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AT&T Reviews Summary

The reviews reflect a predominantly negative perception of the company's overall reputation and customer service. Customers frequently express frustration with long wait times, ineffective support, and unresolved billing issues, leading to a sense of distrust and dissatisfaction. Complaints about unauthorized charges and poor communication from representatives are common, suggesting systemic problems in service delivery. While there are occasional mentions of product reliability, the overwhelming sentiment indicates that customers feel neglected and undervalued. This pattern points to a pressing need for the company to improve its customer service protocols and enhance accountability to regain consumer trust.

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Pakistan
15 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Really disappointed
February 13, 2016

AT&T discontinue service saying that you have violated the rules though there is no violation. On 11th Jan '16, they said, "You should not call two person at a same time" also they haven't provided any number for the same. Today, they are saying, they've informed me the reason and the reason was same but they didn't give the number, now they are giving me the particular number and reason. Really disappointed and two faced of AT&T.

Date of experience: February 13, 2016
Ohio
20 reviews
48 helpful votes
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I have had AT&T wireless for years now, all the way back when it was still Cingular wireless. I have never had a problem with them. Compared to a few of my friends, my bill is a little higher, but I am happy with my service and I am fine with paying a little more for it. The few times I had issues, like when a phone was broken, or a phone was stolen, they were very helpful. Every time I have been in the store I have had excellent service. The sales people have always been good with explaining things in detail to me, and helping me find the best phone and plan for my situation. I am a very skeptical person, especially with sales people, but I have never felt like I was being pushed into a sale here. I have had other carriers in the past that I was not happy with. I have nothing but good things to say about AT&T wireless.

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
Minnesota
19 reviews
90 helpful votes
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An acquaintance had paid me cash to pay his phone bill with my card a few times. We had a routine that ensured safety and trustworthiness for both of us. I would not save my card info in the account and left a message with AT&T notes that it should only be used when manually inputted by the customer. Let me just emphasize that we were thorough and we both know for fact that neither of us did anything wrong.

One time after payment I saw on my bank statement that AT&T had double-charged me. I know it was a double charge because it was the exact same amount with change and happened at the same time, 1AM.

I called them only 2 days after the transaction when I had noticed this and explained the situation. They said it should not take more than 48 hours to refund me. I look back a week later and the charge had not returned, so I called again.

This time they said there was nothing to refund because they used the money. I asked them why they would use my money instead of giving it back to me, and they just said "I don't know, it was just used." I insisted to speak to a manager and file a fraud complaint that their company had stole from me, but they kept saying they weren't allowed to speak to a manager. I was passed around to a few low level employees where nobody had any power so they could bull$#*! with me as if they were actually getting me to someone in power.

I could not even have them leave a complaint that I would never shop with them and would recommend everyone against AT&T. I have an amazing phone company with the cheapest most innovative technology and service around called Republic Wireless. I worked at Best Buy for a year. I told AT&T that they would potentially lose HUNDREDS of customers because of me. I routinely told this story in warning to others again and again and it made a real impact.

AT&T stole from me. I could have sued them in small claims court (it was under $250 thankfully). Let that sink into your head real good. A company committed FRAUD and none of their employees cared to have the courage to actually help me. I say courage because I worked in customer service 3 years and I damn well have the courage to do the right thing.

Date of experience: February 5, 2016
Kentucky
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Our town and many others around us have been with zero service since Saturday morning! We can't even call into them! Their online support is telling us they are showing zero outages and it must be our devices! Really?! You have a good 4 dozen different complaints from other people in my town! But must be all our devices!

Date of experience: January 12, 2016
Texas
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Okay, so thus far, att has been my preferred carrier. I've tried them all T-Mobile, Verizon and etc... But att is always handing you gigs like a boss. Love the new roll over feature. Thanks

Date of experience: January 8, 2016
Utah
114 reviews
1650 helpful votes
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While our internet connection is generally strong... it took forever to setup the both times we went with AT&T. Their phone support is generally unhelpful and we had to jump through way too many hoops to get what we were told we were paying for in the first place. Is google fiber here yet?

Date of experience: December 25, 2015
Washington
12 reviews
213 helpful votes
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I am not fully satisfied the customer service of AT&T. I have purchased my mobile from them 4 months back and now there are many problems it has. I don't know what I will do.

Date of experience: December 14, 2015
New Jersey
54 reviews
60 helpful votes
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Activation of new iPhone
November 27, 2015

The agent was pleasant enough, but was unable to get my iPhone to receive a signal. He transferred me to an apple specialist who was of less help. They have mad the process of upgrading phone ridiculous!

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
Texas
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Next plan is a scam
August 24, 2015

I know that AT and T will do nothing about this as they don't care and are too big to care. I have been with ATT / cingular since 1995. Just google the word ATT ripoff and see all that pops up. According to ATT all the companies are doing this so f course that makes it right!

I am eligible for an upgrade for 3 family plan phones. I chose the 2 year contract and was shown an absolutely free phone (note 4) online. Then I was told that by upgrading I would lose my $75.00 total credit per month. So in 2 years using the next plan, I would lose a total of 1800. 00 or 600.00 for each FREE phone. They want everyone to be on the next plan as this is how they make money but what they say is that some people don't like contracts. (I do)

I was told by sales online that if I pay 1958. 00 and buy the phones outright I would keep my credit of 75.00 per month (this is paying 150.00 more? Than with the next plan).

This system is not much different than all the money being made by car dealers with 7 year car loans.

AT and T does not learn its lesson well. They had roll over, took it away, then years later brought it back. They had unlimited data, made us buy blocks of data, and now are giving huge date packages for little money. So eventually AT and T will go back to giving a choice of contract or no contract which it does not have at the moment essentially.

