For the record, let it be known that I really dislike the crappy service which MediaCom gives (or is it, "doesn't give?").
I called earlier in the month to have my tv service removed at the end of the current billing cycle (june 2). First lady who arranged it was fine. Done deal. Today, I receive my bill and see that I am still being billed in next month's billing. No problem. I bet it is what they do to everyone to milk more money out of people. I call and wait 10 minutes to speak with someone. This someone is not overly friendly, but not necessarily polite. (I try to keep a good attitude because I know they are just pee-ons.) She explains to me that my new monthly bill will not be what the other MediaCom representative told me. It will be higher. She confusingly tells me that a service guy cannot come out to disconnect until June 2. No problem because that is when they were scheduled to do so orginally. She puts me on hold to check for price. I am on hold for five more minutes and my cordless phone battery is getting weak (I would love to buy a plane old phone that isn't digital or cordless :bang:). Suddenly, my phone is disconnected and my internet cable goes out. TV still works. I crank up the cell phone (shotty service on cloudy days) and cross my fingers, knowing that I am about to be put on hold for a while. Ten minutes later, another operator answers and I give her my story. She doesn't really listen to me and keeps telling me that I will have to call back on June 2 to schedule the disconnect. I acknowledge what she says but inform her that the other two reps didn't say that, and that both had said I was scheduled for disconnect on June 2. She keeps repeating herself. I told her that I would call back, but still don't have phone or internet service since I was disconnected earlier when talking to their rep. This lady says that she cannot help me with that, but she can reinstate my tv which has been disconnected. (I still have tv service and am supposed to until June 2 :bang:)
She patches me through to internet support, and I wait on hold another ten minutes. Finally, a stoner with athsma answers the phone, and sounds very out of it. He is dropping the phone, and doesn't say anything to me, other than, "this is ...," but I hear him talking to other people in the background. I ask, "are you there?" and he replies back, "yeah, hang on." A minute or two goes by and he begins to speak. "Tell me your number again." (I never told him my number the first time). He types in the vital info on who I am and where I live (scary). I tell him about being disconnected on the phone and losing the internet while talking to a MediaCom rep about disconnecting my phone service. He said that he couldn't handle billing and wanted to transfer me. NOPE. Don't do that. I need my phone and internet. :bang: blah, blah, blah. He tells me that the tv service was disconnected and that he will have to reset the entire system. He did, and it works now. He was confused, too. He said that they are supposed to come out on June 2 for disconnect, according the notes in the file. (duh! that is what I've been saying.)
When I hang up the phone, I get a call with an automated voice from MediaCom reminding me that they are coming out for an "installation" on June 1st. :bang::bang::bang: Who knows what will happen? I sure as heck wouldn't make a wager on it.
...and I thought it was difficult to fire AOL. MediaComm STINKS!
Smiling JOe
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102yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
These people must think I am a total idiot.
They call ME an hour ago and I am now on hold again. I truely don't know how they run a business like this.
They expect me to be at my office at 8am, (remember Saturday their representative never showed up at my house), because they THINK they have found a back-up and they are going to push it at midnight. In the OUTSIDE CHANCE it works, they MAY, but with no guarantee have someone come by my office in the morning.
I DON'T THINK SO. There is not a snowball's chance in H*&L that I am going to make a point to be at my office at 8 am with THAT kind of "appointment"!
I have now been "escalated" to Cassandra Bryant. Executive Specialists, 1-800-238-3095.
Please feel free to take any of these names and numbers to add to your roledex in case you ever have a problem.
Update later.
They call ME an hour ago and I am now on hold again. I truely don't know how they run a business like this.
They expect me to be at my office at 8am, (remember Saturday their representative never showed up at my house), because they THINK they have found a back-up and they are going to push it at midnight. In the OUTSIDE CHANCE it works, they MAY, but with no guarantee have someone come by my office in the morning.
I DON'T THINK SO. There is not a snowball's chance in H*&L that I am going to make a point to be at my office at 8 am with THAT kind of "appointment"!
I have now been "escalated" to Cassandra Bryant. Executive Specialists, 1-800-238-3095.
Please feel free to take any of these names and numbers to add to your roledex in case you ever have a problem.
