I reiterate the cost is the only problem with Spectrum.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018

    Just high in price. And they nitpick and charge you for absolutely every little thing. Just because I'm out in the country and they are the only cable company available. So they rip you off. If they can give new customer service for $89 a month why can't they give customers that have been true to them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018

    Spectrum service is awful. The internet is great when it works. Unfortunately, it does not always work. Their phone service is even worse. Right now our phone rings. When we answer we can hear the people and they leave a message. The phone message system does not always work. When we try to call people their phone number is busy. When I use my cell phone I am to talk to them. When you call customer service they do not care.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018

    My cable can’t be watched on the living room tv because it is constantly pixelated and skips making it unwatchable. This is because we were grandfathered in thru TWC for the whole house DVR and the main box is in the master bedroom. If I add a series, delete a series or even just record a single show it causes the issue in the downstairs tv causing it to pixelate for the next 8 hrs. So my husband has to watch what shows he can on demand. They won’t come fix it.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    There is a problem with the signal to my complex that's difficult to fix. Causes internet functions to fail. They've lied about it for months, still not fixed 6 months later but they're still charging me full price.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    Outsources most tech support to other countries so hard to understand. Takes days to get someone to come out and fix anything. Prices go up substantially every year and they have no interest in keeping longtime loyal customers. If you complain about service their attitude is that they do not really care. After 30 years I left and went to AT&T. When called to cancel they were not even interested in finding out why.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2018

    TV is barely worth watching to begin with. I now call it Sellovision, because little time is devoted to the actual presentation. Now Public television is about the only thing worth watching. Next, Spectrum has no contract. I find that objectionable. With no contract, no agreements between parties is in writing, thus, they are free to do whatever is on their minds. First thing they did when they took over is to raise my bill 10 bucks, then another sum last month!

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2018

    The cost to the consumer is exorbitant. The claim that you’re providing "x" number of channels is misleading when many of them are just duplicates. Every little advance in technology is an added cost to the consumer. The company's attitude boils down to "my way or the highway". For a long time the people wanted to pick & choose the channels but they refuse to allow this undemocratic process. What is needed are regulations to force cable to be fair & honest. The cable industry's greed & shortsightedness will cause its demise.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    In my two weeks with Spectrum, they insisted I pay a full month’s service and would be reimbursed for the partial month remaining (two weeks) when I ended service. After four months of calls and repeated promises of a reimbursement check, I called today and was told there is no record of any conversations or the refund. Completely wiped, apparently. Appalling.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    My number one concern when finding tv/internet service is reliability, then price. I don't care so much about what channels I get. Unfortunately, Spectrum is the only available internet service option in my area, so they have a monopoly. In order to keep a reasonable price I have to call every year and haggle with a sales rep. When I view my account online I cannot find any information that breaks down what I am paying for. I am forced to call them, wait for a customer service rep, and then spend way too much time asking for information about my account, which I don't have time for. When we signed up with Spectrum, we upgraded our home router/wifi to handle multiple devices.

    Even when only the TV is streaming via wifi, it often pixelates and has poor picture quality. We go through long periods of time where the Spectrum app won't work at all. The only reason I give them one star is that when I have needed assistance I have had good experiences with the customer service people I have talked to. They have been very helpful. Unfortunately this does not improve the overall quality and pricing issues I've experienced.

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    PriceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    These people literally don't care! Their user interface is a mess. I set up auto payment with my bank account. Then come to find they overcharged me because they didn't post a payment to my bank account. When I asked why if I set up auto pay would I have to manually do a one time payment (THE POINT OF AUTOPAY!!) they told me that it doesn't take at first or something along those lines and that you still have to do manual payments - their app is supposed to be user friendly. It is not! These people just want to blood suck every last penny out of you. Not to mention my bill keeps going up and down by a dollar or two and I am like, "Hmm thought this was for a one recurring price fee not whatever you feel like charging me." They are the worst, and I cannot wait until I can break free of them. I should have just gone to Verizon. They have way better deals and service.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    Terrible reception on most channels. Not enough content on basic tv channels. Asked for a technician to come out since I am not able to get on wifi. They never showed up. Still cannot get on wifi on my cell phone.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    I ordered TV/Internet and Telephone services. They set it up but I kept having the signal go out. They sent a service rep out and he told me that my router was not reaching all of the house. I have used this router or same unit in three other houses and I never had this problem before. The service rep told me I had to get a booster for the signal. It cost me $120. I still have problems with the signal dropping on the TV and the internet.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    Cost is very high for what you receive. The worst part of cable is every year they raise their prices for no reason. The increases are not small usually in the 10% to 15% range. If there was competition in the cable space, this would not happen. Satellite I understand is just as bad if not worse. I will look to drop cable and go with new streaming alternatives next year.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    Very disappointed with Spectrum's service. Customer service rarely follows through if there is a service issue. They promise to call back to check if the problem is resolved but it rarely happens. I have to call back and repeat the problem to several different customer service reps. Disgusted with my internet service. Constantly have issues with my internet. Speed is 1/3 of what I’m paying for. Have had equipment replaced & still have problems. Seems to be faulty equipment. Then I have to waste MY time to go pick up new equipment instead of them sending someone out to replace it. As soon as there is a new company in my area I will be switching internet providers immediately.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018

    After three years I thought my promotional period had ended. Gradual increases throughout that time were expected. Then a short period of calm followed by a small increase which then came to $150.74/mo. Now I've just been hit with another increase and am now at $166.67/mo. Called customer service and was told to expect monthly increases until I've reached retail pricing of $241.78/mo. This is for phone, TV and internet speed of 30 mbps. Advised the service rep that I'm now shopping around.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018

    Really easy to set-up recordings from computer or smartphone, great to use while traveling ~ you can watch on other devices, very strong and fast wi-fi, easy and fast scheduling appointments with good customer service. I have all home so I can record and watch from any room in my house, which is especially important when hubby wants to watch sports. Red Zone is the most important feature for my husband and sons ~ very inexpensive program for football lovers who do not want the expense of total football packages.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018

    The customer service is above average. The only issue that I really have is the value and price of the services. For the price, the number of channels that you receive does not seem to be worth what you pay. The Internet price could be a little bit lower, but is OK. I have not had any trouble with the customer service when I have called for help.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2018

    May God bless the customer service representatives at Charter/Spectrum. I couldn't imagine enduring wave after wave of inbound calls from unhappy customers each time your employer decides to engage in unfair and deceptive practices. After 15 years of being a customer I've finally had enough. There aren't many options - but I will find one. My Charter/Spectrum bill has rarely been the same for 3 months in a row. They perpetually raise rates on each component of your service while reducing the 'bundling discount' they promise. "Okay, my cable bill's $145 a month." Month 3... +$2 here, +$5 there, -$10 bundling discount here. My bill typically grows by $30-50 every year, followed by several hours on the phone and a temporary discount... only for the cycle to continue again.

    Their TV service is ok and their internet, while reliable (it rarely completely goes out,) is not consistent. Their speeds are nowhere near advertised and can crawl, at worst. They charge you considerably for antiquated equipment. Oh, you want to actually use the built-in DVR capability? Well, that'll be $12 extra each month... for now. Their products are little improved over those provided 10 years ago, except on paper. (Maybe they've invested more in Marketing?) Cable has been a commodity... a basic utility, for some time now. I don't understand why most states don't afford Charter/Spectrum customers many of the same protections they provide for water and power customers. Imagine if your electric company could randomly raised you rate, at will, in order to focus on profit. We'd all have $1000/month electric bills by now.

    5G and future wireless technologies will give us choices. No longer will the cable companies be king. It's a shame that Charter/Spectrum hasn't recognized this and begun to provide better services without the price-gouging and deceptive practices. I pray I see the day when the executive team at Charter/Spectrum fails, and needs to seek new jobs. May they be in the cubicle next to their former support reps - working for a new, wireless data utility provider.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018

    Spectrum cut off my service without telling us. A customer walked into a Spectrum location with a lease agreement and a Spectrum representative entered the wrong address. I was not notified. We were then waiting for someone to move into to our home; what an eerie feeling! The higher up management made a deal with us to pay the price we were paying before for a year and then increased the price to double what we were paying for years. The said they could not re-connect our internet for the same price we were paying. We bought a modem and returned the one we had been renting. The reps at Spectrum turned around and said "We do not rent modems". In fact I was being charged monthly since day one.

    This was very absurd. I plan on disconnecting service when my year is up and going with a different provider even if it costs more. This ordeal was very unprofessional and very cumbersome. We are very disappointed as we had brought several customers to Spectrum via word of mouth. Never again will we do business with such an irresponsible company. In addition, we called the help desk and got very negative responses and disrespect from help desk techs asking "Why would you want to continue to do business with us after we cut you off?" Wow! I was blown away!

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018

    We moved into this house 30+ years ago and the only cable service was Adelphia. That morphed into Time Warner which became Spectrum. The changes made service progressively more expensive and with worse quality of picture and sound (Time Warner) which really became terrible after Spectrum took over. Their "upgrades" to fiber optics has caused more problems including loss of DVR programs because the DVR boxes were defective and had to be replaced; repeated rebooting of the cable boxes for various problems such as picture and sound quality, inability to access all the channels we are paying for.

    And the newest problem is loss of the program guide for no apparent reason which also erased my DVR programs to be recorded! I hate Spectrum, the customer service by phone is fair, the chat help fair, the local office lousy and impersonal and uncaring. We are so close to cutting the cable and have just been too complacent, but Spectrum's lousy product is making it easier to go that route.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018

    I keep getting Spectrum "representatives" showing up at my door. The last one showed up at 8:30pm. This has to stop. I am not interested in their business. I do not need strangers ringing my bell at night.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018

    We moved August 31st and originally I planned to end cable and sign up with Sling TV. When I called you offered a cheaper package if we stayed with you and offered to waive the transfer fee, but that didn't happen. I scheduled service to be turned off 8/31/18 and you kept it going until Sept 20th. You charged us for service at the old address and the new address. Long story short I called Oct 26th and was on hold for 22 min, Oct 30th on hold 11 min, Nov 6th 21 min, Nov 13th 26 min and today twice once for 41 min before being disconnected and 55 min and disconnected again. Each time I'm being told a different story, first my credit was supposed to be $166 (this is a figure your reps gave me) now I'm being told $98 dollars.

