BEWARE! I quit Century link.. too much buffering. I then ordered Sparklight. Ok . I got basic package. WHAT THEY DON'T Tell you is that if you stream videos ( like you Tube) etc. They will Up charge you. In other words, you stream more than the plan they will charge you for that extra streaming you did. DECEITFUL! read more

3 time in 6 weeks my internet has been out for over 24 hours. i can not set the alarm, watch TV listen to music the news and they have no idea when it will be back up. funny. they have no problem charging me full price read more

Doing an updated review we briefly came back to sparklight after some issues with Xfinity but after a few days of sparklight we are sticking with Xfinity. The internet with Sparklight is unacceptable constant buffering and constant issues that never get fixed or addressed despite multiple technician visits and to top it off our neighbor who also has sparklight is dealing with the same problems and with the powerbox being in our backyard and the techs having to access our backyard it creates a problem. We will be officially cancelling tomorrow and never returning no matter what and I suggest anyone else who has Sparklight as an Internet provider do the same. read more

Needed internet asap amd Sparklight came through. Called with an emergency on Saturday evening and was able to get service by Monday morning! Amazing customer service and was willing to do whatever it took to get us back upand running! read more

Very happy! Was dissatisfied with slooooww internet we had with Starlink, so talked with Elias at Rio Rancho Sparklight office. He offered faster internet at a better price, so we said yes! Elias was so patient, so pleasant, so competent, understanding our particular needs. There was no high pressure and no BS, just the facts. Installation was great, and our internet is super fast, as promised. Way to go Sparklight and Elias! read more

Internet service sucks! I had an appointment 2 weeks in advance and with a service call time between 8-5 and it's 5 and they still have not shown up. I took a whole day of work off for this and my internet is still shitty. Can't wait til we get another internet provider out here. Not very happy right now. Not to mention I've been on hold for over 20 minutes with there dumb music. read more

Impossible to get through customer service. As soon as Xfinity comes to my neighborhood, I'm dropping Sparklight their customer service has really declined. Not to mention I was offered a discount and never received it. read more

Prices keep rising with no notice and no inprovement to justify it. I've been an extremely loyal customer for many years but I guess that doesn't matter to them. read more

We needed internet service for a rental property in Arizona, and settled on Sparklight. Everything actually was fine (which is why I gave them two stars instead of one) until we sold the house and went to cancel service. Holy cow, Sparklight really does not want to let you close your account. The local office was closed (the next closest one is hours away), with a sign on the door saying it would be closed all week, so we put the equipment in their drop box and I went to my account to try to cancel it online. The online customer service rep insisted the office was open (clearly she had bad information) and couldn't do anything for me. So I called, and the telephone rep conceded that maybe the office had been closed but told me that it would open the next day (which doesn't help me since I'm not in the area). Both told me that my account could not be closed out until Sparklight had actually received my equipment back. When is that? Well, it's apparently up to them when/if they decide to reopen their office and close my account. So now I'm going to have to call every day or so to see if they have it yet, and/or go through the fun of turning off my automatic credit card payments to the company. read more

Sparklight - Internet Service Providers Near Me - Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Took my sister in law who recently moved here from Florida to get internet service. Antonio who helped us was professional, friendly and knowlegeabe. With other providers the cost was considerably more and the value we received was great. The store on Nita Place in Rio Rancho is fortunate to have someone like Antonio on their staff dealing with the public read more

Prices raise frequently with no notice. We have to call and negotiate a new rate. Really frustrating.

Antonio at Sparklight is great! Very personable and save me a lot of money on my internet services!

I left Centurylink because their service was terrible and their customer service is non existent. I was really happy with Soarklight at first. Now, service keeps dropping and I work from home. My service is so terrible at this point, I had to return to working at the office. I've tried everything they ask for as troubleshooting, nothing works. The techs that I've spoken to multiple times tell me that they can see my service is completely unstable but still say I must be doing something to cause this to happen. Like what!! I finally got them to schedule a service call in 3 weeks. I have to stay home all day and wait for the technician to confirm the appointment or they will cancel. I wish I could move to another provider but options are limited in my area. I can't stress enough, if you have any other choice, don't pick Sparklight. You'll only be disappointed. read more

I dont reccomend.. They are charging me for a euro device that i purchased from best buy . They did install it but now they are charging me for equiptment that i didnt buy from them after i cancelled the service! read more

The service is extremely slow since they changed from fidelity. They have told me five times to roll up in the auto pay. And I'm still not enrolled in auto pay. I did take a shot of every bill they sent me in the conversations we had. So I do have proof that I am enrolled in auto pay. They keep sending me emails that I'm not. read more

they suck you cant contact anyone and when you do youre transferred and then told 2 different things no one knows anything at all please dont choose them read more

