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Reviewed April 22, 2010
I live in New York and own a house in Tampa where my parents-in-law lived. They've recently relocated, and I called to disconnect Bright House Internet service and arrange for the shipping of the existing router and modem to Bright House. This is where our issues began. The first representative explained that someone must be at the property for the disconnection. So I was ready to make arrangements for my niece to be there provided they could provide an accurate window. When I called back to schedule the date/time, the next representative told me "Oh, they don't need to enter the property, they'll just disconnect outside, but you'll need to return the equipment to a Tampa office."
My niece lives over the line in Pasco County, and there's an office around the corner versus sending her to a distant office in Tampa and taking time from her day to go to the bad parts of town. I then asked if she could return the boxes to her local office. "No, they need to be returned to the BH Office in the same county because our inventory control system will lose them, otherwise and you'll be billed for the equipment." Seriously? They have bar-codes and can't manage their inventory correctly?
"Can't you just return them to Tampa?" they asked. I explained for about the 4th time that I'm calling from New York. I'm not there, and their process was ridiculous. They finally suggested they could send out 'shipping labels' to return the equipment to their Hillsborough County offices. I agreed and gave them my niece's address in Pasco to send the labels so the equipment could be returned. Easy task. Guess where they sent the labels?
If you guessed to my New York address, you're right. So I called, ranted about how stupid this was and that I'd given them the correct address to send it. They assured me that the labels would be shipped to the address they had on file. It takes them 5 to 7 business days to generate a mailing label and send it. That was well over two weeks ago.
If you guessed that my niece hasn't gotten mailing labels yet, chalk up one more for yourself. Instead, I got a note from them indicating that my credit balance would be returned once I gave them back their router and modem, and citing their Tampa only addresses. I called and spoke to a manager at Bright House and described my experience to now. This will have been the third time that they'll have tried to send mailing labels and not be able to handle this simple of a task. It's little wonder that the HOA removed Bright House as their provider in that community. There's been no physical damage, but if anyone wants to discuss the pain-and-suffering associated to being a Bright House customer and dealing with their lack of ability to handle a simple transaction, please feel free to let me know.
Reviewed April 16, 2010
This is the absolute worst customer service I have ever experienced with any company period. We have had issues since august of last year. The cable constantly freezes; the internet is beyond slow despite us paying for the fastest speed. We are lucky to get 5 MB download speeds and we pay for 20 MB down. We have been calling for months to speak to a manager and have yet to have one return the call.
They finally sent a "supervisor" after probably over 50 calls to so called techs, he promised he would monitor our service and let us know. Once again no one called back. We got a $50 dollar credit for over 8 months of horrendous service. The people answering the phones seem to be doing the job, the problem lies with the management not returning phone calls.
Reviewed April 7, 2010
I received a Bright House bill today (4-6-2010) indicating I owe $194.06 for cable and road runner service. I immediately called Bright House today and they indicated that my service was on seasonal and they automatically reconnect after nine months. I explained to them that I was not aware that I was on seasonal, and I am not residing in the home nor have I for almost a year. That I had service discontinued as I had to move in and care for my mother. Paul said he'd cancel service and credit me $113.00, but I'd still owe the balance. He spoke with his supervisor and after holding quite sometime came back on the line and said there was nothing he could do as it was policy. I asked to speak with his supervisor, her name was ChiChi or Cha Cha. She repeatedly told me it was policy and she could not waive the fee.
I explained that I have not lived in the home or ordered service nor was I under the impression that it was seasonal. I asked how long I had service with Bright House and she indicated since 1980. I indicated that after over 25 years, and they cannot do something about this situation. She said, "Did you call when you first got the bill, maybe we could have…" at that time I cut her off and said, “When I first got the bill, I just got the bill today, it indicates previous balance of $0, paid $0, total current charges is $194.06.
Then she repeated that it was policy and she could not do anything, perhaps she could waive half of the bill. I told her that was not agreeable with me and I wanted to speak with her manager. I had to leave a message as he was away from his desk. When she put me into the voice message, there was no mention whose voicemail this was or anything, so I left my name, number, account number and brief description of my problem. I have not heard back as of 10:00 PM tonight.
Reviewed March 18, 2010
I had the 3 deal special installed, home phone, internet and television. When the installer came, he told me he was going to put the cable around the wall in my bedroom. After he was done, I went in, and the cable was right across my room under my wall to wall carpet, leaving a ridge. I told him I wasn't happy with it, but he said that was the only way he could do it. In 3 months, I have had 4 different technicians to my house, because my television would not keep the signal. The phone was and on and off. Sometimes there was so much static, I had to hang up. Although I was on their special deal, every month, my bill went up, and when I called, they said it's taxes and service fees. After 3 months of escalating bills with poor service, I told them to come and take their equipment out.
I took out the cable box for the TV, but would not take the modem for my computer, or the wire under my rug out. When I called, they said they would come the next day, between 10-2, to pick up the modem, and fix the carpet. No one showed, so I called back, and they told me they were not coming back to my house, and would not remove the cable under my rug, because if they damaged it, they would be liable, so keep the non-working modem, and have a nice day. I am an elderly, and I am trying to find out if there is somewhere I could lodge a formal complaint, like the Department of Public Utilities. How about emotional damage? I have a lump in my carpet, and it makes it difficult for me to clean it. Every time I see it, it burns me.
Reviewed March 12, 2010
I had Bright House come out to install internet when I moved into King's Manor. Well, here's what happened to me. Knight Enterprise came out and a tech by the name of Robert ** asked where we would like our internet. So I told him we have an office in the front and he said "the connection is at the back, can't we put it there?". I told him there is my son's room and a bathroom in the back and I want it in my office. He basically got mad from there. My wife saw him climb on the roof of our newly purchased mobile home and told him to get down. I also heard him stomping around on the inside. She told me he almost hit our 4-year old son with a ladder.
The install looks terrible. He walked the line over our house and down the front and into the bottom middle front of our house and left a mess for us to clean up. That's not even the bad news. A couple of days went by and now our roof has several, at least 4 leaks, (it had none before this). So I called Bright House and they sent out Knight Enterprise to check it out. I talked to a supervisor named Brian and he said they have someone to repair this sort of thing or they might think about settling for maybe $300-500. But he's not sure if he can do that yet.
So I said, "no, I'm not sure of the extent of the damage. I would like to have someone come out and examine the roof and then let them know. I just want my roof fixed". So after calling them again several times because at this point, I am being ignored, they sent out a repair guy who obviously said they need a lot to repair the roof then another supervisor named Brian came out with the other Brian and said he guesses they will have to involve the insurance company and they probably will just laugh at me and not do anything about it.
So I said, "well if that happens, I will have to get an attorney on this". Then so he sent out a Jeff ** from auto owners insurance who said "I have to be honest with you, the tech says he didn't walk on your roof so we're not going to help you. Have a good day". I called Bright House back and Candice told me that she will have Ricco from quality control call me back in 25 minutes and follow up with me.
After about a week of no call, I called back and the customer rep told me it says in the notes that the tech said he did not climb on the roof and I may as well stop calling. So I imminently asked for a supervisor. I got Angie and she said that she will pass it to we care department and they will call back. After another few days went by with no calls, I called back and talked to Linda of quality control, who says that out roof is old and the tech said he did not climb the roof. So that's that.
Reviewed March 5, 2010
I've been with Time Warner, then Brighthouse, for over 10 years in two locations. I've always subscribed to the higher end services. I've never been happy with the service technically. Customer service under Brighthouse is getting much, much worse. We moved to our house nearly seven years ago. Since then, we've had technicians out here on a regular basis for signal problems, DVR problems, and internet reliability. We still have problems with the all the above, and now the internet phone (a very bad joke), is pretty much useless.
We had an appointment for service again this morning. My wife made the appointment. Brighthouse was adamant, that an adult had to be here at the appointed time. Of course, the technician was late. When he came to the door, I was on the phone to Brighthouse, trying to find out what was going on. I was still on hold with Brighthouse, when I answered the door. I had just about had it. I was ready to drop the service, and told the technician so. His response was "okay", and he walked off.
It just points out the attitude of the company. They don't care. The bottom line is this is just not a customer oriented company. In my opinion, the solution lies with not allowing this kind of treatment. We're now looking for alternatives. I'm really looking forward to getting away from these crooks. We are overpaying for unreliable service. No significant damage was received.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2010
On January 1st, 2010 Bright House Networks has once again engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices of charging a $20 collection fee to its billing statement on top of the $5.50 late fee. Also, they have repeatedly sent employees to knock on your front door to harass, and threaten you with baseless tactics on your own property to collect payment or be shut off for being a few days late. How a company gets away with this is beyond my own belief! Bright House Networks has broken the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by charging excessive late and collection fees and we, the consumers, need to take legal action now.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2010
I moved here 9 months ago and I work from home, so I require reliable phone and internet service to do a good job for the company that employs me. In my area, it's either Bright House or satellite provider, so they have a monopoly of sorts on this kind of service. Over the past 9 months, my service has dropped countless times forcing me to make countless calls to report my outage and hope that it came back on soon, so I could continue my work. It was so bad for awhile that I was trying to get in touch with management personnel in an effort to reach more than a short-term solution. Nothing of substance came of that.
Since then, Bright House has made a huge blunder on my account in terms of billing, and I noticed the error one day and reported it to them. The representative was not apologetic and instead insisted that I just pay the amount showing or they would eventually cut off my services. I asked to speak to a supervisor and 15 minutes later, I was put on with one. The supervisor thanked me for reporting the issue, but offered nothing more and asked that I set up pay arrangements. I told him that the amount they were asking me to pay was incorrect due to the error, and was told I would have to speak to someone in management about the issue since he could not figure out what was going on.
If you call Bright House and ask to speak with someone in management, you will learn that it is impossible to be transferred to anyone above a supervisor. They will note your record and supposedly within 10 days you will receive a call from a manager. I was assured that nothing would happen to my account until I resolved the situation with management. Two weeks later, I had still not heard from a manager, so I called Bright House and spoke with another supervisor who tried to get me to just pay the erroneous amount.
I refused, so they put another note in my file for someone from management to call me. I never received that call, and 10 days later my services were shut off. I called Bright House and spoke with a third supervisor who argued bitterly with me and said there was absolutely nothing she could do unless I paid that erroneous amount. I explained to her that management never resolved the issue with me and that I was told nothing would happen until that discussion with management, but she didn't care.
So I had to pay a completely erroneous amount just, so I could work that day. That day I took off in the afternoon to go to the Bright House office and speak to someone in person since they would not call me. I got to the office only to be told that management do not exist there, only account representatives. I was told that all management work in a building somewhere and no one is allowed to drop in and discuss issues with them.
To this day, I have never received a call about the issue and there seems to be no way to clarify this billing issue which is hundreds and hundreds of dollars. I've never been so frustrated, unable to speak with anyone that can do anything. Everyone has been rude, and none of the supervisors I ever spoke with offered to do anything about the fact that I was experiencing so much trouble and frustration. All they wanted was the payment which was completely wrong, and completely their mistake.
