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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.
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Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017
I give them two stars for fast service, and a great serviceman. Only two stars because they insisted I use their modem in which I lost over 10 Mbps download speed. I am paying $75 a month for 30 Mbps service. They said they don't have a higher speed Internet in this area, but they bought out Time Warner where I was getting over 40 Mbps. Hard to deal with as a company.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017
Charter Spectrum is the most dishonest company that I have ever experienced. For a few months we were paying for wifi and cable and in August we got behind and they shut us off. That is understandable. but then after we paid our past due balance we still did not have access to our cable. So we didn't pay our bill because we were getting charged for a service that wasn't even possible to use. When we finally had the means to communicate with them and tell them what happened they told us that there was nothing they could do, because our account was inactive. I told them that there was no way our account was inactive, because we were still able to use our wifi. They continued to tell us that there was no way we were using our wifi because it has been disconnected for a whole month.
We still stood our ground, because we had an Ethernet cable hooked up to our modem so there was no way that we were somehow using someone else's wifi. We know they have a way to see if we were even using our cable, but they insisted that they couldn't because our account was inactive. So they said even if we were somehow using our wifi we wouldn't be charged again for the past month or this current month. Then we received a copyright email about them monitoring our account, which shows us that they do have the access to see what we are and aren't using on our account, contrary to what they had told us. To top off everything we just found out that even though they told us on a recorded line that we would not be charged for the past month or this month WE WERE STILL CHARGED. I will never use charter again even though I did like their wifi. Such a shame how a company can be so blatantly dishonest.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017
Had a triple bundle installed today. The gentleman hooked up all three services and then left without giving me ANY information whatsoever including my phone number. I guess I'm supposed to guess how to navigate their services for the television and call somebody with caller ID, or my cell phone to get the number. It would have been nice to have a number to call for problems, which I had 3 hours later with my cable and internet. I would NEVER use Spectrum, they are horrible.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017
If I could give this zero stars I would. Where do I even begin? I was paying for internet and Tv and told them. I don’t use the tv so they said, “Unfortunately we don’t offer internet alone.” Until one day someone told me that they offer higher speeds of internet for the same price that I am paying now for internet and TV! The internet actually goes slower now but whatever anyway I always pay 2 weeks after my due date. I’ve had Time Warner for over a year and once they switched to spectrum THEY SUCKED! My service was disconnected! I’ve never gotten disconnected before! So I called in. They told me, “Pay $79 by the 12th and you will be fine,” and they restored my service.
I paid on the 12th and they disconnected me AGAIN! I called customer care. They were SO RUDE. They said that I had to pay $163 when the women told me $79. I asked them if I can pay $175 on the 26th which will bring me current. They said, “Yes but till then we can’t restore you. We don’t do that anymore!” My children are homeschooled! I’m a single mom with 3 kids and at the moment my car has been in the shop for 3 weeks so I have been spending a LOT of money on Uber and Lyft. They don’t care about anything. I’m a store manager at Verizon. I give the ULTIMATE customer service so I know how customers should be treated if my employees mess up on something. I honor what they say because my employees were at fault. They didn’t care. Spectrum is just very shysty. I wish it was still Time Warner!
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2017
One star only because there's no half or quarter star option. Bill more than doubled as soon as introductory expired. Expected it to go up some, but double?? Bought the "Gold" package, which includes HBO, Showtime, Max, Stars and everything else, now for the last three billing periods I'm getting billed for movies I didn't order, didn't watch and don't care about at $5.99 each. Two to three movies EVERY month. There's only my wife and I, and she doesn't look at or listen to TV in English and we didn't by any foreign language broadcasts. She gets her TV over the internet. First month I told them I didn't buy them, the gal said "OK, but ONLY this time!" Now I'm seeing all kinds of "extras" on my bills, too. Slightest wind blows and reception goes to pot. Got better reception with the old roof antenna when I was a kid. Spectrum is NOT a good system. Should be sued out of business for all their false advertising.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2017
We used to have Time Warner Cable before they changed to Spectrum and even then I was upset having to call in all the time with issues related to the internet and being overcharged for services not rendered which became a daily thing! It's now even worse with Spectrum even if you do get anyone on the line to speak to they are still getting used to the system and they falsely represent the so-called "excellent service", etc. by lying and have horrible customer service. I wish I could change companies since the internet never works properly and I am just sick of their B.S. They don't care and just keep charging more with false and empty promises of a supposed great service. I have now had to use my cell phone internet or hotspot and have given up on this idiotic company!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017
The first service call was a no show and after the 2nd service call (telephone service not working) I was left with no cable tv service. How is it possible that a Spectrum technician can come in to your house with a working tv and when they leave the phone works but none of the TVs? Customer service takes 22 minutes to explain the situation and then tells me 2 hours for dispatch to return my call!!! Let’s see, should I take another day off work to be here so they can undo what they’ve done? Sooo frustrating - send the guy back!!!!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
My cable TV has gone out three times in the last 10 days. The outage lasted over three hours each time. It is difficult to talk to a real person and when you do they are not very helpful. Also, I pay for 24/7 cable service and for this to happen on an ever increasing frequency w/o any explanation as to why or even if they have found a cause or solution is unacceptable. I would like a rebate for the lost service and am seriously thinking about switching to another company.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
Too many interruptions as far as outages in my area. Messing with my programs while watching. Ugh!. Customer service is good. I don't know why this happens from time to time especially when I'm watching my shows.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017
Just realized I've been paying for a higher speed than I've been receiving for about 2 years... Maybe longer. I was on a "promo deal "$39.99 for 60 mbps." But I have never received 60mbps speeds. My download speed was around 7mbps. So this entire time I've been paying for 60mbps but have less than 10mbps. I went into the Spectrum store in Ohio and the lady said I was still "grandfathered into Time Warner's coding" whatever that means. They never switched me to a higher speed I've been paying for 2years. So she said she raised my speed to 100mbps... But now I'm only getting 32mbps... And they raised my bill to $44.99. I have had a tech at my house and they told me I needed a new router... And my speed would increase. But no one said anything about updating my modem. After doing research, I have a 2.0 modem that is outdated and can only handle 38mbps.
They surely didn't tell me that though! It is impossible to get 100 mbps on a 2.0 modem... But they don't want you to know that! They want you to PAY for 100mbps but your speed is 75% slower than what you are paying for! How do they get away with lying and ripping people off?! I even asked the lady if I needed to update my modem for 100mbps. If the modem had anything to do with my speed... And she said she didn't know... Then she told me that the modem had NOTHING to do with my speed! Either she thought I was stupid or she works for this company and really knows NOTHING! An outdated modem cannot handle these high speeds. And this is why they are getting SUED by the Attorney General of NEW YORK!
Now I have to buy my own 3.0 Modem and router so I can hopefully really get the SPEED I am paying for! This is the biggest scam company out there. I already know they will raise me next year. Every year they raise your bill saying you were on a "promotion" but they sure don't tell you that it's a promotion until they raise you! I hate this company. We need to break up this MONOPOLY!
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2017
First of all the internet services are not reliable at all. You will have to reload your modem constantly for it kind of work. It constantly loses the speed. If you are to try to talk to the customer service people, they are rude and not helpful at all. I got SONIC for $40. It comes with the phone line and wonderful internet connection. So happy to switch!!!
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2017
On May second 2017 called Spectrum to place account on seasonal hold until I returned in December. Three months of payment for full service was taken from my account while it was supposed to be on seasonal. Called several times and was told several times they had gone back to the notes and admitted a mistake on Spectrum end. I stopped payment in July. They have not corrected the situation and claim it's my fault, even though the employee's notes say I wanted to be placed on seasonal. I think they owe me a credit and they think I owe them. Worst thing is this company will not even call you back so every time you speak with them you start from scratch spending hours on phone.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2017
My experience has been a very disappointing one. Initially, I authorized a 'one-time payment' via check over the phone for services. Several weeks later when I happen to be at the bank I checked my balance before making a small deposit. I knew right away something had gone wrong. The account I used was an account I rarely use & the safest one to use, so I thought. I didn't bother to follow up for that reason. As it turned out in August, 2017 Spectrum was authorized to withdraw one payment of $149.00 when they went beyond that & over drafted my account when they withdrew the payment twice. That 'unauthorized payment resulted in a negative balance to my account.
I called right away (from the bank) & about 45 minutes the rep told me they would send a check to the person whose name the bill was in (a family member that I made the payment for) but that it could take 7-8 weeks. OK, here it is a couple of months later, no checks. They agreed to return the overpayment of $149.00 + the $67.00 overdraft fees caused by their error. Well, as of today, after nearly an hour (54 minutes to be exact) all I got was that he was checking with the 'Back Department' (whom he was communicating with while having us on hold several times) & this would forwarded to their Banking Department. It should take 3-5 business days. After seeing what the fastest way to get the money back to me would be he would personally return my call.
Yesterday when the account holder called them the rep told her the money was reissued to a card # but failed to say what card # & never asked me for my card # today to reimburse me. Tacky, Tacky, Tacky!!! Now, it didn't take no 3-5 business days to take the unauthorized overpayment. It didn't take them no 7-8 weeks to take the money no to subtract the credit from the account holders account. I know it won't take that long to retract the money he claim they refunded the money to on Oct 25,17 which is not showing on my card.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017
I was just sent a letter saying my bill is going up again and since they took over from Bright House they have cut channels twice and they advertise better service than Dish because when there is a storm Dish loses reception. But when we get a storm, we lose channels and on good days we lose channels and we pay for channels we don't even use and they'll add programs and charge us for them and tell us that they can't take it off, everyone gets charged.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017
Where I live it's Time Warner or Spectrum is their new name and my gosh they have the entire westside of Los Angeles on lockdown, how they pulled this type of monopoly off is beyond the pale. Firstly they put their calls mostly through the Philippines or India and that is a bit troubling at times, not that I have issues with either of those two places I just feel like if you can't relate to what I'm trying to convey, it's a bit of a problem. They also charge a month in advance and that is also corny, in my opinion for a second rate service costing 150 dollars per month it all adds up to LAME.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
I received the letter today indicating my bill would be going up $30.00 next month because my promotional period is expiring. I called to inquire about any other offers as they had instructed last year when I moved here and started the service. First of all I had to ride the gauntlet of the automated phone system. When I explained the reason for my call I was told there are no other packages available for a reduced rate and I am actually still on a partial promotion but the bill goes up after a year. I asked about the fact my year is not up till January but she explained they prorate...
At this point I am now thinking about canceling but I am kind of over a barrel because I need the internet speed for work... I asked if there was a notation in the system regarding my On Demand not working. She said that it shows I called on August 30th - she then asked if it was still not working to which I explained yet that is correct. I told her that the person explained on August 30th they were aware of the issues with On Demand and that since it's a free service there's really nothing to do until it's fixed. Ahhh - the joys of a connected world; damned if you do and damned if you don't. The really bad part is these companies continue to buy up and merge with to competition so you have no real options.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
I decided to upgrade my cable and internet when Spectrum changed names from Time Warner Cable. I was promised a rate of $73 and some change. Come to find out they were charging me double the rate at $138. I found this out 5 months after being charged. Called to talk about it and it took 3 weeks for them to respond to me. Mind you I called them 4 times over this three week period. The final conversation said that I would NOT be refunded my money because I didn't tell them soon enough. All I have to say is this is the poorest customer service I have ever received by any company. No help. No one called me back, ever, after I was told I would be called back multiple times. I was not refunded even though they screwed up. Shame on you Spectrum.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
We were never really "happy" with Time Warner but now that Spectrum took them over it's gotten so much worse. They absolutely don't care at all about retaining customers. All they care about is attracting new customers with the low service rates. The cable TV service has constant pixelation with both video and audio dropouts. They keep raising the rates for us "loyal" customers. When we tried to get them to keep the rates lower we were told if we weren't grandfathered from Time Warner, the service we already have would be over $200/month.
We had been paying under $160/month. We had been told we could add or delete premium movie channels as we wanted while with Time Warner, not so with Spectrum. No changes or the package would end and the charges jump even higher. Spectrum is the worst company with which I have ever dealt. We tried to switch from residential service to business and take advantage of the internet + phone for just under $80/month. Then we would use streaming services over the internet with our Amazon Fire box. We were told we don't qualify for these rates because we're not "new" customers. Internet + phone would cost us $155/month, because we wouldn't be considered new customers.
The FCC should be investigating them with a fine tooth comb. The Federal Trade Commission should be prosecuting them for unscrupulous business practices. I hope they are soon out of business. Customer support is a joke. All we get told is the same story over and over. If we change our existing service, we can't get back what we already have without a large price increase. If they aren't violating the law, they're operating just under it and in the gray area. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE COMPANY! If you have another option, don't sign up with Spectrum!! They need to be investigated by undercover federal agents and the CEO should be jailed, along with all of the senior executives!!!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
While their service has been fairly good it has deteriorated when Time Warner Cable was acquired by Spectrum. I do think they are unfair to old reliable customers as they charge us significantly more per month than they do new customers and they refuse to do anything about despite continuing to send me solicitations for a new customer. It is a good example of how large companies don't value old faithful customers who always make their payments on time.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2017
Been with Spectrum for a very long time. Recently they have stopped doing bill extension for those who can't make a payment at the time and also they have taken away channels unless you upgrade to a higher package. I really can't do Spectrum anymore. They have become quite heartless and It's time for me to leave them.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2017
Where do I begin? I just bought a new home and considering what I paid for it, I was very specific in what I wanted, that everything was to be neat and orderly. I ordered the Silver package which was supposed to include everything I had at my previous residence plus increased internet speed and land based phone service throughout the house. The technicians arrived at the house at the appointed time as promised. The 2 technicians they sent took about 2 hours and hooked up the televisions and computer in most of the locations specified. 2 days later I went to the basement and found cables draped everywhere when they were specifically told where to place the lines and that we were planning to drywall the ceiling, one location in the master bedroom was completely in the wrong location. I called customer service and they sent another technician out who arrived 1 hour late but he reran the cabling like I had asked the first time.
Fast forward to 4 weeks later... A notification popped up on our television that we had a call coming in but we heard no ringing. I went to the landline phone and picked it up and had nothing. I checked the connection and tried another phone just in case, nothing. I tried every jack in the house and still nothing. I then called Spectrum and reported the problem and they told me to look at the modem and seen if there was a telephone cable plugged into the jack which there wasn't. They scheduled a technician to come and correct the issue. The tech was supposed to arrive between 11 am and 12 pm he arrived at 2:30 pm as my wife was walking out the door for a doctor's appointment. The technician was specifically told to not move the modem or router. When I got home I found the modem and router had been moved to a room where they were specifically told to not put them.
