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Telephone Contractors

Farmers Telephone Cooperative

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Complaints

This profile includes complaints for Farmers Telephone Cooperative's headquarters and its corporate-owned locations. To view all corporate locations, see

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    Customer Complaints Summary

    • 3 total complaints in the last 3 years.
    • 1 complaint closed in the last 12 months.

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:11/12/2024

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Called last week to have 1gb fiber internet installed today. At 10am a technician showed up and installed the hardware, unfortunately we weren't getting any signal. By 1:30pm a second technician showed up and by 4:45pm we finally had service. He left, I did a few speed tests, and found out that they set me up for the exact same 15Mbps speed I already had, no upgrade. I call because clearly this is an error, I had this upgrade scheduled last week, but the CSR tells me "oh, we have to close this work order and set up another one to get you the upgrade".... Except today was the upgrade. I waited around all day, the majority of it without internet, just to get the exact same speed I started the day with.

      Today was a complete waste of my time and they did not respect that. My parents live next door and their entire upgrade was done same day, within 2 hours.

      Business Response

      Date: 11/13/2024

      Several departments were involved to be sure the customer’s
      order was fulfilled, including the head of our technicians, who spoke with him
      late in the day after visit by a technician. Customer is now operating on the 1
      gigabit level.   

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:12/08/2022

      Type:Customer Service Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Farmers Telephone Cooperative (FTC) was my service provider for cable and internet. I have security cameras installed that utilized their services. I work from home so I am home daily. The security cameras stopped working. I made multiple attempts to get them fixed with FTC. Each time I was told that someone would come check them. No one came. I placed several tickets like I was advised to do and the cameras still does not work. I contacted Lynn Cox through the mobile app and never received the call back. The problem did not start until I switched internet providers. Once I switched the cameras stopped working and no one would help. Each time I called I was told someone would contact me in a few days. I went to the local FTC and was told it takes 72 hours before some one would reach back out. This has been going on for months. Now after I received a bill of $317.71 I draw the line. My service was $50 a month. I explained to the customer service rep at the local FTC that I was not going to continue to pay for a service that does not work. She placed another ticket for me and took the cable boxes back so that I would not continue to get charged for them. This makes no sense. I am being told that the services was cancelled for non payment in October and I am responsible. How can I be held liable for paying for services I can not use. I would like this bill corrected because I did not utilize the services. This whole company has done nothing but cause emotional stress. I live in a neighborhood where cameras are needed and mine do not work. This places me in danger.

      Business Response

      Date: 12/16/2022

      First, the supervisor of our Contact Center spoke with the
      customer last week when she called in. After that conversation, one of our
      technicians went out an replaced an older camera.


      At the end of the day on Dec. 14, after talking with the
      Contact Center supervisor again, we agreed that he would try to call her the
      next morning. He reached out at 10:04 a.m. on Dec. 15 and left a voice mail,
      which asked for her to call him back. As of this writing, she had not
      responded.


      It is also important to note that her issues apparently
      began when she changed from FTC as her Internet provider to another provider.


      But in order to get her back on the right track, we were
      willing to make certain compromises. It is more important to us to keep our
      customers and make sure they get what they pay for.
      First, of her $317.71 balance, $179.70 were early
      termination fees. Essentially, she violated the contract she signed. The
      contracts generally include equipment and we re-coup some of those costs over
      the term of the agreement. If she is willing to get her service turned back on
      and get back to being a customer in good standing, we will waive that charge.

      To get the service turned back on, it would be at least a
      charge of $80, which we would also waive.


      Finally, we would give her one month’s credit of $55.80 and
      waive the $13.02 in past due charges, giving her a balance of $69.19 to get her
      service reinstated. Her monthly charges would resume.
      Again, this is only if she is willing to get her service
      back up.


      If not, she is still due the $317.70 because, going back to
      what I wrote previously, her trouble started when she changed Internet
      carriers.

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