since the change there is no change in my so called high speed Internet service I'm in Bellingham the same issues low Internet speeds between 3pm and 10pm gets so slow I cant even watch a YouTube video. each time they come out do a check Well what do you know it's nothing at the home what's wrong so I waste another morning and loose money waiting for the cable guy. each and every time it has been the same thing. slow slow slow slow TV with them is just as bad with poor picture quality avoid them at all costs and I thought no one could be worse than broad-stripe I was wrong they are the same old broadstripe just with a new name that's all it seems read more

Wave Broadband because they raise rates all the time.They raise rates without notice and if you try to call them about the rate change-Good luck. They have the worst customer service I have ever dealt with. read more

The only good thing I've experienced with Wave is the slightly cheaper prices...pretty much every day my service stops working for anywhere from an hour to all day. I've talked to Wave about it, and didn't get much from them...I live in Seattle and have been a customer for a couple years. I'm so frustrated at this point, it looks like I'm switching to Comcast...that's really difficult for me, but if I'm paying for internet, I want it to actually work. read more

Updating my review because my installation experience was great. Jonathan came to my house right in the middle of the arrival window and spent 60 minutes trying to troubleshoot the complexity of the wiring. He was thoughtful about my home and my family while he was in the house and took the time to explain some of the technology to me. The internet is working well so far - much faster than Century Link. read more

This company is terrible. Constant reliability issues. Hard to get support. Today they sent a tech to our place in a senior living place where people are vulnerable to covid. The tech did not wear a mask when he came into our unit. Price is terrible. read more

Note: I've only had Wave for a couple days, and will keep this review updated over time if anything changes. I'm in south Seattle, and while Comcast said it'd take 7 BUSINESS DAYS just to figure out I was even eligible for installation, with Wave I was able to sign up over the Internet in 5 minutes and they scheduled an installation appointment the very next day. A few hours later, I needed to make a change to the appointment, and all I had to do was reply to their confirmation email and I got a personal reply right back saying they'd changed it. All I wanted was Internet, and Wave didn't hassle me about adding phone or cable service or any annoying package deals. The Wave tech was super friendly and helpful, and he spent about 45 minutes walking me through the options of where he could install the cable outlet in the house. Then he spent 2 hours installing it (it required running a wire from the outside into the house through a wall), and another 30 minutes helping me tweak my router for better performance. So far, so good. The Internet is super fast and I'm loving it. I see a lot of bad reviews on here, so I'm hoping the other shoe doesn't drop. If it does, I'll recount the tale here. read more

Their new payment and customer service system has tanked their brand, their reputation, their ability to conduct business, and their ability to keep my business. For one, when the new system took over, all logins and passwords were reset which meant you had to call their customer service lines to obtain new login details. The new systems and call centers are completely incompetent. The first few weeks wouldn't even give you an approximate wait time. Now it just says at LEAST 20 minutes. Their phones are blowing up because all scheduling, tech support, plan changes, and cancelations/moves HAVE to run through them. Especially when nobody can log in anymore. I waited 2 hours the first call and gave up. Calls 4-5 dropped. A call to my apartment's agent resulted in a different customer service number but this lady told me I would be put on hold before the call dropped again. I think all call centers are in a different country which isn't usually a problem but it seams they receive NONE of the benefits of this. The call centers are understaffed, receive unreliable connections and don't seem to know what they are doing yet. When I finally made it through to make an appointment to set up my internet the call center agent wrote down the wrong address and wrote down my current address rather than the address I'm moving to like I gave them. The day of the appointment I got a call that said they were unable to work at the right address because the new system was too restrictive. The electrician said they've been receiving scathing reviews and complaints and the system has been causing serious problems. None of the workers like it. Most of the appointments are having to be canceled. The worst thing is we can't cancel the appointments because that runs through the call centers and we would have to wait another hour. So most of the appointment slots stay booked but unused. I had Wave before when it was good but it seams the business is too underwater right now to receive good service. The internet does have downtime but I don't know how to compare that to xfinity or century link. TLDR: save your time and energy and get set up through a different company read more

I cancelled my service for the end of my current billing cycle so that I won't be billed another month. I have chat records of when I said I wanted to cancel and the agent even repeated it back to me. However they whiffed the date completely and charged me another month. Don't expect them to get anything right. I'm so sick of their complete facade of good customer service. They don't. read more

