All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

PSC opens formal proceeding to investigate Suddenlink complaints

CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission has ordered Suddenlink Communications to show why it should not be required to take specific remedial steps to improve service to customers and why the Commission should not impose penalties as authorized by state law.

On May 6, 2021, Chairman Charlotte Lane met with representatives of Suddenlink to discuss the more than 1,900 quality of service complaints the Commission has received, including delays in service restoration, billing errors, the inability to place orders for service or contact personnel regarding the status of service. Chairman Lane directed Suddenlink to provide the Commission a correction plan within 30 days.

Suddenlink sent a letter to Chairman Lane on June 7, 2021, that contained neither a correction plan nor details of the steps that Suddenlink has taken to improve cable television service.

“Suddenlink’s response to our request for a corrective plan to its disastrous customer service problems was completely inadequate,” said Chairman Lane. To characterize over 1,900 complaints in a positive fashion as ‘less than 1%’ of its customer base, is particularly concerning.”

Today, the Commission ordered Suddenlink to file information within 30 days, including details on completed and projected improvement projects to its cable television service; specific outage information; the processes used to issue and track trouble tickets; customer complaint call logs; a copy of all Suddenlink’s current franchises for cable television service in the state; metrics regarding training, personnel, office locations and hours of operation.

The Commission has scheduled two public comment hearings on August 24, 2021, and an evidentiary hearing on August 26, 2021, at the PSC headquarters in Charleston. All hearings will be held in person and streamed live on the Commission’s website.

Suddenlink offers cable television service to more than 300,000 households and small businesses and has over 133,000 cable television customers in West Virginia. The Company provides service over a hybrid fiber optic-coaxial network with more than 8,500 plant miles and eight headends across the state. Additional information, including today’s Order and Suddenlink’s June 7, 2021 response to Chairman Lane, is available on the Commission website: www.psc.state.wv.us by referencing Case No. 21-0515-CTV-SC-GI.

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