    Apparently your system was scheduled to send me the credit Nov 11th and then canceled it. Each time I call I'm told it will take 3 weeks and now it's Dec 5th and still no credit. I SHOULD have made the switch to Sling and believe me we are now. I have several reference #s and I'm tired of the runaround. I've wasted over 2 1/2 hours and each time I get anywhere I end up being hung up on with no callback. Oh BTW, we were scheduled to start our new service Sept 1st at our new address and the tech was a no show no call. Horrible service, absolutely shameful. I don't have words to describe how awful my experience has been with your company. If I could give you negative stars I would. WARNING - do not believe Spectrum's lies, make the switch - anything is better than this.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2018

    As a senior living by myself I rely on my phone, cable, computer. It keeps cutting out constantly. I'm paying top dollar here and I'm getting real lousy service here. My phone cut out 2 times in one day, very unacceptable service here. Get your hands out of my back pocket here, pull up ya sleeves and how about giving us a break here. I am low income and soon will not able to afford to have the service. Spectrum Time Warner Cable of NYC went to the dogs.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2018

    I first called Spectrum around November 14, 2018 to ask about the rising internet/WiFi rates. I was a happy Dish customer but had to get internet service through Spectrum due to my area. A Spectrum sales representative explained the packages and special promotions for my area and I was quoted a monthly price of $172.65 for the Gold Package! That price would have saved me about $30.00 per month! The installation went poorly, the programming was not tested before the tech left and of course many channels in the package were NOT CODED IN... Another Tech arrives, fixes the problem BUT THE PRICE GOES UP! I call customer service AGAIN. Knowing they record conversations I demand they listen to the original sales call.

    An hour later they apologize and agree that I was sold the Gold Package for that price and ask me to call back in 3 business days to make certain the “Remedy Ticket” has been resolved. I call three days later and no resolve, I call 2 days after that and SPECTRUM RESOLVED TO CHARGE ME MORE THAN I WAS QUOTED... $189.10!!! I swallow hard and TRY TO UNDERSTAND MISTAKES HAPPEN. It is now December 5th and suddenly channels are now missing again and I’ll have to make yet another call! I am an easily satisfied customer BUT NOT THIS TIME! STAY AWAY FROM SPECTRUM!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaffReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2018

    Updated on 02/21/2019: Spectrum continues to retaliate after I filed a complaint to the FCC for halfway installation, channels removed and slammed with bogus charges. After 2 months of issues, it's back to somewhat of the same issues. They promised HBO, Cinemax, Showtime in which claimed it's a Silver Pkg. As of Feb 15th 2019 they claim removed Cinemax but charging me the same fee. They continue to get away with these moves. They claimed no one uses these station so they removed it and I can add another station for 8.00 - what does this have to do with the 4 month service I have had with them? I asked if I could have an additional week to pay bill and they said they dont do payment arrangements nor offer it to anyone. No matter what the situation they don't care and in it to rip you off and make additional $ off of customers. Beware.

    Original review: From installation I had issues, they lie about the true monthly costs, customer service doesn't know up from down. Incompetent unprofessional. Interference with internet and cable. Unreliable from connection to customer service. They are FRAUD and slamming you with bogus billing and refuse to assist it resolve issues. Finally filed a complaint to the FCC! Next FTC!

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018

    Sale service, lie to me about 2 years price lock for $44.99. Then they increase my price before end promo. I talk to customer service. Said, "They never sale for 2 years", and increase my price for $45.99. Lie, lie, lie, not Honest Business.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018

    In February 2018, I dropped everything except internet in order to get 100 GHz internet, replacing the 50 GHz. I then added Spectrum’s TV Streaming app, because it was only $20 in lieu of Other TV apps. Soon after and to this day, I have had problems getting a trouble free day of service. I have made many calls about poor quality picture, dropped service, lost audio and so forth. Through all of my conversations and visits by Technicians, I was told we had too many WiFi devices for 100 GHz service, even though I had a dual band router. I upgraded to 400 GHz service and they sent me a WiFi router, which was free of charge. Within days of making the switch, I had another Technician out to see why I wasn’t getting 400 GHz. The technician told me I should dump Spectrum’s router and get a Tri-band router, which would give two 5 GHz bands and a 2.4 GHz band, making everything more stable.

    As a result, we are still having troubles with the Spectrum app. I know this, because I can use Netflix and have trouble free viewing. Spectrum’s app may never be right, and if I could switch to another internet service, in my area, I would leap at the chance. My next alternative, is to find a different streaming app, that include the local stations. The last I looked, Spectrum was the only one, in our area. My recommendation: Get your own modem and router for the best service possible, even though Spectrum fails at providing a level of service to meet the increasing demands.

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    Contract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018

    When I was setting up service, I was lied to on terms, price, and billing. When I contacted Spectrum all they said was, "Sorry for the bad info but I cannot help you." They also refused to give info to legal department. They said that there is nothing they could do.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018

    First Spectrum is not a cable company. They are a venture capital company that goes around buying up small local and regional companies that are struggling and renaming them Spectrum and within months of that acquisition they raise the rates and the quality of service begins to fall off. When you have any problems with any of their services TV, phone or internet they are totally unresponsive to your complaints, they send out untrained repair people that make little or no effort to fix your problem. I am stuck with this company because I live in a community with an HOA that got roped into giving Spectrum an exclusive contract, if you have any option get your service from anyone but Spectrum.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2018

    I had Charter some years ago and left because anytime I had a problem with the service (in those days it was TV only) - if I called customer service I would be treated like a liar or blamed for the issue, even when the problem was their equipment. I went back to them now that they have merged with Spectrum because they seem to have very good prices for the services they offer in a bundle.

    Last week, I received an email from them alerting me to an "update" they would be performing in the wee hours of the morning. No big deal. When I received that email, my system (computer, wifi, et al) was working fine. In the morning, I had no internet service. Multiple calls to their help line over three or four days did not resolve the problem, which they blamed on Microsoft. Microsoft had not done an update since Oct 25th and my system was working after that. I finally asked them to send a repair person, who only switched me from one server to another. When I asked for a repair person, they did not say there would be a charge and after the service was performed, the service guy did not say there was a charge.

    Service restored I went online to pay my regular bill and found that they had increased their charge. I have only had them a few months and they are already increasing their fees, which they assure me is across the board. I went back to their system to pay the bill and found that that system was not working and would not take a payment.

    I waited a day and went back online to pay and discover that they charged me $45 for the service call which they caused... not Microsoft. I called and they say they think it was my computer that caused the problem... something about connectivity... only a coincidence that they did that update... so they will not reverse the charge. I asked for a supervisor and they told me someone will call me on Saturday. I cannot believe them.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    Where to start? We were Spectrum triple play subscribers in 2017 until my one year program was up, and as expected the rate went up around $25.00. I canceled the TV and phone only, and went with my old friend Dish Network. I turned in the equipment and found they had disconnected my internet. After an hour they reconnected me. The next day, I found out I had no e-mail. Back on the phone, and eventually resolved. Fast forward to September 2018. I contacted Spectrum about a change of address for my internet, as we were moving in October. I spoke with a very high pressure lady in Columbus, who convinced me to go back to the triple play, and I bought in. She also said Spectrum would reimburse me for Dish's early termination fee. I emphasized that my TV service was still Dish, so a tech would need to reconnect.

    A few days later I received two boxes with receivers, remotes and a modem. Back on the phone. I asked if I could take the equipment to my new home in a month, and they set it up. So I thought. Later that day, guess what? No internet. Called - fixed. The next day, no e-mail. Called again. Fixed. They had to cancel my original account in order to set up the new address account, and that was apparently too complicated for Spectrum. A representative from the Akron Ohio office called about a week before reconnect, as he was confused about the notes regarding my account so I had to explain what had happened. He apologize profusely and could not understand why these events occurred.

    The tech showed up on time on installation day and did a good job with the install. Then I boxed up the Dish Network equipment and sent it back as instructed. I waited until they formulated my final bill online and printed it off and sent it to the link the sales girl gave me to process the reimbursement. A week later I received an e-mail advising my request was denied, because "the billing address was different than the installation address". Well DUH, we moved! They would have all that information available to them if they spent any time at all.

    I contacted a customer service rep and explained the issue, and he sympathized, but that department is separate from them and their decisions are always final! I spoke to a senior manager, who rudely said he submitted a report to that department and I will hear from them between 3 to 5 days. A week passed, no contact, so I contacted customer service again. He found I was turned down, and "Didn't they let you know?"

    The next day I contacted Dish and explained my mistake in trusting Spectrum and they happily reinstated me as well as crediting my original early termination fee, an addition to keeping my original promotion price. Now THAT is customer service! I returned my TV receivers and remotes and pray they don't screw me over in my final billing for those services. It has been a nightmare dealing with Spectrum. To their credit, nearly all of the CSR's and techs I contacted were cordial and professional. It's what happens after the call I always dread.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    They have no intentions of actually helping you, do not care about the lack of customer service or lack of actual service you receive. We pay for internet and cable that we possibly get 1/2 the time. They make sure to take our money though. If you have ANY other choice use them!

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018

    November 2018. My Spectrum bill has been paid via Bill pay through my bank for over a year now. Up until the last two months there has never been an issue with the payment crediting my account. For the months of October and November 2018 Spectrum claims they never received the payments yet I have check numbers from the checks the bank bill pay sent. They lost my automatic bill payment that comes from the bank. I’ve paid the late fees for both months and now my credit is being affected. Please fix this.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018

    Tech never showed between 4 and 5 pm on Sunday. I called three times and finally at 8:30 pm dispatch called to reschedule. They rescheduled for 10-11 am next day. Still no show. Called at 12:30 pm and was supposed to get a call from dispatch but it’s over an hour later and still no call. My job depends on having internet at home. If you want good service and quick installs where the tech actually shows DON'T go with these people.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018

    Spectrum is horrible. They have no intentions on working with its customers. They up the charges and basically charge you for everything. So once you pick a plan, it's double by the time they done. It's borderline criminal. But they're still in business. Please seek other services before.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018

    I have opted for new connection (1st week of Nov 2018) and ordered the package for the free setup. When I tried to set up the modem, it did not work and had to call customer support for the technician visit. Based on the schedule technician came and has resolved the issue by fixing something at the box in the neighborhood, from where connection to my house was sourced. He took my signature for the site visit & fix, on his mobile, blank signature screen.

