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Formerly named AT&T U-verse
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AT&T Internet offers multiple plans, including a 1 Gbps plan suited for those who have multiple devices or use HD streaming services. Prices range from $45 to $80 for the first year of service, but prices increase after the 12-month introductory period. The company's gateway acts as a modem and provides Wi-Fi coverage, although those with large homes may need optional Wi-Fi extenders for whole-house coverage. If you’re interested in AT&T’s television services, read our review of AT&T TV.
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Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
AT&T internet service completely sucks. My "NEW" tablet and laptop slows down to the point of not even working at all. Crying shame that they have to slow your service down to the point of no service. Oh, for the first couple of months worked great. I'm tired of this to the point of termination. Sick of this nonsense. Now we have competition out there to humiliate you AT&T. Makes me sick to see these greedy companies take advantage of the consumer. I hope in the future you go broke and have to be treated like you are treating us.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
After paying AT&T U-verse $240 a month for several years for 150 channels, of which I only really watched 4 of them, I decided to drop my service to a $40 a month basic plan. AT&T charged me $40 dollars for one month, then went back to charging me $240 a month for the basic $40 Channels. That was 4 months ago. Now AT&T has ripped me off $700!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
Waste of time. Where do I start? The whole thing went wrong as soon as we placed the order. Never seen anyone drop the ball so many times. When the order was originally placed, it was wrong. Wrong date, wrong time and wrong services. Was on the phone for 2 hours to fix the issue. Became extremely frustrated that we decided to cancel. Next day a supervisor called and said they fixed the issue with right time, date and service. Called on the date of the service and no one can even see an order for the house. Spent another 2 hours to try to get the order expedited and all we got was "I'm sorry but the order is too new to expedite." Cancelled yet again. So frustrated. I'm writing a book how AT&T was horrible.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
I called Wednesday Feb 1, 2017 to look into pricing for wifi. I was told $40/month $99 installation that would be broken up into first three months. No biggie. Scheduled tech to come out TODAY February 3, 2017 from 12 pm-2 pm. NEVER SHOWED UP! I called and told customer service everything and they said my order was canceled. Not by me. Apparently it's because there was a woman who lived in the apartment before me with an account that wasn't closed yet. I get it. BUT WHERE WAS MY CALL!?
I left work early, returned my modem to Time Warner and Sat waiting for AT&T. After 2, I repeat TWO HOURS of being on the phone with AT&T the solution is schedule a tech to come out February 13, 2017! WTF!? First time ever dealing with AT&T and this is a HORRIBLE FIRST IMPRESSION. NEVER will I EVER deal with AT&T again. Customer service was not helpful and problem-solving. Not happy whatsoever. So here I am REINSTALLING Time Warner to my apartment.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
AT&T used to be a reputable company. Now after making several phone calls and finally after spending an hour getting someone on the phone who speaks terrible broken english and admits they are not located in the United States they will not honor discounts promised in store. You can't call the store because they route calls overseas. If you go back to store, get ready for confrontation and more lies. I should have stayed with Verizon. Sadly disappointed. Don't switch to AT&T.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
Moved from state. Phone them, disconnect service nicely. They told us we CAN owe something. Ok. Made mail forwarding from old address. They always had our e-mail boxes. 6 months later collector hit our credit. For $90. They never send us anything. Very "professional".
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
My wife went to an AT&T store to inquire about our extremely slow home wi-fi. They talked her into changing our account to a business account and said that comes with much faster internet. She agreed to it. So that day they cut our landline off and said we would have to get a new modem. But they can't install one for 2 weeks. Ok fine whatever. So yesterday they install the new modem and the tech asked us why we did this. We told him and he tells us, "No, you already have the fastest in your area."
So not only are we paying double what it used to be for the same service we find, we lost our landline number that we've had for 25 years. "You can call and cancel", he tells us. I try. Person after person tells me I have the wrong department. This goes on for over an hour. Finally I get a lady that says she'll take care of it. As we're talking she cuts off my internet, says I have to return that modem myself with no replacement offered, and I have lost my landline number. Holy cow is this criminal. They sold me something that doesn't exist then stole my phone number. How can this happen? They don't deserve 1 star. And they offered nothing for all their mistakes, cheats, and incompetence. Are they all this bad?
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017
I cannot believe how careless and inconsiderate your representatives are. I am a rep myself for a different service and I would not be surprised if ANYONE has ever been helped by your "support". Your representatives have no clue what they can and cannot do and the service is the utmost poor service I think I have ever received in my life. You need to rethink your staff. I spent over an hour on the phone with a customer and 6 of your different staff members whose first suggestion was to keep transferring us to the SAME department over and over again. I even asked for a rep to explain our concerns before transferring us and what did she do? Blind transferred our call. Poor, terrible, unreliable service.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017
I was a 20+ year AT&T customer. We wanted unlimited data and a new phone so we let them "sell" us on DirecTV bundle. Huge mistake. Store (Redmond WA corporate headquarters store) managers only goal is to make a sale. The process reminded me of a Mexican Timeshare sales pitch. They go back in "the back" leaving you sitting out in the store for 15-20 minutes. After a month of trying to get DirecTV set up in our home a senior tech told us that it wouldn't work in our house because there wasn't a central box where all the cables connect (most houses built before 2000 don't have this). Salespeople don't mention this because they are only interested in getting you signed up.
After spending days (literally) on the phone with customer service and in the store with managers (who were no help) I gave up and returned the new phones we got with the deal. I just received a bill for $1700 charging me for phones (never used) I returned. Back to the store to ask Pete and Andrew the 20 something managers to credit my bill (they gave me a receipt when I returned them). Pete's response was that I'd have to wait for the Escalation Dept to look into my case. He couldn't help me even though I returned the phones to him. My advice is go to Sprint!!! The experience has been so easy and the staff is really helpful.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017
Last year I contacted AT&T to find out if I could reduce my U-verse bill and was told there were reduced services I was eligible for. I told the Customer Service rep at least 5 times I did not want to be under a contract! Once I signed up and accepted the offer, of course there was an annual contract when I received the email update. No use talking to AT&T because no matter how much I call and complain, I still need to pay a termination fee to get out of this contract. So I settled for less services for a reduced rate, but I am still under contract.
One good thing is the contract will not be extended, I think! As soon as the contract is over, I am leaving AT&T for good! I do not like to be lied to! Their customer service while may be friendly are deceiving and cannot be trusted. I attempt every couple of months to get to someone that may be able to do something about this, but no luck. It is a shame that this company allows this type of behavior at its customers' expense! AT&T has lost the trust of a 15+ year customer and I don't really think they care!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017
I honestly don't know where to begin. I had AT&T some years back and I remembered why I left them upon deciding to try them again. I had called and worked out a package with the agent. He had done the credit check (which was perfectly fine), prepared the order, and the installation date for two days later. I call back some hours later because I had a few additional questions. No one could find my information and I was transferred multiple times (hung up on several occasions). I finally speak to a supervisor and they said my order was never processed after digging deeper. He then tried to set me up again and for an installation, but for several weeks later. I then told him to not to process the order. Jump to a week later. I get a call from a tech saying he was en route to set up my order. Ridiculous setup.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2017
My internet service with my devices was working fine with another provider and we thought we could save a few dollars if we switched and Bundle AT&T with DirecTV. My home network includes a 3 terabyte WDCloud device. After AT&T installed the new network my WDCloud would not connect to the internet. WDCloud tech support indicated ports 80 and 443 were closed and I needed to contact AT&T. AT&T help desk ticket ** concluded their router doesn't support this type of device. At that point I said in wanted to cancel AT&T and was informed I would have to pay $180 installation charge. I was unaware that I would be charged $180 and still can't find where that is stated anywhere in the contract.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2017
If I could rate my service with AT&T no stars I would. I do NOT recommend their internet services whatsoever!! When I first called them, the deal was 35 a month for internet. That's it, so I agreed. It took them 3 weeks to figure out how to turn on our internet. When we were finally connected everything was great. Then I get my first bill...80 bucks. Okay it's prorated so we paid the 80 bucks. We get a letter in the mail a week later saying our internet will be shut off because we haven't paid our bill. I call them, to find out they have created TWO accounts in my name, and charging me double. They said "We'll transfer this over to your account that has activity on it." After about a 3 hour phone call all seems to be okay.
Three days later, our internet gets shut off. My fiance calls AT&T and they tell him it has not been shut off, it was our router, had him do all sorts of unplugging and turning things off to get it to work again...We get our bill and it's noted under the service DISCONNECTED ON SEPTEMBER 13th. It took them TWO months and multiple hour phone calls daily to figure out how to transfer that 80 dollars over to our "real account" which my last name is COMPLETELY different than my real last name, that I have asked them to fix for 6 months. We finally get all that resolved and my bill for December comes in at 169$. Now to remind you, I have INTERNET that's it. NO cable, NO phones, nothing besides internet with OUR OWN ROUTER.
I call them yet again to discuss my outrageous bill. They said "Oh well you went over your data, so now we're going to charge you 10 bucks every GB you go over." Not one time has anyone over the last 500 phone calls I've made ever said anything about being charged. We weren't "charged" in August, September, or October, or November and all of a sudden we're being charged? So they credited my bill 60 dollars. We made a payment arrangement 50 bucks a week from the date of the phone call, and another payment of 50 the following week. I kept up my end and paid the first 50 two days before it was due. Then our internet gets shut off! I call them again, and they have "NO NOTES CONTAINING MY CALL" but still have the 60 dollar credit on my bill? Okay.
SO now we're 2 weeks away and we get our bill for January...202 dollars...so now I'm at a 274$ just for internet. I don't have almost 300 bucks to pay for internet. BUT THEN the 3rd week of our internet being shut off (Got shut off January 5th)...I get a letter in the mail saying we overreached our data limit for the month (Dated January 25th). HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!? THEY SHUT IT OFF FOR 3 WEEKS! AT&T is a rip off. They don't care about you, your family. They false advertise and then charge you at the ass for nothing!!! I called and canceled my service today, and WILL NOT be paying that 274 dollar bill.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2017
My 80 yr old mother has not had working AT&T service since before Xmas. She had one tech come out to service her home, & he installed everything she'd thought she needed; then he left. The following day, another tech came out & screwed her royally. He took her TV service, & changed her 50+ yr old phone #. 1/27/17 tech out, problems all day. Nothing completed. Said he'd be out tomorrow. 1/28/17- 7:19 pm AT&T tech says "today is due date for order (landline phone) - today's activation date but it can't be activated?" Tech support can't help him w/ it ? "Wait until it was clear". It did & has not! These are further steps they claimed they took.
Porting dept... 1.877.377.0016. Not the 1 that we do everything. Delay for automated system. "Successfully activated 9:23 pm 1/28/17". Called phone. Ringing when Edward called. However, I called. No voice mail. Removing voice mail. My calling/not working 4 times. Edward calls activation # again & no haps. Wants to change due date for process to be completed (forced activation). Will move date until the 30th & he says "somehow" it works. Says this is the only option. Says soonest time for activation is February 1. I tell him that is unacceptable. My mom's sister has Alzheimer's & needs daily help & this is the ONLY # she knows. "Wait until tonight at 12 am or tomorrow" he says.
Pending orders week after due date - representative will check account. I'VE BEEN ON MY PHONE ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH VARIOUS TRANSFERS FOR 2 HOURS + THUS FAR. "# has been amended over & over". Now attempting to get through to the dept that can help. Still checking on it/issue 4 activation 24/48 hrs - other departments are contacting other departments. HE CANNOT DO AN OUTBOUND CALL SO... I'm transferred to Era - or maybe Edward will call bk 1.800.288.2020 is promising to call me back - which he did in < 5 mins. Dept is now closed - order has been modified & open on Monday - supervisor will call me Monday 2 pm-9 pm (8:30 preferred) when his shift resumes. I will update this page IF & WHEN that happens. My long term advice, AT&T is thus far very problematic & disturbingly inept with "customer no service". ISSUES STILL VERY UNRESOLVED 10:12 pm 1/28/17.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017
I signed up for a promotional package that would keep my costs right at $118.00 a month. It also included three free months of movie channels. I cancelled the movie channels in plenty of time, however, was still charged. When I did not pay the bill in full, having subtracted the additional movie package charge that I did not want and I'll reiterate "cancelled well before the three month deadline", our service was discontinued. Once this happens the ridiculous reconnect of $49 is applied and a $9 late fee. So then the bill became an unaffordable $168. Eventually they took off the movie package charge but not before I fell into the cycle of disconnects and late fees. As a teacher in NC, an extra $50 makes a difference. This company could care less.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017
AT&T U-verse is terrible. I came to learn that I was basically being jipped, paying way more than I should for such a pathetically low internet speed compared to other providers, so I decided to cancel. When I did, they informed me that I would have to pay a fee for ending my contract early. What contract? If I was ever actually informed of a contract, I never would have had service with that company because I stand firmly against signing contracts. After much debate, the Rep agreed with me and told me not to pay my current bill, that it would be prorated since I wasn't finishing out the month. I reiterated this, making sure I clearly understood what she was telling me.
The bill finally came, and what do you know, I'm being charged for the whole month PLUS the early termination fee. I called to try and resolve it, telling them to pull the recording of the conversation I had had with the Rep. They of course wouldn't do so. They just told me I had to pay it and when I refused, sent me to collections. If you want to do business with a crooked and dishonest company, this is the one!
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017
AT&T contacted me and offered us an upgraded on our U-verse internet. After careful consideration we decided to take them up on their offer. A date and time was set up for the Techs to come and perform the upgrade. The Tech showed up on agreed day and started his process, and during the set up a wiring problem occurred, and he told us that he would return the following day with a wiring Tech to finish the job and agreed upon the same time frame as before.
Hours after the agreed time and after several unanswered phone calls, the wiring Tech came and started his work. After a short time the Tech was able to finish his job, and he called the previous Tech that was supposed to assist him and was informed that it was his day off and it would not be able to come and register the job. So after 3 days without internet, and several unanswered phone calls the first Tech finally called and said he was on his way to finish. We are very frustrated with this experience and hope this review will help the process of scheduling upgrades.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2017
They rescheduled my appointment today without notifying me. It took me over 10 different calls over a two-hour period, not exaggerating, to even find out why no one showed up. I spoke to a large range of clueless, lazy and rude reps, had to dodge an annoying promo ad each time, and listen to all the other call specialists in the background each time I spoke to someone. It is almost impossible to hear anyone. It is clear that they have a lack of commitment to customer service from the top of corporate. This is without a doubt one of the most incompetent customer service departments I have ever seen. I am already dreading dealing with them in the future. BTW, this was their new accounts department. Can you imagine how badly the current customers are treated?
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2017
I hate to be cliché, but I would leave 0 stars if I could. As someone who used to be a customer service rep and who used to be at the blunt end of misguided customer anger, I'm an extremely patient person with customer service reps and service employees in general, but I almost threw my phone every single time I had to call AT&T. I grew up with internet, so it's safe to assume that I would refuse to go without it once I was out on my own. I just bought my first home recently (21 years old, go me), and I had set up for internet installation before I even closed on my house so I would have internet service ASAP. I had HEARD horror stories about Charter and I knew my father went through AT&T, so I decided to go through AT&T since those two were the only service providers in my area. Biggest mistake I have ever made.
Day one, January 18th, 2017 was when we had our installation. I had ordered online 60 mgb/s and elected to have my $99 installation fee broken up into three payments of $33 over my first three bills just to make it a little easier on my wallet. There were a few things that I needed to fix immediately in my house, so I couldn't dish out $99 especially when I had the option to not do that.
January 21st, 2017, turns out 60mgb/s isn't even provided in my area. I was not told this until I argued and got to the point of yelling at the guy on the other end of the phone. Not only did they just bump me down to 45mgb/s without telling me, but they didn't even give me 45mgb/s in the first place. They gave me 6mgb/s. SIX per SECOND. It took an hour of arguing to convince the guy that we had indeed had our router installed and had had service for 2 days before he started looking into the issue. (Not to mention we had to argue with him to convince him that KB's were smaller than MGB's, but that's another story lmao) I didn't find out about being bumped from 60 to 45 until I called asking why in the hell I couldn't stream a movie at 320 kb/s. So dude does a hard reset basically, and gets us our service.
Next day, January 22nd, 2017, it has dropped back down again. We have a technician sent out and he said that the hard restart had screwed with the router. He fixed it for the most part, but we still can't stream a movie at 420kb/s over the wifi without it buffering and with no one else using the internet which is ridiculous. January 23rd, 2017, I call to ask when my first bill is due and to make sure I am not getting charged for 60mgb/s when that is not what I'm getting. I'm told I'm being charged for the 45 and my first bill will be due on February 27th. Yesterday, January 25, 2017, I received an email about my first bill. In my email, not only was the due date set for February 11th, but it was a total of $170. They were charging me the full $99 installation fee which I could not cover due to paying for supplies to make repairs on my home.
