Tikona WiBro Services - Dont Ever go for it

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Chennai
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BSNL
This is a complaint about Tikona Wireless Broadband and see how much frustration a customer would have in selecting this useless service,
1)Jul-2012 i took the Tikona Wireless Brodaband connection for 1mbps speed.2)They did not even get my address proof for the connection. with this itself i should have understood their quality3)After that the speed frequently gets down and i had raised so many complaints and many times i did not even have a connection for almost 10 days. For these 10 days they say they will adjust the bill but for an minimal amount.4)Customer care is another nuisance they dont understand the issue is and they will immediately test our connectivity when server which my modem connects is down and we have to wait for this guys 1/2 an hour as if they are going to solve the issue5)After we raise a complaint they will assign what they call as Engineers who will never come immediately the customer has to follow him after taking leave from office as if they are going to launch a rocket6)So called Engineer visits our site and he will adjust the direction of the equipment in the upstairs and he will check the conection and say everything allright, immediately after he leaves the connection will be slow or even down.7)We have to pay nearly 3000 for 3 months so the reason is after the payment their connection is secured meaning we will not be able to disconnect for 3 months.8)They will install their CPE, the reason for this installation free of cost is to black mail the customer when they ask for disconnection.9)first 3 months i paid i.e, from Jul - Sep 2012. Many complaints and i felt they will correct themselves and paid the second due from Oct - Dec 2012. same result. I called the customer care and made a complaint many times,
they some how convinced me saying it will never happen again.Then i paid my third due from Jan - Mar 2012. same story. i did not disconnect because i thought i will be changing my house so it will be better if i raise a disconnection thinking that they will disconnect immediately since it is wireless. In April 2013, there was no stable connection, called the Customer Care and made a complaint. As usual the so called Engineer did not turn up and i got frustrated i raised a request for disconnection. After the request is raised the Engineer called me for fixing the issue. I told i disconnected and not needed your service. The next day a guy from Mumbai called me and he spoke in my language(for convincing) and convinced me and promised me it will never happen. I did not have a connection for 10 days again.I was not able to disconnect also because i paid the amount for Apr - Jun 2013
mail sent on Apr 6, 2013 for disconnection,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi,
I had disconnected my Tikona WI-BRO service on 05-Apr-2013 and i had raised a complaint to the customer care for the same.My Customer Id is 1106902159Name: VijayPlease do not generate bill anymore.
thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================10)After that also the connection was not stable, it was like if it type mail.yahoo.com, enter my username , password and submit bOOOOOOOOh. it disconnects. Pay my credit card and after entering all the details final step
Boooooooooooooooooh. disconnected. it did not even know whether the payment is made.11)They have crossed the limits and waited for the end of june so that the end of bill date arrives.
Chapter 2 The WORST
1)I had raised a disconnection request again on 23-jun-2013 before 4 days of bill end date(26-jun-2013).This 4 days + 30(or even more) = 36 days i did not claim anything, instead i want this Ghost out of my Home.see the mail they had sent immediately,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. VIJAY S,
With reference to the TT no. 1-2712199844 raised on your Tikona broadband User ID 1106902159, registered against your name,
We tried to contact you on your registered mobile no.9940251959 to address the issue however there was no response from your side.
We request you to provide a convenient date, time and alternate contact number (if any) so that our team can contact you for permanent resolution.
Please feel free to contact us on toll free number 1-800 209 4276 to provide us any feedback regarding our service. You can also write to us on customercare@tikona.in. Our Customer Care associate will be glad to assist you. For
faster access to Technical Support desk, call on 022-40629629* from anywhere in India.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================2)Again they called me asking for the reason. I said i am travelling onsite i need immediate disconnection. This guy was asking me where i am travelling. He don't have any right ask me this question.then he asked me i will give 30 % discount , can you transfer the connection anyone nearby. This is like some rude owners say that if you vacate the house u have a find another tenant. I said i cant do that.I don't know who gave freedom for this guys to ask such a question. he told me send a mail quoting the reason. hello boss why should i send a mail with reason i can send a mail for disconnection thats it, you disconnect, you
doing a public service not a private military rule. i will disconnect the service saying i did not like your name. its my freedom to have or disconnect a service. if i ask for disconnection you have to do it.While getting the connection. they took only 2 hrs for connection even without address proof but for disconnection see the story
I got a mail on the same day,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. VIJAY S,
With reference to the request raised on your Tikona broadband User ID 1106902159, registered against your name, we commit to make sincere efforts to resolve whatever difficulty or issue you may have faced by engaging
senior specialist from our team. Your account shall remain under our retention efforts for next 10 days to allow us a fair chance to satisfy your concerns and make sure you continue using Tikona services. It will delight us to re-
instate your confidence in us. Within these 10 days we shall seek your cooperation to facilitate a prompt resolution with help of Specialized Help desk as well our field care executives.
