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Monday, October 7th, 2024 6:03 PM

Helene/Milton

Xfinity customer service is non-existent.  There is no way to get a live operator on the line.  All I can get is a chat or robot.  Our home was destroyed on Longboat Key.  It is uninhabitable and the Xfinity service is still out.  There is no prompt for Hurricane related loss.  I just suspended my service starting tomorrow, but cannot get a credit for Sept 27 to Oct 7 because the outage hasn't been resolved yet. I understand Xfinity thinks most issues can be resolved with a chat or voice prompts but this is a CATASTROPHE!  And another hurricane coming. There should be exceptions and live operators to assist during this time.  I am beyond frustrated with Xfinity!

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3 months ago

 

JohnComp60 We are sadden to hear of your loss. I hope you and your loved ones are safe, and we appreciate your patience. Customer service is very important to us. We work with customers individually, on a case-by-case basis, on credit matters where customers feel they have been affected by the storm. However, in many cases, we will be applying credits to customer accounts proactively. 

We want to help customers who experience considerable damage to their home due to natural disasters by offering an option to pause their service temporarily for no charge while their home is repaired. Customers affected by Storm Helene may pause their services for up to six months, through Sunday, March 30, 2025. That said if your home was a total loss and could take longer than six months it would be best to completely disconnect your account. I know things are really early and hard to say what the future may bring but please let us know if we should disconnect your account or help enroll you in our Disaster Managment Plan. 

 

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@XfinityPeterH​ The chatbox allowed me to suspend service for a fee of $8 per month.  Please refund this fee.  Hopefully we can rebuild by January 30, 2025.  Hoping anyway...

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3 months ago

Same here in Sarasota. No service since Wed evening Oct 9 and NO way talk to someone about a guesstimate as to when service may be restored. Seriously considering cutting the cord. Frontier and Verizon are looking better all the time.  

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We understand how important your services are and assure you our team is working as fast as safely possible to restore services we do have lots of connections in Sarasota already restored. As soon as any estimated time for restoration is available it will be updated in real-time to our Xfinity status center and your Xfinity app as soon as it is provided by our team in the field. If one is not currently posted we would not have any estimated time for resolution to share as they are all updated at the same time in real time as soon as one is provided.

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2 months ago

Also, in Sarasota, and I received very little assistance (now they are saying no assistance because of the weather), but my internet still is not working correctly, so I called, and they would not answer because they said there was a power outage in the area; when I started a chat, the live person also stated they couldn't help me, and I asked about my plan and bill and still no answer and no assistance. I am continuously being booted off the internet and have multiple devices. I called Verizon, and they offer a lot more services and help from this last hurricane Milton than Xfinity offers with their recordings and refusal to answer questions with a live person. It's very frustrating, especially when part of your work is online and the internet is not working correctly.

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