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About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications® is a Fiber, Copper and Fixed-Wireless network provider that offers services in 25 states. Frontier offers customers unlimited tech support, a dependable connection for a monthly prices that’s been called the best value in Internet services. Visit its website to find out if its services are available in your state.

Pros
  • Fiber optic internet
  • Variety of plans
  • Bundle options
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  • Limited nationwide service

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 16, 2018

    I am a physician with healthcare service in Plano, Texas, Frontier Communications has monopolized our area, we had internet shortage & our phone lines are completely cut off for 3 days, going on 4 days, Frontier calls it "OUTAGE". Our billing department cannot operate, multiple complaints have been made by our Practice Manager. We were told they are still in the "discovery mode" after 72 days into this, patient phone calls are not coming in, creating a public nuisance & affecting revenue loss for the company!!! & my husband who is also a physician was on Frontier's President line for many hours trying to get this mess solved, taking time off from clinical work, & our practice manager has been trying to get this solved for 3 days!!!

    Their customer service is pathetic! I hope City of Plano gets a message, & puts a stop to this company renewing their contract for this massive area! This company is not capable of operating for a large scale! I am pretty sure we are not the only ones experiencing this!! Service is pathetic causing public hazard & liability!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2018

    This is why I'll never use Frontier again and why I'd recommend people to look elsewhere. They don't offer reasonable prices. They make it seem that way starting out, but ALWAYS raise your monthly rate a substantial amount ($10-$30) either every 6 months or every year. They always claim you were on a "special limited time promotion that expired". Why not just give customers one good reasonable, affordable flat rate ("promotion" free) that doesn't repetitively increase over time? That would save you thousands of phone calls from concerned customers per month Frontier. Hello.

    They lie. They've told me numerous times that specific account changes I needed would occur, and soon to find out they did nothing. In addition, they don't tell you about certain charges or fees you're receiving for changes you may need over time. They just slap charges on your bill without telling you upfront. Devious.

    They hang up on you. Multiple times when I wanted to downgrade or disconnect service, I was transferred over several times, put on hold, and then hung up on, without receiving a callback. This is Frontier's way of trying to keep your business and money without making it easy for you to do what you need when it's something that reduces their revenue.

    Extreme wait times. I've never had to wait longer for any other company. Whenever I need to speak with someone in customer service, it is almost guaranteed I'll be waiting for a 1/2 hour or longer to get a human being on the phone. If you get transferred, you'll wait another 20-30 minutes. It's like hello Frontier, either revamp your business practice, or hire more customer service agents to prevent angry customers. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SCAMMED OR TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB, BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. They handle big corporations like Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed July 13, 2018

    Frontier Communications has the worst customer service. Was told one installation date and no one ever showed up. Then instead of sending someone to install they just made a new installation date. They had no problem taking my money off of my debit card when they were supposed to but, can't show up to install. And the people "in charge" will not speak to you about any customer service issues. Horrible company.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedOnline & App

    Reviewed July 13, 2018

    I ordered internet and cable services from Frontier on July second. When I spoke to the sales rep I was given an install date of July 8th from 1-5. I got a confirmation email and all was good. I sent in my lease to prove I did not owe money and I thought all was good. When I tried to search my order number on their website nothing came up. So I called and asked why, I was told that I needed to schedule my install appointment. Confused I told them I had the confirmation. They told me I had to wait until the 9th from 8-12 for install, however I said numerous times that date would not work and I wanted to keep my original appointment. I was laughed at and hung up on (July 3rd). Turns out that appointment on the 9th was scheduled anyways. I called again, talked to some supervisors who eventually agreed to keep my original appointment of July 8th. All was good again.

    I went online and did an online chat and asked to make sure it was set for the 8th, it was and they confirmed it for me. I saved that chat as a PDF. I got a call on the 5th and they confirmed the appointment on the 8th again. On July 8th I rushed home to wait for that 4 hour window. No one came. I called and after an hour and a half I was told no one was coming, they couldn't get anyone out there at that time. I was also told that my appointment had been rescheduled until July 9th from 1-5. I was never told of this change, I had very important work meetings on the 9th out of state. I was so mad! I was told it was just a miscommunication and that no one actually does installs on Sundays so no one was ever going to show up for my original appointment. Why would they make that appointment then? Why would it be confirmed multiple times.

    I asked for an email address to send my confirmation email and the chat pdf I have and I was told they do not have any emails. I have the proof of their major mess up but they refuse to look at it. Each time I called it took hours to get any answers. I wasted time waiting for them only for them to not show up, then wasted a total of 7 hours on the phone with them throughout the week leading up to the install.

    I had to have a family member drive over an hour to wait at my house for the install on the 9th because according to them that was the only day they could do and it was my mistake. I had to pay for her gas and food for waiting. I lost hours at work being on the phone with them as well as leaving early on the 9th to relieve my family member from waiting. I was treated terribly and no one was willing to actually help. Why would someone change my appointment without even telling me? Why make an appointment and then give 0 effort to keep it? I expect to get a few months free or some sort of monthly discount for my troubles.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 12, 2018

    My internet started frequently disconnecting near the end of June. I was initially told they would be out to fix it in 8 days when I live 30 minutes away from their office in Sylva. That was over a week ago. They keep saying they will come out the next business day but never do. They will call to make sure I’m here but then they don’t show up. I am almost glad I am disabled because I would have been fired where I taking time off to resolve this issue but instead I live on a fixed income and am now forced to look for a different provider for my internet. With all my eggs in Frontier's basket, I now have to wait 90 days to receive my money back before I can begin to get service.

    Frontier said they will not charge me for the time I’ve Been without internet but they only credit your account for the first missed tech appointment. Essentially they don’t have to come out ever, my past 3 weeks is only worth 25 dollars to them. Now they are saying that I have to pay a $35.99 fee to disconnect when I signed up for a month to month plan because I wanted to try them out and they said they would send me a 100 dollar visa gift card for signing up. They sent it to the wrong address and are now saying there is nothing they can do about it. If you are thinking about using Frontier, don’t.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 12, 2018

    Gave 1 star only because it is required in order to post a review. Do not sign up with Frontier!!! We had service with them for a total of 8 days and were billed for the entire month. During the 8 days of service there were multiple problems and major issues which led us to cancel the entire package with them altogether, one of the many issues was that they gave us a new phone #, when the request was made to transfer our current phone # to the account. I received a bill for the entire month of service the same day I called to cancel. We only had them for 8 days! When I called about the bill I was told to wait until the 3rd billing cycle and the credit would be reflected on that 3rd bill showing only the 8 days. I was told this by 3 different reps each time I called. After the 3rd billing cycle I received the same bill for the entire months' charges.

    When I called back the last time I was told that the account would go to collections because their policy is to never prorate bills regardless of the issue and how long we had service. I mailed in a check for the amount of the 8 days I had service with them along with a detailed letter of my experience and the issues I had. In turn I received another letter stating the account would go to collections if the remaining balance was not paid. I have spent numerous hours on the phone with this company dealing with issues and trying to clear up this bill.

    Currently, I have been told that I need to file a formal dispute of the charges which I have now done. Supposedly I will get a reply within 3 business days. We will see about that. TV reception was bad, the screen kept freezing, internet was super slow, the wrong phone # was transferred, their customer service was terrible and I was told incorrect information every time I called. Moral of the story, Frontier is a terrible company! Stay away.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2018

    They are the worst. They are completely inept and incompetent and they seem to defraud their customers at each chance they get. Calling customer support, you feel like you are being had. The wait times are off the charts, and when you do talk to a person, they usually have no idea what you are saying and take the first opportunity to transfer you to someone else. BUT they do not communicate among themselves, so with each person you start over from scratch. At one time I was on the phone with a "technical support" guy, who talked about detailed technical problems, then transferred me over to someone who had no information of the technical problems. Am I supposed to do your job for you? The list goes on.

    The promotion that was guaranteed to us was never delivered. We are being charged more than they said, and they have the nerve to tell us that we "verbally agreed" to their bogus charges. No we did not. I tried adding a simple package to get an additional channel - ended up being sold two packages that they promised had the one channel I was looking for. Not true. I hate to be so negative but I really feel like crimes are being committed at this company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 11, 2018

    My business is now on day 17 of no internet or phone, they told me today it's going to be another few weeks. I have had to pay for another internet service for a month, while I wait. They have sent guys out 3x to fix, knowing that they can't fix it (a car ran into the box), because they "want to make [me] feel like they are working on it." They are wasting my time, waiting for them, while also wasting the tech & other customers time, because they want to "make an appearance." Knowing now it is going to take about 2 months or more to repair, I am switching providers. They are known for holding your phone number until the Federal limit of 90 days. This company is total **.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 11, 2018

    We signed up for upgraded high speed Internet. Serviceman arrived unscheduled seemed to know what he was doing but six hours later he left without checking to make sure that the router and cable service was functioning. No way to contact him as he never left his card. Collectively my husband and I spent 8 hours on hold and behind desks trying to reboot and register the Frontier router all to no avail. Supervisors useless! Prepared to dump all the equipment in the alley. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY - BOGUS FRAUDS! WE pay over $300 a month for terrible service! Channels change on their own think it’s a kick back to tv stations!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 10, 2018

    I contacted Frontier to increase my internet speed from 50/50 to 100/100. They stated that they would need to send out a tech to replace the old router because it can't handle the speed. NEVER mentioned any charge for this service. On 7/10/18, I received an email regarding my auto-pay and noticed that there was a added charge of approx. $75 for this. Again, NEVER mentioned any charge. Ultimately, the tech arrived and never changed the router because he said it was the newer version. Then he went in to my backyard and said he would have to replace the outside box due to it being an older model. NEVER mentioned any charge for this. I contacted Frontier customer service and they said I had to pay it regardless on 7/10/18 and then spoke to the retention department and was able to get them to remove the charge. I've had nothing but terrible service from this company and will be moving right away. Beware!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed July 10, 2018

    We talked and agreed to a two yr contract with a rep from Frontier Thursday July 6th and at that time the rep told us that he would be sending a copy of the contract immediately before the scheduled installation the next week. We called today Tuesday July 10th because we never received anything only to find that the price he quoted was not correct and that they cannot send us a copy of the contract until after the installation. Committing to a two yr contract and nothing to show what we agreed to is unacceptable. Also now they are telling us that we need a landline to complete the installation - very disappointed. We cancelled the installation. We have always not heard good things about this company - and now we believe it. So very disappointed.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 10, 2018

    I work in customer service and am absolutely appalled by the lack of service availability from Frontier. I frequently lose service and must be tortured by numerous hour long conversations with customer service. I am placed on hold continually for 15 minutes at a time while the technician attempts to reach other departments. This is far worst than any overseas customer service and I would prefer speaking to someone in India. Between Tech support, opened trouble tickets that can't be modified, workers having to text other departments... it is like the worst nightmare of FUBAR that anyone can imagine. They charge for services they do not provide. I am on the phone now and this is a grand total of 5 hours and 10 minutes so far in attempt to resolve an outage. I receive medical consults over Skype for a serious diagnosis and am often unable to receive such. Choose any company other than them if available or do without.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 10, 2018

    On July 9th, 2018 I waited for Frontier to come install service at my home, with the window time of 12-5 PM. They never showed up and never called. When I tried to call customer service I could not get through to them. The following day I called to find out what happened to them. I found out they went to the wrong address and tried to contact me with a wrong phone number. I had given them the correct address and contact number. I just cannot believe that they are that confused!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 9, 2018

    I do not have to contact Frontier often but when I do, my experiences have been the poorest of poor. 90% of the times I have had to ask for help, I get a terrible attitude and a clear message that the person on the other end is not interested in helping. I have lost count how many times I have either been placed back in the queue or hung up on altogether. I feel Frontier has an extremely bad culture within and speaking for myself, I feel it almost every time I have to call in which. Today I was treated the same way again. It left such a bad taste that I googled to review on Frontier as it's the only way I know to hopefully get someone's attention.

    Frontier should start fresh and offer training as if the employees have no prior experience. I ended up speaking with Amanda who clearly saw the mess the prior person had made of my account. Unfortunately I did not get the prior person's name. I ended up speaking to Amanda and she was great and had to work very hard to clean up the mess the prior person made. If Frontier had mostly Amanda's, this review would never have been done. The service at Frontier, more often than not, is not remotely acceptable and definitely does not deserve my hard earned money. I will be looking for other service immediately. My time on the phone exceeded an hour and a half to make two simple changes. WOW...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 9, 2018

    I was grandfathered into being a Frontier customer when Verizon sold the cable company portion. That was over 2 years ago and I have never been contacted by Frontier unless it was to pay a bill, they can never find my account or know how I am, despite receiving my monthly payments. I tried to resolve billing upon moving and transferring to AT&T but that was a disaster also. The billing person was extremely rude and short, couldn't find my account and gave out someone else's personally identifying information, with me then hung on me when I asked to be transferred to someone who could help.

    Every time I have called it's a different experience, but usually negative. I still haven't received the boxes that will allow me to mail back the equipment I had rented. So I assume I am paying for not returning the equipment. They actually billed me an additional month ($160) of service after I had moved out. Now I have to try and get that money back to. They're exhausting to deal with. Glad to be free of them. I do not recommend this service simply because of the customer service. They are clearly saving money in this department, but sadly, could be so much better and more successful.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 9, 2018

    I have to relocate nearly every year due to work. This summer I contacted Frontier Communications about a local special on Internet service they were offering where I'll be stationed through summer 2019. From the very start, it was frustrating trying to set up service with them. The on-phone sign-up process is lengthy, requiring a lot of personal information. I tried FOUR separate times from my old residence (excellent internet & phone service), but Frontier agents kept placing me on hold, after which I was invariably disconnected. One got so far as to set up my account with my PIN number, but, of course, at the last moment she had to put me on hold to attend to some matter. I was disconnected.

    After many, many frustrating, time-wasting attempts to set up service with Frontier, I finally got an install date at my new place. They missed the first date--never showed up and never called me. So I called them AGAIN. Another marathon run-around experience. They promised me their servicemen would stop by the following Friday. Friday came and went. No servicemen. No installation kit (promised me in the mail). So I called their local competitor & established service with them. Within 3 days someone from the competing company was out at my place to set up my internet service. I confirmed with Frontier (another painfully lengthy call series) my account was closed WITH NO CHARGES TO ME.

    A month later, I got a bill from Frontier. Again, I had to spend an entire morning trying to contact them, getting through, finally, but then getting disconnected. Finally, an agent promised me my account was closed and that it would take a few weeks for "the system to purge your account information." She promised that my account wasn't "overdue" and that I wasn't going to be reported to a credit bureau.

    Another month later (yesterday), I got A SECOND BILL from Frontier, with another month's charges on it. I spent the entire morning today, from 8 AM CST to just a few minutes ago, waiting to get through to a Frontier agent. The first agent I got through to (11:15 AM) said he was "just technical support," and he tried to get through to customer service. Surprise, surprise. He couldn't. So he "scheduled a call-back after confirming my number. He told me he could see the longest wait time was 19 minutes and then GAVE ME THE CORRECT CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER to call to resolve the issue.

    At 12:45 PM I called Frontier AGAIN, using the number the above agent had given me. In the middle of explaining to the new customer service agent why I was calling, HE PUT ME ON HOLD without warning. He just didn't want to deal with me or the billing issue. Now it seems like my account is 60-days past due and this may affect my credit rating. But do I have any power to correct this without spending gobs of money for a private attorney? No. If I were 60-days late paying an internet bill, would I still have access to service indefinitely? No. It's time for consumers to (informally) unionize so we have a collective voice with these unethical, unprofessional, uncaring providers who monopolize markets, slashing competition that's vital to nurturing ethical practice.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 9, 2018

    I've had horrible customer service from Frontier. Ever since Verizon sold out to Frontier - the actual service and customer help over the phone has been horrible. I'm trying to cancel my service and drop down to just internet and they are giving me the run around - transfers to retention and every time someone picks up they ask why am I canceling - once they know it's a done deal - that I've already switched to another provider - they become rude and say I have to transfer again...

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 9, 2018

    I have internet service at a campground. The first 2 years I had a promotional rate which was fine. Then my bill kept increasing yearly. Come to find out I was sold Frontier Max which is the highest speed of DSL. Due to the old equipment that service is unavailable. I have been overpaying all along. Mind you the service has been spotty. The first 2 years it has worked fine. After that I have had to have service all the time. If there was any other service available I would be the first one to sign up. Not a great way to run a business.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 8, 2018

    I'm writing this on my father's behalf. Was originally told by Frontier to call "AOL" regarding email issues. Was given an 844 number. They took control of his PC and said illegal activity from China was passing thru his network. They said they'd fix it etc no problem. And then demanded $300. We declined and contacted Frontier again, only to be told that 844 number wasn't the number they had on file for AOL and they don't know why we were given an incorrect number. Turns out Frontier's tech Ibrahim tried to scam my father. And has probably already scammed others already by forwarding users to this phony AOL support number and gaining control of people's PCs and demanding a ridiculous amount of money to "fix" the evil Chinese hackers that supposedly are taking over their network. Like they told us. Now to me that sounds extremely illegal.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 7, 2018

    Back in February 2018 I called customer service and cancelled my service. I was told I was only a few days away from being eligible for cancelation without any penalties. Since I had paid 1 month ahead, I was promised that I will receive my refund within 6 weeks and package to return their equipment. Fast forward, I receive a new invoice in the mail. I called them and I was told to ignore the invoice because it was a timing issue and I will still get my refund.

    Two months later, I get a collector debt company letter to collect this money on their behalf. After several calls, I kept getting conflicting information and was told that I was being charged early termination fee. What is the point of having customer service who do not give you right information and do not even store historical information. As someone already posted here, "Do not believe Frontier Communications customer service no matter what they "promise". Their promises are as empty as Al Capone's vault.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 7, 2018

    Calling doesn’t seem to do any good. They put you on hold then come back with excuses. Promised to fix it or call you back then they never do. Seven phone calls have been made. Waiting for service repair 7 days. No one ever set a date for the person to show up. I would’ve given the zero stars except you don’t have a spot for zero stars.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 7, 2018

    This on behalf of my sister living in Victorville, CA, she is disabled and lives on a fixed income, when it come to technology she trusts the service provider when they tell her something. THEY LIED and keep overcharging her on everything they provide. They are charging her for VOIP phone service (that is Voice over IP), which is Ethernet (RJ 45 connector) or her internet connection. It is in fact RJ 11 or commonly referred to as copper wire. Her phone is a normal phone (which could not work as a VOIP phone), this is the first step before I contact an attorney to file fraud charges against Frontier, to give them the chance to correct this.

    She is on a fixed income and they seem to feel the need to increase her charges even when she was to have a 2 year locked in price. It took months to get the phone to work, it took almost a month to get the TV to work, they still expected to get paid a premium rate for inferior service. And for your information, I work in the IT field and deal with VOIP phones, internet access and any hardware that is required. (The power went out once, router was down but Edison was able to call the landline because the land has its own power on the four wires that comprise it.) Can you guess how angry I feel knowing how my sister and niece are being treated.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2018

    My father switched to Frontier from Verizon. It has been nothing but a nightmare. He was quoted one price (according to flyer), and they have never charged him the correct price from the beginning. This has been since Nov. We have spent countless hours trying to straighten this out to no avail. Stay away from this company. Horrible customer service. One time you call and think everything is resolved and then you get another bill and find nothing was changed. Former Verizon workers who now work for this company concur service is bad.

    They do bait and switch. Supposed to pay $80 plus taxes. Now up to $155. Their reasoning is Dish is carrier. My dad thought he was getting Fios. Today they informed me that wasn't available. Guess it says in small print somewhere they can switch and I was informed Dish can charge what they want. Robbery. Don't advertise if you can't deliver. We've asked for recorded message stating facts, and they have yet to provide it for our review. They are cheating senior citizens!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 6, 2018

    Verizon use to be my home phone service and the only reason I have a phone service is for my alarm system. When Frontier took it over I called to have caller ID added so that I could block incoming calls that were junk. Frontier said I was locked into the old Verizon plan and could not change it. After one hour of talking to them they finally said they could put caller ID for $30 more a month. That is a crazy amount to add caller ID. I am going to be forced to drop my home phone that they charge me $45 a month for and go to a wireless phone system which I did not want to do. Frontier does not care about their customers and is the worst service I have ever had.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2018

    I was just on the phone with one of Frontier's rep about a problem that has been going on for at least 3 weeks with our internet service. This rep refused to help and told me I was talking down to her and then hung up on me. Frontier has a problem here in the Franklin, NC area and refuses to do anything about it. This rep told I should get a faster service. They only offer one speed here in the Franklin area. Where we are located Frontier is the only service we can get for phone and internet. Being retired and on a fixed income we just can't afford to get the over the air services form other internet providers. All we are asking here in the Franklin area is that Frontier provide the service that we are paying for in both the phone and internet service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2018

    My landline is so old it hums almost constantly, and usually goes out after a hard rain. Water gets in somewhere. Last week a nice man came out and told me he couldn't fix it because he couldn't find it. Also, I have a problem with their caller ID that no one can figure out. I get caller ID just fine through my old 2.4 ghz phone, but whenever I get a new phone with call block I get no caller ID. However, I can take a new call-blocking phone over to my mother's house with a different landline provider and the caller ID works just fine. To me, that proves it's not the fault of the phone, it's some kind of problem in the phone line. I will never understand it and Frontier is so backwards they can't figure it out. We are testing a Straight Talk device that is $15.00 a month, and the new phones work with caller ID over Straight Talk, and there is no hum. We are going to try to have our number ported to Straight Talk. I wonder how badly this will go...