We assure that in case our efforts to resolve valid issues to your satisfaction are not successful, then the monthly bill charges shall be applicable only till the next bill cycle date based on your last usage date or disconnection
request date whichever is later. On processing of request for disconnection you will be required to return all Tikona installed equipment and material including indoor and outdoor CPE, POE adopter, cabling etc. In case CPE is not
recovered charges of Rs 1500 shall be added towards the outstanding amount & you will continue to receive bill until you have not surrendered the CPE. Please note installation charges are non-refundable. Full and final
settlement of the account will be done post completion of the above mentioned process.
The activities are summarized against your Service Request Number 1-2712199844, dated : 6/23/2013 09:42:29 AM
1) Resolution of issues or problem with your cooperation : Day 1 to Day 10
2) Formal email or call from your Registered Email or Mobile No. : Day 1 to Day 10
3) Suspension of account (last bill cycle) : Day 11 to Day 13
4) Payment of outstanding and return of equipments : Day 14 to Day 16
5) Closure of account : Once activity 4 is completed then within 48hrs account will be closed.
Kindly note during the course of retention if your account shows usage then your account will be considered as retained & it would confirm you wish to continue with the services.
In order to safeguard against any unauthorized request for disconnection of service we would also request you please write an email to customercare@tikona.in from your registered email id or call 1-800 209 4276 from your
registered mobile number if the above retention effort is not successful. Please note that communication received from email or mobile not registered as part of Personal Information of your Tikona account is liable to be
considered as 'not valid' and thus request may not be processed.
We do trust that through our sincere effort we shall be able to resolve any and all valid technical or commercial problems and shall maintain a long term client relationship.
For faster access to Technical Support desk, call on 022-40629629* from anywhere in India.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================
2)At that time i was about to travel onsite so i did not even mind about claiming the non-usage, i wanted them to disconnect and take away the equipments. I sent a mail on 24-jun-2013,
===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi,
i would like to disconnect my tikona wibro service as i am travelling to onsite. I had already raised a request for disconnection on 23-06-2013. Please ask your technicianto get back the installed equipments.
My details,Name : s.vijay.Acc. No. 1106902159
Thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================3)Two days later another lady called asking for the reason, i told disconnect my service and take your equipments as early as possible as i am going to vacate my house.i told her clearly thet please take your equipments ASAP
and i will pay my dues if any immediately. but really i dont have dues they only have to refund me for non-usage
4)28-jun-2013 i got a mail from them again,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Customer,
We have received a request for disconnection of Tikona broadband service for Service ID 1106902159 which is registered against your name.
At the outset we would commit to make sincere effort to resolve whatever difficulty or issue you may have faced by engaging senior specialist. Your account shall remain under our retention effort for next 10 days to allow us a
fair chance to satisfy your concerns and make sure you continue using Tikona services. It will delight us to re-instate your confidence in us. Within these 10 days we shall seek your cooperation to facilitate a prompt resolution
with help ofSpecializedHelp desk as well our field care executives (Tikona SevaMitra).
In order to safeguard against any unauthorized request for disconnection of service we would also request you please write an email to customercare@tikona.in from your registered email id or call 1-800 209 4276 from your
registered mobile number if the above retention effort is not successful. Please note that communication received from email or mobile not registered as part of Personal Information of your Tikona account is liable to be
considered as 'not valid' and thus request may not be processed.
We would also like to assure that in case our efforts to resolve valid issues to your satisfaction are not successful, the monthly bill charges shall be applicable only till the next bill cycle date based on your last usage date or
disconnection request date whichever is later. On processing of request for disconnection you will be required to return all Tikona installed equipment and material including indoor and outdoor CPE, POE adopter, cabling etc. In
case CPE is not recovered charges of Rs 1500 shall be added towards the outstanding amount& you will continue to receive bill until you have not surrendered the CPE. Entire outstanding amount shall be required to be paid to
create full and final settlement of account.
