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Wally Estes's avatar
Wally Estes
Sophomore
8 years ago

Extreme frustration with Hughesnet customer service

Since March 10th, I have been in contact with tech support regarding issues with my account information; I have called them 8 times and spent a total of 130 minutes on the phone with various reps.

 

For a number of months prior to March, I have not been receiving email notification that my invoices were being generated. As I pay with a credit card on file, neither my basic internet service nor my email service has been interrupted. I did notice that on the account information tab on the my.hughesnet.com web site, a secondary email address was being displayed instead of my primary email address. I have several secondary addresses; these are used in order to avoid spam mail. Several times, I changed the secondary email address to my primary but the system would revert back to the secondary address within a day or two.

 

On March 10, I first contacted customer support to see if they could change the account information to reflect my primary email address. They did and the account information reverted back to the secondary address within a day or two. This went on for four or five attempts before I requested that the situation be escalated to advanced tech support. They indicated that the issue would be escalated; I have not heard from advanced tech support on this issue.

 

The issue has now evolved to where I am no longer able to log into the account information tab on the my.hughesnet.com web site. I receive a “Invalid OpenID or Credentials” message. On March 31 I had two conversations with tech support totaling 71 minutes. They were unable to resolve this new issue and said it would be escalated to advance tech support. I was told to expect a call from advanced tech support within 24-48 hours. I have not been contacted.

 

The case numbers associated with these issues are the following: 103095639, 103172476, 103270616, and 103321165.

 

I would appreciate any assistance on these issues that you could provide.

  • I feel your pain
    We did a relocation of service and from day one it quit working. I begged for help. Left messages. Spoke to support 9 times. Advanced support 5 times. Was told lies repeatedly. Continued to be charged for 3 months for no service. I found the perfect solution. Drop them like a bad habit and do without until something else comes along. I tried to get help but they dont care about anyone.
  • I was just contacted by advanced customer support. They verified the problem and will escalte it further.

    They will provide me with a status by April 6.

    So finally, some progress.

    • Wally Estes's avatar
      Wally Estes
      Sophomore

      Advance tech support contacted me on Thursday, April 6. Still no resolution to my problem. They will contact me again on April 13.

       

      Hard to believe that this has been going on since March 10 with no end in sight.

       

      I am considering upgrading to Gen5. 

       

      Could a moderator advise whether or not this account issue would affect the Gen5 upgrade?

       

      Wally Estes

      • Liz's avatar
        Liz
        Moderator

        Hi Wally,

         

        Thanks for posting and providing these details. I pulled up your account to review your case history and I see what we're currently investigating for you. I wouldn't think that would have any effect on you upgrading to Gen 5, although I'm curious if the issue would carry over. Let me double check with the engineers here. Once I get an update to share I'll post back.

         

        Your cooperation, patience, and understanding are much appreciated.

         

  • I know what you are dealing with. I have been calling and emailing Customer service since March. Somehow an account was generated at another address but with my name and email address. They even call me by the other woman's name in emails from them.  I have been trying to get it thru to HughesNet that I don't have any knowledge of this account, I didn't order it and I am not responsible for it. They have the name of the people who live at that address. Why doesn't HughesNet contact them and figure out this nightmare!

    • maratsade's avatar
      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV

      lljames, you should start a new topic with this issue.  Discussing your issue in replies to others may bury your post in their topics and the admins may not see it. 

       

      Your issue sounds very serious (is it identity theft?) and it should have its own topic.

       

       

      • lljames76555's avatar
        lljames76555
        New Poster

        Thanks, I probably should do that. Guess I was too upset to think straight.