Of course, Comcast Xfinity deserves five NEGATIVE stars, but we can't do that, so here goes. BTW, this is the third time I have reviewed them, because I have had so many unbelievable experiences. This is for the parent company, not the Oakland office, but I live in Oakland and can't find out how to review the parent company.
This is the WORST company I have ever done business with, and that's saying a lot. I am stuck with Comcast, but if anyone has any alternative options, I recommend avoiding Comcast AT ALL COSTS. I have already addressed many problems, so I'll limit this review to my last call. The best way to try to talk to a human, I think, is to call their "upgrade services" number at 1-855-307-4896. Then don't tell them anything, just say "agent" over and over. I guess they finally answer because at this number they think they might get more money out of you when you order a new service. For me, it just mean, "upgrade to a working service." Not that that's happened yet...
After you spend 15 minutes trying to get through (while they lecture you about how you should try to resolve your issues online, and also, there is NO WAY to contact the company online, although the humans there often suggest it), they will finally give you to a technical person who is calling from home with kids yelling in the background. Their lines don't work very well, so after 45 minutes of crap trying to get to that person, I have twice been dropped while listening to the person say "Are you there? Are you there?" Unbelievably, after the call drops, they make no effort to call you back, even though they have your number. However, after innumerable calls, I have never gotten a tech support person knowledgeable enough to help me, anyway.
After six months of constant snafus, my box will not let me put any programs into FAVORITES (the only reason I got it), and it limits my PLAYLIST (which is my workaround for not having FAVORITES) to 10 programs and says the rest are "unavailable." Meanwhile, the box records programs I don't request, and often won't let me delete them. And if you try to clean house by deleting a program from the main lists, it disappears from the PLAYLIST!
That's just today's problems. I'll have to call back in a few weeks when I am emotionally strong enough to attempt to deal with this company again.
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