    Later along with my first month bill I received an additional charge of 49.99$, for technician visit. I was shocked to see the charges for the technician visit. Neither the customer support nor the technician ever told me that his service will be charged. When I called the billing department to report my complaint, they told that they have raised the reversal request, but charges were never reversed till date.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2018

    I've been a Spectrum customer for about a month. I have Internet at 30mps & streaming TV. I have yet to have 1 whole evening where the internet/tv didn't freeze up at least half a dozen times or, more often than not, just completely quit working altogether! I am a VERY dissatisfied customer to say the least & would NOT recommend this service to anyone I actually liked!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018

    I added HBO, SHO and MAX on my account. Spectrum switched me from Brighthouse to Spectrum. They told me none of my other channels would change and quoted me a price. All my channels changed. I reported them to the PSC for bait and switch. Now they tell me my rates have gone up in June then again in September. They keep raising the fees and printing in small print on their bills that they are doing so. So I decided to cancel my bundle and of course they had to transfer me and disconnected me as they have done in the past. Terrible customer service and a terrible setup. We should have more than one cable option. Competition would keep rates down and demand better customer service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018

    I recently got Spectrum’s service for $20 a month. Where you get to choose the channels you want. But you have to watch those channels on their app. That is where the problem is! The app never works! Not even half the time! At least 3 or 4 times a day it goes out. It’s a crapshoot when you turn it on. Whether it works or not!! This is all 100% true. I have called multiple times no one can help me. I actually had the one guy tell me that they get complaints all the time and there is nothing that can be done. I either had to deal with it or get rid of my cable. There should be criminal charges brought against Spectrum. For stealing my money and not providing a service that works!! If I stole cable that would be against the law. Why doesn’t it work the other way around?? Only reason they got one star cause there wasn’t an option for negative stars!!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2018

    I had came to a one year agreement on the telephone last February regarding a "Bundle" from Spectrum Cable which included various cable stations, internet, and telephone. Fast forward 9 months to today, November 13, Spectrum raised the prices and upon asking them about this, I was told THEIR agent lied to me last February. I promptly canceled, and although the dollar amount was minimal, I thought if their agent lied before, who is to say the person I am currently speaking with (Supervisor Evan) is not lying to me now, just like previously when they lied.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2018

    Returned all my equipment to Spectrum a day after I stopped service due to moving. They owed me $59 in over-payment and when I called the rep said they only got my modem and not the router. I told him both were sent together and check weight of box on tracking. He said check would be in mail next week. 2 wks later no check so I call and now the story is they didn't get any equipment back from me! I can't find tracking number receipt from UPS and now they are trying to bill me for the price of a new modem and router although it was at least 2 yrs old 'cause I had rented it for 2 yrs. These guys have a history of doing this to customers. They are liars and crooks and are flat out robbing their customers.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018

    Internet wasn't working because of the California wildfires. Called Spectrum customer service and they sent in Jeremy, our technician. He was really nice and professional. He answered all our questions and refused to take the tip we offered him. Overall I'm really happy with the service.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018

    Years of having had SPECTRUM removed from our home I've had the unpleasant experience of forcibly having their services re-installed into our home since Spectrum has the monopoly of the surrounding area where we live. Neither WOW, AT&T or EarthLink are able to install cable into our homes even though we are compatible with their services provided. This said, installation time(s) have not been in compliance - workers neither shown up or extremely late. Our time taken from work and loss of monies cannot be recouped and SPECTRUM not once consider adjusting our account. Monthly billing not HAS YET to be submitted electronically or USPS regardless of the MONTHS of calls to customer service OR emails to CEO hotline.

    The only utility bill due that is "late" is the one we NEVER receive unless we remember and or begin to write it down on the calendar. The services are not that great for what we are charged to begin with. And if I'm expected to pack up this box and take to a store...not happening. Prices increasing with SPECTRUM and not paying each month for late fees or service for a service that is pathetic and not corrected. Shame on Tom Rutledge for handling business and a corporation in this manner. Your workers are lacking educations, technology and hospitality. Sometimes the customer is RIGHT. AFTER ALL, there is a reason people are cutting the cord.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018

    Reinstating my regular service after it had been on "seasonal" mode for a few months, I was faced with Spectrum's conversion of TV service to a 100% digital format. In addition to the additional fees associated with equipment required for digital TV, making the conversion has been a terrible experience. The lines at the Spectrum store where I got (and returned some of) the equipment were incredibly long. I was issued faulty equipment. When I returned the equipment, they totally changed my bill, cancelling services I needed. When they gave up trying to make my equipment work from a call center and said I needed a service call from a technician at my house, I had to wait about 5 days for an appointment.

    I spent 45 minutes on one phone call, 50 minutes on another and over an hour on a third, mostly on hold, trying to get help. When I did get a person on the phone, they simply did not know the product or procedures. I got incorrect information at least twice, causing me to do things (return equipment, change service) that I really did not need or want to do. The changes they told me I had to make had to be reversed, setting off another round of time consuming and frustrating contact with Spectrum. In the past, I told people that Brighthouse was a company that provided very good customer service. That is certainly not the case with Spectrum and I am investigating my options for obtaining the services I need from another provider.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018

    The company Spectrum does not take responsibility when they make a mistake. My husband called in and was told that he needed to pay at least half of the past bill or we would be disconnected. We only owed 28.94. He was told it was 177.26 today or the service would be disconnected. When he asked for an explanation the guy was very rude and made no sense. He then proceeded to give the representative our bank account information. I immediately called back and told the representative that I got we did not owe that much and please explain the amount owed. The representative said we owed 28.94. I said I knew that, my husband paid someone else's account and was threatened to do so.

    The gentleman said he would take care of the mistake and find the payment. He said, "Don't worry. It will not come out of your account". Well that Saturday Oct 24th the payment came out and overdrafted my account. I called back to resolve this issue about 11 times and each time was told something completely different. Then they had the audacity to say, "We will refund you what you don't owe on the new bill that generated". I of course would not agree to those terms. They took my money and paid another account. Why should I be concerned about the new Bill? So I finally spoke with a supervisor that escalated the issue and said I would be refunded in 5-7 days. That is not the case. I then was told they issued a check and it will be here within 2-3 weeks. This company has been nothing but dishonest and hateful!

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    Installation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2018

    Unbelievable! After being hounded with junk mail for MONTHS I finally succumbed and ordered the $89.99 special. That $89.99 bill doesn't include RECORDING or WIRELESS and the first bill informs that there will be an immediate raise in the equipment and Broadcast surcharge fees. They don't tell you until you order that they also charge for installation. OUTRAGEOUS! Buyer beware.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2018

    First I want to say that I’m a LONG LONG time, Time Warner customer... Whomever states Spectrum is great or does an excellent service... probably works for the company! Spectrum is a piece of garbage wasting my time for two weeks trying to get the cable & channels going for $143 dollars a month & it’s still the time I cannot see my channels, it’s been call after call not counting I have wasted my gas going inside Spectrum local stores, I have not gotten a solution or fix! This company all it does is steal the hard workers' money! Total piece of GARBAGE! If you want to get STEALED GET SPECTRUM AS YOUR CABLE, INTERNET AND PHONE PROVIDER! If you have the option of SWITCHING providers rather than Spectrum DO NOT HESITATE ON DOING IT! My sincere recommendation! Don’t let this people fool you or take your hard earned money!

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018

    Well it has only been a few months since a judge approved the AT&T / Spectrum merger and I just received my October bill will went from $188.22 to 209.12. I have Spectrum TV services and AT&T cellular services. I guess it is time to shop for new service providers.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018

    Did not take long for me to ditch Spectrum. Since May 2018 to election night 2018, I have had so many problems like many others. After third DVR replacement because of the shutdowns just from using the equipment as it was SUPPOSED to be designed to perform, like fast forwarding or rewinding, I switched to a regular TV receiver. They tried to charge me $35 for replacement, and I refused to pay it since the rep said I would not be charged since I am disabled AND DO NOT OWN A CAR.

    Since then, I have experienced service outage for the third time, during shows I expect to be available, like This Is Us premiere, Halloween night and on election night all three services failed simultaneously. TV, Internet and phone all failed for several hours. DONE. Going back to Verizon Wireless, free TV and Netflix. Buyer beware. Customers leaving by droves due to Spectrum not delivering basic services it is being paid to provide. I wish I could say how I REALLY FEEL!

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2018

    I have been a customer for Spectrum for two years. They are not my first choice when it comes to service. I got a promotional price for the first year then that price went up to by $30 for the second year and they said I was still getting a promotional discount. This year again the price goes up another $30 dollars being off any kind of promotional discount. They say it won’t go up. I have internet that drops out and they said in the beginning that it was the wiring in the apartment. The wiring was fixed in the complex and they said they didn’t see a problem when it was doing the same thing as before. I pay my bills monthly on time and there is nothing but having to pay more and more each year. I can’t put satellite at my location. I am stuck with horrible service that like satellite goes out when it rains. If I had a choice I wouldn’t stay with this service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2018

    This is ridiculous!!! Ever since Spectrum took over Brighthouse it’s a terrible deal. They put me on a package with a phone which I don’t use and I gave up a bunch of channels. THEN when the promotion ended they raised me over $60 a month but I still have nothing. Every time I call NOBODY will help me. They say nothing we can do. So now I am paying $154 for missing channels!!! I asked them to work out some deal. They refuse to work with me. Period. I hate them. Such scammers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2018

    We moved in to The Colony TX area for more than 3 month. 3 months ago, when we have the service, we were told the cable in the back of the house will be buried within 7 days, but 14 days goes by, cable still there. We called, and called and called for 3 months, many times. We were always told there will be an order and someone will call me to get it buried. Someone did called a few times to tell me it will be buried tomorrow, but many tomorrow has past, cable still there. HOA sent letter to me will fine me and the kids are running around in the area. Parents told me if any kids gets hurt, I will be responsible for. I said there is nothing I can do besides keep calling Spectrum. The parents told me I should call the police. I will call the police if no one fix it by next week.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018

    Had internet service and was on e-bill as this is the only option you get. Was paying via the APP and has to disconnect my service since I was moving. Turned in equipment and advise to send me update final bill. App was disable and I never received the final bill in the mail nor via the app. Now they turned me into collections for $ 36.00. LOL. What a joke. Weeks after disconnecting tried to log into the app but my final bill never showed. Was not able to view pass or present bill and never got one in the mail. The company has terrible communication methods. Poor customer service. Will never, never, never subscribe to their service. Glad I have Frontier in my new place.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018

    I switched my equipment over to TIVO to save on cost and get better technology. It was a complete nightmare dealing with their service department. They were poorly trained and had no idea what to do. They brought non-compatible equipment that didn't work with their modem. After a 3 week fiasco of phone calls and wrong equipment, I was finally up and running. It was worth the effort to have better equipment. I have a second home and my provider is Xfinity, so I'm able to see how bad Spectrum is. Wish it was my provider in Ohio.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018

    Spectrum (formerly Charter in this area) recently upgraded their service (to our advantage I'm sure *sarcasm*). I apparently need to upgrade to a better modem. I was told this was no additional charge. If I were dependent on this service for any kind of income it would have been much worse. I can get one tomorrow, in the meantime I have no internet. The agent told me that I should read every piece of mail that comes from Charter. I told him it was almost all sales crap. He said there are important notices. I hung up. Everything I get from Spectrum says "Important" am I expected to read every piece of junk mail I get just to make sure I don't miss something? Should I take every fraudulent phone call and email seriously for the same reason? Is Charter Spectrum condoning fraud?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018

    Spectrum is the most incompetent company I have ever come in contact with. My husband is looking into getting Internet and Phone Service through another company. I called to get an upgrade, so Spectrum came out and changed my equipment. However, before the lazy technician left, he didn't even check to see if all of my services were working! I had to call them back and BEG for someone to come back out and connect my landline phone service, since I absolutely need it for work. They came back and now it's been 2 weeks and I have no features on my phone line.

