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BILLED WITH NO SERVICE
I started off with internet essentials.(Internet Essentials is a low-cost, high-speed internet plan available to families in financial need, helping to addressing the digital divide.)
When having to recertify my eligibility with Xfinity I was informed by the customer representative that It was an option now to add cell phone service as well & combined as a bundle which total monthly cost would be covered by the ACP PROGRAM (The new federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) helps households afford internet and devices they need for school, work, healthcare, and more. The ACP offers these benefits for eligible households: Up to a $30 per month discount on high-speed internet service through participating internet providers.) & another called Lifeline(an FCC program that helps make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers). Xfinity also offered a iphone free with the consumer (myself) paying only the shipping & taxes for the iphone.
Of course I opted for this & completed the process with the Xfinity representatives assistance. A few months after my bill incurred charges that I was not able to pay. This happened due to having to recertify for one of the 3 programs. Once I contacted Xfinity with the issue it was resolved and we continued services. On Dec 2022 we lost our home becoming homeless & had not found new residents until April of 2023. Towards the end of April we recieved notice that the Xfinity mobile service was interupted due to none payment. At that point we had not been able to make calls on the iphone which had the Xfinity service. Yet monthly we had been charged to this current date fees for service. Once I had noticed I then called Xfinity to inquire as to how/why this was. Xfinity themselves had trouble even pulling up said account then could not give any information as to how/why either. In hopes not to incurre more charges I asked how to terminate service. I was told I could not more or less. Being a low income customer on programs that only low income person's can obtain I asked why or better yet how was my account allowed to incur such a outstanding debt. To which I did not receive an answer. Under the ACP Program It states :
How Does the ACP Protect Consumers?
FCC rules protect Affordable Connectivity Program recipients by:
1. Ensuring that consumers are not liable for early termination fees;
2. Reducing the potential for bill shock or other financial harms;
With the Internet Essentials
Low-income users still face Comcast's 1.2TB data cap, which adds $10 to a monthly bill for each additional block of 50GB. But data-cap overage charges are capped at $30 per month for Internet Essentials subscribers
With my bundle being Internet Essentials for online access how come my bill was allowed to go over that monthly payment amount ? My Xfinity Mobile bill stands currently at $600 plus awaiting it's next bill cycle charge which will also include a undisired late as well. Can anyone explain to me how one is to avoid being included in the poverty statistics when corporations are allowed to take advantage of the low income consumer.
Currently, in the state of Utah most if not all multi dwelling homes do not offer more then a 6 month lease on rentals. Once this new unpaid charge hits the credit bureaus I'm most definitely sure to find myself in a more troubled situation.
XfinityArmand
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2 years ago
Hi there @dbonme! Thanks so much for taking the time to reach out to Xfinity Support here on our Community Forum to voice your billing concerns. We are so happy to hear from you and want to assist in any way that we can to ensure your concerns are addressed properly. No worries! You have reached out to the right team, and we are going to get things squared away for you. Please feel free to shoot us a private message with your full name and complete service address so that we can get started on this for you.
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31.4K Messages
2 years ago
FWIW, it sounds as though the iphone itself was free, but not the service, and therefore monthly fees accrued.
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user_e6fdd4
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1 Message
1 year ago
I have had pretty much the same issue . They weren't supposed to let it go past the minimum gig forthe first month the representative assured me when I signed for the mobile plan because it was for my daughter who was her first phone and we wanted to make sure that she wouldn't go past all of her data limit or was going to get the unlimited plan however the first month goes by and they charged us $600 for the first month because of all the gig she went through but they were supposed to shut us off after one gig was used when I called to complain they do nothing about it so they can cancel my service obviously after that first month it is now four months later and the bill is up to $1,200 they're still charging me for they shut me off months ago how is that possible and now I'm trying to apply for the Internet essentials program and they're not waving the 90-day customer previous customer or the the past bill and that they were supposed to do until December 31st I'm still they still will not give me Internet essentials but yet they're not waving anything today promise you online I've screenshotted it and even told the agent and they are doing nothing about it I'm sorry Comcast you suck lately I think maybe the data breach got into I don't know maybe your robots that take care of your customers because you guys sure do not help your customers whatsoever I've been going through you guys for 2 to 3 years and have had a problem with everything I've done for with you guys and have always gotten charge more and more each month it makes no sense call to complain and you definitely can't do the chatbot because they have no clue what you're doing and they don't even answer your question right and they send you to the wrong damn thing you really need to work on I can probably do the job better than them very disappointed and have wrote many articles in different different places for this as well thanks for not taking care of me Comcast Xfinity sorry
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