Hi, My phone service was shut off the day after receipt of my returned extra HughesNet equipment, May 23rd. A "helpful" HughesNet Representative took it upon themselves, and without confirmation, to assume that the returned voice equipment meant I no longer required Voice service. This was not directly related to my upgrade, as that internet and phone service account (assigned to the returned equipment) had already been cancelled in April. The upgrade equipment I was assigned to my current Gen5 account allowed for excellent voice service until HughesNet shut it off. While away for 3 months, I called repeatedly about having a dead line at my house only to be told I needed to be home with the equipment to troubleshoot the problem. August 4th, after arriving home to my equipment, I called again. However, there was no need to troubleshoot anything. The Customer Service Rep kindly told me that since I returned the voice equipment my voice service was cancelled May 24th. YET I continued to be charged and pay for voice service throughout the summer. I have been asking to have my voice service to be turned back on since. I have been told that there is an error that keeps this from happening and that they are working on it. I actually had one customer service rep ask my why I keep calling when all I can be told is that they are working on the problem. Another tech support rep concluded it best to answer my questions about a timeline and what needed to be done with complete silence. He was able to tel me he was still on the line, but not say a word when I asked him about when I could expect my phone to work. Each time I call a reference is made to a customer cancellation, which sets me off because HughesNet should own their mistake. As of my last Invoice, August 24th, I am still being charged for voice service, as though it has not been cancelled. I am confident that a friendly reminder will get me all the appropriate credit to my account, therefore I am more concerned over not having service to my phone. Please, do what needs to be done to get my phone turned back on.
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