Incorrect bill amounts that I was forced to pay. Extreme frustration and anger caused by a lack of resolution and inaction on the part of Bright House. Hours and hours spent on the phone with multiple representatives and supervisors. And a wasted trip into the city to talk to a manager in the Bright House office.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2010
I am writing to voice my extreme displeasure concerning the manner in which I have been mishandled by Bright House Networks. My issues with Bright House Networks dates back to before September 2009 and I have records to reflect what I am attempting to bring closure to. In August of 2009, a change of service request was placed to move the services we had. At that time, we also requested that another name be added to the account so that both parties could take care of the bill. There were two numbers on this Bright House account. It was also requested that there would be no interruption of service to either number and that my name be added to the account with the number assigned to me. Prior to that, all bills for both numbers were addressed to one person.
Bright House Networks had both of us to make a personal visit to the office located 6429 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35212. We were told that in order for this to happen, we would have to return the equipment and then be reissued more equipment. Although this made no sense, we complied. At that time, we both signed paperwork indicating this change. Afterwards, Bright House Networks did not make the needed changes. I never received billing statements and the account remained in the wrong name. After discovering the error Bright House made, we were asked to fill out a second set of forms in attempts to correct this issue. We did so. There were no changes made to the account. A service technician was in the area answering another call. We asked if he would take a look at our issue and advise us what we should do. He had us to fill out yet another set of paperwork. Even after this, no changes were made to our accounts.
During this time, our Bright House service was disconnected entirely. We spent nearly a week or two without any cable, internet or phone service. Although this was reported immediately, we were told that we would have to wait for the availability of the service technicians. We were finally given a date and a time, and Bright House promised to send a service technician out to bring out new equipment. They assured us that the technician would come between the hours of 8:00AM-5:00PM. The service technician did not arrive until 9:30PM and spent nearly two hours trying to fix this issue. For a working person, this is totally unacceptable but I endured it thinking this would solve the problem. The services were restored, however, Bright House Networks never made the account changes that were requested. We had gone through all of that for nothing! The accounts continued to appear in the wrong name.
During this, many calls were made to Bright House Networks Customer Service Representatives. Most of them expressed confusion as to why this issue persisted. However, they also were not able to correct the problem and stated that this was only something management could handle. When I requested to speak to a manager, I was told that managers do not take calls, but that they would have to take my contact information and that I would have to wait for a manager to contact me. At first, I did not get any return calls. After making an unknown amount of attempts to speak with someone in management, I did. After much persistence, I spoke with Erica ** who was very unprofessional, rude and inconsiderate. Even after speaking with Erica, the problem was not corrected. She merely wanted to inform me of charges that were now overdue on the account and threatened that if I do not make payment, my services would be disconnected.
However, I was unable to make a payment because: The account was still in the wrong name and there were no statements being delivered to my address in my name; I was unable to access the account because I was unable to confirm the account information of the person. I did not know the answer to the Security Questions being asked in order to access her account information; I felt that it was unfair to charge me for services that had been disconnected due to Bright House Networks' error. Erica ** informed me that she would be making notes to my account of all these issues in her computer system. Afterwards, changes were made but the changes were wrong. The account then reflected that the wrong number was in my name. That number should have not been in my name. However, I was not being billed for both numbers and was being held responsible for the charges because it's my address. That is totally unacceptable.
Again, after speaking with countless customer service representatives to no avail, I demanded to speak to a manager. Erica was "in a meeting," so they forwarded me to the voicemail of Ms. Hunter. I left a message and waited for Ms. Hunter's call. She did not call. I tried to call her many times and after I was finally able to speak with her, her tone was condescending and very unhelpful. She treated me as if I was wasting her precious time and that she was uninterested in getting to the root of my issue. She then offered to relieve me of any late fees that I was being charged to compensate the company's errors. I then tried to straighten out other billing issues, but because of her tone, I became frustrated and asked her to terminate my services immediately. She said that she would do so and that she would also check her records and get back with me. I never heard back from her.
When I tried to call her back the following weeks, I was informed that she was either unavailable, on vacation, out of the office, in a meeting and when they finally ran out of excuses, I was told that all they could do for me is tell me to pay my bill. After that point, I was never able to reach any manager. I even overheard Erica refusing to come to the phone to speak with me. They even disconnected several of my calls. In the midst of this and without notice, I discovered one day that my services were one again disconnected. At this time, I was not receiving bill statements at my residence in my name, so I assumed that this was due to the many billing issues I had had with Bright House Networks.
I then made arrangements for my phone services to be switched to another company. That company was to contact Bright House Networks in order to exchange my services. To assure that this change had taken place, I was in constant communication with Bright House Networks customer service representatives. I was told that the order had been placed to disconnect all Bright House Networks services and that I was still expected to pay because my services were showing to be active. I had no cable, internet or phone services at this time. To my shock, I came home one day to find a disconnection sign on my door saying that if I do not make payment, my services would be disconnected. My services should have already been disconnected. I called the number on the door hanger sign and was informed that I was still actively in the system.
Later, I received a bill in the mail to confirm this. I had no service and was being charged as if I had complete service. On Christmas Eve, a representative came by to collect the equipment from my house. The day before, he had left a door hanger on my door to inform me that if I do not make arrangement to have this equipment returned, then I would be charged for it. To my knowledge, my services are now disconnect, finally and now I am expected to pay a ridiculous amount of charges for services I did not have! Again, I called Bright House Networks today, January 8, 2010. I was informed that Bright House Networks expects me to pay a balance of $442.55 for services that were disconnected, mishandled and for customer service that was horrific! They have proven to be unconcerned, unhelpful, concerning getting to the bottom of this issue. It is unethical and unfair to expect anyone to pay for these kind of services.
However, it's not over. When I moved, my apartment offered free cable and guess who was the provider? Bright Horrible House! They took almost 2 weeks to turn on my service! They were a complete no-show during this time, giving no reason for not showing up or any indication of when they would show up. They basically left it up to us to call them back. During this time, we had no luck being transferred to a manager and overall, they seemed to not care. We were placed on hold several times with them and told that they have dispatched someone. The issue is this: If they were still getting paid, they shouldn't be cutting off our services therefore there shouldn't have been any reason why they disconnected them in the first place.
This was clearly communicated with them but they continued to do whatever they wanted to do. Scheduling appointments with them is senseless and vain since they never keep them. They swore up and down to me that they showed up and nobody would let them in, when I made sure to have someone at the house all day to wait on them. The tech had them note it in the computer. I mean really. I never would have thought they were this unprofessional.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2010
Even before we upgraded, we've had problems. We had the standard cable box on a little 32-inch TV, phone, and Internet. We didn't have problems with the phone or the Internet (yet), but we were constantly rebooting the cable box, seemingly almost every time we went to watch television. A few days later, we bought two new flat screens and the upgraded cable boxes. Still, we were constantly rebooting. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't and we would have to pay for someone to come out and fix it.
The Internet is a whole different story. It had very low signal strength coming from the router and I called to figure out why. The person on the phone told me to switch the channel that the router picks the frequency up from and see if it works and took me through the whole process. After doing so, I was immediately kicked offline because the properties that the router was set up on my PC did not match what I had just changed. I asked the person on the phone what to do and they said to go back on the router's IP address and change it back. The problem was I couldn't get back online to do that. He then told me to reset the router and restart my PC, so I did. Still, it didn’t work.
So he told me to unplug the router, hang up the phone, and wait for him to reboot the modem before plugging the router back in. He never did. I called back several times and every representative told me to do something different. Finally, they sent a guy out the next day and he tried to tell me that it was my computer, which is basically what they're telling me about the cable. It's not their fault, it’s all three different brands of televisions that I just bought. This has cost me $50 here and there for them to come out at least once a week and $150 a month for constant aggravation.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2010
After 2 years of not having Bright House, I thought they would have gotten their act together but come to find out, they just got worse. I started service with them march of 2009. Up until June of 09 is when things went sour. I stopped receiving my monthly statements. I would call them and let them know, "listen I am just wanting to know why I never got a bill in the mail," Who in there right mind would complain about not getting a bill. They lady told me over the phone that I need to contact my local post office and check with them. I did, 8 times. They sent me 8 different letters stating my mail is not being held, there is no forwarding address.
Okay so I called back to Bright House. This is around the same time my son (5) yrs old, was being admitted in and out of the hospital. So the last thing on my mind was a bill. Come to find out we were 1 1/2 months behind. (still not getting bills). I called the rep when she had asked me a very rude question. "How can you not know your bill is due when your sitting there using the services." Okay now my patients is running on a thin line. I had been released from my employer and things were not going well at all.
So I just hung up on her to get back to the usual me. When I had called back to speak with a supervisor, I was told by her that I owed $346.98. The amount for my monthly bill was $130.45. She told me that when I had the men come out to fix my service, they charged me $35.00 for it. Now tell me, when you have new neighbors move in and they have Bright House installed and need to run a new line in the ground, and that tech cuts your cable line, you gotta call someone out to come and fix it right? Is that your fault or my fault? Thank you! So, they decide to be very nice and credit my account the fees.
So now payday come... I called then back to find out where the nearest location was so I can pay the bill, my direct deposit was canceled after the loss of my job. When I went to the location and they told me my bill was $409.79. I thought I choked. How can it be? The rep told me that my new bill just printed and that I was in the 60 day mark. What the hell does that mean? I paid what I was able to pay, and went home. Come to find out they cut my cable off. They never told me it was cut. So I called them and they go on and reconnect it. Then my internet and my phone stopped working. I called them and let them know what was going on, and they told me that I need to take the modem to the branch office and they will replace it.
I took it over to them. They replaced it. I went back home and it worked for a few days then it stopped. But this time it was my cable TV, internet and my phone. I called them back again and they sent someone out who was well over 4 hrs late, and who I wanted to ** bald headed. He sat there and told me that the problem was my TV. I have a big screen TV that's new. Why in the world would you sit there and tell me in order to watch TV, I need to invest in buying a new one. No tech should tell you that you need to upgrade your things to get service to work. So for the past 4 month, I have not had internet or phone. My cable did come back on. I just didn't use my TV for the rest of the and days and only had to reset the TV. not buy a new one.
So this morning, a tech comes to the door telling me he needs to pick up a payment and I stated to him, until Bright House credits my account for the past 4 months of no internet or phone, I will not be paying. I am not going to pay for service if I'm not receiving it. I told them to turn off my internet and phone for the past 4 months as well and all they told me, is I will have a change of heart the next day. Now if I sit and tell you I no longer want service from you, I mean it.
