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

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    Frontier Is the WORST at Customer Service!!! Their internet service works fine, however, if you have a problem you will find yourself on the receiving end of HORRIBLE customer service!! The only reason I have their service is because it is what comes with my DISH satellite service. Over the past three years I have had to encounter them five times, out of those five times I've only had one positive experience and that took two days. How is it you have a technician going to the wrong address twice and him never calling to inquire why the person answering the door BOTH TIMES keeps Telling you she has Time Warner Cable!!!!

    This last time was the straw that took it to another level. My internet malfunctioned last week and I contacted them immediately and was told they would send a tech out on Monday. I asked if they could call when on the way so I could put my dog up and they said yes and they took notes and a good number to call. Guess what, he didn't call and showed up at my house and I asked him to hold on while I put my dog up. I live in a townhouse so it's not huge. I wasn't even gone a minute, this idiot got in his van and drove off. I immediately called and they said they would send him back, no one came!! I called in again and they promised he would come back today and I would be first since my ticket wasn't complete and that made me a priority, YEAH RIGHT!!

    Well no one came today. I called them to confirm this morning. They said he was coming. I called mid-day, they said he was coming. I called again at 4:30 (they stop dispatching at 5:00pm), I get told there was an "incident" and I am allocated for first priority on what is now the third day!!!!! Needless to say I raised hell!! I've now wasted 16 hours waiting on a technician and they want more!!!??? They didn't have the decency to call either day and say anything to their customer!!! I abhor Frontier and I am going to contact DISH and pray they have at least added another provider for internet!! IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS COMPANY PLEASE SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    Just to sum SOME if it up...ugh! We were told we could bundle our landline, internet & DISH Network - ALL for $89 per month. When our bills were MUCH higher, I'd called and was told, "They've never had that deal. What? You're lying. Why would we run a deal like that?" We were receiving bills from DISH as well as Frontier (charging us for our DISH services). I'd called again...I was told, "Please, hold". The next person that answered was a DISH Network associate, & back & forth this went for 4 hours!! Finally a DISH associate told me to un-bundle my DISH because they couldn't see it. Uh, ok...then fine. Yeah, that was a mess! I spent months trying to fix that mess.

    Finally we'd just had enough, so we'd switched to another provider for both our landline and internet. We filled out the paperwork to port our number FROM Frontier to Sprint! We were told by FRONTIER we couldn't cancel our phone service until the port is final because we'll lose our number. At this point we'd had a temp. number from Sprint waiting for OUR number to be switched - my regulations, it should only take 24-48 hrs. Ooh NO...not FRONTIER! At the month mark, I contacted the FCC. We waited a total of a month and a half. We'd received a phone call from Frontier's corporate office stating, it had taken too long to port our number over, so we'd lost it for good! She was literally laughing!

    Frontier blamed Sprint saying they weren't asking for the number...REALLY? Sprint doesn't know how to port numbers? Then we had to go back to Frontier, because that's ALL we can get now at our house. They said we would have our services hooked up...nope. Paid 'service fee' of $61 to get services, had to wait another 10 days. 10 days later, received a letter saying we owed $369. (DISH & Sprint) issue that was taken care of! Then when we call to complain mysterious bills keep showing up! We've been told 6 times all of them are taken care of, and not to worry! Then those notes are gone.... We're up to 4 now, equaling over $1,000.00. REALLY? This is the first we've heard of them!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    We run a business. We have three phone lines, a fax line, and DSL. We decided to move to a better location. We hired a professional phone person to hook up our phone system. He went outside and actually marked the lines for the Frontier Tech. First of all, the tech was supposed to call before he came, but he did not. I called Frontier to make sure that he was actually coming (because we all know how they are) and the customer service person told me that he didn't see any order for a tech to come out. I practically lost it on the phone. Then, while I'm still on the phone, I walk outside and there is the tech. Communication FAIL.

    Our hired phone person comes back to finish hooking up the system the same day and tells me that the Frontier tech did not hook up our main line, and hooked the other lines up incorrectly. I call Frontier back and demand a return of the tech TODAY! They (of course) cannot assure me the tech will come back today. If I had any choices, I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever use Frontier.

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015

    4 hour delay coming from Orlando to Trenton. Not only they charge you $30.00 for a carry on and $20.00 for check-in. They have the balls to charge for juice and soda, but they are nice enough to give you a shot of piss ass warm water. Way to go Frontier.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015

    This lousy company (Frontier) has the worst internet services available and they are the only company allowed to provide Internet service in Kirkwood, Pa. There is no reason that other companies should not be allowed to do business in this township and the officials that have made it this way should be removed from their offices. The service provided by Frontier are subpar by anyone's standards and nothing is being done to fix their slow speed issues. I hate being tethered to this bunch of losers because of bureaucratic nonsense. My review is: They suck!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015

    I am a new customer, I have had internet only 5 days and I still cannot get the system up and running. I called frontier for help and was greeted by 2 angry associates that were very unprofessional. I asked to speak to a supervisor only to be put on hold over 20 minutes then I just hung up. I am on hold now waiting for a technician to go to my house that did not show up yesterday at all. The associate Christina was very rude and I don't think it is fair to have such poor customer service but you don't mind taking people money. If this issue is not resolve then I will no longer be a customer.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015

    We have the lowest possible internet speed at 2. Other neighboring people have up to a 12. They sold us this past summer WIFI, and access to 1001 movies that we cannot get because NOW they say we can't get higher internet speed because of our address. Other people are paying what we pay and have all of this. They need ran out of business falsifying and lying to senior citizens. I want reimbursed for all the money I've spent with them for relatively nothing. DO NOT go with Frontier… HUGE MISTAKE! Also, if you want a phone service for little money, go with MagicJack. Avoid giving all your money to Frontier.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupOnline & App

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015

    I called Frontier to upgrade DSL to U verse. They said service is available in my Area/building, they scheduled install for 4 weeks. First rep said the router will be shipped to me in 10 days. 2 weeks passed, no router. I called the new rep said Tech will bring router with him. 4 weeks passed, no tech. I called, Rep said a Tech will call me back. No calls or contact from Frontier. 5 weeks passed, I called again, Rep said the order got lost in system we have to reschedule the install again, 2 week from now. 7 weeks passed, I called I said "no tech yet any ideas?" Rep said "we don't have any PORT available in your area for U Verse, Sorry, this cannot be done."

    Now, I have to worry about the billing which will reflect U verse installation prices which was never done. I am sure that's another call and more explanation to do. Listen Frontier, if you don't have U verse capability in any area then, don't schedule any installation. It's your network, your system your wires so, you should know what you can and can't do prior to scheduling with customers. All this time spent calling, waiting just to tell me sorry at the end. Just start with sorry at the beginning and we will understand.

    One more thing, I checked career opening in their website, They need lots of techs in the state of Connecticut. It seems that everyone deserted the company in CT. I think the PORT thing is just an excuse because they don't have any Techs to send to customers' sites. Frontier is nothing to me but a FRONT with few tiers.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    I waited a month and a half to have my internet hooked up. I was also told I would be able to purchase a 10 month service plan. They lied and I was forced to pay an early termination fee due to the fact I was put on a two year plan. Would not recommend this business.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    Since this company took over AT&T in CT I have had the worst telephone, internet, and TV service. Weekly I am calling over some issue with one of the services. Most times the quality of the line is poor and garbled and often I get disconnected and have to recall Customer Service and repeat the entire problem that had been discussed with the disconnected agent. Asking them to substantiate charges for services is almost impossible. They do not listen to your questions and only are ready to give you rote answers that do not really pertain to your questions. They tend to talk over you instead of listening entirely to your statements. They never adequately explain charges. They are continually upping fees which they say they can.

    This type of nickel and diming the customer should be stopped. I have yet to have a bill from them that is anywhere near the previous one. Tech Support cannot give you reason for continual problems in your area and usually tell you they do not see any problems reported in your locale or they want to send out a service technician at a charge to you even though you know the problem is not in your inside home lines. When you ask the Support Rep where they are located it usually far removed from CT. Frontier Customer Service is too far removed from CT.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    Hamden, CT - Telephone service out for 24 hours as of 9:21 am Feb. 18, 2015. Live Chat and Tech Support yesterday both said service also out in New Haven and they had NO idea when service would be restored. A busy signal rather than out of service message is heard when calling number. For those without a cell phone this could be serious.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015

    I had no issues with AT&T. The service and pricing never were an issue for me. When I first signed with AT&T they locked me into a great price. Once the switch to Frontier was made, Frontier did not honor that price. It actually went up in cost by $30. I tried contacting customer service in hopes they would be able to get me back or at least close to what I was paying. Not only could they not help me, they were not even friendly. The service is horrible. The caller ID feature doesn't work. I do not see this company working out as they are more expensive with horrible service and customer service.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015

    "You seem to have reached this page by mistake. Click the following button to continue to your initial destination." You cannot possibly know where I want to be, and your "solution", a button that does the same as the "back" button, in use since internet conception.

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015

    Since Frontier took over for AT&T the service has been shady in different parts of our house and we don't get service and they advised they have no guarantee of service. I'm now going to be charge a tech fee which was never charged by AT&T when we had a problem with our service. I am so angry that a company that I did like dealing with left CT and left us with sub par service.

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    Contract & TermsReliability

    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2015

    This is the slowest and most unreliable internet I have had in my whole life. When I even have a connection to the internet, I have a poor D quality 175 ping on all my games, making most games unplayable. If anything, ANYTHING, else is using the internet -- phones, tablets, laptops, consoles, etc. -- horrible lag spikes that are so bad you want to throw your modem out the window occur. Simply having someone open or load a web page causes a 500 ping skyrocket until the page is done loading. This is seriously the worst experience ever, and if you are in a Frontier contract i am so sorry and i will pray for you daily. $60.00 per month and i get...get this...UP TO 3 MBPS...THAT IS SO BAD THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SAD. I am just altogether done with Frontier. I can't wait until Road Runner comes later this week and saves me from this hell...

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffProcess

    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2015

    I have never been driven to tears before by a company's service. This is a first for me. I am on the verge of looking for a lawyer to sue this company at this point.

    I am an internet customer. Like a lot of people I had major problems with service the moment Frontier took over from ATT. Since November I have had numerous discussions on the telephone and engaged in email correspondence, correspondence which was initiated when frontier's liaison to the connecticut consumer dept. contacted me in response to my complaint to the state.

    The issues with frontier differ significantly than service problems with other companies in that Frontier has put in writing promises, over and over, that they will forgive a past bill and change the rate you are paying and then not do it. You complain and someone else promises you all the same things, all over again, in writing, and again, not do it. It's weird. They are weird. I don't think they are just overworked or caught off guard by the ATT turnover - I think there is something seriously wrong with this company.

    All I want them to do is correct the bill and take my payment for the amount we absolutely with no doubt agreed on - in writing. Everytime they agree to this, afterward, I check my account and none, absolutely none of the changes are made. They don't seem to fear putting specific promises in writing without implementing them - they don't seem to think they will get in any trouble for that. I am willing to forget the damage I think they did to my very expensive computer - I do think they damaged equipment. I just want to move on paying the correct bill. The Conn Consumer Dept is doing a horrendous job getting back to complainants - they are blowing us off. Although the liaison from Frontier contacted me, the Consumer Dept itself is two months late in sending me any followup -- nothing so far.

    The rumor is that Gov. Malloy has made a deal with Frontier. Frontier is headquartered in Stamford, CT which is the very core of Gov. Malloy's political base. The rumor is that they are backing him politically to the hilt and he is letting them take all the time in the world abusing us and failing to serve us. The rumor is he will do anything for Frontier and that he wants to keep the complaints in Connecticut, with his consumer protection dept and not have too many consumers complaining to federal regulators so he can protect Frontier. Who knows if that is true, but if you had carte blanche like that from the governor, you'd behave just like Frontier is behaving. It really is over the top. They are beyond horrible. They are almost scary the way they send promises in writing over and over then not implement any of them - none - as if it is a game.

    For example - say someone says- "OK we've updated your rate. It should have been $30 and so we are giving you that rate." They say it over and over. They say "Yes, we've done it." Later they say "Yes, we did it." They say this in writing, not just on the phone. Then you go online and open your account and none of that has ever been done, the bill has never been adjusted, the rate has never been adjusted and there are late fees too. Now go through that more than once, the second time with a more senior executive, and they even put it in writing and the same result again.

    You start to wonder what is going on because all your correspondence says one thing, but their billing department is still forging ahead completely oblivious to it and if you are not careful, and if these contacts don't put the changes in soon, you feel like your account will be shut down and they will come after you for collections. There seems to be no way to stop that process. I've had senior people here in Connecticut solemnly promise to stop that process, in writing, and not do it. ATT never came close to doing anything that weird, over and over.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015

    I was forced to switch to Frontier against my will. I had service interruptions ever since they switched me from AT&T. After ten technicians came out, the last gentleman told me there was nothing they could do. I spoke to over 40 poorly trained representatives. Seemingly enjoy playing a game of transferring you to the automated system or hanging up on you... and finally to a supervisor by the name of Cynthia ** who not only lied about not being able to view tech notes in the account but also failed to call me back regarding a refund. I had to obtain the refund by filing a dispute with my credit card company. I have never been more dissatisfied in my life.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015

    I pretty much wrote a journal of my experience with Frontier Communications to accurately illustrate the poor customer service, false information/lying, and fraud. 12-24-14: contacted Frontier Communications on 12-24-14 and opened an account and agreed for 12 mbps regular internet for $49.99. Setup installation date for modem by Frontier tech on 12-31-14, 08:00 - 10:00 a.m; provided debit card information for auto pay. 12-31-14, at 09:30 a.m. Frontier called and informed me the service I bought couldn't be provided due to overuse of local equipment. Downgraded to 7 mbps for about $37 and was informed I should receive the modem via mail between 12-31-14 and 01-02-15. 01-03-15: contacted Frontier due to no modem received and was told they would ship it next day and should arrive no later than 01-04-15.

    01-06-15: contacted Frontier due to no modem and tried to get a hold of a manager and got hung up on at 17:00. Contacted Frontier again and put in complaint and was given a confirmation # for overnight mail via UPS. 01-07-15: no modem...contacted Frontier and was told to wait 'cause UPS may be slow. 01-08-15: no modem, was told to wait. 01-09-15: canceled account and given confirmation # and was informed by customer rep that the account would be taken back to the 2nd of Jan. so that I wouldn't be billed. 01-22-15: received a bill in the mail for $72.84.

    Term 01-02-15 to 01-01-16. Frontier Secure Max Security ($9.99), Content Anywhere 10 GB. Simply Broadband Max ($49.99), Content Anywhere. 40 GB Storage Add-On ($6.99). Frontier Secure Personal Security Bundle ($2.67). Additional charge for Simply Broadband Max ($ 13.33). Additional charge for Content Anywhere 40 GB ($1.86). Credit given reduced overall bill to $72.84. I'm not sure how I agreed and was ever informed of all these hidden charges amounting to $72.84 a month for a standard 7 mbps service.

    01-22-15: contacted Frontier and explained the entire story for the untold time and was assured that I wouldn't be billed. 02-03-15: bank account billed for $72.84. Got a hold of a manager and informed him of the issue and was told that its a glitch in the system and it happens now and again. After talking for several minutes, manager first offered a reverse payment within 24 hours and than changed it to no more than 48 hours. I gave him 3 days. 02-06-15: no payment received, contacted Frontier and was informed the reverse payment never took place and was told I would have to wait 3 to 5 business days.