I had another 1 hour argument to get it mostly resolved (Keyword: Mostly), but now here I am a week and a half after getting my service installed in the first place, writing this review. I have just cancelled my AT&T Uverse service and have scheduled for Charter to come out on Monday. Not only did I receive an actual person (In the US no less) within just a few seconds, but they were extremely helpful and even got me all sorts of "New Homeowner" discounts. I'm going to be getting 60mgb/s from them for significantly less as well. Perfect for a house full of gamers. Please do yourself a favor and do not get this service. You are probably better off getting an unlimited data plan and using a Cellular hot spot (NOT THROUGH AT&T) than you would be going through their internet service.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2017
I can only describe the events over the last month as the most bizarre and surreal customer service experience I have ever encountered. I do have to say that in trying to resolve the problem, I encountered many, competent, pleasant and knowledgeable support personnel. The problem is that they were struggling valiantly, and unsuccessfully against a completely broken system to correct the problem that AT&T created in the first place.
We have had U-verse in our home since it first became available in Dallas. When we bought a lake house in Mt. Vernon this summer, we ordered DirecTV because U-verse was not available in the area. When the system was installed, it included TV stations from Tyler, TX instead of Dallas. Since we live in Dallas, we had no interest in the Tyler stations and called DirecTV to ask for the Dallas stations instead. The representative said that the local stations were assigned by zip code. That seemed strange because our lake house is actually closer to Dallas than Tyler, so I don't understand why Tyler was the default selection, but that is a minor point. The rep suggested the easy way to fix the problem was to simply change the address associated with my DirecTV account to my Dallas billing address. He updated my address and within about five minutes I had the local Dallas stations available on my DVR. I was a happy camper.
About a month ago however, I received a letter from AT&T saying it had noticed I had both DirecTV and U-Verse, and unless I called to say I wanted to keep both services, AT&T would discontinue my U-Verse TV service. The first thing that struck me as strange was why would AT&T want to do that? If I ordered both services and was paying for them, why should AT&T care why I wanted both? What do they gain by killing off sales? The second thing that struck me as strange, was the fact that I had to take action to keep AT&T from discontinuing my service. Wouldn't a better and more customer friendly way be to re-phrase the letter to say that if I wanted to discontinue one of the services, please contact us?
So, I called twice; once to DirecTV and once to U-Verse. I spent over an hour on the phone each time, and no one I talked to could come up with any explanation for why I received the letter or knew what to do about it. No one could understand why the letter would have been generated in the first place, and there was no record of it on my accounts. I was re-assured that my service was fine and would not be interrupted.
On the afternoon of 1/23, our U-verse service vanished. I called technical support and found out that an order had been generated somewhere in the system to disconnect the service despite the assurances I received that this would not happen. The technical support person had no ability to turn my service back on and had to connect me to a customer satisfaction representative. I was on hold for almost an hour. Now just stop and think about for this a second. If my situation is so screwed up that I need a "customer satisfaction" representative, is making me wait an hour to talk to one going to improve the situation?
Anyway, the person that I was connected to spent about half an hour analyzing the situation and was initiating the steps needed to restore my service. In doing so, he started to update the address for my DirecTV service. I said "Please don't do that. If you do, I will lose my local Dallas stations out at the lake house." He said specifically, that he would not change the active address when I pressed him on the issue.
He submitted a work order which was supposed to start the process flowing to get my service re-established and told me that my service would be restored in an hour or two. About an hour later I get a call from another AT&T rep who wanted to talk to me about scheduling an installation order. I explained that no installation was needed since I had all of my equipment, the problem was simply that my service had been mistakenly turned off and needed to be turned back on. She cancelled the equipment installation, saying that would allow the activation order to continue through the system, and repeated the assurances that my service should be back on in an hour or two. That was about 8:00 pm.
When I woke up the next morning, the service was still not on. I called AT&T again. After another hour on the phone with another support person, I learned that the person I talked to the previous night had made a mistake updating the work order and cancelled the re-activation of my service when she cancelled the equipment installation. That person allegedly corrected the error, and said again, that my service should be back on in an hour or two. That was at 9:00 am.
At 1:30 I received a call from an installer, who told me that my DVR and receivers would need to be replaced. According to him, once the boxes were removed from an account, there was no way to re-activate them. This meant I lost all of the recordings, the favorites and the recording schedules on the DVR. Why he was the first person to tell me this? To add insult to injury, the installer was not responsible for the return of the old (perfectly working) boxes, and I had to take them to UPS.
So let me recap how I was treated by AT&T: My service was unilaterally terminated over my objection, when it was fully paid for and there was absolutely no valid reason to do so. I wasted more than 8 hours of my time calling the 800 number, first in trying to prevent AT&T from turning off my service, and then in trying to get it turned back on. This time was wasted because this scheme to de-activate seemingly duplicate services was apparently not communicated to AT&T's support organization and no one knew anything about it.
I was without TV service for the better part of two days while the problem was resolved. I had to spend another hour or more setting up my favorites and recording schedules after the new boxes were installed. I was required to take the boxes that didn't need to be replaced, to UPS so I would not be billed for them after they had been replaced with new boxes, wasting more of my time. If AT&T was trying to destroy its business and chase customers away, I can't think of anything they could have done to me that they didn't do in the last month. Good job AT&T, you succeeded; I can't wait for Google Fiber to come to Dallas.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
We have had AT&T U-verse for several years now, and our service has always been plagued with problems. Speeds are always slow, the modem frequently reboots even after being replaced multiple times. They will keep jacking up the price on you for terrible service and never fix the problems properly. The basic plan with HD channels and Internet costs 180 dollars a month.
Today we had a technician come out to replace our router for the 3rd time because the wifi stopped working. The tech also decided to replace our DVR receiver. The new receiver we had installed proved itself to be defective only 15 minutes after the tech had left, turning off and refusing to turn back on. I examined the power cable plugged into the rear of the unit and it was melting! I quickly pulled the plug and unplugged the surge protector, the plug was smoking and almost caught fire. I was about to leave for work as well, if I hadn't investigated it my house would have burned down!
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
I ordered service on the 6th they said it would be installed on the 19th. No Show and no communication. I called that evening a couple hours before the end of the day. They were closed and I was talking with some country that didn't have my account number or information. I had to call back the next day where they said I needed to wait for another installation until the 24th. No show and no communication again.
I called to check in on it 3 hours before the end of the day and they still had trouble finding my account and it took a bunch of screaming to get them to give me a direct number. Number isn't direct. I still have to go through robot prompt still pressing 1 then 2 then talking to a robot. Finally go through. They said I could get it emergency installed on the 25th. No Show and no communication again. They now are telling me to wait until the 30th. This is the only DSL service I can get in my area. The only other choice is dial up and I already don't like them.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
I ordered cable and internet from ATT.com - U-verse 9/24/2016. As an enticement I was to receive a $400.00 Visa card after 90 days. I went on their website on 1/25/17 to see when I would receive it. It indicated nothing due. I did a live chat, was informed, "Sorry we mailed out a letter for you to respond and the expiration date has come and gone. Nothing we can do about that." I feel hustled and scammed. Why not just send me the card?
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
It has taken 3 calls to cancel my service with AT&T Uverse. Each call is 45+ minutes and I am always assured that it has all be taken care of until the next bill comes in. I'm now 2 months out from changing my provider to Comcast and I'm still getting bills to pay for AT&T services although they tell me I have an outstanding balance of $200. The woman in the billing department realizes their mistake and removes the charges (or so she says).
Then when I try to access my email later that evening, my email service has been suspended. The billing department person says they know nothing about email support and sends me to tech support. Tech support blames it on billing because my email account is suspended because I have a balance on my account which the billing department may have removed but the tech department cannot see that note. Then I'm told only the sales department can fix the problem but they are out of the office until tomorrow and I can no longer access ANY of my emails - 2 of which MUST be accessed immediately. I don't EVER recommend doing service with AT&T. NO service is better than AT&T's service.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017
Let me start by saying, AT&T you should be ashamed! I've had my uverse account with your company for 3 years now. First 2 years with AT&T and last year with DirecTV. Simply stated... it's been a billing NIGHTMARE! Not one time in 3 years has my bill been correct. Not once. I have to call every month and complain, spend my personal time on hold forever and fight and argue to get the bill straightened out. I was quoted $148.00 without taxes and around $152.00 a month with taxes. This month's bill is $232.87. Amazing!
So, here I sit again. On hold. Waiting for someone to help me. 53 minutes of my time down the drain. Saddest part, is when I see the bill from them... I literally get depressed cause I know what lies in store for me. Then to add insult to injury, when my account went from AT&T to DirecTV, I did not sign a contract, but every time I mentioned cancelling my service, I would be threatened by your company. So AT&T... guess what I'm doing tomorrow. I'm finding myself a new cable company. And rest assured... I will NEVER use your services again. Bottom line... BUYERS BEWARE. AT&T STINKS!!!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017
First off, if I could give AT&T a negative 5 stars, that would suit my experience a much better. I cancelled my services with AT&T on the 17th of January. I left them because they are too expensive for the services that they offer. I didn't want services with them but I didn't have a choice because the area that I moved to only offered AT&T. They charged me $73.00 a month just for I internet alone. I had auto pay. Which was the worse mistake ever. I specifically asked the agent numerous times if she could be sure that they would not take any money out of my account after the cancellation. With an attitude, she replied, "Once you cancel your account with us, your information will be deleted as well." She also stated that I was receiving a credit. I called the next day and spoke with another agent ensuring that they would not take any money out of my account. She told me the same thing.
The auto payments come out on the 21st of each month, no sooner or no later. When the 21st passed, that was confirmation that's this terrible love affair with AT&T was over. WRONG!!! This afternoon, AT&T went into my account and took out another payment. I called and spoke with numerous supervisors. They were not willing to give me back my money. I asked them, "How can you go into my account and take money from me when I don't even have your services anymore?" She kept stating that I had with auto payments.
Long story short, they did not put the money back into my account and told me that the only way I could receive my money, was to send a fax with my name and bank account number. I have never experienced such bad customer service. I know that my issue may be small but I will take this to a higher power. I will file a lawsuit. I have to start somewhere, to ensure that they are dealt with in the most appropriate way. Worst company ever. I don't understand why they are in business with all of the complaints that they are constantly receiving.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2017
I am user for more than 2 years, 1 year it was fine but next year they started adding random restoring charges and never adjusted the previous amount. If you call them they will remove it else for old bills they will say it's fine. It's terrible experience that you have to check every month's bill.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017
Long story but what it comes down to is AT&T / U-verse did not honor their promotional obligation. And from reading the other reviews they failed to honor others as well. They are not to be trusted and you should keep an close eye on what they are charging you. NEVER pay through your personal bank account. If there is a mistake, and there will be an overcharge, you will not get that money back for some time especially when cancelling that account. There overseas phone center is not helpful and it takes them too long to figure out what and where a specific charge originated from. Further, when asked what is owed, you will never get the same price twice. I regret ever signing up for their service. Lesson learned.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017
We received several mailings saying we would receive $200 visa rebate, locked in pricing on Directv for two years and unlimited data on At&t wireless at no additional charge. It took four calls and chats to get the rebate and five calls and chats to get our wireless bill back to the rate it was at prior to switching in November. Have been told there's nothing to be done other than we can go to 10gb data for more money monthly than we were paying for 15gb of data and we can't get that because they no longer have that plan. We hate Directv compared to Dish and now getting screwed on our mobile plan.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017
I have been completely out of service (tv, phone, internet since 1/17/2017. I have contacted AT&T over 20 times in the past three days to find out the status of my service. On most occasions you are connected to a foreign country with no help. They transfer you from one department to another forcing you to explain the situation over and over, provide them with the same information you gave to the previous department and nothing gets resolved. On many occasions during the transfers from one department to another, you might be on hold for more than 30 minutes. The only consistent issue with the calls is that they tell you "I am very sorry that this is happening" but give you no information on status of the repair, which is what I am looking for. They promised me that a technician would be at my house between 4-8 pm on the 18th of January and that an adult needed to be home. I missed a day of work in order to be home.
When I called at 7:30 to make sure someone was coming, they informed that they were not. I explained to them that I had stayed home from work to wait for them, I received the same answer, "I am so sorry". I need my home computer for doing work related issues but AT&T is not concerned with that. This evening I was told by someone from their overseas office that customers with this issue was probably below 5. That probably indicates to me, although I was not told this, that it is not a high priority issue for them. The most I have gotten is that they have an open repair ticket in their system but it has no indication when it is scheduled to be completed. Since the issue is affecting on a small number of customers and they have thousands of them, having an upset customer means nothing to them.
Logic tells me that the ticket has not been assigned to anyone for repairs since it would be very simple to discuss the issue with the repair man to get an estimated time for completion and inform the customer. They have no regards for the consumer. I am just an extremely frustrated customer and I am at their mercy. The public service commission should not tolerate this behavior.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017
Rip off. They are horrible. Your bill is late they charge and if you get cut off for being late they charge $49.99. Stay away from them. I can understand a charge of $29.99 or 19.99 but $49.99. They're crazy.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017
I have had DirecTV for over a year. Love my services. We decided to bundle our internet with them. I made an appointment and waited, no one showed up so I called and the first person I talked to couldn't speak English well at all. They said I already had AT&T at my house so they cancelled my appointment which they never called to tell me. I called back and spoke to someone who could speak English better and she said the person who cancelled the appointment was at fault. So she rescheduled me after I said I'd like a supervisor to call me back. Never got a call back.
I filled out 2 surveys by now and asked for a supervisor to call me back never got one call. I have had 3 techs out to my house since we were installed and I still have the same problem. When I stream movies it says buffering and won't play. They upgraded me for free to the highest speed internet they offer and I still get this issue. Right now, my internet goes in and out all the time. I'm getting a security system installed and I have to have internet. This is not going to work but I can't get a call from a supervisor. They have the worst customer service. All I've asked for is a supervisor to call me back. I need this resolved but I can't get ahold of a supervisor. I don't recommend AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017
I signed up for AT&T mobile and was enticed to sign up for DirecTV to get unlimited data and a $200 gift card. They messed up and somehow put my son in law's name on the DirecTV account instead of me. My son in law is on my phone account but he wasn't even in the state when I signed up for these contracts. The DirecTV service is for my house but billed to my son in law in a different state. I don't even know how the contract can be legit if they put on a person's name without their knowledge or consent. I call customer service and there is "nothing they can do about it." I hear that a lot from them. So now because of AT&T's mistake I didn't get the $200 gift card. Top it off with a mysterious final bill for $132.48, that customer service doesn't know what it is for and cannot pull up but they sent it to collections anyway! I contacted BBB and waiting for reply. BEWARE!!!
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017
Ordered new services on 10/31 (that should have been my sign to run). Didn't receive my wireless phones until January, by the way even before I received my phones I was already being billed for three phones - and a business tables. I've paid almost $700 in two and a half month!!! Their chatting option - boy these guys should win an Oscar, "yes ma'am, absolutely ma'am, of course we understand". Even to the point of calling me and stating what they would reimburse me (funny, should have known better). If they call you, then no notes are taken - so when you call checking on your credit, guess what? "Ma'am we show no records of us crediting your account." PLEASE USE ANOTHER SERVICE PROVIDER PLEASE.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
Initially deal was $32 per month which changed to $85 per month for 1 month internet charges. And they bind me into contract so that I was not able to leave the service. After contract over I called them 5 times to disconnect my service. And they did it 5th time. Every time they told it has been disconnected and this is your order number but I didn't receive any confirmation. Please don't ever trust on AT&T. It will be nightmare for you.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
My Internet WiFi UVERSE has been an issue since I got it 4 years ago. Every modem lasts about 8 months. Today it WiFi went down again. I called spoke with May ** and she couldn't fix it. 45 min later she says a guy will be out tomorrow between 4 and 8pm? I pay 105.00 a month for Internet. I'm not happy with that so ask for supervisor. After holding another 20 minutes she says a Manager will call me back within 30 minutes. I work online so no Internet costs me money. No one called so I call back, I get Alona and have to repeat my issue again, 20 minutes later I finally get a tech mgr. DILLAN. He says it's my modem and that the earliest they can get out here is tomorrow at 4 to 8. I then tell him that's unacceptable and he says he is sorry. This will be our 6 modem in less than 3 years. Their equipment is crap for sure. We always have slow computers and lags. 8 months ago I bought the biggest and highest speed they have and still lags?
