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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 May 15, 2015
I moved in to a new house 2 months ago, got my Uverse set up, no problems. I've got a bad wireless connection.... rep told me to go get a separate router and cell phone tower. No problem, went out and got it. I asked for a tech to come over because I was having problem. They WILL NOT HELP ME FIX IT. After 21 years and spending $600 a month on their services won't send a tech. Oh wait, they'll send a tech if I pay another $150!!!!!!
I am so beyond myself that a company that happily takes $6k a year out of my pocket and multiple thousands of dollars of my people that work for me can't send a rep to help with my problem. AT&T shame on you!!! I'm definitely selling your stock at the opening bell... because your value will be a penny stock in no time. I can't believe the way you treated a high spending customer who has 100 employees working for him!!!!!
Reviewed May 14, 2015
I have 4 cable boxes for Uverse inside my house. One is not working. The other 3 are. The one that is not working has the splash screen for AT&T up, but it never seems to connect. I called AT&T customer service on Monday and explained that it was only one TV not connecting. They agreed to send a tech out. The guy came at the appointed time. However, he fiddled around outside (remember, everything works except one TV inside) and left. Problem NOT solved.
I called AT&T and informed them of this idiot that came out Tuesday and they agreed to send someone today (Thursday) between 4-8. The tech arrived at 3 pm, but never left his truck. He just sat there. My GF is at the house and could see him sitting in the AT&T Truck. Never rang the door bell. Never got out of his truck. Problem NOT solved.
To make matters worse, I called the tech. When I said "My girlfriend was waiting in the house for you and said you never got out of the truck" he hung up on me. Never called back to say "Whoops we got disconnected." My GF is a lawyer. It is expensive to have her sit around waiting for incompetent liars to nap in their trucks and never fix things. I wish there was an alternative to AT&T in my neighborhood. Maybe the reason they suck is because they do not have to care. I do not have a choice besides DirecTV and AT&T owns them!!!
Reviewed May 14, 2015
We received a statement that showed the credit we were due. The next month we received another statement showing we owed them $169.98 (showing the credit eaten up by the charge) because we did not return the equipment.
We spent over 30 minutes on the phone with ** who just kept repeating his script that even if we returned the equipment we would still owe the charges because we did not return it in time. I demanded to speak to a supervisor who basically kept repeating the same script. I told the supervisor, **, that I was recording the conversation so I could use it in court if necessary. So, this is not about the equipment at all. They don't care if they get it back, they still want money for NOTHING! Their website says if we take the equipment to UPS that they will scan it in their system so AT&T knows it is there, and then the equipment will be destroyed (NOT RETURNED).
This is nothing but a SCAM. Please be warned that if you do business with AT&T you are dealing with liars and thieves. My wife and I are eyewitnesses and we have video recording of our conversation, with the audio to prove what was said. I even pointed out to them that I was surprised they were willing to say those things out loud even if it were their policy. They do not care at all about customers or how loyal you have been to them for over a decade. They are useless, heartless, lacking any common sense and caring nothing for their customers whatsoever. My advice is to NEVER do business with them.
Reviewed May 14, 2015
I had new service installed on Friday, 5/8. Today is Wed., 5/13. I have already had 3 problems with this new equipment. Called today, was on the phone for 1 hour and had no success. Asked to speak to a representative and all of a sudden was disconnected. Can't get anyone to help me or even come out without a charge of 149.00. Really, wtf AT&T, are you really that hard up for the ** money?
Reviewed May 12, 2015
I have had AT&T at my house for 8 years (only bc it's the only internet provider in my neighborhood, which I don't know why bc it's in Fort Worth). I am suppose to have 24mbps and I on average get between 13 to 16 Mbps. Called multiple times and they have never fixed the problem. I run one computer and tv off of it-- should not get so low. At work we have AT&T and our internet went out Saturday and it is Tuesday and it still has not been fixed. I try to get our account at work switched to my name bc I am in charge of the personal finances but they gave me the run around. I recommend staying away from AT&T and seek a internet provider elsewhere.
Reviewed May 12, 2015
Every billing statement each month has a different amount and always higher! Sometime ago I needed technical help and they wanted to me to take a yearly maintenance service with an exuberant charge. I did not. I have to discontinue their service. They are crooks!
Reviewed May 11, 2015
I called AT&T to obtain internet and TV service. I specifically told the operator that I refused to have a contract because I was worried that I can't pay for it. I have decided to keep the internet and cancel the TV service. I called AT&T today and have been told that I have contract and that it will cost $165 to cancel the TV. I specifically told them that I didn't want a contract. Will you please help me?
Reviewed May 10, 2015
Alright so we have had home DSL since BellSouth with AT&T. We pay for 6.0Mbp and we have never ever gotten even 75% of the speed promised. We always lose connection and have problems. Every time I call them and get someone who is incompetent I hang up and call again. Anyone foreign who I can't understand gets the red button as well. I actually just got off the phone with them. They're sending out a tech. He's obviously not gonna find a problem even though it is obvious there is one. I just ran a test 2.3mbps download hard wired into my router. It's a Linksys WRT1900AC Nighthawk. I don't use crappy hardware just crappy ISP because nothing else is available. If they have to come in and fix something it's gonna be $99. The ** it is. I haven't ever gotten what speed I'm suppose to from yall so go on and credit me back what I haven't been getting and use it for the repair.
I don't live in an old house either, it's only 5-10 years old. It's not like the wires inside are bad it's something on their end that needs fixing and if something else was available I wouldn't be posting this because I would be enjoying acceptable speeds atm. My blood pressure gets high every time I have to call them. Cause it's always "well you aren't getting what you're suppose to." "Well thank you capt. obvious! I NEVER HAVE!! Never even close!" So tired of it.
Reviewed May 10, 2015
U-verse changed my billing amount to $37 dollars without warning. I didn't realize and accidently paid $36 dollars ONCE. The next bill stated that I owed $37 plus the one dollar from the previous month. That's IT. So I paid the $38 on time. THEN, the next month I was hit with a NINE DOLLAR late fee on my ONE dollar.
Reviewed May 9, 2015
I was billed for the Pay-Per-View fight that was on last weekend, and I did not order it or watch it. The charge was $100. I called AT&T and spoke with billing, tech services, customer service and the retention department. After threatening to cancel my service with the retention department they credited my account for $50. I am so disgusted with them, I would like to change services, but their product is really much better than any of their competitors.
Reviewed May 9, 2015
I have been at Xfinity for a long time. I moved to a new place and decide to get AT&T UVERSE. Trust me it's the biggest mistake I ever make it. So sad, was expecting something better for a big company like that but what get is bad and lot of trouble.
Reviewed May 8, 2015
The internet is constantly freezing up all day long. Contacted AT&T told them about it, it works fine when it's working but constantly freezes. They had us run a speed test which was ok and I told them speed was ok when it works but it just keeps stopping. Their response was "Speed test is ok, so it's your problem".
Reviewed May 7, 2015
AT&T has the worst customer service. I am trying to fix this collection since 2013. And I still can't. I have a collection because I made a payment on the account cash. And I lost my receipt and supposedly they never received the payment. Now I made the pymt again to a company named Afni inc. (collection) They never reported to AT&T that it was paid. Now AT&T said that the pymt never was cashed. I have my bank statement and shows that Afni inc. cashed me. But the lady from AT&T says that the pymt can be shown in on my bank statement but it was never cashed. (Something that I don't understand) Is stupid!! So my bank is lying? I have the proof of the pymt that it was cashed, but they continue saying the same. I'm tired of this **. They can't fix a problem. They just want money 3, 4, 5 times no matter the times, they keep charging.. I hope I can sue AT&T. I have to do something about this company...
Reviewed May 7, 2015
Recently I moved to the apartment building Downtown LA and had no option just AT&T for tv and internet service. More - I was offered special rate if I contact particular agent. Since I use to high speed of internet and non interrupter service from different providers in a different locations I was surprise when agent offered me low speed saying (like I am an idiot): "This is very fast". Price was much high for what was offered. Since I am not an idiot I could not believe that I have to agree with this BS. I tried to get different service but looks like this building was monopolized by AT&T. However I was able to sign up online for fraction of the cost offered by agent. It is a scam I say. I was not able to get offered by other companies speed. AT&T is far behind the rest of the world on this subject and agents are talking to clients like to children not knowing anything.
Other part was when technician showed up. He was trying to convince me that I need cable run from one end to the other even that building has all in walls. Since I know more about it than average I forced the technician to do a proper testing.. I need to show him how. So technician took my suggestions and after having many issues with it was more less done. About 2 hours later. Then I wish I never moved to this building just because this AT&T service is not acceptable. Interruption on TV program specially using Netflix is just sick. Internet is up and down but mostly slow and broken many times a week. I never got an explanation or fixed it. I rather not to ask for help hoping that I will move out soon and never need to be stuck with AT&T.
Reviewed May 7, 2015
For the past 3 yrs I have complained to AT&T about my wifi. I pay on time every month, but my wifi works only 10 to 20 days per month. I am a senior citizen and I now know how it feels to be misused and abused by big business. My area only has AT&T wifi or I would have changed companies (DISH) by now. Red light means no Broadband Service!!!
Reviewed May 7, 2015
I called AT&T to cancel home phone but keep wireless and internet. When the bills, yes plural, began to arrive, I found that the total of my bills for wireless and internet exceeded that of the combined bill. By the way, they also lowered the cost of my wireless to be more competitive. They also switched me to Uverse. When I called to question the bills, I was passed around from wireless to internet to home phone with each saying I had to call the other services. I went around the cycle twice on two different occasions and never got an answer.
AT&T had the audacity to call and ask if I was pleased with their service. I ended all services with AT&T - had been with them for over 20 years. Internet service was never good, DSL was very slow. When I called to complain - many years ago - I was told that I was at the end of the line and when traffic was heavy, service would be slow. They even lowered the cost since I was not getting "high speed". With time, as more people upstream from me got DSL, the service became slower to the point that at times I didn't have access. When they offered to switch me to Uverse, the salesman said my service would be better. It wasn't, it was worse.
When I called to complain, they had no answers. So I cancelled. I was charged $165 for early termination. There was no one to complain to. If you're looking for a wireless, internet or home phone provider, don't use AT&T. They're OK until there is a problem and they have no desire to help solve it. I was on Sprint wireless previously (20 years ago) but we didn't get good reception where I lived in those days. I called to tell them that, they apologized and suggested I get another provider. They cancelled my contract with no charge to me. As you can guess, I'm back with Sprint and it's been great.
Reviewed May 6, 2015
Worst customer service I've ever encountered. We just moved from Oklahoma to California. We had spoke with ATT before moving and they said all we had to do was call and transfer - there would be no additional charges etc. Well we get here Sunday, call Monday and of course the last barely speaks English. First tries to have us start new service and charge us a 400 dollar deposit, then says it's 100 to start the service at our new house. Um, no. Finally she agrees to "waive the fee" and says service will be turned on Tuesday morning at 8am. Of course it wasn't. Spent 3 hours on the phone with customer service, again, to be told well maybe it just hasn't been turned on, "Wait a few hours & try again". Still not working so we're back on the phone AGAIN trying to get it turned on.
In the mean time our cell phone bill is now higher because we went over our data because we're unable to use wifi because of this. No one can give us answers or tell us whether or not the service is active or not.
Reviewed May 5, 2015
Minus 10 stars -- I made the mistake of changing over to Uverse internet after being with AT&T DSL for 20 years with no problems. As soon as the Uverse was changed over every day -- every single day -- it goes down for 2 or 3 minutes at a time intermittently every single day and all day, over and over -- every single day and all day long. Non-stop! I can't run my business like this. Do not ever switch over. I hate AT&T now.
Reviewed May 4, 2015
I have been a loyal customer with ATT for over twenty years, pay the bill on time and in full. Over the last five years the service ATT has is terrible. When contacting customer service the customer service representative spends over ten minutes asking me questions and not answering the one question I called about in the first place. It seems that no information is in the computer screen regarding who I am. No information is missing when ATT sends a bill however. ATT has absolutely no regard for the trouble and inconvenience they put their customers through. Welcome to corporate America. Business is so much better when you have choices to choose from, makes a company try harder to keep a customer happy therefore having a job. ATT has forgotten why they are in business. Customers make your business, keeping them happy results in a great review..
Reviewed May 2, 2015
Very slow UVERSE internet - I have full internet capable, so I'm told by customer support, but they cannot explain why I have such weak wifi connection. Only reason is because where I live, the AT&T office is too far from where I live???
Reviewed May 2, 2015
I initially signed up with them because I was over dealing with Comcast. I regretted this decision from the start. The person I signed up with gave me a higher plan on his own while telling me I was getting what I asked for. Then the first day it arrives the Internet was very spotty and the HD channels would take 2 or 3 seconds to auto correct from standard to HD. I gave it three days and decided I wanted out of this deal and cancelled my account so I can crawl back to Xfinity. I called up and cancelled which was easy enough. Returned the equipment and lo and behold, a month later I have a bill for $210 which I owe none of. The AT&T csr admitted I didn't owe the bill but since it takes their computers over a month to update..... this I cannot believe...... I should pay it before it goes to collections and then I'll be refunded. The heck is wrong with these people!!! Stay away.
Reviewed May 2, 2015
Had to wait week and a half for install, techs spent 2 days at our home and left us without a connection. Tried to call for support and spent hours on the phone without being able to speak to someone.
Reviewed May 1, 2015
I attempted to pay my Uverse bill online this morning, but was getting a message to contact my bank because the payment did not go through. My bank is Chase and there is plenty of money in my account. I called AT&T and after talking to a computer for quite a while I finally got through to customer service. The customer service person tried to put my payment through and got an error message that told her that the system was and had been down for several hours. And I should try back in an hour. I tried back in an hour and it was still down. I tried back online several hours later and it would not accept my debit card. This is the same debit card I have used for over two years.
I finally called AT&T and got through to a customer service agent. And she said that she wasn't aware of the online payment system being down and took my info and the system accepted my debit card. And I was charged $5.00 for the service. AT&T has the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with. It is trickle down from the top from the CEO to the customer service clerks. AT&T is too big to manage by the incompetent management team that they have in place, yet they make money although, a lot of it is made through deceptive practices.
Reviewed May 1, 2015
We have had Bright House for about 10 years and made the mistake of moving to AT&T Uverse. What a nightmare. DIRECTV was installed 1st. When I first made the call I was told there was no contract except they would not raise our bill for 12 months. They said we qualified for free Installation, but I would have to pay $28.86 which I authorized they could take that one time fee only off our credit card. We had DIRECTV for 8 days and phone and internet for 5 days at which time I woke up to no internet and phone which they had turned off. I am disabled and must have a phone. They did not seem to care and due to an address discrepancy they could not turn it back on until someone came out here.
Prior to this problem and during trying to get someone in the USA or someone who spoke English took hours. A few days later after becoming frustrated and telling them to shut it all off, we received a bill for an early termination fee totaling over $500. We immediately called our credit card company and told them not to pay it but somehow they got around it and our credit card company paid which in turn to protect our credit, we paid it. We are considering taking this to court. If anyone out there has had a similar problem please reply if you would also like to get involved. Here is some advice. Get everything they say in writing. Thanks to all.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
After we bought our first home AT&T Uverse was installed on September 5th. The internet was soo slow and terrible we canceled within 5 days and had Cox internet service installed (which is much much faster than Uverse). We received another bill on October 11th so we contacted AT&T to notify them of the error. They said the reason was because we hadn't returned our equipment yet but were assured we would not be billed anything once they received their equipment back. We sent the equipment back and now we have a collection agency calling every day wanting $400 from us. We've tried several times to resolve this since we shouldn't have to pay anything for a couple days of crappy service, each time we think it's going to be resolved, a collection agency calls us days later.
I just spent the last hour dealing with ** at AT&T and his supervisor **. Neither one of them actually listened to my complaints, they just repeat whatever terms were in the contracts and that we have to pay them $400. ** actually didn't listen to one word that I had to say and just talked over me the entire time and then hung up on me once she finished what she had to say while I was asking her a question! That is TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! ** IS THE WORST SUPERVISOR AND SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY!!! DO NOT USE AT&T! THE ONLY THING THAT SUCKS MORE THAN AT&T UVERSE'S INTERNET SERVICE IS THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE!
Reviewed April 30, 2015
Missed my scheduled appointment for two days in a row. When I receive a call from customer service or myself call a customer service their voice quality is miserable and calls get dropped.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
In 2013, I was talked into uverse by a salesperson when I needed to lower the cost of my phone bill. At no time, did this person ever tell me that I couldn't go back to my regular landline. EVER! I have had such problems with this that I'm furious. My landline actually drops phone calls. Poof-dead silence! I've had techs here. Always the same thing - garbled calls. I hear about every other word on my end, and the same for the person on the other end. I called again today. Another tech call. I believe this has been gross misrepresentation on AT&T's part. Frankly, I'm not a big cell phone user. I just want my old landline back. So disgusted! My suggestion, don't ever switch to uverse.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
Cancelled service because we were moving and ordered new service at new address. Old account was never closed. Called and called and called for months. Each person and department said they would fix. The account moved to billing, account receivables, to retention. Now we are in collection. I am disappointed, angry and feel that this company is so big no one knows what the other is doing. Customer service is horrible and ineffective. I have contacted an attorney because the collection company said pay the bill and then fight the bill. Fighting with AT&T is impossible. I have no idea who to send a letter to. I would sent you all the documentation but it is over 10 pages.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
I live in the country with lots of trees around, so broken wires are not uncommon. Yet in the dozen or so times a tree branch broke my connection. AT&T managed to get a crew out to repair it within a few hours. Pretty impressive IMO. I have friends with cable and satellite access who have lost it for several days. But I've never had to be offline with AT&T for more than a few hours. GO AT&T repair section!!! And thanks once again for getting it back again in just hours.
Reviewed April 29, 2015
I had AT&T DSL for years and never had any issues with them. I had called to tell them I had married and need to change my name on my bill. The gentleman told me I could get U-verse, which would be cheaper! My lucky day... NOT!!! The set up was smooth and I had no issues. They shut off the DSL account on April 2 in the morning and turned on the U-verse account that afternoon. We set it up that night and had internet after about an hour. So, I get my bill for the first month of U-verse on April 17th and the final bill for the DSL account on the 20th. I had called about the two separate bills and they told me it was normal and to make sure I sent them in two different envelopes because they were from two different accounts which I did.
On Monday the 27th I got a bill from a collection agency saying I was delinquent and needed to pay the bill!!! WTH!!! I checked my bank and both checks cleared on the 23rd. The bill for the closed account had a due date of May 1st. I called AT&T and a gentlemen told me I should have mailed it back the day I got it. I got the bill on Monday and mailed it out on Tuesday, couldn't do it any faster than that!!! Then he said I should have mailed a check when I ordered the service for $100.00 to cover any fees for the account that would be closed?? There is no way I am sending a check to any company for an account that is closing!!! Then they told me everything was good and I had a zero balance on my account. No apologies for the inconvenience or nothing. They said it was my fault... I told them to come and get the equipment, haven't seen them yet!!!

Reviewed April 29, 2015
I have started with AT&T sometime ago with a internet product they mislead it me with. Yes they return my funds but it still was a problem. It took them over 3 to 4 months to send my refund. Okay, so I forgive this strike one, and continue to do business with them only if they were Honest and up front. Okay for a few years they was pretty up front with me and I respect that because I am a outspoken person and straightforward and was very honest with AT&T. They sent me a offered promotion.
