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Reviewed Oct. 26, 2016
I called because I am owed a refund from Frontier Communications. I canceled my service effective 8/1/2016 and as of today, 10/25/16 I had not received anything. I called them to get assistance and was told I could not get any information because I do not have "my pin" from my billing statements. I tried explaining to Francis that I never received any bills from them as everything was on autopay that they withdrew from my account. I asked to speak to a supervisor. Francis did call me with Dustin on the phone who reiterated what Francis told me. I explained to him the same. He told me that he would not provide me any information unless I gave him said pin #. I asked to verify any other information and was denied. I asked him then to send me a copy of my last bill to the address on file and he told me no.
After going around and around with him for about 15 minutes, trying to provide him any information possible, he called me a liar and a fraudulent person. I tried looking at my account online but my smartphone would not provide a copy of billing statements. I had to go to get a computer to get my pin # and wasted another 30 minutes (1 and a half hours total) just to confirm that not only are they rude, they are incompetent and the refund check was just mailed out today, almost 90 days after my service was terminated. I hate this company and will NEVER use them or recommend them to anyone. I'd cancel and find another provider if you have their services now.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2016
My first call was September 12, 2016, at 3 PM PST or 6 PM EST, because the call center is located in Florida. I spoke to a young woman whom after I explained that I was a Lifeline customer, have phone services already and would like to get internet services also. She informed me that I would have to reapply for the program and that she would be mailing me a new application with the next bill. Two weeks later the bill came without an application. On September 28, 2016, I called a second time. The young man named Kahari, informed me that I would have to call back tomorrow, and ask for "The Lifeline Department," because "No one but that department takes Lifeline calls because they have their own database and we in customer service, can't even access their database. You will need to call before 5 PM EST to speak to them."
When I called the following day, a young man named Ben, informed me that there is no "Lifeline Department," and they he and anyone from customer service can help. I explain that I would like internet and if he could please tell me the monthly charges and how much data is included. He informed me, "The data is unlimited for Lifeline customers and it costs $12.99 per month for Broadband and will be charged $50.00 for the first bill for the modem." "Wonderful," I said, "so what's the next step?" He continued, "I just need to order you a modem to plug into the telephone line, so you can access internet." I explained that "I used to have satellite internet because I live far out in the country and we don't have access to broadband, have you upgraded since?"
He stated, "Let me speak with Technical Support." I was put on hold for 20 minutes. When he came back, he confirmed my address and said, "We configured your service and the modem will arrive 2-6 weeks." I asked, "Why so long?" He explained, "Because the warehouse is in this area, Florida, and it's going to take a while with several orders ahead of you." I waited 8 weeks and never received a modem.
On October 17, 2016, I called again and I got Kahari again. I asked to speak to a manager, he transferred me to Collections. After explaining to the woman in collections that I wanted a manager in Customer Service, she transfers me to a woman named, Latoria. Latoria would not transfer me to manager until I explained to her why. I informed her the above info and she stated that she will send me a modem and it should arrive on Thursday, October 20, 2016 and informed me after she explained to supervisor my situation, there will be no charges for modem." "Great," I said. "Thank you very much" and she gave me her direct phone number with extension, in case it doesn't arrive.
On Thursday, the modem arrived. I called my daughter, who is a IT Security major to come over and install the modem. My daughter came the following day and installed the "Residential Self Install Kit," and put the connectors on each telephone extension sent to divert telephone and broadband lines. She explained, "Mom I don't think this is going to work because we don't have broadband yet in this area. You see how these bars are not lighting up. If there was broadband, all three of these lights would be lit and we're not even getting one bar that is lighting up. Which means, there is no broadband available here." I was livid. I said, "I explained the above and they said that they fixed it so I could get broadband. Those liars!"
I called Latoria three times, Friday, October 21, Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25, 2016. She never returned my call. I called again on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, and spoke to Zack. I explained to him that we don't have broadband and they above and do they have satellite internet instead? He stated, "We do, but I need to coordinate with technical support, hold a few minutes." A few minutes took one hour. Then he informed me, "We can't provide satellite services, we are only allowed a certain amount of slots to provide satellite services per company for that area and we've already reached our limit. We don't have any more slots available in your area."
"What?" I stated, "You're saying that we people in the country that can only use satellite services, can't access them because you've already reached your limit? Since when do internet companies have limitations for customers? So, what you're saying, that disabled individuals on disability are stuck paying $200.00 a month to ripoffs like Dish Network, because Frontier, the only monopoly in telephone services only have so many slots? Well, Zack, I'm reporting your company to Consumer Affairs, the Better Business Bureau, Lifeline Consumer Services and to the Americans With Disabilities Association, for refusal of services to the disabled that are low-income consumers."
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016
They turned off my internet access on 10-20-16 (my bill has been paid on time for about 10 years - as long as we've been their customer). Numerous phone calls and chats. Never the same answer twice. Finally told me I had to be home all day on the 25th. I got a voice mail telling me it was fixed without anyone coming to my house. I had to use a vacation day. It is going to take cable 2 weeks to run to my house but Frontier is about to fired. They don't even try to do the right thing. It's almost like they are playing a game. As for the person who said asking for a supervisor just gets you an extended hold - Absolutely true.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016
Ordered our service on September the 8. Well, didn't get service 'til September 28. We have had a tech out twice and our wifi is still in and out. We were promised two months of free service, received a bill. I hate Frontier. At this point I'm ready to switch over.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016
Today 10/24/2016 I called customer service to clarify issues and charges on billing. The representative that I spoke to was courteous and professional in addressing my issues however after an hour and a half she was unable to resolve my account issues completely. I was informed to call back when I had access to the tracking number that I was given from the Postal Service when I returned a Wi-Fi booster and she would make notes on my account to help address all other unresolved issues. I returned home and called customer service immediately.
The representative that I spoke to was not helpful at all. He stated all he could do was make notes on my account, he could not provide any information but proceeded to justify the charges without listening to me. I asked for a supervisor, he stated "Well, I don't know what they can do for you. You will be on hold." I stayed on hold for 39 minutes without a update or response. I made the decision to end the call, knowing I would not be directed to a manager. My account status changed and Was overcharged after my equipment stopped working. I was misinformed, overcharged, mistreated and not taken care of.
My equipment stopped working and I was billed 149.99 for installation of the replacement, my internet wasn't working and the rep said I need a higher speed but the service tech stated we only need a booster. (My bill increased by 50.00.) She left a booster w/ one time fee of 40.00. Still no connection. Two days later another booster arrived and I was charged 3 payments of 40.00. I called to have it returned and they had the nerve to give me the return address. They did not even pay the cost to return the item I already had. I paid for shipping and ins. I still have the charge on my account, my services have been disrupted and additional unauthorized Charges were applied.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016
I had been a Verizon customer since 2013. Never had any product or billing issues. Then when Frontier took over suddenly my bill went up from $116 per month for the triple play package to $250 per month. As soon as I found out I took my issue up with customer service. I was told that the billing will be resolved as rates had changed but something will be done. All this time most of the customer service people seemed to have no clue as to what was going on. Twice I was told by the customer service reps that "Your billing will go down" and once it did to $141 but then shot up again. I spoke to a service person on 9/28 and she said that she had spoken to her supervisor and a ticket has been issued and it will go back to the Verizon rate starting October 1st.
Two weeks later, in mid October, I observed that no change has occurred so I called them again. This time I was told it is under process and wait one more week. Today on October 24 I just got off the phone after being told that there is no record of any such commitment and my rate is now around $196. She suggested that my case will go to offline but then came back that she spoke to someone and I do not even qualify to speak to offline. After 3 months of frustration and commitments I am back to square one. What a pathetic company. They have a screwed up system where customer service says something else and accounts are doing something else. Even their records have no proper indication of past customer interaction and supposed tickets for action. Maybe it's done on purpose? I wouldn't be surprised if they lose most of their customers the way they are going. I know I am not staying with them.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2016
I was clueless that this company had a lot of complaints and very low rating. If I knew this beforehand I would have not scheduled an upgrade to my internet with them and just shop for another company. I spoke with a very nice lady over the phone and she offered me a very nice package to bundle my services with them from Verizon, everything went smoothly with the transaction (pricing, promo, etc.). She gave me a schedule (4-6 p.m.) and I agreed, which I told her I prefer in the afternoon.
The next few days, someone from Frontier called verifying an unknown number and I gave her our main phone number. Then I follow up our scheduled appointment verifying it with her, she said it was stated "all day" and not the time that was given to us. So I said, "I took off time from work at that scheduled time that was promised." She said she tried to change it but it won't allow her, she just keeps apologizing which became annoying because she was not there to do something that will help my situation as a customer but just tried to appease the problem that they had created. It was so frustrating until she hangs up with no resolution.
It was the first time that I have encountered a very poor customer service with a big company. Then today, Monday, the technician who's suppose to do the internet upgrade just showed up at the house and my son who's mainly the reason why we are upgrading the internet end up losing thousands of dollars online because Frontier cannot squared away their promised to their customers. It's the customer who's adjusting and not them. VERY frustrating!!!
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2016
Worst company ever dealt with regarding billing issues. My issue is that I had made four payments to Verizon and was then switched to Frontier. Frontier is claiming they never received the payments that I made to Verizon. I thought the two companies were the same and they are reluctant to combine the two. Terrible service and would not recommend this company to anyone. They owe me money and they cut off my service. DON'T USE THEM AT ANY COST!
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2016
I purchased a modem for $199.99 from Frontier Communications on 8-31-2016. On 9-7-2016, I decided I didn't want the service because my bill was going up to $217 a month. I canceled the purchase of the modem on 9-7-2016 and Frontier's services on 9-14-2016. I was informed that a credit would appear on my bill on the next billing cycle. If not on the next cycle, definitely on the 2nd billing cycle. I called back several times to determine if the adjustment has been made and each time I was assured that the "committee" that made the decision to return funds was making the adjustment.
I called back on October 14 and was advised that no request for an adjustment had been made and now it would be 3-4 months before I could expect a refund on my account. This is irascible customer service. Frontier purchased Verizon and customer service and technical support went from a 10 to a 1. For example, with Verizon one could click info and find out who was starring in a movie. It was months before my service was equipped with this info although my acquaintances could get the information. I was told that the information was not available, although acquaintances were receiving this information. Frontier service was inconsistent.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2016
So very happy to say that I canceled all my service from Frontier! Their customer service was so pathetic that it was almost unbelievable! Here are just a few highlights: Service rep came to my house to fix reception problems. He told me there was a problem with something on pole down the street. He said he would go check it out and be back. Never heard from him again! Lol! 2 of my boxes did not work so ordered new ones, but never received. I tried to order them 3 different times because I waited, but never ever received! The last time I called about this, they had no record of me calling them ever! Lol! I called to adjust my bill and was told by the rep she could save me a lot of money, gave me her extension and told me to call her right back to finalize. I never heard from her again. LOL. My HD channels were not working, so called to find out they turned them off, but for no good reason. LOL!
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2016
The service currently provided by Frontier brings back memories of dial-up. SLOW SLOW SLOW. And the frequent service drops that require router reboots are daily, often two or more times during the day. The connection speed I typically experience is never more than 65% of Frontier's stated speeds for the level of service I pay for. The BLUE WHEEL OF DEATH is the most frequent icon on my screen. Since Frontier took over from Verizon, Frontier has been capitalizing on the lack of competition in service providers by ignoring any upgrade in hardware or software technology.
I think they saw the handwriting on the wall when they bought Verizon internet services and are hanging on to squeeze every last cent from the captive customer base that acquired. I have access to Comcast services in my winter home, and their speed is light years ahead. Sure, it is more expensive, but my time is worth the increase in cost. Let's face it, the difference between 3.7 mb (Frontier) and 20 mb (Comcast) easily justifies paying another $20/month. Frontier is a shoddy, old technology company that will never move forward to provide an acceptable internet experience that consumers have come to expect in today's high-tech environment. Frontier needs to fold their tent and slink away like the weasels they are.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016
I was a Verizon Fios customer and had a 2 year contract ending 7/1/2016. In spite of extremely poor service when Frontier Communications took over, I honored my contract I had with Verizon Fios and tried via phone to call Frontier Communications and cancel service on 6/6/2016, although I was disconnected TWICE after being placed on hold.
I then went to Frontier's website and was able to speak to CSR, Riley, via online chat. I explained to Riley that we had an outage of service for over a week and he offered a credit to the account. I then told Riley we were unhappy with the service, that I would honor the original contract with Verizon ending on 7/1/2016, and that I wanted to cancel services with Frontier at the end of the contract date of 7/1/2016. I asked CSR, Riley, to email the online conversation so that I would have confirmation of the cancellation and, although he did not do as he said he would, THANK GOD I printed the online chat and have documentation of the cancellation.
I paid my final bill/balance due totaling $103.12 the same date, 6/6/2016. In spite of the online cancellation, Frontier Communications continued to bill me. I sent them a message on 8/16/2016 on their Frontier Communications Complaint Facebook Page and explained all of the above information, included my account number, asked them to review the online chat verifying the cancellation and final payment made, and to forward an address that I could send a certified letter to showing proof of cancellation and final payment on 6/6/2016. NO REPLY FROM FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS TO DATE.
I sent a certified letter to the billing department 9/22/2016 with all of the above information outlined including: copy of the online chat cancellation with Frontier CSR, Riley, on 6/6/2016, copy of the final payment made 6/6/2016, and copy of the Facebook message sent 8/16/2016. I have proof of delivery of the certified letter receipt by Frontier on 9/26/2016, yet no reply from Frontier Communications to date. I followed the rules and have documentation I did so, yet Frontier Communications continues to ignore the fact that this contract was canceled, and continues to bill for services that were canceled at the end of the Verizon contract date of 7/1/2016. Do not do business with this company. I had no choice initially because of a prior contract with Verizon and 5 MONTHS AFTER CANCELING SERVICES, THEY CONTINUE TO BILL ME.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016
I'm Moving from NY to CT. I ordered a triple play 4 days prior to moving. I received a confirmation with installation times, order number, password and user ID. I called a day before to confirm and see if they could come out earlier. The Rep told me that the tenant before me owed money, so I needed to send in my rental agreement. I also was asked for $120.00 deposit. I was at my desk and was able to send my agreement and pay the deposit. However they said it would take three days to clear the identity situation. Then I would have to pay the deposit and reschedule a new installation date.
I spoke to 5 reps & Supervisors from different states and everyone was just saying sorry. Did they not get that I ordered 3 days prior to speaking to them so all matters could have been handled and my cable could have been installed when I moved? Did they not understand I called them, They didn't call me? Had I not called I would have been in my new place waiting hours for them not to show up! Yeah Sorry for my daughter and I in a new state with no damn cable, sorry for not calling, Sorry for sending the confirmation... SORRY SORRY SORRY. This Company is Sorry!!! I canceled the order and will get optimum or another internet service and use firesticks.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016
I disconnected my service and when I got a notice of my credit for the second month in a row, I called to ask for a refund. I was told they don't refund for 90 days, which should be illegal when you think of the tens of thousands - at least - of people's money they are holding onto. When I got a third credit statement more than 90 days after I ended service, I called again. And I have been on hold for almost an hour at this point. Seriously, is this legal?
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2016
Today is October 20, 2016. On May 12, 2016 I called Frontier Communications to cut down on services because I was selling my house. I had two phone lines and an internet connection with them. I asked to have the internet terminated and only one phone line remaining. Instead, both phones lines were cut off and I still had internet. I called Frontier back, on my cell phone, insisting that I get my phone line back in the home. After spending many hours on my cell phone talking to Frontier employees over several days, I gave up and told the representative to completely close my account. In trying to get my phone restored, I talked to Cassandra, Kiara, Marvin, Teresa, Lisa, and Latoya without getting anything accomplished and the promise of returned calls not being fulfilled.
By May 23, 2016 my phone line had never been restored to the home. I called and talked to Kyle and Heath and it was Heath whom I informed I was cancelling all services with Frontier. He said the service would be cancelled going back to May 12. My phone service had not been restored and although it caused a lot of trouble for me, I found another way to be in contact with people. I paid my final bill and the home closed Escrow and the new owners took possession on July 11, 2016. I could not use the phone after Frontier had cut it off and I had moved everything out of the home while waiting for the close of Escrow. If my instructions were not followed and the phone was reconnected for some reason, I would not have even known about it.
My last call to Frontier was for 2 hours and 26 minutes on October 6, 2016. I talked to Chris first and then, without getting help, asked for a supervisor. A supervisor named Tim came on the phone. After hearing my whole story and about how I had cancelled the service and even sold the home, he insisted that the connection was never cancelled, that I was being billed, even after the home had been sold, and that I would need to pay because I was being billed. I tried to reason with him that it is not legal to bill people for things they never received and then expect them to pay simply because they had been billed. But after 2 hours and 26 minutes, in which I became convinced Tim was trying to get me to hang up in frustration, the call ended with no resolution.
