They need to come up with a negative star rating. I live in Tunbridge, Vermont and the service here…read moreis worse than dial up (not exaggerating). I moved here a year ago from Alaska and you would think the Internet service up there would be behind the times but the services I had in Alaska far exceeded the at of Consolidated Communications. I know that where I live right now is considered rural but I know for a fact that there are more rural areas in this state that have higher speed Internet than I do. If this company wants to keep their client base they need to invest in the communities that they are in which means if you need to upgrade your services in certain areas to increase your clientele, that's an investment I would probably look into because I'll tell you right now the service is pathetic it's not how you run a business it's not how you keep your clients. I'm a person that keeps up with the times and the advancements in technology, which means most of the business I do is online. I stream online, I Bank online, I go to school online and I communicate online. After speaking with their customer service it appears that there's no plan to upgrade or increase the speeds in this area in the future or distant future. On the plus side there is another company installing services in this area. If they offer faster speeds I'm switching in a heartbeat and willing to pay more if need be.

Consolidated is, without a doubt, the worst internet company I've ever had the misfortune of…read moredealing with. Having moved to rural Vermont, they are the only option and having no internet is starting to look like that might be better than paying for this terrible service. I'm paying more for 25Mbps (though I have never actually seen that level of speed- more like 8-10 Mbps!) than I paid Comcast for 100Mbps in Georgia. It is ridiculous the poor service Consolidated provides to its' customers. If you had to choose between Consolidated "high speed internet" or a carrier pigeon for data transfer, you'd likely be better off investing in bird seed. The State should shut this company down!

Ron is excellent - he is experienced, great value, reliable and prompt, and a great communicator. I…read morehad a great experience where he was able to help get the surround sound system going at my lake house. We inherited a system from the previous owners of the home, which was out of date and frequently malfunctioning.

From the owner: Orbit Satellite & Sound Systems is owned and operated by Ronald J Defosses. We have been in…read morebusiness for over 20 years providing excellent service and competitive pricing on all your Home/Business entertainment needs. If you have questions about our satellite TV services, HDTV's, sound systems products or services, please contact us today .We hope you'll make Orbit Satellite & Sound Systems your resource for satellite & sound systems in the New Hampshire, Vermont and upstate New York area. Our locations are in Rutland VT and Tilton, NH.

Worst store staff in the region…read more Five weeks ago, I purchased a Galaxy S24 at this location. On Sunday 12/2/24, my phone locked up. I could not get it to work, the screen would not change, it was frozen. After two hours of trying, I went to the local store on Rt9, just north of Quaker Road. They were not busy, and I was assigned to Brandon. I handed him the phone with the frozen screen and said "It's stuck. Can you help me?" Brandon looked at me and said, more or less, there's nothing he can do. I asked if he knew how to reset it, to restart it, and he said no. [They sell these machines, it's a current model, I just bought it last month at this store.] He looked at me like I was crazy. I am just an average 70-year-old man, and I am a customer I asked why he would not know how to reset it, he said "We are not a service center." Nothing more. Simple, short, minimal answers. Note, that is not what I asked. I continued and said "But doesn't this have a warranty?" "NO. Not with Spectrum" He pointed out that I hadn't purchased the $5/mo extended service policy. He offered nothing more. He stayed silent, looking at the computer monitor, ignoring me. I asked "What can I do?" Looking annoyed, he said "There is a guy at the mall who fixes these, but I think he's closed today." Me: Wouldn't that affect the warranty? Again, "What warranty? You'd have to mail it to Samsung." Again, he looked at the monitor and ignored me. His lack of empathy, his refusal to even try to push the buttons to make it restart, and his admission that he knows nothing about the phone, really hurt. I felt like a fool, he could care less. I had a huge problem; it didn't matter one-bit to Brandon. Overnight, the battery drained and the phone reset itself. I came back the next day, Monday, when the manager was there. Brandon was also here. He, once again, with as little warmth as possible, defended his answers, and the manager just watched. As did 4 customers and 4 other staff members. I've been in customer service nearly daily since 1980, this was about the worst, ever. I said to him, in front of everyone, "If you worked for me, you would not have lasted." And I left. If you go, be very careful, get names, refuse any upsells. I think they are on 100% commission for sales and ONCE THEY HAVE YOUR MONEY, THEY DON'T CARE AT ALL. Do not expect any help if you have questions about the product after you buy it. They have nothing to gain by learning anything about the products. Apparently, they are taught, at least at this store, is to do the very least they can do, whenever possible, as another pigeon will walk in to replace the last one.

Went in to confirm our cancel of TV for our summer house, turned in the equipment - I thought…read moreeverything was fine until I found later that Spectrum linked my TV cancel to an internet updgrade. When the 1GB upgrade was not confirmed by myself, they negated the TV cancellation. Frankly - don't believe a thing Spectrum tells you - get it in writing, every one of them is a sales clown without any concern about what happens after you leave the store. If you have other options, I strongly suggest placing higher preference on those other options.

Beware. I urge anyone considering this service to carefully…read moreexamine ii's online reviews. I booked a service for 10/4/25 and waited 4 hours for a no show, no call. Like a fool was willing to offer a second chance and rescheduled for 10/5. one hour prior to service was informed of cancellation. I'll find a company that delivers. Beware.

