Charter Communications = a shady business

[clean2g]

So my internet connection goes down.. again. A reoccurring problem with Charter. Call the worthless tech support at Charter.. go through the b/s steps (fyi, used to be a network engineer so I already know the issue is on their end). I'm running a cisco pix firewall in conjunction with a linux box setup so I can see the packets coming in. So they tell me to connect the modem directly to a comp.. still no packets. And I tell them, "still nothing". So then all of a sudden I see packets coming in, and the guy says "try now" He f-ing reset the signal, so it looked like the problem was my equipment! Then he tells me the problem is my router. I know this is b/s, so I give the phone to my dad so I can put everything back to how it was, and sure enough everything is working like normal, but before I can tear the guy a new one my dad freakin hung up. BTW, this isn't the first time this happened. Another time, they told us they were offering a 10 meg upgrade from our current 5 meg. So we order it, and I'm checking the connection speed daily.. still 5 meg.. get a bill from them charging us for the 10 meg line.. WTF, really? Call them up.. "Well, we don't have any 10 meg service yet, we will within the next 3 months" So freakin pissed.. I'm so ready to cause hell on that piece of shit company. They lie so blatantly, it's ridiculous.

[4g63tcrazy]

Tear them a new asshole!!

[goodhart]

Sounds pretty messed up, I've never had an issue with Charter in St. Cloud.

[Kracka]

I had nothing but issues with Charter in Duluth and same for my sister in Madison.

[9guy9]

After dealing with Charter for the last 7-8 years because there was no other choice where I lived, I have nothing good to say about them.

Just last month we switched cable and internet to a local company. The price went down alot, and the people have been very friendly to deal with.

[goodhart]

Wow, I guess I have been pretty fortunate then.

[clean2g]

Yea, I wish I could switch to another provider, but nothing else is in the area, freakin monopoly. I think frontier is slowly coming in, but you have to get dish if you want to get tv through them, and I'm not a fan of dish.

[JET]

I know a guy that left Charter in rochester recently, he might still have some connections if you are down there.

[BLaCk_1cE]

From what Ive heard im surprised Charter is even still around.

[scheides]

Make them have sleeve of wizard....