I received a bill earlier this month (Oct. '16) asking for payment to be made by 10/28/16, a phone call on October 6 asking me if I wanted to turn off my services (?) and another letter with the threat that my service would be disconnected if I did not pay what Frontier was demanding, which goes up monthly and is now at $245.33. I honestly do not understand Frontier Communications! The company seems to think that it can simply bill me for something I put a cancellation order in for and am not receiving and that the billing itself means I must pay. I see why the company has thousands of complaints on file.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2016
Frontier has the worst customer service ever. They placed wrong charges on my account. I called them to get them waived. I have waited 4 months for it. Everytime I call, they have no documentation of the call before. I WOULD NOT GIVE THEM EVEN 1 STAR. But since it is minimum, I gave 1. There is no way of writing a review on Frontier website.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
It started from ordering service, was told didn't have anything to pay upfront and scheduled our self installation date a week later. Three days after ordering the service I have a missed call, checked my vm. It was Frontier stating there is an issue with the order which is causing a delay in activation. I called them to only find out there is a deposit would have to pay. However, it still delayed getting the modem but our installation date was still supposed to be the same. We waiting for the week to come, finally received the modem and guess what, no services. I call them back, was on the phone forever just to find out they changed my date for another day as a tech has to come to my house for some reason and no one had to be home because it was outside work. Soooooooo we get home and guess what. No services.
I call them back. Spoke to tech support who knew nothing and transferred me to customer service who also knew nothing. So I finally got a supervisor who also knew nothing and wanted to transfer me back to tech support and at this point I declined. She took my number and is calling me right back once she got answers. Hours later still no call back and no service. Unbelievable. I'm irritated and wish I knew what to do to put them out of business for good.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
Like others I was surprised that Verizon sold their business to Frontier. I had been with Verizon 5 years with zero problems. I had the triple play with Verizon and was in the process of renewing my contract for another two years just as Frontier took over at the end of April 2016. I also upgraded by television to quantum, and internet with quantum at the end of April, so it was up to Frontier to install my upgrades. I went on Frontier chat and a very nice rep contacted a service tech. He came out to my home and installed the new DVR boxes, and quantum router-modem. It took him over 6 hours. He apologized and told me to try a different company because everything was a mess during the take over from Verizon. So far so good, everything worked. Then the problems: channels missing, tv programming not functioning correctly. Internet was stable, and phone service was ok.
After 2 months of calling Frontier everything with the television service worked as it should. But my price kept changing every month. I had to keep calling Frontier. At that time their overseas department was just horrible. They couldn't understand me and like others I spent endless hours on the phone trying to straighten out my bill. During the month of September 2016 I started having problems with my landline such as no dial tone, I couldn't call out, but no one could call in, and phone was dead. I spent hours with Frontier trying to get this situation fixed. I am the type who hates to change carriers and decided to renew for two years, since I thought Frontiers problems were behind them (how wrong I was).
I contacted retention and worked out a new price keeping my triple play, phone, tv, and internet the same. The rep saved me approx $20. I thought finally I won't have to worry about Frontier's service or bills for at least two years. Well I received my bill dated October 3, 2016 and the bill had almost doubled to $392. I contacted Frontier and the rep said that the retention specialist imputed incorrect codes and he would correct. I received $167 in credits immediately. I was not under any contract as everything had been wiped out. I called Frontier again and they told me my bill was going from $212 to $259 plus taxes. After a few days of pondering the new rate I decided to renew for another two years (my bad).
On 10/13/16 I contacted a rep at Frontier who worked out a lower price which I accepted. I advised the rep I wanted the exact same service and not to change any features on my tv, home phone, or internet. Well two hours later my home phone went dead. I called Frontier and the tech department advised that the rep imputed the incorrect codes for my phone (digital to copper). They did not want to cancel the order and said the original rep who handled my order would call me. I spent 1:20 hours on the phone with the tech just to find out the rep would contact me. They wanted to save the Frontier reps renewal and make their customer (ME) dance through more hoops. Insane! She called, apologized and said she would correct it. Two days passed no home phone. I was really mad now.
I contacted Frontier and they assured me they would get my home phone working. After 4 calls to Frontier my phone was back on, but they had to cancel my original order since it was wrong. I felt taken advantage of and couldn't believe such a large company couldn't even renew a customer. They had two chances and due to their incompetency failed miserably. So I canceled my home phone (ported it over to another company myself), and canceled the television package with 3 DVR's.
I then called Frontier again about the internet. The rep said she would give me a lower price on the internet on a separate two-year contract. So no television, no home phone. I am crossing my fingers that everything goes smoothly on the internet transaction, but I have my doubts. Frontier you lost my business as a television customer and a landline customer. Lousy service. You should retrain your entire sales and service force to understand that customers won't put up with this kind of crap!! I am just glad I don't have any Frontier stock. If I did I would dump it!!!
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
Everything I heard about this sleazy company is completely true. They took over my internet and cable from Verizon and service went downhill immediately. Internet quit working consistently and slower than ever. Cable channels and on-demand didn't work. But worst of all, they charge $38 per month MORE than my contract with Verizon. Frontier had assured its new customers that everything would stay the same as what it was with Verizon but that's not the case. I've now logged 362 minutes on the phone and live chat with this company trying to get my bill adjusted. They transfer, pass me off to another department and even blatantly hang up! Never get the billing resolved, and have to deal with subpar service.
Finally, I filed an FCC complaint and 2 weeks later received a call from Arturo at Frontier. After reviewing everything with him, he says that he will "ask if they can price match what I was paying Verizon". I asked Arturo to verify that means they took over Verizon accounts and hiked up the monthly rates. He wouldn't state that, but he did state the same thing by saying that he would ask for a price match. And he has to send it to "off line" and they should call back in 24-48 hours. This company is unethical and will not be able to stay in business with these practices. Unfortunately Tampa has no other options since Bright House just sold out, too!
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
I called them to have them remove their ugly equipment from my living room to a different location in the house, (the equipment was already installed in the home prior to us moving in). After being transferred to 4 different departments and spoke with 4 different people and having to give my account information 4 different times, I finally was given an answer... 85.00 per 1/2 for them to move their equipment to a more desirable location. I never even signed up with these people. They just started sending me a bill and now I have to deal with them. Verizon was never a problem. I am so disappointed that I have to deal with this kind of low quality business. I will be contacting Spectrum to see if I can change my internet provider.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
I made the big mistake to sign with Frontier in August 2016. Since then, my set top box does not work properly (no connection). Two techs came over and I still have the same problem. Now they are sending me another set top box - the third in two months. Today my husband spent an hour on the phone with a tech and they could not fix it. Interesting that my neighbor had the same problem and she switched to another cable provider. I want to cancel the service but I am pretty sure that they will charge for the cancellation fee.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
ZERO customer service resolution. No phone calls back from supervisors. Unable to assist you with any verification of closing accounts properly. Had Frontier, switched to Time Warner. Received a bill for 1269.44 stating we never disconnected our lines properly with them. Spoke to CSRs 4 times, documented with dates and names. All stated that the account was closed, lines closed or transported to new service. 3 CSRs stated it was a glitch in their system as to why we were getting billed only to be told by the fourth one months later and bill now up to 1269.44 , we are told "No, you didn't disconnect." NO CSR training, CSRs pass blame to other departments. No one can answer questions or resolve issues. RUDE and UNEDUCATED service reps. Disgraceful company.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2016
This company does not show me on schedule. The first time I had them come out and install Internet service they never showed up. They came the next day very late and told me they could not install because furniture was in the way. Complete idiots. Finally when they were able to install services I had a house fire. I asked them to install service in the apartment I am staying in. Day of move in (last week Monday) they were supposed to show up and they ended up going to the wrong apartment. Did not call or anything. I was rescheduled for today Tuesday (8 days later). They said someone would come between 8-5. It is 4:57. No one has showed up or called. I am so done!!! 8 hours of my day plus 5 hours from last week waiting for these morons to come and install service. Please stop investing in these horrible companies. Not worth it at all.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2016
The Customer Service Support and their supervisors are real experts on LIP SERVICE. I call them, they transfer me and I am on hold for over 45 mins. I get a supervisor, and I was told that it has been resolve, but when the next billing arrive it's still the same and not resolve. It's been going on for the past 4 months.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
Where do I start. I guess from the beginning. First off no one, not Verizon, nor Frontier told me about the migration. During the migration, countless service interruption. In the 2 years since I had to replace 2 cable boxes and remote, one twice. Then the battery. I was told because I was having so much issues with service they'll be nice and give me the last box replacement and battery free otherwise it's $200 value. I have replaced DVR with Comcast never got charged. Then a movie and TV I purchased with Fios, one or the other was always missing. I asked about that. First I was told there was nothing that can be done. Then I was told to download it and they'll give me credit. Yeah, I would if I trusted you.
I got rid of my home phone and called to re-bundled with just internet and cable and what they're offering is exactly the same as what I had with the phone in some cases more. Yes I do understand that the more you get the more you save but not to the point of getting something you do not want or need. The last customer representative I spoke to (Myla) was actually helpful and courteous hence the extra star. But I've had issues starting with Fios and it's gotten way worse with Frontier. I will take my business elsewhere thank you. Truthfully if they don't work on their customer service and satisfaction, they will be out of business in no time.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
I signed up for internet service and decided to cancel prior to the installation. They charged a $60 deposit which they promised would be credited back to my account in 5 days. 30 days later I am still out $60. The Frontier customer disservice reps all give me the same lies every time I sit on hold for hours waiting for them to pick up and they don't give a damn about anything. I have filed complaint with the Public Utilities Commission and I hope they hold "Frontier Non-Communications" accountable for their fraudulent business practices. I have been stolen from by this dishonorable, rude, unaccountable, joke of a company and I will tell EVERYONE I know that they are a FRAUD. Don't waste your time. Don't waste your hard-earned $$. You have been warned by the nearly 3,000 complaints logged on this site alone. Frontier=FRAUD.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
After purchasing my home in 2012, I signed with Frontier. I understood at that time that I was under a 2-year contract. After enduring two years of terrible service, internet speed much slower than what I was paying for at my contracted rate, and numerous outages, I contacted Frontier when I knew my contract was coming up. I complained about the slow speed and was told if I renewed my contract, I would be eligible for a better package. I told them that I did not want to renew and that I wanted my account off auto renew. I was not yet ready to switch providers, but I did not want to be locked into a contract.
I finally did change providers a couple of months ago. I expected a final bill from Frontier, but I was locked out of my online account. The only communication I received was a collections notice for significantly more than what I would have expected. After contacting customer service, I was told that I was under contract as an auto renewal and there was no indication that I had contacted anyone to remove this. I was also told that it clearly stated this on my statement. Shame on me for not seeing that previously, but I, like many people, opt for paperless billing and pay my bills online. I only review the details if something seems out of whack. I know better than this and I am angry at myself for allowing it to happen, but I find it convenient that there is no record of my call and practices to perpetuate these auto renewing contracts is deceitful. I am challenging the charges, but it is unlikely I will be successful.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
I visited friends who had this garbage, kept dropping, pages took up to 30 seconds to load. I was told that the non-existent Customer service rep who last week worked in some burger joint with zero knowledge kept insisting there is nothing wrong with this garbage internet. Seen on Netflix that Frontier is USA No.1 worst internet service. I am so glad I don't have this trash. I ended up using personal hotspot on my mobile phone, so much faster than this so called internet. The company is no more than a money grabbing joke with "who cares about customer, we're robbing their money" attitude. I am from the UK. In Europe this company would be shut down for not providing the service they sell.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016
I performed a live chat to check on an outage in the dallas area. On both chats the service reps (Javier and then Timothy **) abruptly ended the chat. One because I did not feel comfortable giving my PIN and the other right after I asked them to confirm what the frontier outage map said. Unbelievably unprofessional.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2016
Not the first time and probably won't be the last. Cable goes out and says there is no connection, again! Instead of taking care of the problem, we get "nothing"... After not having cable for Saturday football not sure what is going to happen for Sunday fball. Thx Frontier, you actually suck!!
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016
Canceled my account with Frontier after they took over to from Verizon. My rate was going up and I called to get a better rate they were offering to new subscribers with faster internet service and they refused and basically told me they didn't care if I quit. Now they owe me a refund and won't send it for 90 days. There's no reason for them to hold the money except to put more interest into their bank account. This practice is wrong and should be illegal! I was originally told they send it out after the 2nd billing. Then called and was told after the 3rd billing cycle. Now I'm told 90 days and it won't be sent out until early November.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016
Received an email of payment not processed. This was due to stolen cc. I called Frontier, spoke with two customer care reps., and a supervisor--all failed to resolve my issue. Unable to take my payment, unable to update my account, unable to cancel my internet service (yes, this is my next step--after writing this thread). The supervisor blamed Verizon! Instead of taking responsibility since Frontier absorbed Verizon Internet business--Frontier has decided to point the finger in the direction of Verizon. I have had Verizon service for over 5 years without issues. First issue with Frontier surfaced 10/15/2016, and they cannot do anything to resolve my issue. Funny thing, their voice messages claim this is a US based service customer center--100% of my dealings with Frontier has been unbelievable, and I mean this in the negative context. I would have provided zero (0) stars but I was required to select one (1). Customers be warned!
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016
I am currently sitting on hold with a customer service rep who is trying to get a supervisor to help her with my account. I have been on the phone with her for 2 hrs & 42 min. I told her from the moment we got on the phone that my account is severely messed up & that I have been on the phone 2 other times this week with 2 other reps who eventually after being on the phone for over an hour a piece, say they're going to have to transfer me to a manager or another dept. because they've done all they can do. Her supervisor was standing there & I could hear her talking telling her what questions to ask me. After all that time & numerous requests, she never got on the phone & this conversation ended just like the others... I've done all I can do & a supervisor is not available.
This week alone I have spent almost 5 HOURS on the phone with cust. serv. & as far as I can tell my account still isn't right. Hands down the worst customer service I've ever encountered. This is the 1st company I've ever dealt with that will let a rep tell you "I'm sorry that's all I can do for you." & let you go without a supervisor stepping up to help. By the way after 2 months of brand new service my bill is $877.74.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016
Have been on hold for 3 hours today to speak with a supervisor. Have not had service with this company. Phone has not been on in over 6 months and they are billing me for a home phone 331.92 dollars for their services... My phone is off and no services have been provided but yet you want me to pay 331.92... Really. Where is the reality in this... Said they turning me over to credit bureau after holding for over 3 hours... Super rude and I don't recommend to anyone. The whole process has been a joke.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016
On both occasions at two different residences discontinuing service has been a total nightmare. Hours spent on the phone is worthless. They continue to send bills weeks after service is stopped. They do not provide means to return equipment. Once the head office on the east coast did fix one problem but now others continue at our second location. If any business deserves to be investigated this one is it.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016
Frontier hired a 3rd party company to lay new lines in my yard. They dug up the side yard and left it muddy and broke the fence causing my dogs to get out in the middle of the day so I went home to retrieve them from a neighbor's house. Then I was told my new plan would decrease in payment because I was receiving less channels. Nope - didn't happen. Bill went up. I asked for a manager to call me multiple times and was always told "you will receive a call." Nope, never did. I am going to just cancel my contract because a one time cancel fee is better than paying 300+/ month for service I shouldn't be paying for anyway.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016
Not a Frontier Communications customer choice. Was a former Verizon customer and that service was just fine. Since Frontier absorbed the client base the service has been an absolute disaster. Inadequate customer service, internet connection is often for days at a time (51 hours thus far). Major problems with the app. Non helpful personnel. Terrible wait times on phone support. I am switching to another carrier tomorrow. My advice to other potential customers: stay away.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
Horrible customer service, changed our plan and price without consulting us. Was not given the option if we wanted them as a provider after Verizon sold out, left us dangling... after hours and hours of phone calls, emails, etc... we terminated after 2 months of getting the runaround. They wanted $495.00 for two months of service. Ha ha ha. Our service was on, off, on, off. They didn't care. They owe me 93.00 from a prepay when I was with Verizon. Ha ha ha. I won't get it. I hate them more than I can say! The worst nightmare I have experienced in my life. They suck.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
What a scam. Spoke to con artist "Jason" at 1-877-433-3806 **. I was currently paying $180 with DirecTv. We worked my bill down to $110+tx to get the bundle that fit my needs. He claimed they have a current promotion with free installation and no connection fees. Well my initial bill was $326 of which $100 was installation fees. My monthly portion went to $213!!! This is $40 more than DirecTv - far from the $110+tx per month I was promised. Trying to contact billing is useless. They are either stupid, acting stupid, or the whole thing is a scam. "Jason" won't even return my calls anymore. SCAM!!! Why isn't there a class action against this company!!?
