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still_one

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22. I have been a customer of AT&T for over 20 years, and am currently in the process of moving my 5
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 09:35 PM
Apr 2018

devices over to T-Mobile. I will end up saving 70 dollars per month, but that is NOT the reason I am switching carriers. The reason I am leaving AT&T is because of their piss poor customer service.

Whether it is trying to speak to a live human being, getting them to stop charging me for devices and services I don't have, I have been fighting them on this type of crap for 2 years, and I finally had it. I have written letters, filled out their jackass survey's , and have concluded they simply don't give damn.

While AT&T most likely will have better coverage in some areas than T-Mobile, most of the places I go to are in large metropolitan areas thoughout the country, and I don't anticipate too many issues. T-Mobile is also committed to 5G, rolling out band 71 to cover rural areas, and low bands to cover better building penetration.

One thing I can say, as I have slowly been moving my lines over to T-Mobile, my experience with their customer service has exceeded my expectations. When calling T-Mobile if I want to talke to a human being all I have to do is say representative, and I am immediately switched over to talk with someone, unlike going throuogh the torture of AT&T trying to force prevent me from talking to a customer service representative.

I have moved three lines over already, and so far so good, and the last two lines will be moved over tomorrow, and I will be saying goodbye to AT&T.

The way I see it, the worst possible case is the coverage doesn't work out for me with T-Mobile, and I will go to Verizon, and it will be my last resort to go back to AT&T. I am so pissed at them.

This is the very reason WHY THE AT&T/T-MOBILE merger should not have happened, and didn't





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I detest AT&T customer service [View all] grumpyduck Apr 2018 OP
Verizon. AT&Ts customer service has been terrible for decades. Auggie Apr 2018 #1
Are you recommending Verizon, or saying they and AT&T have both been terrible? grumpyduck Apr 2018 #2
Try Verizon ... Auggie Apr 2018 #10
Coverage is everything and around here Verizon doesn't dembotoz Apr 2018 #17
Well, youll have to find another carrier or learn to live with AT&T Auggie Apr 2018 #20
I did dembotoz Apr 2018 #37
It's all in your head. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2018 #3
LOL. CrispyQ Apr 2018 #5
⚠ DU said I did not enter a subject. Yes, I did not.😆 sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #51
God forbid someone have an accent huh? Agschmid Apr 2018 #4
Geez... GaYellowDawg Apr 2018 #7
You didn't say they weren't fluent in English oberliner Apr 2018 #9
I'm not the original poster. GaYellowDawg Apr 2018 #11
Oh, here we go. liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #14
What you said here: Auggie Apr 2018 #21
Seems youd have more luck with the computer generated voice then. Agschmid Apr 2018 #25
Are you going out of your way to be an ass? Downtown Hound Apr 2018 #49
. Agschmid Apr 2018 #54
Not sure if you're trying to be mocking and dismissive liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #57
I 'hear' ya. I'm hearing impaired from the seventies. sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #50
I have had the opposite experience Generic Brad Apr 2018 #6
Your lucky - 18 hours of phone calls over two months for me FreeState Apr 2018 #23
What is the significance of the accents? oberliner Apr 2018 #8
As I said, I had to ask them to repeat themselves grumpyduck Apr 2018 #12
I'm not the OP, but I can say that liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #15
And lots of accents can be difficult to understand. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2018 #19
Indeed, with my hearing impairment liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #30
Did they have obnoxiousdrunk Apr 2018 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author blue neen Apr 2018 #16
Sorry to hear it. I had a similar experience. spooky3 Apr 2018 #18
I have been a customer of AT&T for over 20 years, and am currently in the process of moving my 5 still_one Apr 2018 #22
When we had landline back in the late 80's early 90's, AT&T sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #35
It sounds like you have had issues with them far longer than I have. For me it was the last several still_one Apr 2018 #39
Sorry, I may have not expressed clearly. As I am known to do!😊 sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #48
T-Mobile might have decent customer service for their customers csziggy Apr 2018 #43
I am relating my experience with AT&T. It is very similar to the OPs. I have no idea if T-Mobile's still_one Apr 2018 #45
We used to have AT&T for long distance service - 30 years ago csziggy Apr 2018 #46
+1 ok_cpu Apr 2018 #47
I dropped their phone service two years ago because of piss poor customer service Elwood P Dowd Apr 2018 #24
If you're with AT&T, you have a GSM phone. Switch to T-Mobile or one of it's MVNAs brooklynite Apr 2018 #26
I am moving to t-mobile because of AT&T customer service still_one Apr 2018 #29
Kick and Rec! nt Anon-C Apr 2018 #27
It sounds like you were not listed as the primary on the account. fleabiscuit Apr 2018 #28
Good point, but both of our names were "okayed" by them grumpyduck Apr 2018 #41
As Ernestine used to say: SeattleVet Apr 2018 #31
You still have hope... hunter Apr 2018 #32
I have AT+T and call to make my DiverDave Apr 2018 #33
You have to pay an extra five bucks to pay by phone? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #34
Convenience DiverDave Apr 2018 #38
You can set it up so the payment PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #40
I know. Recurring debits are handy. Some I do that way if the charges are sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #52
They lie like Trump Awsi Dooger Apr 2018 #36
Agree that Chat is the way to go, and email the transcript spooky3 Apr 2018 #53
A humble suggestion for you. KentuckyWoman Apr 2018 #42
When I was still working in IT MurrayDelph Apr 2018 #44
15 years ago, I switched from Verizon to Sprint because V was cramming my bill ... earthshine Apr 2018 #55
One reason why I joined Facebook was because this was the only way to catch AT&T rep question everything Apr 2018 #56
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