| Address: Bangalore, Karnataka |
I got a new Airtel DSL installed at my place in Bangalore less than 2 months back. Yesterday (2nd Sept), I turn on my modem and it doesn't connect. I see the router status page which says PPP Down. I call the customer service, they give me a Service Request No.[protected] and say the technician will be at my place by 1:30 PM on 3rd Sept. So far so good.
Now after some time, I notice the router status page now says Invalid Username/Password. I call the customer care again, thinking the router config file might have gone corrupt. Now they tell me that "Airtel is terminating all new connections due to some backend issues. If you want, you can give a request for reactivation". Totally aghast, I give in and make a request for reactivation. The Service Request No. is given[protected] with resolution time as 10th Sept. 11:30 AM (Yes more than a week). So let me get this straight, they have no qualms disconnecting an active connection, without the users consent or informing him, in a blink of an eye. But to reactivate, they take more than a week?
Dejected, I agree, asking the customer care exec. nicely to put it on a priority. In the morning (3rd Sept.), I check the connection again. Still PPP Down or Invalid Username/Password Error. I call the customer care, they say its active now, so I request the username and password. To my dismay, they give me the login details of ANOTHER DSL USER! The user was [protected]_kk (which is not my phone no.)
Yes, you heard it right. I objected, but the exec. says these are my new details. Okay, I try putting these in the router and of course, it doesn't work.
I call the customer care again, this time the exec says, my connection has been "Voluntary Disconnected", meaning I put in a request for termination! A big WTF moment for me!
I ask the exec to pass me on to a supervisor, she puts me on hold and then disconnects (standard tactics I believe).
I call again, this time the person says that the connection is terminated and already they have put a req. for reactivation based on my previous calls (same Service Request No. 3394538). She suggests that the only thing I can do is to wait. My request for a technician to visit my place has also been terminated (oh the irony!), and cannot be issues since the connection is DEAD!
So to recap:
1. Airtel terminates my DSL connection out of their own whim, without informing me.
2. They blame the problem first on hardware, promise to send a technician but then close the service request without informing me.
3. They take the request for reconnection, then say its reactivated, then says its terminated because YOU ASKED FOR IT.
4. Presently, as many times I call the Airtel Customer Care, I get different response, based on my luck and the person on the other side.
So I would request Airtel to get its act together and atleast be consistent with their lies. That, or just reactivate my DSL, pretty please?
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
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