I am moving here soon and will never use AT&T again. I've been with them 14 years with all my phones and UVERSE 4 years. But I have had more problems lately with our phones too. Not receiving texts or 8 hours later the text comes in. I guess they just don't care about the customer anymore. Well they will lose my business about 400 a month. Hopefully if they lose enough they will then care. I have wasted many hours on the phone and taking off work due to their faulty equipment. They can only give you a 5 dollar credit. Are you kidding me? I make 36 an hour? If you're reading this don't use AT&T. Seriously something has changed in the last year and the equipment including phones and service has gotten way below acceptable. I'm sick of being on the phone hours with them and paying a lot a money to them a month for **.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2017
I've been having Uverse for about 2 years now. Never had any problems until I moved. I talked to two people who assured me my speed would not change from 18 megs. Once I moved to my new apartment, the tech tells me that I wouldn't be getting the same amount of speed, that it would go down to 1 meg. I was furious. AT&T is a rip off. They failed to tell me when they knew I wouldn't have any service in that area. Also, once my year contract was up they raised my bill without telling me. The representative I talked to the first time told me my bill would stay the same, actually would be cheaper. All they care about is money, they are a rip off and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
I was completely frustrated with Bright House here in Orlando. I had only internet with them, and it was constantly going out. So AT&T came knocking one day (I already had DirecTv) and offered me $160 is monthly savings. "Just switch to U-verse and we'll bundle it with your DirecTV that you already have, and you'll save!" I of course was skeptical. Asked all the questions about reliability, data caps. They assured me min 12 mbps download minimum. No caps. No throttling when I use too much. So, I said yes. Big mistake! Agreed to a 2 yr contract. Now I'm stuck not saving the $160 promised, not able to stream content because the download speed is 3 mbps and sometimes less, and no one can do anything to fix it because that's the best they can do.
Talked to the incompetent tech service, who read the cue card, and followed the flow chart. Argued with her for not listening to what I was telling her. Eventually I told her to just send a tech out to fix it. They of course would charge me $160 if the tech didn't find a problem. So rather than be discouraged, as they wanted, the tech came out. Told me the problem is not their equipment, but the servers of the sites I was visiting. So, I pulled up the sites using my cell phone data (Verizon), and it worked just fine. Obviously Verizon uses different servers, nothing we can do. "We won't bill you the $160 for the visit." And why in the ** is my bill constantly changing?
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
After having numerous problems with the tv. I was told that my package is outdated and hasn't been offered for several years, and that the black box is therefore equally outdated. New black box was sent, equal to the outdated one, and the technician could not connect it. Sent it back, waited for new one. It finally came but the scheduled tech didn't. For my troubles I was upgraded at no cost and promised several movie channels, also at no cost. Never got the movie channels. For several months the bill fluctuated. This month my bill increased by $40 a month. Stupidly I paid it, and 10 minutes later downgraded the channel package, at a savings of $70 per month. Immediately 90% of the channels disappeared. Customer service tells me that they can't reimburse me but will credit me next month. Nifty. I loathe this company.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2017
I don't know if this will make a difference, but I've had so many issues with AT&T and promotions that they promised me. It took me four conversations and two chat sessions to get them to actually honor the promotions they had verbally offered me. They never confirm in writing, they are dishonest and they don't care. They sent me a bill that never reflected what we agreed, then I had to fight to get a credit. They are unethical, and I question the legality of their business practices.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2017
I called to start new service with them. I was offered deals and specials to fit my needs, however when the tech came to install he said he had no clear like for the satellite and for me to call AT&T back to cancel, so I did. Then set up a new order for Directv now and internet. And no-one showed for my appointment. When I called to see why no-one had showed to install my service, they said because my appointment had got cancelled and that AT&T couldn't install service in my area, "no service is available". So I had to cancel everything. I then called Time Warner who were able to set me up with new service and a same day appointment in which the technician showed up 45 minutes later. I think AT&T and Directv is full of crap and do not recommend counting on them to install because they lied to me two times just to make commission on my call!!! Unacceptable and inexcusable!!!
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2017
I called AT&T/Uverse on December 22, 2016 to complain about their equipment that was making a horrible buzzing sound. Also, internet connection problems. I spoke with a representative and was told that they would get back with us. Well, 14 days later I had to call the company back. I called on a couple of other times while at work but the hold time was too long.
I speak with this very rude person and was told that this buzzing sounds that we had to endure was not their problem anyway. The company had decided to not cover the backup battery after 1/1/2016, but the company never came to remove or replace these items. So, my family just had to suffer with this sound that kept you awake and interfered with everything for the 14 days. The poor internet and television service (the television keep freezing up) they tried to repair this on several occasion, but it still hastily been repaired. AT&T/Uverse refuses to even compensate us for the inconvenience of not sleeping and just bad service for internet and television.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2017
I have had an old phone number through AT&T that I have attempted to have turned off for 7 months now. It is a phone line that is no longer used. They have turned my current phone off 4 times now due to the old number. I have paid the bills each time and when you call CS they can't figure out why my new phone is turned off and then they always hit me with a 100+ bill to reinstate when they see I have credit balances on my current lines.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2017
Switched from Comcast Cable and Internet which gave us no problems to AT&T DirecTV to get horrible customer service and overages on billing. Transferred to different departments with no end resolutions. During months and lengthy ongoing phone calls I was told my overages have been taking care of just to get interrupted a couple of days later. It has been a constant headache and now because they didn't hold up to their end of the contract which makes it void they still want to bill me for cancellations charges. They are the worst company I have ever dealt with customer service relations and billing disputes. I will never recommend their services to anyone.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017
On 2 Jan 17, I called AT&T UVerse internet service regarding poor connection speed. After on-line testing, the technician advised I would need a new modem. He further advised that a technician would be available on Saturday 7 Jan 17. I advised I could install and would not require a technician. The AT&T rep advised I could get the modem faster if self-installed and it would arrive on 5 Jan 17. I called back on 6 Jan and again on 7 Jan since I had not received the modem by then.
On 7 Jan, AT&T technical support advised that he could not give a shipping tracking number and gave me the phone numbers for UPS and FEDEX. On Monday 9 Jan 17, I again called AT&T Technical Support and the agent advised it was scheduled to be delivered tomorrow 10 Jan and they do not have a tracking number, but it would be sent to me as soon as AT&T receives it. When I questioned not having a tracking number yet implies not shipped yet, she kept repeating it was scheduled for delivery tomorrow.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2017
I haven't had service for five days. I spend three hours on the phone but technical support wasn't able to help. I scheduled appointments a technician to come out, and I had no shows twice. Their automated system is horrible and complicated. It is nearly impossible to get ahold of a live person, and customer service reps usually hang up after jumping through hoops to reach them if the reason for the call is complicated or it is near the closing time. The internet is usually slow and expensive. I've had frequent extra fees and ATT does not help resolve them. If I could, I would give zero stars.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017
They were good 4 years ago. They seem to want your business, now that they have you they overcharge and overbill. Keep going up on the price while every other company wants your business and works with you. I have already swapped cell phone service to Verizon who by the way is cheaper, better, and never goes up on price. So now I will switch to Comcast which is cheaper and more channels, and want your business, and ain't rude. My mom worked for AT&T for 42 years and she uses Comcast as well. Customer service and billing is rated a zero but one star is the lowest. You will be out of business at the rate they are going.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017
On December 19, 2016 I canceled my internet service. I received the invoice for the total amount of the month... I call AT&T and ask why they did not send me an invoice with the exact amount that I had to pay... AT&T indicated that I had to pay first the amount for the month and after that in 90 days they would return the portion not used. I thinks this action is illegal. At&t retains millions of dollars for 90 days. How much money this company has been receiving for bank interest?? I demand my money back immediately.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017
I signed up for U-verse last week (AT&T talked me into leaving DirecTV, isn't that interesting). My landline stopped working the next day. I was given a 4 hour window for them to come out to fix this the day after that. It has now spanned two days and 9 hours, going on 10 that I have been sitting in my house waiting for my phone to work. I have spoken to at least 6 people, including two supervisors (Amrish and Alex). I am now waiting for a call back from another supervisor (Raman).
Unbelievable that they can't make a FOUR HOUR WINDOW. Waiting for 4 hours for AT&T to fix something is bad enough, but when they can't make even that window of time and then don't have the decency to call and let you know. AT&T stays in business because everyone else has to lease lines from them, so they truly do still have a monopoly. Congress needs to fix this. If I ran my business like this, I wouldn't last long. Absolutely ridiculous. Cancelling my service tomorrow.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2017
I signed up for the AT&T Uverse bundle package June 2016. I was guaranteed 89.99 for 2 years. I receive bills every month for expenses $20 to $90 above the guaranteed amount. I contact them each month to try to reconcile the bill. Yet, the situation has still not been resolved.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2017
AT&T cashed a check for $100 less than it was written for. I've called 5 times, spent time in a chat session, faxed over information 2 times and the issue is still not resolved. Each time they end up blaming my bank for their incompetence. I'm currently on the chat with them for over an hour repeatedly escalating through "specialists" that can't get the facts straight. The agent says I owe $30.46, the website says $136.46 and the downloaded paper bill says $288.76. The collections department is now telling me I have a $60.42 credit. They can't even agree on how much of an error in the billing they made. In the meantime I've verified that I paid all the paper billing statements that they sent and my balance should be $0 until the next billing cycle. I give them a negative infinity on customer service.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2017
I had a schedule appointment for Dec. 5, 2017, from 1 to 3, and at 3pm I get text message stated that they will come out Jan. 6 at 9am. Now no courtesy call or anything, starting off on a bad note... I ORIGINALLY had a date with Time Warner to come out, but listening to someone else lead me to be another night without service. This is all b.s.... and beware of AT&T. I will spread this on social media sites also.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2017
We signed up for an AT&T DirecTV/Phone package on September 22, 2016. Worst consumer mistake we ever made. They told us we also had to switch our local internet provider from Frontier to Charter, but now that we have problems neither AT&T or Charter will take care of a problem that has gone on since... over 3 MONTHS!!! We have no internet connection on the TV but we have in through our entire house. Charter has been here 2x and DirecTV 2X - both say it's the other guy. And Charter says they have no affiliation with DirecTV or AT&T. Phones were a huge problem. They told us they would buy back our old phones in September - just got the final check last week... after untold # of calls... and my daughter still does not have the phone she is supposed to have... nor does she get service at her dorm in Long Island.
The AT&T store near Oyster Bay (not sure the exact location) is definitely dishonest at best... a total scam at worst. They "lost the check" 2x in the mail?? Would not answer the phone when we asked to talk to the lady supposedly helping us. We finally contacted a regional manager, and even he didn't seem to care much about taking care of the problem. DON'T GO THERE!! Still unresolved as is our internet connection to DirecTV. I asked to just get out of the deal. No way. I don't understand. I've paid the bill, I signed a contract for services, and they didn't hold up their end of the deal... but I can't pull out with huge cost on my end. Unbelievably bad customer service and even worse - a total scam. If you have any other provider besides AT&T and are thinking about switching to save a couple bucks (according to them) DON'T DO IT!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2017
I have AT&T Uverse service and regularly when I turn on the TV it does not work. Every second or third time I turn my TV on I get "weak signal" or "no signal" or a red x or a black screen or it is frozen on the "On Demand" screen, etc. It requires a call to their technical service which usually takes 10-15 minutes before you get a technician because of their lengthy menu system. They are usually able to get it working after another 20 or 30 minutes of the technician running "diagnostics" but of course my show is typically over by then. When I finally got really angry and demanded new equipment they came out and replaced it and it worked for 2 times before it stopped.
And when a technician comes onsite, you have to provide a 4 hour window to,"wait" for the technician plus another 2 hours for the technician to fix the problem. I am regularly without TV service most recently on New Year's Day. AT&T says they will adjust the bill but when the bill comes it is not adjusted... and when you call to talk to billing they don't know anything about the problems--the 2 sides of AT&T (technical support and billing) don't appear to communicate. Not to mention that they should be reimbursing me for my time for the hours spent on the phone with technical support, or waiting for a technician to come to my house. I am not able to give AT&T even one star.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2017
I made a deal a few weeks ago and when I looked at my bill, I got additional charges because I installed the internet before the tv. The Uverse rep said there would be no problem and no charge but turns out they charged me $36.67. Kicking my bill to $153 from $82 which was the price told. They said that all the charges couldn't be removed and I had to pay that but I did not know about it. Just beware of this company. Too bad I'm locked in a contract, if I weren't in a contract, I would've changed my tv service right now.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016
My wife and I made the unfortunate decision to "upgrade" to AT&T U-verse. Knowing that I would be required to use their equipment, I asked about the parental control features such as activity logging, time scheduling, website blocking, etc. I was assured that such features were available by logging into the router. However, the day the service was installed, I discovered that no such features are available in the router (NVG599). I called the U-verse manager and he seemed to think that I was the only person that wanted such features and it was unusual. I informed him that my years-old Netgear router had such features and they were actually quite common. To make matters worse, the service is only marginally faster than my prior DSL service. Of course this is probably due to the fact that the U-verse service is actually DSL (as indicated in the Broadband tab of the NVG599 software). My fault for not fully investigating U-verse prior to switching over.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016
I set-up U-verse in our new home in Dallas because Verizon Fios isn't available in our neighborhood. I previously had DirecTV for 8 years and it wasn't a good experience to say the least. I have 10 TVs in the new house (as in the old one) and pay a monthly charge that is ridiculous. My experience includes: Knocking a hole in the wall in the kitchen to run a cable splitter from another TV in the den due to the fact that U-verse said I had only 2 wireless receivers available to me... 2 months after that, they went to 3. Ugh!! I am so tired of my TV in the office getting bumped off the air because of the lack of bandwidth when 2 streams are being used to record. Ugh!
I tried to purchase a PPV a minute ago and found another fine print limitation. There is a $150 credit limit per month on PPV and movies rented. Why?? I was $8 over and got declined for a PPV purchase. It took me 45 minutes, via 7 different answers/transfers, and my finally giving up once I was told that there is nothing that can be done. Really... You cannot approve an $8 overage on a $150 credit to an account that pays between $300-$450 per month, and has never been late. They really should not be in business, much less the communication business.
Updated review: Jan. 5, 2017
So I couldn't just write a bad review. I have to share my great experience too. After being hung up on several times. Vina in billing helped me as much as she could have. So two thumbs up to you Vina! Keep up the great customer services!! Job well done! You represent AT&T well!! :)
Original Review: Dec. 27, 2016
I called AT&T several times about the same billing problem. Each time the representative will transfer me to DirecTV without me knowing. The problem with that is Directv can not see u-verse billing. So I have to hang up and call AT&T over and over again! I don't have the names of the two representatives that hung up on me. I'm not sure where/when AT&T went wrong but they customer service is horrible now! I been a customer for some time now. I have cell phone, alarm, and internet service with them and I regret it!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016
I called AT&T to set up internet service at my new address. In the process of going through the steps with the agent to set up the service, I was told they would need to obtain information from my credit report. I asked her if it would be a hard or soft inquiry. The agent responded it would only be a soft inquiry because it was only to verify if a deposit would be required. After all was said and done, I checked my Credit Karma account as I regularly do now due to fraudulent activity on my credit report in the past. I also placed a fraud alert on my credit report to help prevent future fraud activity and I've personally abstained from applying for anything that would require a hard inquiry which is why I asked the agent beforehand.
Lo and behold, on my Equifax report, a new hard inquiry from AT&T! I immediately called back to customer care to have the inquiry removed and to cancel my service. The agent I was connected to told me that AT&T could not remove the hard inquiry even though I did not authorize it but of course offered me a discount or rewards for my inconvenience. Unbelievable. AT&T merely sees their mistake as an "inconvenience" to the customer. However, in the meantime, my credit score will surely be affected due to this "inconvenience". This only solidified my decision to cancel my service with the company which took over 30 mins just to complete as I kept getting re-routed to the wrong department. All in all, a terrible experience. I will never repeat with them again. I am now planning to dispute directly with Equifax since AT&T refused to remove the unauthorized hard inquiry to fix their mistake.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2016
Paid my bill. Was watching TV it went off so called AT&T. They said I ask to shut it off. I didn't. Made me a lot of promises. Lied to me. Said no charge then sends me a bill for 169. Already paid bill. What is 169 for? It was their mistake not mine. They lied to me and I will have to pay a fee to get out of contract. I was stupid. Should have seen this coming. I am on social security and can not afford to pay 2 bills in one mo. What an awful company. Do not trust them.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
I have been a customer with AT&T for over 3 years. I called to get services moved and they cannot provide the service for over 2 weeks. It is unacceptable for a returning customer to not have access to technicians to provide the service needed. I will be finding another provider. (P.S. I work from home.) They don't even have anything on their website that says "May take up to 2-3 weeks - order in advance". There should be some sort of warning that they are unprepared to service their customers.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
If you are looking for a hassle-free experience, do NOT use AT&T. Twice burned, shame on me! First time around I purchased 3 phones and plan renewals (or so I thought) through AT&T at a Target store in Houston. The rep was a third party retailer. When I asked to keep my plan/cost the same, he said "no problem". Not sure if he consciously lied or if he really did not know what he was doing, but when all was done, my price went up over $75 per month for the same plan. When I called AT&T (at least 6 conversations), they said, "your plan is the same, you just lost the discounts you had before!" Enough said. I converted everyone over to Sprint as soon as Sprint launched their new switch program... By the way... Sprint... 5 stars for customer service... 3 stars for coverage.
