**This is not a review for this particular location, which I believe is probably equally horrid, but for the overall Comcast customer service experience. I did not see general Comcast customer service on yelp.****
Like many Comcast customers, my relationship with Comcast is a long and tortured one. There are a few things that I believe I would find more pleasurable than speaking with Comcast customer service. These include: battery acid to the face, having a limb cut off with a rusty chainsaw, and poking a hot metal rod into my ear until it hits my brain.
Why is the experience so painful and soul crushing you ask? Well, to shed some light on the situation, let's review my latest experience with Comcast.
I made some changes to my plan recently, adding some additional channels for a guest that was staying at my place. No biggy, I thought, until I got my bill. It was about a hundred dollars higher than I was expecting. Whatever, I thought, I think they would have some rational explanation for it. However, I wanted to research the matter on my own. I tried to pull up the bill on the website, but was told that I had limited access to my account. I was unsure why I had limited access but found it very annoying that I couldn't access my own bill.
So, I called customer service. The girl who answered the phone had an accent, but I understood her for the most part, which is atypical. She greeted me friendly enough. I tried to explain the situation to her. This is where it all quickly went to hell. Every time I began talking, she would interrupt me.
Me: "I am trying to access my account..."
Customer Service Rep: "William, hey William"
Me: "Yes"
CSR: "William, so William, ... William you are trying to reset your password."
Me: "No, I am trying to access my account and..."
CSR: "William, hey William....you are trying to access your account but you have forgotten your password. Is correct that?"
Me:"No...No that is not correct. I am trying to access my account but it says I need a security pin which I do not have..."
CSR: "So, William...you are trying to..William...Hey William...William...you are trying to access your account but you forgot your password. Is that correct?
ME: "No, I am trying to get my bill and it says I have limited access and I need a security pin"
CSR: "I'm sorry William...William....William...I can't help you with that...so, I am going to transfer you to a different department that can help you with that.."
Me: "If you have to."
CSR: "William. Thank you William. William, I am going to transfer you.."
Telephone: "Static..static...click, click, click..and ... Dial Tone." Line disconnected.
This is only one snippet of conversation in the totally incompetent way they have handled my situation so far. I finally got to tech support and he was unable to help me but opened a ticket for me. I actually did get a representative call back which shocked me. He droned on about why I needed a security pin and instructed me to go to the Comcast office to pick up a voice modem for my telephone service. I told him to hold on a second, I wasn't going to go down there and wait in line for a service I don't need. Plus, I already have a modem. He told me he would transfer me to customer service so I could drop the telephone service.
This is his failed attempt at a transfer: telephone: "static.static...garbled noise..no sound...no sound...click, click, click...dial tone." Call disconnected. I'm not saying that Comcast disconnects people and does not answer calls for people who are trying to downgrade their service, but it sure does feel like it. This is extremely frustrating.
So when I was actually able to talk to someone about canceling my phone service, it was another frustrating experience. She was adamant that I needed the phone service. It felt like I was trying to kill her first born child the way she pleaded with me to keep the service. I had to bite my tongue because I know Comcast trains her to do this, and it's not her fault. But the whole time, I am thinking, I really do not need phone service. It is the year 2014 and cell phones are a perfectly useful way to communicate. Landline service is truly going the way of the dinosaur and you look pathetic trying to hold on to a relic of times gone by.
Anway, a couple of chat sessions with a representatives on the Comcast website has ended with another ticket being created and my concern unresolved. The chat was equally frustrating, but I will not beat a dead horse.
I began praying recently to Google. I pray they bring fiber optic internet service to the Atlanta area. Really, I would like them to cover every square inch of the United States to give big, bloated Comcast a run for their money.
Peace.
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