I spoken with one of the salesperson who was promoting U-verse TV along with a gift card $175.00. I was mislead and was told that I would only pay 159.00 that Included with the service. I had internet and land line home phone along with their promotion, U-verse TV, 159.00 a month. I ask her, "Will this remain the same each month?" I also told her that if this bill is over $200 month that I can't afford it. She assure me that it would be no more than 159.00 a month. I got a bill saying that I old previous balance $443.49 dollars. I call them back again to find out why I have to pay for something that wasn't in the the first-time agreement. I spoken with one of their billing dept and explain what happen so she told me I had to pay $180.00 to get out of their contract. So damn if I do and damn if I don't.
I am on a fixed income and I told them that if it's over 200 a month I can't afford it. I have made my payment on time every month. I feel that this was so wrong when I have always been up front with AT&T. I feel trick both time now. They telling me I now old $601.00 behind. Their department promotions sale on U-verse TV who mislead me to believing all I had to pay is $159.00 a month, no more, no less. Unfortunate I couldn't pay the $180.00 nor $443.49 so by AT&T already nothing, this after I told them that I can't afford anything over $200.00 and up. I was sacrificing $159.00 for my grandchildren that I am getting custody of. They knew about this as well. I told them that I can't go beyond my means.
On the 04/07 AT&T took out $353.49 new charges, $248.11, and a Total Amount Due $601.60 due in full. This was wrong from the beginning. It's called con's and pro's. AT&T has locked me out my account. I was viewing payment history after I had to find all of my confirmation dates and voice recording during the time we spoken each time was recorded by my voice's recording and there's as well. This is wrong, unfair and deceiving. After AT&T took out my debit card the sum of $353.49 after I explained honestly to them that there no way I can pay for anything over 200, they reissued me that it wouldn't be over 200.00. Now I'm paying for their mistake. Either way it goes I feel taking advantaged of trick and misuse. If I come to you honest and truthful and straightforward to you, why deceive me and causing financial crisis into my life by lies and deceit and tricks?
Anyone who done business with me will tell you that I am straightforward and honest with you. About how far I can go people like this what make unwanted financial that I struggle from, business people like you who lie and deceive and causing me a financial credit debits crisis. It don't matter with AT&T anyway. They can get money even if they don't keep their promise. You can call them. They don't want honestly and faithful payers. Honest still people like myself who on a fixed income and try to stay within their means. But people like AT&T don't care. They prove that to me once again for a few years they stay up front with me. Payments was made on time. They were happy and I was okay.
But this time again they are still unfair and have the nerve to take my money anyhow, when I need my funds. I got my grandchildren coming but still they choose to not hear their customer, even if you being truthful and straightforward and honest, and this is how they repay honest, paying people who real upfront with them. Now they taking my funds out of my card. For what? For being honest and truthful that you decide me and trick me financial, then hit me with me $180.00 dollars to get out of your contract, when it should of been drop free of charge due to your misleading.
So damn if I do and damn if I don't. I don't feel like I should have to pay these charges. I didn't lie to you nor deceive you. All you have to do is go back to your recording that you record each time we have talk and not one time will you hear lies nor deceit from out of me. I'm so sick and tired of business people like you. It unfair and deceiving and wrong to misuse and financial hurt anyone when time after time I have been honest and truthful with AT&T. This should of never got to this point when you was told from the beginning I can't afford anything over $200.00. I'm doing good to keep my bills managed up until this mishandling and deceiving sales offered promotions. This happened a few years back with me and AT&T on a sales promotions that was done in their office. But they refund my money.
Now here we go again with another offered promotion that turn out just as wicked as this offered promotion. Both same lies, tricks, deceiving. This need to stop. Making a living off of deceiving others then charge me behind your doing, not mine. Go though their voice recording and you will see that I said what I'm state in if you tell me you don't know. Just go back and listen. I don't feel that I should have to pay for something I already made clear of I can not afford anything over $200.00, not one time but many times. I have told AT&T this -- just check their recording, that what they say this conversation will be record.
I'm so piss off and upset. Another stress I never ask for AT&T. This is unfair. When I came to talk with you the second time, you still was charging me to get out of your misleading and deceiving contract. This is not fair, misleading and deceiving and wrong. They are charging me $49.00 for 28 days after interruption after I told him that I can not afford anything over $200.00. I sufficed $159.00. This is what AT&T told me the very first time during their offered promotion U-verse TV add-on.
Reviewed April 29, 2015
AT&T U-verse sucks. After calling in to get help with wireless service the representative sold me up TV service, first by sending a quote as to the total monthly amount. I agree and had installation done which took about 3-4 hours. Everything was going Good until the bill came which was totally different. Called in four separate times trying resolve the issue, they are saying they can't honor the quote that they made me, so now I’m Canceling because I don't think I should pay more than the quote they sent me in a email prior to switching from DirecTV. They are not to be trusted. They sell you something and then you can't reach the person who sold it to you. I thought that if a company puts a quote down on paper they must offer that price, not here with AT&T. Going back to DTV. Don't trust them and Customer Service sucks. One of my 4 calls a rep tried to send me to the Fraud dept., really? Fraud why, cause your reps lied to me?
Reviewed April 28, 2015
So after 1 year after my promotion for my services, my bill went up like crazy. I called them and asked for another promotion and after they assured me they would find a good deal with cable and Internet after I pay my bill, they tell me they have no promotions for current customers. I canceled cable immediately because I'm not paying over 200 for BASIC CABLE to watch 2 hours a day. Anyways their billing is ridiculous. I canceled and they cut cable off on the 5th. However they prorated I owe them another outrageous amount. Please save your time and not use these AT&T scumbags. Comcast is just as bad but at least these jerks speak clear English.
Reviewed April 27, 2015
My U-verse went down in Feb so I called AT&T. The rep explained that I would be charged if they found the problem originated at my end. On 3/21/15 the Tech found a problem with my modem. He changed it out. This modem worked till 4/10/15. Crashed again so I received another modem. No tech support fees were incurred... Then I receive my U-verse bill and discovered it increased 28%. I thought a quick phone call would resolve the matter. Speaking with ** at Small Business Solution I was informed the new modem was leased... I wasn't informed of the new charges from the 4 different AT&T reps I spoke to. Needless to say ** were of no help at all...
Reviewed April 27, 2015
I have lived in my house for five years and I have had AT&T phone and internet services but every time I call about Uverse TV service I'm told that it is still not in my area and they offer me Dish Network. I don't like the Dish and I'm confused. I can get all of your services except Uverse TV. Now Uverse TV is available in every direction in my community.
Reviewed April 26, 2015
I was a long time customer of AT&T's internet services. I had DSL with them for years and was fairly happy with my services. Now, without getting into the details specific to my situation - I had do an account switch over for both my home phone and internet. I figured that, while I was doing this account switch over, I would go ahead and upgrade my DSL from 3mbps to 6mbps, as offered by the customer service representative I spoke to. For the account switch over to take place and for my internet to be upgraded, my internet and home phone had to be shut off for 24 hours in order to initiate the change. I was fine with that. So my order for the account switch over and upgraded internet commenced. I will spare the details - but this 24 hours turned into an 11 day ordeal.
I did not have home phone service for two days and internet for a full 10 days. I kept getting various excuses from customer service representatives as to why my home phone and internet had not returned in the promised 24 hour time frame and lies about when my internet and home phone services would return. When my both services did return - while my home phone was fine, my internet was much slower than I was promised it would be, and much slower than what I had in the first place.
I was told that the fastest speed they could offer me on DSL was 756kps because they were switching everything over to Uverse. When I asked about their Uverse speeds, they told me the fastest they could offer me was 756kps (read: upgraded, "faster" network running slower than the "outdated" DSL service I had? Really?). They also told me they could not give me the original speed of 3mbps I had on DSL, despite having it 11 days prior, and that I was stuck on 756kbps.
I decided to switch over to another ISP which had me set up with much faster internet immediately at around the same price I would have paid AT&T, and cancelled my internet service with AT&T. I will never return to AT&T internet services. I strongly urge anyone considering getting AT&T internet to stay away from them.
Reviewed April 25, 2015
AT&T has the most complicated, confusing, unreadable billing I have ever seen! I ordered service from them and agreed to pay the $100.00 installation charge, to be paid and added to my next 3-months bills. Not so! The first month I get 3 bills from AT&T and still AT&T demands "past due" charges! The latest bill I have shows a past due amount of $48.13 to be paid immediately in addition to the monthly charge and the last installment of installation charge. I will NEVER again have AT&T. I will discourage anyone not to use AT&T! They have the worse customer service and NEVER answered my request to explain their billing practice.
Reviewed April 25, 2015
On Wednesday, April 22, I ordered AT&T U-verse High-Speed Internet Business Edition Max. It took me a couple of phone calls to get to the right person who was able to place an order for a small business high-speed Internet line. I was excited to switch from Comcast cable and get onto AT&T's fiber-optic service. I was expecting that I'd be able to get better system performance and even save money. After 45 minutes on the phone with a sales rep, he had taken down all my information, and after listening to him go through multiple legal disclosures that apparently he was required to read, my order was set up. He also told me about an "All for Less Package" that I could have for $10 extra a month, that would give me a voice line that could replace an existing line I had with another service. I was thrilled.
Soon after I got off the phone with him, I received e-mails from AT&T confirming the two separate orders; one for the Internet, and the other for the phone line. He was supposed to, as he promised, port over my existing phone number to my new AT&T voice line. Instead, the e-mail told me that I was getting a new phone number. I called the only phone number listed on all of the e-mails: AT&T Web Sales Center, 888-908-2895. I explained that the person who put the order in seem to have mistakenly forgot to set it up to port my existing number over and that I did not want to set up a new phone number with the AT&T line. That person immediately canceled the order for the phone line, but was not able to set up the phone line order correctly. For that, I had to call somebody else AT&T, in the "Small Business Winback" department at 877.343.7360.
I was out of time, I had to go out of town for 24 hours. When I got back on Thursday morning I called the Winback department. The person who answered couldn't help me. They said I needed to speak to my sales rep, the person who had placed the order for me. I told the Winback person I had no idea who my sales rep was, he hadn't given me his name, his phone number, and the multiple e-mails that I received from AT&T gave only the central number for AT&T Web Sales Center. I had both my order numbers, I had my account number, nevertheless, the person at Winback was unable to find the name of my sales rep. The Winback person said I needed to call the AT&T Web Sales Center to find out then name of my sales rep and to get them to resolve the problem.
I called the AT&T Web Sales Center. I spoke with a very nice woman who said she would try her best to find out who my sales rep was. I gave her my account number and order numbers. She put me on hold for a few minutes and came back and said she was still checking. She did this a second time. She said she was trying her best. Again she put me on hold while she tried to find the name of my sales rep. After I was on hold for 25 minutes finally I heard the phone ringing through. I was hopeful that my sales rep was about to pick the phone up. No such luck. I had been placed back into the start of some AT&T automated system and it was prompting me to provide my phone number. Well I didn't have an AT&T phone number by this point so I hung up and redialed the AT&T Web Sales Center, hoping to get to a human being who could tell me the name and phone number for my sales rep.
I got a human being but they couldn't help me either. They said I needed to call "Retention" at 866.295.7362. I called Retention and they told me that I needed to call the Winback department. At this point I decided enough is enough, I'm not doing business with this company. The Internet service had not yet been installed. Needless to say, it took another two hours of getting bumped around from department to department, placed again on a terminal hold, for me to cancel and get a refund of my deposit.
** said she could cancel my Internet but I would have to call "Customer Service" to "find out how" to get my deposit back. I called ** in "Customer Service" and he said, no, ** had not cancelled my Internet but he assured me that he did. Still, I had to call the California business office at 800.311.2000 to get my deposit back. Eventually, **, who took my call there, assured me that my Internet order had been canceled. He also told me that my card had not yet been charged. Everyone I spoke with, including ** were very polite and courteous. Yet, this was the most tortuous customer experience I've ever had in my life.
Reviewed April 24, 2015
Had AT&T phone service for many years, and eventually cancelled due to their ever increasing bill and terrible service. Very happy with Verizon now.
The DSL... well, that is a battle we have been fighting for THREE YEARS. Unfortunately, AT&T is the only one which services our neighborhood. They seem to know that they have a monopoly and therefore don't care about the deplorable service they provide. We have very frequent outages and ISP errors that force immediate browser resets which is extremely problematic when you do work or school from home. We also have extremely slow internet. We pay almost $60/month for 3mbps download, and we NEVER see those speeds. In fact, we average about 1mbps, and often less. Yet after dozens of tech support calls (all of which last at least an hour), and several support visits to our address, AT&T can find no problem with our house and always talks their way out of it (well, the facility in so and so town is having problems, sorry).
AT&T is unable to provide us with the service we pay for. I am preparing a civil suit against them. I have run out of time on college tests because of the slow internet (over 2 minutes to load a text only page? REALLY?!), have missed out on phone calls and Skype calls with my husband while deployed (sadly, his internet in a war zone 3rd world country is better than our house! ), and countless other issues conducting business online. AT&T is stealing money from us and lowering our standard of living. I will not take it anymore.
Reviewed April 24, 2015
Where do I start? Ok so installation is horrible. They had to come twice and stay 6 hours each time. In 1 yr we had to stay home from work and meet them 5 times. Every big rain storm would make our Uverse go out. The box broke one month after we got it. They never told us our wifi password. Left us with wrong channel guide for our city. The price was okay AT FIRST. Then next thing we knew we were getting bills for near double our starter bills.
Customer service is the worst part of Uverse. I had someone tell me they could lower my bill and get me more services also. Sounded too good to be true and it was! I started getting very high bills. I called and although our conversation was recorded they acted as if I wasn't told that. Supervisor said he'd listen to the recording and call me back in 72 hours. A week later I still heard nothing back. I knew I was told that so I called them back. Another customer service rep said there was no documents notes that I had spoken to anyone in at least 3 months and no one was suppose to be calling me back. Ha! Then offered to drop my bill $10 although it went up $100. Then tried to sell me something before letting me go. What a joke! I dumped them! Still worried about that last bill they are about to send me.
Reviewed April 23, 2015
I ordered a Uverse bundle on March 31. I have been on the phone every day since I ordered, except for a business trip. The phone goes in and out, the internet and TV the same thing. I've had 7 technicians at my home with no results. Probably the most telling thing was when a technician told me that had not updated, what I believe he called the fiber optics, in my area. WHY OFFER A SERVICE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE.
Today I cancelled Uverse, but they could not switch my phone out of Uverse, back to unlimited service until the 29th. Today is the 23rd. Why? So of course can't be without a phone, even if it is crappy at the moment. Same with my internet, they need 5-7 days to tell me when they will come to go back to DSL. SO I CAN'T TURN ANYTHING OFF YET. Billing is another hassle that I won't even to get into, other than to say AT&T is always wrong and always in their favor. It takes hours and hours to call and recall and recall............
Reviewed April 23, 2015
We have bundled AT&T & DirecTV service, and dealing with them on any issue is a nightmare. Although service was established through AT&T, if any issues arise (which several have) the customer must contact AT&T for their services and contact DirecTV for their services. Neither can see what the other one has on file, so when it is an issue that concerns both companies, it has taken literally hours worth of phone calls to resolve the issue. I would never contract these services again, and advise anyone looking to use these companies to contract the services separately. The bundle price is not worth the hours spent on the phone.
Reviewed April 22, 2015
Since October 2014 I renew the contract with Att for the next 12 months. They offered me my monthly payment would be 120 DLL plus tax and for the past months, I need to call them to fix my statement because every month my bill is more than the 120 dlls that they promise me. I'm tired and angry because I need to review my statement every month and they just said "I'm sorry for the inconvenience". Today I called them for the same situation and tried to cancel my account and said me that I cant because they charged me 15 dlls for each month through october 2015. For that I response "Why", because they have not complied with the contract? And just said this is the process... and I disagree with that answer. The other reason is that the service is poor, slow, and not meet the level of service that they offer. I am too angry and uncomfortable with the service.
Reviewed April 22, 2015
Our company has been AT&T Uverse customers for over two years. For the most part the service has been great and in our area we don't have any other real option. We began experiencing some service issues and requested a tech come out and assess our modem. The tech determined that the modem needed to be replaced. I just received my bill and there is a "high speed internet equipment fee" that will be a recurring charge monthly. I called customer service and asked how a company can increase my bill with a monthly recurring charge without informing me of the fee. After dealing with two people in billing I was referred to tech services and informed that there was nothing billing could do and any changes would need to be made by tech services.
I asked the supervisor if they could extend my payment due date until there was some resolution and billing informed me they were unable to extend my payment due date, that any extension would have to come from tech services. The supervisor of the tech who failed to inform me of the new AT&T policy was supposed to contact me within 15 minutes and never called me. The next day I called customer service again, spoke with another billing "manager" and was informed again there was nothing they could do that tech services would be the only ones able to make a change.
I finally speak to a tech services "resolution expert" and he agrees that since I wasn't informed of the fee there had to be something that could be done. He was going to transfer me back to billing and I told him that billing was unable to do anything to help me. A few minutes later he comes back on the phone and confirms that billing is unable to do anything and essentially I have no other recourse but deal with AT&T increasing my bill without informing me. I can't believe that AT&T is going to charge me $10 a month indefinitely for at MOST a hundred dollar modem. I will be researching what other internet company's service my area and switching service regardless of the price.
Reviewed April 22, 2015
Extremely dissatisfied with this AT&T U-verse so far. It took me 3 calls over 2 months and 10 people who barely speak English to get my billing corrected because I originally was being billed for more than I ordered. I called last month and asked for it to be changed so my bill is always due on the first and despite the woman saying it was done it obviously wasn't. Then I moved and things have gotten worse. The person I moved in with had U-verse already but she was still under the 30-day refund period so it was decided that I would transfer my service and she would cancel hers.
So we called AT&T and were told hers would be cut off the morning of my installation. Well today was supposed to be my installation but due to what AT&T coined as an "Outside facility issue" it was delayed. They still cut off my roommate's internet leaving us with my mobile hotspot for internet service until they install mine. My roommate called to get hers cut back on since it shouldn't have been cut off anyway since they weren't installing mine today. And AT&T being the greedy money grubbers they are told her she'd need to pay an installation fee and a deposit. This was THEIR mistake. Nothing she or I did caused the service install to be delayed.
Then I got on the phone and asked for a date of when my install would be and was originally told that when the issue was fixed I would be called to reschedule. Then I told the guy my roommate was talking to a supervisor and suddenly he and his French accent started kissing my **. I was suddenly told that the issue was fixed and they had scheduled installation between 4 and 8 tonight. Then at 6:06 I got a message saying "Sorry we couldn't complete the install today." So I called back and was told the installation is now scheduled for tomorrow between 4 and 8.
This is completely wrong and AT&T better show up tomorrow. I'm sick of paying for a service I'm not able to use and I have to depend on internet for school and income so being limited to my mobile hotspot for 2 days is a major inconvenience. Hours have been spent today dealing with AT&T's barely English speaking representatives and it has accomplished very little other than making me more and more dissatisfied with the service.
Reviewed April 21, 2015
I am planning to move to NC and called AT&T to get the info on U-verse and Internet services. After spending 5 min on hold and learning U-verse is not available to my new address, I asked the rep what the Internet speeds and prices would be. He WOULD NOT GIVE ME PRICES!!! He said unless I was ready to place an order, what advantage was it give me these details. I explained I was getting info to establish my budget so I needed to know what my choices for Internet were… HE HUNG UP ON ME!!! AT&T SHOULD BE AVOIDED WITH THIS TYPE OF SALES TACTIC... NOT DISCLOSING PRICES TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMER.