The activities are summarized again:
1) Resolution of issues or problem with your cooperation : Day1 to Day102) Formal email or call from your Registered Email or Mobile No.: Day 1 to Day 103) Suspension of account (last bill cycle) : Day 11 to Day 134) Payment of outstanding and return of equipment’s : Day 14 to Day 165) Closure of account : Once activity 4 is completed then within 48hrs the closure
Kindly note during the course of retention if your account shows usage then your account will be considered as retained & it would confirm you wish to continue with the services.
We do trust that through our sincere effort we shall be able to resolve any and all valid technical or commercial problems and shall maintain a long term client relationship.
Regards,Nilesh Mistari.Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================
5)29-jun-2103 again i sent a mail===============================================================================================================================================================================================follow up mail for my disconnection
Hi, I had made a disconnection request for my Tikona WI-BRO service with acc. no. 1106902159 on 23-jun-2013.23-jun-2013 i got a confirmation call from tikona for the disconnection.23-jun-2013 i got a email from tikona regarding the disconnection24-jun-2013 I had sent a mail from my registered mail id confirming my disconnection.26-jun-2103 again i got a call from tikona and they confirmed for the disconnection and they updated that a technician will visit my home to collect the installed equipments.28-jun-2013 again i got a mail from tikona for disconnection.29-jun-2013 i got a mail with the billing details.This bill should not have been generated as i had already sent a disconnection confirmation from my registered mail id and also through the call.i am not using the Tikona Wi-bro services from 22-jun-2013 and the billing has to be adjusted for the non-usage.There is no more dues to be paid from my side and ask your technician to collect your installed equipments. thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================6)same day they are sending me a bill to pay the next due. 🙂
7)30-jun-2013 , i got a mail from them,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Customer,
We have received a request for disconnection of Tikona broadband service for Service ID < 1106902159> which is registered against your name.
At the outset we would commit to make sincere effort to resolve whatever difficulty or issue you may have faced by engaging senior specialist. Your account shall remain under our retention effort for 2 days to allow us a fair
chance to satisfy your concerns and make sure you continue using Tikona services. It will delight us to re-instate your confidence in us. Within these 2 days we shall seek your cooperation to facilitate a prompt resolution with
help of Specialized Help desk as well our field care executives (Tikona SevaMitra).
We would also like to assure that in case our efforts to resolve valid issues to your satisfaction are not successful, the monthly bill charges shall be applicable only till the next bill cycle date based on your last usage date or
disconnection request date whichever is later. On processing of request for disconnection you will be required to return all Tikona installed equipment and material including indoor and outdoor CPE, POE adopter, cabling etc. In
case CPE is not recovered charges of Rs 1500 shall be added towards the outstanding amount & you will continue to receive bill until you have not surrendered the CPE Entire outstanding amount shall be required to be paid to
create full and final settlement of account.
Kindly note during the course of retention if your account shows usage then your account will be considered as retained & it would confirm you wish to continue with the services.
We do trust that through our sincere effort we shall be able to resolve any and all valid technical or commercial problems and shall maintain a long term client relationship.
Regards,Sagar Toke.Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================8)01-jul-2013 i got another mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. VIJAY S,
We hereby confirm that services for your Account No. 118420867 having User ID 1106902159 has been terminated as on Termination Date : 7/1/2013 01:06:02 PM
We will send our executive to collect all the equipment’s provided to you by Tikona, please handover the same.
Please note on account of service discontinuation, you shall compulsorily return all the modems in working condition. In the event of not being able to deliver the modem to the company, for reasons attributable to your
action/account, the modems would be assumed to be permanently undeliverable to any person including the company. In such an event, including a case where the modems are delivered by the subscriber in non-working
conditions, the company would charge the subscriber 1500 per modem not returned or returned in non-working conditions towards penalty/damages for breach of the terms of service. This is applicable for all plans.
The Modem provided by Tikona and installed in your premises is a wireless transmitter imported by the company under a license issued by WPC wing, Department of Telecom, Government of India. Possession of such equipment,
under your ostensible charge, is prohibited under THE INDIAN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1933 ACT XVII OF 1933.
We will consider your last usage date or Termination request date whichever is later as the date up to which you would be charged for services, basis which the full & final amount will be calculated.
If CPE and/or other equipments are not returned you will be charged Rs.1500/- additional in the bill, over and above the mentioned *balance outstanding.