    02-12-15: no activity regarding Frontier so I called to find out what was happening and was told I would have to wait 2 to 3 billing cycles before I would receive my money and was told they would not remove my debit card information from the auto pay. I will be going to the bank tomorrow and issue a stop payment or cancel my debit card to prevent further transactions. I will also attempt to bring about fraud charges through any means necessary whether it be through my bank, BBB, or small claims. This issue is currently ongoing.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015

    Frontier took over my internet service account in November from AT&T. Their billing department is a nightmare. When I contacted their customer service through their webpage chat I was #69 and it took an hour and a half to get someone to assist me. Said person could not explain the double billing and did not understand what "auto pay" was. She kept telling me to submit a payment when it clearly said on my account that my auto pay was already scheduled. I subsequently emailed their customer service department and never received a response. Tonight I received an incoherent email stating that my January and February bills had been combined (which I know because they recently took that amount out of my bank account), and that I would be receiving another bill for both January and February that will also be combined. Uhm, what?

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015

    I informed AT&T to end my account when the exchange occurred. Then on Nov 25 2014 I called and informed Frontier I did NOT want service with them.. I got cable. Today Feb 11 2015, I get a bill for $1600!!! They are STILL charging me!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015

    Where do I begin.. Well for starters, I've never written a negative review for anything before but I simply feel like I have to because Frontier is THAT bad. AT&T did its customers a HUGE disservice by selling off their CT customers to Frontier Communications. They have been awful from the get go and have not shown any signs of improvement. The cable signal is terrible. Every show/movie on demand constantly freezes and it makes the show/movie not worth watching. Seems like it's being streamed using 56K dial up Internet.

    I have called several times and the customer service line is about as pleasant as the terrible cable signal. They are not helpful at all and they seem like they would rather have you cancel the service than go out of their way to actually hop you out. I was under the impression that their offerings were going to be the same as AT&T and I couldn't have been more wrong. I called several times to complain about loss of several channels and again, was not helped at all. Customer Service is not trained to deal with customer concerns and after being put on hold several times, it seemed they were glad and willing to accommodate a cancellation. If you are shopping for a cable company, pay the extra penny for another provider as your time is worth a lot more than what you will save.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015

    My service was suspended by Frontier, their issue because their people did not do what they were supposed to. After almost a week and spending 8+ hours on the phone with them, still do not have service. Also was hung up on by a Supervisor.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015

    When we were finally able to upgrade from dial-up I thought the bad days of atrociously slow Internet was over. Boy was I wrong. Frontier Communications is without a doubt the worst ISP in America. Dial-up was slow, but at least it was consistent. At least one every couple of hours I'm disconnected from the Internet anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, and no amount of resetting or restarting helps. I have never seen above 175kbps download speed or 50kbps upload speed, and I'm paying for 3mb/1mb, which is embarrassing enough as is.

    You can forget about any sort of video streaming as well. Even in the lowest quality, it needs to buffer every few seconds. Latency is another huge issue. While on dial up I saw around 42ms, I see anywhere from 300-800ms on Frontier, even reaching as high as 4000 if just one more person is on the internet. What's worse is that Frontier is the only ISP in my area, and they know this, and it lets them get away with these truly abhorrent practices to the point where I've considered moving to the city because the internet is completely unusable here. Do yourself and your family a favor and avoid this horrible company at all costs.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2015

    My home internet service is freezing up all the time to the point you cannot use it. I have contacted Frontier several times, although they are very nice, they have admitted that there is a problem and they are working on it. They are not charging me for the internet service, but what good is that I sometimes need to work from home and cannot.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2015

    AT&T did its customers a disservice by selling off their CT customers to Frontier Communications. From day one Frontier has been a disappointment. They would rather you cancel and get a cancelation fee than resolve a situation. We have two phone lines / two phone numbers. We've had two numbers for years. For some reason Frontier doesn't have the technology to support two voice-mails. We were with the understanding that their offerings were the same as AT&T -- NOT!! Customer Service is really not trained to deal with customer concerns. We were put on hold several times and they were glad to accommodate a cancellation. We'll gladly shop for another provider. CT beware -- if you are saving a few pennies with Frontier -- think about moving on as your time is worth more!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015

    This seems to be the norm with these companies, but you have to check on your internet/phone/cable bill every 3-4 months and be prepared to haggle for the latest deals. E.g. I have 35/15Mbps DL/UL. Saw a deal for 50Mbps for $15 less. Called them and they said "not aware of the deal, blah blah". I went to the website and said here it is. They said "Still can't find it". I then said I'll drop and just do this through the website then they said... “Oh wait here it is”. Kinda funny but oh well - just be prepared to haggle when you work with them to get the *best* deal that's available.

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    It's hard enough to live in CT without being ripped off and dealing or wasting your time with poor service. Email ** until they get the point that this service is unacceptable. Uverse was not perfect but they were 100% better with no doubt a way better provider and way better customer service.

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    At midnight, Thursday, 02-05 I lost all three (bundle) Frontier services. TV, internet, phone. After an hour of resetting, rebooting, unplugging, etc, etc. I got back TV and internet but NO PHONE. Since then, I have contacted them at least 6 times via chat. Another 6 times via internet. Another 3 or 4 times via phone, and no repair has been done. They have given me a repair number two times. Lost the first in their system, and the second one has still not been answered to. I need my phone. I am a new widow, alone, and worried about having no house phone. I have a cell phone, but I am old fashioned, and afraid not to have contact with the outside world. I get apologies, and "We will try to help you" but no results. I have, today, ordered a new service with Optimum, who can't come until Tuesday 02-10. Frontier has continued to be of no service and no help. Their tech support is dismal. They continue to not deliver any help.

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    Since Frontier took over AT&T I can only get on my mail accounts 1/2 the time. I see from all the other reviews that everyone is experiencing the same problems. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and maybe if all concerned with their service do the same, they might fix the problem.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    We have had AT&T internet for years. We recently lost that and were forced to turn to another company. We, mistakenly, choose Frontier. The sales person we spoke with was very friendly and convincing. We were told we would have a tech arrive at our house on an assigned date, between 8 & 5. On that date, my husband took the day off from work and stayed home. No one arrived. At approximately 4:30, he went online to check on where the tech was, and was told that the tech may not arrive before 6.

    We had dinner and a movie date with friends, so I realized we may have to cancel plans, so I then went online to complain about this, and to get a better idea of what was happening. I had to wait through 80 people to "chat" with Rachel, who after seeing what I was chatting about, told me - MISTAKENLY - "It's 3:45, your appointment is until 5:00", and then disconnected me with no ability to respond and tell her she was wrong about the time.

    I immediately went back online and now had to wait through 86 people to begin my chat with Beitris. It was now past the 6:00 deadline, and now Beitris told us that "We were not even set up to have a tech come to our house", that the equipment was sent to us and we would receive it in a few days. When I complained, she said she would have it expedited to us, which meant that actually, it had not even been sent yet.

    I asked her to have a manager contact me because I was completely unhappy with this whole situation. She promised that someone contact me, and it is now over a month, and although I have put in a request, numerous times, no one has. Also, I was promised that the speed of our internet would be much faster, and it definitely is worse. I am going to switch to another service. Don't be tricked by the Frontier ads on TV telling you how great they are, because they are horrible. Everyone I know who has switched to Frontier, has had multiple complains and are very unhappy with them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015

    We have been with Frontier since August 2014. They are the only ISP in our small town. They quoted one price that would be locked in for a year. Every bill we get has been a higher amount and never the same amount. My wife calls every month to gripe & they adjust the amount (never-ever getting down to the original contracted amount). Today they took a second payment out of our bank account (never use auto pay with this company). They are either corrupt or inept. We will be looking into dish or DirecTV for internet. TIRED OF THE BS AND LIES!

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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015

    When we moved in, Verizon was the carrier. We had it a few months and they sold it to Frontier. At that time, you could enroll in DirecTV only. When their contract expired with Frontier, Frontier sought out DISH. They did however keep our phone/internet access. The advertised d/l speed is 6 mbps. Our d/l speed is less than 3. Bro-in-law next door has DISH and is not happy with options. He also uses nothing else with it and it is nearly cost prohibitive. I called Frontier recently to see if they would finally have true Broadband according to the FCC (must be 25 Mbps at least to be broadband). They had no clue to my FCC reference. Having come from Ohio and fibre net, I have never been so discounted as a customer. Of course they realize that we have little choice because we're in the rural part of WV (who was nearly all rural).

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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2015

    We started having issues in December of 2014 where our connection started to drop. Having never had this issue, I thought I had best check all of my internal systems and wiring. I actually bypassed our internal wiring by connecting straight to the junction box outside of our home. Same problem where the connection just kept dropping. I called tech support and asked them to schedule a tech to check things over, he did not call or show on the scheduled day. He did arrive that Saturday with a short notice. He tinkered with the modem and said "Well, if they would just stop adding new customers to an overloaded system there would not be these issues." He left, went down the road somewhere. Called back several hours later and said "Well, if you still have issues, call in on Monday." Indeed we had to call back in on Monday.

    He called back the following week and said that he could not find anything wrong. 1 & 1/2 months into it I finally complained to the regional manager and received a callback that day. They assigned a tech to work overtime that Saturday. He came, tinkered with the modem and left. He came back a little later and said he had made a few adjustments and that everything looked better. He stated that bandwidth was the issue. We had no issues until a month ago when the connection just DROPPED. I said "Well it looks cleaner," but he watched it disconnect and said, "Well packets will drop from time to time." I called back again on Monday because basically I could carve (help) faster in stone then my internet connection could connect to Google and I heard nothing from them that day.

    Sent an email on Wednesday stating the the connection was so bad it was unusable. They sent another tech and he swapped the modem. He saw it disconnect and said "Yup there is an issue", but he was not sure what to do, he needed to talk to the engineers. 2 months now, still pretty much unusable and nothing to do with bandwidth. Just called Time Warner hoping they can hook us up, other wise I guess it's back to dial up or nothing. I am permanently done with Frontier, unless I go home and by some miracle it is working. I don't think the technicians can work any miracles and the management really just ignores you after 1 call. I guess they just cut you off and don't care anymore. Funny thing, talking to a fellow worker about it and he went through the exact same thing and dumped them too.

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    I signed up for a service install. Paid for a person to sit with my 90-year-old father, waiting for Frontier. They never showed. Never showed the following day. After an inquiry, the CS rep told me the work order was sitting on someone's desk and manager wouldn't act on it. It was too late in the day. Pissed off, I canceled. OH then the whys, how comes, we're sorry crap.

    A week later I called for another Frontier service. Well still waiting for the router and the tech to check out the house, a drive by. The joke, there's been a Frontier truck next door, visiting a neighbor. My advice shop elsewhere, if you have the option. They need to be reported to the BBB, cause they lie like rugs. Still no service.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    My boyfriend and I were trying to transfer our current home phone number to our new Frontier services, but for some reason something that could have been so easy to do became a bit of a nightmare. When my boyfriend first called to become a new customer they told him that they will contact Comcast to transfer our phone number and it would take up at least a week to schedule an appointment to install our services. A week passed and we never heard from anyone. My boyfriend finally called them back after a week of waiting and asked them what the status was, first they said they never heard back from Comcast (??) then they said that our number was non-transferable, which did not seem right.

    So they went ahead and provided him with a new number. I did not think that was right. We had our number for years so I was not going to give up without a fight. I had my boyfriend call back to have them put in a port request, the customer services rep asked him for my Comcast acct number to make the transfer and that was it. I don't understand why this wasn't done in the beginning. What could have been done in a short period of time, took forever to resolve. I am not impress.. I really wanted to like Frontier, I hope this is the only thing that I will have to deal with. I hope we become satisfied with the services that we have requested.

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    I have never had Frontier. There is a phone number on the bills, not MY phone number. Now I am getting letters threatening my credit records for non-payment. HELP. Is there a class action suit against them? I am shaking and crying. Too old for this.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    I have never dealt with such a UNPROFESSIONAL team of individuals. The managers are all liars, the customer service reps dont know what they are doing. They can't seem to find my account but they found my deposit. I am willing to pay Comcast $140 a month for a peace of mind and their professionalism. I had a install for today, no one showed up. I called and the manager Justin lies until it was time for him to go home. Getting a refund and taking my business elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015

    If you are considering signing up with Frontier...dont do it!! I rarely write reviews but this one I feel very strongly about. I call to set up internet service with them a few days ago and we set the time for them to be here to install the equipment, in between 8 AM and 10 AM today. I told the person on the phone that I did have a 12:30 appointment and I did check to make sure we should be done by 12:00 and she said that would be no problem. So 10:15 comes along and no Frontier. So I called them up to see if they're on their way. The girl on the phone have to put me on hold and talk to dispatch. They had me scheduled any time between 8 AM and 5 PM. And I explained to her again that I was scheduled between 8 and 10 before my appointment. She asked me when I'd be back, I told her 2 o'clock and she told me that they will be there in between 2 PM to 5 PM.

    5:10 comes along - still no Frontier - so I call them again explaining the situation to the girl on the phone and she said that there is notes on the file stating that they had no access. I told her I was home right before 2 o'clock. She then said well they were there at 1 o'clock and stay 'til 1:30 (and by the way this was 35 minutes off and on hold up to this point). She said somebody should be in the dispatch office but they weren't answering the phone. I asked if they went home for the day and she said no, that they are open until seven just like she is.

    At this point I cannot believe its happened twice in one day...miscommunication on their part. I asked to speak to manager and gotten nowhere with her. She said that they could not do it tonight, made it sound like there's nobody working anymore even though I was told her they're 'til seven. So I cancel service even before it even started. If a company has unacceptable customer service when you're getting service installed, could you imagine what kind of service you would receive after that???

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015

    The worst and most expensive internet service ever! Service outages regularly and the worst Cust service ever. Takes days to get an outage fixed. The Worst!!!

    If there is any other internet available take it as I promise frontier is not worth the hassle or expense.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015

    As soon as Frontier took over U-verse, the internet speed dropped. We no longer have access to an online DVR. The router rebooted itself daily and they started charging us more money! I contacted support when my internet was crawling (5.75mbps) and the guy told me I had to go buy an ethernet cable to test the wired speed and they don't guarantee wireless speeds. He refused any other support. I am switching to Optimum.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015

    I haven't even had my internet installed yet and I am very unhappy with their service. I was promised an installation date (February 2nd) and the day came... no internet, no calls, no explanation. I called back and was told that the tech "realized" that there would need to be more work done because of the type of building I live in. I find this strange because several of my neighbors have Dish TV which uses Frontiers service. How would they NOT know what kind of installation method would be needed if they have already installed internet in my particular apartment complex?? To make matters worse they said my installation date would be on the 12th!!!! 10 days later!!! I work and go to school ffs - the requested date was requested for a reason!

