Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:08 AM
angstlessk (11,803 posts)
AT&T is throttling my internet
Yesterday I did a speed test...0.0 download, and 0.3 upload. I cannot play a video, and today I can't get my gmail.
Day before yesterday, I called because my internet kept going from out to limited, and had no internet for most of the day. They do something every now and again, and use the time to promote 'uverse' which I am not interested in. Does anyone know who I can call in regards to this problem? I'm afraid to call their regular numbers, as that is what got me into this mess, and my gmail is now useless.
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angstlessk | Aug 2020 | OP |
safeinOhio | Aug 2020 | #1 | |
Sherman A1 | Aug 2020 | #2 | |
Sherman A1 | Aug 2020 | #3 | |
safeinOhio | Aug 2020 | #4 | |
Sherman A1 | Aug 2020 | #5 | |
quaint | Aug 2020 | #6 | |
Bobstandard | Aug 2020 | #7 | |
LizBeth | Aug 2020 | #8 |
Response to angstlessk (Original post)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:22 AM
safeinOhio (21,809 posts)
1. Never had AT&T but I have found
that any carrier I have had will do about anything to keep me from cancelling their service. Last one was Verizon. Went in and told them I was switching to a service that only charges $45/month. The guy said hold on and went to talk to someone else. Came back and said he just found a new plan that could match that.
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Response to safeinOhio (Reply #1)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:30 AM
Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)
2. Yup
That is the first thing to try.
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Response to angstlessk (Original post)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:31 AM
Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)
3. Had AT$T
The speeds were incredibly slow and I switched to Charter.
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #3)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:39 AM
safeinOhio (21,809 posts)
4. I now have Charter and my cable has gone way up.
Planning on dropping my cable and keeping my internet and home phone. Can't wait to see what they can now offer.
I've learn to always buy my iPhone from Apple. If you take the Verizon or AT&T phone you have to get a new phone if you change. Not so if you buy from Apple and you get a 2 year warranty, not the year one. |
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #4)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:52 AM
Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)
5. Same here on the phone and the Charter bill
I was going to drop the TV part of the service, but we decided to keep things as they are when the pandemic hit.
I have been buying my phones as you mentioned for awhile. Take them from the Apple store to T-Mobile and have them activated. In the last case the fellow switched over all my information for me and set it all up. |
Response to angstlessk (Original post)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:01 AM
quaint (362 posts)
6. Same here and often connection is lost while reading DU.
Charter not an option in North O.C. California. Only need internet, hungry for suggestions.
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Response to angstlessk (Original post)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:36 AM
Bobstandard (287 posts)
7. Fixed wireless might help
I live in a semi rural area of Nor Cal where there is no cable and AT&T refuses to do long promised upgrades. Finally worked out internet access from a fixed wireless provider. Long story short, If you have line-of-sight to a fixed wireless transmitter you can get blazing speeds. The google tells me that these guys offer fixed wireless in OC. Check
https://vectus.com/wireless-internet-orange-county |
Response to angstlessk (Original post)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 12:59 PM
LizBeth (7,063 posts)
8. They are doing something with phone and text. Every handful of days I have a handful of days calls
are horrible and frustrating and text do not go thru. I have to call them and have put it off.
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