In case you fail to clear the balance outstanding payment you will continue to receive bills with late payment charges levied every month. Please ensure you clear the dues on priority to avoid any inconvenience at later stage.
Once you return the CPE, you will receive the final bill which will be generated on the bill cycle date. This bill will cover the full & final amount. If any amount is refundable to you it will be processed and dispatched to your
address registered with us in the next 30 working days. You will receive an SMS confirming the refundable amount once the cheque is dispatched.
Your registered address according to our records is as below.
Name - VIJAY SAddress - NO.2, DHARMARAJA KOIL STREET, 1ST FLOOR, CAUVERY TEMPLE VIEW APT.,, ALANDUR, 600016 CHENNAI
In case of deviation in the details mentioned above, please send Proof of Address & Proof of Identity scan copy which was provided while subscribing for Tikona services for correcting the detail on customercare@tikona.in
within 48 hours along with your User ID and registered mobile no.
Please feel free to contact us on toll free number 1-800 209 4276 to provide us any feedback regarding our service. You can also write to us on the above customer care email id. Our Customer Care associate will be glad to assist
you.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================9)02-jul-2013 i got a mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. VIJAY S,
As per your request for termination of Tikona broadband User ID 1106902159, registered against your name, your service has been terminated
Mentioned below are the Full and Final Settlement details for your Account no. 118420867:
Amount Payable :Rs:0.00/-Non - Usage Period :Rs:0.00/-Waiver for Non-Usage Period :Rs:0.00/-Balance Amount Payable :Rs:0.00/-
In case you have not returned the CPE, please note on account of service discontinuation, you shall compulsorily return all the modems in working condition. In the event of not being able to deliver the modem to the company,
for reasons attributable to your action/account, the modems would be assumed to be permanently undeliverable to any person including the company. In such an event, including a case where the modems are delivered by the
subscriber in non-working conditions, the company would charge the subscriber 1500 per modem not returned or returned in non-working conditions towards penalty/damages for breach of the terms of service. This is applicable
for all plans.
We request you to surrender the CPE at the earliest failure to which you may receive legal calls for payment & device recovery. Ignore if CPE is already surrendered.
In case you have any query please feel free to contact us on toll free number 1-800 209 4276 or you can also write to us on customercare@tikona.in.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================10)04-jul-2013 i sent a mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi, I had received a mail for termination of my Tikona Wibro service on 01-Jul-2013.02-Jul-2013 received a mail for the final settlement and there are no dues to be paid by me.Please ask your technician to collect the installed equipments of Tikona Wibro service from my home. thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================11)07-jul-2013 i sent another mail for remainder,===============================================================================================================================================================================================remainder mail for collecting Tikona Wi-Bro equipements after termination.===============================================================================================================================================================================================12)10-jul-2013 i got another mail, they used to send the same mail again and again===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. Vijay,
This is with reference to your e-mail regarding full and final settlement of your Tikona Wi-Fi Bro account.
Currently your account is not disconnected as we are yet to collect the device from your Premises,
We have forwarded your request to collect the equipment at the earliest and our team will contact you in next 72hrs for an appointment.
We will send our executive to collect all the equipments provided to you by Tikona please handover the same. In event of equipments not being returned you are liable to pay additional charges of Rs. 1500/-.
Also note if you will not receive any call for CPE collection then kindly contact on 7708784337 to. SPS MESH SOLUTION.:- Mr. K PALANISAMY .
At the equipment collection time our team provides one receipt to you for confirmation of equipment collection.
In case equipment has collected, please provide scan copy of cpe removal letter as an attachment in email at customercare@tikona.in for further assistance.
Kindly inform that, you have no dues pending against your account if equipments are collected.
Please feel free to call us at 1800 20 94276 or email us at customercare@tikona.in.
Thanking you and assuring you of our best services.
Regards,Tikona Digital Networks Pvt. Ltd.W: www.tikona.in===============================================================================================================================================================================================13)14-jul-2013 i sent another mail ,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi,I have been asking for the past 20 days to collect the installed tikona wibro equipments installed in my premises after termination of services, but still it is not collected by your technician. I will not be responsible for the delay in
surrendering the same.
My user id is 1106902159.Thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================14)17-jul-2013 i sent another mail ,===============================================================================================================================================================================================hi,
I had called this guy thrice after 72 hrs for collecting Tikona WI-BRO equipments,
"Also note if you will not receive any call for CPE collection then kindly contact on 7708784337 to. SPS MESH SOLUTION.:- Mr. K PALANISAMY".