Update later.
scooterbug44
scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
Wow! Thanks for the updates, this is getting worse w/ every post! I always thought it was odd that they could never even ballpark a time when a service tech would show up, but them wanting you somewhere at 8am w/ no guarantee of a tech even arriving is a new low.......
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yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
I think Embarq offers a tiered service, but we just don't know it.
Option 1. Sh*tty Service
Option 2. Barely Mediocre Service
Option 3. Adequate Response Time Service
Option 4. Decent Service
Option 5. Just Plain Service, including Customer Service.
Problem is, option 2-5 are not offered in this areal.
Help me come up with words to go with their acronym.
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Option 1. Sh*tty Service
Option 2. Barely Mediocre Service
Option 3. Adequate Response Time Service
Option 4. Decent Service
Option 5. Just Plain Service, including Customer Service.
Problem is, option 2-5 are not offered in this areal.
Help me come up with words to go with their acronym.
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I have now been "escalated" to Cassandra Bryant. Executive Specialists, 1-800-238-3095.
Please feel free to take any of these names and numbers to add to your roledex in case you ever have a problem.
Update later.
I appreciate that offer, but thus far, I'm not convinced that these "specialists" are doing anything to help you out. :funn:
Update on my MediaCON situation. I still have the Mexican channel and a bunch of movie channels. :idontno: I guess they did indeed come out for the "installation." :lol: Idiots.
Yippie, you should send ClarkHoward.com an email regarding your situation. If you don't know Clark, you should get to know him. He might be able to help you out more than any of these yahoos at Embarq (the company which was reportedly so crappy that they changed their name from Sprint. -- guess that cost a few million to change all of those big labels on the vans.)
I think Embarq offers a tiered service, but we just don't know it.Maybe they are like Dell -- you have to pay extra for service. :idontno:
Option 1. Sh*tty Service
Option 2. Barely Mediocre Service
Option 3. Adequate Response Time Service
Option 4. Decent Service
Option 5. Just Plain Service, including Customer Service.
Problem is, option 2-5 are not offered in this areal.
Embarq on a journey to the depths of customer no service!
Mind if we put you on hold?
Bad as MediaCON!
Are you ever going to get service?
R they complete idiots?
Quit complaining. They are just idiots and don't know any better. :funn:
Miss Kitty
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what is an outage area? :idontno:
Jdarg
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what is an outage area? :idontno:
Not an innage area?:idontno:
Hop
HopBeach FanaticDune Allen2,228 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
i've gotten the weak signal thing too...it's an epidemic....does anyone else have problems after like 10pm...the box starts fritzing...fine during the day though... ...fritzing usually means "go to bed" which is usually not a bad thing.
yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Maybe they are like Dell -- you have to pay extra for service. :idontno:
Embarq on a journey to the depths of customer no service!
Mind if we put you on hold?
Bad as MediaCON!
Are you ever going to get service?
R they complete idiots?
Quit complaining. They are just idiots and don't know any better. :funn:
THIS is so perfect!! :funn: This is a save!! Do you want credits when I send it to them???
I will send Clark Howard an e-mail in the morning!
You guys are so great!!! It makes this situation so much better!!!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
THIS is so perfect!! :funn: This is a save!! Do you want credits when I send it to them???No credits, please. They might track me down and send the poison (mosquito control) truck over to sit in front of my house for an extended period of time each week.
I will send Clark Howard an e-mail in the morning!
You guys are so great!!! It makes this situation so much better!!!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Hey, Yippie, check out this post from ClarkHoward.com's Customer Service page, regarding Sprint (Remember that in this area, Sprint was reported to have such a horrible reputation that it changed its name to Embarq):
May 02, 2007 -- Circuit City & Sprint: 2 service nightmares
It seems that the bigger companies get, the smaller their brains become. Let?s take Circuit City for example. The powers that be thought it would be a great idea to get rid of all the seasoned salespeople who had a ton of knowledge about the business and its products. So, they fired thousands of veteran employees. The thinking was that the workers were getting paid too much money and it was taking away from company profits. Well, the company just reported its most recent sales figures and they were horrible. Turns out that they hired people who don?t know the business and, therefore, customers are getting lousy service. Go figure! The company has basically ousted two groups of people ? workers and customers. Next, we have the cell phone industry. Recent news reports show that Verizon added just under 2 million customers in 90 days. Meanwhile, in the same period of time, Sprint lost over 1 million customers. Sprint has horrible customer service, and Clark can vouch for that. He recently spent an hour on hold in a Sprint store while waiting for an overseas tech who could help him. The "customer service reps" in the store didn't know how to address his problem. So, while Clark waited on the phone, the original Sprint official left to get lunch and then went in the back of the store to eat it. So vote with your wallet and your feet, and go where you?re treated well.
