I'll give them two stars, just because the technicians who came out to my house on two separate occasions were pretty cool, and fast. Basically the missing three stars amounts to horrible Internet service, especially not getting the real speed that I had paid for, as well as the incident which occurred today. So today I came to return my cable box(SL200 HD Receiver), plus the remote. I had called ahead with the automated number to see if there was anything else that I needed to return to them, modem or router, as I couldn't remember if I had rented them or bought them(I bought theirs, but I should've bought my own from the get go). Get there with the two things the person on the phone said that I owed them, the remote, and the Receiver, and turns out I owe them something they never gave me, two somethings actually. I magically owed them a DigitaLink box and its remote, even though the apartment complex I had moved into was on its list of apartments that didn't need the box. The complex I had moved into prior to this one required it, but I moved out of it before Suddenlink put its "foot down" on the rule. The excuse of the person at the desk, was that I must have had an older tv and that's why the technician had "given" me one, even though my setup didn't require one and I had never been given one. Basically, Suddenlink changed me an extra $55.00 for something they never gave me that I never needed to have, not to mention how they kept charging me for two months after I moved out of the first apartment and kept harassing me for the equipment that they claimed I had taken, even though I was using it in my new apartment. read more

Worst ISP ever, terrible customer service, quality, and value. There's not one good thing to ever say about this company.

Ugh... I have been trying to help my dad with his Optimum cable issues. For weeks his printers kept dropping off the network. We have tried four different printers, resets, etc. So maybe it's the router. We exchanged the router and were told "it's activated and ready to go." Sure, that is after another hour spent with tech support on the phone. This doesn't happen some of the time, it happens all of the time! But, that fixed the problem, so it was an Optimum router issue. Now, one day later, the cable box is giving me an error every time I try to switch the channel with the guide. And the video goes on and off. I have been through all of the troubleshooting procedures with no luck. -Update. After some research and troubleshooting, I found that the cable box uses the modem/router to update the guide. It turns out that the cable box is incompatible with the new modem/router. Hmmm, you think that they would have known that when they issued us the new modem/router. I guess it's another trip to their store. I did find that connecting an Ethernet cable between the router and cable box fixed the problem after a reboot. -Optimum, your Yelp comments from "Business Owner" are not helpful. You see your one-star average review and are doing nothing about it. No business with one-star is worthy of the customers that support them! read more

I want to commend the Optimum technician that came to my house yesterday. His name is Tyler and he fixed everything quickly. He was knowledgeable and professional. I can not say enough nice things about him. I was very frustrated after a chat and phone calls with Optimum customer service over a two day span. Tyler knew exactly what was wrong when he walked in. He explained everything to me and made sure all my devices were connected to my new modem/router before he left. I've had two great experiences with Optimum and they have been interactions with technicians, real people, not AI chats and phone calls. read more

Although we received a positive note from "Altice" who professed her status as business owner, we contacted her/him/they and received a note back from Brandi stating that they could not disconnect the service any sooner than the latest billing cycle even though we had asked for disconnection a month ago. We will update this as necessary. read more

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optimum customer service is non existent. you cannot understand person you are talking and they are so freaking slow in doing anything for you. have spent whole day on phone trying to resolve issue. they dont care. if i could zero stars i would. i am canceling this service finally, but that is beginning to be a freaking difficult task. they wont answer phones. optimum sucks. read more

Optimum is full of crooks. When I moved addresses, they told me to keep my router. They then proceeded to charge me $75 for unreturned equipment, and they would not refund me. I disputed the charge with my debit card company. This month, I was once again charged $75 in addition to my bill for a bogus charge. For a second time, they refuse to refund me. Optimum is entirely incompetent. Could not be more disappointed with my service. read more

This is probably the worst company I have ever dealt with (and the previous Suddenlink). When we cancelled our services, they continued to bill us for months even though we had already been receiving and paying for services from another internet provider. When we questioned them, they acted as though we were putting them out just to do the research. After finding that we had cancelled their services, they still made us pay an additional month for services we never received. Then, they sent the remainder of their fraudulent bills to a collection agency trying to collect the remaining $350+ dollars they say we still owe them and now are impacting our credit score. I sure wish the government would shut this company down because they are as corrupt as our politicians and are stealing from people. read more

