Charter Communications

Zero stars. Don’t make the mistake of signing up with Charter!
Look at Charter’s terrible reviews everywhere. Consumerist magazine (not-​for-​profit subsidiary of Consumer Reports) calls Charter the «worst company in America.» It’s no wonder Charter went bankrupt a few years ago.
This sleazy firm’s business practices include:
— cutting your satellite cable, then insisting that customer fight with Charter’s 3^rd party unlicensed contractor instead of honestly owning up to their mistake and correcting it.
— moving your first bill due date ahead after first bill, without prior notification (told this is a «standard» Charter procedure on 2^nd bill)
— insisting that customers wait 45 days (unbelievable but true) for Charter’s Autopay system to take effect, then warning that double payments may occur when customer attempts to make a one-​time payment prior to the interim due date (as a safety measure)
— moving from CSR agents in South Carolina to the Phillipines, where they lie to customers by claiming healthy account status with zero problems and confirming Autopay sign up weeks ago, then cutting off all services including (Emergency 911) shortly thereafter, without prior notice
— migrating from helpful humans to speak with or chat online (about no-​service issues) to worthless automated systems
— poor no-​service reliability
I really wanted to love Charter. Our credit history is well above 700 and we always pay bills on time. But after several serious attempts to cooperate with Charter, acting as a good customer to straighten out their billing errors, all of our attempts have been futile. I recommend that prospective customers view the 800+ complaints about Charter on another website, plus other sites, before wasting your time. If you like unethical business practices, you’ll love Charter!