Spectrum

Spectrum raises their rates every three months and their service is marginal however they are the only internet service in the area of San Dimas, CA. We have asked the council for competition in the area but have received none and we are wondering why no competition in the area!

I asked to precancel and they continued to charge me on full for extra 3 weeks. I had moved and didn't cancel completely as a custumer. I transferred to a new location!!! I had already started new service at my new home, and they won't prorate at the old place for not using the Internet for those 3 weeks.

So, I'm thinking your view of Spectrum is going to depend very much on what you are used to. Like the article says, it may be all you can get. And something is better than nothing, right? Unfortunately for me I came to live in the Midwest from, well, let's just say somewhere very, very far away. And it's not what I'm used to, at all. It's slow, and I mean slow. I had better internet 20 years ago where I lived than I do now in WI. That can't be right. I can accept that Spectrum isn't as good as the best available anywhere else at this moment in time, but not as good as something that was two decades ago is not the same thing at all. The technology they have me use is archaic, I've asked them why and can't get a straight answer from them. It's like I'm speaking Martian and they don't understand what I'm asking. So why is all this the way it is? Well, I'm going to guess. It's because they are all you have to pick from, they don't have any real competition so they don't really have to try. So they don't. The free market only really drives innovation if it really is a free market. That's why they are happy to be stuck where they are with a service that's so out of date, because that's easy for them. They would long ago gone out of business anywhere else with real, quality internet providers as competition. Or improved, it's a bit like evolution. No need for Spectrum to evolve though, they can remain a dinosaur.

Only been screwed over and over by spectrum. Started service at one address, was there for a week. I went with spectrum for the price. It was 29.99 for 400 mbps. Decide to move to a different apartment as the first was filthy. Call the transfer service, they advised I’d get the same service at the same price. I was on the phone for an hour trying to get it set up. Finally someone just made a new account. I said sure, as I wanted off the phone and I have no idea how their systems work. Anyway, I call back as it wasn’t working when I tried to set up. I was on the phone for over 4 hours that evening. Finally the guy advised me of my bill being 44.99. I said no I signed up for 29.99, he said no you didn’t. Anyway I was really upset about the price as I was getting screwed. My new account was only 200 mbps for 44.99. So 15 more dollars and 200 mbps slower. Real cool as a new customer. Finally the guy decides that someone has to come out and fix my router to get it to work. So the earliest someone was available was Tuesday at 6 pm, three days from now. So I go 3 days in a new apartment with no WiFi. Finally 6 pm on Tuesday, the guy is here. I wait and decided to call and was guaranteed he’d be there by 7. I get a call at 6:55 and they said the guy was running 2 hours behind and would be able to come till 9. NINE PM AT NIGHT! So I said screw it im desperate to get it hooked up, I’ll wait. Finally he shows at 9:30 and he was friendly, but figured out that he needs in my apartments cable closet. He couldn’t get into it as the maintenance men leave at 8. Soooo he calls to reschedule, the soonest someone could come was SATURDAY AT 3. I had no option. He apologized and told me to call customer care to get the week credited back, which I did. So I wait a whole week with out WiFi. Finally the comes and takes him two hours to set it up because he got “lost” between buildings. So he advised upon the situation that I should have received the same pricing for moving. He advised I call. I call and explain the situation to two or three times to a rep. He tries to tell me I’m getting the best deal ever. However I kept saying I’m pay 15 dollars more for a lesser service. Finally he understood and sent me to retention. I spoke with Aubrey M. Worst customer service experience I’ve ever had. He constantly kept talking over me and would get louder if I tried to explain. Had no desire to try and solve the problem. I was trying to explain it to him again, and he interrupts and I continue to try talking and he gets louder to where I had to start yelling to ask him if he’d let me finish. He kept saying that what I was explaining isn’t true because they don’t offer that. Finally I forwarded him an email confirmation of my order. Suddenly believes me as if he’s known the whole time. And says he’ll see what he can do and just abruptly puts me on hold. Finally he said they’ll give me 400 mbps as he sees where I had the promotion at the previous address. But they couldn’t lower the price. At this point I was upset and decided I’d start looking for a new provider. So I’ve been looking around. However today I get someone in the mail from spectrum about an exclusive offer for my address of 400 mbps for 29.99. Hmmm. So I call and explain the issue and she is searching etc. gets the account and said they don’t have a plan for 29.99. The rep had no clue what I was talking about, yet I literally had a letter from spectrum. She made me read the letter to her before she believed me. Finally I explained the situation and she tried to see what she could do. Ended up saying they can’t do anything better, sorry. So I advised I’d be switching providers as I’ve just been screwed too many times. And she said okay, well when you need help doing that call back. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I can get google fiber for cheaper than my 50 dollar bill with spectrum.