Wackiest company I've ever dealt with, with predatory billing. They tried to overcharge me by a few hundred dollars, billing also seems to be bi-monthly with no clear accounting statement showing charges. Employees at the store clearly have a seventh grade education and are not helpful. read more

Today was our install day. Our appointment time was between 9 and 11 am. Our tech didn't get here until 1/15, and spent half the time he was at our house on the phone with what sounded like his spouse and sending texts. We'll see how reliable the internet it's self is once it's finally installed. read more

They billed us 900 saying we have bounced these 600$checks to them when we've never written a check to them. Another company took payment after giving us our accurate account information and turns out it wasn't even optimum so we had to dispute the charge and get a new card. We only discovered it wasn't them when they took more money out of our account. The billing department can't even see the account details. Can't pause, rewind live tv. It just sucks in every way. Searching for a new provider. read more

optimum/ suddenlink can eat my ass It is impossible to cancel your account online outside of a small set of business hours. You are transferred to retention which is apparently trained to try to get you to transfer your account to another person or get new internet at your new place, (which i understand) but when you decline, they are trained to charge you for another month. They also disconnected me halfway through the process, likely in the hopes that I'd just give up. "Jess" wouldn't transfer me to a supervisor or manager, wouldn't give me his employee number to complain and just sat on the line saying no, you'll absolutely be charged for at least another month or until someone can come out and disconnect/ remove service. Apparently they are now trained to refuse to escalate or allow you to talk to another person or push up. I was finally able to threaten with reporting to the bbb and got just the day charged after 19 minutes of having to argue with them. I'd been trying to cancel for over a week, but thats $3 vs $86. We can also add another $86 to the talley because i'd moved close to a month previous and i knew it would be a battle. I wish i had done it earlier. I hate being a karen. I was polite, kept my tone firm, but they literally force you to be aggressive with them or they'll continue to charge you out the ass. It shouldnt be this way. There was also some bs that my service starts each 2nd but i'm billed on the 17th. read more

I have been with Suddenlink for nearly 20 years. When Optimum bought them out the customer service went to trash. I have been in store several times to update service and was told I had to call. When I call I usually get the runaround and I'm talking to someone in a completely different state or country. Why can't I talk to a friendly local person face to face? I finally had it and swapped to a competitor. Even cancelling is a pain. I returned equipment and they would not give me anything that verified I returned the equipment. They also told me I had to call to cancel service. The guy on the phone, again, was in another state. He was polite but doing his job in trying to keep me as a customer. I think it should be easy to walk in for upgrades, cancellations, concerns, etc. Why have a storefront if you won't help anybody? Other than that the services paid for worked well, hence why I was with them so long. I don't like changing but I want to be treated professionally and respectfully. Optimum does not possess these qualities. Sadly. read more

Horrible Horrible service!!! They are more loyal to new customers than some that have been with them for years! New customers get to pay HALF of what I'm paying right now! Also, their internet is not reliable, crashing all the time. When contacting customer service, you will be directed to an off-shore call center where they don't even know what you're trying to say. read more

Worst company in history. Avoid at all costs. Cannot cancel in store, have to call. Does not prorate service. Charges a full extra month after cancelation. Scam artists at their worst. Throttled internet, constantly increasing prices, random service drops for no reason. read more

Zero stars if I could. Please email your local state rep about the competition in College Station Texas. Internet is considered a "utility service". The Public Utility Department of Texas is also a good place to go and complain. I'm filing a complaint with the FCC, FTC, BBB, and the Attorney Generals office once my internet is up and running. They lied to me on four separate occasions in the last 48 hours, over charged me, then cut my service completely after I dropped my phone and satellite. I wish we could find an attorney that would consider a class action against consumer fraud. I paid for a phone for over a year while they tried to get it to work and just recently received service. I pay for 1Gig speed but can't seem to ping any higher then 80-120 Mbps. Would someone please help College Station get more competition? Our other options are extremely expensive. This is not protecting the consumer. read more