I received great service from both Antonio and Jessica! they are both customer service friendly and have great personalities! I told them the problems I had on phone and they were extremely apologetic and asked what they could do to help me? and I am grateful!!!!!! thx Michael Twining read more

Called to cancel phone service since we no longer use it, Antonio was so helpful and cheerful, also saved me more than half my bill!! Thank you! we are longtime customers and will stay that way! read more

We installed Sparklight in Rio Rancho, NM yesterday so I'm not sure how the service will be. We were very pleased working with Thomas Camacho as the installer. He was very professional and knowledgeable. He was very pleasant and he did a great job! read more

Yes, this is going to be one of those "If I could give zero stars I would" scenarios. Wow. Where do I even start. We bought a house in Rio Rancho in March and still don't have internet set up. It's now the middle of May. I seriously think I am being punked with the lack of service to find out when they can "bury the line". The previous owner had Sparklight and had it days before we took ownership. Every single time I have called they say, "I see that someone was there on April 6th and that they need to have a new line buried." I say yes but nothing has happened since then and then they tell me they are going to investigate and call me back and they never do. They really don't want new customers is what it seems like. read more

Starlight wanted to updated my modem. So I brought it into to their office and they explained how to hook it up and explained that this unit has both router and modem together. The representative that was helping me was very friendly and accommodating. read more

Wish I could give 0 stars. Or negative. Shut my internet off for an overdue balance of 0$?? Literally out all the time. And can't get it back on Bc the local office is closed. Literally worthless. Would not recommend to my worst enemy. Dial up was more reliable in the 90s. read more

Sparklight - Zero balance??? Not due yet and somehow over due? - Internet Service Providers Near Me - Rio Rancho, New Mexico

I laughed out loud at Lauren's naive review below mine "golly gee I can't understand why all the reviews of people actually have using the service are so low, I'm just basing my review on the guy coming and setting up my router - 5 stars for me! Wow what an amazing service!" I work from home and run an online business from my house. I pay for the highest tier of service with Sparklight - something like $110/month. Every day, without fail, my internet goes offline. Sometimes it's in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, sometimes in the evening. But it will be without fail. Every day. Sometimes dropping me out of my zoom meetings with clients. When it is working I get half the speed that is advertised (they advertise dl speeds up to 940mbps, in reality it's barely over 500, sometimes 450). I wish I had someone to grab me by the shoulders and shake me to warn me of this company. If this is the only internet company available to you for a house you're looking at and being able to work from home is important to you - find another house. This was my only high speed option and I should have kept looking for another rental. Don't think that "oh maybe it's an outlier", don't be like me and assume they must have had improved their service since all of the other negative reviews, READ THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS - DONT IGNORE THEM. Obviously if this changes and sparklight improves their service - and I hope they will - I will be happy to update this review to reflect this but if you're reading this as I originally wrote it stay far, far away. I have never paid so much for internet and gotten so little - the $40/month service I had back home was more reliable than the $110/month service I have with Sparklight read more

Sad to see all the low reviews Sparklight has received. My review is just on my initial experience, picking up the router. Antonio was very helpful, kind, explained what I needed to do, and provided a number for tech assistance, should I need it. It was a pleasant exchange. Went home and plugged everything up and No Internet, I called the tech support and again received a very nice, patient, and personable tech named Robert. We were able to get everything working, which is crucial as I work remote. Will definitely provide additional info if the quality of service falls short. For now, I am very pleased. read more

Yesterday on Friday, February 23, 2024 we drove out to the 7501 Nita Place NE Sparklight store to upgrade our modem and our internet plan. Antonio was amazing!! He answered all of our questions and upgraded our internet plan and gave us a great deal on our new modem. Thank you Antonio and Sparklight. read more

The internet has actually gotten worse and they never followed up to fix my internet after they replied to my last review and I have tried to contact them for maintenance. read more

Ever since they (CableOne) changed to Sparklight, the service has been the worse ever. I am talking about the Internet Service, Customer Service and Technician Service. Unbelievable on how much time they waste on top of waiting a week or up to 2 weeks just to get a technician to come out and do nothing. I have been getting cutoff from the internet about 10 times a day at the very least. Been going on for about 2 months now which has been quite unacceptable since my wife works from home and I work from home part time. read more

Hopefully my professors have Sparklight too, that way they'd understand why I'm not getting anything done. Two years ago I would have recommended Sparklight to anyone in the area, but its gone down hill so much. I wouldn't recommend anyone to get Sparklight now. If you're considering switching from CenturyLink, don't do it, Sparklight is only going to be worse. Even satellite internet would cut out less than Sparklight does. The current network engineers at Sparklight obviously have no idea what they are doing. Sparklights routing is abysmal and the ping is way higher than it should be. Download speeds are ok (When its working). Lost connection twice while typing this short review so hopefully it actually posts. read more