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPriceReliability

    Reviewed July 4, 2018

    Have been a solid customer with GTE, Verizon and now it's Frontier Communications at the same location after 34 years. Originally, all there was to have was telephone. Then came the internet and once GTE finally offered it, have had phone plus internet ever since 1998. Never going to other providers. Internet was $30 a month then came DSL, $34 a month then came fiber optics. When it came out under Verizon, the cost was huge and way expensive. Stayed with the DSL 7.0 service for years until one day, Verizon had sent mailings and made phone calls to move to FIOS. Told them it was too expensive. After 3 years of offers, one girl with Verizon made me an offer to have FIOS and phone for the same price I was already paying and that the price would be "for life" as I told her none of their introductory pricing is going to impress me in 12 months.

    So, she explained all, I wrote it down and got connected in 3 weeks. Been pleased with the FIOS service, reliable, always on etc. Then comes Verizon making a sale to Frontier Communications. Long story short, I haven't changed a thing and the cost is now twice what Verizon guaranteed. Made a few calls and was told none of the agreements Verizon made were absorbed by Frontier. I figured that was mostly B.S. but no one would assist with the prices they now charge. Happy with the reliable service, hate all the robo calls from telemarketing and the internet is the finest except for the cost of it. Our speeds were upgraded at no cost not long ago so now we're 75/75 mbps and is more speed than we can use.

    Some of our city has Fios and some of it didn't get it when they were connecting Fios for the first time in our area. Do you think anything has changed since that time? No, it hasn't and those folks within our city are still on DSL because Frontier won't finish completing their Fios installation for the rest of the city. After all these years with "technology" changes, better speeds, better everything etc. you would think the benefits of lower cost to do business would make it to the customer. No, instead, they pocket the gains and keep the monthly fees as they were decades ago. Folks need to change, technology improves over time and this also means the cost to provide service gets lower and lower each year yet people are sold on the fact that things cost more and more year by year. Guess again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 3, 2018

    If you tell me someone is coming Thursday to fix my internet. Come Thursday, NOT Friday! And don't tell a customer they don't need to be home for the fix when the tech says they do need to get into your home. And another thing, it shouldn't take an hour on the telephone every time I call about slow and disconnecting internet. Finally fed up with this and signed up with another provider for my internet and phone service. Good riddance Frontier! Can't believe they have the word communication in their name.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2018

    Frontier sent the final bill to our geographic address instead of our mailing address after we moved out. We never received the bill. Months later I was contacted by a collection agency and responded by calling Frontier and paying the bill and asking them to remove the delinquent data from the credit reporting agencies. They took the payment and admit they sent the bill to the wrong address (even emailed me the copy of the bill) but will not remove the delinquent credit data. I have filed disputes with the credit agencies but they need Frontier feedback and Frontier will not help.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 2, 2018

    First I would want to say that since I got the service my internet keep breaking down. Always had to get a tech out to come fix. Next my bill was always jumping up and when we called and complained. They said they would give us a fixed rate but always ended paying higher and have to call again to complain and when we finally called to disconnect they still charged us for two months worth for a internet that wasn’t even working the whole time. So don’t waste your time and money on this company because you will be very disappointed.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2018

    I Ordered for Frontier connection on April 6th through online website and as they mentioned that they don't have high speed, I cancelled and also updated them that I cancelled my Order request that's placed. And on June 25th 2018 I was surprised to receive collection notice from Credit Protection Association L.P. asking me to pay 110.69 dollars. I immediately called Frontier and they said "our system shows you never had any connection setup". But I have to follow some process of requesting to raise a Fraud report with Police department. Why should I have to invest my time off the work, spend my Gas to drive to the Frontier office and Police department when I don't owe payment to Frontier. This is big fraud.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 2, 2018

    I called on 6/6 and requested that our fax line ** at 53 Riverside Drive be moved to a detached building we are converting to an office. I was given a service date of 6/18 between 1-5. We didn't receive the day before reminder call nor did we hear from the tech on the 18th. I checked the computer at 4:00 and it showed the work order was in progress. I called around 5:15 and spoke with Matthew who told me the tech was still coming. I called back at 5:55 and spoke with Cinda who said, “The reminder call didn't go through because of an error on your end”. She did not know why the tech didn't show or call and gave me a new date of the 29th.

    The next morning I tried to get a better date and was given 6/28. I found out during this call that the work order address was totally wrong and my email address was also wrong. I must have given them my email address 5 times during these calls and they couldn't get it right. We did not get a reminder call on the 27th and at 4:34 on the 28th your tech left me a cell phone message that he had moved the line at 53 Riverwalk Dr.! He said if I needed jack work done on the inside I would have to call it in! I called customer service immediately and was told that the phone number associated with the fax line was totally wrong as well as the address. I have no idea where they got the address (Riverwalk) or the phone number they had associated with our fax line. Jennifer gave us a new date of 7/10!

    We have been trying for over a month to get a simple job done and it's been nothing but a comedy of errors on the part of Frontier. But it's no laughing matter to me. Your company is absolutely the worst I've ever dealt with, without exception! It's no wonder your score is so low. You stink! And this isn't the only issue I've had. Your company has screwed up every time I've ever needed help. You're useless. Shame on you! Totally disgusted!

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    Courtney increased rating by 2 stars.
    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceReliability
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Courtney increased their star rating on July 11, 2018.

    Updated review: July 11, 2018

    While I was very frustrated with the initial service I was getting from Frontier, I recently had a good experience with one of the techs who came out to fix a repeated issue (this was the third time we had to have a ticket for someone to fix an issue in a short period of time). While I was very frustrated, the tech was supportive and kind. He knew what he was doing and ended up fixing (I hope) the issue. My internet does go out every now and then which isn't the best, but at this point we're just grateful to have something working. If we can make it past five days without any problems, I'll be a lot happier. Customer service was understanding and gave credit on the bill for not having service. So, even though initial experience was awful, I'm giving my experience with the tech a few additional stars. We'll see what the future holds, but hopefully won't have any more major issues.

    Original Review: July 1, 2018

    I've had Frontier Internet "service" for a total of 11 days. I've only had internet for 5 of those days, and each time it's something different that's wrong. The woman on the phone could not explain what exactly the problem was, so instead I have to wait an additional 8 days for a tech to come out and try to fix it. That'll mean I've had service for only 5 out of 19 total days. Frontier reliability is awful, and no matter what good reviews you see online, trust me when I say not to give Frontier the benefit of the doubt. That's what I did, and they're screwing me over. I can't trust their service and am looking to spend a lot of money to get out of my contract and try another internet service. Don't put yourself through the stress and frustration that you'll get with Frontier. It isn't worth your time.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 29, 2018

    I cancelled service in the middle of March, paying all bills off. When I told Frontier that my account seemed still open, they told me that would be cancelled after that cycle, of course saying me not to worry. When I saw after 10 days some new bill due for new paying cycle starting from April 4 I contacted Frontier, and they told me to disregard the amount because I paid all bills off. Now they sent this to collector debt company to collect this money on their behalf. Do not believe Frontier Communications customer service no matter what they "promise". This is called stealing money!!!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2018

    I think Fraud is a good word for Frontier - I have high speed service, 35 Meg up and down. They have been charging me $90.91 per month for years. But, the service is sold for $40 per month. Flat out fraudulent. Customer service is a joke. There is no way they actually try to help you. Just find double speak to keep your bill high and screw you in the end. This company started good, now it's just a big cash sucking entity that doesn't give a crap about anything or anyone.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 24, 2018

    I am not using the Frontier service and have called many times to close my account. The rep informs me that my account has been closed but the company continues to bill me. I am not using their service. Attempted to close my account online. Frontier does not provide a valid mechanism to customers to close the account. Instead of providing a link to close the account, the company loops me back to calling. It is a catch 22 to keep billing me and others. It is clearly a scam. I have not used the service (installed in camper that is closed since November 2017). The company continues to bill me. I need a rebate of all the unfair charges I had to pay since November 2017 and I need the company to close my account for phone and internet and to close my account clean without any past due amounts either. Thank you Consumer Services. Please contact me if you need account information. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed June 23, 2018

    I have worked in big business for over 16 years and this company has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Everyone is only concerned with their own stats and no one sees the big picture and how their actions affect the organization or the customer. Everything is designed to screw over the customers and make the organization more profitable. When I first signed up they charged an activation fee and installation fees ($158) that should not have been charged. I spoke with 13 customer service reps who all said the charges should be credited and promised that the credit would be issued next month by the "credit dept" because they couldn't issue hard credits. The credits were never issued and when I called they said the credits were denied by the credit dept for no known reason.

    It took me 4 months to get my credits issued and I had to escalate several times. Most people would have given up and that is what they count on to make unjust additional profits. They offer promotions such as no contract and then when you want to cancel they mention a small detail that allows them to charge cancellation fees, (and don't try to cancel on demand, no. They will only suspend your service and make you pay up until the end of your cycle while you're not using it), they offer promotions for one price then hit you up with fees that almost double your bill, customer service is horrible and no one knows what the other is doing, this company is on its way out. If you have ANY other option for cable service in your area PLEASE consider someone else and do not give this company a chance. They are losing customers at an exponential rate. Once you are locked in their grasp they will make it hard and very costly for you to leave. You will regret it.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2018

    Three days without internet. Of course our internet is not much faster than 56k on DSL. They said they are running fiber, when, next year? This company robs people of their money, cause they have no choice. We should kick this company out and get a decent one in.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2018

    CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NEEDED!!! **Full disclosure** I have been a Frontier customer for over a decade now, by force, not choice. There is no other provider available in the area. For years now, I have been paying for 24 hour access to the internet and I'm lucky to receive 12-14 hours per day because their service continuously drops throughout the day and night. I have called and complained countless times now. A serviceman has been out countless times now and each time they tell me there is nothing they can do other than give me a new modem.

    I've asked multiple times for a refund for the service that I paid for and am not receiving, and they scoff at the idea... one lady even laughed like it was the most absurd thing she had ever heard. This seems like the perfect candidate for a class action lawsuit. You have MILLIONS of customers that pay for a service they are not receiving ""ON A REGULAR BASIS"" and the company refuses to refund our money for the services that they did not provide.

    And this has been going on for many years now. Plus, it's easily provable through their own records... the customer service rep can see how many times per day your internet goes down because their system tracks it. They always seem so shocked when they tell me, "Oh yeah, I can see your internet has dropped more than 1000 times in the last week. That's not good." Millions of customers x 1/3 *or more* of their bill x 12 months x 10 years= One heck of a lawsuit. Somebody needs to do something about this. This is simple and blatant theft of consumers money on a seriously large scale.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed June 21, 2018

    We have Frontier Vantage high speed internet. From the very beginning, the internet service has either not worked or is very inconsistent. Customer service is horrible - worse than any other company I have dealt with. They are rude and interrupt constantly. I've called many times and rarely get any help. I was told before I signed up that the wireless box was free of charge. Not true. I was also told that my price was guaranteed to not change for two years. I just found out that not only am I now paying monthly for the box, the price will double after one year. So much for their guarantee that my price would not increase for two years. They get you under a 2-year contract, so I guess they think they don't have to be concerned with customer service or customer satisfaction because they got your money for two years. Had I known beforehand, I would never have chosen Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaffReliability

    Reviewed June 21, 2018

    The customer services is awful, including the reliability of the technicians. I have had a very bad experience. I had to pay $123.50 for a service I never had, just because the tech said that the internet service was installed, which never happened! He lied. All my calls to the customer services were unsatisfactory. I made around 9 calls, and they never gave me a solution. In the cancellation department the representative hung up the phone. Very annoying when I tried to explain my problem to him. I can only add that I am very disappointed to have had this terrible experience. They do not deserve a single star.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 21, 2018

    Horrible disgusting service. I've been trying to get internet for 3 weeks at my house and been told three different times no one can locate my order after my deposit was taken off of my card. Frontier Communications need to be shut down. Horrible customer service, horrible company.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2018

    I’m at a loss of what to do anymore. Your company has by far the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will steer anyone away from your services because of what I have had to deal with regarding Frontier. I have used your services since 2016, I moved in November of 2017 and that’s where everything went wrong. I called to switch my services over to my new apartment and instead, I had another account added in my name but for my new address. So I was being charged for two accounts, unaware of the new account, I was still paying on just one. I dealt with late fees and being overcharged. I’ve called at least on 4 other occasions on the same problem just to find that there was yet ANOTHER account in my name.

    I want to know what sort of employees you have working for you that they cannot figure out how to solve this simple problem. It is now June and I currently do not have WiFi so I go to check and they STILL have not removed the account with the overcharges and late fees so I could only assume this would be why. I just made a payment on June 8th for this month. I want to speak with someone higher up, and tell them to fix the problem and to just completely wipe my charges on any accounts in my name and remove my services completely. I’m frustrated and disappointed that your company is so unprofessional and doesn’t know what they’re doing.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2018

    I have lived where I am for 26 years and I have been forced to have Frontier for internet and telephone service because there are no other providers. We basically have paid for years for service we don't receive. Our phone and internet are out all the time, not only ours but our neighbors, it's like if I have phone and internet someone close by me doesn't. I am on chat right now because I have been paying for the Ultimate package up to 45 Mbps and I have been receiving 10.1 Mbps my upload is 0.7.

    Anyway this is my 5th chat. 4 phone calls tech here 4 times and I still can't get refunded for what I've paid and haven't received. I believe they know they have us. No other company I know of can get by with charging for what you don't receive and for us we use internet for our TV too so we pay for Netflix and Hulu and don't have them either when the internet is out. When they do this it would be like going into Walmart and buying a 20 oz bottle of pop and the cashier pours half out. When you pay for something you should get it.

    I understand the ad says up to 45 Mbps but 10.1 is not even close. They also have a cheaper package that says up to 12 Mbps. Even their own techs say they cant get the high speed here but they keep charging for it. On the chat just now the lady told me she can refund me $10.00 for my months of paying. I asked what the price difference was on the cheaper package she said $5.00. She lied. It was $10.00 per month. They advertise it everywhere. They are sending out a tech again to get the speed up. And I can start all over again. This should be illegal, but what can you do when they have nobody to compete with. AS I said earlier this has been years with the phone and internet.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 20, 2018

    I am very dissatisfied with Frontier Communications... I feel like cheated. Had service from January 2018 to May 24 2018 with the payment of $1.242 dollars for one TV box; internet and 2 home phone lines. I am just wondering why this company is not sued. Why people still have service from this company. There is no supervisor for this company who can give you solutions. Poor customer services and they are liars. Think twice before getting service from Frontier.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2018

    After canceling service 4 days into a billing cycle, they want to charge me for the entire month. After 6 months and 12 calls, there has been no resolution and not one customer service rep has helped or done what they would promise me they would do. Their staff is rude, unhelpful and cannot solve problems. Do not use this company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2018

    Called to terminate my Internet service because I'm moving. Frontier was unwilling to prorate my service even though I'll only be using Internet for 6 of the 30 days in the billing cycle! That's pretty much stealing and I'm extremely disappointed in the fact that they don't have any flexibility to make things right for a loyal customer of 3.5 years. Shame! 1st star: agent and supervisor I spoke to were professional and apologetic, but that doesn't help me because I still have to pay for a service that I'm not using. 2nd star: FiOS worked well for 3+ years with minimum downtime.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 18, 2018

    Worst service ever!! Do not make my mistake and think they can give you a ** that worth anything. Worst customer service ever, they will let you hang on the phone for hours until either you get tired or they just hang up on you, same on the chat, they hang up on you. They will tell you lies, waste your time waiting for a tech to come over, then come up with lies saying the tech called and you didn't answer. If I could put zero stars... agrr.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 18, 2018

    Not only do we get the slowest speed when we pay for the fastest speed, we have to reset our box about 50 times a day to get it to work. I lost my job because I work from home and can’t work without internet. Now we are locked in a contract we can’t get out of for service we can’t use.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 16, 2018

    Placed an order for a wireless cable box around May 23rd. It is now June 15th and I've been sent the wrong box not once, but 3 TIMES!! Asked to speak to a supervisor and never got that Far of course. I don't understand how incompetent the service staff is, and how difficult it is to send a WIRELESS box. I now have 2 cable boxes sitting here waiting for shipping labels so that I can return them, and charges on my bill for the boxes that were sent to me and still waiting on my WIRELESS box. Somebody tell Comcast to start servicing the Southern Fairfield county area ASAP.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 16, 2018

    This is absolutely the worst customer service. Constant transfers, blatant lies, unnecessary charges, and the list goes on. Tried to cancel account and they waited another 30 days so they can get another month's billing!!! I have never been so disgusted. They don't deserve even a star, in fact a negative star would be more appropriate.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed June 15, 2018

    I would give then 0 stars if I could. I signed up online for a new account to switch from Spectrum. Signed up for a 2 yr contract and paid a 40.00 deposit. My service was installed and had service for about a month or so. Apparently I owed them money from like year ago that I had no knowledge of and they suspended my service. I tried to pay them several times to reinstate my service and they charged my card 4 times and no one gave me a confirmation #. When I addressed them about the situation and spoke with 2 supervisors they were very rude and unprofessional they did not listen at all. I told them they charged my card 4 times. Then they're saying they cannot find the transactions. They give me a fax # to fax in bank statements proving I paid and the fax # doesn't work. I called again and someone gave me an email address. Still not resolved. Listen Frontier if I owed you money why would you even install my service.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed June 13, 2018

    I cannot recommend strongly enough buyer beware if you use their automatic payment system! As their prices inch up and up, the service seems to just sink into decline. My credit card company issued me a new card because they indicated it might have been in a batch of compromised cards. Anyway, since I was on auto pay, I called Frontier proactively to tell them of the new card number. Somehow they billed BOTH cards (on 3/30 and 4/1), despite my saying the old card should not be used, and got away with it.

    Come to find out they make their bills so far in advance they have an excuse to not have current information. They do not give refunds. So when I discontinued my service totally on 5/16, they had already billed me on 5/10 for service thru June 9, despite payment not yet due. No matter how you talk to them, their agents can't help change this huge company into being fair. Their automatic payment process is an unforgiving beast on the prowl. Buyer beware! I will never recommend them to anyone for anything.

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    Customer ServicePriceEase of Use

    Reviewed June 13, 2018

    We have been with Comcast for a long time and we're paying too much. One day a couple of folks came door to door representing Frontier, their price was half what we had been paying, should have asked more questions. However, we told them that we make calls to UK and what TV channels we like to watch... "No problem" we were told, "You will have everything you do now." BIG FAT LIE!!! Also, apparently, in three weeks we have a $200 telephone bill! What's wrong with that picture? Also, can't get TV shows like BEIN, past episodes of anything, difficult to navigate any TV programs or channels. Back to Comcast and out with Frontier, what a waste of time and more fool us for being so gullible and not taking the time to research before signing on the bottom line.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 12, 2018

    Absolutely incompetency at its highest level. How is the company in business!!! If I could give zero stars, I would. First of all they do not honor their contracts and they will overcharge at every opportunity. When they overcharged my account for 3 consecutive bills, I disconnected their service from my home, they charged me double my monthly bill on the final bill!!! Go figure. Their customer service told me not pay for 3 months because it takes that long for their balances to correct themselves (what a lot of nonsense). Following the 3 months, they send a collections notice. I paid them the amount, But I will never ever go to Frontier ever! Their customer service department will give you the run around until you tire yourself out. Be warned, do not do business with these morons.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2018

    I have had Frontier Digital Phone and Broadband Service for many years. The speed for Broadband has ranged from slow (1.2Mbs) to OK (5.2Mbs) so I have made do with the poor Broadband service. Recently the service is consistently much slower than 5.2Mbs (now ranges as fast as 2.6Mbs) so I cannot justify continuing with the service for their "Broadband Max" which costs $34.99/month... I'd like to get some of my money back from Frontier. Is this possible... I feel cheated for many months now...

    Updated on 06/21/2018: Broadband Max Service - At my request, Frontier dispatched a tech...to my earlier complaint about slow IP speed, but he did not come between noon and 4:00PM as I had requested; Perhaps Frontier believes that coming earlier than scheduled somehow enhances customer service? Tech called at 8:44AM and said he'd arrive in "45 minutes" which he did... Seemed to know not of my request that he come after noon. He seemed knowledgeable and forthright, replaced Frontier modem, after he pronounced it faulty. Checked IP speed at 2:30 PM and found 2Mbps, still unacceptable and certainly not as I contracted to get from Frontier, and not what I was paying for. Have tried to recheck my IP speed six times since this morning's service call, and find my IP service "cannot locate website" or connect with any IP speed check, including Frontier's site. So attaboys are not in order. Wonder what my next Frontier surprise could possibly be...

