As a Spectrum customer, I was delighted when Consolidated fiber came to my neighborhood. Finally a…read moresynchronous data transmission system that could handle today's household and work-from-home needs. Then it started going sour... First: Fiber cable installation. Nobody told me I'd have fiber cable strewn around my yard for two months before a third-party contractor showed up and started digging. Without contacting me. But it went okay, and I had few/no other issues with the fiber system for the low-cost first year. Then prices went to normal, and my billing got messed up. I started receiving threatening cut-off letters two days after the payment had been pulled from bank. Never did receive any reason for that other than I needed to set my auto-payments for at least 10 days before the due date. They don't mention that anywhere, and no other company who I allow to automatically get paid has ever had similar issues. That's a pretty basic thing to fix, Consolidated. Forward to a warm summer day, thunderstorms roll through and power is cut. Three hours later, power is returned, but the internet service doesn't come back on. Five days later a tech finally comes by and replaces the fiber modem. No word about why the device needed replacing after the power outage, but it did. Forward to vacation time. I decided I don't need my internet or wifi turned on while there's nobody home for ten days, so I turn all the equipment off (power buttons on the back to off, and then unplug them.) Return from vacation, start up the equipment one piece at a time with no success. It's a long wait on hold to be told it would be 3-5 days before I have the same fiber modem replaced again, this time by a third-party contractor. He mentioned that he spends most of his days replacing those fiber modems, because their firmware can't take a power cycling. You'd think that they would use equipment that can sustain being powered down. That's also a pretty basic thing to fix, Consolidated. Forward to recently, when I discover that Consolidated will happily over-charge you for their service, when their advertised regular rate (been a customer for over a year) is $10/month less than what I've been paying. Their rate may have dropped, but they damn sure didn't tell existing customers. If it were the other way, I guarantee they'd be making customers aware of a rate hike. So after waiting on hold for almost two hours (the first hour a guy from a call-center in India answered, said my phone number was incorrect, and hung up on me.) After another hour on hold, I finally got a person who was helpful, and even called back twice over the next couple days to ensure that my desire to change from Consolidated to their fiber subsidiary Fidium was on track. Very nice! Today, my Fidium install appointment was a window from 1pm-3pm. I gave up my entire Monday afternoon to be available. At about 3:45pm (45 minutes AFTER my window closed) I got a call from Consolidated Customer Service saying the tech was in town, and headed my way. At 5:15pm I still hadn't seen anyone, and called to re-schedule. Now I have to wait another week to give up another Monday afternoon for the HOPE that the Fidium tech will show up on time. Suddenly TMobile or Verizon home hot-spot solutions are looking pretty freaking good. Until Spectrum gets their service to be fully synchronous, I won't be using them. And with Consolidated/Fidium customer service continuing to be woefully inadequate, I can't say how long I'll stay with them. When the fiber works, it works great. But the mayhem dealing with CCI is seriously off-putting.

If I could put a zero I would Too much money a month for…read morecrappy service rude people, don't use hdtv it just blanks out your tv. Internet was terrible and full days with no service And noooo restitution. Don't do it.

Cody was amazing in answering all of our questions regarding our internet services. He gave us his…read morebest recommendations to help us with band speed. Highly recommend calling this company and ask for Cody! Amazing! Thanks again

Barb was fantastic with helping me select a service and plan for myself. She made it easy to…read moreunderstand all my options and pick the one best for my needs. I knew going to her would be the best option since I manage a resident building in St. Paul. Barb has gone above and beyond for our new residents and finding them the best deals! I highly recommend going to her first rather than doing the comparison shopping on your own, it's so worth it!

Terrible customer experience. Waited for over an hour to be helped. To be fair, store was clearly…read moreunderstaffed but there wasn't any communication from the workers. No designated order of who they would help. Tip to management, not that hard to create a line system (how about take a number)...For a technical company they operate as if in the stone ages. SMH I pity anyone who has to enter into their cave.

Very poor poor service from a Michael who claims to be the manager. I end going to Xfinity in…read moreBrooklyn Park and this young man explained everything and it made sense. That Michael doesn't have a clue of his job or customer service.

