OMG! Where to begin?!
I've recently moved into a new place…read moreand began shopping around for WiFi packages for my new apartment; I went with Spectrum mainly because AT&T Fiber is not YET offered within my area (unfortunately, since my cell service is with them) and Xfinity wasn't either. Since Spectrum has a store right up the street from my new home, I visited and went with them and their affordable WiFi-only services. Immediately, I was signed up (without asked ANY necessary questions); I was never asked if I had my own router before I was charged a $5 monthly fee for their WiFi-router usually given to new customers. The cashier (Rashad) promised to correct that after learning of my owning my own with a $5 credit to my next bill, which I will have to wait and see if that was actually done, as promised. Fine. No biggie there... unless I was lied to. It wasn't until I opted for the free setup service offered that the REAL problems began. Not only did Rashad fail to give me ALL of the necessary equipment needed to set mySELF up at home (I was missing a cable cord within the bagged box given to me upon signing up at the store), but the so-called technician that they sent to me arrived a whole hour BEFORE the appointment made, interrupting my zoom religious meeting! Now, why have your first-time customers make such an appointment, then blow their cellphones up with constant, throughout-the-day "reminders" of his arrival days prior to it only if your staffed technicians just ignore all of that and show up whenever they want?! Make it make sense! Anyway... the technician - named Patrick - agreed to return an hour later (at MY chosen appointment time) only to setup my equipment with MUCH unnecessary attitude. Not only did this "brother" speak forcefully to me several times during the process, but he, literally, snatched an instructional paper out of my hand given to me at the Spectrum store, stating "Ignore what's on this paper! You have your own WiFi router so these instructions don't pertain to you, anyway! You have to choose your name and password the way the instructions in your router's box says to do!" I had had enough and QUICKLY sent him on his way, packing his belongings (because the old me would've cursed him out and/or retaliated, making matters much worse). Since dealing with ghetto mentalities in a ghetto way ONLY results in unnecessary, unwanted drama anyhow, I chose to take the higher, more educated route and simply rate his "performance" poorly with both the company AND (yeppir) on Yelp, as well, for the whole world to see. I not only gave him the lowest of all rating from the texted Spectrum link sent to my phone after his departure that immediately followed, I sent proof of all that I am illustrating within this review IN VIDEO to the company! I'm sure Patrick didn't expect to be secretly videotaped while acting a complete, rude fool inside of a brand new customer's home, but that's just something that I ALWAYS do when service people are invited into MY place to watch my OWN back, in the case of a "he-said, she-said" incident where false accusations can come into play. I am a single Black man who lives alone so (being originally from NYC) I DO NOT TRUST ANYone by default, therefore you're not about to place me into some 'hood nonsense that I cannot EASILY get out of with bonafide proof!!
I write this review to ultimately warn ANYone who chooses Spectrum home WiFi service from this particular store and is sent Mr. Patrick to set them up... that is, if they're idiotic enough to keep him on as an employee. Beware of that classless clown coming into your home because one day karma is most definitely going to come crashing down upon his crassness... and God forbid it's within YOUR household when it does. I'm sure that he will not change his unprofessional way that he treats their customers and will one day try "the wrong one" out there. Oh, what a hilarious news story that will be to see splash across the local news!
The service is currently up and running just fine for me, thank God... but, still, don't say that you weren't warned how much of a headache it may be for you to get to that point.