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#19471 18-Feb-2008 18:10

I must be the unluckiest customer wXc has.

Check here for my previous Fusion problem:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?ForumId=65&TopicId=19245

Now that Fusion is connected I have been using it for the past 4 days with no problems, phone call quality has also been great after the xnet team upgraded my voip codec.

This morning I get a connection email from xnet stating that my vfx is now connected. I figured that it probably meant that my number had been ported from Telecom so called my wife and asked her to call me back to check that the caller ID was correct, she got the disconnected signal.

Called xnet help desk, on hold for about 15 minutes. I was told the port was in progress and it should be fine in a couple of hours.

Couple of hours later still not working, outgoing calls are OK but no incoming calls from Telecom lines work.

Call xnet, on hold again for about 15 minutes. Told that they would speak to the provisioning team and get them to call me.

Call from the provisioning team saying that the problem will be fixed. Receive further call back from xnet using a Telecom line saying the problem had been fixed.

Tried to get my parents to call me, a local call from their Telecom line, got the disconnected signal.

Call back Xnet, on hold for......you guessed it, about 15 minutes. Spoke to CSR and asked that the last tech I spoke to call me back. Receive call back in approx 5 minutes, xnet will speak to engineer and call back. Received another call back, they have found a problem with the config on the PAP2T and will sort it out and call me back on my cellphone in 5 minutes, my phone would be down until then.

25 minutes later and still no call. I tried to reboot the PAP2T. Phone now doesn't even dial out. leave it another half an hour, phone now has message that the device is not connected to network.

So here I am, waiting for over an hour for a call that was going to come in 5 minutes. I now have no phone line at all and now have to go out so have not got time to wait another 15 minutes to speak to another CSR.

I have also received another email saying that my vfx has now been connected, the same as the previous 2 I have received from xnet, my password and voice mail etc has been reset again as well.........

Just tried another reset, now have the disconnected signal when trying to call out.

I have wasted over an hour today either on hold or talking to CSR's. Combined with the previous problems I have just about had enough with wXc.

In the morning I am going to start looking at other providers, I still want to run with ndsl though so my options may be limited. I guess there could also be problems with trying to keep my phone number etc.

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  #111428 18-Feb-2008 18:13

Just tried to reset again.

phone now dials out but guess what, DOES NOT RECIEVE CALLS FROM TELECOM LINES, THE SAME F****N PROBLEM I HAD THIS MORNING BEFORE I WASTED MY TIME TRYING TO GET IT SORTED.



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  #111436 18-Feb-2008 19:08
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Your device is actually online now and I saw this issue as I was leaving work tonight, as we had a number of people looking at why you were not getting calls and it took sometime to rectify the provisioing problem, you were always getting calls from anyone outside Gore just not calls from local numbers, intially they thought it was something wrong with the number port that occurred today and where looking at some number porting issue with Telecom.

We did find the problem we believe and that issue is that your ported number was provisoned in the Invercargill calling area not the Gore area so that is why we could ring you directly but Gore local numbers could not, however we are still not convinced that your number is been forwarded from all providers,

What this effectively meant you were in a different calling area and it took a while to work out what was wrong, the reason why it took so long was the automated provisioning system caused a problem for us in trying to back out the information and reinsert it in to the correct calling area whilst keeping all your setup intact (configs, details, device etc), the team was trying to preserve your details and any setups you had they didn't want you to have to reset up your account, I know that my provisioning team stayed late working on your issue trying to get this going for you and wern't leaving untill they fixed it.

Your number is actually live in the network and people can phone you, but if calls are still not coming in form local Gore Numbers then we need to chase up with Telecom, I actually made a call at 18:50 tonight and it went through to your number so vodafone is passing the ported number correctly. We will own the problem untill it is resolved but the issue still could be a Telecom number,

If you can have somone in he Local Gore area phone you and PM the details if it dosn't go through we can esculate the issue,
date and time also the the number that was calling you.









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  #111468 18-Feb-2008 21:01

Had another call from xnet at about 7:05pm saying the problem had been resolved, I just had to do a reset.

DOES NOT WORK.

My parents still can't call me, it would be quicker for them to walk across Gore and knock on my door.

I accept that this is a techinical issue and hopefully it can be resolved.

The reason I am so frustrated is I spent so long on hold today and have had to keep calling back, only to be told later that the problem has been fixed when it hasn't. I also got told I would be called back in 5 minutes, only to be finally called back 2 hours later.



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#111471 18-Feb-2008 21:10

And I can't even ask for a 1 day credit on my vfx service because it's freeYell

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  #111489 18-Feb-2008 22:48
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marmel: And I can't even ask for a 1 day credit on my vfx service because it's freeYell


Wow... You really are demanding huh? You have the top engineer at XNET working on your problem, and staying late to resolve what looks like not even a XNET fault and your complaining that xnet sucks.

All faults are painful, but I would say they are going the extra mile for you...

Just my opinion...