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
No sense beating a dead horse. Internet service (DSL) by Frontier is worse than terrible. Negative 5 stars best represent the service they will provide for you. I did a speed test about a week ago and download was 0.06 Mbps out of 3.0 Mbps max. For the math wizards, that is 60 Kbps. If you are old enough, that is 56.6 Kbps dial-up service. I have checked out a lot of the other internet provider reviews and the same horror stories that permeate this internet provider is similar to other providers. We seem to need legislative intervention to get the service that we are paying for.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
This is not my first sparring with Frontier. I've been dealing with them since they took over in Santa Monica. Many service calls were made/confirmed, but only one showed up so this confirms others' issues with services not being booked. How can they still be a company? Their 300M/300M is a lie and so is their crappy router. Without even trying to solve my issue in person they just send out a new router and say "hey, now you install it." If I knew how to fix the issue myself, do you think I'd be reaching out to you? Would've been better asking my dog. We even went as far as to using our own routers since theirs cannot handle more than 15 users at a time! How can they even consider themselves as an internet provider when 60% of the time their network is down?
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
I absolutely hate Frontier, and I know I am not alone. I had Verizon Fios for TV & Internet for over a year before crap-show Frontier acquired it. During that time I had 0 reasons to call customer service. Never even called once. My internet was blazing fast and consistent and my channels worked as well as expected. Any change I wanted to do, I did online. Recording shows from my phone was a breeze and there were no unexpected charges in my bill. Since Frontier took over, I've had to call over 7 times over the course of 6 months. Maybe I should just have them on speed dial. Each phone call was incredibly frustrating and confusing. So without further ado, let's start from the beginning
Account set up: When I was required to set up an account with Frontier, it would not accept my username nor my phone number as valid although I was punching it in correctly. I tried using the chat with CS feature. I watched my place in queue strangely go up and down... i.e. 13th in line to 6th to 5th back up to 7th, 3rd, 1st, then 4th. How is that even possible. I finally get connected to someone who asks me for my billing phone number. I immediately respond. No answer for 5 minutes, not even an "ok, let me look that up". I kept typing, "Hello? What is going on?" And after about 10 minutes, the chat EXPIRED, kicking me out. Incredibly frustrated, I called in and got the damn account up.
Wifi error: One day my wifi dropped out of nowhere. Just plain old stopped working, on my one day off no less. I turned off the router, unplugged it and let it sit for a few minutes. I turned it back on and waited. Nothing. I call in and am sent to some outsourced office seemingly in the Philippines. I can barely hear the rep who told me to do the exact same turn off/on process that I did. I explain that to him and we pretty much get nowhere. I decide to hang up and just see if it turns on by itself. A few hours later, it was magically on again.
HBO Cancellation (if you have no plans, feel free to read this hellish novel): I took on a second job and naturally have less time to do anything, much less watch movies. I saw that I was being gouged $30 for HBO and of course I can't cancel anything online, so I begrudgingly picked up my phone to call. July 15th 2016 - Spoke with a rep about cancelling my HBO. She confirmed and gave me a cancellation/work order number. Aug 8th - Suddenly my internet and TV are offline for no apparent reason. I call and am told it was because the work order was finally going through and that some update was needed. It turns back on while I am on the phone. Aug 17th - I review my bill and see that I am being billed for HBO through September. I am assured it will be taken off and that the bill would be reduced.
Aug 30th - It is still on my bill when I logged onto my account and this time I ask for a manager straight away. I am connected to "Maude". She is incredibly slow with no managerial skills and told me the credit does not go through until the next billing cycle (which is already late if that's even true) because it has to be approved by higher ups. WTF? She confirms I should pay the bill amount minus the HBO charge. She says that there are no notes on my account from my initial call on 7/15. I am weary of her advice and request her EID (Employer ID #). The way she answered me seemed extremely fishy like she was making it up - the number she gave me was **.
Sept 15 - I am at my wits end. After paying only what was valid, I am hit with a late charge since I did not pay the full balance. I call incredibly angry as you can imagine and speak with Sherry. I explain the entire ordeal and she confirmed I would see the HBO on my next bill but it would be at $0.00. I ask her what her EID is as well and her format is completely different from Maude's. **. I ask her if she even knows a Maude or an EID that would be in a different format. She confirmed that she's never heard of that person and that Maude's EID is indeed suspicious. Someone hunt Maude down and fire her.
Lately I have been experiencing lagging with pulling up certain shows on my HD DVR. I've recorded shows from a channel I know is included in my package yet it gives me a black screen when I try to play it. There really aren't enough words to describe how much I absolutely abhor Frontier's lack of training their personnel. I've heard something different from EVERY CS rep I've spoken to. It's like they're allowed to make up anything they feel at that given time. Fios is not the cheapest service on the market, yet it may very well be the worst. I would never recommend this armpit of a company to anyone. In just a couple weeks, great service and reliability went to hell. To say it frankly, I feel cheated. I am very much looking forward to switching companies and ridding myself of the Frontier plague.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
The company took over Verizon and they continued to charge me the same amount yet they lowered my download and upload speed from 50/50 to 15/15. Five calls later and about 6 hours wasted I still don't have decent speed (1.70 download & .014 upload). I was told that it could only be tested on a cable ethernet connected computer. NOT...Another company I had tests the speed at their end and then asks to test 3 laptops wireless until all three get what is paid for! They are misleading, misinformed crooks!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
This whole thing started on April 6, 2016 when Frontier made the switch from Fios. My cable was until I was finally able to reach someone at Frontier on April 30, 2016. I called during that time no less than 3-4 times a week and had "failed" calls, "no answered" calls, "dropped" calls, "put on hold" calls, "put on hold and then dropped" calls, the "someone will call you back" calls. I spent hours on hold with no one being able to help me. Finally spoke to Sara April 30, 2016 and felt sure that she would be able to help. I have already received a bill for $171.12 for which I have had no service (cable or internet). She scheduled a service call. May 6, 2016 the tech came and fixed the problem. I called and spoke to Christian about my bill (which was now $342.24) and not having service for the month and he assured me that he would take the balance off for April and an added credit adjustment for my trouble.
He told me not to pay until I received my next bill with showing the adjustment. I received a bill the following month for $513.36 without any adjustment. June 15, 2016 I spoke to Cheryl who informed me that the adjustment had been submitted by Christian and she didn't know why it wasn't reflected. She said she would submit again and to wait for adjusted bill. Next bill no adjustment. Now I'm up to $692.20. I called July 10, 2016 and spoke to Paula. I asked for manager and she said I would receive a call back. Next I receive "notice of account past due". Spoke to Neenee August 9, 2016 and she told me to pay $74.29 and switched me to collections who did not answer. I sent in the $74.29. Called July 16, 2016 and spoke to Jake who put me through to collections. I spoke to Ashley who told me the $253.13 adjustment was approved today (7/16/16). I then paid $216.50 on my Visa and received a confirmation number.
Bills still coming with wrong balances and wrong adjustments. I called again and spoke to Tammy. She said they changed the amount of adjustment. Just like that. On September 7, 2016 I come home for lunch and my service is off. Finally get someone September 9, 2016 and was told they made an adjustment credit of $157.15 and that my service would be on before 24 hours. Service did not come back on. Called after 24 hours and spoke to Dylan. He got it turned back on. He said I was paid up and all was good for this month. Came home for lunch on September 12, 2016 and it is off again. I spoke to Debbie on September 12, 2016. She had no clue who I was. She couldn't find me in her system. She said collections would call me... of course no one did call me because no one ever has. I continued to have NO service.
Called September 17, 2016 and spoke to Jeffrey. I called to cancel my Frontier account. He was actually helpful but it was too late for me. He said they would send me boxes to mail back equipment. It is October 12, 2016 today. I received a bill from Frontier for the previous month that I had no service and had already cancelled. I have sent letters and emailed. No boxes have come. I have logged in so many hours on the phone with Frontier and the service is horrible and the inaccurate bills keep coming. I don't even seem to be allowed to cancel. The last 7 months have been Frontier hell. I wish there was a class action suit going on because for the first time in my life... I would get involved.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
Frontier told my 91 year old mother in law who is in assisted living who does not have a phone or a computer that they could hook her right up...I called and spoke to customer service. She said there was no way she could help me. I told her she received a bill for $170.00 for nothing as she does not own a phone or a computer. Again she stated she couldn't help me, I asked to speak to a supervisor to which she replied "There aren't any here", when I asked her a good time to call and speak to a supervisor she hung up. So... at this point mom is paying 170 dollars for absolutely nothing with no chance for any type of refund... What is wrong with this picture? I see taking major advantage of an elderly person who just simply didn't understand about all the scams out there...
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
Two days before our contract was due to expire with the previous company Verizon Fios, my husband called and asked for a quote on what keeping our service with upgrading to the next tier would cost. They told him $168 a month, so we renewed our contact. My husband looked online the next day because he didn't trust them because of all the complaints and sure enough it was over $300. He called and they told him to pay it and it would be adjusted the next month. He said "no, we will pay what we agreed on and not a penny more", so they said they would note the account and mailed us the bill anyway. So my husband called back and this time they told him that there was no way they could give us the quoted price and that the bill was correct. So my husband cancelled the service.
They told him we would receive a new corrected bill and they would send a box for the equipment. He had to call back three times to get the box and a month later we are still being told we owe $300 even though it's a partial month and they lied to him to get him to sign the contract! They should be shut down completely!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
Verizon cable box not working, Frontier sent out two new boxes. Not a problem changing out the boxes, but getting them to work was, and still is a problem. I have called three times, and each time I was on the phone for over 30 minutes after being on hold for approximately that long, and the issue is still not fixed. I can't get channels that I am paying for, caller ID that was being displayed on the television screen is no longer there, and the digital clock no longer exists. This is horrible service, I had no problem with Verizon. I will be switching cable services soon.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2016
I received our bill and it was up $5.00. I called and the lady said it was typed in our last months' bill we have to go on autopay. I told her I only look at my bill and pay that amount. I noticed this month's bill it was up $5.00 and that's why I called. I did look at my bill for explanation why it went up. We have been Frontier customers close to 30 years. We are senior citizen on a fixed income and we signed up for the internet because of the price of $39.00 a month. We had no idea it was some deal that only was for a short time.
I asked to talk to a supervisor and almost 20 minutes later he told me he could do nothing. I asked if he could put us on this autopay plan and he said that deal is no longer available. No exceptions are made even if we've been loyal customers. Very disappointed and now seeing a lot of reviews online there are not many happy customers. I guess we are stuck with Frontier and no customer service for us and I believe that is because Frontier is the only internet provider in our area. Very sad.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2016
This company is the worst I have ever dealt with. I took long distance off bill to try to save $10 a month. Well they charged me $200 plus $65 in tax, which they never mentioned at time of call. So 5 months later and a monthly call to operators who said they will fix this problem, no correction of billing yet. Frontier should be banned from the United States.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2016
I have been dealing with bill problems since the beginning of Jan. So I assume everything is good. In fact I call in Sept to be sure I have nothing outstanding. The lady says, "I see a credit so no." I say, "I'm good til Oct." "Yes ma'am you are." Oct bill shows up I have a bill, with late bill for sept. I really can't believe they are still in business. They should be barred from doing business.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
Very dissatisfied with Frontier Communications. My supposed "hi-speed" internet download is .99 mbps and upload is .33 mbps. Ridiculous. I can't get anything more "in my area." I asked if I was paying for hi-speed internet, and the rep said yes, that's what they called it, even though the speed is terrible. Also, had a tech service call scheduled a week ago, took 1/2 day off work and waited (they said the tech would be at my home between 8 am and 12 noon). At 10:30 I called in just to make sure a tech was coming, and the rep stated I had nothing scheduled. I advised him I did, and that I'd taken 1/2 day off work to wait. He told me they'd just have to reschedule me. I told him forget it.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
I contacted Frontier for my internet, TV, and home phone. On the first call to set up my account some guy told me my bill will be around $130 at month. After 14 days from I got a bill with amount $271. Also they told me free installation and was not true. Liars, trying to overcharge for free installation. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS LIARS. THEY STOLEN MONEY and this is not correct. Use a real and better company not Frontier!!!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
A tree knocked out all of the internet for our area. Other than satellite, Frontier is the only provider. A service man and bucket truck showed up and worked for multiple hours. They even drove across my property a couple of times to check things. They fixed the internet on a house by accident and the house across the street, but not mine. I use my internet to work from home and now I have to wait an additional 48 hours for them to come back out specifically to fix my internet even though they've already been out. Because of security protocol, I can only access the database that I work on from certain IP addresses, causing me to drive 80 miles each day until they finally get around to getting BACK out into my area to fix my internet.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
I've read just a few of these reviews and can't believe we all had the same horrible customer and service experience. Here is my deal: Found ad to bundle internet and Dish TV. Called Frontier to set up the bundle. This set-up call should have been enough to tell me not to do it, took an hour to set up on phone. But I was saving $80 a month. Set up install for a Saturday of both services. Next day I get email confirming install but it's for wrong date. I call to get corrected and am informed that they don't even do installs on Saturdays. So I reschedule for a Thursday between 8-12, nobody shows. I took a half day off work. Called rescheduled again for another day, took another 1/2 day off work AND SHOCKER nobody shows, nobody calls. I call and reschedule a third time, this time they can't even find my profile in their system. I have to start from scratch and reorder everything.
Finally they show up TV installed by Dish with zero issues. I AM NOT unhappy with them at all. Dish has been great. Back to Frontier, they finally get me installed. My service doesn't work, the service cuts in and out all the time can't connect my cell phone or tablets. I power modem down and reboot couple times a days. Sometimes it works, usually it doesn't! I'm tired of calling tech support and them telling me to reboot! So now service is finally coming out in 10 days! That's the soonest.
I've had Frontier for 3 weeks now and it hasn't worked since day one! Now I have to wait another 10 days to get it fixed, if they even show up! I explained to customer service my issue and asked for adjustment for my lost time off work, they gave me $25. Seriously!!! 12 hours of missed work for $25. Unacceptable!! Asked for supervisor and after another 30 min waiting for supervisor, the same service agent comes back on and says "supervisor won't offer anything thing else". I demand to speak to supervisor and am told, they won't speak with me then he pretty much ended my call. How can Frontier even be in business? Look at all these reviews, nothing but 1 stars. They are awful!!! Do not get their service, it will be a miserable, awful, frustrating experience.
Do not do business with this company!! THEY DON'T DESERVE ANY STARS!! Unfortunately I am required to give at least 1 which is way too high of a score. I canceled my service with Time Warner and they were 10 times easier to deal with on a cancellation, than Frontier was for me being a new customer. Time Warner sound "sorry to see you go". Frontier has yet to even say they are sorry for my awful experience.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
Everything that everyone else is saying about Frontier is true. My partner and I had the same horrible experiences with them. I am a super patient and understanding person, and hardly ever write bad reviews, but the service from Frontier was so substandard and incompetent, that I feel compelled to spread the word. We were not aware that we had been switched from Verizon to Frontier until a few months into it. We loved Verizon, and rarely had any issues with them. When we did, Verizon took care of us right away and compensated us for the trouble. Frontier was the complete opposite. They lied to us about why our service wasn't working correctly.
We found out the truth from Verizon, that Frontier was too cheap to buy all the necessary equipment from them to handle the volume of customers and service, and Frontier still continued to lie to us and give us excuses about why our service wasn't working correctly, until some of their technicians eventually confirmed what we already new. We have wasted hours and hours and hours trying to reach them and work with them (they should be working with us!!! ), and we have gotten disconnected or hung up on (not sure which) so many times with no call back, it is beyond comprehension. I counted 10 disconnects in the space of an a half hour. I finally gave up calling Frontier at all to tell them when we were having problems with service because I was so tired of being on the phone with them, and I was not willing to waste any more time trying to resolve the issues.
I finally stopped paying my bill with them because I wasn't getting the service that I was paying for. Now my bill is over $1,500. I tried to work out an arrangement that I thought was fair. I told them I would pay them a third of what they say I owe (which I felt was more than fair - they should have paid ME for all the time I wasted trying to get service from them), and they refused to work with me and then they disconnected my service. I finally gave up and told them I was disputing the amount that they said I owed, and I cancelled my service. I am in the process of going to a new provider as we speak. Frontier, I have had bad service before, but you win the Guinness Book of World Record for the worst customer service EVER!!!