Almost 2 years later, a friend extols the virtues of DirecTV. So I finally cave and get Wireless, DirecTV and U-verse Internet from AT&T. Stupid me! The Authorized AT&T retailer, Spring Mobile, promised the Universe and delivered Pluto. A frozen planet far away from what was promised. To add insult to injury, the rep was actually promoted to some kind of manager for another store and that store, as well as the store where I bought the package never answers their phones and never returns calls when you leave messages. They absolutely do not care about their customers or their integrity. It is all about making the sale at any cost.
Bottom line, if you really, really have to deal with AT&T, do it with a corporate store. At least you will eliminate the middle fibber. So I have whittled away at the rebates and credits that were promised with no less than 8 phone calls to the mother ship. Still in the hole about $1,150 while I wait for my Switcher credits (for which I had to apply after the store rep said she had done the application... another fib). Anyway, you are warned. By the way, did I mention Sprint AND Comcast had great customer service! Lesson learned. Cheaper is definitely not better in this world.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
Since I've been with AT&T last September 15, I have put in a complaint and spend more time on the phone with the incompetent customer service who has no clue what their job is! I get transferred soon as I have a question and always to the wrong department if any! Today I had enough. Directv I see is the new scam. Give you unlimited don't deliver the equipment and bill you for it anyway. Once they've got you AT&T with no warning turn the unlimited data off and blame you for the techs not showing calling, instead bill you as if you never had Directv. I want to know where the contract we signed are. I was told with no equipment no unlimited but you still get the bill. The fraud and embezzling from the customers deserved a second look from the Feds due to this being way more serious than any AT&T customer could have assumed! I told them my phone had GCI charges, I was told it was a mistake. I'm coming for my money! Believe that!
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
Contacted them for bundle Internet and VOIP. After everything was said and done, the tech came over and installed all well there. The Fraudulent part is that for the wonderful package they offer there is no mention of a 1042GB cap usage for the quoted monthly price. After the cap is reached they charge $10 for much smaller chunks of data. I used 1/3 of the allotted time in 2 hrs while watching a movie on fire stick. Be aware of these caps and charges and ask them about it before you sign up. They will not volunteer these information.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
I got ATT wireless and Direct in July. They completely lied to me about service, plans, pricing. I have been charged all kinds of ridiculous fees and had the wrong service installed and get shuffled from non-English-speaking person to non-English-speaking person. I have over 50 hours on the telephone with customer service agents in the last five and a half months. I never get statements until I call them and scream at them and then I have a statement two days later but it's always late. They always attach late fees and extra fees to my statements. I end up paying about $70 a month more than what I'm supposed to be paying and when I try to talk to somebody about it they completely ignore me or just hang up on me. Each month I speak to a agent finally that says they have taken care of everything but on the very next statement all of that money is still owed plus the attached more fees.
They switched my plan so now I don't get what I originally signed up for. My Wi-Fi is nearly non-existent but I cannot talk to anybody about it because they tell me everything works great! I waited 3 months for a $200 Visa card for signing up and never got it. Finally talk to somebody that acted like they knew what was going on and promised that I would have it within four to six weeks and that was 3 months ago. When I try to talk to somebody about getting rid of this horrible service that completely ignore me and will not talk to me about how to disconnect ATT and direct.
This company is lying, deceitful, Criminal! I just want out of this and want for this nightmare to be over but can't get anywhere with anybody. I'm so disgusted and shocked that a company is given the power to treat a customer like this without the customer having any kind of actions to take. I wish I would have looked at the horrendously terrible reviews for this company before signing a contract with them. I don't understand how it is legal for a company to treat a customer like this. If I did this to one of my customers I would be in jail!
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016
This complaint is regarding AT&T UVERSE which keeps tormenting me with false charges. I signed up with AT&T on 06/22/2016 where I reached an agreement for monthly payment of $37, @ 18MB/s for the promotional one year offer. Prior to June 22, 2016, Uverse was my previous internet provider with the same internet speed (18MB/s) and a monthly charge of $31, and when the price went back up, I was forced to seek for a new provider. One day I got in touch with an AT&T salesman who offer me a $37 monthly payment @ 18MB/s and would also waive the first two months. I was ecstatic and went ahead and signed up with them. He reassured me that since I had already purchased a modem in the previous contract, I would not be charged an installation fee and even though some charges 1st appeared, he reassured me that it was standard and they will disappear when the 1st bill would be sent.
Also, as soon as I signed up, I had a functioning internet line (since I had purchased a modem before) and sent out emails, and this also is a fact that has been overlooked and ignored, but I can easily show (via emails and data usage) that I had a good internet connection prior to the technicians arriving at my residence, thus rendering my modem functional. However, the AT&T installation team came to inspect the lines outside and checked the ones inside as well, and again I was reassured that no out of pocket charge was going to add to my monthly bill of $37. So now I am thinking that I am getting June & July waived and any previous charges from last contract of 2015-2016, but little did I know.
AT&T send me a 1st bill of 152.93 due on 8/8/2016 and a 2nd bill of no less than $206.54 for the month of August which was due on 9/7/2016. During this time, I was infuriated and called them to only find operator after operator transferring me to other departments where I was always placed on hold and then hung up on. The first day I was on the phone for more than three hours explaining the same story to the operators over and over but this led to nothing but my internet getting cut off and I was forced to make a payment of $111.00 on 8/30/2016 for the two previous months, which two of them (June & July) were promised to get waived from the contract and paid $39.61 on 09/01/16 for the next month of September as well and just made the payment of $38.22 on 10/27/16.
As you can see none of the charges are $37.00 nor have ever paid what my contract was asking for due to extra charges and changes to my account which are a clear violation of contract and were orchestrated solely by the greed behind the AT&T Empire. But wait, there's much more, because these artificial bills just keep coming and becoming even larger, as I keep receiving more statement of $93.61 due on 10/09/2016 & $110.22 due on 11/07/2016 and finally just received the ultimatum yesterday that if don't make the payment by 10/31/2016 then my internet will be interrupted.
Well I would like to use these few last moments of my time to expose these scammers and frauds for who they are. Aside from the horrible customer service and the huge quantity of lies which I have been told from various AT&T operators (whom have promised that they will fix my account), I was only given temporary credits while the false payments rolled on to the next month, only this time with fees and charges which they, themselves have created.
Moreover, I just recently found out (last month to be exact) that the AT&T technicians who entered my home on 06/22/2016 replaced my fully functional, privately owned and up to standards MODEM, with some new modem which looks the same and has the same components as the previous generation. They were charging me $7/month for it without my knowledge an equipment fee which also resulted in a snowball effect of extra fees and charges. I was not told about this by the technicians (I must've not been present when they switched it) nor have I ever signed anything which stated that I would allow them to take my modem and pay AT&T an equipment fee for a new one. The modems are identical and I did not have an idea that was going to be charged an equipment fee. Just ask you self this; who would give up their perfectly functioning modem to be charged and equipment fee? It's absurd.
I have records of operatives names and badge numbers, conversation after conversation recorded on paper and detailed account which I experienced while trying to resolve this issue, whom promised that issues would disappear and AT&T would respect the terms of the contract yet I am writing to you in despair and disbelief that the harassment and the threats over more payment or face the consequences continue.
After I found AT&T switched my modem, I asked a AT&T phone operative to bring it back but he refused and said that there is no way that this could possibly happen, so I had to pay the equipment fee. I explained to him that the device, which was my property, was taken out of my residence without my consent and that I had no knowledge of the extra monthly charge of $7 after this switch were to happen.
On 10/23/2016 I was chatting with a AT&T operative via AT&T.net while looking at the ridiculous monthly charge. He/she said that he/she would have a manager call to clarify the issue (his name - James). The manager called me at my cell and then after I explained the issues to him, without saying where decided to transfer me. After being transferred some X recording machine asked for me to leave a message and then I hung up. Then started a new chat with someone else who reduced my monthly bill to $38.22 which I recently paid, but said that could not do anything about the other charges because needed manager support and would call or have someone call at 10:30 AM the next day (10/24/2016).
No one called, but they did not forget to send me a bill of $110.22 due on Nov 07, 2016 and a threat of internet interruption if at least $56.61 are not paid by October 31, 2016. FYI: I printed all the conversations and have kept up will all their lies and discomfort which they have caused. This is causing me distress and for this reason I am seeing a psychiatrist for this anxiety which is a direct cause of the continuous bullying of AT&T. I have decided to not pay and will soon seek legal action. Also, I will not trust AT&T anymore. Here's a list of laws they broke: 1) Unlawful seizure of private property from my legal residence (Modem). 2) False charges applied to account on behalf of point (1). 3) Unlawful extra charges, fees & interests on behalf of points (1) & (2). 4) Breach of contract, since I was always charged over $37/monthly.
Ethical Conduct which AT&T operative & managers broke. 1) Lied to customer about fixing the issue and yet continued the same money scam. 2) Unprofessional resolution and tough, near impossible compromises. 3) Unwilling to talk, cooperate, solve or escalate the problem to higher level staff. 4) Unwilling to explain continued billing issues, origin of charges and fees. In all, I should've never trusted AT&T as my provider.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016
In April 2016 I called AT&T to cancel my services because of the increase in my bill during the two years' contract and was told that if I switched to DirecTV which they owned I would get a set rate of 135.00 per month for internet and satellite. I got that rate in May and from June to December the rate has gone up. This month it is 224.00. I was also told if I cancelled before 2 years the fee would be 250.00. When I spoke to them on Friday for the ninth and final time for over 90 minutes, I was told to disconnect would be 480.00. Additionally the manager, Aaron was very rude. I have already blasted them on social media and I will not stop.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016
I have been with AT&T for 5 years. Everything was good for the first few years, until I decided to cut the cable cord on cable and use only U-Verse internet about a year and a half ago. Since then we have had nothing but problems with our service and the customer service when you try to resolve these issues is even worse. Over the last 18 months we have not had a steady stream of service for any longer than a few weeks. The internet speeds are always far below what they should be and often times will simply cut out.
We are not gamers or over-average internet users in my household at all. We have 2 televisions where we stream Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix, and partake in very standard computer use. We cannot watch Netflix on both televisions without one slowing down and having to restart every 30 minutes to an hour. If we are using the computer, the streaming slows to a crawl. We call, service improves for a week or two and then it is right back to the usual slow service. Unacceptable for almost $80/month.
But the worst of it is dealing with their "customer service," and trust me, I use that term very lightly. I am now dealing with a mysterious late fee placed on my bill (multiple representatives have confirmed I have never been late on a payment), which I was never notified of until I called the company to complain about the slow service again. The first time I called on the 14th of December, I had to go through 4 different representatives who all said the same thing - they had gone back to 2015 and could not see anytime where I had been late on payment and so the fee had to be wrong, but they couldn't do anything.
Finally, after spending 40 minutes dealing with this, I was transferred to a manager who after another 20 minutes agreed to reverse the charge because he also confirmed that it had no basis in fact for being there. Almost an hour on the phone to fix a seemingly simple issue, or so I thought. Well fast forward to Monday 12/19, I get a phone call from AT&T saying they have information and call them back. When I do so, I get shuffled around and have to explain the story another 3 times even though they could very easily look at notes in their system.
When I finally get to a "manager" he is incredibly rude and actually hangs up on me saying "I am just going to cancel your service then." No, I did not ask for the service to be canceled, and you do not hang up on a paying customer. When I called back, told my story another 3 times to get to a manager again, I am told they have no notes saying the fee would be reversed and they will not do so. I told them to listen to the tapes, because all calls are recorded. The woman I spoke with, after a lot of pushing, finally says she will escalate the request and they will pull the tapes and get back to me within 24-48 hours.
I am mildly satisfied with this because I know if they pull the tapes they will clearly hear the original manager I spoke with state that the charge will be removed. It is now December 21st and I receive another phone call from AT&T, have to explain the situation again, even though they called me to talk about it so they should have read notes. And big shocker, they have not pulled the tapes and are repeating the same line they have been since Monday - charge is not being reversed, I have to pay the fee. I have now spent almost 2 1/2 hours over 3 days on the phone with AT&T dealing with a situation that never should have been a problem in the first place.
I would not recommend U-Verse to my worst enemy at this point. Their customer service staff is very poorly trained and has no concept of doing the right thing, following through on promises, or how to take care of their customers in general. If you are thinking of U-Verse, stay as far away as possible and don't do it. You will regret it if you use their service.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016
I have had DIRECTV for over a year now. I moved to another state and added their WiFi when they transferred my service. My bill has always came right out of my account... always!!! When I added WiFi they did not tell me they would take take me off of automatic pay. So I get a call from AT&T saying I am $300+ past due. So I call and the lady said I could pay $177 to stay connected. Well a week and a half later they cut my cable and WiFi off. And said there's nothing they can do about it. And I am the one at fault. They were unwilling to work with me.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016
About 10 months ago, I was thinking of switching ISP's. I had Comcast with over 100 hd channels, 15 mbps download speed, and unlimited phone for $115.00 per month. AT&T told me I could get the same basic package for $60.00 per month, only the download speed would be 12 mbps, and not 15. They told me that their television came through DSL just like Comcast's did when I told them that I live in an apartment building and therefore I could not get a satellite. The next day, a guy showed up with a dish. I did not get the television, but I watch most stuff online, so it was not a big issue to me.
After a few days, I noticed videos were taking much longer to buffer than they should at 12 mbps. I called them and they said I only got the 6 mbps package because even though they offered 12 mbps in my area, it was not available in my area. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and just told them to get my speed up to 6 mbps and to where it didn't boot me off every few minutes. This went on for months. I finally said they needed to boost my profile up to 12 mbps, just so I could get 6.
They did, but it only worked for a week or two. Ever since July of 2016, I have had nothing but 1 or 2 mbps, and week after week they would send a technician out to do nothing. They kept telling me they credited my bill in July, August, and September, because they could not fix the problem. October came, and my service was actually pretty good, so I tried to pay my bill that month, only to have them shut off my service claiming that I owed them $289.00. I paid it thinking that as long as the service works, and they don't make a habit out of overcharging me, I am fine. Then I went to pay this month's bill. $115.83. for a $60.00 service. Still, I paid it, but this time I made them tell me on record what my next bill would be. At first they refused to do so, but I am the only one on the account, and the only person living in my apartment, so they had to. They said it was going to be $60.00. Immediately, it went from 10 mbps, to between 1 and 2 mbps.
I called them later that day, and it was going to be 4 days before a tech came out. He eventually came out yesterday, but did nothing to fix any issues. Didn't even come to my door to see if my connection speed was correct. I called them again today and got another appointment scheduled for Wednesday, but later on, Veronica ** (someone from AT&T's home office called me). She tried to get me to downgrade my speed to 6 mbps, because they say it is what is causing all of my problems. I told her it was the speed I was promised.
She again recommended that I downgraded my speed, and I recommended that they upgrade their equipment to get me the service I was promised. She then said that since they recommended me to downgrade my speed, they would no longer send anyone out to fix the issues I have. I said if they don't fix it, I will not pay one red cent. I also asked for a refund of the $115.83 that I paid this month since I paid for 12 mbps, and was only getting 1. She said that since they do not provide a product, but do provide a service, they are going to ignore the consumer laws here in America, and not give me the service I paid for, or a full refund of the $115.83. This is not legal, and I want to know what steps I need to take to force them to either give me the service I paid for, or a full refund. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2016
Just signed up for AT&T u-verse on 12-1-2016, I wanted directv only to find out if you don't give AT&T your social you will have to go to u-verse. For bundle package u-verse tv/Internet/Phone. Spoke with Mr. ** who was new which I stayed on phone with him for about 50 minutes who was back & forth checking with his peers regarding services and then put his supervisor on phone. After another 10 minutes spoke with his manager Taray on 12-1-2016 for my package completion and follow-up to the package I was purchasing. I asked the manager I have a sickly person in my household so therefore I must have a battery back-up in case of bad weather or power outage. My landline for phone must be working, which she assured me AT&T offered battery-backup for free if you had it previously, which I did.
Only to my surprise when the technician came out on the 6th of December for installation, I asked him "was my battery-back up completed?" He stated AT&T have not offered battery-back-up in over (2) years. How can at&t offered products to consumers to sign up only to find they don't carry the products. I would think that a manager/Supervisor would know what they carry or not. I have caller ID, that don't work. Out of (66) calls received only (10) registered. My husband and I, has t-mobile cell phones in our names, that doesn't register when calling home, it states unavailable as the person calling, it seems that 90% of our calls that comes from a cellular phone states unknown or unavailable.
I have had Comcast, wow, Directv, and I have had at&t 7 years ago and never had this problem with caller ID. What's the purpose of having caller ID if you don't know who's calling, I have called about (7) times spoken to different reps and have talked to (3) resolution specialist and with (3) technician support and as of today no resolution has been resolved. I have talked to a machine, I have pushed many prompts, I been transferred many times after explaining problems, no one takes notes, every time I call I have to start as if I'm applying for a job, just to be transferred.