The power cords were stretched across the room and plugged into an extension cord and the phone plugged into the modem. We had no service anywhere in the house other than the room where it wasn't supposed to be. I called for service and the technician who was again late, informed me that he couldn't do anything. I then called customer service who then sent me to retention who immediately sent me to escalation. This is where I met Antwan **. who attempted to bully me into backing down and stating that it was not their responsibility to provide service anywhere past the modem. This was a complete contradiction as to what I was told and sold when I purchased the package. He told me to go to any dollar store and pick up a cordless phone and I would have service throughout the entire house.
He then proceeded to tell me that I couldn't go anywhere else as they would expect me to sign a long-term contract and if I wanted to discontinue the phone service I would have to pay an additional $50 per month for breaking the bundle. All in all, they did not honor the commitment to arrive within scheduled time frames, did not provide the channels that were promised (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Nick), did not provide phone service as promised and also provided shoddy workmanship when they did show up.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017
Spectrum's services are very lacking. Our box shuts off & resets, they say nothing is wrong with it. Rings for voicemail can not be changed. Was told to buy an answering machine. Services don't always work.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017
First, my rate was increased without my acknowledgment. As something my "data" package. I don't recall specifics. Then both of my cable boxes quit working. I called and was told to exchange them out. Ok fine. So I did. Then I get another price increase for upgraded equipment. I was not informed at any time. So, fine. Call and complain and they barely even apologize.
Service connection. Why should I have to call several times a year due to service being down as a result of signal reboot need to be sent to equipment for them to function properly. Then this year I got behind on my bill. It happens. It's life. I was paying bills via my bank app at lunch at work. I had to guesstimate a payment to Spectrum payment as the web account cannot be accessed via mobile. So, on 9/28/2017 my service was "interrupted" as they say. Called 800 # a few times...finally got some sort automated message stating my account was off. I downloaded the My TWC app to my cell phone and view what more I owed. In red print it states full payment. And a reconnect fee and a month additional for service to be reconnected. I was frustrated and said, "Fine...leave it off." I will return the equipment and go elsewhere when my financial situation improves.
I waiting for the next bill to give me a final total. The next bill had additional month charge. Called cs rep. They said they were printed before the payment was applied not saying my service was still on. Even though I asked why I was billed when my service was off. Next bill and it had now 2 more additional months of service. After calling multiple times...finally got a cs rep. She stated - "Well, that is flexible" and my service was turned on automatically the next day as they received a partial payment. I told the cs rep that I did not authorize it and was not informed services were restored. So now...my bill is over $400 and I can get a $75 credit for the misunderstanding.
In process of obtaining FFC complaint details as well as other agencies that handle billing. When calling this time another rep made the familiar "flexible" statement. I have made numerous calls trying to speak to someone. I gave them my email. The same email they have on file to communicate with me. As I have private/telemarketing blocker on my phone. I asked for a number to allow them access to call me and they could not confirm an outbound number.
All in all, they stated I was misunderstood as my service was "interrupted" not "disconnected". However the notification on the bill speaks more definitively as to service reconnection fees which I was not willing to pay. So, I did not pay the Total Balance so their electronic system turned my service back on automatically even though I did not meet the criteria for service to be turned back on whether it was "interrupted" or "disconnected." Terrible company. Terrible customer service. Terrible cable/internet service connection.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017
Spectrum was the easiest provider to get started with, also the fastest that's why I have nothing but super things to say about this company. I love them.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2017
My internet seems to be slow at times when I have more than one device running on it. When I have company I am hearing how slow it is from them and when I watch movies it buffers.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2017
Taken over from Time Warner - the service is as slow as any in the States. Up and downloads are slow speeds compared to Asia and Parts of Europe. If it goes down it is down for about half a day, but the help desk is very efficient and will tell the truth for downtime. Sixty bucks per month for slow internet alone - pricey but the only show in town. Some jitter and hang on high def. YouTube.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
I was approached to change from Time Warner to Spectrum because they would be faster and I would have more television stations to choose from.... Neither has happened. In fact, my internet is slower.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2017
I actually get the lowest speed and it is okay for me. I work on the internet all day so I do not use it that much when I'm at home. I checked my e-mail, I pay some bills, I'm a look at something I have an interest of and that is about it. I do not think it is a bad price for what I do get and it serves me very well. Their customer service is a little to be desired but I do not have to use it much. I am able to troubleshoot myself and if I have to call them I do and get through it as best as I can.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2017
I had Spectrum internet for a year at $45 per month and not without problems - internet dropped out once a month, had to restart router, sometimes that wouldn't fix and I'd have to call them to ping test, etc. Now that I've had their service for a year, paying every bill on time and in full, my bill got jacked up to $60 per month. When I called them, they tried to justify the increase by saying the original promotion period ended and now I'm on their current best plan and that they could have raised it to the full amount of $70 which they won't do until the following year. The longer you're with them, the more they take advantage of you. Good business practice is to reward loyal customers, not punish them. They're begging people to switch to a competitor and banking on those who don't have another option available to them.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2017
It's been few months my internet is running so slow or actually not running at all. Is this a joke that you provide 60mbps as a starting internet speed? And where is the price starting at $29.99. I am paying two and a half times of that - $65 for just the internet. This is the net speed test today - Upload speed - 9MBPS, download - 5MBPS. And I also did net speed last month and this is the speed I get upload speed - 24MBPS. I want my money back for this is not the speed I am paying for.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017
They sent a bill collector after me for $70 that I did not even owe them. I paid bill collector because I thought I made a mistake. Spectrum waited 3 months for me to figure out the mistake for myself and call. Said they'd mail me a check. One month later I call because check never came. They have no explanation but they'll send it out now. How is this legal?
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017
Cannot pause or rewind live TV. Freezes constantly. Have to reboot every time in order to watch. Cannot watch recorded shows. Cannot delete recorded shows. Results in error messages. Cannot exit the guide. Service person did not keep appointment; didn’t call. Screen goes black. Stops responding to remote. Channel won’t change. Error message reads “We’re sorry, we’re unable to display recordings. Please try again later. If the issue continues, give us a call at (855) 757-7328. If you contact us, please provide this error code: 8014.” I called 5 times. It still isn’t fixed.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2017
Just moved to a Spectrum cable area and got "service", though I use the term loosely. SPECTRUM INTERNET IS GARBAGE. Pages take MINIMUM 1-5 MINUTES to load, if at all. Open more than one browser tab? Internet crashes entirely. Try reloading? Watch the wheel spin... and spin... and spin... until the browser finally dies. Go ahead, reboot the router. Try different sites. Try a different browser. Nothing will change. Call Spectrum, even; they'll just stall by sending out a technician to replace your router, but nothing will change. You can't fix stupid... and you can't turn garbage into gold. AVOID SPECTRUM! SAVE YOUR MONEY! SAVE YOUR SANITY! (Don't believe me? Do a simple web search; even the New York State Attorney is suing these crooks.)
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2017
I have only been a customer since April of 2017. In the last 3 months I've made 28 service calls I have had five service technicians out here. I have spoken to 8 supervisors, none of which are nice and I still to date do not have cable. That's ridiculous although they take my money every month. Also none of these no one knows who the CEO is and no one will give you a corporate office number because I think this is the practice of Bright House Spectrum.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2017
I am reviewing for spectrum internet service that I had in my Brooklyn apartment. I had my own 2 in 1 modem+router that a Time Warner (now Spectrum) staff installed at my apartment with the installation fee $50 in December 2015. I moved to California in December 2016. On March 2017, I received a bill of $75 from spectrum that said that I did not return their modem. I called Spectrum customer service regarding this and explained the rep. that I had bought my own and that I never received a Modem from spectrum. The Rep. said he took care of it and that I don’t have to worry about it anymore, so I threw away the bill and felt relieved. On October of 2017, I received another mail from Spectrum saying that my bill was transferred over to collection agency because I did not pay the modem bill or did not return the Modem.
I called Spectrum customer service again and explained the whole situation and also mentioned that I never saw any equipment renting fee in any of my bills while I was in Brooklyn Apartment. She said That I would have to return the Modem or would have to mail them the receipt to prove that the Modem was my own. I explained it has been almost 2 years that I bought the Modem and I don’t have the receipt anymore. She said I must pay the bill in that case. So I finally paid the $75 billed for a modem that I never rented from Spectrum. Everyone, if you buy your own Modem please keep your receipt otherwise you might be billed by Spectrum saying that you did not return Spectrum’s Modem.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2017
I have had Time Warner, now Spectrum for a few years since my move to Port Hueneme. Unfortunately, last year I became too ill to work and no longer could afford paying $164.00 a month for TV, Phone and Internet. I spoke to Spectrum several times about how best to reduce my bill, with no assistance. Finally, I went into a Spectrum office, and was told that if I changed my account from Time Warner to Spectrum, my bill could be reduced to $140.00 a month. I have been asking about what I could do to reduce my bill for over a year. Now it appears I have to pay a one time charge of $289.00 because I changed 2 days into the new billing cycle (therefore, I had to pay the old rate in addition to the new rate). I was not told anything about this additional payment.
Also, if you look at their ads on TV they talk about how you can get Phone and Internet for $29.00 each... That would mean that their TV is $80.00 a month, which I know is not the price they brag about on TV... Sorry, I don't recall what price they state. Anyway, they are the most expensive option, and I now may decide to go with DirecTV, which is $50.00 a month... Even with a contract, I will end up saving money. I am so angry that no one at Spectrum told me to switch to Spectrum from Time Warner to save $24.00 a month for over a year (that would have saved me $288.00 in a year). This may not be much, but for someone on disability, it is a great deal.
If I go to DirecTV I will save another $30.00 a month. I would advise everyone to be careful when dealing with Spectrum and their Customer Service representatives. They appear to be dishonest, and unhelpful, unless you go directly to their office carrying a cane and looking ill. Also, being angry and a bit assertive may also help.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I sign with Bright House on 12/16/2015. My promotional price was $54.00 for 12 months, on November 8 2016 I receive a letter that said my "special offer is about to expire; however your services will continue at a new price. Beginning with your December 2016 bill statement, your monthly bill will change from $54.00 to $74.00." Now Spectrum send me another notice and it says "when you signed up for your services, you received a promotional discounted rate on your bill. Your discounted rate for your promotion is expiring and your services are scheduled to be billed at the standard rates. Beginning with your next statement, your monthly bill will be approximately $90.00 plus applicable taxes and fees." I call this morning and Spectrum said it will be $105.00 a month. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT FROM DECEMBER 16, 2015 TO DECEMBER 16, 2017 MY INCREASE WILL BE $51.00. Could you help with me this issue. Thank you.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
We have received numerous offers from Spectrum Cable company that tells us we are qualified to get better service and value on what we have now. Shows on paper what we have now and what our new services would be all for $89.97 /mo for 12 mos. TV+ Faster Internet (100Mbps) + Voice Service No contracts ever. Nowhere on this offer does it say for New Customers Only to get all 3 for this offer price. I went to their office wasted my drive and time to find since I already had all three that I was not qualified for that offer. If I wanted to upgrade it would cost me $129 a month. I consider this "false advertising." If a store did this they would have to honor the offer. We have received over 10 of these letters addressed to us in less than 2 months. What a waste of wood and postage. Hopefully soon we will get another company out in this area that offers internet service. That is the only reason I am still with this Time Warner now Spectrum.

Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Just moved to another unit in the same building. They left my old account open in my payment going to the account that they were supposed to close... bad customer service, slow internet, rip off. I felt that I was forced to get the triple play to get a "DISCOUNT"... **. Just the worst experience. Can't wait to cancel. Waiting for my lease is over. I will move just to never give a penny to this pig CIA.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2017
As a current customer of Spectrum with only Internet service I received a call from a Spectrum agent that told me I could get an increase in Internet speed to 100mbs for only 1 dollar more than I was currently paying if I combined it with phone service. After several attempts verifying it with the agent that the increase would only be 1 dollar after taxes with no installation charges or anything else. I checked my bill 2 days later and I was being charged 132 dollars, 35 for installation (which was just a tech bringing out a phone cable) and now 89 dollars a month. Talk about dishonest salespeople. To top this off after increasing the speed on the internet I spent most of the day having issues with my internet was speed tests showed me at my highest speed of 32mbs.
So here I am spending almost 2+ hours on the phone with Spectrum in order to get these items removed. This needs to change - we should not have to be held hostage by 1 internet company. So after spending time on the phone with Spectrum I get the charges taken off, but told my bill will now increase 6+ dollars a month over my previous bill because they now have me moved over from Bright House to Spectrum. Basically that is telling me that they are telling their own customers lies in order to get them over to the Spectrum system in order to in the end increase their bill by an average of 6 dollars a month. At first look this doesn't appear to be much, but take that over thousands of Spectrum customers and you make a killing. This is the second worst company I have ever dealt with, Frontier Communications is the worst...
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
I have had a seasonal contract with Bright House/ Spectrum for several years. Came down last Friday... 6 days ago, and still have no phone service. On the chat line with 4 or 5 people, had a serviceman in for over an hour and a half last Sunday... and still, NO PHONE!!! Absolutely amazing. This company is for the **. Our condo association pays the basic, but if it was up to me, I would be looking elsewhere. Avoid these guys at all costs.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
I called to cancel my service after 8 days because I had to leave to Mexico for the earthquake situation. I talked to a rep called Nora. She was really nice and told me my account was going to be at 0. I won't have to pay anything. That way when I come back I could reinstall my service. Well I'm back. I called today 11-9-17 and found out my account is in collections and the guy I was talking to said that they can't do nothing about it and when ask if I could talk to someone else he let me on hold for almost 15 minutes, talked to someone else and said I have to pay my past due balance. This is not what Nora had told me and they can't credit my account because Nora didn't write that in her notes. I feel I should not be in collections because they told me my account will be at 0. I find this really frustrating as they can't keep what was told to me from the beginning.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
Spectrum pricing is deceptive. I tried to upgrade my service from internet to internet and TV but was forced to buy the triple play --- internet, tv and phone for $110. The next day I get a brochure in the mail for internet and tv for $39.99 each but when I called to get this service I entered a chain of six people only to find out that $39.99 times two is still the same $110 price. I get so annoyed when I call them that the only thing I want to do is cancel my service. They told me I could cancel the telephone but I would still have to pay the same price. And of course as we all know in 12 months the price will suddenly jump to $139 a month.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
Only 2-3 months service and we're getting very poor service, and Spectrum doesn't care what they do to the customer... Totally vicious customer service. Reading all the below complaints... Now tells me and confirms to me that Spectrum is ripping people off millions & millions of dollars. Why isn't the government stepping in to stop this injustice? Instead of an actual person breaking into my home robbing me, I'm PAYING Spectrum to rob me.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017
After inadvertently making payments to my old Time Warner account (I discontinued cable which virtually closed out the old account with them, but kept internet which was now through Spectrum), my statements were now coming from Spectrum (same statements, but unbeknownst to me the account number changed). I contacted Spectrum to have the $$ transferred to my Spectrum account. They acknowledged the credit balance and agreed to transfer funds to cover the amount due on my Spectrum account. Four calls to 4 different CS reps, and the problem has STILL not been resolved.