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Here is another, dated back in Aug '06:
Customers revolting against Sprint
Consumers are revolting all over the place these days. First, Sprint has fired its Chief Operating Officer. Why? Well, because Sprint has about the worst customer service in the history of the cell phone industry. Although Sprint is the same size as Verizon and Cingular, the company loses double the number of customers than those companies. So, twice as many people fire Sprint than they do Cingular or Verizon. So, maybe this means Sprint is trying to get its act together. If that?s true, the company should open customer service for longer hours and provide better service in general. If the company wants to stick around, it?s got to get the service thing right.
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Also, check out this site, www.sprintsuks.com. The headline on that home page reads,
[SIZE=+4]? [/SIZE][SIZE=+4]Sprint Sucks[/SIZE][SIZE=+4] ?[/SIZE]
Sprint is now EMBARQ and it still sucks:
Oh, Yippie, you will love this one from dis-embarq.com:
In August of 2006 at about 2:30 am, I was held at gunpoint in my own home by police, while they looked for anyone who might have dialed 911 as a result of a "possible domestic violence situation."
This came about because someone alledgedly dialed 911 from my home telephone and hung up when police answered the call. One big problem with that, I didn't have a wired telephone in the house, so it was physically impossible. I was also sleeping and home alone as well. So I decided to try and find out how often and what could cause these "911 hangups" to occur that would result in civil rights violations against innocent people where their houses can be warrantlessly raided and they can be held at gunpoint in a manner akin to the Nazis looking for people harboring Jews during the holocaust. The police told me when this happens, it usually happens several times at the same location so "expect to see us again." :yikes: This led me to believe that this was possibly a phone company issue.
... I was surprised to find out that there were at least 12 other incidents of "911 hangups" in about a 45 day period of time in my small development alone.
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So I continued to call Embarq, almost daily for over 3 months. Most calls were ignored, "disconnected" or diverted to a non responsive voicemail. ...
In August of 2006 at about 2:30 am, I was held at gunpoint in my own home by police, while they looked for anyone who might have dialed 911 as a result of a "possible domestic violence situation."
This came about because someone alledgedly dialed 911 from my home telephone and hung up when police answered the call. One big problem with that, I didn't have a wired telephone in the house, so it was physically impossible. I was also sleeping and home alone as well. So I decided to try and find out how often and what could cause these "911 hangups" to occur that would result in civil rights violations against innocent people where their houses can be warrantlessly raided and they can be held at gunpoint in a manner akin to the Nazis looking for people harboring Jews during the holocaust. The police told me when this happens, it usually happens several times at the same location so "expect to see us again." :yikes: This led me to believe that this was possibly a phone company issue.
... I was surprised to find out that there were at least 12 other incidents of "911 hangups" in about a 45 day period of time in my small development alone.
...
So I continued to call Embarq, almost daily for over 3 months. Most calls were ignored, "disconnected" or diverted to a non responsive voicemail. ...
yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Hey, Yippie, check out this post from ClarkHoward.com's Customer Service page, regarding Sprint (Remember that in this area, Sprint was reported to have such a horrible reputation that it changed its name to Embarq): [/B][/B][/QUOTE]
Actually, the reason they changed their name is because of the purchase of Nextel. The FCC required them to branch off all services they offered away from the cell division and rename it. The cell division is still called Sprint, in fact, I noticed on my Nextel bill they are beginning to drop the name Nextel and put only Sprint on the bill, and all checks are now made out to Sprint for cell service. So, no one was THAT smart at Sprint to change the name, it was requried from the FCC.
All that aside, it would have been nice if they had spent their millions on changing the logo on the trucks, clothes, bills, everyone, (And by the way, i am sure they paid a "task force" several hundereds of thousands of dollars to review the new logo and name from the advertising or PR agency that got the millions to develope it), towards upgrading ancient equipment.