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2018

    This review should not have any stars! I have tried repeatedly to get resolution to my problem of increasing bills, every month it has progressively increased. It started at $145.** and over a six month period had increased to $188.**. Their excuse was that It was no longer in a contract. I have auto pay and noticed the increase and when I called the man said he would take care of it and going forward my bill would be $135.** (a little cheaper than I had before). I agreed but after the first bill it started increasing again! After 8 attempts (being cut off, put on endless hold, given another number to call, etc.) I finally got to speak to a manager Chris ID# ** OMG! I AM STILL IN SHOCK!!!

    It's very obvious that their managers have no idea what customer service is, he told me that it’s the way the company works. THIS MAN ACTUALLY YELLED AT ME and said his shift had ended and there was no one to talk so I could call back tomorrow. I want to speak to someone higher up but he said he didn’t know of anyone above him who could help me but I could try to “Google a name or number” but for me to keep in mind nothing could be done about my bills… WHAT???

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2018

    I am very dissatisfied with Frontier internet service. We do not get the strength we pay for. We had a scheduled appointment for Saturday. Today is Friday and I passed them leaving my house. I immediately called and they said everything is fine. I explained I just saw them and missed them. I said we were scheduled for Saturday and she said basically, "Well, I see why you would think that but they came today, we will have to get you Monday." Completely unprofessional in my opinion. No apologies and rude women on the phone. I'm so sick of paying extra for a service that does not work and rude customer service.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 7, 2018

    I cancelled my Frontier account as I was having to reset my equipment regularly as they never gave me new DVR/receivers when they took over Verizon. I asked for new receiver, sent but it didn't work. After numerous calls and waiting, we finally got a guy to come out and install a new receiver. He didn't show up after 8 hrs of waiting. I called Spectrum and liked their pricing and plan, all new equipment and service would be ready. Cancelled Frontier as of January 19 as Spectrum was installing theirs on Jan 16. I had to pay Frontier $172.23 for February which was unfair and send my equipment back, which I did on January 25th from UPS in Lake Forest, CA.

    I am now getting billed for unreturned equipment. I've called monthly to resolve and in the end they say they did receive the equipment and I will have a $0 balance on the next bill. I am not able to get an email, confirmation number, speak to manager. Just first names of the representative I speak to. I am at my wits end with this company. I'm a 68 year old woman, going in for my 3rd major surgery on July 11th. I feel this company is preying on senior citizens taking advantage. No one can send me an email stating that the matter is taken care and you can't find a person to discuss face to face.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaffEase of Use

    Reviewed June 7, 2018

    Just wanted to describe my experience with Frontier Communications, hope this will save someone else from the trouble. I moved to California on June 2017, opted to signup with Frontier because I was using Verizon in my previous apartment at Boston. Phone agent with whom I spoke with proposed a bundle of TV+FIOS 50/50, with no contract (month on month) and I choose to go with that.

    Fun starts with installation itself, technician who came to install router and TV was not able to configure it. I had to contact customer service again and different agent could fix the problem finally, after multiple calls. Next I noticed issue with my account/bill, they had given me a 2 year contract (6/22/17 - 6/21/19) for the bundle and not the month on month which was promised to me.

    I tried to contact customer service multiple times via chat and phone, nobody could resolve my issues and had to finally gave up on it. Since I was not using TV service much, opted to cancel it on Feb 2018, which was successful after multiple calls and complaints and continued to use FIOS 50/50. Last month, I noticed $100 penalty added to my account for not returning broadband equipment but they failed to notice that I'm still using it and they are charging me $5 as monthly rent. Along with this some great guy opted to change the contract to 2/28/18 - 2/27/20 from 6/22/17 - 6/21/19 without taking my approval.

    Contacting their customer service till this time has been a real pain. They keep me on hold for hours, if I call them call will be transferred to different departments and finally get disconnected. If I try chat support then they keep on hold stating technical issues and will disconnect the chat. I really don't know what needs to be done at this time. Writing this review so someone else can be saved from this mental torture.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2018

    We dropped Frontier 2 years ago because of lousy/non-existent internet service. Sadly, my elderly in-laws remained with Frontier and are now faced with a complete breakdown in their phone, internet and TV service. As I write, they've been without service for 4 days. Frontier originally said the service failure was a widespread problem, yet they couldn't offer an estimate when it would be resolved. I left my cell phone number to be notified when service was restored. I never got a call back.

    Today, we phoned again only to be told the service failure was just at my in-laws' home and it will be another 4 days before they can even send a technician. How can these people even stay in business? We're in a large metropolitan area (L.A.) with other options and yet we're going to be without service for 8 days!!! Ever since Frontier took over Verizon's landline/Fios network, it's been a disaster. They are not putting the needed resources into maintaining the network. "Customer service" is nowhere to be found at Frontier. It seems they're just trying to squeeze every penny out of customers without providing a reasonable level of service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    My phone line was down for 2 days. Call to report the problem. First they make you punch in the number before someone answer. Then they ask you the same question. address, email, pin, name, etc. Then they transfer me to someone else. Same question, again, and again, 7 times different person. It took them 3 hours to forward the line to cell phone. If I have choice I would not recommend to anyone. They have the worst system.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    If you have a problem with your service...you have to call between 9a and 5p. Most people get off work in the evening so you are plain out of luck getting your service back on that night. Even though someone does answer the phone no one after 5p has the authority to turn your service back on. The TV guide is awful as is the on demand. For a communications company they are extremely behind the times.

    Have been unhappy since leaving Comcast. If you are late on your payment the next day they shut down everything including the internet and even though you immediately pay online (in the evening) they will not turn your service back on until you call the next day. At least with Comcast they won't let you order movies and then you are like, "Oh dang I forgot to pay the bill." You pay and then get your service back immediately. I would rather pay a little more for excellent customer service and people authorized to help you than be out of service. Not that I am continuously late paying my bills but it does happen occasionally. Do not recommend this company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    They shipped my modem 1.5 weeks late. Service did not work. I made an appointment for a tech to come fix it and he called on wrong day of appointment when I was at work. Turns out after they had me sign a contract that the service in my area does not even work, They have no upgrade. I had to spend a couple week on the phone getting a 0 balance since I never received working service. Then a couple weeks later I received a letter stating they were going to turn me into collections for an unpaid balance. Even though I did not owe this and my account was supposed to be 0 having never had working service, I paid it because I was worried that with their incompetence they would ding my credit. I called to pay the bill. It cost an extra 4.99 to pay by phone and had to go through 3 people just to pay their scam charges.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    We signed up for Frontier internet service when we moved into our new house. It took several visits for the technician to figure out how to get it set up and we still did not get the full 26 MB per second that we were promised. I let that go because we live in a rural area and the internet was fast enough for what we needed. Then in May our internet went out during a small storm one Sunday. After several hours and 3 weeks without service we finally had enough. It went from a common outage, to needing to check the lines inside the house, then back to a larger outage. I was never contacted or kept up to date about anything so I had to call 2-3 times per week to get updates.

    They are such a large company that it took forever to get to a person and then once I did they were of no help. I am currently on day 31 without internet and have canceled and gone with another company. They did credit me the month owed and $50 for two missed technician appointments but that was not nearly enough for the amount of time it was out. I finally started getting direct contact from their company after we put in a complaint to the BBB, but by that time it was too late and I was through with them. That customer service after the BBB complaint was the type of service we should have gotten at the beginning and never did. I would never recommend Frontier to anybody and would suggest looking into other options before signing up with them.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    Yesterday They installed the cable and internet service in my house! The internet never worked, every time we tried to watch a movie it stayed loading, the internet signal did not reach my room! I call today cs to fix this problem and they let me waiting on the phone forever! When someone answer the phone I told them that I want to cancel my services and they told me that I need to pay 285$ for early cancellation fee!!! Wtf. I request to speak with a supervisor and the cs represents told me that her supervisor can’t help me with the cancellation fee!!! Is the worst company ever... 285$ for less than 24 hours of service (really bad service).

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    Reviewed June 6, 2018

    NO INTERNET SERVICE!!! As of June 5th 2018... there has been no Internet Service for 5 days and Frontier is unable to explain why other than saying that their service is being updated. THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THEIR OWN SYSTEM and have no time frame for when service will be online again. THEIR COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN DOWN. Frontier has not been able to process payments and you will be asked to call back another day... Really a major failure.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2018

    I moved from the house at which I had been receiving internet service and called in to delete my account and cancel service. I was assured it would be discontinued in two days after the call. A month later, I find out that I've not only been charged for another month of service, but none of the disconnects I'd ordered had actually taken place. Took 2-3 hours on the phone and very slow going through the customer service website to cancel payments and disconnect service, and I'm not even sure I'm going to be refunded for the month I was under the impression the service had been canceled. A complete failure of all related equipment would have been more helpful than their tech support.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2018

    I had not had many problems with Frontier until this past March. A door to door rep from Frontier came and offered us 75/75 internet only for $30.00 per month. We were only paying $50.00 for 50/50 service and had no problems and no contract. Ever since it's been downhill. They came to "install" new equipment and charged us $85.00 which the rep NEVER once mentioned. I refused to pay it. They told me to pay the bill and they would credit the account which basically never happened.

    Long story short, they created 2 accounts for me so the payment was never getting credited. So I was getting varying bills with varying amounts. I called to have it fixed and they canceled one of the accounts but that canceled my whole service and now we are without internet. The earliest "install" date is over a week from now. They will do NOTHING to help or fix the situation. I asked for a supervisor and they refused. I will be canceling and calling Spectrum tonight. I doubt they are better because in my opinion ALL internet/cable service providers SUCK. They know you have very little choice so they try and screw you over as much as they possibly can. Run, don't walk away from Frontier!

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    Reviewed June 4, 2018

    I have been a customer for over a decade. In that entire time, your service has been horrid. I have had to call multiple times, and nearly each time, you have failed to assist me in any way. There have been performance issues non-stop that entire time. Your customer service department is a joke - there is NO service, and apparently you don’t even understand what a service provider actually should be doing. Literally, EVERY call I have with you is a nightmare.

    I have purchased the best available speed package for the location I live and it’s ridiculously slow (a.k.a. 2004 speeds 1.5-3 Mbps). We cannot stream movies effectively, my VPN connection from work often disconnects, and the service drops repeatedly. I’ve had to put up with this because there were no options, until today. I secured better service from a local company that actually cares. So, today, I wanted to break up, only to find that you are going to charge ME $100 “Early Termination Fee”, in addition to the $9.99 “Disconnect” fee (that literally is a touch of a button).

    When I contested that, you claimed that it’s a reasonable fee, and that there’s no way to override. When I suggested that the service has been so horrible, it’s ludicrous for me to be paying a FEE to get rid of it. You said that my decision to live in the country with horrible internet was really the crux of the matter. It didn’t have anything to do with Frontier’s lack of infrastructure upgrades, their lack of technically skilled support staff, or the COMPLETE lack of general customer service. Ya… It was MY fault that I live in the country.

    So Frontier, you can take my $109.99 to GET RID OF YOUR CRAPPY SERVICE. Nice business model you have going on. Marcus **, from the Connecticut Call Center (#509726), you should have chosen to waive the fee. After suffering for over 10 years with your abominable service, I deserved a break. I hope a few people read and share my story and steer clear of this awful company. Safe yourself!

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    Reviewed June 4, 2018

    Gave Frontier 1 star because less than 1 was not listed. Since my father died and I switched account to mom's name all hell has broken loose. I have been overbilled, double billed and billed for a phone I cancelled months ago. Customer service is a joke. Have spent hours on hold, have been hung up on, gotten a different answer from each of the reps I have spoken to but to no avail. I still get bills for a nonexistent phone at an old address. Run away. This company sucks. Isn't deregulation grand free reign to scam and bait and switch.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2018

    Learned from Comcast a residence cannot have two(2) accounts. Was yanked to Frontier Communications. The installation went well until the person doing the installation told me I would have a new address. I changed my address with all I had business dealings with and then learned the address given to me was a neighbor across the street. What a fiasco.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2018

    I've had two bad experiences with Frontier. When they took over for Verizon, our fee shot up and the service was worse. I chocked that up to taking on more than they could handle. Two years later and still dissatisfied with the service, I called Spectrum to switch over and set up a install date for two weeks out. The next day, my Frontier service was not working.

    After multiple calls and transfers within their "Customer Service" and tech support, I was told everything from "My service was working", "It will be up in an hour", "I hadn't paid my bill" (I had), "There was a working order out to cancel my service for 2 weeks out" (Why does that matter?!?! It shouldn't be canceled until then!!), and "I had to wait for another 3 days to be connected". It has been 2 days without service and I am still without cable (and phone). It is very clear that because they know I am leaving them, they care even less about me than when I was a paying customer. I'll never deal with Frontier again!

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    Reviewed June 2, 2018

    I called to change services. The person told me of another option and that it would actually save me $90.00 per month and upgrade my internet speed as well. Sounded like a deal. It has been a nightmare since. The month after the changes my bill increased by $120+ a month instead of going down. I called and their words, not mine, that I was a victim of Slamming and Cramming. I was getting every movie channel there is and called every 2 weeks, escalated, but no one would stop the madness.

    After a complaint through the FCC, we finally got someone from Executive Office. The best she could come up with was, "I must have misunderstood her" speaking to the savings per month I was expecting vs the changes that were actually made. Absolutely worthless! We have had to pay 5 months worth of overbilling. Hundreds of dollars! They should not be allowed to get away with this type of behavior especially when they have their own vernacular about this type of behavior!

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    Reviewed May 31, 2018

    This company is THE ABSOLUTE WORST!!! 3 times they have stood me up! Over 12 HOURS I have waited for them, and STILL I have yet to have a tech come to my house. No call, NOTHING! If there were ANY other service provider in my area, I would change in a heartbeat.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2018

    Since 3/30/18 when I contacted Frontier to obtain internet only service, I've experienced numerous problems with reps and rescheduled install dates. Finally, on 4/17/18, a tech came to install service. Subsequently, I learned during the install was that the company could only provide me with a meager 6Mbps of service (not what they advertised). And, the company still wanted to charge me $34.99/month (not the $30/month advertised amount for 25 Mbps of service). To date (5/31/18) I've had numerous conversations with reps to correct the billing amount for a meager 6Mpbs of service, yet Frontier has not provided me with any customer service to correct this problem to my satisfaction.

    I even wrote to the Office of the President of Frontier but still did not receive a satisfactory resolution to the unreasonable billing issue for a meager 6Mbps. I will not/would never recommend Frontier Communications to anyone. As far as I'm concerned, they are the worst provider second to COMCAST. The fact is, we consumers don't any have a real choice when it comes to internet, TV, etc., because there are only a few companies that offer services in any given area (I've done the research and it isn't favorable for consumers).

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    Reviewed May 31, 2018

    69 disconnects in the past 24 hours. That's JUST the most recent sampling. I've made nearly 100 calls in the past 2 years regarding their service. I've jumped through every hoop they've asked. Yet the tickets are closed as solved and the issue never is. Having over 35 years of network experience, I know the issue is downstream. Yet, EVERY call is met with the same diagnostic procedure, the same technician visiting the property, the same diagnosis (ie nothing is wrong with the wiring), and the problem NEVER getting solved. They love to pass the buck and blame the problem on the customer, but it's merely masking their incompetent service.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2018

    We moved to a subdivision on October '17 and made arrangements for Frontier to install internet. 1 day before they were do so, they cancelled the appointment telling us that there are no more ports. The potential for more customers in our area is enough to justify an expansion, as they only have about 1/3 of the homes serviced, but they refuse. They do not take names for a waiting list and new neighbors moved in across the street and immediately received internet service. As someone who has been calling and waiting for 7 months, we should have been able to get our service first.

    We are unable to operate our business. My husband is unable to connect to his job in another city. Our kids cannot do and submit their school work. Their lack of customer service whenever we are trying to resolve this issue is frustrating and if we had any other option AT ALL, we would stay as far away from Frontier as possible, but we don't. They listen to our request, concerns, frustrations and then tell us they will check into it and call back but not one time has any of their people who said they would call back actually called us back.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2018

    This is beyond doubt the worst service I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. There are too many instances to list individually. Among them, disrupted service, very poor speeds (usually 2 Mbps), extremely poor customer service (being hung up on, blatantly lied to, switched from one person to another because no one had an answer, and having my service turned off for no apparent reason.) It took them a week to figure out they had turned it off. I highly suggest that everyone on here turn this company in to BBB! I had to resort to that 3 times just to get a matter resolved.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2018

    I was a customer of Frontier for over 30 years (yes 30!), and this past January switched over to a new provider. The first surprise it that they attempted to charge me a $100 disconnect fee, explaining that it was due to a 'promotional period'. The fact that they even attempted to charge this is pathetic, but after a few days that got resolved. The next issue never did get resolved... In the midst of switching to my new provider, I lost internet service (DSL) for close to a week. Frontier suggested the quickest way to enable that back was to assign a new #, so I went along with it. This was supposed to happen overnight, but never did, then the weekend, and the net, it was a few days before it even was available. All the while the 'bugs' were worked out and I was operational with the new provider. I called Frontier back (after having the 'new#' for about 8-10 days) and had the account closed.

    The 'fun' began when I got another bill from Frontier, for a FULL month of usage, and early termination fees, etc. Needless to say I called Frontier (back in January) to dispute this. In the midst of my many phone calls (literally 8-10 pages of notes from my calls) I get a letter from Frontier that the bill has been turned over to collections. Seriously? I've been a customer for over 30 years, never once missed a bill,... and I'm in collections? So now they tell me I must deal with a collections service. I call the collections service, explain the situation, they say I should discuss with Frontier. I call Frontier and one person tells me this should have been closed a long time ago, so they refile the dispute. Yet another says, "We can't do anything, you need to talk to collections." I have been calling them at least once/twice a week since January, it is almost June!

    You cannot imagine the level of frustration, I am literally at my wit's end with Frontier and am at a point where I may be forced to pay for services I never used just to make this go away. I absolutely will NEVER do business with them again. This is absolutely THE worst I have ever dealt with any company. They literally do NOT care about the customer, I'm sorry but I have never experienced anything like this before.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2018

    Beware of Frontier. After being a customer of nearly 5 years I moved and needed to cancel my service. My house sold on a cash offer so closing was just over a week after offer. I contacted Frontier via online chat with "Lord **" on March 26, 2018 to cancel service effective March 28, 2018. I was told that I needed to pay for service through 4-20-18. After much back and forth and my standing firm that I WOULD NOT pay for services I didn't use he gave me an "order number" with the disconnection date of March 28, 2018 as I had requested. He mentioned that they have a 60 day period to close accounts and that I may still receive invoices. That whole process took over an hour.

    May 28, 2018 - still getting bills. Used the online chat again with "Ann **". She tells me my account is still active. I give her the "order number" from the original cancellation and she tells me all she can do is cancel the account effective June 20, 2018. I instantly ended this online chat and called customer service. Speak with customer service rep on the phone. She seems baffled by the whole phone call but gives me another "order number" and tells me she has processed the cancellation with the effective date of March 28, 2018 as I had originally requested. I confirmed with her that I would not receive any more bills and she said I would not.

    Never have I ever dealt with a company that is out to rip off their customers to the level that Frontier does. Several things came to mind during this process. Their claims that they can't close an account for almost a month are ludicrous. As one of only two cable providers in my area there was a good chance that the new owner of my home would have signed up for service and likely Frontier would have been charging two customers at the same time for service at the same home. Secondly, I would have to assume that if a bill wasn't paid they would be able to shut off service and close an account in less than a month so why such a delay for a person that is a good customer and needs to close their account because they no longer own the home.

    They also asked if I wanted to move my service. If I had moved my service they would not have double billed me for having service at the old home until April 20, 2018 and at the new home effective immediately upon my move. This once again shows that they are out to rip off the consumer by insisting they can't close accounts on the dates requested. On top of that the blatant disregard of the chat customer service the second time around was appalling. To tell me that I would have to be responsible to pay for services for nearly three months after I canceled is nearly criminal. There needs to be some recourse for consumers when dealing with horrific companies like Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 25, 2018

    About a year ago, 2 technicians from Frontier broke my office's ceiling while installing the telephone and internet services. As of today, Frontier never repaired the damage. On top of that, their service has been completely sucks with dropped calls and bad internet signals. In the past 6 months, I tried to transfer my telephone # from Frontier to another provider but they categorically refused. Last week, they shut off my telephone number and caused my agency to lose $10000 in sales. I already have 2 people who want to file a class action lawsuit against Frontier but need 3 more. If you are interested in this lawsuit, please email me your contact info. **. Let's take action now. Thank you.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2018

    I am moving, and I called to have my cable shut off today, but then decided to keep it for an extra month. There was a note on the account stating to leave it on until 6/24. I woke up this morning and my cable was shut off 5/24. I called and was told there was nothing they could do, I asked to talk to a manager. As a result of my call, nothing was done, and they would not be able to do anything. I could however open a new account under a contract, and have my cable turned back on whenever they feel like it. I am livid and would NEVER get them or recommend them to anyone, unless they feel like a screw job.