I am very unhappy with Verizon for selling us out (Verizon is still providing services to other areas, damn them!), but Frontier is the most incompetent company that I have ever had the misfortune to deal with in 51 years of living. How are they even still in business??? They are being sued by West Virginia for horrible service and not living up to their part of the deal service-wise (it's been going on for years). If anyone in California is starting a lawsuit against Frontier, let me know. I'll join you in a heartbeat! After reading all the bad reviews, if you try Frontier because they are offering a cheap deal, don't say we didn't warn you! This many dissatisfied customers can't be wrong. If I could give them negative stars, I would. I have wasted enough time and energy on them. Buyer beware!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2016
Worst company ever!!! Third time that I spent all day with no internet service and trying to fix it! No storm or anything that could possibly justify the problem! I'm paying for a service that when I need the most it doesn't work! Again I spent my Sunday with no internet service at all!!!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2016
When Frontier took over from Verizon I had about a year left on my contract. I can't remember but that had to be late 2014. I remember my contract was over in January 2016 and I wanted to check out the competition as I was unhappy how the switch was made. I called and asked when my contract ran out. I was told October 2016. I knew that was wrong but since the cost would remain the same I let it go. Late summer 2016 I called about the service contract being up in October and was told that it runs through January 2017. I started getting a bit angry but put it on my calendar. Now it's October 2016 and I'm going to switch service in January. I call and after waiting on line for approximately one hour I am told that the INTERNET contract is over in January but everything else remains.
An obvious lie because the contract was for total service they provided which is just internet and television. I'm old and can not take any stress so you can imagine how upset I am. I told them they could pick up their equipment in January and if they thought I owed them any more money they would have to sue me. I'm pushing 70 years and what are they going to do mess up my credit? I don't care I don't need credit at my age. Besides, my credit rating last I knew was over 840 what's one complaint. Anyhow if you're thinking of using Frontier RUN!!!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
Never had a problem when FiOS was the carrier and now nothing but problems. A service call that was supposed to be here between 9 & 12 didn't arrive until 3 because he claimed it was not on his schedule. Took 45 min on phone to get response... changed router and now my TIVO does not work. Tivo checked & it is the router that does not have the power to reach the room where the Tivo is located. Never had that problem with Fios. Called today online for 1 hour until I reach service, they connect me to another number that says 45 min until rep but has call back option. Opted for call back option & get cut off. The worst company ever.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
Frustration doesn't even begin to describe the experience. Attempted to contact customer service multiple times, cannot get clear resolution on the additional FEES that all of a sudden started appearing on my monthly statements right after they took over from Verizon. Requested to have the unnecessary charges removed then adjust the bill, but you continually get placed on hold for over 45 minutes waiting to get transferred to a different department, then the phone line just disconnects. Even the chat session is a very painful and prolonged process. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere! YES, I've had my service disconnected and the new service provider will pay for the termination fees.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
I have tried numerous times to solve my issue with server being down and found out that my account was in vacation mode even though I have requested to be turned back on certain date. They put wrong date for activation for another month! It so frustrating to deal with people who cannot take instructions very well. They cannot escalate request to turn back on, but I think since they know my contract expired today and I want to cancel due to very poor service, I think it is a stalling tactics or just incompetent. DO NOT get Frontier for your cable, internet. They do not deserved any stars!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
Why is it that my internet is STILL not working consistently six months after you took over FIOS? My internet CONSTANTLY goes out and uploads are slower than ever. I am fed up with it and ready to cancel my service. Calling customer service, and if you are lucky enough to even get someone to answer, is no help when most of them can't even be understood. Asking to be transferred results in being cut off completely. Get ready to lose a customer.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
I was on hold for over 3 hours to get a supervisor named Mike and within one minute of our conversation, in mid sentence, the phone hung up. This is the worst customer service ever. DO NOT LET THEM SWITCH YOU. You think they would have called back, uhhhh hell no. Working on another provider. They will never get my money again. DO NOT USE THEM. I will make sure I plaster that message everywhere!!!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
I have waited 6 months for them to get their bugs worked out but it is only getting worse. Service goes out and the techs are clueless telling me my cell phone is interfering with the wifi. I have been without internet for 3 days now and I have had several different reasons why but I still have no service. I even waited on the phone for 2.5 hrs to get no result. Do not use this company, you will regret it.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2016
A salesman came to my house September 15, 2016, against my better judgment I ordered Fios. The tech was to show up September 21, 2016 between 8-12 am. No one ever showed up, October 7, 2016 I get a bill for 358.00 for set top boxes and fios tv I never got. How can Frontier be allowed to steal from its customers? They have caused me so much stress, I can't put into words. Can you please stop Frontier have them fined or something!!!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
I am so frustrated, I just got off an online chat after 30 minutes with no real answer. I have called in multiple times and every interaction has a different answer/resolution. It seems like no one has any idea what is going on and provides the answer they THINK will solve my issue. I have no faith in the answer and am worried I am being over billed on a promo. Terrible. When I asked to file a complaint, I was TOLD to go onto Facebook where it might get seen. That tells me, the only way to get noticed is to make it public. That's awesome.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
If you are considering this company don't do it. I have tried to cancel with them almost a month ago and they still billed me another time. Tried to call them and the girl tried to say she need a PIN number and I told her they always use my ss#. She claims she can't find me that way? They hung up on me when I questioned her on it. The first time was 20 min hold. Then I called back 18 min hold and the system disconnected cause no one would answer. So now my wife is calling to see if we can get them to answer another number. So unless you like giving money away find a different company to go with. Also in case you actually care Frontier I plan to post this on every website I can until someone fixes this!!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
#Frontier formerly Verizon were the worse thief. They give me a one year promotion of $34.99 and then one year over and they change back to $80 a month, and I disconnect the service in September 8, 2016 and now they charge me $250 early termination fee. WTF!!! And I called them up and they says my contract was over in October which no one informed me when I want to disconnect the service and now I have to be responsible for it!!! I talked to so many people there, all ** me around... SHARE this out! DON'T USE FRONTIER. They suck AS HELL!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
I have been with Verizon FIOS for many years for internet and cable TV service. I also had a monthly automatic bill pay set up to pay for service. All of the sudden I started getting bills from Frontier Communications. Never heard of the company so I just ignored it. Then I get a call from Frontier saying that they are my new internet and cable TV service and I now owe them $$$ for about three months of service. I told them that I had automatic bill pay set up with Verizon and that should have been taken care of. Rep on the phone said they would investigate. Frontier called me back, but rep said that the auto pay information did not transfer over when Frontier took over.
We made a deal that I could just pay for two months and they would waive the third month to get my account up to date. From that point on, they kept tacking that missing month and late payment fees to my bill to the point where they just cut off my service for nonpayment. I can't get a hold of anybody on the phone because the waiting times are more than an hour ALL the time. It seems like the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing at Frontier. It's been about a week and a half that I have been without TV and internet service. Just did not have any idea it was going to be this difficult to remedy this issue.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
I can't even give Frontier one star. They have antiquated policies that do not put customers first. They can shut off a customer within one minute and can't turn them back on for days or even weeks with no explanation. I've spent more than 10 hours on the phone with them and I give up. They should be ashamed!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
Just moved here and decided to try frontier because the price was right. My install was scheduled for 10/5 between 8am and 4pm. I waited all day. No call no show. I called them after 4pm and was told that the tech had an emergency earlier in the day and I had been rescheduled for 10/6 but was marked as priority and they'd be out first thing. OK, things happen, no problem. 10/6 I showed up at 8am (we're not moved into the new house yet and are driving there daily) I waited. At noon I called and asked where the tech was. He was on another call but I was next on the list and he should be here soon. At 4pm I called, he's running behind they said. Should be between 5 and 6. OK, I waited. 6pm I called. They rudely informed me that the tech could come as late as 8:30 and they hung up. I called back. It took three phone calls to talk to a supervisor... I kept getting placed on hold and hung up on.
The supervisor was also rude, informing me that he didn't control the installer and that was not his department. The last call I made I was informed that dispatch was closed and that the techs do not run after 5pm so either I was lied to by everyone I talked to before that or they just don't know what they're doing. I called back in today and was told again I was a priority but no one can tell me what time the installer will be here. I informed them that I have called Comcast and will go with whoever gets here first. My money is on Comcast who has already called twice and emailed me to confirm the time AND Comcast provided a two hour window in which they'll arrive AND comcast even offers an on time guarantee if they're late you get a credit on your bill. I can't even get frontier's installer to answer the phone for frontier! Not happy and will NOT be using frontier.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
Well where do I start? How about being switched from Verizon that sucked then my Bill went up and Frontier tried to tell me it's the same as Verizon and it's not. They said I was under a contract which It was not and every time I called I would hear kids in the back because some of their customer service people are working from home and every time I would call I would get a diff. quote from these people. It has been a nightmare for 6 month. I've sat on hold for over an hour but today took the cake and this is no lie. I have my cell phone Bill to prove it. I was on hold for 3hours and 45min. to get my Bill straight from all the over charges and have my wifi turned back on and now 9 hours later still no wifi.
Also Frontier's wifi doesn't reach to the other side of my house and I have a little 1100 sq foot house at 75/75 and now they tell me I have to upgrade for more a month or buy some other equipment they have. When I had Verizon it worked fine now they tell me I need 150/150 or new equipment and they are still not sure if that will fix the problem. Plus I have to install it myself and when it comes to stuff like that I know nothing just like Frontier. So what do I have to say to Frontier? Sell out to someone else. You're ** up everything because you suck and everyone hates you so tap out you losers.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
Bad customer service. Nobody can help us out on our cable or internet and we been trying to get this fixed already for three weeks and nobody can do nothing about it. They keep clicking the phone and nobody does nothing. They only lie and the managers don't want to talk to you. Nobody helps out, they don't care.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016
So done with Frontier, they bill me and tell me I have until October 13, 2016 to pay my past due, and they disconnect my internet service today. Today is the 6. When I try to call them I am on hold for one hour and finally get someone and tell me "you have the wrong department" and I am on hold again. Another hour and I still don't get anywhere. Ugh. I called Spectrum and switching to them next Friday. I am done.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
Today I placed three different attempts to contact the customer service and all were on hold. First call was for 1 hr and 11 min and finally I hang up. Second call it took 13 min before someone pick up the phone and put me on hold again. Third I went online and tried to chat the customer server but she also put me on hold. I'm so mad and will disconnect this stupid account!!!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
So for over a month, we have had issues with our internet disconnecting (usually reconnects quickly) and super high latency spikes (ping averages 30-35 ms to google, spikes at 3000 ms). It took over a week for a technician to come out and say one of our DSL lines was broken. I noticed that the disconnects were less frequent but the same issue was happening. They also decreased our speed from 12 down 2 up to 12 down 1 up. Even though I'm paying an extra $15/month for that extra 1mbps upload (which is important for me).
I call again, ANOTHER TWO WEEKS before anyone can come out. Technician says everything is absolutely fine and he sees nothing wrong with it. He even watched a show on Netflix which apparently shows him that there is nothing wrong? Anyway, our speed is still reduced from what I'm paying for. They say 2 mbps upload is no longer available but I'm being charged for the same amount. Absolutely ridiculous. We're paying for internet that is hardly usable and this isn't just a "peak time" issue. It's happening at 2-3 am.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
I have had Frontier for the past 5 years never had a problem until Saturday 10-1-16. After a storm the internet kept dropping. I contacted tech support and was told that a technician would have to come out and was scheduled me for Tuesday (No time frame was given). I called them back to make sure the tech called me because of work being done on house. Someone is always home at my house. Tuesday came and went no one came. So I called and they said there was glitch in the system and they scheduled me for 9 pm which is too late so tech will show up on Wed between 8 and 12. 11:30 rolled around and no call so I called them and they said the tech came out on Tuesday and I didn't answer the phone.
I said not possible. I gave them 2 numbers and there are 3 people and a dog that miss nothing coming into the driveway, home all day and no missed calls on the phones. So they said give them til 5 pm and call back if they don't show up. Of course they didn't show up. I called back after 5 pm and was put on hold for 20 mins long enough for the phone to ring back in to company when a girl answered "Hello this is Lakecia how may I help you". I said "I was put on hold someone was checking on my service". She said "Wrong number" and hung up on me. My next call will be to cancel my service with them.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
I always bragged about US customer service is the best the world. Not until I met customer service guys from Frontier Communication. They are rude and showed no interest to solve the problem with customer or offer any help at all. I live in California and used to be a Verizon Fios customer. I don't have no problem with Verizon at all. Not until this March. Now Frontier sent me new bills which they claimed best available price which I got nothing more but to pay $30 more money. What a ridiculous company. I would not want to stay with this company anymore. I'm enough with their ** service and considering the other service provider in my area.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
When this company was Verizon Fios I never had any issues ever. Since their stupid transition to Frontier company it has been nothing but a damn nightmare, I was on a chat with a representative to inquire about a new plan and possibly renewing my contract and I simply asked questions and asked her not to change anything. That I would think about it. Well she changed it. Found out on my $400 dollar bill the next month. $300 dollars higher than what I was paying. I was frustrated, upset, angry, mad. I called various time. Took these idiots to the bbb and nothing got solved until I called another 50 times.
Finally they changed the plan back to where it was at and with the incorrect pricing. So I got screwed. I ended up owing over $500 on my last bill because of an idiot that messed up my plan without my authorization and when I called to cancel the account she said it's been canceled. 2 days later notice the WiFi is still somehow working. Called back and they said it hasn't been disconnected. So now I get to pay an additional 2 days of service for someone else's mistakes. This company is horrible. They have no customer service skills whatsoever and they will not ever help you. I'm taking them to small claims court!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016
Since Frontier took over the Verizon, the service became awful and they are trying to rip you off as much as they can. I called them more than 20 times to report for poor service, I was put on hold for more than 30 minutes, finally someone answers the phone and I complained about the service and finally they told me that someone will be there on such and such day. Guess what? No one shows up and I stopped doing the payment. Please, please don't support this kind of companies. Let them understand that the people are not stupid.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016
I was given a new 2 year contract for services from 7/01/16 to 6/30/18. After 2 months it finally was billed correctly on 8/22/16 at 191.98 minus a $10 credit for the first 12 months. Somehow when a representative added my digital voice, which was omitted in error by Frontier, it triggered additional charges including an early termination fee, discontinuation of services and other charges. I keep telling Frontier to reinstate my contract as agreed and billed by Frontier on 8/22/16. They keep telling me their systems will not permit them from doing what is right by my contract. The representatives are not empowered beyond $25 credits and the supervisors have repeatedly told me things have been corrected.
This has been a nightmare that has gone on for 60 days and it has gone from bad to worse. In the meantime the September came and is $200 more than what it should be. All I'm asking is to give me the contract that has been approved and billed and the September overcharges removed like early termination fees etc. This all started in late June and continues on 10/05. This has been 90 days of torture and at least 10 hours on the telephone to correct their errors.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016
I had Frontier for internet and phone and TV. I wasn't happy with the TV service. I called and asked to see what the early termination fee was twice before I canceled. They said that there was NO cancellation fee as long as I kept my internet service. I said and how much is the internet service going to cost me. They said $54.99. They said I will get a small bill since the service is prorated. Monthly bills come and I get hit with an early termination fee of $153.00. I called, they said that they can't help me. They have to send an email to higher authority and that they will get back to me. No direct line. I said, "So basically you are telling me I'm screwed?" They said, "YES". They don't even try to work with you. Worst customer service!!! Worst company ever. Do not get their service!!!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016
I came home to find that my service has been suspended. I called customer service and was on hold for 16 minutes then someone picked up the line then hung up. I immediately called back to sit on hold another 12 minutes, I spoke to the rep and she advised me of the amount due on my account. I advised her that I have auto pay and $152.86 has been coming out of my account and I have the bank statement to prove it. So the question is where is my money going? I am currently on hold, the call duration is 1 hour and 58 minutes and counting. This is crazy!
I spoke to a supervisor and she was no help at all then she put me on hold and now I am talking to another rep that has told me that my account was still reflecting my old address (I transferred my services in July to my new address) and my auto pay is still set up on that account with the old address that's where my payments are going and did not transfer to the new address. I'm asking for this to be escalated just to have the rep hang up the call that I was on for 2 hours and 16 minutes. I am very disappointed.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
My experience with Frontier is like everybody else that I read, so I feel it's not just me. I also did not have service for a month and a half and techs would not come out saying different excuses like it's in the line and I'm in the hot zone and would have to check periodically to see if I can get connection. But yet, expects you to pay for service you don't get. Then the last straw was I called and cancelled and the lady said she would take care of it on Frontier's end and took care other maintenances that was attached without me knowing. Come to find out 5 months later she did not closed it out and they want me to pay for 5 months of service, they were only willing to credit 30 days!!!! For a mistake on their end. Paying for not just for crummy service but an employee who did not do what they said they were going to do. #Trying2StaySaved
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
I decide to try Frontier internet just because where I live is just two options of internet and I was thinking this company was the less worse but I was wrong. The service is terrible and the customer service is worse. Yesterday October 3rd 2016 I decide to cancel my service with them because the internet was really bad. I wasn't able to even be in my phone and watch Netflix because just stop working. I call September 26, 2016 and after long wait in the phone and transfers 2 times to different "department" just to ask them if they can send somebody to check the internet, they schedule me an appointment with the technician for Thursday September 29, 2016.
