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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.

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  • Variety of plans
  • Bundle options
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    Deborah increased rating by 3 stars.
    PricePunctuality & SpeedStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Deborah increased their star rating on Dec. 20, 2017.

    Updated review: Dec. 20, 2017

    I am happy to report that, after writing my original review, I was contacted by a representative of Frontier. She apologized for my negative experiences, reviewed my account and applied credits by prorating the charges back to my initial contact date. And, all of this was taken care of in one day.

    I have changed my rating to reflect my satisfaction with this development and her ability to take the necessary actions. As someone who worked in the cable industry for several years, starting with Time Warner, then on to AT&T, and finishing on the contracting side, I can say that the customer service reps for Frontier are in need of better training and a little more power to make the customer happy. And, that is the only reason I am not giving a 5-star rating.

    Thank you so much for resolving this.

    Original Review: Dec. 15, 2017

    I contacted Frontier early in Nov. 2017 to have my service disconnected because I was moving out of the service area. I wanted it disconnected by 11/10 but was told they would be out on 11/30 to disconnect, at the end of my billing cycle. I made it clear that the house was empty and I would not pay for service I did not use. The CSR advised me that she had overridden the 11/30 disconnect order and that the service would be disconnected on 11/13 and I would not be charged for the remainder of that month. I had just received my new bill for the month of Nov (on 11/2), my services were billed 11/1 to 11/30 (with a $.00 forward amount) and, due on the 21st of that month. So, I waited for a bill showing the credits and the partial month due. It never came.

    On 12/6 I received a Dec. bill that, to my surprise, was for a total of $85.79; the full month charge for Nov. and a $17.50 charge for Dec., for discounts. I contacted Frontier again and the CSR, this time, did nothing but talk in circles. She clearly was not paying attention to what I was saying nor was she reading notes on the account...if they even noted the account. I really cannot understand how this company is allowed to get away with their dishonest business practices. Oh, wait, yes I can... They're regulated by the government. The FCC really needs to put a stop to it.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017

    It appears that every 60-90 days, I have to call Frontier to find out why my bill increases dramatically. I haven't made any changes to my service, equipment or ordered any movies etc. In August 2017 my bill was $139, Sept - $157, Oct - $159, Nov - $193, Dec - $233!!! When I called last month, I was transferred to Customer Retention and was told my Customer Appreciation or Customer Loyalty credit of $40 was gone. They could reinstate it if I bought additional services (which just would have increased my total bill amount). I declined, but eventually was told I could get $30 Customer Loyalty credit retroactive to the first day in my monthly billing cycle. My new bill should have been $160ish.

    That never happened and my credit card was charged $193 on auto pay. Now my new bill due Jan 3 is for $233. Not only wasn't the $30 monthly credit issued, my other credits have mysteriously disappeared as well. In addition, I suddenly have a new charge "Promo BB Simp FI CR" for $23.60 which I've never had before. Yesterday, I had to call back again and after almost an hour on the phone with a CSR and no resolution or satisfaction, I was transferred to Customer Retention. I spent 45 minutes with him and he wasn't able to figure out why my credits weren't being applied and also couldn't figure out what the new Promo B Simp FI CR charge was. He tried to get some answers for me but was told it would take a while... he'd have to call me back.

    He's supposed to call this afternoon if he has some answers and some resolution to my billing issues. This is the 4th or 5th time this year I've had to call Frontier because they try to increase my bill. Life is too short for anyone to have to monitor any utility company and spend hours on the phone each time just to fight for what was agreed to. Frontier, as well as other corporations, should take note that what Frontier is demonstrating is the "perfect" exercise in how to alienate and lose customers!

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017

    I became a Frontier customer maybe 7 or 8 months ago and I've had nothing but issues since. Internet doesn't work half the time. Cable doesn't work 80% of the time. So I switched to DirecTV for my cable and LOVE it! So much better service! My internet I couldn't switch because I would of got charged a fee. My internet still is having major issues and they continually give me the runaround and say they're going to charge me to come out and look at it. I've called over and over for months now and still nothing works BUT every month I get charged. Frontier is the worst service in the world with the ** customer service. If you want legit service stay far away from Frontier because they are a crock of **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017

    In May 2017 I signed a 2 year contract for telephone, internet and cable for the base price of 114.99 not including taxes. I was told that after 1 year there might be a 1pc increase but the fees would never go up after the contract more than 2pc a year. My bill as of today for 1 month is over 250.00. There is no reasonable explanation other than my discount dropped off after 6 months... but they would give me a 45.00 credit for last month but my billing for the future would be the 250.00 amount. This is ridiculous and a breach of contract. I insist on my contract being honored. I have it in writing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017

    I think this business is not on the up and up and delivers spotty service at best. I had phone and internet service through Frontier which actually functioned properly less than 75% of the time. I had dealt with IT having to use my cell phone or via the internet using my cell as a mobile Hotspot. When I finally had to have a tech come to the house I was charged an $85.00 tech fee, and my service still wasn't working properly after this visit. When I called to cancel via my cell phone because my phone and internet service weren't working I was told I would be reimbursed the $85.00. Well imagine my surprise when I received another bill from them because they hadn't mailed me the boxes to send their equipment back in and still with the $85.00 tech fee.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017

    Frontier Communications is billing a total of $231.97 for just the three services. Taxes, boxes, etc are extra. I look at one of their websites and it promotes bundling of services with no prices. I pay $44.99 for Voice yet when I call and talk with a Kimberly in the South Carolina office she quotes me $19.99. She also explained to me that TV and Internet were not available at my address. When I told her I was an existing customer and wanted a supervisor she proceeded to hang up on me. If I go to their FIOS website it promotes $80.00 a month for all three for one year. I call about my account and am told this is only for the new customers and I cannot disconnect and start a new account. So I am being overcharged for being a long time customer. The sad fact is that they are the only fiber provider.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017

    If I hadn't experienced this firsthand I wouldn't have believed it possible. I signed up with Frontier Communications in June in Florida (Hudson), and my bill was supposed to be around $170 a month. When I signed up I didn't get their phone service, however, before the month of June was over I decided to add a phone to my service. I was told that my bill would go down, not up. My first bill was around $172 for the month of June, which is what I expected. However, my next bill was about $400, they charged me a disconnect fee of approximately $192, and my bill went way up, not down. I called in again, and the lady told me that someone entered the wrong codes, so she said she would correct the problem and the bill would straighten itself out in the next billing cycle. Since my bill was not correct I sent in another $172 for August hoping that the bill would correct itself and I would be close to what I owed. Well, the bill never corrected itself.

    I continued to call, and I must have spoke to at least 10 customer service reps, including my local rep who told me there wasn't much they could do, although Brenda did try to straighten out the code problem. I also spoke to at least three different supervisors who along with all of the customer service reps, all told me they would fix the problem. At least four of the reps told me they would call me back, and that they would keep an eye on the problem, but not one ever called me back including a lady I talked with on 12/12/17 at about 5pm who swore up and down that she loved solving problems, and that she would get back to me. I can see how you might have one or two customer service reps who might not do what they're supposed to do, but every single rep I talked with could not, or would not help me to solve this problem.

    In November I was told that my deposit of about $270 would be applied to the bill along with other credits and that they would refund me money in the form of a Visa card, but all I got in December was a letter threatening to put my account in collections (the third such letter), which would affect my credit. They actually owe me money, not the other way around. I turned off my service on September 27, because I wanted to get as far away from this company as I could.

    How can a company survive doing business like this? I find it amazing that so many people are not doing their jobs, not one person that I've talked to has given me correct information. I'm 67 years old and I've never encountered a business where so many people were so confused and incompetent. I have literally spent hours trying to work this problem out, but to no avail. There is much more that I haven't written, but I think you get the point. I don't know what I'm going to do if they put this on my credit report. I guess I'll have to get a lawyer. I'm not sure.

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    Georgette increased rating by 2 stars.
    Customer ServicePriceStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Georgette increased their star rating on Jan. 17, 2018.

    Updated review: Jan. 17, 2018

    Although it took some back and forth, my issues looked to be resolved. I just hope no other issues with my closed account comes forth. Equipment returned and now we all can move forward. Best hopes that Frontier Communications can move forward by solving issues that adversely impact their consumers.

    Original Review: Dec. 13, 2017

    People should know this business is not organized with their services and billing. Original charge was about $ 90, BUT FIRST BILL $120. Promised free HBO with initial sign-up plus the channel never came in on my tv even with their free weekends. After 6 months they charged for HBO and still was never to view it. Every month had to call about a problem; billing, channels blanking out, change of phone number because the one they gave was still live for someone else and got calls all the time, changed number and they double billed for 2 accounts, took long times on phone to resolve problems average 45 minutes or more. The tv app does not have the same channels as the package. Preselected channels of sports, old comedies and other oldies that were not goodies. No CBS, NBC, ABC, CW, etc., lots of cable news channels.

    When I called to cancel, the rep tied to get me to stay with discounts that started at $10 to $50, but I had enough. Still no HBO after they charged for 2 months, got credited one month, but not for the other. Called the president's office for Frontier and the young lady was rude and had no idea of anything about what was going on. Kept being pressured to get a security package for the internet. Did not do this. Reps were generally nice, but I got different answers for the same issues. I may have left something out, but this is enough to not recommend Frontier. They have work to do.

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    Kevin increased rating by 2 stars.
    Customer ServiceStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Kevin increased their star rating on Dec. 19, 2017.

    Updated review: Dec. 19, 2017

    Frontier has responded and has done what they felt they could. Our liason Lianne did a remarkable job cutting through company policy to get us restored. She followed up via email and we thanked her for her efforts. We did however email her to tell her that while internet was up, the phone service is out.

    Original Review: Dec. 13, 2017

    Frontier has zero regard for its customers. A few months ago I woke up to no service. Called and found out I had been suspended for a past due balance of $17.00 that mysteriously appeared. Over the past six weeks we contacted Frontier requesting to make a payment arrangement for $130 which is the amount of our current bill. The reason for our request was due to the support of family members impacted by Hurricane Maria who had no food or water. The money allowed us to buy a generator, food and water for our family.

    After explaining this and letting them know this was the only means of communication, they denied our request. The agent then stated the ways I could pay my bill with no fee. I stated that considering my Internet and phone would be interrupted and there were no physical walk up locations. It would be a little difficult to make a payment not to mention I was requesting an extension which they denied. We currently sit with interrupted service for a balance of $130. No internet, telephone with disabled voicemail, yes disabled voicemail. So if I weren't home when my family in Puerto Rico tried to call, they wouldn't be able to leave a message. Ruthless/Heartless people, clearly all about the money.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2017

    I've contacted Frontier multiple times over the past year for two specific issues and neither has been resolved. I've tried calling and communicating over online chat. Often times, I would get mysteriously disconnected from the conversation and never get a call-back. When I would try to call/chat again, I would be told that there was no record of my previous conversation. Most recently, I was promised a refund and lowered rate, neither of which happened. When I contacted customer service most recently to report that the refund and adjusted rate did not go through, I was told that the refund was never approved (even though I was told a month ago that it was), and that they had no record of my conversation regarding adjusting my rates. I have filed complaints with the FCC and will continue to pursue this via all channels possible until it is resolved.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2017

    Worst customer service you could ever experience. Plan to be on hold an hour before customer service even answers. Then you will go through a question and answer process of verification for at least 15 minutes. You will answer the same questions over and over, and be placed on hold numerous times in the process. Inevitably, you will be transferred more than once during your call, and after holding for another 30 minutes, you will begin the process all over again with each new rep.

    They will pretend to be surprised at how awful your internet is, when in actuality, it is a crap shoot if your internet will work at all, each time you turn the computer on. (DO NOT EVER ATTEMPT TO WORK FROM HOME IF YOU RELY ON INTERNET AT ALL.) It is a complete mystery how the company is still in business. The worst Worst WORST internet service and customer service you will ever experience. We live in an area where Frontier was the only provider, and the second a new provider offered service, EVERYONE in the area switched. Do not ever use Frontier.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017

    I was quoted an amount by Frontier member and I see a different price on my bill every month. I have to keep calling customer service to fix my bill and they say it is not possible with them and cannot escalate the issue to their supervisors and we have to end up paying what they ask for (which changes every month). Customer service understand my issue and they say, "We can't help". Not recommended at all.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017

    Since the company switched from Verizon, their services and promises have gone to dirt. I moved to a different address and wished to carry my service to my new address, but I ended up being double charged: my old one and new one. It took months to correct the process. I spent countless HOURS trying to get my money back for the charges/services I was not using! It seems they do not communicate. Every time I called, they still talked about my OLD account! Unbelievable! I was very happy to discontinue their services.

    When it was time to return the router... I had to keep asking for the return box! It never arrived! This is inconvenient for me because I actually want to return their box. I have no need of it and every time I look at the router, it brings back my resentment for this company. I will NEVER affiliate myself with this company again. I've never written a review for anyone before but Frontier definitely put a really bad taste in my mouth. I would NEVER recommend them to anyone, unless they are your last resort. If they are, be vigilant and keep watch of your affairs.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017

    I called to cancel my internet service and was told by Eurial that I have to pay for the whole month, since they don't prorate, in addition there is a $10 cancellation fee. When I asked to speak to a manager to see if it could be waived, she wouldn't let me and said she was the manager. I had to call back and was able to speak with a manager named Melissa who refused to waive the $10 fee when I explained I had to move out of state to get out of an abusive situation. I don't recommend this internet service to anyone, the connection is spotty and they have extremely horrible customer service.

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    Charles increased rating by 1 star.
    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaffReliability
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Charles increased their star rating on Dec. 19, 2017.

    Updated review: Dec. 19, 2017

    After months of going back-and-forth with Frontier, it appears that they have have finally resolved my billing issue. I have received confirmation from both my initial contact agent and the Frontier collections department stating that I owe a $0 balance. Obviously, it will take a little time before the creditor clears this, but I feel much better now that I have a paper trail.

    I have added 1 star to my original rating. The person handling my case this time made the process very easy. They also provided me with great communication during each step. However, I cannot in good conscience give Frontier a higher score than that. This has gone on for much longer than it should have, and they put my credit score at risk for a bill that I didn't even owe in the first place. I still have overall negative feelings towards Frontier, but at least this drama has come to an end. I guess all it took was me publicly criticizing their company.

    Original Review: Dec. 11, 2017

    I was having a lot of internet issues with Spectrum, and my frustrations with them made me seek out something a bit more reliable. Unfortunately, this is where I made the awful mistake of introducing myself to Frontier. I should've just stuck with the Devil I knew. The speeds that they offered didn't seem like anything spectacular, but the Frontier salesmen assured me that they would be comparable or better than what I already had, due to to the connection being my own and not shared with the neighborhood. I was still hesitant, but it came with a 30-day trial with no obligation. There really seemed to be no downside, and he painted such a good narrative that I figured I'd give it a shot.

    Fast forward to the day it's installed. The speeds are absolutely horrendous. I'm a gamer and that's important, and it was very noticeable downgrade from what I originally had. My apps on Firestick moved at a crawl as well. No, this wasn't going to work for me. I had the Frontier service for less than two hours before I called them to cancel. Let me repeat that -- I had the Frontier service for less than TWO Hours. I also promptly sent them back their equipment as well. So it came as a total head scratcher to me when I received a bill for $160 the next month. I couldn't figure out what was going on.

    When I contacted customer service they told me that I was being charged for two months, but that I indeed didn't owe anything because I canceled well within the 30-days. He further told me that my bill would reflect a $0 balance the following month. Apparently, it takes Frontier a couple of days to clear up these issues. That would've been a perfectly satisfactory conclusion to all of this, but it was just the beginning.

    The next month I got another $160 bill, only now it's telling me that they'll take me to collections if I don't pay. What? I thought this was already taken care of? I called back to Frontier and they gave me another song and dance about things not clearing, but he assured me that it would be fine next month. Well the next month comes around and it's the same $160 issue as before.

    This Groundhog Day scenario went on for a few months before I finally spoke to a customer service agent that seemed to know what they were doing. She told me that she saw all of my requests in the computer, but nothing had actually been filed by anyone. She felt bad for my situation and said she'd personally call me with updates, and to inform me when it was resolved. Progress. The next day she actually did keep her word and call. She explained that there was still nothing done, but she's monitoring the case closely. I never got another call again. I assume she was probably fired for trying to help a customer.

    Fast forward to today and my account has been sent to collections. This was likely their plan all along. I'm never going to pay this out of the pure principle of it all. This is straight up robbery and deception. At this point, nothing will be done for me, but I hope my experience will save at least one other person from giving any serious consideration to Frontier. Just don't do it.

    To wrap this up, I just want to stress how awful their customer service is. Waiting for an associate online can be an hour long process. Then when you finally do get connected, the rep won't type for so long. You risk the chat getting disconnected and having to wait another hour. Contact on the phone isn't much better. Frontier is the worst business I've ever dealt with. Stay far, far, far, very far, and farther than that, away from Frontier. You'll likely regret it otherwise.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017

    They said they my bill will be about $95 for internet and 1 phone line. I had autopay setup so I never look back at it. Once I checked on it and they were charging me double $198.02. They said my promotion expired. This is biggest scam I have seen. It's too sad you cannot do anything about it. Ripoff.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017

    I was forced to switch to Frontier after my previous provider sold out to them. I have lived all over the west coast and have never had this bad of service for my phone. They switched me to their "Digital Service" package which has absolutely zero to do with digital service as I'm still on an archaic analog phone line with such limited service that all I have is a dial tone, there is no Caller ID, no Voicemail, no anything. But, there sure is a hefty bill every month! $75+ every month for a dial tone! Then, I'm continuously required to pay for my service in advance. If you have billing problems or questions, forget about trying to get any real service out of them - it's just "yes ma'am" and "sorry you are inconvenienced" as if it is some robot you're talking to. Good grief, I can't wait to move if for nothing else than to ditch these guys!

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017

    After much frustration I have come to the conclusion much of the problem is with the access. I have worked with the company and have installed a booster. But when working away from home I do not experience the same types of problems.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017

    Frontier: STEALS from its customers... You do not want Frontier. They sneak bill increases on you. They charge YOU late fees...interest. BUT they do not repay your money. Frontier does not pay ITS debts to you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017

    When Verizon sold "us" to Frontier, a customer nightmare begun. Poor service, wrong invoices, non responsive customer service. All this is known. The latest Frontier has introduced is the charge fantasy service surcharges: Internet Infrastructure Surcharge. I cannot find in my contract that I ever have signed to pay for that. I have tried to discuss with them to get an understanding why this charge has been introduced and what my benefit is. The agent just closed the chat after all this question. I cannot and will not recommend the company at all and I'm very happy when my contract is over.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017

    Internet and tv is great. But exposed outside hazardous cable - I had my service placed in October. An exposed cable is laying across 3 lawns and driveways. A bury team from an outside vendor was supposed to bury cable. I came back to Florida 3 days after Thanksgiving and the cable is still there. I have had numerous calls and the blame is widespread. They blamed me first. The condition is hazardous, and the company obviously isn't worried about a lawsuit. My neighbors and their landscapers are not happy. A woman tripped, I will probably be blamed. It's now December and cable is still there.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017

    The basic DSL service of less than 1 mbps is useless and unreliable. They offer only to connect one phone. They have no suggestions as to how to wire a home and connect two-line phones and multiple phones connected with in-wall wiring. They charge $85 for a technician to come out and connect one phone. This technician does not know how to set up the home system so that all the phones in the house will work together. After several visits of different technicians, the phones and DSL we're still not working correctly when connected to the home system wiring to all the different two-line phones. The second phone line comes from a wireless phone source and is T'd into the home phone wiring. The requirement is that the second line cannot be connected to an outside incoming source.

    By trial and error, I figured out how to make it work. I simply connected an extra filter they left, between one of the two-line phones and the wall Jack. This got rid of a buzzing sound on one of the phone lines and enabled the DSL to connect. Now, why one of the three technicians couldn't figure that out and install is beyond me. Because of the bad internet and high cost for a phone line, I cancelled the service. Frontier does not care what the resident needs, refusing to work with him to get a somewhat straightforward system working. They say, "not our problem". They only connect a single phone. Anything else is someone else's problem. Seems extremely limited for a phone service provider. This experience wasted a lot of my time and cost me extra money!

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017

    Each month, Fraudelentier.com overcharges for non-existent equipment, neglects to include promotional discounts that were promised with solicitations ("$50 monthly loyalty credit"), and drags its feet at "crediting" the accounts. Even with account credits, they still bill at the wrong price, and never actually pay the credit. When you threaten to drop the service, they bounce you over to the "Retention Department" and the next set of lies and broken promises starts again. They get away with this because Spectrum isn't any better. This is a tort lawyer's class-action suit wet dream. Congress needs to develop a cable consumer bill of rights.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    They have horrible customer service, with unprofessional agents and long wait times. If your service goes out it can take them up to a week to restore it. Worst of all, if you decide to cancel they charge a $10 cancellation fee. Don't waste your time or money.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    I am a disabled veteran that tried to obtain services for Frontier Communications in June 2017. I was told that a technician would be dispatched to confirm my connections so that when I received my equipment it would function properly. 2 weeks later when I received my equipment it did not work. I called, and I was told that I wasn't able to understand the complexities of plugging the equipment in. I was busy working overtime to get the construction job I was superintendents for caught up. Finally in August I called to let them know that I still had no services. They dispatched a technician latter that month who informed me that the trunk line by the street was severed months ago, and that there was no services to my building let alone my Apt...