Reviewed April 21, 2015
My experience with AT&T has been terrible! We have been with AT&T for 3 Years - TOO long. Our service goes out several time per day and we constantly have to reset the router. We have called many times, spent countless hours on hold to have techs sent out to our house and all they do is replace the routers. It's a JOKE! We are canceling our service with AT&T, thank GOD!! I will never recommend U-verse to anyone I know!
Reviewed April 21, 2015
On April 14, 2015 I called AT&T to negotiate a new plan since my contract was about to expire and they were going to raise my monthly bill $53. I spoke to the agent and after 30 minutes of negotiating we agreed on a triple play package for $145 with a 1-year contract and an early cancelation fee of $187. This package included keeping the fast internet, upgrade from the U300 package to the U450 package and add home phone service. I told the agent that we had never had a home phone but may want to activate this at a later time. The agent said the package was the best deal and since we were going to be paying for it I could activate it at any time. Before we ended the conversation I had the agent repeat the package and monthly cost to me and was told that I would also receive an e-mail confirming all of the changes. I never received an e-mail nor order number.
On April 16, 2015 I called to activate the home phone service and was told they didn't see that option for me and to contact Sales the next day. On April 17, 2015 I called sales to see why the home phone option was not available to me and they said that I declined the triple play package so I only signed up for fast internet and the U450 package. I asked them what my monthly cost was and they said $150 per month with early termination fee of $187. I told them that this was incorrect and that I had signed up for the triple play package for $145 and this needed to be honored and they said that package was no longer available to me. I had to demand to speak with a supervisor who immediately started the conversation stating the AT&T agent was correct and there is nothing they can do for me.
They said an e-mail was sent out to me and their records showed that I had declined the triple play package and agreed to the package that did not include phone service and at a higher monthly price. I demanded to speak to someone else and was sent to customer loyalty. This person told me there was never a triple play package available for $145 and that if I were a new customer then the triple play package would be $154 but since I'm an existing customer that the triple play package for me would be $164.
After spending 2 hrs on the phone and speaking with 3 different people I agreed to a $60 credit and keeping the package that I had. I had no choice but to agree or pay the early termination fee. I received an e-mail today stating that I signed up for a free receiver for 12 months and an early termination fee of $108. I never received an order number and I'm not able to confirm in writing anywhere what plan I'm actually signed up for. This activity really should be investigated.
Reviewed April 19, 2015
Hope you never have a complaint with At&t uverse service because you probably will be singled out as a complainer and things will just get worse for you. I have the proof. I have a new 55" Samsung wireless TV that I would like to use for the usual internet apps. So the tv would not connect and I called and was told it was a problem with the tv. What they did not know is samsung offers 24 hour online diagnostic service, so I contacted them thinking they would not be able to connect either but they were able to connect and I was assured there was nothing wrong with the tv that the transmitting receiver was working fine. I called at&t back and informed them of my conference with Samsung. So then at&t told me to turn my tv off and back on again and like magic my tv started connecting.
Now at&t does not work on weekends or can you get any tech support. You guessed it, it only happens on the weekend when you have the time to watch netflix or use the internet. Well I have been without service this weekend and will regretfully be dealing with them on Monday. I wish someone could provide me with an at&t contact that has some clout and will honestly listen to this form of harassment.
Reviewed April 18, 2015
When I'm watching tv I always stay on a channel then when I want to change to a different channel, I can't. I can't change to different channel. The cable won't let me and sometimes I can't even see most of the channels. Also because of AT&T the wifi is slower than before. So ** AT&T.
Reviewed April 18, 2015
We are huge NASCAR fans. We travel to several races a year. The reason we have the package we have it's so we will not miss a single race. Now instead of watching NASCAR xfinity races AT&T airs darts... darts really. I called to complain and they blamed Fox Sports 1. Yet other providers not only air the race but comparable packages are cheaper. I have always liked my AT&T service up to this point. I never lose service, internet is fast and reliable yet after missing today's race I think I will be changing providers. AT&T would rather lose a long time customer than provide the coverage I paid for. I wish a good lawyer would sue the pants off AT&T. I feel that they breached our contact by not providing the service I pay for.
Reviewed April 18, 2015
On 4/8/2015 I was having DSL 3.0 issues, called AT&T to fix my slow speed. The tech recommended U-verse. He said I could get up to 5.0 speed. Placed order, installed it and what I got in speed was 0.79! Been talking to their reps for 7 days to get DSL back.
Reviewed April 18, 2015
My AT&T U-verse internet service is increasing higher without letting me know. When I called them, AT&T rep told me that If I increased my internet speed, I would get a cheaper price because they offer a special service right now. I was agreed with her and changed to higher speed. This month, I got a statement with three times higher than I had before. Bad services! Cheating!!! When I asked to change lower, I couldn't get the price that I had before.
Reviewed April 18, 2015
Complained about U-verse HD TV reception, picture freeze on all channels. Technician came and said it may be the distance of the TV modem (located in the second floor library) from the TV receiver (located in the ground floor family room). He extended the CAT5e cable closer to the second floor hallway. After 4 days, no improvement. I am disappointed with the U-verse technology of wireless TV reception. I am switching to another TV provider with the technology of hard wire cable connection to the TV receiver. AT&T U-verse TV system has to improve their research and development technology.
Reviewed April 17, 2015
The customer service made me wait more than 30 mins and I just needed a few questions answered... hung up. This is terrible business and we have to pay high premiums for such poor service. AT&T is too big! We don't have much choice but it's awful they get away with such lousy service.
Reviewed April 17, 2015
I was on the phone with a customer REP 2.8 hours today. Unreal. The service stinks and they will tell you anything to get you off the phone. It's a shame when we the customers know more about the products than their REPS. Congress needs to step back in and fix this problem because they have created a MONSTER on George Bush watch. They charge what ever they want to for their so called services and LIE. You talk to several different REPS and they all tell a different story. I can't wait for Comcast or anyone else to start servicing our area. I'm so sick of AT&T and the 3 month promotions, they are as FAKE as their COMPANY. They should change their name to AT&T RIP OFFS. Just like HOME LAND SECURITY (hint hint).
Reviewed April 17, 2015
Had a problem with a remote still under warranty, contacted them via chat. They said no problem that a new one would be shipped, received it in 2 days WOW - except it was the wrong one. Contacted again and was advised they will ship the right one however it will take five days. Explained to a supervisor this was unacceptable, was advised he could do nothing but I could order online and pay $65.00. I said, "Ok can you issue a credit to my account so I can get it sooner by ordering it online." He said NO - this is after they made the mistake. Customer service and Supervisor not helpful.
Reviewed April 17, 2015
My wife was a long time customer with a bundle package through Dish Network and AT&T and she was getting charged for services she was never receiving. The bundle deal was never renegotiated, and she was paying nearly $200 for what was supposed to be $89/month. Her internet was always going down. After she added me to the account as an authorized user I called to cancel the phone service which we didn't use; we had tried to get a stand alone phone service for internet only but were told that they didn't have one available - it was only after I suggested we would cancel all of it and go to another provider who did that they offered up an option to upgrade to U-verse w/ stand alone phone.
It was expressed to me as though the dsl we had was obsolete and the fiber optic U-verse internet was going to be nearly 600% faster with unlimited data, free WiFi, we would get a $100 Visa card for signing up, no equipment fees, no set up or installation charges, no other hidden fees - our phone number would not change (because I was initially going to go with the smallest telephone package they offered) and it would not have any impact on our bundle price for Dish Network. With an introductory price for the first year, then the standard rate for the next 12 months. Well it was almost all untrue...
Reviewed April 16, 2015
I'm trying to get internet service but they are telling me it is not in my area then they tell me it's full. I've also had 3 techs tell me that it's not and it is ready to turn on so wth. It's hard for my kids to do home work and the school and teachers don't understand so what do I do now?
Reviewed April 16, 2015
The person who installed our service left a wire hanging off the side of our building. He placed the modem by the living room tv instead of in the computer room. Our computer now runs on wi-fi and is less secure. For some reason the tower on the computer runs all the time now - the customer service person didn't know what the problem could be. The control for the tv is not user friendly. I struggle to work the buttons. There are many times that I cannot find anything interesting to watch on tv after looking through thousands of channels. The telephone rings and hangs up almost every day - sounds like a failed computerized phone call. When I signed up the sales person said my bill should be 150.00 and no more than 160.00 per month - it ended up being almost 190.00. Since switching from my previous provider, it's been nothing but headaches.
Reviewed April 16, 2015
In Jan & Feb, received mail and email notifications about availability of U-Verse internet in our area, but that if we wanted to continue our DSL service, all we had to do was call and voice our preference before Feb 26. Did so twice, the second time after a reminder email, at which time I was told that our preference had been recorded and that we actually had until 2020 before we would have to change over. Surprise- bright and early on Feb 26-no internet! Called AT&T who flatly denied that we had been given a choice, and had to agree to U-Verse installation before they would turn our DSL back on (which I urgently needed for business). At no time was I advised that it was mandatory change, and DSL is still available in our area. Pending installation at vastly increased cost. RUN!
Reviewed April 15, 2015
Months ago I read on the internet about AT&T and U-verse. It is worse than indicated. They signed me up as a retired employee for Uverse internet and voice w/ international. Their price bounced from $40 to a $90+. If you get AT&T U-VERSE, be prepared to be mistreated among other things. I never was an employee and did not claim to be one.
Reviewed April 15, 2015
AT&T U-verse is the biggest waste of time and money that I have ever encountered. I have had the service for about 3 months now and I was tired of it after 2 days. We started out with the 3 mbps plan and realized that it definitely wasn't enough for what I needed to do. We upgraded to the 6 mbps plan, which should be more than enough for two people, but it wasn't enough. Now at any given time our highest speed is 2.5 mbps. Now, I've worked for many internet companies, so I know that when they say "up to 3" or "up to 6," that's just your max. You're not always going to get what they tell you, and I understand that. But when you're paying for 6 megs and you're not even receiving 3, you can understand how frustrating that is.
So we called the customer service line and they said it might be a problem with the modem. They sent us a new one. Same problems. We called again. This time he told us to reset the modem with the tiny button on the back. That didn't work. Then he told us to complete unplug every cord to the back of the modem and wait for about a min. and then plug them back in. I did. Once the modem booted back up, he said, "Ok, from where I'm sitting, it looks like that fixed the problem. You should definitely be getting the speeds that you're paying for now." He proceeded to apologize for the problems and ask if I needed anything else and then got off the line.
Afterwards I tried to watch Netflix for a little bit before work and it wouldn't load. It would load to 25% and wouldn't budge. So I used the meg reader on my laptop to check my internet speeds... I was receiving 1 mbps. The chart on the reader said that I had been receiving 1 mbps for the past three hours. So either customer service lied to me to get me off the phone, or they have faulty equipment. When you work with internet you can't have faulty equipment. Your equipment should always be working or at least have a backup. Honestly, I always thought it would be extreme difficult to find an internet service that was worse than Hughes Net, but I have definitely been proven wrong.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
Did not know that there was a time frame to return the equipment. Did so anyways and now I'm being told that I have to pay on equipment that is not good to me. I tried to rectified my bill and pay over the phone the same day but was told that I was too late and they could not revise the fee. Spoke to the manager. What a joke same his name was **. Never knew that you can get charge on something you don't even own. Will never do business with at&t again.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
I switched from Comcast and went to AT&T because of costs... well that was a mistake. The TV constantly freezes and I have to get up, unplug it, plug it and do that three times to see if it'll respond. If I wait all day to see a five minute spot, my TV will inevitably freeze at that moment. No exaggeration. And the on demand services carry NOTHING. Wanna see the last two episodes of a show you've been watching for five years because you had other plans? Forget it, not happening. They carry up to the last two episodes so you're screwed. If there are ten episodes, after the show ends you can get up to only episode 8. The movies suck too so their contracts are weak. I may have saved money switching over (and you are obligated for a year under contract) but the aggravation and lack of services are not worth it.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
This a small business at Travel Plaza right by the interstate 35. We do have customers and most of them use credit cards. Our card process through AT&T modem and phone line. AT&T dsl modem has been down almost 3/4 weeks and then come back, then down and come back, it is like wired and without any reason. We have been calling AT&T and unable to fix the problems. Today April 4th 2015 AT&T Tech guy (Mr. **) came and fix the problem (according to the AT&T tech guy) then he left with his phone number - told us if any problem to call him. Soon he left we found our main land line is not working, land phone was working and never had issue before until that tech guy worked. We called him so so so many time - never answered and we call AT&T customer service so many times and they keep transferring me different division and I was tired to explain same things over and over.
Then finally one gentleman (forget his name) at least try to help me. Even though could not send that or other tech back in the business location to fix this problem. We lost pretty much 2 days business - enormous amount of money just because of AT&T's poor and stupid service. They need to take care and fix their equipment and fix the problem right away or send tech right away especially on business. I am just very upset and frustrated with AT&T now and looking for other provider to switch for future.
Reviewed April 13, 2015
When trying to make contact by telephone, it is ridiculous. You cannot speak to a person, you must listen to recorded messages. After three attempts and 30 minutes later, I finally get to speak to live person. My line has been laying ON TOP OF THE GROUND for SIX MONTHS. I have called three times to get this scheduled. In October I was told it would be buried but it is still ON TOP OF THE GROUND now in mid-April. We cannot mow and it is an eyesore.
Reviewed April 13, 2015
I contacted AT&T to inquire what it would cost to switch from DirecTV to U-verse TV service. I was given a price that was half of my DirecTV bill and two separate "reward" cards so it seemed like a no-brainer to switch. When I asked how the price was so low, the rep told me that AT&T wants to keep customers happy with low pricing. So she called DirecTV with me on the line to cancel that service and scheduled the U-verse install.
You can imagine my shock when I got a bill for over $400! I called right away and was told that the price I was given didn't exist, so the call was to be pulled and reviewed with a callback to me within 72 hours... never happened. I called DirecTV and they told me the service was never cancelled and that is why AT&T billed me double, for two months of DirecTV and U-verse?!? Dreading having to call AT&T for the third time regarding this because I know I am just going to get the run-around and be transferred to multiple departments with no resolve!
Reviewed April 13, 2015
We called to order service on Saturday 4-4-15. The girl recommended a package and said she would email me the information. Set up a install for 4-9-15. Said it would be between 11am and 1 PM. Never received the email after calling back several times. 4-9-15 I took time off work and the technician showed up right at 11. He then informed me the install would take up to 8 hours and he would have run a temporary line on the ground to my house. I was not told any of this. I called customer service and was transferred 5 times and hung up on 3 times. Was on the phone on hold and being transferred for an hour and a half. I told him when he finished running the wire I did not take that much time off work. He said he could come back at 5 which was fine. So at 8:30PM we finally had service.
On the 10th I came home from work and did not have any service. I called customer service and this time I spend almost an hour on hold and was transferred another 5 times. At least this time they did not hang up on me. They told me an outside technician would be at my home from 8 AM till 8PM on the 11th. About 11:30 on the 11th a van pulled up in front of our house and a technician was on the side of the house for about 45 minutes and then left. Never came to the door. Still no service.
Then at 1:30 another technician showed up and informed me he was here to fix the problem. I told him about the first technician and he did not know anything about it. He fixed the problem. It seems the line that was laid on the ground someone had run over with a lawn mower. So at 3PM we had service. Then on the 12th at 5PM the service went out again. I called and was on hold for 45 minutes before I was informed I would have to be home between 8AM and 11AM for a technician to come out and find out why we lost service.
If you are thinking of using AT&T TV and Internet service, run away. Run far far away. They don't know what they are doing. I have never in my life experienced such a horrible ordeal. I was a service manager for an electrical company and I would never have treated even my worst customer this way. Furthermore I would never have allowed this type of installation to happen. Shame on AT&T.
Reviewed April 12, 2015
My wife and I applied for AT&T U-verse 5 months ago when we first arrived in Florida. At that time, we were quoted a price of $152.00. We were never told that this did not include taxes. We never received a bill under $180.00 and therefore went to the AT&T office to attempt to straighten out this problem. Spoke with their representative and after getting rid of certain things that we did not use, we were told that at a price of $7.00 per month we would receive SNY and the YES channel.
My husband is a Mets fan and I am a Yankee fan. However, it seems that when they are playing, all of the games are blocked out. Because of this we spoke with AT&T again and were told that our latest bill would be $244.00 because we dropped the bundle package. The representative did not mention this to us and in fact they represented that we would receive the Yankees and the Mets. However, they must have laughed at us after we left as they had to know that the games would be blocked out. NO BILL HAS BEEN IN THE SAME AMOUNT AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN EXCUSE.
Reviewed April 12, 2015
Made 3 service requests to AT&T re: problems with my home phone (POTS) line having periodic bouts of hollow sound with clicking noises often resulting in lost call. 3 visits later… They are unable to find a problem. Last visit at 8 AM Saturday, followed at 10:30 AM with a visit from the U-verse guy to upgrade Internet speed. By @ 3:30 PM, told line has to be changed and line people would arrive within 2 hours. At 6:30 got a call, intended for the tech, saying they were working on it and would be finished shortly. At @ 7 PM, I noticed I had no phone service. Tried to remain patient and give them time to finish.
By 9:30, I am getting more concerned as I have no phone, internet, burglar alarm, etc. Thought I should call to follow up. Which is when I was informed my "repair/installation had been suspended until tomorrow"! No call, no text, no email, no information, no nothing. At least, the guy who came Saturday morning was proceeded by an email late Friday evening notifying me they had no intention of keeping the appointment scheduled for Friday morning and that they were coming on Saturday. It is now Sunday morning and I have to go to work. So who knows when I will have phone or Internet service again. I have given up on AT&T. I am tired of paying the highest fees for slow/poor quality products and service that is so low on the scale, it is almost unmeasurable.
This is the third time to have a scheduled appointment just moved or rescheduled without notice or communication. On one of those, the tech actually called and informed me he was going through his assigned jobs to take next and thought mine might take too long because he wanted to be off on time, so someone else would contact me. I called them the next day to be told my problem had been addressed during my service call the day before! I hate cable but that is where I am headed for Internet service. Seems the only thing AT&T is good at is making sure my private info gets to the gov. Not sure yet how to handle the Pots line problem as VOIP will not work for me. So I am looking at how to eliminate AT&T all together. ANYTHING TO NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT&T AGAIN.
Reviewed April 12, 2015
I switch to AT&T after several months of contemplating on switching from Comcast whose Customer Service sucks but I could count the number of outages I had on one hand when I had Comcast service for five years. Ever since I had Uverse service, my internet and phone service is intermittent at least 3 days a week. I can't work from home because my internet can be down for several hours at any given time. I've had several techs come out and reconfigured my setup. The internet may work OK for a couple of days, then slow down and stop working at all. I agree with other consumers. AT&T doesn't care about their residential customers.
Reviewed April 12, 2015
I have been on the phone with at&t one day and DirecTV the next. I am so disappointed in the lack of integrity these companies have shown me in the last two months. I have been on hold for an hour with DirecTV today about the failure to bill me the price that was quoted when I ordered the service. The representative was no help at all and I waited 30 minutes for a supervisor to come to the phone. I'm still waiting. I was on the phone for 2 1/2 hours yesterday with AT&T. I FEEL LIKE I'VE THROUGH THE WRINGER. THESE BUNDLE SERVICES ARE NOT ALL THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED. Do your research first because these two companies are not honorable and don't do anything to help the customer resolve the complaints in a way that is a win-win. I had ordered their services for my business. I'm CANCELLING MY ORDER FOR MONDAY.
