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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 1:46 AM

weak and dropping internet connection

I have had a problem with a sporadically weak and dropping internet signal beginning August 2024. By October 2024, it was so frequent could no longer use my home alarm system since the signal would drop several times each hour. I called the help line several time, endured the automated system and it could not identify the problem. I used the digital assistant. I was unaware that it can only handle the simplest of question and the user must have the knowledge of an expert to ask the question. So not only is it totally useless  By the time you use it you question is more complicated than it can handle. As with the help line the process allowing you to ask the question is laborious. At the end of October 2024, I make an appointment and go to my local store. I am told to try changing the router. Otherwise a visit from Xfinity is $100 because it is assumed the connection problem is due to customer errors. The new router is installed. There is no improvement. In Winter 2025, a service technician visits. He tests and re-installs new lines to the outdoor junctions. The junction that should be used by our house is damaged. It has never been used. It has never been repaired. The technician could explain what was wrong but when asked about should it be repaired, is this why we have a problem, how do we get this fixed this was clearly an area that he wasn't able to provide direction. He seemed helpful and sincere so I believe that issue must be managed in another silo and his silo has no influence with the other department. He did need to return the next day to correct the TV box connections that were mistakenly disconnected during the service visit. The lines remained about ground for several weeks. After the technician visit, a team put flags to guide the crew that places them underground. These flags remained scattered across the lawn for many weeks before the crew honored us with placing them into the ground. All this time internet is sporadic, streaming will cut off sporadically due to signal, alarm system cannot be used but we still pay a monthly bill for it (it is not Xfinity and do not try to make a cross-sale), grass does grow this time of year and flags interfere with landscaping maintenance. I should be offered a significant retroactive discount for this nightmare because the service has not worked properly for nearly a year. It has negatively impacted my 3rd party services. I have been patient and spent a great deal of time to elevate this problem but no one seems able to move this forward. Every time it is not fixed and I must tell you it is still not fixed what should I do next!!!! My problem is the same problem I had 10 months ago, but now I have experience using more of your poorly designed and inadequate communication forums, xfinity assistant, help forum, customer store, service technicians......but this process has not been successful solving my problem. It demonstrates that you are heavily focused on automating your process and making cross sales in ever customer contact. After the sale, the service and problem resolution is slow since with few competitors. Your processes seem intentionally designed to keep customers confused, stall customers from cancelling to improve retention, delay fixing problems to save money. You must have some internal department conflicts because keeping employees in silos and limiting the ability to help is reflected in my poor customer service experience. Your people on the line do not love their jobs and feel they work at a great place. Your customer service employees are just as unhappy and burned out as your disgruntled customers. Your automated services do not work but help reduce your direct contact with real human beings like me. How do I find someone with the ability and authority to fix my problem, seek approval for fee adjustment since 10 months of poor internet service has impacted wi-fi, streaming, alarm system usage, lawn maintenance not to mention repeating this problem to Xifnity over and over and over. Finally, if it can't be fixed. Let's work through how to exit. I am paying full price for a bundle that doesn't not work!!! Please do not insult me with a discussion of paying more for unbundling..especially if this discussion occurs while what I already have does not work!!!!!!!

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19 hours 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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19 hours ago

 

user_qvf3wn

Thank you for taking the time to lay everything out — we hear you, and we truly understand how exhausting and frustrating this experience has been. Ten months is far too long to be dealing with ongoing internet issues, and we can see how deeply it’s affected not only your ability to use third-party services like your alarm system, but also your trust in the support process itself.

From what you described, the service has remained unreliable despite:

  • Replacing your modem

  • A technician visit with outdoor line work and junction box discovery

  • Delays in follow-up work and cleanup

  • And multiple attempts to escalate through different support channels

It’s completely valid to expect consistent service, especially when you're paying full price for a bundle that isn’t functioning properly. You’ve also invested a significant amount of time and effort trying to resolve this — through our app, phone support, in-store visit, and technician appointments — and we agree that it shouldn’t take this much work to get a reliable connection.

 

We're real people on this team, and we're here to help move things forward — not leave you stuck in circles. Can you initiate a direct message and start with your full name and address? To start a direct message, you must be signed in. Please click the "Direct Messaging" icon in the top right of the page next to the bell, and send your message to "Xfinity Support". Talk to you there!

 

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