I moved to this area in February and had to get windstream for my phone service and I am so angry with them that I am searching for another way to get a internet line in my house so I can cancel their service. I wouldn't refer them to anyone for any reason. I first signed up with them and they gave me the most expensive package deal they had, even after I had told them I wanted just the basic line, cause I only needed it for a computer line, and that I had cell phones. Then every month I was paying a bill of $85.00 just to have internet. So I finally called 3 months later and told them that they had put the wrong package on and so she changed the package to the lowest package and said it would be effective at 7pm that night on the 29th of May. Then I called the first week of June to see if they received my payment and she said yes, now you owe $85.00 for June. I told her that they had made a mistake but they fixed it on the 29th, and she said Yes but it won't show until next months billing. So now I still have to pay a full month bill of something I didn't order in the first place, and then I have been on the phone today trying to reach a supervisor all day and not one return phone call yet. They are the worst phone company I have ever had. I had other phone companies and had great service and customer service, this is a real case of CUSTOMER NO SERVICE...

Windstream purchased D&E Communications in PA. We have been trying to get a port date to change our phone service to another provider for over 60 days and Windstream is uncommunicative and rejects every attempt for one reason or another.
I have filed a complaint with the FCC and PA State Attorney General's Office because we can get no results from Windstream. We have no point of contact or way to resolve this issue.

Windstream is an awful company! I first switched to Windstream when I moved. I called all the companies in town to find out the best deals on cable, internet and phone and Windstream had an excellent bundle deal, $70 a month for the first year, $89 a month after that. It would include Dish network and wireless internet. Well, of course it was too good to be true. My first bill was over $350.00. All the set up costs and a bunch of crap added to the bill that I never agreed to!! For an entire month I called windstream to fix the bill. They had outrageous charges that I never agreed to sign up for and after multiple calls they took the charges off, but that still didn't equal the amount that I originally heard from the company when I first signed up. So here I am with my second bill, and what do you know. I have a $136.00 bill, far from the $70 a month service that I signed up for. As for customer service they have not been helpful one bit!
How can a company be allowed to tell customers one price, but then completely change it was they have you locked. When I asked them why the amount is different to what I originally signed up for I got two answers. 1. I'm not sure who told you that you can get service for that amount...it's too low, we would never agree to that and 2. well, the bill is only slightly higher than what you signed up for, so what's the big deal.
totally ridiculous!!!

Windstream promised broadband in our area three years ago before I decided to build here in rural Kentucky. They have not come one foot closer to me and refuse to deal with the issue. My wife is disabled and I have a heart condition and we depend on the internet. The dial up service is essentially worthless. I cannot even pull up a news story let alone any kind of internet research. The simple fact is that rural customers are treated like trash. Daily I see Winstream ads for $49 service for local, long distance and broadband. We are limited to having to have two lines (one for internet) at the cost of $100 a month. On a fixed income that is tough.

I changed from dial-up to high speed DSL Sept., 2007. Picked Windstream because it is our phone service provider. The first 3 to 4 months were perfect. When they transferred customer service to India, service degraded. Each bill was more than the previous bill. They slowed down the DSL and offered high speed for $5 more per month. I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE INCREASED PRICE, BUT I WAS CHARGED THE EXTRA FEE. DSL is still slow. Lots of trouble with the connection. I will change carriers before I continue to struggle with this company. I get physically ill when I have to deal with the Indian customer service. Great way to RUIN a good business!!! Way to go folks.