    The next day I was told a repair had been made, and that my services should work however they did not. I called to inform Frontier I wanted to cancel my services given that they had failed to provide a moment of services they agreed with my request. Then I received a bill for $167.97, so I called to say I shouldn't owe money because they never provided services. They reported my dispute, and told me it would take 90 days. I called Frontier from my VA hospital bed while recovering from an amputation. The woman I spoke with said it was a couple of days shy of the official 90 day period, but she definitely saw my dispute was being processed, and once completed I would receive a notification, and the final adjustments would be made at that time.

    The next correspondence I received was a collection notice. When I called Frontier they told me that regrettably they were the ones that canceled my services, and once it goes to collections there's nothing they could do. The law says they can't turn an account over until it has been delinquent for 90 days, so they never intended to consider the matter. They simply told me it took 90 days, so they could take advantage of a disabled veteran that has at this time no income. So now I have to pay or be reported to the credit bureaus. The message here is we will take money regardless of the fact that we failed to provide services.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    I placed a order with this company on 11/28 with a paid deposit. Upon my schedule date after calling twice I was notified it was no techs available in my area and my appointment was rescheduled to 12/11 and I was promised two missed appointment credits. The customer services reps are rude and do not leave notes on the account. I placed a call on 12/6 to see if my appointment could be moved up because it was not my fault I was intentionally transferred to technical support after asking for a supervisor. The supervisor that eventually took the call was rude and advised me that my appointment was actually 12/12 and I can only receive one credit and it was no notes from the previous supervisor. This is the second time I had this issue with this company. They are unacceptable and I will not stop until someone acknowledges their wrongdoings. The WORST INTERNET PROVIDER EVER!!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    Came across the offer / deal shown in the attached image on Frontier.com. Called Frontier customer services @ (800) 921-8101 and spoke to **, who informed me that the offer is by a third-party vendor and hence, the offer cannot be honored by Frontier. I requested to speak to her supervisor, who (**, by name) stated the same as **. It is quite disappointing to note that an offer advertised on 'Frontier.com' website (as indicated by the snapshot) is not honored by the service provider, instead, the customers are suggested to reach out to the third-party vendor.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    I was told there was an update for the service that I had on my house phone. The update was free of charge, so I agreed to get the update. This caused me to lose phone service. I called customer service-was on hold for hours and then transferred to another department - was on hold again - after being transferred to other departments was told they would call me back when they fixed the problem. They said about 2 hours. No call back. This same experience happened for three days, finally I asked for a supervisor and within 1 hour my phone service was fixed. I might add that I had very poor connections with Frontier. I was calling on my cell phone. Thank goodness I have Verizon cell service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    I have never received what I paid for in internet speed. I paid for 12 Megs and hardly ever got three meg and sometimes less than one. Always on hold or transferred when I called customer service. Got the runaround when I tried to cancel. When I finally did get canceled I got another $116 bill even after they told me I owed nothing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    I had a situation where my grandmother passed away and had Frontier. I cancelled all of her bills with a maximum time of 10 minutes with all of her utilities, with all of their other companies. Then I tried to contact Frontier. I had all of the correct information with PIN number and tried to call them. After a ten minute wait time I got disconnected on their side. So I call back and after a 38 minute wait time I gave up on night one.

    Day two call back with a 32 minute wait time. I finally get someone who tells me I need to be transferred so 10 more minutes go by and I get someone who comes on so I ask if they can call me when someone is available. They tell me to wait 2 minutes and they guarantee someone will take care of me. 10 minutes later they come on and ask if they can call me back. Two hours later no call and now they are closed. I’m a patient understanding person but Frontier has the worst customer service I have ever come across. That’s no way to run a business.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017

    This is the worst internet service provider I have ever encountered. I have made numerous calls and complaints and I get the same answer every time, but they still want you to pay the monthly service for the same crappy service. I will be searching other ways to have internet service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2017

    I hate creating new accounts but I created a ConsumerAffairs account so I could leave this review. Frontier is like a disease I can't get rid of. Was assured I paid my last payment and terminated service months ago, and they never stopped it and keep sending me bills and late fees, and they say it was my responsibility to make sure my payment didn't fail. (There was plenty of money in my bank and I got a confirmation from them.) I hated Spectrum and that's why I tried Frontier but after this experience Spectrum looks like pretty great comparatively.

    Oh and I'm going to pay my final bill and the ** "pay bill" button on their website in every browser won't do anything. It's actually their business model to make people go through 15 levels of hell and 5 hrs on hold and dropping my call over and over with no one even trying to call me back (not even an exaggeration, really, I'm serious), till the customer gives up and they continue charging more late fees. ** Frontier. Wish I could leave negative stars.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017

    We are a long time Frontier customer, not by choice (they are the only choice in our area). We have their "high speed" internet service, and are very dissatisfied! The service has been progressively getting worse. Constant disconnects, and on average, I would say that we no internet at all for several hours everyday. Every time a technician comes out, the problem is always in the lines. The technicians have told us the problem is too many people using the service. In short, information overload. When this happens, you are randomly "kicked off line", or the speed slows to .1 or .2 mbps, completely useless.

    We have been told the solution is to upgrade the lines, but they don't know when this will be done. If we had another option, we would leave them in a heartbeat, but in our rural area, they have a monopoly, other than satellite, which our neighbors have, and are very dissatisfied with. In conclusion, I would not recommend them at all, and for the life of me can't understand why they keep giving us the runaround, and don’t upgrade the lines.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017

    I'm having a serious problem with Frontier and they seem to be doing this to many people. In late Jan 2017 I received a couple Frontier cable promotional flyers in the mail, and it seemed like a good deal (I was using Comcast at the time). I called and they confirmed I could sign up and switch to Frontier. The guy upgraded me to a slightly better (Triple Play) package, as an extension under that promotion. I accepted and they came and installed my new service, so I cancelled Comcast.

    The deal was $119 per month, and a $400 Amazon gift card (to be delivered within 90 days). The first bill I got was something like $260, and they keep billing that amount monthly. I've spent more than 20 hours on the phone, calling to complain every month, they always say they're sorry, something went wrong on their side and the promo wasn't applied. They keep telling me they'll fix it and call me back. They never call back. Every month I have to call and start over with a new person. They've sent me to collections multiple times and I've spent hours on the phone with them, same story on their end - "Sorry, we'll try to get the promos applied."

    At one point early on a woman told me to just pay $127.25 and that will guarantee I'm never missing a payment. My bill is now over $1100, and that's after they've waived a bunch of fees at different times, and after I've paid 127.25 every month. It's been about 10 months (service started Feb 7, 2017), and now they're telling me that promo isn't available in my area, so my monthly should be something like $174 per month, and I just have to live with it and pay the balance.

    This is an obvious bait and switch scam. I see many similar complaints by googling, and Consumer Affairs, numerous complaints that sound exactly the same. Imagine if I had turned on auto-draft payments from my bank when they first asked me to. Then I would be fighting them to give me money back. Or imagine some people don't even notice what's being auto-drafted, and just keep paying the wrong amount.

    One time I left a really negative customer service survey report and a woman from the "office of the president" called me. She said the same - sorry, she'll get it fixed and call me back. She never called me back. I've left voice messages for her and she still hasn't called me back. They've turned off my service a couple times, then I have to call and they turn it back on. Best case this is a totally incompetent company that doesn't care for customers or have any real accountability, most likely this is a predatory scam. I'm so glad I'm not paying with automatic payments.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2017

    Their internet service in a whole has been terrible, but even worse than that is their customer service. They are negligent and completely unhelpful when you need assistance. Finally scheduled a service tech to come out, this took 1st trying the website, them calling and then trying the help CHAT with no answers. The scheduled appointment was between 8 AM and 5 PM, all Day! I was unable to get help midday in finding out where on the sched I was and had to wait at home all day. Then without any call they never showed up at all! Things got worse when I went back to CHAT help to get answers to this. I got no help and was not permitted to speak with a really supervisor. The floor supervisor blew me off and gave me no answers, acting like this was normal and that I misunderstood something. Terrible! Now, how do I get out of this worthless plan we have?!

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017

    Our Frontier internet service is usually too slow, because we are in an underserved region. The bundle was advertised at 6 MBPS download, but service technicians consistently report that the infrastructure cannot support any more than 1.5 MBPS at best. Our service has been getting progressively slower. I delayed getting broadband service for 2 years, because of Frontier's inadequate infrastructure and a third year has passed since I bought my package. For more than three years, Frontier keeps adding customers and multiplying its profits, but by refusing to upgrade its already inadequate infrastructure it is essentially stealing from its existing customers to give substandard service to its new customers.

    Today my family reported EXTREMELY SLOW speeds, when I got home from work. Over an hour of repeated testing, we received a high of .1 MBPS and a low of .06 MBPS (dial-up speeds are .05 MBPS). Once again the technical service representative confirmed that the ONLY reason for these excessively slow speeds is that Frontier has too many customers for its inadequate infrastructure. If you have the option of choosing another broadband service provider, cut your losses and go with the alternative. Nothing could be worse than Frontier and it promises to get a lot WORSE before it gets better.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017

    Horrible company our children's charity is stuck with, because no other phone company is allowed in this area. Bill $150 for a service tech to come out and clear up static that was outside the location on their lines. Promises made from the executive office are not kept. Mercenary attitude. We would love to switch to AT&T.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2017

    Once again Frontier lied to me and provided horrible support. Every time I call them they promise to help me and always screw up my billing and services. They are poor untrained customer service and technical support. I really feel sorry for anyone working for the Godforsaken company. A year ago I complained about a 200% increase in my monthly billing, and after a month of FCC, media and Corporate complaints I finally got it somewhat resolved. I locked into a 2-year contract to keep the price the same monthly.

    Well this month 11 months into my 2-year contract they decided to increase my bill $25 a month without notice, and next month addition $25 a month increase. Very nice of them. Lo and behold, after numerous calls and complaints I found out that was a $50 customer loyalty discount for the 1st year only, which they didn't tell me about. What about being locked into a 2-year contract with the same price??

    Once again they lied. Well, here we go again, complaints up the ladder to the Corporate, Media, FCC. I'm in for a month fight with the contract again. Unfortunately I'd love to leave Frontier, but I don't have any reasonable cable service in my area, and NOT going to go with satellite service, so I'm pretty much stuck with them.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017

    For an ISP, they have the worst website ever. It takes more than 30 mins to finally get logged in and then once you do, you still can't pay your bill because clicking on "pay my bill" does nothing. Chat feature doesn't work either. But if you call to make a payment over the phone, which most of the time I have to do, Frontier wants to charge me a fee. I don't think so... it's not my fault their website has been having problem for the past 6 mos+. Their human customer service isn't much better. When you finally do connect to a human, they ask you for your best call back number "in case we get disconnected.". Right... I've been disconnected many a times and NEVER did the CSR call me back. Frontier is worse than Verizon. The best service I ever had was with AT&T. Just wish AT&T provided service in my area because I would switch in a heartbeat.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017

    I signed up for a special promo in Aug 2017 to last 2 years. First bill was ok then after that I was being charged 3 times what I was supposed to pay. I have spent hours on the phone and chat trying to get it corrected, I was told once the adjustment was denied. They disconnected my service, sent to collections (turned on again after one of my many calls) and now my FICO score is lowered because of the 'delinquency'. Mind you I have paid every month what I should have been paying on my promo. When I told them I wasn't paying another penny (after disconnecting) I was told by 2 different reps that they would indeed lower my credit rating. I don't know how many people I have talked to there, some even understanding the mess up but nobody can fix it and now I have an outstanding bad debt because of them. If there was anything less than 1 star to give them I would.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2017

    Phone is bad enough with regular 'echo' effect while talking, but thankfully, the regular outages have not been near as frequent (although they did turn off our voice mail for no reason, then scheduled a tech to come out - as if he was going to do something here at the address??? DERP!). Sure enough, a lady called and set it back up over the phone. The Internet is blatant false advertising. Told me I could get 12mb Internet service and when installed, told me this would be every bit as fast as the 50mb I did have with Suddenlink, I would not even notice the difference, and it was testing out at the full 12mb, even a little over, so I would be great!

    Immediately noticed slower page loads, one game I play on Facebook loaded extremely slow (used to be instant) and when trying to download a file or video, I saw speeds as slow as 12k - I was faster than that back when I had dial-up!!! I cannot even watch YouTube videos without the quality dropping to 144p res, and even stalling out at that poor quality! (on a gaming computer, i5, 4 core, 20GB RAM) I ran a speed test via Frontier and a leading reporting site for DSL and neither site, in many tests, went over 6mb, with a few tests showing under 1mb speeds! This isn't just bad service, this should be illegal and prosecuted by the WV AG!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2017

    Every time I spoke or was on chat I would be given a different rate and was told to return boxes to bring price down. Instead the price would go WAY UP! My bill changed Every Month - AS high as $181 and as low as $117 (which was agreed price for least expensive internet and 3 boxes) - This time they billed me for $157 even though I was told to pay $117 last month but I paid $125. So, I was expecting a bill of about $109 this time since I paid $125 instead of $117. Was told $26 was carry over from last month which I was told was to be written off as they cancelled many channels - I called 5 days ago again and was told it will be fixed - Guess what? NOPE!

    The lady I spoke with 2 days ago told me I will have to pay $250 cancellation fee - even though I had no contract. Today I got Spectrum and now Frontier is telling me to pay for whole month (From Nov 19 to Dec 18th) - But I tried to cancel 5 days ago and they promised to fix the bill and never did - So why am I responsible for poor service provided? Their chat service would not let me cancel saying I had to talk to someone - but for 5 days no one came online except for yesterday - I was on hold for over 30 minutes each time. STAY AWAY!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaffReliability
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, David increased their star rating on Dec. 5, 2017.

    Updated review: Dec. 5, 2017

    A representative from Frontier contacted me after reading my review and offered me a full refund. I do appreciate the response, but it doesn't take away from my experience, and I don't think because they "refunded me" $6.00, I should remove the review. I am capping this full experience as resolution reached, however, and I'll let readers make their own determination on the trust worthiness of Frontier. I am updating my star-rating to two. I do appreciate the professional and prompt response by the representative. But, if I had not publicly posted and spent hours of my time doing so, I would have not received any help. So, one good worker or department in the entire company doesn't right a wrong. With that said, I am updating my star-rating to two. I am still dissatisfied with my experience, though.

    Original Review: Nov. 22, 2017

    If you like to read about consumer fraud and wrongful charges, take five minutes and read what happened to me by Frontier Communications. I signed up for Frontier Communications lowest level introductory internet service on a cold call to a sales office. She had to check if it was available, and I have a corresponding phone records with the callback. The first representative got me the service, informed it was $19.99, and would have a technician as soon as possible. The call was very brief and I was content at the time. I did ask her if there would be cancelation charges, because I knew it wouldn’t be a long-term investment. She said no and created my ticket.

    The service was installed on October 20th. The internet was very slow, spotty, and due to moving I decided it wasn’t worth it to transfer the service. I also requested that my bill be sent to my mailing address, as the address of the service I didn’t check the mail. (I never received one physical bill to my mailing address.) I contacted Frontier Communications on November 13th, explained the situation, and told them due to moving I was unable to continue their service. She informed me my bill would be $30.68, (+ taxes and an installation fee). She then informed me, there was an additional cancelation fee of $9.99 that would be added if I canceled when I told her, yes, that was fine.

    At that point, I interjected and explained how I had placed the call over the telephone and I was not informed of any cancelation charges and was informed by the initial sales rep that it was a contract free service. She waived the charge within two minutes. At that point, I clarified, and said I wanted to be “zeroed out”, so I didn’t have additional headache or have to worry about a bill. She said I could go online and pay it. At that point, while she was on the telephone, she walked me through the information, and I paid the bill ($30.68).

    Fast forward today, I received an e-mail bill indicating I had an outstanding balance of $6.00. I called Frontier Communications and the representative used abrasive language, and when I recapped the story of the situation, she admitted both sales representative made major mistakes and misinformed me, that I was still obligated to pay the outstanding balance. She referred to these charges as prorated. When I tried to explain to her that failure to adhere to company policy by Frontier’s representatives and misinforming (or “misleading”) a customer shouldn’t constitute a binding obligation on my part, she disconnected the call.

    I went online to the Frontier’s website, and had an exchange with a representative on there that lasted approximately forty-five minutes. She gave me the scripted answers for the first thirty, but I eventually was given a formula on how the pro-rated charges by Frontier is calculated. “Q4 2014 3 yr OFFER 15.00/30 (*6 number of days from disconnect dates to last day of cycle) = $3.00. The total would be $6.00". At that point, I realized a major discrepancy in the formula that seems to violate common sense, and I asked her point blank: "So, I was charged an additional $6.00 by NOT using service 6 days prior to my bill, because my billing cycle ran from October 20th – November 19th?" She said, "Yes, that is a legitimate charge" despite me not being informed in paper, verbally, or in any form by any sales representative at any point during my three prior exchanges.

    If I had canceled the service 6 days later, I would not have been charged any additional charges. At that point, I expressed why did the representative who canceled my service not tell me there would be additional charges and why did she tell me all bills were final? Or why did she not tell me to wait 6 days and continue to use needless Bandwidth if she knew how the formula was calculated? If I had knew (assuming the rep did due diligence and informed me of charges) would I not have waited six days to cancel service. That collaborates with the rest of my story of not being adequately informed. At that point, connection was breached, although I know my internet service is pretty reliable with Comcast, and it wasn’t a breach in my connection.

    Point in case ladies and gentlemen. Don’t get Frontier. I’ll go back to the dark ages before I use their service or deal with their customer service again. I will pursue this with the State of West Virginia Public Service Commission strictly out of principal. Misleading a customer by one sales representative, failure to inform and do due diligence in the second, is not okay.

    Point in case ladies and gentlemen. Don’t get Frontier. I’ll go back to the dark ages before I use their service or deal with their customer service again. I will pursue this with the State of West Virginia Public Service Commission strictly out of principle. Misleading a customer by one sales representative, failure to inform and do due diligence in the second, is not okay.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2017

    Customer service for table repair was subpar. We waited five days to have a technician make a temporary repair. I was informed today that it would be 2 to 7 weeks before a contractor to come out and install the line. I spent over $300 a month for subpar service. Their service is horrible compared to Verizon. I'm going to make a change to Spectrum.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017

    Contacted Frontier to set-up new service, set install date. Tech came out and installed service, left and two hours later service stopped. Contacted customer service 2 /12 on the phone no resolution and was disconnected. Called back another hour on the phone disconnected. Called back next day 1 hour on the phone, issue with previous account at residence discovered. No timeline to resolve, no next steps, no service, absolutely nothing to do with me. I feel like they are holding us hostage as there is no other option for internet service, feel hopeless as they have a monopoly or else I would cancel and go elsewhere.

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Patrick increased their star rating on Dec. 7, 2017.

    Updated review: Dec. 7, 2017

    I must say after writing a review of the horrible billing practice of Frontier Communications, the company took swift action to correct the year long situation it created, when removing money from my bank account and not applying it to my bill. If this action was taken when I first complained to them in January of 2017 I never would have found this wonderful ConsumerAffairs site. I'm happy to report that all late fees and penalties have been removed and actually they are sending me a check for $2.00 and some change. Thanks ConsumerAffairs! Although my opinion of Frontier has not changed the person who helped clear up their mess was great and very apologetic for the company's mishandling of the whole situation. The company still gets a zero % but I will give her a 100%.

    Original Review: Nov. 21, 2017

    A monthly payment was removed from my bank account but not credited to my account, after faxing proof of payment from my bank the situation still was not corrected, but in turn late fees were applied and kept being applied monthly for almost a year. After repeated calls to the billing and collections Dept nothing has changed. I closed my account with them and I am still receiving letter of late payment and account overdue with collections and credit damage threats. Where do I turn to get this situation resolved?

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017

    Frontier Communications is the WORST company I have encountered in 44 years. Every time I call, which is monthly due to incorrect billing, I get a different story from the customer service representatives. Even supervisors. Not one person is on the same page with the others. It is almost as though they are trained to act ignorant so they can lie, pass the buck and never deal with an issue. They simply do NOT care about meeting their customer's expectations. If you want to deal with a reliable, honest company, do not go anywhere near Frontier.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2017

    Below are details of a recent telecommunication issue with the Frontier company and their outsourced contractor Claims Management Resources (CMR). After numerous attempts, I have been unsuccessful in bringing this issue to an equitable resolution. Frontier and CMR are attempting to charge customers for buried cable repairs through unethical business practices. I am not the only person experiencing these issues, the internet is full of other examples. After numerous contacts with Frontier and CMR, it is evident that logic and common sense will not prevail over this issue. Please see chronological history below relative to the Frontier repair invoice received by mail on 6 November 2017.

    I reached out to Frontier via chat on the likely possibility of a buried line being cut during upcoming yard work. I was told by Frontier to go ahead with planned work and call if the buried line was cut. There was no mention of a cost to repair or buried cable marking. The transcript of this chat is in my possession. The buried line quit functioning before starting the planned yard work. I was unable to define if the cable issue was caused by a latent failure or while performing routine yard work. Once the line quit functioning, my contractor completed planned yard work, since the Frontier technician could not come out for 4 or 5 days to repair. The technician installed a temporary line and stated installation of a new buried line would be accomplished in 5-10 days. I informed the technician that the line was not cut by the planned yard work.

