QUOTE(jjj2 @ Jun 8 2014, 01:24 PM)
Hi Bro,
Let me assist you to pinpoint your problem. Please excuse the TIME Customer Service coz sometimes they are not really technically-wise trained.
From what you've stated above, big possibility the Router is giving problem. The reason the Customer Service requested you to test on LAN connection is to further narrow down& confirm the root cause of the problem, it's part of the troubleshooting procedure. Please excuse if there's any misunderstanding from this point.
The Router is in fact carries a 1 Year Warranty unlike the ONU which carries a lifetime warranty as long as you are still using TIME's service. I know this is not a perfect arrangement as viewing from Customer's perspective, this is not right. Viewing from TIME's side, the warranty is not covered by TIME but instead by the Vendor/Manufacturer which is 1 Year, just like we buy Routers from the shops. Some routers do have 2/3 years warranty, but that's different story la...
We had previously voice out this concern to TIME & they have already looked into it, some customers warranty is over, they will also replace.
Advising customers to turn off & on the Router frequently, obviously this is certainly not a wise solution. The Linksys E1200 (I believe you are using this Router) is in fact having this intermittent connection drop issue due to its firmware issue. TIME's technical team has been notified 6-8 months ago...
Feel free to contact me directly if you need further assistance.
Hi Bro,Let me assist you to pinpoint your problem. Please excuse the TIME Customer Service coz sometimes they are not really technically-wise trained.
From what you've stated above, big possibility the Router is giving problem. The reason the Customer Service requested you to test on LAN connection is to further narrow down& confirm the root cause of the problem, it's part of the troubleshooting procedure. Please excuse if there's any misunderstanding from this point.
The Router is in fact carries a 1 Year Warranty unlike the ONU which carries a lifetime warranty as long as you are still using TIME's service. I know this is not a perfect arrangement as viewing from Customer's perspective, this is not right. Viewing from TIME's side, the warranty is not covered by TIME but instead by the Vendor/Manufacturer which is 1 Year, just like we buy Routers from the shops. Some routers do have 2/3 years warranty, but that's different story la...
We had previously voice out this concern to TIME & they have already looked into it, some customers warranty is over, they will also replace.
Advising customers to turn off & on the Router frequently, obviously this is certainly not a wise solution. The Linksys E1200 (I believe you are using this Router) is in fact having this intermittent connection drop issue due to its firmware issue. TIME's technical team has been notified 6-8 months ago...
Feel free to contact me directly if you need further assistance.
I understand no company in this world can afford to provide training that's comprehensive enough to all their customer service employees to ensure they are 100% capable at their tasks and this is why a process is usually set up. Like you said, a troubleshooting procedure. I'm OK if the person is a still learning and a little bit slower at the job but at least try to maintain a friendly and professional conversation in the process. I didn't even mind the fact that I was not greeted when my call was answered and I greeted him nonetheless. It's not like I'm calling to ask for help and not paying anything for it. This is covered by my monthly subscription. When Time has no customers, they wouldn't even have a customer service department to start with.
I was telling him regardless of whether or not my LAN works, the Wifi radio on my router is still screwed and Time has an obligation to replace it. Rather than asking me why I kept telling him about my Wifi issue when he's explaining to me about testing on LAN; when in fact he was the one who asked me how I knew my Wifi wasn't working in the first place.
Also giving me a fed up sounding response when I couldn't give him a satisfactory answer as to which "Windows application" I was using doesn't really help either when in fact what he was really trying to find out was which Windows VERSION I was using.
I told him I've never had such overheating issues with all my previous routers before. And what's most ridiculous about his reply was the fact that he himself faces the same issue with his Aztech router at home!!?? Well if he has issues with his router at home, then he should be complaining about it to his provider, not telling me to accept it just because he faces the same issue himself!
I appreciate your reply and see that you have acknowledged the issue with the Linksys router as well. If only the customer service agent could've told me what Time is going to do about it, all this could've been avoided. When my Wifi doesn't work, it doesn't work. Simple as that. Even if I test the LAN ports till the cows come home, my Wifi wouldn't work until a reboot has been performed. Troubleshooting I can understand, but some procedures are just a waste of time, especially when this is a known issue to Time. And I definitely did not enjoy hanging on to the phone for 27 minutes listening to this customer service agent's attitude.
Seems like a waste of time to get Time to change it since it's bound to just happen again. So the question remains, what will Time do about my router? Thanks.
Jun 8 2014, 02:29 PM

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