If I would have known that at&t did not have/Carry battery back-up and the names of callers calling I would have went a different route, like a different provider. I logged in to my at&t u-verse account on line. I personally added all phone numbers from family and friends to my phone contacts under at&t. The names & numbers are listed, only to find when they call it still states unavailable or unknown as the name with phone number listed.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2016
Overall, once the internet is up it works great. Over the past 7 months into my contract the wifi goes out. AT&T sent over 14 different techs out and none of them fixed the problem. They said they found a problem with their line and supposedly fixed it. However, they actually never do what they said they are going to do. When I talk to technical support they run the same test every time from their office and their reboots do not work. I am going to terminate my contract early because this company does not fix their own problems. I recommend going with another provider and do not give this company a try.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2016
This has been the worst experience of my life and the killing part is that AT&T has so many layers that one doesn't talk to the other. I had a DirecTV account, sold my house and moved into an apartment. I transferred my service but when the technician arrived he said that there was not line of sight so he couldn't connect it. So I call customer service and they said "ok we won't charge you termination fees and will send you boxes to return equipment." So then they directed me to AT&T Uverse which they had merge with.
I got Uverse service and because I controlled my mother's account was able to change her's service to AT&T as well. The technician gets to her house and said she was in an area that supported AT&T but upgraded her DirecTV. In the meantime I get a bill for $529.00 multiple charges, termination fees, equipment fees, etc. I called customer service. They understood said I would not be charged and I got Uverse.
I already had Uverse in my Alabama home. All of a sudden all the account are connected together. The $529 is still on my previous account. They cut my mother's services (Oh did I tell you my mother was 82 years old and lives alone) and cancelled my Alabama services, transferred payment from that service to the other account and cancelled it. I have called customer service every day for the last 2 weeks spending hours on the telephone with so many different people I was in tears. Every time I think I have a resolution I don't. The killing part is I can't get to a person that can correct this and you can't talk to the same person because there are no direct numbers. I think I'm just going to just cancel everything and chalk this up to the worst experience in my life.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016
Wow. Run away as fast as you can from AT&T U-verse!!! The service is terrible!!! The service locks up constantly! Then try calling service. WOW!! Their service can't be rated because they simply offer virtually no service. If you want test your patience just TRY to get them on the phone. I would rather stand on my roof with an antennae in my hand all winter than deal with the quagmire that is AT&T U-verse. Wow! They would have to pay me to continue their service once this 1 year contract is over. AT&T is the BEST example out there for when a company is so poorly ran that they simply DO NOT give a crap about their business. I can't wait to see cord cutting continue to grow and put these ridiculously poorly ran companies out of business!!!
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016
Where do I even begin...so when I moved into my apts, I decided that I would get Internet. Since I have Hulu and Netflix, I figured I better get it right? Anyways I wanted to go with Comcast because they have no contracts and I had them at my last apt & never had an issue. The problem with me getting Comcast is my apt. They said that the only service provider we can use is AT&T. That should've been a warning sign to me because we all know that if they are the only provider you can get, they can royally screw you and get away with it.
I got the service in June and everything was okay until it wasn't! In Sept. 2016 I had a large sum of cash removed from my account so there was no money in there. Since I had my AT&T bill getting directly pulled from the account, they hit my account up 3X for the amount of $57.61. Since there was no money in the account my bank charged my account $30 each time for insufficient funds. When I finally talk to AT&T, they said that since I elected the electronic check, it would try pulling the money out 3X before it will stop. Then she said they will charge me $30 also for insufficient funds. I was like WTF. I was so mad I started to cry. Idk how my bill went from $40/month to $57/month. On top of that, she wanted me to pay $30, and because they kept trying to pull the money from my account, my bank was charging me another $90! In all, I paid AT&T $127 (will tell you why later).
Thank God for banking at Wells Fargo, because they credited me back half the money. I would later find out it would only get worse with AT&T. So fast-forward to now. On Dec. 9, 2016 I just got off work and decided to chill & watch TV. I tried to play my Netflix but to my surprise, it didn't work. Last time this happened my service was off. So I searched through my emails (yes I had to dig) and found that I had a bill for $104. Since I paid my bill last month, I was confused on how my bill went from $40/month to $104? AT&T told me that my bill of $40 that was due on 11/30/16 was suspended on 12-09-16 because of non payment. And the reinstated charge is $64. Again WTF! To make matters worse, I found out that the 2 months before, I've been paying the same amount for reinstated fees.
I have never experienced anything like this before. Yes, I probably should pay my bills on time but to get your service cut off 9 days later for $40 dollars? Really? They charged more for the late fees than they do the actual service. So for the last 3 months I paid $180 in late fees. AT&T are crooks! When I try to explain this to a few of their agents, they were rude AF. I refused to be treated and talked to like trash for something I'm spending my hard earn money for. You would've thought you were trying to get government services the way these people were talking to me. So I was like, FTS, I'm done! I told them to cancel my service and my contract.
Today, I called around to see what Internet service providers I can get with my apt and the only one really is AT&T. So I tried to get my AT&T service reinstated, why, because I need Internet and have no other option. They made me pay my past due amount (understandable) but later the guy tells me I had to pay another $99 for a technician to come out again and hook up my service (mind you, all the equipment is still hooked up). I said NO! I refused to give AT&T a dime more of my money. Yes, it will be tough with no WiFi but I refused to get raped by this business any longer. They literally try to squeeze any kind of money they can from you.
I didn't even have a problem paying the $99 on my next bill but they wanted me to pay it in advance on top of the $100 I already paid to reinstate the service. Hellllooooo, idiots do you know what time of year it is??? It's the most expensive time of the year and they are still trying to hustle you out of the little money you have left to spend on family & friends. NEVER AGAIN!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016
After 1.5 hours on the phone I was signed up to get bundled service: cable, internet & home phone. Customer Service Rep told me he could get me a new iPhone because I was an AT&T wireless customer which could be set up to an existing line. Long story short, no new phone without adding a line to the account. The installation paper work was all wrong, existing home phone was to be ported, that never made it to the install paper work. 2 calls totaling another hour to customer service in India, one person could not speak English at all. Then another hour to cancel the work before it was ever done! 3.5 hours on life gone...I have no faith in AT&T. Looking at switching our company AT&T wireless plan. AT&T time to start listening!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
They begin with the review, the salesman said that the 18 Mbps plan would basically be equal to the Cox internet plan we currently had. We had a max 25 Mbps plan with Cox. We were extremely interested as we were going to save close to $100 per month on our total package bundle. So they came to install the system and all that went well, except that they were not able to bury the new line that was run to the house and that someone would be back out within 10 working days. This was in mid-October 2016. To this day, they have still not been back out to bury the line in our yard, approaching 7-8 weeks since installation. During this period, the internet was not bad, but was not near the level we were told to expect. Pretty much daily around 4 pm, there was a significant drop off of speed, sometimes all the way to no internet service at all.
Now fast forward to Sunday December 11th, 2016, the internet was working decently, probably around 10-11 Mbps in the morning and we left for a gymnastics meet. 8 hours later when we return, the internet service was almost non-existent. I ran the suggested speed test on AT&T's website and it came back as 0.05 Mbps down and 0.01 Mbps up. So I reset everything and waited for the 15 minutes to reboot itself and once internet was restored, couldn't even run a speed test. It was so slow. So this prompted me to make a call to customer service about the internet. During this time, they tried everything they said they could remotely to no avail, we did increase to 0.12 Mbps download. During this time, we were also getting a message on our TV that we could not use certain functions provided by DirecTV due to bad internet connection.
So they scheduled a service technician to come out on Mon 12/12 between 1 & 4 pm. I had to leave work early to be there, since my wife had carpooling duties for the kids. The service tech did not arrive until after 5 pm. The service tech replaced the modem that was only 7-8 weeks old. The techs have some sort of app that will show them speeds at the modem (not the same program we use) and he was getting 14-15 Mbps at that moment. Now fast forward about 2 hours, our internet speed on our devices was back down to 0.19 Mbps if it would even run a test. At one point, the speed was registered at 1 kbps. So I proceeded to call technical support again and go back through the same regiment that was performed the night before. The same conclusion was found, send out a tech between 1 & 4 pm.
I asked if they could expedite the service, since obviously nothing had been fixed and they said that ticket had been closed and the afternoon was the best they could offer. However, they did say they could have someone come in the morning if we could wait until 12/14, basically not listening to my need for a tech the morning of 12/13. I contacted the tech who was at the house on 12/12 and he said that all I could do was to put in a new ticket and have the next tech call him. He thinks it could be the port that is down the road and although it shows higher speeds when pinging the system, it actually has no strength to that speed. We are going to allow them to have one more chance to fix this issue, as my wife works from home several days a week and she can't be without reliable internet access. We are being quite skeptical about this fix working so, we will be calling Cox to get our services back.
In the 8 weeks since dropping them, the internet speeds available have doubled, so basically guaranteed 25 Mbps with peaks of 50 Mbps and that is likely to double very shortly. This is available, while I am dealing with internet speeds that are lower than the mid 90s. If I were to make a suggestion in regards to switching to DirecTV/AT&T, get everything in writing about what you are going to get with your service levels and what their remedies are going to be. We took the bait on this one and it is costing us dearly, they could not even provide us with the tech support phone number.
I don't it to sound like we received poor customer support from the people I talked to, but the calls became quite irritating as it is obvious no notes are input into our account in regards to what has been talked about previously. Just this morning, I had to explain myself 4 different times due to being passed around. I would provide an order or ticket number, but these have not been provided nor confirmations.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
I decided to get AT&T U-verse and I already had DIRECTV. They talked me into bundle the 2 together. When I did that they lost the deal I had with my DIRECTV and my bill went from 114.00 to 211.00. I called them and they said early cancellation fee was 5 months early and the most will be 100.00. 20.00 a month. Now it is 160.00. I was told that pay a month ahead but that is a lie. They told me for a couple of months that they will waive the early cancellation fees since the bundle messed everything up. I had a choice of some credit or cancel the service so I canceled the and now I got a bill service for 651.00. Stay away from them. I got passed on to 10 different people on the phone and spent over an hour. They are a very pathetic company.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
The WORST customer service EVER!! They said they were going to send us a Gift Card for $250-$350 for signing up, we never received anything. 4 months later we're still fighting with them about it. The phone calls, and time taken on the phone with these MORONS has exceeded the $250-$350 in our time and frustration. If I had a choice of other services I would discontinue the service.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
I never write reviews, but AT&T went overboard this time... They sent me an invoice on service I never requested, also posted a note on my door that technician was unable to complete installation because I was not at home... When I called number listed on invoice to figure out what is happening, and to close an account that I never have requested to open, they transferred me multiple time with total hold over 30 mins, and then said I need to call a different number. To. Solve. My. Problem. I had to hung up. Total disrespect and lying to customers. I was considering to maybe switch at some point to Directv to use their promotional rates, but this experience just saved me from making a huge mistake!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
At&t advertises "unlimited data" if you're also an At&t consumer. However there's a $100 extra charge if you go for it which means you're paying more for both services! To their credit you can stream Directv on your At&t device without it using data which is the best way to go.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016
This is my first time in life writing a review, I just can't explain how bad this company is! I have paid my phone in full yet they are still locking my phone. It is been 2 weeks. I have called 12 times. Their agents have no idea what they are doing. I'm sure they hired the cheapest labor and they don't even train them. I would never do anything with AT&T and I advice you to stay away.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016
I recently signed with ATT. I was told that I could change my internet speed anytime. After one week I knew this speed would not work for my household. I then called them to upgrade the speed and guess what the next speed was not available in my area. So I am stuck with a contract that does not meet my needs and they sail off into the sunset. This to me is fraud. Why can't they be stopped? Very difficult to reach and hard to understand. No support on weekends or holidays. You can sit at home with no TV internet or Ipad. I also have DirecTV who is now owned by no other than ATT.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016
5 1/2 weeks ago begin process to apply for low income internet with AT&T by the Obama program. AT&T is a total scam. First told, "Don't service area." Then I informed her, "Yes you do. My neighbor has it." Then told, "In three weeks installation to come"... never happened. Then application sent to wrong address 7 houses down. Good thing neighbor knew who I was. Then told, "Apply online. 3 to 5 days approval or denial after a week." Told application received but not processed. 2 days later told application not received. 9 days later told me their home phone service which internet does not say and I prove them to be liars. Many transfers on phone of experience disconnect and in the end five and a half weeks later told application received but documents did not upload. Then after warning them of this complaint I'm told it hasn't been processed yet. This has been a nightmare, a 5 & a half week ordeal of lies and games.
This AT&T low cost internet program installed by our President Barack Obama is a total scam. I also had problems with AT&T phone service and got rid of them within 2 weeks. The lies and the constant changes of my monthly bill when I am on food stamps and Social Security, I also believe with their incompetence and unprofessionalism, was done out of spite and they are liars. Beware. Don't even bother applying. It will be one lie after the other. Save yourself the aggravation of the customer service calls. Look elsewhere.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016
In April 2016 AT&T representative made me a verbal, over the phone offer, stated, "I send you a 250.00 gift card for switching to U-verse." I said, "What does it all entail?" She said I would be sent out a welcome kit including a 250.00 Visa or MasterCard can use at any retailers like Sears, J. C. Penney, and others easy, and she said no charge for my box or setting it all up, sounded easy, save me money monthly. What could go wrong, right? Everything went wrong, first it's been 8 months. I had called 3 time. They say, "What? No welcome kit, no Visa card? Well we have them send it out to you." 7-10 days... never came ever, instead they started sending me offers. "Switch from DISH to DIRECTV. We will send you 250.00 in gift Visa cards." I told them from get go I was not switching my TV provider. They lie and scam people, period.
They came out first time to install on first day, redirected wires. They snipped one of the two wires, so my system keep messing up. It was end of work day. Guy was running out of time. He said, "I have come back Monday to fix that messed up wire," never showed, never called. 3 days later I called him, left message. He never showed, never called. Week later I called his supervisor, left message to return my call. He never came, never called, forgot me. So month later my phone services go out, they come to fix it, said that wire needed fix. I said, "Well yeah he messed it up upon installation and wouldn't fix it." I reported to AT&T then said "It's been done." They were clueless as usual, so month later phone's out again, same issue, wire fell of box right in front of my face. I saw it, then he fixed it, month later phone's out again.
About every months our phone went out, then internet messes up. Can't get dependable service as they promised I would. Don't get cell services as they promised I would. Whole thing was nothing as they represented it to be. So now I'm getting my attorney involved. They forfeited my contract -- no card for 250.00, no welcome kit, no great U-verse service, no great or no cell service at all. I think I need my 250.00 card then they should get their worthless crap out of my house. I highly DO NOT RECOMMEND crappy AT&T U-verse.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016
Regardless of the internet transmission speed that it advertises, AT&T's supplies customers with a mandated modem (Pace: Model 5268AC) that buffers uploaded data by 2600 milliseconds, making VOIP telephony and gaming impossible (although, to be sure, it exempts its own proprietary telephone service [that it wants to sell you] from this restriction). There are plenty of honest internet providers out there. AT&T should only be considered if it has a monopoly in your market.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016
If I could give zero stars I would. My internet would not work at night around 6:00pm-7:00am the following morning. After several calls, and 3 techs being sent to my house, arriving late etc... They all came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong. I explained that they were dispatched in the daytime and the problem occurred every single night, so of course there would be no problem at the time they were dispatched! I did this over and over, sort of learned to live with it. Then I started online college and it was a necessity that my internet worked at night as that's when my classes were.
I spoke with a regional manager and he immediately explained that he could see an obvious problem with my pole outside's wiring (remotely). School started and I could no longer wait, so I switched to Comcast and AT&T charged me for the early cancellation fee anyways! My internet only worked half of the time it was supposed to and was absolutely the worst company experience I have ever had. I cancelled Directv as well as they are under AT&T. Horrible customer service and the worst company I have ever dealt with! Beware!!!
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016
Frustrated with your customer service... on 12/8 an At&t truck cut our line fixing something for a neighbor, dug a hole and packed up and left us without internet, phone or security. Customer service promised to Send tech between 8 am and noon no show... called 4 more time technician scheduled 4 pm to 8 pm... no show again and no call again! All we get is a run around. Completely unsatisfactory service! You should be ashamed and embarrassed!! Still on the phone now trying to get an answer!!
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
How many assurances and guarantees has #AT&T given #Congress that it would expand broadband internet service to rural counties in order to be granted million-dollar deals by the #FCC? And, yet, I have lived less than 100 miles from AT&T's corporate headquarters for more than two years and have been told by AT&T that they just don't provide internet service to my area. I am relegated to satellite internet, which is very costly and ineffective depending on weather conditions, and my AT&T mobile hotspot, which also is very costly and sometimes ineffective. How, in 2016 in the richest and most powerful country on earth, are Americans like me prevented from being able to work from home because telecommunications giants like AT&T have been granted a monopoly by the FCC, preventing competition in rural areas and getting away with failing to do what they promised in the first place?