    After a few days I called to check on the permanent cable burial schedule. Based on call, it was clear the burial had not been scheduled and the technician incorrectly documented the line was cut by the planned yard work. The new cable was buried at a depth of no more than 2 to 4 inches by Frontier contractor. Three months later, without prior warning or justification a repair invoice for $361.24 from CMR was received. I contacted CMR and explained the issue. CMR advised that it was my fault and payment would be required. I explained that if the line was cut during routine yard work it must have been buried very shallow. CMR stated there is no depth requirement for the buried cable depth. I contacted Frontier customer service requesting assistance. Frontier stated the cut cable was my fault and offered a one time monthly service credit of $55.93.

    After receiving my second letter from CMR, it is evident that I will make no progress without outside intervention. The second CMR letter contained false statements on what I said during the first contact with CMR. I responded to CMR (copied Frontier) voicing my objection to the false statements. Based upon false statements and omissions by Frontier and CMR, there appears to be a much larger corporate culture issue with these companies.

    I have filed a formal complaint with the Public Utilities Commission in an effort to resolve issue. In my opinion, this is a clever ploy to increase revenue through unscrupulous business practices. You would think that after providing the “chat" referenced in line item #1, the issue would have been resolved. My goal is four fold; reverse the charges levied by Frontier / CMR; enact prudent cable burial requirements; highlight business practices of companies involved and prevent similar issues for other customers. Due to the inadequate cable burial, it’s just a matter of time before the cable is cut while performing routine yard work. Being held hostage on my own property by a telecommunication company is not acceptable in my opinion.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2017

    The worst, most horrible company I’ve EVER dealt with! Internet iffy at best, must reset CONSTANTLY! On the phone for 1.5 hours, transferred around 4-5 times before a service guy ** me out, told me there was nothing he could do and then HE HUNG UP ON ME! Truth, I never raised my voice or said anything to provoke him. Wow! Surprised they’re still in business.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017

    Today I have been transferred to 8 different people and more than 3 hours on the phone with Frontier customer service and technical support personnel. I think they will drive me into an insane mode. The CEO of Frontier needs to step aside. This company is hopeless without switch leadership from the top. It's a big giant mess.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017

    Bar none most incompetent company I have ever encountered. More than 9 phone calls to resolve the issue that they never completed hook up for land line but continued to bill me for services not rendered.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017

    For some time I had Spectrum CATV, before was called Bright House. I like the local channel Bay News 9 and for only that I keep it for long time. After getting tired with the bad service, in and out issues, slow speed on peak times and after a heavy rain the service goes out, I decided to sacrifice the channel 9 and switch to Frontier FiOS. They came one day after the original appointment date, but they compensate me with a free installation. The billing was kind wrong at the beginning, I had to call them and they take care that right away, never have problems after that. The service thru the Fiber Optic are really good, I pay for 150MB Download and 150MB Upload. By the first week I did a speed test and I was getting 116MB/132MB, I did contacted the tech support and they help me to tweak my computer and now I'm getting 159MB/152MB. Something have to do with the adjusting the way the computer talks.

    So far I have it for one year and I cannot complain about the service. The billing always the same, regardless they gave me offers, with all my life experience with many companies, once my billing are OK, I don't like to touch it. During the Maria Storm, I lost power for a week and all my CATV neighbors lost the service, something have to do with the power outside that not feed the CATV equipment. I had a power generator at home and always had my FiOS service. I'm glad to be able to keep track and updates about the storm. At the end, all the companies have their issues, but I want to get what I'm paying for and when I needed the most and so far Frontier FiOS does it. I don't give 5 stars because the billing issue, but 4 Stars well deserved it. Looks like you have to work a little at the beginning, but after that you will be happy with the service. Thumbs Up!

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017

    I have had Frontier for four months now. I’ve had to call frontier for four months. Every time I get a bill it is never the same amount and it’s never what they quoted me. When I call them on their crap because I write everything down and who I speak to the time and the date they then told me they would open an investigation into my account and see why it is the way it is why nothing has being fixed with the bill.

    The last time I tried to call and speak to someone the last lady would not talk to me. Told me to contact billing and proceeded to hang up. I’ve gotten charged for past due bills services that are supposed to be free and a bill double what I was quoted. Now the next time I call them I’m going to start recording the conversation as well and take it to the higher level if need be. This is the worst company. Then I got a notice via email telling me they would no longer send me paper bills for my convenience and to set up auto pay. As if they think they can screw me over this way it will not work.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017

    Absolutely the worst company representatives ever. Called to have server set up and requested auto-pay. Rep walked us through the process of account set up and entered our credit card information and selected use this card as our default payment. First bill for $131.00 went through without a problem, but next bill to show up was an overdue bill with a $9.00 late fee and a charge for further month.

    Called Frontier (Verizon FIOS) and was told we had never signed up for auto-pay and even if we had it would take several payment before auto-pay would kick in... REALLY!!! Then called to pay our bill, so we could get caught up and were told we would have to pay an additional $3.00 to pay by phone. I feel this company is following the example of the airlines and are nickel and diming their customers to death. I requested to have my account canceled after making payment and was told I would need to call a different number yet again to complete this request.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017

    I started with Frontier back in June of 2017. Since I first enrolled they have messed my account up beyond recognition. First they assigned my account to a mail, so my social was on the account but I could access it because my name was correct! I called and asked why I wasn’t getting billed; this is early August, the supposedly fix the issue. But the plan they originally offered me was not in effect on my account. All of a sudden I am paying close to 200 dollars a bill! But since my account was messed but they assure me they will credit my account and work out the promotional codes. I stupidly believed them... Fast forward to the following week. Now my service is cut off! I call and again they apologize and say if you want us to look at the account we need you to pay the amount before we can do anything. I paid it.

    Now fast forward to September... I look online at my account and now I owe 700! I am ready to lose my ** so I get online and chat. The chat rep “confirms” that she will cancel my service, now keep in mind that this is after a 2.5 hr chat. This rep insisted on attempting to upsell me, retain me, entice me... when the whole time I keep messaging “pls stop. All isn’t is for you to cut off the tv service and keep the internet”. Finally she says okay and for your trouble I will send you a gift card of 50 dollars for Amazon. I said, “I don’t want it. I just want this to go right”. She confirms and disconnects with me. Now the next day later, I check the tv service and I have no service, so I’m thinking yes, finally!

    Well fast forward to October and again my service is disconnected and I call and again complain and remind them that I have had no service for a month, they say pay and we can look at it. Oh yes, I agree and paid. They promised and promised they would fix the account. There’s even filed a customer complaint and pushed it “up the chain”. She says “if a supervisor doesn’t call you in about 2 days call back and ask for a tech to come out. And ask them to look at your billing because it’s wrong”. I thank her and hung up. Keep in mind, I am a single mom, have 3 kids and every call with this customer service is 2.5 hrs in length. Their very own reps have no idea where to start! They constantly put me on hold then will come back and say “ma” am I apologize for the wait but I was told I have to call this other department... This is deprecated to me about 4 to 5 xs on every call I have had with them!

    Finally, I call back and again talk to another csr and tell him “listen I was told to call if the issues was not resolved and if I received no call... It is now 4 days later and I have received no call and the Dodgers are in the World Series and I want to see it on one of my 4 TVs!” They send a tech out, the tech fixes it and says call them now and asked them to fix your billing. I do. Now I mean today I get a call where, that’s right, they are about to cut off my service and again they want me to pay 450 bill for them to review my account and make adjustments, because unfortunately they can’t do anything at the moment.

    I finally lost it! This service and treatment by far is the worst I have ever ever experienced in my life and I do Human Resources consulting for a living! Whatever you do, stay away from them! They overcharge and will not correct anything. I have never felt so defeated. If I could give them 0 stars I would. I have never done these types of reviews but omg Frontier you take advantage of your consumers. Your agents are heartless, they could care less for their customers.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2017

    Frontier was trying to charge me for God knows what??? Kept screwing up with my bill for 4 months. They were going to turn me over to collections. Finally went to the General Attorney's office with my complaints. He set them straight. Internet is very slow. Not ONE good thing to say about them. Bunch of Seriously stupid work there.

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Huong increased their star rating on Nov. 21, 2017.

    Updated review: Nov. 21, 2017

    On Nov 14, I described my horrible experiences from calling Frontier. Never did I know my calls to Frontier continue on until the next day. I spent probably 4-5 hours in total. There were multiples mistakes from Frontier staff. One was upgraded my package without my consent, the second was cancelling my order altogether. Subsequently, some Frontier reps were able to unravel the problems and finally, after 2 days, my problems with Frontier mercifully ended. In all, I probably talked to 10 different representatives at Frontier.

    The company's procedures on how to solve the problems are the worst I have ever encounter. Most of the time, one rep had to put me on hold talking to another rep on issues within my order. They don't seem to have the authority to solve the problem by themselves. Terrible as it may be, Frontier seems to have some very good representatives. Most people I talked to were very polite and professional. Best among them was Marcus. He is the most knowledgeable and helpful person I talked to. Others are Brandi, Russ, and Eron. My 3 stars are for them; not the company.

    Original Review: Nov. 14, 2017

    I called to change Frontier FIOS bundle TV/internet package. The Frontier rep took my order and said it took 24 hrs for the change to be effective. The next day, both of my internet and TV were shut down. I called Frontier customer service at 800-921-8101, the rep took my name, birthday, etc...asking me of my problem. After I described the problem and talking with him for about 15 minutes, he said he couldn't help and asked me to call the same number I just called??? I then hang up and call the number displayed on TV talking some more to another rep before being transferred to another rep, then another rep. Eventually, after 1 hr and 30 minutes, this rep gave me an order and said it would take 30 minutes to an hour for the order to complete. One hour later, my TV still off.

    I called back, the rep who took my call seemed confused with the order number I gave her. She seemed to try figure out what's going on with my account, but still, nothing happened. She then transferred me to yet another rep. My initial call was at 6:00 am, it's now 9:45 am, more than 3 hours of talking and transferring my TV service still not on... UNBELIEVABLE!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2017

    We have had Frontier for 5 months. After having to call every month for the first 3 months to straighten out the billing, as they were charging us for services that we never ordered, we finally started getting normal bills. NOW? We can't even keep an internet connection!!! Worst service EVER!!! I've called everyday this week, they finally send a technician out and give us a new modem, but the service is STILL dropping! I called tech support for the 7th time this week, and now suddenly they can't help because they are going through maintenance? I'll be calling Spectrum tomorrow. Even though the cost will double, at least we can guarantee that we'll be able to get the service that we're paying for.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017

    First and foremost, whenever there is an issue and you need customer service be prepared to spend no less than 45 minutes on the phone. I may have gotten internet service for around 7yrs. I realized I was paying $80/mo for 30 mbs internet. I spoke to the retention department and the offered me $120/mo for 100 mbs. Now with another carrier where I am getting 100 mbs and paying $40/mo. Don't forget you need help their service is horrible. I will never do business with this company no matter how good the introductory deal is. That will end and then you are stuck with horrible service when you need it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017

    We live in a rural area, so internet providers are limited. I detest HughesNet, have little faith in satellite, so I am basically stuck with Frontier. Internet speed is so-so, reliability is okay, but we have to reset our router a couple of times weekly.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2017

    Finally cut the cord and got rid of Frontier. OMG what a customer service nightmare this company is. Not sure if it is that their systems are too complex for their employees to operate, or that their average employee has the IQ of a squirrel. It started out with my very first bill being charged an install fee which took 3 cycles to disappear. The bill was never even remotely as what was advertised. Then I received a letter that my 6 month promo rate ended. Well I was told these prices were for 2 years. After calling for the 437678 time I got to talk with this girl Anna. She fixed my account and told me my bill was supposed to be 113 plus tax, 15$ more than what was promised but ok I can handle that. 3 days later I receive a box to sent my modem back??? My next bill was 355$ which was great LOL because we also went 5 days without service (hurricane not Frontier’s fault in this case sept 9 thru 13th).

    After talking with Christine (e support chat on 9 26 ), Losing service again for almost a week (this time IT WAS FRONTIER’S Fault) from 10-11 till 10-16 and 3 times a service appointment that they rescheduled 3 times (costing me 2 days off grrrr). (Talking with Zach), Kim on 10-15, Kenya on 10-17 (she promised me it was fixed and my bill would be 91.08 including service credit for all these days without service. Oh yes and Crystal in between on 10-10) and then Jackie on 10-27 telling me that all my request were denied???

    So before this company drives me and my wife to the nuthouse I decided enough is enough. In the meantime I received boxes to sent equipment back twice more lol. So It came in handy that I have these. And guess what? When I called Today and spoke with Tonya to cancel she told me I already closed this out on 11-1??? I still watched tv, used the internet till 11-7 when I got Spectrum to get me back on their internet. For tv I am using Sling TV, for phone magicJack. All now for a total of 78$ a month!!! Let’s hope Spectrum doesn't go bonkers with their pricing. And Frontier >>> everybody that I talk with Has/had bad experiences with your company. I hope you change your ways Or you price yourself right out of business.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2017

    I would definitely give them a ZERO, I called to cancel my contract and they told me that I still had to pay the entire month because of a change in a policy which I wasn't even aware of. They said the notification was sent over in June's bill and I told them that I don't received paper bills and I don't check the bill online because I had bank draft, so basically they are saying that it is my fault for not checking my bill and any notification that they decided to include in there. I even spoke to one of the customer service manager and he was totally helpless.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2017

    Upon renewing my contract for TV, Internet and Voice, I was initially quoted a price that was $30 MORE than what I had been paying. I called their “retentions” team and eventually was given a price that was lower than what I had been paying, by perhaps $15 for “the same” package and services. I noticed after the anniversary date that I was missing a number of channels and contacted them again. I was told that I was “mistaken” and that the new lower fee meant I was getting a lesser package. No apologies or explanation given. After arguing for a bit, I settled on a new package that included the channels I wanted and was quoted a specific price “plus taxes” that was higher but still acceptable. Upon receiving my first new bill, I was shocked to see that the price I was promised was not true and I am now paying about $11 MORE than what had just been quoted.

    I’ve called them again to complain and was told that: The people making the quotes don’t actually see all the costs that are being charged. They have no way of knowing what surcharges and taxes will be levied. The $6 Regional Sports fee that is now showing up is a Federally-mandated fee that Frontier was never made aware of and that it is a tax that goes 100% to the US government. This is despite them being told that this fee is a frequent complaint of people that call in. Which is it? A new unknown fee or something that is a chronic complaint? I am locked into the 2-year agreement and that my fees may change from month to month without notice.

    If I had a choice of providers, I would cancel this service right away. These folks are terrible and don’t care one with about Customer Satisfaction. I already hated the service because I travel and can’t access my channels and recordings over the web. These are things I had when the service was with Verizon (Verizon sold the service to Frontier). If you are a prospective customer and have a choice, I suggest you stay away from Frontier. They are awful.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2017

    I contacted Frontier to get a new promotion with my current Verizon Fios service. I was told that I can get a 100 mbps wifi speed with no monthly contract for $34.99. However, my bill did not reflect that. I've contacted Frontier multiple times to inquire about the billing issue. I was told that the promotion code was being removed from my account without marking why. I decided to switched to Charter and called in to request for cancellation. I was told by their customer services rep that they can't handle cancellation and have to transferred me to other department. My call got transferred and on hold for 2+ hours. I was sick to my stomach and decided to hang up. I dialed back to the customer services and was told the same. I was mad and told them my prior call with the 2+ hours of waiting in vain. They insisted that they need to transfer my call.

    This time, my waiting time is about 15 minutes instead. Their cancellation department told me that their policy does not allow them to cancel in the middle of the billing cycle. What kind of policy is that?! They can add new services in the middle of the billing cycle and prorate to make sure that their customers get to pay for the new services, but they don't do mid-month cancellation. I've read a lot of complaints about this company; however, they don't really care because they're currently dominate the internet market. I am filing a complaint to the FCC (Federal Communication Commission).

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2017

    WATCH OUT for this company FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS. Lies lies!!! Say anything to sign contract! Look at this sign 2 year contract for $140 a month. $400 Amazon card, look good right? Now look at this I notice after my 12 month bill higher amount. Called them wondering why is high, they said, "Your 1 year contract promotion is over." What how if I sign a 2 year contract. Why the hell would I get a 1 year promotion??? "And because promotion is over your new bill is $170.00. And you still under contract for 1 more year." What the hell!!! Let do the math people. I'm paying now $30 more for 12 month, that $360. Hmmm was my Amazon card really FREE! This is the new WELLS FARGO ALL OVER AGAIN! CAN'T wait until year over. BYE BYE.

    Updated on [03/27/2018]: I'M sooo EXCITED my contract is almost over!!! Is like Christmas for me. NO MORE FRONTIER! BYE BYE is like ripping the Devil contract! You not ripping me off no more. I was paying $140 on a 2 year contract and somehow it went up $180. Does that make sense. After calling hundredth times they did nothing to change my bill. This is the new pay Loan scam where they tell you how much is going to be and later change the contract on you and stick it to you! Well not for me. I stay away from TV. It be good for me and Internet and I got a cell phone so no need for home phone, plus it noting but teller marketing calling so stress there. And if I want internet just go to library it FREE. Going back to simple times AMEN! OH OH AND BEST PART I DID CALCULATION I BE SAVING $ 2160 in 1 year!!! YEAHHH.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2017

    After a modem I had (when we had Verizon) went bad, I received a new one that does not work. The techs at Frontier were of no assistance. A maintenance call was cancelled by Frontier, after a line check on their end. They never called or emailed about the cancellation. Another 3 hours on the phone got us scheduled for another maintenance call. I am now communicating with another company for my internet needs, just in case Frontier fails yet again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2017

    This is the WORST company I have EVER dealt with in my life. After they took over for Verizon, we stayed with them for a while off-contract, at a much higher rate, wanting to be sure we wanted to stay with them. We decided to give them a try, reordered service with upgraded equipment and waited for the new equipment. We waited, and waited, and waited - you get the idea.

    After calling to check the status, I was informed that someone "made a mistake" (this will become a recurring theme) and didn't finalize the order but they would take care of it right away. Well, the equipment came - the SAME OLD EQUIPMENT we already had. Another phone call, another assurance. That equipment came, still not right. ANOTHER phone call. The equipment came but didn't work properly. This time my husband calls-30-40 minutes on the phone and the "tech" guy can't get it so suggests having someone come to the house to troubleshoot. My husband readily agrees and then is informed that it will cost $75.00 for that. My husband said "no thank you" and hung up. Bear in mind that it takes 20-30 minutes just to get someone to answer your call, then they look at the previous notes, find the previous person gave you "incorrect information" and the assures you they will correct it.

    After the last fiasco, we called Spectrum. They answered promptly, set up an appointment for 2 days later and arrived on time. After 40 minutes installation, everything worked beautifully and he was out the door. I immediately called Frontier for disconnect and was told that it was already set up automatically for 8/31/17 (Spectrum installed 8/24/17) and I didn't need to do anything else.

    At this point, I have NINE different boxes (because they kept sending them) to return and am waiting for labels/shipping boxes. Instead of labels, I get a bill in the mail. I speak with William, who apologizes and states he will correct the problem AND backdate my disconnect to 8/24/17, so I will actually get a small refund and he gives me a confirmation number. Then, I get ANOTHER bill. I speak to Ray who looks at the information on file, tells me William did the right thing EXCEPT one small thing. He tells me it will take months to process my refund which will come in the form of a Visa card, and that I may still receive a bill, but that it will all zero out and he gives me ANOTHER confirmation number.

    Today, 11/4/17, I get a notice that I am past due for $235+ and that I will be sent to collections if I do not pay by 11/10/17. I call, AGAIN, and speak with Victoria. Now, I was not very pleasant. I have spent 20+ HOURS trying to order, update, get the right equipment, cancel, disconnect service & return equipment. We finally drove 30 miles to the nearest store and am fully out of patience. First, she can't verify my account by my husband's birthdate - same one he's had for 50+ years. Do I have the pin #? "Um, no, I haven't used your services for 2+ months now". Rummaging through my paperwork, I find the pin - hallelujah. She then looks around at the account, talks to herself, says someone "gave me the incorrect information" and that service was disconnected 9/6/17, so while I don't owe $235+, I DO owe $50+ for prorated service at $8+/day.

    I advise her of the above, give her the confirmation #. She agrees there's a note but that Ray didn't enter it the way I described, so if they pull the actual phone call and find that he did say what I say he did, they MIGHT be able to credit the whole thing. At this point, I strongly and loudly suggest that she might follow a better business practice of simply acknowledging how sorry she is for the 5+ phone calls I have had to make, the numerous errors made on their end and simply zero out the account. Of course, she doesn't have the authority to do that but would put me through to a supervisor.

    I advised her that I don't have the time or inclination to stay on the phone any longer today, that I very much looked forward to speaking to a supervisor AT MY CONVENIENCE, and that she best thoroughly document this conversation and note that I expect NOT to receive a bill for a single penny. If I do, I will write to the BBB, post reviews on as many sites as I can, and will encourage EVERYONE I come in contact with NOT to do business with Frontier.

    I also suggested that perhaps I should be paid for my wasted 20+ hours spent trying to get them to fix their "mistakes". At my current job (in healthcare customer service) that would amount to about $450.00. She only tried to "explain" why I owed money and state that she's "trying to help", but I won't listen to her. I told her that I would not listen, and didn't want to hear another word because the next person I talk to will likely only tell me that I was, once again, misinformed. Do yourselves a favor and RUN the other direction if anyone from Frontier approaches you to do business with them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2017

    Repetitive Calls to Frontier about their NO SERVICE, issues never get solved due to disconnection while you are put on hold, incompetent Tech and 0 Customer Service. I've been calling for same problems that I've been having with the VM and its getting worse. Thinking of switching to another Server.