Reviewed April 11, 2015
AT&T Uverse customer service department is misleading. I called them few month ago to downgrade or cancel my service. My wife and I hardly watch TV so I wanted to save the money. The lady I spoke to offered to upgrade my service from U300 to U450 for less money than I was paying. I agreed to give it a try for few months, the next bill was wrong and I had to call them and get it corrected. They do not have a 24 hour call center, you have to call before 7pm. The second bill was wrong again and had to call them to get it corrected.
Finally I decided that I no longer want the service. I was informed by the retention department that I was under promotion and could not cancel without a cancellation fee; I do not remember the cancellation amount, around $150 or 160. This is not what I was told by the first lady that upgraded me. I was told to try it and if I like it and decide to keep it, they will guarantee that price for a year. When I explained this to the second lady from the retention department, she suggested that I suspend my service and pay only five dollars a month until February of 2016, so I will end up paying $50 instead of the $150 or whatever.
I could not understand their reasoning, so I asked her, why do not I just pay the $50 and they can just cancel or suspend the service until the end of the term that I did not agree to nor was I informed of. She could not do that, so I agreed to suspend the service. As she was going through the process of suspending the service, she informed me that she could not do that because their system will not allow suspension past December, which means I have to call in December to suspend the service again or it will automatically get activated. So I asked her what is the advantage of suspension versus canceling, her response was, if I was to decide to reactivate the service again, it will resume under the promotion price that I was given and I will not have to pay for installation fee again.
What kind of BS these guys are feeding their call centers to tell customers. They had 20303 complaints reported to the BBB. So, I was calling to cancel and they are offering me an option in case I change my mind in the future. I never had these kinds of problems from my old provider which I kept their internet service because Uverse internet service sucks. They tell you, you will get a dedicated 45Mbps that are not shared with your neighbors, but what they do not tell you is each TV in your house uses 8Mbps, so if you have three TVs, 24Mbps are used up already and what you are left with is 21Mbps to share between computer, laptop, two cell phone and an iPad or two. You will be lucky if you get 10Mbps, mine was between 5 and 6Mbps.
Their TV service was good, my wife liked it and that was the reason I kept it and paid more money for these services because I could not take advantage of a bundle package with two service providers. ATT uses the same technique used on cell phones to lock you in on their TV and internet service, beware of their promotions over the phone, even though they say no contract, their retention department does not honor that and insist that you are under a contract and refuses to cancel your service without additional fees. My land line and cell phone has been with ATT for over twenty years and now I am thinking of switching to a local carrier that I may not be as happy with based on principle.
Reviewed April 11, 2015
U-verse chooses not to show the NASCAR Xfinity series on Fox even though they charge for that channel. Think this is childish and I guess my only option is to switch my cable, house, cell phone and internet supplier. Bad customer service!
Reviewed April 10, 2015
In 2014, based on offered promotions and promises, I accepted a 2 year contract (via telephone) with AT&T U-verse for cable, internet and voice services. At my insistence, the agent confirmed several times that the total monthly amount would remain fixed at $177- thru the life of the contract, or until January 2016. I was also offered a $100 credit card (received) and the choice of one item; I picked the 35" TV. I confirmed with the agent that I chose the TV. I subsequently confirmed on their website that I elected the 35" TV and I believe there was one more written confirmation subsequent to that.
When, after a few months, I called to tell them I had not yet received the promised television, I was informed that I had neglected to confirm my choice (yet again) and so I lost the chance at the promotion and it was no longer being offered, tough luck. Nowhere did I see, nor was I advised that I needed to confirm my choice of gift not only once, or twice but three and four times. Does this sound like a rip off promise, or what?
Now, AT&T has started billing me $195+/mo, and when I call to complain that this is not the contract price, the agent advises me that the offered promotions are still effective but that other aspects, such as free box was only valid for a year and as that period has expired, they are charging $9.00 for the box. They are also charging $3.00 for TV (whatever that means) and $1.00 for something else, and in short, charging $18.00 more a month. I spent over an hour on the phone (as per usual), explaining that the agreement was a fixed monthly amount for 2 years and that, if they are going to raise fees for whatever reason, what is the point of a contract?
The agent offered a new promotion offering a savings of $26/mo for 3 months but I kept telling her all I wanted was the same contract that we had in place that was supposed to be fixed for 2 years. No way, she said, could she remove the new charges. I did not accept this new offer because I don't want them to think they can break our contract, placate me with a new lesser offer and wash their hands off it. I feel totally abused by AT&T and am sick to death of their devious practices and deceitful policies.
Reviewed April 10, 2015
It has been 3 months since I cancelled my service with them and today I get a call from a collection agency because my AT&T u-verse bill is 90 days past due. Funny thing is they never contacted me themselves to try to collect said debt. The collection agency stated that in AT&T service agreement, they state that it is the consumer’s responsibility to contact them for the final bill. When I reminded him that I did contact AT&T when I canceled my service and asked if I owed anything else to AT&T and I was told "no you don't" by the service rep. AT&T has very poor business practices and they are breaking the law by not attempting to contact the account holder before sending a debt to collections, especially when the account holder does ask if anything else is owed and they say no.
Reviewed April 10, 2015
I have called AT&T Uverse over and over about charges on my bill - they said no one could charge on the bill anymore. When my friend's son came over he charge more stuff on my bill over and over again. They said over and over that no one could charge anything else and every month for the last 4 months there's been extra charges. I don't understand how this can happen month after month when they say it won't happen again.
Reviewed April 9, 2015
We were informed in 2012 that our bill would be locked in each year as long as we called every year to lock it in at the same price $127.00. For the past few years now, I have been doing that, the most recent being Jan. 22, 2015. Today is Apr 9, and yesterday I rec'd a call stating that we owed $336.00. Our bill doubled!! We were not contacted that this was happening, instead we were contacted that we were in arrears. I called the 800 number to get THREE different people in INDIA taking my call with nothing resolved. Today (April 9, 2015) I was on the phone for TWO HOURS to which it became a "haggling/negotiating game"!! I told her I was promised our bill was locked in at $127.00 on Jan 21 AND 22 and that's what I expect. She said the BEST she could get me was $136.00... SERIOUSLY?? I told her that bait and switch is illegal and I was NOT negotiating... I want what I was told in Jan.
Apparently I was told that I was only going to get a $20.00 discount for 3 months. UMMMMMM, I don't think I would misconstrue $127.00 vs. $335.00. Needless to say I am furious and discontinued our discussion. I was not negotiating and I am NOT going to negotiate. I was told that our bill would be actually $126 and some change and I am not budging on this. This was a form of bait and switch and I told them to pull the phone records if needed otherwise I will contact the CEO RANDALL STEPHENSON and our attorneys. This is sheer insanity that customers have to go through this. BUT if we don't stick up for ourselves corporations will take advantage and literally continue to RIP US OFF. If I do not hear from them by tomorrow afternoon, I am calling an attorney.
Reviewed April 8, 2015
Had an out of state regularly scheduled Dr's Skype appointment...but because AT&T gave no notice of internet disconnect...my appointment was missed, and Dr. Is charging for missed appointment/lack of cancellation...$175.00!!! AT&T took a week to reconnect service... Along with DirecTV, AT&T is the absolute worst!!! If you have options (which AT&T counts on that you don't) find any other service!!! Inexcusable lack of customer service!!! And if you call reps, each one will give you a different story...one actually told me internet would reconnect "shortly today". Never happened...next rep said reconnect promise was a "mistake" by other agent... Seriously?!?
Reviewed April 7, 2015
I have had service with AT&T since 2011. In 2013, I added the U-verse account. Short time after adding the U-verse account, I moved to a location that was not wired for U-verse and had to cancel my account. I immediately tried to get a shipping label to mail the equipment back. However, I never received it. After 2 years of off and on trying to mail back this equipment, I tried to add a second line to my wireless account and was told I couldn't due to an outstanding balance with U-verse for equipment that was not returned. I immediately got on the phone with the U-verse department and spoke with ** who told me that all I needed was my account number to return the equipment at a UPS store. She also stated that if I called back with the tracking number, they would bypass the balance and set up my second line.
I immediately went to the UPS store and returned the equipment. I called back to give them the tracking number and try to get this taken care of. After being on the phone for 56 minutes, I was told that I would receive a call back before 8 pm. I never received a call back. Today I checked the tracking number and noticed that the equipment had been received by AT&T and called them back. I was hung up on the first two times then once I got a hold of someone, I was told that it would take 30-60 days to credit the account in order for me to add the line. Then 5 minutes later in the call, I was told that the equipment was not returned within 120 days, so they will not be crediting my account. I asked to speak to a manager and instead she just sent me to another department.
I was totally misinformed from the beginning and wasted a lot of my time that I should of been working. You would think that since I have been a customer since 2011, they would try and work with me. However, that has not been the case.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
I got AT&T in February. I explain to the customer rep that my current bill was $103 and I would like to keep my bill as close to that price as possible. She said she could give me a bundle that did not include phone for $136. Even though the price was a bit high I agreed to it. My first bill came to $220, I call customer service and because I was on the trial period they fix it and reduced it to $131 a month including taxes. The following month my bill went up to $146. I called them back and was told that extra charges was for taxes, even though I proved that I was charged taxes the previous month and my bill was $131.
I had three other customer care rep telling different things, all of which did not make any sense, because they were all lying to justify over charging me. When I asked if my monthly bill was now going to be $146 I was told that the charges were going to vary from month to month - I did not sign up for that. I am being held hostage by AT&T!!! Because I can't get out of this contract, if I try I will have to pay a hefty penalty fee. I am shocked that so many people are going through this same thing with this company. There must be something we can do to stop them from treating us this way. Who can we report them to?
Reviewed April 7, 2015
If I call AT&T to fix my cable box they do it immediately. But if I call to complain about something I get out on hold for 30 mins and the person I talk to hangs up on me in mid conversation! I do not tell or cuss at anyone but I am clearly upset about something. This last conversation I was literally put on hold for 30 mins and then Again for another 8 mins. Then after explaining my problem to one person they transfer me to someone else and then that person hung up on me. Called back and put on hold forever and then hung up on in mid conversation again!!!
I work in the customer service industry and I have to see my customers face to face and cannot hang up on them. The fact that you guys hang up on people pisses me off so bad! And after reading reviews I see that it happens to multiple people. My problem was that I was charged for a new package that I never asked for. We DID NOT upgrade. AT&T explained that it was a free upgrade but it was costing us $80 more??!! I never asked for that or agreed to that. So after finally convincing him to put me back on my original package and after a very long phone conversation and being pissed that I had already paid one of those higher bills that I did not change the guy finally told me he would send me $100 gift card for my inconvenience. Of course this makes me feel better.
On January 5th I got a confirmation email saying that the gift card had been mailed out... It is now April 7th and still no gift card. I call to ask about it today and the guy tells me they canceled the gift card bc I didn't keep the package that they signed me up for for "free"!!! Wtf??!! That's not even why I was getting the card. I was getting it bc of my inconvenience!!! Not bc I signed up for a new package! And he hung up on me! After I was on hold for at least 40 mins. I'm so pissed off about the customer service here!!! If we call for something good then yall take care of us immediately. But if we call about a problem then we get out on hold forever and hung up on!!! Terrible service!!!
Reviewed April 7, 2015
Number one.. in my rural area, we do not have fiber optics so we can't get uverse. I have had AT&T for over 40 years and been pretty happy with them till this past few years. We are on just regular internet right now and our internet bill has went up from $39 dollars to $47 this month. Every few months it goes up one dollar and this month was $3. Might not seem like much to some people but on our limited retirement income, it is to us.. every dollar counts. Well they've been trying to switch me over to Uverse till I finally called and told the lady about the fiber optics less wires we do not have. She said she would make note of it. Called to complain about my increase and they tried to switch me to uverse like they did my daughter, she believed them and didn't know that she didn't have the lines either.. told her she couldn't go back to regular DSL after she did this.
She lives right next door and they lied to her so they tried to pull that on me and I told them you are not listening to what I'm saying, I don't have fiber optics, therefore I cannot use Uverse.. and all I wanted is to know why this time, did the bill go up? Finally in the end he says because of stand alone internet (we have the cheapest plan) it has went up $3.00. It sounds like to me they are trying to force people on UVerse even if they don't have the needed wires for it. Trust me, we have the same old telephone lines out here we've had since we lived here. It's sad because they have a monopoly in rural areas. I am trying to find something else affordable but I don't think I'm going to be that lucky. Just had to vent. I am so tired of AT&T and their tricks.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
AT&T has marketed services and prices they are unable or unwilling to deliver for U-Verse internet. I cancelled my landline phone due to cost--was not informed that my DSL internet was "bundled" and would be cancelled also. Was without internet for 10 days before installation of U-Verse at $100 installation charge I didn't want. Only basic speed available. Three months later, was offered speed upgrade at increased cost, and accepted. After one month, internet went completely out. Technician reduced speed back to basic. Bill is not adjusted to match services even after 30 minute call to discuss. Cannot stream network TV due to slow speed. Cannot keep calling and using 30 minutes for scripted "I can help you with that" responses that are not followed through.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
Called ATT uverse because I wanted to play games online which required a wireless gateway that was 5 Ghz. They said they don't have one. Seriously? I pay for highspeed internet and cannot play games online? Had to call att uverse about bad internet performance. Turned out to be bad motorola equipment but suffered through it for 3 months. Uverse DVR just decided to update itself one day. It deleted 6 months worth of TV recordings. One month later and the DVR deleted itself again. Now just shows a big red X on the TV with the number 10 under it. Att says it will place an order to replace equipment. What about my content? Has it gone unnoticed that I pay extra for DVR service but lost 6 months of TV recordings?
I pay about $120 a month for this service by the way. I also have 3 wireless lines with ATT which is another $130 or so. I just cannot believe that this is the service/ equipment I get from a company to whom I'm paying $250 a month. I'm locked into a contract for a year of service. I feel that I should get a substantial part of what I've paid back. I did not get the service I've paid for. Just cant wait to leave.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
I've been out of cable for over 3 hours now. I took a picture of what I've been looking at. I work 2 jobs, and come home to relax and this is what I get?! Call for help, and they do is tell me to run back and forth up and down the stairs telling me to check this and check that. It's waste of time! Not helping at all!! So now I'm out of cable for 2 days because they have horrible service! And horrible customer service! Wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy.
Reviewed April 6, 2015
The salesman promised a rate, but AT&T increased that rate without warning. When I cancelled, AT&T shut off my TV and left on just the internet for a long period of time. Then charged me for both because "it is their policy to charge for both even though only one service is being provided." Threatened to send me to collections, and would not negotiate on what was owed. While I had U-verse, my internet was never "the minimum speed" they guaranteed. Many techs came out and ended up giving up, stating that it was 10 mbps and that's not far from the 18 mbps that was promised. Stay clear of lies and billing practices that rival Carmax's policies!
Reviewed April 6, 2015
I was having DirecTV to be installed into my home and was told I would have to have AT&T Internet and Phone service. After waiting for 29 minutes on the 800 number I then called the 877 number and reached some person from AT&T in India. I told him what I needed and he asked why I didn't give U-Verse a try. I said “you know I didn't even think of that". But I had got a great quote from DirecTV and he told me he could beat that. On the phone with him for 47 minutes I agreed to get the bundle and gave me a total of what my bill would be. And then he said, “Can you hold for one minute?” I of course did, when he returned he said he talked with this supervisor and was told I could be promised this total for 24 months. I said OK but with a 1 yr. contract, but 2 yrs. price quote. I was happy.
The next day, Saturday, I decided for what reason I can't say. To call as I got a voice mail telling me AT&T would be here on Monday between 11 & 1 pm for install. My date for install was supposed to be on Tuesday. Not Monday. So I called and got a service rep in the Philippines and he had NO information on the Conf: Number I was given from the guy in India. So we started all over again. So now I am in an agreement as what the promises were in the first call and he gave me another Conf. #. So I called DirecTV and cancelled my install on Monday. And Tuesday U-Verse install.
SUNDAY, I get online and I read all these horror stories from people who actually let them in their front door and read a few to my husband, at that point I am saying for 3 days I have had nothing but uncertainty with this company and reviews pleading to people not get ATT. So with that, I called and cancelled everything and am just staying with my current company for the past 15 yrs. Too much crap... I just want to thank all of you people out there that had to live their nightmares and took the time to warn us that are almost ready to take the plunge. Thank YOU SO MUCH.
Reviewed April 4, 2015
I moved and requested their services (cable and high speed internet) to be transferred to my new place. Their services were transferred but apparently not the high speed internet that I was currently paying for (instead some base package Internet which I didn't want). I contacted them to complain about the internet lagging bad - whether it was my phone, computer or PS3 it didn't matter, they all were bad. Apparently (according to their customer service rep) I'm billed a month before the service is rendered. That's Kind of odd seeing how they can't predict when I would rent a movie etc.
That's when I found out the internet service I was originally paying for was not the same now (although I was being charged about $10 less). I asked them to switch it back to what I originally had but until I pay the bill they said they wouldn't. It's very irritating especially since I've been a customer for at least the last 6 yrs. Not sure what I'm going to do, but really am considering dropping them as a provider.
Reviewed April 3, 2015
After being over charged for years with their landline and their so call 6 MB Extreme DSL service, March of this year I decided to change over to Uverse, with a promise that the installation would be waived, once by the person that signed me up, and the second time by the person I called to inquire about the charge. After spending nearly 2 hours on the phone it was discovered on my bill, that rep. saw the error and supposedly corrected it. So I thought, I should have known something was up because all she was interested in was trying to sell me more AT&T gadgets, also taking the time to look at my four cell phones accounts (which had nothing to do with my call) to see if she could get me into a better promo.
Well here we are 4-3-15 due date, just spent another 20 minutes on the phone with another rep. What a waste of time. I see everything on your account, but I can't do nothing so I was told, however I created you a case. Boy how refreshing. Should have went with Comcast for the works, AT&T customer service sucks, push # 1 if you're a new customer, push # 2 if you think we care, push #3 and 4 we'll hang up on you, push # 5 and we'll turn your service off, and so on. Their entire system is designed to irritate customers so that they will give up and just accept whatever they give you, this company went from one of the best to the worst, seem like over night. GET COMCAST.
Reviewed April 3, 2015
For years our Uverse service was fairly good, we had several outages but they were resolved quickly. Over the past few weeks our opinion has drastically changed. After a few nights of having to reboot our modem, the service went completely down for four days. AT&T missed two appointments, and after wasting hours on the phone with their technical support the service finally came back up. It became clear yesterday that they did not do a thorough job, the service went down again and has been intermittent ever since. I explained to over five representatives that my wife works from home and relies on the Internet for her living, but apparently that had no effect on the numerous people we talked to. If you have a choice, run as fast as you can away from AT&T Uverse!
Reviewed April 2, 2015
AT&T gave me a promotion without my consent. I call to have it removed they would not. I asked to speak with a supervisor they told me it wasn't one on duty, not true. I was on the phone for almost two hours trying to get a supervisor. A supervisor finally came after I refused to hang up.
Reviewed March 31, 2015
This company turned my internet off because they are trying to force U-verse on me. I paid my bill and I'm getting no service. They should reimburse me but they told me that wouldn't happen.
Reviewed March 31, 2015
Both my wife and myself contacted your representatives regarding the area of your service. Each time we were told by 7 different individuals you guys did not service the area where we resided. However we talked with our neighbors in the area who stated they had the service. Each time we talked with a representative we were told by that individual they would call us back. However, no one never made an attempt to call us back. Neither of our representatives appeared to have any working knowledge of the region. I have been a AT&T customer for years and I feel that I got very piss poor customer service, and I will tell all my friends about how messed up this service is.....