    Customer service agents are very friendly. However from time to time the information I received from one agent contradicted what was told to me by another. What is most worrying to me is that there are no local supervisors nor local numbers to call in the event that such an issue were to arise. I requested to just cancel my service but was told it would take up to 1 week and 1/2 to get my money back... In other words I am going to have to wait to get internet service regardless. I have nothing against the agents who are doing their job but this company already left a bad impression on me and I would NOT recommend their service to anyone.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015

    Where do I begin? Nine years I've been dealing with this company. When I went from dial up to high speed, little did I know that all Frontier would offer is between 5 and 50 kbps. Dial up is 56K so I wasn't even receiving anywhere near the advertised 1mbps. They always seem to throw the blame on me until I was told in one of my hundreds of calls I've made that it, "just wasn't cost effective for the company to upgrade the service." I then told them it wasn't cost effective for me to pay 40 dollars a month for an inadequate service and that I'd pay them only 10 dollars a month even though it wasn't worth that. For months, I paid them 30 dollars less until my bill got so high they threatened a collection agency on me.

    A lawsuit has been brought upon Frontier by some citizens in WV, and they are currently being investigated for taking 42 million dollars from the government for fiber optic service that no one has been provided. Frontier is a sham. They weasel their way into rural areas where there is no other internet providers and give incredibly shameful service to their customers knowing they have nowhere else to go. The customers need to rise up and bring this company down. They only care about their bottom line and providing to their stockholders at the expense of the customer. WE ARE BEING DUPED! Read the reviews across the internet if you have the patience to wait for the pages to open with this pathetic service.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015

    This internet sucks! I do not recommend this internet at all! Only reason I have it is because I can't get anything else where I live. Bandwidth is always full! I always have the worst speed. Don't get this! You'll be as angry and frustrated as me.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015

    Entered into a promotion Oct 2014 and each month since bill has changed to a higher price. Have had billing issues with them since Jan of 2013. Make sure you get all the info before you take their promo. They change it without notice and requires hours on the phone to straighten it out.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015

    Since att switch my service with this crappy horrible service I have been having nothing but problems. They are the rudest worst internet service anyone can have. I would NOT recommend this crappy service to anyone!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2015

    Discount of bill - I Bill ** have US mailed to you 6 times your form. I'm a disabled person and very low income. You have not responded to me - WHY? Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015

    In the month of December 2011 we tried to sign up for an offer that Frontier had advertised on their website. I called their customer service and setup the deal and paid for it. Later in the week as we set up the installation they tell me the offer I paid for is not valid in our area and it would be more money than it was advertised. I told them I wanted to cancel per the 30-day option. They did not hold up their part of the 30-day agreement and I continued calling them until they said they would take care of it.

    I got late payment letters 3 months in a row and every month I called them and the same story. We will take care of it. They kept my money, they lied about taking the late pay off. Then I find out the late pay WENT TO MY CREDIT REPORTS. Frontier has poor customer service and they lied about everything they said they would take care of. My CREDIT REPORT SHOWS THEY CHARGED OFF THE MONEY THEY SAID I OWED THEM. LIES AGAIN!! We did not ever get any Frontier.

    After someone at Frontier read my complaint online, they finally refunded the money we paid 4 months later. I have the cancelled check. But they did not get the late pays off of all of the credit reporting. Frontier needs to take off the reported charge off late baloney from all 3 credit reports!! Please tell them it is time to be truthful about the deal they promised and then did not keep their promise.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015

    My very elderly grandparents live in the housing where landline is vital for their everyday living (open the door with a push of a phone button, connect to hospital emergency services and other health related services). They lost their phone number when switched to another company but when a few days later they decided to switch back to Frontier-problems had started. They are still awaiting for the number to be returned since 12/03/14 (2 months). This is nonsense and worse part is you can never get the same supervisor on the line-they don't simply follow up. Worse customer service ever. Who suffers? Elderly defenseless veteran and cancer survivor. I cannot believe that Frontier has any humanity left! (I am not bringing up another billing issue which itself is a huge mess!). Hope FCC will nail them down soon!

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    After a positive interaction with Frontier Communications, Dennis increased their star rating on Feb. 2, 2015.

    Updated review: Feb. 2, 2015

    Frontier billing had taken out a payment from my bank account but they did it twice! When I called back, the woman I spoke with told me it would take no more than 3 hours. Well, it took 24 hours to be sure. I'm not happy with their system.

    Original Review: Jan. 28, 2015

    I was paying over the phone when the representative said "Oh, my computer is acting up. And I don't want to charge you twice!" She said she'd call me back with my confirmation number after she irons this out with her supervisor. She called back an hour later and said it was taken care of, and gave me my confirmation number.

    That night I checked my bank account and sure enough she charged me TWICE! I called my bank this morning but they said there was nothing I could do except contact FRONTIER at a general phone number. I asked for the person who I worked with yesterday. The lady said "No problem. I can do that." Well she transferred me to a lady in a different state (Utah) who said it was impossible to contact the rep who made the mistake with her supervisor's help.

    At my request, she took information from my "confirmation number" & email the rep in Texas who I worked with yesterday. She actually called me back! But she was sincere in her apology, and told me she'd do a "reversal" on my debit card but it would take a few hours or so. It's been 3 hours now. I have a pending sense of doom, like they won't replace the $282.03 duplicate charge. Not happening so far. I don't have much faith in getting my money back from FRONTIER. They made the mistake, not me. I'm NOT happy with their ** service. I will be extremely surprised if it happens today at all.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015

    Frontier added service without my consent and overcharged me. I signed a 3 year contract for $69.99 a month, but they bill me $112, a $40 different? To future Frontier subscribers: Do not fall into their traps and read your bill carefully every single month because Frontier will trick you. They would send a stack of paper every month and make it hard to understand the bill. I am glad my 3 year contract is almost over! To Frontier Communications: I will tell everyone I know how bad you are until you make it right!

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015

    DSL Internet Connection - My experience mimics others on this site. I have been dealing with Frontier since October 2014 for the same problem. I don't know how many times I have called and spoke with their customer service folks all with absolutely no success. I am continually told that they will look into it and someone will call me back. One call connected me with a rep. who said they work out of their home and he couldn’t really help me but he would have a supervisor call me. Three weeks later I got a call from some "supervisor" who said that this issue had to "go upstairs" and he will talk to a "regional manager" to get this problem resolved. NOT!!! That is all you get from this outfit is promises. I am researching other options.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015

    I don't recommend to any person to gave services with this company. Is terrible services and increase the bills without notice. Prices up for less service. They're never helpful to the customer. They put in contract without your permission.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015

    January 8, 2015 placed a call to Frontier looking for a bundle service of all three - TV, internet, home phone. Unable to provide/offer TV services, did offer VOIP and broadband max. internet service with very good price, and I could keep my same phone #. Received confirmation # and was told to expect a call for installation soon. Today Jan. 26th, I called them back asking whether they were going to come or not. The service rep put me on hold to check and came back 20 min. later and apparently it hadn't gone through.

    She arranged it again, now 38 min., and then decided to transfer me to customer service for a possible shorter waiting installation time (had Feb. 2). Transferred to another dept. who wanted full explanation and afterward stated I had been sent to the billing dept. and would have to be transferred again. That is the last communication I will have with Frontier. If they really don't want business in rural type areas they should just say that, instead of the run around.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015

    We have had Frontier for almost a year now. The only reason we have had them for this long is due to the very limited alternative options here in the country. From the beginning subscribing to the 24 mbps plan, our average speed is around 3 mbps. The internet often goes out for days. Everything else I read here from other posts holds true here, too: turn off the equipment and turn it back on (which doesn't help), we will call you back (they usually don't), the tech will come by (he doesn't and if he does, he tells you whatever, but nothing changes). We lost days by staying on the phone with them trying to get a resolution. We also got the most honest answer there is a couple of times from their reps: the slow speed or the outage is due to high demand. High demand? That is like selling me a 5 lb. bags of potatoes, having me pay for it, but then only giving me 2 potatoes, due to the high demand!

    If your product has been used to capacity due to high usage and over-selling, don't sell it to someone else, charge them, too, and then tell them, sorry, we already charged you the full rate, but we cannot deliver due to high usage. I thought you could only sell something once. If you sell something you don't have, if you sell a service you cannot provide, it is called FRAUD!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015

    TV and Internet have not worked since AT&T switched to Frontier. I have not had steady TV and internet service in over a month. Also my bill for AT&T was up to date. Frontier states that I owe over 3 months. When I talked to billing the man stated that it would be looked into. He also stated that I would get a better service plan for my inconvenience and a higher internet speed. I was told a tech would come to my house for the service on Jan. 14. No tech showed. Over a week ago I was told they would send me a new modem because that is the problem. The modem took a week to receive. I hooked it up and for 6 hrs. today I was on the phone with several different techs and still have no TV service. In the past month I have had to call approximately 20 times with no resolution.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015

    This is the worst piece of ** internet you can possibly have. $60 a month for high speed all night long nothing loads. It's ** horrible! You don't even want to use it - it's so bad. All they tell you is unplug the modem. That is all they know. You can tell them your ** house is on fire and they would say unplug the modem. ** frontier! No STARS.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015

    In November 2014 I was told by a customer service rep that Frontier was not accepting payments yet and that prone will see their first bill in 2-3 months and not to worry about it. I even made a 130.00 payment that they won't give me credit for. Now they're saying we owe $600.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2015

    On 1/7/2015 I called Frontier because I was interested in fios tv with internet and phone package. The Frontier sales rep told me to give her my zip code which I did. She then sold me on a triple bundle and that their fiber optic system was HD with over 200 ch. I paid $75 upfront with an install date on 1/20/15. When the tech arrived he told me he was here to install my internet and phone I had ordered. I told the tech that fios tv was included in my package. He said I only had copper lines at the pole in front of my house.

    At this time he called his boss. I heard him say that the cust was aware of what was ordered and promised by the sales rep. at which time I became aware the tech and his boss (both named Fred) tried to pull a fast one as they try to deceive me and get me to settle on phone and internet. I said no. He told his boss it was a deal breaker and it was on their part. This is the first time that I became aware of Frontier misleading and deceiving ways in which they do business.

    This is only the beginning of my dealings with Frontier as I have made half a dozen phone calls trying to get my money refunded to my debit card and continue to be lied to and given the run around. Frontier continues to try and play me, lie to me, promise me to call me back and never do. I am in my sixties and on a fixed income. I will continue to let other people know how frontier and the people who work for them deceive the public to advance their bottom line.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015

    I have had 24 mbps with AT&T (now frontier in CT) for about 6 months. In the last month there were days when the internet just would not work or was so slow that even images would take a while to load, but I assumed they were doing some work. Today I called Frontier, they did the usual (shut off the equipment for a few min...) Now I noticed I was getting about 12 mbps and they tell me that's what I am paying for and they don't even offer a 24 or 25 mbps. WTF!!! 2 hours on the phone and no fix. Canceled my account in mid contract and I won't pay the fee. As far as I am concerned they breached the contract. I am pissed.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015

    We have AT&T internet service for more than 4 year. During that period we rarely have slow internet or no internet or any billing problem. But since Frontier took off, every other day we have problem with internet, especially during night when you really want to watch something on your free time at home.

    Let's don't waste time, come to main point. All my household bills are on auto-pay, so as soon as I got my first bill from Frontier, I immediately went online and create new online username and password for my account and paid the first bill and set up auto-pay for all the subsequent bills. However, even though the due date on our next bill said January 4th, we received a second bill on December 15 stating that the balance that Frontier had previously said wasn't due until December 31, was now past due.

    Upon checking our online account summary, the problem turned out to actually be a lot worse. Our Frontier account summary listed us a being past due by $67.70 meaning that some part of Frontier's system thought we hadn't paid our past two bills, while our payment history showed that we had paid the bills. We called Frontier and spoke with someone who had absolutely no clue what was causing the problem. According to her information, our account balance is $0. Several days later, our account summary finally acknowledges that we paid our bill in December but continues to show an outstanding balance equal to the amount of our November bill. If we were not paying attention to what was going on with the billing process, our "past due" balance would automatically be paid by our credit card on January 12. And that happen they charge me for $123.57.

    I went online and check my billing summary and find out they charge me $50 for modem and $10 for shipping charge plus my last bill amount that I already paid on December 24th. I didn't receive any modem so I called and ask for money back that they charge me extra $98.58. After asking about file a legal complain, they gave me reference number for that but I still not got that money back after 4 days in my credit card. On frontier website it shows they already refund that money, but my credit card company says they didn't receive any money back from frontier. Now what should I do?

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015

    Great customer service, installed on-time. Got high speed and phone line with free long distance and features.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015

    We always had good service with AT&T and then they sold our telephone/voicemail service to a company called Frontier. What a disgrace this new company and the customer service. We no longer have our names on the caller ID nor is it our voice when people call our number. The caller receives a message that says that I do not want to receive their call at this time. Not my voice at all. Then the caller ID is not even my name or number. Trying repeatedly to call Frontier Customer Service and they say they will put in a complaint; however, cannot assist me at this time... MOST FRUSTRATING AND NOTHING IS RESOLVED.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015

    Back in the spring or early summer of 2014 AT&T finalized the deal with Frontier. The full change over in Oct of that year. We stopped receiving a bill from AT&T in the spring. I tried to pay online like I often do and found my AT&T account canceled and inaccessible. I then tried Frontier because I had heard in the media that the transfer was going to happen. Frontier's web page said that they would notify me when my account was ready to access. Tried again in Oct, still no access. Several times I tried to pay my phone bill - no access, no access. Then in Dec 2014 I get a bill for over $800! I have only a landline. Our internet is from the cable company. My normal phone - ONLY bill from AT&T was $35/mo. At worst I owe $280, not $800+. I was physically unable to pay for anything because of closed AT&T accts and not yet open Frontier accts. I tried, repeatedly.

    Frontier is a giant Con Game and totally incompetent! They seem to have assumed everyone in CT has and wants their Phone AND Internet services. Oh and nowhere online can I find what their actual rates are for landline services. I'm going to VoIP phone service. I've had it. Almost everyone I know has either dropped their landlines entirely or switched. Will AT&T take back CT when Frontier goes belly up?

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015

    I cancelled AT&T 10/15/14 (even have confirmation) and apparently they were bought out by Frontier weeks later. I switched b/c AT&T said they weren't wired for my building on the 4th floor. I paid my last bill of $154.04 10/10/14. In December I received a Frontier bill for $237!!! I called and they said my account was active with them, they even sent boxes to my prior address that I didn't even live at anymore. They were charging for cable/internet I didn't even have or use. They said they cancelled my acct. 11/21/14. I advised no since I have confirmation I cancelled my AT&T 10/15/14. They said "ok, but you still owe $180" b/c the last payment they have on record was 9/2/14.

    I advised I always pay on time and that my last payment was $154.04 10/10/14. They said they don't have anything about that and maybe it was my cell phone bill!!! I advised my cell phone is through a family plan in my Mother's name in Maine (I'm in CT)!! So I had to send my bank statements showing I paid $154.04 to AT&T. Such idiots. I called 3-4 times already on this, which is STILL NOT RESOLVED, and get different amounts of what I owe every.single.time. I call.