I got an account with suddenlink because of the area where I was. Then I moved and disconnecting the services has been horrible. I have been now 45 minutes on the phone with agents being snarky and not wanting to disconnect my services. This is like going to internet jail for the crime of living in an area with no other provider. read more

Service rep lied about number of channels to sign me up . Told me 150 I only got 25 fir 130 bucks. Supposed to free installation but they charged me . Finally two days later I chose to cancel but I was told I couldn't. I spent hours on the phone trying to cancel . Finally I told them since they would not cancel my service and a representative called and threatened me that I was not paying for service at all . Customer service rep agreed with me. Customer fir 30 years . Cheating, lying , reporting to federal trade commission . I kept records of every person I spoke with days and dates. What kind of cable company will not let you cancel service? No contract . Very unscrupulous. Unprofessional pretend to offer service since you can't cancel fir free and then bill you double. Un American read more

I have been going a week without service. Others are going past two to three weeks. A technician came to my house and forgot to log as a completed job and my whole account is stuck on "waiting to activate". No one calls me back, I get hung up on and spent almost two days combined holding on the phone. I can't get work or my school done at my own house. Anyone reading this, think beyond Suddenlink. Think locally this is an issue the Brazos Valley Chamber of commerce needs to investigate. The city holds us hostage with only one provider claiming monopoly over others. It's time they open our city to more ISP!! read more

- Long phone wait times (1+ hours) - unreliable internet service - slow internet service 10% or less of expected often. - customer service people who don't call back when they said they would. - long lines at local office. I feel bad for anyone working customer service at the local office. Must be a bad corporate company to work for. read more

Suddenlink SUCKS and their customer service is even worse.. My internet hasn't worked in 2 days so I called and had to schedule a call back for the following day.. They called and I was at work .. The dude who called and said his name was David was a DICK!! He wouldn't pull up my acct or transfer me to someone else! I told him to transfer me so I could cancel service because I'm not paying for a service and their customer service rep talks shit to me.. He ended up hanging up on me ... I called back and they scheduled a call back for tonight! Straight bullshit!! read more

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If I could do zero stars, it would be there. We haven't had internet for almost 2 weeks. Spent an hour and half on hold with a customer service machine each day, just to be hung up on. Now we have been standing in a line 30 people for over an hour. Suddenlink let's someone take your spot, cause I bet someone has a better system built in their mother's basement. read more

Optimum Bryan - Bad Customer Service - Television Service Providers Near Me - Bryan, Texas

I called Optimum because my cable boxes in my bedrooms would not connect to yhe main box. Six different technicians showed up over 12 days and had no idea how to solve the problem. I called the Retention department at Optimum and chewed some butt. The next day a technician shows up and fixed the problem. WHY did it 7 different technicians over 12 days to solve the issue? Some of the technicians that showed up couldn't ever speak English. VERY POOR customer support on the phone and technician support. When fibre is installed I'm dumping Optimum. read more

Overpriced. Inconsistent with pricing. Different customer service representatives say different things. So do the technicians. Same problems for over a year which were never fixed even though technicians came out repeatedly. You would think the technicians were trained on how to say the exact perfect thing but then the office never follows through nor do the technicians. Makes one wonder. read more

Their customer service is absolutely terrible. They charge your for the stupidest things. I had a technician come out and "fix" my issues, but he did not even fix anything so I had to call optimum back the next day and get the guy over the phone to fix it for me. Even though this guy did not fix my issues they still charged me a crap ton of money (which they never told me I would be charged in the first place). I get a random text one day saying I owe money for the "service" that was pointless because the guy over the phone fixed it after the fact. Also I had an emergency come up the first time I had a technician come and it was super last minute so I wasn't home and they still charged me for that but never told me I was going to be charged. If you are thinking about using them DON'T. read more

So bad wouldn't even give them a 1 star rating if i didnt have to. Completely unable to contact. They have been charging me for the last 2 years for equipment I don't have. The refuse to refund or reimburse me. They keep raising my bill without notice. In one year they went up $80. 100% trash company. Don't ever do business with them. read more