    I have spoken to 8 people totaling 6 hours on the phone with these incompetent people and they still have not provided me with the features that I am paying for. How is it so damn difficult to connect features from your office. HORRIBLE customer service. Also, they have no respect for your house! They will tear holes in your wall, leave cords in disarray. I beg you to use another company... You won't regret it.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018

    I have had Bright House/Spectrum cable & internet not by choice but at 3 different addresses. One, after given many routers, every evening I had to call to get my cable/internet to unfreeze. Every night. Told me they can only fix it if they come out and I have to pay a service charge. This home, had issues with them having equipment. My original appointment was set 1 month in advance. Service person shows up telling me they ran out of routers; that Bright House only gives the techs a certain amount. And he was out. And they would call to schedule to come out with a router. No one called. I called the Spectrum rep for the community I live at. He is not helpful and does not return emails well. I do not have AT&T as an option because this community has a deal with Spectrum/Bright House for its properties.

    Next, every night at my new location, Internet is slow and cable freezes up. When I call customer support, a message states (if it’s cable or internet) that there are updating issues so service might not be available, no reps are available and there is no info to give you. It states almost like a disclaimer so they cannot be responsible for bad service, that if you have Netflix, Hulu, etc, that it’s probably their issue not Bright House. (I’m not using anything except cable so they can’t scapegoat with other companies). I can tell you at other locations, when I tried to use Apple TV, it could not keep up. It would lock up. AND every time I get cable and internet I ask for a fast version. I’m always assured it’s more than I could ever need. It’s horrible.

    In fact, I use my unlimited Verizon data on my phone to do everything. The internet is too slow and crashes too often. I wish my community didn’t have a “deal” with Spectrum/Bright House so that I could get AT&T. So three homes, issues every time. I’m still trying to find a real email to email the company. Also, their chat is not with a real person. Every time I try it, it is a canned response stating something like “I’m not trained in how Bright House equipment operates”... something like that. In other words you are out of luck. When all I submitted in the chat was “I need a customer service or customer feedback email”.

    You cannot and will not get help. Your service will not be as fast as using your phone’s data, and your cable and internet will not be reliable. Even in perfect weather. (Don’t let their commercials fool you. I don’t know how they can say that in stormy weather it works correctly when it cannot work right on a clear day). Bottom line: it’s not reliable. Customer service is very hard to get. They are not reliable. If there is a main Spectrum rep you had to call to get your initial appointment, they really only care about making sure you don’t cancel your service that 1st month. You will not get help even if it is just asking for a customer service email. This should not be okay to do to customers but they can because you do not have another provider choice. Which is a bit shady.

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    After a positive interaction with Spectrum, Corinna increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018

    No contracts, great! Provide internet service for 44.99. Great! They will then proceed to contact you by phone & mail to convince you to bundle a media package for a better price. It is NOT! After 12 months you will get a bill for $70 + dollars. You call and let them know this must be a mistake for them to tell you the 44.99 was only an introductory RATE! They say "sorry, can't help you, it is what it is now because you are no longer a new customer." Ask if you wish to continue service or simply cancel. "Well, yes, bye..." Cancel service. They DON'T! You will have to report them, and continue to waste your time calling to get them to cancel. They don't want to cancel your service because they want to be able to bill you the doubled rate. SCAM COMPANY... PLEASE BEWARE!

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018

    I can NOT believe that this company has the "nerve" to actually go up, for some people nearly $100.00 per month! And I cannot believe that they're actually being given the okay by the commission to do it. Will service be better than it's been? Or will shoddy services continue while we line their pockets with more money? I'm on the hunt for another provider or to get a Firestick, so that Spectrum can 'stick' it where the sun doesn't shine.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018

    First of all, I just wanna ask who had the cojones large enough to serve this ** to paying customers. If I wanted my internet to disconnect every 5 minutes, I'd unplug the modem myself. Slowest speeds I've ever seen, the weakest signal imaginable. I get better service using my phone's mobile hotspot/data, "AT&T", you know, the one they claim they're better than. (I think you'd have to hate yourself to get Spectrum's mobile service as well).

    I've seen that damn no internet dinosaur game more than anything else I was actually browsing for. And the rate just keeps climbing. For what? Im sure hamsters on wheels could generate a more reliable service all while costing less. Don't even get me started on the cable service. First of all, one of our boxes wasn't even turned on, yet we were paying for it the whole time. Even the guy that came out to fix it was puzzled. Second, services like on demand are almost always unavailable or unable to load. The guide breaks every other day meaning if you don't know what channels are what, good luck finding something to watch. The worst experience I've ever had, and I've been through DirectTV, Comcast, Dish, even Time Warner etc. Never had the problems I'm having now.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    We have 3 TVs. 1 of them goes out several times a week causing me to call Spectrum to restore the converter box. Such a hassle. I've never had to do this with any other providers, and I've had most of them now. I don't care or believe their equipment will ever work properly. Poorest engineered service ever I have paid for.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    I was a customer with Time Warner and recently came back as a Spectrum customer. I am not happy with this quality of service I am currently getting. The television live broadcast doesn't work. The on-demand is not working most times. This problem has existed for three months. Can't go beyond this if there is no improvement.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018

    Spectrum came out on a weekend to install new internet service at my home. After 4 hours the technician tells me that my service line signal wasn't working so he would have some come out to finish the installation. No one came. After multiple calls and being given the runaround I am still without internet 48 hours later. These ** did not deliver the service promised. They failed to complete a new internet installation job in the time agreed upon and charged my credit card for services not rendered. I am absolutely disgusted. Never had such piss poor service. I am gonna make sure I repost this on every website that allows customer service review. Beware of Spectrum! They take your money and give you the runaround. They don't even follow up on their own screw ups.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018

    I understand that I was on a special rate and it is due to go up. So I called asking if they would reduce it. Of course the answer is no. It is going from $135.00 to $155.00. Next year it goes up to their standard rates. They don't believe in reducing it for their current customers who has been with them for a long time. Then I was checking online with Spectrum and the young man called and I was explaining and his remark was IT IS WHAT IT IS. So rude. I will stay this year and then if it gets close to $200.00 next year, I am gone.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2018

    I have had nothing but great service from this company. From internet to tv service. Each time I call, the hold time may be long but I always get a friendly and knowledgeable person on the other line who is more than willing to help resolve my problems. I will always recommend to anyone looking for amazing reliable service!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2018

    This service is horrible. They change their name from Time Warner cable to Spectrum but still kept the bad service. At 12:40 my internet and cable went down and was not restored until 3:02. I was working on an assignment for school and the internet crashed. I called the company at 12:48 and the automated system stated that there was no outage in my area. S/W Sarah and she stated there was outage in my area and read from a script about how she would credit me 7.94 and give me a call back once services were restored. I said it was acceptable because my teacher will not allow to make up the assignment. She continue to read from her script.

    I then ask to speak to a supervisor (Ayne). He basically agreed with the rep and stated that outage happen due to unplanned outage. And they were only offering a $7.94 credit and a call back. I asked where did he get this amount he stated based on my monthly rate of $138.45 divide by 30 days. I know my services were restored because the TV and cable box were on not because I got a call back. The break down of the $7.94 is $4.94 for cable and $3.00 for internet. I would recommend that you get Dish, DirecTV or fire stick, Netflix, Hulu, Roku before getting Spectrum. It's not worth the headache. I wouldn't even get them one star but you have to give a star in order to post review.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018

    I had to drive an hour to pick up a cable box! The representative in the Kissimmee office was very rude! She ended up giving me the wrong box. It didn’t have the serial number assigned to me. Spent most of the next day on the phone with someone trying to help me activate it. She finally had to send a tech out to the house. He discovered that not only was I given the wrong box but it was a defective box as well! The tech suggested that I call corporate about it. He was very nice to me. When I called corporate she was even ruder than the first woman! She said that she was going to look up the tech that had been so helpful and he would be in trouble! She said they don’t give upgrades to customers for their mistakes! I am so done with Spectrum!!! If I could give negative number of stars I would!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018

    CHARTER SPECTRUM claims that my payments for June and July 2018, for Internet, were not paid and proceeded to deactivate my services. I normally make my payments online through US Bank. I went to US Bank and after being jerked around by them, they provided with ACH documentation proving that Charter Spectrum had cashed both payment. Well, in order to reactivate my services, I had to pay on the spot, over the telephone, causing a double pay for June and July 2018.

    I've spent hours of time talking to Charter Spectrum Billing, Fraud and Cash Management Departments --all customer reps who have lied and basically said what they needed to say to end the conversation/inquiry. As of today, this company would not bother to 1-acknowledge their error; 2-refund my money --money that does not belong to them. If they've done this to me, I assume that this is what they do to a lot of people. Totally unacceptable and deceptive.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018

    Can this crap go on? TWC ripped people off for years and now Spectrum just took the torch. They are overpriced and do NOT help when you call them IF you ever get in touch with them. It is sooo annoying!! I have NEVER hated to call into a call center as much as I hate calling them. The only other place worse calling is DMV!! Believe me, after 20+ years, NOTHING has changed for the better!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018

    I have been a Spectrum customer long before they were called so. Have had no issues up until they increase their speeds to 200mb, I suffer poor connectivity and slow speeds to the extreme. I have had to call a few times and each time they have sent a technician out but every time they find nothing. Please stay away from this company. You have been warned.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018

    The Spectrum App is pure junk. We get blurry pictures, it "overloads" and shuts down almost every evening. You call and get apologies, "we're aware of some issues and are working on them"...for nearly a year! Then we get our bill. Who is going to reimburse me for all the time I've been on hold (average of 20 min.) only to get no results. It will kick you out and ask you log back in and our log in won't work...another phone call and reset. If this is an example of 21st Century technology, bring back the rabbit ears!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018

    There was already an active Spectrum account at my address but I decided to open my own since I was gaming so much. After the initial install I kept getting lag spikes. I was plugged directly into the modem with a 100MB connection. Techs came out to my address 4 times in one week. Each time they said they had fixed the issue. I was getting ready to leave the state so I said to myself / forget it! I returned the modem and canceled my account.

