Our son was visiting us for the holidays. His job requires that he keeps in touch with his company every day via VPN (virtual private network) on the Internet. His attempts from our house failed, he could not make a connection. If he could not "check-in" periodically, he would have to leave and return to the Bay Area. After some investigation, my son and I guessed that something in the SmarterBroadband connection might be blocking the VPN connection. I sent a email to SmarterBroadband describing the problem and asking for help. This was late on Sunday afternoon. I was hoping for a reply Monday morning. Much to my surprise, we got a telephone call from SmarterBroadband shortly after I sent the email. They spent almost an hour on the telephone with us diagnosing the problem. They were able to make changes in their network so that my son could make his VPN connection that same evening. We were all quite relieved that we could spend the holidays together thanks to the outstanding customer service from SmarterBroadband.
I have been using SBB for 2 months now and although VPN worked reliably for both my wife and I from day one. I have had a couple of other glitches that were addressed with similar speed and attention to customer satisfaction. Although I went with SBB because it's my only broadband alternative, I really, really like them.
Posted by: Jeff | December 31, 2007 at 10:30 AM
SMARTERBROADBAND, AN EXCEPTIONAL COMPANY
I would like to echo the other comments on Smarterbroadband. Their service is excellent. I am off Lone Star in Placer County and never thought I would get a decent internet connection. I went from dial up to Verizon broadband. It left a lot to be desired. The Smarterbroadband connection I have now is better than any of my city friends DSL. As long as my lone Digger Pine doesn't blow down in a storm I have it made.
Posted by: Phil Gardner | April 08, 2009 at 03:33 PM