The technician never show up without call or anything. I get an automatic message that night 4 hours after the appointment was suppose to be saying the reschedule the technician for Monday October 3rd 2016. I decide to call and cancel my service. I talk with the person and I let that person know I need the internet until Wednesday October 5, 2016 and he said is not a problem. When I got home that afternoon it was no internet. I call back and believe it or not I spend 3 hours after 2 transfer to get the right department (at least the lady who was helping me was kind and wait with me until the other department answered).
After I spend several time waiting for the technical support help me with my situation he told me he will call me back when the problem get fix. I ask to speak with a manager or supervisor, the person said "no problem I'll transfer you to him." (I was very frustrated at that moment but keeping myself calm.) When he transfer me the call fail and I wasn't happy at all but I took some time, keep my self cool and call again. After 1 hour later I get to the same lady who answer me the first time and she help me to get in communication with the manager. When the supervisor answer he was very rude and with attitude and the first thing he say: "sorry sir is nothing I can do" (just like that) and treating me like nothing. PLEASE THINK TWICE IF YOU CHOOSE THIS COMPANY FOR ANY OF THE SERVICE!! Check your other options I'm pretty sure everything else would be better. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME!!
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
I was a longstanding Verizon customer, and was forced into Frontier as a result of the sale. During the transition I was without cable and internet for 3 weeks, with no ability to contact them. Now my bill is nearly double what my Verizon bill was. But I can't get in touch with anyone. I am fed up and now shopping around for different plan. This is usury. They are taking advantage of their consumers.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
All I can say is run as far away from this company as you can. The absolute worst company I have dealt with in my 61 years. I know you don't know me or trust anything I say because of that. But honestly folks -- get away from overpriced services and the worst customer service that I can remember --- honestly.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016
This company is the worst I have ever dealt with. I am a new customer and after weeks of waiting for service to be installed and countless telephone calls and time taken off of work to meet techs that never came I am disgusted. Every time I called I got a different person who told me a different story. I spoke to supervisors who said they would call me back and never did. I have found a new provider and I am cancelling frontier/Dish. I strongly recommend that you use another provider.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016
I have never received a correct bill from Frontier Communications after they took over Verizon. When I complained that I was being billed for a phone service I didn't even have, they cancelled the service then charged me a $250 charge for terminating my service early!!! They kept sending me bills that were incorrect and I refused to pay the incorrect fees. Then they turned off my services BUT continued to bill me as if I was still getting cable and the internet!!! The humongous delinquent bill is impacting my credit score. I need them to fix the bill and send someone to my house to collect the equipment!!!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016
My experience since Frontier has taken over from Verizon has been nothing but bad. We weren't given any choice and suddenly our internet service was spotty and unpredictable. I use it for my business from home and it would slow to a crawl for no reason and then speed up again. I called and scheduled an upgrade. They told me that, to get the best rate I would have to switch over and pay the increased rate immediately, even though I would have to wait for a technician to come out and install new equipment. They scheduled this for 2 weeks later. The guy never showed up after I waited all day. They said the order had been inexplicably canceled (it got late and the guy wanted to head home is my guess). Also, when they took my order for the new service, somehow they canceled my premium TV channels, which I have still been paying for the whole time.
I called customer service and they told me I had to talk to tech support about that (after 40 minutes with customer service). When I talked to tech support, they said they would have to transfer me back to customer service. That's when I finally hung up. They told me when I called to upgrade my service that there would be no installation fee, but when the guy didn't show up and they had to reschedule me, they told me that there would be an installation fee. Overall, it took a good hour to get it straightened out. We will see if the technician shows up when they rescheduled him.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2016
Frontier FIOS is a JOKE!!! I have had nothing but problems with my service ever since Frontier bought out Verizon. The problem that I have now is that I keep losing my internet service. On 9/23/2016, I lost access to everything on my cable box. I called to find out what happened and the tech asked me to reset my modem. I done that and the cable box started working again. Good right? NO!! By resetting my modem, I lost my internet service. After spending several hours on the phone with about 5 different techs, my problem was not resolved.
I called back on the 24th only to talk to about 7 different techs and to reset my modem each time. On the 25th I called back yet again, same thing, it took me forever to talk to anyone, I ended up talking to 3 different techs, and then asked to be transferred to a supervisor. The problem with that is I literally spend a little over an hour on hold to talk to this guy. When he finally answered the phone, he couldn't do anything but send a tech out. We already had a ticket in for a tech to come out (which by the way wasn't going to be until 9/30/2016). The supervisor said he would try to speed up the ticket so we could get a tech out sooner (by the way, it never happened). Then he offered to take $20 off our bill for the inconvenience. Really?
On 9/30/2016 a tech came out to fix our internet. After doing everything he could do (including checking out our ONT box outside, he said he would be right back that he was going to check something out at the office. He came back about 10 or 15 min. later and we had our internet service back. He told us that it was a switch at the office that had be shut off somehow. So far so good, right? NOPE!
Today, Sunday 10/2/2016, just 2 1/2 days after the tech came to our house and found out that a switch had been flipped, we lose our internet service again. I called FIOS, waited on hold for about 30 min. and the lady I talked to had us back online within about 5 min. Great, right? Nope, wrong again. About 30 min. later, our internet service went out yet again. So this time, I knew what the problem was and called again. I spent about 30 min. on hold, the line sounded like it had been transferred and my call got disconnected. I called back again, and was on hold for about 45 min. The line sounded like it was transferred and I got disconnected again.
So, I called back a 3rd time, this time on my cell. I was on hold for a little over an hour. While I was on hold, I heard a recording to press 1 for English and 1 for Spanish. And then I had to put my phone number in again. I did so and waited about 20 or 30 min. just to find out I had somehow been transferred to a Direct tech. First of all, how in the world did that happen? Anyway, I called back a 4th time. I explained what happened, and the lady I talked to took about 5 min. to fix my problem. But now that I am back online, I am just waiting to see how long this last.
But my question is, what in the world is going on over there? Why do we keep losing our internet service? And why does it take over an hour for someone to answer the phone? At this point I am just about ready to throw my hands up, take this equipment back to the Frontier office and go back to Comcast. I don't like them either. Thus the reason why I switch my service to Verizon FIOS. But like I said, ever since Frontier bought out Verizon FIOS the service just sucks!!
PLEASE SELL FIOS BACK TO VERIZON OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN DO A BETTER JOB. OR BETTER YET, FIX YOUR FLIPPIN PROBLEMS!!! People do not pay good money for services they can't get! You wouldn't pay a doctor to perform surgery on you just to have them either not do what they are suppose to or only do a half assed job. So do the same for us and FIX YOUR PROBLEMS!!!
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2016
After purchasing a home in end of May 2016. I find out Frontier is only internet provider in my area. I call and order service which supposed to be 5mb down 768kb up. Tech installs. Great. Get charged install fee. Service up but dropping many time throughout 24hr period. After many calls and visits, wiring replace to house still no better. Speeds delivered 1.5mb down 256k up. Called Frontier manager "Sorry area is oversubscribed 40mb serving 30+ customers." WTF! So I cancel service because they tell me they cannot provide the service I need. They send me a bill for $55 which I did not pay for services not delivered well. Frontier reports to credit bureau late 3 months then charge off account causing a big hit on my credit report. Do not do business with this company at any cost!
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2016
When Frontier acquired Verizon accounts, they have managed to create serious problems for many, even those who never had Verizon. I read the complaints, I can relate. A company that once cared about customers, no longer has the ability to do so. Customer Service is in no longer in a position to help, as they are not in the loop, thus the transfers and long holds adding to the frustration. I have invested too much time trying to get an answer to one question, "When will my internet connection go back to what I pay for?" There is no answer. They just don't have one, or it is some well kept secret. As there is no end in sight, I will not continue to pay for interrupted or no service any longer.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2016
I would rate this company with zero stars. There is no solution to anything. I'm getting a double charge for August 2016 and I had called to cut off my service. I had no contract due to being with Verizon for many years. Gentleman sold me a plan of 50/50 54.99 and come to find out that there is no such plan. They signed me up for a 75/75 plan for 75.99 that I never agreed to.
When I was first signed up for the non existing plan, they were going to fix the overcharge and a month later he calls to tell me he needed my payment information again and my new charges would be taken place. NOW... I'm still being charged for the overcharge and on a plan that I don't need. Every time I call I'm on the phone for over an hour of frustration, placed on hold, and then never coming back on the phone where I have to hang up. I looked into what I can do, and I noticed that we can place a complaint through Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Hope we can all get together and help shut down this fraudulent company.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2016
Ok so I had Bright House but had Verizon Fios before and wanted to take advantage of a new customer bundle offer from the new Frontier. I went on facebook to ask friends about Frontier, they all warned me, "Don't do it, we have had nightmares with them, your bill will be huge", etc etc etc. Sooo... went on live chat to see what was available because there were like 3 different Frontier websites with different bundles. Chat agent didn't even know about most of them, I had to send them links. They said none of those were available. They said, "Give me a minute to see what I can come up with." He comes back with a great bundle offer that he put together with the help of his "team leader", and said "this is the best possible deal I can get for you in your area." It sounded too good to be true so I accepted.
Here is the offer word for word: "FiOS 100/100, Digital Phone Unlimited, Fios TV Custom Essential w/ 1 Room, 400.00 Amazon Gift Card, Free Install - 89.97 per month net total with a 2 year term & price-lock." They told me I could not use my Motorola/Arris Surfboard modem although I later found out that was a lie, the Bright House guy told me I could absolutely use it. It's still coax coming in. They told me the $9.95 router was included in the $89.97.
Later found out it was not. So anyways I get this huge bill and so I call them to straighten it out. I'm confident that because I have the live chat transcript saved that they will adjust the prices according to the bundle I was sold. Wrong. I get this snotty lady with a bad attitude, she told me they couldn't match that deal. I'm like, "Huh? I'm not here to negotiate prices with you ma'am, I already have a contract and had service installed." She say's "You must have been misquoted and we cannot match that price." So I said then our contract is null and void. She then says "Well I can terminate your service if that's what you would like." I immediately said "get to it then". She then say's "Well I can offer you a one time $100 credit." I laughed and said "So you want to charge me $7-800 more over 2yrs than I was quoted and you think a $100 credit is going to satisfy me? No. Sorry."
So I set my cancellation for 3 days out thinking a higher up would call me and try to keep me as I know Verizon would have and has done in the past. Wrong. No one called or anything, they were happy to lose me after 3 weeks. Sooo... they ate the cost of laying cable from across the street. They ate the cost of the install where the guy mounted a big box and some modules outside my garage and another box inside my garage. AND they are going to lose $3000 from me over the next 2yrs because they were unwilling to honor their own bundle offer. I mean making less is better than making nothing and losing money right? Not according to Frontier. That's the worst business model I have ever seen and that never would have happened with Verizon. Frontier is losing customer in droves, by the thousands. Their ratings on here are 1 of 5 stars. Pathetic. Beware!
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2016
I was forced to switch from Verizon to Frontier about 4-5 years ago. Their internet service has been poor to say the least. Max speed in my area is 1.6Mbps. I was having trouble again with slower than normal speed. I called technical service and they did a diagnostic test. My upload speed was 0.42 Mbps and my download speed was 0.24 Mbps. They said the line showed good speed coming into my house, so we set up an appointment for a service technician to come inside and check things out. An appointment was set up for 8:00am - noon timeframe. I took a vacation day to stay home for this service. When no one had showed up by noon, I had to call customer service to check. The girl said she would call the service tech to check on the status and call me back. She called back and I was told the tech was running behind on the appointment before mine, but I was next and he would call me when he was on the way.
When no one showed up by 5:30 pm and I had not received a call, I phoned customer service again. I explained that I had taken a vacation day to stay home for this appointment and no one called or showed up. This also had happened 5 months ago to me with Frontier. This second time was the straw that broke the camel's back. I told the CSR to cancel the work order/ticket number ** and that I will be calling back to cancel my accounts with Frontier, once I get a new service provider.
I have phone and internet for my home office (sales rep) and another phone line for my home. I was disappointed to find out that there are only 2 companies allowed to offer internet service in my area; Frontier and Xfinity/Comcast. I am so frustrated and mad at Frontier's service that I have scheduled service to switch over to Comcast in 5 days. At least Comcast has a variety of higher speed internet speed options (25Mbps-150Mbps). I would not recommend Frontier internet and I feel sorry for anyone that needs to set up an appointment for a Frontier Service Technician to visit. Be prepared for them NOT to show up as scheduled.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016
I am currently signed up with Comcast for my home internet service but thought of switching to another carrier in my area, which is Frontier. I did a web chat with the representative named "George". The guy after applying some promo codes on his side offered me FIOS internet with 30 Mbps Upload/download speed for $24.99/month with no service commitment, no installation charge & $50 Amazon gift card. I was amazed and excited. I called Comcast and disconnected my existing service and gave this guy excellent reviews and in such excitement did not copy the whole chat but only some useful info like the order no, tel no etc.
Today, I did a web chat again to check if the $50 Amazon gift card be upgraded to $200 as per a new Promotion offer that I received in my mailbox. I got a shock to know that the order that I placed is a broadband not FIOS with download speed maximum of 17 mbps, 2 years service contract and even the price had to go up to $34.99/month.This time I didn't do the same mistake and saved my complete conversation. However I am going to cancel the service before it installs as these guys are cheaters and fool their customers for some good reviews. I also see a credit hit on my history and now I am also worried about my Social that I have shared with this company.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016
After 5 years of reliable, high performance internet access with Verizon, I noticed poor performance of my internet connection shortly after my service was switched to Frontier. Not just my computer but also streaming media like Netflix and Amazon Prime. I'm not going to bother calling support or customer service because of the timing of the issue. I believe that Frontier needs to generate cash to pay for the purchase of the Verizon pipe so they throttle bandwidth down with the intent of then up-selling customers that call in for help. I've already signed up for Time Warner Cable at almost half the price and I'll be cancelling my Frontier service within the next week.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016
I had no choice when Verizon switched to Frontier. Our internet was shut off today even though I have made my payments. I used the option "chat with live specialist" (on my phone cause no internet). I was transferred to another chat room, after typing my complaint, was transferred again. This was 45 min. I got off chat and called. Placed on hold. Chose option to have a call back at a specific time. They called back 30min after that time. I called again. Another 35 min. wait time. They called back, when I answered they hung up. Had to call back again!
Finally talked to a woman who kept talking over me, interrupting me and wouldn't listen to my complaint that I was double billed from Verizon & Frontier and the fact we had a guy come out to "fix" our internet a few months ago because it was slow. Even he was complaining about Frontier. She proceeded to tell me my internet was shut off in Dec. 2015 & I owe a balance to Verizon. Our internet has never been shut off until today. Then she tells me today it was a "permanent disconnection"? What? Now I have to go back thru all of my payments since Dec. 2015 to prove I paid my bills. She was very short and rude with me for no reason when I was trying to explain to her THIS ISN'T MY FAULT!
I may be behind on one bill but that's no reason to permanently shut off our internet when we have had constant billing/customer service issues since this whole switch happened that we had no choice in! No reason for her to cut me off and be rude. No reason why I was double billed. No reason why she says my internet was shut off in Dec. 2015. No reason why our internet was very slow and even the guy who came here complained about working for Frontier because they couldn't figure out all the "kinks." What am I paying for? Crappy service that I didn't ask for? To be treated rudely when our service was shut off because they haven't figured out billing issues? Or the fact I have made my payments. It may be time for me to switch. These issues have been going on for quite a few months now.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016
Was never notified we were being switched to Frontier. Speed was slow, with high price. After disconnecting the service, I had a credit of $100+ credit. They told me it take 3 MONTHS to get the credit back?!!! 3 months passed, no check. Called back to check on the status, and they said the refund was NEVER PROCESSED. Supposedly they rush the refund and take 7 days. 2 weeks passed, still no refund. Now sitting on the phone, and they can't find the account?! Got transferred to collection, another 15 min wait on the phone. They finally informed me that after the last time I called they processed the claim 2 weeks after, so I will have to wait an additional 2 weeks to receive the check. This is beyond outrageous!!!