I told the tech everything that has happened and he said the same thing. Not to get too upset that when I calm down everything will be okay. Now if I am calm. Why would you sit there and tell me to calm down... that just upsets me to the point of no return and gets me upset. Till this day Jan 28th 2010, they still have not cut my services and my bill is still racking up.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2010
A Bright House rep. called my house in Oct 2009 and offered me a deal for their bindle for $99 a month and for doing this, they would give me $100 at Christmas time. I said I'd think about it and we picked a day that I would call the rep back and he called me before I had the chance to call him on the day we picked. I decided to take the deal and told my friends about the deal. The day they were suppose to connect the service, the tech that was suppose to hook my service up between 4-6 said he came and I wasn't home. I was home and I had friends here. My front door was open and no one came to my door. Bright House didn't believe me. I would never have someone come out and not be here! The tech disconnected my phone so I was without a phone for a day and a half.
I was furious with Bright House and was going to cancel it then but I kept it. The new crew came out the next day and hooked everything up. Then come Dec when I was suppose to receive the $100 off my bill. It wasn't credited to my account. I called Bright House and was told it would probably come off January's bill but she took my name and was going to call me back so I didn't have to wait on hold. No call back. It was the holiday $100 or something. I received my Jan bill and it still wasn't credited.
I called today, Jan 15,2010, and after being on hold for 15 minutes then when I did get to talk to someone it took 45 minutes for her to look into it and said there was nothing in the notes saying anything about a holiday $100 deal. They did nothing for me since it wasn't in their notes. They wanted to know if I had a code for it. I don't work there how would I have a code. Then they wanted to know if it was on the work ordered. I didn't save it then the lady said she found my work order and there was nothing on it.
Maybe the first person that didn't show up had the code on his paper. I feel the sales rep that offered me the deal is a scammer and Bright House did nothing again for me as a consumer that was taken advantage of by one of their employees. I wish I had the name of the man that signed me up. Bright House should have that in their notes. He should be fired so no one else goes through this. I am disappointed with Bright House and I am going to tell everyone I know the story!
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2010
My Internet bill in two years has gone from $14.99 per month to $24.95--an increase of over 70%.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2009
For close to two years now, we have been trying to get Brighthouse Cable to repair our cable boxes to deliver the premium cable service we pay for every month. After a long series of calls last year, they finally conceded their system didn't support the service we were paying for, but that they were in the process of upgrading. We waited. Eventually, we were told that they had upgraded the system to match the services they represented we were receiving. Tonight, after months of calling, missed appointment and failed service calls, we still can't watch many of the premium channels, the on demand channels or order movies. The explanation I received from the customer service representative was that since they don't charge us for movies we can't order, there is not a problem. Additionally, the system constantly resets and reboots, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, and erases any TiVo entries we have set.
I have never dealt with a business that cared less about customer service. We have spent hours on hold with Bright House; and more hours waiting for service representatives who never show up, and more hours with service people who don't fix the problems. We continue to pay for services we contracted for but cannot access due to lack of system capacity. But not for long. We will be changing to another provider very soon.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2009
I have standard cable and when we went from analog to digital, Bright House took away five channels including the BCC Channel, which has nature shows about Florida and the NASA channel. We were then offered these five channels back but only if we purchased a set top box for a $1.00 per month charge. Bright House then told me the government is the one that made them charge us this fee. This is ridiculous and the kind of revenue-generating foolery that you're supposed to protect us from.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2009
Bright House has switched several channels from the non-digital service to digital including Discover Health, Hallmark channel, etc. We have 5 TVs and only 1 on a cable box. The others are all analog TVs with analog VCRs on them. In order to watch these TV channels on our other TV, we have to not have a cable box. This is not only extra cost, but complete disrupts on VCR setup (we record the analog shows on them with a timer). One TV is in our bedroom and only used at night to fall asleep and to wake up. Don't want an extra box and remote. Another TV is a small 13-inch in our kitchen. No room for a cable box, remote, etc.
All the cable boxes are not green. They require extra electric and throw out heat (we are in Florida so this matters). They should put the channels back the way there were. Lately the entire TV experience has been getting steadily worse! This is only one example.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2009
It took them three visits to install home phone and internet. The first two times, they said that the office didn't get clearance to switch the phone. They promised after the first time that they would be ready next time. They said that because of this, it would take another two weeks before they could install it. They did eventually get everything installed and compensated us $40 after we complained. This $40 credit was all for naught though, because they overcharged us more than that! My wife called and asked for a supervisor. He promised us it would be taken care of on the next bill. Guess what? It wasn't. They eventually fixed it on the next bill. What they don't seem to understand is that it is a big headache to have to track these problems and keep calling over and over. We were never compensated for the billing mistakes.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2009
For the last 8 days, early morning programs have either been black screened, (no pic) or suffered extreme tiling. A call to the customer service dept. (what a misnomer) results in a recorded message that their engineers are aware and are working diligently to fix the problems. Eight days, my favorite channel is non functional and no person to speak to. Welcome to America. Big business shafts the little person. Typical.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2009
Our cable service has been inoperable and was on and off for over six months. It takes an average of 2 weeks every time I called to get someone to come to the house for a service. When it was fixed, it lasted only a few days before it goes bad again. Someone keeps hitting the main connection box down line and they give us that excuse every time someone comes out and we lose our service. They keep sending techs out who cannot even deal with the loose connections in the down line box and then it takes 5 days to get the field supervisor to come out to find the problem. It’s good for a couple of days, but then the box gets hit again and then we have 2 more weeks of aggravation. They don't return calls when they say they will and keep sending people out who cannot fix the problem.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2009
I purchased my home in June 2006, hired Bright House Network for my internet, telephone and cable. From day one there was nothing but problems because they sent out contractors to do the job the Bright House tech should have installed. They sent a telephone contractor from another company, a tech, to install everything and so my whole system was a mess. I kept having constant, dropped calls, and rigging sounds on the phone. I would be speaking to someone and would be disconnected. Call after call and complaint after complaint, they finally sent me the two supervisors and their lead tech. The led tech’s name was Greg **. Mike ** was the supervisor and Robert ** was the other supervisor.
They told me not to worry and they gave me their personal cards which I still have to call them at anytime I have a problem. I did and then they started to become nasty after me calling so much, but the problem was still not found. Finally, after at least 30 calls, the two supervisors came over and checked out the problem. At first, I was told there was nothing wrong and then they found a broken wire under someone's driveway that was causing the problem.
I told them, “Do you think I like calling your company all the time and wasting my day for nothing and having to pay for cable, internet, and phone that do not work like it should?” After so many phone calls and because they could not always find the problem, they started to discriminate against me. They are claiming there are no problems when there were lots of them because the wiring was not installed right. I ordered a new cable box for a bedroom and they could not install it because they never hooked up my wiring for that bedroom. The only tech that found the problems was Greg **. Greg ** was their best tech, but they sent him over to another office. My next complaint is that I called because the TV in the garage was not working. They sent Pete the tech and a young guy to train him on a Saturday. My call - well, that was another nightmare. They fixed the TV but dropped my iron planter onto my driveway, chipped the driveway, and I had to clean dirt all over for 2 hours from the planter.
I called and called the office to complain and to speak with Mike ** Robert **. They would not return my phone calls. Finally, after calling the president’s office, they got mad and decided to turn my phones off. I sent my husband to the office and finally after speaking with the office my phones were turned back on and they claimed they never shut them off, which was a lie. I had a proof. They were angry because I went over their head and called the president’s office for someone to listen to me. I should have called the police, but I was in disbelief. The guy who knocked over the planter was Pete the tech and he finally admitted it.
Mike ** came over with a sealer to put on the chip on the driveway, but it never fixed it the right way. They did not care. Now the discrimination is really bad and they try to sabotage my calls. They now have it listed on my record that I am not able to speak with anyone but Mike ** and Doug **. Early this summer I had to change my program listings because the program was up and the pricing would be different, so I did that not calling Mike ** but the sales department. My new price was $179.88 a month.
Mike ** called me and told me why did I not call him. I said, “Why did I need you for that? I needed the sales department.” His comment was, “If I was them, I would not have given you any package deal. You don't like our company - go somewhere else.” What worker, supervisor, or anyone would talk to a customer like that? The customers are paying their salary. If it was not for us, they would have no job. My next problem was my TV in the garage again, after their so-called upgrades on the boxes which screwed everything up, was not working. I called and called Mike ** again and again. Finally, I called the head office; he sent 5 trucks to my home for the repair. I have my neighbors to vouch for that. That’s discrimination again. They are trying to get even with me. For going over his head, he should be fired.
The last problem that I called about is my billing. I have been with this company for over 3 years and never had a problem with my billing. They claimed I owe them close to $30.00 this month for 411 calls they said I have made when I came out of my home. I never made these calls and I will not pay another dime other than my bill of $179.88. This is discrimination and sabotage. This company's supervisors should all be fired for what they have done at my home. I have proof of it also. Also, when I called to ask the company for copies of my paperwork, they refused to give it to me.
I want my driveway to be repaired by a professional that fixes or repairs driveways. I want to be treated with respect and not have this company try to take my rights away. I owned a business in New York and I would or could never treat a customer the way I have been treated here. If something is broken, fix it and don't keep telling the customer there is nothing wrong. Mike ** also informed me if I did not like it, then I should go back to New York. I was also promised with my new package deal and my phone number could be changed. It was never was done.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2009
My experience with Bright House Networks has been a nightmare. Last year, when I lived in an apartment, I called to have them set up a wireless router so that my roommate and I could both have internet service. The technician showed up several hours late and did not have the necessary equipment with him. He was flustered and seemed angry, and possibly drunk. He stormed through our apartment, ignoring our questions and concerns. He threw power cords around and ran into me at one point. When I asked him to go and get the equipment that he would need and come back, he told me that he was just doing his job (i.e. what was on the incorrect work order) and that he would not do what I had made the appointment for.
Since then, I have moved into a house and I have recently decided to cancel my cable television service with Bright House. Their customer service has always been terrible and I don't watch much TV anyway, so I called to cancel. I told the representative repeatedly and very clearly that I would be cancelling only my cable TV service and not my internet service. I was told that a technician would be at my house yesterday, between 8AM and 10AM, to pick up the cable box and disconnect service. After the two hours passed, I called Bright House to let them know that no one had shown up. They told me that he was running behind and would be there soon.
Another hour went by and finally he showed up, but with an incorrect work order. He disconnected both my cable television service and my internet service. When I happened to notice this error on the work order, I asked him to reconnect the internet immediately. When I called and spoke to a Bright House manager to let them know that the technician was an hour late and had the wrong work order, they refused to credit my account or take any corrective action. I therefore told them I would like to cancel my internet service as well, so that I would have no further business with Bright House. The manager told me that a technician would be at my house between 10AM and 12PM the following day (today).
After waiting the two hours, I called Bright House to let them know that again, the technician did not show up. After waiting on hold for 30 minutes, the representative told me that he was running late and would be at my house by 1:40. At 2:00, I called again and I was told that he would be at my house in the next 20 minutes. When I explained the situation that had taken place over the past two days, the representative said, "That's funny because we have received the J.D. Power and Associates award for customer service." Needless to say, I was not laughing. I called again at 3:00 and was told that their computer system shows no estimated time of arrival to my house and that I didn't even need to be there when he arrived. The previous representative had told me that I had to be home because the technician would not come onto my property if I was not there.