    If I were to re-open my account they would charge me to have a tech come out and "setup" my modem. When I asked what exactly they were setting up? Couldn't I just go pick up the modem and do it myself? "They have to test the signal and make sure everything is working." Well - If they had done that anyone of the FOUR times they had previously been to my address I wouldn't have had to cancel my service in the first place. I'm not going to pay you AGAIN to "setup" my modem when it's been less than two weeks since the service was canceled.

    Another thing... I had the service (internet only) for about five months @ $39.99. If I were to re-open (after having closed it for only two weeks) not only would I have to pay that set up fee (40-60 bucks?) but my new monthly bill would be $60.00. Unfortunately, there are no other competitors out here so if anything I would just have to use the shared house hold internet. Not impressed. Horrible customer service. Techs that don't know/care what they're doing. Wasted my time and for nothing. 0 stars.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018

    I've had the streaming TV service since Feb 2018. I has worked maybe 50% of the time. We have three Samsung TV's, all have the Spectrum streaming app as well they all have Roku device's with the app. In the last few months the streaming has got to the point where it just doesn't work well enough to watch. All devices have Netflix and Prime and work flawlessly so we knew it was a Spectrum issue. I finally decided to bite the bullet and call today (hour on the phone). Started with internet/streaming TV support and explained the scenario and said I'd like a technician to come and resolve the issue.

    To the rep's credit she said they are aware the service doesn't work as it should and hasn't and they don't have an ETA and sending someone wouldn't resolve the issue. She gave me the current months credit but said she her department couldn't do a retroactive since Feb and transferred me to billing. Billing; wouldn't issue any credit, transferred to a manager and she said the same. I asked for 50% credit since streaming service started in Feb. I will be filing a complaint here in MI with AG or whomever as this is ridiculous. I asked manager to conference in the rep who explained the issue and she said she couldn't and she also couldn't tell me if the call was recorded, WOW! Never again will I do business with this company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018

    I pay for Spectrum Gold Service. Over and over when I try to access a channel I receive a message that says, "Only available to Spectrum Gold," which I pay for. When I call to complain no one answers. Tonight, I finally hung up after waiting an hour and five minutes. Don't buy Spectrum. It's a moderately good service with horrible support.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018

    I’ve had Spectrum/Time Warner for a little over 2 years. I recently got tired of my bill climbing every month and the cable and On Demand services NEVER working properly. After going days without being able to use my Cable, I’d decided that I only needed internet from them. Well, my internet goes down just about every single day and when it’s not down the speeds are ridiculously slow. Spectrum service is some of the most expensive that money can buy and it never works like it should. The commercials about change are disgusting and laughable. They care nothing about their customers!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2018

    I kind of figured that others were screaming sour grapes when they were complaining about the service levels provided. The streaming service given to customers lacks seriously, considering the vast numbers of people they serve. Based on my experiences, they were not wrong... Not at all. Frequently my picture goes totally out, and when it does work, very often the picture will pixilated, making the experience totally negative. I do also subscribe to Sling, and they do not have the same problems that Spectrum has. This is made totally worse for Spectrum, as I use their internet service to get Sling. I have used DirecTV, Hulu, Sony Play Station, and Netflix services using Spectrum internet, and nor once have I ever had an issue with them. Why is there such an issue with Spectrum Streaming the others don’t have?

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018

    Since we are gamers at home and use the internet we contracted for one of the highest and most expensive packages they offer. We go offline all the time, there are times when we cannot even reach Google. Awful service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018

    They don't reimburse you for the early termination fees you incur for leaving your current provider. They won't respond to your emails. And a year after you switch, your bill will double. Don't fall in the trap. They are worse than ATT.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018

    Since having Spectrum install my wifi and TV I've had 3 different boxes installed in less than 3 months. I've called them continuously with problems: can't fast forward, can't rewind, can't pause, can't change channel. Changes to unwanted channel. Missing recorded programs, automatically rewinds to previous program and channels, can't bring up TV guide. EVERY DAY. Every time I'm on Skype my wifi connection goes down.

    They've sent out techs just about every week that I've called them, however you have to listen to a very annoying recorded message every time you call. The most stupid thing about their recorded message is that they ALWAYS say "we are experiencing an unusually high volume of calls..." If you hear this message EVERY time you call how can it be an unusually high volume of calls. None of these techs have been able to solve the problems and I continue to experience them EVERY DAY. They keep saying it's a software problem. Well it hasn't been fixed so when are they going to fire their software engineers and managers as they haven't been able to fix the problems and I really don't think they should be in business.

    I'm now convinced there is an alien that runs Spectrum. I work for a multinational cooperation that employs 50.000+ employees and I know the contact details of my Chairman, CEO, CFO, etc. I asked for these details from Spectrum and they didn't know any details further than their supervisor, how embarrassing, but I guess when you NEED a job you just don't care. Before taking legal action for misrepresentation I'll probably just go back to AT&T. However, I do enjoy shouting down the phone to ** them off, as much as they ** me off. What goes around, comes around.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018

    I just upgraded my internet to the Ultra and it is super fast. I love the new boxes that they came out with. They are amazing. My Spectrum app works great with the Roku device that I have on my patio TV. Overall I have had great service with this company. Worth every penny that I pay for the service.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018

    Time Warner sent me a promotion to upgrade my service to ultra high speed internet for $69.99 per month. I was under a new customer promotion and was paying $114 per month. I was not happy with the cable line-up and never used the line land, so I called and decided to just do cable and cancel everything else. The rep talked me into taking a choice package where you can choose 10 channels + basic for $20 plus the cost of basic. That and the internet was supposed to be $121. I figured it was slightly more than I was paying but at least I would have the high speed internet.

    I began having problems after the first month with my internet and when I finally called today, I find out they downgraded me back to basic internet (but are still charging me the higher price). They said since I broker my initial package I was not eligible for the new package. They waited until AFTER I broker the package to tell me this. These people are unscrupulous crooks. Consumer beware.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018

    I recently lost everything in a hurricane. After paying out of pocket expenses I have been broke. I called after receiving a notice on my TV to call or services were going to be interrupted. They will not even set up a payment plan with you. After being without for a week they only want to offer a $40 credit. Rude customer service. Not worried about anything but money.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2018

    I phoned Spectrum for the first time ever to inquire about their residential services. The gentleman that answered was a very fast talker. He only wanted to talk and not really listen to my questions. And he gave me prices and wanted me to sign up right that minute. When I told him I needed to think about it, he became very rude. Telling me prices change daily and I needed to make a decision now! I told him that I would not be high pressured into any business deal and hung up. If that is the way Spectrum introduces themselves to potential customers, I cannot imagine being a customer paying for this rudeness!

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018

    Spectrum went to an all-digital signal around September 2018 that is scrambled and requires a box that you can rent, or you can buy a streaming device like Roku and use the Spectrum App. The problem is that the Spectrum App is complete CRAP (error fails 60% of the time, when signal is up the quality is poor/blurry 80% of the time). This business model of scrambling the signal is to stop the line theft, but the statistics will indicate that this is small compared to the amount of dissatisfied customers that are paying for service that is now flawed and ready to leave.

    I cannot take much more of this Spectrum App. If they do not fix this app by the end of October 2018, then I will call it quits with them. The take away from this is I DO NOT RECOMMEND SPECTRUM SERVICE, I am unhappy with the app and Spectrum management needs to get a clue and fix this app today or remove the scramble and allow our TV to tune the digital signal!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018

    The quality of the image gets muddy and the resolution sucks. Sometimes I just get an error. With that NONE of the other streaming services have this issue so it's not my internet. It's only $15 so I put up with it until a better solution comes along.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018

    Price increased 40% which ridiculous. We called in to cancel the service and the customer service said the new price will be $59.99, at the same time, the online bill posted to be $69.99. Opened ghost account under my name and refused to close for more than 2 years! Filed complain to Florida BBB but forwarded to MO BBB, MO BBB 100% stand on Spectrum side and didn't have any help for Tampa customer. Filed complain to MO Attorney General based on the guide of MO BBB, and MO Attorney General office didn't do anything and forward us the response of Spectrum to BBB. Spectrum is MO business and MO definitely will protect Spectrum but not Floridians.

    Spectrum got only license to sale service in our area and they can abuse customer in whatever way they like. We should against Spectrum in our area and let other competitors come to our area. Except here, where to protect Floridan from the junk business Spectrum??? We should stop Spectrum to earn our money by stealing, cheating, and abuse Floridians.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018

    It was 1am and my internet was disrupted. I contacted customer support via the chat on my phone. He stated there was an outage in the area. I asked why since it was not raining. Then he said it was maintenance. I asked why they did not at least let customers know to expect this outage and he says they cannot do that. They have to pick a time that the least amount of customers will be affected. I said but I am being inconvenienced and that not everyone lives by a typical 9 to 5 schedule. I am in college etc. I asked about compensation for time lost and he said they would have to calculate the amount of time I was without service and credit my account. I asked for a confirmation number of this info and he said there is not one. My service with disrupted from 1 am to 7 am. without any pre-warning.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018

    Is On Demand on demand? No, if you want the On Demand TV interface to work, on demand. Once you get a channel, select the channel (click scroll-down very, very, very slowly, it's too slow to show you the channels "on demand"/on demand), then enjoy the error code(s). Mention the error code when you call, one that tells no one anything, reboot your cable box, find it doesn't work, have someone come to the house (we've had three visits -- we live in a major City in Orange County, CA), then it works for a bit, then the errors start again while the audio of On Demand channels cut out... Now, start the process all over again. Best Practice: ASK what $$$ portion the "On Demand" is of the total cable bill and then sternly ask that it be removed from the bill for each month "On Demand" doesn't work.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018

    The end of December called Spectrum about my Time Warner account going up to over $200.00. They quoted me $192.58 for the same services which included some movie channels. On Jan 1 I tried to watch one and it wouldn't let me. I called and they said I didn't have any movie channels. They also would not stand behind what the salesman told me. Then I received insert saying that their box fees were going up, so I called and they said my price of $192.58 was still good. Then I had problems with my whole house DVR not showing programs and after calling multiple times to reset it they sent out a repairman. He said, "If I step foot in your house you will lose the whole house DVR." So we sent him away.