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    Jeremy increased rating by 2 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Jeremy increased their star rating on June 1, 2018.

    Updated review: June 1, 2018

    A representative contacted me and was able to resolve this issue for me. I appreciated the gesture.

    Original Review: May 24, 2018

    On February 19th I ordered internet service from Frontier based on the online quote that I would receive a range of 3.1 to 7M download speed. I received my modem and a technician came to install the DSL line about a week to 10 days after my order date. Upon installation the technician indicated that the max speed I could get was 1.5M download. Not happy with the speed and especially with the fact that I got lied to when I made my decision based on fake numbers on the online quote, I decided to cancel my Frontier internet service and go with a competitor around March 11. I used Frontier service for less than a week because it was pretty much unusable as a modern internet service.

    Upon cancelling I was told I would still have to pay for the entire month of service. When I objected that the speed I was quoted was not the one I was getting and that I was cancelling promptly I was told that it was the way it is and Frontier does not prorate, even when they are wrong. I decided to make a complaint with the CEO's office hoping for someone to hear me out as I was willing to pay the pro-rated price for the service I 'used' before cancelling, as it was Frontier's fault that the speed I was getting was not the one I was quoted. I talked to Rick ** over at corporate who provided me the same inexistent customer service, saying that it was the way it is and lying again by saying that Frontier does not guarantee any speed and it could be as low as 1M speed...

    I am beyond outraged that a company and an executive customer service representative would deny their wrongdoings, blaming it on the customer and not be willing to concede anything. I honestly feel like I do not owe Frontier Communications anything with the poor service I received and the unusable connection speed, however I am willing to pay the pro-rated amount for the time my internet service was active with them as I am a man of my word. It does not seem like Frontier or any of their employees are willing to play ball though.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2018

    It took them a month to install because the person doing the work doesn't have equipment and no tech communicates their findings or work completed. They give you a random code as a pin and sometimes when I call I can use my phone number or birth date and sometimes I can't be found. Now, the due date changes every single month and when I speak to them about it, they swear it's fixed. If I could give them a ZERO stars I would. You might pay a tiny bit more for a competitor and it's worth every cent!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2018

    I set up my internet and TV package on May 2nd, and had a tech out on May 9th for installation. The tech mentioned the line at my apartment complex had been cut and a new one had to be installed, so he couldn't follow through with installation, instead a team had to come out and get the line set up again, completely understandable. Fast forward 2 weeks and I still haven't heard anything about a new line being set up for my internet and I call in. After about an hour of being on the phone and explaining how I had a tech out weeks ago and nothing moved forward since, they told me at some point a line had been installed and they could now send out a tech to try installation again.

    An appointment was set up without even asking my availability, the service member merely went back on the line and said "Ok, you have an appointment tomorrow between 1-5 PM." I thought this was pretty ridiculous since I now had to ask for time off from my full-time job with less than 24 hr notice, but I figured I need my services ASAP so why not. Move forward to today, the day of my appointment, I'm sitting in my apartment from 1-5 PM just like they said. No one shows up. I called customer service to see what was going on, and they said the tech said I was listed as "NOA" no access available. So, no one knocked on my door, no one even decided to give me a call. I instead wasted half a work day waiting around for nothing.

    The service member then said she could schedule a tech to be out there tomorrow from 8- 12 PM, so basically, just take another day off for no reason because our tech couldn't bother to show up to your initial appointment. Needless to say, I cancelled my service request altogether. I was trying to switch from Spectrum because of prices, but it seems like I dodged a bullet and 2 years of B.S. Unless you work from home or just stay at home all day, don't bother getting Frontier, they will waste your PTO and time.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2018

    Waited all day. Had an appointment, to change over. Was suppose to be here 8 am-12. Called at 12:30 and said was on the way. Never showed up or called. Wasted an entire day waiting! Will never give these clowns any business!

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    Reviewed May 23, 2018

    It was a sad day when I signed on with Frontier Communications! I only wanted Internet access, but representative told me if I signed up for phone service as well, at only $5/month, I would not have to pay the $75 install fee. That, after 30 days, I could drop the phone and it would not cost me anything. Later, another rep told me there is no installation fee, but if I canceled the land phone, I would have to pay for Frontier's anti virus. I hung up. Since February, 2018 I've been trying to get the phone number changed because all I get are telemarketer calls in voicemail.

    For several months now, can't access voicemail, and today once again tried to get number changed. Deana in customer service assigned a new number this morning and told me it would be ready in an hour. Six hours later and another hold for going on an hour and a half now, I am told the first work order did not go thru because the number she gave me was assigned to someone else. Do they do ANY training at all at Frontier? Now I am told the new number won't go into effect until June 4th!?! Why is this company in business!?! Sucks!?! Think CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2018

    Possibly the worst customer service I have dealt with ever. They are charging us for two cable services for the same month and refuse to discuss reconciling the cost to actual services provided. Supervisors are impossible to speak to. We have spent hours on the phone trying to correct issues with the service and then the bill comes in for double the amount. I could go on forever but as my wife says, less is more.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2018

    I called Frontier today to discuss overcharges, I was on hold for 16 minutes, then the employee hung up on me! I called back, on hold for 24 minutes before getting a real person, we were disconnected again!! I called a third time, spoke with someone from Dish, he was helpful and polite. He transferred me to Frontier and stayed on the line until the employee heard the problem. I gave up trying to have him take off the overages. I asked him to remove services I did not use, he just kept trying to upsell me, I told him I wanted my bill to be lower not $25 more! 26 minutes later I hung up. I hate Frontier, every time I call I have a similar experience. I will be canceling my service with them. I have two accounts and have been a loyal customer for over 30 years! I told the employee that, he didn’t care...

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    Reviewed May 21, 2018

    So, I would like to preface this by saying, in late 2015, I switched from Brighthouse (Time Warner Cable) to Verizon Fios, and as soon as I did, they were bought by Frontier. From the start I was promised a $400.00 gift card for switching to Verizon by Verizon. I was told this would take 4-6 weeks to receive (which is normal). I was told by Verizon, "We’re giving you this for switching, but we are going to charge you $99.00 for installation." So, it’s still worth the incentive to switch ($300 to the positive column) so I said ok. I scheduled my installation and was told the installer should arrive between “X” time and “X” time, which I thought was normal. I took off work the day of installation, I am sitting at home waiting and the appointment time comes and goes with no word from installer.

    An hour past the install time, I call to find out what’s up, and the person in customer service indicates they see the date and time of install as what was given to me, but for some reason the local office canceled it and rescheduled it for another day and time and had not informed me. I thought, I will give a pass, crap happens, and it must have just been an oversight. They install my equipment on the next date provided and I thought all was well. This scheduling error should have been my first indication of what was to come. 6 weeks goes by, and no gift card for switching has come to my home. 8 weeks goes by and no gift card. I call in and thought I called the wrong number, they answered the helpline I was provided as Frontier Fios.

    They state, "We have bought out Verizon Fios, but we intend to keep the promises that Verizon Fios made. We will have to credit your bill to make it right. We will do $100 for three months, you won’t see it in your next bill but the one after, it will happen, although it will be the following billing cycle." I thought OK, this is something I have done for a customer when I was working for another telecommunication company. So, I thought it was settled. Wrong, I didn’t get that credit in the billing cycle they stated, so I called in once again. They said they could not see what had happened and were sorry I was misinformed. I internally lost it. I was so angry. Rather than yell at the person who got my phone call, I told them I would call back in a few minutes to speak with a supervisor.

    I am here to tell you, speaking with a supervisor did absolutely no good. I asked, "Well, can’t you look back at the changes that were made to my account or the voice recordings when I called in?" The supervisor told me, that was for their training purposes for their quality control, not to verify what a customer has been told. This of course added flame to the fire. I told the person to hold for a moment and spoke with my wife, whom stated cancel it all, the supervisor overheard her then changed quickly to, "What can we do to keep you as a customer?" I told the supervisor to make good what I was told, and we would stay. So, supervisor stated she was going to give me a credit, not a $100 credit but it would work out to be more than that in the end.

    What she didn’t tell me is that the new promotion they were offering was less than what I was currently paying, and she changed my services around to the lowest rate and signed me up for a new contract. I don’t do contracts, I pay more for my services usually by doing this, but am not locked down to rules of these communication companies. My account is set up to autopay, so I didn’t know this supervisor just pulled a fast one on me. I lived in the contract unknowingly until the renewal came up. When I received a rate increase, I called in to find out what was going on. To my surprise, the customer service rep told me my new contract rate was going to go up. This was the first news that I was placed into a contract with contract pricing without my permission.

    I told this person what had happened previously, and she replied, "I see where you changed your package to get a lower rate", to which I replied, "I changed nothing, never agreed to it, I don’t do contracts." This person seemed empathetic and said, "I will give you “xyz” discount to make up for it." She did this, and life moved forward with Frontier Fios with no contract. I thought to myself, "From now on do your homework first and do it through the chat feature so there will be a transcript of the conversation." So, one month ago on April 30th, 2018 I contacted Frontier Fios via chat to see about saving a few dollars possibly by downgrading from a triple play (three services) to a double play (two services). When I initially looked into downgrading. I started by comparing Frontier’s pricing to other providers. The prices were close, so I decided to move forward to see if I could do this without being charged any fees.

    The agent I spoke with on chat stated this could be done, then proceeded to telling me what things would cost and, trying to sell me additional products (which is what agents are trained to do). I told him no, I wasn’t interested in anything additional since I am trying to cut back on costs. So, he said, "No problem, we can do this, but you will have to pay a one-time fee of $10 for the router." I told him absolutely not, I already have the router, why would I pay for something that I already have and pay rent on each month? He stated, "No problem I will take it off." I asked the rep several times within the chat to verify no additional fees, and asked if bill would be less, to which he stated that the price would be lower with no hidden fees.

    He indicated there would be no additional fees associated with the change, I asked repetitively, "Are you sure, and that there will be no change other than drop the phone service," to which he replied, "No change to anything other than drop the phone, and bill will be less." I thought all was good, and would receive my bill, and it would be the price the agent gave me. It wasn’t lower, it was higher. I was floored by the price difference. I dropped a service, and it cost more than before. I called in, waited for a customer service rep and explained the case this time with the chat transcript and confirmation # of chat. The very helpful (not exaggerating here) young lady I spoke with stated she could see everything that I had told her, could see the chat transcript, and would be back in a second. She came back a couple times over a few minutes and said, "I’m still working on it." I told her OK, take her time.

    She comes back, and I can tell you she did not want to tell me the bad news. My bill was higher because I was being charged $124.97 install charge. Yep you read that right, I was being charged an install charge for equipment I have in my home, that wasn’t brought out that wasn’t picked up. The same equipment I have had since the very first (rescheduled-late) installation. The charge is for the installation of products that I already had. I told her that was unacceptable, she still very politely told me that her supervisor stated that the fees were legitimate since I never paid an initial install fee (that was paid). I knew I would need to speak with her supervisor at this point, so I told this nice young lady, I am not killing the messenger (figuratively), I don’t want to be impolite to her, if her supervisor was available I needed to speak to them. She told me hold on one second, and her supervisor picked up. So here is where it gets craziest.

    The supervisor asks me what the problem is, I start to explain the situation, to which she interrupts me mid-sentence to tell me she’s looked over the notes and the charges are valid. She apologizes for the error that the person made in cost, and did not notify me of installation charges, but the fees are correct. I tell her that’s not acceptable, I don’t get three words out before she interrupts me again, at which point I tell her, "Please stop interrupting me," and I will tell her what I want to happen. She states, "I have not interrupted you," as I try to speak again. I tell her, "Ma’am, please let me apologize ahead of time, maybe since I may speak slower than you, or pause for more than a millisecond when speaking, so that my words are chosen wisely rather than having to repeat myself." To this she interrupts me again and tells me, "I thought we were having a conversation."

    I told her, "Please don’t interrupt me again until I am through, in a conversation it typically has a sender (the person speaking) and a receiver (the person that is being spoken to), that is typical normal conversation." To which she rudely states, "Ok go ahead." I tell her I do not accept the additional charges outside what was discussed in the chat transcript that she stated she had a copy of. I tell her I would like to speak with her supervisor then waited for her response. After three to five seconds she rudely states, "Can I speak now?" She states her supervisor does not take calls. She states I have the option to pay the charges or not. I then ask her for her operator ID which she gives **, which may or may not be correct. I ask her again, why I would pay for an installation of services I already have and have already paid for once. I didn’t mis-quote a price, a Frontier employee made the mistake, not me.

    She at this point asked me when I paid my initial install fee, to which I told her, "Wait one second and I could find it." Less than 30 seconds later she asks, have I found it? I told her, "Bear with me, I do have it somewhere on my computer on one of my backup drives." She waits approximately 15 seconds more, then states, "I have your whole history." I said, "You have prior to Frontier?" She states, "No, I can go back 3-6 months." I tell her once again, I paid Verizon Fios for install, and was rolled over into Frontier Fios when Frontier bought Verizon. I told her, "Bear with me a few seconds and I can find it." She then states, "I am going to credit you the install fee if you can tell me when your install date was." I told her once again, "Wait and I will find it." She then states, "Does “x” 2015 sound, right?" I tell her I thought it was 2016, but that may be correct, I could verify this for her if she could wait for me to find it.

    She gives another 15 or so seconds then says (rudely), "I will credit the account, but you must promise to pay your bill on time in full." First, I was again floored by the belittlement. I have only paid less than the payment when told by Frontier to pay a different amount (at the very beginning where they promised to credit me the $300 difference), second, I realize she had all this information she’s asking me for prior to asking me anything, hoping that I don’t have it, so she can just say I didn’t pay it initially with Verizon. I at this point can completely see the picture and what’s happening. She then rudely asks, "Will this satisfy you?" I tell her yes, and she says, "I am going to place you back with your original customer service rep."

    The nice young lady that I spoke with picks the line back up and tells me, "It’s been approved to take the install fee off." I tell her, "Thank you so much, I would also like to add that you have been very professional, please continue to maintain that attitude." Do not use her supervisor as an example of what to do, that the supervisor was very unprofessional. She stated she would take this advice and asked if I had any other questions. I told her I would like to know her supervisor's, supervisor's name (the supervisor's boss), to which she did not know. I told her have a good afternoon, she said, "You do the same."

    I am 46 years old, I am intelligent and don't need to be belittled by anyone, I give respect no matter the case, and expect it in return. I don’t fly off half-cocked. I am not rude with anyone, until they are over the top rude to me. I understand more than most people do when calling into a call center with problems or questions, because I was in outbound sales for another telecommunication company. I chose Verizon Fios because they have a fiber network that is installed all the way up to the house. No other provider in my area provides this. If there was another option for fiber I would absolutely switch after all this nonsense with Frontier.

    I am pretty certain at this point that I won’t get the credit. I am certain if I don’t, I will cancel the TV service and stream all my other content through them until another provider has fiber all the way to the house in my area. Then I will dump them for their competitor. I would like to say it’s shameful the way this company operates. Customers are the backbone of every business. Frontier either hires uncaring, uneducated idiots, or they really only care about their bottom line. Frontier call center employees and customer service chat folks will say anything to make the sale and get paid, they make up things, they say absolutely what they think you want to hear.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2018

    NEVER use Frontier! I work from home and make my living online. I've been without service for 2 weeks. This the 2nd time this has happened, in less than a month. Horrible company! Very poorly operated. I lost my job because of Frontier and they didn't care at all.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2018

    They have horrible wi-fi services. Everyone one out here is complaining of the services going in and out. There has to be something done with it. They tell me will it's my Samsung pad people have trouble with it. But others have iPads still have trouble. Unless someone one stays over top of them they will do everyone like this. Please help us.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2018

    Do not do business with Frontier Communications. They are a ripoff. Service is the worst I ever used. You have several charges on account each month that you didn’t ask for. Customer service is the worst of any company and the corporate office is even worse. I had my service removed February 26th and they continue charging me till March 22nd a total of $ 238.55. The service was so bad the technician gave me his personal cell number to call when I had problems and that was everyday. When you call for help you are on hold 45 minutes or a hour and then they hang up on you. Don’t do business with Frontier. They are crooks and I am taking them to court.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2018

    I was promised 15 Mbps DSL Internet speed and have never gotten more than 7 Mbps and as low as .5 Mbps. Also they say I can run up to 5 devices at a time. That's is bull. If I even run 2 it freezes up!!! P.s only the bill is reason I did not cancel altogether. Cox was charging me over $250 and now I am only paying $77.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2018

    On 1-22-2018 we agreed to purchase a 2 year phone and high speed internet bundle from Frontier, at the advertised price of $ 45.00 plus fees and taxes. The total was to be $56.50 with the fees and taxes. We were also to get a 1 year membership with Amazon Prime. We never received the 1 year membership, we called Frontier and spend endless hours on the phone just to be told the Amazon membership was not offered in the state of Florida. Frontier also upped the $ 45.00 a month to $ 50.00 a month stating every year in January there is across the board increase and they (Frontier) were not going to fix their breach of contract, we the customer just had to live with Frontier's business practices. We are reporting this so other customers will not fall into the same trap we fell into. Former Verizon did this same stunt not honor their promises, it took news channel 8 to investigate and make Verizon pay up.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2018

    I have had a terrible experience with Frontier. I moved into a new town about 4 months ago and all I had to do was switch my address and bring my same box from my previous address. I did this and it was working fine for the first month, and all of a sudden it would just go in and out. I’ve been out for entire days at a time. I was also set up with auto pay for the past three years, and just got a paper saying that I owe $160 because I’m overdue. Well that obviously shouldn’t be happening if I do auto pay. I call and there’s “nothing they can do” about the fact that my internet hasn’t worked more than it has.

    I had to pay the $160 for service that literally never works. I’ve had someone come out to my house and try to figure out the problem, still doesn’t work. It disconnected a total of THREE HUNDRED TIMES in a matter of 24 hours, but since it wasn’t consistently off for 24 hours that time she couldn’t credit my account. I’m so done with this company. I never even write reviews, and would certainly not make an account to write a review. So if I do, you know you’ve got some terrible service. I don’t recommend Frontier to anybody.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2018

    All I wanted to do was to downsize my current internet/cable with a different carrier. I called the number on the Frontier.com website, assuming I was going to a customer service area. Instead, I was thrust into an aggressive sale mosh pit. After talking to the Frontier rep, I explained that we don’t need cable tv or home phone and we really use very little internet. We need only the simplest of internet packages and I quoted the one on their website for $30. After many ‘fishing’ questions I was put on hold for over 5 minutes while the rep went to get me the deal that would best fit my family’s needs. I was offered the deal of the day that included Cable TV, Internet and phone, but it would save me $30 a month from what I was paying with another vendor. I explained again that I only needed the 50/50 Mbps internet and she offered me yet another deal with Cable and Internet for $70.

    I decided to let her know that I did not appreciate her aggressive sales tactics and that I only wanted to know if the $30 internet only fee was available. She proceeded to talk over me and tell me how much she was saving me over a years’ time. I then told her I was done and hung up. At that point, my Fitbit had my heart rate at 106 and I was so furious. A few minutes later my phone rings and it is the rep. She said, “Hello Mrs. **, this is Mia and I think we got disconnected". I assured her that I hung up on her and we did not get disconnected. She then said she wanted to apologize that her sales style was not something that I liked, but she said she would not apologize for trying to find the best deal for my family.

    I asked her if her deal was based on the answers to all the questions she asked or on the amount I was currently paying my communications vendor. Again, she started talking over me and being a bully. I asked to talk to the supervisor and when he came on the line he told me that I had called a sales line and that is what they were trying to do. The Apple did not fall far from that tree. I would rather pay $10 more a month with another vendor than being treated like garbage.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2018

    I received this promotional flyer from the company targeting previous customers to go back to Frontier. The bundle package for "Fios TV, 150 Mbps Internet for the price of our 100 Mbps, & Voice" for the price of $80.00. I thought that was too good to be true, so I went to the website link that was on the flyer, sure enough, it was as stated on the flyer. I chatted on the company website to verify the information. On the chat, I clearly asked what other fees will be added to the $80.00 per month bill and I was told "just taxes." So I signed up.

    Lo and behold, when I got the first-month bill, the charge was $150.80. I have been going around in circles to get this matter resolved to no avail. I reviewed the Nextdoor website where people in our community post various subject for discussions and complaints and found out that price gouging is a typical business practice for Frontier Communications. Just want people to know what they are getting into if they are enticed to subscribe to Frontier's services. This is my first month back as a Frontier customer and it's been a nightmare.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2018

    I am not sure where to begin, but will try to make this brief. I contacted Frontier in reference to switching carriers for internet. I was made an offer by the sales representative and we agreed to terms after thoroughly discussing the packages. Frontier was completing system updates during working hours, so I was on hold for one hour, waiting to get onto the "secured line" to complete my DOB and SSN info. I hung up and had to call back. When I called back, another sales rep picked up where we left off and again went over the package. I agreed, so he pulled my credit. I have great credit, so was offered an additional "no deposit" as part of the package. We set up the date of installation. I hung up and called my current internet provider and canceled, effective the date of install for Frontier.