Reviewed March 31, 2015
Installation day... four trips to home... nothing done. Called AT&T and we both (son and myself) were repeatedly hung up on. Finally get through to set up new installation day. New installation day... comes on time... here for four hours phone, internet and TV on.... but left cable laying across the side and back of house. We were told by installer he was going to bury it... instead marked it with Orange flags, left saying nothing. Call to ask if they are going to bury cable. They offer to come out immediately. But someone must be home. So set up for today. Each time they call we get a different answer.
Today told if cable is more than 15 feet long..... a construction crew must be called and all utilities clearly marked. They are backlogged from winter so it may be a few weeks. Also told we do not have to be home... this after my son has missed three days of work for these fools and I stayed home today for them. I will not recommend this service to anyone.... not worth the headache.
Reviewed March 31, 2015
Simply put, I'll never be a customer of AT&T Uverse again, almost dropped wireless also. However their customer service is superior to any carrier. If you are not under contract how can they charge for a month then de-activate you.
Reviewed March 30, 2015
Account # with Uverse **. I've talked to a total of 10 of their employees and NOT 1 of them knew what they were doing. They cancelled an order that I had requested 14 months after the fact. By then we had requested to simply leave all as was. Being that AT&T Uverse had already wasted hours and hours of our time, we requested they leave all as was. But then they cancel our service. We were without internet for 3 days (my husband works from home). They set up new service (on their own, we never requested this). Never told me they had to change box at home. Thank goodness my husband happened to be home, and they installed new equipment. Not the tech fault I'm sure, but again had to waste so much time resetting all. At this point in time, I've probably spend a total of 8-10 hours on the phone with representatives. Not a single one knew what they were doing, since apparently screwed things up royally. Now, they have account in my name (new account, which I did not request) with this information. Still not fixed.
Reviewed March 28, 2015
In Dec. 2012, my boyfriend and I signed-up for DirecTV and AT&T. We were told that if we bundled the two services that we would get discounts so, (naturally) we did just that. It took a few months for AT&T to complete the bundling process before we got our first combined bill. AT&T took over and double-billed us every-other month and had twice turned off our DirecTV claiming that someone contacted them saying we had canceled our subscription. After about a year, we dropped AT&T.
Fast forward to December 2014, after growing tired of straining my eyes to use cell phones for internet use, I contacted AT&T to reconnect to the internet via my computer. "Why?", you ask. Well, I figured that if we didn't bundle we wouldn't be suffering with the previous issues and I did like the speed and reliability of the internet that they had proved us. So, I'm on the phone with AT&T and the woman told me that the fastest internet speed available to my address (which is the same address as the last time we used their services, by the way) was 1.5. I told the sales rep for the AT&T that the last time we had AT&T our speed was much faster than that, like 6.0. She told me that 6.0 was never available for our address and actually convinced me that I was mistaken and I signed-up for service. To say the least, 1.5 is barely enough to load Google, rendering its antiquated speed worthless for daily use.
Knowing that Bright House Networks internet is worse due to its connection not being reliable at all (we had that prior to December 2012), I quietly waited for every page to load and every video to buffer. Two days ago, I got a wild hair up my a** and decided to hunt down our original subscription order with AT&T and saw that we had in fact had 6.0, not 1.5. Armed with a current bill and the original order, I went to the AT&T Store and confronted them with this obvious discrepancy in hopes of getting back up to the 6.0 speed. The woman appeared to be confused over the speed difference and got on her tablet and her phone in search of getting me back to 6.0. After she hung-up the phone, she told me the U-verse would soon be available to my address, without giving me any sort of time window, so 1.5 was in fact the fastest speed currently available.
Then she told me that had we not dropped AT&T the year prior that we would still be getting the 6.0 speed we previously had. I'm sorry, but after hearing such contradictory statements, my "talk like a lady" filter instantly shut-off. In between certain choice four letter words, I told her that I have no problem with paying a higher price for faster internet, but to throttle down the available speed for new accounts in preparation for the vague availability for U-verse is unacceptable. Either the speed is there or it isn't, which it is clearly there, just not for a new account. So, after about ten minutes of me voicing my utter discontent, she spun her head around, threw-up pea soup and walked me to the door (the visual not being in any way factual, that's just how my mind sees it).
Now my choices are to either hold out for whenever U-verse eventually becomes available, bow down to cable or just strain my eyes by staring at my smartphone. Almost everything somehow currently relies in some way on an internet connection. We are forced to go online for banking, applying for jobs, making purchases and paying our bills (just to name a few), so what are we, as consumers, to do? I am not in any way anti-internet, but with the millions of dollars spent annually on anti-virus software, virus removal, identity theft and the constant computer upgrades in an attempt to keep our information safe, I figured that after decades of the "world-wide web" being available, that there would be a much higher standard of how these big internet corporations are being policed on their business practices.
Two decades ago, I purchased my first computer. To say the least, the memory and the speed of that once "top of the line" computer is obsolete. The same thing can be easily said for many computer based electronics that I have purchased and then had to replace for newer, better and more reliable. The bottom line is that I shouldn't have to relocate in order to get better or more reliable home internet service, I already spend enough money trying to keep-up with the necessary technology. I feel that internet providers owe consumers the same investment (if not more) since they definitely can afford it more than we can.
Reviewed March 27, 2015
Slow 7 Mb speed in LA. After almost 20 years living in a high density area of LA near San Pedro, I have never been able to have high speed internet or Uverse. Evidently, according to some AT&T workers I corralled in the area, the cost of laying the cable is "too expensive." So, if I want faster internet, my only choice is Cox Cable and their customer service has left something to be desired. Where is Google Fiber when I need it? Why can't satellite internet be a reliable, fast choice? Is this the 21st century in Los Angeles or not?
Reviewed March 27, 2015
5 different techs have been to my house. My service continues to be interrupted by who knows what. They can't figure it out. Unfortunately, we are under contract. So we call them to report the issue and of course the office is closed. You can only get hold of someone if you call the new service number. Sure they want to sell the product but NO, they don't want to fix it. Good luck!!! I will never recommend them! EVER!
Reviewed March 26, 2015
I never had so much problems with a phone company like I had with AT&T. I had them for 2 years. I am trying to get it disconnect. I have moved and they don't have it here. They are telling me I have a pass code or favorite restaurant which I never had, so they will not do anything for me. I have my account, social security, and address. I can't believe this. I told them I stop my card so they can't get any money out of account. So they need to do this so they can get new address to send a bill so they can get their money.
Reviewed March 26, 2015
DO NOT fall for the Uverse bundle... Since March 3, 2015, I've had 11 servicemen out to the house, spoken with 39 telephone reps, invested over 40 hours on the phone just to have my old service reinstated. The original installers of Uverse cut all of my old lines (phone, cable, internet and home security) at a cost of $50 to replace at $50 per TV x 3 = $150.00, Home Security $49 = $199.00. Uverse lied about EVERYTHING. The phone crackled, the TV went in and out, the internet slowed by approximately 75% and until the home security company called, we weren't even aware there was no protection in the event of a burglary or fire. This coming Monday March 30, 2015, #12 serviceman is "supposed" to reconnect the DSL.... And as for the Uverse bundle promised at $89 monthly including free installation, we received a bill for $241.68, which will definitely NOT be paid. DO NOT switch to Uverse bundle.
Reviewed March 26, 2015
I was living in an apartment and I was using AT&T Uverse until July of 2014 when I purchased a home and moved in with a new electric, water and internet provider all new utilities. In August I contacted AT&T and paid my final bill. Today I was contacted by a bill collector by phone. I paid the bill of $31.19 to avoid a negative occurrence from being on a credit report and I told bill collector I was paying to stop AT&T, as I pay all my bills, on time, all the time, but I would pay and, go after AT&T as I do not believe they would steal from me in this unethical way. I am really mad then I immediately called Uverse back and said they had no evidence I paid even after I gave them my confirmation number. I need an attorney because I may get another bill six months, or even a year from now.
Reviewed March 26, 2015
I have been having issues with my slow internet for years. I have complained here and there. They are very by the book and very polite on the phone to resolve nothing. It always seems fine on their end, maybe it is. Then in that case whatever determines their end, sucks. I have been paying for 12 Mbps download speed. On a average I'm usually getting about 3 Mbps. I have may logs of my internet speed test. It has never been consistent. But like I say, it never ever gets resolved. I'm in a building which only has AT&T as a internet provider. I sadly have no choice. I hate, I HATE AT&T UVerse!!!!!!!!
Reviewed March 26, 2015
Just moved from Comcast after being their customer since 1999, the service just kept getting worse! 2 days of Uverse and I am loving it!
Reviewed March 25, 2015
I returned internet equipment to AT&T via UPS store at the end of January 2014 - 14 calendar days after receipt. I received an invoice for $106. I phoned AT&T and they assured me the bill would be credited once the equipment was received. 2 months later I receive another invoice. I phoned AT&T again and they said the equipment was notice received the amount was owed. 1 week later, I received collection calls demanding the $106 balance. So, AT&T is out of equipment and I'm out of $106. I've shipped UPS for 15 + years and never had them "lose" a package. Doesn't seem right to me.
Reviewed March 25, 2015
My cell phone drops calls all the time. Or people tell me to repeat what I'm saying because "I'm cutting out". If I'm expecting or making an important call, I will drive in my car to sit near a tower, so I won't lose the call.
Reviewed March 25, 2015
AT&T U-verse is not consistent with the internet service, have to wait for a min to restart.
Reviewed March 24, 2015
Was told by sales we would get NHL network, HBO, Cinemax, and Showtime as we were getting from Comcast for less amount. When service was connected there was no NHL Network or HBO or Cinemax and our bill was more. When I called to complain was told they did not even have rights to NHL Network and if we wanted HBO, Cinemax they would take $20 off our bill. Unfortunately we bought it hook, line and sinker. Unbeknownst to us we were placed into a contract and we're stuck with their horrible service for what seemed like an eternity!
When we had issues with Uverse which happened at least every month to every other month, we either had to spend 20-25 minutes on the phone speaking to a foreign IT person who had me running from room to room trying to reset the Uverse or I would use the ATT TV guide on trouble shooting only to find out it didn't work anyway.
This humongous corporation is sack of lying crap! Their supervisors are robots, figuratively speaking, and their managers are apparently hidden among the Lost Ark! They do not care about their customers that pay for residential service. They may not care right now but when competitors are taking their customers away the almighty dollar will surely matter then. Good riddance ATT, I hope the next time I speak the name it is in the sentence "remember that ** company, AT&T?"
Reviewed March 24, 2015
So I ordered AT&T Uverse on Thursday of last week. One thing I instantly didn't like was that they was mailing my Wi-Fi router out through UPS. And the man came to install the Wi-Fi and the router didn't even arrive yet. The bone I have to pick with them is that they need to have their equipment with their employees when they are sent out to install the Internet. NOT come through UPS. Had to wait longer for the equipment even though the Internet was installed. Ridiculous.
Reviewed March 21, 2015
We recently got Uverse & we're big race fans it's so wrong we can't watch Xfidney on Fox Sports 1. Why??? We pay for that station so we should be able to watch race.
Reviewed March 21, 2015
Over the past six months or so we've been experiencing an "intermittent U-verse problem" which means the service for phones/internet/t.v. Will disconnect on certain days a couple times an hour (other days no apparent problem). This interruption of services constitutes a serious problem for those trying to reach us via telephone; also for our use of internet for business purposes (and t.v. watching at night). We've requested several times that an AT&T service technician come to our house to check out the problem; however they are usually unable to locate what is causing the problem with their testing. Meanwhile, the service disruption ("dropping") problem continues.
Reviewed March 21, 2015
I signed up with ATT Uverse in June 2014. It's been 10 months of ridiculous and horrible service, my television is lost constantly, i.e. at least a few times a week for no apparent reason. Further, my internet is slow, the wheel will spin causing me delayed replies to my clients. I never had a problem with TWCABLE when I lived on the East Coast. Not ever. Gosh, wish I stayed with them or had not elected ATT UVerse. I can't wait for my year to be up, and I will be switching providers. Do not use ATT Uverse. Use anyone but them. ATT for cell service is solid. I would not recommend ATT Uverse nor would I ever use them again ever. Their prices are high and one would expect quality service. Haha. Not happening with them.
Reviewed March 21, 2015
I had U-verse install on March 6. The technician was did my original install was actually great. He cleaned up our outside wiring and installed both internet and TV service. After previewing the TV service for a week, I decided to cancel the TV service. I called AT&T and they persuaded me to upgrade my internet service as I was canceling my TV service. They scheduled another technician to come out and perform the upgrade. When he arrived, he told me he would be adding another pair to my account to complete the upgrade. However, in the process of adding another pair, he took down the original service. So, we have no internet. IT IS A HUGE NIGHTMARE.
To compound the problem, AT&T keeps passing the ball from one department to another, just opening and closing trouble tickets but not actually solving the problem. They are all very nice on the phone, apologizing, sympathizing but none of them seem to have the knowledge or authority to actually fix the problem. I was really looking forward to the upgraded service but with this current experience, AT&T has turned me from an excited advocate into a very frustrated consumer that has lost over 20 hours of productivity so far.
Reviewed March 20, 2015
Start with the good, HD is great, internet speeds good. Nightmare part, the intro price actually ends 30 days before you get the bill. Your bill will then nearly double, so they offer a "new promo" more than original but less than double. After that it took 3 more months of calls (10 hours on the phone) to get the "new promo" actually on the account. 1 year after that it started again so I'm canceling and the phone people disconnected me twice during that process.
Reviewed March 19, 2015
I signed up last yr for AT&T U-Verse since I have had my phone with them for many yrs. I was quoted a one yr contract price. In calling to renew my contract yesterday, I was told the rate had increased over $20. I told them that was not acceptable and I would go to Comcast. In checking Comcast I found they did not service my area. So today I called AT&T back to tell them I had to agree to the increase, only to find out that that offer was not valid today. So now the increase is well over $30 a month. They have no value for a returning customer. I tried to speak to a supervisor who said she could do nothing to help me. I would never promote this service to anyone.
Reviewed March 19, 2015
Our AT&T Uverse account is constantly changing. We must call and report errors. We have been given new promotions to reduce the price only to have it raised again. Every new promotion starts a new contract. I was told that a cancellation penalty at twelve months would cost me $186.00 and reduced every month by $15.00 thereafter. So, every time I agree to a new promotion to reduce my rate, I'm back to the twelve month penalty rate. Our bill has been raised the very next month after we agreed to a new promotion. There is no explanation.
Here is a list of my bills beginning in Nov. 2013: 187.96, 100.74, 101.65, 131.58, 99.62, 111.99, 111.99, 112.24, 112.24, 112.24, 112.24, 114.15, 174.60, 114.35, 138.45, 150.87, and March 2015 was $165.77. We have called in several times asking why we are paying more each month after agreeing to a new "promotion". They attribute it to rising costs. They keep changing their promotions so there's no way you can predict what the next bill will be. Then they hold you hostage with their huge cancellation fee. What can be done?
Reviewed March 19, 2015
Very unreliable near the end of the month because I think they are throttling our speeds when they are not supposed to be. Whenever we use a certain amount of data through our wifi, it gets slower every single month. It also kicks you off for no reason or explanation.
Reviewed March 19, 2015
I've been with AT&T for 20 years, had DSL with them for 17 years. I run a small consulting business from home and rely on the phone & internet to communicate with clients and send information. 3 months ago I try to get onto the internet and it's wasn't working. Neither is the phone. I call AT&T and they say it is mandatory I switch to the Uverse modem - and they'll be nice enough to reactive my account until they can come in & bring the new modem. Guy comes in, says he can't do anything since he needs to get to DSL plug that is behind huge shelf that is bolted to the wall (I was told they simply need to switch modems). We spend all Saturday moving the shelf, guys comes back Monday (2 hours after the end of the time window), stays 6 hours.
At the end, they have ripped out my landline, despite my requests that they don't touch it. I'm down to 1 phone plug (from 3), and one DSL plug (from 2). Next morning my phone doesn't work. They couldn't send anyone to fix it for over a week. Internet is now much slower than before. This morning, 3 months later, I try to log on, internet & phone are down *again*!!
Turns out they shut off my "auto pay" on my account when they switched to Uverse and only one payment went through - I owe them money, but can't figure out how much because when I log onto my account online I can't find any information about the bill. After being transferred and on hold for 40 minutes I get to a woman that insists I give her my credit card #. I tell her they have it on file (I can see it when I go to my account) and I will not give it to her over the phone unless I can see a bill. She insists and says I am not entitled to see the bill. I tell her I'm going to an actual AT&T store to settle this. She says I can't pay the bill there and I need to give her the card over the phone. I tell her it sounds like fraud since I don't know what I'm paying for and threaten to report her to the police. She tells me to stop being violent and call back when I've calmed down.
I go to one AT&T office where the girl was clueless, told me they have a new system, directs me to another office one 10 minutes away but won't give me the address. I look them up online, go to next nearest (which was really 30 minutes away) and have a similar experience. Finally call them again, get a good lady this time who says the stores are required to let me pay my bill, gives me the address of bigger store where I finally can pay bill but they refuse to give me a paper copy, though I do have a receipt. Service is back but I still can't see anything online. I can't believe how much they've gone downhill. I had to take a day off of work to deal with their incompetence and since I'm an hourly consultant, I lost a lot of $$$.
Reviewed March 18, 2015
This is the third time in less than six months that our U-verse and DSL have gone out. Waited all day for a service tech, then received a text that they can't show up! Been four days without service. AT&T sucks at customer service!!
Reviewed March 17, 2015
In December 2014 a technician came out, turned service back on and changed equipment out. AT&T shows 3 boxes returned but continues to charge me for equipment. I call each month (3 months now) to dispute the charges and explain that the technician took the old boxes with him. 2/22/15 when I called and talked to ** he told me he shows the boxes returned, told me what amount to pay and that it would be corrected on the next bill. Got it in the mail, and it's still wrong. Tried instant chat but that person couldn't figure it out and didn't show the boxes being returned at all.
Called in, talked with **, she identified the problem when asking me what serial numbers are on the boxes I have. The SN on the box in my living room they show returned 12/30/14 (the new box) and the old box SN is what they are charging me for. She transferred me to the IT technician, I explain it all, she can't figure it out and wants to escalate it for review. It's simple to me, AT&T recorded the wrong serial number returned and what was replaced here, but apparently not simple enough to their employees to figure out. Now, 45 minutes later into a phone call, it's going to be reviewed and a manager will call me back in 24 hours. Talk about extremely poor customer service, or complete lack thereof. I continue to be charged for equipment and a late charge for a screw up on AT&T side.
Reviewed March 17, 2015
So, my wife and I went with AT&T U-verse Internet when we moved down from LA. We got the introduction rate of I believe 45 bucks that would go away and jump 10 bucks after a year. Well that happened, but then just two months ago our price jumped another 10 bucks for no reason. So, I called to ask why it went up when we did not change our service. They told me that they could not help me by cutting my cost again, even though they had no answer for why it went up. Instead they told me that they could get me TV now because I was paying the same amount as someone with TV and internet!!! I told them that I did not want more services. I wanted the service I had for the price we had agreed on. They said that they could not do that so I asked to speak to the supervisor.
That was the last time I spoke to someone. So, after holding 30 minutes to speak to the original person that could not help me, and speaking to them for 3 min, I was back on hold for another 90 minutes before I finally gave up. I am quite angry. This is pathetic on their part and once I get rid of AT&T, I will never ever, ever return to them and I'll tell the world not to do business with them.
