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Re: premium tech support = downgraded service

i'm not receiving the same support as before. downgrades:

1. tech support to india (can barely understand them and they can't solve the problem, in the 3 times i've had the displeasure of dealing with them)
2. hold times have increased

how is that the same? plus, the provider now has a clear financial incentive to provide less to standard tech so that people are so disgusted they will pay for "premium" support.

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1. I'm guessing that tech support was already outsourced to India and was not a direct result of the creation of the "premiere support" option.

2. That is a potentially legitimate complaint. Do you have numbers to show the before and after?

The provider still has a requirement to satisfactorily provide the service for which you are paying. Anything less is default of contract. Anything additional that you may have received in the past is a bonus. I find it difficult to believe that if customers are disgusted with the level of support from a company, that they would be willing to pay more to that company...I know I wouldn't.
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