I went to another office and they were very nice and helped me out with my bill. I think sometimes people just get job burnout and don't want to help you. read more

Couldn't get a stable internet connection via CenturyLink, even after 4 different techs came to our North Beacon Hill house to troubleshoot the problem. Gave Wave a try, but was reluctant given all the negative reviews. So far its been great. Stable, fast connection. I'm also going to give a shout out to our installer Chris Berry, who ran a new wire from the street to the house, and had the house wired up and the internet up and running in a couple hours...all with a great, helpful attitude and on-point customer service. I'm not really sure why there's so many negative reviews for Wave. Our experience has been just the opposite. Fast hookup, fast internet that just works. That's all we wanted and we got it. read more

Not even going to waste my time writing a lengthy review but I never thought Customer Service could get much worse than Comcast and I was definitely proven wrong with Wave. Their customer service agent swore at me on the phone and when I explained how terrible their service (and the quality of their TV and internet) was, the agent said "I don't work at Amazon so I don't have to treat you like they do" Wow! Gladly cancelled my service today, very pathetic company! read more

I live on the Oregon coast and have Wave. It's been pretty good so far except when I go to my pay-per-view movies there are 22 of them. 20 in Spanish. and only 2 in English. when complaining about it I was told I was 'mistaken'. after more complaints they sent a tech out who immediately said 'you're right - 20 in Spanish and 2 in English'. After more complaining and speaking with 6 or 7 customer service people I was told that's what's available at this time. This is not acceptable. read more

The worst! I thought Comcast was bad but Wave takes it to another level. We just came out of a 3.5 day outage. No tv, internet and were told it would be up and running in 4 hours on day 1.... then 4 more hours, then by 4 PM the next day, then back to 4 hours, then by 8 AM on day 3, then 10:00 AM, then they said it was the power company who was at fault, and on and on. We are going back to Comcast and if you are smart, you will NEVER consider Wave! read more

This review is for Daniel (Wave Bothell, WA) he was very professional and courteous. His replies were very quick and precise. Our conversation felt personal and very genuine. It felt like i was talking to a friend. Daniel definitely was able to resolve my issue. read more

My internet cost keep fluctuating and this month is 200$! (60$ increase!) Meanwhile skype call and video quality have plummeted just in the last month. Never thought I would have to consider going back to Comcast read more

Have not seen the "improved service" as promised when Broadstripe went away... By far, the worst cable company I've dealt with. Unfortunately, no other option besides satellite if you live in the International District. Glad I moved to Greenwood! read more

Since the change to Wave our internet drops constantly and is often out for hours. When calling to complain I'm spoken to in a condescending manner and frequently lied to. Last week I was told that they were doing system checks and that was the reason for the outage yet another rep insisted it wasn't them, it must be a router problem. Yesterday our internet went out again and I was told there was no outage it must be a problem with our router or modem (again) - rep said a tech would be out by 6 or 7. No one showed up. I called and was told that rep made a mistake, no one would be coming out until Monday- this after waiting for several hours. Then about 9 pm a tech in the area called and it turned out that yes, there was an outage again, nothing to do with our router or modem. This morning I received a call confirming my appointment for Monday. I emailed the company to document everything with the whole story including billing problems I've also had, and received a call from a supervisor while I was out for a few minutes. Called back and could not get through to her so I talked to a rep who basically said he didn't see what the problem was. Really?! read more

"Meh. I've experienced better." is pretty much perfect for Wave. I live in Port Townsend and we have experienced outage after outage after outage. Usually they last 15 mins to an hour. Currently, my internet has been at a crawl for 5 days now (since the last outage), so I'm finally calling. I've been on hold for 25 mins and counting. There are some upsides, when you call to report an outage they ask for your zip. an automated message comes on and say's "we are experiencing an outage in your area at this time" . With some other companies, I have had to wait on hold for 20-30 mins for an operator to give me the same info. Also, the techs (I have the same guy come to my house three times) were great. He was super friendly and gave me some info on what the problem was in the area.... Hopefully someone at the company with the power to do something will read this! read more