The equipment I am feeding off of is so old and was never made to handle the amount of telephone's in the area, much less DSL.
I am still ASTOUNDED that a company that size doesn't have a back-up for their equipment.
Smiling Joe, the 911 person was too much! Sounds just like their customer service, but I would not have turned down the 1000.00 because unless he spends close to 100,000.00 on a telecommunications attorney, he will not see another offer.
Well, this morning's update. 6:30 am. I will go to my office around 8 and we will begin another day of the Embarq Empire R They Idiots, or just treat us like idiot fiasco. Oh, and I am waiting for them to now blame rain for something. Seems to be working at the house this morning.
Updates to come.
Actually, the reason they changed their name is because of the purchase of Nextel. The FCC required them to branch off all services they offered away from the cell division and rename it. The cell division is still called Sprint, in fact, I noticed on my Nextel bill they are beginning to drop the name Nextel and put only Sprint on the bill, and all checks are now made out to Sprint for cell service. So, no one was THAT smart at Sprint to change the name, it was requried from the FCC.
All that aside, it would have been nice if they had spent their millions on changing the logo on the trucks, clothes, bills, everyone, (And by the way, i am sure they paid a "task force" several hundereds of thousands of dollars to review the new logo and name from the advertising or PR agency that got the millions to develope it), towards upgrading ancient equipment.
The equipment I am feeding off of is so old and was never made to handle the amount of telephone's in the area, much less DSL.
I am still ASTOUNDED that a company that size doesn't have a back-up for their equipment.
Smiling Joe, the 911 person was too much! Sounds just like their customer service, but I would not have turned down the 1000.00 because unless he spends close to 100,000.00 on a telecommunications attorney, he will not see another offer.
Well, this morning's update. 6:30 am. I will go to my office around 8 and we will begin another day of the Embarq Empire R They Idiots, or just treat us like idiot fiasco. Oh, and I am waiting for them to now blame rain for something. Seems to be working at the house this morning.
Updates to come.
baked
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At least you get to speak to an American. I have Verizon DSL and my calls go to a "service center" in Bangladesh or Pakistan or wherever. ARGGGG! I hate outsourcing.
GoodWitch58GoodWitch58Beach Fanatic4,810 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
...remember that on election day.
baked
bakedBeach Comber7 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Comber
...remember that on election day.
...and vote for who? Hillary? Barak? You think they don't have their hand out?
yippieyippieBeach FanaticA local946 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Apparently Cassandra Bryant is a liar. I heading this off, not only was no one scheduled to be in my office at 8 am, there isn't even a ticket on this one.
I was able to get in contact with a local person who has been a lifelong employee of this company since before Spring, even Centel.
We will see what happens next. But, apparently, the problem is not fixed because at my home, it stalled and I had to again find an unsecure line from my neighbor....
Update to follow.
I was able to get in contact with a local person who has been a lifelong employee of this company since before Spring, even Centel.
We will see what happens next. But, apparently, the problem is not fixed because at my home, it stalled and I had to again find an unsecure line from my neighbor....
Update to follow.
Apparently Cassandra Bryant is a liar. I heading this off, not only was no one scheduled to be in my office at 8 am, there isn't even a ticket on this one.
Yippie, we could have told you that. You do know that you are in an "outage area," don't you? :funn:You know that will be their answer.
ShallowsNole
ShallowsNoleBeach FanaticPt Washington4,279 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Ok, so MCHSI stinks and Embarq sucks. We have Wildblue satellite internet at home. Anyone else?
We have been seriously considering switching to Embarq, since apparently it's now available at my home and since Wildblue is really slow at times (and of course, it goes out when it rains). However, I noticed that speed improved greatly during the week that Squirt was banned from the 'puter, so I'm thinking that maybe Wildblue isn't the problem after all...:roll:
We have been seriously considering switching to Embarq, since apparently it's now available at my home and since Wildblue is really slow at times (and of course, it goes out when it rains). However, I noticed that speed improved greatly during the week that Squirt was banned from the 'puter, so I'm thinking that maybe Wildblue isn't the problem after all...:roll:
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