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016
I just received a $150 offer to recommend Frontier to friends. There is no amount of money that would make me recommend Frontier Communications to anyone! Since they took over Fios from Verizon, it has been a nightmare. On Demand services were not available for months after the switch and they never offered any sort of discount on my bill. Some of the channels in my package were simply not available to me so it took several attempts with long wait times on the phone to resolve it. Verizon would've had it figured out in less than 30 minutes.
After long waits, most of my calls get dropped and the representative never calls back even though I start by giving them my number and asking them to callback if disconnected. It often takes 3-4 attempts to finally talk through the problem and get some response, often the wrong one. Most technicians seem untrained because each one tells you something different. On 2 separate occasions, they knocked out my internet service while attempting to reboot TV services. After 90 minutes, dropped calls, speaking with numerous representatives, and having their "technician" compound the problem, I hung up with the same problem I started with... I was only receiving a portion of the channels in my package. They sent me a new set top box and I had to go through this painstaking ritual all over again! And don't even get me started on the Billing!!
All this has ended up costing many many frustrating hours of our time trying to simply get the proper service that we signed up for and have been paying for all along. A service call to Frontier often takes over an hour, sometimes 2-3, sometimes several attempts, and often results in compounding the original problem. We're looking into Direct TV as a possible solution or, as many others are doing, simply getting a $40 Roku and streaming the programs we want to watch. A much cheaper and less aggravating solution. Thanks but "no thanks".
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2016
I called my phone/internet provider, now Frontier to try to cancel my existing services and I was given the surprise I was placed on contract without my knowledge by the prior company Verizon Fios. I never agreed to renew my contract because I was always unhappy with their service. I have had Verizon Fios for four years prior to the merger/sale. Frontier does Not want, because they do not have, to show proof that I renewed the contract. Now they are charging me a cancellation fee.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2016
Called Frontier customer service and talked to a rep, who then transferred me to the technical department. The "technician" answered and I told him I needed to activate the cable card I was installing in a new tuner for my Media Center PC. After telling him which cable card it was (we have 5 in the household) he proceeded to tell me to "power cycle" the tuner, which I did. Then check our FIOS modem, the FIOS Battery backup...and was most likely going to have me check the junction box on the outside of the house. When all he had to do was take the cable card ID and make sure it matched the ID of the tuner(s) as this unit has 2 tuners and if not assign the right IDs on his computer. It's not hard to do. I got frustrated at all the unnecessary running around and hung up. So I just wanted to be able to get a few subscribed channels that all my other TVs get fine but can't because of stupid techs.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
I am moving to another city in Florida. My internet provider does not provide service in the area where I am moving to. I called Frontier. I spoke to a sales person by the name of Philip. Philip was polite but very fast talker. He offered me a package of TV with 200 plus channels, 50-50 internet, and unlimited phone call for a total of $89.00 dollars a month. He started asking for my social security number, driver's number, telephone number ext. He said he was not able to complete the sale without that information. Neither could he give me the total monthly amount. When he transferred me to Customer Service, the person was not able to speak English. I waited 45 minute to talk to another person. They finally told me my bill was going to $149.90 per month. At this time I canceled my order. Still not feeling right about the information I gave over the phone. The sales practices they have are very misleading. Do not make business with this company.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
I am totally outraged at what Frontier is trying to do to me. First off, I never even knew my service was changed from Verizon until just recently. Apparently this happened months ago. Not only was my service provider changed without my permission and/or knowledge, my service package that I have had for many years was also changed, and changed to a much higher cost to me. Now I have this bill for $858.87 that includes an over $30 late fee!!! I have had my Verizon Fios on an automatic pay for years, so I know that not once has my payment been late. Over $40 in misc fees, upgrade charges, Complimentary Upgrade for $31.99??? The definition of Complimentary means FREE! There are so many separate charges for items that it appears that I am now being double charged for everything?
I signed up with Verizon for a FIOS bundle package. It started out at slightly over $100.00 per month. Over the years, the same package did increase but only up to $152.00. I was still unaware/never even heard of Frontier until I got a voice message a week ago telling me to either change my auto payment address or my payment will no longer be accepted. Now Frontier wants to charge me over $250.00 per month for the same services, except for the fact that my home land line hasn't worked at all for almost 2 months. I cannot call out and/or receive calls, no dial tone, but anyone calling could at least go to voicemail and I could get my messages. But now today, the number to the voicemail isn't even working, and when I called my number, no answer, it just rings and rings.
Today I changed the auto pay to Frontier, but before this, payments have been made and cashed using the Verizon auto pay account. So if Frontier is trying to say that huge bill is for non-payment all these months, then tell me where did my money go and why hasn't my service been disconnected for non-payment all these months? According to the bill, my last payment was deducted.
I do not know what plan Frontier has me on, but I never agreed to a truckload of extra junk. I want what I have had, what I want/need. I want my FIOS internet, my landline and the basic FIOS TV, no extra frills, no Upgrades for an extra $40, no Premier TV for $64. I also do not want to pay $250+ per month, that is outrageous and ridiculous to me and do not ever want to be upgraded without my knowledge or consent. Freedom Plan??? Premier TV??? What happened to my plain and simple FIOS bundle package? They advertise on their site the same bundle I have had for years should not cost me more than the $152.00 (as in AFTER all the bogus fees added in) I was paying before. The website is totally user unfriendly and I am betting all of this type of crap they are doing to us is the reason.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
When we were switched from Verizon to Frontier I talked to a very nice woman who told me my bill would be actually lower than when we had Verizon. I got the first bill. $208.00. Slightly lower than Verizon. Then the next bill came and it was $297.00. I called and called and called. Two times I got through to people but ended up getting hung up on. I finally got through one more and said that I want to cancel my service. I got hung up on again. We have since switched to Charter but today I got another bill from Frontier. $327.00 plus the $297.00. I'm not paying until someone calls me and corrects the bills.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
Spoke with billing a week ago as automatic withdrawals were taking place monthly after acquiring Verizon high-speed services. Advised that these payments were erroneously taken and well over $60 overpayment. Explained that I needed this money back ASAP to pay other bills. Was assured that my check was confirmed and verified to be sent to me within a week.
I then received a bill now charging me new services which I did not order totaling the amount I was to be refunded. Called again this morning was on hold for 30 minutes with Tracy from the Ohio retention team. She apologized repeatedly and assured me she would call back as soon as she was able to reach billing and solve the problem and would address the unrequested services on my bill. She never returned my call. Have heard numerous complaints in our area with similar stories. Buyer beware and if your account has been acquired by this company, I urge you to double check your bills and your withdrawals from your bank!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
First, I have never written a review about a company before lest you think I'm one of those people without a life who lives to blast others. Frontier should be shut down. They have no idea what they are doing and frankly, don't seem to care. I own a furniture retail store. Our business from sales to orders to website to external communications depends on the Internet connectivity. Friday, September 23, 2016, the Internet connection via Frontier quit working 30 minutes into our work day. Since that time we have expended 9 hours of time talking to technical support and customer service and have received no less than 15 different very sincere explanations of what has gone wrong. I was told we were upgraded to a faster speed which had requested but the Internet connection was shut down until someone "pushed through the order and closed it". I spoke to a woman who verified that she closed the order. Still no service.
I was told our modem was broken and they would MAIL us one. Really... mail? I was told a technician would be at the location between 8-5 pm on Friday. No one appeared. No one called. Customer service had no explanation when I called repeatedly to see where the tech was. This is Monday. My business still has no Internet and when Friday's technician came today, he announced the upgrade was never done. Frontier just decided they didn't recognize our perfectly good modem and turned it off. He opened up the box and moved some wires around. Then he left and said he has to go to a physical location and "turn on the box". Then we found out he "turned it on" but it needs to be programmed in the main office. No one is quite sure when they might get to that or if it will work. I still don't have an Internet connection, and this doesn't bother Frontier at all. It doesn't matter my small business has been out of business since last Friday.
Frontier shut down my other location about 3 months ago with a lovely phone message announcing "This business is now closed". It took 4 days for them to get that messages off my phone service. They never apologized, offered a monetary credit, and defended themselves with the excuse that message was only trying to say that we had been reached after hours! (Of course, it played 24 hours a day.)
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
I still can't believe all the crap Frontier has put us through. The signup process was great and almost sounded too good to be true with all of the specials they had going on. My husband took the day off work solely to wait around for Frontier to install our internet and they never showed up. We had canceled with our previous internet service provider the same day, expecting them to show up, and have now been without internet for over a week. After calling, waiting an hour just to speak to someone and being hung up on every time they put us on hold to "review our account" we eventually spoke with someone long enough to find out the router was being mailed to us and they forgot to let us know they changed their minds. After eventually getting the router it still didn't work.
A week later, finally had an installer come out today and we just found out Frontier doesn't even have internet in our area. That's why it's not working. They literally put us through all this crap for nothing. Now my husband is way behind in his grad school homework & CPA studying, we have spent almost $100 in extra data charges through our cell phone due to no internet and we can't even watch t.v. because it's connected to our internet. This is by far the most ridiculous situation I've ever been in with any company. Frontier is the worst company I have ever dealt with and I will continue to tell everyone I know about the horrible service we have received until they go out of business.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
Service is bad, internet is very slow and off a lot. A few weeks ago my phone was off and they did not fix it for 3 days. The really bad thing was that the problem was in their own office and after 3 days was fixed in under 5 minutes. This is a business account and it was extremely hard on our business because we count on our phones to run our business.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
Spent 50 min trying to get an answer on why I was billed $441.10 rather than $213.00. After several sessions on hold, I was told they did overcharge me $228. The service agent told me she was unable to get hold of a supervisor to issue the refund of this size. I was given an investigation # and told I would be called back in 2 hrs by a supervisor. 4.5 hrs later I called back and asked for a supervisor. After several more moments a supervisor came on and verified everything I was already told. Now they want a copy of my bank statement to show the overpayments they admitted to doing. Goodbye Frontier.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2016
Been without TV service for 3 days. Tried numerous times to contact Frontier but, put on hold for over 1 hour and then disconnected. Cannot get any answers. Very frustrated. The worse customer service I have ever experienced.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2016
When the acquisition was made back in or around March, we were not notified. We just received a bill from Frontier, a company I had never dealt with or heard of. Then, I started getting bills from them, which clearly showed they were cashing checks pulled directly from my Wells account, CLEARLY made out to Verizon, in amounts ranging from $179 to $256. My home phone bill should never have been more than $35-ish. When I finally got a hold of someone to dispute this, I was given four case numbers, for all of the money they had cashed, but for which they could not account for nor explain how they applied it to my bill.
I eventually had to get on a long, four-way call with two Verizon reps, and one Frontier rep. Verizon home could not find the money, Frontier had cashed it but claimed they sent it to Verizon, and Verizon Wireless claimed they never got it, so we ended up having to pay Verizon Wireless another $700 to make sure we did not lose our cellphone service. So at this point, we are out $1400+ and no one at all three companies can explain it.
So last week, I called Comcast, requested they take over our home phone service. They did everything right, and then sent Frontier a request to port our home number over. When they came back to activate it over a week later (It was supposed to take Frontier 5 or less days to grant this), Frontier had again dropped the ball. Comcast ended up getting it done SOMEHOW though.
I thought our issues were solved (less the money we've lost), but today I got a Frontier bill for phone/internet service for over $100!!! It also shows on the Frontier billing website we had a bill due last month of over $100. We never used Verizon OR Frontier for internet... always Comcast. How is this large a screw up even possible??? We are using Comcast for both home phone and internet.
I have no intention of EVER paying Frontier another cent, and have been on hold AGAIN (for the fifth time), of over an hour. I've actually been on hold the entire time it has taken me tonight to sign up for Consumer Affairs AND write this... Still holding. My question is - will it ding our credit if I don't pay a bill I don't really owe, especially since the company claiming I owe it does not answer the phone to explain ANYTHING? I have been online, read the reviews, I think the company is going down... I do not want my credit or anything related to me impacted. Thank you for reading the rant that the rep who has me holding is too lazy to address!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2016
After 4 days trying to get our service connected, I was just told that there is nothing I can say. The company just doesn't care. Since we were transferred from Verizon there have been nothing but problems with services received. Then they doubled our monthly charges. After 3 months of trying to get the correct rate, they still cannot make the adjustment. So now they cancelled our service. I spent 10 hours on the phone over the past 4 days trying to get the issue resolved without success. Three times I have been assured that the problem has definitely been resolved and the service will be back on within 24 hours. 24 hours!!! Later, again nothing. If you have any issues, don't even try to resolve them by calling the company. Just cancel the service completely and save yourself a lot of wasted time and headaches. Any other company out there is better than Frontier. Even the good old fashioned "rabbit ears" would be an upgrade to Frontier.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2016
Previous to March 2016, I notified Verizon that I would be relocating from CA to OR and that I would have to cancel my account. They were in the process of being taken over by Frontier Communications. I was sent boxes by Verizon to return all cable boxes. They were all returned and all final bills were paid to Frontier who took over my account. We paid 100% of all that we owed. Since April, I have been receiving invoices from Frontier who has increased the amount due by $200 monthly. I can't even begin to state how many people I've spoken to (Always starting out in a foreign country - I believe the Philippines) and being transferred more times than I can count to other people. Once (around July) we were guaranteed that we would never see another bill and they verified we had properly closed out the account. Bills keep arriving. I finally LOST IT and INSISTED on talking to someone in Management.
I ended up speaking to "Ted" who refused to give his last name or return phone number. You can NEVER speak to the same person twice regardless of what you say. Ted said that if I paid $25 in fees that were never paid originally (bogus as we had already been assured that the account had been paid in full, yet the bills kept mounting to $750+), it would clear the account. While I know I owe nothing, I just wanted free of this company and agreed to pay the bill if he would allow me to record him stating that I would never owe anything following the $25 payment (in other words - it was a terrorist act - either pay the $25.00 or the bills would keep arriving).
The next bill received was NOT for $25.00 but for $400. I've since received 2 more invoices with ever increasing charges. I have wasted HOURS on the phone insisting on speaking to only managers and get absolutely nowhere. My stress level over this issue is off the chart as I keep expecting them to send it to a collections agency and affect my PERFECT credit because no one will correct this issue. I have absolutely no other ideas in how to fix this as you cannot find anyone accountable at Frontier. I am now considering legal action against them for the undue distress they have put me through.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2016
I moved & canceled service a year ago....bill is 1,346.57. I called to cancel this service a year ago b/c I moved. Representative told me they can't cancel it. I asked to speak to supervisor, placed me on hold and no one ever returned. Still getting monthly bills. Who continues billing a customer who doesn't use the service? HORRIBLE COMPANY... Any lawyers here for consumers with this issue? They are running the bill up on me. One CRAP company.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
Back in August of 2016 I received my bill for August 1st through August 31, 2016. I saw a credit of $505.63 which they then applied my August bill of 144.84 which resulted in a credit of 360.81 and on the bottom of the bill in bold type it read, "You currently have a credit of $215.99 on your account. You do not have a payment due at this time" so I didn't pay the bill. I tried to contact them but after holding for 30+ minutes I hung up.
The next month I received my September bill which now showed a credit for $21.32 after deducting September bill and again the same note at the bottom in bold lettering. I went to the website to look into this and could not log in so I called. I got through to get help logging in to the site and after a few got in and looked at my bill. The balance owed showed $339.49 so I called and spent 2 hours with the supervisor who told me that they received a payment back on July 29, 2016 from Verizon of $360.81.
I made a payment to Verizon in July that month but it went to Verizon per my bank. I asked the person "Why did Verizon pay you the money?" "I have no idea and it's not our responsibility to question where the money comes from." So I told them that the last two bills showed credit and why now after 57 days does the online bill show I owe $339.49. They said "we never really got the money from them so we took the credit of your bill and now you owe us for August and September." I asked why no one contacted me about this for the last 57 days. He said "We tried to call on the 23rd of this month (which is today) but didn't have your number." I asked "Do you have my email? Yes, do you have my mailing address? Yes, why didn't you reach out to me that way?" "don't know sir."
Long story short they now say if I don't pay the bill for August and September my bill will go into collections. They had credited me in back in July and now want me to pay in 7 days! They messed up the billing, never made a attempt to contact me or send a letter. Needless to say I am going to pay so my credit isn't hurt but dumping them as soon as my bill is cleared. Run away from them! Switch providers!
