We recently moved to Wellington and have only two providers, TDS and CenturyLink. Having already…read morehad CenturyLink and knowing how crappy they are, we gave TDS a try. Turns out they're not much better. The most annoying part is the lack of customer service. These photos are what was left after our installation. The cord was just left hanging out of the box, even though there's a conduit that was installed from the box to our house (new build), and the cover wasn't secured. There are at least four other homes connected to the box and all we'd have to do to mess with their internet is lift up the cover. I've contacted them three times about it, no one has showed up yet. Their equipment is also crap. They gave us a 1 GB modem (we have 300 Mbps service). Our internet was going in and out constantly, and not wanting to deal with their horrible service agents I figured I'd try and put in my old 176 Mbps max modem to see what happened. Internet works fine now even though it's about half the speed. The only thing positive I can say about TDS is it goes out less than CenturyLink did, which was all the time.

We had TDS internet for 7 years and have had consistent drop outs and slow speed in Johnstown CO…read more(despite having Gig service). We have also experienced billing SNAFUs on several occasions. Once Xfinity became available, I decided to cancel my account in early May 2026. I called and spent 2 hours on the phone and finally got a rep who told me they would send a return shipping box for the modem. That never came. I called again and was told they would ship out another return box - and it never came. Meanwhile, TDS charged me a $179 fee for equipment not returned. I found the local TDS office and delivered the modem in person. The employee said that my account had been adjusted to note the return. Today I received a bill!!! TDS is a crappy company that oversells service while shortchanging servers and infrastructure, and has the most customer unfriendly and convoluted business practices I have encountered. AND their website has dead links.

Seriously so happy I found this crew!!! They will do great!…read more My home internet has been terrible for far too long and it's been frustrating trying to find something else..... the only thing that seemed like it would solve our problems was Starlink...: my husband wouldn't commit to helping me install it and wanted me to find someone who could do it and do it right! I poked around on the internet and I mainly ended up with random companies that were not "local" then I found Next Step Communications... I did their online form to get them to contact me and they did so basically instantly. The best part was that it was an actual person and not an automated system response. Jason & Ryan were on top of it and ready to help me however they could. I asked tons of questions and serval I probably asked serval times. My husband had some questions that I emailed them back and forth about. In no time it was evident that they were the ones that we wanted to install Starlink. The starlink equipment was ordered and the installation was scheduled. My starlink came sooner than expected and they adjusted their schedule to accommodate the early installation Their crew to install was two very nice guys who did a great job. Not only did they bring their booties to wear in the house but they literally had everything they needed in their vehicle. Ive had several different installers that have came to my home over the years and it usually stresses me out because they make an absolute mess and they have zero respect for your clean home and nice things. BUT Next Step Communications did a great job on the installation of my new Starlink service! The service requested was definitely completed with 100% satisfaction! It was so pleasant to have this experience with the crew from Next Step Communications. They even had a little shop vac to clean up behind themselves. Drop cloths, ladders of every size, mounts and cords for the starlink to adjust to their needs for this particular project. I felt 100% comfortable the entire time they were here and they were a pleasure to work with. Thanks guys for doing a nice job and doing your job, very well that is!

After a storm took out our Starlink Gen 1 satellite, Next Step came out same day to assess and fix…read morethe issue. Starlink then upgraded us to a Gen 2 and we got the same great service from our installer. Good value with great service.

Highly recommend Jeff for TV mounting. He arrived on time, well prepared and we got straight to…read morework. Ours was a challenging project- an 85" TV mounted overhead. Jeff is thoughtful, experienced and communicates well. Thank you for your valuable insights and assistance on this difficult install!

I had Jeff out to install an OTA antenna. I had assumed he would need to put it in the attic but he…read moredid a thorough analysis and put it on my roof. That setup was less expensive and I have great reception now. He's super friendly and was able to work with my schedule. I got one other estimate to do the job and his cost was literally 1/10th of the other one.

There are a lot of drawbacks to this service. Technically it works well and we haven't had any…read moresignificant outages or troubles. It's not cheap, and it seems like everything you want costs extra. They barrage you with up-selling telephone calls, usually on the order of three free months of HBO and Showtime (after which they charge a lot). If you don't cut them off early and firmly they'll sign you up for it without your permission, then you have to call them up and persuade them to cancel it, which is also difficult. The worst part was when I sold the house that had the service. I had no trouble disconnecting the service, but they said they would sent me information later on how to return the equipment, but I didn't receive anything. If you don't return it within 21 days they charge you a fee. I called and after being transferred twice got them to agree to send another return kit, although it never arrived. I called again, got transferred again, and had them send another return kit. I'm now waiting on that one; we'll see. On-phone time for each call was about 30 minutes (including some more up-selling). Update: I finally got my return instructions, which were: put everything in a bag and take it to a UPS store, they will do the rest. It seems like that could have told me that on the phone, or even in the initial email, and saved a lot of trouble.

On 06/04/26, I cancelled Directv after over two decades because of increasing charges. In speaking…read morewith a representative on that day, I was informed that invoices are billed one month in advance, and that by cancelling on the 4th of June, for the billing cycle of 05/29-06/28, my service would be ending after the 28th. Today, I received an invoice for the period of 06/03-07/02, indicating i owe for one more month of service. In speaking with Nel (#NM475E), a supervisor, he disagreed that they bill in advance, and would not prorate, given that I cancelled seven days into their billing period. I am hurt, by the way they treated a long time, loyal customer, by deciding to get as much $$$ as they could from me. No wonder they are struggling. GOOD RIDANCE!

Today I have been trying to get dish to solve this issue. It's been like this all week. We have…read morethem on the phone daily. Today it was a nightmare. We have had them on the phone all day. My husband talked to them first. I have taken the last 10 calls. Needless to say that I am totally pissed off So they told me that they would send a service man could be here on Sunday . Sorry but that is not acceptable. I'm waiting for them to return my call. If I could give them a ZERO I would. If you are thinking about dealing PLEASE don't.

Dish is one of the most scams you will have don't get dish network I called them a few weeks ago…read moreand they told me that I could get a payment arrangement but charge me 15 dollars so I said ok a week later my service gets shut off so I called them they charged my old bank account when I told them not too but throws ass---- did and now my bank account is over drewed and they won't help me too get my service back on and there customer service people hang up on you for no reason at all and they don't care about there customer all they care about is there selfs and money there very rude and unprofessional so I wouldn't get dish network plus I was promised 150.00 a month a month later my bill was almost doubled that and when you call they tell you oh well we can't do anything about it and your bill gets higher and higher every month