    Still having the problem and calling to have the boxes reset they wanted to send a repairman. I said, "No way I will lose my whole house DVR." She said, "No you won't. You are grandfathered in." She said I could take the boxes to my local office and switch the older ones out and the DVR box because they might not be updating. So I did and when I got my bill it went up to over $200.00, they said it's 'cause the 2018 box price is $6.99 and I was paying 2017 price of $5.99 which went off in January and I should have been paying it all along. I said, "So you would quote me a price of $192.58 promotional price in December to get me to switch and then raise it in January." He said the boxes weren't part of that promotional price. I said, "What kind of business does that." Obviously a terrible business that says one thing and does another. I will be searching for a better company to do business with now.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018

    Spectrum is HORRIBLE!! If you are in their sphere of power you will have no choice! It is a monopoly. They confuse the bills and do maintenance almost EVERY NIGHT. So if you use the internet at night. You're SOL. Will need to break this monopoly. No other service providers provide around 34744 unless they are satellite and you have to be wealthy to afford them.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018

    Spectrum advertised packages that is not available to all the customers on their website. Their customer service representatives don’t know which packages are available to the customers. I end up paying over $250 because if they enrolled me in a wrong plan. On top of that, they hung up twice when I called and the supervisors are also rude and not helping.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018

    Requested to start new service and my appointment was set at 12 pm. At 1230 pm I get a call telling me the tech would be out at 3 pm to 4 pm and that he the install fee would be waived and the first month's bill would be cut in half. The tech didn't show up until almost 5 pm. Charter customer service told me to "just be happy he is there now". Next issue their equipment fails during first use. Paying for 400mbps download and getting at the absolute best (wired) 280mbps download. I call tech support and they tell me my signals are very bad and they have to send another tech out. I've had Charter for about a month now and not a single thing has worked correctly. Oh and for the install fee being waived and bill cut in half, that was all a lie, when I got the bill and called customer service told me that they don't do that. And no reimbursement for not getting what you're paying for as far as the internet speed goes.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018

    Friday 8/31- Tried to make a payment but got several errors. 10 mins later I get emails confirming payment and my bank account showed 3 charges for $98.94 from Spectrum. I called and was told 3-5 business day. That Monday was a holiday, I had bills set up in AutoPay and had to buy milk, diapers, etc for my baby but do my best to work it out during the weekend. Wednesday 9/5- Spectrum calls my husband to tell him everything has been taken care of and to give 24 hours to clear on my account. Nothing refunded until Saturday.

    Saturday 9/8- I finally get refunded but realized they only refunded ONE of the charges. I called back and explain the situation. The rep tells me the reason why I only got refunded ONE charge was because my bank told them that was the only charge that went through even though I had THREE charges debited and cleared from the account. I called the bank with the rep still on the phone and they obviously confirmed that there were THREE charges but can't release funds until Spectrum refunds and deny what the rep from Spectrum had stated (which I already knew). The rep claimed to have opened another ticket to have someone review the charges and give them 3-5 business days again.

    Tuesday 9/11- I reviewed my Spectrum account and see the payment for $298, a refund to my card for $98.94 and an "AR Transfer" for $198. I contact them again to figure this thing out and see who can take care of refunding. The rep states she sees everything in the transaction log including the last time I called but was "escalating" it and to give her 3-5 business days. Wednesday 9/12- I reach out yet again and the next rep says he can only tell me about what he sees in the log and the last thing he sees is a ticket opened on 9/8 (what did the last rep do? NOTHING). He 'notates' my current open ticket and asks that I give them 5-7 business days to get the issue resolved!!!

    At this point I'm already done with these people. I work hard for my money and pay my bills on time. Due to THEIR error I now have late fees, overdraft fees, not to mention that I had to ask a friend for a small loan so I can get diapers and milk for my baby. If it had been my error, I'd be here waiting patiently but it wasn't and they are not wanting to do anything to solve it! Who is taking care of refunding me the rest of the money? Not them! That's for sure. I'm definitely dropping them as soon as I get my money back which at this pace will be by New Year's!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018

    Have had Time Warner/Spectrum a number of years, bill is high but remained same until recent statement, stating discount has been extended 12 additional months, increase happened anyway and three long calls to Spectrum got me nowhere, they are trained to deflect customer concerns by putting customer on a grueling "spin cycle", shameful practice and will be looking for service elsewhere... Greed must be motive and in these big companies comes back to bite them in one way or another...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018

    Never in my life have I had my internet go down more with a provider, I'm supposed to get 100 up and down. I get 40 down and 5 up. DO NOT go with them. All you will get is lacking speeds, semi decent customer service, and constant dropping of service out of nowhere.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018

    First time ordering a bundle, first time using Spectrum. They talked about how much money I would save by going with Spectrum for phone, TV and internet and quoted me a decent price. I scheduled a service call at my new address to install cable in 2 rooms. The guy is great, comes out on a holiday, sets up my TV. Wait, it's supposed to be TWO! Oh, the order doesn't say that. So the price is going up. I'm a little annoyed but ok, so he sets up the 2nd room. Over the following few days, as I'm moving, I can't figure how to record any shows!

    So I finally bite the bullet and make a call. They say, "Well, you didn't order DVR." What? I didn't know cable packages came any other way! DirecTV never asked if I wanted a DVR! Why didn't Spectrum say? OK, well someone will come out to set it up, but it will cost more. OK, I say, and while you're on the phone, it's been 7 days and my home number still hasn't been ported. They say next Monday, which will be 13 days. Ok, only then something changes and no one can call me on the temp number I was given.

    Forget it, I'm not even going to bother trying to call Spectrum again. But there's a serious problem with the TV. I have to fight it every time I turn it on, sometimes taking 10 or more attempts to get past the blue screen and NO SIGNAL box. When it does come on, it's likely to be on mute and I have to change channels to get volume. (The installer said it's a common problem with the brand new boxes). Plus, once the DVR was hooked up in the living room, I have TWO channels I can view on the bedroom TV. TWO! What the heck happened? It worked before they hooked the living room up with DVR.

    I got out the booklet the installer gave me and tried to research, only the booklet diagrams don't match my remote. I look up the service number in the booklet, call, and it's a bad number. Really, how much more could Spectrum do to send me back to DirecTV? There is absolutely NOTHING that worked the way it was promised, and I am now about $35 a month higher than quoted. Not worth the money, not worth the aggravation, especially during the stress of moving - it really could not have been worse.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018

    Cable not working tonight! Called Spectrum, was told by their cheap automated system that there was no issues for my area so I waited on hold 1.5 hours to talk to a CS rep. Told by the rep cable was out in my area and that they were working on it. I guess they only have two employees working tonight to answer the calls coming in. Their policy sucks that your service has to be down for more than 4 hours or they will not prorate your bill. Brighthouse was bad but Spectrum is the pits. Spectrum also rhymes with a part of your rear... That is really what I think of them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018

    First time calling for tech support since Spectrum took over Brighthouse. Cable is out and when you call their number, a recorded voice says there are no outages in your area. Then... When you wait for a rep, the call is disconnected... Over and over again. With bills approaching nearly $200.00/month, you would expect better service or at least someone to answer considering their website says, "You can call us anytime." How do you run a business like that?

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & App

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018

    Don't even bother. Service cuts in and out. They price their products cheaper in bundles, but after the 1-year trial runs out the prices go way up. The customer service line is down and the website is down, so there is no one who can help me now.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018

    Cable down again. Reboot every day. Call and no one cares. Corporate America. Spectrum SUCKS. Called and get nothing more than automated response. Push to speak with a real person and it hangs up on you. Please any other business out there, come to central Florida. Almost everyone I know feels this way.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedOnline & App

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018

    I’ve had Spectrum since 08/07/18. It just sucks. When I was signing up nothing stated I needed a box. NOTHING. I call and THEN I’m told I must have a ROKU TV or Samsung. I have the box sent to me and they do not include a splitter despite the FACT I have internet. They tell me I have to go to the nearest Spectrum store to get it. In the meantime I have a ROKU TV in my room. The app works about 70% of the time. Hardly ever at night. Their solution? Delete the app and re-add it. Why do you think I’m doing that mess every night??? This is the worst service I have ever had. AT&T is really bad too. They didn’t even show up for my friend’s appointment. Those are the only two in this complex. I guess I’ll be saving myself money and getting rid of Spectrum.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018

    I have been a loyal customer for 14 yrs. Spectrum now has taken over. My rates got jacked up to 190$. I finally downgraded (never had premium channels) but agreed to a rate of 128 plus tax. My next bill was 148! Plus missing over 10 channels. I made multiple calls and multiple hours result in "I'm sorry but there is way that package is offered." One gal even told me to learn Spanish as 5 channels were Spanish! I cannot have any other company in my complex so I cannot even switch. Every time I call them am given a different rate. So over them. Internet is 70$ But if I was a new customer I would get all for 70 a month for 12 most. But I'm an established customer.

    I agreed to 130$ a don't and for the 18$ over they would rather lose me entirely. So be it. This is bait and switch. Customer fraud and a monopoly. I continue to downgrade and rates increase. I am on a fixed budget. I cannot afford them anymore. Sadly I watch 15 channels most in another tier! Like history Smithsonian etc. I watch 2 basic channels. Rarely. So the business sense is ridiculous. Run SPECTRUM BAD! Service fails often as well. Wish Brighthouse never merged with Charter Spectrum. Do not believe those multiple commercials. False advertising.

    One last thing I took my DVR box back the line was out the door. Multiple people turning back service we waited an hour. The manager came out because people were complaining. He said ”well you have to wait in a Disney last me too.” Nasty. Could care less people standing with walkers. At least a nice word would have been a better choice. Majority of customer service have become nasty and lie lie lie.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018

    I am moving next weekend and called yesterday to have my service transferred in 8 days. I was told to move my equipment that day, the technician would come out and set up the equipment and when I activated it at the new place my service at the old place would cancel. However, my TV stopped working today. I called Spectrum. Waited on hold for almost 30 minutes. The guy was unable to help me and transferred me to someone else. Instead of getting me to a person I was put back on hold. The next person again tried and could not help me, so she transferred me to a technician.