The beauty of a monopoly is that as the only one in town, you don't have to do anything and people have to pay for it. Solution? File a complaint with the FCC. https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us?return_to=%2Fhc%2Frequests Suddenlink claims to provide high-speed internet. They can neither provide high-speed nor regular internet, and they have no vested interest in fixing the problem. Our internet goes down every day. Every day. Every day we call and every day it's the same and there are no other alternatives in College Station, TX. read more

I LOATHE THIS COMPANY!! They are the WORST cable and internet provider I've ever had to do business with... Unfortunately, there is no other choice in the B/CS area unless you want to deal with a satellite dish company (who always require contracts). If SuddenLink would just put as much time, effort, and money into their customer service and actual cable service, they wouldn't need to advertise so much! They constantly advertise via TV commercials, billboards, spam, and junk mail. Their marketing is relentless and excessive, but the service down right SUCKS. Our HD channels always freeze up, cutting in & out, goes blurry, and have non-stop audio and visual distortions. The channel guide is incredibly slow and is the same interface from 2004. For goodness sake, UPDATE your operating system! They need to take a look at what AT&T U-Verse is doing! I got spoiled in Houston where U-Verse is available and miss it dearly!! Don't even bother calling SuddenLink if you have any issues. You'll be on hold for 20 minutes and they will constantly transfer you around like a game of hot potato. It's EXHAUSTING! I can't wait until there's another cable/internet provider available in this area. It's ludicrous how this company has the market cornered like this- I'm sure they're paying the right people to keep it that way... A monopoly no doubt. It's depressing to spend $126/mo for basic Internet and mid level cable (no fancy tiers or channels) and I get such poor service and crappy channels. The installation was a nightmare (they had to send 2 different technicians because they only use contract guys- not actual SuddenLink employees come into your house!) and if ever you go into their location in Bryan (please don't!) the wait time is worse than the DMV! An elderly lady was in line with me and she needed to sit down, and there were no chairs!! I felt so bad for her. It was beyond cruel to make someone that age stand for 30-45 minutes. Their main Bryan location waiting room is not designed for how long you actually have to wait... especially with kids or anyone physically handicapped or elder. This company is ran by greedy corporate shysters and the employees hate their jobs. *since this review they emailed me & I responded several times and absolutely nothing was done. They stopped answering my emails & never "solved" anything. read more

Optimum Bryan - HORRIBLE CABLE SERVICE!!! We always have trouble with the channels and have lots of visual and audio distortions. - Television Service Providers Near Me - Bryan, Texas

Since my recent move to the Bryan, College Station area, I have have been so happy with the people and businesses here, all but 1! Suddenlink has to by far be the worst cable/internet provider in Texas. After 4 techs coming to the house, over 35 phone calls and being abused by rude, unknowledgeable phone tech support reps on phone. I am now going public with all documentation of their unscrupulous business methods. The BBB, and all applicable agencies will be notified. I have had service for 5 months now...it is over priced and overrated at best. If you thinking service with Suddenlink, think again. To be a VIP customer it is over $220 monthly! Not a big deal unless it's not working!! One additional bonus, Suddenlink raised my monthly fee on my second month here in my new home! read more

Dion was extremely helpful while picking up my internet package. She truly showed Texas friendliness and made our experience great. When visiting here ask for Dion. read more

Cable and internet goes out on a daily basis and i have to reboot system multiple times each and every day.

Literally the worst aspect about living in College Station, TX. We need more options. Suddenlink just raised our rates, without warning, AND did not improve our service. This feels as though we are trapped. This is the worst internet provider I have ever worked with. Oh, and their speeds are terrible. $117/mo for about 32mb(max) read more

I was on hold for ONE HOUR and they hung up on me. Have not had internet in 5 days. What a trash company. Don't walk - RUN away from this place. read more

Customer service is pretty much non existent. Everytime we'd come to them for any issue on their part, we were gaslight to oblivion. And when they couldn't do that anymore, they will give you every excuse in the book as to why said situation happened. Truly ridiculous. Company never takes responsibility for their questionably crooked actions. I'd tell everyone to find a different internet service but it's the only service provider in Bryan and college station. read more

