I thought I'd posted this before, but not seeing it in my account, so re-posting.
My internet kept dropping out at my place and so I called Spectrum customer service to have them come out and take a look at what was going on because it's literally the fourth time it's happened in the last 8 months. They go online and do some diagnostic and reset some hardware and, of course, everything connects properly when they reset the hardware but...cut to 30 minutes later and the internet's out again.
So instead of sending someone they tell me I've got to go pick up a modem from the local office. I'm at work dealing with clients and I've got meetings lasting all the way up until almost closing time with the spectrum office, so I tell the operator that I want to put a designated agent on my account, my personal assistant
I spell her name, confirm she has my secret four digit code, and then I confirm with them on the phone that she would be able to go pick up the hardware from the local office so that then she could swap it out versus me driving across the city to do it myself
The operator on the phone line assures me that she is registered as someone who can make these decisions on my behalf, so she then walks a couple of miles to go pick up the hardware. The idiots at the front desk tell her that she's actually not on my account and that I would personally have to come up with my ID and pick up the modem myself.
So I'm in a meeting in the South Bay and trying to deal with Spectrum Central customer service because the front desk people won't talk directly to me on her phone to resolve this.
So I'm trying to pretend I can pay attention to the live meeting I'm having, while having a three-way conversation with my personal assistant--who's physically at this location--and Spectrum customer service rep who's assuring me that she should be able to pick it up based on what they noted on my account.
But of course the central spectrum operator has no way to message or contact the front desk people at this location off Hollywood boulevard to explain to them that they are freaking morons and don't know how to do their ****ing jobs.
While I'm talking to my client I'm chatting with spectrum Central customer service and explain to them what the situation is. Central customer service tells me that they can't get on the phone with the agent at the field office they can only make a note in my account that my assistant is allowed to pick up this equipment and make changes. This is the third operator that is confirmed that she's able to make changes to my account at this point.
I asked my assistant to hand the phone over to one of the people at the locations front desk to see if they can help us out and, of course, they won't look at the chat or help her out at all. So I've got to drive across town to get the FOURTH *****y modem that I've had from spectrum in the last year to try to, once again, fix a chronic issue that keeps coming up because their staff sucks.
Spectrum sucks. We all know they suck. THEY know they suck. If they didn't have a monopoly on internet service providing for Los Angeles I'd be switching to something more...not *****y, but unfortunately there are no other options where I live and so I'm stuck with this **** service and equipment.
She talked to 2 out of the 3 people at this office and pretty much none of them helped her and so I've had to go out of my way 90 minutes for a round trip to just get this equipment and set it up even though I'm paying her to go handle it for me.
So I drive 45 mins through rush hour traffic to get to the location, the one dude she DIDNT talk to (Kendrick) looks up my account and sees that she actually is an authorized user after all! So a rapid 45 min drive that was completely unnecessary and only made so because, once again for the cheap seats, Spectrum SUCKS.
These guys, the staff, (except for Kendrick, here, who turned out to be helpful) suck. ABSOLUTELY suck. If you can avoid coming to this location or even better avoid using Spectrum overall, then you'll be in pretty good shape.
Avoid the entire company. Because ...well, you know. read more