    Apparently they don't know the account when you call either b/c every idiot that answers the phone says they have no record of my call. I don't even have them as a service and cancelled when it was still AT&T and these ** still want $237 from me! Good thing I'm an attorney and will take it all to court and spend more than their $237 they are looking for.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2015

    I was switched over to Frontier from AT&T after a buyout. This was in November 2014. My Internet service was horrible from the day of the switch. Constant interruptions and then no service at all. I called and stayed on hold for at least 40 minutes. I was initially told I needed a new modem, and that they would ship it "immediately". A week 1/2 later still no modem but a bill showed up! I called and called everyday and each day the wait was 40 -45 minutes, at a minimum.

    Finally they said a tech would come WITH a modem because there was no record of them shipping me a modem! The tech showed up a few days later w/ a new modem and left. He said we are all set, stupid me I believed him! As soon as he left I went to login and guess what? NO Internet!! So another call to Frontier, another LONG wait, and this guy who answered was real nice and actually said the issue was never the original modem and that he would fix it anyway... Within maybe 20 minutes the problem was solved. He said it was something on their end and it was all good!

    A week or so later, again no Internet! I called I was told I needed a new modem. I was told it would be shipped, and I wasn't too happy with this since I went through it once already. Oddly enough I couldn't stand the incompetence of this rep and just hung up and called back. Lucky me I got someone who seemed to know what he was doing and the issue was resolved once again! The Internet service was up but many interruptions... And extremely slow connections, brought me back to my WebTV memories. A few days later a modem arrives.... I kept it in the box. Another frustrating week or so of spotty service and again no Internet. I run a home based business, I take online classes and so reliability is essential to me!

    It was early January I called Frontier again because of no service and they were able to fix it after being on the phone with me for an hour and a half. I told the rep I needed reliable service and if they couldn't provide it I will go to another company. I was assured that would be the last time I would have any issues. Well it's 1/18/15, woke up to no Internet again. I called, was on hold for 47 minutes, got the most incompetent rep you could imagine. He told me to power off the modem (I told him I did this prior to calling) he said, “That's okay. Do it again...” I did, he said we need to wait a full 5 minutes before restart, then when that didn't work he said to hold the reset button. That didn't work. He said I needed to plug my laptop into the router for reasons unknown; that made no difference.

    He said hold please and must not have realized that I overheard his entire conversation about how he needs his lunch, how he doesn't really care if he fixes "this lady's connection issues" (me) and then I heard him and another male talk about what they were going to order for lunch and how his shift is over in 45 minutes. This was completely unacceptable. He came back and forth to tell me he's talking to a technician, he then said he will have to send me ANOTHER MODEM!?!? I said I still have one in a box, want me to try that!!! We did, it all lit up but I wasn't able to get a connection on any of my devices... He said he would have to get a tech to my house in a week or so??? Then he had the GALL to say there might be a charge to come out and fix FRONTIER'S CONSTANT PROBLEMS!!?!? I think not. I told him to cancel my account. I am sooooo done.

    Prior to this I had AT&T and I think in 10 years I had Internet issues less than 5 times. This is unacceptable. I will not pay any bill from them and will contact the Better Business Bureau.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2015

    This company deserves no stars!!! Absolutely horrible internet. If you can even call it that!!! The internet only works in the morning which is a non peak time...if you want to connect any other time it's impossible because apparently everyone else is using the internet as well. We had trouble with connection and speed from the get go, haven't even had this service for 24 hours and am disconnecting immediately! Save your time and money for internet that actually works!

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2015

    I had and still have a Internet problem. I was told to contact customer service by the technician. I did and was put on hold for 38 minutes. At that time I was disconnected. I am self employed and deal with many major companies and I can tell you first hand I have never been so disappointed. To say this company sucks would be a huge understatement. The dpuc oversees most public companies, I can only hope and pray they are reviewing frontier as they should not be allowed to oversee a small private concern let alone a major communication company.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2015

    I waited 30 days to have my phone installed. Prior to this I had my phone and number for 35 years without incident. Phone and wi fi installed. Service lasted for two days then it just stopped. Spent thee days on my cell phone for service. Finally service came out to advise me problem was on pole and it would be several more days. Please Please to anyone reading this post please stay away from Frontier. I was warned by current and former employees of the dysfunction within the company. Also this is the first time in 55 years that I have ever written a comment. I do not want another person to suffer.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2015

    We are going on day three of not having any internet service so I am typing this on my cell phone. I came home from work on the night of the 15th to call customer service as to why our internet had been out all day, knowing full well they couldn't blame it on us being deadbeats because we had paid our overly inflated bill with ever changing due dates on what I discerned to be on time. I was informed that it was a known outage in our area and was given the standard you know damn well is the bs line "we are working on it." The next day comes and again we are without the internet all day, so before I call again I go through the ceremonial unpluggings and reboots, much to my unsurprise it doesn't work.

    Heavily armed with a headset and script a woman who has chosen to call herself Yvonne has me do the standard "enter this ip address" so I can troubleshoot. She then proceeds to tell me that the problem is on my end and it has to be my router, even though it has worked for years with at&t even through the transition to their crappy company. After sensing that I wasn't buying her idiotic logic, she proceeds to tell me that it is an outage in my area and she will put in a work order for it to be fixed between 8 am and 5 pm the next day (which is today the 17th). I get voicemail from one of their reps today telling me yet again that it is not a problem with my line, but it is a problem that is affecting 50 households in the area, and by the way someone may or may not be by to fix it today.

    He ends the message with, if you have any questions you can just call the generic line (not you can call me back at this number). Knowing I am not really going to get anywhere, but was feeling the need to remind them the phone picker uppers what a ** company they work for, I self injure by calling them back and holding for 20 minutes. When I explain to this one that I am getting conflicting information, she tells me that they don't know if there is an outage in my area because I am the only one complaining and other people in my area have yet to call. So basically what you are saying is it isn't your line so we don't need to fix that. So it is possible it is on our end but not enough people have called for this to qualify as an outage; translation: we'll fix the problem when we feel like it.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015

    During the transition to Frontier from AT&T, I did not experience all of the outages that many other Connecticut customers did. There is, however, a difference in the quality of the internet connection that I noticed because there is now a daily or multiple times daily need to re-cycle the gateway device to resume connectivity. This was very rare with AT&T. I was an AT&T customer for many, many years and always very happy with them. They were a very "customer first" organization. The occasional issues with them were quickly resolved. Not so with Frontier; as others have noted a customer service call requires quite a bit of time, where in the end promises are made but nothing is ever delivered.

    The basic products from AT&T to Frontier are similar but not exactly the same. For me, Showtime Anytime was an important component which is no longer available on Frontier. Frontier told me for a couple of months that it was coming, but, in my last conversation with them the agent said that Frontier does not support that product. I can only imagine that Frontier's lack of customer focus and the diminished quality of service and content will prove a windfall for other internet/phone/tv providers in the state. I will be ending my relationship with Frontier shortly. I wonder if anyone from Frontier ever takes a look at sites like this? Probably not, I don't think they care.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2015

    We were switched from AT&T to Frontier in September of 2014. It is now Jan 15, 2015 and we still can't access our voicemail to change our greeting. We are a business and because the message on our machine is from last August numerous customers have told us they thought we had gone out of business. Each time I call, a customer service rep tells me they are putting a work order for migration. That this situation is allowed to exist is outrageous!

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2015

    When Frontier took over AT&T in Connecticut they promised that current contracts would be honored. Most recently they cancelled the anti-virus software that was supplied as part of my contract through AT&T. They did not send out a notice that they were going to do it. As a result, I found out after-the-fact and my computer was left without coverage for 9 days! When I called them to find out what was going on - they offered me "security" software for $5.99 a month. It used to be FREE with AT&T. I had to scramble to get anti-virus software and as a result wasted several hours dealing with downloads not installing properly. Besides the $9.00 a month that Frontier RAISED my contract price - now I have to pay $2+ a month more for anti-virus software. And my AT&T phone answering machine is no longer working correctly. I am very displeased with Frontier and will soon move my business elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015

    I called to add a couple movie channels like showtime and starz to my existing cable package. The representative confirmed exactly what channels I would be receiving. I checked my TV a couple hours later, and the channels were not accessible. I called again, and they said they fixed the problem, and to check in 2-4 hours. I checked, still not working. I have called 4 times about this issue, and now it's been a week, and I still don't have the channels.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015

    This is an addition to the angry CT Customer pool. Since the Frontier takeover from AT&T Uverse, I have had many problems and they are as follows: My cable cuts off all the time. I was informed to call them every time this happens. When a service call is placed I was on the phone for hours or placed on hold. The last call I was on hold for 49 minutes then hung up on. The company didn't pick up the appropriate billing information from AT&T. They claim to be honoring the same plan but clearly they are not because they tried to overcharge in which they were confused.

    When their internet was down they tried to charge me on paying my bill by phone. Then they told me to call back within a few business days. If I followed with what was told to me I would've been hit with a late charge. Then they tried to rush me off the phone telling me that there was nothing they could do to accommodate the situation because their site was down. With AT&T if the service is cancelled due to them not covering the area then there was no charge. However, with this new Frontier you will be still charged. Their disconnect fee is an arm and a leg. ADVICE: ASK FOR A PRINTOUT CONTRACT. ASK ALL QUESTIONS!!! THIS SERVICE IS A NIGHTMARE AND THEY WILL RIP A HOLE IN YOUR POCKETS.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015

    I mean seriously it's the year 2015 and I'm currently pulling 0.39 mbps from Frontier a.k.a: the scum of the internet world. When you call them up and ask what's going on, they give you the same lie they have told a million times before..."they're working on it". They also like to do the old 'send someone out to test the lines and no one ever shows up' gig... that's always fun! I'm currently paying fifty dollars a month for broadband internet that struggles to get up to 1 mbps on a good day. My best friend in Brazil has better internet than I do and his backyard leads into a jungle. I am not joking right now...I can prove it. Someone somewhere has to do something with this company. If Frontier is your only option in your area...pack up and run.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015

    They have slow internet and very poor customer service. They took $4000 out of my bank account when canceled. When this is up I'll never ever ever deal with them again even if they pay me.

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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2015

    Another angry CT Customer. Nothing but problems since Frontier takeover from AT&T Uverse. As an Engineer, at first I gave them the benefit of the doubt since transferring from one ISP System to another is a massive task... but I quickly withdrew that after living through all the ongoing issues.

    - Can no longer control my Recordings via App or Web - This was a huge deal to me....
    - On-Demand is terrible
    - Frontier website is slow & not user-friendly
    - No communication on my Bill changes
    - Had issues with Auto-Pay configuration
    - Tech support is terrible

    - The local techs are inconsiderate - I had a new wireless box installed. 2 young kids walked in house with mud on shoes, with an extremely strong smell of smoke/cigarettes, and not friendly...

    Seriously considering going back to Cox... If you're a new customer looking for ISP/TV/Phone Service, do NOT do business with Frontier. You'll thank me later.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2015

    I am writing this review for my 85 year old mother that lives in Ridgefield, CT. AT&T sold its service to Frontier Communications. My mother was phoned by a Frontier employee, and promised the same package price for her phone service as what she had with AT&T. Her first bill was triple ($457) compared to what she normally paid ($122) per month. Frontier was charging her for internet, which she never had, as well as devices and services she had not had with AT&T. Also they were billing her a high cost for long distance phone service.

    After much time and effort on the phone, she was able to get a credit for the internet and devices she never had, and told they would give her a special price for long distance. I went online to see her new service plan and saw that she was being billed $645.99 for a long distance service plan, $170.08 for taxes and $44.97 for Frontier monthly charges. Total monthly charge $861.04.

    While waiting nearly 90 minutes, attempting to reach by phone and online chat, I perused online Frontier Communication reviews. My heart sank while I read one negative review after another, feeling badly for all the customers of Frontier and Frontier's unethical and dishonest business practices. Apparently Frontier service is an oxymoron as well. I am currently assisting my mother in stopping auto payments to this company, and cancelling service with them effective immediately. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH FRONTIER COMMUNICATION!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2015

    I have had Frontier for almost 3 years, it's been since we moved to our current address. Anyway, the first time I went online using Frontier I couldn't believe how slow it was...less than 1.25 mbps per second. I had Charter at my previous address and had good speed at 25 mbps per second. I'm paying more for Frontier than I did with Charter for internet service, for what? The FCC has set a minimum speed requirement at 4 mbps per second. How does Frontier get away with this crap? I have asked Frontier several times when they are going to fix this and for almost three years I have received the same answer, "We're working on it". I plan on finding out what my legal rights are against Frontier.

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2015

    Can't access my AT&T email & am concerned that it has been hacked. I call AT&T & am transferred to Frontier... LONG LONG Wait...and was told by Frontier that I must contact AT&T. From AT&T I am immediately transferred back to Frontier yet again.. Back & forth ALL DAY with multiple long waits for person and/or online chat with rep. Back & forth & no one knows anything...neither AT&T or Frontier help & still can't access email. From 10 am to 4:30 pm -- I quit for today & still don't know what to do. Thanks AT&T & Frontier. Extremely disappointed in both!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2015

    I was told when I set up my service, that my first bill would be around $90.....to my surprise it was $200! To top it off, the phone service that I got, wasn't even set up correctly. I called and complained and had my bill corrected 4 different times, each time, I was given a different amount of credits and told a different amount that I was going to be paying. I waiting until the very last day to call back and to ensure that someone could finally see the notes (which they couldn't) and guess what.....no one could find any credit given. I was livid! I cancelled my service immediately and was told that there may be a cancellation charge.....wow.....I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER do business with Frontier again, and I recommend that no one else does either. Horrible.

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015

    I originally had AT&T U-Verse and was always happy with that service, so when Frontier bought them out I figured I would give them a try. All was fine, except for the fact that they dropped a lot of channels I had had before which didn't please me. Then I moved and we decided to bring the service with us. We called a week and a half before the move date and let them know that we wanted to transfer service to the new address. The lady seemed nice and said that we were all set and then when I questioned it, confused that that was all there was to it, she confirmed that everything would be set for when we moved in. However, when we did move into the apartment we had nothing. So I called the company back and the guy that answered seemed baffled. He told us there was no order for transfer put in and that as far as they were concerned we had never called. So I had to reset a transfer date which he said at the earliest would be two weeks. Fine, we'll have to deal right? Not happy, but what could we do?

    Then the day we're suppose to have the transfer, I get home from work to see a note on the door saying that Frontier had been there to try and set us back up, but because we weren't home we would have to reschedule. So we had to wait another three days until the guy could come back out. I was angry and told them that they never told us a time or that someone would have to be there, that they were simply transferring the service. Had they properly communicated the fact that a tech was coming out and gave us a time (or even asked when a good time would have been for us) we would have made sure someone was home to let them in and help them out. Instead, they got upset with -us- stating that we should have known to be there at a time THEY NEVER GAVE US!!!