Yesterday received a letter that my internet service would be disconnected if payment was not received within the next 2 days. Called AGAIN, spoke with yet another person who assured me payment would be transferred but "our automated payment system takes at least 48 hours before the $$ is posted." Same story the 4th time. The last and previous calls I was assured this transaction was escalated so that it would be taken care of. I asked if I could get a confirmation when this was posted for my own reassurance and was told there was no way they could notify me when my payment did post.
I don't blame the service representatives for having their hands tied. I do blame Spectrum for having such poor accounting/billing policies that they cannot expeditiously take care of issues without going through what has now been a 2 week teeth-gnashing effort to get my account issue resolved. The customer has no recourse or guarantees their issues will be resolved. When I asked the last CSR how could I know that my payment had finally posted. His response: "If you still have your internet service, you'll know." And this is how a communications company wants to do their customers? I NEVER had an issue with Time Warner in the 13+ years I dealt with them. Spectrum's off to a very, very bad start with me.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2017
Bought Triple Play and decided 2 days into having product that it wasn’t worth the money, tried to exchange for only internet and was told I would incur a 25% increase of what the internet was available for prior to trying Triple Play. I call this BULLYING. Someday a real rain will come and wash…

Reviewed Nov. 5, 2017
After Hurricane Irma around September 29th we decided to get Spectrum Cable Phone and Internet bundle. Which included one Cable Box only. I was told my monthly price would be $105.00. After 12 days of having the service we received a bill of $441.58. Then on 10/03/17 I was billed $294.47. Then on 10/27/17 I was billed $333.59. All these bills for one month of service. We have already paid $158.00 plus $82.00. I do not understand what is going on. And a lot of people I know are having the same issues. Spectrum is scam!!! I never have problems con Bright House, help please, all my statement are for 37 days!!
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2017
Consider that as -1 star please. Thank you. Started my services last year, when I moved to Orlando. Had a bundle for internet, no contract or anything. Suddenly this month, bill is $20 higher. I called the customer service, they told me that they are stepping up. Stepping up what? Do I get better, higher speed internet? "No, you get the same old internet with a lot higher prices." Did anyone send me an email or post regarding this change? "No, why should they?" Did anyone tell me at that time that promotion will expire in a year? No, the technician rather informed me that this rate will stay as long as I had the internet at this apartment. (Really!!!) Can you transfer my call to the person who is capable of making any change? "No way, we are not authorized for that." So, Just pay the damn bill, or go to hell! And yes, you have to pay next month bill, this month. Cherry on the top! Well, you don't have much of a choice, so suck it up!!!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2017
Subscribed for cable/internet/phone 9/2014 with stipulation I can pay bill @ end of month (fixed income). Was told "no problem". First 3-4 mos, kept getting late fees; called & they were waiving as I told them they could pull conversation and see that's what was agreed. I also didn't want my bill to go over $99/mo since my income wasn't increasing. They then said they couldn't keep waiving late fees; fine. I kept getting minor increases often; then serious increases along the way due to expired promotions! I said I didn't want a promotion - charge me a flat rate that won't go up - no such thing.
I asked why it was that their ads advertise very low ($29.95) triple bundles when my bill is now $165/mo for BASIC cable & low MG internet??? "That's for new customers" was told. I contend that their "promotions" are a scam to enable consistent rate hikes! The loyal customers pay the brunt of their "new customer low rates" and it seems to me there should be a law against that! I just canceled my cable TV; with internet & phone only, plus the local channels - no cable, my new rate is $115.95 - ABOMINABLE! I have no choice since I have no car & must have some form of diversion to subsist. Spectrum should be audited by FCC for fraud in my opinion (I should mention there were costly errors in their favor along the way to which they tried to compensate with a gift card that never materialized & couldn't win the debate since no one seemed to acknowledge the verbal commitment from one of their agents!)
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017
I have a serious complaint about Spectrum and my apartment complex The Gables. We were forced to include your internet and cable services for an additional $80 a month included in our rent part of our lease, that I did not want. So management advised the tenants that as of August 11, 2017 our personal service accounts with Spectrum would be termed. And that as soon as the internet and cable were installed our first month was going to be free. I have the emails from The Gables to prove it. I am currently being billed by Spectrum for billing dated 09/28/2017 for usage from 10/02/2017 to 11/01/2017.
I have paid my October's rent included are the $80.00 for Spectrum and I have paid November's rent including the $80.00 from Spectrum. Every time I contact you people you have a tunnel vision and you are not interested in resolving this issue. I chatted with one of your representatives she was not listening to what I was explaining to her. She was following the script that I had to pay my bill for $78.00 in order to avoid my services being interrupted. I will have to contact the Better Business Bureau and if you interrupt my services making me break my lease you can expect a lawsuit.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017
Spectrum Time Warner Cable is a terrible company. I watch a lot of TV as I am disabled. I like to watch it on my laptop in bed. Right now I cannot watch as there is an issue with online TV. I spoke to customer service. They have no idea when online viewing will resume. This company also has no regard for nonprofit businesses in my area, which is very depressed. So any business is welcome.
However TWC charges $99 for installation for internet only plus a monthly fee of $65 for only internet. Company doesn't give a hoot about anything but money. I am retired, on a fixed income but my bill with them has consistently risen. I really wish I had recourse but I am nobody against a big company. I can't even switch to another company.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017
I moved today and had called ahead to have my service transferred and was told no problem. Big problem!!! Not only did I have to fight to get the same service, I have to now pay 22.00 more for it! Really? After 11 years with the same company... Now Spectrum buys it and I not only have to pay more for the same service... I had to argue with a superior sounding witch who would not give me her supervisor! Spectrum... I will be looking for different services.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017
Spectrum cable is horrible. We have had Time Warner for years with sub par service but when Spectrum took over it just got worse. Tv service is even worse than before, now instead of one box for the house and cable service for every tv in the house you now have to have a box which now costs 5.99 per box per month for basic tv channels. As far as streaming services for phone, computers or tablets, don't even bother, they are constantly buffering and loading, it is not possible to watch a complete show without missing half of it due to buffering or loading issues, they say you can watch DVR from devices, this is not true. You can set to record or cancel recordings, that's it. I bought a 30 dollar antenna and receive 56 channels for nothing of open air tv. It's your best bet instead of wasting money on Spectrum. Their service dept could care less about you or any issues you may be having. So in short save your money and buy an open air antenna instead.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2017
We signed up for a bundled service with Spectrum for TV/Internet/Phone. Our first bill arrived October 4, 2017 covering the 10/3/17 to 11/2/17 service period, for $115.51 which is about what we expected. On October 1, 2017 we returned to Spectrum a DVR box since we had no need for it. When we returned it to the Spectrum Office in Rockland, ME we were told that our monthly fee will be reduced because there will be no rental fee for the DVR box. On October 25 we received a new bill for $181.50 for the period covering 11/3/17 to 12/2/17. When we inquired about the high bill, we were told that returning the DVR box took us out of the Bundled package and put us in another non-bundled package... And they cannot put us back in the bundled package even if we take back the DVR box.
This is wrong for many reasons: 1) We were clearly told at the Spectrum desk that we will get a discount rather than an increase when we returned the DVR. 2) There was no mention of us not being eligible for the bundled package price. 3) Nobody bothered to call us before switching us to a different plan. We are requesting to be put back into the bundled package we were on in October with or without the DVR Box... Your policy is unjust, unfair, misleading and unethical and should be unlawful.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017
I've been a customer for almost 2 and a 1/2 years. Always paid my statement bills which Spectrum called me a courtesy call. Payments were made on the time allowed. I always paid on my bill the amount of past you never ever did I have a problem paying the full amount, on the 25th of this month paid $137.04. Midnight my service was interrupted. I called about my service payment, Spectrum explained through all my years always paid their past due,
Spectrum now says I have to pay $600.00 to get my service going. Supervisor from last was bringing out 3 month passed, but however I explained to him that I always got a bill and the past you was printed in red. I was never question about the amount past it. Was always being the month precedent highlighted in red which needed to be. Supervisor was very rude telling me that Oct for went back as of August which I explained to him when I do get the bill it's always highlight it red which need to be paid and the amount highlighted in red was the amount I always. Never was I question about my whole entire bill, as long as the highlight red amount which I always paid.
I feel that this is not right. The supervisor was very rude did not even give me a chance. Was making me feel very upset. Didn’t not want to make any type of arrangements. I had payment 137 for the month Oct the past due and ask if arrangement on the 2nd of Nov 2017 pay 200 on top of the payment $137. He telling me to return the equipment, he then told me $600.00 is now due. And I hope years a being with this company. I've always paid the past you on the payment due date highlighted in red never did I have any problems until the 25th.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017
Like most other reviews, SPECTRUM IS HORRIBLE! Save yourself the frustration & do NOT go with them! The customer service is horrid & all they do is LIE! They'll send you a bill stating one thing, then next thing you know, your internet is cut off early & you call them to see what's going on & they tell you all this BS that they only see on their end! You know damn well they CAN turn it back on, they just don't WANT to! & they'll make it a big struggle, even when you call them out on all their BS! They do not care to keep customers. So don't even bother going with them.
On another note for OTHER people, some I know have started with Brighthouse & then they merged to Spectrum, prices have gone up for them! Yet all "new" customers get the cheaper prices? That's WRONG! Old customers should have the new cheaper prices. Also, on the radio, it ADVERTISES for 100mbps down/ 10 Mbps UP, for $44.99 a month, yet when you call in to get that offer, it's apparently ONLY ON THE WEST COAST OF FL. for that! Even though it advertises it HERE!
They don't even know where their own company is advertising! Then all it is a let down from there! I stress, save YOURSELF from stress & do NOT go with Spectrum. These companies were MUCH BETTER BEFORE MERGING! Spectrum has nothing but liars, & they don't care about keeping customers or getting good reviews. They'll have to eventually make things better if they want to keep running.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017
I have only internet now with Spectrum, and on Saturday I spent an hour and a half on the phone with them trying to determine why we had no internet. After an hour and a half they determined they needed to send a technician out to our home. The appointment was set for Monday between 6-8pm. I was informed by the technician scheduling my appointment that the technician coming to our house would do a call ahead before heading to our appointment. We confirmed the phone number on file, which is the one that is used to reference my account. We patiently waited at our home, then at about 7:30 pm I contacted Spectrum to check on the status of our technician, as I have two little ones who need to get ready for bed. I was informed that our appointment had been Cancelled due to a failed attempt. I asked which failed attempt?!!! Nobody has been here, no call has been made!
He apologized to me and stated I needed to call in before the 8:00 pm cut off, I explained to him it WAS 7:28 pm. He then scrambled to get a supervisor and stated on would be calling me from the dispatching department. The technician from the dispatching department informed me they would not be coming this evening and would reschedule me for another time. I told him no call was made and nobody has been to our home, all he could say was "I do apologize." My family set our time aside to wait for them for 2 hours. I have never seen such terrible customer service!

Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017
Forced to move from Bright House to Spectrum - Now I pay more for less. 200 MB vs 100 MB and they refuse to support my two access points. INTERNET DROPS TWICE A DAY. Awful phone service and idiots will service your house in person. NO OTHER PROVIDER OR WAY TO UPGRADE!!!! THANKS TRUMP!!
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017
Had Time Warner - they switched to what they call it now as "Spectrum." My bill for exactly the same TV package - without even a notice or upgrade or changing any equipment modems etc. went up suddenly $58.00 per month more - said I was on some kind of "promotional" feature that they had come up with. I hope they keep their promise of NO DISCONNECTION FEE - 'cause that is exactly where this scam is going! You wouldn't think the FCC would let them get away with this. The "FAKE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION."
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017
The WiFi constantly goes out and even when I had the home phone it would go out for DAYS. The service is terrible. Then last week I had a salesperson come here more than once trying to convince me that I do not have Spectrum and to sign up for a package. Even after I showed him my bill he told me that wasn't possible as I wasn't showing in the system. I don't know who he thought he was fooling, I've had Time Warner for years. That was extremely unethical and makes me question their business practices.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2017
I am a property manager of an apartment complex that provides Bulk Internet Service to our tenants. Originally through Time Warner, until Spectrum took over. This has been a horrible experience. We have no retention department, changing our contract, charges that were not agreed to, disrespectful "representatives". It has been a nightmare. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS. If you can, utilize another company. Do not give this company any of your hard earned money.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2017
I was a Bright House customer. I went in to see if I could lower my bill. They disconnected my phone when I told them not to. When I called to tell them to turn my phone back on and ask again about lower my bill they told me since I went in to have my phone turned off I was no longer grandfathered in to my Bright House rate. My bill went up 30 plus dollars the next month. This sounds illegal to me. I am looking for a new way to watch TV. Everybody should...
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2017
Not happy with their internet services at all. They bought out my previous company, Time Warner, and greatly increased the internet speed as to force people to pay more. I was able to negotiate a lower price and keep a slower internet speed, but within the last several months, I can't even watch regular tv on my laptop without the show constantly stopping, freezing, and/or not playing at all. I am extremely frustrated because there are very few options for services in East Dallas and cost are extreme.
Updated review: Nov. 17, 2017
On a further call I got someone genuinely helpful who arranged for a technician to come out who replaced the broken outside wire box which resolved the problem of the loose dangling wires blowing in the wind and disrupting my cable reception. Therefore I'd increase my rating based on this.
Original Review: Oct. 14, 2017
Since Hurricane Irma September 10, an outside metal cabinet which holds the Spectrum TV cable wires for the building I live in located in an apartment complex has been broken. The door has been forced open and will not now close. All of the cable wires for Spectrum customers in this building are hanging out of the box. When the wind kicks up beyond a breeze, TV reception cuts on and off.
