Qwest Communications
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Qwest Communications Reviews
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ZacJ74
July 23, 2010
Service problems and billing errors
1) Qwest price for life isnt.
After a year on a "price for life" DSL and home phone service guarantee, our bill inexplicably increased $45 per month. Customer service was not able to explain how a price for life expires after a year of "introductory" pricing. They wer also unable to explain how to read the bill properly. Conventiently, all current packages were much more money then we were previously spending.
2) To lower the bill after a sharp increase when "price for life" expired, we complained about the sham bundled services price, and wanted a credit. Instead, they then removed all bundled serivces without our consent, causing us to loose services for 2 days. This affected business calls.
3) When we moved and tried to transfer our services to the new address. They said we would have service on a certain date. When that didn't happen, and we called to complain, we were informed that the order date was not a possibility and wanted to know who told us otherwise. The call center for repairs is routed to India.
4) We tried to upgrade our DSL to 5MBPS, we rarely get above 2MBPS when we run a speed test on the line. Quest says they can not guarantee higher speeds even though we are paying for the service.
Apparently there is no recourse when customers are scammed and lied to. I am not reimbursed for the time I spend on hold or being passed around from one extension to another. I firmly believe that this is a strategy to make consumers give up and just pay the bill so they don't have to go through any more hassles.
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Brimankov
July 2, 2010
Overcharged for alleged 'free' upgrade
Back in October of 2008 I received a letter stating that "As a valued customer we are rewarding you with a FREE upgrade to Qwest Connect Platinum for 12 months!"
Go ahead and sign up for the alleged 'free' upgrade and what does this valued customer get? 3 1/2 months of inordinate fees, multiple phone calls trying to rectify the errors, and no answers other than 'it will be corrected next bill. Oh, in the meantime, pay your bill so it doesn't get sent to collection.”
The first month after our 'free upgraded' our DSL bill went from $31.99 to $69.09. After it was supposedly 'corrected' the bill went to $54.99 for 2 months. On each of 7 calls I was told it was being sent to another department to be corrected. A couple of times they even said there was no such offer ever sent out (even though I still have the mailing with a Promo Code that I gave to Qwest every time I called). Once when I asked for a Supervisor I was told one was not available and that the error couldn't be corrected unless I paid my outstanding balance! HORRIBLE customer service and even insulting at times.
Why would I stick with Qwest when I receive better offers in the mail from Clear and Comcast on a daily basis?
Thank goodness I keep detailed notes of all calls and offers. I feel like I have had to PROVE myself during multiple calls. What a waste of time and what horrible customer service. One more chance then that's it (Actually I don't know why I am even giving them another chance...).
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Ribonnes
May 31, 2010
I am unhappy with the quality of the service i am getting
I have been a Qwest customer for some time and i am unhappy with the quality of the service i am getting. For all the competitors out there i would think that the product should be the best in order to keep my business.
Please have someone at Qwest get in touch with me and maybe i will keep my business with you.
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D. McQ
February 4, 2010
Incompetent Customer Service
I am not a Qwest customer, even though Qwest has a monopoly for Internet, phone and TV at my apartment. Instead I have Verizon mobile broadband and read my Amazon Kindle instead of watching TV. Why?? Because of the incompetent customer service reps at Qwest. I thought it would be easy to call in and order internet and TV. I was wrong. First, they were confused because I already had a Directv account at my home in Dallas. It was difficult for them to comprehend that I did not want to transfer my service - I just wanted a second account here in Phoenix. Apparently their computer (or its operator) had problems setting up my account because I already had an account. They needed a credit card number. I gace them a number and a billing address, the same one that Directv already has on file. They called back to tell me it was declined. I asked them to read the nmber to me and they had dropped 2 digits but did not recognize that they had the incorrect number of digits for AMEX. I gave it to them again. It was declined. I suggested that they check the billing address...oops they had used the service address, not the billing address. On the 3rd time it went through and we scheduled installation for TV and internet. Next day I got vice messages and finally they got through to me while I was taking my mother to the doctor. I was informed that my credit card was declined once again ( with the implication that I was some sort of retarded deadbeat). I gave up and told them to just cancel the whole thing since they obviously did not know how t enter a credit card and billing address. Who knows what more they would have messed up if they actually knew how to enter my credit card. In the meantime, I got multiple fraud alerts from AMEX - someone kept trying to charge my card and they didn't know the correct billing address. I have been a Directv customer for over 10 years and have always received excellent service. I fail to understand why Directv would affiliate with an irresponsible, customer-unfriendly provider like Qwest. I sent a complaint to Directv and Qwest. Directv promptly answered, apologized, and referred my complaint to management. Apparently irate cstomers are common at Qwest and since they have a monopoly in this apartment building, they don't really care about my complaint. I am really glad that I am only here in their monopoly building for a few months and would never again consider moving anywhere that Qwest has a monopoly.