    The technician tried a few more things and still could not reactivate my service. He told me he was going to put me on hold for "just a minute". 25 minutes later still on hold I hung up. At that point, I had been on the phone for an hour and 23 minutes (I have a screenshot to prove it) and got nothing resolved. While the people I talked to were pleasant, they just don't seem to have adequate training. I ended up calling back and canceling the service for good.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018

    My internet goes between non-existent and full speed, but never the 100Mbps that they of course promise. When you call their customer service, it's a half hour wait always and they never fix anything, just blame it on a modem that needs to be restarted.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018

    I've been a customer (if that word is applicable, as they do not provide any customer service), for two weeks. My internet goes out every 10 minutes. I've called three times this week and each time I've called I wait at least 20 minutes to speak to someone. Then they finally made an appointment for someone to come out and fix my internet -- the person never showed up -- never called until after the appointment was supposed to be over. I've had it with them -- do not use Spectrum. Their CEO should be ashamed of himself -- nice glossy pics on the Charter Communications website but his service is poor and stinks. What a bad company. Oh, and right now, I'm having trouble connecting.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018

    I ordered service scheduled between 10-11 when 11 came and went... I called was told my ticket was still open. Whatever that means. I said; why couldn’t you just call me and tell me you were going to be late? Then about 10 minutes later I get a recorded message saying they’re on the way... (40 minutes later) still no technician! I called to cancel this service; just glad I didn’t get it after witnessing how I was treated before even becoming a customer! Stay far away from this place. Need to seriously retrain some people, or you won’t get any more customers!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018

    Since Spectrum has taken over Bright House, the internet has been atrocious and the TV has been just awful. On phone for 44 minutes just now only to discover there's an outage in my area. For almost $200 a month, I expect MUCH better customer service than this. With all the streaming methods of receiving tv today, one would think that Spectrum would value their customers more than ever. That DEFINITELY is not the case!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018

    I could not believe it. 9 hours after appointment time Spectrum sends someone. I had called twice during the day and they couldn't be honest and says, "The wrong guy was given your work order and he's not working today." The guy was nice but I am looking into getting Allo connected. 9 hours and they couldn't be honest. Tried rescheduling. I busy the rest of this week. Plus I was pissed. Took 9 hours for a tech to call and then he almost didn't come out.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018

    My installation was scheduled for today. First of all the tech was very unfriendly and very short with me. I ordered my services online. Somehow the wrong package was selected so they only hooked up one tv and so didn't have time to do anything else. I called customer service. Very rude and refused to send out another tech... I didn't get anything I wanted from them. PEOPLE take your cable services ELSEWHERE. This cable company does care anything about people or their concerns!

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018

    When they transitioned to Spectrum thought service would be improved over Bright House. Nothing improved, but monthly price went up. They could not care less that I was with them for years, including BH time. So it will be DirecTV as soon as I select dish location and package. Another factor after speaking to one of their tech who had been with BH for years he told me they were trying to run off their older employees by forcing them into the field or turning in their resignation. Essentially same story from a different tech when I asked about this practice. I do not have the names of the techs.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018

    Spectrum charges a month in advance for service that hasn't been received on top of your regular bill. They constantly remind you of your shut off date if you don't pay on time regardless of how loyal a customer you are. But don't expect them to do anything in a timely manner. Don't expect them to be fair with you when their services doesn't work. They will still charge you regardless of your complaint and ignore your calls.

    The only way to get their attention is through review sites like this. Even then, they will pretend to care for a minute only. They act like they have no control and can't fix anything. I've been trying to get help for months. My TV signal is pixelated. All they do is suggest driving to a store and picking up a new box. I ask for a discount for all the months of bad service. They give me a phone number that nobody answers. It's probably some phone hidden in a closet. It needs to be rewired! Lazy Sons of ...!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018

    In August of 2017 I changed from Dish to Spectrum cable, I already was using Spectrum for internet access. I was promised a 36 month rate, although the promotion required that I also take a phone service which I have absolutely no use for. The rate was good even with the unwanted phone service. Sure enough, after one year the rates increased substantially in spite of the 36 month promise. So, I called customer service. The representative was very nice and tried to assist me. However they said that no such promotion was available one year ago in my region. The bottom line I guess was that the representative who sold me the service must have simply lied to me. Having been lied to by this company in the past I very carefully recorded all of the details of what I was promised so I know it was accurate. Too bad, so sad, they are liars!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018

    I recently switched my internet, cable and home phone to Spectrum and was told they were offering mobile phone service. I spent over an hour on the phone setting up the service and ordering new phones which I was told would arrive in 2 business day. After a week, the phones did not arrive. I called Spectrum to be told that the order was canceled by mistake. It took 11 transfers to find a person who could give me this information and 2 hours of phone time. Also, I was told that the credit check was "internal" only and would not be an inquiry on my credit report. I then received a letter stating that they had run a hard inquiry on my credit and my credit score of 819 out of 900 was insufficient to qualify for phones.

    The hard inquiry was never authorized and they couldn't tell me what a sufficient credit score was to qualify for mobile phone service. I can qualify for a $500,000 mortgage and a car loan on a $80,000 car but my credit isn't sufficient for a mobile phone??? Something is very wrong. It is impossible to get answers from customer service. They will transfer you over and over again and no one seems to be able to help. Stay with AT&T or Verizon and save yourself some big headaches!

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    Installation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018

    I want to write a review for the SW Ohio region. Tech # **. I am so elated at the over and above excellent service he provided me. He was the most polite efficient person I've ever allowed into my home for any service appointment. His positive attitude and humanity really amazed me. He did an excellent job. TY Spectrum.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018

    I disconnected my service in June 2018. It has been over two months and I have yet to see my refund. Every time I call customer support I get the runarounds. No one knows what's happening. I am very upset with this company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018

    Couple months ago I called Spectrum to cancel my service to go with another company, so of course I was wooed and told how loved I was and how pretty I am and how they were never going to take me for granted ever again. And I was given a sweetheart deal of $48.65 for internet and phone for 12 months to squelch my other deal with AT&T. Oh, we were so in love again. What was I thinking. We were together when he was Time Warner. We stayed together when he went through his silly Brighthouse stage (oh remember the Corvette and the bleached tips?). And now he's "Mr. Spectrum".

    Well two months later I get my bill and guess what? I'm back up to $69.98. What happened to my sweet deal you ask? Well I call and there is much "confusion". I'm put on hold only to find there was a mistake. The woman who offered me the deal was mistaken in her knowledge of introductory deals she could divvy out and she explained it wrong to me. Anyway somehow this is my fault. "So sorry about your luck there Ms. ** but your deal went bye bye and you’re stuck with us for $69.98 and there's nothing you can do about it." Until of course I call AT&T and we do this damn thing over again. It's like Groundhog day here at the ** residence, but I'm changing the ending today. We must all change our endings today! I implore you, when they pompously hold steady to their affirmation that you are going nowhere, whisper these 6 words and know that it makes their cold freezer burned stone in their chest sink... "I'm ready to cancel my service."

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    Punctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018

    Our company had Time Warner Cable for both our phone and internet services and we had 100% reliability. Never any outages. Now that Spectrum is running the company our service goes down all the time for both phones and the internet. Very sketchy service and long wait times when calling in to report issues.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018

    If there was a minus 10 rating I would give it. I hate Spectrum. I had Time Warner for years and never a service charge to come out and fix any problem or set up a new TV. I bought a new Samsung, called Time Warner now Spectrum to set it up, guy came out said SmartTV does not need box, set up apps, said no extra charge or change in monthly fee. Get my next bill and it is $35 dollars higher!

    I call and speak with "Kathy", told extra charge was for visit, I complain not apprised or approved and in fact was told no extra charges or fees. Sent to supervisor "Charles" who basically called me a liar when I said I never paid an extra charge before and was not told there would be any extra charge. I told him that even before TW, with Oak I think it was, never paid for home visit. Again, basically called me a liar and said I had Charter and had paid, no I did not have Charter ever or pay a home visit service fee ever. He insisted that I had so things went downhill from there.

    Finally offered a one time $20 dollar credit but said I should "ask" next time if a fee is involved. I said, "Your company representative should apprise without my asking." He said, "No ma'm. You have to ask." Oh, and I can only see a few TVPlus channels so now what am I supposed to do? What a crock, worst company I have ever had to deal with but do not want a dish on my tile roof so stuck with these jerks. If you have a choice, go elsewhere because Spectrum really sucks!

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2018

    I've been using Spectrum for about a year now in an apartment complex. It has arguably been the worst experience I have had with an internet provider in my entire life. Internet is spotty at best, even with equipment I have personally bought to make the connection better. The price does not match the quality at all, videos constantly buffer, connection is all over the place. It's a gigantic mess.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018

    I was paying $125/month for cable and internet when I had Brighthouse. Never had any issues with service, etc. Spectrum took over in 2016 and it's been one issue after another ever since. They've increased our bill 3 times, to the point that we now pay $183 and we just received ANOTHER notice that it's increasing, again! We'll be paying $225, by the time we receive our next bill. So, I called and asked a rep what we'd pay if I discontinued the cable service and only kept the internet. This rep had NO clue what she was doing. She originally quoted a price of $94. When I questioned why it would be so high, she apologized and said her computer must've miscalculated. She then said it would cost $88. I questioned that, too, since I know my neighbors pay less. She apologized, again, and said she would use a calculator because she didn't trust her computer and she "hates technology." What?!

    So while I'm waiting for her to work her magic, she asked why I was considering dropping cable, I told her it was too expensive and I was planning to purchase a Roku or Amazon Firestick. She then tells me I would still have to have cable in order to use a Roku. Wow. That's a complete lie. Is this what Spectrum resorts to in order to keep customers from leaving? When I told her I know I only need internet for the Roku and Firestick, she explained that she thought the same thing until she personally bought a Roku and found out she still needed cable on at least one TV. Unbelievable! Complete lie. At that point, she then quotes a rate of $91 for just the internet service. A minute earlier it was $88! Clearly, I was being conned. When I told her I didn't understand how she was coming up with her "off the wall" numbers and her statements about the Roku, she transferred me to a different department and nobody ever picked up the phone!

    When I called back and complained to a new rep, she apologized and said that the previous rep had no authority to provide quotes and I should've been transferred to a different department. Unbelievable! So, this new rep finally tells me it's $69 for just the internet. That's more like what I expected, so I made arrangements for the cable to be turned off the next day. Well, guess what? They turned off my cable and now my internet is slower than ever. I try to watch movies on my Firestick, but the internet just buffers over and over again. Even with Netflix, I suddenly have internet connection issues.