Are Americans really this stupid? I think so if they fall for the next plan without doing homework.

(I believe last year or the year before, ATT was giving either a 15 or 25 dollar credit per month to those people who upgraded their data plan depending on what plan you got. I upgraded from 10 gigs to 20 gigs and was given a 25.00 credit per phone per month. That is 75.00 per month. This credit has been confirmed on several web sites. The employee at the store showed me the credit on my bill when trying to explain the next plan to me.)

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
New Mexico
3 reviews
30 helpful votes
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SCAM, SCAM, SCAM after describing the many mail & e mail offers, I finally called only to have another hard hit on my credit score and then told I would need a $400 for the 1st phone, I have 3 lines with Verizon but am not too happy anymore after 7 years with them. Also would need $300 for each additional phone. What a joke, I have good credit have not been late not once with my Verizon payment. From now on all emails will be marked spam and any mail will go straight in the trash. By the way I know the pre-approved offer doesn't mean that I am approved, but why do many offers with these ridiculous deposit amounts. They must think I have stupid written on my forehead. What a joke. Not sure anymore which wireless phone company is the worst anymore, either no coverage after driving 20 miles out of town, ridiculous deposits, ridiculous 14 day return policy, no 1 truly knows if they like the phone in that time period. After going to my parents home 45 miles away lost service after 20 minutes, not enough memory, too many stupid pre-installed apps that I have to force closes constantly. I thought that way back in the day of the track phone, was bad because whether a person answered or not it took you points, HORRIBLE but some of these cell phone company's are just as bad, if possible.

Date of experience: July 29, 2015
Singapore
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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They seem to know what they are doing and can take you right to what you need.

Date of experience: June 15, 2015
Florida
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Recommended for all to use. Especially for travelers from outside the United States of America this Sim Card without a contract is easy...

Date of experience: March 31, 2015
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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This company is nothing but THIEVES DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM! They took all the money off my card and twice as much as they should have and LIRD about they cost and you cannot get BILLING they are smart ellecks and ROBBERS! I am suing this company, anyone who deals with them BEWARE!

Date of experience: March 31, 2015
Italy
6 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Customer since 1996 therefore 19 years and they have still major issues.
Coverage not well cared and customer services... well, sometimes is good and. Sometimes it sucks. Perhaps time to switch to a different and try a competitor as my wife as Verizion and she is happy with it.

Date of experience: March 1, 2015
Florida
1 review
53 helpful votes
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Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO - I have been calling AT&T since November
25th regarding a cable & telephone line that is down on the left side
Of the house barely touching the lawn. I consider this a hazardous as
Well as an emergency situation! I have been connecting to your
Phillippines outsourced center who wasted not only 45 minutes of my
Time on that day but again today for another 20 minutes by not
Transferring me to someone in the US despite my four requests in this
One conversation. I had to actually do research to find a telephone
Number to connect with a local office, which by the way is a big waste
Of my time. I understand you are thrilled that you are saving so much
Money by outsourcing all our jobs to the Phillippines for $333 USD per
Month, (I pay for 3 months of her salary hmm) but if you cannot find a
Way to provide a US repair number on my bill in the future as well as
To have someone repair the cable line on the left side of the house and
The cable line on the right side of the house by the end of business
Today, then I will be forced to quit AT&T which in my eyes today is no
Longer an American Corporation but a third world corporation. The
Telephone number is *******812. Today is December 1,2014

Date of experience: February 24, 2015
California
5 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Impossible to get a hold of the right person on the phone, ironically. AT&T customer service is OK once you get them on the phone. Their website is also impossible to log in to.

Date of experience: January 28, 2015
California
3 reviews
10 helpful votes
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AT&T should be ashamed!
December 22, 2014

AT&T should be ashamed! I've had such a bad experience the last 2 weeks! Ordered a new phone. It was damaged and needed to be returned. I had to order another one and pay twice and wait for a refund... I never revived any return shipping label with my replacement phone! I've called 4 times and each time it's a surprise to them that I'm calling! Each time AT&T says" I'm going to look into this and I'll call you back" BS! I've never once did get a call back to fix my problem! AT&T got my money twice and now they would take fix there end! I'll be filing a BBQ complaint and checking with a lawyer on this scam! It's sad that I have to jump thru hoops and make complaints to get what's right! Shame on AT&T for you non customer service! Instead of paying for one phone it looks like I paid for two! Merry Christmas I've been cheated.

Date of experience: December 22, 2014
Georgia
7 reviews
29 helpful votes
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I have had at&t for about ten years on and off and they're customer service is amazing. They go over and above to satisfy customers. I switched to t-mobile for a year or two only because they offered a phone i wanted and i really regretted leaving at&t. There is no one like them.

Date of experience: November 19, 2014
India
5 reviews
9 helpful votes
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AT&T Inc
September 17, 2014

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation, headquartered at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas. This company has to provide the information about the companies. I've had At&t for many years. I'm still on their unlimited data plan. I moved and it's now been almost 4 months and still no service.

Date of experience: September 16, 2014
Texas
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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This isn't a review about their website but about their people at their stores. During Christmas while on a trip through California, I visited the ATT store in Elk Grove, CA to buy a wifi hot spot device. For the first time ever I came out of a phone company store with a smile on my face. Not only were the ATT people knowledgeable but they were really nice and eager to help me. I was shocked. I then went into an ATT store in Torrance, CA with my boyfriend so he could buy a phone and we had the same experience there. ATT has really improved their staffing. They used to be the worst - it was always painful to deal with the company - but now they are terrific. Maybe all phone companies have improved - I hope so.

Date of experience: May 9, 2014