    I took off of work for the install from 12-5 pm. The afternoon of install, the technician called me and advised he was on his way. He stated the install job and his work order, which was a slower internet connection and I corrected him that I was to be getting fiber-optic. The tech said my area does NOT offer fiber-optic on my street, but does about four streets over. I was not happy! The tech stated he would still come by my house to double check the lines. He did, then called me again, stating it was only a copper line and would be slower service than what I already had with my current carrier. I then went over the email and the info provided to me for fiber-optic and he agreed it was accurate for fiber-optic, but not available to me. He stated the sales team has had issues offering products that are not available and he would use my file as a training tool for his boss.

    I called back to Frontier and was transferred all over the place. I finally spoke to a Customer Service Manager and she basically said, "Sorry, I can't do anything for you with the exception of canceling your work order." I was furious! I took off work, you pulled my credit (that is why I am most unhappy), couldn't offer me a product as offered, then had to call my current internet provider and ask them to keep my internet on (another 20 minutes). I asked the Customer Service Rep for their legal department because they pulled my credit after making me a false offer. She stated she didn't have a contact there but offered an email address.

    Frontier lowered my credit score for two years now due to the credit pull and did not follow through on the terms of our agreement. My credit was pulled and I am empty handed with the fiber-optic service and offered nothing but a "SORRY"! This is really bad business! The logistics of pulling credit upon terms of an agreement, then to not offer the product, telling the client there is nothing you can do for them. Bottom line, they are just terrible... Don't waste your time or money on this deadbeat company!

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    Reviewed May 16, 2018

    Called to have old telephone lines removed and have 1 new line installed. I needed to have a ticket set up. A total of 2.5hrs on the phone due to being on hold. And at the end, no service ticket was created because after they hung up on me for the 4th time, I called back and customer service was closed. You've been warned...

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    Reviewed May 16, 2018

    Ever since Verizon forced Frontier on their customers' internet service and using Netflix had been about zero. One week of no internet or phone service and was not compensated for that inconvenience! Every time I looked for a website, it said "there is no connection". Netflix had nothing but problems also, constantly being dropped! I had landline and internet service, dropped landline and they wanted to charge me double for internet only. Mind you... I found out that the "speed" was 1mbps. I canceled their service altogether, upon advise from one of their own "media managers" it would be better that way, because my sister could get the service, as a new customer for half the price.

    The service sold to her... a tech came out to do whatever, after hours he knocked on the door and said they sold a 10mbps that is not available in this area! For REAL!! He was devastated, said he came out for nothing, they should have left everything as was, 3 mbps. After 1.5 year Frontier customer service does not know what they have available here? Never mind that the media manager had set it up for 3mbps already. Completely ignored by Frontier. Tech was sent out again, again for nothing. Using the router given to me by Verizon, also used after Frontier took over.

    Tech said there was nothing wrong with the modem, it was Frontier. My sister is stuck in a two year contract of basically no internet service, no Netflix because speed is too slow. Download 2.6, ping 18, 2 ms jitter, 0.8 upload! It seems like lawsuits, FCC and BBB don't make a difference. I can't help but wonder if they get paid to lie also. There is no other explanation why Frontier is allowed to be in business. To top it off, they were told repeatedly to not send a new modem... well of course they did anyway. We had the "pleasure to take it back to UPS!" Maybe the word Frontier says it all... old and long time gone.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2018

    Canceled my service 3-8-18 after a little over 2 yrs. Was told I would be charged for the month of March, the service was disconnected from my home on the 8th, I paid that bill, received a notice to return the devices. I sent them the modem for my internet, which I pretty sure I paid for (have to go did through my files) on 3-26-18, I then get a bill for $9.99 residential broadband processing fee on 4-16-18. I called them, they had already gotten $41.98 for services I did use. They don't care and she reminded me if I didn't return my items, I would be getting another bill, I told her it had been sent back already and I was sure I was not renting it. I called UPS Tracker about the modem, they delivered it on 3-30-18 at 10:15 am. They even gave the guy's name that received it.

    Then today, 5-15-18 I get a bill for $114.81, for not returning Fios TV unreturned equipment fee, and taxes for Fios Video. I call them, ask what it is for, he tells me for the table top unit, I tell him that box was returned back in Sept and it had already shown being returned, I only had internet and UPS Tracking said they delivered it a month and a half ago. He had to go check, oh they show they received it on 4-23-18. We'll see what the next bill is and if they touch my credit with late. No wonder they are having financial problems. The minute the item comes in it should be logged in on the client's account. 3 weeks really! BAD BUSINESS!!! ZERO STARS FOR TRYING TO COLLECT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE COMING TO THEM! IN THE REAL WORLD WE CALL PEOPLE WHO DO THIS A LOW LIFE THIEF!

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    Reviewed May 15, 2018

    I called to inquire about having my phone number not listed in the phone book. The first person I talked to informed me that it would cost me $72 per year for that. When I asked to speak to a supervisor I got placed on hold then hung up on. I called back and again asked for a supervisor. After explaining the reason for my inquiry (again) the call taker told me there was no reason to talk to a supervisor because they were not able to help me either. After insisting several times that I be connected to a supervisor he hung up on me.

    I called AGAIN and after being put on hold for 18 minutes and 12 seconds I got to talk to a supervisor. She reiterated that there was no way of unlisting my number. Upon further investigation the issue became very obvious. Companies that print phone books pay the phone companies for our information. If the phone company can't make money one way they will figure out another way. I just don't understand why I have to pay to keep my information private!

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    Reviewed May 15, 2018

    I have been a customer of Frontier's for about a year and I'll just give you the story of the last 5 in an attempt to illustrate what you're in for when you make a deal with this company. Had a technician come out to the house because our internet is only 1mbps and it always, always ** out. He said we had a line problem but said he fixed it. He told us that we should call customer service and for only $10 more a month we could increase out speeds from 1mbps to 5! We were happy to hear that and so I called about an hour later. Called and talked to a rep that offered me 12mbps for $2 less per month. We were totally psyched and we signed up! The rep said that it would take 24-48 hours to go into effect (this was Friday, around noon).

    Checked the speed on Monday morning and it was still the same 1mbps that we had before so I decided to call (around 1pm Monday). Talked to tech support and they said that I needed to talk to customer service. I said okay and I was transferred. The customer service rep said that the rep that I'd talked to on Friday shouldn't have offered me what she offered me because I'm not eligible because I don't have phone through Frontier. He said all was good and they can still offer me higher speeds but I would have to pay some more each month. I said "Hell yes!" and I asked him how fast I could get. He said 115mbps. When he said this I was very excited and I said "sign me up!" and he signed me up for an install that was to take place this Wednesday between the hours of 1pm and 5pm. We were all stoked.

    About an hour after this call I receive a phone call from someone else from Frontier saying that they must cancel my install scheduled for Wednesday because they can only offer me 1mbps. So I'm back to where I was at the beginning and my hopes and dreams are destroyed. The company claims to provide high speed internet but I believe that my speed that I pay for each month from Frontier rivals that of my 1996 AOL dial-up speed.

    The customer service is abysmal and confusing. Every time I talk to someone else it's like starting all over. They want your account number and you have to verify everything again. There is no communication from one person to the next. Being a customer of Frontier Communications makes me wonder where my life is headed; what brought me to this point. I feel hopeless and lost being a part of this depraved company and I fear for all of the future customers and the plight that they are sure to accrue.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2018

    If I can give Frontier Negative rating I will give NO STAR. We joined the Frontier since December 2016, we get the bundle cable TV, internet and landline, the first three months our bills were wrong, they were different with the original quote, they always overcharged us. I have been to their store in Brandon every month to correct the bills. Today we turned on our TV. This morning we had no cable TV service only internet, the TV screen shown a message that we have a payment issue so our service was terminated. I am sure I paid the bill on time every month, so my husband called Frontier's customer service, the lady picked up the phone and asked my husband's information to verify his identity. She told my husband we don't have any overdue payment, but somebody called them to cancel the service few days ago. My husband told her we have never called them to cancel the service, so the lady checked again and said there was some mistake.

    My husband asked her they should have to verify customer's identity when a customer requests to cancel the service, so how can it happened. She said she don't know why and who did this. My husband asked her can she just recover our account, she said she can't, only she can do is to create a new account for us. Therefore we were waiting for her to create a new account and contact the technical department to resume our cable TV service. My husband kept holding on the phone with her for almost 45 mins trying to get our cable service back. The lady told us the new account was created but still waiting for the technical department to reconnect our cable TV service.

    My husband asked her will we get the cable TV back today and she said yes, so we told her we will go out since we don't have cable TV. My husband gave her his cell phone number and she said she will call back. However, when we got home at 10:30 p.m. and turned on our TV BUT STILL NO SERVICE! My husband called the customer service but they were closed, so we called the technical support the guy picked up the phone, he said since the customer service is closed they can't do anything, we can only wait until tomorrow to see WHAT HAPPEN! Frontier's service is SUCK and the price is HIGH!!! When they want your business they seem nice and then they have NO SERVICE at all!!! I am looking for other service provider!

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    Reviewed May 13, 2018

    Frontier lacks customer service, has high pricing, viewing channels constant interruptions, online service awful, very weak totally. No dedication, sends cartons to return product, and then travel to preferred shipping outlet no regard on mileage, especially for us set income seniors.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2018

    I have never dealt with some incompetence and dishonesty in ANY company in all my 74 years. I was sent several bills to a wrong address and then Frontier still charged me late fees. They admitted that the bills had been sent to the wrong address but REFUSED to make any adjustment in my bills. I have been a customer of Frontier for over 20 years and they treated me like dirt!!! I was put on hold again and again while I waited to talk to a variety of incompetent supervisors. Every supervisor gave me a different story and said that everything would be worked out. Of course, NOTHING was ever corrected!!! I hope Frontier ceases to exist! There are so many good service providers available. I can’t even imagine why anyone would ever consider using Frontier!

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    Reviewed May 13, 2018

    Not very pleased with the value of service. First I signed up with Verizon only to find out a month later that Frontier is taking over. The positive about Frontier is their customer service team are all English speaking (easily understood), which was not the case for Verizon, which was VERY frustrating as I had a number of problems at first. But, Frontier did not stand by Verizon pricing for my 2 yr contract & my bill rose almost every month soon becoming more than 50% more than the price guaranteed to me for 2 yrs!

    I find it very disappointing that contracted customers are not treated as well as new customers. Also, it costs more without a contract, which should not be the case. If pricing is fair & the product good, customers will stay with the company. I don't like having to lock in to 2 yrs to receive discounts. The bundled service itself has been relatively reliable, although there have been outages. Unfortunately in this area of service in my area, the choices are few and products they offer limited.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2018

    I’m dealing with problems with Xfinity and I go looking for better options at Frontier. Instead of getting a truly “customer-friendly” sales rep, I get a pushy car saleswoman. I tell her my price range and how I necessarily don’t care to have TV. Yet, while I’m asking about just internet prices, she informs me that she doesn’t think just getting internet is a good idea. She continues to push their TV/Internet bundles and if TV is not an option, then I should get a phone and internet bundle, even she continues to express her thoughts that TV/Internet is still better. I go on to ask her about the cheapest internet service, she dances around the question then tries to throw in her opinion about what believes is best, instead of just answering my question.

    I finally asked the question for the 3rd time and she finally tells me. How hard is it to say $39.99 for Internet. After that she became short and unwilling to offer any more help. So I told her thanks again and she immediately she just bye. Seriously? That’s how you treat people. How about I deal with Xfinity’s constant nonsense for a few more months until I move and leave both companies alone for good.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2018

    Billing was inaccurate from day one and no promotions were applied. You can call and try to resolve issues but the individual will be unsuccessful. Poor communication from Customer Service and lack of follow through.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    They falsely advertised and sold me the 6Mbps package. I only get 3Mbps because they are not set up to give me any more speed than that in my area. They refuse to credit my account or fix this. My service was spotty at best and for months would lose the internet signal as little as 4-5 times a day to as much as every 5 mins. Took them 5-6 months to fix the spotty/not working service but refused to credit me for the service I did not receive. When I refused to pay the bill the customer service lady was nasty to me and left me on hold for an hr and never sent my call to the supervisor like she was supposed to. When I did finally talk to a supervisor (Tracy) she was rude and refused to help in any way. I asked for her boss and she told me she didn't have 1, they don't take calls, etc. I will never give this company money again and I suggest you don't either.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    I have not been happy with Frontier since they took over Verizon, but unfortunately, there are no other options in my area for business. My former business partner left in 2012. I have requested 5 times now to have their contact information removed from my account. During my recent move, they contact my former partner AGAIN, instead of me. Since they took over they have raised my service bill 4 times. Each time I have to take time out of my busy schedule to call and debate why they are raising my rates.

    Most recently I moved my business. I called and had everything set up for a specific date. The contractor came out and installed the hardware. It wasn't until 2 days later a client contacted me via email to say she couldn't get a hold of me by phone. We don't get a lot of voicemails on the landline, but because of the relocation I need it to be up and running. It's not. The phone rings endlessly. In trying to correct the issue I temporarily wanted to forward calls to my cell phone, but call forwarding has also been deactivated on my line. I have a virtual assistant that normally takes care of all these things, but is currently out of the country on vacation, which is why he set everything up before he left. Frustrated once again and hoping that Spectrum or another provider will eventually provide service in this area.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    Their internet stinks. What no one tells you is there is a very high latency on their network. The upload and download speed is not the only thing that determines your internet performance. Network latency is a bigger factor than advertised speed and Frontier's network is junk!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    Customer service and billing do not work together. I signed up for 2 more years and was quoted a price but my bill was $20.00 higher than quoted. To get the cheaper price they removed 9 channels from my line-up.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2018

    What a monopoly! This is a company as if I could get off the work grid and not be required to have INTERNET, TV, & PHONE I would love to tell them where they could go. The customer service at this company is lower than whale feces on the bottom of the ocean. I have never seen a more non-caring, ignorant bunch of robot answering humans in my life.

    Lies! Lies! Lies! Promise you the world, never put anything in writing or email, does not stand behind their product, and treats their customers with rudeness and unprofessional services. The ABSOLUTE WORST! When you wish a company to go under and no longer be in business due to their gross neglect and misuse of others personal trust and confidence, this would be one of those companies. Time will come they will beg for our business and let's remember they change names but are always the same snakes that bite you. RUN! RUN FAST, RUN AWAY! DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM, especially if you can help it.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2018

    I cancelled my service on Jan. 2018. I got a bill for $116 with a $100 add on for a non return item. I called 4 times after and they verified that the device was found and the correct dept. was emailed to credit my account the $100... For the next 3 months I kept getting bills that didn't reflect the correct amount. Every time I received a bill I called to correct the mistake. Every time they would resolve it after like 45 minutes but just couldn't somehow input the info into the system. I'm tired of these unprofessional people wasting my time... 1 hr at a time...

    I called today to request that they send the bill reflecting the correct amount. I was told that they requested before to credit my account but was denied, I don't understand this, the device was found multiple time and notated but they just denied the request. Am I crazy or this don't make sense. Once again he verified that the device was found and that he will request the 100 credit to my account. The worst customer service ever, including the 4 Supervisors that never did their job to resolve the issue. Never again will I get their service. Yuck.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2018

    My termination notice was settled this morning, but only after three phone calls this week. Sending customers to what is called a collections department creates such a punishment type of scenario. This seems to be a corporate strategy that works for Frontier, but as a customer it doesn't work for me at all. I was with Verizon for 15 years and always had service that was outstanding. Seriously Frontier maybe you can learn to calmly reach out to your customers to see why they may be late, give them time to respond, especially for people who are less than 30 days behind. My bill is under $90 a month. For do good reason! The only reason this company still has my business is because I have to have a landline for business.

    They are the only service provider in my area that provides landline service. What kind of company sends a customer a termination notice when you are not even one months behind? My $90 wasn't even 30 days late. I can understand receiving one at 60 or 90 days. People's lives are not perfect. People fall behind for various reasons in their life. Banks screw-up, credit card expires there are a whole slew of mishaps that can happen. I woke up the other morning and I didn't have service for four hours, did I whine or complain because they were having a glitch in their system? No! Like the majority of people on this site, this isn't my first rodeo with Frontier.

    When Frontier took over from Verizon, they turned off my service without even contacting beforehand, I had this specific account without any interruptions for 7 years! I just woke up one morning and all my services were turned off. Is this how you take over a company and treat your new clients? This is when I recognized I wasn't alone. I looked online and saw it was happening to other people as well. This was my introduction to Frontier. They have four different ways to contact me: my home phone, my home address, my PO BOX, and my e-mail address. They said they left me a message on my home number and mailed me a termination notice. Really??? Before or the morning after you turned off my service?

    I had been doing business with Verizon for over 15 years, I can't remember having any major situations. The only situation I had was their outrageous pricing! I tried for a year to cancel my TV with Frontier and the negotiations were stressful and absurd. It took me months and series of very intense and sometimes nasty phone calls with supervisors. Why should this be? I am paying them for services. I having been thinking of switching to Time Warner before (Spectrum). That is how bad it had gotten. Is my landline worth the abuse? Should I have to give up my landline in order to stop this abuse. No.

    This week, I called to understand why I was sent to collections and received two different bills within three days. (Typical right?) I wanted to clarify how much I owed. I am a customer who wants to take care of my payments. Their collection payment system wouldn't allow me to pay my bill online once I had the money without it being overdue = Termination!!! There was all the calculating going on in the background. If I paid on this date this would happen etc... I was so confused? I told her the date I could pay by, why was it so difficult to say, “Great thank you, we look forward to receiving your payment. We appreciate you calling,” but NO I would have to pay $4.00 extra to pay my bill over the phone?

    (Scam #1) If I agree to pay this $4.00 it felt like I was selling my soul. I was told to call back on May 9th, 2018 to set up another payment date that would allow me to not pay the $4.00. Hughh? I hung up. Should I be surprised? This is Frontier Communications everyone. Today I called back to set up my payment date so my service wouldn't be shut off tomorrow. This my second phone call, I owe $28.00 left on my bill. So I called today (phone call #2). I got a collection monster from hell. She told me I owed my full balance for this month's by May 15th or my services would be shut off.

    (Scam#2) I didn't call to discuss my bill for this month. I called to set up a payment arrangement for $28.00 that is less than 30 days past due. She wasn't even open to the scenario that the customer service representative on May 5th suggested I do. I only called back, because I was told to! I asked (the monster from hell) to transfer me to a supervisor, she said it would take 48 hours. I said, “Then you will not turn off my services before I speak to a supervisor if I can't speak to one today!” Let me remind you this is over $28.00. Frontier is willing to let you go as a customer or they wouldn't allow their representatives to treat their customers this way. Unfortunately I know this tactic of theirs because I have asked to speak to a supervisor before and NO ONE CALLED ME BACK.

    I have even asked supervisors for reference numbers concerning our agreement and they have lied and told me there is no such thing. There are reference numbers to phone calls. ASK THEM. Do you know how much they would make off of me if I had my service turned off? $33.00 and I only owe $28 and it is still not 30 days past due! I called the women a few names and hung up the phone. She suggested I call back and get another representative? Why would she do this? Why couldn't see set up in her system to not terminate my services before May 30th? So onto phone call #3. I was still fuming when I dialed the number for the third time this week. Why did I ever thinking this would be easy?

    This is Frontier right? Punishing their customers is their number one goal. Who answers my #3 call right away, but the women I spoke to earlier in the week. What the heck?? She immediately recognized my account. I told her what happened on phone call #2. She apologized a handful of times. She was absolutely wonderful. I set up the payment plan with her and hung up. While I was writing this I got a phone call from Frontier calling me about my account. I told them I already spoke to someone about my account. Could it have been the supervisor? I thought I had to wait 48 hours to speak with you? While I have plenty to say to Frontier directly, I just couldn't even have another conversation about my $28.00 that isn't even 30 days overdue.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2018

    I have had Frontier home internet service for 2 years. I have experienced having NO internet on a daily basis. They have replaced the router once and the customer service is terrible. I feel they owe me a 50% discount for the two years! Every day, and generally multiple time a day I have no service requiring a complete powering off of the router, waiting to restore the power and rechecking to see if you have internet again! No internet of the morning, no internet after 10 PM and no internet, off and on ALL day! The ICC needs to investigate their "service"! Terrible service and little customer service and the bill comes monthly REGARDLESS!!!