Finally, the technician showed up a few minutes after 3:00. I asked him, "Are you aware that you are 3 hours late for our appointment?" He said, "Yeah, because yesterday you said you didn't want the internet disconnected." "Correct. Yesterday you were here to disconnect the cable TV service only, but due to the fact that you were over an hour late, arrived with the wrong work order and that Bright House was completely unapologetic or helpful, I am now disconnecting all services with Bright House. That is why you are here today and that is why you should have been here between 10 and 12 this morning." He said nothing.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2009
My TV cable box wouldn't work again this morning; it was stuck on initialize. I called the customer service number for cable to be told that the wait time was over ten minutes. 35 minutes later, I gave up and disconnected the box and went to local office in Clermont. The lady there exchanged my box and gave me a new one telling me to call the number on the sticker to get it activated. I returned home installed the new box and called the number. After a 15-minute wait, the customer service girl told me there was a problem - she couldn't see the new box I had on their system and that I now had two boxes listed so I would be charged for two despite my telling her that the other box was at the local office. She would not call the office and told me I had to go back there to sort it out with them. She tried to activate the new box but it would only see basic channels.
I returned to the local store, a different lady who checked that they had my old box wiped it off their system and gave me another new box. I returned home with that and wired it back up and called the number to activate. I waited for over 10 minutes with no reply and in the meantime, the box switched itself on and it works. Total time wasted was 3 hours 30 minutes, two car journeys of ten miles and loss of my morning's work. The wait for a technician on residential premises is two days which is why I went to the store. At no time did they offer any compensation for my wasted time or their poor equipment.
Initially, when I had the "bundle" installed under their promotion, the modem left by the technician didn't work and I had to go and change that out locally. After more problems, the next technician diagnosed that the original cable used to connect to my home from their local node was the wrong size and was slowing down the signal speed, so he re-wired the cable over my lawn and a crew then came and buried it a week later. It still stalls out periodically but quite frankly, I live with it because I can't be bothered to wait all the hours to get through on the phone and to wait for their people to turn up.
The service is a disgrace and totally not customer oriented. The people running it are pleasant but obviously there are not enough of them to deal with the volume of calls. Their on wait system uses a repetitive noise system which drives you mad after the 20th time you hear it and is obviously designed to do just that and make you hang up. They need to be made to be more responsible for their service and its repercussions. I need the internet for my work and I use the TV service to update me for stock market information and local travel news. When I have no service, then I lose money and if I have to go to local offices, I have to travel too. The least they should be made to do is offer free network time to recompense me.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2009
I cancelled my service with Bright House about a year ago because of the horrible customer service. Of course, they called and asked what they could do to earn my business back. I thought that after 12 months, perhaps they would have their "issues" worked out. Not so. In August of this year, I began having problems with the digital box. It would continuously click even when not in use and any on-demand movie rented was completely discolored and the picture was bad. I called them out, and they informed me that the problems were due to the fact that the memory was full because of all the downloads. Interesting, since we have never downloaded the first movie or TV show.
They bring me a new box. 4 days later, it is clicking away again. Then it stops for a while. Next, the picture begins to freeze. I give it some time about a month, and then the box starts randomly shutting off until it eventually never comes on again. Once again, I call them out. They tell me that they will be out between 2-4. Okay, no problem. I work in Tampa, but my mom lives 5 blocks over. I will have her there to let them in. My mom is at my house at 1:00 and so is my daughter (under 18 had to have my mom there). The Bright House rep calls me at 2:02 and says the tech was there but has left because no one answered. This is complete **, because I have two dogs that slam against the front windows barking loudly enough for Miami to hear and both my mom and daughter were there. When I returned their call at 2:03 to tell them that they are at home, they tell me they will have to reschedule for 6 days later. What? I told them that would not work since I had someone waiting for them and this was their mistake.
So the condescending worthless customer service girl tells me that she will have a tech come out between 8-8 the next day. Now I am beside my self. I work in Tampa. I will need to have my mother come wait for 12 hours in hopes that they will show up. Not going to work. So she tells me she will have a supervisor tech come out and he will give me a call first thing in the morning to tell me the time. 4:30 rolls around, and I left work early. Still no word on tech.
Just by chance, I was home at 6:12 when the tech knocks at the door. I said you were supposed to call first. He simply looks at me with this goofy look and shrugs his shoulders. I said, "Are you the supervisor tech?" Once again, goofy look. "No, why?" I explain situation. He shrugs shoulder (this guy is sharp). I then asked him what would have happened if I hadn't been home. He said you would have to reschedule. I said, "You were supposed to call first." His response again "Lady, you would have to reschedule." Now I have a goofy look, because I am completely dumbfounded as to how Bright House can expect people who are employed to accommodate Bright House's stupidity and inability to follow through on their customer service requests.
After all of this, he tells me that the problem is in the pole out back. What? Your other incompetent technician was out 3 days ago, replaced the digital box which won't even turn on, and doesn't think of checking the pole? Now this tech tells me that there is no problem with the box. Seriously, Einstein, even I know the box is dead. There is no power, no green light, no nothing. I have already established this with the condescending customer service girl who had me click the button 6 times while I was on the phone with her, only to ask me to recheck the cables in the back of the box to make sure they are not red. That is even though I told her 3 times they are white!
Finally, I convince him to look at the box again. He confirms it is broke. So he goes out to the truck and brings in another box. He then asks me if I would like an HD box. LOL. I ask, "Does this cost more?" His response of course was yes. I asked him why on earth I would want to pay more to Bright House for anything else when what I have doesn't work, customer service is horrible and I really just want this service taken out? Again, dumbfounded look and he then returns with another box, which he plugs in. Miraculously, it works! He then places a work order for the field technicians to come out and fix the back pole the next day. That was Saturday. This is Monday. Still no technician.
I called again this morning because guess what? Yep. Cable is out again. Customer Service rep tells me he will have someone call me today to schedule a supervisor visit. It is now 11:01 PM and no call. But I bet in 4-6 months, I get a call asking me how they can earn my business again. Here is a simple solution to your loss of business, Bright House. Instead of putting all of your energy in getting customers to come back to Bright House, how about providing good service and customer service to your customers while they are your customers! I'm sure if any Bright House employee reads this, somewhere there is a face with a dumbfounded look upon it!
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2009
I made an appointment to have a phone jack installed in a room, the TV cable moved from one side of a room to another, and a digital converter box. The appointment time was 10-12 on Friday, 8/28. The tech showed up, drilled 2 holes in the wall, and then it began to rain. He said he would come back tomorrow, as close to 8 am as he could. I called Bright House the next morning at 10 am and was told the appointment would be from 8 am to 8 pm. I waited all day. It was a no show, no call. On Sunday morning, I had an email from Bright House saying my new appointment time is now Sunday, from 8 am to 8 pm. I waited all day. No one called me. I had to call them and now the appointment is 9 pm. All of the customer service people I spoke with were empathetic and kind but when I finally spoke with a supervisor, he had nothing to offer but an apology. I'm not sure why they have designated supervisors; the one I spoke with was useless.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2009
Isn't there enough evidence on this website alone to start a class action suit against Bright House Networks? I have been having cable TV and internet outages/problems with Bright House since the first week in August. I was patient, but called on or around August 7th and requested the service be repaired. A service tech came out on 8/9. The service appeared to be fixed, and I signed the work order. At 10:00pm that same day, the internet service stopped working again. I called the next morning and they set up another service appointment.
Several days later, that service tech came. He walked in and out several times and then said the service was working. He said there were problems in the neighborhood, and he thought the problem was fixed. He did not ask me to sign a work order. Within a few days, I received my e-bill and there was a $40.00 charge I didn't understand. I called customer service on Saturday the 15th and spoke with a billing person. The person said the charge was because I was using a cable splitter. I told her I didn't know what a cable splitter was, and all I had (as far as equipment) was provided by Bright House. If a cable splitter was on my cable, it was put there by Bright House. She said she'd refer it and ask for the bill to be looked at on Monday and they would call me about it on Monday
Well, my cable and internet still wasn't working properly and I had another service call in for Monday evening. Monday evening, the first service tech showed up. I asked him about the cable splitter charge. He said that was an error and I should not have been charged that. I told him I was trying to get it corrected. He apologized for being late, but said there were problems throughout the neighborhood and they just really couldn't locate what was causing the problem. He tested the signal and said it was low. He went outside, came back in, tested the signal again and said all was well. He asked me to sign a work order.
Today (Tuesday), I called to check on the charge (not having received a call yet from customer service as the billing person said I would when we spoke on Saturday). The Tuesday billing person said the $40.00 charge was for a cable splitter that I had inside my house. And she said I now had two $42.00 charges to my account for service techs being called out to my home. The second charge from the service tech that came last night (Monday). I told her the cable splitter charge was an error and even the service tech said that. I asked if there was a neighborhood problem. Why was I being charged for service calls? She said that was their policy now and I could pay a monthly fee for insurance. And if I paid for insurance, if a service tech came out for whatever reason, then I wouldn't be charged.
I said, "Let me get this straight. My service has been shotty for two weeks now. And I'm paying for service I'm not getting because Bright House has an equipment problem in the neighborhood. And even though this is a Bright House equipment problem, I am paying for service calls for you to fix your own equipment so that I can get the service I pay for? Not only that, you're not fixing it the first time, and so I'm having to pay to have a service call that's not even correcting the problem, and I'm paying for you to come out and try it again. So, I'm paying for you to fix your own equipment that you can't fix the first time around and that cost to me is now greater than my monthly Bright House bill? What a horrible business practice! When did you start this? I had Bright House before and was never charged for service calls."
She said they had started this a year ago, but if I chose to pay the monthly insurance charge, I could avoid these charges in the future. And if I had opted for the insurance, I wouldn't have had to pay these charges. I told her I wasn't given the option of insurance when I began my service. I also told her that I didn't think I should have to pay a monthly fee to them to pay their service techs to keep their own equipment working, and if the charges weren't removed, I would be cancelling my cable and internet and going with DirecTV or Dish Network.
She said she could refer my request to the service tech’s supervisor, and he might elect to remove one of the charges, but he could not remove them all. She asked for my phone number and said he'd call me later in the day about the issue. She went over the number of service calls I had placed in the last two weeks, and she said, "On the second service call, he replaced the modem, right?" I told her, No, he did not and that her information is wrong. Then she asked, "And last night, he replaced your cable box, right?" And I informed her that, no, he did not and that her information is wrong.
And I reminded her that the $40.00 charge was also wrong. She asked how I knew what the $40 charge was for, and I told her I talked to someone in billing on Saturday. She said I couldn't have talked to anyone on Saturday because there's no notation in my record that I called on Saturday! I assured her I called on Saturday regardless of what her records said, and because of the Saturday conversation, that was why I was speaking to her now, to make sure the charge was removed. She asked who I talked to, and I told her I did not write down the person's name. She asked if my cable and internet were working now, and I said, "Yes, for now." Then, she said she was getting off the call to email the service tech supervisor and he should be calling me later. As of 9:27 pm, he hasn't called.