    Everything has slowed down. How ironic that this starts happening after dropping my cable service with them. When I called to complain about the issue, they said there's nothing wrong on their end and I'd have to purchase a wifi booster from a 3rd party company. What?! I didn't need a booster before! Why now?! That's the last straw. I'm SO done. I will now be dropping my internet service and looking elsewhere. I can't run far enough away from Spectrum. Horrible!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018

    I had TimeWarner cable as my internet provider and had very few problems. Spectrum is now the provider and the service is poor to say the least. Internet drops or slow so I called them, they told me it was my equipment so I changed the router and modem. Still the same PROBLEM. I then receive a letter from them telling my promotional pricing is expiring and my service will go from 49.99 to 64.99. I was not informed that this pricing was promotional. I called them and they said I was not eligible for any discounts because I am not a new customer. So with spotty service and slow speeds I am expected to pay the full price for their service yet they deliver partial service and never once issue a credit or do anything to resolve the problem. If you can find another service provider do so. Spectrum is not worth the cost or constant rate increases.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018

    Customer service is nice but all they do is pass you around and end up trying to charge you more for less services. Sure wish they had competition in my area. So why do these executives think everyone is dropping cable - wake up people!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018

    Started service three years ago with a decent rate for internet and cable. Prices doubled after a year. I called and was told that was a promotional rate. They gave me a price adjustment and I specifically asked if it was temporary. I was assured it was not. Well what do you know, every six months or so since then my rates have gone up. Now they have been raised another $20 a month. And each time I call I'm told it was a promotional rate and no more promotions are available. Nice way to treat existing customers who pay their bills. And the internet service is terrible. The signal is constantly going out. Their phone app is horrible also. I'm lucky if I can watch t.v. more than 3 days a week with it. And when you call tech support they have no idea how to help. So disappointed that this type of shoddy service is allowed. Do not get Spectrum/Charter/Time Warner service!!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018

    Spectrum's outside salesman told me of a special, tv and internet for 79.99 +tax, he said the bill would be around 100. Spectrum apparently wasn't happy with my choice and added the voice to my bill without my consent, which made the bill higher, there has to be a law against that. The tech never mentioned he was installing the voice because it had been added to the bundle, and never gave me a number after he did it, I figured out I had a phone when the caller ID came up on the tv! I was charged for wi-fi installation, but the tech didn't check to see if it worked because my computer doesn't have the wi-fi built in and he didn't install the router and modem where I told him my computer was.

    The AT&T tech supplied a Netgear wi-fi router and made sure it was working, Spectrum tech told me to call the previous provider and they can tell me how to set it up. I got online and looked it up and did it myself! As I'm telling this, Billing kept saying that most people bundle, "I never asked for that" I kept saying to first one rep and then another. I was offered certain services with a price by their salesman and that is what I agreed upon. They are charging 8.95 for the channels that are free and I was told the local broadcasting companies charge for their service, which means I have to pay. What!? Plug in the antenna and they are free! The female rep kept trying to sell me another package and said they couldn't give me a refund for the services I didn't authorize! Nor honor the price given by the salesman. So instead of fixing the problem for me, she made sure Spectrum lost another customer. I would rather watch a brick wall!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018

    If Spectrum is in your area, run as fast as you can to any other provider. There is no clear breakdown in the service costs after their promotion of 12 months expires. I know people that have my exact same services, same TV options and same bundle choices, some pay more some pay less. Spectrum will raise your price without notice and to get it anywhere near where you were you have to cut channels. I am now down to basically local channels only. I have one box, Internet and phone for over $150 a month.

    I mentioned to the rep I had on the phone that I was going to get antennas and drop them and their horrific service completely. He responded local channels over antennae reception was being eliminated. Seriously they resort that low to lies. Local channels are publicly required by the FCC. For safety reasons they can't be eliminated easily, it would take an act of congress and that would come with unfathomable push back. So, in short, Spectrum stinks, lack service cost transparency, demonic customers service and practices deception as a scare tactic to manipulate their customers.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018

    I have been complaining to Spectrum about the quality of TV I have been receiving due to a technician stripping the post where my wire connects on the pole. A tech was out the other week hooking up my neighbors and I asked him to fix mine and they looked at me like I had 5 heads. So they are sending someone out again. Just luckily I had an HD box so I could watch the football game. After the halftime my TV was nothing but scrambled. So I call and ask for a discount on my bill and you would have thought I ask for a free year or something.

    My advice is do not use Spectrum cable. I have been calling and complaining about this from the day they installed it. And when you pay it over a hundred and something dollars a month for their service you think you would be able to watch a football game without having to go through the problems of hooking up your HD box in your HD antenna. I shouldn't even had to go out and buy these things but my cable service is so bad that is what I had to do. So as soon as my wife finds a internet provider we are taking all the Spectrum cable equipment out and putting in on their counter and telling them to have a nice day and did the Grim Reaper are them not satellite.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018

    From my 1st experience with them to my last, it was all unfortunate. The customer service is the absolute worst. They overcharge for everything, don’t have valid explanations for the things they charge for and are just all around conducted unprofessionally. When I called for a billing question today I had the unfortunate experience of talking with a rep who told me “I was a bank manager so I know how all banks work, and this is why you were charged $209.00”. WHAT KIND OF EXPLANATION IS THAT?! Thanks for passing the buck and saying it’s my bank's fault you guys overcharged me. That was the final straw for me. Drove back home, got my router, turned it in and then bought Xfinity. Never looking back at Spectrum.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018

    My mother had intermittent phone service for a period of over two years. Technicians were out to the house repeatedly, and they replaced the phone modem multiple times. None of this made any difference. Finally, we got a more intelligent technician who checked the signal strength at various points and discovered that when the initial installation was done, the cable that goes under the house had been pulled too hard and damaged. Replacing that cable solved the problem. Spectrum wanted to compensate my mother with a $10 credit. When I complained about this, they gave her an additional $50 credit.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018

    We were supposed to have our installation done on Saturday, August 11 and then they said there was a cable that went underground that wasn’t working correctly and needed to be replaced even though the previous homeowner had Time Warner cable or Spectrum but left us without any information except that the cable was gonna be repaired and they could not hook our service up at that time. I work from home and now it is Friday, August 17 and still we have no service.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018

    Whenever I am traveling in Austria, email does not connect (outlook 2016, no changes made; message reads Task 'Synchronizing subscribed folders for palbers@brighthouse.com.' reported error (0x800CCC0E): 'Outlook cannot synchronize subscribed folders for palbers@brighthouse.com. Error: Cannot connect to the server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). Trying to connect with support is impossible (email and chat links do not work; email reverts to the previous pager and chat requests a location in the USA). This has happened on every trip and support in the USA (tried to report after previous trip), does not know of the problem and cannot provide help (especially since they cannot see or know of the problem). Support outside of the USA for service that is based on the net is ridiculous.

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018

    It is unfortunate that this megalithic company is being allowed to form somewhat of a monopoly. The service okay but the pricing after the first year is completely outrageous. And they have successfully strangled out competitors leaving very little if any choices to the consumers. American capitalism at its very WORST.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018

    Horrible company. They told us $45 a month for internet but we had to take phone and TV for 30 days free. Now 30 days later they send us a bill for $245.62. They can have all of it's not needed. Everybody should just hotspot off their phones. I don't believe they even deserve one star.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018

    I know I’m not alone when I say, Spectrum's Customer Service leaves a lot to be desired. We have been paying for 300 Mbps since November 2017, however we NEVER received speeds that were even close to what was promised. We made calls and had Service Technicians out to the house. They never resolved the issue!! My last call to Spectrum Customer Service was the worst! The representative was rude and offered me a $10 credit for my troubles. I asked for a Manager but I was told that wouldn’t provide me with anything more than the $10 credit. I had enough and decided to scour the internet for another avenue of help, and I found it!! I emailed a corporate employee at: **.

    Within 10 minutes I received a call from Ms. **. She referred me to my local contact in Charlotte, NC. The very next day I had SIX Spectrum trucks on our property!!! These men were the kindest people, who were genuinely vested in finding a solution for our internet issues. They were all Managers in their respective field, and provided their personal cell phone numbers.

    Over the course of 3 days they fixed our problems and educated me on just how internet speeds and broadband works. After the problem was fixed I called my NC contact to ask for a credit for the many months of paying for a service that we never received. She is reviewing the account billing and promised to get back with me today, with the credit amount. Based on the attention I have received as a result of contacting the corporate offices, I have no doubt that I will be satisfied with what they offer. I have only one regret, that I didn’t reach out to corporate Spectrum sooner. Give them a chance to fix your issues, you won’t regret you did.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018

    Spectrum outrightly lied to me when I signed up for TV Choice. I was told, in absolutely no uncertain terms, that my account would travel with me to any and all locations and be usable through my ROKU device. LIES! That worked for about 2 months and then suddenly it wouldn't. When I called I was told that my TV Choice account would only work for one primary location. Otherwise I would have to use a computer or tablet. When I called for service they were surprised that I could ever access my account at 2 different locations!! This service was SUPPOSED to be in direct competition with DirecTV Now. It isn't. So now I have to go back to DirecTV Now and redo everything.

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018

    We had Brighthouse at our apartment, it was WONDERFUL!!! Had 150mbps for 80 bucks a month. Spectrum takes over. My bill raises by 20 bucks a year, says I am in a promotional plan now because they are switching us Brighthouse people over to the Spectrum packages. Then I start getting calls from their sales reps offering me Spectrum packages that I don't want. I keep asking them I want internet only, and I want it for cheaper than I am paying now. Which at this point was 120 a month. The reps said that anything they could offer me was more expensive... After 2 1/2 years of upped rates, and paying a ridiculous price I decided to move out of my apt. When transferring the service I called the local office. Which told me that I could have been paying 65 bucks a month for 100mbps... So basically they ripped me off for 2 1/2 years.

    Now I am at my new house and since I have moved in I cannot log into the website. It wants my account number, I plug that in, it says the account is deleted. I call Spectrum, they give me a new password update, I update password, it logs me in. I go back to the page later, use the login and updated password. It wants my account number, I plug that in, it says my account is deleted...etc. I have not been able to log in without calling their service line since I moved in. This place only cares about taking your money, they are horrible people. I am going to switch to CenturyLink and suffer a lower internet speed as I hate Charter Cable that much. Everyone should do this because it will run Charter Spectrum out of business.

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    Spectrum
    Formerly Named:
    Bright House Networks
    Website:
    www.spectrum.com