I reported this issue over a week ago and someone came out. I was appalled when he asked me if the wires were supposed to hang out that way! He just photographed the box. Could not tell me a time I could expect issue to be fixed. I got no further response and no indication of Spectrum intending to fix this issue. It seems it would be a simple matter to fix a broken hinge on a cabinet door. Spectrum continues raising the cable TV rates at every turn, the latest raise is to cover "road construction required by local government" but when it comes to getting a response to an issue they are indifferent. Due to the location of my apartment, satellite service is not an option. If Spectrum will get this issue fixed I will be glad to update my rating to a higher number. The ball is in their court.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017
Don't trust Spectrum's advertising for $29.99 per service (when combined: WIFI, VOICE, TV). I received the ad by mail and then saw it on TV so I called and was told I qualify for this offer and there is no installation charges. The next month I got the bill, it is $137+$64. Then I called to find out why they practically told me that was a bate, then they told me the $64 was for installation. Spectrum is the most dishonest company there is, don't trust a word they tell you.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
Service outages, called cust. service, tech says cable bury from box to house is unsat., need new cable in conduit buried. He calls in bury ticket. Dispatch unilaterally cancels that ticket. I restore it, they unilaterally cancel again. I call supervisor to restore, and he assures me notes on ticket will NOT cancel. Today it's cancelled a 3rd time unilaterally. Cust. service & customers not allowed to talk to dispatch, they are insulated from contact and never return messages. So they can decide to just not work and cust. service says "oh well, nothing I can do." This is UNSAT. a company that doesn't do work they promised, cust. service that can't schedule and verify work done or escalate to get someone to do their job... Why isn't dispatch cleaned house and get people in there that actually will do the job?
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2017
This is insane, the most nasty people I ever spoken. I been with this company for more than 5 years and it seems that the price is going up every time. So I called to change the plan since I have almost 300 channel and I don’t watch too many TV. I asked for a basic channel and internet. Well after I spoke with 3 people, which they don’t have a knowledge and don’t know what they doing, I asked for a manager which her name was Drew and she was even worse, and rude and sound more like a robot, by repeating herself that she was given me a best deal. Well how the hell you are giving me the best deal, do the math. I have almost 300 channel with internet for $120. And you are giving me a best deal with 9 channel and internet for $100. What kind a deal is this, but yes a best deal for the company.
This a rip-off company which they trying just to make money for themself. Disgusting insane company, they don’t care about customer, and when I asked for the plans they have online, she said that's not for standing customer. It’s for new customer only so (they get them in) and that was with this unprofessional, rude and robot manager Drew which she was repeating herself about the good deal, over and over without thinking. These people don’t care and don’t DO NOT value the customer. Unbelievable... I hope that everyone leaves this company like I’m going to do, so they can lose their job and their business, so they can understand and value the customer, which pays their bills... Disgusting insane a rip-off company!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2017
They unilaterally dropped my service until I paid them approximately $300 which I didn't know I owed. They claimed they had emailed me 5 days earlier but I never received it. After 18 years as a customer their actions and subsequent customer service were terrible. They would not send me a copy of the alleged email and were aggressive in their comments. Since they have taken over Bright House they've raised rates twice and continue to have numerous monthly interruptions. To better ensure I get their emails so I know I owe them money before they disconnect service I asked them to send a paper bill as well to which they told me they charge $1. If you have an alternative get rid of Spectrum.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017
Spectrum is horrific!!! Please we have to do something. I'm calling for a boycott. I know winter is coming but this company is out of control. This is the worst cable provider I have ever had to deal with!!! My bill was $148. Spectrum took over and it went to $194. I called to discuss this. Was quoted $154 losing channels and my home line. I was fine with that. THEN GET THIS! I was transferred to someone to disconnect my home phone and told I was given the wrong information, he said sorry but... ready for this??? You will still lose cable channels and your home phone and pay $202 a month. I couldn't even respond. I just hung up.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017
Just about every month Spectrum calls and harasses me after I've told them several times that I don't want to upgrade my service. All I want is internet, I don't want their tv or phone package that they are trying to push down everyone's throat. Why do I need a home phone when I have a cell and why would I pay for cable when I can get Netflix, Hulu and Amazon cheaper and watch what I want. But that's not the straw that broke the camels back with me, about every 2 or 3 months they call me saying that I've missed a payment. How is it that possible, I have plenty of money in the bank and it's on autopay. I tell you how it's possible, they are doing it on purpose. So that you have link a bank account number to your Time Warner account, so it's harder to cancel. But I have news for them, next week I'll be canceling my service with them.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017
Spectrum, perhaps the most despised company where I live, has the nerve to run incredibly sappy ads promoting its excellence. In fact, locals call it speculum ~ which is a medical device ~ insinuating they screw their customers. How? Price, promises, and impudence. First, my service includes basic tv with no extras or premiums, landline which I don't use, and the lowest internet speed available, all for the amazing price of $156 per month. I am told that this is as cheap as it comes. Though my Spectrum bill has doubled in six years, my income has gone down. When I asked to quit my phone service, I was told that doing so would cost me $15 per month MORE. Charging more when removing a service sounds downright illegal.
Second, just try to take advantage of an advertised price. In my experience, it doesn't apply to existing customers or so I'm told. Admittedly, I have given up the "trying." Third, I don't need to address the rudeness issue as so many reviewers (at this website) have already done a great job describing their experiences. Just a few cable companies control the market like AT&T controlled phone service a number of years ago before it was broken up by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Is it time for government to take a look at the cable monopoly?
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
Right now when you call them the standard response via automated voice is "We are experiencing a high volume of calls at this time, please hang up and call back." Does not matter what time of the day it is - same response. Useless service provider but there are not a lot of choices out there -- unfortunately!!
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
I paid a new bill that was 353.00 and then they cut me off. I had service for 3 months. Now I have a extra bill that I never had. This company is a rip off. They told me to call a collection agency. I did. I was told no one had me in their account. No one can help me. I want my money back. They are fraud. No bill. No account.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
Worst company ever. Why we pay for service... I have no idea. We can't get any of our channels to work and the internet service is down about 80% of the time each day. We have had someone come out to "fix" the problem. Within a hour or so the problems start back up. Ridiculous to pay monthly for no service.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I’ve had Spectrum (formerly Time Warner) service for many years. I would switch service to AT&T or Spectrum depending on who had a better deal at the time. Both companies are terrible but that’s for another review. Internet service has always been bad with Spectrum but there are no other internet providers in my area and they take advantage of the legal monopoly. If you want the internet speed you paid for you have to call at least every other week for them to “reset your modem” or whatever they want to tell you the problem is. Then After a 30 minute phone call your internet is magically working and you may or may not be able to pry a few dollars of credit out of the customer service representative.
This past month they really got me upset when my service was constantly below 10mbps (worst it’s ever been) when I was paying for 50mbps. I’m working two jobs and going to school and I didn’t have time to call customer service for the whole month. Today I set aside time to solve the problem and sure enough after a 30 minute call to customer service my internet is magically fixed again. After demanding a credit on my next bill and stating I had records of every speed test I’ve done in the past month I received $5.
My bill is $50 for 50mbps, I was getting 10mbps or below for a month with proof of poor service. They said that because I was still receiving some service and that there were no “outages” recorded, they couldn’t give me any more credit. I would have been happy with $25 or at least $15. I mean seriously, it’s going towards my next bill for heavens sake. But they just give you $5 to shut you up, and hope you don’t have the patience to call back next month. This is plain stealing, a business that has any care for its reputation will give its consumers their money back if they’re good or service does not deliver what was agreed upon.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
I always feel there is room for improvement. Like letting their customers know when there is going to be a rate increase. I am on a fixed budget so I have to watch every penny. I switched from CenturyLink who was double what I am paying now. Their every month would creep up, with NO explanation.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017
I called Spectrum yesterday thinking I was calling Bright House. I told them I wanted to set up my internet in my formal dining room area. They said they could do it. First, the service person called me and was making every excuse he could not to show up, I told him to get here and hung up. He gets here and I tell him what I want done and he says, "Oh I know Bright House use to do that but we don't do that stuff." I then asked, "What the hell do you do?" And kicked him out the door. Thank you Bright House for ** us over!! Now we have a cable company that doesn't want to do what everyone else does and is used to. Spectrum you are a piece of ** company!!! ** you piece of trash company!!!
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2017
I received an invitation for a special cable and internet combined promotion. When I called to accept the offer the customer service representative very rudely told me that their prices had gone up from the three days prior that I got the offer and it was no longer valid. When I asked to speak with a customer service manager she left me on hold for about 15 minutes before coming back and telling me no one was available that someone would have to return my call. Here we are two weeks later three phone calls in and about 7 emails with no resolution nor any contact.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
If possible, never do business with Spectrum (formerly Time-Warner). Customer service is the poorest I have ever experienced. Discovered them digging in my yard one day to replace their cable which did not work any longer (I was not a subscriber at this point). Their effort so far had damaged my lawn, broken the sidewalk with their boring machine, and broke a lawn sprinkler head. I opened a complaint and was assured that damage would be taken care of. Met on site with both Spectrum rep and contractor rep who documented problem.
Since my house was for sale, I think they decided to just ignore problems. I had to purchase a sprinkler head and fix the damaged irrigation system myself when the rep who was supposed to fix it just did not return as scheduled. I made several calls for reimbursement of repair expenses and was told that someone would call me but they just don't. This is why I don't do business with them as they do not care about customers. Mathew ** was the supervisor from Spectrum I met with and Mike ** from Cat 5 was the rep who was to repair the damaged sprinkler. My claim number was **. Should anyone care to verify my complaint. They can change their name but their services remain poor at best and dishonest at worst.

Reviewed Aug. 11, 2017
Bright House went to Spectrum, and Spectrum for my TV with Showtime, one DVR and one HD box and within two years they've gone from charging me $140 a month to $195.31 a month. I called to complain and spoke with Miss **, a supervisor, because everybody I spoke to lied to me. After complaining profusely, I was told I would be charged $185.01 per month, and when I received the very next bill it was $195. TV, telephone, Internet and Showtime. My friends and I are all changing to Frontier (FL) PS. Their CEO signed a $75 million contract to go with them. Nice, huh?!?
Reviewed July 3, 2017
I have been with Bright House for many years now. Ever since Spectrum took over the customer service has seriously declined and the service (primarily internet) is basically non existent. I have to reset my cable modem and router every day, sometimes multiple times a day. They always state their signal is fine, etc but my I can access the internet much faster using a hotspot on my phone even when my 4G is all used up.
I also have had billing issues. The most recent stating that my last ACH payment came back NSF. This is impossible for two reasons. One, I have had plenty of money in my account to cover whatever comes through. Two, both of my banks have confirmed to me that no ACH payment was ever presented to them by Spectrum. They charged me the NSF fee and will not remove it from my account. They told me it is impossible to do. As a person who has worked for service provider companies and have dealt with these issues, I know that is a lie.
Also, they cut off my internet (I thought it was just the usual issues or thunderstorms causing me problems) and I am a student trying to complete my final projects. I had already used up all of my 4G because I wasn't aware they cut off my internet until I got the notice I'd used all of my 4G and so without my internet I had to buy more 4G and hotspot to work on my school work.
To make matters worse, when I had noticed that the payment had not come out of my account on the 18th of June, I made another payment while waiting for that to resolve. This did not prevent them from turning off my internet even thought the other payment had been returned (according to them). They still refuse to provide any satisfaction to this situation. I finally told the third customer service person that I spoke to that they can just close out my account. I paid the final balance and their stupid NSF and late fees. I can't deal with their terrible customer service and terrible internet service anymore.
Reviewed June 29, 2017
Poor quality service. I have been experiencing problems with Bright House since I moved to Florida in 2014. Now that Spectrum has taken over it's even worse. They continue to have service outage and my bill keeps going up. Why can't this town in Florida offer more competitive service like Cable Vision or DirecTV? Where I live I have no alternative but to go with Bright House. It is a scam. In the politicians to do nothing to protect the consumer... There was Bright House Spectrum service outage in Davenport, FL today. I have no landline phone, no Internet and no cable TV. This is the second time I called them and told them I want two days' credit. I'm not paying for service that I don't have! If it's happening to you call and get your credit on your account. This is ridiculous.
Reviewed June 28, 2017
I have been a customer of Bright House for a few year. On Jun 27, 17 I talked to a bright house employee in the morning (still have record log in my cell phone). She said that Bright House change to Spectrum and she will send out someone to pick my old modem and send a new faster modem between 12-2 pm. The new modem will run faster speed 60 mbps compare to old 25 mbps. And she said our monthly price will be $44.95. A lady showed up to pick up the old modem around 12:30 pm and I asked her "Are you dropping of the faster modem". She said "That person will come behind her". So I keep waiting and nobody to show up to drop off the new faster modem. I called Bright House and asked them and spoke to Victor (supervisor) from North Carolina plant. They said they have no record of the dropping off the new modem but he saw I called in the morning.
Finally, They disconnected my service and want to charge me around $65 monthly and also want to charged me a reconnection fee $35. I told Victor "This is your employee fault and now your company increase my monthly to $65 and charge me a reconnection fee $34? Is this fair???" The lady picked up the old modem lied to me and the lady representative lied and did not do as she said.
Reviewed June 21, 2017
Back in 2014 we were currently customers of Bright House we had moved and had to open up a new account. Upon doing that our payments were being put on it account that was supposed to have been closed. They sent me a bill say to stating I owed $465. Upon calling them to settle the issue I was told they put it on the wrong account and there was nothing they could do about it or was going to do about it. I have disputed it several times and still they have not fixed their mistake. Just recently about three years ago my husband decided to give them another chance when we moved to our new home. They continued raising prices changing everything so we cancelled service. they came and picked up the equipment and now they are trying to bill us once again for equipment saying that it wasn't returned.
We called them with our confirmation that they picked it up and still more bull crap stories. I would not recommend this cable company to anybody. The only thing I have on my credit is Bright House as being negative and yet has been able to get this issue resolved considering that I've already paid the bill. I don't feel that I should have to pay it again but yet it's still being held against me and hurting my credit score. So when looking into cable companies I highly suggest stay as far away from Bright House and Spectrum as you can.
Reviewed May 21, 2017
DVR cable box stuck for 3 days on l-3 with no service. Replaced box 2 times still the same issue. Call services support, reboot device many times, still the same issue. Tech came, check signal and all good but still the same issue. Now waiting for the second tech arrived to my house...paying for something that I can't used.
Reviewed May 12, 2017
Prices have skyrocketed. I called about the new pricing and was told that I would lose 40 channels and my price would go up $11 if I went to the same package it was over $20 per month more... I was transferred to retention who offered me a package where I would lose 40 channels but my price would actually go down $8. I agreed. They were able to change to the new package as I was on the phone. I took notes and reviewed to make sure I understood. I then left town for 3 days. Upon my return I find out that I did not lose 40 channels. I lost over 100 channels. I was told that I would have 165+ channels.
My channels also now turn very slowly. I called to make sure that a mistake was not made. I was told then that I was only given the 125 channel package and there was nothing they could do. WHAT? NO ONE EVER SAID ANYTHING about a 125 channel package. I would not have lost over 100 channels for $8. That is just stupid! I was actually talking to a very nice guy in sales named Larry who sort of made it better. My price went up $15 but I gained back some of the channels. So now I have 175 channels compared to my 225 plus channels and I am paying a lot more money. DO NOT change your package if you are on an old Bright House package. I am very unhappy as there are no other options. Have no TV or get ripped off. I thought there were laws against this!