So I was intrigued by an article in my August 2017 Consumer Reports magazine. The front cover…read morefeatured cutting the cord. I was interested since my bill for satellite was now double from when I subscribed to it exactly four years ago. The providers entice you with introductory offers that only last for a year or so. I read the several page article which was very compelling. It even estimated what you would pay depending on different options. A gal in my book club just cut the cord and suggested I look into doing the same. My daugher was in town for the weekend and I discussed my thoughts on cutting the cord and getting an over the air (OTA) antenna. I already have wifi together with HULU, Netflix, Amazon etc. She told me that she only uses an antenna together with her streaming apps. Therefore I started investigating what my options were. I wanted to replace my satellite DVR with another that would that would record at least 4 stations at a time and had enough memory to handle my recordings. I wanted the DVR accessible to my other televisions and wanted a mobile app to set and view my recordings from anywhere. I wanted the ability to stream Netflix Hulu Amazon etc. and I wanted an OTA antenna that would provide me with all the local stations and then some and would not be obtrusive. I almost purchased an amplified indoor antenna but then decided to look into an outdoor antenna that would mount on the satellite mount. I researched an April 1, 2017 article in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune which also discussed the benefits of cutting the cord. The article featured an antenna distributor. I then went to Yelp to see if I could find reviews for antenna installers. There were at least two and I talked to both companies. After discussing my needs with John I decided to go with Cable Alternatives. John was extremely knowledgeable and could provide not only the antenna but the equipment and set it up for no additional charge and no additional cost to me as long as he provided the equipment. John was also very courteous and answered all my questions and concerns. He would make this very easy for me! He knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish and how to implement it. He thought the Tivo Bolt and Mini's were a great choice. I called my satellite TV provider and canceled the service a week out and scheduled John for the day that my service was terminated. John's installer Andrew is absolutely fabulous! He was at my house promptly at 9 o'clock in the morning on the day of termination. He installed all of the equipment helped me register for the Tivo service and equipment online and installed the antenna, TiVo Bolt DVR and my TiVo mini's for the additional televisions in the house. Everything was hooked up to my existing cable and linked to the wifi router. He got all the equipment working and showed me how to navigate the system. What a great guy! He is extremely personable and extremely knowledgeable! He indicated that he has done hundreds of these installations and he was very diligent in his endeavor. I have now enjoyed my first couple of days after cutting the cord and I love the equipment I love the installation I get great reception. I may miss a few cable channels but not the cost. I would highly recommend Cable Alternatives if you're thinking about cutting the cord with cable or satellite. Trust me since I have had one or the other for over thirty years and finally am not paying to watch my favorite shows on local TV.

The business appears to be shut down. I lfet two messages last week and one this week. No call back.read more

Busy place, there's a kiosk to sign in. We were just trying to drop off a package to return but it…read morestill took longer than expected. The guy there didn't want to help us and went to the back but the lady was friendly so it made up for it.

SPECTRUM SCAM A free tablet cost me $28.00/monthly…read more I returned the unused tablet in original packaging. Spectrum charged me $150 for a tablet in perfect condition.

MediaCom as a company has a very poor customer service ethic. I called them to dispute my bill. She…read moresaid she couldn't do anything. I then went to my local MediaCom office here in Chanhassen. The woman at the desk was very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. What a difference. She cleared up my billing issues. However, if I didn't require cable TV for my home, I would've canceled them long ago. Even though Comcast is moving into our area, they won't afford me a lower rate. In addition, due to a billing issue, they won't give me a refund. So I'm out over $100. Can't wait to quit this horrible company!

This is quite literally the worst company I've ever had the misfortune to run into. If you can…read morechoose a different provider in any capacity - DO IT. We did not have an option in Deephaven, MN - since we moved in during December, we've been averaging 10-20 hours of random down time a week. My wife and I both work from home, and it could not be more unbelievably frustrating (we have bad cell reception at our house, so 3-4 times a week I have to drive to a coffee shop or work from a parking lot because of this). Mediacom should owe all of us tens of thousands of dollars in lost time from all of their outages. It is hard to imagine there's a company that could maintain this level of downtime - that their network is so unreliable feels impossible. RUN the other way if you have any possible option to do so!

Update 5/10/26 - Apparently there is one more chapter in this saga. I tried to sign up for Frontier…read moreFiber as I promised after the pole was removed. They provided me a work order number (I don't recall that number)... no notification and nothing happened. I call the 800 number and thrash my way through the phone tree to a person - they have no record of the work order or any work order at my address. (The phone tree is nearly impossible to navigate if you do not have an account number with them, also, it appears the "account phone number" is NOT my phone number.) A couple weeks pass and someone calls me. I relate the issues, a second work order is opened (#070644356). Frontier needs to do a "credit check", so I log into the 3 agencies and temporarily lift my freeze. They email me requesting proof of ID, so I email an image of my drivers license. I also download the "app" as requested so I can check when the tech will arrive. It says the order is in process. 4 weeks pass, it is now May and I get a call from (800-921-8101). I explain the history, they cannot locate the work order. We go through the whole thing for the 3rd time. I lift my 3 credit blocks AGAIN. Credit check is OK, but I'm told for some reason my account was charged $40 for the check. Frontier sales gives me a number I can call to get it removed from my account (866) 293-7026 (question - why should the customer do this?) but the "auto-answer" bot at thast number keeps asking for my "id number" when I call (what ID number?) - useless. We are now on Order# 070656860. I log into my account, they need "Positive ID" again - I attach another copy of my drivers license... I hear crickets. In a week I check the Frontier app on my phone. Apparently they have been trying to contact me (the right phone number might help). There is nothing in my email or junk mail folders. There is NO WAY for me to contact anyone from the app (except the 800 number that you can't get through, and GIGA is useless - (cannot locate the order number, phone number does not match, no "orders" for my address, etc). I log into my account at FRONTIER.COM and I have a message... "They Need Positive ID" AGAIN! At this point I AM DONE! I called the 800-921-8101 to cancel, but of course it could not find my order number, by phone or address. My only solution - I wrote a TEXT message listing the order numbers and requested they be canceled, made a PDF image out of it and attached it in place of my "ID Image" they were requesting. FRONTIER - I tried, but you and your systems are too hard to work with. (BTW - one phone call to a non-800 Greenlight number, information given, no credit checks, installation date AND TIME scheduled all by the SAME PERSON on the SAME CALL, I was emailed account and status info, and 1 week later I'm on Greenlight Fiber.) Who would YOU want to work with?

