This is an edit update of my last review of Comcast. In that review, I said that Comcast does not even deserve one star. I would like to add to that thought in saying that most of the staff I have dealt with at Comcast also don't deserve oxygen.
We have been fighting a billing and service problem with Comcast of well over a month now with no resolution and every time we try to get the problem fixed, we find lost premium channels, deactivated cable boxes, unrequested feature changes and the like.
Every time I call to get the problem fixed it seems to get worse. I am now working my normal full-time job and am working almost full time resolving Comcast issues.
Worse yet, if I call Comcast when I get home from my day job, I am forced to deal with the staff in the Philippines and their English and ability to resolve issues is not particularly good.
My latest experience with Comcast was when one of our digital boxes recently failed. We called Comcast to get a service technician to replace the box. The tech called me before he came and I reminded him that we needed a small High Definition box. When the tech arrived it was a different person because Comcast rerouted the fellow that was supposed to come to our house. I was not at home when he got there. That tech installed a large DVR based box instead. I am told that he mumbled something about not having time to go to the depot to put in the correct box. So now we have a scheduled appointment in almost a week. The DVR box doesn't work.
Comcast pitches customer service and all kinds of guarantees when you are stuck on perpetual hold. As far as I can determine, Comcast has no idea what customer service really is. It is sad.
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Why can't we have a rating with no stars? Comcast doesn't even deserve one star.
I am now thinking that it is time to just go into the unknown and try satellite service. Comcast has a monopoly where I live and they act like it too. But if I can find a decent satellite provider, then Comcast has to go.
Why am I ranting about this company? Let me tell you.
First of all, customer service is a phrase they must teach a t Comcast school. But as an actual customer, I have not witnessed any real customer service. They are polite on the telephone and every robotic prerecorded announcement includes the catch phrase; "Thank you for Choosing Comcast." But of course we haven't chosen Comcast. Comcast made a deal to have a local monopoly and we have no real choice. When my cable goes down, and it is often, it typically takes them a few days to get around to servicing me. That is not customer service. That is customer neglect in my opinion.
And when you call them (1 800 COMCAST), they have absolutely no idea what is going on. You report that the TVs in your home are not working and they check and say that there are no outages in your area. But when you try to improve an appointment schedule, you find out that they do know that there is a general outage and it is acknowledged. Often, by the time they get around to coming out to rectify the problem, it was resolved days before. One had does not seem to know what the other hand is doing.
The service people that do come to fix the problem fall into two categories. The first are contractors that hate Comcast even more than the customers do. They come ill-equipped, lacking the basic tools to resolve the problem. They can try laying new cables and digging up your lawn, or replacing cables inside your house, but since they often do not even have meters to measure the signals, they cannot determine if it is a domicile based problem or a general system failure. The second group of service people are real Comcast employees. They sometimes have meters with them and sometimes not. IF you ask them why you waited several days and took time off from work to have them not be able to properly diagnose issues, they are embarrassed. I feel sorry for them too. How would you like to work for and represent a company that is so out of control?
Then there is the billing. I find lots of billing errors. A few months ago, I was billed for extra TVs that I did not have. I called Comcast and "discussed" this with them. The problem eventually got resolved, but I wonder if Comcast over-billed me on purpose, and whether they do this to lots of folks thinking that most people won't ever notice.
Finally there is the price. The prices keep escalating as if there is no limit to what customers will be able to pay. If you complain about the costs, they put you on a short term fix, which when it times out, puts you back into the inflation zone again soon after.
I wish we had some form of competition. To my mind, this is the only way to level the playing field. Until then, "Thank you for choosing Comcast!" read more