Reviewed April 29, 2017
We've been w/ Bright House-- now Spectrum for 7 years-- started with exact same package under $100 per month for cable, house phone & internet. Understanding inflation, completely acceptable to expect rate increases over the years. HOWEVER, approx TWICE a year, all the sudden your monthly bill changes, with no warning, nothing. In the past, when we've called to inquire, the company was usually pretty good about putting you on whatever their most recent promotion is, helping to keep the bill reasonable. Now, here we are & in less than 2 months, my bill has gone up TWICE-- a little over $3 last month to approx $151. per month, and now this month to over $167 per month.
Upon calling both times, we are told, "Sorry, that's the best you can have"-- REGARDLESS of being a perfect pay customer of 7 YEARS and REGARDLESS of new customers receiving bundled services, for the SAME 3 services we have @$29.95 each = less than $100 per month!!! Buyer Beware --- YOU WILL GET SUCKED IN AT A GREAT/FAIR PRICE-- BUT DON'T SET UP AUTO PAY OR SET YOUR BUDGET FOR SAME PAYMENT EVERY MONTH. Further-- there is zero loyalty from this company to their long term customers. Shopping out services from other companies NOW...
Reviewed April 25, 2017
We have been a loyal customer of Bright House Network for 16 years and have never had a problem with them. Of course, prices go up and discounts expire; however, all you had to do was call Bright House customer service and they would work with you and offer new promotions/discounts and life goes on. NOW we have to deal with SPECTRUM and the only thing that they can offer is less for a lot more money. Why is this, because we do not qualify for any of their promotions because we are/were Bright House customers. I spent almost an hour on the phone with SPECTRUM customer service and no matter how they worked it out, I pay more for less.
Reviewed April 19, 2017
My condo association changed our cable contract to Bright House / Spectrum. On January 1, 2017, my service was changed over. Every bill that I have received from them each month has not been correct. I was billed for a Spanish channel for 2 months. Called to get credit. $20.00 credit was never applied. Showed my account past due because the credit was not applied and showed a balance of $20.00. Was charged $8.95 late fee. Called to get late fee credited and to be sure the $20.00 credit was being applied.
Next bill... totally screwed up. I called again. Was told adjustments were made and told me what I should pay on the next month's bill. I paid what I was told. Next month... I was billed late charges again, because adjustments/credits still not applied. I paid current month's bill on 3/29/17 (not due until 4/16/17). Said they did not receive the payment. (My bank verified it was sent. I had to fax the proof to Bright House Cash Management so they could trace a "missing payment.") I kept receiving automated calls that I was past due. When I finally got to actually "talk" a person in Cash Management regarding all the errors on my account, she mentioned, "Your service has been turned back on." I said, "Why was it even turned off???" Then I go to my account online, and I was charged $4.99 to reconnect for nonpayment???
The errors on MY account are made by Bright House / Spectrum. I have done EVERYTHING I can do to keep my account paid. What happened to customer service??? They should make sure MY account is correct, and then figure out what is WRONG in their system. It should be an internal issue, and the customer (me) should not have to continuously receive INCORRECT STATEMENTS. I just want to receive a bill for exactly what I owe every month. It should always be the same... I don't add anything or order anything. I just want to be billed for what my account was supposed to be set up for on January 1, 2017. It is now April 19 and I have yet to get a correct statement.
Reviewed April 13, 2017
Was called and sold on a $10/month upgrade to add basic cable and telephone line. Was told there would be no installation fee and I would have two boxes. Had one box installed and received a bill that was $50 higher than usual, not the $10 increase I expected. Called and they said there was an installation fee and that another box would be $5/month. I was either lied to or they are incompetent. If the other choices for internet were not so poor, I would drop Spectrum in a heartbeat.
Reviewed April 12, 2017
I have contacted the Tech Support several times, I've had techs come to the house twice but the problem continues. I have been told by Spectrum and the HOA that many of my neighbors have also complained about the internet connectivity, and that techs will be sent to fix the problem. Last time I called the internet support tech said the outages in the community has been resolved that same day, and that they could offer for another tech to come and change the equipment.
Shortly after the tech left today the internet dropped again. The tech over the phone instructed me to unplug the power and wait, the same thing I have been told to do each time I call. I explained to him this is a reoccurring issue and that removing power will only temporarily fix the issue, he replied with nothing can be done by him.
I am disappointed in the quality of service I have received in attempt to fix this issue, I've had techs immediately respond and try and fix the issue and others who want to get off the phone, either way the issue isn't resolved. I just want consistent internet service. I am paying over $140 for their fastest internet speed, even when the internet is up it is incredibly slow as shown on many speed test done by me and over the phone with a internet tech.
Reviewed April 11, 2017
My father was in the hospital, hospice, and we have to deal with funeral home (Feb-March). So we call, they had a $370+ bill, then they said was now over $700. My son took the March 17 bill and death certificate (March 4th) to their office with the equipment. Bright House Networks know he did not use Feb and March but would not waive it one dime. They bill until you cancel they said (but they did disconnect his service in March; liars too). Well I don't think my Dad could cancel then or now. He's passed. My father died and they still billed him for non usage. These people are crooks IMHO. No respect for my family during this very sad time. All about the money. We paid so probate does not get hung up. People try anyone else, trust me.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
My bill continues to increase. They are advertising $29.99 bundles. I currently have basic Cable with Phone and Internet. My bill is over 200 per month. I called about the bundles they are advertising and was told the promotion is not for existing customers. Only new customers qualify. I don't understand. I've been a customer for 13+ years but yet I don't qualify for a bundle or promotion? I asked if there was anything that could be done for their loyal customers and was told there is nothing. When I advised that I would have to shop elsewhere to lower my bill I was told by the Rep "I do understand". I guess they only want new customers and screw all the long time loyal customers. Time for a change.
Reviewed April 3, 2017
Coming from the North (Now I am in the South) I was looking forward to getting Xfinity from Comcast. Unfortunately Comcast does not service my area instead I am tortured by Bright House Spectrum which has the worst cable service ever. I barely watch TV as is and when I go on On Demand to catch up on my shows I get an error message or the box will freeze. I have only had this service for 3 weeks. I never thought I'd say this but I miss having Comcast. Bright House is the only option for my cable so I am stuck with it but I am not happy at all. I am also not looking forward to my $150 month bill either for such crappy service.
Reviewed March 18, 2017
When Spectrum took over Bright House, I met with the Spectrum rep at the Key Vista clubhouse. He gave me a written quote to switch over my "triple-play" bundle ($29, $29, $29, under $110 with tax and fees). My first bill was $270. I complained to the local office in Tarpon Springs FL and they told me that I would have to bring the written quote to their office (could not send by fax or email). When I brought them the quote, they said they were aware of the problem and that I would get a credit for the overcharge and would be billed at the quoted rate which did not happen. I then contacted Spectrum and they said that I did not qualify for the quoted rate because I was not a "new customer" by their definition. After more complaint calls the charge was adjusted to 170.
Later, when I called to cancel the service they reduced the charge to $142/mo. I still believe that Spectrum should honor the 12-mo quote that their rep gave me when I signed up. I also feel that it would be appropriate for Spectrum to compensate me for the time I spent trying to get them to honor our agreement. Over 12 hours on phone/hold and travel to/from the Spectrum office. In my opinion two months' free service would be fair.
Reviewed March 17, 2017
I moved to my apartment complex back in 2013 which they had a account with Bright House for cable. I put cable and everything was fine. I had financial problems months later and my cable was disconnected but I paid it to have connected again and continue to make payments. Without my knowledge they closed my account and gave me a new one which I was paying the bill. I periodically check my credit when I see they have put it on my credit report the old account and was charging me over $400. At this time I was getting continuously cable.
On March 10, 2017 made a payment of $171.74 which they applied it to the old account that they said it was a write-off. I've called numerous times which they haven't help me at all only to say to me today March 17, 2017 "you need to pay the remainder of $245." And we can't transfer the payment you made from the old account to the new one. They are terrible, they are thieves, everyone gives me different answers completely worthless. I don't have my old account number. I wish I could sue!
Reviewed March 16, 2017
I ordered Spectrum service in hope that I could live stream movies and sporting events the same as on my cell phone (I have 4g LTE from a major cell carrier and am able to live stream movies and videos on my laptop with no changes to the settings on my laptop with no clipping stopping and or resetting service from my cell phone to my laptop).
When I plugged in my cable from spectrum to my laptop to stream movies and sports I would see clipping and delays in the video and eventually would freeze on laptop screen. My speed from my cell carrier to laptop is 8 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up. Spectrum was running at 100 Mbps up and 10 Mbps down. Never could get service to work from spectrum. Canceled service.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
I had Bright House last year for two months, they told me December my rate will go out twice the amount because I was being grandfathers in to Spectrum. December 17, 2016 I had the service disconnected and took all the equipment to a Bright House store. Today is March 15, 2017. I was called this morning and told my service is now disconnected and I have a balance of $900, wtf. I been on the phone all morning and told I need to go to the store. I took the equipment and find whoever to prove they did their job correctly because it shows I have the equipment. Bright House is a rip off. They only take all your money, the speed is slow and they will not log your equipment when the time comes you don't want the service.
Reviewed March 15, 2017
I have been a loyal customer with Bright House Networks and have never complained. In December of this year, my credit card number got stolen but my credit card company assured me it would automatically update all my auto payment accounts with the correct number. Unfortunately, that didn't work for Spectrum and I didn't realize it until January. I was only late for my payment by a few days and put in my new CC number and continued on with auto-correct. I thought that everything was updated for my account until last weekend. I occasionally work from home on the weekends and realized my internet and cable were both not working on a Saturday. Thinking it was a technical issue, I called and was told that my account was CANCELLED because of a late payment in February (by again 4 days). Apparently, I had to call to update my new CC number in the system and not just put it in online.
I received 0 notifications of a late payment and when I logged in to my account, it even incorrectly said that I had 0 balance. I told the rep that I was working from home and could just make a payment over the phone but they refused and had me drive to customer service location and pay in cash to reactivate my account. After I drove almost two hours to make the payment and come home, nothing was working. I called again and was told I didn't pay "enough" which was absolutely ridiculous since I paid the full balance in person. I had to talk to several more people and finally a manager to get it sorted it. I am an oncologist taking emergent patient phone calls over the weekend from my patients. Urgently needed the internet so I had to have my colleague cover me for most of the day.
My biggest complaint is the lack of communication from this company. How can you cancel a customer's service without any notification?? Many of us depend on the internet to work and pay high premiums to get it. One of the reps even admitted that many customers have had similar issues recently. I'm looking for other providers in the area and cannot wait to cancel my service.
Reviewed March 12, 2017
This service is beyond frustrating. On Demand works for 3 minutes then flips back to main menu! Change channels and get "Please wait" message. Then another message "Channel is unavailable. Please try again later". Wait another minute or two and the channel comes through. What a piece of junk. And there is no such thing as escalation! Just go on hold and listen to instructions on how to reboot the modem. If I wanted to troubleshoot your problem and fix it myself I would not have called for assistance.
Reviewed March 10, 2017
Bright House Cable has been overcharging me since the year of 2013/14 to present. I moved in my new place in the month of July 31, 2013 with a zero balance of my bill. I was told my bill will be $95 plus tax. They came out on Aug. 1, 2013 to install my cable in my new place. I got a bill saying I owed $145.00 for September which I paid. (Although I called to dispute) I paid $100.00 in October. When I opened my bill in November, the bill was $637.00. Thinking and knowing this has to be a mistake, I called them. These people told me that my bill was correct. I told them that this is a major mistake, and I have never in my life (since I've had cable) seen numbers like this! They insisted that they were right! I told them, "Look I've only been living here for 3 months, and there is no way that my cable bill could possibly show these ridiculous numbers."
I have been going back and forth with these people for 4 years and I'm still seeing these ridiculous numbers on my bill. Where I live I have HOA whereas cable is included, and I do not have ANY movie channels (never have because I don't look at movie channels). I'm still trying to dispute these ridiculous numbers on my bill, but of course they transfer you all across the country as I repeatedly tell my story over and over again! I know for a fact that they are robbing me with no doubt! Instead of taking responsibility for their wrongdoing, they even tried to tell me that I had not paid my bill.
I went to my bank, and faxed my documents to them showing where all my money had came out. They told me that they see where I had paid, and will refund me my money 5-7 days. No money refunded, and my cable bill is still way over the limit!!! I have called Channel 8 on your side because someone need to stop these people from robbing people of their hard earned money!!! Can someone please help me!!! They are liars, and are stealing!
Reviewed March 3, 2017
I received an offer from Spectrum for internet service at $39.99 for 12 months. After ordering the service I was billed at $44.99 and not the advertised price. After contacting Spectrum I was told there had been a price increase. I questioned that I had sign up for the service at an advertised price at $39.99 FOR 12 MONTHS. The representative said there was nothing she would do and they would not honor the price that they had advertised. I will be leaving them again asap.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017
I returned to Spectrum in December 2016 after being with another tv provider company for 2 years. They offered me a promotional package for $142.00 (no tax). My bills have been $500 and I have made approximately 13 calls and it's still not fixed. Thus far, I have paid 492.13 in which I should only have paid 300 and I'm ahead of the billing cycle. I have asked for the Corporate phone number and they send me to everyone under the sun. My bill is currently at $400 and I am livid. I can't get anybody to assist me!!!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017
About 3 days ago I started having issues with my internet service. I pay for 100 download/10 upload service and now my internet is randomly running at 9-108 download /0.3-2.6 upload, yes that is correct. 9 download and point 3 (not 3.0) upload. My service also randomly drops me and my download and upload sit at 0 for a few seconds.
I called tech support and they sent someone from maintenance to fix my connection issues. When the Tech arrived, he informed me that there was nothing he could do to fix my service. He also informed me that Spectrum was "cleaning" up the mess that Brighthouse had in this area and that my connection could be this way for months with no estimated time of repair and no compensation for the horrible service I will be provided with. So what I am being told is that I have to pay full price for crappy connection for an unestimated time frame? Are you serious?
I was not having ANY connection issues 3 days ago and haven't for about a year. I greatly appreciate the honesty from the tech but I cannot believe that business practice of Spectrum/Brighthouse/Charter. I think it's time for me to start looking for another provider. Just to make my point, I am added some images taken of my connection speed using brighthouse speed test at http://speedtest.bhn.net/ which was suggested by Spectrum/Brighthouse/Charter phone tech support. I am unable to show you when the speed tests froze from losing connection but this in itself are good representations of my connection.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017
I have been a Bright House customer for many years. It was recently bought by Spectrum. The price of my services increased and the quality decreased. I called to ask if I could get my price lowered so I could stay with them and they said "NO". I tried finding another service and realized my area is monopolized by them and AT&T. I will never use AT&T again and now know that Spectrum knows that they too, have me right where they want me. Two bills, two increase already. Who can I contact about being gouged?