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
"Basic internet" Speeds of UP TO 6gb down, I only ever saw us hit 4.5, max. Ever. Speeds of 1gb up. I only saw it hit .7, max. Ever. The internet is complete trash, constantly goes in and out. Latency and ping on video games skyrocket for no apparent reason. Custom service is outsourced to India or some **, can't understand the basic tech people when they speak. Then when they can't figure it out, they try to send you to some 3rd party service WHICH CHARGES YOU TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT IS AT&T fault to begin with. Unreal.
I never do reviews, but this service is literally the ** I have ever had in my entire life. Plus to top it all off, the guy at the store said if we weren't satisfied with our service we could cancel it before 90 days for no fee. WELL GUESS WHAT?!? We have a 500 dollar fee to pay because that guy at the store is a dumb ** who doesn't know what he's talking about. If I was forced with the option of having no internet, or AT and T. I would be reading books right now. What a joke.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
We have had AT&T internet service for about 15 years. It's been bad but is now horrible. Every time it rains out internet kicks off and on. Our speed over the past year has become ridiculously slow. After several checks they finally sent out a technician. He changed a wire and told us there could possibly be a problem on a pole about 1/2 mile from our home but it was vine covered and he didn't want to climb the pole. We continued to experience slow speed. Customer service suggested replacing our modem and we did at a cost of $129. Guess what? No difference. About a month ago our main email address stopped sending emails. I used a sub account every time I sent emails. Yesterday the sub account stopped sending. I was on the phone from 6:30-11:45. No answers.
I took off half a day's work to work on the problem. Starting at 6:30 this morning I started trying to resolve the problem. My half day off turned into a full day on the phone being switched from one person to another while being put on hold from 5-45 minutes in between. At 6:30 I gave up. Then I logged on to check my email to find out it had been wiped out. After being on chat for about an hour I was able to retrieve my emails. After all of this time I still have the original problem and was lucky to retrieve emails. Needless to say we have canceled our internet service and switched to a new provider.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
1st off I was completely lied to when I called to inquire about switching to them for internet. I asked several questions about the service which were all answered falsely and when I called to complain was told by another employee that "they get paid by commission and told you what you wanted to hear to get the sale." To add insult to injury I was given an "introductory price" and if I cancel their crummy service I will have to pay 150$ on top of what I've already given them (almost 300$ since September) for service that I am not happy with and that is not what I was told. I also asked about getting the next higher speed (more money of course), was told that we have the highest speed for this area. I was also told by "customer service rep" that if we want to stream tv shows then everyone in the house should shut off any device that uses WIFI even if not in use... WHAT!?!?
My husband and I both got new phones from them just over a year ago also. My husband's won't take or make calls if he is not connected to WIFI and he can't use the data that we pay for either. When we went in to talk to them about it, we were told we can pay 354$ to buy out the rest of the contract, then buy a new phone and sign on for another two years. NO THANKS. I pretty much feel like someone who has sold their soul to the devil. Never been more dissatisfied with a company and "customer service" is an oxymoron where they are concerned.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
My daughter spend her life saving to buy a home. She moved in on November 25th and on December 3rd, AT&T arrived to install services for both TV and internet. During the installation the technician drilled from the inside of the house to run wiring to complete the connection. In the process of drilling he bored directly through the 220 volt incoming power main and nearly caught the house on fire destroying all electrical service. They left the scene and for days my daughter had to live in a hotel while AT&T did absolutely nothing to fix the problem. She missed work and has medical conditions.
AT&T has a claims process (and we all know about their customer service record) that will wear you down. The cost to reconnect electrical service is currently at $5,000. Of course AT&T needs weeks to review the claim and make this right while in the meantime my daughter had to arrange for time off work to hire contractors to fix the problem. Imagine if you will the result if a Hosparus patient were living in the home and all power was lost for day and no action, not even a courtesy call, from AT&T? Medical appliance running on electrical power lost and where would that person go?
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
The promotion offered in September 2016 in Illinois. It lead me sign up. I got my service in October. They offer a $200 gift card that I have not received then they tell me to contact the rewards Dept and they say they have no record of me being a new customer. Wtf. I been waiting for someone in management to contact. No one has contacted me as of yet.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
Terrible service, they keep you on hold forever, like I was literally on hold for 50 min. Never credited my account, as I was told. Their service cost too much!!! For phone, cable & internet they wanted me to pay $302.00... Total robbers.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
I paid a deposit and was waiting at home for the tech to show up. No one never showed up so I called to see if he was running behind. They tell me I do not have service and they can't locate my $100.00 payment so I provided them with my credit card number. A payment was located but they're saying I need to make another 100$ payment and they will refund me the original payment 7-14 days!!! How did this happened? Where did my payment go? Why do I need to give you guys anymore money? No I have to locate another internet provider.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016
I was on the phone with them for over 3 hours trying to resolve some issues. I was sent from person to person and was spoken to very rudely. I was put on hold only to have no one return to the call and lied to by one of their representatives. I am disconnecting everything I have that is AT&T. This company is a joke. They do not care about their customers! I'm going to help Time Warner become number 1!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
When I signed up for DirecTV (owned by AT&T) in July, I was trying to lower my bill as my 24 month contract was up from U-verse. I also have 3 phones on their wireless plan for 15 years, internet and home phone. I was given things I didn't ask for and the pricing was not as promised. I was given a tablet that was supposed to be .99. (I didn't need it and ask about activation and monthly fees.) I was totally lied to and charged both. I was also promise a gift card that I never received. I have made no less than 10 calls (20 min to 1 hr and 20 min each) over the last few months straightening out issue after issue. I have not been told the truth even once nor has anyone followed through 100% with what they tell you.
I have a folder with chat records, names and ID numbers and notes, printout from bills, that you would not believe. I just received a follow-up call from feedback support from someone who sounded like they were drunk or mentally challenged that kept repeating the same phrase. I almost thought I was talking to a robot. I have retold my story for the last time. My next step will be to an attorney. This company has to be stopped. It can't just be me that this is happening to. I am at my wit's end. I have thyroid cancer and am supposed to avoid stress so I am done with the calls. When my contract is up or before if my attorney tells me to stop paying, I will NEVER use them again and tell everyone I can this story.
I swear they are trained to string you along and hope that you blindly pay the bill and don't have the time to call them every month. It is criminal and needs to stop. Google AT&T and gift cards and look at the people who never received them. I don't need their $100 but when you offer something, you need to follow through. My trust has been broken. If someone from the company would like to fix my issues... Oh, never mind, I regress... LOL... No more BS.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
AT&T provides the absolute worse internet service. Not just in Texas, but South Carolina also. Pay for 45 mbps in Texas & receive an average of 13 mbps. MAJOR RIPOFF!!!! Problems are NEVER resolved with AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
I had a tech come out to help with cable problems my husband had gotten hung up on. Several times during his hour lunch break. When I got home from work I called tech support. They did a bunch of BS over the phone. I knew the box was bad since we have had it since we moved in to our house 7 years ago and no lights were turning on. They decided to send a tech for the next day and told me numerous times I would get text to inform me who was coming. I received a phone 20 min before the tech arrived, that was all. Then when he got here he was not welcoming, remember my husband is at work and I am here by myself and my 7 year old friendly dog. A man shows up, my dog meets him outside and is smelling him while he is petting her and I am assuring him she is incredibly friendly. He then tells me I have to lock my 7 year dog (who is a daughter to me) in a bedroom. It is policy.
I have never heard this and my mother in law who live 2 blocks over had her 2 dogs running around a week ago while the tech was over her house. I was trying to work with him and said I would let her out back. But he refused. So I told him to leave. As a woman and an unknown man trying to come in your house I thought that was a good option. I guess not according to AT&T policy. I guess I was supposed to lock my dog of 7 years in a room while a man double my size was in my house. No chance. I asked him to leave. I was extremely upset, called customer service and got hung up on. Moral of the story I explained the story to my husband and Comcast is coming in 2 days and they are ok with our dog.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2016
I have paid my phones off over 2 weeks ago and have been trying to unlock them ever since to no avail. I have been passed around, from one department to another. I have been an excellent paying customer for over 6 years, I have had all their products from DirecTV, to Uverse. I would never recommend their services to anyone. I have filed a complaint with the FTC.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2016
I have never posted a review of any type but I have hit my limit with AT&T. This is the worst provider of internet service I have ever experienced. We have DSL from AT&T since it is the only game in town (even though uverse cable runs just past our neighborhood). Our entire neighborhood's DSL service is beyond terrible. We have collectively complained for years with no results.
For the past 3 months our service has been practically nonexistent. It works at very low speeds maybe 10% of the time and the other 90% nothing at all. Various neighbors have had AT&T out more times than I can count but nothing ever improves, if anything it gets worse. At my insistence they sent someone out yesterday but it happened to be part of the 10% of the time it was working. The technician was a genuinely good guy and wanted to try to help. I insisted to him that something was wrong in the neighborhood. He promised that he would check the "box" of the neighborhood as he left and to call me if he found anything.
About 30 minutes later he called as promised and told me that the interior of the box was soaking wet. He promised that he would report this to his supervisor to try to get the problem handled. I then reported this to the neighborhood (we have an email chain) and was surprised to find that on at least two other occasions others had technicians tell them the box was full of water and that was causing at least part of the problem. Apparently there is no coordination or desire to fix what has previously been recognized as a long term problem. I never thought I would miss Time Warner.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2016
I ordered service on the internet and get a call from a car. They cancelled my package for no reason and replaced the internet service that was bundled with the directv package. When ATT rep. Showed up to install the equipment, he said they could not do it as told.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2016
Recently I got U-Verse. After trying several time at other addresses they managed to get the DSL line close enough, something AT&T was not able to do before. Of course the installation took two weeks. They came, they left everything upside down for 2 weeks then they came back to figure out that it was not provisioned. We got the business package for $100 a month, our max speed is 15.5 mbps. Comcast was giving us 40 to 60 mbps at $80.00 per month.
Then it came the time to configure the router. AT&T provides a router that runs proprietary, wide open no firewall or ways to set one up for it does not support to be used as a bridge. The router forces a NAT and a double NAT will not work at all. So now we're stuck with a slow internet connection paying more every month with a cancellation fee and a router supposedly for business that is wide open even disclosing passwords and the full network topology. Pathetic security. Changing the admin password will not make a bit of a difference because besides the fact that you can reset it with the password printed on the device, AT&T has a back door access to rewrite the config file at any point killing all your network settings.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
Was told last Saturday I'd have wifi service today. Never showed but I'm supposed to pay $99. And then had to reschedule my day again to have them come out tomorrow and charge me another $99. And to show sympathy they offered me $10 off.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
I have the bundle package with U-verse, Home phone, internet and DirecTV that costs me roughly around over $280 monthly. I called in August to get bill reduced by taking off premium channels like Starz, HBO, etc. I did not have service those services since August but was still charged for them. I received my September bill and called the company where I was told there was no record of this conversation but I felt it should have reflected from my services being changed instead of me being credited back.
They told me that I would see the changes on my account in September. Okay, here we are in December and I still have an outrageous bill. I have explained to them time and time again I cannot afford these prices. My job will be ending soon and I have been trying to reduce my account amount since August. This is ridiculous. Oh yeah they put $40.91 on hold which I should not have. They must have agents that don't know what they are doing this and I am still being charged a penalty on it. They appear to be money hungry even when they are wrong.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
They can't get billing right to save their lives. I've spent a couple hours every month for the past 3 months trying not to get overcharged for the "free" movie channels I never ordered and that I canceled. Every month they assure me they've fixed it and every month on my bill they've overcharge my account - the icing on the cake, they even add late fees on portion of bill I was instructed to deduct when I paid, services I neither owed nor paid! 1 star is too much! This has been a nightmare. DirecTV basic channels are poor unless you like lots of shopping channels.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
Just received a call about our cable service. We told the caller we use Time Warner and he said he was with Time Warner and was looking at our account. He wanted to offer us a "premium" deal with more features at less cost. So, we said we'd listen. He transferred us to a product manager who said he was with AT&T and DirecTV. Totally dishonest and deceitful.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
I was promised faster internet speeds... The AT&T technician even came in and changed the port, changed the outdated router that I had 6 years ago, and check everything outside such as which wires are causing the interruptions, even changed my Ethernet cable to have only experienced 0 PROGRESS! This is completely outrageous! No matter what I do as to blacklisting devices that I don't want in terms of my gaming experiences for MAC FILTERS LIST, it seems to have no progress. I basically blocked every other devices from the router, and still no PROGRESS WHATSOEVER... I've been a loyal customer of AT&T for 7-8 years now and this is the thanks I get as a customer... THANKS A LOT. NOT... I wish there was 0 stars. They definitely do NOT deserve even 1 star from me. This is completely unsatisfactory.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
Our broadband cable was severed by accident by our landscaper. Fourteen days later, we are still without internet services and have no idea when it will be fixed. This is all despite having a family member with serious health issues that require contact with multiple medical professionals via internet.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016
We called AT&T on Wednesday 11/23/2016, the day before Thanksgiving because our AT&T Uverse was not coming on. We spoke with a call center in India Which the time and days are ahead of the USA. Was told we would get a new modem to watch UVerse TV on Saturday. It is now Sunday and no modem when promised. Called them back and was told we would get modem today. No modem yet. Called them back and was sent a tracking number. The tracking number says the modem will be delivered on Tuesday 11/29/2016. We have no recourse at this point.
We are at the mercy of AT&T unfortunately till our contract is up the end of December 2016. Only one more month and we will cancel internet, Uverse TV and 2 cell services and never look back on a company that only cares about saving money by giving our jobs out to other countries that don't care about keeping customers happy and staying with the company. I'm ashamed to know AT&T is ashamed to give US citizens a job. After reading the review, I'm ashamed to tell anyone I have AT&T!
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016
My wife has AT&T Uverse before we met and she moved in with me after we got married. I canceled her service in August 2016 by calling and going into an AT&T Store (as we were told on the phone to go to the AT&T store to turn in the equipment and cancel the account). The AT&T store said we had to go the UPS store which we did. In September I got a bill showing the service was still active. She called and was told they received all the equipment required was received in early August. They said they would give us a credit and don't pay. In October we got the same bill with another month of service and called again only to be told the same thing. Again today, we got a bill showing a 98.25 credit with a past due amount of 236.87. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR AT&T. I have had Comcast (now Spectrum) and the service is excellent. I am also canceling my AT&T phone service and going back to Verizon.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016
Completely negative experience through the entire start up process. I started my order online on 11/07/16, picked my service (TV&Internet) and installation date for 11/18/16. I set my Xfinity services to end 11/19/16. No one showed up on 11/18 and I called, there was errors on my account and there was delays from the online orders and required $100 payment for Uverse and $21.95 for DirecTV. I paid and AT&T had to cancel and reopen a new account and got a new date for 11/21/16.
Monday the 21st came and again no one showed up. I called, there was still errors and need to cancel and reopen my account again. At this point I was frustrated, they didn't offer anything for the delay on their end. I got a new date for 12/09/16 after I spent nearly two hours. I kept getting promises that they'll try getting a new date. I called once again on the 22nd to see if I could get a new date, due to holidays around the corner, the best they can do was 11/28/16. I called Xfinity right after, they sent someone with new equipment on the 23rd at 9 am sharp. I had to cancel the services with AT&T. I didn't understand after so many errors and their end, I kept getting put at the end of the line each time. I've never felt so frustrated with trying to get something simple as internet!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016
I used to have AT&T/Directv combined building. I discontinued my service with AT&T effectively Sept. 2, 2016. AT&T continued to charge me for the next two months for services I no longer had. After calling in 3 times, I finally spoke with Laurel who properly disconnected my service. I was credited for the amount of non-service which left me a balance of over 100.00. I paid that bill and received a bill from Directv which stated no payment was made on my behalf.
I called in once again to straighten this issue. I spoke with Richie from AT&T who was RUDE beyond comparison to me and the Directv representative who was also on the line. Richie never listened to either of us and constantly interrupted both of us. His supervisor, Rickey was a little better; when I asked for his badge number, he refused to give it to me. I got it anyway. It is RC 1949. Both of them need classes in customer service. The Directv representative could really teach them how to listen to the customer. AT&T should be ashamed of who they are hiring and how poorly they are trained to adhere to customer requests. I never will go back to AT&T, but I will forever remain a DIRECTV customer.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016
Long story short... RUN! Tried them out, was horrible! Canceled within the 30 day trial and they continued to bill us for months! I have been on the phone with them 5 times (literally) and they assure me that it's being taken care of and that we are canceled. The next month we get a larger bill and late notices. Last call was 90 mins long. I was promised by a manager that this would all be resolved. That was 3 weeks ago. Today we got a notice that they sent us to a collection agency! We have perfect credit! Now I can let them ruin our credit or pay the bill? Isn't that called stealing? I have filed a complaint with the consumer protection agency. Worse yet, there are over 25,000 complaints about this very issue online and my brother just told me he had the same problem and ended up paying over $200.00 for ZERO services just to save his credit. Save yourself!