Outage in my area that did not affect me but Charter techs took my business service down without warning. When I spoke with one of the techs onsite, he was very rude and arrogant stating “we don’t have to let any customer know that we are taking down their service”. He wasn’t wearing a badge so I did not get his name. Although you may not be “required” to notify your customers...it would be nice if you considered your business customers. We were in the middle of conducting business and it didn’t matter to these individuals. A simple “we apologize” would have went a long way. It’s called customer service Charter....you may want to try it some day! Please remember, your technicians represent your company. If I treated my customers like your tech treated me, I wouldn’t have any customers!

karen on the service call from 4/22/2020 was great. overall cable service is very poor with frequent scrambles without resolution for years. Company is totally focused on making money and not delivering on quality of service provided. Would do to another service provider in a heartbeat if another option existed due to years of failed service and quality delivery.

Spectrum is certainly a below average provider. They wont even change your payment due date, to accommadate the customer. Customer service is terrible. Our TV service always has problems. We are absolutely going to change providers, very soon because its quite evident that taking care of their customers is a very low priority, for sure. Bad company.

Too expensive, especially as speed is limited.

I keep having outages. My internet works sometimes and then my router has random blinking lights which shows my internet is on but I can’t access anything onto it. This needs to be fixed! I am sick and tired of not having the internet me and my family wants!

After husband and I split I put cable in my name. Paid two months bills and service was put on hold because he did not pay his bill off. Although my balance is zero I am being held accountable. Been with them a long time but will be looking for service elsewhere. How does a company punish someone that pays their bill.

I rated it low because of the cost of this internet service. As a senior on a very very fixed income, they would not budge on what I have to pay. My bill goes up every year, this year it was $20.00/mo. Times that by 12 months, and I get nothing more for the huge increase. Shame on them.

Charter Spectrum continues to falsely advertise starting internet download speeds of 60mps, but I have been a customer for a year and, despite being told I would soon get 60mbps, I have never had a speed that fast. My average speed is 30mbps. They are falsely advertising this all over Texas. I don't understand how they are allowed to do that.

I’ve had spectrum since Time Warner came around. I need to find a new company they’re too expensive they treat their customers horrible we’ve been with them over 30 years

Spectrum keeps raising prices , they start you at a price and continue to raise it to a extremely high price . I just recently called and they did offer me a lower deal but that's just temporary

The speed is about all I like about them. They know they are the only one around besides dish and DirecTV and they abuse it. The just increased our internet from 64.99 to 69.99. Going to be looking else soon

Dishonest. They told me I was on a plan and my bill was fixed, then it was never done. You call and get India and they promise to resolve your issue within 72 hours, it never happens.

Extremely poor customer service. Poor training on customer service representatives. Had to state my problem 5+ times and be routed to many different staff member before a conclusion was made. No improvement after all.

When we first moved to our area, this was our only option for internet and wifi. We continually have problems with our WiFi crashing and not loading and representatives have been unable to help us. Now that we have another option available, we are looking to switch.

I believe there ripping customers off I ‘m still paying the same price for much less programming there not paying for sports or new programs but my costs are t0he same

The service they provide is acceptable. I do not have many service options where I live. They prices they charge are outrageous - but such is the world in which we live.

There's no reason to upgrade on internet speed because it doesn't matter how much you pay, your internet still runs slow and is unresponsive multiple times a day.