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Friday, April 11th, 2025 5:42 PM

Problems encountered with investigating higher speeds

As long time Comcast customer, due to lack of options really, I wanted to know about going to higher speeds than I have now, and costs. I did not want to click on Upgrade Speeds on the logged in webpage because it looked like I would be requesting something, rather than just checking out options. I would have clicked on wording such as "Investigate Higher Speed Options". I went online and had a half hour chat, was sent a link with proposal, but the link did not work, and I tried it in two different browsers. I was later told by another employee that those online prices are for new customers so a half hour plus of my time, and the employee time, was wasted because the employee did not know that page was for new customers. But the way I got to the knowledgeable employee was by insisting on talking to a supervisor, and a wait. I had earlier on, in trying to investigate whether my street has fiber optic or not (given that I get 50-60 mbs), I got tangled with the horrific Comcast automatic system computer voice. Why horrific? I will give you just today's example. It decided based on hearing my voiced words that I needed an update or reset to my TV box, even though I said No to that. Why NO? Because the Comcast TV box was returned to Comcast in about 2014! Then I called back, and the Comcast automatic system said I could not talk to anyone until my TV box was reset. Was it working, the voice asked? If I said Yes, I falsely confirm that I have a TV box, and if I said No, maybe a longer delay. This is entirely typical of my interaction with Comcast over the last 30+ years. I really have no viable alternative, despite being in a major metro City limits. The word for that begins with "m". But I can't figure out why Comcast can't do much better with customer communications. It is a disaster on three calls out of four, taking up vastly more of my time and their employees' time than is necessary. This mystery continues. Crazy-making, highly stressful, and time-wasting for all are words that come to mind...

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9 days ago

Concern moved here to the Customer Service help section for greater exposure to Comcast corporate employees (The Digital Care Team) for assistance.

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I agree with your point. This is not about a specific one-time problem but rather a general ongoing issue, as I explained in my initial post. I don't think I have anything to add further to what I already expressed.

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I apologize for any confusion on our part, @user_b365e3. We simply want to provide additional support if you need it. For any unanswered questions or unresolved issues, please feel free to follow the steps I previously provided for sending our team a direct message, and we'll help however we can!

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9 days ago

Hello there, @user_b365e3! Thanks for taking the time to visit our Xfinity Community Forum again, and for creating this post about your service concerns and latest experience. You've come to the right place for help! Our Digital Care Team is awesome to work with because we're experts in all things related to your account, service(s), equipment, bill, and more! And it would be our pleasure to take a closer look at things today :) Could you please send our team a direct message to continue?

 

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