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Worst Company In America Round 2: PayPal Vs. Charter
It's the final day of competition in Round Two of Worst Company In America 2012, but there are still an awful lot of awful businesses still waiting to do battle. So let's get to it and do it, shall we?
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The floor of the Worst Company In America BattleDome is stained with the blood of the vanquished. But only one company can earn the privilege of placing the WCIA Golden Poo in its trophy case, so the violence must continue.
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Why Does My Internet Connection Take A Daily Afternoon Siesta?
Three hours. That's how long Nate's Internet connection goes out for, every day except Saturday. He has no idea why. His Internet service provider, Charter, has no idea why. All Charter is able to do is send technician after technician to check out the problem, replace hardware, and ultimately not solve the problem.
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Worst Company In America Round One: Charter Vs. CenturyLink (Qwest)
Here's a pair of middleweight marauders that some of you may not be familiar with, but who still managed to engender enough ill will from Consumerist readers to earn a chance to prove their awfulness in the business world bloodbath called the Worst Company In America 2012 Tournament.
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Welcome to Consumerist's 7th Annual Worst Company In America tournament, where the businesses you nominated face off for a title that none of them will publicly admit to wanting — but which all of them try their hardest to earn. So it's time to fill in the brackets and start another office pool. That is, unless you work at one of the 32 companies competing in the tournament.
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Charter Wants To Charge Me Mysterious Fee, Won't Explain Why
It's always fun to get mysterious charges on your bill and then not get a response as to what said fee is for. And by "fun," we of course mean, incredibly frustrating. Such is the case for Consumerist reader Donald, who's having a mite bit of trouble getting Charter to cough up a good excuse.
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Costco, Amazon Top Most-Trusted Company Survey; Comcast Brings Up The Rear
We live in a time where very few companies engender a lot of trust in the buying public. But some businesses still do a better job than others at developing a positive relationship with consumers.
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Which Internet Provider Is The Best For Streaming Netflix?
How well you'll be able to stream season two of Breaking Bad on Netflix may depend largely on which company you're paying to provide internet service to your home. Netflix has just released the results of its own study on network performance and the results may not surprise you.
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Charter Drags Feet To Fix Entire Neighborhood's Internet Access
What does it take to get an entire neighborhood's Internet connection working when something is clearly wrong on the cable company's end? Judging from Alex's experience...a lot. His neighborhood has had wonky connections in the summer for years. Unfortunately for Charter, Alex actually knows something about networking, and got them to actually fix the problem. Here, for your edification, is his tale of woe and ultimate triiumph.
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5 Pay TV Companies Make 19 Most Hated Company List
5 of the 19 companies getting the lowest scores on the American Customer Satisfaction Index are pay TV providers. In 3rd, it's Time Warner, 4th, Comcast, 5th, Charter, 17th, Cox, and 18th, Dish. Hmm, why might that be?
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