I'm paying for services that were not working properly, plus paying for Bright House to come fix their own original problem and I'm being charged for it multiple times since they did not fix it the first time. Additionally, I was told I had the option of insurance, which was the first time I'd ever heard of that option, not to mention being blindsided by charges for service techs to come out for repair. The person handling the service outage complaints could have easily said, "We have a policy change. You do not have insurance and will be charged $42.00 for this visit." If I received any notice at any time that these charges would be applied, I do not have that in my possession. One would think that Bright House would be required by the FCC or whomever to inform consumers of such abhorrent practices.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2009
I have been having sporadic problems with Bright House. I have the bundle which consists of cable TV, internet, and digital phone. On August 16th, 2009, I found that my phone had no dial tone. I called Bright House Service Department and after resetting my modem, I was told that the problem was one that a service tech would have to come to the residence to fix. The appointment was set for between 12pm and 2pm on Monday, August 17th, 2009. I made sure that by 8am on August 17th, 2009, my dogs were locked away. The gate was open and I was working in my front yard waiting for the tech to show.
At 2:30pm, I called to ask why the tech had not come yet. I was told that they had come but could not get in the gate. When I told the person on the phone that I had opened the gate at 8am and was in the yard all day, the person said that the tech could find my address. After speaking with the supervisor, I was still placed on another appointment date that is 2 days later. This means I have to take another day off work to wait for their tech to come. On one previous occasion, my phone was out and I had to wait two separate days for the tech to come. Once the tech came, he said he could not fix the problem.
Bright House sent another tech out 2 days later and the same thing happened only prior to this tech leaving; he cut my telephone line so short that it could not be reconnected without running a new wire. Finally, another tech came out and fixed the problem within 15 minutes and was astounded that the previous techs could not fix the problem. I am checking into other providers for my services and will definitely change as soon as I find one.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2009
I was paying my bill online. I hit an incorrect amount; instead of $150, I paid them $1501. This was on payday and covered almost all of what my paycheck was. I called them within minutes while the screen was still up and was told they contract out their accounts receivable. I then called my bank to stop the payment but found you can stop a debit card payment. They stayed on the phone for a 3-way call to Bright House. My bank asked for the 6-digit authorization code following the transaction. They either played or are stupid and said they couldn't access the code. My bank also told them to take my number and process a credit to the account. Again, they said they were unable.
Well, after about 3 hours of phone calls, I was told that they would credit the amount as soon as it cleared (though my bank on the phone told them it cleared instantly). This was 4 weeks ago, and there's no credit; so I called Bright House today. I am told they will credit $1000 because they took all payments (including the one not due till the end of the month) out of their little windfall, and I am left ** out of luck.
For any business to practice this way is unethical, teetering on criminal. But as others have stated, I am in an apartment complex that has a contract with them, so we are all ** out of luck!
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2009
The apartment complex that I live in only allows for Bright House services, as Verizon and Knology do not run cables here, and residents are not allowed to have satellite dishes (DirecTV). I have had Internet with Bright House for about two years now, and I know that they have the most aggravating customer service ever. Sure, it's 24/7, but the automated system is annoying, and when you finally do get through to someone, provided that they speak English well, they are never on the same page or never know what's going on.
I recently ordered digital cable TV with them, and the tech came (they hire this independent company to install their products called Knight Enterprises and they are just awful). The tech told us it would start working in about an hour. Six hours passes and we are only getting a few channels. I call and I am told that it might take until tomorrow because when they "checked" for me, the tech hadn't entered the job into the computer yet.
Okay, well, of course, the channels never come on the next day. I call again and I am on the phone with someone for an hour, who decides that it's "routine maintenance," and that's why I only have 12 channels available right now, out of several hundred. They assure me that this happens sometimes, especially late at night (which is when I predominantly watch TV). I hang up and call the next day and demand a tech to come out. Four days later, someone comes, and in under three minutes tells me that the original tech had some wire plugged in backwards. That was the whole problem!
Fast forward to three months later (today). I've always known that when you view your Bright House statement, they always show next month's bill on there too. So, it looks like you are always behind on payment. Well, this month, they are trying to say I owe that full amount or they are going to shut off services. I talked to someone on their Live Chat and verified that yes, I did have to pay that amount or my services would be shut off.
My bill should have been in the $100+ range, but they are asking me to pay $301. I can't be forced to pay for future services here. I can just barely make the payment for monthly services, let alone two months worth. Not only that, but they left a note on my door, with how much I owe and with the date (tomorrow) that my service will be shut off, for all of my neighbors to see. That's just tacky. Their customer service is horrible, and their training must be inconsistent because no one ever knows what's going on.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2009
Starting with an overall dissatisfaction with customer service, specific examples include having a technician come to the house and spend hours being unable to solve the problem. And then having another technician come out later in the week and see the problem as "something simple" and be shocked at the first technician’s inability to solve the problem. Also, more or less persistent problems with connection quality for cable TV as well as internet connectivity have consistently resulted in several in-house visits from technicians.
The specific area of complaint, however, centers around the idea of "time guard" where the phone technician I was just speaking to attempted to sell me some type of insurance against Bright House charging me for service calls that "are not the fault of Bright House equipment". How, when I am already paying for a service they will not be here to repair for at least two days, can they potentially charge me extra for their visit especially when they bill their customers a month in advance, meaning I've already paid for the two days of service I will not be getting?
No serious consequences other than having to pay for poor quality services or services that are constantly although temporarily out of service, as well as having to always make time for the in house visit.
Reviewed July 27, 2009
We are paying them every month despite hearing numerous complaints regarding their service. Bright House is not living up to their name as we have been experiencing weekly interruptions of phone, Internet and cable service. And when they promised for someone to come out, no one does. Also, they refuse to give a detailed bill, but they add charges they have claimed we incurred. This company is not living up to their name and their customer service department is of no help either.
Reviewed July 20, 2009
I had disputed this account with the credit bureaus and they did nothing for me. So I called Bright House, the original creditor, and tried to resolve the issue with them on this not being my account. They were supposed to send me proof of the contract but they never did. I would like for you to help me resolve this issue. The physical damage this has caused me is all the stress they have made me go through and the stress of not being able to purchase a home because of the negative information they reported.
Reviewed June 24, 2009
I've noticed that Bright House has added $20 (collection fee) to my bills in addition to a $5 late fee. My entire monthly bill is $20.99 per month plus taxes. This is absolutely ridiculous to charge the $20 collection fee. They do nothing extra to collect this. I pay by check usually in person at their office so there is no justification in this extra fee and I think it's unfair practice. Too bad there's not another cable company they can compete with. Can they just do anything they want? Where is the fairness in charging a collection fee that they don't do anything to get in addition to the late fee? Somebody help! My bill goes from $20.99 to $40.99 per month if I can't pay my bill within their time frame. Desiree said, "your bill is due on the 16th, you'll get a letter sent on the 19th that gives you 10 days before you get the $20 charge. Ridiculous! That's 100% interest which is unheard of.
Reviewed June 19, 2009
I have been having problems with my phone and internet service since December of 2008. I reported the problems March of 2009. They might have solved the problem June of 2009. During the process of being repaired, the tech shorted the microprocessor in my computer. When it was on, he pulled the power plug on my microprocessor and it shorted. The computer as a result is no good. Bright said in a letter that they are not responsible for the problem. I am a handicapped person at home and I need my computer. The man thought he was doing something nice for me. I asked them to get it fixed or get me another computer. Bright House said no. I bought another used computer to replace the one they damaged. Bright House will not do anything about the problem they caused me.
Reviewed June 15, 2009
Brighthouse has dropped WDSC from regular cable programming, moving it to a tier that requires a set-top box. Their excuse seems to be that they're only required to carry one station. This transition to digital was supposed to allow everyone with cable to see their channels. Not so, Channel 15 has been removed in Orlando.
Reviewed June 14, 2009
On June 11th, Bright House Networks switched to digital programming. I was assured that if I had cable I would not be affected. Not so. I lost WDSC, our local PBS station. When I called Bright House, I was told that WDSC refused to allow their digital signal to be converted to analog and therefore we could not receive it unless we got a digital box from Bright House for $1 more a month. I called WDSC and they said what Bright House is telling customers is untrue. Bright House chose to remove WDSC from their analog tier. By law, Bright House only has to carry one PBS station, seeing as they had two, they dropped WDSC. I find it appalling that Bright House can remove a station from my programming, then turn around and try to charge me to get it back. This is extremely deceitful. For those who find themselves no longer receiving WDSC, I urge you to call Bright House and demand that they put WDSC back into your program lineup.
Reviewed June 11, 2009
I don't think most Bright House customers know about this. On May 21, 2009, my phone service was shut off for six hours! All my contacts and emails to Bright House were useless. Bottom line, I was informed that this was routine maintenance and their technology is incapable of upgrading cables unless they shut off everything. I have the bundle package: cable/TV/phone. I have filed complaints with the state of Florida, Consumer Services and Department of Agriculture, the FCC, and the FTC. This is such an outrage and Bright House does not notify the customer that they won't have phone service for six hours. This is a potentially dangerous situation regarding emergencies during the night. So all Bright House customers, beware that this will happen again because Dave told me it has to happen occasionally and he apologized for the inconvenience. Bright House is an oxymoron!
Reviewed May 31, 2009
I have been complaining since March that my phone service is not working properly. I had a tech out on 5-26-09 to work on it, and he stated when he was leaving that the problem was resolved. On 5-27-09, the problem still was there, so Bright House scheduled me for an appointment on 5-31-09. When the tech left, I immediately noticed the jack and wires hanging. I made several calls to Bright House to send tech back, but that did not happen. I do not know what to do to resolve this problem and I really need your help as a consumer. I have a disabled grandson in the home and really need my phone to operate properly. Thank you in advance for your help.
Reviewed May 27, 2009
I had my son return a modem to Bright House for Internet about 1 month ago. I am still being billed. I spoke with a supervisor today 05/27/2009 and she said they have no record of the return and will continue billing. She asked if we had a receipt. I advised her, we weren’t given one. They took it. They will not remove the Internet as I have asked them to disconnect the Internet. While speaking about this issue, she mentioned we had another modem. This was returned 2 years ago. They do not have correct information in their systems. I need to have them get this Internet disconnected as we are not using it and they do have their modem. Please advise me of any results.
Reviewed May 22, 2009
I have never had a problem with Bright House. Every time I call, I get a local person. When I change services, I get what I asked for at the price they say. I've had the HD DVR for 2 years and had one problem but it was when I went down to exchange the box. It works fine now. I will never leave Bright House; it is my hero!
