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market17
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2 years ago

Upgrading Service Gone Wrong

I recently upgraded my account to a 5G 50GB plan from a 4G 5GB plan.  I received a new HT2000W to replace my old HT1100 and was told it would be a 60 minute install.  I have been fighting this thing for 9 hours now, and the device constantly gets stuck in the installation process.  I do not have internet now, and this is very frustrating as I was told this would happen automatically once plugged in.  Phone support is of no help, they keep saying I need to wait 24 hours for something that should have taken 1 hour 9 hours ago.  I keep reading that I will ultimately need a tech to fix this.  I **ABSOLUTELY** need to have working internet by this weekend.  I cannot understand for the life of me how the old equipment worked and now this equipment does not.  What a frustrating waste of time.  This will be a very bad experience if we get to the weekend without internet.

  • market17,

     

    Thank you for reaching out to us and I am very sorry to hear this. New installs can take as little as 1 hour up to 24 hours. This is even longer if the modem is unplugged at any point during this process. Unplugging can also potentially "Brick" the modem rendering it unusable. I see the modem is showing as "unplugged/no power" currently and I hope this is not the case. I am sorry you were not informed of the install timeframe initially. 

     

    Before we can send a tech you would need to complete a full 24 hour cycle of the modem being plugged in. -Damian 

     

     

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      market17
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      It is definitely plugged in right now, so that is a bit concerning.  I checked the advanced settings and it looked like it was getting stuck trying to find the satellite and accept a signal from it.  It was a clear day today, so not weather.  I guess I can wait until tomorrow afternoon, that will be about 24 hours without me touching it.  I hope it works by then but I will report back either way. 

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        Damian
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        market17

         

        Thank you for this update as well as your future update. We will be right here to send a tech if necessary. If you do not get a response here right away, feel free to use our support number to have one sent out as I know this is time sensitive for you. -Damian