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Saturday, June 27th, 2026 2:42 PM

Xfinity gave me 4 outages, sold me equipment I didn’t need, and then dehumanized me when I asked for accountability

I’ve been an Xfinity customer for years. Over the past several months, I’ve had 4 separate multi-hour internet outages — one of them I have a timestamped screenshot of. I had to take 11.25 hours of unpaid PTO because I work from home and couldn’t do my job during these outages.
When I called to address this, here’s what actually happened:
 • A rep sold me a $15/month WiFi extender I didn’t need
 • I started paying $45/month for backup internet through another carrier because I no longer trusted Xfinity’s reliability
 • I filed an FCC complaint  after getting nowhere through normal channels
 • An “executive” rep called and tried to close out my FCC complaint by telling me my internet “looks fine now” — as if that was ever the issue
 • I was given a single $25 credit total, with no itemized breakdown by outage
 • When I asked what time a planned outage (happening in two days) would occur, so I could inform my employer in advance, two different chat reps ended the chat for “inactivity” — right after I had just responded. Both of them also tried to upsell me on a service add-on instead of answering the question.
 • When I finally got an outage log, it listed one outage as 4 hours — I have a screenshot proving it was longer. When I showed her the discrepancy, the response was “usually they come back up sooner.” Not a correction. Not an apology. Just that.
 • When I asked why I wasn’t notified about a planned outage and only found out by manually checking my account, I was told “that’s what you’re supposed to do.” I pointed out I shouldn’t have to check daily — they should be texting customers. She went quiet and changed the subject.
 • When I asked why their own agents had hung up on me on a previous call, I was told “you’re asking me something I can’t answer” and “you’re asking me to get inside someone else’s head.”
 • When I brought up the cost of the backup internet I had to get because of their outages, I was told “we didn’t choose to get the other internet” — as if needing backup internet because their service kept failing was somehow my personal preference.
 • I was told, more than once, to “talk to my employer” about the PTO — as if my employer caused Xfinity’s outages.
 • Three different reps, across three calls in one day, repeated “we can’t do that” when I asked for further credit. None of them could cite an actual policy when I asked directly. One just said “I already told you” when pushed.
 • A supervisor I escalated to repeated the same “we can’t” line, with no policy cited, even after I directly told her I didn’t believe it was true.
 • Not one person apologized, at any point, for any of it.
I’m not even asking for something unreasonable — I documented everything, I have my own PTO records, dates, and a screenshot. I just wanted to be treated like a paying customer whose time and money matter. Instead I got hours of deflection, gaslighting, and zero accountability.

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@user_mn0svz - We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to provide this feedback, and I'm very sorry to hear about all the trouble you've had. You've come to a great place for support! Our Digital Care Team can address any outstanding questions or concerns you still have, and we're glad to take a closer look at things with you today. While we do have policies in place for what we apply credits or adjustments towards and how far back, it sounds like we didn't provide sufficient explanations for the ones we have applied so far, again for which I'm sorry to hear about.

 

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