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  #111491 18-Feb-2008 22:56

If you read my other post above I stated that I realised it was a technical fault but the frustration came from being on hold numerous times and being told several times that the problem had been fixed when it hadn't.

How would you feel if you had already spent 30 minutes being on hold twice, only to be told that the problem had been fixed when it hadn't and then have to ring back and go on hold again for another 15 minutes or so. Then someone tells me they will ring back in 5 mintues and don't, eventually ringing back 2 hours later to say it had been fixed, when it hadn't.

I never said xnet sucked either but since you brought it up yes it sucks to have to wait 15 minutes to talk to the tech team, it sucks to have to do this 3 times in one day and it sucks to be told repeatedly that the problem has been fixed when it hasn't.

Is your phone working, mine isn't.

Have a day like mine and see how you feel.

Just my opinion of course.......

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  #111493 18-Feb-2008 23:01

And further to the above if you read through other posts I have made I am quick to praise wXc when I have received good service and when other problems have been fixed.

Also remember that this comes on top of a 10 day delay in getting fusion connected because someone at xnet forgot to pass on my account details.

So yeah i'm having a bit of a rant but that's what internet forums are all about, in addition to providing advice etc.

Xnet staff, including Maverick, know that when they sign up to the forums openly as staff members of a telco (which I think is great) they have to take the good with the bad.

To make matters worse my wife is giving me stick now as well after I assured her that when we changed to fusion everything would work well and go smoothly. She is the president of a local volunteer organisation and gets 2-3 calls a night about meetings etc.

 
 
 

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#111495 18-Feb-2008 23:06
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I don't like dragging the thread off topic to much, but there are some very valid concerns regarding the frustrations with the customer service provided.

However there are also possibly some high (too high?) expectation that the service can be restored *just like that*. Due to the nature of the issue, its complex and could involve other telco players as well.

Its probably a good item just to cool off and approach it tomorrow with some cool heels, rather than getting worked up. Judging by the previous post, the fault has been identified so a resolution shouldn't be too far away.




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  #111499 18-Feb-2008 23:13

Now I'm paranoid that every time I ring the helpdesk a big warning sign will flash up on their screen:

WARNING: POSTS ON GEEKZONE

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#111501 18-Feb-2008 23:17
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I think this is fairly mild compared to some of the exploits seen on geekzone. =)




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  #111505 19-Feb-2008 05:52
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marmel: Had another call from xnet at about 7:05pm saying the problem had been resolved, I just had to do a reset.

DOES NOT WORK.

My parents still can't call me, it would be quicker for them to walk across Gore and knock on my door.

I accept that this is a techinical issue and hopefully it can be resolved.

The reason I am so frustrated is I spent so long on hold today and have had to keep calling back, only to be told later that the problem has been fixed when it hasn't. I also got told I would be called back in 5 minutes, only to be finally called back 2 hours later.


I have asked fro a PM of the details of an Inbound call, we did find an issue as I already said and still believe that it may be a Telecom porting issue, Note you are getting calls to your number but not from Telecom land lines  , we can Phone your Number, Vodafone mobiles can phone your number

If you can give me an example with date and time we can give more info to Telecom to chase this up as it looks like it's a porting issue as I eleuded to last night, 

The reason why they probably didn't call you back was they were trying to resolve the issue and were working to try and fix the issue untill late as it took some time to move some detail around with out breaking the service which they thought they had done, but as I said it appears as though we are not getting your calls sent to us.






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  #111518 19-Feb-2008 08:23
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Update: We have now found that the Custom Link is still in place at Telecom so calls to your Number are still being sent to your old VFX number due to the customer link still being in place, (this is a Telecom Issue)

This should have been automatically cancelled with Telecom as soon as the number port happens and generally always has, we have not seen happen before on any number port as all Telecom services get cancelled for that number this includes the customer link, we don't know why Telecom hasn't done this but are esculating the issue to find out what the issue was and why the custom link wasn't removed. 




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  #111528 19-Feb-2008 08:59
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Update:

We have put in a Temp Fix untill Telecom can fix the issue, we change the old VFX number that the custom link is still sending to and remapping it to your number, you will see however any calls coming in will have your CLI due to the Custom Link presenting your number as the CLI, ie it will appear as though your calling yourself.




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  #111529 19-Feb-2008 09:04
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Update: Telecom has fixed the issue and calls are now being presented correctly, everything should now be working 100%

We will be looking at why this occured with Telecom to ensure it dosn't happen again for other customers.

Telecom have advised that it was a process error on their end and a works order had not been completed which was the removal of the Custom Link, it was human error and we do apolagise for the frustrating time you have had, this unfortunatly was totally outside our control .




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  #111531 19-Feb-2008 09:19

I can confirm that everything now appears to be working again.

Thanks to those at wXc that worked on this to get it sorted.

So Telecom was at fault?

As I said above my frustration wasn't with the fault as such just the process I had to go through during a busy day.

I feel a bit emabarrassed now about making such a big deal out of it but at the time I had people trying to get hold of me,  then ringing on my cell askng why my phone had been disconnected etc.


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