    So finally we get hooked up (about a full two weeks AFTER they had originally told us we'd be set for on the first call). The TVs work, one computer works, but for some reason the laptop won't connect. A laptop that prior to the move had no issues connecting. So I called customer service for help and get put on hold for 45 minutes of wait time. The guy then asks for the new account number and phone number. Something they had NOT given us. So after another 15 minutes of repeatedly having to spell the name "Lindsay" for him, he tells me that it's a technical problem and he has to connect me to that department. Queue another half an hour wait time to get a second guy that I then have to go over the whole spelling thing again (seriously guys, not a hard name!). I give him a call back number in case we get disconnected and while trying to explain the problem, all he can manage to figure out is "So your service isn't working?" "No... it's working, just the laptop won't connect." "So your computer's broken? That's not something we fix." "No, it's working, it just can't connect to our wireless router with you guys." "Is the wifi turned on?" "Yes, and won't connect, hence my calling you..." "Oh, okay." *disconnect* *rage scream*

    So I call back AGAIN... get another 45 minute wait time, and deal with the next guy who then proceeds to take 45 minutes to try and open our account (something the other guys had been able to do in only a minute or so). And then after all that he tells me that our billing address is still on the old address. Which it's not! I had already been over that FIVE TIMES with this company at this point. He tells me he can't do anything until I talk to customer service and change our address, which we already did!! I told him no, that I'd spent over two hours already on wait time on being transferred and I was done. All I want is for them to tell me how to set up the network on my laptop! He proceeds to tell me that he, technical support, can't help me with my technical issue. So I finally unleash on him about how awful their service is. I started this call at 7:30 pm and didn't get off the phone with the last guy till around 11 pm.

    So, beyond furious at this point I try and go online and chat live with someone hoping for better results. The response "Call our technical support line." So here I am, six hours later and with no response or answer to a problem that should have only taken them 15 minutes tops to resolve. I have never seen worse customer service or dealt with employees that seemed to have NO idea what they're doing. I plan on calling back in the morning to try again, but if I get the run around, I'm cancelling my service. The one positive thing of this whole mess was that at least the on site tech was nice and cheery. The only stressful part of this move has been dealing with this company. If you're a customer looking at them as a new service, no. Just no, no. Go ANYWHERE else.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015

    My complaints with Frontier are mostly about customer service. When they bought out AT&T in CT, I had issues that were annoying mostly with the On Demand functionality & services, but I was dealing with it. But my confidence in them was shattered when I addressed using my HBO & Showtime subscriptions to use their "Go", "Antyime" apps. When I tried to do so, there was no ability to log in with Frontier as your provider. So I called them. The customer service rep I spoke with had no idea what I was talking about. As if he had never heard of an app for streaming shows. He just kept apologizing about it. I appreciate him being sorry, but results are what I was looking for. He sent me to a tech person... that man was rude, was definitely taking my call on either a bluetooth, or a speaker phone and kept telling me that I needed to speak up, clearly annoyed. I don't think customer service was his area. (so why send me there? ) He kept saying that I needed a subscription to those channels, when I told him that I did, he said he would have to send me back to Customer Service to confirm my subscription. He ignored me when again, I said I had one. Finally, he said that those services hadn't been set up yet, then he punted me back to service.

    I hung up and called Comcast. You get 1 chance to make a first impression. Frontier blew it... and kept blowing it. When I cancelled, I spoke with a very nice young man, who presented himself and the company well. He confirmed my cancellation and all seemed well. 4 hours later, the same guy called me back to talk to me about adding services to my account. I told him that since I had spoken with him earlier in the day and cancelled my service, that naturally, I would not be adding any services. He was nice, apologized and hung up. Then I was billed for the month after I had cancelled. Since I had set up automatic withdrawal, I wanted to find out why I was paying for services I no longer use, and to make sure the account was properly cancelled. The hold line for service was long, so I opted to be called back. That never happened.

    When I called back myself, the woman I spoke with didn't seem to know why I was charged that month and how long I would be still tied to this company. I said to her, "so by making this last payment, I will then have concluded my business with Frontier?" She responded with "It takes several billing cycles to process cancellation." Me- "Right, so I'm asking you, will this payment be the last one? How much more of my money are you taking while I'm not actually getting your services?" Her- "It takes several billing cycles to process." That was a very frustrating phone call. I'm sure there are guidelines & communication written out for them, but I asked very direct questions and didn't get direct answers.

    Today, now 2 months after cancelling, I got what looked like another e-bill. So I called them back. The language of the bill was not clear. The woman I spoke with was much better at her job. She explained that it is a credit. So ok, check another box for areas of improvement... their bill language should change. She told me what was going on with my account. She got my information to send me boxes to return the equipment (though once upon a cancellation, they had said AT&T would send me boxes). Anyway, I took down her name, her supervisor's and her location so that I can actually go back better informed. I have hopes that this will be settled finally. I just think that Frontier has a lot of inconsistencies and issues with their customer service, their overall services and have a long way to go before they can compete.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015

    The man that installed my internet was a true professional in every regard. There must be a mention in my review that the help I received in Coeur d'Alene, ID was phenomenal in every regard. I had endless meetings to attend that were unexpected with Pandora marketing etc... and they were able to help me anyways! However, the internet is really not up to par with the competition. I hate waiting and it's one of the reasons I have success in life. The only reason I'm writing this review is because the internet is so slow that I'm waiting perpetually and while I'm waiting I might as well write a review. Not to complain but to warn others of my fate. Best!

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015

    Well here is another reason for people out there to not get frontier U-verse service or if you have it switched to somebody else. I sit down to watch the New York Rangers game and again they are not broadcasting and my neighbor has cable right next-door to me - he has it on his TV. Another person up the street has DirecTV. They have it on their TV but I can't watch it on mine because U-verse from Frontier is not Broadcasting it. Since the takeover of frontier I have had nothing but problems. I've already had my gateway replaced once. It needs to be replaced again because the wireless Internet keeps dropping. Not to mention I do not have caller ID nor do I have other services that was provided to me from AT&T that are no longer provided by frontier U-verse. So if you're looking at this and you're thinking about getting frontier U-verse in Connecticut, change your mind go to somebody else. They are horrific.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    Ever since Frontier took over from AT&T, my internet connection has been very unreliable. The connection drops off at any time of day or night, either crawling slow or no activity whatsoever. I've never had worse Internet connectivity.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    How can Frontier give you a billing date which falls on a weekend, then when you go to pay online, it won't accept the due date and defaults to next business day, which appears as a late payment? How can they bill you for February and tell you that you are past due, when the next payment per my statement is January 10, which I scheduled a payment online. Not only was the transfer of service from AT&T to Frontier terrible, we are still paying the same price for services that we had at AT&T that we don't have with Frontier, ie., App that allows us to manage our DVR from our phone or online, limited online networks. Frontier is the worst.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    Frontier took over our cable and internet from AT&T in CT. Soon thereafter we cancelled our service. While I've shared many of the same experiences that lead to the usual complaints about Frontier, I have a unique tale of my own. And it goes...as previously mentioned we'd canceled our service and switched to optimum after putting up with frontier for roughly 2 months. During the cancellation process, we explored the issue of returning equipment. We were instructed to mail it back in boxes that frontier would provide. They would not allow us to physically return the equipment, nor could we return it in anything other than the boxes provided by frontier.

    After countless hours on hold, 3 different conversations with customer service and going on 3 weeks, we have yet to receive the boxes needed to return the equipment. Meantime, we cannot get a straight answer about any late fees associated with late return of the equipment or any deposit we might be owed. All they tell us at Frontier cust svc is that we owe a balance of 2 $200 and some change...cannot recall exact amt. We ask what the charges are from and we are told that nobody is able to access our statements. We are getting next to zero cooperation from Frontier and this is beginning to seem deliberate.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    Just want to let you know that since the switch to Frontier from AT&T... we now are not able to see the caller's numbers when someone calls our house, from our T. V.; we aren't sure if this is Frontier's system or just a mistake. Other than that, at this time, I have had very good service from Frontier Communications...

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    Service for us has been fair, and we were unable to get their 6MB tier (3MB max by choice then with AT&T) due to pre-Frontier street wiring that AT&T was responsible for, but were given an offer that reduced our cost by $20/mo. not including some change for 3 year guarantee to keep HSI at $49.99/ mo. We are giving them a chance to fix AT&T old network issues. No auto billing accepted. Technician was friendly, apologetic, and an openly helpful CT resident. The reason job and company services in USA are now inferior is because we have allowed jobs to leave due to excesses in labor unions and out of control unethical government spending not being made accountable -- all due to an ignorance of our founding fathers ideals and character. Every American has a responsibility to change this one-by-one. Pay it forward!

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015

    My husband and I wound up with internet service from Frontier when they took over for AT&T a few months ago. We did not experience any of the outages that a lot of CT customers have had to deal with, but we've certainly had our fair share of problems. We have all of our household bills on autopay, so as soon as we got our first bill from Frontier, we immediately paid the first bill and set up autopay for all the subsequent bills. However, even though the due date on our next bill said December 31, we received a second bill on December 21 stating that the balance that Frontier had previously said wasn't due until December 31 was now past due. Upon checking our online account summary, the problem turned out to actually be a lot worse. Our Frontier account summary listed us a being past due by $159.49, meaning that some part of Frontier's system thought we hadn't paid our past two bills, while our payment history showed that we had paid the bills.

    We called Frontier and spoke with someone who had absolutely no clue what was causing the problem. According to her information, our account balance is $0. Several days later, our account summary finally acknowledges that we paid our bill in December but continues to show an outstanding balance equal to the amount of our November bill. If we were not paying attention to what was going on with the billing process, our "past due" balance would automatically be paid by or credit card on January 19. Frontier claims that this "past due" balance on our account summary is not going to be reported to the credit bureaus in any way, but after all the problems we've had, I don't really believe them 100% on that.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    Frontier communications is impossible. We moved in August of 2014. Frontier had a special so we signed up for phone and internet. The broad band was extremely slow and one 20 page download took 4 hours. The last straw was the outage of phone and broadband that lasted for 5 days. No excuses just no repairs. Then after I cancelled my service, Frontier had the nerve to remove 200.00 from my checking account for service that I canceled. Avoid this company. They are horrible.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    It took me 3 tries to get my internet disconnected. I don't even know for sure if it is done now. Each time it was at least a 2 hour process. Today I waited for a confirmation number, never got it. Krystal told me it would take 2-4 minutes to get the number. After 11 minutes, she left the chat. Very bad service!!!!

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    I have spoken to this company 11 times about service and being billed by the company for a service I never received. If you check the records, you will see my calls, reason for being billed, reason for my outrage as the phone number (account number) **, Internet was never installed nor utilized as this company never showed up to do the work. I cancelled the installation after two weeks of excuses and no installation, apology. Over the course of a 3-week period they were given every opportunity to correct their mistake... Each time, I did not even receive a polite phone call apologizing for their error. They blamed it on offshoots of the company and lack of communication, follow up and agreed to drop this ludicrous bill and give me peace. I sent 8 letters, on the last one I even printed on the outside of the envelope that this companies PR and CS was blind, could not read or hear. Will you please take care of this for me before I give this last letter to the Attorney General's office and Consumer Business Department? How many old people does their CS bill after their death when no one is around to deny it? I feel very taken advantaged of and someone needs to correct this. I do hope you can be of assistance. Big companies are not always right.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    We have been contacting Frontier on a regular basis about poor internet service and streaming. Nothing has changed, nothing has been fixed. I rarely can get through on the phone without waiting for at least 39 minutes. If I get through in just a few minutes I am usually disconnected within a few minutes and they never call back. Service technicians don't show and there is no phone call. They simply don't know and don't care since they know they are basically the only game in town where we live. They are in violation of our contract by not providing the service and the support the contract obliges them to provide in exchange for our payments. How the heck do they continue to get away with this????

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    Installation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    Frontier is a terrible service. I do not recommend it to anyone. They go into rural areas that do not have connection and give them sub-par service but charge the same as the big cities. Frontier is as slow as the connection I received in 1998 (<1 MB) but just as expensive as the 100MB service I received when I lived in a city. This company preys on rural customers and has terrible business practices. Even the techs who installed my service laughed because they could not believe a company would charge for such terrible service to a home. Shame on this company for taking the territory and not putting in the infrastructure to give customers service and charging them full price anyway.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2015

    Over the last year in Washington County, Oregon, Frontier ADSL throughput has become increasingly erratic. Prior to this, ADSL throughput (combined TX and RX) had been 1,700 to 19,200 Kbs. Since 12/18/14 ADSL service has degraded to the point the Internet connection drops out for minutes at a time. Usually, the connection is restored without restarting the ADSL router, but the throughput speed varies from 150 bits/second to 977 Kbs. Telephone line experiences loud periodic 60 cycle hum and extensive static which make voice communication difficult to impossible. Four calls to Frontier repair service have resulted in two truck rolls, four reported fixes, a report that the problem is on Frontier turf and no improvement lasting more than an hour. In my rural area there is no cost competitive alternative. Trouble tickets include ** . Considering that Frontier admits to outages in this area, lists over 2,100 customer complaints and that a Facebook page has been created concerning Frontier service, immediate action is called for.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPrice

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2015

    I called Frontier about their internet special. I wanted a self install and was told it would not be a problem. I was told that by having phone service I would get a better deal, so I agreed. The first install was scheduled for 10/13/14, then delayed until 10/27/14. The reason for the delay was unclear, but that a technician would have to come out because of adding the phone. I wanted to make sure this was still going to be set up as a self install, because I did not want a service charge. I was assured there would not be a charge. I ended up being charged $149.99. While the tech was here we talked about the 12 mb speed and he told me I could get 24 mb and it would only cost $10/mo more. I called the office and was told it would not be a problem and she could do it in the office. The tech would bring out the new modem in two weeks, there was no mention of a charge, which ended up being $149.99. The phone did not work correctly for two weeks.

    I have called Frontier on several occasions and was told that one $149.99 was being reviewed by a supervisor for approval. After calling back before paying my first bill, the refund was still waiting for approval. The woman admitted there had been an error in calculating the bill and that the bottom line was I should owe $129.63 which I paid. I have now received a past due for $149.99, and when I called I was told it was still waiting on approval. When I asked about the other $149.99 on the bill, I was told that that was from the tech installing the faster modem. I was never told that it would cost $149.99 for him to come out. These types of charges without any disclosure seem to me to be unethical business practices, although they may be legal. I have complained to the Illinois Commerce Commission and I am waiting for a response.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2015

    The worst company I have ever had to deal with. Since they took over AT&T U-verse my service has had interruptions after interruptions. -13.83 outputs for internet speed, tiling, unable to hear the other person on the phone and having to reboot the modem a handful of times every day. Not to mention, the bill was increased without a warning. After calling them and schedule them to come out to fix the issue, I was told I had to get another modem since the modem I had wasn't compatible with their system. I also renegotiated new terms and appointment was scheduled for last Monday/Tuesday and they never showed up. Not to mention I received a call from Frontier Communications letting me know that the package with internet I had chosen is not available in my area. WHAT?

