Review by smitty1234 
Fair warning: reviewer joined this month
updated 13 days ago
 Sanford,Lee,NC
 $110 per month "Nothing at all" "Connection, Customer Service, Fees" "If you can, go with anyone else"
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So we have had Windstream for a little over a year now, and are beyond unhappy with their service. To start off, they were billing us for a faster service and when we realized we were not getting those speeds, they told us "oh you can't get higher than 3mgbs in your area, we will fix your bill." They did and gave us a credit for the bill, but chances are if we had not caught it, they probably never would have done anything. So we are supposed to be getting 3mgbs, but we barely see 2mgbs. And it has been that way from the beginning. In the last 4 months our speed has gone down to almost non existent, and everytime we call them it is some new excuse. We have had techs tell us everything from, "oh we are working on the lines," to "there are just so many new users on the system that it's slowing down your speeds." The last tech that came out told us that they plan on updating the main system for our area sometime this year, but can't say when. He then told us to go to the McDonalds up the street and use their free WiFi if we needed to use the internet that badly. Considering I go to college online, I'd say I need it badly. He also said we should call and ask for a reduction in our bill due to not having any connection. We currently pay $110 a month for service we can't even use anymore. We have not been able to get a page to load in over a month. So my husband called and asked about getting some money knocked off our bill. They told him they don't ever do that and there is nothing they can do for us as far as fixing our service, that we will just have to deal with it until they update their systems, to which they told him is not scheduled to happen in 2013 for our area. So my husband then said he was going to drop them at the end of the month due to the horrible connection, awful customer service and being told so many different stories by so many different techs. All they had to say was, "that's fine." Worst customer service ever. So we are now at a crossroads because Windstream has a monopoly in our area and we cannot get service through any other provider than Charter. And because our lovely builder made our driveway so long, Charter is refusing to come install service for us claiming the lines are too far from the house due to our driveways length. I swear I feel cursed LOL. It was odd though, after my husband said we were going to cancle our service, the internet worked wonderful for 1 whole week. Now it is back to working like trash, and I know there is nothing we can do. I guess our only option is to get a wireless hotspot from AT&T or something. Windstream is seriously the worst company I have ever dealt with. If you can get service though any other company, then do so. Windstream will only give you problems.
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Outrageous!!!