Reviewed May 2, 2009
I have had high-speed internet through Bright House for over a year. Then, as they were running a promotion, I decided to upgrade and try their Standard Digital Cable service. I specifically asked that there were going to be no fees associated with my cancellation in the future and I was assured that there would be none. Now that I want to cancel it, they are saying I need to pay $61 for the "filter fee" because I am downgrading their services. I know it is not much but it is the "ripping-off-customers" part that annoys me so much! Their customer service is no help and that is because they have the monopoly in area I live, so the customer is either going to pay them and stay connected or cancel everything and have no service at all. I wonder when are we going to see a real free market (I mean other than defective products from China)?
Reviewed April 28, 2009
The technician came to the house to install cable. My parents (older and lacking English ability) gave him $54.75 cash (COD) for payment as told by Bright House customer service rep. I received subsequent bill(s), which did not reflect the payment. I called several times and asked to look into the matter. As requested, I faxed the work order/receipt as proof of payment, but Bright House did not acknowledge it stating nothing was documented on the work order/receipt as being paid. I requested contacting the technician for confirmation but they would not contact him for me. I requested credit despite on this, but Bright House vehemently refused and told me that this matter would go into collections.
We ended up paying $54.75 again due to the dishonest and fraudulent nature of Bright House customer service reps, techs, etc. I would never use their services again, and would actively tell others not to use their services, too. It's pathetic how some companies are so customer unfriendly and how inflexible and short-sighted they are not to give a credit under special circumstances in order to keep a customer.
Reviewed April 22, 2009
When electricity goes out, the telephone is disabled also. High speed service is a joke. Also, frequent disconnects are rampant (more than 3x a week). Bright House should be called "Dullsville." Loss of precious time.
Reviewed April 10, 2009
I've had BH cable for internet for several years, along with Vonage telephone over BH cable. Service failures occur 2 or 3 times per month. Trying to call BH is an exercise in futility. Listen carefully to the menu, being told my call is important, apologies for the delay, listening to various sales pitches while holding for long, long periods. When a real person finally answers, they often do not speak English. In most cases, it is obvious they are totally incompetent and the problem persists after their fix. Normal procedure is for BH to say the problem is with Vonage. Vonage, after another exercise in futility, says the trouble is with BH. In order to fix the blame, I ordered BH phone service and eliminated Vonage. BH phone service was installed on March 12, 2009 and worked well for one day. It went out on 3/13/09 and was off for about 3 hours while I spent untold minutes on my cell phone with BH, listening carefully to the menu, being put on hold and listening to BH sales pitches, being told my call is important, and listening to apologies for the delay.
Before I ordered the phone service, I went to the Auburndale office and after insisting that I speak with a person with the desire and the ability to furnish internet and phone service, and that he give me a phone number where I could reach a knowledgeable person who would be willing to have my service restored when it went out. I was finally referred to Tommy ** who told me that as maintenance supervisor, he would be available to receive my call when service went out, or that if unavailable, he would return my call within a reasonable time. I suggested that we talk in his office rather than in the BH lobby. He said he did not have an office. I asked about BH phone service so there would be no question as to who was responsible for repair, BH or Vonage. He promised he would have a sales rep contact me.
Over two weeks later, I called ** to tell him that no sales rep had called. He did then have a person call about the phone service. The caller identified himself as Clarence, refusing to give a last name. As a condition of ordering the service, I insisted that I be given the name and number of a person, with the desire and the ability to have service restored, when service went out. He gave me his cell phone number and assured me that he would personally answer my call, or if not immediately available, would return my call within a reasonable time. When my service went out on 3/13, I called Clarence at 4:55 pm and got his voicemail instead of an answer. His VM said if I leave name and number, he would return my call immediately. At 7:30pm, not having my call returned, I called again, same message, same promise. I finally received his immediate call back, 18 hours after the original call. I had no desire to talk to a phony liar at that time. I had also called Tommy ** during that service outage, left voicemail, but never got a call back.
Service was out again on 3/23/09. Same ridiculous telephone futility for several hours. Today, 4/10/2009, my service was out when I tried to use it at 6:00 am. After the routine exercise in futility on my cell phone (costing me of course), I finally spoke with a rep who asked a couple of questions about my modem and told me that the problem was at my home and would require a tech be sent out. He wanted me to wait 36 hours but I insisted that was not a reasonable time. He gave me a job number, **. I asked for a phone number where I could speak with maintenance people to learn when I could expect service. He gave me the same number that has caused so many exercises in futility, 863-965-7766. I told him that number was not satisfactory because it would not take me to the maintenance department. He said it is the only number there is.
Now, I may be dumb but I am not stupid. I know that the BH maintenance department in Auburndale has at least one telephone. It's true that I have Tommy **'s phone number, but I have learned that he is not dependable and trustworthy. He does not do what he promises to do. BH does not extend the common courtesy of answering their phone when a customer calls to report a problem. That is no way to do business in a capitalist nation. You may be able to get away with it now, but eventually a decent company that has at least a minimum amount of respect for its customers will end your playhouse.
Reviewed March 7, 2009
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2009
Bright House broadcasts commercial for their channel 340 at about twice the decibel level as their regular program. Neighbors complain about it being noisy. I can't stand by the TV all night to catch it in time to reduce the volume.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2009
I have never had as many problems with any other cable/internet company that I have had with BrightHouse. I have frequently had to report outages - but the most irritating thing that has happened with BrightHouse was when a young man came to my door to offer me a way to save about $30 a month by adding phone to my internet and cable bundle. I thought this was strange but he assured me that this promotion would save me approximately $30. The bill came and it was actually $6 more than the original amount.
When I called to inquire, they told me the story he gave me was false - adding phone would cost more money, not save me money. When I tried to cancel the phone services to go back to the original amount I was paying - the new total was $3 more than I was paying in the first place. The sales rep could not explain this cost but told me there was nothing he could do. This company is corrupt. Fortunately, I am moving next week and will never have to deal with this company again. I advise anyone to skip the hassle and choose satellite.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2009
First of all, Bright House's new DVR software is the worst. Even their CEO agrees it's terrible. It locks up, is slow, doesn't FF or REW correctly, and the search is idiotic. Just terrible. And they've done little to nothing to address this. Second, to the posters below, BH often has channels that are black for me. I call and they tell me no outages are reported. Then magically the next day, the channel is back. They have transmission issues and are in denial about it. I have HD channels that get all pixelated sometimes and then correct themselves. Honestly, I'm only using BH because I don't want to go satellite. When Verizon or AT&T lays their fiber near my house, I'm switching.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2008
Let me qualify myself. I am a retired electronics communication engineer, and used to chair our county's cable TV commission up north. Now you see how wonderful deregulation is for the public. They do not care if you quit. In fact they wish you would. No complaining! They have a million other customers who are to afraid to complain. I have BHN digital TV, internet and phone. I have had at least 10 service calls in the last 3 months. At first, it was all three services. Noise on the phone, no dial tone, dropped calls, no internet, frozen TV pictures and none of the extra features they blow off about worked. One moron they sent out here twice said he used to wash cars. He had no idea how anything worked, and told me in front of my neighbor it's not supposed to work all the time! I told them to have it fixed by 6 pm or come pick up their digital TV box and the phone modem out of the street. They sent out a ham radio operator (as I am) and he pulled new cable in the dark from the tap to the nib and into the house. At least now the phone and internet only quit once a day between 9:45 am and 10:15 am. They say they can't catch it. Jan 1, '09, they are gone. AT&T phone 3 meg DSL. And Dish TV. $45 a month cheaper too.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2008
I need a copy of my long distance calls for a 3-month period a couple of years ago. This information is needed to obtain health insurance. PLEASE HELP! I have been making a request for this information for the past three months and have been told that it will be mailed to me in 7 to 10 business days. Every time I contact BHN, I am told to wait the 7 to 10 business days.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2008
I am currently having a problem with Bright House. But based on the horror stories I have read in this forum, I don't feel too bad about it. The last two weeks, I have had Black Screens on several of the HD channels, Pixel Distortion on some others, and, Ghost images on others. I had to wait several days for a tech to come out. He said the cable from the tap into the apartment needed to be replaced. He couldn't do the job because it had to be given to a Sub-Contractor. Several days later, a Sub came out. Said the cable was fine and replaced the box. SAME PROBLEM. He said a supervisor would contact me.
Several hours later, the supervisor did call me. At that time, I set a DEADLINE from them to have the problem fixed. I gave them until Tuesday 12-16-08 to be 100% or I would drop them as my provider. HE would be out the next day. He came the next day. Ran a temporary cable from the tap to the box and the problem was gone (Progress!!). But the INSTALLED cable is still the problem and needs to be replaced. At the time of this writing, I await BH's arrival to replace the cable from the Tap to the box. Based on what I have read here, I guess my problem with Bright House is small, and they are trying. If they do not replace the cable within the deadline I set, I'm gonna have to cancel them just based on the fact that I meant what I said and my threat was not just empty.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2008
Since July, we have experienced long term outages with the Internet Service. I could write a book....a dark comedy...about all I have gone through with BHN. The first time it went out, we were without service for almost a MONTH. Incompetent/hateful service reps, unprepared technicians....I could go on and on. Ultimately it ended up being a problem with the pole equipment. Had to wait several more days to have the equipment replaced. Finally, service was restored. I don't think I received all of the credit I was due, but I was thankful to have service restored since I sometimes have to work from home. Then, suddenly a month ago it happened again and has been off and on 5 times. Again I have gone through the PAINFUL experience of talking to about 10 different people about the problem.
Tech came out to house. I explained issue from July and he confirmed it is NOT a problem in my home, but it still the same stinking pole. He called a repair truck that was in the area (after Rep had told me one was not available for over a week) and within 2 hours the truck came. I watched the guy go up the pole, fiddle with some cables and Voila! Service was restored. He then got in the truck and drove away...just like the guy in July...with no receipt or explanation of the issue. Yesterday it goes out AGAIN. Spoke with multiple morons and was assured a truck would be out again today. Then I get a call from a Rep saying she was calling to schedule an appointment with an indoor tech. When I explained that a truck was supposed to be coming, she told me that HAD NO RECORD OF AN APPOINTMENT and that it would be several days before a truck could come.