    Let me get this straight: the old U-verse equipment is not compatible with Frontier Communication service; I make an appointment and I was told it could be either Monday or Tuesday but couldn't give me a definite answer as to which day it will be; after taking BOTH days off from work you don’t show up or call me to cancel or reschedule; the new service I chose with your agent in Minnesota is not available in my area and it will cost me an additional $30 more since the speed of the internet I chose is not available; you increase my bill by $25 a month and I'm getting interruptive service the take over and then want to charge me $9.99 for a new modem for delivery fee. Frontier Communication, get your ** straight because your days are number at my house!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2015

    They overcharge and add late fees that are not right. They don't save account corrections and lie about it. If it rains or snows the Internet gets slow. If I turn my phone on my computer and tv goes slow. Just all around uneducated and unprofessional. I will NEVER recommend.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2015

    I moved a week ago and frontier told me that when I move all I have to do is call and they will switch my wifi over to the new house. I have called every day for the pay week, only to be put on hold for a minimum of 45 minutes per phone call. Each representative tells me they've updated my new address but somehow I keep calling the next day and is never saved. As I said, I've been without Internet for a week and am so disgusted with their customer service that I'm about to switch to another provider. I don't want a call back from the company or anything in return for my dissatisfaction, I just want the public to know.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015

    We went with Frontier about 4 months ago. What a mistake. I am in the process of changing providers. They constantly overcharge us. Sometimes by over $300 a month. No they have us hooked up to 5 different networks. We have 4 laptops and a wireless printer. We have been on hold for hours at a time to get all this resolved. DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY. THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015

    Since AT&T switched, service stinks. If you are considering Frontier, I would think twice about it. Just to write this review, the page ended up in error, some website take forever to open!!!! My contract ends next month, I decided to cancel my account.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015

    Nearly every time it rains or snows, my telephone service goes out. There is nothing in my house that causes it, it is from the transmission lines or substation. I have lost phone service so many times I have lost count (14 maybe) in the last 8 months. The techs seem to know what is wrong, but they say frontier will not let them fix it. We live in the country out of dependable cell phone range, so our landline phone service is critical to us with a wife with medical problems. This has been going on far too long. When I ask for someone higher up, all they have is a supervisor. Strangely, when my phone goes out, I don't lose internet service, but it seems to slow down. Is it too much to ask for a phone service that WORKS ALL THE TIME? I can understand floods, ice storms, but a gentle rain???

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015

    I recently moved from one location to another. I had Charter Cable Internet before the move. They did not provide service at my new address. I called Frontier to set up DSL service. Initial call went okay. Installer came out, tested my line and informed me that I had the option of upgrading to their boosted DSL speed of 12Mbps from their standard claim of 6.9. So, after a week of dismal speeds I called to find out what the cost would be. I was informed that to "double" my speed would be a simple matter of paying DOUBLE as well. I was already paying $30 for intermittent speeds and NEVER hit their claimed 6.9Mbps. There was no way I was going to pay $60 for double that.

    As time went by, my internet would simply drop out for hours with no explanation. During a storm it went out, I called them to find out if the lines were damaged during the storm only to be told it was my fault. They claimed my router was causing interference. So, I proceeded to teach them how to do their own job and find out that a tree had fallen on the HUB a few blocks down the road.

    Go forward a few weeks again. I have another tech come out because of the constant drop in speeds. He tests the lines IN my home and finds absolutely nothing wrong. I ask about the boosted speed again and he informs me it isn't a boosted speed but a completely separate modem with the same crap speeds as the first. "It allows more devices at one time." So, yet again, I'm being told something completely different.

    Go forward a month or two. (About a month ago now) I call AGAIN to find out why my speeds are so dismal. The CSR on the line was rude, condescending, confrontational and did nothing but blame me for the issues. At this point, I'm at the end of my patience. He then told me if I want better speeds, disconnect the modem from their line and the power source. Wait a few minutes, reconnect it and it should be better. Because "It resets your modems position in our hub's queue. So you have a higher priority for speed. " ......... Let that sink in.

    The LONGER your modem is connected, the SLOWER your speed INTENTIONALLY gets!?!?!? WOW! Alright, GOOD BYE frontier. Hello brand new Charter service. They just put in new lines and I now enjoy 10x the speed for $5 more a month. And WORLDS better customer service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2015

    I have been a customer of Frontier since 2009. We are supposed to be getting 3g of download speed and never get anything remotely close to it. As a matter of fact it's actually getting worse and peak parts of the day we experience 0.58g. Forget Netflix, Hulu or online gaming of any kind. After talking to a representative of the company and getting a tech to my home, he came in and looked at my router and said "there is nothing I can do for you. It's a hardware issue at our junction box down the road." He said we have all the fiber optic cables in place they just need to do a major update. He told me I am one of 600 people on that box and it's just the trickle down effect on usages. The sad part is the tech got a call from his boss while standing in my kitchen and was discussing his frustration on not being able to help customers. His boss told him to not discuss the issues in front of me but the tech said to his boss, "hey just look at all the tickets for calls, it's all internet speed issues."

    He wanted to put me on directly with his boss but he refused. The tech was kind enough to give me advice on complaining to the company and get some kind of credit for not getting what we are paying for. Well, I did just that and to add insult to injury they offered me a 38 dollar credit and reduced my bill from 49.99 to 34.99 till they "fix" the issue. An issue mind you that has been going on for years!! So my frustration continues as I live in a remote rural area with only Frontier communications as an Internet provider. So not only am I at their mercy I have to deal with their lack of effort to fix any issues in a timely manner to be in my mind a reputable company. They know the problem, have known the problem for a long time, and must be waiting for the better business bureau to come beating down their door to get something done. If someone sells a service to you should you not get what you pay for?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015

    Our speeds are only 1mb/second. We were told when we signed up originally that it would be 3-6 mb/second, which is still terrible. But they advertise Hulu and Netflix on their site and most times they just buffer. They need to do serious upgrades, and lie to us and say "oh, I see you are getting an upgrade soon, there you go!" So I asked customer service later "am I really getting an upgrade or was that person blowing smoke?" They looked and said "I don't an an upgrade scheduled for your area at all." I asked for a new phone jack so I could hard wire my TV and not use wireless on my TV in hopes that it would buffer less. They never showed up after I took a day off work to let them in and the installer finally called my wife and said he didn't want to put in one because he didn't think it would help. We can't get cable here, no fiber nothing. Can someone help?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015

    I was an AT&T U-Verse customer in CT and several months ago got migrated to Frontier due to AT&T's sale of the business. AT&T had great customer service but so-so TV and poor Internet. Frontier has terrible customer service and even worse TV and Internet. I called to cut off my service on December 20th and spoke to a nice US-based representative who seemed very pessimistic about Frontier's future in CT. Since then, nothing has happened: no labels sent to return the equipment as they promised; they're still billing me; when I try to register on their website, it returns an error message.

    The last time I called to reach a rep, it told me I had 40 minutes wait time. I elected to get a callback which occurred about 90 minutes later and all I got on my phone was a buzzing noise.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2015

    After 2 years at this address and dozens of call a year my internet service is still unreliable. In my opinion this is not a billable service and I realize that I am part of the problem because I continue to pay them, because of a lack of better options!!! If I could I would give them a rating of 0 stars.

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    Installation & Setup

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014

    We ran out of data fast. Had to pay more for extra data and we weren't told about having to keep it for 2 years when we had it installed.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014

    I have been on the phone with Frontier Communications for 6 days in a row. Each day, it's been more than 90 minutes of wait and approximately 15 minutes of talk. I've chewed through my entire month of cell minutes waiting for Frontier to get my account straightened out. They promise you the world and deliver on nothing. The disruptions in TV and internet happen daily and several times a day. I was with AT&T for over 5 years. I can count on 1 hand and have finger left over on how many times I called them. I don't understand how Frontier Communications remains in business with all the complaints I've read. I will say, it's nice to know I'm not the only one suffering. I'm so angry at AT&T for leaving us and even more annoyed with Frontier that states they have the BEST customer service because they're all USA-based. What good is being in the USA if you're all going to be unhelpful and most rude. I bet Cox Cable is smiling down on both AT&T and Frontier Communications.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014

    We received several flyers from Frontier advertising special rates for internet service in our neighborhood and decided to subscribe. We were told that we would receive a box in the mail shortly. After waiting several weeks we finally called to inquire about the status and found out our order was dropped (or never entered into their system).

    When finally the box for the internet arrived, I tried to do the installation myself since we were told it is easy and straight forward. After several unsuccessful attempts, I gave in and called tech support. I waited approx. 30 min on the phone before being able to reach somebody. Tech support finally confirmed that the reason we cannot connect is that a technician should have made the hook-up at the telephone pole prior to our service start date. That obviously had not happened. We were told to call again and speak to customer service. Great - so I waited another 30 min on the phone before being able to reach somebody. When we inquired when they can send out a technician, we were put on hold again. Then customer support told us that we actually cannot get internet connection at all - at least for now??!!

    Why, I inquired. Well, apparently there was no "port" available and unless somebody disconnects their service or Frontier installs more hardware, we cannot be hooked-up. "That does not make any business sense?" So after wasting several hours being on hold and speaking to different reps, we are apparently on a waiting list. Somebody will call us - right? However, after reading so many bad reviews, perhaps it is best to stick with our existing internet provider, even if we pay a little bit more.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014

    After reading a number of consumer complaints, I (at the very least) feel in good company. My experience with being a Frontier customer has been atrocious and am actively looking into new service providers. It all started when my family moved in November. We had called Frontier a number of times to inform them of our move, so we could establish service at our new home. Since the previous residents also had Frontier Uverse, they said we should be able to plug in our equipment and be ready to go, sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it was. Nothing worked. So we called, waited for over an hour, for someone to tell us no one ever transferred our service (DUH!). We would have to wait for a technician now.

    Ok, so I take the day off work for their 11-1 appointment. 12:30 rolls around and no one showed up so I called. Customer Service Rep 1 tells me: "Someone's on their way! Be patient!" Ok. 1:45, still no one. Call again. Customer service Rep 2: Can't find my account, puts me on hold. Customer Service Rep 3: "Don't worry, someone will be there soon." 3:00, and Customer Service Rep 4: "There's a technician on their way ma'am." 4:30: Customer Service Rep 5: "Don't worry, someone will be there soon." Sometime around 7 pm, someone finally admits that there was never a technician assigned to our ticket. FANTASTIC! Another few hours on the phone talking to rep after rep, says someone will be there tomorrow. The technician showed up the next day, but couldn't do anything because Frontier NEVER transferred our service. Some 9 hours later, the technician finally had us up and running. He was so patient and wonderful - at the very least, Frontier has good people on the beat.

    Intermittent problems have crept up over the past 6 weeks, including a $400 charge for service at our old house. The final straw for us was last night when we called with a technical question regarding our on demand service. It seems to be having issues buffering so we called to see if they could help. That was mistake #1. The technician on the phone sent so many reboots to the modem that it died. They kindly offered to send us a new one, which may take 2-4 weeks to show up, and we can go buy an ethernet cable and hook it up ourselves because it is too expensive for them to send a technician out with a new box! So, hello Cox. Bye-bye Frontier. Good luck to everyone who continues to subscribe to their service, I hope for your sake, they can get their act together!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014

    My objective was to get a non-working jack in my home repaired. I have been paying $6/month. The first agent disconnected me. The second agent scheduled an appointment for tech to come out without verifying the date with me. I could not be home that date. She (Betty ** ) was not able to change the date. She is not very well trained. Nor was the previous person who disconnected me. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH FRONTIER WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS MAY BE THE REASON I FINALLY MOVE TO COMCAST.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014

    Recently we were handed over to Frontier from AT&T. After experiencing constant issues with TV and internet service, we have decided to switch. We called to cancel the service and said all we had to do is pay our last bill ($50 higher than it was with AT&T and was not informed it will be higher) and we will be all set (our original contract with AT&T has ended). I have provided my credit card over the phone to have this taken care of. Few days later my girlfriend gets the exact same charge on her account!? Tried to call them and had to wait for over 2 hours to get a hold of anyone. When we finally did they said that they do not see any overcharges! We were told that there is nothing they can do. On top of all this we are still being charged for a monthly service that we do not even have! At this point I am forced to have to contact my bank and change all my account information so these crooks are unable to withdraw any more money from my account. This company is a joke and I seriously hope that they go out of business.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014

    At approximately 11:00 am until about 4 this morning, all Internet service for our entire area, including Charles Town, Shepherdstown and Harpers Ferry, WV ceased. When I called Frontier technical service in the afternoon, the customer received a recorded message stating that there had been an interruption in service in the area, technicians were working on the problem but had no estimate of when service could be resumed. Of course, this disrupted many commercial operations, such as transmission of credit card data and downloading Netflix and all mail.

    Service has improved in the last year. Although DSL is still slow, the failures, which used to occur several times a month, have not occurred recently, until now. My complaint is that we never receive an explanation of what caused the problem, apology or refund for lack of service. Just when we start to get confidence in the reliability of the service, we are left wondering whether we should find alternate service. More transparency is needed.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014

    So I have been on hold now for 36 minutes for a technical problem. Since AT&T switched, service stinks. I have always been an AT&T customer. This is terrible.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014

    Our due date was 2nd of each month. It has been changed, without any notification, to the 22nd of each month. So we are paying twice in one month, 10 days earlier than expected because they want their money sooner.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014

    It took me close to 3 hours over the course of two days to get someone on the phone at Frontier to pay my bill as I couldn't access my account online...transferred AT&T customer. The live chat which I have running now is at a 30 minute wait and there are 38 customers in the queue ahead of me. That's not a live chat! I decided to cancel my account as a result of the lack of accessibility. I never had this lack of service with AT&T. It is unacceptable.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014

    Since the change from ATT to Frontier there has been a total lack of support with answers, proper response to basic questions, obscene wait times on help line (two hours on average after being transferred), no customer service as defined, and still no rate charts. I have no clue what packages, rates or services Frontier will provide, but yet they still take my money. Today I received a mailing that indicated that their fees for services were included...alas...no such rate chart or fee chart was included or attached.

    I have been unable to get any solid consistent answer from anyone at Frontier including "supervisors" and people assigned to do as such. They lack any knowledge of what they are doing, where they are going, and are infants. I would strongly suggest to switch if you have the choice and wait to see if Frontier can handle what they have just taken on as they clearly have no idea what they are doing at present and have no firm plan in place. I have asked repeatedly what my rates would be and what service I would receive for such rates and have been told on several phone calls different rates and plans.......It's not a business but a circus......Perhaps in a year or so they might get a grasp of this business but today they have no clue..

    Updated on 01/15/2015

    After trying to deal with Frontier for the last 2 months and their lack of service for internet and cable (my list of complaints is lengthy) I finally pulled the trigger and cancelled. I also have a landline phone (separate account) that unfortunately I cannot switch to another provider as Frontier is the ONLY provider in my area for this service (how can this be I ask the State of CT??!?!). I spoke to customer service to cancel and specifically mentioned that they not touch the phone...I was assured that my phone service would remain untouched and working as it was a separate account. As per standard practice of Frontier, my phone service was indeed cancelled.

    It has been two days now, approximately 2+ hours on the phone with various people on several occasions... several different stories have been provided...."We made an error and your service will be restored in 2-4 hours," "Oh sorry, that order was never placed and it will be 2-4 days for your service to be restored," to "Oh, sorry, not sure who told you that but they were wrong, we will try to restore it today"....to this insult, "I see here that you still have service, are you sure you don't have a dial tone"......Alas, I am still waiting for service to be restored. And yes, as my cell phone does not work properly in my home, this is my only way to contact the outside world...hope I don't need the police, fire or ambulance as I will have to start a fire and send smoke signals! Frontier should never have been allowed to pick up AT&T Uverse, they simply cannot handle this business.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2014

    We were transferred to Frontier Communications when they took over AT&T U- VERSE. As soon as they took over, we lost our phone service. When I called to complain about this serious problem, I was told they issued a $50 credit as many were experiencing problems with the switch over, but all problems would be corrected in a very short time.