    Updated on 11/22/2017: Frontier rep did reached out to me, asking for my account number, but I have not heard from Frontier as of 11/21/2017. My Auto Pay was cancelled but not on my account so I would of been charged on my Cr. card for the modem I did not purchase, (it is still in dispute), and at this time I am not paying for it because I did not purchased the modem. I went online, logged-on to my account and cancelled the credit card on my account. I had to call Frontier again for the for the return boxes and prepaid labels for the set boxes and modem (changed provider). I have 2-set box. One is the original set box from Verizon, too big to fit in the box and I asked Frontier to send me a bigger box. Did not get the box for the modem because my record indicates that I had bought the modem (which now in dispute).

    This modem has "Verizon", I was told when I had upgraded internet speed, the tech should of replaced the modem. And according to their record I had purchased the new modem and it should had "Frontier" on the modem. If this is accurate what the rep told me today, where is the modem that has "Frontier" on it??? I have an ancient modem from Verizon to return. Furthermore, when I upgrade the internet speed no one had informed me that tech was coming out to change the speed. I found out about it when I was talking to customer service about my issue with VM. If you have "AutoPay", make sure you cancel it before the billing cycle if you are planning on discontinuing the service. I hope by deleting my cr. cards I won't be charged for the modem I did not purchased.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2017

    We were supposed to have a new cable, internet & phone service installed on Oct. 27th. We wired all day & the tech called 30 minutes past the 4-hour window saying he wouldn't make it & would have to come back the next day. I told him that won't work because I have other plans. In the meantime, I was speaking with a customer service person & told her I had postponed other things to get this done. The service was reschedule for Nov 1st. On Nov 1st, the tech came & after over 2 1/2 hours said he couldn't get a signal & needed to come back the next day with the equipment to finish. I called Frontier stating that the tech hadn't shown up. I was told by them that according to their records the install was to be done on Nov 14th. I said that no way would we agree to being without computer or TV service for 2 weeks. (We were changing from Comcast to Frontier because of the great offer). I told them I need the computer for my job search and tutorial.

    The customer service person kept me on hold for 30 minutes and at the end said she left voice messages for the tech. She told me to try reaching the tech and the me his number. Afterwards I looked out the window & saw the tech working. He had never come to the door. It turned out that new fiberoptics need to be replaced & it will be 1- 2 weeks before this can be done. The tech will attach a temporary hookup & will be back at 3:30-4:00. He never returned.

    I spoke with another CR who after having me on hold for eons, escalated this and said he was transferring me to the President's office. After 1 hour & 8 minutes of this the call disconnect. No resolution. I called back again and the CR said she is going to research the information. After 18 minutes on hold I hung up. This is the worse treatment I've gotten by any business. Never would I recommend this company.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017

    I called on 2nd day of the month to cancel services. They said that since my bill was already generated for the month, I had to pay for entire month of service. They do not cancel outside the month or prorate billing. Now I am forced to pay for full month of service that I am not using. Never heard of such a business practice... Paying for services you are not using!

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017

    I've never written a review in my life, for anything, but what just happened to me has me so livid I can't resist. I called Frontier to check if they provide internet service to my address. The representative on the line asked for my name, which I gave him, and then my phone number "in case we get cut off". I declined to give him my phone number, and he said "uh huh" and immediately disconnected. That's the whole story. Frontier customer service, check you call log for 11/2/17, 9:50 AM PDT. You've lost a customer for life.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017

    Don't believe anything you're told over the phone by them. We ordered their Internet/wifi service in April 2017. Their rep said their newcomer special was 2 years at $ 49.99 month plus hookup fee additional $90.00. We called their competition. They offered 1 year of service for the same price with equipment rental or $5.00 less if I purchase our own equipment so we opted to go with Frontier over 2 year quote, the equipment was installed and worked OK. First bill $140.00 the rest $50.00 as promised until the bill due in October. It came in at $55.00 so we called them 2 plus hours and 3 on hold disconnects to reach a rep.

    He claimed the original promo had expired that a new promotion had come out that he would reinstate the 2 year promotion if we paid current $5.00 difference and any future bills would be $50.00 for the next 2 years, we did question about the bills because of the dates on bills showed expiring on one line and continues on another line. He said he would put notes on account about it, then come the end of October the next bill showed up. Now we're being billed $65.00 so we called again 1.5 hours to reach a rep this time, we were told now the promotion had expired and bill was now $65.00 a month and that was the end of it period. We again we questioned about 2 year deal. Why were we told that if they're not going to honor it? They had no answer.

    They offered to continue service till end of month billing date because they pre bill you 1 month ahead or we could cancel today and get credit for unused portion. We called again to try one last time to resolve this. We reached another rep and were told that it was a $65.00 service that the $50.00 deal is quote to sweeten the deal to get you on board and it's only good for 6 months. Now we asked then why are they still advertising 2 year deals still, he claimed there different deals now, yeah right. At their convince I bet. Anyway way to go Frontier. Another lost customer. I hope this experience will help someone else from making a really bad mistake and it touches as many people as possible.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017

    Two year promotion changed to 6 months - Customer service sucks. Customer reps lie all the time. Monthly bill fluctuates to higher charges. Worst of the worst. Didn’t get my Amazon Visa promotion offer after I signed up.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017

    If there were an option to give a zero star rating, that would be appropriate. I placed an initial order with this provider for internet service 2 weeks ago. Paid the required $70 deposit and was good to go. A few days later, I decided to revise the order with their bundle of phone and cable, called back and the CSR went through the spill of having me recall sales, revise the order, so on and so forth. The initial install date was scheduled for 11/2. When I revised the order, it was pushed up to 11/1. Today-between 8 and noon. The clock ticked away and no one called to give the necessary lead time or confirm. I ended calling them around 11:30 and waited forever to be told that when the order was revised, I didn't pay the additional $98 deposit (which I was never asked for) so now my order was in limbo where it would remain until the additional money was paid.

    I went back and forth with this customer service rep for more than 45 minutes with a series of holds. I was adamant about what a disservice this was to me as a consumer and that I wanted to speak to a supervisor. After another nearly 15 minute hold, a supervisor came on to whom I told the story again and she reiterated that she didn't know who fouled up the order but it would be necessary for me to pay the additional deposit, at which time they would give me a future install date. Never mind that I made arrangements for someone to schedule this day to wait for this appointment for almost two weeks now. Nope. I repeat. Worst Customer Experience Ever!

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017

    Extremely unhappy with Frontier's inability to find and fix wireless service issues. This company has poor communication among the technical and customer service departments, which has led to my continuous calling to get a clear answer that my problem was related to a larger outage issue. For a week I had no internet. I have experienced very unreliable, choppy internet connection since; for at least a month, while there is still no resolution to this problem in sight,(according to their automated message). Frustrated and unable to reliably finish my online classwork.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2017

    I am currently on the phone with Frontier trying to close account. I've been on phone since 6:09 pm. It is now 7:50. I spoke with Tech support. Three customer service representatives and one retention clerk. All have said they do not have the power to terminate service. I'm beyond frustrated because I gave them back the box a few months ago and asked for final bill. I had not had 30 days of continuous service since I had them. I wasted every weekend on the phone this long only for them to tell me that I need to wait 7-10 days for a tech to come out.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2017

    I have had billing problems with Frontier overcharging me for 4 months in a row now. I have the bundle with internet, phone, and cable from Frontier (formerly Verizon.) I also have an extra line just for work. My bill is supposed to be about $183-$185 a month. The past 4 months it has been over $300 and this month it is $464.59. I get charged for long distance, when I'm supposed to have free long distance, I was charged a fee to "break my contract" when I upgraded to Quantum Fios after one of THEIR representatives called ME and asked if I wanted to upgrade. They had my work number as my primary number, when I've told them repeatedly that the other number is my primary home number, and I only use the other line for work.

    Every month I get assured that the situation will be corrected, and every month I end up having to call them yet AGAIN. I worked with a woman named Esther last month and sure enough, this month my bill was wrong again. I called last week and left a message and never got a reply. You can't even get a representative from their Escalation Dept. on the line. I left 2 messages this morning and haven't heard back yet either. Their customer service is the worst ever. I'm ready to switch to Spectrum.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2017

    On 4/1/2017 I spoke with David with Frontier communications, to start service. I made it clear that I did not want a contract and he said that was fine. He said there were a couple of things we could look at and finally ended up offering me $59.99 + tax for cable and internet. This price was to include the equipment, there would be no setup fee and this was a month to month, not a contract. 1st Month's bill was $172! I called on 5/13/17 and spoke with a Supervisor Jaylen, and was told that would be fixed and I would get an updated bill in about 10 business days. Next bill... a month later 352.62! My original bill plus another $180.52. What??? I called again. Spoke with a supervisor. She CONFIRMED my offer and said she would escalate my call to Tier 2 and that I would get a call back on Monday. Told me that if I did not get a callback, that I could call back and talk to a supervisor in escalations department. I did not get a callback.

    I did not have time to call them again. My next bill showed up and reflected a credit of $205.46, which left me with an outstanding balance of $147.16 and a new bill of $91.89. Both of which were still too high. I called again on 6/23/17 Michelle a Customer Service supervisor who very condescendingly declared that what I thought was my deal was ridiculous and not something Frontier would offer. She transferred me to Escalations. I spoke with Andrea, in Escalations, who AGAIN confirmed my offer. She then stated that I was being charged for an additional router. She made some adjustments, and then she stated that she couldn't give me the rest of the credits without me paying the outstanding balance. I agreed and paid, with the understanding that I would get credited for both the $30 for the extra router and that the 4.50 phone charge would also be credited.

    I then got my next bill which was too high, slightly, but with burying my mom, I didn't get to call them until the next bill came in, still too high, but now also behind. On 9/3/17 I chatted with representative "Nikki **" who again confirmed everything I had said but then told me that she couldn't do anything with my bill until I paid it. In irritation I paid it in full. I was told it would take 3-5 business days for the payment to show up. I called back two weeks later and spoke to a supervisor, via chat, who basically told me, again, that my offer was not realistic but that she would pull the recording of my original call. I told her to do that and send me a copy or a transcript. She claimed that the call was "proprietary to Frontier". I was pissed, I told her to fix the problem. She said she would call me once she received the copy of the call. I printed the conversation, but now cannot find it, and cannot remember the name of this supervisor.

    She told me it would take 3-5 business days. I did NOT get a callback. On October 5th I got an e-mail stating that my promotional period of my 2-year contract had expired and that I would now be paying an additional $37.50 a month. On October 6th I got a notice that my bill was ready and that I owed $212.64, after having paid the account in full on 9/3/17. According to the online bill I had a past due balance of $79.99 plus the new increased bill. I called and spoke with another representative about a week later and I was so angry that I don't even remember her name or which day I called. Prior to making the phone call I did check my online bill again, and suddenly had a credit adjustment of $87.76, so now my bill was only $124.88.

    The summary of that conversation was that yeah, I was offered what I was offered but that the rep had lied to me just to get me to commit and they don't offer the deals that I was actually offered so I was screwed and could continue to pay the over charged by double cost or she guessed she would go ahead and let me cancel without an early termination fee, which I thought was gracious since I DIDN'T SIGN UP WITH A CONTRACT. I waited about a week to call back, because I wasn't sure that there was actually any other service that was available in my area, and I wanted to check, before I decided if I was just screwed and stuck with it. Found out I can get Time Warner/Spectrum (not sure if that is better and not for the deal I was offered but for better than $124/month).

    Called back today 10/28/17. Prior to calling, at 1:30 PM I got on with a chat representative who to confirm that the escalations department was in today, and there would be someone that I could talk to if I called in. She tried to note my account for cancellation, I told her that I didn't ask her to do that, I just wanted to know if the escalations department was in. She said yes. I called in to Frontier... now 1 hour and 10 minutes ago. I am still on hold. The first rep Milani, told me that there is no direct contact for escalations. She transferred me to her supervisor Rosalin, who it turns out is not a supervisor, but a floor rep who is acting as supervisor who agreed with me that I should be able to cancel, based on the notes on my account without penalty and with a bill adjustment to the original offer.

    She transferred me to Cancellations... well sort of, after a 20 minute wait I got Asia... in customer service who confirmed that she couldn't cancel my account. She transferred me to cancellations, and I got Debbie, (this after another 30 minute wait) who confirmed that she was cancellations, but stated that she couldn't cancel my account without an early termination fee. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and she said "you can talk to a supervisor, but they won't be able to do it either." I angrily declared my case and she told me she would get me a supervisor, that was 15 minutes ago... I am still waiting. Guess I should be thankful I haven't been disconnected yet.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2017

    They came in and installed it and left the modem on the floor instead of by the mounted TV like I requested. Internet cut out every evening. They sent techs out and could never figure out how to provide internet service so I left and went to another group. They wanted to force me to pay some fee for leaving early even though for months they provided no internet. They are terrible and all but one of the employees I interacted with were rude.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2017

    All of a sudden I received an email indicating that my paperless billing request was complete. I had never requested this, and in fact always uncheck any paperless billing options. Frontier have lied many times in the past in relation to billing so I always want to see the true paper bill. I called Frontier and was on hold for about 45 minutes. I finally spoke to "Kristy" and was told that this may have been an accident, but it appears to have happened to many people today. I asked to be switched back to a paper bill and was told that this was not possible. "Kristy" then hung up on me! I see this as Frontier simply wanting to save money by switching people to this without authorization.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017

    So I have had Frontier Fios for almost six months now. Initially, it took a month and a half for them to come install it. I actually got my first bill before they ever step foot on my lawn. I figured it was from all the new customers they were getting and I left it at that. Our first router for 50/50 internet barely hit 30/10 on all speed tests then eventually stopped working altogether. This happened within the first three months. It took them three weeks to come out and "fix" my connection issues. The tech told me that the router I was supplied with had been obsolete for a year now and gave me a "new" router. It worked for about two weeks. It began to cut off the connection completely over and over and over again and again speed test show that it is around 25/15.

    I called last week to make and an appointment to fix my issue and also to upgrade my speed. Maybe the speed is the issue. They gave me an appointment for 17 days from then!!! I would NEVER recommend anyone to get this service. The customer service sucks, the service sucks, the wait time for service sucks. Everything sucks about this service. Can’t wait till Google internet comes.

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    PriceReliability

    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017

    Finally canceled my Frontier internet service after years I’d dealing with unreliable internet service. Their tech department blames my computer whenever it doesn’t work and tells me my solution is to pay for a more expensive service. Funny thing is that within a few days the internet returns and all is well again until it happens again the next month. I finally canceled today when it went out again. I had had enough! Found a more reliable service at a much lower price.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    I gave one star because there is nothing lower than one star. Frontier is the worst company of ordering internet service and getting a customer service. I ordered internet service for my mom whom just moved to senior apartment. I told sales representative I only need an internet service for my mom and he set up an installation appointment. The service man was nice and knowledgeable. However, when I got my first invoice, I was surprised. There are more than $100.00 extra service charges which the sales representative mentioned anything about.

    Also, it is not only internet service. It includes telephone service which I don't need. I tried to get an explanation from customer service and it took forever to talk to, even internet chatting takes hours. It seemed without informing customers what customers paid for is normal business practice for Frontier. Please before get the service, find out what Frontier is going to charge. I recommended try not to use this service. It is not worth.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    If I could give a 0 I most certainly would. This is the worst company I've ever had to deal with. Talk about masters of the "bait and switch". My contract ended at the beginning of the year so I called to cancel the service. I was told that as a valued customer I could receive 2 credits to lower my bill and I just needed to sign a new 2 year contract, and that the 2 credits would be taken off my bill for 1 year. I just received my bill today and one of the credits has been taken off and the bill has gone up $30. I've made multiple calls and have been told something different each time. I was told the first time that a manager would contact me via email. I never received an email. I called again and asked to speak with a manager, I was told a manager would call me back. I never received a call. I contacted them on their Facebook page, hoping that a public forum may help.That actually worked and I finally received an email from Rick, an account manager.

    Not only was his email rude, but incredibly condescending. I was told that I should have never received the 2nd credit and the bill is correct. I explained that these credits were set up for me to remain a customer and that I would have never signed a new contract with them if I knew that my bill was going to be $140.00/month for basic cable & internet. He told me this was an error and Frontier had been "eating" (his exact words) the $30 for me every month. WHAT?! He made it sound like I should be sorry for Frontier... Unbelievable. I then let him know that I would be cancelling the contract, which is not up for another full year. I figure if they can change the contract I signed up for, that makes it null and void. He let me know that I was welcome to "try" (his words again). If Frontier was the last cable company on earth, I would absolutely stop watching television and read a book instead!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    I was charged $163 per month without my approval. Dealing with Frontier impossible. Every call or chat I found out new lies that they use against the customers. Problem is you cannot prove as they refuse to provide anything in writing. Where the amounts come from. I just returned from Vacation mode which is no contract. I got fed up with Frontier and finally decided to cancel services with them. They tried to keep the contract and informed that I have contract for another 3 years and I would have to pay penalty for canceling services. After 3 hours chat I been given bunch of lies.

    After my Vacation mode Frontier refused to provide my costs for the plan. Suddenly I received a bill for TV and Internet $163 dollars. I would like to know where this amount comes from. This company should be closed for illegal way they operate, making customer to go through HELL to prove anything, if that is possible. They do whatever they want and no justice is served.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    The worst customer service ever. No show appts repeatedly. Service itself always troubled and not consistent. Terrible product and horrible service. Honestly stay away. Far away and if you don’t just remember you were warned!!!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017

    My father who lives in a nursing home has a pacemaker monitor that is not working because Frontier has shut his service off but continues to charge him. This is not the first problem with the service. They were billing him for a phone line he never had and has shut his service off several times even though he is set up for auto pay. When making calls to Frontier customer service I have cut off. Never called back even though they ask for a callback number. He only needs the line for the pacemaker monitor and rarely uses it, so it can be out for long periods of time and they just keep charging him for it. IT IS A SHAME HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017

    A Frontier representative was going door to door selling the cable service. He went through the pros of the cable service and gave us a quote. We have been long standing customers of another cable service and other than a slightly high monthly bill, was happy. The quote was irresistible so we made the switch. WE GOT WHAT WE PAID FOR. The first month's bill was SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the quote!!! Attempts to call customer service took 3 hours and a representative who gave us the run around stating the individual who came to our house and gave us the quote was misleading and that the quote could not be honored. We had paid for the highest speed and largest MB; however, a week into the service the cable would be interrupted with pixelated pauses. Service would eventually go out... several times throughout the day. Hours spent on the phone again was more frustrating than the cable going out!!!

    Then next month we noticed channels that were part of our package had became unavailable. We are now paying for a package we don't have. Customer service is hard to find and when we finally did get a hold of a rep they are rude and inconclusive with their answers. Biggest mistake switching to this company just to save a few dollar, it's been a frustrating experience. Would never recommend this cable service to anyone.

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Brittany increased their star rating on Oct. 31, 2017.

    Updated review: Oct. 31, 2017

    A Frontier social media team member by the name of Lianne responded to my complaint on 10/30/17. As per usual the Frontier employee was condescending and judgmental. She assumed that Frontier did not speak to both parties- WHICH they did on 09/21 and on 09/25. There were multiple instances where both parties were on the phone with the company asking for the transfer.

    The fact still remains this issue took OVER a month to resolve with internet chats and phone conversations. Lianne obviously did not understand what the underlying issue was. The fact that Frontier's employee's make it SO difficult to close or even transfer an account its ridiculous. (Unfortunately, this is the SECOND time it has happened.) Yes, I appreciate her efforts in making a resolution and the credit. However there still needs to be major changes in this company.

    I still recommend you go to Comcast and not waste your time with this incompetent company.

    Original Review: Oct. 24, 2017

    I moved out of my previous residence and attempted at FIVE different times in order to transfer the account so there would be no disruption of service. I have been out of the previous residence now for over two months. When my previous roommates began having connectivity issues they called Frontier to report it and possibly get it fixed. They come to find out the account has not been transferred and still open under my name. Luckily, my roommates caught this or else there would still be a charge of $74.99 on my account WITH NO NOTIFICATION. The fact that we have attempted to get this fixed FIVE times and hasn't been handled is outrageous. It should have been an easy close and open situation; however it has been a nightmare to consistently deal with their incompetence as a company.

    Updated on 02/23/2018: On October 31st 2017 I made a review in regards to the difficulty of closing my account. I had moved and NO LONGER used Frontier's service. I received a refund by Lianne on Jan. 31st (90 days later). I am NOW being charged AGAIN for that amount. I am currently on the phone with their support team for 1.5 hours with no resolution still - I have been bounced from Customer Care, Billing, and Collections. I want the amount adjusted off of my account and TO NEVER be contacted by Frontier EVER again. I highly recommend NO ONE use their service as their Customer Service is horrendous and they lack training to even handle closing someone's account. It has been 8 months since this entire ordeal has started and Frontier has done very little to resolve this.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2017

    On Oct 6, 2017, I called to cancel service due to move. I waited 29mins according to my phone for an agent. As soon as I said to cancel I got disconnected. Called again, this time 59 mins but not going to give up. Told agent I needed to cancel service effective Oct 9th. Gave all info requested, she asked if I wanted to reserve number, I said "No" and she disconnected. Now, I got a bill on Oct 22 saying I owe them for service from 10/18-11/19/2017 for $67+. I tried "chat," was # 25 in cue but stuck it out. Finally, nice agent named "Chrisvie" answered and kept telling me they did not want to lose me as a valued cust etc. etc. I insisted to cancel service and on and on.