This is a zero star review! A technician confirmed an appointment then calls me 2 minutes later…read moresaying there is a conflict of schedule and tried to reschedule me for a different day. When I called the technician out for confirming the appointment even though there was a scheduled conflict he got defensive, gave me attitude and hung up on me. He then cancelled the appointment on me. Why would they confirm the appointment if he couldn't make it? It doesn't make any sense. I cancelled the service due to my experience and they tried to charge me a $50 cancellation fee. This company is a complete joke. I would never recommend anyone to use this company. Sony the technician you should do better and be more professional. Please stay away from Hellotech!

So here I am in rural Vermont, and our cable box doesn't work the day after Thanksgiving. I'm…read morethinking that at BEST, I will have to wait a few days to get it fixed, and that is assuming that anyone actually checks the plaintive, pleading message I am going to leave on their "emergency" service hotline. Wow, was I ever pleasantly surprised. After navigating through their phone menu (all I had to do was press 1) a human actually answered! He said someone would come to the house in an hour!! OH MY GOSH!! The guy was an hour late, but he CALLED me to TELL me this! HOLY COW, and he had an excuse, the roads were icy, and I can verify this because I was outdoors early this morning, and it was so bad I nearly slipped and fell 3 times. So anyway, the guy arrives, and he has a Red Sox cap on, which is a risk in this neck of the woods. Vermont, if I had to guess, is 60% Red Sox fans, 40% Yankees fans, so yeah, we were happy about his hat. He is courteous, polite, young and cute (my sister's comment) and he petted the barking dog. He found the problem in 4 minutes (broken power cord, weird) fixed it, and left. No charge! Wow, does it get any better than that? We were all so pleased that we had a celebratory Sidecar. Hey, it's officially still the Holiday Weekend.

I have had nothing but great interactions. The phone customer service has been extraordinary…read more Helpful, efficient, funny and going the extra mile. Yesterday my new cable box pooped out. The customer service agent tried diligently to help us trouble shoot over the phone, to no avail. She put in a work order, I then told her I had some folks coming to stay in a day, could we get it fixed by that time, oh, did I mention, it was 4pm. No promises but she was going to do her best. Within an hour a very nice service tech dropped off a new box, waited to make sure we got it up and running and we were good to go. EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE!! Thank you!!

Constant outages saved for Monday Mornings without failure. By far, BY FAR, the single worst…read moreexperience I've ever had with Internet services. The only thing that works is their bill collecting.

Spectrum has good prices, and I won't deny that. But I'm extremely disappointed with my experience…read moreso far. Before switching from my previous carrier, I called Spectrum with several questions because I wanted to be sure I was making the right decision. I don't know if the answers I received were just meant to convince me to switch, but they were not accurate. Maybe the agent was poorly trained, but the information she gave me was not correct. I had three lines with Verizon, all on 36‑month contracts. I originally purchased two Samsung S23 phones and one iPhone 14 through Verizon. Last year, I upgraded my own phone from the S23 to the S25, buying it directly from Samsung's website and financing it through Affirm. I explained all of this to the Spectrum agent and asked if this phone would also qualify for the buyout program. She told me yes--that all phones on the lines I transferred to Spectrum would be paid off, even if they were purchased outside Verizon. I understood that the buyout program was meant to attract new customers, so it made sense. I even told her that I still owed $240 on the S23, which still appears on my Verizon bill, and that I still have that phone with me. But for me, it would be more beneficial if the S25 were paid off, since that is the phone with the higher remaining balance. I made it very clear that I didn't want any surprises after switching. She reassured me that this situation was common and that there would be no problem. After switching to Spectrum, I submitted all the documents to the buyout financial group exactly as the agent instructed. To my surprise, they only approved the remaining balance for the phones originally purchased through Verizon--not the S25 I bought through Samsung. I called, explained everything, and asked them to review the recorded call, since every call begins with a message saying the conversation is recorded. I wasn't making anything up. They opened a ticket, escalated it to a manager, and after days of back‑and‑forth, the manager told me the best he could do was offer a $20 compensation for the mistake. I explained again that if I had been given the correct information, I could have chosen to activate the line with the S23 I still owe $240 on, using the buyout program properly. Now I have to pay that out of pocket. I repeated that I was misinformed by the Spectrum agent with a false promise. Even so, the manager insisted that $20 was the best he could offer. Terrible management. He could have done more. I'm sad and frustrated with this beginning at Spectrum.

If you want to go with a company that knows their products look no further. I had Cody out to my…read morehouse while walking through I showed him what I wanted. With his exceptional knowledge he was able to suggest the wireless setup since I didn't want wires in my man cave. With the way local cable companies rip you off Cody saved me approximately $60.00 a month on my cable bill. With the extra savings I was able to setup a TV outside on my patio and order the Sunday NFL ticket. Talk about the $$ package thanks Cody and your staff. I recommend giving Cody a call today if you want good service while saving $$$.

I want to update my review because after years of being very happy with Customer service from Cody…read moreI want to warn people to beware. I am not sure what has changed for him and his business practices but he has gone from being upfront and stellar with customers to not being truthful or at least not being completely truthful and then not following up on what he says he will do to make it right. It has been several months now because I had hopes that he would follow through but it is clear that he is not going to. Beware if you are a current customer and want to upgrade call company directly and go through them so you don't have to figure out what is truth and get caught up in Cody's shady practices. You may not get the deal Cody says he can give but considering he doesn't follow through it won't cost you the hundreds of dollars extra it cost me.