I am only giving one star, because you can not give negative numbers. I have been subjected to terrible service and horrific costs for years. Our area only has access to them. Customer service is a complete waste of time. They always tell you its an outage no matter what the problem is. When it is working it buffers and cuts in and out. If you have ANY other options do not use them. I have Starlink at the ranch and will thank god be getting one for my home soon. read more

Sucks Balls! Made a service appoint for "between 1 and 5". Five o'clock rolls around - no call, no text, no email and no technician. I call Suddenlink and am told "they are probably running late just wait a few more hours." On a Friday night? And after Suddenlink had the gall to voicemail me that morning that if I'm not there between 1 and 5 they will charge ME $60 for missing the appointment. So I call at 5 and ask where is my $60 since I was there and they weren't. "Oh, we don't do that." What a dumpster fire of a company - there equipment breaks, I schedule an appointment with their techs on a 4 hour window and then get an "oh well, too bad we were so busy". Goodbye Suddenlink! read more

This is by far the worst service provider in the entire area. They have absolutely no shame in bullying you, refusing to refund credit card over-payments, or adhering to any basic customer service. They will find ways to over-charge customers and they force you to pay or hit your credit (so basically you have no option to give in to whatever they demand, even if it was just wrong). When we cancelled our service, we got a call telling us that they can "offer" to refund over-payments and incorrect charges (as if they are doing the customer a favor) IF we chose to continue their service. No thanks. I am better off with a couple hundred out of my pocket over giving you any of my money. read more

If I could I would give suddenlink 0 stars. First it is unacceptable for suddenlink to have an monopoly on internet in the B/CS area. Can we please get other providers in the area?! After calling suddenlink twice after they shut off our internet by their mistake, I was told that our internet would be turned back on in 20 minutes and they would call back to verify. One hour later no internet and no phone call... called back to try again, this time the guy said we were unable to get our internet back on till the after the weekend. WHAT?! I'm so confused and frustrated! Terrible service. They have no incentive to provide good service to their customers. Get another provider in the area for the love!!!!! read more

Fancy new location, even less customer care than before! If I could give Zero stars, I would! TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! There are other options in town now! Don't use this company! Don't use them. I've been a customer of theirs for over 10 years and have had time after time of service interruptions, needing technical support, or customer service without a person to be found and let me tell you, their customer service setup is THE WORST! If you are a current customer, it is almost impossible to get to a real person. The phone tree is nigh impossible to get through, unless...you tell them you are a new customer, then they will hurry up and get on the phone, but not to help you; only to sell you services. Recently, I moved to a new house after living in our current one for over 6 years. An Optimum/Suddenlink tech came out to switch our service, make sure the cable was live, and hook up our modem/activate it. He did a few things and told us we were good to go. The next day, the internet quit working. I spent 2 HOURS on the phone with them to troubleshoot, and then the tech assistant (from a call center in some other country that barely spoke english) hung up on me! I went to their local store and was told they cannot assist me and that Optimum has switched their local stores to retail/new service only. They have essentially shut down their in person customer service. ***Needless to say, other options are in town now and I have switched internet companies. Good riddens Optimum. Time for a new "Frontier" (if you catch my drift)!*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING! Pay attention to the long line of one star reviews. They exist for a reason. Don't use this company if at all possible. Absolutely terrible company, with terrible service, and terrible business practices. There are a handful of 5 star reviews. Read them. Some of them it looks like someone pushed the wront number, and others look like they may be paid reviews. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P.S. They have a great intorductory rate, but every year they raise the internet cost for you. Don't fall for the baited hook. You'll end up burned. So glad there are other options now. I'll be contacting the BBB about them too. read more

Really wish I could give them 0 stars, even 1 is way too generous. They used to not be this bad, but over the last 2 years they have been absolutely horrible. They constantly raise my bill with no explanation or warning. My bill went from $68 to $103 in 1 month with no additions to my service. Really wish they would get some competition, I'd switch in a heartbeat. , read more