July 29th, 2024

I Remain Astounded by How Bad AT&T Customer Service Is

John Mount's blog post criticizes AT&T's customer service after he faced difficulties activating a cell modem for his mother's Apple Watch, highlighting lengthy processes, disconnections, and recommending potential customers consider other providers.

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I Remain Astounded by How Bad AT&T Customer Service Is

A recent blog post by John Mount highlights significant frustrations with AT&T's customer service. Despite being a long-time customer who consistently pays hundreds of dollars monthly for various services, Mount encountered numerous obstacles when trying to activate a cell modem for an Apple Watch he purchased for his mother. AT&T's policy required a credit check before allowing the service change, which led to a lengthy process involving multiple phone calls and hours of waiting. Mount faced disconnections during calls and was ultimately unable to resolve the issue without both himself and his mother being present at an AT&T store, despite having a valid passcode for the account. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the service, stating that if he had more options, he would have canceled his services with AT&T. Mount strongly advises potential new customers to consider other providers, emphasizing the poor customer service experience he endured.

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By @WarOnPrivacy - 3 months

    If I had fewer services from them or more alternative providers, I would have cancelled everything by now.
We have fewer alternative providers because the FCC was fully unable to acknowledge the lack of competition for decades. It's only recently upgraded to giving the problem lip service.

And when anti-consumer interests gain control and stack the FCC with industry cronies - the damage they do takes time to unwind. Providing there's will to unwind it.

Past this is the DoJ, which had it's own decades of compulsively rubberstamping every consolidation merger it possibly could.

By @kelsey98765431 - 3 months
Telcom customer service is actually excellent! they are very kind to federal agents and roll out the red carpet, even go above and beyond to package data in nice formats and by demographic for their customers. I think what the author is referring to is "product retention management agents", because they are the product.