Obviously it is a simple fix, since the outside tech got it working again in 10 minutes, but I have to go through 2 weeks of hell every time just to get it back up. I am SICK of their incompetence. I have talked to onshore, offshore, you name it and no one there has a clue what they are doing. On top of the incompetence, they are rude, lie about calling back and hang up on customers frequently. I am about to cancel EVERYTHING I get from them and go to AT&T U-Verse. As of today, I am still out of service. Supervisor was supposed to call and hasn't. Adios Bright House!!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2008
I am a new customer with Bright House Network. Upon receipt of my second bill I see an extra of $111.91 with the only explanation of Write-off Debit. When I called the Representative I was speaking to has informed me that charged for my husband's unpaid bill from back in May 2008. We did not have a joint account. They have no information on me - only that it's the same address. My husband and I have been separated for almost a year now. I understand that they are doing their job but he chose not to pay his bill and left, that is not my responsibility. They need to go after him. I am responsible for my Bright House bill. The rep said that because we are married we share bills. I could understand if it was a joint account, then I would not have had to get my own account and stayed with his.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2008
Ongoing issue with them. I went without a alarm for 14 months not knowing it. Tech didn't hook it up (they know this). Customer service sucks and don't get me started on their rebuilt MODEMs.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2008
Have had cable tv for years. Provider: Bright House Networks. No accurate Interactive Viewing Guide because their software in outdated and Bright House won't fix it. No PPV - they took that away. No digital / we have analog. Will NOT upgrade my area (South County) Lake Wales, FL. Their offices in Sarasota/Tampa do not know what is going on in my area. They think we are digital. Sent out 02 sub-contractors to change analog converter boxes to digital. Result: could not receive my 04 premium channels and they had to call subcontractor to return with analog converters and install. Picture quality is poor. Head-in is in need of repair and has been in that condition for years.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008
My residential service was erroneously turned off by Brighthouse the week of September 13, 2008. We went into the office to pay our bill in the amount of $84.00 leaving us a bal. of $23.67. We did discussed possibly having to turn off services if financial difficulties became worse, but notified them we would later contact them to let them know when and if was necessary to do so at a later time. They said that would be fine. Later on in the week of my birthday, October 17, 2008, one day we came home to watch t.v. and realized it was disconnected. We did not immediately get alarmed because there has been new construction and that has cause our cable to temporarily be out for short periods of time. But, when it did not come back on after an hour or so, I did call to find out what the status of my account was after reviewing my records and seeing nothing unusual, nor on my current billing of 08/28/08-10/02/08 in the amount of $102.92 Which was crossed in the mail while we went into the office to pay the previous amount listed above. So I wasn't worried.
However, they came back on the line and informed me that SOMEONE from my home had called to request that service be discontinued. I ask if they had a name of the person and asked if they verified an additional security information so I could inquire with my daughter who is (15) fifteen. But, the representative Julie could not give me any such information and said she would have her supervisor review my account and call because I reminded her that if they recorded all their calls, then there should have been some type of information they could give me.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2008
Since Bright House can't seem to get off their Butts and getting nothing done about getting our channels back because FOX refuses to deal with them, I would just like other people to know (I should have done this already) that Direct TV and a couple of other companies will give you all your channels back including FOX so you can at least watch the World Series for only $29.99, free Install/free DVR and all kinds of other deals. This is not an AD for any company, only what I finally had to do to get my tv back.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2008
Brighthouse had a special running...Digital Cable, Internet (Turbo) and Digital Phone..combo pack and a great price. We decided to go for it. What a nightmare!!! Had an appointment set up for Oct. 9th 2008 since customer service explained they will come out and hook up the internet and phone the same day. The contractor came out at 10 that morning..BUT he does not bring the router...so he has to drive back to DeLand for the router...Comes back at 1 pm and was here for 7 hours JUST hooking up the Internet...He was not very knowledgeable doing the hook-up, drills a hole through the formica desk top and instead of drilling DOWN he drills UP which caused the formica to crack......My husband had to work along side him and help him through the Internet hook-up...
We were told they could not port our phone number over on the 9th and had to reschedule for the 16th (their mistake...they didn't get our number released from A T & T)...BUT...he played with the phone wires and screwed them up to where we were able to call out but our phone was not ringing in the house...C alled Brighthouse and they had to send their technician out to fix that problem.
Brighthouse set an appointment for the 16th to have the tech come out and wire our phone and they would port the number over...Appointment set between the hours of 10 am till 1 pm...The contractors call us to let us know the guy will be here about 12.. 12:30...1:15 no one is here...Call Brighthouse, they claim we did not have an appointment..It was set for today with open times...probably because they didn't want to honor their commitment if their techs do not arrive during the scheduled appointment times you receive a $20 credit...So they proceed to tell me there was no set time...even after I explained the contractors office called me letting me know the guy would be here by 12 ..12:30 within the appointment time...They still lied...The guy arrived at 5:30 pm...When I call customer service to explain my frustration and asked to speak to a Supervisor I was left on hold for a very long time and no one ever did get back to me.
I almost regret even doing this...digital phone sucks..seems to drop in the middle of conversation. I will give this a couple of weeks and if we still have problems I will switch back to A T & T! Poor customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2008
I signed up with Bright House for a package deal, digital cable, digital phone and high speed internet 09/13/08. They sent a contracted cable company to put it in. He immediately cut my telephone line. So without a phone from the beginning. Sent another installer out here 09/14/08 to redo every thing over again. Then the cable boxes started shorting out. My 27 inch TV in the bedroom went out, so I figured it was because not Hd, so went and bought a new 32 inch Westinghouse. Since then 3 or four times a day the boxes would short out and have to be rebooted, taking as much as ten minutes to come back up. Last week while watching my 52 inch RCA the screen blacked out and when I rebooted it this time it came back up with 3D vision+ every color of the rainbow. A technician from Bright House came out and said the color scrambled. Nothing he could do. Next go on my computer to discover that my monitor was burned up also. Called Bright House and informed them of this - advised them there is a short somewhere in their system, boxes or whatever and that I expected my equipment to be restored to the working order it was in before Bright House.
Was referred to a supervisor by the name of Carol **. She said would send a field supervisor out here. We have stayed home afraid to leave the house and no field supervisor yet. Have called and left five or six messages for Carol to return my call and no call back yet. Also the new 32 inch Tv is now getting a line across it and I'm afraid it is going to fry also. Also the telephone goes off at will and can't dial out. Had an old monitor I'm using at the moment to get by. My 52 inch is just sitting there of no use. So my security camera attached to it is out also. Have had Teco out to check the electrical voltage and it was fine. It's in the Bright House equipment (I think the little black box). Not being an expert I really don't know is why I call them so much trying to get it resolved to no avail. Another 32 inch TV in master bedroom screen jumps and quivers on occasion.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2008
Brighthouse did a bait and switch. Large condo complex: agreed to bundles for 3 years at no more than a 3% increase no contract signed then after a year they claim it was an introductory offer and have increased the bill by 18%. Customer Service said they can't take care of this. It is Commercial Sales Dept and they won't allow the customer to talk to Company Reps only the head of our Association. We have 18 buildings and over 2000 customers so I see this as pretty unfair and I did attend the original meeting and have seen only half of what they promised materialize in over a year. I also know that some residents have been able to get them to honor the only 3% increase on bundles so why the discrimination for some customers. It's not like I can switch to something else because the basic cable is part of my building maintenance and I can't switch it. I feel totally mislead by poor quality service and business practices and yes the phone, cable and internet do cut out for no reason and you have to wait on your cell phone forever to get a tech to fix it but the techs are courteous.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2008
I upgraded my cable service by adding internet and phone. The service tech told me that he had to install cable in my den and asked me how to get in the attic. I showed him. I left to go to work. When I came home and let my dogs out on the screen in porch, I almost cried. Bright House had drilled a hole in my screen room and the outside wall of my den and installed the cable around my room. It looks terrible. I have called every day since Friday evening and no one has told me that they are going to fix my problem. I need to file a claim. This will cost me around $500 to repair. I just want the problem fixed.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2008
Like everyone else, we too have had problems with our internet and phone cutting off at random times - mostly at night. We talk to the professionals, I use the term “lightly”, several times a month for the past year, and to no avail. It seems as though no one has a clue as to what they are doing. It seems as though several people on our street are experiencing the same problem. Now wouldn't that tell you that maybe the problem would be the main box? Different techs have told us that the box does need to be updated and supposedly they were going to tell someone about it, yet it has not been done. I have explained to them that I have a daughter that is pregnant and due anytime now, and her husband is going to school at night that is an hour and a half away; if she were to have to get ahold of us on our home phone for an emergency, there's a strong possibility she wouldn't be able to. Where we live, our cell phones don't work unless you are in the middle of the street. I'm just tired of this **.
It's funny that when you call them to tell them that your phone is not working and so, of course, they'll set up an appointment to have a tech come out and look at it. Then they don't show up, so you call them and they tell you that it is their policy to call you 30 minutes before they get there to make sure you are home, so they told us that they called and no one answered, so they assumed no one was home. Well **, that is because OUR PHONE DOESN'T WORK! What part of that do you not understand? This has happened several times.
So I, like many of you, am planning to write to the BBB and file my complaint against Bright House. I work way too hard and pay way too much for this service that doesn't work half the time. When they tell you they are going to credit your account, it turns out to be like $17.00 or so; I don't know how they figure this out because according to my calculations, that if my service didn't work for half a month then I would say that you would credit half of what I pay, right? I am also looking into changing my service, as well. Well, I guess it felt good just to voice my complaint, but you know as well as I do, it won't make a damn bit of difference.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2008
I have a complaint about a specific commercial that creeps me out - the bloody Mary one. It is on every 10 minutes in the day time. It's what really bothers me. I am pregnant and home alone during the day. Could you please only show that commercial at night or at least not so much. Thank you.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2008
Due to a $50 overdue bill, I awoke to find my cable, phone and internet cut off. There was no warning. I had to wait on the phone for 20 minutes. Even though I have been a good customer for many years, they told me that this was automatic - the computer automatically ended our service. Thy said I was informed on my bill (I couldn't find it). The company is out of control ruled by its computer not people.
I was unable to conduct business, receive phone calls or send email.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2008
Digital phone and internet keeps dropping out - sometimes several times a day. Brighthouse servicemen have been out 6 times in 12 months but problem persists. Brighthouse phone and internet is unreliable, and I wouldn't recommend it.
My son works help desk on the internet and Brighthouse droppouts have caused him to call another worker to cover for him on occasion.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2008
This has been a reoccurring problem, which I thought was fixed, but, it has not. The records on our account should reflect that we have called several times for service outages that start, intermittently around 8:30pm each night. The majority of the time, only the internet service is effected, however all services; phone and cable, are interrupted at times. When calls are placed to customer service, the representative usually runs some tests, and determines the modem is off line. Sometimes this also involves resetting the modem and my wireless router. When this fails to work (as it always does) a service call is scheduled within a couple days. Once again the Technician comes out during the day, and finds nothing wrong with our service.
Finally I filed a complaint with someone in the corporate office. I was told that there was a system outage in this area that they were aware of, but unfortunately, they had no solution at that time. But once it was resolved, our bills would be adjusted. To me this meant that I was to receive partial service, but pay full price for it. I finally filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Amazingly someone contacted me the same day or the next. This person sounded genuinely concerned for our problems, and was going to do everything within her power to resolve our problem. They monitored our service for about a week and a half.
A Senior Technician stopped by during the day and said that the problem should have been resolved, and that it was somehow related to a school in the neighborhood. It did in fact seem as if the problem had been resolved, and I informed the corporate representative that they could inform the BBB the problem had been resolved. Over the last couple weeks, this has shown not to be the case. Service during the day is fine, with no problems, however at night, rarely am I able to connect to the internet after 8-8:30pm. We were given a partial credit; approx $70. This was minimal as this problem has gone on for months. I do not feel that we should have to pay a bill until this problem is truly repaired. We are not the only customer in this area with service issues at night.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2008
I had an overdue balance with Brighthouse of Central Florida and although I have been a customer since their inception, they shut off my service until I called
15 minute wait though very polite. They told me that the cutoff is automatic and they have no control over it. The machines are in control.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2008
Did anybody else have trouble with Fox news reception during the RNC Convention? Also I do remember the same problem 4 years ago during the convention. What do you think?