Reviewed March 17, 2015
The service from AT&T U-verse is very poor. Their internet is very slow despite having an upper tier service. Often videos buffer, pages open slowly, the spinning wheel just keeps going round and round while I wait. I have to watch my monthly charges closely as they will increase without notification. Unfortunately I have about 8-9 months on a contract for internet service. I was told due to promotional billing that I was obligated for a year. I have been very loyal to AT&T with mobile service, U-verse TV and internet for 6 years.
Reviewed March 17, 2015
3 Weeks ago we signed up for AT&T Uverse over the phone. We originally called due to the $89/month rate for a bundle package. We were going to get Basic TV, Basic Phone, and the fastest internet possible. After a while we ended up to agree on a rate of $112 per month due to the fact that we added 2 TV's. We were also promised a free 32" TV or a $250 credit.
After installation I checked the account info on the TV and we only had the 3mbps internet. (Not what we ordered.) When we called to complain we were apologized to and was told that they have to come out again to install new equipment for the fast internet. We were also promised free HBO and Cinemax for 3 months for the inconvenience. The next day we did not have promised channels so called again. A supervisor by the name of ** gave us his employee ID number and apologized again and offered us $89/month for the year due to the frustration. When the repair man came out, he continued to ramble on how the order was completely messed up but eventually finished and left us with u300. (We did not ask for this.) We received a bill after a few days for $189.00!!
Once again calling to complain we were told it was because we upgraded. WE NEVER UPGRADED! We asked to speak with ** and gave the ID number he gave us. They said he didn't exist. (!!!??) We also asked about the TV we were promised. They said that promotion is no longer available. WHAT!! It was when we signed up!! And if they do in fact record the calls, all they had to do is listen to the original call when we ordered and was confirmed $112 with the TV. One time we called and they said, "We don't even show you have a tv package with us." (LOL.. what! I'm looking at it!) Bottom line.. the customer service for this company is repulsive. If you call during the wrong hours, they say they "can't help you, that department is closed." In my whole life I've never experienced service this bad. Needless to say we are shopping for someone else.
Reviewed March 15, 2015
When I signed up for Uverse all NASCAR racing was part of the package. Now they are blocking the NASCAR Xfinity races. We get dart games. If they are not going to broadcast the races the consumers should be entitled to a reduction in their monthly bill. I would much rather see the races.
Reviewed March 15, 2015
I had upgraded my att u-verse internet from 3.0 to 18 mbps. So shortly after that my wifi stopped working so I had them send a technician to my house. He found that the router was defective and replaced it with a new one and according to att is worth $100. I asked the technician if this was going to cost me anything he said absolutely not. A few days after that I was as happy as could be until I look at my bill, I found out att was now charging me a $7 router lease fee every month.
I called att, told them I was not notified of this new fee charge and never agreed to pay it. They told me as long as I am using this new router I will have pay the $7 fee or I could return the router to them and buy my own router. I have been an att customer for many years and I have never been treated this by anyone in my life. I thought att was suppose to care about their customers as guests. Nowadays it all about the money. 4 years ago I canceled my att home phone and now it looks like I will have to cancel att altogether. BE VERY CAREFUL. THEY'RE OUT TO GET YOU TOO!!!
Reviewed March 14, 2015
Just signed up. My paper receipt has the activation fee of 49.00 crossed out, wasn't supposed to be charged. Called up to complain. Took me about 40 minutes. People constantly putting us on hold for 5 minutes at a time. Finally at the end all you get is "I am sorry ma'am but that's not what is in my system." I had proof, right in front of my face, dumb **. Wouldn't take it off.
Reviewed March 14, 2015
On 2/25, after receiving a voice mail from U-Verse that my bill was coming due, I called to find out why I had never received the monthly email. In October, I enrolled in paperless billing and received an email every month until February. I immediately called customer service, though he could not figure out why I did not get my bill, he told me that I qualified for a package deal. I currently has just the internet service for $59/month. He told me I could get the fastest internet speed and basic tv service for $78/month for 24 months with no contract. I asked him what basic tv was, he stated it the basic news channel, a lifetime channel.
Again, I asked for clarification-top speed internet and basic tv-he said yes. Only to find out when installation day came that I was getting U-Verse 300-not what I was told I was getting (a huge difference in price and package). Calling customer service as tech was here, I found out that sales people ARE NOT TO SELL basic tv service as any package-HE LIED! I was also told the conversation was recorded. Calling customer yet again, I filed a complaint with U-Verse, was given a case# and told I would hear from someone in 8 days. Time has passed and no one has gotten back to me. I get an email now saying I owe $200!!! MISLED and LIED to by AT&T! In live chat the other night, the girl looked up the case number and said it was still under review. This is not what I was told and the conversation with the rep on 2/25 would show this. The man who took my complaint said that it is AT&T's responsibility to honor what they promised. Broken promises.
Updated on 04/13/2015
My problems began on 2/25/2015. Since then, nothing has been solved rather, gotten worse. When I finally thought my billing problems would be solved after speaking with Krystal on 3/16, today I see nothing was changed. I posted in the AT&T community forum and had two reps reach out to me. They assured me that my call on 3/16 with the changes the rep made then would be correct and no further problems-$68 a month for the next 12 months. My bill today says I owe $88. I was told on March 16, that an increase would not come for at least year as when that would be the end of my term. I tried to online chat with a rep-he disconnected the window. Each time I tried to log into my account today, I got kicked out after I opted to view any bill listed in my history. I am so over AT&T. I am done and want out.
Reviewed March 13, 2015
I received a call from AT&T about switching to their Uverse Plan (both phone & internet). The saleslady convinced me that if I tried their Uverse phone and internet, and did not like it, that I could switch back to the DSL and regular phone. Upon trying it and hating it, I called to switch my service back, and they told me that once I switched to Uverse, I could not switch back to DSL. I was so ticked off, as I was totally lied to by their salesperson. Now, they are ringing my phone off the hook to try to get me to switch to their Uverse television. That make it sound almost too good, but now that I read these reviews, and realize that I am not the only one who has been trapped by their shady practices, I think I will just stay with my DirecTV service.
Reviewed March 13, 2015
I called to inquire about lower cost options because I recently retired. Finally, after about one hour on the phone, the rep quoted a total monthly rate of $87.00. New Directv service was installed and when I opened my new bill, I did not get what I agreed to. The tv charge was higher than quoted, my bill had incorrect charges and I was promised a $50 gift card which nobody seemed to know anything about. I wanted to cancel everything because I was so frustrated but was told I would have to pay a $480 early termination fee to Directv and I am locked into a 2 year term. I believe AT&T totally misrepresented the actual charge and now I am stuck. When it does come to the end I will never do business with either company again, after 45 years with AT&T.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
Call AT&T to verify change in price. They do not care they went up. I have U-Verse basic package with no HD and paid $65.00. DirecTV offer HD same package for $19.99 for first yr and then at $29.99, same as DISH Network. Why paid so much for the same with AT&T? Also, I have HD antenna in my home and get better reception. The only reason I have the cable is for my wife record the programs. AT&T is too expensive.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
Anyone who is thinking of getting AT&T u-verse Don't do it!! I have had nothing but problems with them since I've signed up... Everything from taking money randomly out of my account for no reason to them mistakenly turning me off and trying to charge me for the Restoral fee... Not to mention them changing my payment cycle without giving me any indication that they were doing so. When you call customer service I was transferred multiple times and had to explain over and over again what was wrong.. When they ask you what you need help with I feel as though they should send you directly to a person that can assist you. Since July (when I signed up) I have had to call them almost every single month and sometimes 2 to 3 times within a month.
The only positive thing about this company is when you call customer service representatives they recorded all of their conversations, because after reviewing the conversations I had with previous representatives they were able to see that they were in fact at fault for every single incident that I've had issues with... yet they won't admit fault and they make it seem like they're doing you a "favor". I spoke to a manager and let her know my concerns for how her customer service team handled their situations with customers and I felt as though she just brushed it off and made me feel as though they did everything they could to give me excellent customer service and that I was in the wrong. I encourage you to seek other TV and Internet service.. It's not worth your time.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
Went to AT&T store to get a new phone ending with a free tablet, that is not free. Even when I told the girl that I didn't want it, she insisted and keep typing in the computer saying it's free anyway. After signing the contract, not before I found out that I will be paying almost $200 per month for a service that in fast food stores, hardware stores, and almost everywhere it's a no-cost.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
So since we have moved in our house year 2000 we have had AT&T Uverse. Every month I wait for the bill, very inconsistent, we call AT&T every month about their high speed internet being slower than dial-up, never mind the $50 a month price tag. I understand this is not the highest $$ amount but how much should I have to spend to get a connection tell me the dollar amount that I have to spend to even get connected!! And I pay 200.00 a month give me a break, this is robbery for a service that never works. NO YOU ARE NOT ALONE, THIS SERVICE IS ROBBING ME. AT&T is a monopoly, they are the only ones that provide service for phone, internet and cable in St. Joseph County Indiana zip code 46545.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
I switched to AT&T Uverse from Comcast for two reasons. The salesman told me the U300 package would cost 106.00 per month (he even wrote this on my sales receipt) and told me there would be no charge for the two DVR devices (he also wrote this on the receipt.). He said I would have a choice between three rewards, a choice of either of two tablets or a 40" LD TV of which he upgraded from the 32" shown in the flyer. (He gave me a flyer showing only these three rewards.) My first bill was 148.00. (This includes at 16.00 install fee spread over the first three months which I agreed to.)
When questioned, I was told the one of the DVR devices were free but the second was not. Then after waiting 30 days to claim my reward, I find that the TV is not offered and I would have to settle for a tablet, which I do not need. TV is only offered to total packages that include phone. None of this was explained to me by the salesman, in person. I was told the bill would absolutely be 106.00 + tax and that I would be able to choose the 40" TV. Avoid this company at all costs. I will be filing a formal complaint with AT&T and will be canceling my service with this company if this is not resolved. So far I have basically been told there is nothing they can do. AT&T salesmen need to be re-trained to be more informed and honest. RIDICULOUS!
Reviewed March 10, 2015
Gave us a promotion, then lifted the promotion at some point without our knowledge. We paid more than we originally bargained for for months before realizing the mistake. They didn't refund us, claiming a 60-day policy. WHO pays attention to their bills every month? My mistake to have trusted they had their ** together. They should have been liable.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
We have had the AT&T wireless cell phone service for years and their customer support folks talked us into trying out the Uverse bundled internet and tv service. Their internet service is awful slow but we stuck it out for a year since we got a pretty good deal on the bundled service. Our year contract is up and now AT&T Uverse has raised our monthly bill from approx $130 to $220 a month incl taxes and other fees. Their customer service rep, named **, told us there was nothing he could do. They will contact us if they run another promotion (no thanks don't bother). I wouldn't pay $20 a month for their subpar internet service but they want to charge $60 plus equipment rental. Honestly the dial up service from last decade is faster than their so called high speed internet.
My modem is actually much better than their equipment but you must rent their equipment which is another hidden cost. At least Time Warner gives you the option to supply your own equipment to save on the monthly fees. Apparently we are too far from their tower to get fast internet but they are still charging the rates other companies charge for the faster speeds. I really hate the cable companies but having a fast internet service is very important for my work. Unfortunately DirecTv is also partnered with AT&T Uverse for the internet service in our area. We are switching back to Time Warner. At least they have blazing internet speeds and we are willing to sacrifice a bit on the tv service.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
I have two lines at my home, one DSL for the house and a Uverse for my office/guesthouse. Two separate bills every month paid on time. All of a sudden the AT&T idiots contact me and say the house DSL line must be upgraded to Uverse or service would cease. So I dutifully set it all up and scheduled the install. I told the installer in detail that the guesthouse/office in the rear building was my office so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't disconnect my office, as it is a separate account, always paid by my credit card.
So what does the poorly trained nitwits do? They leave and I find my office Uverse, in place since the beginning of 2014, had been disconnected. It only gets worse after that. AVOID AVOID AVOID this company if you have any choice. They are incompetent from senior management all the way down the chain "of **". And the Communications Workers of America should be shoveling horse ** on some remote farm, which is really a complement as to their competency.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
First off, when my Uverse is actually working correctly, I love it and it is why I continue to put up with their customer service CRAP. It is really inconvenient that they are the best TV service I can get in my area or I would not be using them. They have got to figure out a better system for people that move and need to get their service transferred. The past two times I have moved, you would think I am asking them for a million dollars in order to get them to set up my new service correctly and in a timely fashion! I mean, isn't that what they are supposed to do?! A year ago, my husband and I moved into a rental home and it took them 3 weeks to come turn our service on, thank goodness for the local provider that came the same day we requested them to come out. That wasn't even the kicker, they shut our service off at our old house when we weren't moving out for another week!
They do not understand that usually people are in-between houses for several days during a move and they will shut off your service before they get your new service started. TO TOP THAT OFF, they can't even turn your system back on after they shut it off because they can't override the cancellation?! Come on!! Technology is too advanced for this to happen. So now a year after this fiasco, it has happened again. We were scheduled a week ago to have service to turn on in our new home we recently bought. We had a snow and ice storm and they canceled our installation which was understandable as long as they could come the first day the roads were drivable. Simple request? NO! After being on the phone with 3 different customer service reps, we are told they cannot come out for a MONTH.
This was 5 days ago and my husband has been on the phone with them this morning and now....... THEY THINK THEY INSTALLED OUR SERVICE ON THE DAY THEY CANCELED OUR INSTALLATION. Get. It. Together.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
AT&T don't care for their customers as they say. Every month I call for an extension then my service gets interrupted...that's $49.99 Each time and they have no record of me ever calling every month for an extension. The managers are rude as can be.
Reviewed March 8, 2015
I highly advise that paying customers stay away from this shady company along with the other cable providers. I was on the phone with the salesman for uverse for nearly 40+ minutes negotiating an introductory package for the first year. We agreed on the u300 package with wireless box for second tv, 18 mb internet, sports package, and hd package for $105 a month. Amazing right?! Well, got a different package upon installation. Shocker. The salesman lied to me about the sports and hd package.
When contacting att, they gave me the finger as well. Obviously, they train their salesmen to say anything to get you to sign up, truthful or not. I have gone without cable for 5+ years. I will be canceling my services immediately and making sure the kid I talked to in Oregon does not get commission for lying to a customer. I will be filing a complaint to att directly, including the local office here in ohio. I am a salesman myself, and I would never lie to a customer and treat them with such disrespect when they voice their complaint. I was hoping att uverse was different than all their competitors. Thought wrong.
Reviewed March 8, 2015
They said your technician will arrive between 12pm-4pm. He arrived at 2pm, cool I thought he'll be done and I could enjoy my day off. After the technician looked around maybe for 10-20 minutes, he said the problem was outside and he needed to call back up, they will come back in 30-45 minutes. 1 hr passed by and nothing, after 2 hrs of waiting I called customer service and some rude rep tells me that if I want my problem to be fix, they're on schedule to come back between 7-7:30pm. What kind of service is that, almost 8 hrs waiting around. WORST Service ever.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
I think it is totally unfair that race fans are missing the race because it is sponsored by Xfinity! Please resolve this as soon as possible! If not, as a consumer, I can switch to a competitor. I am a 20 year plus customer of AT&T. Let's come to a quick resolution to this problem! Thank you.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
What genius decided to pre-empt Nascar on Saturdays? With 6 hours of Darts? Who the hell watches Darts? And why is it so difficult to complain to this screwed-up company? The only reason we put up with the poor service is to watch the races on weekends. Well if there are no races there is no reason to keep the service. For the $150.00 a month we currently spend we can find another provider. AT&T Uverse Sucks!!
Reviewed March 7, 2015
AT&T sales guy really got me good. I got the offer for $500 Visa gift card so thought I would check it out. The deal was for wireless customers who could get a digital phone, Internet and U-verse TV bundle with free install. **, the sales rep, tells me all of this for $125/mo. Wow! Ok! The install was fine but the installation guy complained the whole time about how much work it was for him. He's getting ready to leave and I asked him about my phone and he tells me there is no phone service on the work order.
Today I call and was on the phone with AT&T for over an hour to get this resolved and of course no resolution but they did find out I'm still paying for phone service that was never installed. I should have known because the last time I tried to switch to U-verse I took a day off from work only to have that installation guy never show up. I am beyond upset with AT&T's sales tactics. So, if I want to add the phone service that will be another boatload of money. I should have just stuck with my other provider.
UPDATE ON 03/29/2015: Just to follow up on my original review of AT&T Uverse; I got my Visa reward card yesterday, which was supposed to be $500 (the ONLY reason I switched) and it was for $100. This adds insult to injury. To be honest, I am not surprised. Yet another reason to be thoroughly disgusted with AT&T. I'm not going to bother calling, because I am guaranteed to be on the phone with you for over an hour and I just don't feel like the fight. Perhaps passing customers from sales rep to sales rep to manager for over an hour is part of the scam. Most people will probably just give up. So very disappointed in you, AT&T.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
I have been an AT&T U-Verse customer for 3 days, sat on hold for 5 and a half hours, appointment was changed without notice, install tech was 3 hours late, box stopped working hours later and they stated they would come between 8-12 but never showed up or called to say they were not coming. Finally fixed it myself. Their customer service department is clearly Indian outsourced and you can hardly understand anyone. Even before I got the service, it took over an hour to either get through in chat or over the phone. After the customer service tech talked to me like I was stupid for a half hour, she realized maybe something was actually wrong. I ended up buying a separate power cord because the one installed was stripped.
As a home business owner, my online presence is vital and I need access. Their garbage equipment is a joke and their handle on their own business is downright sad. They are the epitome of the cable company jokes you always hear. NEVER have I seen a group so intent on providing garbage service all around. They call me today to see if a tech ever showed up yesterday. I mean seriously, are you that terrible you cannot even keep track of your own employees or customers??
Reviewed March 6, 2015
I've had AT&T and DSL since they bought out Bellsouth years ago. When I moved to a new location, actually closer to the city, my service got worse. AT&T assured me it would get better, and have continued to make the same promises. 6 years later we still have the same unreliable 1.5 mbps and the price per month continues to climb. Are you kidding? This is metro Atlanta for pete's sake. I don't mind pay more for better service, but more for worse service? AT&T is truly the worst company I've ever dealt with. I dropped their wireless years ago for this very reason. Would do the same with DSL, but we have no other providers.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
I called AT&T to sign up for one of the Uverse Bundle Promotions. I told the salesman that I already have a Cellphone and did not seek a telephone landline. The salesman said that the Phone Landline was included in the package deal and it was free. I signed up later in the conversation. The complaint is that my bill shows that I am being charged $26.53 every month for a service I do not use nor did I originally seek to purchase!
I called today and was transferred to their "Loyalty Department" and after listening to me, the operator couldn't stop saying, "I'm sorry." The operator applied a credit of $25.00 towards the next bill. Being forced to pay an extra $300 and getting back $25 for a service that I didn't want or need is outrageous! I cannot believe AT&T is dong this!!! I doubt they will do anything else to make things close to right.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
So I called them Feb 27, 2015 (Friday) to switch our DSL service to a new apartment that is in the same building, except a different unit, since we moved to unforeseen forces. I was on the phone with them for an hour and they kept having me switch over to Uverse even as I told them we can only get DSL in the apartment. But they said they could only order it as Uverse and makes a Uverse account for me. She said the apartment and building itself is wired for Uverse so she told me I can self install, but I chose to have the technician come instead. A technician comes the following Tuesday and he said we are not wired for Uverse after checking the wires in our building for 2 hours and says that he will send an engineer to fix the wiring either the following day or today and they will call me.