LaConner, WA Asking me to pay for something they cannot provide. Charge for 100 mps service and at best can only get 45 mps, and frequently less than 15 mbs! This should be against the law. Compound that with rude customer service. Was told by the operator that he was the professional and I wasn't going to tell him to put me through to a supervisor. Put in service request ONE YEAR ago because the broadband was shared by too many households and could not stream in the evenings. Told they would return to fix and they lied. At this point can get faster service on Verizon and use a mobile hotspot. Best to avoid these crooks. Hopefully someone will file a class action lawsuit sometime. This is a horrible and corrupt company. read more

Wave is the most incompetent company I have ever seen. I have been paying for 100 mb service internet and have 6 up and down load. I have been on the phone with them for HOURS trying to "trouble shoot" the problem. They told me it was my wireless router so I got a new one... STILL NOT WORKING! Now they want me to call them and trouble shoot with my new router! On numerous occasions they were RUDE on the phone and still have not done anything to fix my service. The only person in that entire company that has any worth is Gary H. He was so polite and courteous and was the only one to show real concern. He has been really helpful during set up and when ever I have a question. If you ask me... CENTRY LINK would be better than putting up with this TERRIBLE company! read more

Have been with Wave Broadband for 2 years and have never reached the speeds we signed up for.......isnt there legal recoarse for billing you for a service level that you never recieve? We have had service techs out on multiple calls with each one giving us a different excuse and no improvement to data download level. We would not recommend Wave Broadband and would terminate service if we had other options here in Arlington Wa. RC read more

I have recently upgraded to a faster internet package that came with a promotion with cheaper rates. The agent told me to wait for a few billing periods for the amounts billed to adjust. In addition to the increases in charges now I have several late charges. With the promotion and extra fees and late charges I am now paying morn than i was! Be carful when these guys try to sell you something. Oh and by the way their service has blackouts and no service all the time! Several times a week. There is no other provider in my neighborhood and my kids need the service "when it's working" for school. read more

If I could give zero stars, I would! Awful Internet, constantly in- and out, disconnects, poor quality, low speed. Customer Service is rude and not very helpful, they charge you for data overage, service calls, you name it! What a joke. Go with any other service if you can, Wave SUCKS!!! read more

I would strongly encourage everyone to disconnect their service from Wave. This is a truly pathetic company. They are even worse than comcast at answering their phones and follow-through. The public needs a company that provides responsive customer service and not another traditional cable or telephone company that executes consistently poor and makes it extremely difficult to cancel service. After an hour waiting on the phone, i called back from a different phone that was not associated with my account and someone answered. But when i indicated that i was trying to cancel my service i went back into the queue for another 24 minutes. They do not answer their phones. I am done with this truly pathetic company!!! read more

There is a very loud high pitch ringing sound coming out of there new wifi wireless intrenet modem, they said it's working fine, technician came out. Would like old wired unit back. Baby does not stop crying when unit is plugged in, dog starts barking and the A.M radio becomes very static. There is something very wrong with new internet device and should be investigated by the health department asap before people start getting sick? read more

Horrible customer service, but has a monopoly in the Bremerton/Seabeck area. Unreliable service that constantly drops and they perform service at the worst times. Customer service talk to you like you're a moron and are quick to be okay with you leaving because they know there is nothing else out there read more

I'm kind of surprised by the reviews here! Like for many others, Wave was the contracted internet service provider for my apartment in downtown seattle. At first I was somewhat hesitant to get internet from them because of everything I had heard but I did not want to go to Comcast so I called Wave. Surprise surprise, I was able to get in touch with a human in less than a minute (unlike Comcast which always puts me in an automation loop) and schedule a time for the install guy to come to my place - he was courteous, quick and very professional. The internet worked as expected and after about 6 months, they changed some things on their end (I think they were able to get high speed internet to my place) so that I was getting 100 Mbps for $53! Anytime, I've had any issue, customer service has always been quick and very much willing to work through the issue. I've also never had billing or payment issues. read more

What a terrible company. They will find any way possible to charge you extra for fees that you NEVER knew existed. Too bad they're the only game in town. Rude and condescending customer service to boot. What a joke. read more

Keeps going out a dozen times a day for 2 weeks now. Called multiple times with no resolve. Asked for a supervisor to call and no call back. Everyone in the area is having problems and wave keeps denying there's anything wrong. Just horrible!!!! read more

we have been without phone service for a week. My husband has a medical condition that requires us to have our phone service. just getting a run around. I give them a zero. read more