    Finally was told they could make an "appointment" to turn off service on Nov. 20th! I explained that service was supposed to be turned off on Oct 9th, but they insisted the earliest disconnect appt. was Nov 20th. They had no record of Oct. 6th call or me requesting turn off for the 9th of Oct. They tried to transfer service to new address. I told agent "Chrisvie" I would not pay any charges after Oct. 9th and was told a note of that would be made. This "chat" lasted over 30 mins. and guess what? When I checked back at the website, they have a service appt. for Nov. 20th to cancel service! An appt?? All they have to do is flip a switch! No equipment to pick up or anything. Just turn it off! Prior to this, I had no problem with phone service. It is just terrible trying to get through to them on the phone or to stop your service.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2017

    The most recent problem (10/21/2017) is internet usability/reliability. Very slow then back up to speed then slow again like a roller coaster in slow motion. Difficulty with streaming, gaming. Previous problems with billing that is fixed for a few months and then overcharged again and sometimes double charged. Some billing people are very nice and helpful while others are very rude. We are so close to changing to another internet provider...

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2017

    This is the second time I've been on the line with tech support... the first time I was hung up on and they never reached back to me via the number I gave them for such a situation. Now I'm on the line with a tech and every time he has me doing something he goes away and either ignores my "hello" or has put me on hold without telling me. I'm on the second long pause, the first one was 2 minutes, I'm currently holding for a minute... finally a response. Now he wants me to physically tie into the router for a hard connection. This was the point in which the first technician hung up on me.

    My problem is that I have internet to the router, and my hard connect provides data, but my wifi connections do not. It's the first thing I led off with this gentleman, however he either didn't hear me or didn't want to. He's now initializing my wifi remotely... oh, and radio silence. He's probably eating a sammitch during these pauses (hypothetical, he doesn't sound like he's eating, I'm just frustrated)... one minute... two minutes... "I don't believe that the router is doing anything on my end." Met with silence. Three minutes... four minutes... I honestly believe this guy is attempting to wait me out. Five minutes... No answers to any of my queries... if he's placing me on hold he hasn't told me.

    Seven minutes... I'm talking to my wife, we can't get over the lack of courtesy in Frontier's staff. I'm documenting this due to the terrible treatment I received on the first call. I'm not being rude or anything, yet the first tech just hung up on me. Up to eight minutes, still no word from the tech online. Crud, nine minutes... I sincerely believe that this guy is just waiting me out... holding on though. It is now 12:40, I've literally been on hold without notification for ten minutes. Without notifying you that you will be on hold, how many minutes go by before you hang up? 11 minutes, still holding. "Hello sir, are you there?"... silence and I am up to 15 minutes of hold time without notification. 19 minutes of a hold that I wasn't made aware of. How can an organization continue to stay afloat with such poor service?

    I've been hold for 20 minutes of a 40:02 minute call... tell me what you think, is that a company you want to do business with? Remember, this is my second call with them. 12:53 and I get bumped back to a waiting list. That's 23 minutes of waiting on a hold that I was never notified of. I have a feeling that I'm on the hook for another untrained technician to fumble around with my service. 12:59, currently holding on the line for the next available person, while telling me "thank you for your patience." Growing more and more irritated. I know that if I lose my cool the guy who is next in line is going to just hang up on me, so there's no use in doing that. 56 minutes into this call, still on hold starting again from the beginning... because that's just the type of day I'm having. I'm concerned, if I can't get service I should be allowed out of this contract, but at the moment I think they have me by the short curlies. I'm beginning to hate this company.

    Still waiting... Got someone, his name is Mark. He's explaining that California is going through some sort of outage... at least this guy seems intelligent. I am in California, so at least I've got some useful information. I've been on the phone now for 1 hour and 11 minutes. Mark is awesome, but I'm still flabbergasted as to the lack of common courtesy demonstrated by the previous two technicians. 1 hour and 17 minutes, and Mark and I finished up our business. No firm fix in mind, apparently my concerns are more widespread than just my service. At least I know something now.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2017

    What is there to say that hasn't been said by the thousands of reviews below? I know it all sounds made up, but Frontier is seriously THAT bad. I swear most of their representatives think it's funny to mess with callers. On one occasion they offered my father-in-law (I did a live chat - I wish I could put the transcript here) a very nicely priced package. The representative kept saying things like "wow, you're in luck we have Prime TV, 50/50 internet for $100" or so. The rep kept pushing it and adding ridiculous things like "wow, you won't believe this but I can give you the NFL Network for free." When it was time for the package to kick in, it didn't. We called and asked what happened - they said what was given isn't a real package and canceled the order without telling us.

    Today (10.21.2017), I called to ask why my internet keeps going up and down. Nothing helpful. At all. And last, but not least. They have my name wrong on the bill. I've called multiple times and they even supposedly "noted" it on my file, but have never changed it. It's almost two years now. These people seriously do not want to work. The service is terrible, the representatives are terrible, the company itself is just all-around terrible. P.S. It's taking me forever to try to get this posted because my internet keeps going down.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017

    I have contacted over 20 different people over a space of 8 days. While they were all polite enough they hung up on me [4 times], gave me departments who told me they are the wrong department [8 times] and then changed my service so that my fax number works but my business line was cut off. This has cost me a lot of money and clients. And the problem is still not corrected. NEVER... NEVER initiate service with this company. I asked to speak with a manager several times since the line people were incompetent, twice I was told a manager would call within a few minutes [yeah right]. I even went to their booth at a street fair. "A manager will call within the hour" I was told. I guess I'm stupid, I actually waited. These people set the standard for gross incompetence!! Use at your own peril.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017

    I have not even use the connection for 2 weeks they have charged me for whole month. When I request for refund which I have paid for whole month in advance they are not ready to refund the rest of the amount. This is totally unfair. Am very disappointed. Never trust Frontier Communications. It worst ISP I have ever seen.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017

    Worst company in the world to do business with. I sold my house and the biggest hiccup with Frontier instead of the real estate agent. This business is very shady, here are my two complains: Charged me 1 extra month (~$100). They mentioned that I called them on 10/2/17 and that this was the day that my new billing cycle was starting. They said that this is their new policy and that I have signed this policy when I started my service problem is that I never signed anything with them. I had a contract with Verizon and they bought this business so I'm not sure under these conditions why I need to comply with their new rules. They asked me to returned the equipment that I had already purchased - when I asked them to why they checked again and they said that I actually didn't have to return anything - super shady people and business tactics.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017

    Frontier was going door to door in my neighborhood and they have great plans. Better than what I am getting with Spectrum currently, but I would NOT recommend them if they were the last cable/internet/phone company in the world. They have absolutely HORRIBLE customer service BEFORE you ever even get service with them. After I signed up they said someone would call to schedule a time for service, someone called on a Monday morning to say that they were down the street from me and could stop by to hook up service. No notice at all given and of course no one was available. So I scheduled a time for them to come out on Saturday. Wednesday rolls around and someone calls to say that they cannot come out on a weekend day. It has to be M-F.

    So I called back after work and got put on the list for a call back due to high call volume, only to finally 25 mins later get a call back to be rudely told whatever and hung up on due to the fact that THEIR background music was still playing in the background. Received NO call back so I tried calling back myself. Was on hold for 45 minutes and hung up. Called back Saturday was on hold for 20 minutes before someone answered and asked me for a call back number just in case we got disconnected. Told him everything that has happened up to this point and he apologized for everything I had already been through, only for him to put me on hold, hang up on me, and not call me back.

    This company is an absolute joke. Horrible that you have a bad experience with customer service BEFORE they ever even come out to hook up service for you. So needless to say I have an inquiry on my credit now for nothing since they obviously aren’t trying to hook service up and my account wasn’t placed on a 12 day hold at which point if I did not contact them I would have to apply for service all over which I definitely will not be doing. No way I’d sign a 2 year contract with this horrible company and the horrible people they employ.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017

    No internet or cable since Saturday. Called about the problem and it was determined that I needed to have a technician come to my residence to switch out a power box. Was given a date of Thursday (5 days later). Wasn't happy with it, but I waited. Called today to get an estimated time for the repairs and was told I would now have to wait until Monday because they don't have enough techs. No one called to let me know, so I wasted most of my day waiting on them. Customer service is a joke!

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    Frontier Communications sells "broadband" "High speed internet" for $50 for 150 MB/s, $40 for 100 MB/s and $30 for 50 MB/s but still charges DSL customers $40 for THREE (3) MB/s and refuses to follow FCC guidelines for companies offering "high speed internet" and "Broadband" which states a MINIMUM of 25 MB/s. When you call them, they tell you they have no plans to EVER upgrade to FCC guidelines. Am Now looking for a class action lawsuit attorney to sue Frontier for false advertising, violation of FCC guidelines, and overcharging customers.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    I have been overbilled for 10 months. They make me pay it to restore service which they cut off every month. So they owe me over 600 dollars now and just billed me over 500 again for the month. I've been on the phone for 5 hours now. Usually around 3 each month. They acknowledge credits due each time... Apologize... And then don't actually give me the credit. I overpay... Get no credits and have service turned off every month. I'm going to have to eat the overages and get out of this cycle of insanity!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    Worst company ever!!! They absolutely RIPOFF customers. Made a mistake of keeping Frontier service after Fios was sold out. Billing amount on a monthly basis keeps changing. At some point their customer service promised me a bill of about $89.99 but kept charging me $146.00 and for no reasons charged me $172.11 just for INTERNET!!! Would you believe it? I have logged a complaint with BBB and next is to report them to the Texas state attorney. Anybody willing partake in the battle against this fraudulent company please reach out to **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    We have been a Frontier customer for many years and really enjoyed having them. Then our bill was increased rather high for our liking. We called and got promised our bill would be lowered. 6 plus phone calls later, with at times hour long holds our bill remained high. Then since I would only pay what was quoted me our service got cut off and we had to pay to get it restored. Why you ask do we keep them? I'm asking the same question. Because this has not been addressed properly or made right, we will be looking for a company that will stand by their promises.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    I'm writing this to warn people from using Frontier for their cable and/or internet. This is the worst service provider I have ever dealt with. Everything from service interruptions to overbilling that is next to impossible to get corrected. I have spent close to 30 hours on the phone with customer service over the past four months. It's a full time job to get service fixed or restored and get billing issues resolved. I have literally lost my mind dealing with this company. If you do nothing else in your life do not sign up with Frontier.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017

    I'm not sure my complaint here will be heard. Frontier customer service reps have hung up on me twice, never called back despite asking for my number "in case we get disconnected" and the reps were clearly having a party in the background, so much screaming and laughing and carrying on that I could barely hear the rep I was talking to. This is actually the second time this same scenario has happened. I asked if it was a recorded line the first time and got a ticket number. I submitted this to our local rep (Leo/Auburn, IN), suggested he listen to the recorded conversation and requested a call back. He never responded.

    Our entire neighborhood (Deer Hollow) has internet problems every day. Turns out, the reps also don't know that there are apparently 2 regions in Indiana with a different type of fiber optic connection (Valparaiso and Leo), which is not a true fiber to the home, requiring a different modem. I have to explain this every time and it's like beating my head against a brick wall. There was one single Frontier rep who was helpful. Wish I could remember her name. She did understand the issue after researching it (the call was over 1 hour long) and partially corrected our problems. Every other call has resulted in absolutely no help (still waiting on that return call in case we "get cut off" --- or your party in the background becomes too interesting).

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017

    I signed up at one of my local fairs and was quoted the price of $103 plus taxes and fees, I was "guaranteed" this price for the next three years. Got my first bill and I was billed $118 plus taxes and fees. Called customer service and was told they have no package like that for that price and they could not change it. Since it was less than Comcast I decided to stay with it. One year later they upped my bill to $167. They will not honor the three year contract and insist it was only for one year. Do not believe this company, they lie to get you to sign up and don't live up to their promises.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2017

    I purchased a ticket for my mom to come visit. I thought that a deal only $120 well then plus the baggage and seat cost so around $200. She arrives today at the airport for her flight (2 hours in advance) and she needed help printing her boarding pass. After 3 different Frontier employees kept telling her they couldn’t help her she needs to go stand in this line so she does and gets the same response from the next employee and so on. By the time they finally directed her to the right line the employee said, "Sorry I can’t print the boarding pass it’s too late. You’ll need to buy another ticket for $100" which she does because she doesn’t know what else to do.

    After she purchases it she calls to tell me what happened and now my 59 year old mother is sitting in a airport with no transportation or place to stay and her ticket isn’t until tomorrow evening. So I did what any good daughter would and bought her a new ticket from a different airlines (Southwest) to assure myself that she would make it here. I called customer service when she arrived to find out about a refund for the ticket and the extra ticket she bought and to make sure she would be able to take the returning flight home. After speaking to two different people the best they said they could do is give a credit for $115 to be redeemed in 90 days and she can take the returning flight home.

    I explained to them that why would I want to use your airlines again after their employees had cause this issue in the first place. Only answer I can get from both gentlemen is this is the best I can do. I can guarantee myself and family will never use this airline again and will make sure to tell everyone I know to not use them as well. If I was dealing with a airline like Southwest, Delta etc I would writing a whole different review. So to the owners of Frontier you need to train your employees properly to service your customers and teach them customer service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2017

    We have dealt with Frontier for over 2 years and I must say as long as you have no problems with service it's pretty consistent. Although if you just so happen to have a issue with any aspect of your service... NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE. The reps are clueless and full of empty promises, anything to get you off the phone, or to the next rep. All along extremely apologetic to your problem. You must check your bill each month for discrepancies, of course to their benefit. I feel like I'm being scammed each month I open the bill. How can they stay in business with these practices. I grew up with Frontier landline phones service and must say the ATTENTION to the CUSTOMER SATISFACTION is NON-EXISTENT TODAY!!! They teach the reps how to ** the customers.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2017

    My mother has had an account with Frontier from back when it was GTE phone service. She has been getting billed for calls to two different numbers for months and has complained before but the customer support people always say that their system shows the calls are direct dialed from her number. My mother lives alone and no one else has access to her phone unless she is there. In essence they are calling her a liar because as we all know errors never show up on computer systems. I have even gone in and called their customer support on her behalf trying to straighten out this problem. They always forward you to someone else in another office who only will give you a first name and supposedly which city they are in but no other way to verify who they are, typical calling center tactics, no way to verify you talked to anyone.

    The last time I called I was told there was no supervisor at all in the office I was talking to in Florida so I had no recourse when the individual refused to try and correct the billing. I have told my mother who is also a senior that Frontier in my opinion is just screwing her over and what can a senior citizen do against them. We have decided to cancel her service and give up the security she has with her fall alert because the company has no competition in the area with wired lines and does not value her and refuses to look into the problem.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2017

    I signed up for phone service and internet. Next thing I know I receive calls from several solicitors! They all called from long distance phone numbers! My wife and I would talk from 909 to 760. I got the phone line to save. Next thing I know my phone bill is 758 bucks. It's already on my credit report and ruining my credit. I called them. They told me over county lines cost almost 2 bucks a minute. They never told me or warned me of this. I never signed a contract agreeing to this! I have been called them and they will not offer me any form of proof that I agreed! Please Help! I heard these guys scam everyone.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2017

    We were happy Verizon customers for 10 years. The moment Frontier took over it was awful. Supposedly we have the 150/150 internet speed. The fastest we should have... Well I'm here to tell you that it is the worst and the most inconsistent internet ever. Everything is always offline... When we call customer service they are a complete joke... Today my husband called and asked to have someone come out and check their equipment. They were going to charge him $75.00 to come out. My husband told them he wanted to find out what was left on contract, the rep couldn't transfer him because they didn't have anyone available... What? The customer service and the products are absolutely awful! DO NOT GET FRONTIER! They do not care about their customers!

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2017

    I talked to two different sales representatives and then a "processor" to get internet and TV connected at my new residence. The price I was given was $91.00 plus CT sales tax. I specifically asked if there would be any other monthly charges, fees, costs besides the $91.00 plus CT sales tax. I asked all three people several times and was assured each time that this would be the only cost. My first statement was $91.00 plus $6.00 regional sports fee plus "Video*" $7.05 plus CT state tax. A $9.99 delivery fee had been mentioned as a one time fee. I called customer service who then tried to tell me that I had been quoted all of those costs, that they are allowed to charge them, etc. I had the service disconnected immediately as I told the sales reps in the beginning I would do if there are any extra charges on the bill. They then said the sales rep told me about all of the fees and so on. In short, I was promised one price, but charged another, higher price

    I was assured again and again by sales reps and then a "processor" that my monthly bill would be $91.00 plus CT sales tax and no other fees, charges, costs etc. I asked again and again, No other fees, charges etc. They assured me again, $91.00 per month plus CT sales tax. I get the first bill and over $13.00 in fees and costs extra. I had told the reps and processor, if it is any more than $91.00 plus CT sales tax, I would cancel immediately. I did. I spoke to a very rude "supervisor" who did not listen to what I was saying. She straight out lied to me and said that I had been quoted all of the extras. Terrible customer service, every rep tells a different story, says they will call back, never do, say, "sorry, the other rep gave you the wrong info" did not reply in an email as promised, etc.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2017

    I requested that my phone service be disconnected on July 25, 2017 because I was planning to relocate. The relocation plan failed so I called five days later to get my old number Re-established. It is now October 13, 2017, a dozen calls later, requesting to have my situation escalated, promised each time someone would call, told my problem would be resolved, and to date nothing. Absolutely the most dysfunctional, inconsistent, noncustomer friendly business I have experienced in my life.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017

    I saw about 20 ads online from Frontier Communication offering service for $19.99 monthly only to discover I was ineligible because I am already a customer paying $83.00. These Ad series have a discreet disclaimer but it's a link to my ineligibility that is never mentioned directly in the ads. I think the discreet link is a fraudulent com-on...THEN I started thinking, how can they offer someone else $19.99 while they charge me $82 monthly to a long time customer??? Does that seem fair?

    Actually I am a new customer because Verizon sold my subscription to them. Verizon offered me no other choice. I reported Frontier to FCC, a Frontier Communication representative called me admitting it was discreet but offered no help. My advice: STAY AWAY FROM DECEPTIVE AND MANIPULATING COMPANIES... IT'S EXPENSIVE TROUBLE. Send your concerns to Federal Communications Complaints https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us - they need to know what's going on at grassroots level and post your problem everywhere online.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017

    I have been with Frontier for almost 5 years. I have NEVER had this kind of inconsistent internet in my life. Dial up was by far better than this crap. I have been given the runaround for years. Given every excuse from “there is too many people on one cable” or “we need to defrag your computer” to “I want you to go to your browser and type in 192.168.254.254” blah blah blah. NOTHING WORKS. This company is giving people excuses for a crappy service that has major issues and charging outrageous prices. I have spent over $2500 over the years with them, and literally I hardly ever can get online before it boots me off. I have been in touch with corporate and they could not believe that in 10 days our service disconnected 480 times!!! What they are doing should be illegal. I’d switch to a different company if we could, but this is our only option...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017

    Frontier service contact on August 28/2017 to renew two - year plan as a customer needed a lower plan. First of all if you are a new customer you can get a cheaper rate than being an existing two-year loyal member. Secondly ask for a lower rate for my cable and internet than I was originally paying. Agent close my account open a new one without my knowledge. Once I receive the bill the next month was not what I requested it so-called Frontier. Spoke with agent was supposedly fixing the issue and notating asking for credit of 195 + $100 Visa card denied more than once. Never return call or email on any of it.

    Customer had to continue to call to find out what was really going on with the status. Also had to speak with another agent and confirm that correct cable and internet service I wanted. Again still not correct. Spoke to several supervisors. All they can do is apologize. Long story short October 9th did reach Justin. He fixed what I was trying to do at the beginning of my first call in August. Also spoke with a supervisor again. I've heard it all the apologies again from supervisor still penalizing me as the customer for something that they did from day one of my first call for the new two-year renewal. Then ask for CEO or higher up number. Was told to receive a call back still nothing.

    So as a consumer customer or whatever you want to call it I am not pleased with Frontier service and I would suggest that if you decide to go with Frontier think very carefully because you would not be pleased and as for grading the company they would fail with a 0 or 1. Say the agents were not pleasant and nice to speak with but the job just was not done company.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017

    When we moved to our current location we contacted Frontier. Rep came out and proceeded to tell us they could not help us because their equipment had been removed by the previous tenant and it would be two weeks. We needed internet now at our residence due to homebased business. We said, "No thank you." The rep left. One month later we received a bill for $160.00 for our "account". We do not have an account with them, never did, they never set up service here with us. We have contacted them numerous times with them saying so sorry, will remove it, etc. Now we have received two bills back to back and I cannot get through to talk to anyone with any authority. Will be reporting them to the state attorney.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017

    This has been a nightmare. Over a year of billing error, promises or correction and offering free items to keep my business only to overcharge on the next month bill. Do not believe anything. Even managers make promises to correct error and still being overfilled and they can't figure out how to fix it.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017

    My wife and I signed up for service online on Sept. 15 for what was supposed to be a Double Play deal that was $85 a month for cable and internet. The plan read Family Select Prime and Power internet 45mb internet and over 290+ channels that it allowed you to click on to verify the channels and see the plan. We have an install date of Sept. 22 and had to put down $95 first. Sept. 22 comes and the install man came during the scheduled time of 11 am and first did not know what package we were due to get or how to install it. He disappeared for about 45 minutes and then came back. I saw him walking down the street with no tools in his hand and about 2 blocks away from where he parked. He came back in and made a call on his phone to have a buddy of his come back to install the boxes. They both talked about guns and shooting in the range and girls etc. while installing my equipment. Both used provocative language the entire time.