    I received our 1st bill and the credit was on the bill, which I promptly paid. We still had no phone service and I called a number of times using my wife's cell phone, which at times we had to keep her phone on charge- the wait was so long. When we finally were connected to a service rep(???), I was told I'd be transferred to a technician. Naturally the call was disconnected during the transfer! Meanwhile, we received our 2nd bill which was $10 higher than our first bill and about $40 over what we were quoted by AT&T. The payment due date is on 12/31/2014. Still without phone service and calling another couple or times I spoke to a lady in New Haven. I explained our problem of having no phone service for 2 billing cycles and was told in a robotic voice "We issued a $50 credit to all our Ct. customers."

    Trying to explain once again that we were billed twice for our phone service and had no phone service, she replied "We gave..." I kept trying to tell her I wasn't going to pay 2 phone bills which equaled $90 when we never were able to use our phone. She offered me an additional $15 credit which I said was not acceptable. When I informed her my wife's cell phone bill was $70 above the normal rate because of all the time we waited on the phone, she told me to contact the cell phone provider as Frontier gave all A $50 credit and the cell phone bill was not Frontier's problem.

    Four days later a service truck from AT&T showed up and a man said he was here to fix our phone problem. He did a few things, went outside and came back a few minutes later saying the problem was fixed. It seems Frontier had the wrong phone listed to our account and now they had the correct number. We haven't had a problem since that day 2 or 3 weeks ago.

    As I was about to pay my bill that isn't due til next week, I received another bill from Frontier today 12/27/2014 that had my new bill that had a due date of 1/20/2015 attached to it was a past due bill that isn't past due until New Years Day. What the heck is wrong with this company? Does anyone know how to do their job?

    I blame AT&T in part for this joke of a transfer. I looked into AT&T before I switched to them in August of 2014. They should have told me they would be selling their residential services at the end of October and I would have checked Verizon and Frontier, the 2 companies they might sell to. If given that opportunity and based on Frontier's record, I never would have signed with AT&T in the first place. Now I'm stuck with finding another provider because I fear if any other problems should occur down the road, I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED MY $50 CREDIT. For the record. I have borderline severe COPD, and my wife has bone cancer. A phone was a necessity. During the long downtime, we suffered with no phone because someone typed in a wrong telephone number **.

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    After posting my problems with Frontier earlier, I wanted to pay my bill online. I entered my e-mail address and chose a password. I was told to log into online bill pay. Entering my information, I received a red message at the top of the page that there was something wrong with my attempt and I was to try again. Try again I did and again couldn't log on. The page turned to the set up account page and I went through the set up account process once more. I was then told an account already existed for my email number. After going through this a couple of times, I unwisely called Frontier and hung up after a 10-minute wait. Don't these people want to get paid? I wondered.

    After telling customer support my dilemma I looked up payment options and called their office in Rochester, after typing in the requested number, my payment was finally accepted in less than 2 minutes. This company has no right being in the business of providing services they know nothing about. They don't even know how to accept payments. Their internet is as slow as a group of turtles racing through a peanut butter spill. The TV formerly U-300 is only fair and their phone service- don't get me started on their phone service again. Next thing I'm going to do is print the complaint paper the State has posted and add one more complaint to the overflowing complaint box for Frontier Communications in Ct.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014

    Dealing with this company is a nightmare. If you contact them for support, be ready to throw away two hours of your day. You will be re-routed and re-routed only to solve nothing. This is no exaggeration as I spoke with seven people and got nowhere. I even tried talking to someone online while on hold and I sat in that queue for 58 minutes only to be told I should be talking to customer service. I contacted them and was told I needed a technician. This is the exact same thing they tell me on the phone. No one has accountability or has to follow up so they could care less about shipping you off to someone else.

    I am in a rural area and unfortunately have limited internet service providers. I have no choice but to throw away $45/mo for 1 Mbps and receive absolutely no help. I am supposedly paying for broadband "max" which is supposed to provide 6 Mbps (still pathetic) but the technician says I am only provisioned 1 Mbps. I ask to downgrade and they say I have the lowest service they provide. What they are saying is not inaccurate because I couldn't possibly have worse service. My point is that I shouldn't have to PAY for this incredibly horrendous product that says I should be getting 6 and am only getting 1.

    The first second there is another provider, I will more than gladly switch though I have zero confidence I will reach someone competent enough to cancel my service. I'm sure I will have to stop paying to get their attention. I have never written a review for anything in my life but I'm not sure there is a close runner-up in the worst companies I've dealt with.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014

    I paid Frontier $114.44 on Nov. 24, 2014 to add phone service. They had told me my monthly charge would be $30. My bill was for $46.95, which I paid Dec. 26, 2014. The phone never worked correctly. The line was frequently dead, and when it wasn't there was a loud buzzing that prevented me from using the phone. I complained online and was told I would be credited for the $46.95, but that I would have to pay $100 to get rid of Frontier. I will end up paying $214.44 for a service I was unable to use.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014

    This internet service is completely AWFUL which is FAR BELOW a 1 star rating. Being very long term LOYAL service members for over 10 years, I have NEVER been satisfied with Frontier Communications in the slightest. The internet can just barely survive on simply one individual (If you have more than one person using this service, give up now). I'm not getting an internet speed of 1 megabytes per second (mps), I'm not getting 500 kilobytes per second, nor am I getting 250 kilobytes per second. I'm getting ONLY 37.9 kilobytes per second which is really just not worth the price that Frontier Communications is making you pay, and to be honest, this internet isn't worthy of $25 or $10. This company is trash for saying you can get up to 6 Mbps because that's not completely true in the slightest. This makes school work and research projects almost impossible. At this moment I'm attempting to run FrontierNet Internet Speed Test, and the page won't load! I would NEVER recommend this company to anyone and would highly recommend anyone who is thinking of using this service to re-think that action, you won't be satisfied with your results.

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2014

    I am one of the lucky ones. I only spent 2hr on the phone looking for information to possibly change my internet and phone service to Frontier. Their website says "CONGRATULATIONS, FIOS IS IN YOUR AREA". I live in a very small town. I live on the main road in my town. The sales team informs me they only provide "Internet Light" to my area. I guess this comes under the category of bait and switch. Then I started discussing the phone service. They told me I could definitely keep my current numbers. At the very end of the conversation I was informed that they would have to charge me $100.00 to keep each phone number as they have to buy it from my current provider. I informed them that providers have to give my number out for free. Their response was "Well, we have to charge you $100.00". After reading all the reviews, I guess I dodged a bullet.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014

    I have had nothing but problems with Frontier Internet, formerly Uverse. It's almost impossible to get through on a chat, the phones are always busy and they have never answered one of my e-mails. I have shown them ping results and never heard back from them. On the graph, red is a bad connection.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014

    I had frontier years ago, and it was a little slow but it never Stopped repeatedly. I went to Comcast, but quit when the price kept going up and up. My return to Frontier has been a nightmare as far as internet is concerned. The phone works fine but is a little expensive for free long distance. The internet stops, and tries to restart constantly. I turn the modem on and off a dozen times a day. I have called and reported it. I had service replace the modem. I was told there is too much usage!! These stops are all hours of the day and night. I do not want to go back to Comcast due to cost and the terrible wiring that was done last time.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014

    Internet service is constantly slow or I'm without service. It's like every 15 days, I have to call Frontier because they put me off service from 2 to 5 days without any notice. The service right now is so slow I can't even connect my Smart TV on. Also, I like to connect online to hear my favorite radio but the service is extremely slow I can't do that. So why we have to paid for something that does not work. I did call today 3 times because they pass me to different people on the phone and nobody resolved my problem. At my 3rd phone call, they said they going to put a ticket in. They will send the technician but I have to go along with the holiday so I may do not have no one entail 12/26. How about that? I'm sick about this service. I hope we can get other company in the area. That way, they will not keep taking advantage from us and robbed our money.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014

    The reason for the 3 stars is because once you get through to tech support and the horrible customer service on the phone the technicians on the field are good at what they do and solve the problem and the technicians deserve 10 stars because they have to deal with the support on the phone too. But the inadequate customer service and nasty attitudes that the tech support has is inexcusable customer service. I do not see this company staying in business very long with the poor customer service provided. It took me two months to get service from Frontier. And honestly if I did not personally know someone who worked out in the field I doubt I would have ever got service to my house.

    If the CEO keeps ignoring the breakdown of his company he will be on hold with the Department of Labor when he had to file for unemployment. Instead of making excuses and blaming the predecessor AT&T look at yourself as a company and fix what is wrong! I challenge them to go undercover and pretend to want new service and see how far you get with that. Without pulling any strings it may take 2 months like it did for me. All that being said once the service is finally up and running I have not had problems and it runs very well and fast.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014

    Purchased internet and phone service from Frontier Communication. The internet service was so slow that it was as bad as having a modem connection. Called them about it several time and they said it was because of the high volume. Told me to purchase a booster to help the service. Wasted the money it did not work. Cancelled the service in less than a month. They refused to give me a full refund. After several calls they finally agreed to give me some of a refund but say I will not receive it for at least 3 to 4 months. I would never recommend their service to anyone.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014

    Mom moved right after Frontier took over. It is now Xmas week. Mom's old phone still does not have the forwarding message and Mom's new phone rings but there is an erroneous automated message and Mom has no phone.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014

    This company sucks, my family was on the line for 3 hours to fix the internet because it went out on us for 3 days and they never fixed it. I am a gamer so I know how to deal with routers and how to reset them and I did and nothing happened. And so today I was trying to watch Netflix for about 40 min and every 2 min I had to pause, turn off my WiFi, let it stop buffering then turn on my WiFi every 2 min. I kept telling my family to switch internet services with another company but they won't listen. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO NEVER USE THIS COMPANY.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2014

    Contacted them on 3 different occasions to restore my original ATT programming which they still haven't done. Also, I was overcharged by over $70.00 for my plan for no reason. This company should be closed down and refunds paid to customers who just want their old service back... deplorable.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    I have been a AT&T U Verse customer for 4yrs and I am thinking of changing my cable services. I called Frontier on Monday 12/15/14 to speak on the price hike in my bill. I was told by a customer services person that it was last month and this month bill. I went on to tell her that I paid last month's bill. After looking into it she was very rude and said, "okay, well what do you need." I was very upset. I was just asking her a question and I also asked if I could change out my billing time frame to a week later. She told me that no she is not allowed to. Ever since this conversation I have been looking for new service. I was never ever treated this way by AT&T. I do not like Frontier. They are rude people.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    We moved into a new house that already had service through Frontier Communications. 10 days before we moved in, we called to transfer the account into our names and to add a house phone. That call went smooth and we were reassured the account would be moved to our name by December 1st, the move in date. By December 10th the house phone was still not working. Several calls, hours and days later, we were instructed they were still working on getting the house phone turned on. December 15 the TVs, house phone and internet were not working so I called for one last time. I was on the phone for 2 and a 1/2 hours while they were, "working on it".

    Finally I was transferred to a guy who told me our account was cancelled and he asked me why I cancelled it. WHY?! Why was it cancelled? I have no clue. How can it be cancelled before the account was even switched into our names. But after a total of about 10 hours of our lives wasted, we told them we are glad our account was canceled and let's keep it that way. Now December 19 we received a bill for $168 for service Nov. 20 through December 20th. Are you kidding me? The 15 days the TV and internet did work should of been billed under the landlords! This company is the worst. No one knows how to do their job!

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    Frontier communications are the worst people I've ever dealt with. I call to upgrade service, set an install date and they never show. I call and say WTF, dummy me reschedules with them, again no show. I call them yelling. Then they charge my cc that I didn’t give them. They swiped it from AT&T. Frontier Communications specifically told me that I would have to pay over the phone or set up auto pay with them... I didn't and they took my information from AT&T and used it. I will be doing everything I can to get my money back. Frontier Communications is a garbage company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2014

    I've never even heard of Frontier when I looked in my bank account and noticed I had an overdraft. I never knew they took over AT&T. I didn't get any mail or email letting me know. I was waiting for AT&T to take out my payment and they never did. I was waiting for the 20th of Dec for them to take out two months payment, but two days before the 20th my account gets deducted and I get a 35 overdraft fee. I never got any word at all about what’s going on and that this new company would be taking money out of my account.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2014

    I called frontier to get internet set up on Monday. I was on hold for at least a half hour and they said my router would be here Wednesday. Friday came around and I called them and asked where it was and I was on hold for another half hour to be told I have to call back Saturday. Then I called on Saturday, same except thing I had to call back Monday. Then I call them Monday and they tell me that my package was never sent out so they told me it will be there Tuesday. It's now Thursday and I still have not got my package. It's been a week and one day and I still haven't got the package so I don't recommend getting frontier. I haven't even got the internet yet but I can imagine from how crappy their employees are that their internet service is crappy too.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014

    I had to call multiple times to disconnect their poor service, in the meantime billings continue and they refused to back credit. Incompetent people and poor products provided. I may as well use the library or Starbucks for internet!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014

    I signed up for internet service on October 12, it is now December 16 and after over eight calls to customer support I still do not have service. I have been told 1-that my account was suspended, 2- that there was no router associated with my account, 3- that there is a problem outside my home. I have had two supposed visits from techs who said they came to the house and called/left voicemails, however I have no notes and no missed calls or messages. On Friday December 12 a tech did come into the house and determined that the problem was outside and that a lineman would be out that evening, and that the problem should be resolved that evening or by Saturday (Dec 13) in the am. Again, it is now the 16th and I am without service. After yet another call to tech support today and her investigation into the techs notes/trouble tickets there was no request for a lineman made, also another claim of leaving a note on my door and calls/voicemails, but I have none. This is insanity! As is the fact I have over $200 in bills for my account, yet NO SERVICE!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014

    This will be my 2nd complaint only because it's getting worse. No one in our house can watch TV for more than 5 minutes without a loss of signal. The wireless is so slow I have to shut it off & use LTE. I AM DONE! I would cancel but I can't get thru!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014

    The cable service provided by Frontier since taking over Connecticut customers from AT&T has been extremely unacceptable as we have lost many components of the service we were guaranteed in the contract agreed upon with AT&T as well as experienced subpar reception. During our time with AT&T we rarely experienced any issues with reception but in the few short months under Frontier, we have been unable to watch any channels or recorded television multiple times per week as the picture would stutter and freeze all together. As I love watching television specifically sporting events is one of the main reasons we have cable, I find this highly unacceptable.

    Another one of the main reasons for our purchase of cable is to record shows as well as watching movies on demand, which we pay extra for the ability to do so. However on multiple occasions the DVR has not recorded shows or previously recorded shows have been unavailable to watch. In addition, there are minimal amount of movies available on demand. For example, with AT&T there would be approximately 60 movies on demand for HBO while there have only been 3 available with Frontier. In addition the Starz HD movie channel has been broadcasting in Spanish. We have also experienced other problems such as New York Rangers games not being broadcast on advertised alternate channels such as MSG Plus.

    Finally there are multiple services we no longer receive since the change to Frontier. These include the Country Deep App, caller identification appearing on the television screen and access to espn3 online. None of these issues have been resolved in what I believe is more than a sufficient amount of time for Frontier to address them. What may be the worst part of the service is the lack of customer service. There is absolutely no way to speak with a live attendant about any of the issues we are experiencing. If we call the number for former AT&T customers, there is just a simple recording and no option to speak to an attendant. Even when the regular Frontier customer service number is called and we request to speak to an attendant, we are forced to enter the phone number of the account. Once the account is automatically recognized as a former AT&T account, we are directed to the same recording.