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2016
Long story short, had U-verse for a year with no problems other than very slow internet. After my 1 year deal was up I called to upgrade from U300 to U450. Instead of upgrading my channels they knocked out almost all of my channels. After 8 days 20 phone calls, 4 visits from technicians, 2 online chats, numerous unreturned calls from supervisors, and an incredible amount of misinformation I am giving up. I was with Comcast for a long time and thought their customer service was bad, however they both compete very hard to be the worst. At least Comcast internet was faster and I was never without cable.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2016
I am extremely frustrated with the service!!! I was trying to switch my mothers' U-verse account to a regular AT&T phone, and it took me forever to find out what needs to be done and the cost. We decided not to do a switch, as it was not worth it and I called to cancel the order. They gave me a conf number, and I called again to confirm that everything will stay the way it is. However, my mother's phone stopped working in a few days. We've been on the phone with AT&T for a week every day for several hours trying to restore the service. They sent a technician, but nothing worked. I called today to cancel phone service for my mom, and have been transferred 3 times, and the last person just hang up on me after keeping on hold for 20 min. I cannot even cancel after all!!! No stars!!!
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2016
I'm sooo very tired of customer service people at AT&T not speaking clear English! While on the phone trying to sort out a log in issue, somehow 911 was called and were responding to my address! I didn't call them... what a debacle. Dispatcher upset with me, police on the way. Unclear about what happened??? 2 days now trying to log in to pay bill, and I get this BS.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2016
I enrolled with AT&T for service, called passport and somehow cancelled the next day before it could even start on 9 Nov 2016 and called to cancel. The lady said "no problem we'll credit". Now the bill came on 19Nov 2016. The service was still there and of course the charge was there. Called on 19Nov 2016 at about 3:45 pm. Same thing, the guy said "So sorry. Somehow the credit did not go thru. We'll credit now." Just to double check I called again on 21 Nov 2016 at about 1 pm. Guess what, the same no action, do not know what to do, still waiting for credit, will now change the service from AT&T to some one else, but not sure what they will do.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2016
I was totally scammed. The salesman rang my doorbell and told me that I could have cable for the same price I was already paying for my landline and internet. I told him that I wasn't interested in cable. I get 17 channels through my antenna. But he said it'd be free for two years because I'd be "bundling" my AT&T services and while it would cost about $54/year more, I'd be entitled to a $100 Visa gift card. Still, I told him I'd only be interested if I could get TCM, ESPN and CNN. He said I would! Ok, sounded too good to be true (it was) so I said "what if I want to cancel?" He said no problem, there's no cancellation fee, just wait to cancel until after installation or he wouldn't get his AT&T commission. In hindsight, this should've been a red flag, but I trusted AT&T.
When I asked to see the channels I would be getting, he said he didn't have a channel guide he could leave me, but ASSURED me that I'd be getting TCM, ESPN & CNN. On installation day, the tech guy destroyed a delicate bush I'd planted and been nurturing for 12 years by carelessly planting a patio chair on top of it which broke ALL of its branches. After 2 hours, it was time to get a lesson in how to work the clicker. That's when I learned I'd been scammed. I had none of the promised channels. No wonder the salesman didn't leave me with a channel guide (he said he only had one copy).
He got his commission and I lost a beloved carefully tended bush. I called his supervisor who told me "We understand that not every customer is going to be happy". I was given no consideration for the fact that I'd been intentionally scammed in order for a salesman to earn a commission. I lost a treasured bush, didn't receive what had been promised, and learned that AT&T doesn't care. Buyer beware.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016
When trying to determine if AT&T was the best option as an internet service provider... the sales rep (Taylor) finally said "I will throw in basic U-verse". At that point it seemed like a good deal so I agreed to the service. After the installation (this was done at my grandchildren's apartment not my home) they found that they had internet only. When I called to find out how they were to use their U-verse I was told I did not have that package. I asked that they pull up my original conversation (they say they are monitored for quality assurance purposes, right?) but was told they couldn't. Sounds like old time trickery to me. :(
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
I'm a customer of 20+ years. I purchased a BluRay/DVD player to get Netflix. It lock my network and I called AT&T for support. Each of 3 calls were directed overseas and the conversation was nearly inaudible. When the voice situation was under control, a lengthy sales pitch was delivered about other products... all 3 times. I just wanted to fix what I broke, not talk about products I don't need or want. This company is way too big. I resent having to talk to a robot for the amount of money I spend each month (335.00). It is unnecessary to be given a different number because you selected the wrong prompt number (which the robot indicated was the choice you wanted) to yet repeat the issue... again. Shame on AT&T for becoming such a technological giant that it loses touch with its client base.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
I called to opt out of AT&T UVERSE before my trial period ended. We had extensive problems. I was informed by customer service that if I allowed them to repair the service, they would refund all payments since I subscribed to the service. I had numerous technicians work on the system with no avail. I called the overseas customer support, and was informed that I would have to pay for any further service calls. I could not get them to understand that my service was never repaired. They would not send out anyone else for repairs.
I wrote email after email to sales, customer service, etc. Nothing happened. I finally received a flyer and called the sales department and they transferred me to a person who gave me a tier 2 repair number to call. I called and a tier 2 tech came out. He found that my system had been improperly installed. By now it was the one year anniversary of the installation. He recommended I request a full refund. I had not been able to use my fax, had terrible internet, and my system froze up to 50 times a day, and had to be reset up to 25 times a day. I had no HD signal.
A month later, I have more freezes than ever, and my system now loses internet regularly. I requested AT&T refund my money and remove the system. They were to respond with 5 days according to the customer service individual. Nothing has ever been done. I was supposed to get 75mb bandwidth. When I have internet service 43mb is the best I have ever gotten.
They have raised the monthly fee by nearly $75 after the contract period ended. I have requested the system be removed. I can get no response except run around. You will find that there is no place to call but overseas, and no one there has cared about repairing my service. I will never recommend that anyone use this service. If you do, make certain you have all their US customer service and sales numbers. I still cannot find them.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
I have had to call customer service several times and they are very nice. I have no problems with that. My problem is that the connection drops constantly. I will be in the middle of watching something (usually when I am watching DVR) and it will just freeze and stop for no reason. As someone wrote before I don't understand why this keeps happening to a service that the cables were underground. The weather is always perfect when this happens so there really no need for it. It is making me miss my Directv dish! I really expected more from Uverse. Oh, on a related note one night I wanted to watch something I recorded and surprise! All my recordings were gone. I had to have a new box put in. Arrg.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
I'm not big on writing reviews, but this is the worst company I have ever received services from. AT&T is a big joke. My cell phone doesn't get messages till way after the fact. The cable has the nerve to go out sometimes and it's not even dish. The wifi is the ABSOLUTE WORST!!! This is a total rip off that unlimited package crap. I suppose it may as well be unlimited because you barely get any service. The Wifi never works. I have a Ethernet cable plugged directly into the router and it still does not function properly. The first technician told us to call us if we have any issues. Apparently when it is first installed the person who installed it is suppose to come out and make adjustments. We called him and sent text messages 3 days in a row with no response.
Finally we called the company. Another Technician came out and said we have a bad card and that is why we have no good signal. In response I questioned him and asked how a new install could have a bad card. He simply shrugged his shoulders and his was we just install whatever the company gives us. We tested the internet and moments later he informed me that there must be someone in the complex with a strong signal. He said to give it a while and see if what he has done eventually helps. Well the results were the same and he then told him us to get an Ethernet cord and basically good luck. Also when you call and complain they tell you if a tech comes out and they think it's your fault then you are charged a service fee. So basically we are paying for a service we cannot use!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE A COMPLETE RIP OFF!!! As a result I can't do my job at home!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2016
I had issues with very slow service for several months and was told on more than 1 occasion that my internet was slow due to us have the slower internet package. After 3rd call they agreed to send out a technician. The technician said there was a problem with something outside and he would have to have someone else come out to fix problem. Whatever technician did was of no help. I called again to customer service and they told me my modem was bad. The representative told me that he would send me new modem but failed to tell me that promotion was void and that there would be a 7.00 monthly charge.
I received my statement today and promptly contacted customer service and spoke with AR and he told me that he would get charge permanently removed but after speaking to his back office they would not remove charge. I was then transferred to itech and again was told that that is one charge they can't adjust. Needless to say I'm not happy and would NOT recommend AT&T to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016
I have been a AT&T customer for many many years. Was the first in the neighborhood to get DSL service. U-verse finally became available in my area so I called and decided to take the internet, phone and TV bundle. Was hesitant about the phone part but was assured that a battery backup WAS included with the service... that it was built into the modem itself; was also given a written list of available channels for the TV. They installed everything again assuring me there was a battery backup for the phone. I tried to program the remote but some of the channels that I watch were NOT on the channel guide even though they were on the printed one and then the service started to go on and off and there was no battery backup. Sitting here at 2am with a dead phone was very frightening. It turned itself back on but then a while later it happened again.
Today was a day of wasted phone calls to tech which are utterly useless. I talked to 6 people including a supervisor that told me anything that came to their minds. They said they didn't provide battery backup but I could buy one and pay for installation. I said why when I was promised one would come with it then it was “We'll reboot the modem...” Did nothing. “Is your phone on now?” Duh… “I'm talking to you aren't I?” “Well it must be the line. Call the modem manufacturer.” Ah... “Why call them when you say it's your line?” Then “Well you can always dial 911 anyway.” Ah... not without a dial tone, you can't dial anyone. He repeated that one 3 times and on and on, one stupid thing after the other. Finally after about 4 hours of listening to this nonsense they said they would send someone. Also no reason for missing channels. Was told to go back to Direct. It was cheaper anyway which is what I did.
They came and changed it back to what I had. Tonight the repairman came a real English speaking intelligent person so smiled and opened the one case on the wall... there is NO batteries in it at all and then he opened the modem and there's no batteries in that either. He said that's the way they come and he's never even seen a battery for the modem so the battery backup was a complete outright lie. He put a battery in the one but he said that only does the outside (don't ask) and would do nothing for having me have power for emergency phone.
He said the only real solution was to go ahead and find a battery backup unit and buy one. The phone is still going out when it feels like it… so far once today. Their tech service is nonexistent. Techs know nothing but can read a few sentences off a computer screen and I totally resent being lied to and having services misrepresented. Much more and I'm dumping the whole thing and going with someone else.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2016
AT&T has continued to deceive its client just so we can have them for our service provider. I was promised a visa rewards card worth $ 400. I was never given clear instructions on how to claim it and in fact was told not to expect anything in the mail other than the $400 visa card, only to find out later it was not true. I was supposed to claim it via a corresponded mail. I found out 5 days later that my claim period had expired and I couldn't claim the $400. I was to claim it via a correspondent within a month and a half... I felt set to fail and duped... I hate AT&T for that.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016
It took me 4 days and multiple attempts to place an order. You are placed on automatic hold. My longest wait time was 1 hour when I finally hung up. On the 5th day I finally got a person - yea! So happy. Call went smooth, ordered what I needed and waited 6 days for installation. Took 4 hours off work. Went outside at the scheduled arrival time to greet truck. 20 minutes of waiting and I got a text. "Hey! This is Cameron. I am your technician." I respond back to text msg. "I don't see you. I am outside." No reply. I called his number. No reply. I waited another hour thinking maybe he is on a pole hooking it up? Call AT&T. At the moment of my call I get a text message that says "Sorry I missed you. Call to reschedule."
I spent the next two hours on the phone with 3 different people in 3 different departments. Set up another appointment for the next day. I get another text message "Sorry I missed you. Call to reschedule" 2 hours before the scheduled appointment! I am home and never left. The door was actually open all morning. Obviously this tech is off doing something and just sends out bogus messages. I am livid. Neither time did I get a call or knock on the door. Tried calling AT&T but I was placed on hold for 33 minutes before I hung up. Still no internet. AT&T is my only option. ATT SUCKS!
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016
EVERY month, for 9 months, I've had issues with the combined U-verse DirecTV billing. In order to give me reasonable loyalty pricing, I was told that I had to disconnect and re-establish both my U-verse and DirecTV services (even though I had just set up my U-verse high-speed internet account). Apparently, my first combined billing account was set up improperly, SO... somebody set up a NEW account number, which led to improper application of my PAYMENT for 3 months.
This led to a suspension of my DirecTV services in September, until I was able to navigate the maze of disconnected AT&T departments to determine that my payment was applied to a closed account, a refund check was generated and sent to me (to be received in up to 6 weeks). Once I figured out the misapplication, I had to make 4 independent calls to get the payment properly applied. While the payment was misapplied, AT&T was only too happy to charge me a LATE FEE. Hours of my life later, my service was resumed. That time.
THIS MONTH'S bill was paid EARLY (received by November 10th, due November 12th), applied to the correct U-verse billing account (amazing, considering I had had to research and troubleshoot that three months running). For some unfathomable reason, DirecTV chose to disconnect my service. When I called the AT&T Integrated DirecTV services line, eventually, they were able to restore my service (after spending 3 hours on the phone). They have YET to give me a straight answer as to WHY, in spite of early payment, the disconnect order was issued, assuring me it won't happen again (based on what, who knows). The call required supervisor intervention.
The Arizona call center requires supervisors to approve service transactions, but operators do not provide supervisor operator numbers. Operators transfer calls to their supervisor, assure the customer that their supervisor is sitting at their desk ready to receive the call, only for the customer to be on MUSIC HOLD again, for several minutes prior to disconnect. When the customer calls back, (s)he has to call back, wait through a several minute wait queue and start the process over EVERY TIME.
Then, when the 'supervisor' is messaged to call back the customer, once again apparently ignoring the call-back message, the whole annoying process starts all over again. After all is said and done, when customer service is incapable of answering the root cause of the service disruption, the customer is told there are no other avenues to pursue an explanation. It seems AT&T has a policy of hiding inadequate fragmented customer service behind an anonymous corporate veil.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016
Very dissatisfied. AT&T DSL Extreme. Think the Extreme part stands for extremely SLOW. Not sure, but I think I missed a birthday waiting to get online. Need to find a better provider in Spring Hill, Fl area, but not a lot of choices. Speeds vary from a high of 2.85 to a low of.04. I'm told that's normal as traffic picks up, things SLOW down. Very, very frustrating.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016
In all my 57 years on this planet, the absolute most horrifying experience in business I have ever had. It was like we were on a different planet, a bad dream that would not end. I could write a book if I had time. Now I have to pick up all other things I neglected while being at war with these gangsters.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016
Horrible experience with AT&T from the get-go. Signed up for "bundle" and got extremely unethical high billing, with hidden charges and outright violation of contract agreements. I got out of the contract and dropped Directv which was a major overcharging issue. From there month after month, overcharges on everything, like a shell game juggling act, always extra fees and charges. AT&T would switch the phone charge every month, then the modem charge, then the internet service, so that it would often appear twice what it was supposed to be. They would send me online statements of what was due and it never matched the online bill and it never matched the printed statements sent to us. Would spend sometimes 2 hours on the phone each month to get the bill adjusted to where it was supposed to be but it was increased every single month again with so many additional charges.
I recorded every call and got everything on video. Every time I spoke with an agent, they would try to "fix" it and tell me everything should be okay from that point on but every month it was the same - always charging more. The AT&T billing is underhanded and charges extra, hiding the fees and creating a very complex billing system so it is very difficult to follow unless you stay on top of it. How and why they get away with so much robbery is beyond reason. Will take it to the Better Business Bureau although I don't know how much good it will do.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016
This is the absolute worse Internet and cable service on the market. Constantly, daily sometimes 3 times a day it says server has lost signal. Had them replace the box still happening. It's the network not the box. Not sure I understand how you lose signal so often if it's underground. That makes no sense to me.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I called AT&T today to see what they could do about my $80.00 U-verse bill (I also have a separate account with them which has 25gb of data, 2 phones and a hotspot), but Time Warner is offering $40.00 a month for faster speeds than what I currently have. The guy was quick to cancel my account despite me telling him this information. I called back to talk to a manager about how dissatisfied I was with that approach and she told me I would have to pay a fee to reconnect. You would think that someone who spends hundreds of dollars a month would be treated a bit better, but apparently that is not the case.
She could have waived the reconnect fee, for something I wasn't fully ready to disconnect in the first place, and offered me a better deal, which working years in the cellular industry I know is entirely possible. However, they didn't care. They cancelled, told me I had to pay to reconnect and continue paying for a service that is TWICE as much as their competitors. No worries. Time Warner here I come.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I've been a loyal customer for many years, with no real complaints. However, I received my bill and notice it was quite a bit more than usual - $134 more. It appears my granddaughter (age 7) ordered 39 on-demand movies over a few weekends; 18 of the movies on one day and many duplicate movies (even though it's a 2 or 3 day rental, but again she's 7).
I called to speak with a representative to ask to waive these fees. She explained that she couldn't remove the fees because on-demand are purchases intended to be viewed. I agree, she did want to watch it, but she didn't know there's a fee for on-demand, even if you selects 'OK' on the screen, she still isn't aware these channels are not free. Well the representative would not budge. I told her there's a few duplicate movies, she said it wasn't. I pointed out which movies were duplicates, still NOTHING.