Great customer service, Responsive BUT the company is dealing with a rapidly growing city. Technicians were unavailable. It shouldn't take a week to schedule connection, and then another week for an assessment! read more

They cut off my internet service over $126 I paid the $137 they asked for and now they wanted another $126! During this pandemic they should be more understanding that people are struggling and offer some solutions to work with us other than more money that we don't have during these times. read more

I have never had so many problems with a cable provider as I have had with sparklight. I've had more problems with sparklight in the last seven years than the previous thirty years combined and never paid so much. My bill has more than doubled in the last seven years. Started at $143.00 a mon. and now $311.00 a mon. I call in and they don't seem to give a DAMN!!! read more

I must say April the owner has been quick to address my concerns below. Because of that, I will raise this review to a 4 and will again raise to a 5 as time allows and dictates. Thank you April ! This is absolutely the worst internet service provider I've ever been associated with. The router must be rebooted frequently throughout the day as the internet connection goes down four or five time daily. I paid for the higher speeds....go figure. They have stated on four separate occasions (on one the rep absolutely promised his word that it would get fixed immediately), Now six months later... "crickets", not once did they come by and bury the cable as promised numerous times. They provide you two connection addresses so they must know that they often go out. I'm certain if and when another service comes in, They will reap what they sow. read more

Absolutely the worst Internet service provider available in Rio Rancho. I'd rather have satellite internet in Seattle than suffer this intermittent garbage service. I can't even pick a consistent time to use anything Internet related it disconnects so randomly. It doesn't matter if it's 6pm high traffic during a weekday use or 2am on a Sunday. Their infrastructure is probably outdated and incapable and they are horrendously overpriced for the pathetic up/down speeds they offer. Don't bother with this sad excuse of an ISP. They have the market cornered out here and they use that to provide what should be an illegally unimpressive service. Wish I could give zero stars. They just judge their service on NPS instead of customer feedback anyways. read more

My wife and I moved into a new home in Mariposa on 7 Jan. We love our home; however, Sparklight totally dropped the ball. They failed to run a conduit and fiber optic cable from the street to our house. So, we have no internet or TV and we work from home. They've sent techs out three times - each came and left telling us they couldn't start our service because there was no line to the house. We've called about 20 times. They never have status and they cannot tell us when we'll have service. This is why having a monopoly as the only provider in an area is a very bad idea. read more

Was supposed to have a tech come do an install and got a robo call to confirm. Confirmed the install. Tech never showed up and when I called they told me the tech called and I didn't answer so he didn't come. Again, no call from a real person. When I called customer support they told me it would be another 2 weeks before they could be back. Canceled the install. read more

I'll copy over my review on google. I just cannot recommend this company. They are totally taking advantage of people. "First of all upping my bill by $50 a month because I'm using too much internet is asinine in my opinion. I'm a single income family that is barely scrapping by and you want more of my money? Come on, you are providing Internet to people who have access to 4K video content now. You can't expect people to only use 300mb on you 100mb down plan. I will be finding a new internet service provider ASAP. Unless you think you can save me as a customer. This is totally ridiculous." read more

This is one of the worst internet services out there. The upload and download speeds remain at a constant abysmal rate and watching any sort of movie will cause you to go over they're lowest package rate. They have the marketing team to get customers, but the service itself is god awful. The only good part about this company was the gentleman I spoke to when I called to set it up. He deserves to be working in a better place read more

CableOne is the WORST cable service in Rio Rancho. I think they are over priced compared to other cable companies, the internet is exceptionally expensive and if you need your service upgraded on a Friday and don't call before 4pm you are out of luck until Monday. if you have any other choice besides CableOne go with your other choice. There is absolutely nothing good about this company with the exception the customer service personnel are nice. read more

ZERO STARS! Waiting 3 weeks to receive my $350 deposit refund. I was told the check was mailed from Phoenix on 4/15. Today is 4/29 and still no check. 15 days for mail delivery from Phoenix to Albuquerque? I am not happy!! UPDATE 5/4/16: Still no check. A phone rep told me today that the corp. office processes refund checks only once a month, and it may have been mailed on the 22nd. I said I was told previously that the check was mailed on April 15th. She said refund mail dates are not entered in the system, and she doesn't know why someone gave me the date of the 15th. The best she can do now is forward my complaint to a supervisor who will notify the corp. office so someone can trace the check. They will contact me, maybe in a couple of weeks. read more

Zero stars! The awkward moment Cable One can't handle an angry customer, so they cut you off, and say 'I am worried for your well being' carelessly dump you on hold and call the police on you. Ha. Let's pretend for a whole second she had any reason to believe it, that is no way to handle that type of situation. Is there a way to petition out this cable company? I am so sick of Cable One. They offer none of the 'great services' that they show on tv, and the customer service is complete garbage. Complete monopolizing jerkwads. read more