DSL Extreme Reviews 1,151

TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I gave them this feedback when I canceled my service: I have been a customer for a very long time. At first, the service was quite good, given the prevailing speeds available at the time. The firs... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude customer service, can’t answer question unless it’s in there script. They repeat the same unhelpful things over and over. When you ask for a supervisor there are not any or they straight up refus... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We're glad that our first internet service provider was DSLExtreme. We never had cable internet and weren't able to find a company that provided truly unlimited internet without data caps with fair p... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dsl services is HORRIBLE DO NOT USE IT YOUR INTERNET WILL ALWAYS GO OUT AND IT WILL TAKE DAY BEFORE THEY GET BACK WITH YOU AND THEN FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE IT COME BACK UP THEN THEY WILL TELL U THAT YOU... See more

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  1. Telecommunications Service Provider
  2. Internet Service Provider

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DSL Extreme is California's largest independent Internet service provider and has been serving customers like you since 1999. We've built our business on offering our valued clients the highest level of service and support all at a consistently affordable low price.


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Internet

I enjoy my internet and it's not slow my kids used it every day for their homework and I am very happy and thank full for this company thank you...

11 September 2021
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible and very unsatisfactory. Would not recommend

I got DSL because I was referred by all my friends and honestly it’s so bad. My wifi literally goes out every ten minutes. I wish I was lying. I can’t watch any video longer than ten minutes because there’s buffering far too much. I wish I could say I was satisfied but for a price of roughly $45 it’s not worth it at all.

28 January 2021
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DSL extream is very poor service, expansive.

DSL extream is very poor service, and very expansive.
Past 6 years I was busy to work, but my network connection in my home was so poor. Lots Time because their system was off because their internal updated; my home phone and internet all need this internet connection, but they on and off so often to interrupt my wife to use.
Now 15mpbs charge me $68.00; I surely want to get off their service.
Lots of time DSL extream was unable to provide service; I called them to find what was reason. Their tech supports told me because I had old modern so their system could not communicate with it.
I wait for 10 day with out service; ATT technician showed up after 11 past, he replace the ATT modern.
DSL extream takes my contract for a years; locked me into DSL extream service for a year only 6 Mbps on $47.99.
I called to negotiate the service; they were really did not care.
Lots of phone call to DSL extream, their customers service were told me different stories of their problems in their system.
For me lots of time is no internet to use at home.

8 January 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is a scam

This company is a scam. I signed a year contract with them, found out I was paying $60 a month for slow 18 mbps when I could pay the same amount for 1000 mbps elsewhere. When I called to cancel a month before my contract was up they told me it takes 30 days to shut it off, so I told them it was fine. They said I couldn’t cancel over the phone and that they would send a link that I had to click on. The link they sent didn’t work so I called them back and they sent another. They sent me dead links on purpose so to make it hard for me to cancel. I wrote them an email to cancel so they responded 30 days later saying they would shut it off 2 months after my contract was up. Thank goodness my card had expired the same time my contract was up, when they couldn’t run my card they shut it off 2 days afterwards. Funny how that works, but this just shows they are scammers trying to get your money. Beware and explore your options elsewhere!

26 December 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BEWARE this greedy company

BEWARE. I had been their customer for years, servicing a small number of dialup customers. They were great until June 2020 - we were being charged $0 because we had no dialup customers. Then, starting in June, they bumped their minimum charge to $250, even though I had NO CUSTOMERS. No notice, no communication, and 100% unwilling to compromise. It's on me that I didn't check my credit card statement for 6 months, but still -- completely unwilling to compromise or make this right. Again, billing went from $0 to $250 overnight with NO NOTICE. I won't do business with this greedy company in the future and caution anyone reading this review to think again.

12 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lackluster security and support resources--BEWARE

I've been a DSL Extreme customer since 2009 and things were mostly okay. Recently though, my dslextreme.com email was hacked and I had been getting blasted with literally thousands of emails and responses to the point that it has compromised one of the primary means of communication for my small business.

The tech support team looked into it and suggested that I change my password but the problem persists. Whenever we contact support, the best they can offer is to ask us to change our password, but that obviously isn't solving anything. At this point, the computer we use for email is no longer switched on, and my email password and browser has been reset four times. The sender on the email blasts shows up in a Google search as a known abusive spam IP address, yet DSL Extreme refuses to block them from accessing their email servers. Jerry from tech support says DSL Extreme doesn't understand why it's happening and that I should change my password yet again. It's my fault, and there's nothing they can do about it. That sucks, and we will be canceling our subscription ASAP.

6 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Not Upgrading Me

I have been with DSL Extreme for a while now.
I'm not sure if the modem/router was 'new' back then, probably so, but outdated now.
As I cut the 'cord' I have relied on Roku devices for watching TV.
It has become apparent that this router does not broadcast the signal very well at all.
It is only 2.4GHz, no 5GHz.
The PC that is hardwired receives the full download speed, but connecting via WiFi, even though it is basically next to the router, get about 1 mbps DOWNLOAD!!
Speaking with support they agree that this is slow, but they will not replace the modem to something newer.
They say I COULD get an extender (not needed if the computer is 2 feet away, or connect another router!!
So basically they want me to BUY another router that will do what theirs cannot.

I will be leaving DSL Extreme once my contract is up, if not sooner.

12 September 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give this company -0 Stars I…

If I could give this company -0 Stars I would. They are the worst . You can never reach anybody. Right now it's labor Day and service hasbeen out for a day and a half. There is no way to reach them, there is no way you can talk to anybody or call. during the regular hours you can wait up to an hour to speak to a technical person and they are in the Philippines. I have no service now and nobody in this company to help. I've emailed them twice and nobody monitors the email or even whether their services working or not. I looked them up under Better Business Bureau. They have an F rating, another 53 complaints, 47 of them have gone unresolved. They are garbage and they have no interest in getting better.

7 September 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They lost our IP address

They lost our IP address, I don't fully understand how you can lose the rights to an IP address but they did. So we were paying for internet that they weren't even providing and since it was for a back up on a security system it took a year to find out. When we demanded they cancelled they didn't and continued to charge us when we finally caught it they refused to refund us on the months of charges they charged us AFTER cancelling a serves they haven't provided in over a YEAR.

26 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have had this a month now and am quite…

Have had this a month now and am quite satisfied. I am in a 24 unit building with at least 30 tenants; each person having a cell phone and at least a tv or computer or both. I didn't get the strongest service and though everyone is using at least 1 device at all times, I have minimal problems. I am thinking of upgrading if the lockdown continues after this month.

16 August 2020
Unprompted review

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