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    Reviewed May 9, 2018

    Worst customer I have ever dealt with. Called and canceled services today, women was very rude and kept talking over me when it came to the bill. My bill was due 5/24/18 180.00 tv, internet, phone. No matter what I said she raised her voice and talked over me. I canceled on 5/9/18. She stated I still have to pay until the 5/24/18, but I will get a little back because the phone has been transferred to another service. I was out of services for 3 days. They screwed up my order when I asked for a discount, was never reimburse for that even when they said I would. My bill for the last 3 months was 150 then to 134 and this month was 180.

    Frontier customer service is rude, transfer you, and then hang up when you ask for a manager. They tell you they don't have a manager, stay away bad news, no customer service, all they want is $$$$. That's all that matters to them, be warned if not you will learn the hard way like I did, we had Verizon Fios since 2002 then it was sold to Frontier. That's when the problems begin.

    Updated on 05/29/2018: Well again today another hassle trying to cancel a phone line that has been switched to another company. I called to cancel my account. I am paid up until 6/12/18 but she said I had to pay one month ahead, and I am paid up 'till 6/12/18, but said I still had to send in my payment. I said I'm paid up 'till 6/12/18 then she started talking over me several times and said I will receive a late payment fee, and then said they will credit my account and send me a refund. Ya right. She continued to talk over me and argue with me and I said this is the reason I am canceling my account. This place is bad. Stay away, customer service sucks. I heard Verizon is buying it back from Frontier, also heard they're in trouble for charging all those additional fees, stay away. You have been warned. I was also warned about keeping the receipt for sending back the router to Frontier, claiming they never received (good luck). You're gonna need it.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2018

    My complaint is regarding my refund for the amount of 149.04. I cancelled my Frontier services June 23, 2017. An automatic payment of 195.10 was deducted from my checking account on June 19, 2017. July 19 2017 I was billed the amount of 201.85, from June 19- July 4, 2017 my account # charged 396.96. A credit of 117.59 was added to the account after July 4, 2017, 265.09 was the adjusted charge to my account.

    I started phone, internet, and cable services with Xfinity June 23, 2017. I called about the changes and ordered return boxes for the equipment June 23, 2017. My home phone that I had for 10 years wasn't transferred over from Frontier communication to Xfinity. I was issued a number (860)438-7239 from Xfinity until the #** could be ported over from Frontier Communication. My account was in good standing upon leaving. I called customer service and ask why I was being billed so much, and I was told to ignore the bill the charges aren't correct wait one to three billing cycles for a final bill. In July 2017 I received a bill for 201.85, and I called customer service and ask why I was being billed, and I was told to ignore the bill final adjustments would be made September 23, 2017.

    In August 2017 I received a bill for 69.99 after the adjustments was made, and I called customer service and ask why I was being billed 69.99, and I was told to ignore the bill. I received a collection letter In August 2017 for the amount of 69.99. I called customer service and ask why I received the letter, and again I was told to ignore the bill. Every time I called customer service no one has been able to inform me as to why I was being billed for service I no longer had. October 1, 2017 I received a statement with the amount of 36.37 that was credited to my account after a credit of 109 was applied. I called customer service and ask how is this the amount of the refund. The customer service representative told me that the correct adjustments was made to the account and I should receive a refund of 149.04 and a detailed statement October 13, 2017. To date I still haven't received my refund of 149.04 or a detailed bill from June 19, 2017- July 3, 2017.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2018

    Signed up for bundled (TV, internet, phone) services through a special promotion ($99 per month). It is now nearly $190 per month, and that is with a $50 "customer loyalty" discount. Cannot get the slow internet resolved. Very difficult to get through to connect with a customer service person. And when one does, it's the wrong department, disconnects, retries; the last time, I talked with six people and still didn't get the right person. Gave up and tried tech support for the 2nd problem, and while a technician tried a fix to the slow internet, it was not successful. They advertise 100/100, my upload/download is half that. And periodically the WiFi doesn't work. Was hoping to get some sort of credit for all the problems, impossible to get through to a person who could address that. Plan to wait easily an hour. Really miserable experience. Arranged for new service provider. Can't come soon enough.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2018

    When I started with Frontier in 2017, I was looking to order internet for my small business. I ended up with phone (not even needed) and I did add TV. I was quoted 79.99 a month for these services which given the smallness of my business I could afford. Got my first bill of over $250.00. when I questioned what happened to the $79.99, I was told that was not correct, the correct amount was $125. I resounded by saying if that what I was quoted, I wouldn't have signed upper the service. I was also told they bill a month ahead...

    Flash forward to March of this year. I have decided to close my business due to lack thereof and the fact that I want to retire. When I called to ask how to go about closing this account... and what to do with equipment, Was told there would be a $1,000 early termination fee. So I disputed it... never heard a single word from Frontier from that March date. I called them in April, and told it was still ongoing, I did receive a VM to the regard. Still no box for equipment, and they turned off the phone, but not internet or TV.

    Called today, spoke with 2 very rude and condescending women that basically said the dispute was settled and the fees stood. How can you 'settle' something without contacting the other party involved. They referred to 'the calls' however not the initial call when I disputed the charge. And where is the $$ I paid on that first bill. I will be penning a very long letter to corporate, as it seems there are no other 'bosses' above the person I spoke to. Unbelievable. SNET, you screwed up when you sold us all out. Corporate doesn't give a damn about their customers at all.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2018

    I just got internet service installed by Frontier after exiting service from another company. What a terrible idea. Although I terminated a bundle package from the other company, I should have kept the internet service as it was flawless. Since the installation of this internet service (4-26-18), I have gotten nothing but grief. It constantly goes in and out. My landline phone service, which operates through the internet is constantly down, my son who relies on the internet to do his homework, is constantly interrupted (literally).

    In retrospect, I should have done my homework instead having it installed first. Called company numerous times and service came back on within the call, not because they did anything special, but because that's what it consistently does... go in and out. :-( Finally, it seems like my number is flagged. I called 3 times in a row, I was told by the automated operator that my call would be answered in less than five minutes, music on while I waited, then silence on the other end after 3 minutes! After 11 days, totally regretting it!

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    Reviewed May 8, 2018

    We had Frontier Communications for a while and the cable went out a lot. This meant you had no television or internet and it was very frustrating. Several times it was out for days. I had to switch companies.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2018

    I called the other night. Told them my wifi keeps going in and out. They send a tech guy out just to look at the wire. Did nothing. The guy on the phone said that he was going to give me a new router. Didn't even do that. Want me to pay for a new one. Why the ** should pay for a new one when it clearly say free router and wifi for two years? Like the worst internet company ever. I'm switch mine asap... This is **.

    I not paying for a new router that should be part of my service plan. I pay for service and you give the equipment that how ** work or why am I paying for something that not working and is clearly on your guys' end? I'm not paying for something like a new router box, you should be doing it you cheap **. I'm calling and going to cuss you the ** out. I'm not going to be nice this time. This is crazy. I'm not even getting internet if my router is going in and out every 10 mins. It's not the wire and if that part of it you should be fixing that anyways that why I'm paying you. Replace my ** router now. I'm paying for a new. This one is broken and you people need to give a new one or don't put free router & wifi then. I can't wait to drop this internet company...

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    Reviewed May 7, 2018

    Frontier Fios TV - I called and asked for a reduction in services. The customer service quoted me a reduction and my monthly charges would reduce to 102.00 per month. Service was increased and I was billed near $400 per month. I tried to appeal the issue and was run in circles. Now I'm receiving threatening letters. I have saved all written communications and would like advice on what to do to correct the situation. We've had neighborhood meetings and I'm not alone with this problem. Can you help me?

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    Reviewed May 7, 2018

    I thought that Frontier being a smaller company the customer service would be more helpful, but I was so wrong. I have to say what this company did and treated us was way worst than Xfinity-Comcast.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2018

    Frontier Communications delivered everything they advertise. The selection and quality of channels were great. But being lock into a contract in order to get saving didn't settle well.

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    Reviewed May 6, 2018

    I only receive wifi from Frontier and it is slow all the time. I have had someone to come out twice and they told me because of where I'm located there is nothing they can do.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2018

    After 3 calls to Frontier was told to call back 5/7/2018. I was offered a triple play for $95. I have 1 high definition box and 2 standard boxes. My next bill was $303.93 which included $100 for non returned equipment and $94.84 for an early termination fee. I am still a customer of Frontier so these 2 charges are incorrect. It looks like I will have to go thru a dispute with my credit card company after I have called 3 times to rectify this situation.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2018

    The frontier experience has been unbelievable at best. Starting in October 2017 I cancelled cable. I also had internet and was fine with that service. After receiving a bill for continued cable I called and called AND called. I was finally told in December that if I paid a portion of bill the account would be current (credit would be given for back dates cancellation). In Jan 2018 I received yet another bill that did NOT show credit. When I called again I was told credit was denied. WHAT? Keep in mind I was paying every month for wifi.

    After several calls I was told that the call would be pulled to verify I was telling the truth... this went on for 60 days with the credit still pending. THEN the move. I requested my wifi be transferred to new address. The first CSR said they would flip a switch and I would have wifi. Of course that didn’t happen (I questioned the CSR about how that could happen). The next call I was told “Oh no... the new Service was not done correctly and we have to come out” as it was a new order due to location. THEN when no one showed I called yet again and was told “oh no this is a transfer and needs to be processed correctly." The date for the transfer was a week. I had been without internet at the new place for almost 2 weeks. I was also told during that time that the service to previous address was not on- then was told I was still being charged. I FINALLY said just cancel. That was end of March.

    I signed up with another provider and returned Frontier equipment to store. It is now 45 days later and I have received yet another bill for 227... when I called and waited 45 min for person I was told that my request to cancel service was not processed correctly!!! So today they tell me there is an investigation to my request.

    This is a class action waiting to happen. I will lite up the Attorney General, FCC, or whatever it takes to get Frontier to do the right thing. Please do not open a service with Frontier. You will regret it deeply. Where is the consumer advocates??

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    Reviewed May 4, 2018

    Initially Frontier was not good and this was in 2016. Also I tried a lesser plan with internet only and my speed was affected horrendously! Since I went back to my normal $60 plan It functions without a hitch. So all in all I am now pleased with their service.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2018

    Indescribably unbelievably TOO much money. Stay away. Don't do it. You will be broke and you will be sorry. There's a trick in the basket of bargains, they say one thing on the phone then they tell you another on paper. Then when you tell them what price was quoted to you they say the salesperson can't tell you how much it is because they don't know!!! WHAT!!! You end up with this tremendous bill for basic cable and no movie channels. Where did it come from? Then you wonder if you're paying for your neighbor's bill or maybe the whole street. They are terrible. So my advice shop somewhere else and don't believe the hype. I've been lied to so many times and I've concluded that they are just liars and they have no souls. Run as fast as you can when you see them coming. RUN...

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    Reviewed May 3, 2018

    Super overpriced! Lots of channels but all garbage. Packages so any channels you actually want are packaged with more garbage. Internet is slow period. My DSL up north is faster.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2018

    I wish I could give Frontier a zero star rating. My Frontier experience started in February. I was told it would be $25 a month plus $25 extra the first 3 month. Okay fine. First bill came in $90.88. Took talking to 3 people to get the bill corrected (64.15) and another 3 or 4 to cancel the service. Get another bill the following month for $80.29 call and they said they would dispute it and to disregard the bill. Next month comes and another bill for $90.28 comes in. Call them about it wait 40 minutes to talk to someone and get nothing accomplished.

    I have called literally at least once a week to see if the dispute has finished. Nope. And better yet when I call they say I owe $160. But yet the "bill" says $90. Here I am 3 months after asking them to cancel it still trying to get it taken care of because I am not paying for something that has been shut off. I would not recommend Frontier to my enemy. One person says the dispute should take a day. One says a month. One says it's going to take 3 months before my account is actually "closed."

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    Reviewed May 2, 2018

    Unsafe situation left for weeks and weeks - I had ordered their service over the phone and they sent a technician out to install a fiber optic cable from the box in the street to my service panel. When the technician opened the Manhole cover he broke it. He put some little flags around it and it has been like that ever since. A different technician came to hook up the system and when I found out the details of the agreement were different than what we agreed upon over the phone, I decided not to utilize their service. I am not sure if this had an effect on why the unsafe situation outside or not, but did want to paint the complete picture for accuracy.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2018

    I want to express how absolutely horrible Frontier’s customer service is. I enrolled with Frontier on 4-8-18 for TV, internet, phone. The service person, who I now know didn’t know what she was doing, set me up with a DirecTV package for installation on Thursday 4-12-18 telling me this would be a small dinner plate sized satellite dish I could place anywhere in my home. I stayed home from work for this install only to find out it is a large tire sized dish to be installed on the outside of my home, which I can't do. I had to turn the technician away. First work/vacation day wasted because of Frontier incompetence. Also, it was an ordeal to cancel the DirecTV account because their customer service people are as incompetent as Frontier.

    I decided that I will go without TV since I barely watch it anyway. Next was to have internet/phone service installed Wednesday 4-18-18. The technician arrives and wonders why I am not getting FIOS since it is available because all he can do is DSL and it is very slow. Now I’m wondering why FIOS wasn’t offered. The technician sets me up with DSL & phone saying I can upgrade to FIOS after this. When he left the phone had a dial tone. However, this is my 2nd wasted day, because now to get FIOS I have to take a 3rd day off work when that should have been offered to begin with.

    I didn’t use my phone until two days later, 4-20-18 only to find now I have no dial tone. I call Frontier support and am told that a ticket has been placed for repair, but she’ll get me set up for the FIOS upgrade on 4-26-18. So, Thursday 4-26-18 I take a 3rd day off work for the FIOS installation. My phone is still not working. The technician arrives to install FIOS only to tell me there is no fiber optic drop to hook up to. That first that needs to be installed, then he can come back and put FIOS in my house. He leaves. I am absolutely furious. There's no way I am taking a 4th day off work for these **. I call Frontier support and say, just cancel the FIOS upgrade and fix my bloody phone. I’ll keep the DSL and phone, but just fix the phone. Support tells me my phone will get an expedited fix by 5 p.m. on Friday 4-27-18.

    I get home from work Friday 4-27-18 at 6:30 p.m. My phone has a dial tone. I call the number from my cell to be sure it works. But, I get a busy signal. I pick up both my home phones to find there is no tone again, just dead. I can’t believe this. I call support again and am told my phone is to get fixed on Tuesday 5-1-18. I’m furious. By now I am 10 days without phone service, they’ve wasted 3 of my work days, I’ve gotten nothing but misinformation and runaround talking to numerous people (each call requires talking to 2 or more people getting shuffled around). What is the matter with this company?! Additionally, support seems to still think I’m getting a FIOS. I tell them NO, I want that canceled. There has been enough screw up over FIOS, just fix the phone and keep the DSL.

    If this isn’t bad enough, every time I talk to support they ask for my account number, which I don’t know what it is because no one can tell me when I ask. I can’t even check my account online without it. It’s ridiculous. When I go online to check trouble ticket status it won't let me either unless it can call me with a confirmation number...which they can't do because the phone doesn't work! So, Saturday 4-28-18 I decide to try Frontier's chat support online to see if I get better luck figuring out what the hell is going on. But the chat function doesn’t even work properly. The “next” button to initiate chat doesn’t work without trying multiple times.

    Finally I get someone on the chat. Now I'm told the phone is to get fixed on Monday 4-30-18. But, they think I’m still getting FIOS. I say, NO, I want FIOS canceled, just fix the phone. At this point I'm thinking I want to cancel Frontier altogether and go back to Xfinity, but Frontier now has my phone number hostage and Xfinity can’t re-instate it while Frontier has it all goofed up. This service person supposedly actually canceled the FIOS, but tells me to check back in 24 hours to verify. Why do I need to verify? Why can't I have confidence they did it right?

    So, I go to try the chat again after 24 hours, but it doesn’t work. Holy cow. Should I call support only to get jostled around from one person to another who doesn't have a clue what they're doing? And told again that I have a FIOS install coming up that I want canceled? What about my phone? Now I am 11 days without phone service. What a joke.

    So I try chat again a little later and, ok, now it works... but guess what, no the FIOS install was not canceled. And they tell me they can't fix my phone because it was disconnected in preparation to get FIOS. I said I tried to cancel the FIOS several days ago and my phone was supposed to be fixed in the meantime anyway. I tell them, ok, this is enough, I want my entire service canceled altogether. They tell me they can't do it on chat, I have to call customer service. So I try to call customer service but they are closed. I decide to try their Facebook page to send a message. Wow, someone answers and escalates my case to an account manager.

    The next day, surprisingly the account manager contacts me. I say I want all my service canceled, account closed, and my phone number released so Xfinity can pick it back up. She tries to tell me I'll have a final bill and I say I don't think Frontier should charge me for anything after all the hassle they've put me through... lost work and ridiculous amount of time on the phone getting jerked around, not to mention no phone service. She also says my phone isn't connected, so Xfinity can't port in to get it unless it is connected. Then I say "well can you just connect it then so they can do that? Why isn't it connected by now anyway? It's been 13 days with no service!"

    So, as of this writing supposedly a ticket is put in again to connect it. Then I'll have to pay for the service as long as it takes for Xfinity to get it back. Then I can only pray they cancel it promptly after Xfinity is up and running again and don't end up with billing horror stories like some people. Absolutely horrendous. I know some people are getting their livelihood from working for Frontier, but this company should not exist.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2018

    Service is disrupted constantly and Frontier refuses to complete fiber optic network as promised. Bills are higher than originally quoted ($250/month) but without fiber optic Internet service is slow, phone calls are dropped frequently and TV stops and/or is scratchy/inconsistent and recordings are lost/incomplete.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2018

    We recently moved from our home after being with Verizon/Frontier for more than 10 years. We no longer needed internet so we terminated our service. It turns out they terminated us 1 day earlier than requested, over Thanksgiving week-end so we were left without internet. When we called in to report the error they reinstated the internet for one additional day but had to do it under a new account. We were assured we would only be billed for 1 day and there would not be a monthly fee or reconnect fee because of the error. All went well, last bills were paid in full, old and new account by end of December. In January we started getting a bill for $50 with no explanation of the bill whatsoever.

    I immediately called in and we assured by the associate it was to be credited and was billed in error. February the same bill arrived again, I called again (calling in is at least a 20-30 minute unpleasant experience every time). I was again assured to ignore the bill and it would be resolved. I did not get another bill but received a letter from a debt collector in April demanding payment of the $50 or to face bad credit reporting (Credit Control Corporation in Newport News, VA). I called Frontier again and spent 40 minutes on the phone with Michael (he refused to give me his last name) - He tried for 40 minutes to get to the bottom of the charge but could not explain it.

    He said he would pass it on to one of his managers to resolve and someone should get back to me. I also called the Credit Control company to let them know that Frontier are not able to explain the charge. They called me back a week later to say that the amount was due and that it was for a full month charge - I have paid the bill for fear of bad credit reporting and clearly to try and get this resolved with a highly incompetent company was no longer worth my effort and time for $50, but I am extremely unhappy and have been treated extremely unfairly with zero explanation or effort to contact me by Frontier.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2018

    Closed my account 11 weeks ago (2/13/18) and they owe me $13. I have not received a credit yet and they are telling me to wait another 2-3 weeks for a debit card to arrive. This is an unreasonable and unfair business practice regardless of the amount of the refund due. I will not do business with this company and support this type of poor customer treatment ever again. A company does not have the right to hold your funds for this long after cancelling service but this IS THEIR SYSTEM! Unacceptable.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2018

    I called Frontier Communications on 4/10 to request a New Battery Backup battery for my FIOS. I received on 4/17 a case for D Cell batteries and charged $30.00? I called on 4/21 requesting the correct square Battery in which after speaking for over an hour and a half it was supposedly ordered correctly. On 4/23 I received another $30.00 D-Cell Battery case??? I called on 4/23 and was passed around to several departments/people in which when I requested a supervisor, I would be put on hold, or told there was no supervisor, even a customer service person tried to pretend to be a supervisor in which I called them out and was disconnected!!! When I called back another woman said she was sending me the correct battery and a "return kit".

    Today, 4/30, I called yet again speaking to a lovely supervisor in collections, (I refuse to pay my bill for service I do not have, till this gets resolved). She transferred me to a man in tech support, who disconnected me when I asked to speak to a supervisor? I called back once more and got Jasmin who even asked for my callback number. I answered all her questions and requested to speak to a supervisor in which she put me on hold then once again disconnected my call!!! Just today alone I spent 2+ hours and once more NO HELP!!! The customer service personnel have no clue on how working from home without internet impedes on my work. I go to Starbucks to use the internet while I am billed at my home for NO Service!

    Updated on 05/03/2018: Today, 5/2 I received my 3rd $30.00 D-Cell Battery case??? These people are clueless to what they should know about their products, conduct etc. I called Customer service for the 5th time in 30 days, only to get tossed around and offered unsolicited, the phone number to the office of the president! I called that number expecting as an elevated level of service and assistance. Boy, was I mistaken!!! I spoke to Jenny in the office of the president, who after looking over my account of all the mistakes Frontier had made, she advised me that, "She was a single mother with two kids who when her own battery backup battery started buzzing, she went to a Batteries Plus store and bought a battery backup battery and fixed it herself."