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Bads623
January 28, 2010
Stay away from this company
I was charged $380 for a service they could not provide. I signed up for a package (phone/internet/direct tv). Had the phone and internet connected and 2 days later direct tv came out and stated they could not install in my apartment complex. I called Qwest and canceled the whole package. I then had Comcast install a package (I know, not much better) 4 months later I was getting bills for past due amount of $380. When I called them they stated they did not have a record of my canceling the package. When asked them to look and see if I was using any of the services, they stated that they deleted the files. After talking to several supervisors and yelling at anybody I could at Qwest, they promply turned over to collections and is now on my credit report. I have disputed and the saga goes on 1 year later.
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Follivero
December 7, 2009
Scam charges
Tried to disconnect from Qwest d/t move and switch to AT&T. Had automated bill payment. Stressed that payment should not come out of old checking acct. #, and gave new checking acct.#, got a bill saying it was being debited, called again and was told that she had stopped the debit and I would need to pay bill by check. OK, 4 days later bill debited from old checking acct. anyway, plus received $27.50 bounced check fee (which is why I did not want it debited from the old account) Called Qwest a 3rd time and was told the standard "sorry for the inconvenience" but we are not going to pay anything back and it your tuff luck that we didn't do what we said we were going to do.
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Masker66
December 3, 2009
Made a mistake
QWEST recently made a mistake. Their employee did not log the information in our account and they cut off our service before the deadline we had to pay.
Granted we did owe them money. We were told our service would not be cut off until a Monday. So we were frantically finding the money since my husband no longer had a job to pay our bills. We had the money coming in on Friday which is before Monday so that I could call in a payment. I did not want to call in a check that I didn't have money in the bank. Trying to do the right thing (not writing checks before the money was in the bank).
When I found our service had been cut-off before Monday I contacted QWEST to restore our service till that date. They needed to keep their word, it would not be cut-off till Monday not on Wednesday 5 days before. Of course we have absolutely no other choice but QWEST and they have no way of logging complaints except writing to Executive Office at 1801 California, Suite 5200, Denver, CO. 80202. But that is not going to restore my phone so my husband can receive job interviews and we can pay our bills on time again.
I am done with companies who bully you. They have no competition so they can treat you anyway they want. The only way they would restore my phone was if I made a partial payment on the day the cut off my phone. I told them I don't have the money in the bank for a partial payment. I would give them full payment on Friday which is when my husband and I would have our money in the bank. I even offered to write a post dated check for Friday. I could have given a partial payment on the phone but it was the principal of the issue. They needed to finally step up to the plate and follow through with what they told us. They needed to apologize, restore our services till the date they said it would shut-off and to please make a payment otherwise our service would be discontinued.
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Take my post dated check on Friday when my money would be in the bank to pay them fully. Not a partial payment today to bully me into paying them. I was being bullied by the Credit department and I've had it with QWEST treating their customers anyway they feel and no place for me to complain.
No proof that who I was talking to on the phone was a Manager or Supervisor. Anyone can do anything they just chose to bully me and could care less.
I have already called them twice today and I will continue to call till they get me someone who will take care of the situation.
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Huso
October 11, 2009
Awful company
Qwest is a major telephone company in the northwest. I had a situation where they were over charging me on my telephone and cell phone service. I did not realize it and they had me change my phone plan to something more costly. By the time I knew what was going on, my service was turned off, in less then a month, they had post $1, 600.00 on my credit report and they ignored all my attempts to straighten it out. Instead of correcting their mistakes, they just completely ignore it and stick me with the bill. I am trying to arbitrate this situation through the Better Business Bureau, but with them being a well known company, I still look like another sour customer. Good ol' customer service is just lost forever...
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PrafChandra
July 6, 2009
Fake Internet Offer
Qwest and its third party vendor made me an offer that does not exist. They offered a free modem and high speed Internet for $24.99 and now want $44.99 for the same service. They also claim that there is no free modem with this offer.
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Simona
March 18, 2009
Awful service
I was a Qwest customer for many years (both residential and business) but after my experiences with them I would NEVER sign up for their service again! First of all, when we moved we signed up with Qwest for both internet and home telephone service. We bought the internet modem outright (they said that would save us money in the long run versus renting it), however every month they would charge us a 'rental fee', which would mean we would have to spend 1/2 hour on the phone with customer service every month to get this removed! The internet service was terrible and very intermittent. We had some financial hardship due to a death in the family and got 30 days behind on our Qwest bill (we were going to catch the bill up the following month), but without even so much as a letter of warning they sent our account to a collection agency and tacked on a $250 'cancellation fee'! We just got off the phone with the collection agency and they were EXTREMELY rude and unwilling to work with us, citing that they could not send us a copy of our original contract (which is in direct violation of the Fair Debt Collection Act) and my husband ended up in a scream-fest with them. We were trying to PAY them, not weasle out of the bill in bankruptcy like most people! So RUN, don't walk, from Qwest! Side note: we signed up with Comcast and so far they have been good.
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