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Scott Westerman
Area Vice President
Comcast Southwest
As you'll see in my up-coming post, I have already been to that link. And the "local team" was completely, and I literally mean completely incompetent. Both "techs" (from the multiple calls I made) were literally the most under-qualified support personnel I have ever encountered; far worse than even my worst Dell story. To top it off, my problem still hasn't been rectified, and I was supposed to get called back by Comcast a week ago to make sure everything is ok, but that didn't happen. The only reason I haven't completed and posted my story is because I've been extremely busy.
I can assure you that we do not do this for 'A list' individuals. We apply very similar treatment to everyone that we interact with on the internet. We look at this as another form of communication with our Customers.
Paul,
I did pull up your file regarding the slow internet you are experiencing. I do show that we attempted to contact you on 3 occasions based on the email that you sent to the link above. I will be reaching out to you via email tonight. I will provide you my contact information. I will be happy to help get this rectified for you.
Thank you both!
Frank Eliason
Comcast
Obviously I would appreciate any help getting my connection back to normal, but what you (and all of the Comcast people) have missed so far is that we shouldn't even have to talk to you or blog about your company. That is the failure. I have called (or tried to but the system was broken) about a dozen times now, half of those were after I completed the online form linked above (which did get people to call the next day), and only now after the blogosphere mention is there a chance of things getting fixed for me. That is a complete systematic failure, and I'm not talking about your IT systems.
The people I have talked to have been eager to help, but have been completely and utterly under-qualified (you know, like when a 2-year-old wants to help you cook). Honestly, I couldn't believe how little these people knew about IT, broadband, and the internet in general. It was so bad that I started outlining the blog post about it while I was waiting on hold.
This really is the type of thing that people will switch service providers for. I know, I have already checked out DirecTV "packages" and the availability Verizon's FiOS plans in my area.
I posted my story here.