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017
I pay my bills online through my brokerage cash management account. My payment to Bright House does not get posted as paid by Brighthouse. The payment showed up as outstanding meaning that Brighthouse never accepted the electronic payment. The supervisor for Brighthouse says that they have trouble accepting electronic 3rd party payments. I cannot believe that a company of this size in this business can be so out of touch and inept in this day and age. They say I have to send them a payment direct because they can't handle electronic payments! However, I shouldn't be surprised; all of their services are of very poor quality. I can't wait to get back to my DirecTV!
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2017
Telesales call from Brighthouse wanting me to upgrade my modem. I had declined before. My system worked fine. Brighthouse offered 60 mbps which is more than I need. I declined again. The rep says no charge for install and no increase in modem rent. Finally, I relented and said come on out. They did and my sister was visiting from out of state. I was not there. When I returned I found that my wifi was disabled and the new modem had its own. I worked for hours trying to get my wifi back up. It never fully has recovered and my printer remains offline and not working. The phones calls drop every day and almost every call. I have since bought new phones and a new wifi. But my tech savvy friends tell me it's best to get a new computer with newer operating system as well as mine is 4 years old.
To continue I finally called tech and they turned me to sales and after dodging my original complaint they offered to subscribe me to their wifi. For only $6 bucks a month. You can buy a great wifi for less than $80 why would I want to "rent" wifi at $6 a month? $72 cost the first year, $144 the next and so on. I called and asked for my old modem back. They responded with "can't do it". I asked for tech to come out and they responded with "they don't work on privately owned equipment". SCAM. SCAM.SCAM. Just an extra bit of profit margin they can squeeze. After a bit of asking around I found the exact story with not only residential clients but business accounts as well. FYI, the BHN/speed test reveals it's not that fast after all.
DON'T LET THEM CHANGE MODEMS ON YOU. As far as tv, I've canceled the premiums long ago. Not worth the extra fee to watch movies from the 80's and 90's. Now I have HULU, Netflix and soon to come Sling. I have double channels, same channels just different number, so I have lost some. I can't wait to fully cut this cord and never come back. Through Christmas I traveled to Illinois. They have Spectrum fully installed. It's a nightmare to try and navigate. Why we let these huge corporations merge I have no idea. The promise is always better quality and service with a lower price. That's never true. In this case it's worse quality, price and service.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2017
What's the point of high HOA fee to include cable when it doesn't? I had Bright House/Spectrum internet in my old apt.. Had downgraded to just internet because cable prices were ridiculous. I just moved to a new location that has an HOA that gives all residents free cable, internet and phone. The tech I spoke to that was installing someone else's service said I get 1 HD box, 2 converters, internet and phone for free. If I want wireless internet, it would cost less than $10 a month.
When I called, not only was I transferred twice and had to wait over an hr. for them to get my acct. set up correctly, but they said I only get one box. They said I can get the other 2 converters if I was grandfathered into the plan. They said Spectrum only has regular boxes. My advice is to go with anyone else. If you have to pay for cable, get internet with anyone else and just stream. At least until Spectrum gets better service. Right now the employees are at that crossroad where left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. God knows what is happening internally, but it's definitely affecting their customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
I had Bright House internet services. I was paying $34.95 a month. Very fast, never a problem. Since the merger here in Central Florida the price nearly doubled to $60.30 for the same service. I called customer service and lied to me saying that my promotional price had expired. I was never had a promotional price. That's what I had been paying for the past year and a half. As I told the woman at customer service I will be looking for another provider.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017
I have been a Bright House customer for several years and have always been very happy with their customer service on helping me resolve tech problems and with making payment arrangements. And the past two weeks my mind has been changed due to the incident. January 15, 2017, I had agreed to make a payment. My bill was $189.56 and I called in on January 15, 2017 to the automated line and made a payment with my bank card which is the same card I use every time to pay my bill so Bright House automatically saves the card number. So I made a payment of $190.00 which I rounded up to make it easier. Went on about my day.
The next day was Monday I went to work 9-5 and on my way home needed to stop at the grocery store to buy food for my family. So I looked at my bank account balance before I went shopping and my account was extremely lower than it should have been so I browsed thru my recent transactions and saw the Bright House withdrawal of $190.00 then the next transaction was a Circle K Gas amount. The next transaction was another Bright House withdrawal on January 15, 2017 for the amount of $189.56. And I realized that the 2nd withdrawal... must have been a mistake so I called Bright House immediately and explained my situation. And the C.S.R. said, "Let me look at your account." Then he sees the double withdrawal on the same day for the slightly different amounts and says that his records showed I made a payment by phone of $190.00 and on the same day.
It shows in his records that I also drove to a Bright House Office and made a payment in person for $189.56. And I assured him that I did not drive to their Office and pay in person (as the computer said). And I nicely told him that I believed that because they stored my bank info into their computers. That someone must have did an accidental automatic withdrawal. So after going thru the details I assured him THAT I NEVER NOT ONCE, AGREED TO ANY AUTO-WITHDRAWAL. And I also explained that I am a single mom with two kids and I only get paid every two weeks. And that I needed that money for groceries and gas for the next 2 weeks. The CSR said he was documenting everything and he was then filing a ticket to refund and it would take 2-3 business days. And it would show back in my account.
So I waited.... and by Thurs I called back to ask why I haven't received my refund yet. And this CSR said, "Ok explain to me what happened." So I did... Then the CSR says it may take 3-5 business days. So I waited a few more days and I called on Friday Jan 20th. And spoke to a CSR she said It may take a few days. So I asked to speak to a manager. And again I explained what happened. And the manager tells me that she found my "Ticket/Req for Refund" in the wrong location department. So she said she was filing it to the correct department and it would take another 3-5 more days. So I waited again... checking my bank account daily and still NOTHING WAS RETURNED!!!
NOW TODAY IS JANUARY 30 2017 AND I CALLED AGAIN TO SPEAK with someone. I explained once again to the CSR what happened. And she tells me that now my next bill is due. No refund will be made. So me and my family struggled for 2 weeks to get by on almost no money or food because Bright House never claimed responsibility for the double withdrawal and then lied to me for 2 weeks that it was filed wrong or misplaced long enough until they could say that my next bill is now due today so there will be no refund of money to my bank!!! I am pretty sure their mouths were fed and they did not worry about how to have gas for 2 weeks to get to work everyday.
I had faith that Bright House was going to RIGHT THEIR WRONG. So now it is time to let my Bank's Fraud Department handle it while I find and Cable/Internet Company. So if any customers read this it could happen to you too. WARNING. And to Bright House Management you are sure happy to make payment arrangements. But returning money that you took unlawfully deducted and then procrastinate until a time that you could say, "Well you did not get your money refunded 2 weeks ago. Because now 2 weeks later your next bill is due!!" That's not the way to treat your customers.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
I am not normally driven to the brink of writing complaint letters, but in this case I am compelled by the reprehensible bait and switch tactic of Spectrum customer service. I have been a customer of Bright House for nearly 20 years and basically satisfied with the service other than the rising cost and then suddenly with the transition to Spectrum I lost a couple channels because now they were moved to an upgraded package. This is where things go downhill...
My wife contacted customer service to inquire about making some changes. She was advised by a rep named Pam that our modem is not correct and we needed an upgraded modem. She put in an order to have a tech bring one out. When he showed up he said the modem we had was the right one and Pam didn't know what she was talking about, that if he changed the modem nothing would work because we are Bright House customers and the codes would need to be changed for Spectrum. My wife calls back and speaks to a customer service rep who tells her that to have the 100 mb modem and the package that includes the channels we had under Bright House our bill would cost even more than what we were currently charged.
Our objective was to lower our bill, not raise it. My wife stated that we would just eliminate cable, but was transferred to the retention department where she spoke with a very nice rep named Kasey. Kasey offered a new 100 mb modem, up to 4 dvrs for a year, and the Silver Package that included our prior channels, and our monthly bill would be reduced by about $30. Fair enough, rather than drop cable we accepted the offer. Technician Parker came and installed the dvrs and modem. For 2 plus weeks we enjoyed the service, until one day the wifi didn't work and couldn't get the premium channels. Thinking it was a technical issue we called in. Ultimately we were told that we would have to pay $3.00 more for wifi. That's where things got ugly.
We were transferred to the retention department and were told that we are not eligible for the services we were offered by Kasey 2-plus weeks prior because we were not new Spectrum customers. Well, in a way we are technically new to Spectrum because we transitioned over from Bright House, but that's beside the point. Also, they said our order had been cancelled. How was it cancelled when a tech came out and installed a modem and 4 dvrs which worked fine for over 2 weeks? We asked to speak to a supervisor who confirmed we were not eligible for the service we had agreed to, that other rep was in error, made no concessions to right the wrong and retain a 20 year customer, but if we wanted to keep the service as is our bill would actually be $35 more than where it had been previously with Bright House.
This can be called nothing but a case of Bait and Switch, not lack of training as suggested by the supervisor. After 3 hours spent on the phone, we asked to speak to someone higher up the corporate ladder, but were told we would have to go through the website and write a complaint letter. So here it is. Ultimately, we were compelled to discontinue our relationship with Bright House/Spectrum and requested to cancel service effective January 27 and have taken service with a competitor. Also we are seeking to join a class action suit.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017
Several automated answers which state "all our associates are busy now, please call back" CLICK! After two weeks of failed attempts, I wait on hold 20 minutes to discuss reducing my service to basic – we have AMAZON, HULU, HBO online and don't need the big package any longer. Being a customer for 3+ years I expected to save a few $$. Nope, although I pay in excess of $240.00 monthly - my rate would INCREASE if I downgraded to BASIC cable?! I saw no other option than to cancel and sign up with ATT. Now I can't get a hold of Spectrum to return their equipment... ugh.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017
Bright House have just been taken over by Spectrum and already the service has gone down the drain. Prices are rocketing and they don't care whether you stay or go. But if you have a problem they normally attend the same day and there is no charge.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2017
My 87 yr. old mother and 95 yr. old father have been clients of Bright House for at least 15 years. Their bill has always been on auto pay. Recently, a credit card was changed by their bank, and they forgot their Bright House/Spectrum bill was on auto pay, and forgot to send the new credit card info to Bright House/Spectrum, and of course the payment was declined by the old credit card. They received no notification of what the problem was, other than a new bill with a new amount due. The bill was paid by check, and my parents did not realize it was still on auto pay (they are 87 and 95!) but Bright House/Spectrum, with only one payment due, turned off their service for phone and tv leaving them with NO ABILITY TO CALL 911!!!
After at least 2 hours on the phone trying to resolve this, we were told payment had to be made in person in cash, and the office would not be open until Monday. No other fix was available. We offered to pay the full amount by credit card to at least have the phone turned on. But customer service was not able to help. Waste of time. This all occurred on a Saturday afternoon, leaving a 95 year old and an 87 year old WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CALL 911 until we could get to the service center on Monday. Please be careful if you have elderly parents - this company does not care, and will not assist in situations like this. Not sure we would have been treated this way before Spectrum bought out Bright House.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2017
Ever since Spectrum has taken over Bright House I continue to receive letters from Spectrum saying my bill is being increased by $10 monthly. The letters state that the increase is due to the ending of promotions is the cause of the increase. What promotion? The one I've been receiving for years? Bright House was just recently taken over and my bill has since increased by $30 per month, and who knows there could be more letters in the pipeline... Previous Bright House customers, prepare for increased bills.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
On Monday I spoke with an agent of Bright House/Spectrum about my monthly bill for services for cable, telephone and internet service because Spectrum has an advertisement on TV for these same services for $29.99 per bundle which would equate to roughly $90.00 plus taxes and charges for the modem and black box for one TV in my home. The woman said I was not eligible for that service because I was a Bright House customer and this special was for new customers only. But, she did say they had gotten lots of people calling about the same thing. Nowhere on the TV advertisement did it say anything about you had to be a new customer. Nevertheless, Monday the service technician brought a new modem to my home on Monday because they were able to let me get a less expensive package (less channels, etc. for a total of a little over $130.00 instead of the $159.00 I am currently paying... yippee).
The only trouble was the technician failed to purge the new modem of the old phone number. I called Tuesday to inform them that I had no incoming phone service because it was still hooked up to the old number. They assured me the problem would be taken care of this morning (Wednesday) but when I called at 10:30 I still had no incoming service. I called Bright House/Spectrum again -- stayed on the line with the representative for almost 45 minutes and got nothing. All of a sudden I lost service -- no incoming or outgoing service now. So, I waited for 45 minutes thinking they had to cut all service off to correct the problem. At 1:00 I called them again on my cell phone (which I only have 250 minutes on) and took another 35 minutes waiting for them to fix my service.
Finally I got to speak with a "supervisor" who instructed me to go to the modem and check and see what port the telephone cable was hooked to. I did as he instructed and I had service again. How stupid is that? The technician didn't KNOW what port to plug the telephone cable into? Since I had used so many of my minutes I asked the "supervisor" if I could get a credit because it was going to cost me $10.00 just to add more minutes to my plan. He volunteered to give me a $1.00 credit -- that is insulting! If there was another service in this area Bright House/Spectrum would have one less customer. I am very angry.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017
It was a great experience going back to Bright House after the nightmare I had with Frontier. Every bill I got from Frontier was wrong and way overcharged. After 4 months of having to deal with their dishonesty I cancelled them and went back to Bright House. The service was faster a better deal and guess what? The bill was correct.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2017
I was told I would receive a credit due to ON Demand service for over 2 weeks not working. Bill came. No credit. So I called. Was told I would get $10. Also spoke w/ supervisor who was rude. Get my bill this month and they didn't honor the credit. I call. Now I'm told I refused the credit. Really? And there is no fee for On Demand? Every time call it's another story. So far Spectrum is the pits! Why would I think anything better...