    Before all of this I called into Frontier 3 times to verify order but they were unable to find any orders which I presumed due to account being so new. After install I found that I had no channels and that the plan they gave me was completely wrong and not what I had asked for or paid for. I was told I would have to wait 24 hours to make any changes and pay an additional $10 to upgrade to the channels I had requested. I called back in the next day as the change did not occur as asked and was able to get channels added immediately.

    Before this they had the wrong name on the account and took over 45 minutes to finally find the correct account that I had given them off of the TV. 2 weeks pass and over 10 different phone calls due to loss of service poor customer service unreported blackouts and many other issues. I get on the phone with a rep who is very rude and stating that I can't prove that I was losing service so I cannot getting any credits even though it is well documented. If I want to cancel I have to pay my first month bill even though I had little to no service for the first 2 weeks of service and I would have to pay 240 cancel fee. I was credited $16 for 4 days of service which doesn't even add up right given the bill jumped from 85 a month to 150 a month. SMH. Never again will I do business with Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017

    I may write a play or a book about my experience with Frontier, but I'm going to make this short and to the point. Their customer service (what a misnomer!) is terrible, awful, the worst! DO NOT CONTACT THEM FOR INTERNET SERVICE unless you have nothing to do for the next year. I contacted them by phone for service. For days, nothing happened. I called again and asked where my installation kit was. They couldn't find that I had taken out service. Finally, they did. I was told "Your self-install kit is on the way." Three days later I received on my doorstep a DSL installation kit. NOT what I signed up for! I phoned them and the rep said, "Yes, you should not have received it." Then she said she would make an appointment for an installer to come out and install what was needed on the old phone lines.

    The appointed day of the installation, I received a phone reminder in the morning. I waited all day and no one showed up. The next day, a guy with a beard rang my doorbell in the morning and I was preparing to leave. I asked him where he was the day before, when he was supposed to be here. He, with no remorse smiled, and said, "I was on vacation." He told me it would take several hours to install the line. I told him I would not wait and he could cancel. A month later I received a bill for $175.41 for the original bill and the new services. Of course, I never had the service. Of course, seeing how bad their service is, I was not surprised. I phoned and after 10 minutes I disconnected. I then wrote a letter to the CEO.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017

    I have been dealing with Frontier Communications for about 2yrs. I must say that I am not happy with them at all. They keep raising my bill. All I have is internet, for what I am paying I should be getting TV. Why.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017

    Asked for a very simple request to get to a technician. I had to be in the call for almost 1 hour 30 minutes, those who answered to me were either not having any idea of what they were doing or were rude in answering to me. They did not even give me an issue number. I would recommend no one should ever take their services, it's highly unprofessional and frustrating.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017

    We have been trying to have a phone installed at our Sullivan County PA cabin. Frontier did not keep two consecutive appointments for which we drove 5 hours to be there for each time. When we arrived back home we found messages from Frontier giving us new appointments for days we had told them we were not available. If we had ANY other phone option we would take it.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017

    I was with Frontier Comm. since they brought out Verizon, I called Frontier to get a better rate. I spoke with a customer rep, and she offered me a much better rate, and I waited several months. To my dismay the rate never changed. So I canceled my service and went with Spectrum. I get my last bill and paid it. Several months go by and I receive another bill from Frontier stating I owed them $111.14 for services. So I called customer service several times and all of the personnel agreed with me I did not owe the charges, and they would get back to me. In the mail I got a collection notice. I could do nothing else but pay the bill. The only thing Frontier is missing is a mask and a gun.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017

    I am very satisfied with the quality of customer service and quantity of channels. I would like to select the channels I want to pay for; not just all of them or package deals. I would like to have a lower bill to pay.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017

    I called this company on Sept. 12, 2017 to try to cancel my services. I wanted to do so due to their horrible customer service reputation. They told me they would reduce my bill from $174.43 to $128.98 (but keep all of my services the same). I made the terrible mistake of accepting this offer. They also said they would send me a new box (because my On Demand Services haven't worked for two years). I was told that the new rate would go into effect on Sept. 30, 2017. On Oct. 6, 2017 I received a bill for $225.91. The new box never showed up by the way. But 3 weeks later (Oct. 5) they sent me a return label to send them back my current box. They also canceled my TBS right before the LA Dodgers playoffs started (which I pay for).

    I called Frontier on October 6, 2017 in an effort to have them solve one of the many problems they've served me. I was on the phone for 1 hour and 41 minutes. ZERO problems were solved in that time. I spoke to supervisor after supervisor. Also, when I called they told me I didn't know my own birthday (they had my birthday wrong, wrong month, wrong day, wrong year). Said I did not know my own birthday. I then tried to cancel AGAIN. But nope, they can't let me cancel. The "retention department", wasn't available. So I get to call these terrible people back once again in the morning in another attempt to cancel my account.

    I couldn't possibly have had a worse experience. I feel so sorry for anyone who works for this company. They all deserve better. No human being deserves to associate themselves with this company's reputation. I told the last supervisor I spoke to that she deserved better (Amy). She agreed. She knew how horrible their reputation was. But she said it was the only job she could get. How sad. Wow, I've never been more upset in my life. I can't wait to cancel and tell everyone I know about how poor this company's service is. WOW. Bye.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017

    Terrible, terrible, misleading, bait and switch customer service, nothing but continued problems. Once one problem gets resolved another takes it place.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017

    Called Frontier, got a billing agreement with number of customer service rep and confirmation number. Got agreement on a billing amount for a year. All was good until five months later got a bill for $20.00 more than the agreed on amount and a "take it or leave it" attitude. Originally talked to Joe - Customer service rep ** Confirmation code **. After 5 months I got a bill for $20.00 more each month. Not a lot of money, but a deal is a deal. Called Lisa in customer retention dept, **. She was less than useless and said, "Take it or leave it." How do these people stay in business?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017

    I am a cable and internet customer in Connecticut and stayed on with Frontier Communications after AT&T U-verse sold the company. When it was AT&T, it was a good service -- an occasional outage but mostly I had no issues. With Frontier, it has been one nightmare after another. The cable boxes freeze constantly, the internet and routers go out frequently, and they have the WORST customer service. The wait times are ridiculous and the "disconnects" are frequent. I've had billing issues, misrepresentations and absolutely incompetent managers and customer service people to deal with on a regular basis. If you are thinking about using them - DO NOT. Save yourself a headache and upset stomach.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017

    The worst customer service I have ever experienced. The representatives are all very nice and say they will take care of the problem, then the "claim is denied" by some "committee" which will not talk to customers. They billed me for service when I had asked them to put the phone and internet on vacation, reversed that bill when I complained, then continued to bill me for the same thing while phone was not being used. That bill for $250 they would not reverse saying they had already reversed one charge and couldn't do it again. I have called 5 times - 45 minutes each call and with the final call they said the bill has gone to collections and I would be hearing from them. I am glad there is an alternative so I never have to deal with them again. (I got cable Internet and made the home phone into a cell phone.) And I will not pay this bill!

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017

    The Frontier Communications customer service team provided my husband and I with the worst customer experience we have ever had. Their team does not have the ability to access an email account to send you confirmation of anything discussed over the phone, so you have no record of what you spoke about. They tell you that they log everything in their system, but each time we called they never had a record of what we spoke about the last time we called. Things that went wrong:

    1) No record of our conversation and intentionally avoiding sending confirmation via email. 2) Being billed the incorrect amount and having to call multiple times to get this resolved on multiple statements. 3) Vacation mode not being turned on after making the request. 4) Being told we would be sent 2 return labels to return the equipment (we cancelled our account) and only receiving 1 label. 5) Being told the label needs to have our account number on it in order to return it, never received a label with our account number, and then called back and told that is not true. We returned our equipment and it is on its way back to Frontier now. I'm hoping we do not experience any more issues, but would not be at all surprised if we do.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017

    Frontier communications is great when you don't have any problems but when you have problems with your telephone, internet, or television, their service is a nightmare. First, the central location where you call about your problem and the local technician don't seem to be in communication with each other. The local technician always shows up any time he wants, not the appointed time. Second, when you finally meet up with the tech, he just uses his smartphone to check things. All the subsequent technicians will do the same thing without doing anything except to say everything is OK. Problem was never solved. This happened to me until I told the fourth technician to not leave until he checked the connections inside the house with his eyes and changed the box outside and not leave until everything is OK. Haven't had any problem since.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2017

    The speed is reliable for the internet here in Texas for the most part. I have gotten a router that was worse than the Verizon one that I received many years previously (worse speeds, drops in internet for wifi users) which can be tolerable if the price was with it. However as a long-term customer we aren't allowed the "new prices". Still confused on how Frontier will offer great deals to new customers but since I'm an existing customer I don't qualify so I have to pay twice as much for a quarter of real service. A stupid way to deal with customers for extra "bucks", no wonder Frontier overall has a poor review and so many are turning away. I feel taken advantage of and just want to leave this service and only didn't because I have hope in this company. However, if this continues I will leave and tell everyone about how shady this company can be with you as a long-term customer.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017

    Please someone do something about Frontier's horrendous billing practices and inept customer service reps. Since May 2017 when I put this account in my name as my husband passed away, I have had nothing but problems with billing, loss of service, etc. I finally left them in August, 2017 after putting up with overbilling, loss of service, loss of the telephone number I have had for 20 plus years (which I insisted I did not want to happen) not to mention hold time while waiting for answers from often rude customer service reps and promises of discounted rates for three months only to be overbilled at much higher rates than I was promised.

    This is by far the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to have contact with. I currently have my service through Spectrum and am very happy with the services and more importantly they are billing me what I agreed to each month and not overinflating the bill as Frontier felt they had the right to do at their discretion each month. Please stop the Frontier madness!

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017

    First of all I have never been lied to so much from a company. Not only did they charge me for internet that I could not even use barely the whole time with them, but I find out that I'm still getting charged for 30mb when apparently I'm not even to get 30mb in my area. Only 5mb can come to my area. So after going back and forth with the agents several times and after numerous long waits over a two month period and being lied to every single time about not only the promotional price that was agreed upon but the actual service I finally decided to call it quits.

    I call to make sure they will not continue to bill me the lies they told me for basically non existent service and the SUPERVISOR said that I will still incur charges until my billing cycle ends and they don't and won't prorate the bill. No one above her to speak to. No complaints dept number she would give. And me and my children haven't been able to use our internet for Fire Stick, games or laptop well enough to even stay online long enough with the garbage service booting us off. But I'm still gonna have to pay for the bill they say. The wrong price they charged me. DO NOT GO WITH THESE LIARS! Nothing but headaches and bad service inside and out.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017

    Like others, where do I start. Before this, I thought that Comcast was the worse. Well... Sadly, Frontier have now won that coveted spot! The worse CS service! Although that doesn't seem to come close to capture the essence of how bad it is... Long wait times, conflicting, rude service. You ask for a manager, wait 20 min on hold then the line gets dropped, you get put back in the cue and/or put through another first level CS! The one time I actually got through to a manager, he did listen, placated and ASSURED me that he would call back within 24 hours, alas, as in other times I was PROMISED a call back by a CS or now this manager, it never happened! To top it off, I have no other flippin' options than to even consider this albatross of a company as they are the only provider... I'd rather make the 5 mile trek to the library than to give Frontier a penny of my money! Well done Frontier!

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017

    I would give 0 but it is not a choice. We had phone and internet service, both services were unreliable. The customer service representatives gave me misinformation multiple times. In addition the typical hold time is 30-45 min. In fact my call to disconnect our service was 55 min. Please DO NOT use this product. It is nothing but an unreliable, frustrating, waste of your time and money.

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017

    The system work but reset frequently. The remote get lost and the screen very slow to update. The program come in broken up and so on. Also, the customer service is awful. We will be changing our service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017

    Since we had the hurricane here in Florida it has been very busy with work and trying to catch up. I had AT&T-Uverse in Orlando and it was wonderful. Frontier took over for Verizon here in Sarasota and it has been a nightmare with everything from communication to connection and equipment. They are not understanding on personal life issues, will not work with consumers and they give you a hard time when equipment isn't working right and you have to call three times before it is fixed or they say they sent you a notice in the mail and you never receive it. If your service is connected for whatever reason it takes an act of God to get in restored in two days but it is okay for them to leave you without service. I wish that AT&T would come into the market on the west coast of Florida. Frontier sucks all the way around.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2017

    The phone and internet service with Frontier is very reliable. But the fees charged are too high and also, I would prefer the ability to select the channels I want.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2017

    It is a horrible company with horrible managers. They are not helpful and many are rude to customers. Employees complain that the upper management is corrupt and that they mistreat the workers.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017

    I have called several times and wait approx 45 minutes each time with never receiving customer service. I believe this is just a scam pushed by AT&T employees to make a commission. I am going to have to cancel my checking account just to cancel this from coming out of my check every month. This is a lot of trouble but this company doesn't exist I don't believe.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017

    I have had a horrible experience with Frontier cable. Last year in July of 2016 I wanted to try to get better internet speed than what Time Warner was providing and had a reality check if how bad a service can get with Frontier. I called the same day that technician Installed modem and cable, of which the Installer did not have enough cable, thus I gave him some of mine to complete the job. Upon completion the Installer ran a modem speed test, at which time he told me that the Frontier internet speeds were slower than what I had. I told him not Good, as I run my small business from home and need at least the speed Time Warner was providing.

    I told him I was canceling and to reconnect the Time Warner modem and he did. As soon as he left I called Frontier to tell them I was canceling and why I was canceling. The person I spoke to said they would be sure I would not be charged for a month's billing cycle and that a return package would arrive in about a week? It never arrived.

    As of today's date my credit report shows that I owe Frontier 218.00, and had called Frontier before this went to collections and even have a date and customer service reps is. The rep with Frontier told me that she would be sure charged would be credited and a return package for equipment would arrive. It did and all equipment was returned via Ups with a confirmation label I possess.

    I was told by the collections people that Frontier was contacted and was told that I owe the full amount of $218 even though I only had the service for one day. I have never heard of such business practices of a customer canceling within one day and being charged let alone whatever the cable service would cost $218 that I have no knowledge of what that is for. I am thoroughly frustrated I've spent lots of my time calling Frontier calling the collection agencies with no resolution and the full amount of $218 still posted to my credit report.

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    Dennis increased rating by 4 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Dennis increased their star rating on Feb. 27, 2018.

    Updated review: Feb. 27, 2018

    The company resolved my complaint, and I am now happy with the action taken.

    Original Review: Sept. 29, 2017

    I was sent a flyer to my house and called the number, spoke to a representative (Kaylyn). She quoted me a price of $75 plus taxes, and outlined the services that would be provided for this price. Since I was using Spectrum, and the internet service was spotty, I decided that Frontier was a better fit for my needs, and ordered the service. The day after my service was installed, I received the first bill, which was about $40 more in cost. I called immediately, but wasn't able to resolve the conflict between what I was quoted and what I was billed!

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    Sheri increased rating by 1 star.
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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Sheri increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017

    I inquired first about a TV, internet, phone bundle for $80. Was told it was not available in my area but they could give me dish at a higher price. Then I asked about a TV and internet bundle saw on the internet. The price was $44.99. I was told the previous tenant had not cancelled his service, so I would have to wait until he cancelled. I called Frontier back on Sept. 19th and asked for the $44.99 bundle. I was giving the option of adding long distance service outside of Florida for $5 more I declined. There would be a $5 charge if I needed equipment. I did not need it.

    My service was to start on Sept. 20th. Instead phone service started on the 21st. Didn't receive internet until Sept. 28th. First bill arrived on 27th. It started charging service on the 20th which I didn't have and the bundle was now $49.99. On top of that they charged me $9.99 for equipment. My internet speed as of Sept. 29 is .29 mbps. It is supposed to be an enhanced high speed internet. When I talked to an advisor I was told the salesperson who took my order marked down $49.99 for the bundle and there was nothing they were going to do. It was their word against mine and I still have not been credited for the time I did not have service. Never seen such treatment of a new customer. I would give them a minus number if I could. The only good thing is I don't have a contract.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017

    To decrease costs, I agreed to having very few channels. That's fine because I mainly watch only cable news. They set a price giving 'the best bundle package' they can and then I wait for the price to change. It should be for one year, however it has been 7 months, 8 months... I will see on my banking statement that the Frontier bill has increased. The increase is always different. So, I phone them and try to negotiate a decent 'new package'. It's exhausting and it's also frustrating dealing with a very long wait and frequently rude people.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017

    I have been with Frontier Communications for a long time and has paid my bills on time. But their services was terrible! Especially for my business the internet was always slow. When I called I was always told to unplugged and then plug back in again. This went on for years. So in July of this year we went with Verizon. I paid the last bill for my business internet and home internet. Then Frontier sent me a bill for $1658.00 saying I had a oral contract with them. I said "prove it. Let me hear it!" They said it would take several days to prove. Within two days they call saying I did not have a oral contract and my bill would be zero. Then just today I got a call saying they would take off only 1,028 of the bill and leave me a balance of $628.00. Saying I would have to pay promotion offers. What can I do about this???

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017

    Whenever I contact Frontier Communications, I have to wait on the line for about 5 - 10 minutes before a representative answers my call. I've had to contact them several times about the slow internet service and when the representative comes on the line, they are ill-informed and take unnecessary time to answer my questions. I did not have these issues with Verizon. I am very unhappy with Frontier Communications and will be switching my service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017

    Worst customer service, and liars, and thieves! Don't waste your time, and money. If you cancel make sure you get account balance taken care of, and in writing, otherwise it will be on your credit report as collections. DUMP THESE RIP OFFS!

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017

    This company won't tell you the truth what you really need for your household, Internet speed you really needed. All they want to know is get some high speed and more expensive that is good for them. Sometimes I call them up that my Internet speed is not as fast as I need. They will tell you, "We are upgrading our service" over and over and just wait.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017

    Time and time again, the worse company I have EVER worked with. Absolutely terrible and they should be ashamed of their customer service. People are nice on the phone, but they NEVER follow through with their appointments, are always late, never call, stand you up (this is the 4th time I have been STOOD UP by a company I am paying for service). I even got management on the phone and they don't care. Absolutely ridiculous and so frustrating beyond words.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    I was sold a service not available in my area a year ago. After five technical issues and one disaster mess up while moving when the technician didn't show up three different days I had yet another technical issue and a customer service representative pointed out I had been paying for a speed of service not available in my area… $20 extra per month. After another two hours on the phone I finally got a credit resolved. The next month I was billed for the same high speed. I called and refused to pay. I was passed around and disconnected four times. I unplugged my router and told them to cancel.

    Three months later I have a bill for almost $300. Late fees, service fees, etc. I called to dispute. A representative finally told me he would take care of the balance if I would give them another chance. I agreed and booked a day for installation. I agreed to pay that day. Tech never showed. I called back, spent two hours getting the run around and had collection department demand full payment of balance.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    This company is the worst when it comes to customer service. I recently purchased a bundle pack from Dish and Frontier. Dish has been wonderful! Frontier, on the other hand, has not. From the beginning, install tech never showed after 3 weeks of waiting. I canceled everything, but Dish service. Was confirmed multiple times by supervisors and techs that my account was closed. This started August 5, 2017. It is now end of September, 27th, to be exact, and I had another bill delivered today of $132.75 and never had one day of service from them! I don't know what to do. This is ridiculous!

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    Ever since my elderly parents have had Frontier for their cable provider it has been nothing but headaches. They switched from Charter because Frontier has a more modern system including the DVR system. They lied about the pricing, the service goes in and out ALL the time. They say they have fixed it remotely and it does not work. They are fine with leaving my 80+ parents without any phone, TV or internet for 5 days. Not acceptable. They should be ashamed of themselves. If you have ANY other option... use it!

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    Frontier has the worst customer service, this is the absolute worst customer service I have ever experienced. I signed a Letter of Agency to have our long distance lines ported over and to have our long distance brought over. Frontier dropped the ball and didn't follow through on their end. Nearly a month later, when our current provider turned off our service assuming that Frontier had us covered, our phones went DEAD. No long distance, no toll free calling. DEAD. We are a business, like any other business, we rely on our phone service to get us through the day. I chatted with Frontier to find out that our port never happened. I was then told that it would take them 3-5 business days to get us up and running, when they already had more than a MONTH to complete their process (which I was told would be seamless and happen in 3 business days).

    Needless to say, we switched service to a different provider, someone who was able to get our service up and running quicker. Now Frontier is socking our NON PROFIT business for $2,724.60 in early termination fees for something that they never provided us!!! I have spent numerous hours on the phone attempting to get this resolved and they just keep giving me a run around. Oh, we have to pull the call, to make sure you didn't agree to anything. This will take 72 hours, or this will take 7-10 business days. Blah Blah. I am so outraged by their awful customer service. Besides this one account that we switched, we have 2 ADDITIONAL accounts with Frontier... yet this is how they are going to treat their current customers!! Unreal!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    They tell you one dollar amount on the phone and then they send you a bill for three times the amount. Each time you call to correct the problem, they make you agree to a higher price, but when you get your next bill, you will see that they won't even honor the price they quoted you. The worst service I've ever had.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017

    Frontier service is very slow, takes fifteen minutes before my email is received and it is always ten minutes late receiving emails from other parties. Unfortunately there is no other service available in this area. Would like Cox Cable to be our provider. Also the service gets disconnected, downloading anything takes too long.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    I had been with frontier for 8 + years and had nothing but issues with them. From account issues - them not being able to even find my account every time I'd call in I'd be on hold for about 30 minutes while they searched for my account - this lasted about 1-2 years. To not getting the service I was paying for constantly, every time I'd get on with a tech support and do a speed test my speed was down to about half of what I was paying for. They had told me they'd scheduled an appointment for a technician to come out to my house - never showed TWICE in a row.