So, I called AT&T today, March 5, 2015 (Thursday) and talked to Uverse and they said they I can't have Uverse because we are not wired for it and transfers me to DSL customer service who says that he too can't order me DSL. He actually said he will try to figure it out for me since I insisted that Uverse told me I can't have Uverse and he is telling me I can't have DSL. He said he will give me a call today. I went to the property manager of the Apartment complex and she tells me that they have been having the same problem with AT&T with new tenants, either they would tell the person that they can't have internet or keeps forcing the tenants to get Uverse which they can't have.
A new lady from AT&T calls me and has me on hold for a good on and off for 35 minutes trying to get my order processed. I guess my question is, "Why the heck would you call me and put me in hold if you still haven't process or done anything?" And the to top it all off, she tells me that I need to pay a new activation fee even if I am freaking just relocating my service to a different address. Also, it will be a minimum 2 business days to turn my service on, even though I have all the equipments already. Ohhhh. And when I asked before she hanged up about what my new account number is (you got to keep in mind that this is just a change in address), she said someone will call me again today and let me know if the order has been process.
So, I was in the phone with her for 35 minutes and still they haven't processed anything. My husband also called AT&T and they told him today we can't have internet. So I have been on the phone with AT&T for a good 3 hours trying to switch a DSL to a new address which is literally right next to my old apartment.
The moral of the story: Don't ever get AT&T. Their customer service doesn't know what services they offer and they tell you things like you can self-install on a building that is not even wired for a service they cannot offer. And depending on who you talk to, they would even tell you that internet is not available at your area. So, the workers really don't know what's going on. Since my apartment complex only allows AT&T for this complex, I have no choice but deal with AT&T and be without internet at this day and age due to the customer service workers not knowing the services that AT&T can or cannot provide! Here's to hoping I actually get internet soon. So ridiculous.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
Here is my experience so far. Feb. 2, got service installed (bundled package) phone or internet did not work. Feb. 3, tech returned to complete but still could not get service to work. Tech took equipment and I was told service will be cancelled. Feb. 15 got a bill for over $300. Called U-verse and told them my service should be cancelled and I have no equipment. March 3, got a call saying I have an outstanding balance and instructions on how to return my equipment. Called U-verse and was told I will be getting a letter in 5 days stating a zero balance. March 4, got call about delinquent bill. March 5, was told my account was never cancelled and they don't know why (it states on the notes I called to cancel on Feb. 15th). On hold for over an hour to speak to the disconnection department. Bottom line, still not resolved and I lost my phone number I ported over for only one night of cable service. Run like hell from U-verse unless you have a lot of time to burn.
Wanted to add a few more things as I have been on hold for 1 hour 36 minutes and counting. Currently on the phone with someone who sees my notes and is speaking to her supervisor. ** (rep) just said she confirmed they got my equipment back on February 17th so I don't need to worry about that. She also stated my bill be back dated to February 3rd so it will be no cost to me. Basically I owe nothing. If this is true, then my nightmare is over. Make your own choice. This was just my experience. I lost my phone number, hopefully don't owe $670 for one night of cable service. It took 5 phone calls for over 6 hours of hold time to hopefully resolve. I will update if I get another bill. Good luck, the consumer is basically screwed!
Reviewed March 5, 2015
Their installer drilled from outside of my house to inside through the side of my surround sound system. I called and filed a claim with pictures and information. Today I get a letter from them saying they need more information like the name of the installer and what happened. Apparently they don't keep records that they keep and maintain. At least Time Warner sent out qualified contractors to install THEIR equipment. Wish me luck.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
AT&T came digging and looking and digging some more. After a few small holes in our neighbors' yards done with shovels, and not finding what they were looking for, they came digging in my yard. Yep... Right where the line was... About six feet down and required a backhoe. One big hole that ruined about two-hundred square feet of turf.
They threw out some straw and seed that didn't stand a chance of making it in the hard clay left on top. Dead on arrival and now I have to wash our dog's feet. Of course, this clay made its way inside...on the carpet... Thanks AT&T. Thanks for the hours beyond your "War and Peace" length bills that have to be corrected (or so we think) after telephone calls. But of course the billing robbery is right back on the next month's bill. Guess that class action suit on bill thievery just didn't make AT&T quit digging and robbing. I'd like to have them get their hands outta my pockets and into their own.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
Why did U-verse not let Fox Sports show Big East basketball? Chose to show a dart game in its place! We were all set to watch the Butler game and were so disappointed that I feel like getting rid of Att u-verse. All of our friends and relatives watch the tournament and I hope they all contact you. This is awful. Either you contract with the station or you don’t, but don't leave your customers stranded mid-way and just before the final exciting tournament.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
I want to point out that this happened at the AT&T store located on the 2nd floor, in the King of Prussia Mall. I went in in early February to replace my broken iPhone. I purchased the new iPhone 6 and the representative, **, told me to buy this $38 screen protector. She opened it, and was putting it on the phone before I even bought it! She assured me that it cost this much because it was COMPLETELY covered with a warranty. Within 2 weeks I was putting on my new case I bought, and the screen cracked. I went to AT&T and they told me I had to go to Moshi.com/register. I left, did as I was instructed, and their website says that I don't have to register with them if it is from AT&T (right at the very top of the page before any other information).
I called the store that I purchased it at, and I spoke to the manager on duty, **. He was SO rude to me, he had me in tears! Oh, and he said that there was nothing they could do, that I would have to go through the Moshi website now. Well today, I registered my product, and was informed that the warranty is only if I buy it off their website. ** and ** both lied to me various times, and ** got very loud, and hostile with me. And I have a broken product that I was tricked into buying in the first place. Come on AT&T - maybe hire some decent people? There are enough good people out there looking for a job right now, it is disgraceful that you keep these rude people employed. I know if I ever spoke to one of my customers like that at my job (and ironically AT&T is one of those customers) I would be fired in a heartbeat.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
At&t u-verse is not consistent on their billing. When I first started in July 2014, my bill was due around the same time for July, Aug, Sept. All of a sudden my bill was due before the month within 20 days from my last bill. I called them and they fixed it. In December they billed me twice Due Dec 5 and due Dec. 31. I called them but it's hard talking to someone who understands English! In January I got a bill due Jan 30, then feb I didn't get a bill. Then I got a bill due Mar 5. I figured they were crediting me for billing me twice in December. Then I get another bill in March due March 19. That's 2 bills in March. One due March 5 and March 19. Not consistent at all. So sad.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I will never do business with you again. Your customer service is the rudest people I have ever met - they lie, lie, lie lie lie. We have been with Uverse for probably 15 years or so and not until the last 4 have we been thoroughly disgusted with you. We have had a ongoing fight over poor equipment, service, billing. You can't employ the American people? Someone who actually speaks clear English or understands it? Come on. I have been talking with many and I do mean many people that you have turned over to collections on problems they themselves called to your attention and tried to fix and you idiots turned it around and made the mistake and punished them.....
You are too big for your breeches and you cannot treat people like this and get away with it. Used to be ok but being a Christian woman can't say what I would like to. You have continuously lied, cheated, harassed us for the last time. If my husband had not paid the bill for this month your equipment as cheap as it is would be on the curb on fire. And yes you are calling me everyday for the last two weeks telling me to pay my bill which has been paid and I have the proof. You're idiots and I do not wish to ever do business with you again.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
They take away channels from the package you have but they want you to pay the same amount every month. The only way you can get the channels back is to pay for another package. What a scam this is. These stations came with the package deal i get every month but they take away some of my stations and want me to pay more to get them back, wtf.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
Tonight I called AT&T to to see what services were available in my area, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I reached a Rep named Dennis and he couldn't have been more helpful and friendly. Dennis offered a "no gimmick" approach and offered 18mb internet speeds and a home telephone for 12 months at no additional charge for a total of $51.50 per month. He was upfront that AT&T did not offer UVerse television in my area but offered to set up a DirecTV account if I wanted, to which I declined.
Within minutes, Dennis had me set up, had the service technician set to come within 48 hours and he thoroughly covered everything. I felt like he needed to go over with me in a very timely manner. I've read an awful lot of negative reviews here against AT&T UVerse and I'm only in the beginning stages of my journey with them so far. I will report more on my service and how things are going in the coming weeks but for now, I couldn't be more happy.
I hope I made the right choice with AT&T... as we cleared our initial call tonight, Dennis said "God Bless and have a Great night Mike." That made my night and reassured me that I made the right call. Just a suggestion but sometimes saying a little prayer before making a service call really can make a difference... if you do, you may get a Dennis who actually wants to help.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
On 2/20 we switched our TV & internet to AT&T... I STILL have no access to e-mail. Now... no records of previous calls... On 28th spent 1 hour+ on phone with tech. We reset passwords..etc. Still no e-mail.. He said "this is a bigger problem, let me call you back in 10-15 minutes". I am STILL waiting. Each time it takes 7-10 minutes to get to a LIVE tech person.... STAY CLEAR OF ANYTHING AT&T.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
5 straight days of emailing and hours of calling (you all know it is literally hours) I bought a new construction townhome and there is a Unit A & B - no one can figure that out or change it. The other unit has already established service. I cannot possibly the first person in Houston to have this problem, yet they act like it is a new thing. The 4th day I thought I made progress, after many transfers a rep stated they have made the change and I will be called back 24-36 hours to finish getting set up. Of course I was not, waiting like a teenage girl hoping that boy called, because just like that, they didn't. I got back online to get the online promo and SURPRISE, still not separating the two units and I can't get their terrible service anyway. I also waited the time window 12-3 on Friday for the tech to show up because "He will see it is two units and install" never came.
I called again, the "request was cancelled as there is already service there" AHHH? We had been through this already, I am the owner, there is no service. It is a new townhome unit A, unit B has service with you. I don't know who is stupider, me for continuing with bad service before the service actually starts or them for not simply googling the address to see it is a two-unit townhome since I failed to convince them on previous attempts. My life is too short to continue wasting time to get this completed. I will find other options.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
We have repeatedly complained about slow service and highly variable speeds. A download from Western Digital (hard drive manufacturer) of 60mb took 5 hours and a download from Winzip (zip file software) was registering 9kb (yes a k). Net neutrality cannot come fast enough. AT&T says their speed is not affected by loading but the weekend speed is definitely slower and highly variable. AT&T says they don't throttle sites but my personal experience says otherwise. The tests show that the speed varied from 8mbps to 24 mbps but the actual time is what counts, not tests. My personal experience and press reports say that ISPs are extorting web sites for fast lane bribes. How can a company consciously treat their customers this way?
Reviewed March 1, 2015
I called to disconnect my internet in Dec. 2014. Was offered new price and charges for December that resulted from end of promotional period waived. In Jan. 2015 internet disconnected for nonpayment of those charges waived in Dec. Horrendous customer service but got internet restored with promise wouldn't happen again. February 18, 2015 internet again shut off for nonpayment of monies billed in December and supposedly waived. Paid bill online and was told internet back on in two to four hours. Not reconnected. Next day, told internet was permanently disconnected and would have to put up new deposit of $100. Did that. Said internet would be on in four days. Wasn't. Told I owed $230 dollars, treated like crap, hung up on, presented couldn't hear me etc.
I decided to cancel request for service and asked for refund of deposit. They couldn't find the order because I had wrong order number, belonged to customer in another part of country, etc. - many more instances of deliberate lies and refusal to return the deposit saying I had wrong order number and they could not identify the transaction. Got letter in mail from AT&T with that order number on it. More ** but finally said should receive refund in two weeks. I do not believe them. They lied repeatedly to extort money from me. Does anyone know how to get the recordings they make of customer service transactions? If just a few of those we're played in court, I'm sure so many of us would not be on here complaining about AT&T and they would no longer exist.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
I truly enjoy my AT&T service. However when it comes to billing and promos offered they truly do not follow through. I've seen a promotion of when you move take your service with you. A 3 year special that was 99.00 a month with a 300.00 visa gift card. The rep told me that he could reduce my monthly rate down to 79.00 in lieu of taking the gift card. I said OK. This was Oct 2012. Thinking OK set for 3 years. Sept 2014 Billing Changes I call complain about billing changes and rep says, "No way that it was for 3 years but I will take care of you," ended up with a 1 year contract for 99.6.
Well 4 months into said 1 year contract and Billing change, How can a company tell you a set rate and then change it? How good is a contract if you keep changing it? I left Comcast due to too many billing issues. I believe that when you state an amount and state that will require a year's service agreement that should stay as agreed not change unless you're going to give me the option to not accept the change as well.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
I had been receiving offers to switch from Comcast which I get for free in my maintenance, and after saying they were disappointed that I did no want to go thru with the offer, they sent a new offer. $59 for U-verse internet and TV. Plus I added phone. Rep said total $112 month. Paid over 130 each month. Now slammed with a Bill for over 430. Are they kidding me? Charging for each service individually instead of the bundle I was promised for 12 months. They have no corporate office that resolves these issues. The first person never even looked at an email I sent showing the offer. The others are rude, indignant, nasty. Yesterday I was told I got a great deal. I GET COMCAST FOR FREE! Do not answer these ads. Just a room of phone solicitors trying to close a sale for commission. Please help me resolve this. I have names, ads, and notes from this outrageous scam.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
I live in the country about 12 miles from town so AT&T is my only choice. All I can get is dsl with a big whopping 3 mb! I have called to try to upgrade but uverse is not available here - only if I lived the 12 miles in town! I can not even upgrade to their 6 mb - not available here! AT&T get in this country and offer more and better internet for everyone!
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
I just wanna tell everyone who's thinking about getting an AT&T Uverse, just how bad their connections are. Hope this helps before people getting injury over punching things by slow / unstable connection. I just came back from Japan, and I'm staying at my family friends house in Palo Alto, California until March before I start living in Hayward, California. This house has an AT&T Uverse, and paying pretty decent amount of money for it.
Whenever I play games online, lag spikes. Whenever I watch youtube, stop and go. I thought it was my PC. I'm using a desktop attached with a USB wifi connector (I usually am a Ethernet Cable person at my own house), so I was assuming my USB is too old for what the router they have. So I tried my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 to compare with my desktop. Same thing. It gets worse and worse everyday.
I bring my desktop / surface pro 3 (i7) to my friends house to play games, FLAWLESS. So I know it's not my PC that are causing the problem. I am so glad that I already chose Comcast for the new apartment I'm renting in Hayward. But, thank you AT&T for making me go to Starbucks for the free internet to do homework and research. It really made me spend more time driving and pay for some coffee.
Since my apartment in Japan had rice rocket crazy fast internet speed, I thought my parents house in Japan was horrible getting 26Mb/s. AT&T website says "This new fiber optic technology allows us to offer more speed options, more reliability, and more connectivity than ever before." I guess this is their best they can do.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
Signed up for service for basic cable and internet for advertised 58 dollars a month. All was good - hooked up by a really nice guy Toni. I gave the company (actually my husband did) the account number w/ agreement for 58 dollars a month every month on a certain date. Next thing you know about a week later I see the charge on my checking account of 210 dollars (not close to amount and date agreed). Super angry and disappointed. Canceled service.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
Was paying 115.00 per month. Now 250.00. At&t changed plan without authorization or my knowledge. Charging me for a returned device returned within 14 days. 2 warrantied phones sent to me. Phone less than a year old but it's outdated and no longer updates. Phone does not work. RIP OFFS!!! DO NOT GO TO AT&T!!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I recently was sold TV cable and internet by AT&T. I switched because I was paying too much on my old service and it was hiked another 20 dollars in one month. I'm on a fixed income, so 20 bucks IS an issue. AT&T told me for 86 dollars (a special they were running), I could get service for that amount each month. I got my first bill for 149 dollars, I complained and they promised to drop the access fee of 49 bucks. That still leaves me with a bill over 100 dollars which (if my math is correct) is not 86 dollars a month as quoted by the sale rep. In the end I will be expected to pay MORE than if I had kept my prior service. What part of 86 dollars a month DON'T this cable company understand??? 86 dollars is what they claimed my bill would be, it will in reality be over 100 dollars - more than what I wanted to pay and this is without any Wi-Fi service, just basic internet. What a ripoff! I will be canceling ALL of it! I can save the money and read books.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
You won't really have trouble with them. Just don't pay extra for sports package and other package deals. Because 99.9% of the time the game you want to watch will be blocked out. So you pay monthly for something you can't even use. I would recommend direcTV or some other cable provider that doesn't block your stuff out that you pay for. I will be canceling AT&T in April.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I have AT&T U-verse for about 6 to 7 years. The internet speed that I pay for is 12 Mbps so I always have poor service and low speed, when I test the speed I always have the speed between 1 Mbps to 4 Mbps. When I call AT&T they always start saying it's because I'm using wi-fi or because I have more than two devices in home, blah... blah... blah... Then, because they do that before I call and before I do the test I go to my internet wired PC and turn off all other devices, so they don't have how to say it's my fault. Then when I call they do some magic adjusts and the speed blow to 12 - 13 Mbps. Make me happy for about 12 hours and them the speed get to the really low speed again.
I can't call to those guys that are overseas every day to fix my internet, I just want to get every day what I pay for. I pay U$60.00 per month to get 1 to 3 Mbps. So I'm thinking to change my service to other company and I recommend to every customer to make a research with your neighbors first if they are happy with AT&T U-verse internet.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I have guest coming from South America, I did a live chat with AT&T Uverse to ask them which channels I currently had were in Spanish. After 9 minutes of typing back and forth the best answer they could give was I could download a channel lineup. I asked again - "Which ones were in Spanish?" They did not know! I went through the guide myself and created a guide myself finding all available Spanish Channels. Later I received a call from Uverse support asking if I was able to resolve my issue. When I told them NO and described what I wanted, they said they were not sure such a list existed???
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
We first signed up for a package deal, after dealing with constant drop in speeds and upgrading the packages 3 times - proceeded to persist - I called to complain. After telling them the whole situation the person got an attitude - didn't understand what I was talking about it. Basically told me that I had to deal with the problem cause they couldn't fix it. Customer service rep had the audacity to tell he was running on U-Verse with minimum speeds and had no such problem occur with him. This place is a joke - doubt they'll ever make it big. If they do only cause they rip people off promising false hopes, and people being too busy to go and fix it by canceling their piece of ** service.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I really like AT&T wireless and their customer service. I truly DISLIKE AT&T U-Verse. I spend literally an hour to an hour and a half every month or other month to resolve issues with my service and my bill. I have never dealt with these issues with any other service provider, nor written a complaint about a company in my life, but I had to reach out to a reputable service to voice my concern. I'm quoted an amount for a bill and then billed a lot more. This month it has gone up $90.00, because of their inability to keep to the agreement that they made to me. Even my family members deal with the same issues in their homes. The other big announce is that as of today, I have been on hold, disconnected several times and I'm still waiting for a call back after an HOUR!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
My family has foolishly switched to AT&T U-verse twice. The first time the sales rep said we didn't have to worry if we liked the service or not, because the first 3 months were free. If we were unhappy, just cancel & go back to our previous provider. Well, in the fine print, it was only free if you KEPT the unimpressive AT&T service for the one-year contract.
Four years later another rep comes to our door & insists that the service is better & will save us money. I have our 4 year-old running around & we are trying to get dinner ready & I explain to the rep that my family was living on one income & would only switch if we could save money. After a complex contract, fine print & services I NEVER wanted, I am now paying $10 more a month & the service is NO BETTER!!! The only way to save a LITTLE money is to restart another year long contract with a deceptive company that does NOT provide service better or in some cases even equal to the competitor.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I contacted connect tech by computer... but first I had to run a scan. The scan faltered so I went straight to talk to tech. The reality is that it takes forever to get "ANY" problem fixed. By the time I wait that long I want my issues fixed. Had 3 problems. Tried to install overdrive program but adobe flash program outdated. Tech Mikhail **. Fixed 1 of 3 issues. 1. Scan program did not work. 2. Adobe flash did not update and 3. Install overdrive for PC.