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
For almost 6 weeks our landline phone has been unable to get incoming calls and the outgoing ones are of such poor quality cannot hear others thru the background noise on the line. A tech came out in a week and said the line from the street to the house was bad and had to be replaced. It would be done within a week. Long story short many calls to the repair number got nothing but more promises that the line would be replaced at a later date. Tone, Ana, Joel, Arleen, Russ and Paula are just a few that promised the line would be replaced on certain dates, always a few days later. Still waiting and the next promised date is Sept 29. No other choice for landline. Nowhere to turn.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
We have a business in Idaho. The only option we have for landline service is Frontier, we are unable to get VOIP phones because our Internet speed is so slow. Our phones have been down for almost 24 hours. We have customer complaints being emailed to us, and Frontier could care less. We reported it yesterday morning, and they told us they do not do same day tickets. If this happened once in a while it would be one thing, but we constantly have problems. Our fire alarm is constantly going offline. I am SO unhappy with them. Unfortunately, moving our entire company to a place that has more options for phones/internet is not an option. I realize there is not a lot of business where we are, but we are still paying for a service.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
I received my bill for the month of August which was $85 more than the July bill. I called to inquire and was told I would be placed on a new plan and my bill would be about $50 more as my Verizon contract had expired. I get my bill for September and it's now $100 more than the August bill. Apparently the rep did not make the changes last month that she said she was going to make. I'm now 3 calls in trying to rectify this bill. They are a fraud company that just adds charges to your bill with no validation and something needs to be done about it. This very same thing happened to my mother in law. If you are not making changes to your bill then there is no reason why it should fluctuate every month.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
I had Verizon, I never had an issue with them. From one to another I received a bill from a company name Frontier. Never heard of them before. I did not get a written notification that my contract would be forward to a new company. I am extremely responsible paying my bills so I got freak out if I did not pay my internet bill specially for my business so I continue to make my paying on time. I originally had a one year contract with Verizon so it would expire on Nov 2016. I called "Frontier" a few month back to advised them I will end my contract in Nov 2016. What can I do. They advised I need to pay a ridiculous cancellation fee or wait until my contract expired in Nov 2016. I asked the representative to notated my account. She assured me she would. I called today. Spoke with a female rep. She was extremely unprofessional, rude over the phone, advised I had a 2 year contract!
I was so upset told her it was not what I originally agreed with Verizon. She was unhelpful. I asked to speak with a supervisor. She transferred my call to a supervisor named Joshua id #**. I asked him to provided with his direct or ext number. He refused said they do not have a direct nor a ext #. He advised me I signed a legal contract with Verizon. I was required to pay a two year contract! I asked him to provide me with a written contract that he claimed I signed with Verizon. "Joshua" said he was unable to provide me with a copy. I also asked him to sent me a copy of the letter they sent to my business where they stated Verizon would no longer be my provider they would, he also refused to provide me with a copy. I asked him to give me a written letter advised I need to pay 2 years when I never approved. He also refused to provided when I request in writing within 30 days.
He refer me to talk to his legal department. I asked for ph# he did not know??? I asked for a phone number he gave me a random phone number **. I called the number no legal department. Another female rep answer. She also refused to help me, did not allow me to explain my situation, was really rude over the phone, refused to provide me with her id number and hung up! What kind of business is Frontier running, hiring rude, unprofessional people! I would never never use this company. I do not recommend nor use for my future business. Is unfair that I was forced to use a new company and services that I did not agreed with or approved. They are rude, unprofessional, they do not notate any previous calls nor follow up on customer concerns or request. I do not recommend this unprofessional company or services. If you are looking for an internet company, do yourself a favor. Do not pick this company. You will regret it!
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
Trying to call and have been on hold for over 45 minutes. Disconnected 1 time then tried being sold on maintaining the account. Finally disconnected again. This company does not have it stuff together.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
Others reassure her that all we be fixed by the next billing cycle and yet others tell her that without a doubt they will call her back to explain what was the problem. Only one time a rep called back because the credit for that billing cycle was over one hundred dollars.
She has already spoken to twelve different reps over the nine months. During one call my wife was told that there would be a representative assigned to our account and we were given her name and contact number. My wife called several times and surprise, surprise, no one answered the phone and the message that was left went unanswered. We were told every time we call that our account is not coded correctly and once the code is changed all be well.
The problem has never been corrected and the problems go on month after month. Since you can't talk to anyone in management, you just keep hitting a brick wall. The problem de jour is double charging us for calls made in past months that we already paid for. We cringe every time we see that bill come in, knowing that my wife will waste a minimum of an hour on the phone fighting with reps to get our money back.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016
It's amazing how consistently poor the service is for this company. Very poor customer service problem solving abilities. Lonnng phone hold times, and disconnects, so you have to start over, then your problems are still not solved... And they don't call you back with the number you give them in case you get disconnected... Pure frustration and neglect of customers? I never dreamed a real free market company would or even could get worse than the DMV or Soviet-style "services" where shortages reign and customer care is only pretend - a slogan of the opposite of what they are really up to. Monopoly? Captive market with little alternative choices (a cartel)?
Many others I've talked to all dread calling Frontier as bad as I do for any service problems, disconnects, starting service, etc... This is a wide open field for some company to enter if they know how to give real service and reduce problems. I'll sign up and take all my family and friends with me. We can't wait for a better option than the captive clientele of "DMV internet, cable and phone." I've spent nearly 20 hours on the phone, mostly on hold since starting in April, or trying to start in April.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
We were with Verizon and had to endure the transition to Frontier. What a mess! First of all, we have several lines with them and had to cancel one of those lines. They charged over $700 to cancel the one phone line of service!!! When I called in the first time the rep couldn't waive the fees but told me a manager would call me back first thing in the morning. Surprise! No phone call!! I call back 2 days later and get the same runaround: no manager there on premises and that they close at 5:30. Meanwhile I am in CA and can't get help after 2:30? Are you kidding me? What kind of business doesn't take customer calls after 2:30??? So again I was promised I would get a call first thing in the morning so that a manager calls me so I can get this mess straightened out. Won't hold my breath because I doubt they will.
I am annoyed that I can't seem to get my issue resolved without having to call them back and then be told there isn't a manager available. Meanwhile why would I continue service with a company I didn't contract with that gives such poor customer service? That's right... because if I cancel 6 months early they will snag me with a $700 penalty! Way to go Frontier!!! That customer base you paid dearly for will dwindle because your service is terrible and your reps have no way to resolve anything without a manager holding their hand!!! As soon as this contract is over I will be canceling and will NEVER use Frontier again!!!
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
I am writing on behalf of my elderly mother. I've been dealing with Frontier since June 2016 and to date nothing has been corrected on her account. A move to another county prompted a transfer in service along with a new phone number with area code. I've placed 1-5 calls a month every month to get various items resolved.
1st: Could not get the phone line to work. 2nd: When I called Customer Service (CS), I was told the account was cancelled. How can it be cancelled, I'm calling from it?! 3rd: We were never able to call long distance. We have used an alternative method of contacting our family overseas. But the worst part about this is during this time my Uncle was terminally ill and as a family we were waiting for the phone call or for the possibility to have at least one last call. That never happened. The stress on my mom was enormous. To date she now paying $15 extra on her bill for why exactly what I haven't been able to get corrected. Don't get me wrong every Frontier CS person that you speak with is polite, "yes ma'am we will have that taken care of, no problem." No. It's never been taken care of. Ever.
So a message to Frontier. You should have NEVER acquired Verizon. Your back-end programming is not compatible nor can your platform support the new structure. You are awful and I'm at a point that I would sooner have Aneurysm that have to call you again. What can be done? Who is representing the public with this company? Why can't they get it together? Why is it when I call I've spoken to at least 6 different states? Who is going amend the countless hours I have spent in utter frustration trying to get the simplest of items resolved??? My next step is to take this to Social Media, LinkedIn, News Stations and our Government representatives. Someone needs to help us! Frontier isn't, won't or can't. I wish they would go away and sell the company to an entity that can handle it. HELP!
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
I have had Frontier since it was acquired from Verizon several years ago in my area. The speed has never been anywhere close to where it should be. I finally broke down and decided to upgrade to the fastest speed they offer which still lags way behind any other. I was told at the time that there would be a one time charge of 29.99 for the upgrade, no installation fees or anything else. This was done in July.
Yesterday I get a bill for 279.00 upgrade/installation fee... I spoke with a customer service rep, who did nothing for me but continue to place me on hold. Finally she told me that they would go back and review the phone calls, but that it would take 7-10 business days to do this, and then if they decide to issue a refund, it will take 2-3 business cycles for the credit to appear. It didn't take them that long to mess it up! They care nothing about their customers, and are extremely rude and condescending. I would not recommend them to anyone! Unfortunately for me, I live in a rural area without other options. So it looks like that for some time I will not be having Internet, and will search other options!! Avoid at all costs!!
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
We recently moved to Carbondale, IL and unfortunately were stuck with Frontier as the only internet service provider in our area. We placed an order for internet service in August 28 and the earliest installation date they could give us was September 20. During that time, we changed our phone numbers to local area codes and called Frontier 4 times to confirm the changes were made on our order. Once three weeks passes and September 20 actually arrives, no one shows up. Call back to Frontier and was told the tech was busy, would make it out tomorrow. September 21 comes - no one shows up. Turns out no one updated our phone number in the system, so the tech called our old phone number. Now we are told we will have to wait another day because the techs are busy. This is by far the worst experience I have ever had with a company. Avoid at all costs if you can.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
I have been calling Frontier Communications for the past couple of years trying to fix the kinks in my home internet service. Our service was continuing to become sketchier and sketchier so I became diligent in calling this summer to reach someone who could correct the problem. I called in July, took notes on who I spoke with and what he said. He even quoted me a price $30 less that what I was paying and was shocked that I was being overcharged so much for the service I was receiving. He told me to call the service department in the next 24 hours and work something out. After being on hold for over an HOUR, I had to move on.
I called back in August and spoke with another agent. I took notes once again. I kept track of time, who I spoke with and what I was quoted. Another lower price than what I was paying. She said that my service couldn't be made better and that I was overpaying. I requested to have the over payment reimbursed to me. She said she put in the order and I should see my payment in a couple of weeks.
Now again, 3 weeks later, I called and spoke to yet another agent. An hour later, she said that my request was denied because there was no record of the quotes from the agents whom I spoke with! I have notes people!! I know who I spoke with, the date, time and what was said and they don't?! She said that the agents I spoke with did not record the necessary information for me to receive reimbursement for over payment. I was with this company for 10 years. Shame on me for being loyal - Shame on Frontier Communications for being a dishonest company who won't stand by what they say.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016
We live in Long Beach, CA and were Verizon customers until April 2016 when we were informed Frontier Communications would be taking over our contract. We received a letter from Frontier that our Verizon contract would be honored through February 2017, when it was to terminate. No problem. All was fine until the July 2016 bill with a $20 credit to end in Feb 2017 was missing. I called Frontier, they apologized and put the credit back. Same thing happened in August, so I called again and was once again apologized to and told the problem would be corrected. I was a bit annoyed to have to call each month, but hoped for the best.
For the third time it was missing in the September bill. This time I spent almost 3 hours on the phone with 3 different agents, each time going up the chain as I was being told the original contract credit was a "mistake" and they could do nothing more in the future, even though it clearly shows in previous bills the credit was valid through February 2017. The final supervisor told me that not only was it a mistake and we never should have received it, but we were lucky that Frontier didn't back-charge us. He said he had now written notes on our account that we are never to receive a credit again.
All three agents were rude, unprofessional and the third agent, "the highest supervisor possible to speak with", was just impossible to speak with. It's so sad when a customer, who ultimately helps pay for the customer service representatives' salaries is made to feel so worthless and frustrated. I think these agents need better training, and Frontier should be ashamed at this low caliber of customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016
I have been a Verizon customer for the past 3 years (I had zero issues as a Verizon customer). Shortly after the transition to Frontier, we began having numerous billing issues. Each month we saw something on our bill that was incorrect (normally small amounts), so we contacted them and after lengthy on holds, lengthy discussions with numerous employees we would get the erroneous charges backed out. I had become very frustrated with them & wanted to discontinue service as we were moving to a new home & I wanted to go back to DirecTV (I had previously had DirecTV for over 10 years & only changed to FIOS because we were renting & the owner would not allow a satellite). However, now that we were buying a home & the history of ongoing billing frustrations since Frontier took over, I was happy to be moving & be done with dealing with Frontier.
When I called to cancel our service, they asked why. I told them 2 reasons, 1 being continual frustration over frequent billing errors since the transition to Frontier & 2 because I had heard there were no FIOS lines in the neighborhood we were moving to. The gentleman stated that they indeed had FIOS in our neighborhood & that numerous addresses around ours had service with them. After confirming, several times during that call that this was simply a transfer "not an installation" (I would never had agreed to an installation knowing I would soon be switching to DirecTV). I reluctantly transferred the service, simply to maintain our TV, internet & phone service only until I could get HOA approval for DirecTV.
We got our first bill at our new house in Aug (last month) which showed a $124 installation charge. I contacted them right away & disputed this charge stating this was a transfer not an installation. The woman I spoke with was nice, understanding & deducted the amount & told me the correct amount to pay for that bill which I did the following day. We received our 2nd bill last week which showed once again an installation charge of $124. I again called & had the same conversation & result as the previous call. Each call I wrote down the name of who I spoke with. Today I come home to a "failure to pay notice of past due bills" threatening discontinuation of service, as well as, legal action over the $124 installation charge.
To say I was angry is an understatement, my husband now contacted them, spoke to a supervisor named Scott who was extremely arrogant & rude & stated numerous times that it was a legitimate charge & we owed it & that he could care less what previous employees had told us. I would NEVER have paid this company for an installation fee after months of frustration over continual billing issues. I would like to say that them threatening to cancel our service is a gift not a threat!
This is by far the WORST company, that I have ever encountered. This company needs to be investigated for fraudulent billing practices. My husband sent an email to the president of the company earlier tonight detailing out our experience with Frontier. Fortunately for us, we recently received our HOA approval for DirecTV so we have now canceled our service with Frontier & I can honestly say I have never been happier to discontinue anything. I am happy to no longer be a customer but want to warn others to be aware of this company, I have never encountered anything like it. Not 1 person ever said anything about an installation charge & despite my numerous confirmations in the original call that this was a transfer, 2 previous calls to get this reversed, they somehow continually try to slide in a $124 charge for "installation".
Scott stated that he was the highest level to speak to & was one of the rudest representatives of a company we have ever dealt with. I hope they record all of their calls & that someone "higher up" than Scott listens to that & asks themselves if that's how they would want to be treated. It takes A LOT for me to take the time to sit down & write a review of this magnitude but after our experience with Frontier I felt compelled to write this in hopes of helping others who may be considering choosing Frontier for their provider. I would not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2016
Frontier customers or potential customers beware... I have been threatened with collections by the aforementioned when they have not provided services as my cable, internet, and phone have not worked. I have been very vocal with Frontier through numerous contacts since April to the point that I have switched services due to their horrible customer service.
To make a long story short (as many of the issues I have are listed in this forum over and over), I have an important piece of information to share. I have notated via my cell phone bill how many times I have contacted Frontier and for how long each attempt to get my issues resolved. After making my refund requests, it was told to me that their "service refund adjustments" are audited and that they will only approve refunds based on help tickets. When I asked why I was being denied monies it was simple, I had no tickets logged.
Upon further research it was made clear via the representative (Jennifer & Eva) and supervisor (Karen, **) that Frontier was NOT logging tickets or calls from April through May as they were inundated with complaints during those months. Each time I called and requested help or was promised a tech was not delivered because it was not logged. This is fine as I constantly complained, but they purposely have been not entering information to skirt their liability. In addition, each department does not share notes so I was consistently transferred between tech, customer service, and a supervisor to verify my claims.
In the end, I also requested that my bill be put in a dispute status which they also refused to enter as they are not required to add notes on their system per customer dictation etc. This company is beyond unethical, BEWARE! Make sure every time you call a ticket is logged, you are given a confirmation number, and the rep number. This is complete misconduct and a class action lawsuit should be considered.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2016
Last March I assisted my ninety-five year old mother in reducing her Verizon internet/TV/digital phone package prior to the corporate sell-off to Frontier. My father had passed away and she needed to cut spending. (Her food budget is five bucks a day, but with her pride, she WON'T take assistance, PERIOD.) Somehow, Frontier has upended everything! They issued a new account with a new phone number listing an area code in Los Angeles, not the Inland Empire where she lives. My parents' land line is a historic number in place for decades. It was originally a "party line" installed by GTE (Verizon) in 1951, then changed from the old Yukon exchange to the newly approved NANP (North American Numbering Plan) with an area code. So be assured, there is NO WAY this land line number was to be altered!
Then, the bills started coming; two separate amounts, one listed in my mother's name, and one in dad's name showing calls. That's unusual since he has been dead for two years. That would be a truly long distance call from his lofty perch, but it doesn't matter since LD is supposed to be included anyway. That Los Angeles number has NEVER functioned at their address and their former number is still working there, but under a deceased person's name regardless of the Frontier promise to correct it.