    To issues with billing - supposedly was put on auto payments - and on paperless billing to find out my account was months past due. Even after I closed my account - I wasn't done with their **. They told me on my last notice to do not pay - your account is set up for auto pay - less than a month later I get another bill and my account is already in collections. After 4 people and 3 different departments they are of not help still. Paid my bill - ding left on my credit report. FRONTIER is the WORST!

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    Shame on me for not checking into this before but... I have been a Frontier customer for 20 years and the way they paid me back for my loyalty was to essentially "steal" from me. My bill with Frontier for phone, internet and cable (speed a pitiful 35 mbps) was $240 a month of which $60 was taxes and fees! I'm now paying Xfinity 50% less for faster speed but no phone. Taxes and fees are $15 a month. Frontier has no explanation for why it is so high and suggested I talk with the New Customer dept to see if I could get a better deal.

    Essentially, they have built a business model that creates customer churn and depends upon a heavy influx of new customers. Anyone working in the world today understands it's more cost effective to retain your current customers than to have to go out and "buy" a bunch of new. But it should signal to anyone considering Frontier where their priorities lie. Buyer beware.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    This is the worst company that I've ever signed up for. I signed up for only internet two months ago. The person on the phone that I talked to said he found me a plan that was 39.99/month with no contract with a $50 installation fee so I went ahead and signed up. He gave me my "order number" and he made a "username and password" for me along with adding my phone number and address in the system. When I tried to log in online with ANY of that information, nothing worked so I ended up calling them once again because no information that he gave me worked.

    Then, my first bill came and the price was not what the person that I had talked to on the phone told me. The plan they put me on was 54.99 and an installation fee and then I called them a THIRD time and this time I was on the phone for about an hour. The guy's name was Tyler that I talked to where I have a recording of him saying that he put me on a plan that was a two year contract for 29.99. No other fees for modem or anything. So he said our next bill would be 29.99 after I asked MANY times.

    The phone call was so long because he was trying to fix the bill from the first time and finding me a plan so I trusted him. The 2nd month's bill came and our bill didn't match up to what Tyler told me once AGAIN. This time it was the 55$ plan with a 10$ fee for something I didn't even know. I called them again and the person was very rude this time and said that he doesn't know because that's the plan that I was on and was no help. The first two people that I talked to at Frontier were very inconsistent and told me random prices that I'm not even sure where they pulled out of like it was all made up.

    I had to end up canceling with Frontier because I've never had to be put in this kind of situation of inconsistency of what the same people from the same company and phone number pull random words from nowhere and tell me whatever they want. It's all about trust but they've lost my trust since. I still can't believe that a large company would ever do this kind of stuff and keep lying to their customers saying it will be this price and the bill comes and it's a totally different price and plan. And that's probably why there was NEVER a confirmation email on anything, they have no emails on their website because they would have to be liable for it but it's different when someone is on the phone promising customers one thing but not happening.

    I have switched to Xfinity Comcast and have been happy with their service. From when I first signed up where I actually got a real email of the plan I was put on. Please NEVER ever sign up for Frontier. They are just scammers who lie to you for you to sign up then just make up random information. This is the worst company that I've ever had to deal with in my whole entire life.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    Took 1/2 hour to intake basic information for phone/internet service with long pauses. Quickly asked me during call if I "wanted a $200 Amazon gift card." Confirmed that import of phone number would occur at time of installation, a major problem I had with the company I currently have, and one no doubt that was inappropriately discussed with the outgoing company as it has come up numerous times today. Today was my scheduled installation, I took the first window they had. I waited three hours, calling at 11 am, to confirm installation. Not only was the technician not on the way, the order had been cancelled as I had indicated to "third party verification that I did not want the number transferred." They made this up-there was no communication at any time, no questions were asked, nor was any of this information relayed to me if this was done by other means.

    The carrier has my cellphone and my email. Extremely long hold times today. I was transferred to a supervisor who was particularly unhelpful, giving a long winded explanation of the transfer process and offering no regret--she couldn't even take the order, sending me back to the order department for another 20 minute hold. When I finally spoke with someone, he again, went through this intentionally long intake, had none of my information I had provided, and clearly was not interested in completing the process. They stole my time, they stole my gift card. Again, the way they handled the "verification" was awful, they know what they did. Gutter service and something is very wrong.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    I had no trouble when it was Verizon Fios, but when it switched over to Frontier last year, customer service became horrible. Plus they raised the rates close to 50%. In April, we changed the service to my husband's name to get better rates. Then it was a bait and switch! Every month, we keep contacting them trying to honor the service and the price that we signed up for. We got smart, making sure that we contact through Chat, and save the record of it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017

    Frontier gave me a deal to sign again with them. The first 2 billings were in accordance with what had been agreed. Then the bill went up 10$. I contacted customer service and they were very argumentative (a lot more than when they were trying to make me re-sign!) saying that one discount was not compatible with another one, and that I had no choice but to pay. What if my budget is no longer compatible with their bill? Would they be ok with that? They have definitely lost my trust and respect. I will honor my end of the contract, but in 9 months I will never be their customer again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017

    This is the worst company I would not ever recommended. This company is so horrible they have the worst customer service reps. They have doubled charged me for premium channels and internet. For months had to complain to several different reps before it was credited back but then they did it again for three months. They then gave me free HBO for three months for the issue but when they did that they enrolled me in a two year contract never informing me until I try to cancel the service. The bill keeps going up every month. They never can tell me why but I keep losing channels that I pay for but cant watch. Then they try to say, “Oh will have that for in your package but now it not. You have to upgrade.” Um no. But then why are they charging for the package they included for then.

    Internet is unsecured and slow as hell. Half the time it doesn't work. They cut it off saying I didn't pay when I did pay and then tried to make me pay again to reconnected even when I paid. Run! Do not get this service. It is horrible. Save yourself the headache and just stream it. Reps are rude. I have been hung up on, left on hold for 40 minutes with a rep that can't even help just to drop my call and I was being nice. Wish Verizon did not switch Florida to Frontier because they won't last here. Their service and customer service is not pleasant. If I could give less than a star I would.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017

    They gave me a temporary number because it took them a month for them to port my number over. They created 2 accounts and double billed me. Operators saw the truth but management would not credit my account. I spent over 25 hours on the phone dealing with these thieves and idiots. Anybody know a lawyer who will sue them for me???

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017

    I too got the $60/90 ad in the mail this last May and ordered service. Service was put in on the 2nd of June and I moved my phones over from Comcast later June. I never got any paperwork on the orders (found out that Frontier doesn't send any), and my first bill(s) were $67/$69/$512 (multiple copies of the same bill. I'm still fighting to get back to either the $60 50MB triple offer or the $100 100MB offer, but even after being told that they would fix my bills nothing has happened.

    I have been told: Frontier never sends out original orders (allows them to change them), and that it is company policy to never fix a billing mistake. The consumer can take it or leave it. Since many of us responded to ads we got in the mail, if you have the original mailer, take it down to your local main post office to the Postal Inspector General's office and file a complaint. Using the mails to bait and switch is a federal offense (mail fraud). Take copies of your bills and any notes you have regarding your phone conversations if you have it. Also file with your state's Attorney General's office, your state consumer protection bureau, if you have one (like California does), and your state utility board.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017

    My husband and I signed up with Frontier for internet. We were told there would be a $20.00 deposit and $19.99 a month after that so we paid the deposit that day. The next day they came out and installed it. A couple weeks later our bill comes. It was almost $38.56 not $19.99. There were all these weird charges and taxes... Ok whatever I pay the bill. Then two days later my internet doesn't work. I call and talk to over 3 people. 3 different departments. For them to tell me they didn't shut off my service, just suspended it. I asked why and they said nonpayment. I told them I paid my bill and I have the confirmation number. They said no I needed to pay the $45.00 deposit. I told them no they said it was a $20 deposit and I already paid and it had been taken out of my bank account. They're sorry, so sorry they'll figure it out and set it straight and turn my service back on.

    I get a call back 5 minutes later telling me that they've figured it out now and they'll turn it back on for $45.00 deposit and an additional $4.50 convenience fee. I refused. The guy had the nerve to ask why. I told him I’m not paying you a $45 deposit when I was told it was $20 and I already paid it. And I was certainly not paying any convenience fee to pay a bill I had already paid and it certainly wasn't convenient when it took over 2 and a half hours out of my day and this trouble for it to just cost me more money. Stay away. I wish we had listened to other complaints of friends and neighbors.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017

    Are there any other Frontier customers that would like to engage in a class action suit against Frontier's false advertising and horrible service? Without getting into too much detail, I enrolled in the Jan 17 bundle promotion: Voice, Internet and Dish TV for $87.99. After countless calls and hours on the phone the lowest I can get my bill down to (all of the most basic services) is $150! On my last call, I was conferenced on with Dish TV and Frontier and the DishTV person basically lost her patience with the Frontier person and said you are ripping off customers and giving Dish TV a bad name.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017

    This is to let you know of the customer service you can expect from Frontier Communications. On Sept. 12, 2017 I had opened a new account with Frontier Communications and I had a commitment date for install on Sept 19, 2017 for 8 am to 12 pm. At 10:52 am my wife started to chat with a Frontier Communications rep online by the name of Apple (yes that is her name and yes I have the printouts) who told her that there was a issue that needed to be resolved which was "Is this a residential or business account?" My wife cleared that up and was told that a tech would be arriving 30 min. beyond the appointment time (for those keeping track that would be 12:30 pm). My wife works for a CLEC so we know how things go. We gave them 2 hours so 1400. When I got off work I called to see if the tech had shown up and was told no. This is now 1530 and still no tech.

    I called in and got a nice respectable young man. I wish I remembered his name, but he looked into it, he found out that my order has not even been rescheduled from when my wife was told about the tech being 30 outside of his/her window. And again I have the printout of the chat conversation Apple and my wife had. The young man then did what he had to do to get the appointment rescheduled for the next afternoon. He went to escalations, he then had to go to business and make sure they understood it was a residential account... AGAIN? This was resolved 4 hours ago. He was able to resolve what he needed to resolve and was back with escalations escalating the call when I lost reception on my phone because of the way home from work I lose reception in spots.

    The young man did say he would call back if we did lose each other and I informed him it would be a while before I could get calls again and he said he would try before he got off work in a hour. I did not hear anything back at all when I decided to call again to see what the time frame would be for the next day. When I then received a young lady by the name of Heather who was kind and attentive as a customer support rep should be and she was trying to get a time frame for us when she seen that it was not even out for dispatch but sitting in assignments which is where the order is "getting ready to process" which is odd because I place this order over a week prior. I was then told that escalations will not do anything because it is not a "medical emergency" and that was it. No answers. Just runaround.

    We were then transferred to a manager who was bound and determined to drill it into our heads that there was nothing that can be done. She can't even escalate it so our date is now Sept. 25th and there in NO ONE can do anything... This is not true, trust me. Like I said my wife works for a CLEC and has to deal with Frontier Communications on a daily basis and yes managers have the ability to escalate either that call or to a person that could. But the manager kept on drilling saying that no one can do anything about it, then she insulted us with one sentence "Do you know what the definition of NO ONE IS?" and at that point it was escalated and we were livid and after heated words back and forth we were disconnected.

    Then as anyone would do I called back and I got another young lady by the name of Carol. She was a nice agent. However while coming back on the line after checking to see if there was anything she could do about finding us a sooner date she was chuckling, what struck me as odd was when she said she was going to check again to see if there was anything she could do again she started to laugh before she put us on hold. Now it could of been she was finding something humorous that a co-worker had said or done, I get that but when she comes back on the phone not 20 seconds later that though hits my mind that it could of been a co-worker or the situation. I'm hoping it is not the latter.

    In short I have to now wait until Sept. 25th, 2017 after being told two times for one date, one for the day after and now it's Sept. 25th, 2017. I have to get someone else to sit at my house. I am now letting you know, if you want to do business with Frontier Communications whether it was for phone, cable TV or Internet this is the kind of customer care you can expect. All the time there is a class action for such business practices.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017

    We live in a rural area and internet service is limited. We were on HughesNet when Frontier upgraded their lines to provide internet service to our area. When we signed up they promoted DSL speeds and we were extremely happy being able to watch videos and download files without the internet stalling like it would with HughesNet.

    About a year later we began to have problems. Our speed was noticeably slower, it would disconnect without warning and then we would have to reset the modem to reconnect, and my husband and I couldn't be on the computers at the same to read our emails. After multiple technicians at the house we learned their store was full and they reduced our bandwidth by more than half. We called a supervisor multiple times but they never returned our calls or the calls of our neighbors who were experiencing the same problems. Today our internet service is worse than dial-up and we still can't be on the computers at the same time.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017

    I subscribed to Frontier Internet around April of this year. At first, the service wasn't too bad, but now, 6 months later, the service is practically non-existence. We have to sign in with router number and password 4 to 5 times every time we want to get on the internet. When we finally connect, we can only be on one device at a time. The service, when we do connect is so slow it takes forever to load up. I am so sorry I committed myself to a 2 year contract, I feel it is just a complete waste of time and money.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017

    As an original Verizon FIOS customer, which was purchased by Frontier Communications almost 15 years ago, I found Frontier to consider their existing customer to be cash cows! I recently dropped Frontier Communications as a ISP/Content/Phone provider. When I sent back the equipment, much of the equipment still had the Verizon logo... Even though almost 15 years had passed. After a number of incidents about poor service or equipment issues, I was moved to change providers when Frontier was offering higher (50 Mbps) internet speeds, more channels (including sports channels) and free HBO content for $80.00 per month to new subscribers while charging us over $180 dollars per month.

    Even after calling their billing team, their region manager, and their cancellation team, they all said I had the best pricing possible. My new provider provides internet at over 150 Mbps, I have more channels, including all the sports changes and I'm paying less than $160 per month. Interesting with the new ISP, and the associated hardware, the colors on my LED TV became alive. Basically Frontier is not investing to keep competitive, and the quality of the picture makes the content look very pale. So bottom line, if you go with Frontier, you going with old technology and a poor customer experience.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017

    When attempting to cancel my service, I was informed there would be a $9.99 charge to terminate the service. When I asked where and when I agreed to this charge the woman told me over and over again that it was valid and that although it's nowhere in writing that is totally valid and they can charge me that. When I asked her about what the charge was for she first said that they had to send a tech out to my house to do something and they had to pay the tech. Then after I asked for proof of any Tech visit she literally told me I would have to subpoena that information.

    Then I asked for a supervisor who followed the same party line and backpedaled after saying they had to send a tech out, and said that because they have to do it from there there still a charge. Then when I put in the order my cable went off and internet. And I have 6 days until I move and they can't get the cable or internet back on until I have to call back the collections department because they're the only people who have the power apparently to turn it on after you send in your termination of service notice. All of this horrendous customer service after really crappy internet and cable service that would continually shut off randomly in the middle of shows and have weak signal at best. All of the above are facts and if Frontier actually tapes its conversations they have a record of it.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017

    I guess I should not be surprised by how bad customer support can get with any of today's companies but Frontier sure looks to be top of the pile for this. I have Frontier for phone and internet and for the past few weeks internet has been super flakey, losing connections on apps, very low throughout, enormous wait times to buffer... Just poor. Last night though - it finally got to a point where we couldn't connect to anything at all, then I went to use the telephone - there was dial tone but every single number (including 911) would go straight to busy signal. I found a cell phone that sort of worked (we have bad cell coverage in our area) and phone technical support.

    After 25 minutes wait I talked to a tech who said "oh ya your area has numerous people phoning in for support - they are out there looking around for the problem." I asked for a incident ticket number for Frontier to come take a look at my specific issue. He gave me a ticket number and said the earliest they could get there was 10 days from now. I said, "No. That wont do." He said "well you'll have to phone back tomorrow and tell the next team to try to do better". I did phone the next day. The next tech saw my ticket number and said someone would phone me to set up a time. No phone call all day. I phoned again, tech said she saw the ticket number but it was for "phone" so she was going to transfer me. I said "wait. I don't want to be put on hold, please don't put me on hold, will I talk directly to someone else?" "Yes - it will be transferred right over" she said. 20 minutes later after waiting on hold... I hung up.

    I phoned again, next tech took my cell phone number down 'so she could call back in case we got disconnected'. I talked to her about the problems and poor initial support I received. About 15 minutes into the call... The call went dead. She never phoned me back. On top of this all - from the time I phoned the first time with no incoming/outgoing phone, no 911, no internet - it took them 15 hours to deem this was a "common cause", meaning something was wrong and they should look at it. From the time they designated it as common cause - they said they had a target date of 10 days from now to get everything worked out. Awesomely terrible. I've been without phone line now for more than a day, no wind storms, no equipment blow ups, no downed lines. Stay away from Frontier.

    Updated on 10/08/2017: I already have a review and thought I would give an update and add onto the poor Frontier experience. After my review on this site - I received an response from their social monitoring service to contact them. I contacted them and once again explained the problem. They said a rep would phone me soon - I asked if anything could be done to adjust my bill for the outage I had. She said nothing could be done until the issue was resolved... Really?? Once again makes no sense. Someone did phone back the next day and said they checked and my modem/router was old so they were sending me an updated one - ok. It arrived about 5 days later and I installed and it appeared things may have been going better but alas - it is not.

    I have been experiencing what other reviews have repeatedly reported - once signed up for Frontier I have noticed a consistent degradation in performance speeds, connectivity and problems. We consistently lose connection with the internet for extended (1-2hours) of time. It slowly degrades our performance if we are online till we can't connect to internet at all. Or else it will cut everyone off internet and we'll have to repeatedly cycle power on the router. Also - we are noticing a trend where at certain times of the day, this will consistently happen (usually around 9pm PST). Either Frontier is systematically shutting resources down or their equipment, home based or backbone, is terrible. Broadband functionality is SO frustrating and so often unusable. If there were a no or negative star option here - I would have selected it for Frontier review.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017

    Frontier is sending me promotional offers by mail every two weeks. When I signed up with Frontier over the phone for the promo offer everything looked good. 60$ for Triple Play in WA. However the first bill showed a bundle price that was almost three times as high. Every time I called a customer rep, they re-enter the promo and say it is taken care of. The following bill is high as ever and keeps climbing. After speaking to three supervisors I learned that these promos that are mailed to me are just bait to make you call them. It is not guaranteed that their system allows the offer although the service rep enters it and makes it look legit. Poor service reps who are left in the dark. You cannot trust anything that is agreed on over the phone. I strongly advice not to sign up for Frontier service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017

    I use Frontier in CT and this company is horrible on all aspects of Customer Service. Most of the reviews here have had the same issues as I have. Canceled appointments without any reason, phone times average an hour a call with most of the time on hold, you have to hold on over 20 minutes waiting for a supervisor and when you ask them to call you back, they say supervisor can't do that. Set up an appt with a 3 hr window but they didn't show up and then told me they couldn't give me a 3 hour window only a 8 hour window. This goes on and on with one issue after another. Stay away if you can; they are horrible.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017

    Had restricted phone service for quite awhile to lower my bill because I use cell phone most of the time from different provider. Decided to go online to my acct. to change it but found no way to do so. Called customer service and it took over an hour to get information only. He at first said it would only be $2.99 added to the bill. WOW, I said, "Great, that's less than the restricted line at $7.50." Then he said, "No, it would be 35.00 plus the cost of the restricted line." I said, "Who is crazy enough to pay for both the unlimited use and a restricted line???" He again went off somewhere for what seemed like forever and came back on the line and said, "It would be the 35.00." I said, "No way, I don't need the 20 frills with it. I just need long distance added. No call waiting, call forwarding, caller ID, etc., etc., etc." He did not tell me that they also have a 200 minute a month plan which may be a good things because we'd still be yapping about it 'til morning.

    Don't know if he was new or just confused. Why doesn't Frontier just spell out the plans, bundles and services like they used to right on the website?? Every damn thing is dial this number and that number, then someone passes you on to someone else. It takes forever to get anything done. On my acct page there is no option to change my plan to just include long distance without all the garbage I don't need. I thought we were finally at the stage where we could have only what we want or need and pay only for that??? We need more competition for internet & TV service. If I can find a less expensive provider for my internet I will be done with these clowns. I am changing cell service provider this week and axing DirecTV in Dec so these idiots are next!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017

    On 8/26/2017, I tried to rent The Case For Christ movie. The movie was so broken up and distorted, it was unwatchable. I waited until I was billed to be sure Frontier charged me for the movie. They did. I chatted on live chat to explain the situation. After 30 minutes, I was told I would have to contact them in the next billing cycle to get the charge removed from my bill. Are you kidding me? They can't make a computer entry and remove the charge? This is not my first round with Frontier. Anybody at Frontier, janitor, window cleaner, anybody, can upgrade you to pay more money to Frontier. When it comes to a credit of any amount that comes back to the customer, it has to go through an act of congress. I can't believe Verizon did this to their customers. They moved out of Texas and left us with a group of Orangutans.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017

    We had signed up for internet service and they never showed up or called and that is where the nightmare began! We called to find out where they were and according to the tech he had been there and we weren't home and didn't answer the phone, wrong on both! They had not mailed the modem to us so he couldn't have hooked it up. We canceled the installation and then they mailed the modem. They show us connected and we have tried 5 times to cancel something we don't have and return the modem. It has been a very frustrating time-consuming mess.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017

    We just switched to Frontier Communications under a promise that our monthly phone and internet service fees would be $44.99 per month. Our 1st bill came 8 days after the service was connected in the amount of $159.60. We made 3 (1 hour 58 minutes), (2 hours 3 minutes), (53 minutes and counting). Each call connected me to 2 or 3 different. The 1st call the lady was very helpful but had to switch me over to another Frontier Representative who dropped my call after another long wait time. 2nd individual appeared very helpful only to switch me over to 3rd party who dropped my call. 3rd individual appeared helpful but was unable to work on the account claiming she was locked out by someone else working on our account. I was told that I would need to call back in 2 days. This is unacceptable! Is there a process that will allow us all to group together and back charge Frontier for these Bait and Switch tactics? Frustrated New Customer!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017

    Please note that it takes a great deal to get me to spend additional time on a consumer review website to write a complaint review a product or service. But so many people seem to have the same type of complaint with Frontier that it is really time for a class action against these **. Class-action attorneys, beware. Our problems with Frontier started when they bought the land phone lines and internet lines of our West Los Angeles area from Verizon. Soon thereafter, we saw a drop in our internet speed and long delays in loading of webpages, etc. (their tech today explained that Verizon would not sell Frontier a necessary software, or Frontier did not want to pay the sufficient sum for it, to make the internet work as it did before - something I have no way of confirming as true or false).

