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Trying to get Information and/or background on the ongoing and frequent outages in 20732 Calvert County MD
Here's the issue: Xfinity's customer service chatbot and phone maze loops wont let me get through to a human during an outage.
There have been fairly frequent outages/interuptions during the recent weeks in the 20732 service area. In the last ten days alone, texts indicating outages have been sent by Xfinity on 9/16, 9/17, 9/19, 9/24 and 9/25. I have absolutley no issue at all with Xfinity repairing outages, and upgrading or replacing aged street equipment, if that's what this is. In fact, I think Xfinity is doing a really good job at it. However, the shortfalls in customer service experience are undoing and erasing any of these reputational gains.
I depend on connectivelity to work from home, so after a few weeks of receiving reports of intermittent issues I need to talk to a human to understand what is going on. Unfortunately, the XFINITY customer service chatbot and phone maze won't allow me to connect me with a human during an outage. Even direct dialing the customer service number eventually results in a non-consnsual "Thank you, Good bye" hang-up.
I understand this is by design to keep call surge down at the Xfinity call centers during a sudden outage. However, after weeks of intermittent outages, I would like to speak to a human.
XfinityPeterH
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25 days ago
(Full credit to @BruceW for this excellent explanation!)
"Search for Xfinity Support" won't work. To send a "Direct Messaging" message to Xfinity Support:
• Click "Sign In" if necessary
• Click the "Direct Messaging" icon or https://forums.xfinity.com/direct-messaging
• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
• The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there
• - As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list
• - An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
• Press Enter to send it
See https://forums.xfinity.com/conversations/email/cant-create-a-new-email-address/605e52b726aa974d63032d02?commentId=606107ea738c7f46a02b830e for an example.
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