Charter Communications

Charter Communications is a cable telecommunications company, which offers its services to consumers and businesses under the branding of Charter Spectrum. Providing services to over 25 million customers in 41 states, it is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, just behind Comcast. It is the tenth largest telephone provider based upon residential subscriber line count. In late 2012, with the naming of longtime Cablevision executive Thomas Rutledge as their CEO, the company relocated its corporate headquarters from St. Louis, Missouri to Stamford, Connecticut, although many operations still remain based out of St. Louis. On May 18, 2016, Charter acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for a combined $65.5 billion, making it the third-largest pay television company in the United States.

Review

Charter has poor customer service. The Charter Spectrum business technical support division is just as poorly managed as the residential customer support. Criticisms include lack of knowledgeable support staff, no means to communicate directly to a higher level engineer, rude customer service representatives, and no means to report abuse by support staff to management.