    So after multiple calls to tech support about the slow internet, without any improvement, we decided to get out of their internet service and simply switch to another internet provider. But through their shady business dealing, they tried to prevent us by not allowing the bill for the phone and internet services to be separated out. Essentially, they said, "Your internet service alone will cost more than your internet and phone service bundle." So, we kept paying the bundle rate for both services, and cut out Frontier's internet and added a separate internet provider, paying two bills for really no reason.

    Next, came time for us to move our office to a new location. We were happy that this would be the time to drop Frontier altogether. Unfortunately, the only company offering landline phone services in our new highrise was... Frontier. Here is the power of monopoly for these carriers and the misfortune it brings for the consumers. Frontier does not give a damn, because they do not have to. They are the only service for the building. What are you gonna do?

    Okay, so we called 3 weeks in advance of our move and obtained a move date of Friday Sept. 8, 2017. And the time they gave us? Oh, anytime between 8 am and 5 pm. This crappy company with zero customer service would not even narrow the time to a 4 hour window. So on Friday, our phone vendor comes and move all of our internal phone equipment to the new office location. Does Frontier ever show up to switch the lines? No. They canceled our appointment entirely on their own. Friday evening on the phone, asking "What happened?" No sensible answer, just corporate talk about "Escalating the order for the next available time".

    We have spent something like 18 hours on the phone with this company, trying to get a ** tech out to fix and switch our phone lines. When you call their customer service representatives, they outright lie to you that something is being done, your problem is being taken care of, they give a damn about what you're going through, and they will definitely, definitely call you back if you get disconnected while you were put on hold. Call after exasperating call, their people sound like they are answering calls from a living room. You hear kids and dogs in the background.

    We planned our entire move based on when our phone and fax service could be switched over, to make sure we do not have our services interrupted. For 4 days now, we have had NO telephone and NO fax, and no way of tracking even who has attempted to contact us or fax us at times very important documents pertaining to our cases. It looks like our lack of phone service will go on into tomorrow for the 5th business day of no business by phone or fax.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedReliability

    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017

    Slow, antiquated, inconsistent service; unreliable. Rude, disrespectful customer service and tech support. Frontier has the local internet provider county government contracts. No incentive to improve service.

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    LETICIA increased rating by 2 stars.
    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, LETICIA increased their star rating on Sept. 28, 2017.

    Updated review: Sept. 28, 2017

    I recently had a bad experience with Frontier Communications, after I submitted my review they contacted me and helped me solve the issue. They upgraded my internet speed and I am thankful that they actually took the time to ask me how they can help better my view of the company.

    Original Review: Sept. 12, 2017

    I recently became a customer with Frontier. The technician could not set up my DVR because there was no jack and said to call as soon as I could to cancel cable service. (Not once did he say as soon as possible). Technician was friendly. Not blaming him. I called and they said they couldn't remove cable because it was 4 days after the installation (Mind you it was installed on Saturday. I called Tuesday).

    They ended up removing cable and setting me up with internet only for which I will pay $64.99 and got set up under a 2 year contract. I was going to pay $75 and change before with cable. I looked online and told the frontier representative that there was a deal for $55.00 150/150 Internet, she said she could not give it to me because I was locked in a 2 year contract for internet. To change it to another person living under the same roof I had to pay $240.00. Worst Customer Service ever and I was speaking to their retention dept. What a joke. Frontier needs to be more understanding and help their customers out.

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    Patricia increased rating by 1 star.
    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Patricia increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017

    I terminated service after 20 years when we sold our home in Dec 2016. I was assessed an early termination fee of $200 which I contested after having the service for such a long time. Frontier never got back to me and I had the automatic withdrawals stopped by my financial institution. Frontier then sent the account to collections. I contacted Frontier again to get a copy of the contract I signed and the agent I spoke to said I shouldn't have an early termination fee because my account was on automatic renewal. She sent the fee waiver request in again and again it was denied. I then contacted Frontier again to get a copy of my contract. I was told again they would contact me which they never did. I contacted Frontier again and the representative reviewed my account and then told me again that the request had been denied. This representative said there is no contract.

    So in effect, a user must know their own renewal date and coordinate termination to coincide with that date or pay the fee. Keeping track of a date for over 20 years with a cable company was not a priority to me. Having Frontier assess a $200 early termination fee after being a loyal customer for 20 years shows how little they value their customers.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017

    I switched to Frontier FiOS because they were offering a promo deal of $80/mo, free HBO for 2 years & no contract. When I got my first bill it was for $476!!! They had charged all of the services individually & charged for HBO. Spent an hour on the phone with customer service and she admitted the bill was wrong but could not get it to update with the promo price, so she had to send a ticket to her manager. 5 days later and no change. I will have to go to the office and try there. Also the picture quality is very bad. My HD channels are ghosting & look like they're on an antenna. Had perfectly clear, crisp picture with Xfinity. Also can only get on demand shows in SD no HD. Customer & tech support are basically useless.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017

    Frontier in Southern Illinois, at least, has a huge problem with promised speeds. They have no answer. I believe they have more customers than they can handle, especially in peak times of the day.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017

    How these people are still allowed to conduct business is beyond me and also shows there's no one protecting the consumer. This company has been inflating my bill and every time I call them they promise to fix it only to increase my bill even more by the next month. My bill is supposed to be no more than $75 a month. First time this issue happened they issued me a bill for $109, I called and they admitted it was their fault. The one promised to fix it and even increase my internet speed as an apology type thing for free. Next bill cycle comes around, the 109 became 180 and the new billing cycle was 109 giving me a total due of 289!!! I called and they pretty much said the most they would credit me is $30. They're unwilling to help, even after admitting this is their issue and that people call in about the EXACT same issue and they don't do anything about it. Most fraudulent company I've EVER had to deal with.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2017

    I moved to the area and needed internet, so I called Frontier that services the area and they said it would be no problem. They sent me the modem with instructions which I followed and I was never able to get a connection. I called Frontier and they sent a tech to check the pole outside, it was fine but still no connection. I called them again and explained the situation and again they sent someone out and stated that the line was fine so I called a tech and they walked me through the steps and I still could not connect to internet so I asked them to cancel the service, the rep said consider it done.

    Now mind you there was zero cancellation fee but the next month I received a bill for 166$ for services. I called and spoke to customer service and explained that I never once used the internet service, they apologized and said that they would send for a credit on my bill. A month later I get a bill for 269$, I call again and explain the same as last time, again I was told not to worry that sometimes a credit takes a while. I get another bill stating that I must pay, I call and speak to 4 different people, the last lady assured me that this would be taken care of and guess what I got in the mail last week? A letter from a collection agency stating that I must pay in full or this will adversely affect my credit! Frontier has charged me for a service that I never got to use... their customer service comes off friendly but they are snakes in the grass! Shame on Frontier for not standing by their word. I do not suggest anyone to use Frontier Communications ever!!!

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    N. increased rating by 1 star.
    Customer ServiceStaff
    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, N. increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2017

    Attempting to pay bill. Bill still not resolved. I made 5 calls. Calls averaged 1 hour each. One poor rep finally said there are 2 systems and a "fictitious" collections department. Therefore, when your bill is wrong (and this will happen), the rep has no way of resolving it, so resorts to long hold times and made up stories. If you maintain your sanity, you win. Please Frontier get your act together. Is chaos. Option to have attorney involved is tempting.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2017

    I signed up for cable service with Frontier thinking it could not be worse than Spectrum. Frontier repeatedly promised install appointments that were confirmed the day before and they failed to show up both times. When you call you have to speak to one of several hundred people at some out of state call center. Their representatives at the call center are authorized to "apologize" but there is no serious effort to address any customer service issues. And you can NEVER speak to the same person twice. In my case they failed to show for 2 install appointments and did not even bother to call to say they were not coming. One guy said it was a "engineering problem" that had to be addressed on their end and that it would probably be fixed within a day, and that they would call me back but that never happened.

    Other Frontier personnel had completely different stories for what was going on - showing that I was being fed stories. They kept offering to schedule future appointments further and further out as if the only thing they could do was schedule appointments and confirm appointments with no assurance that anyone would show up or fix the problem. When I asked them to check with their engineering department they said they could only leave notes but not actually communicate with one of their own departments! Call wait times are incredible. After promising services at what seemed like a competitive price they ultimately did nothing but waste my time.

    I have never had so many people from one company make more false representations and fake apologies. They will promise you anything to sign you up and get you into their billing system but they will never deliver. They will waste a lot of your time and then forever send you bills for services that were never installed! Frontier is the WORST cable company ever. Don't get mixed up with this company - don't be fooled by their promises.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2017

    I wish there was a 0 star button. Frontier had that many problems. First, it was guaranteed fast wifi but it was very slow that you couldn't load anything. Second, the wifi guy took one week to get to our house. The company Spectrum took Only 1 day to get to my house. Third, when we called customer service, they didn't help us. And just a couple of hours ago, it took one hour and 3 transferred calls to get to customer service to cancel my account. The guy closing the account was really nice though so I'm happy with that. Also my two high school children couldn't do their homework so they had to go to friend's houses to do just their homework.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017

    I canceled my phone on 7/3/17, received a bill on 7/5, called to ask if I need to pay it in full & was told, yes. Paid in it full & the next invoice stated I had a credit of $46.00. I waited, I then called to see how I was getting this refund & was told on a visa card or something. I called again, asking when I will receive this credit, was told the next billing cycle. It's now Sept. & still NO refund. I called yesterday & they told me again, the next billing cycle. Why the next billing cycle when I'm not getting a bill? They told me not to pay the next invoice. Why would I even get an invoice? Funny how I have to pay them in 30 days, but to get your refund takes forever. SEND MY DAMN REFUND & BE GONE FRONTIER!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017

    My apartment complex refers everyone to Ramsey ** as the person to call to set up services in Connecticut. I call to ask about only internet, and I confirmed with him twice that there is no installation charge. I go further and confirm what my bill will say before he sets me up. Normally, you think you would a confirmation order email. Nothing came in a few days. I called to have him confirm the email was sent. I was told he will send it. Nothing again after a few days, and I tried a second time. Nothing. I decided to wait for the bill to come. When it comes, I am surprised to see a installation fee. I call and he said he will take it off the bill. He said it will take a few days, and I told him I'll call him back in a week. I call him back, and he has not done anything on my account. He quickly asks for my information again, and says he will call me back. At this point my bill is due in 5 days.

    I call every day, and leave multiple messages for a callback. Nothing. I finally pay my bill to avoid credit damage. I call Frontier's hotline, and realize I was lied to about the installation fee. All solo internet services have it. I would have never signed up if that was the case. I hassle with the associate until she finally gives me the supervisor. I repeat the story, and she agreed to give 50% of the installation fee back. She says an internal investigation will be done on the sales rep. As a company, you should treat your customers with respect. The right thing to do would have been offer a reversal of the installation fee to win back a customer's faith. Why would a customer lie about a small $80 fee? Shame on you, Ramsey for being a scumbag. When they listen to the phone records or catch you lying again, you will be in trouble.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017

    I signed up for internet only service with Frontier in June, 2017. I signed up with them over the phone, which I now realize was a mistake because I didn't get anything in writing. The salesperson told me that I would be receiving a 70/70 service, which is really important to me since I work from home and live with other people. We use a lot of internet. When the technician came to set up my service, he informed me that I would be receiving a 3/1 internet, which is not at all conducive to my type of work.

    I called Frontier the following day and informed them of my problem. The person I spoke with informed me that she could bump me up to 15/3, which is still ridiculous, but I was willing to give them a chance as they had been great thus far. She said that it would take effect within a few hours, if not a day. When I noticed that my internet speed still hadn't increased after 4 days, I called and found out that the note was never made about me getting increased, so it never happened. I decided to cancel my account then as I realized I would never get the internet I was promised and desperately needed.

    I then made a separate phone call to make sure that the bill was settled. She informed me that I had an outstanding balance of over $250, which I never would have known had I not called. She informed me that she is requesting it to be dismissed due to the situation I just described above. She said to give them a couple of months as that's how much time they need to settle these things. She also informed me that it will not go to collections as it was not a settled bill. I was concerned about this because I have excellent credit and would not want something like this to ruin it.

    I then received a letter from collections on Sept 6 regarding the outstanding balance. The agent I spoke with said that I had to pay the bill since there was no record of them telling me that they had offered me a different service than what I received. I now realized that you have to get everything in writing with Frontier or they will charge you over $250 and submit it to collections even though there has not been any communications from them at all that there was an outstanding balance.

    The agent I spoke with also said that she receives these types of complaint a lot, which leads me to believe that this is a typical practice for Frontier. I decided to pay the balance as I don't want it to ruin my credit though I really can't afford it. I decided to pay it online but couldn't because of their system. I called again and was told she couldn't take the payment over the phone and I had to do it over the automated system, which incurred an extra $3.50 fee.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017

    Frontier fraudulently charged a card that I used once in the many years that I was with them for internet service. They used the card after I bundled TV and charged me a disconnect fee when I wasn't happy with their incredibly poor service. I was NEVER informed of this fee and they don't put it in writing anywhere. They informed me that regardless if I was told or not that it was a legitimate fee and they would not reverse it and would turn it over to collections and attempt to hurt my credit if I didn't pay it. I will pay it to avoid the headache that these thieves would cause. STAY AWAY FROM FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS... YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

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    Contract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2017

    My 2 years contract with Frontier is about to end so I decided to shop around. I chatted with Frontier customer service about the plans that they have and how much I will be charged to keep the same services that I have with them or change to a different plan. Unfortunately, my conversation didn't end up well, the agent just decided to copy and paste information from their website and end the conversation. How much will be charged for the exact same services? How much will be charged for internet only? How much will be charged for internet and Same TV channels without the premium channels like HBO/Showtime without Phone?

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2017

    This company should be put out of business. I have never had such a nightmare dealing with a communications company. We were lied to about services available to our home address. When the installer arrived he was honest enough to let us know he would not install because we would NOT have service at this address. We called Frontier immediately to inform them of the non installations and cancelled service. Since then we have been hounded by their bill collections department.

    I call EVERY MONTH and get the same lies and promises that this issue has been resolved and indeed we do not own any monies to Frontier. Then 30 days later, we receive a letter that the dispute of money owed has been denied by Frontier and the collection agency has placed our account into collection AGAIN. This has resulted in derogatory information on my credit bureau and I am fed up beyond belief. I’ve filed complaints with the FCC with NO RESPONSE at all. What does it take to get this company to be held responsible for their obvious SOP of bullying, flagrantly lying to the public and causing undue distress via derogatory credit bureau information?

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2017

    Earlier this year my mom had a door to door salesman for Frontier come into her apartment and sell her a cable package, including high speed internet (she doesn't even own a smartphone). She was very clear that she was on a fixed income and he assured her the amount her bill would be each month. She had to call EVERY month to get her bill corrected. The last rep told her to just keep paying what she was quoted. She then received a $500 bill!! She was so upset she called to cancel but she could never get a live person. She then asked me to get involved.

    I finally was able to get someone to help and he brought the bill to $350, he explained basically it was a complete mess but she still somehow owed $350. I sent an email to the President of Frontier and his admin basically told me that's what she owed so the - end. I just responded to her letting her know that my 71 yr old mother doesn't have the means to fight Frontier but I do! How dare they send someone to her home and sell her services she did not need! I'm fairly certain she's not the only one this has happened to.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2017

    Yesterday morning our cable box was not responding correctly to the remote control. This happens very often and I have to do a reset of the cable box by removing the power for 10 seconds and then waiting while the cable box was reloaded. In this case something was wrong and I got the message "CAN'T SET CLOCK TO CABLE BOX." And of course no TV signal. I tried the reset three times without success and then phoned Frontier Customer Service.

    The first person I spoke with was Louise. After describing the problem and giving her my name, address, phone number and pin number she had me do the reset two more times before our phone connection was cut off. I waited about 15 minutes and phoned the customer service number again but this time it was Edward who was in another state.

    After giving Edward my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem he had me remove the cable from the cable box and turn off the power and again do the reset and again the same result. He ask me to check the cable battery that is located in my garage. For that I have to move my truck. During that our phone connection failed. I waited about 15 minutes for Edward to phone back. He did not.

    I again phoned Frontier's customer service number and spoke with Mathiew. After giving Mathiew my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem he had me turn off my internet cable modem, the TV cable box and the cable box in the upstairs bedroom and do a reset. Again the same notice "CAN'T SET CLOCK TO CABLE BOX." Mathiew put me on hold and after a few minutes our phone connection was lost. I waited about 15 minutes for Mathiew to phone back. He did not.

    I phoned Frontier customer service for the fourth time and spoke with Dean. After giving Dean my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem he had me try resetting several times to no avail. He put me on hold and of course after a few minutes the phone connection went dead. I phoned Frontier for the fifth time and spoke with Aaron. After giving Aaron my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem he had me do the reset several again and then put me on hold. You guessed it, again the phone connection was cut off.

    We still didn't have any TV service. I phoned Frontier for the Sixth time and spoke with Dillon. After giving Dillon my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem again, Dillon tried some remote testing and called his supervisor for more help to no avail. I pleaded with them to please send a technician with a working cable box as I had now consumed about four hours trying to get our TV service working. Dillon finally relented and gave me a Ticket Number **. He said the first available date for a technician to come to my house was on September 12. That was eight days away. I told him that was unacceptable. He was sorry but that was the best he could do. I told him in that case I no longer wanted Frontier as my service provider. Dillion transferred my call to a service disconnect number.

    After giving the lady my name, address, phone number and pin number and explaining the problem she said she was sorry but September 12th was the best they could do. I told her that I saw Frontier repair trucks in my neighborhood quite often and couldn't they drop off a working cable box and I would install it myself. She said no they couldn't do that for various reasons. She said don't worry, I can get a refund for the days I didn't have any TV. I told her that unless my TV service was restored tomorrow I would switch to another provider. She said, "Well you do what you have to do." And that was that.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2017

    I contacted Frontier Communications for TV/Phone/Internet services. I informed them that I would be porting my home phone number to the new account with them. When the installer came out he was not able to port my phone number so I was assigned a new number. The new number was active for 4 days, June 26, 2017 till June 30, 2017. I had to continue service with the provider I had at the time until the 30th when my old number was ported over. Within a month I received two bills from Frontier, one for the 4 days with the assigned phone number and the other for the month of July with my old number. The bill for 4 days was in the amount of $359.70, the other bill was for just over $100.00. Upon receiving the statements I called Frontier to inform them that a mistake had been made. The first agent that I spoke to told me not to worry about it and not to send the $359.70 payment. She was sure that the bill would be rectified by the next billing cycle.

    The next bill came and no correction had been made. I placed at least 6 calls to correct the error. I was assured by three different customer service agents that the account would be dismissed. The last time I was told this was on August 16, 2017. I received a letter from a third party collection agency dated August 18, 2017. The letter demanded that I pay the bill in full or suffer negative consequences related to my credit scores. I immediately called Frontier to press for resolution and retraction of the collection agency involvement. Frontier told me there was nothing that could be done because the account had been closed and sold to the third party. I continued to insist that this problem was created by Frontier and them alone.

    The supervisors that I spoke to at Frontier's collections department were unable to help me and could only offer the phone number for the third party collection agency. I sent a dispute letter to the collection agency and I filed a complaint with the FCC. After going through all of this for the better part of 2 months, Frontier finally called me tonight 9/1/2017 to acknowledge that what I had told them all along was correct. I was told that I did not have to pay the $359.70 and that it would take at least 30 days to get the collection agency to stand down. I will be checking my FICO scores to see if anything negative shows up. I would not recommend Frontier Communications to my worst enemy!

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2017

    I moved to a new place on 27th Aug and asked for installation at my new place and told them that please do it as soon as possible as my work is dependent on internet. They agreed to do it on 30th Aug and then again I checked with them after a couple of days. They said date has been changed to 1st Sept. I said ok but again after couple of days when I checked again with them date got updated to 12th Sept. They kept on postponing dates without even informing me. I had to call them every single time and get updates and they say, "We are sorry for your inconvenience." That's it. They don't forget to charge me on time but when it comes to customer service these people are the worst. I got so frustrated with postponement I had to cancel and opt for the different service provider.

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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