Erin, The customer service representative was extremely rude, discourteous, and interrupted me throughout the entire time I was trying to get help with basic internet service *while* I am paying premium. I don't understand why an unempathetic person like her is in charge of customer service. She cut me off mid-sentence and put me on hold for the third time. I've been on the phone for over an hour, just trying to figure out why I'm averaging 2mbps while I'm paying for 250mbps. read more

I started with Wave in 2015. I had an initial issue getting my services all working; second installer very critical of the first one, for rather good reason. Thereafter, I opted to use my own modem/router. It took three calls to Tech Support to get current router models that were compatible with Wave equipment. After my second call, I went to order what was suggested and those models were so old, they were no longer available. Finally got someone competent on my third call and was able to order and install the equipment needed myself. In late 2018, my cost for the same services suddenly went from $155. to $168. a month and then $170. a month around October. The January 2019 bill for the same services was $239. I thought I had read it wrong. A 54% increase in three months w/o buying any movies, or ordering any new services.... and internet that periodically conked out. I called Wave and after multiple periods of lengthy holds, was told that they could reduce it to $173. - still a 12% increase in three months. It's not so much the amount as it is the feeling that I am being ripped off and the sudden price increases that angers me. Update: On the plus side, thrilled with my new satellite t.v. provider. - more features for a reasonable cost that is good for two years. read more

Do you like high speed internet? Do you like super shitty customer service? Then, Wave is for you! I've had to call them on 2 separate occasions for assistance. It takes multiple phone calls and hours (not exaggerating) of being on hold. The "unusually high call volume" is bs. It is ALWAYS that much of a wait time. Oddly, while I was on hold on day 2 of trying to talk to a human, I called from my other phone and pressed buttons to say that I was a new customer and wanted service. I got through to a human in 4 minutes. The extra kick in the b***s is that they can't resolve my problem for 3 weeks! They need to get their act together! read more

Worst customer service, internet drops constantly can't utilize any of my devices. If you know what's good for you stay away. Last customer service agent laughed at me. The company is horrible. read more

The numerous reviews telling people to stay away from Wave speak for themselves. Please trust and listen to these reviews as you will not be satisfied at all with the customer service from this company. After trying and trying to get ANYONE from Wave to address my issue of getting service to my address, I have completely given up on them. Brent loves to reply to the reviews and give the impression that he may actually try and help you, but the reality is that he will do nothing. This company does not deserve anyone's hard earned money. Please please please, choose ANY other provider. See my previous review for backstory. After contacting Brent as he requested, Wave has still not contacted me at all. Spend your money elsewhere, these guys truly do not care! read more

Nick and Gary from Wave stopped by to install a new modem. They quickly realized that I already had the modem I needed but instead of taking off, they tested it to see if it was receiving a signal properly. They checked it out and verified that thing were top notch and working at a very high speed. Additionally, they showed me a cool website where I could go in and check my own signal speed. In my experience, the service people at Wave are WONDERFUL! Give them a raise! Thanks Nick and Gary, I really appreciate your service. I need to also mention Adrian at the call center. When I called to discuss my bill, Adrian was extremely helpful and kind. Yay! read more

Wave is the absolute worst cable tv out there, and they are all horrible. Their equipment is old and is likely rehashed from some of the other providers who have modern equipment. The only thing they have in common with Comcast and the other modern providers is the same ridiculous high prices and lousy customer service. Will be cutting the cord in the new year! read more

Even worse than Comcast. I was actually excited to change to them in my new building but within a few days I've experienced heavy interference and unreliability. For gaming purposes it manages to be worse than the 4G internet on my phone. read more

Been paying for 1Gb/1Gb for years in my apartment in Bellevue. Recent months has been showing major slow downs. I only get around 200Mb to 400Mb down now. I called for tech support two days ago and was left waiting on the phone on hold for a full hour before I decided to hang up. I wrote an email to their support service asking for helping and telling them about the call and still haven't received even a reply. It's really bad customer service experience for this recent issue. On a positive note, when the service works, it's usually great and stable. Once, I had a field technician come and he was really good at correcting an error with my line, that could have been solved over the phone. So plus some points but minus other points. This recent customer service experience is the pits, though. Shame on you, Wave. read more

This is the worst Internet I've ever used. Constantly cutting out to the point where you can't even watch a movie with it. Absolutely terrible wouldn't recommend to anyone. read more