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
They cannot resolve any problems, long hold time, useless words. I've had their modem for years. All of a sudden they insist it is mine so I have no wireless service! I've wasted hours on the phone and cannot resolve! So disgusted with them.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2017
This was the very first time I had purchased from Bright House in Bexleyheath. My purchase was expensive and was told I have a five star warranty. I feel it's not worth the paper it's write on. My item did not come with an aerial. I explained this and was told, "Sorry, nothing we can do." It had taken five phone calls to reach this point. I explained, "This item is not fit for purpose as it has a function I cannot use." And why should I beg for an aerial, and why should I purchase one? It's disgusting. When I purchased this item I expect it to come with everything it needs for me to be able to enjoy my item. As I said this was the first and the very last time I will spend my hard-earned money with Bright House.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2017
The customer service is nonresponsive. Gave me the runaround regarding a price increase. They do not care to hear complaints. Just keep saying, "But look, no credit check. Isn't that great???" My credit is excellent. Why would no credit check be a selling point??? Service is poor, unprofessional, do care if customers leave, upload/download speeds are fraudulent. As much as I hate AT&T, looks like I'll be going with them.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2017
We just moved back to FL from up north. Switched from WOW and we were very sorry! Horrible service AND horrible Customer service. Not only did we have to pay another month of WOW to keep our number (that we've had for 30+ yrs) because nobody knew what was going on. I see that YOUR switch from Bright House to Spectrum cost us money, and we were promised a credit, again someone offered something they couldn't. Just like the trouble we had just getting these services. We will be canceling our account and I will write reviews. I hope no one ever has to deal with this, along with having a job, a home, kids, animals and the numerous hours dealing with people who don't care if you have service. What a joke. More people need to write to the BBB about this cable company.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2017
Spectrum is a joke. I was happy with Bright House and wish they would come back. I had 2 accounts with Bright House one for my home and one for my mother who lived at a HOA. This company decided to cancel the agreement with my mother's HOA and not tell anyone. On top of that they decided that "hey let's add TV charges to an account that has been internet only for over a year". At that point her bill went from 34.99 to a total of 215. Are you kidding me! My mother is disabled and on a fixed income. The last email I received from this pack of scammers is that she had a FREE personal upgrade in speeds with NO RATE increases. Oh and to top everything off, they decided to cancel her services.
We received a letter today saying that a card that does not match her account or cards that any of us own has tried to make payments that were declined. Even the actual payments we made were accepted and she is up to date on bills. This caused NSF and they have no idea where the payments came from. Worst experience I have ever dealt with. I will reach out further. I cannot believe they would treat a elderly lady this way.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017
If I could give less than one star I would! We switched my 90 year old mother from Verizon to Bright House phone service. We started the process two weeks before Christmas. Some of the issue was Verizon not releasing her old number in a timely manner. But, after they released the number, Bright House kept giving her a date that the service would be all set up. I have never experienced such confusion over such a simple task. It is not unreasonable to expect a company to honor its commitment to service especially when dealing with an elderly person with limited options.
People we dealt with on the phone were all very polite, but that is where it stopped. All polite, but no action or follow through. As I am typing this, I just received a call from my mother - her phone is finally working. Someone named George (she spoke with him a short while ago) committed to resolve the problem for her. So, less than one star for Bright House, 5 stars for George. A huge thanks to him for ending the stress for my mom who was not able to receive any calls for two weeks.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017
I have had THE WORST customer experience of my entire life with Bright House/Spectrum. They shut off our service after a problem with our credit card the day before New Year's Eve without any notice whatsoever that our auto payment hadn't gone through. We spent HOURS on the phone with them the following two days, between the two of us a total of at least 8 calls and 11 representatives spanning the payment department, customer experience, and supervisors. Out of all those phone calls and people only two people were even decent to us on the phone. Every single other person was at a minimum unhelpful and rude, and at worst actually detrimental to the ordeal. Not to mention that every single time we called the minimum amount of time we waited on hold to speak to someone was 18 minutes, and the longest was 40 minutes.
We didn't have any TV or internet service after spending all day on the phone for New Year's Eve. The supervisor told us the amount to pay at an Amscot to get our service reinstated and after we double checked the amount with him THREE TIMES (we had been told different numbers all day), my husband went out and paid the amount he told us. And when we called back they said it wasn't the right number and wouldn't fix the issue even though it was their mistake. And then after two days with no service, two trips to Amscot, and a phone call promising our account was paid in full, they would not reinstate our service on the third day because there was an $.08 balance and they made my husband drive out to pay it in person at a branch before they'd agree to turn it back on.
I cannot even begin to convey how horrific and unbelievable our experience was. The way we were treated was unacceptable and beyond excuse. This post doesn't even scratch the surface of what was done and said, but this is the quickest summation I can manage (believe it or not). DO NOT under any circumstance use this company unless you absolutely have to--we've already begun switching our service ourselves.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2017
I received a letter from Bright House of an increase in monthly fee from $120 to $135 on Jan. 3, 2017. I called on Jan. 4 to cancel our service and were referred to their Retention Department. After about 30 minutes on hold, I spoke with Suzanne and told her of my intent to cancel our services due to frequent increases in monthly fees. She offered me their "new customer" triple play package for a rate of $128.94 per month and I accepted this offer. In order to get this package I agreed to change over to Spectrum from my grandfathered Bright House service. I had to drive about 10 miles to their Auburndale office to pick up a cable box that Suzanne said I needed to have with the new service.
Upon getting home I hooked up the box and did not have the HD service as promised by Suzanne. I called Spectrum Customer Service again and waited another 30 minutes on hold, and finally spoke with Tom. He helped me establish the service as promised but in doing so the monthly fee jumped from $128.94 to $178. Tom attempted to restore the lower fee as promised but had no success. He eventually referred me to the Retention Department where I waited another 30 minutes on hold and finally spoke to Gabrielle. She informed me that I was not eligible for the rate of $128.94 promised by Suzanne. In addition, she told me that I could not even get back the plan I started with. I discussed the issue at great length with Gabrielle but she refused to do anything to correct their error and now I am stuck with paying $178. We have been loyal customers for 8.5 years and don't appreciate their misleading business practices.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016
Very disgusted. Been a customer for 10 years. Cable always been sub-par. Pay for HD channels and haven't had them in 2 months. When call about it they want me to reset box. Phone line don't work, internet very slow. Brighthouse sucks.

Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016
Bright House is now SPECTRUM. What a joke! The wait time on the phone is longer -- 25 minutes minimum then they transfer you for another 20 minutes and do not have the decency to tell you are being transferred. You ask for a supervisor and no supervisor comes on the line. Spectrum has a monopoly in Largo FL -- so you are "jacked"! I was transferring service expecting to have a house settlement -- did not happen -- I called BH to cancel my appt and customer service would not listen to me and insisted my appointment was for next week instead of that day -- so they basically ignored me.
Then 4 hours later a technician was at my new location to install service and called looking for me -- like I told customer service -- I was furious -- I told Customer Service to cancel any changes and leave as is -- 4 days later -- they cut off my service... what the **! They restored service yesterday and today -- cut off my service again -- You folks are SOOOOO unprofessional and SOOOOO expensive. We NEED Comcast/Infinity down here.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016
I recently had Bright House cable. I called to see if they had any specials going on and I was told that they have a package called Triple Play Gold that will lower my bill about $30 from $203 to $172. When I agreed to the package a tech was sent out to my house and installed some cable boxes. After the tech left I realized that my internet was going very slow. I called Bright House which is now Spectrum to let them know about the problem and they tried to tell me that the first rep I spoke to that gave me the package gave me the wrong information, my bill is now $260.
I tried to go back to Bright House but they said even though it was their mistake I cannot go back to Bright House and I'm basically stuck. I spoke to a supervisor and he said that he would be able to at least lower it $30. Now I have less channels and a higher bill. If I knew the bill would go higher for Less service why in the world would I change? All they can say is sorry but there is nothing that they can do because I switch to Spectrum from Bright House and even though it's the Rep's fault for giving me the wrong information they cannot do anything about it. I've never seen anything like this before. It's incredible that they can get away with this.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
I was a very satisfied customer for years. In the last 2 years the service started declining with this past year. Your service has taken a nosedive not only with your product but your customer service. I have called too many times to count this year regarding the same issue with either my internet not working to receiving the message "this channel will be available shortly" on multiple channels (more than 11). When I call tech support their solution is to send a tech out to replace the modem (every 2-3 months from the beginning of this year a tech was at my house) in which I continued to have the same issue so needless to say, replacing the didn't work. Well I called again tonight for the same error message and spoke with Alexis the rudest representative ever who help me out a lot. She helped me make the decision to cancel my service just as soon as I find a new provider.
It's bad enough that Bright House / Spectrum product sucks (cable and internet) but to have nasty customer service on top of it, you're going continue to have your loyal customers leave as I can't wait to find another provider regardless of the cost just as long as I get good customer service. I can honestly say that Bright House / Spectrum has not only the worse service but the worst customer service and I recommend if you’re considering this company to run and run fast!!! Terrible service.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
I have had cable since the late 70's. I have always rolled over to whomever bought out the current cable company. I have had no trouble with Bright House. Spectrum, on the other hand is horrible. My bill went up 30 dollars a month with no additional services. I called and asked if it could be lowered. I was told that I could do the same services and they could lower it back to where it had been with the same services. I agreed. One day later my internet is not functioning. I called and they said it had been canceled yesterday. I explained my conversation. The first rep told me the bill with internet would be 207.00. He then connected me to someone else who said I could do internet for 287.00. I told him I wanted to speak to the complaint department. After 25 minutes on hold I hung up. I recommend you find another company. These people are terrible to deal with and customer service is non existent!
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016
I upgraded my Internet service to a faster speed (300 MB) with Bright House last month. I was told that I could go back to the slower speed (200 MB) Internet service at any time without additional charges, and my bill would go back to the original charges. I called today to go back to the slower Internet speed service, and to have my billing go back to the charges that I paid in previous months. Spectrum told me that since I changed my service with an upgrade last month, and now I want to go back, that I have to pay an additional $50/month in charges higher than my previous charges at the LOWER level of service.
I spoke with four representatives at Spectrum and finally a supervisor. Mike was the supervisor. He said that this is the best price they can give me for the lower level of service, which is now $50 higher than I was paying previously. How can they charge me $50 more for less service? I am very unhappy about this situation. They are taking advantage of a senior consumer. I will be filing additional complaints.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
Inflated my bill so I went from 140.00 to 158.00 then the guy was like "I can give you the 164.00 package". I was like "are you kidding? I'm complaining my bill is 158.00." It was like it is what it is. But I called Direct. You get phone cable and internet for 89.99. I think that's way better. I believe Spectrum is going to go under Volusia county. Don't have high paying jobs and people can't afford that. And not to mention its repeats everyday on tv.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
Received billing December 16, 2016... see they raised billing price $30.00 per month to $284.86. Called to seek information (waiting on mobile 28 min) and they could offer NO relief. That's their new price without giving any prior notice. Asked to speak with RETENTION Dept if they wanted to keep my business and was connected to a R. **. He said that YES, indeed wanted to keep my monthly business... after about 20 minutes on hold he stated that my NEW MONTHLY TOTAL would be $222 with tax each month. Not the best but was somewhat relieved.
Today December 19, 2016 called Spectrum/Bright House to see why NO SERVICE PERSON for the 2nd day in a row FAILED TO SHOW!!! They had no reason. Then I asked to verify my monthly billing future total since speaking with RETENTION DEPT 12/16/16 and NOW they are saying that my monthly total will be $277.00 without tax... which would make it the SAME as before my calls. Something wrong with the UNTRUTHS to consumers... is fraudulent... pitiful. Hopefully, the NEW US Administration will DRAIN THE SWAMP with the dishonest Cable Service Providers screwing Americans with high prices and POOR services.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2016
Called BHN to see if any discounts were being offered as I did every year and BHN always offered me the best discount as I'm a disabled customer. I spoke to customer service agent and was informed that BHN changed their name and is Spectrum. She advised me that a tech would need to come out and change my box because it wouldn't work properly, so I agreed. The tech came out to my home and tech advised me didn't need to change my box. I ask what additional charges, the agent advised me it would be $8.00. Never mentioned any charges for a tech to come out to my home. And as he left he advised me that to sign my work order to say that he came to my home, which I did. I saw my bill yesterday and saw a $49.95 & $9.95 fee for tech and Wi-Fi installation.
I called customer service at Spectrum and I was advised these charges are for tech coming out to my home and installing Wi-Fi. I told agent I already had Wi-Fi so why would I get charged for service I already had and for a tech coming to my home and nor the first agent that set my service up nor the tech informed me of any charges. The agent told me that I had to pay for services even if I wasn't informed because it's on the work order (conveniently in small print). I had to speak to supervisor, where after holding 15mins, for one was very rude. I may add was talking over me and was giving no empathy. Her response to me was "all well you have to pay the bill."
I advised that how many elderly customers this company was basically stealing from customers because they were adding fees without informing the consumers. He response was "Ah, well you shouldn't signed the work order. Now you signed it and you have to pay it." This company is in violation of the consumer law. Doesn't read any terms and conditions to the customer nor provides the correct information when charging fees to the customer.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016
I've been with Bright House for 7 years now and out of that seven years I have had only 3 years of perfect service. I have called and spoken with CEO's even about the problems that have been accruing over that last 4 years and Bright House would contact me with some supervisor in my area and I would have to explain the problem all over again to them and then wait and see if the problem was fixed and they would put a band aid on it so I would go away and then the trouble would raise its head again and back on the phone I go again and multiple techs out to the house for nothing since the problem is on the Bright House side from what every tech that came out has found out.
Now with the merger some tech changed my account from Bright House to Spectrum with the assurance that my service would be the same and my monthly bill would remain the same since they took my channels away when they became Spectrum. I was paying around $180 a month for lots of good channels, phone and 200mgbs internet, then with Spectrum merge the tech I spoke to about my channels disappearing said I had to change my account to Spectrum to get my channels back and that I would pay $40.00 less a month than I was.
Oh then the next day I come to find that I still didn't have my channels and my internet had been reduced to 60 mgbs and I'm now being charged $199.89 a month. So I called them back to try and get things strengthened out, it took 6 hours on the phone with a tech in Canada and her whole department around her desk to get things working so now I get all my channels back with some I didn't want and the Spectrum 300 mgbs internet and now my bill is $202.39 a month and I'm told that I could have kept my Bright House account and none of this would be going on.
My friend however a week ago on a Sunday night called and canceled his Bright House account and told them "come get your stuff", then the next day Monday they showed up and now he gets Spectrum's $114.00 a month plus 5 rooms with boxes, where I only have one box, and he has everything I have for nearly half the price per month, and Spectrum keeps telling me there's nothing they can do for me. For the last year I have had nothing but major problems with all my services and they're still not fixed and yet I'm paying even more for that same broken service. I think it's time for a civil suit from everyone that is or was a Bright House or Time Warner Customer against these types of inflated and misleading practices. It's still "We the People".
With the merge now of Charter, Bright House and Time Warner, there are over 7 million customers in the group of this Monopoly that are being cheated daily, do you think they could withstand a lawsuit under all that, especially with the fact that Charter is trying to pull out from under a bankruptcy. Yes go look! I wonder where they got the financial backing to buy out 2 of the largest cable companies in America while they were almost closed down forever.
