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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 11:36 AM

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Disruption of Cable Service by "upgrades" after hours with minimal ability to resolve X finity created issues

We have had disruption of our TV service at an increasing rate since June of this year.  In July due to the escalating cost of both cable and "apps" where programming shifts to streaming occur, made changes to my cable. The agent apparently got the cost down but ignored the 2nd box I had which required hours of issue resolution.  The cost went down only to rebound the next month.  On 08.28.2024 at 12 am had problems with reception so did system refresh.  Would not reconnect and message I got was Sorry we are having some trouble. Restarting your box can resolve common problems, so started restart.  No resolution.6

Between 12:30 am and 1:30 am, tried Xfinity assistant (use less) then call to a Tier 1 agent who stated all working on her end and set up refreshes but still no improvement.

1:40 am said she would set up a "self soothe" process to autocorrect and when I asked  how long she said 4 HOURS.

At 5:45 am still no resolution so began calling.  Had to yet again for the 3rd time unplug my cable box and then restart -- same issue.  Then the x finity assist did a Refresh which FAILED. Texted me at 6:14 am a technician would call.

At 6:17 am agent from tier 1 (not technical support) called and had to review my account again -- said because I have an open ticket I had to wait until business hours 9 am for technical support.  I have been a long time xfinity user but this is getting ridiculous. The lack of consistency, easy to obtain support is a huge issue and the local upgrades are making it worse.  What can be done.

Mary McKillop

Official Employee

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1.3K Messages

6 months ago

Hello @user_mcnik8 Thank you for sharing your experience and for reaching out to us on our Xfinity Forums for help! I'm very sorry to hear that we have had multiple upgrades and the service is declining. I would love to help out and find the right resolution for us. Weather it's our technical repair team, or a tech repair visit to your home, we will help resolve all the issues. 

Please send us a direct message with your name and service address. From there we can verify the account and work to restore your TV service.

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@XfinityPaula​ I am waiting to get a call back from a Level 2 technical support person now between 9 am and 9 pm!  My husband is handicapped.  I attempted to direct message you but got booted out of my account once and could not find the DM icon.  I have had it with the lack of TIMELY support and misinformation I have received.  Time to take a serious look at what I am paying IN ADVANVCE EACH MONTH for from Xfinity.  I am sending another complaint to the FCC.

Mary McKillop

Official Employee

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1.3K Messages

@user_mcnik8 Thank you for messaging me back and trying to send a direct message. I know this has been a struggle to receive support, and I'm sorry it's been that difficult. My mother-in-law is also handicapped and TV is truly her only view to the outside world. I understand how vital the service is for our customers and I want to help in any way I can. Especially if I can help avoid any additional delay in restoring the services.

If you can try to clear the cache on your browser and click the message icon again or use a private mode for the browser, that may help with sending us a direct message. 

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