We've had Frontier, former Rochester Telephone for over 30 years for our landline but will soon end…read moreour service with them. Two weeks ago, coming home from a trip we noticed that there was no dial tone, so we called Frontier. We got a date for a tech to come out nine days later. Quite a long time without service we are paying for, but oh well. On the day the tech was supposed to come we made sure to be home, waited all day and then found out at night that our service had been rescheduled for 12 (!) days later, which will be three weeks after we reported it. No reason, no contact! We called a number of times but either got no explanation let alone solution, or promises ("we will put you on the emergency list, someone should be there today or tomorrow") which never materialized. This isn't terrible customer service, it's NO customer service. Fortunately there are alternatives so that we can soon say goodbye to Frontier.

If I could leave a zero star I would. First, we went to the store to cancel service and transfer…read moreour phones to another carrier. The first person to help seemed helpful gave us the account number and pin and in case we needed a different pin a number to call. So we walked to the other carrier only to find out they had failed to unlock the phones. So the second time we went back they said we had an outstanding balance on the devices so we paid, and they unlocked them. When we arrived back at the other carrier they said we still had the wrong pin, so I called customer service and it took a supervisor talking to the Verizon rep to figure out the problem. Took five hours of back and forth to get phones from Spectrum to another carrier due to Spectrum reps negligence and inability to do their job right the first time. Deplorable.

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We have had fiber service for 18 months now. Only one outage for a few hours- and they emailed ME…read moreto tell us about it! The router they give you is crap- I purchased a NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 AC2350 and have had perfect wifi speeds all over my home since. I get 100 Mbps speed for $48 with tax. I have 6-8 connections going at once (including 2-3 streaming HD AppleTV's) and never a lag or buffer. I use the Speedtest app on my iPhone to check my wifi speeds, and it always comes up as download speed of 103-108 Mbps The install was a bit annoying, but nothing like Comcast, and the staff are very friendly and responsive.

Do not get internet here. They sent the collection agency after me for $220 after I left them…read more Place is a whole scam and more. How you gonna ask for a bill 1 year later ? Clown asses work here!

At work yesterday, we were talking about Charter Communications. It was a past customer of ours…read more It sparked me to find this listing. When I moved to Rochester, MN, I had to get various services set up. I got my cable and internet services from Charter Communications. Back then, to get them set up, you couldn't do it over the phone. In a way, I was glad because I didn't have that service set up at the time, either! I went to the closest Charter location to get both services set up. It made sense to go with cable internet at the time. I could have the same company for both my TV and internet. I went with a deluxe channel lineup for my TV. When I got a DirectTV account, I downgraded to basic channels with Charter. It worked perfectly. I don't remember any full cable outages. I always got to see my TV shows. My cable internet service wasn't perfect. When it was down, it was down. Luckily, I didn't have the need to work from home. However, when you're trying to do tasks online and you can't, it was a pain. When I moved back to Winnipeg, cancelling my services was smooth. I was pleased. I hope that internet services offered by Charter are more stable these days. Otherwise, I had a good experience with the TV side. (51)

Do not, under any circumstance, ever go with Charter Spectrum for internet. They truly have the…read moremost pathetic customer service I have ever experienced. They have so many hidden fees and costs that aren't disclosed up front. If you notice an issue on your billing statement, you won't get your money back. I had Charter internet 7 years ago and vowed I would never use their services again. Fast forward to this year, and I was swindled into a deal that sounded too good to pass up by a traveling Charter Spectrum sales rep. It has been nothing but frustration and headache trying to cancel this service. I could go on and on, but just do yourself and your sanity a favor and go with literally ANY other service than Charter Spectrum. This business needs to be formally shutdown.