With all that we all have seen this year of corruption in our Government, could this just be more of the same? The gouging practice that's been going on here in America needs to stop and We the People Need to send yet a loud and concise message to these industries that we are sick of their practices, We the People or We the Consumer have had enough. Thank you all for reading this message. It was paid for by the spilled blood of this country's fallen Son's and Daughter's Soldiers. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to come home.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016
Brighthouse customer for over ten years. Never late on payments, not once. I got a letter stating my bill would go up from $142.00 to $158.00. I drove to Auburndale office and spoke with customer service rep. She checked things out and then told me I had no choice to either pay the increase or find service somewhere else. She also suggested that I could call Customer Retention to see if they could help, but I called no less than 20 times in the next two days. First time I got a music recording for 42 minutes. Then the second day I got more music for 26 minutes. The rest of the calls were all the same, no one to answer and or speak to just music.
I gave up and went with Dish and Magic Jack phone service. I did not want to switch just a little help as I am retired and have not had an increase in my SS check in three years. They just cut me off and told me to go elsewhere, which I did, not my choice but the only one they gave me. Very, very unprofessional. I have had zero problems with Brighthouse through the years, but Spectrum very, very unprofessional. No courtesy for a good paying dependable customer. Don't deal with them.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
While they were nice to me near the end, it was me walking in with all of the cable equipment and threatening to cancel was when they gave me back a working modem, and it only occasionally went out for short periods of time for reasons that were not the fault of my cable modem/telephony. Anyway this I'm certain. Here is the story. I thought well, I'll get the newer one they have available because they were always telling me I needed to, this was the first big lie. I got one Arris brand modem with telephony and a second and neither would go online nor would the phone enabled portions work on either. Brighthouse could never get them provisioned and I was getting impatient, never calling back as they said they were going to do on the next day. The third one went online which was also an Arris brand with telephony built in but also had WiFi built in but they couldn't get phone portion working.
Additionally the modem with built-in WiFi crashed together with my D-Link router and basically made a mess out of my routers interface and the Arris's built-in WiFi interface also. I couldn't open many of the menus in my router for its internal settings as they were frozen up, and yes the WiFi on the Arris showed it was disabled in the settings which I already had checked when I was first hooking up and not from their advice either, my own. I then took the third one back and demanded my original back. But only through a more resolving approach by telling them I'm going to cancel and going home and coming back with equipment that they changed their attitude.
The good modem/telephony I got back from them is a real workhouse and is made under the famous brand name of Scientific Atlanta. This was that reliable brand name most everyone I think used as their set top cable boxes for years and were tough as nails. So it stands to reason that this small workhorse modem/telephony, I barely got back, is the best of the best and taking up just a small spot on my computer table besides.
Through no gratitude to Brighthouse on helping me, it was three days wasted time not counting another day of straightening out my WiFi. It was my persistence to not put up with their crap and many of the tech support at their Florida location either. They were a bunch of ** and laughing in the background and saying they couldn't see my modem, to switch it back on, just another big lie. The majority of the company are going all out to get more money from people and the hordes of pissed off customers returning junk equipment and getting screwed on their bills was bad to see.
This company has gone from bad to worse now that they are Charter. And a ** woman was standing over the two customer service reps at the front counter micro managing them every time I was there, and they were busting their butts, but liars like the rest though still. The one rep sometimes looked like she was going to break down.
I'm running the show more than you know Brighthouse/Charter. Oh and I can't prove but it looked to me like the Arris modems as in my case have some sort of browser helper objects loaded on them and who all knows what else. These Arris devices are compromised in my opinion and are likely loaded with spyware. I had an instance where I was trying to go to my bank and an Asian dating site showed up. Mind you I have a full compliment of AVG software on my computer and have had no issues like this at all. I was clearly redirected without my doing so and I have never been to a site like before this either. This only happened after going online with the third Arris modem/telephony. Beware folks we are being chiseled here and something is very wrong here!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2016
For more than two weeks my internet service has stopped and I spend more than an hour calling to advise customer service for the problem. I have called several times. They send a tech out and he fixes it. Then it happened again and again. Today was the worst customer service and resolution. A tech was supposed to be at my home between 2-4. No one showed and no one called. I called and asked, they said it was canceled. Now after on the phone with a rude rep named Steven, I finally speak to a supervisor. Tameka was empathetic but again now sending a tech out and I wait now until 6 pm to see if the repeat problem of internet being intermittent gets fixed. Very dissatisfied customer.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016
I got something in the mail with a Spectrum promotion and called. I was told that is for new customers. After an hour on the phone with a rep and retention department I was told a supervisor would call me back within 48 hours. Of course 6 days later, no one called me back. I called and again spoke to the retention department. Not only do they have no concern for keeping a customer that has been with them for 15 years but they raised my bill $30 a month because my promotion is up and they cannot offer me anything else. I asked again to speak with a supervisor. Again I was told 48 hours and one will call me. I called today and was told take it or leave it. I'm done. I want to know if anyone has experience with AT&T and DirecTV?
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016
I received a call this eve about payment even though I made one today at noon. Called back the number I was directed to. Waited 17 mins 48 seconds for the service to say it was too overloaded to take my call and cut me off. Am now on my third try, as second one cut me off at exactly 17 mins 48 seconds. This is no customer service, but customer ABUSE. No wonder millions are cutting cable. I await the day this company is put to their well-deserved DEATH. RIP. Have had service for years. At new location they have had to come out over 12 times in less than 16 months to fix their own problems.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
So I have been OK with the internet service provided. Unfortunately the customer service is a different matter. To be brief I had service interruptions about six months ago. I called and they sent a tech out and said it was my own personal modem, which I had from the beginning. OK so I buy a new modem $80, not wanting to pay the monthly rental fee. Cable is still not working. I spent a whole day on the phone arguing with them while they continued to absolve themselves. On five different calls, each time they "fixed" the problem the new person had to be told the whole situation and each one gave me a different answer as to the issue. FINALLY one gentleman said it was a code issue. Then turns out there are two lines coming into the apartment and the second line was creating the issue. So it is BRIGHT HOUSE'S issue and I had to buy a new modem.
Fast forward to today. I receive a new bill from Spectrum and see a new format. I review the bill and note there is a "modem fee." I called customer service who told me it was a code error and they will only give me $35. Wait so you make the mistake and still keep all the "modem fee" charges? Their answer was basically, "you didn't catch it earlier so we can't help you." So you mess and up and keep my money which may equate to $96 and you forced me to buy a modem I didn't need at the time. Total loss $181 to the customer for their mistakes.
So what am I supposed to do? They are the only service provider who monopolize the area. I shut up and take it or turn off the internet. These two instances are causing me to lean on the idea of the later. I feel it is expensive for the service ($480/yr) and I would save myself more money for their incompetence. How do you treat customers this way? Monopoly.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016
I called the new company Spectrum to see about getting my price lower. After almost 2 hours on the phone they stated they could get me from $183 to $165 which included taxes and fees. They hooked up the service today and it showed much higher price on the work order $240. I called and after speaking with 3 people I was told "sorry but I don't know why he told you that." He had lied about the price and also told me the price was good for 3 yrs and I would be getting that in writing in the mail, after I requested it in writing. My last offer from the company was a $25 a month credit for 3 months. I originally called to just lower my bill. I see a lot of other complaints on here about being lied to also. Not a good start for a new company. I will be taking my business to another company. Both business and personal.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016
Where do I begin other than to say do not order any service with Bright House/ Spectrum. I have been a customer for 8 years. My service was recently disconnected as I was late with a past due balance of $70.00. No warning of any kind. When I contacted the Customer Service Department to discuss the matter. (After being on hold for 45min) I was sent to the billing department directly. Apparently Customer Service will not speak to you unless the full balance is up to date. I informed the billing agent that I was not upset with him, but that the Customer Service has gone way downhill since Spectrum took over. After 8 years of being a loyal customer I should be able to speak to a Customer Service agent. AVOID this company at all costs since the conversion.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2016
I have decided to give this review because I want people to know just how stupid this company is. I have not been a customer very long, 3 1/2 months. I actually downloaded their app and decided to pay for my bill that way. I have come to realize that I have never received a bill in the mail or through email, so when I was behind this month. I called them and asked why. They told me a technician was suppose to come give me one and they couldn't explain why I didn't receive one or a bill either. Then they told me in order to get any info about my account I had to give them a driver's license that matched the one on the account and an account number.
I have never given Bright House my driver's license so I told them they must have the wrong account. They said no and then they asked for an account number. I asked them how am I suppose to give them one if I am locked out in my account on the internet and I have never received a bill. The person told me they don't know but still could not give me any info without an account number. I then asked "how am I suppose to pay my bill if I don't know how much I owe", the person said again "I don't know" but can't give me any info without an account number. So this is just great, they have my account with someone else's driver's license and I have no account number and they won't let me verify my account any other way, so I can't get my connection back and I can't pay my bill. How stupid could they be.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2016
I usually despise when I see people online complaining about a company that provides them service. This is because I believe in giving both people and companies second chances because let's face it no one is perfect. However, for anyone considering giving Brighthouse Networks (now Spectrum) a chance to provide them service I want to let everyone know the consistent issues I have had with this company. I began using Brighthouse for my internet and cable services in May of this year. Since then, I have had nothing but horrible experiences with this company. I have had numerous tech crews come out to my house within the past seven months. I even had one week where we had SIX different techs come out to our house. So SIX times my husband and I had to rearrange our schedules in one week to accommodate this company.
I have been told that even though the company could see that I and five neighbors were experiencing issues that they would not send out a crew because a total of five people had not called. The customer service representative then went on to say that one customer does not matter enough to have a repair crew come out. I have went two full Saturdays in October with interrupted service. (We are major college football fans!) I have had internet service go down in the middle of my husband's online college exams. As you can see, obviously there are many issues. My breaking straw was when I had renewed my bank card and forgotten to update with Brighthouse with my new banking information. I thought no big deal I will call them, make the payment, pay the late fee and we will be done.
Obviously, I thought wrong. Not only did they take my payment, they sent a letter saying that my services were being cut off for lack of payment after the date I made the late payment. I called thinking okay it was a mistake. I can get them to take care of it. I obviously thought wrong again. After spending a total of 55 minutes on the phone with a supervisor I still had no answer. He argued with myself and my husband repeatedly and refused to directly answer any of our questions. I have never felt more uncomfortable speaking with a customer service agent. I am now currently awaiting a call back from a manager to hopefully gain some insight into what is going on. I hope that I can reach a resolution at that point but I am no longer hopeful and optimistic about this company. Needless to say if you have another option, do NOT go with Brighthouse! Save your time, money, and sanity.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016
Moved to the area about 3 weeks ago but before doing so I wanted to take care of my cable provider. I asked them for best package that would include all movie channels. The representative assured me that for $198.00 a month, all of the movie channels would be included. Also told me all of my boxes would be Dvr & hd!! Well to my surprise when I finally arrived at my new house & checked my channels none of the channels we spiked about were there. Gave them a call & the gentleman very careless told me it would be another $90.00 to include just HBO. Not only that they send me a bill for the total of 281.00 for 3 weeks of use of their service, they just didn't care!!!
When I went to their office to return my equipment they try telling us that in couple more weeks they will be having offers which include more channels. I politely said NO, paid what was needed to be paid, & walked out!!! Thank God Frontier came & not only did I get all of my movie channels but they were so helpful & very attentive of what I asked & needed. PLUS they gave me a $400.00 gift card!!! Needless to say I'm a very happy customer now & would NOT be recommending Bright House to none of my family & friends... Bunch of thieves. All they want is your MONEY!!!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
Where do I even start? I've been a BHN customer for 10+ years. The first 6 and 1/2 were pleasant, not without problems, but they were solved quickly. The last 3 and 1/2 they haven't been able to fix my internet speed. I'm paying for 15 mbps and I normally get below 3 mbps. Sometimes as slow as less than a megabyte. I've had probably 30-40 techs including supervisors out to my house to diagnose the problem as something with BHN and not myself. They've even replaced all our equipment and lines to our house multiple times. Most of the time, if I complained, they would issue a $30 credit to my account.
Last week, I received a door hanger saying that I owed $153 and change and if it wasn't paid in 2 days, I would be disconnected. I already had a technician scheduled to come out in that 2 day window, so I didn't worry about it. He verified the same thing, that BHN had still not fixed my internet. Shortly before the tech arrived, BHN billing called my wife (her name is on the account) and asked for the payment. She explained the situation, that the tech was coming out, and the agent told her that the account wouldn't be disconnected until the 14th because she could see the service request. Well, after the tech left that night, they disconnected us. I called and realized their mistake and reconnected us. I then talked with billing and explained that I would not be paying the $153 because I was still waiting on 3 credits (one for that very night) and one for July and then August (3 X $30= $90).
I also explained that I wouldn't pay the $20 collection fee ($90+$20=$110). Not really sure where the remaining $43 came from, but I would pay it. I even agreed to wait on the $30 credit from that night since the tech had just left. The billing agent told me that he would have to submit a ticket requesting a refund greater than $30 and that ticket would be reviewed by a billing supervisor. He said that I would hear from that supervisor in 48 hours or less. Now I'm sitting with disconnected internet 72 hours out. I've contacted them and they said that I have to call them to talk to someone since I'm disconnected. I wasn't supposed to be disconnected until the 14th. What about my credits? I'm leaving them and I don't care. I hate this dishonesty and not providing what I'm paying for (or used to). Search my twitter account ** to see some of the tweets. I only started this recently and still have gotten nowhere with this idiot of a company.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
Make a payment through telephone automated payment and paid one amount and they took out more than I authorized and it connected me to customer service. I talked to several representatives and a supervisor over the course of a week. They assured me I would get my money refunded to my account but that never happened. They gave me the runaround so they wouldn't have to refund my money until the next billing cycle. Never will use automated payment again. I know there are other people they have done this to and it's just wrong.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016
I have been having trouble with my email account, so I phoned Bright House/Time Warner Cable for assistance with settings. After getting the "correct" settings I tried my email account and received an error message for send settings. Calling back I received different outgoing server settings. This was about three minutes later. When I asked the phone rep why that might be, she had no idea. When I asked to be connected to a supervisor, I was put on hold for over seven minutes, at which time I hung up. Last week I got the same treatment, and a supervisor never did come on the line. Instead, I waited twenty minutes only to be told I'd have to settle for a call back. This is repeatedly the case with Bright House tech support. Their incompetence is only exceeded by their willingness to pass you on to another company, like Apple, Microsoft, etc. Once they've got you, they know it. Absolutely incredibly bad service.
Spectrum Company Information
- Company Name:
- Spectrum
- Formerly Named:
- Bright House Networks
- Website:
- www.spectrum.com