    In other words, she was advising me that Frontier is not capable of sending a battery to me, I should go elsewhere instead of waiting for a simple service from Frontier??? That is some kind of screwed up advice from the Office of the President!!! I have never been so offended and appalled by such a ** up company as Frontier Communications. They should be closed down.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2018

    Landline phone service is really bad. Lots of static and noise. High speed internet service is really no speed internet service, hard to sign on, and crashes often. Have to reboot several times and often get "no internet connection" page.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2018

    Frontier, as well as all other TV providers I have ever used, do not offer any good customer service. All such companies take your money and increase fees as early as possible. I have not had any paid TV service provider in more than one year.

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    Reviewed April 30, 2018

    Service is extremely reliable (only been down 2 times in 5 yrs). But their customer service is horrible, wait time to get a CSR is extremely long and when you do get through they will transfer to a different dept because they cant help you, not their dept... Will not work with anyone.

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    Reviewed April 29, 2018

    I was told I would be receiving a modem that ran 12mbps and hooked up with a coaxial cable. I got a 3mbps modem that hooked up to a phone line. In addition to that I was promised a Amazon Prime card that never came. They will not stop sending me bills after several calls. They got everything wrong and now want my money for their lies. So now this is being sent to collections to bully me into paying. Don't get involved with these savages.

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    Reviewed April 29, 2018

    This company quotes prices, won't send emails on what was quoted then change the offer, they don't respond in timely manner when you call. They are the most dishonest company I have ever used. They have a good line up and were great when they were Verizon. The gave me a discount for a year then I pay the lower cost. Discount disappears again, they put it back on restarting the year. This has happened twice in the last 6 months. Wery deceitful company. I wish they would send emails of what offer they promise so you could have a reference but they won't which makes them scary.

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    Reviewed April 29, 2018

    Frontier works in spurts with neighbors up and down our street dealing ok to complaints every week. We have no other options if you want internet with no limits. Options is what we all need.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2018

    It's a total disaster after Frontier took over for Verizon in Texas. Appointments missed, service constantly going down, calls not returned, phone not answered, many service calls that never fixed the problems, blamed everything on Verizon.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2018

    Frontier likes to overprice. One day your bill will be 177.00 and the next month it is up to 257.00. Wow. Money hungry company. And no one knows nothing.

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    Reviewed April 27, 2018

    Frontier frequently overbills my account and has an UnAmerican policy of disconnecting without clear notice on forms, and without verbal notice by service reps. California PUC refused to review the verbal evidence on the recorded call cheating me out of a fair hearing. Disconnects need clearly entitled notices, not sneaky service sales puppets drumming up revenue with malicious disconnects. Lawsuit badly needed for seniors and disabled citizens sniped out of phone and internet. These Trumpsters need legal orders to provide clearly distinguishable disconnect NOTICE boldly printed IN The TITLE of any notice of disconnect, and clearly stated at the beginning of any agent calls for collection.

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    Reviewed April 27, 2018

    I received a replacement set top box which I was unable to connect due to required PIN number which I did not have. My son called to obtain said PIN # however he was told this would require an in home visit. The next available appointment was five days out. I called today to request proration and was adamantly DENIED. So I should pay rental fees on a non-operational set top box? I don't think so... This company is delusional!

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    Reviewed April 26, 2018

    I'd give zero stars if it was an option. The long story short of all the below text is that after nearly six months of being promised an upgrade, we are told today that it was never an option and there are no plans in the works that will allow the needed service in our area. We have lived at this address for years, we are aware it is remote and our attempts to get upgraded internet have been unsuccessful. In moving out here to care for my Grandpa, I needed more reliable internet to allow me to work from home so we reached out to Frontier, our established service provider, in December of 2017. We gave our accurate address and made the representative aware of previous issues with internet availability, he assured us he could get our service upgraded using bonded lines and we will be at 7 mbps up and 10 mbps down.

    So we scheduled our appointment and took time off work to come to Lancaster, CA from Las Vegas, NV to accommodate the setup. We told the representative several times to call my cell number as my Grandpa does not want to hear about internet, he confirmed that he had added that note and yet we never received a call. Day of the appointment, no show from the tech. We called and the representative says they called the house number, after we told them not to, to tell us that the lines in our area are not up to par and another service needs to be done prior to the install. We approve all of this and ask for an updated appointment, take more time off work, ask to be called on my cell number and are told that we will receive a confirmation call 48 hours prior to the service.

    No call this time either, so the day before I am supposed to drive 3 1/2 hours to CA for this service I call in to Frontier and am told that the appointment was cancelled because the upgrade to the main lines still were not completed... At this point we are in late January and they are still yanking us around, telling us they can do the service, will do the service, etc. We finally have a tech to the house, he starts the "upgrade" and at the end tells me that we will be seeing 3 mbps up and 5 mbps down, problem is that is the same service I had before. Explain that to the tech and tell him what I was told by the CS rep regarding the bonded lines, he tells me that the appropriate lines are not laid in our area to accommodate that service. He calls in to his central dispatch, tells them the issue and makes all necessary notes on our account.

    I call in afterwards to determine whether they are actually running any of the needed upgrades in our area, the reps tells us yes, they are working on it and they hope to have that available by mid to late February, I say sign me up. Fast forward to February 26th, the tech shows up and tells me, yet again, that the wires in our area are not upgraded to accommodate the bonded lines. He makes the necessary account notes and apologizes profusely for the misunderstanding. Let me say here that of all my experiences, the techs that do the actual work are phenomenal and so understanding and sympathetic.

    Anyway, one more call to CS, they say something to the effect of "Oh, our bad, we didn't realize where you are and that we don't have that kind of service available out there." REALLY? This house has been here since 1956 and we have had the same phone number since 1972 approx. We have been handed off from one service provider to another as they change over, we have never changed a thing and have always provided the full account information when requesting service.

    Anyway, March rolls around, we receive a call from Frontier that services are being upgraded in our area and are we interested. Of course we are, if they are in fact going to be available. Relay all the previous challenges to the CS rep, am once again assured that we will be able to receive bonded lines with speeds at 15 up and 20 down as they are upgrading the whole area. Great! Make the appointment again for April 26th. See an engineer in a Frontier truck out at the phone poles in our area, gives me hope. Chat with him, he confirms they are working on an upgrade, goes out of his way to check our lines, makes sure our port is in order etc. I'm hopeful.

    Today, April 26th, same tech from February 26th shows up, walks into the yard and flat out says "We still don't have the service in your area". I tell him about the engineer, he calls in, checks around and confirms that we are still not up to par and will not be receiving the upgrade. My main qualm is being lied to over and over again about the availability of this service. I will be cancelling my service with Frontier and happily spending more than triple what I pay currently for the same exact same, low speed service with another company.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2018

    When I moved from FL to SC last month, I called all my utility providers to cancel services as of Apr 3/18. 30-days later, my credit card was charge for the entire month (for service from Apr 1 thru Apr 30) for Frontier Internet services. When I called to correct the problem, they told me "it was in the fine print" (i.e. that I'd be charged an entire billing cycle). And they do NOT credit the pro-rated amount back!! WTH!? When I asked them if they thought it was OK to charge me for 27-days of Internet service even after they confirmed I did not have access to use the service (since they had also confirmed that they had received my router back), all they could say was "it was written in your contract". I've since spoke with two "supervisors" with no resolution. One supervisor even told me it was OK for them to do that "because they are approved by the FCC". That made me feel so much better... NOT.

    This is unethical and wrong! I can't believe they're getting away with blatant customer rip offs... and the government is allowing them to do so??? DON'T USE FRONTIER. BTW... I had used Comcast for Television at the same residence. They were HAPPY to credit ANY days not used and pro-rated the bill. AND had a local store nearby to return my equipment. Frontier made me wait 5 days for them to FedEx a cardboard box to my home to return the router. When this happened I asked myself "how do they stay in business like that?" Now I understand. They rip you off by double-charging the last month of billing. that should help their bottom line right? Hey all you class action attorneys. Go get these guys!

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    Reviewed April 25, 2018

    This company fraudulently charge and gained access to a credit card account I gave to a different internet provider. They claimed I signed up for technical support services. I never requested or contacted this company. They refused to refund and told me file fraud charges which I have. I am still trying to figure out if the other company compromised my information or if they were hacked.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2018

    Back in November, 2017, we decided to change our internet provider owing to poor service and expense. Our contract was due to expire on Feb 2018 so we waited until then in order to create a 'clean break'. At the time of cancellation I was informed we had a 'credit' which would be paid to us with 90 days of cancellation. Within the month I got a notice of the credit owed, but on the same day received a bill for one month service towards an account that had no previous reference.

    Yesterday I called Frontier and it was confirmed we are to receive and credit check, but the service agent couldn't explain the other 'bill' which now shows we owe double the original amount!!! I now have confirmation that others in our area have had similar issues with 'cancellation' from Frontier Comm. and in one case credit issues and collection agencies have been involved. As near as I can tell this is a major issue having to do with Frontiers more extreme accounting practices that have recently made the headlines... So watch this space, this could get ugly.

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    Reviewed April 24, 2018

    I wish I had the opportunity to review Frontier's product, but we didn't even get that far! I will review just the "becoming a new customer" process that I experienced. Put shortly, Frontier quoted me an unusually long time to install service; did not inform me of delays regarding local infrastructure changes their engineers needed to do, delaying install further; did not contact me about this delay; did not contact me after the missed installation date; and quoted me another 2 weeks to install when I contacted support. Frontier has a very nice sales team; I was really impressed with their knowledge and even thought to write a positive review about the experience. The major downside about that part was an original install date a little over a month from when I called. I really wanted to get away from Spectrum, so I was willing to wait despite the unusually long wait time.

    Fast forward, and that install date comes and goes. I waited a few days for Frontier to contact me, but never received a call, email, or otherwise. I contacted support to see what's up, and I was told that their engineers needed to do some local work to enable the service in my area. This is understandable, but I was irked that they didn't inform me of this; I felt duped by the sales team. Moving on (history can't be changed), I asked for a new install date and was quoted another date 2 weeks out. At this point, I've been without Internet service at my house for 5 weeks; I was not going to wait another 2. I stated that this date is unacceptable, so the service rep started looking for a new date. This took what seemed like an hour (I wasn't timing it), only to be informed that the date I was already quoted was the earliest.

    At this point, I felt like their customers really weren't important to them. Mistakes happen, but I expect them to be corrected; this was not a correction. I knew that I would not want to deal with this sort of "resolution" for future support, so I canceled my account. Frontier feels very unprofessional; they seem to represent the very epitome of what people think of when considering "bad ISPs." Frontier has significant competition in my area too; I do not understand their lackadaisical attitude toward enabling a new customer with a 2-year contract. With all this said, I do want to say that the support rep I talked with was professional and helpful. This is 100% a review of the company, not their support department.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 22, 2018

    I called early Saturday morning because my internet was not working. After staying on the phone for 45 minutes I was told that they would have to send a technician out to fix the problem. When they gave me my appointment I was appalled at the timeframe it takes to send some out to work on the problem. They did not give me an appointment until Tuesday between 9-12 pm. I asked why it took so long & was informed they do not work on the weekend. This is unacceptable in my book. Later in the afternoon on Saturday my TV quit working also. I called back again & was informed that the problem was at the main box outside & could not be fixed until Tuesday.

    This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. Why wouldn't you have weekend crews working for outages? They have someone answering the calls 24/7 but do not have weekend crews. Any other company that I have used in the past - AT&T, Charter, Time Warner have all come out on the weekend to fix a problem. At least they all came on Saturday. I then asked to speak to billing to get a credit for the days I would be completely without service & was told that until they came out they could not give me a credit. Again I do understand why a credit can't be issued for the days they know I am going to be without service. I was told I had to call back that it would not be automatically applied to my account. WOW - sorry but this is the worst customer service I have ever encountered. When my contract is up I will be looking for a different company to do business with!!

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    Reviewed April 21, 2018

    First, after I got my first invoice I found 2 items I didn't order them. I called to ask for a refund. The representative was not helpful until I asked to speak to supervisor then she hanged up on me and never got hold of a supervisor. Then I called again a different person answered. I filed a complaint and got promised a supervisor will call me which never happened. Today I called as I got my new invoice and again items I didn't order added to it. Also when I signed up they told me there is an offer for one year from Amazon prime after I waited for 3 months. They told me it was before I signed up and they can't do anything about it. I have all the names of all people I spoke to. Supervisor she said, "I can't help you." I don't know how a big company promised then broke up their offers. It's really ridiculous and unacceptable.

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Jan increased their star rating on April 29, 2018.

    Updated review: April 29, 2018

    Well, I'm happy to report that Lianne from Frontier's Social Media Team contacted me and has resolved my problems, as expressed in my previous review, with customer support issues to my satisfaction. We have a clean slate going forward with Frontier, so I am amending my previous complaint to say that I am now satisfied with the results. It's still unfortunate it came to this point, but reassuring that someone listens and complaints are not taken lightly.

    Original Review: April 20, 2018

    We were switched to Frontier by Verizon automatically approx 2 years ago and right away our internet speed went downhill. We finally decided to switch to a company that could bundle our services (not available through Frontier in our area) and called to cancel our service. We had just received a letter letting us know that our promotion was expiring in less than 30 days and to call if we wanted to see what was available. To our amazement we just received a bill demanding not only our last month (of which we had cancelled halfway through) but also $124 early termination fee!!! We were not in a contract with them and explained this to the extremely rude woman in customer service who told us we should have "assumed" we were in a contract and would have to pay the early termination fee, plus it was not the person's job who took our cancellation of service phone call to inform us of such a fee.

    Additionally she would not let us talk to her supervisor, nor would she connect us with the survey which was offered to us and which I requested to take; instead she hung up on us. Positively the rudest, most unethical company we have ever encountered. We will never ever recommend this company to anyone we know. They definitely lie by omission - terrible, terrible company and quite possibly the worst service provider around!

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    Reviewed April 19, 2018

    In December just changed my bill from $35.00 to $49. I cancelled on March 13 and they charged me for the whole month, I was 3 days in to a new billing. He told me I never called in to complain about my internet not working. This is the worst company I have ever had.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2018

    The games this company plays and the lengths that it goes to in order to add on sneaky services or have the simplest issue resolved is mind-blowing. Never less than an hour on the phone and switched between MULTIPLE people. Insanity and the issues are rarely resolved. Absolutely hate this company. It must be in the training to screw with folks endlessly.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2018

    Unfortunately I have been a Frontier customer for 9 years and have had nothing but 9 years of problems and headaches with these people. Constant problems with static on the line, people I call cannot hear me, overbilling, and more. Nothing but problems. And getting a tech out? They book you 3 weeks out. Last summer I had no service for 3 weeks. They said they would credit me, but never did. They billed me the full amount for the month anyways. It's literally been a nightmare dealing with them.

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    Anshul increased rating by 4 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Anshul increased their star rating on May 10, 2018.

    Updated review: May 10, 2018

    Even though it took a while but Frontier worked with me and resolved everything, they even have me some monetary credit for all the inconvenience that has caused. I really appreciate they resolving it. I would say this was a one off and i wish to stay with frontier for as long as I can.

    Special thanks to Lianne (Account Manager) for fixing this.

    Original Review: April 17, 2018

    I am a very new customer, hardly 15 days in. Many things went wrong with Frontier: Bill says more than they said the plan will cost. Charging for equipment when they said they won't. Even if I cancelled a service after using for 10 days, they want me to pay for the whole month. Extremely RUDE, with no intention to help. They only wanna make MONEY saying lies. Thanks.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2018

    I couldn't believe it, Jason (in collections) started off being very kind. I explained I never got a bill until after I got disconnected. Jason, search my payment history, noted I was late in March and in May, Never mentioned I paid forward since October last year until this year. I let him know I was in agreement to make a payment plus the $ 20.00 re-connection fee. However, as I was explaining why it was possible I never got a bill until this past weekend "Jason" hung up on me. I have NEVER encountered such RUDENESS in any business.

    Of course I called back to pay my bill, however, I will very soon be cancelling this business. I just need to make sure they won't try any funny business with a person. Like I NEVER liked VERIZON from the beginning, BUT because of where I live, I didn't have a choice , now, it will soon be,,, Bye,,, Bye,,, Verizon (undercover) Frontier, (same bad customer service), BUT I must say, Janille, Corey (even though I had to pay an extra $4.50 for his personal care -- even though I explained that when I tried to pay online "it wouldn't take my payment" it said I had to call in) and Jamman was kind. (she worked in customer care services) God Bless them, I'm still going to have to let them go, No stars for Jason, and 4 stars for everyone else...(smile)

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    Reviewed April 16, 2018

    Cancelled my service, 4 days into it, then was told several times over 2 months to wait to pay until 3rd billing cycle, then they sent it to collections whom told me they don't do 4 days. They bill for all 30. So instead of paying $14 like Frontier said I would, I had to pay $56!!! Liars. That's all they are! And I cancelled my service because I wasn't getting any service! Please stay away! Seriously! Save yourself the lies and hassle.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2018

    Wow is all I can say. I called In February wanting internet. They said they could come out and install sometime in March. I thought that was a long time but ok. I wanted 12mbps they said ok. On the day they were supposed to come they called and said they can only do 6. Well I didn’t want that. So they didn’t come that day. I was on the phone for 45 minutes. She finally said she could do two 6 modems. I said, "Fine. If that works I’ll do it." Ok but now my date moved to May 11! I was pissed but ok fine.

    Then they called me saying they could move my date up so I was excited and said, "Ok cool!" April 7. That day came and nobody showed up. I called back and asked and she said it was coming in the mail. What?! No one told me that. And plus I thought someone was coming to install it. I don’t know how to hook things up and all that. So I was pissed again. So it comes 5 days late. I try and hook it up and the internet light never comes on. It’s not working. I call again. He said he would send someone out that Friday from 8-12. So I don’t go to breakfast with my family. No one ever showed up! So I call again. She tries to help me over the phone to fix the problem. Didn’t work. So she said she would send someone else. I said, "Y’all already said that and no one came." She said she was sorry and that wouldn’t happen again. I was on hold and I got disconnected or hung up on. So I'm Done with them! I’ll get my internet from someone else.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2018

    Call for service and set up direct billing at start of service. Technician did not show up for the service date (waited the entire day and called several times). Finally was told there was a mistake the account set up. They "corrected" it and the service date was reset. Got service and all was okay for a couple of months. Came back from out of town and service was disconnected for lack of payment. However my account was paid in full when I contacted them. Seems when the customer service rep "corrected" the problem, they actually set up another account. I now had two accounts for the same residence and for the same service. One being paid and one not paid. So they disconnected the service.

    At this point I had about 12 hours invested in just trying to get internet in an apartment that required no wiring or any equipment because the equipment was already installed from the last tenant. I asked them to cancel my account and they agreed that due to the complications and treatment the account was canceled. They also confirmed that there was no past due amount. However, I continued to get bills. And finally received a collection notice. So, I relented and call them again. Explained what had happened to another representative (probably the 6 or 7 person I had talked to at Frontier).

    They went through the checks and confirmed that the account was canceled and that I should not owe any money for past service. Actually, I should have demanded they refund the $75 installation fee. The guy was there for 5 minutes to confirm it was already installed and working and, I only had service about 2 months because they suspended my service on an account that was paid and without even a call or e-mail to confirm what was the issue.

    I have now explained the poor service multiple times to multiple people and have been told twice that I should owe nothing. Now I am getting offers to clear this issue from my credit report. So it seems that Frontier or its collectors has reported that I owe a debt. The amount is insignificant at $140. But, I have made all my payments and do not owe Frontier anything. They know that the consumer has no means of defense against their claims of nonpayment. Even though I have been told twice by Frontier that I am paid in full and they canceled the service due to my poor treatment without any cancelation fees.

    Now I have a negative report on my credit that I am sure they believe I will pay just to clear it from the report. I will not pay it. I owe nothing. And will find a way to correct this issue without allowing them to extort money from me to make it go away. I hate Frontier. Their customer service is horrible. Now they are being a bully and trying to force me to double pay because they are incompetent and set up two accounts for my residence. It is simply unbelievable.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2018

    I was Frontier customer for a few years. Their service was going bad and no more kids at home so I have decided to switch service to other provider. I talked to Alrhon on December 12th, 2017 around 1:45 PM to terminate my service from next billing cycle. He offered me a new upgraded package at lower price for 12 months, if I continue with them.