I asked for her manager, she explained she is the supervisor, I still would like to speak to your manager. After a 20 minutes wait, the manager tells me the same thing, it can't be removed. I told her it was completely unreasonable to think she watched 18 movies in one day. She said she couldn't tell me what was or was not unreasonable. We went back and forth for a while, but she wouldn't remove the fees, either. None of the fees. She told me I should have block the On-Demand channels. Well, didn't think of that, seeing that the 7 year old is just staying with grandma for the weekend(s).
Every movie is a children's movie, asked for a time stamp on when each movie was order, because I'm pretty sure she watched 10 minutes and selected another movie; the manager couldn't provide that. She ended with, there's nothing I can do, is there anything else I can assist you with. REALLY! Well, I guess they're not in the business of customer service and don't really care about loyalty. WHY SHOULD I???
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I called AT&T today to check on cable and internet rates. An operator by the name of Max talked to me for 47 minutes this morning. By far Max was the worst salesman I have ever talked to. He was aggressive, condescending, very rude, and made you feel "stupid" for not taking his offer. Not only would Max not let me speak, he tried to back me into a corner when I wouldn't take his offer. I am 56 years old and have never experienced a person like this. Just wanting an estimate from AT&T so my husband and I could discuss and make a decision turned into a scary, traumatic experience. I am considered a strong person by my friends, and I was literally made to feel afraid and scared by this person. I would never have thought that calling an AT&T operator would make someone feel this way.
Not being able to complete this 47 minute nightmare of a call (Max does not allow you to speak more than 3 words before he aggressively talks over you) I literally had to set the phone down while Max continued to belittle me for not taking his offer. If this experience I had with AT&T sounds crazy, I agree with you. It was the craziest conversation you have ever heard.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016
Our internet has cut out and repeatedly interrupted service, without weather issues or external factors influencing the operations. We have exchanged the boxes, had our routers updated, and have had maintenance work on the external grid connectivity. There is ALWAYS something going wrong and living in Midtown there should not be so many product/service flaws. The staff is always friendly and understanding, they just can't get their act together and provide a WiFi that streams a single episode of Netflix without resetting.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016
When making a call to discuss my DirecTV bill, on the phone about 1 year and half ago, I was talked into upgrading to U-verse. Convinced it would save me money. Well it did not save me money. After the promotionals stopped and within 2 months I had a technician out for freezing and losing signals. After a year and multiple phone calls, rebooting myself and technicians over the phone, it's over a year later and problem worse and more sporadic. 2 technicians this week, one coming tomorrow.
This is the worst service I've ever had with cable. Wished I had never upgraded. That's a joke. Downgraded for more money, almost 100.00 more per month... I will look for another cable/ Internet company. Also YOU have to pack the equipment and on your time and gas mail their equipment back to them. But they eagerly come to your house to install, but they don't trust their own techs while they're in your home to take their equipment back... I'm sooo done with AT&T U-verse. If technical problems not fixed tomorrow I'm getting rid of it. Don't ever get U-verse!!!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
My TV and internet service started on 8/6/2016. I ordered the 45 MB internet service and U-200 cable TV package. I was promised the following: Internet for $30 and TV for $60. HBO and Cinemax was free for 3 months. My package was special local pricing which was confirmed through Brian ** at the Aurora/ Naperville store. Once I combined my existing wireless service, I would then receive a $10 deduct from my bill.
I started to receive my bills for the above noted services. They were beyond the price what was promised. I contacted customer service numerous times to have this resolved, and they would either provide credits and tell me next month's billing will reflect the original agreement, however, after three months of billing cycles and continuous incorrect bills, this issue was not resolved.
On 10/15/2016, I spoke to a gentleman at customer retention, explained my issue in detail again, and was told that I should cancel my service and they will start me with a new plan the following day. However, he did not give me the details of the new plan. I refused and asked for his supervisor. I was promised someone would call me on the following day. No call. I called back, and was told the system was down, and the person on the phone could not access my file or place any noted, however, for some reason he was able to tell me details of my issue. I received no callback.
On 10/17/2016, I spoke to Becky at for 23 minutes and Christina for 16 minutes discussing the incorrect billing. The phone was disconnected on both occasions and I received no callback. I called the customer retention department and spoke to an Aryan for 25 minutes. Her only goal was to put me in another package, but not honor the original agreement. After numerous long pauses on her end she switched me to the Family Plan without my authorization and telling me she will do this, then the phone mysteriously disconnected, and she did not call back. Then I tried calling back, and the department was closed. The plan she switched me to has less channels but from the bill it was more expensive than what I had. This was even confirmed by Mr. Brian **, Mr. William **, Nikki (customer retention department- **).
On 10/24/2016, I spoke at length with Nikki (ID number **), He indicated that he did see the issue with the billing, spoke to his supervisor and indicated that we will come to a conclusion on this once his supervisor's supervisor gives approval. He promised that he will have this issue resolved, and that he will call me the next day and he was not the type of person not to call back. We set a time and date for the call, I received no call. I called back later that week, and spoke to someone at customer retention, they indicated they will open an file claim case on the issue, and I was to expect a call back on 10/22/2016. On 10/22/2016, I received no call.
On 10/26 or 10/27, I called back and spoke to Grace. Grace indicated that they have reached a conclusion, and that my bills will be restored to what was originally agreed upon. Furthermore, I reviewed the costs with her twice, if not three times and she confirmed. I then asked when my U-200 TV channels would be restored so I can watch the news, she said in two hours, I waited, and no restoration of U-200 TV channels.
On 10/28/2016, I spoke to Shelly (**), she disputed everything Grace had told me then proceeded to tell me that I cannot get the original pricing, because that has expired and she tried again to put me in a new plan which was far more expensive than the original. I asked her to open a case file, and she did (Case #**). On 10/31/2016, I called to see the status of the case file. Spoke to Deshanique. She indicated the case file was closed, and there is no dispute. I received no response the status of the case file.
On 10/31/2016, I visited the AT and T store in Aurora, IL and spoke with the person who took the order. He remembered me and remembered the special local pricing. He contacted customer loyalty while I was there and he was also disconnected with no callback. He indicated he will contact his supervisor and that I should get a call back the next day. He also informed me that he had another customer with the same issue, and the manager contacted AT and T and they were able to provide the pricing promised. I received no call. On 11/2/2016, I revisited the store and spoke to William **, the store manager. He indicated that he cannot do anything, unless he has access to Brian ** order. He indicated that I should receive a call on Thursday 11/3. I received no call.
On 11/3/2016, I revisited the store and met with Brian ** and William **, who both happened to be in the store. Brian reconfirmed the original pricing and indicated that those numbers were on his IPAD when he put the order in. I asked Brian if this is a common issue with AT and T, and he indicated that lately it has been the case. I spent a great deal of time, waiting while William ** was on the phone with AT and T, only to tell me they cannot honor the pricing and they wanted to put me into a more expensive package. I refused and indicated that I will be switching my service to Comcast due to what clearly appears to be shady practices by AT and T. I indicated that I will not pay the early cancellation fees as AT and T has not honored their contract. I was told that he does not have authorization for this, but the area manager, Ms. Michelle ** will call me on 11/7/2016.
To summarize, AT and T has not honored their original agreement. The original agreement was confirmed by Mr. Brian ** (sales person who placed the order), Nikki and Grace. AT and T has downgraded my service to a Family Channel, and I am still paying more for my service for this downgrade. At this point, I plan on cancelling my services with AT and T for internet and cable. AT and T will have to cover the expenses for the early termination fee, as I never received what was promised. Lastly, I am seeking $5,500 for all the time that I have spent dealing with AT and T's deceitful practices (as confirmed by AT and T's employee, Brian **).
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
Last year, AT&T U-Verse Internet was providing about 1/8 the speed that they promised with the package I was paying for. It took about six months for them to fix the issue -- they sent three technicians out, each of whom, patched the problem instead of fixing it. After multiple calls and complaints, I finally got a local manager's number and he was very helpful. He sent out a technician and they found that there was a major problem with the lines, and that they needed to fix about a city block's worth of wire. This tech finally took the time to fix it. Voila, fast internet, after 6 months of paying for internet speeds I didn't receive. Until about a month ago, it started happening again. Netflix can't even load. I was trying to open simple sites and it was taking 2-3 minutes to open, and then wouldn't even open with all the data.
I'm a VERY busy person, and I don't have time to waste an hour on the phone with AT&T, and then waste an afternoon waiting for a technician to come out, so I just waited, hoping the issue would get resolved...that maybe it was a local issue or something. But finally decided to call, and I told the customer service rep right away that I've had these issues before, I didn't want to waste time going through all the rigmarole with the rigged AT&T speed test, and wanted to just get a tech out to fix it. And the customer service rep was like, OK and then proceeded to do the whole basic test. She sent me to http://speedtest.att.com/speedtest/ which showed about 20 mbps download, but I went right to a few other speed test sites that showed about 2 mbps download speeds. Wow!!! Rigged much!?! Anyway, she said, since it was going fast, they could send someone out, but they would have to charge me for the service.
I went to a few sites like Google and other simple sites, and it was much faster than it had been just this morning. So I responded that just because it's not super slow this exact second, you won't send someone out to fix it, even though it's been intermittently slow for the last MONTH! And she said some other excuse so I asked for her "manager", who repeated exactly what she said, and by the way, was at some call center in India (obvious from the thick accent, script-like verbiage and the fact that he was obviously not given the permission to make decisions by himself).
So, here I am, a VERY BUSY PERSON (I'm an IT Manager), and I have a small time frame to call AT&T to get help for this intermittent issue, and they're sitting here telling me they're going to charge me to send out a tech to fix this, just because the issue isn't happening right this second. Ok. AT&T just won the worst service of the year award. I'm wondering if I have any legal options at this point, and am open to suggestions on how to start a case.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
I switched from Cox to AT&T Uverse March 2015. I cannot wait until my two year contract expires at which time I will switch back to Cox. I constantly have problems with a lost signal where I have to turn the power off for 10 seconds and back on, but yesterday was the final straw. I had invited six people over to watch the much anticipated LSU - Alabama game, and you guessed it, lost signal on TV. I was on the phone quite some time with the tech and went through all the procedures but to no avail. A tech is scheduled for the next day between 1 & 4. Needless to say I had to cancel my scheduled football party and today I sit waiting for the tech and probably will miss the Saints game at 3 PM. Totally ticked! Might also mention this is the third time a tech will be out for the same problem.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
As a stock holder and a customer of AT&T for over 35 years I DO NOT recommended them for your internet needs. Poor connection service and recently many family and friends have complained about their quality of service including on-line problems, getting connected, as well as not being able to understand when they call in with the service techs. I highly encourage you to shop around and find another service provider... and yes I will lose money on my stock investments but I can't worry about the bottom line when service is poor.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016
We recently switched to AT&Tina Uverse from Comcast when our service commitment was up for the big price difference. We thought, "Ok, we will save some money." However, the internet connection is horrible where we are at. Since the very beginning, it had been horrible. Today I called AT&T to see if there is anything they can do to help the connection. The lady asked for me to run a speed test. Once it was done she very sternly implied, "your connection is above standards."
I was very annoyed at this point and I responded with the truth, "You know ma'am, my mom has AT&T Uverse in Downtown Houston, and she never seems to have the troubles we have here, and when I had Comcast, the pricing was different, but at least the internet connection was solid. With you guys we cannot even watch Netflix and use our wireless phone connection without running into a problem. Two simple things and we have a problem. I live across the street from the main AT&T box in my area and no joke, I see someone from your business out here almost every other day looking at this box. I know you guys get tons of complaints in this area." She then proceeded to tell me technical support is trying to fix the problem.
My point is this, why would a huge company like AT&T provide the lowest standards of service for one area, like where I live, and provide better service to other areas, like Downtown Houston? My answer is, because they can and the people that own the company are looking out for number one. I would not recommend AT&T to anyone. I would at least recommend that you ask what the service is like in your area before even considering going with them, because I know the prices can be appealing. But believe me, you have to be in the right area to get good service.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016
A month ago, I requested auto bill pay. Thinking everything was ok, I was shocked to have phone service disconnected! They never said it would take 2 months to begin. To get a live representative takes forever & their hours are limited. I settled everything & was assured service would return shortly. What a joke: it was returned day 3!!! Recently, I needed a 2nd line. It took 1 hour & 45 minutes to find out they were not even offering what I requested. Customer service was inefficient, never giving confirmation numbers, leaving out important information, & unconcerned about the customer. This is without a doubt the worst company I have dealt with. BellSouth gave far better service than this inept group. Too bad there is not a 0 star option.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016
I have lost signal issues every single day with AT&T U-verse and have for years. I have had AT&T U-verse since it came out many years ago and have problems with the signal and WiFi connection on a regular basis. I will finally be moving soon and cannot wait to cancel AT&T U-verse. It is a horrible value and product. It is hard to believe that they have the nerve to charge a premium price for such an inferior product. I would never recommend it to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
Do not go with this company, they promise everything to get your business and no promises are kept. I had AT&T Uverse for a year and the monthly charges keep going up. So AT&T said I should switch to DirecTV because they have specials. So I signed up for two years. They told me my bill will be the same for the next two years. Wrong! I have to call them every 2 months and they keep saying the same thing but they only lower it to 2 months and they raise it again the following month.
Have you looked at their contract? What they promise in the beginning is not in the contract. Don't believe a word they say. I had to talk to 9 different people in October but guess what? The bill is back up again this month. I was told they can't lower the bill. So I might just have to get a lawyer. In addition their connection keeps getting lost, I have to unplug and plug the router. One of the worse customer service, they place you on hold for over an hour. I think that's their strategy, with hopes that you'd just give up and call to start over again.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
We have had U-verse fiber optics for three months now. Initially, it was 100/20 and we constantly had issues. They told us we have over 1500 NAT sessions, so they recommended a second modem, so we got another modem with 100/20 still issues. They said the bandwidth is not enough for 15 people in the office!! And we need to upgrade to 200/40, so we did that. They have been here 6 times so far, replaced modem twice and upgraded our services, still issues. We are in Newport Beach, Ca and they claim no one else has this issue around here. They have charged us the monthly fees as well as modem fees close to $400 per month.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
I used the chat feature to make a payment arrangement. I asked him and several times if the arrangement I made will keep my service from getting disconnected. Obviously it wasn't because now my services are off. Luckily I have documentation of the arrangement but now I still have to try to get through to customer service to get this taken care of. This shouldn't happen. Why should I call them again to make sure the arrangements would be honored.
Updated on 11/29/2016: I can't believe this happened again. I made a payment arrangement using the chat feature. Funds were set to be drafted out of my account on December 1st. On November 28th my service was off. I contacted U-verse. Show them where the payment arrangement has been made. I was told my services would be restored in two hours. I went to work, came home and the services were still off. I contacted U-verse again via chat feature and gave them copies of my transcript. Over an hour later and three Representatives my services were still not turned on. I was passed around so much my cell phone died.
The representative kept saying she couldn't see the transcripts but the three previous people had no problem. I have also sent messages via their Facebook page and still no response from last month when I had this problem. I don't understand why Arrangements that are made via chat are not able to be seen in the office when you're on the phone with a representative.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
This is about my horrible, horrible experience with the DSL Broadband Internet and phone bundle because U-Verse is not available in my area. Still worth the read if you want to know just how infuriated I am with these greedy idiots at AT&T. AT&T sucks so much. I’ve talked to at least 4 customer service reps, scheduled appointments with two technicians, and spent a grand total of 5+ hours on the phone with them. Why? All because I was trying to get the internet to work again.
For the past couple of months, the wifi would go down at the most inconvenient times, usually around 3 am when I’m trying to fit in some studying time. The bigger issues were solved because I insisted (quite angrily. I mean, I did practically scream into the phone after they had me repeat the exact same situation five million times -___-) that they check the landlines outside, which they made out to seem like the greatest inconvenience to them (it’s your ** job. Get the ** over yourselves). We still have minor blackouts for a couple of minutes, only to have it up and running again. Probably gonna have to call them again to get them to check that landline. No, I do NOT care that you just changed the wiring or some ** like that. You’re gonna fix this problem and do it now because I’m paying a whopping $120 per MONTH for your ** service, so get busy.
The only reason why I haven’t switch to Comcast Xfinity (since that’s literally the only other major provider in my area, which is ** considering the fact that I live in Silicon Valley -___-) is because of their customer service. It’s not just that I’ve heard the horror stories of those demon reps putting you on hold for 3+ hours. I’ve had to deal with that when I called for a friend who spoke very little English.
Seriously, ** these greedy companies. I hope they all crash and burn one day because that’s all they ever deserve. Stealing money from regular folks, for what? Barely usable yet highly exorbitant service that, if it weren’t for laws and consequences, would cause riots to go off if all of their customers were as infuriated as I was and still am.
AT&T Internet Company Information
- Company Name:
- AT&T Internet
- Formerly Named:
- AT&T U-verse
- Website:
- www.att.com