    With the terrible reception and loss of many of the services that we pay for and agreed to in our original contract, I do not understand how they can fairly charge any of their customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014

    I have made several attempts to contact the billing office for assistance. I either get hung up on or I am transferred all over the place. I was finally able to speak to someone and she basically told me there was nothing I could do. Frontier cable was behind with this issue. Frontier was taking $400 out of my account in January because of their screw up. I have had to cancel the automatic billing, and wait for frontier to get current then I could re-start the auto pay. Frontier cable is a major company that is in Ct. The issues that they are having are unacceptable. This should have all been taken care of before At&t left. Very disappointed with service, tech support.... Not a satisfied customer at all!!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014

    I will start off by indicating that I have not experienced any problems with the internet or TV services that I was receiving from Frontier. All services appeared to have been running fine and dandy since the AT&T change over.

    My family decided it would be best to transfer providers to another service since she received fairly moderate discounts through her employer. I called to cancel my service and the customer service representative told me that they couldn't cancel my service until December 24 (9 days after the date which I am calling to cancel). I was taken aback by this since typically AT&T or whichever provider I have used in the past had cancelled the service on the spot.

    After further questioning I was told that they had to schedule an appointment to turn off the service. I asked if they had to someone out to the house to do this? The answer was no, they had to schedule an internal appointment to turn off the service in their system... HUH? I then inquired to how my bill would be affected and I was responsible for the additional 9 days or charges because THEY couldn't schedule my service termination. I was told that I indeed would be billed for the time the service ran.

    Now... I had already had my other service installed at this point. I had gone around the house and taken out all of the equipment. Unplugged the routers, cable boxes, etc. I am not receiving any service from Frontier, yet because they have a staffing issue and are not able to 'cancel' my internet and TV for 9 days (I still don't understand how this is possible), I still have to pay for something I am not receiving?

    The woman more or less told me that this is how it is, and that she didn't know what to tell me. I asked that if she couldn't tell me why, then to please connect me to someone who could explain it to me better. I was told that there was no one. I proceeded to say that I would pay my most recent bill, but that I was going to refuse to pay for the additional prorated value that I would be charged because "They can’t turn off my service for 2 weeks because they don't have the time to click a few buttons on a computer in their office". I received my confirmation and hung up.

    What can I do? Is this legal? I feel like I'm being robbed. Customer service was terrible, rude, not polite at all about how she responded to my initial questions.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014

    We were told that when our ATT service switched we wouldn't lose anything. First we are losing our McAfee antivirus which was free with ATT. Then we lose ability to use ATT hotspots in public areas which were free with ATT. After 4 phone calls to discuss switching my ATT promo pricing which was about to expire, with the last call being 1.5 hours (and probably total phone time well over 4 hours), I was assured repeatedly by the CSR that my bill would be the same as ATT, although every time she itemized it, it came out much higher. I finally gave up after making sure she clearly documented this entire discussion in their system, including her repeated assurance that my bill would be the same as ATT, and hoped for the best. My account notification for the new bill just came out... $259.44 due Jan 11. What was my old ATT bill? $146. I will be stopping the autopay which I had with ATT for years as I will only pay the correct amount due. I will also be calling Charter today to switch my service. Thankfully I have an alternative to this awful Frontier company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2014

    May 29, 2014 I called Frontier and order the high speed Internet and tell them my phone line was pulled up by a tree root so need a new line run to the house. Was told someone would come out on June 4 to install new line. I sat home all day and called around 4 pm to ask how late they would be and was told they wont make it so maybe tomorrow. So I sat home for the next 2 days with the same results and called every day with no luck. After the 3rd day I was given a new install date about a week out so I just decided to see what happens. Again the same thing as before, no human shows up. This time when I called was told another install date so I just gave up and decided they would catch someone if they ever show up at all. About 2 weeks later I got a modem in the mail from them so I called and asked when they were going to hook up my line. I am told it was done June 4 and my Internet was on. I told them the line was never installed so the modem was not going to work and was asked if I had plugged it in. The line was still broken in the yard so again I was given an install date. Same as before no real human ever came to my home so now I just tossed the modem in the box and set it aside.

    Some time in July I get a call on my cell asking why my bill had been returned to them and I asked what bill? I should not get a bill before I am hooked up. I guess it didn't matter because I later got a bill with a late fee! This time I called them and told them I am not going to pay for service I never had and after talking to several people got the bill removed, or so I thought. Then one day a guy showed up at my house and told me we could not get Internet here even though everyone around me had it through them. He was wanting me to go with another wireless internet provider which I do not want and cannot get anyway so they would not have to run a new line. By now I had also ordered a home landline phone so he was going to run the line anyway. July became August and soon another bill came to our mailbox. Again I called asking why and when and wasted another 55 min on the cell phone. I have called and talked to 21 people with Frontier since May and always got the same answer, "You will have a phone by this date" and it never happens. I decided after 6 months of this to file a complaint with the BBB and got a call from someone from Frontier real fast. I was told that they would get a phone before the holidays this time. They told me someone would call me back and we would get a new order in and it sounded like maybe this time things would get done.

    The next person gave me an install date of Dec. 15, 2014 but I thought then it was kind of to good to be true. Then on Dec. I was told we would not be getting a new phone line run to the house unless I pay them between $7000 and $11000 to put in a new phone cable along our road in front of our house that Frontier had removed less than 2 years before we put in our order. They also said that someone had asked us at the time if we were going to want phone service, which we would have said yes we will but were never asked. I even saw the man working at the box in front of our house back then but never knew what he was doing. Now we live in the house we have worked on for 3 years with no phone to call for help in an emergency and no houses within eyesight of ours in any direction. My cell works about 75% of the time but half the time it won’t ring and sometimes I get messages the next day. I need a real landline phone that works when power is out and snow is hip deep between drifts to call the power co. or someone to come get us so we don't freeze to death out here. Frontier owns the rights to this area and no one else will hook us up so we are stuck with them. I hope if anything happens to us that someone will sue Frontier for us. What can you do when you have no other option?

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014

    I am very displeased with Frontier's service. I own a seasonal home and previously had cable and internet service with AT&T. These services are placed on a vacation hold during the winter months. During the previous winter I had a hardwired phone line activated in the home by AT&T which was attached to a device used to monitor the temperature in the house and place a call to me if the temperature dropped below 45 degrees. This phone line was disconnected during the warmer months.

    I recently called Frontier and asked for a phone line to be reconnected. So far this has been a two week process. I had the phone line activation scheduled for 12/08/14 and instead received a call from Linda at Frontier who stated there was some confusion in the way the order had been written. I spoke with her twice and she said she had to process the information and would call back with another scheduled date. After receiving no call by 12/13/14, I again called Frontier and was told a tech needed to go into the home for the phone line to be activated. There were no Saturday appointments available until sometime in January 2015 and the earliest appointment was 12/23/14 during the week. In order to meet with a tech during the week I would need to take a day off from work which is not possible at this time. I decided against the phone line activation at this time. I am very unhappy that a seemingly simple task can not be efficiently be performed by Frontier. This is causing me a hardship since I am now unable to monitor if the furnace has stopped running.

    Unless this issue can be addressed within the next week, I will not be renewing my internet and cable service with your company. There is an private association of approximately 400 homes at the private beach where my summer home is located. I will be at the next meeting and will present to the members how Frontier handles this issue. I would welcome a phone call to discuss this issue further.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2014

    Attention CT Frontier customers. This will be long I'm sure, but there's a lot to it. Ever since the buyout of AT&T, I have been having problems. Let me start by saying I have been an AT&T wireless customer since 1992 (now with 5 cells) as well as having home phone service since 1994. During that time, I also have used Comcast for my cable and up to a month ago Dish for satellite TV. In the 20 plus years of service between all 3 companies, I have had nowhere near as many issues as with what I have had with Frontier within the last 3 weeks! 1st weekend, internet shutdown half the day then it came back up, no biggie, transitioning of the companies; I let it slide. Monday early a.m. internet shut down again, this time until Thursday. During this time I had incredibly long hold times attempting to speak to customer service, getting shuffled around and ultimately not having anyone know when it will be fixed. Got a 5.47 credit after my complaint. They then bumped it to 50.00 after further pursuit of the issue.

    No issues for a week after that with internet. I had during this time been shopping around to see if I can lower my tv bill. I then made what I feel was my worst mistake, to go with Frontier U-Verse TV as well as keeping my other home services from them. I received a great locked in price of 119.99 for 3 years for home internet (6 mbps), home phone (voice 200 program) and U-verse TV (U300) for 5 tvs. I should have saved myself all of my problems and gone with Comcast Infinity which would have been 30.00 more per month. After I call in to schedule the tv install, they gave me a date and tell me to be home between 8 am and 5 pm, a 9-hour window! They were unable to narrow it down even after numerous calls and attempts to speak to supervisors and dispatch. They, by the way, will NEVER call you back. So when they ask for your contact number should there be a disconnection and they need to call back, it’s not true. They will not call you.

    Anyway, when the morning of the install arrives, I call in at 7:30 to see if they can narrow the time down. I mean who has 9- hours to sit around and wait. They could be by at 9 am, it could be 4:45 pm. So what I hear next was unreal. They tell me that the order has been closed out, the job was completed! Really, when did they get here? I didn't see them! So I spent literally the whole day attempting to find out how this happened and to get service and not wait an additional 2 weeks like they said I would need to wait. No one could give me any answer nor could they get out any sooner than another 2 weeks. I spent hours on hold and being shuffled around, still no help. I finally found a company that sells corporate emails. I paid for the service and found 2 VPs in customer service from their Stamford corporate office to contact. By the end of the day, I had a manager in customer service from SC contacting me to schedule someone to come by the next morning. I accepted and my trouble with Frontier continued.

    Setup of U-verse went well, former AT&T techs know their stuff and were in and out in less than 4 hours even though many new wires needed to be run. All went well for 3-4 days, then I started to experience and see problems. Here are the issues I have been experiencing... For the last 3 weeks the tv and internet service has been shutting down on its own 1-2 times per day for up to 10 minutes. I do not reset the internet modem or dvr and it always comes back up, some type of failure on their part. Even though the installers, as well as customer service say my dvr is able to handle up to 7 tvs, I get error messages when more than 3 are on at a time preventing me from changing channels without interrupting another tv. After working for 2 weeks, the dvrs are no longer letting me record live tv. Also after working for 2 weeks, the forward, rewind and pause controls for live tv no longer work either on any tv. DVR related, I also cannot record future tv shows. A minor issue but watching live tv from 1 room to another, the shows do not sync. They are always a couple seconds off, a pain when going through the house wearing wireless headphones set up to a particular tv. Never had this issue with DISH.

    THE BIGGEST ISSUE THOUGH IS BILLING!! Multiple bills with different account numbers charging me for the same services during the same date range. Not only that, but taxes. I paid a total of around 21.00 for home phone and the added federal and state tax with AT&T as well as federal and state tax for DISH tv. No charge for tax on internet. On my bill now along with the tax, I was billed for federal and state on both home phone and TV. I was charged for additional "Frontier taxes" that no one in customer service can tell me are for. They total an additional 11.00!

    Now as I write this, I have been getting the run around for the last 2 hours by Frontier customer service because of yet another issue! Let me start by saying my email logged out a week or so ago while my wife was using it and it wouldn't let her in. After a number of attempts, she then capitalized a letter that never was a cap before and she was able to get in. Contacting Frontier, they said the email account may have been hacked and to change the password which we then did.

    Now 1-1/2 weeks later as I was using it, tonight I was automatically logged out and I now cannot get in using our password. Speaking so far this evening with 3 technical support folks at Frontier, they all are saying different things and no one knows what the heck to do. One says to call a certain number to have them reset my password, I call and it automatically transfers me over to Frontier internet tech support whom I just spoke to! The 2nd guy there says it’s an AT&T issue because they supposedly still run the site, and to call them. You can go to the AT&T site which I did to internet services and then the contact info and what shows up? Frontier internet tech support phone number! Who the hell actually knows what’s going on?? During all of my issues over the last few weeks, I have not gotten anywhere and have had nothing but trouble. The only saving grace I have is the personal number of my corporate contact who is aware of all of my issues and is apologetic but has not yet been able to do much for me besides crediting my account.

    I swear, by the time all of this is done, I will have all home service at no charge for a year! But seriously, this is not worth the headaches. I can be relaxing now. I am so stressed over all this crap and now I need to wait to see how I'm going to get into my email account and when she will decide to call back tonight. THIS COMPANY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW IS NOT WORTH SWITCHING FROM YOUR CURRENT PROVIDER, NO MATTER WHAT GREAT DEAL YOU GET! Let them work out all of their system bugs and failures and you hear good reviews then switch. I am announcing this, I will give them until Tuesday the latest. I don't even know why I'm giving them that long but if my problems are not corrected by then, I will be contacting Comcast for what’s called their "89 Alchemy" package.. blast internet 40-70 mbps, xfinity tv, and xfinity voice home phone. I'll pay a bit more but 1 bill and peace of mind that there will be no issues. Beware of Frontier.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2014

    Ever since Frontier took over AT&T my internet service has been very slow or I have no service at all. I finally had enough and tried to call them on Sat to find out what's wrong. The wait time was 30 minutes so I hung up and called Comcast and switched my service. Since then I have been trying to call Frontier to cancel my service. They always have "higher than normal call volumes" and I am calling at 8 pm. Monday. It said the wait time was 5 minutes - well 25 minutes later I just hung up. Today I called at 8 pm (after being told wait time was 9 minutes) - I have been on the phone for 51 minutes. At one point I got someone on the phone told them I wanted to cancel and they looped me back into the call system and again waiting. Finally after 55 minutes I got someone on the phone and I am done! No more Frontier.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014

    Service was poor. In the transition from ATT Uverse to Frontier (they bought Uverse in CT), we lost channels. Customer service is horrendous. Average wait time for me was often 45-90 minutes. Certain reps were incredibly rude and incompetent. On the plus side, the supervisors have been professional.

    I switched to another provider because: 1) lost channels relative to ATT Uverse but they intended to charge the same amount, 2) customer service proved to be an absolute nightmare in terms of long wait times, lack of professionalism, and lack of knowledge particularly pertaining to the CT systems they just acquired from ATT.

    The switch has been a nightmare. They first quoted me a $180 early termination fee, then $60. Then when my final bill arrived, they charged me a $320 early termination fee. After 90 minutes on the phone, I demanded they review call records. They found the $180 offer, but not the $60 one - yet. I'm still fighting. They also are charging me for an extra week of service. My new provider issued the disconnect order on my behalf on Nov 8. I confirmed with them live on Nov 10 they received it. But they didn't port my home phone number over until Nov 14, and are charging me TV, internet, and phone fees over that time span. Mind boggling. I've argued this point 3 times with them live (each call lasting over an hour). Still no success. I've never encountered a more inept provider or team of customer service reps. It's shocking to me. I never write reviews- I'm too busy. But this one I felt compelled to write. I don't want anyone to go through the disaster I've been walking through with Frontier for the past 5 weeks. Beware.

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    Frontier Communications Company Information

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