    Here what package was included. 1. FIOS 50/50 to FIOS 75/75 Internet. 2. FIOS TV channel package Upgraded from Prime to Ultimate HD, 400+ channels and 175 HD channels with Premium channels Like HBO, Showtime, Epix, Cinemax. 3. DVR box FOR $113.98/Month INCLUDING TAX WITH NO EARLY Termination Fee. Now they are charging me $162.63/Month including tax. I called them few times and they said they will change it back. As of today, they have not done anything that to include today's phone call for over 37 minutes, concluded with "There is nothing we can do, someone will call you back." That was operator - Justin # **.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2018

    I was put on a 1-year agreement for internet, voice, TV only to find out that they decided not to use that promotion anymore after one month of me being on it. How can they do this? They take away my agreement but if I was to cancel on my agreement it would have cost me an arm and a leg. I can see why some channels do not want to work with this company. Very sad. I have tried to like them for several years now, but am tired of having to spend my time each month reviewing my agreement with them. Somehow they blame us, the consumer, for not fully understanding them changing their minds whenever.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2018

    We joined Frontier Communications in September of last year. They had promised free DVD for our two year contract. That promise only lasted two months and then they started billing for the DVD. They have a call center in NC and these people said they would correct the problem but it never happened. Frontier just keeps adding to the bill. Last week our second modem broke and they sent us a new one. After many calls with technical support we still could not get the second TV working. We had a problem with pairing and they said to use a paper clip in back to reset the modem. When that did not work I finally asked for a technician and sure enough they charged us for a service call. It was their equipment that failed and we got a bill for it. They have poor service and when the contract is up we are not renewing it.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2018

    Frontier Internet is an incompetent service. Poor internet quality, goes down for weeks at a time, takes at least two weeks for a service call and they make you pay for their non working terrible service. Customer service is not allowed to make full refunds if you get one and it takes months to receive according to others' reviews. I DO Not Recommend this service provider.

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    George increased rating by 2 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, George increased their star rating on April 20, 2018.

    Updated review: April 20, 2018

    After some initial problems getting my service setup, Frontier has made everything right as promised. They seem committed to customer satisfaction and correcting their current less than exemplar image. I am very satisfied.

    Original Review: April 11, 2018

    When I changed cable providers, I read the reviews for Frontier Communications. I couldn’t believe any company could be that bad. Their promises for services and low price were so good, I took a gamble. Unfortunately the reviews were right. They honestly deserve a minus 5 Star rating. They lie. After the installation the services were not as promised, and every time got a problem address, the monthly cost went up. Don’t do what I did. Believe this review. Run the other way as fast as you can.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2018

    They charge you to change over service in the event of someone's death. My father passed and they are charging almost $60 even if we provide a death certificate. They are making profit at a time of grief, this isn't a choice to switch it into someone else's name, it's legally necessary. They are SCUM. Not business ethics or human decency. They shouldn't be allowed to operate.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2018

    Frontier blatantly stole from me. They have also done the same to many in my area. Worst thing is... we have no other choice for internet!! And no one will do anything about it!! I filed BBB. I filed FCC. I cannot believe Frontier is allowed to steal from customers and does on a regular basis... and NO ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT!! Truly unbelievable. I pray one day it will all be addressed. Frontier's business practices are absolutely illegal. And shady at best. Yet no one can do a thing about it!!! It is criminal... and I do not know why or how they are allowed to blatantly steal money!!

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    Reviewed April 11, 2018

    I have been with Frontier for almost 1 year now (no other phone company in the area) and they have shut off my parent's phone service 3 times without notification. Their systems reflect bad information outstanding balance which is comprised of late fees (because they are not able to get my address right to send me a bill) and reconnection fees (because they shut off service) and as a result they shut off my elderly parent's phone without any notice.

    Each time I call customer service the call is no less than 45 minutes (I am having to call them every 2 weeks lately) and they bounce me around between customer service, collections, representative, supervisor. I was on the phone today ready to be transferred to the supervisor's supervisor (after speaking with 6 other people). When the call reached over 2 hours and I was on hold yet again, I lost patience and hung up. At this point, the phone was shut off today and I was not able to speak to anyone today who could turn it back on and so I will try again tomorrow. My elderly parents remain without phone service. Heartbreaking.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2018

    Frontier Cable/Fios is a joke. 45 min into a phone call they tell me they don't offer vacation mode in my neighborhood. And you wonder why wait times are so long? The poor folks that work in the GA call center are not even enabled with basic info to do their job. Now trying to shut down my account and they can't help me, and want me to call ANOTHER # and go thru this on hold trout again. Nope. Their web portal is useless, and the CHAT DOES NOT WORK. I've tried it numerous times over last 1.5 hrs. ** is my act # if anyone at Frontier would like to step up and make this right. If so, I would certainly respect them.

    Now trying to talk to a supervisor but on hold again forever and forever 20 min later and no help. At least the advertisements they play while in this holding pattern are turned off, sparing me some brain cells. After 1hr 17min disconnected service. I was able to talk to a good person at a different dept by calling back that was able to give me correct info and support the shutdown. What a puzzle palace. UPDATE - called them twice. Trying to get service re-connected. It's such a mess. I went back to Spectrum... and now that I have talked to friends, it is CLEAR to me that Frontier is a mess.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2018

    Frontier is the absolute worst internet company there is. They lie to us every time we need them to hook us up. The last time we needed them to come hook up our internet it took them like 3 or 4 weeks to finally come after they had said they would come I don't know how many times. Then the last few months they kept trying to charge me extra fees like a re-connect fee even though I wasn't disconnected. Now, we just recently moved and they had said they would come April 3rd. No show no call. Called them and they said someone tried to call me (Nope, didn't happen and if I did miss a call they never left a message) and they were saying they didn't want to come until they talked to us because we can only get 2 mbps instead of the 24 that we had. Okay, sure we will try it and see how it goes since there really are no other options.

    So then they were supposed to come today and I got a call saying they couldn't confirm my order because we can only get 2 mbps at the new house blah blah blah. I already talked to someone about this. Two people two different times actually. So now what, they want to come in another week?! We are done with them. They have never come the first or even second time they say they will. People depend on them to do what they say they will and there is always an excuse. If you have ANY other option than Frontier go with that one.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2018

    I wished I would have read the reviews before signing up with Frontier. They were deceitful when quoting me a price for internet service. I was told that my bill would be $55.00 per mo, with no installation fee if I signed up for home phone and internet. My first bill was $199.00: when I tried to correct the problem, I was on the phone for 1 hr and 20 mins. I would not recommend this provider.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2018

    I started our Frontier Internet & Phone in 2015. I was told that I could get the Frontier Broadband Ultra package & get internet speeds of up to 12 Mbps. I signed up for this package. For the 1 year I was able to get download speeds of better than 5 Mbps, but never 12 Mbps. In 2017 I lost internet and phone service & had to have a technician come to the house to replace a switch on the service box outside the house. All inside lines and filters were fine. Now I can't even get 5 Mbps download speeds and I'm still being charged for 12 Mbps. How can I stop Frontier from lying about what a customer can expect to receive?

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    Reviewed April 7, 2018

    3.8 Mbps speeds at best replaced all wires inside house to outside work. One their lines 4x reprogrammed, modem 2x and replaced 1x 3.8 at best. Home-Tech made false accusations to police CPS. Spent multiple hrs on phone. More than half the time no service waste. Their supervisor stated would waive all disconnect fees and early termination. Never did even billed for month after disconnecting. And this month extra 152 early termination. After I paid months for service not working right and not getting fixed decided not to pay since service was never working properly. Told them wasn't paying 'til fixed after incident with Home-Tech. Told supervisor Mike as soon as yr up I was never coming back. Still trying for service to be fixed. He offered waiving those. Never again.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2018

    If I could give no stars I would. I moved and set up 3 appointments!!! Not 1 NOT 2 but 3 damn appointments!! And they never showed first one. Second one apartment got changed the day without my consent or even being told. So after 5 hours of waiting I call to find out they changed the day??? And today I waited 5 hours and was on the phone 57 damn minutes. And they arent coming today!!

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    Reviewed April 5, 2018

    I signed up with Frontier on 11/10/17. That same day I realize the signal was weak so I called them to have them turn off the service, the rep told me because I just open the account she could not located it and I should call back in a few day. That same day I open an account with Spectrum for the same services. On 11/14/17 I called and had the service turned off, I receive a name and a confirmation # for this transaction. In December I received a bill for $172.96!! I didn't use the wack service for a day. I called and was reassured to ignore the invoice as I do not owe any $$, once again I recorded who I spoke with.

    I again received another bill and then the calls from a collection agency began. I tried disputing this bogus bill and being going back and forth between the collection agency and Frontier. Yesterday I received another call from the agency stating the dispute was concluded and I owe them $172.96 so I wrote to BBB and open a case. Everyone who has an issue with this scam of a business should write and warn other consumers not to get involve with this company.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2018

    We have DSL for internet through Frontier and it is down at least once a day. Their service is horrible and when you call them you might be on the phone for up to an hour. Then you get the explanation you are in a high traffic area and that is why your internet is not working. This company is awful. If you have choices between providers DO NOT select Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed April 4, 2018

    I started new service and was told to be home for tech, nobody ever came. It took 5 days then a UPS box showed up. Again services didn't work. Was told had to wait 9 more days for a tech. I have missed work, been lied to, hung up on, transferred with no warning. Now a 110$ bill due and services took 3 weeks. My bill should only be 53$. Watch out for hook up and then wonderful fees!!! Don't fall for their advertising... The worst company I have ever dealt with. Their reviews speak volumes.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2018

    I have been a customer for almost two years, after my original one year, (non-contract), bill was raised for services, I called and asked if I could continue with the same price for services for the following year. After calling them, Frontier agreed to give us the same services for the same price. We are now into our third billing cycle, and not only did they not honor what they agreed to after two very long phone calls and wait times, they actually raised it even more. I'm most likely going to cancel them, this is the second time I have voiced my dissatisfaction on "consumer affairs", (the first time finally corrected), however, I believe that other customers should be aware that their customer service is terrible, and their billing is absolutely horrible.

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    Price

    Reviewed April 4, 2018

    We have signed up for the $79 package service with mainly need an internet service. The bundle is the same price as internet only per the representative told us. Now they told me the package promo has expired. they charge us $119 a month. I called to cancel the other service to $79 for internet only service. They wants to charge us service charge fee of about $130. I am thinking drop this company totally since we really don't need their other service. They told me the drop off fee is $257! Will looking for another company for internet service...

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    Reviewed April 3, 2018

    I've had Frontier since they were originally owned by AT&T. There were huge issues when they switched to Frontier. Unfortunately, I was not able to get another service for the longest time because of the area I moved to. Frontier was okay, there were frequent drops, a terribly slow internet, and I didn't have options to change. I found out that we were able to get a different provider in my area. I didn't switch because who likes going through the hassle of switching. I finally did go to switch and they half-heartedly tried to retain me as a customer. I was going to get a slower internet speed, TV, and no phone for a greater price - it made switching that much easier. I told them when I would like to cancel and they agreed.

    About a week and a half later I called to figure how to return their hardware. They said I would continue to have service for almost another month because of how their billing cycles work. They said I was going to be allowed to cancel much quicker than that. I now have to pay for my new package and the old package for the same period of time. I got tossed from one department to another trying to resolve this. They said they couldn't help me with this, even though they said I was going to be able to cancel much sooner. I'm hugely disappointed in every aspect of how they handled me.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2018

    NO STARS is what I wanted to give for Frontier Communications. This was my second attempt in 6 months. I just wanted to add a cable line to my office from my existing cable with them. Called support then after three transfers and 1.5 hrs I was told I had to open a new account to add a line. Then because of a security freeze on my account they then ask for my unlock PIN number which no-one ever gets as requested by Equifax. Now I'm wondering if my iPhone was hacked and maybe I was transferred to a hacker or identity thief. The system and not the staff are what I'm complaining about. The staff had their hands tied to the way they had to do it and probably not informed of Security Freeze Pin numbers that are never given out over the phone to anyone but Equifax.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2018

    I have had a technician out at least once a month. We had one today but we still do not have connection longer than 5min at a time. They erase their bad reviews on Facebook to cover their incompetence. The reason we have not dropped them is because they are the only one server in this area.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 2, 2018

    When I order internet service for my apartment. I was told first month bill will be around $80. After that it will be $25 + tax. And also there is no contract and no early termination fee. But it was all BIG FAT LIE. My first month bill was around $168. And I was in contract for two years with $300 early termination fee. IT took me 2 hrs to get to cancellation department. I had worst customer service of my life. Do Not buy Frontier.

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    Reviewed April 2, 2018

    My internet has been slow for the past 6 months so I call Frontier to see if they could help. They ran me through the diagnostic mode and said a tech would need to come out and look at the system. I agreed and a tech came out. He was scheduled from 8 am to 12 pm on Tuesday, March 20. I called at 1 pm asking when they were coming. They did not know, but said they would be out. I received a call at 3:00 pm saying they were coming shortly. They showed up at 3:45 pm, checked the system and said I needed a upgrade. I asked what that entailed. He told me a new service (12 MB) and a new modem. He said someone would call me to set that up. I waited 3 days and called customer service. They stated they had no notes and I needed to verify my account.

    I gave them the password and they said it was wrong. I confirmed billing address, pin number, social security numbers and they said this was wrong. They asked for a birthday, I gave them that and said this was wrong. I asked for a supervisor and waited 45 minutes and the supervisor was able to access my account. I told her the story and she apologized and said she would update all of my information. She stated I did not need a new modem, that it was just a new service and it would cost $20 more a month. I agreed and she said it would be active in 24 hours. I waited 3 days and nothing. I called again and they would not give me access because my password was incorrect.

    I waited 1/2 hour for a manager and they got into my account and stated the order was on hold. She did not know why. She stated that she would resend the order and it would take 12 hours to activate. I waited 2 days and contacted Frontier again. I went through the same again and talked to a manager and she stated that I need a new modem and a new line. I said I have talked to two other people and they said I did not need anything new. She said she had no records of the previous comments, but would set up a appointment. I agreed and we set up a appointment for Friday, March 30 from 1 - 5 pm. I took Friday off work (2nd day off work) and waited until 5:00 pm.

    I again called Frontier and asked to speak to a manager. They asked for my password and I gave it to them and they once again said it was the wrong password and they could not help me. I asked to speak to a manager and was hung up on. I called back and finally got to speak to a manager and was informed that the last manager set up the appointment wrong. I told her my story and said, "This is not my problem." And she said, "We tried to call you, but could not reach you". I asked for the number they used and she gave me my home number that I disconnected 2 years ago through Frontier.

    She said that was the only number they had for my account. Even though I have updated my account every time I called for the last two weeks. She said they had no info of any changes made to the account. She informed me that I would need to set up a new appointment to reschedule the tech guys to come out and install. I said ok. She said, "Can I put you on a brief hold." I agreed and waited for 30 minutes and they hung up on me. All of this and I have not received 1 call back for anything. Just wondering what is going on and how they can continue if they cant do a simple upgrade where I'm paying more money.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    I got a home phone line with Frontier in January 2018. I specifically stated I wanted the $35 plan and did not want to be locked into a contract. Once I saw they charged me $16 in taxes and other fees I closed my account and paid my $60 last bill which I got my receipt number to make sure I had protection. It is now March 2018 and I have received a bill for $ 72, representative states I got out of a contract with them early and that is the fee. I was told my last bill for $60 was my closing bill and that I would receive money back for prorating. Now they are trying to say I was in a contract! I never signed up for a contract so how can they change what they have said for their convenience and greed?

    It makes me sick because I don’t know what to do, it will be my credit ruined for making a poor choice in a home phone company. My first bill was $90, second $ 60, and now $ 72. It was never $35 like they stated on the phone and online. This is fraud and I will inform everyone I know and remember word of mouth travels fast! I have photos of the current bill I got in the mail and will have my other bills once I get back to work on Monday where my other bills are at, thank you Frontier for ruining my holiday weekend. Also you say you record your calls so I suggest you go back and listen to how corrupt your company is.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2018

    I got their service approximately for a year and 6 month after being with Comcast for YEARS - then I got tired of Comcast terrible customer service etc. Anyways, I was a happy Frontier customer in the beginning for their great customer service and how they really cared. I know that wasn’t the case for some but it was for me. Then everything changed to be REALLY BAD, their internet was like a dead body. I was paying for something I didn’t really have, then every month my bill started to be way higher than it should be so I had to call and gave them put in all the discounts and promotional price in. They apologize and put everything back but after like 30 minutes talking and holding.

    Forgot to mention how it became almost impossible to get a representative. The system leaves on hold and good luck to get someone to pick up the call. Their cable was just ok, it had the worst in demand ever. Their website was a disaster! So I called to cancel my service and that was another painful issue I had to deal with, the woman in the retaining department told its four days after my new cycle and they changed their policy! I asked, "Why don’t I pay for those four days and cancel my service?", her answer was, "We can’t do that because the New policy is they take the money in advance and they don’t issue credit back!!!"

    Honestly! That should be illegal.

    First of all I was never informed with the new policy. Second I was not in a contract so I believe I have the right to cancel at any time as I was promised when I got their service. I asked them to mail me out the return boxes but they refused to do it before the end of my last cycle which if you remember I paid for although I wanted to cancel!

    Anyways my billing cycle ended on the 24th and I haven’t received it yet!! What I received was a bill for those equipment!!! So I called to inquire about a bill I received in the amount of $116.34 and been told that’s for the equipment I haven’t returned yet!! This is so wrong and messed up! First of all you told me you're going mail it out on the 26th of March and when I called today about the bill and explained everything to her, she said she see my service was disconnected on the 24th but the system must have missed that and didn’t flag it for returning boxes!! Oh God, so I asked her if she can help me to end this mess and she was nice and fixed everything for me in the system and put it through, so the boxes can be mailed out hopefully! At least I hope she did! What a shame how things turned so bad with them! I'm now with Comcast again and they improved a lot! So far so good.

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    Duane increased rating by 3 stars.
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Duane increased their star rating on April 6, 2018.

    Updated review: April 6, 2018

    Thanks for your help, Lianne. Everything is now working extremely well with the new router!

    Original Review: March 28, 2018

    I have a 50/50 mbps plan from Frontier in South Florida. I never reach 50/50 mbps speeds. Usually it's around 12/30. None of their solutions work. I've had FIOS about 5 years. I'm now on a monthly payment plan, no contract. I figured I would just cut the speed in half and change to a 25/25 mbps plan. Since I was an existing customer it would only make a few dollars difference. I never had a problem with Verizon, but once Frontier took over it went downhill. I'm now looking at a different provider.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2018

    I spent over an hour and half on the phone, setting up service. They took all of my personal information, my SSN, my credit card number, my account number from another service to bundle, then told me I needed to have a notary sign a positive identification, causing more of a hardship for me to get to a notary then send it back, causing more delays and frustration. I feel I was discriminated against.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    I also live in a rural area and therefore am held hostage by Frontier because I was grandfathered in through the Verizon merger. I have limited DSL abilities because I've been told that I'm too far from the main station and each time the technician has come out to attempt to fix the problems - he has told me to make sure I'm not being charged for services I do not receive. I have been attempting no only to have my issues with the DSL fixed but after months of calls to the Business Office, I still can't get the reduced rates.

    The service representatives are usually very courteous but apparently the communications between departments is vast and not followed up on. After multiple calls to both tech support and billing, I'm actually looking into changing my services to Spectrum. I have very limited choices because of where I live which again is frustrating.

    I now understand why all the reviews are terrible with this company and people are changing their services. There is not one available comment area on their website where you can complain in writing and it takes anywhere from 15-25 mins to get a response on the telephone. I'm surprised that this company has not looked internally into the system's problems they are having if more customers are leaving them. I hope that this review will at least reach an upper division person at Frontier so that they might understand their customers' frustrations in dealing with their company. Thank you.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    The internet service is subpar, at best. I have never had hardwired internet that drops out every time there is a cloud nearby... The speed is slow and we are constantly losing service. We can't watch any streaming service on high settings although this service is supposed to be for fast HD streaming. Even watching on low settings it will freeze up and come back grainy as though we were watching a VHS. If there was any other service here I would be switching because we have had nothing but trouble with Frontier and will be dropping them the second something else becomes available.

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Frank increased their star rating.

    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    We've just moved to a rural area with very little internet options. Our first call and initial setup with Frontier was painless enough... We're now three weeks later and we still don't have service. They've now missed two installation appointments without calling (I took off work both days) and I feel like I'm stuck in purgatory trying to reiterate over and over my problems to the overly compartmentalized low-level service reps. This story has been corroborated (and furthered with stories of terrible service and outages) by nearly everyone I've talked to who currently has, or has previously had their service. My recommendation is to steer clear unless you're in the unfortunate situation I'm finding myself in. I'm almost at the point of considering satellite... Though it'd pain me to do so. Best of luck to anyone who needs to make a decision with this company.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2018

    Consumers beware - they will raise your rates, promise you they will lower your rate and then fail to do so. Customer Service gave me the runaround for over three months, continuing to raise my rate. Switching to Spectrum.

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    Frontier Communications Company Information

    Company Name:
    Frontier Communications
    Company Type:
    Public
    Ticker Symbol:
    FTR
    Year Founded:
    1927
    Formerly Named:
    Citizens Communications Company
    Address:
    401 Merritt 7
    City:
    Norwalk
    State/Province:
    CT
    Postal Code:
    06851
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.frontier.com