*UPDATE (11/24/15): Two and a half years after I wrote the following review, the business owner has posted a response, claiming that I was untruthful. For the record, I have a large number of aggressively rude email messages from Mr. Skeels, that support the accuracy of my review.
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Very poor network performance, offensively bad customer service, and expensive!
When I found out I couldn't get any land-based high-speed internet services at my new address, I signed up for Web Perception's wireless broadband service. For $99.00/month I signed up for their 10mbps x 2mbps SOHO account. I opted for 10mbps "SOHO" service over their 8mbps "Home" offering because I often work from home and due to the nature of my work, have higher than a normal home's bandwidth needs.
The technical limitations of their service were apparent from the start as I experienced spotty performance and high latency, rarely getting more than 4 or 5 mbps of throughput. But with a 1-year contract and few alternatives I had to make do.
4 months into my service, I awoke on a Sunday morning to find my internet shut down and an email from the owner Peter Skeels, telling me that I have been overrunning their network and causing issues for their other users, though at peak performance I was only able to reach 8mbps (or 80% of my subscribed throughput).
Over the next several months, I found my internet terminated several more times with increasingly rude and aggressive emails from Peter, referencing their interpretation of the "No Data Limits" feature they advertize: "NO DATA LIMITS means you can surf the web, email, download and watch movies, etc. as much as you want. However the connection is meant for 'normal usage' during waking hours."
Though Web Perception confessed that they were experiencing abnormal behavior in their equipment that is likely causing my connection to have unintended consequences on other customers, the offenses continued as Peter accused me of reselling service to my neighbors (which I was not). He was convinced that I was bittorrenting (which I was not). And he responded with the most unprofessional hostility I've ever encountered when I asked for an acceptable usage policy that I could actually follow (which they don't have).
The following excerpt is from a shocking email exchange between myself and Peter Skeels, Web Perceptions' owner, on April 8th, 2013:
-- ME: "Though I am shocked and offended at how you have treated me as your customer, between your inflammatory comments and repeatedly shutting down my service, I have remained responsive and courteous while only asking for guidance on how to use my service in the absence of any service quality measures on your network."
-- PETER: "You know, I was just going to turn you back on... inflammatory comments, really?... Don't mess with me again. Don't be provocative. This is business."
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I am a veteran network engineer and, though I have no interest in troubleshooting Web Perception's network, I expected their troubles to be relatively transparent to their customers, or at least not blamed on customers who are simply trying to get a fraction of the service they expect.
This "company" is an absolute nightmare, and the owner/founder/president exercises no professional restraint when it comes to dealing with unsatisfied customers. read more