Mikhail fixed the scan problem (their program), said the adobe flash was already updated and refused to even check on the overdrive program. He disconnected the connection (the equivalent of hanging up on someone). How rude. I contacted Addison ** as the next tech. He apologizes for Mikhail. (How can you do that?). He gives the program a try and says it is not for win 7 on a PC. I look it up myself and literature says overdrive will work on win 7 but I need a special program which does not work on my pc. Aren't these guys the experts. Mikhail is just plain rude.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
My review is a bit different. My husband went to inquire about service yesterday 2/21/15 and they didn't give him any info, just what looks like a sign up sheet. My husband has TBI so I as went to and made a call to see what my husband and the sales person discuss, because on the form it looked like they made an agreement to service. We currently have cable/internet. As I was on the phone with a gentlemen of the store, he told me he was the one who handle my husband transaction. I kindly ask him to state what they discuss because my husband doesn't remember the full detail and the amount he was told. When the guy told me, I ask him as a consumer to a business person, what does he have to offer that will make me switch to their company since his price was a bit more for the same thing I already have, and I am not thrilled about switching just to pay more. The guy rudely said, "Well, if you want cheap cable, stick to what you have. If you're looking to save money then cancel your cable. If you want a deal then sign up with me."
No one on earth Is going to pay more for the exact same thing they already have. The guy's mental, then he insults me like I don't have a say in what goes in this house and says, "You know what? I'm not doing business with you. I'll deal with your husband. Have a nice day" and hangs up. And I tried calling back and give him a piece of my mind about how immature and unprofessional he was but I think he was scanning my calls because it would pick up then hang right back up... Well, screw that. I WILL WON'T be switching.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
For years my neighbors I have been bugging AT&T to come out and and upgrade our Internet. Currently everyone on the block has an unstable 2 mbps (translate to about 200-300kb/s downloads) and every single time they say that in the next month or 2 they will come and upgrade our Internet. This has been going on back and forth for around 3 years and we still have the same ** internet. To top it off, for the past 3 weeks, my internet, after 7pm has been going out every 2-30min, usually going out about 20-25 times per day. AT&T has not done anything about this problem. I am extremely angry and fed up with AT&T but can do absolutely nothing about it because they're the ones that rent out the service to other ISPs in the area to distribute so I would still get the same speed no matter what. Avoid at all costs.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
I have had nothing but problems with ATT. They've changed their policies so much that it's hard to ever know what you'll be charged. There are hidden fees and sketchy charges. To recall one particular problem, I tried to refill my pre-paid account and it charged my card 3 times before it went through and I didn't get my money back that was taken. Their customer service is almost non-existent and the online help isn't help at all. They just reiterated what I had told them and did not fix the problem. I recently switched off of ATT and will never use them again. Their internet also cuts out all the time and is very slow.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
My scheduled AT&T Uverse service transfer was not completed on time and all due to a small mistake by the AT&T guy who took my order. Worse was that I had to be on call with the service centre for almost 1.5 hrs where they transferred me to diff depts. and none had idea on how to resolve the issue. Result is we are with no internet for 2 days and it's ongoing. I am posting this review using my mobile data.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
For some of you be aware that AT&T to offer UVERSE in some areas. They will not honor the market offer of free installation and equipment. It turns out that to get UVERSE into some of the areas, AT&T had to kludge the UVERSE by placing special equipment in the area and it also requires special set box in the home. The special equipment has an upcharge to you the customer and it does not run the speed that they advertise. Moreover, AT&T is pressuring DSL customers to move to UVERSE. Here is the bad news, there is not return to DSL, so be careful.
AT&T sales does not know if you will be on a kludge network or not. Only the tech when he shows up will know and have a bill in his hand. What you can do? Two things, one cancel the service request before the tech comes into your home. Second and more important file a complaint with your State Public Utilities Commission. For me I am experiencing extended outages on DSL, and then AT&T threatens me that if I don't switch to UVERSE now I can experience more of the same and I need to switch now. This is a bully tactic and it should be noted with the PUC.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
We have what AT&T calls the Max turbo internet speed (24 mb/s- download speed). This speed has never been delivered except when the service technician is here. He resets one of 11 channels to find a channel that is not busy and may measure 24 mb/s at the terminals of the modem. This speed is only associated with a hard wire connection, but is advertised as a wireless speed. We typically measure about 8 to 15 mb/s but never 24 mb/s. Some days the speed is 1 to 2 mb/s and this is due to a number of other users on the same channel.
The facts are that AT&T has never provided the internet service they advertised when we converted to U-verse. Moreover, they know it and their customer service people know it as well, but they refuse to deal with the complaint. If you need to have reliable internet service move to Comcast or Charter, because AT&T cannot deliver the product they advertise. However, if you move your laptop computer next to the AT&T modem, install an Ethernet cable and connect to the internet between 1AM and about 6AM everyday. You might get the internet speed that they advertise (maybe). If you are only interested in a wireless connection, your speed will about half the speed you are paying for, but only during off hours (1AM to 6AM). Isn't it great to deal with such honest companies in this capitalistic country.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
I moved and brought my u-verse account with me. AT&T agreed that I would pay the same amount once I moved. I added Internet service. I was quoted 103.95 plus tax in September 2014. Every month since September I have been overcharged. Every month when I call, I am promised that it is corrected, then when I call back, I am told there is nothing they can do and that this is what I owe and that no one should have quoted me that price. I have names and dates for every month since September. I have cancelled my service with them since. I cannot understand why it is so difficult to make it right when they see the notes on my account where the charges of 103.95 were quoted.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
AT&T started out to be a great company but has let me down when the promo ended. I have chatted three times and have been called twice and both times connected to a department that was closed to get a slightly better rate. It went up $60 and I was trying to avoid changing back to Time Warner. They outsource to another country and I was offered 20 bucks off when new customers get services that I have for about 50 bucks now. No deals for existing customers. Shame on AT&T.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
We have 5 boxes DVR and the service is continuously interrupted and we are not satisfied. I do not know why this problem cannot be resolved. We are very also cannot record because of interruptions.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I have had AT&T for over 5 years for Internet service. I always thought our Internet was slow and went out a lot because we didn't have the "fastest" speed package. It has been awhile now since we upgraded and despite numerous calls about intermittent service and poor service even when it's connected, they still will not fix the issue. We were told by technicians that they probably won't unless there is a larger number of complaints. I guess we just have to switch to cable to get service that works. I am angry I wasted my money for this long.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
At the time of my renewal, I was notified that there would be a 49% price increase if I were to resign for my second year of service. Thinking that was a bit high, I went to Comcast for comparable service and brought their offer back to AT&T Uverse. They gave me a "special promotion" by increasing my internet speed to the best package (comparable to Comcast's) and kept my pricing close to last year's price. Neither parts of this agreement were applied to my account.
Two months later I noticed they were debiting the 49% price increase. I had to speak with four different people and we finally came to the conclusion that there was no record of the agreement I made. To resolve the problem, I was credited back on the account but had to sign a new contract. The pricing was fixed moving forward.
A few months later I noticed that my internet was rather slow. I ran a diagnostic test and discovered that my internet was 30% of the 49mbps that was promised to be in the package. I called AT&T and confirmed my internet was never upgraded. I didn't ask for a credit, all I asked is that we work together to fix the problem. To resolve this problem, they sent a technician to my home and installed the fastest internet Uverse has, 49mbps, which I was originally promised. The very next month, I see a $46 increase on my bill. Considering it's not the first time it's happened, I called AT&T and disputed the billing error. They notified me that I have up to six months to dispute the bill. However, the manager I spoke with (Gloria, # ** ) told me she didn't have any notes on the account that I wasn't to incur an increase in price. She said she'd have to submit a report as she didn't have access which I requested she do multiple times.
When asked about the price increase from the previous month, Gloria cited their January price increase or an increase in local taxes. Now, keep in mind the difference in my bill was $46, a 26% increase. When I continued to ask questions, Gloria became irritated and recommended I ask my local government about the increase in taxes. I discovered that the January price increase was a marginal $4 increase in local taxes and a $4 price increase doesn't equal $46. Gloria's explanation just wasn't adding up.
It took me over thirty minutes of her talking in circles to get her to go through the bill line by line. When I finally led her to the $46 increase in a very elementary fashion, she finally admitted I'm being charged for the faster internet that was recently installed. She became very rude stating if I wanted faster internet, I have to pay for it. When I reiterated that was not what I agreed to at the time of my renewal or when I called to notify and resolve the error, Gloria, the manager, said unfortunately she couldn't help me and hung up on me. COMPLETE BAIT & SWITCH. It happened to me twice in one year. Don't let it happen to you!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I called AT&T to report another episode of sluggish connection speed and signal instability. This problem has been recurring from time to time and fortunately, usually reverses itself or the company ships out a modem. Occasionally we have service outages in our area, so I called to report the issue and ask if it was area-wide. The technician was helpful and the signal improved. When asked if there was any other way he could help me, I asked if he could connect me to customer service, because I wanted to find out more about a TV promotion. We don't presently have Uverse TV, so I wanted to hear about the offers.
I also mentioned the notice on my bill that said the 12 month promotional price of our plan was ending. I wanted to talk about the different packages they offer, because trying to get them on website can be challenging--they don't always match what you see on TV. So instead of connecting me to a "customer service" rep, I was connected to a "customer retention specialist." Bear in mind that I did not threaten to discontinue service, but did mention that it was a good time for me to evaluate my service plan.
The retention specialist was cordial, but I felt that her greeting boast of giving "5-Star Service" was premature at best, and smacked of corporate double-speak and too much time spent on the art of puffery and not enough time spent on the genuine art of customer appreciation. Yet, I don't blame the young woman for her boast, or her belief that she could provide that level of service. I feel as though she is an unwitting pawn in a game of befuddle and fleece the customer run by those much higher up than she is.
The young lady had considerable skill in using inflection, tone of voice, etc. in communicating a saccharine kind of "care" for me as a customer, and assured me that as a "valued customer" she could offer me another 12 month promotion of a "dollars-off discount" per month, that would appear on our phone bill. I thanked her kindly, and felt appreciative to have this 'courtesy,' given that I am not interested in having VOIP telephone service (still have two traditional AT&T land lines!) nor Uverse TV.
I have been fairly satisfied with our AT&T cell phone account and an another AT&T internet account we have elsewhere. What I haven't been pleased with is that despite having multiple AT&T accounts, with AT&T being the exclusive carrier for all our electronic communications services accounts, is the fact that these services cannot be bundled (or so they claim). So, it felt good (at the time) that I was being thrown a proverbial bone for being a loyal customer for over 30 years and one with multiple accounts.
That was until a postcard arrived in the mail that states: "The offer you selected requires a one-year term commitment to retain Uverse High Speed Internet service. An early termination fee of up to $180 may apply if Uverse High Speed Internet service is cancelled before the end of the term." Maybe they send postcards because they know their "retention specialists" don't disclose that what is happening is not a 'courtesy,' but a contract change! I called customer service and verified that I was speaking with a customer service rep and not a technician. I explained that the card announced a change in contract and that it felt like 'bait and switch.'
Long story short, the rep, although polite and cordial, paid some glossy lip service, but lacked the autonomy to make any changes. She went on to say that although we would still be required to pay an early termination fee if we move, we can avoid the fee by simply transferring the service and "billing responsibility" to new tenants! What gall! Again, I don't blame the rep, because I believe that most of customer service reps are just ordinary folk trying to make a living and that they don't get their jollies from disingenuous maneuvering and taking unfair advantage of customers (although there might be a few).
However, I lay blame squarely in the laps of the corporate administration, especially the marketing department, for what looks like intentionally deceptive practice. If corporate can train reps so very well in the technique of the smooth come-on, they surely can train them well enough to use a simple script that details all the essential elements of a so-called "offer" with critical details like "this offer is a contract change that comes with a (hefty) early cancellation fee."
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I signed up for AT&T UVerse in August 2014. Their service is fine. It's their billing department that has their head up their ass. I was quoted a monthly price of $92 for Internet and TV for 12 months. I have yet to be bill the quoted amount. For the past 7 months, my bill has been wrong. At first I thought they may just have a hidden fee, even though I was lead to believe all fees were outlined when I received my quote. Well, after 7 months, each bill has been far more expensive than the quote. This most recent month, they jacked up the price again. Good luck trying to contact them. They are experiencing technical difficulties right now and can not be reached. **. Bottom line, AT&T UVerse is just as corrupt and crooked as TWC, with the exception that they are about $60 cheaper a month and their product actually works. Just be aware they are going to rip you off.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
My family lives 7 miles from downtown Houston Texas and AT&T forced us to switch to Uverse promising much higher speed and greater quality. However we receive lower speed and quality than a dial-up internet connection. When we complain AT&T claims they cannot deliver the high speed promised saying we are too far from their towers (in the most populated city in Texas 7 miles from town) and to make matters worse they refuse to switch us back to the connection we had before Uverse.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
I have had AT&T for several years and have had many issues with the rates changing monthly. Each time that I call they tell me that this is my rate and it will not change, it changes again if not the next month, within 2 months. After last years promotion ended I got a new promotion which was less channels and slower internet for more money, but I was comfortable with that price and did not want to deal with the hassle of switching companies. My bill was consistent for 2 months and my most recent month hiked almost $10. When I called I was told that there was a price change (which I was not made aware of) and this would be my new rate and the response that never fails "This will be your new rate and you shouldn't see another increase", yea right.
I find it odd that when you threaten to cancel at the end of a promotion they can magically reduce the price to where you want it, what I now understand is that they will eventually get you back up in price with their monthly price increases. I will not recommend AT&T to anyone else and I would cancel today if I wouldn't be stuck with a $120 charge to do so. I feel that they make up whatever price they want and pass it on to customers in hopes that they won't notice.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
I had a one year agreement with AT&T; things went along fine for a few months until this month when my AT&T bill jumped by $5.38. Basically, agreements means nothing to AT&T. If they decide to increase their charges -- despite an agreement -- the customer has no remedy except find a new provider. Unfortunately, every other provider is just as bad as AT&T.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
AT&T is the devil in person, the worst services I have had in my entire life. From line services to technical and customer including billing, they are the devil in person. The speed is not as claimed, they already came 10 times and always the same. I had autopay, they disconnected my service 2 times out of the blue and charged me $53 restoral fee each time. Their customer service was nasty and irresponsible. I am leaving this devil of AT&T - whatever it takes to remain sane - with WOW or DISH Network or anybody else. Never and never to make the mistake again.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
Was offered $19.99 month plan & "no charge for equipment" - call was even "recorded". Later received a monthly bill for $40/mo & $75/equipment. Called back & refused to pay - told AT&T Uverse to cancel as it was a "scam" - this was not what I agreed to. I was paying less for my previous internet service. They absolutely refused, said I had agreed. I tried sending modem back, no return label. Was told return label is in box - nothing in box, not even instructions on how to connect modem. Was told if I could not do it myself - repair person could be sent out for a cost. I continued to call & state "I want to cancel, this is a scam". Plan was never used. I continued to call, said "cancel - how to return modem?" Continued to be told to use return label.
I asked if one could be mailed to me as there was not one included, continued to be told label is in the box. Refused to mail one to me - "we never mail them, labels are always in the box". I still have modem; would be happy to return if I knew how. In the meantime, I have heard from at least four collection agencies and now this "scam" is on my credit report; interest has been added. Bill is almost $300, yet account was never used due to this "scam".
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
I signed up for Uverse in Nov but realized very quickly that their internet sucked and called within the first 2 weeks to cancel without being charged a term fee. I wanted to switch the phone line over to a landline but they couldn't come out right away to do that so the lady told me to wait on canceling until the line could be switched and I could keep the same phone number. Weeks went by and I called every week waiting for the guy to out and do this. He finally came in Jan. Once it was done, I called to cancel Uverse and send the modem back.
The new phone line didn't work either! I ended up canceling all services with AT&T. I now have a $441 bill that includes a term fee in which I was told I wouldn't have to pay. I called to get this bill reduced. There are no longer any notes on my account stating that I called to cancel within the allotted time frame and they won't review the RECORDED phone calls to verify either. I told them that this is exactly why I canceled everything with them. They don't care! I won't be paying a bill for a company that treats its customers this way!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
Streaming a movie from Amazon, it kept interrupting. It happened around 10 times during the movie. Sometimes few seconds, sometimes up to a minute. I started checking the internet speed (I have 15 results saved between 9 and 10 PM) and here some of the results. Download: 0.07 Mbps/Upload: 4.25 Mbps, Download: 3.77 Mbps/Upload: 0.12 Mbps to. Let me add that this is when I was able to ping the server to get a reading. The rest of the time I was not able to ping the server. This is a service that started a week ago and this is my second complaint.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
I read some of the complaints from other consumers of AT&T about some middle company taking care of certain aspect of your service. With me, my business had a problem with the long distance phone call for several months, and we did everything that AT&T Rep told us to do. In our area, the company called MCI is taking care of AT&T's long distance phone call, and they refer long distance questions or problems to the MCI. However, the problem is when you call MCI, they will tell you to call AT&T.
With the business the long distance phone calls were important but we just was not able to get it fixed. We had to use our employees' cell phones to call people who live outside of our area codes and patients couldn't call in if they had different area code. We moved to a different location in Jan 2015. I was glad to change the service to windstream. When we were try to disconnect the service, now AT&T is saying that I need to pay early termination fee because I have 5 more months to go with my contract. Problem is that I have been with AT&T for 6-7 years with business and more then 20 years with cell phone.
I don't remember extending my contract first of all with AT&T so I asked for the contract that I signed. Second issues is that I am moving into an area that AT&T do not provide service, and they are still charging me ETF. That is absurd. Other thing. you cannot talk about your landlines in any AT&T stores. I don't know why. why can't they help you there, and always have to call in and wait 30-40 mins to talk to someone.
Another problem. When I recently try to take my tablet off of my cell phone plan at the store, they said that I cannot do that at the store and have to call the company. Are you kidding me? It is amazing what they do to keep your service and find many ways to deter you from cutting off the service. Just not happy with AT&T. I still have their cell phone service but I am hoping to change as soon as I can.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I have never seen such a worst customer service in my life. Every representative have their own offers, i.e. every time you call they will give an offer and when you call again to take the service, the representative will tell that there is no such offer and apologize. Worst thing is this has not happened only once but multiple times. They are very unclear about the fees also which resulted in a large bill. Thank god the only thing they had good is "30 Day Cancellation Policy."
I was scared of Time Warner reviews so picked AT&T but this is worst of all and everything. Another interesting thing is, one representative told my account is created and provided me a phone number (supposed to be my home phone number) and scheduled a technician appointment but later when I called back they told the service is not created but they don't have a clue why he has done that. So beware of AT&T Uverse. Do not get fooled by AT&T wireless customer service (I personally feel they are pretty good). Don't simply assume you will get similar service.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I was talked into U-verse by a representative when paying my bill for ATT by phone. He told me I would be paying about $55 month instead of $80-85 for internet and phone. LIES! I have paid literally hundreds more by being suspended (my debit information was with ATT not U-VERSE) so I was disconnected. $49 re-connect. I called for help after I got U-VERSE to connect my printer, the U-VERSE tech couldn't do it. A BLOODY PRINTER WHICH WORKED FINE BEFORE U-VERSE. They connected me with a service for which I pay now $15 a month and my printer now won't scan. Each bill per month is $90-$138 month. This is a horrible scam. I have no idea where to turn. Anyone help?
AT&T Internet Company Information
- Company Name:
- AT&T Internet
- Formerly Named:
- AT&T U-verse
- Website:
- www.att.com