We have called a dozen times insisting on speaking to a supervisor. We continue to speak to lower level agents spending HOURS on hold. About one in four times, the call just times out and cuts off. How do I know it's time-out? Because I am a telecom expert and installed telephone call centers like theirs for twenty five years before I retired! Calls don't typically cut off because of bad phone systems. They cut off because senior management assures a bare minimum number of agents (often ill-trained and poorly paid) and the calls misroute because the programmed ACD goals for call handling are impossible to meet. They can't fool me, but I digress in over-detailing the trail of incompetence. You would think that a simple call should get this fixed. NO!
My mother is an even-tempered church deacon who gives the benefit of the doubt when dealing with difficult issues. SHE IS RED-FACED LIVID! She just called me today. Frontier had finally promised to send a senior representative to her house to meet and get the situation fixed. She canceled her shopping date (she ran out of bread and milk) to be sure she was available to meet the appointment. Interested neighbors were also watching for their arrival. Frontier never showed! No apology call, no note on the door (she had stayed near the door the whole day), no communication at all. So much for the name Frontier Communications. They seem to have gotten the "Frontier" part right, blazing a path through new frontiers of incompetent and cavalier business practices.
A subsequent call to find out what had happened assured that the billing had actually been straightened out. But this morning she got her bill and it was STILL WRONG! I am five hundred miles away so it is hard for me to help, but her local friends have also been involved to no avail. This has gone well beyond bad customer service. In my view, this constitutes nothing less than outright ELDER ABUSE! All her contacts with Frontier have been documented with dates, times, names, and broken promises. I will be forwarding this litany of disgraceful conduct to the office of the California State Attorney General, Kamala Harris. I have hope that if she wins the election as United States senator, she will stoke regulatory congressional legislation to both prevent and provide consequences for these abuses.
I will not tell you not to use Frontier. I can only recount that, in our particular case, the atrociousness of their wholly unethical business practices and inability to provide us with contact to any senior company official are beyond anything I have had the misfortune to experience during my thirty-seven year telecommunications career, hence my notification to authorities in hopes of in-depth investigation. Without congressional action to regulate the abuses in this industry, Frontier, and indeed other providers, will continue to have carte blanche to profiteer without consumer recourse other than providing information in a poor performance review. We need immediate action. As consumers, WE ARE ANGRY!
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2016
I was contacted by a Frontier upgrade account service guy. I was already paying $103/month for phone and internet. He said he could drop my monthly bill to $99/month if I add TV. So I did. He could not give me any paperwork at the time as he needed to be at the office to fill it out - stupid me - I trusted him. Once they put in the TV service, the phone stopped working. I called day after day being on hold 45 minutes or so - finally got a tech support guy and he was totally condescending and put me on hold for another 45 minutes. Finally I called the next day and reached someone who tried to solve it from their end. Didn't work. Called back - on hold another 40 minutes and they scheduled a guy to come. It was a simple switch issues the 8/20 guy should have addressed.
Got my bill which was over $313.00 - charging me $175/month for the service + a boatload of set up fees. I called Frontier and the gal told me the guy basically *lied* to me about the $99 service - it wasn't real. So I dropped the TV - but as a result of all of this, I'm now paying more. This is a racket! Makes me want to go off the grid. But then again, I need the connectivity as I work and I kinda like having it. You can't win!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
First they disconnected our service (when they took over from Verizon FIOS). They said I would have to pay all startup costs again, even though it was their fault. So I said NO, and ended up with a credit on my account, which they carried for a few months, telling me they would refund it after 3 months. They eventually showed my credit as 0, but of course did not actually refund the money. After being on hold forever trying to see where my money went, I finally gave up. Buyer BEWARE. This is not a good company!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
I tried calling 4 days ago to discuss my account. I am being charged about $200 per month for cable/ internet. I wanted to lower amount. I was offered free HBO and Showtime for 3 months. They never turned it on. I called 2nd day, same story. I called 3rd day, same story. Now 4th day and they tell me to speak to a supervisor will take another 40 minutes. I have been on hold ONE HOUR already. No results. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT THAT ONLY OFFERS THIS COMPANY, MOVE!!!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
Poor excuse for an all American company to steal from customers for a failed market. I purchased a bundle for cable, HS internet, and phone. They never showed up to install, even after paying first month fee, as well as all other cost. I called to reconfirm another install date, and I was told there had already been cable from Frontier installed at my address. If I wanted to continue the service I would need to have my landlord provide a written and signed statement, stating the period of time of my lease to prove the time I moved in. Well I didn't want to go through with the hassle so I just stated we could cancel the plan. In the time of waiting for the refund as I was told by "Ashley" it would return in exactly 3 working days. In fact it never returned to my card.
I called a week later to be safe and was informed that I wasn't even in their system. And then I was able to be found in the system says "Jennifer". Well after an hour and forty five mins on hold, I was told the refund was indeed being processed, and it would take up to 10 to 14 working days for it to return. After a full 30 working days me and my wife, on separate phones called Frontier in reference to the matter. We both sat on the phones with different operators, in which they gave us both different stories. My operator informed me that the refund had never been fully processed and shipped to me. My wife's operator assured that the refund was indeed in the process of return. I waited until about 2 weeks so to check my cards account and the refund never came.
I called a week ago and spoke with "Angie" and she informed me that the refund takes a full cycle to return. By then my wait had been onto a full 2 cycles. Submitting this review today stating that the refund was indeed not on my cards routes at all. Very sad for a company, but worse to be robbed and nothing is done about it. The money that was spent wasn't much to some. But in the system of law this is fraud, robbery, all things found in a criminal.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
We happened to be moving to a new home right at the same time that Verizon was transitioning to Frontier. Verizon had already opted to send this new equipment and wanted us to return the old equipment. When we moved into the new house the new equipment was installed and we receive a box in which to return the old equipment. Our bill also stated that we would be charged upwards of $400 if the old equipment wasn't returned. I then spent hours and hours on the phone getting bounced from one place to another trying to figure out where to send the old equipment. Nobody could give me an address. The agent told me just to get rid of the equipment as Verizon was now defunct. Like many other people who have commented on these sites I didn't get a bill from Frontier immediately but rather got a late-payment notice. When I finally got the bill there was over $400 carried over from Verizon.
I attempted to contact the company via the live chat and even though they could not ascertain where the $400 came from as it had just carried over from Verizon they refused to remove it. Even though I told them that I was almost certain I had gotten charged for the equipment that I was not able to she returned. The service itself was also horrible. I don't get Wi-Fi or phone service in the master bedroom whereas in the old house which was two stories the Wi-Fi works perfectly even if I took my laptop over to the neighbor's house. Finally I had been paying about a hundred and thirty dollars through Verizon. My bill has now skyrocketed past $200 with Frontier.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2016
We got a coffee bridge for free from Fios to extend the wifi signal from upstairs to downstairs. This unit went out so we called for a replacement. We were promised a replacement several times after explaining the situation over and over with dropped calls and incompetent reps. We were even transferred to shipping once. I get exhausted just recapping the terrible experiences that spanned over several months. We finally escalated the call to a supervisor that called us at night. He basically said. "Sorry you have had several horrible experiences but we will not get you a replacement, we will not be doing anything as a gesture of goodwill, we will sell you our expensive version of the same thing and we will not even offer a discount." We are switching to Time Warner.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2016
I have had no internet service and it's now going on a second full month. Frontier refuses to credit my account and when I call I get bounced around. I'm now filing a complaint with the NYS attorney general.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2016
In July 2016 my 2 year contract ended with Verizon. In June I contacted Frontier and we reached an agreement to continue service for 1 year at $153.66/month. In July I called when Frontier had raised my bill and the representative did locate the agreement in the system and gave me the additional credit. On 9/15/2016 I contacted Frontier again when my bill when up to more than what it was when I had Verizon.
The first rep stated that she did locate the June agreement in the system of $153.66/month for 1 year and that when I called in July that rep located the agreement and put in a save order. When I contacted them on 9/15/2016 the first rep I spoke with located both the June and July Agreements and transferred me to another department to save the order at the $153.66/month agreed price. When I got to the second customer representative she stated that she could not see any of the June or July notes where there was an agreement of $153.66/month and that she would not honor it stating that my Verizon discounts had fallen off. I took out the Verizon contract in July 2014 which discounts would have ended in July 2016 - hence my call in June to negotiate a lower rate. When reviewing in greater detail the Verizon vs. Frontier bills, Frontier was providing discounts on a monthly basis and not on the year which was agreed to. Be careful.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
Verizon Fios apparently sold out to Frontier. After the change we received no bills, but then received a letter saying that Frontier was shutting off our service due to nonpayment and that we were still liable for the unpaid bill. We called and complained that we had not received any bills but that we were good for the charges. We then found that our bill had gone up $25 a month, to almost $200, and we owed over $750. We complained about the jump in price, but they gave us no satisfaction. Because we had no communication from Frontier at all, including no notification as to a price rise, and the lack of customer support, we are very disappointed with Frontier and are now in the process of switching to another carrier. We have talked to several friends and relatives about Frontier Fios and all have had significant complaints regarding them, several of which have dropped Frontier for someone else.

Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
My mother has dementia and was unaware that her current telephone company sold off her account to Frontier. I had to find out that we were now their customer when I received a billing for $427.00! I called their customer service and explained that I would need to place the account on an auto billing with my credit card. They took the number and thanked me for our business. Approximately 4 months later, I get a call from my mother's caretaker... "Gee, it seems Frontier wants $337.60. I thought you said you put it on autopay." So I called these people again. This time I was told that I was not on the account and that I would have to send in the appropriate paperwork to substantiate that I am able to make changes to her account. I said, "I want to pay you not change anything. And I want you to take her credit card to pay all future billings." "Nope. Can't do that. We can take the payment, but we can't take the credit card." HUH? 4 months ago you sure did!
But wait, here's the best part. They need paperwork from me substantiating that I am her POA (basically allowed to make legal decisions for her). I said, "I can send you the paperwork today. What email should I use?" "We don't have an email. You must fax that paperwork to us," said the snippy agent. I said, "I don't have a fax. Can I just PDF the docs to you?" "No. You can't." Wait... you are a communications company and you can't take PDF's? MORONS! They are impossible to deal with. Please, if you have a mind, use anyone else but these BOZOs! They are terrible. I didn't even complain that they are charging my mother $112.53 per month for a phone she NEVER USES! Highway robbery! I would buy her a cell phone, but she'll lose it. Please, whatever you do, avoid this company at all costs.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
On 7/6/16 my cable and phone were turned off by my request. I kept the internet, upgraded to 50/50 sipped. It is now 9/13/16. I am being charged the same amount (as if cable and phone still active). Between 8/6/16 and now I have called Frontier a total of 5 times: Was told to call back Monday; was told a ticket would be put in; was told no ticket could be found, put on hold twice, after waiting 20 minutes, I hung up; asked to talk to a supervisor, before I could talk to one they needed my pin# which is on the bill (didn't have the bill with me) so... FINALLY spoke with a guy and he said the order was hung up in the system and he would work on it.
He said my account is all screwed up and he would call me the next day after he worked on it. He did call, said I should get a $300 refund and my account should be corrected. He said to continue to pay my bill until the credit was given. This was about 2 weeks ago. I'm still giving it a little longer but still no credit and they had the nerve to send me a cut off notice for $135!!! I tried to switch to Time Warner but there is a big tree keeping them from reaching the power pole. So I'm stuck with these IDIOTS!!! I'm a very calm person and don't let most things upset me (some people in the world which they had my problems) but I can genuinely say I HATE THIS COMPANY!!! Even if I get the refund I DESERVE I will still HATE THIS COMPANY!!!
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
I asked to have my TV services removed in July. After the removal my bill continued to show the TV services. I would have expected them to prorate the services from the day of removal but they didn't. The September bill showed the full amount and no amount was prorated for August. I contacted them via chat and they said it would be corrected within 72 hours. I waited a week and it still wasn't corrected. I contacted them again and the Chat Tech insisted I owed more money.
I explained that I had the service removed and he just kept repeating that my balance was $81.98. He was rude, but eventually admitted I didn't owe anything after I sent the amounts I had paid from my bank account statements. He finally explained that I had been credited but it wouldn't show until October. I asked for an apology and he refused. Good thing they bought Verizon's infrastructure. I am afraid that they will eventually mess up the technical product, which for me has still been good.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
I know I am not the only one complaining but feels good to vent! I have not had consistent phone service for nearly 2 months. I have made numerous appointments and either the service personnel does not show up or they call my cell phone to tell me my line is fixed, and it is not. I have waited all day, once again, for a service call and no one has shown up or called. How can you run a business like this and expect customers to not complain? I hope another company comes to our area as I am ready to switch. I feel trapped by using the only company available in our area. On top of that, the internet is also the only game in town and it stinks, also!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
Terrible service... and I thought comcast was bad. I'll start with the one positive. Frontier has very helpful and patient customer service specialist. I'm assuming it is due to each individual horrible experience with the company. I have had two erroneous bills. One was triple the price of the agreement I signed. This was immediately followed by another bill at almost double. Their on demand functions, which are supposed to be stock, do not work. Nor is there an explanation or any compensation or discount for it not working.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
Terrible Service all the way around! Don't waste your time or money on this terrible service!! Their service is awful, continually messing up your bill, and you get NOWHERE with customer service!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
I have been without internet service for three days. They give a 8 hour window for repair so you have to take a day off work. I spent three hours on the phone trying to get the appointment and got hung up on/call dropped which seems to be their method of operation. Long waits on hold and calls dropping. Never received such bad service.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
Frontier Communications wins the award for the worst customer service in my book! Not only are they completely unorganized, you will - literally - be on the phone for 20 to 30 minutes waiting to speak to someone, and then get transferred at least 2 or 3 times... and the issue still isn't resolved! The services you do subscribe to don't work half the time, and you are billed for things that you don't even subscribe to!
Forget trying to resolve issues because nothing is ever accomplished. You are either hung up on or service techs don't show up at the designated date and time. The icing on the cake for us has been since we cancelled our service with them three months ago. We paid our final bill back in June, and are still receiving monthly statements from them and they can't tell us what those charges are for... considering WE NO LONGER USE THEIR SERVICES! Unbelievable! There are plenty of good and reliable TV and internet providers out there, so stay away from Frontier unless you like poor customer service, fraudulent billing and sketchy TV and internet service and reception.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
I have run companies all of my life. Never, even at the "mom and pop" level, have I experienced such utter and complete incompetence at every level of A business, as I have with Frontier. If you own Stock, sell it now! If you can use another internet/phone etc provider and simply take the lower speed at a higher cost, do it. I had every bundle with Verizon (pre Frontier). Cell phone, Internet, Landline, and Cable TV. As bad as Verizon was, I miss them now more than ever. I called Frontier last week to cancel Cable TV and Landline - got a better Landline deal from GTalk for $9 per month and stream Netflix and HBO Now for a total of $23 per month. As opposed to Frontier's $100 plus bill for these per month.
They "Frontier" came out right away and removed my high tech Verizon equipment in my garage and replaced it with an old, dusty, bolted down control - that cannot be accessed without a power drill. They also changed my modem. I checked my Roku streaming when the technician was in my home and said 'all done' and believed him. When I went to start working on my PC and internet - 'error message - internet not connected'. I have spent the last 3 days trying to get the baboons who they call 'tech people' to understand the issue. At 54 years old, I have spoken to a lot of tech people in my life. I have spoken with a total so far of 12 from Frontier for 2 days - still can't find one that actually knows how to turn a computer on - not one, talked about IP reconfiguration, or actually booking a technician to come out and fix a problem that never existed until they came and ripped out my Cable TV system.
Not once has a technician offered to check the signal remotely or walk me through a PC set up or review. Not one did a ping. 12 technicians later who simply kept sending me to Customer Service (because they lost my account), Tech Support at a higher level - because they couldn't troubleshoot the problem. Gosh I even got sent to a business sales department (I am a lowly residential account) - Did you notice, the people are 'sharper' in the Business Acct Section. Try that one next time. They actually THINK. All along I begged them to send the technician back to my home who disconnected my internet. Only today when I threatened LAWSUIT did they actually book a service. Again, not for 2 days from now, so I am virtually out of business, but they did it.
My guess is, baboons uncle shows up on Friday!! I put money on, they will say, "Not our problem, problem is with the wiring of your brand new home." Haven't we all heard that!! My guess with this company is they know every excuse and slide out of any responsibility. Don't know who is head of TECH SUPPORT in Frontier, but if I were a shareholder I would want that idiot's head. Stay tuned. (In the interim, get as far away from this company as you can.)
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:
- frontier.com