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2008
I have had service since time in fe or march, and since this time i have issues with no dial tone on my home phone. In the past two weeks, in happens every day, several times a day, and can come some times last for hours at a time.. What upset me most is that this week alone, I have been ask to stay home so the tech may come to resolved my issues of no dial tone, on 8/28/208 and states issues was resolved,
call again on 8/29/08, and set new time on 8/29/08 from 8-11,show and was told he could not resolved the isues some would be back later today or tomorrow, no show, I called my home on 8/31/2008, get msg no a working number, or my call could be completed. Call to bright house again and was told sorry,,, set new time for 9-/2/2008 but i had to be available from 8am-8pm and again bright house is a no show. I called and get told sorry yet again and will have to have the dispatch dept reschedule again. no resolution again no dial ton
I am 62 yrs old, looking form employment, I have a seriour ill daughter that i alos provide care for on no notice. I get the call and i go.. She is has RSD and waiting to shcedule major surgery to help her.. I AM WITHOUT ANY DIAL TONE SHOULD SHE NEED TO CONTACT ME.. NO HOME PHONE FOR THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO WORK WITH..
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2008
Hello,
This past August will be 2 years I've had your Roadrunner internet service and I have not been pleased. From the first day I signed up I had equipment changes, personal visiting the pole out side my home to correct problems, and long many hours on the phone with customer service. I have accepted this treatment until this latest incident.
This past August my internet service was up and down and the last week of August it was more frequent. I placed a call last Friday (August 29th) to tech support to report the problem. She said someone will come out next Saturday (September 6th) to look at the problem. I informed tech support that my home phone use the internet and ask can someone come out sooner. She said call back the next day and it may be reschedule to have a tech to come out sooner.
Later that night internet service was restored as other time through the month but lost connection early the next day. I contact tech support again to explain the problem and now the Roadrunner modem was giving an IP address of 192.168.100.11 to my computer and the modem address was 192.168.100.1. I assured the tech support personal that my address was different but she did not believe me. I informed her that I am a computer and network technician and I am tell the truth, she said will talk to her network tech and placed me on hold.. for 49 minutes and 28 seconds on my cell phone. Because she did not like the information I was given her it will cause me a large cell phone bill.
I left my cell phone on to see if she will return and used my wife cell phone and talked with another tech support person. I gave her the same information and asked to speak with a manager. She said, No manager was available on the weekend and to call back on Monday. I call back on Monday and a person said no manager was available because it is a holiday. I call back on Tuesday (today) and I was told the manager was busy. I left my cell phone number to have the manager to call back, but not one called back.
My wife calls later that day and left my number again to call me but not one called. I have been in IT support for many years and I have come across my share of irate customers. Many of my colleagues know the names of users who call with computer problem but we resolve their issue quickly.
I have called Brighthouse/Roadrunner many times in these two years and I feel my service is bad because of the amount if time I have called. Even after I hung up from being on hold for almost an hour the tech did not bother to call me back. I truly feel this is personal; believe me when I say I would not call if I did not have a problem with my internet service.
Where I live ISP chooses are limited and Brighthouse customer service is taking advantage of this situation. Customer services don't have to be good because this is only choice you have mentality. The Brighthouse/Roadrunner call center here in Birmingham Alabama employs personal that get annoyed when anyone calls for help as if you are intruding on their day.
I don't want to be rude, I don't want to call or disturb anyone in Birmingham call center, and I don't want to be that customer managers at Brighthouse avoid. I just want my internet service to work. That's all.
And I still have to pay the bill
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2008
Recently moved to the Clermont area and was told that Brighthouse was the only Highspeed and Cable TV service in the area, so we had no choice but to get them. The service has been intermittent to poor, the reps at a call center in the Phillipines claim that they see a problem on more thatn one call and would try to contact a local office to get a technician out to site. On speaking to tech they admit work is being doen and there are issues to be resolved, with software for the cable box and the connection. Eventually the cable modem was replaced bya tech.
On calling the local number was routed to the Deland office and spoke to an agent Candice who claimed that I only called in one time 2 days before the tech showed up and that there was no call center in the Phillipines. Told her to please get me a supervisor, who as I was in the middle of explaining my situation dropped off the line. Coincidental I dont know , but I called back and asked for the supervisor who was busy. Its quite a pity that this company is the only game in town, any monopoly will treat their customers poorly because there is no alternative.
So ultimately what are we to do, we get a bill we pay the bill and we then get crappy service and reps with attitudes and managers who react with seemingly hostility to ethnic names and drop calls without any concern for the customer. Paying for a service that is not being delivered. Money that could be used for Gas or Food.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2008
We had BrightHouse for cable/phone/ internet for several years. Their service kept going downhill, so we decided to switch to Verizon. Prior to switching, our son got a laptop for which he needed a wireless router. The router that we purchased worked fine, but every now and then we would have to reboot the computer. We were told by BrightHouse that it was the router; we called the router manufacturer and were told that it was BrightHouse.
BrightHouse finally told us that we needed to purchase their router ($149.95) and they would then take care of any problems that came up with it. I paid the $149.95, and the router was installed. Now that we've switched to Verizon, we have a $10.00 credit with BrightHouse but they won't send it out until I return the router. I told them that since I had bought the router, I would gladly return it to them for $149.95. Now they tell me that that amount was an installation fee and I had to return their equipment. I guess they're keeping the $10.00 and I'm keeping the router.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2008
I got a cablemodem added to my roommates pre existing account. I was told the installation would be free but the first month service would be COD. I paid the installer 32.78 in cash (counted out the change from my dresser) and now Bright House Networks is saying its not paid.
Called 3 times the first 2 times the CSR said it was paid in the system and they would send it to accounting, but it has remained on the bill. This 3 time dealing with them they threatened to turn off the service in 2 days if not paid so I charged it. How do I get my money back. The accounting department says the form from the installer does not reflect a payment and that their installer would not pocket it. If it wasn't my roommates account I would threaten to turn it all off.
I had to pay for the first month twice.
Reviewed June 10, 2008
I had Bright House for a few months in my apartment. I had digital cable with DVR and high speed internet. I moved out of my apartment and went back a few days later to pick up a few things and the complex told me they let Bright House in to pick up the DVR and modem. So, that afternoon, I called Bright House, spoke with a rep and was told that yes it had been returned and my balance was at zero dollars.
Today, I get a letter from a collection agency saying I owe Bright House $427. I called them and they tell me the equipment was never returned. The rep simply continued to tell me I had to pay it. I spoke with a supervisor. He claimed there were no notes on the account of me speaking with the previous rep. Then he found out the rep was looking at the wrong account when he told me it was returned. He was looking at a previous account I had at my former address.
At this point, the apartment has already been re-rented. The equipment is gone. Had I known it wasn't returned earlier, I could've checked on it but now it's too late. I explained this to the rep and was told it's my problem. They are not backing up their employee's mistake and making me pay for their mistake. Then he told me he can forward the complaint to upper management and, upon their discretion, they will call me back. As of now, no resolution after hours on the phone with this company.
This mistake on Bright House's part is negatively affecting my credit score as well as costing me over $400 to resolve
Reviewed May 26, 2008
I have had BrightHouse Networks for 6 years (since it was called TimeWarner), and we have had a good overall experience. I use EarthLink Internet provided by BrightHouse(which is excellent) and Digital Cable service.
But I have been noticing that BrightHouse is clipping movies in order to sneak in commercials. This usually happens in programs transmitted in the early morning hours, so its only noticeable if you tape a movie around 1 or 2 a.m. Its not just that they stop the movie to put on a commercial. They actually CLIP part of the movie at an arbitrary moment to include a commercial. Usually about BrightHouse itself. So when the movie comes back on, you completely loose track. Is this legal? Can a cable company just obliterate a movie like that?
Reviewed May 12, 2008
We have had Bright Houst HDTV, Phone and Internet for 2 months to the date of this writing. It has been intermitant and sometimes non existant. We have had service calls, and the technicians say there is no problem, even though techs at the call center do see a problem. Today I have been on hold for over an hour in 3 calls, then either they cut off the conversation or the cable telephone fails. We, as a family, especially, during this fire emergency, do not recommend using this federally regulated service to anyone. My next communication will be with the PUC
We have purchased new phones and other equipment that they said was defective, which were not. Loss of work waiting for technicians. Paying for a service that is not provided.
Reviewed April 14, 2008
Upgraded cable service, a cable box was installed on a big screen HDTV Television. It was OK for one day, the next day the box malfunctioned and damaged picture on TV. Now you get a ghostly picture with colors misaligned.
It can cost over two hundred dollars to fix this tv. The physical damage to tv is that you cant enjoy the picture without seeing double and scattered colors.
Reviewed March 14, 2008
My Husband I have internet, phone, and TV services through Brighthouse Networks. All 3 services being provided have been working inconsistently throughout this past year. We are VERY frustrated and disappointed that these services are unable to work properly. In effort to better our cable services, we have attempted NUMEROUS of times to call the company to resolve these issues. Over this year, we have been passed back and forth to employees who appeared to be unknowledgable about the subject matter. These employees should not be allowed to be in constant communication with the general public, as they are undutiful. The employees continuously have been disrespectful and have not aided us to help in this situation.
My husband and I are appalled that a company as big as Brighthouse operates in such a manner. The governor and corporate will be notified of these issues that are unable to be resolved. We are switching to another company to provide us better services and who treats their paying customers with respect. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Reviewed July 3, 2007
Main water piping supply damaged and lawn damaged.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2006
Fraudulant advertising and bait and switch tactics to get you into one of their combo packages that crank monthly costs out of orbit.
Reviewed May 15, 2005
This is also mentioned in their TV and internet ads, claming 5 megs of speed.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2004
response. I let them know I could not
pay this a month. I was told cable was not included in the package deal. It is in fact included. The two charges were TV a basic $16.95 & stardard for $27.34. I told the lady
I was not paying except for just one
$27.34 and the $19.95. I immediately
lost my pages for the internet and my
emails was taken away. I recently got
another bill for $160.36. That bill was not itemized. I know the price is
being falsely advertised. I believe the price is gouging, whether because of the hurricane I don't know.
I have not being able to email anyone
or receive. The price has really upset me plus the fact I've been charged a great deal of money but have not had the benefit of it. I've sent in $47.29 and have not been credited.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2003
I'm finally switching to satellite - they've driven me to it. I'd actually pay MORE to avoid that cable company!
Spectrum Company Information
- Company Name:
- Spectrum
- Formerly Named:
- Bright House Networks
- Website:
- www.spectrum.com