My experience with Believe Wireless was jaw-droppingly terrible. I inherited the service from my landlord when she moved out of the house and I moved in; she kindly paid the service through the end of the month so neither of us would have to experience an outage due to a mid-month move.
I immediately called to confirm that 1) the service was paid through the end of the month and 2) I would be interested in continuing the service thereafter, if it was to my liking. Before requesting a contract be forwarded via email, the woman I spoke with on the phone confirmed when asked that the agreement was month to month.
A day later, I hadn't received the promised contract, but I had already begun to experience significant connection problems. I called technical support, and ended up speaking with a Paul, who turns out to be Believe's owner. Everything seemed fine to this point - we couldn't resolve the issue over the phone, and so he suggested sending out a technician the next day. I hadn't signed a contract (having not received one, as promised), so I presumed this to be still covered under my landlord's account, which, again, had been paid confimed by them as paid through the end of the month.
Today the technician showed up. He was exceedingly nice, and identified the problem. He brought the contracts with him. As I looked over them, I noticed that they indicated a 12 month agreement - at odds with the information I had been provided prior. I pointed this out, and he inquired about it. After a time, he finally asked me to take his phone so I could speak with Believe's representative myself. The woman I spoke to, the same one I had spoken to prior, acknowledged that she had told me it was month to month, but because I requested service it had to either be a year commitment, or I would have to pay a $50 fee because the problem was with my router, not their equipment.
Having been promised a month to month agreement, and having heard absolutely nothing of a potential fee for service (already completed) to this point, I protested, and was told after she checked back several times (later, I found out, with the owner) that I would either have to accept their terms, despite their having supplied me completely incorrect/incomplete information, or cancel the service. Since I needed to avoid service interruption, I told her that I would utilize the service up through the point it was paid and then discontinue it. She agreed.
A few moments after we spoke, she called back to say that, she was sorry, but she had *again* told me the wrong thing - they now insisted upon taking the equipment back immediately! I pointed out, again, that the service had been paid for, and after encountering further obstinance on the part of the woman, asked to speak to the owner, since she was obviously not making the decisions. She checked back, and he initially refused to speak to me. When I again insisted, Paul came on and very rudely spoke over me, stating that the technician was taking back the equipment now, and that if I didn't like it I could "sue" him. Very professional!
I should point out that the tech was hugely apologetic all along. He performed flawlessly, was an incredibly nice guy, and just doing his job, which I don't blame him for. He stated repeatedly, though he did not need to, that he was embarrassed at the treatment I was getting, and in agreement with me that the interaction was outrageous.
Anyways, after all this I feel especially lucky not to have been roped into a service agreement with a company capable of such spectacular rudeness and incompetence. read more