For over a year I have spent many many hours trying to get Verizon to resolve the issues with my dsl connection and speed. Hours on the phone with a refusal to send a tech despite techs finding a short in the line and other hardware problems that were supposedly fixed when I had telephone line problems. I have had the service for years without a single problem, but ever since Verizon wanted payments from Netflix, it has been nothing but terrible service and support. I thought when Netflix started paying Verizon that I would eventually see equipment upgrades to fix these issues, but I've given up on that pipe dream.
Most of the time we can't even load a webpage or email, we don't even bother trying in the evening anymore. I used to watch Nefflix any time day or night without a single buffer. I am near to cancelling that subscription because I can never watch it (and, I am not talking about HD content)
My internet was down the other day (not just slow and unusable) and apparently repairs were made, but of course there is no opportunity to speak with a human, all you get is an automated phone call, which I didn't press 3 fast enough, so now I have no way to respond that it is not fixed. The internet connection may be there, but it is just as unusable as before. I am constanlty timed out all day long, and, as mentioned, don't even try in the evening.
When I signed up years ago, there were no speed ranges like now - my first speed was the lowest offered at 768kbps. And, I could watch Netflix without a problem. Then when I saw that 768 was no longer Verizon's minimum, than it had changed to 1mbps, I was moved up to that speed on the same price plan since that was the new minimum. HA! I'd be happy if I could get anything close to that! I've run ever speed test out there, including Verizons, and most of the time, it just chokes and dies - the test can't even be completed. When I do get a test result, it is often .01 or .05 - and YES, that is 'point ZERO ONE' or 'point ZERO FIVE'.
Is there any person at Verizon that can actually do something about more than a year of not having anything close to what I signed up for and am paying for? Does Verizon have any obligation to make sure their customers receive at least the minimum they are paying for?
Hi roads51,
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