But he did not turn up.
It's your responsibility to see to that the equipments are collected in time.
thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================14)10-jul-2013 i got another mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Customer,
As per your request for termination of Tikona broadband User ID 1106902159, registered against your name has been terminated.
We have forwarded your request to collect the equipment at the earliest and our team willcontact you in next 72hrs for an appointment.
Also note if you will not receive any call for CPE collection then kindly contact on our ISP which is mentioned below.
At the equipment collection time our team provides one receipt to you for the equipment collection confirmation.
If equipment has collected, please provide scan copy of cpe removal letter for further assistance.
In case you have not returned the CPE, please note on account of service discontinuation, you shall compulsorily return all the modems in working condition. In the event of not being able to deliver the modem to the company,
for reasons attributable to your action/account, the modems would be assumed to be permanently undeliverable to any person including the company. In such an event, including a case where the modems are delivered by the
subscriber in non-working conditions, the company would charge the subscriber 1500 per modem not returned or returned in non-working conditions towards penalty/damages for breach of the terms of service. This is applicable
for all plans.
Pls call our ISP co -ordinator to return our device:-K PALANISAMY 7708784337
We request you to surrender the CPE at the earliest failure to which you may receive legal calls for payment & device recovery.
In case you have any query please feel free to contact us on toll free number 1-800 209 4276 or you can also write to us on customercare@tikona.in.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================15)21-jul-2013 i sent another mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi,
I had raised disconnection on 22-Jun-2013 and after that i had been asking you to collect Tikona Wibro equipments from my premises many times and still it is not being collected
your ISP co-ordinator whoever you had mentioned had called me on 12-jul-2013 and told he will be collecting the equipments on the same day, the next day i had called him and again on sunday (14-jul-2013) i had called but he is
reluctant to turn up.
19-jul-2013 another guy called me for collecting the equipments and the same story 20-jul-2013,21-jul-2013 i had called him but no response.
It is your responsibility to see to that that equipments are collected in time. It had been almost 1 month it is not collected and i will not be responsible anymore for the equipments for any delay/damage.
thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================
16)24-jul-2013 i got another mail,===============================================================================================================================================================================================Dear Mr. VIJAY S,
We hereby confirm that services for your Account No. 118420867 having User ID 1106902159 has been terminated as on Termination Date : 7/21/2013 12:03:32 PM
We will send our executive to collect all the equipment’s provided to you by Tikona, please handover the same.
Please note on account of service discontinuation, you shall compulsorily return all the modems in working condition. In the event of not being able to deliver the modem to the company, for reasons attributable to your
action/account, the modems would be assumed to be permanently undeliverable to any person including the company. In such an event, including a case where the modems are delivered by the subscriber in non-working
conditions, the company would charge the subscriber 1500 per modem not returned or returned in non-working conditions towards penalty/damages for breach of the terms of service. This is applicable for all plans.
The Modem provided by Tikona and installed in your premises is a wireless transmitter imported by the company under a license issued by WPC wing, Department of Telecom, Government of India. Possession of such equipment,
under your ostensible charge, is prohibited under THE INDIAN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1933 ACT XVII OF 1933.
We will consider your last usage date or Termination request date whichever is later as the date up to which you would be charged for services, basis which the full & final amount will be calculated.
Pls call our co- ordinator to retun our device :_K PALANISAMY7708784337
If CPE and/or other equipments are not returned you will be charged Rs.1500/- additional in the bill, over and above the mentioned *balance outstanding.
In case you fail to clear the balance outstanding payment you will continue to receive bills with late payment charges levied every month. Please ensure you clear the dues on priority to avoid any inconvenience at later stage.
Once you return the CPE, you will receive the final bill which will be generated on the bill cycle date. This bill will cover the full & final amount. If any amount is refundable to you it will be processed and dispatched to your
address registered with us in the next 30 working days. You will receive an SMS confirming the refundable amount once the cheque is dispatched.
Your registered address according to our records is as below.
Name - VIJAY SAddress - NO.2, DHARMARAJA KOIL STREET, 1ST FLOOR, CAUVERY TEMPLE VIEW APT.,, ALANDUR, 600016 CHENNAI
In case of deviation in the details mentioned above, please send Proof of Address & Proof of Identity scan copy which was provided while subscribing for Tikona services for correcting the detail on customercare@tikona.in
within 48 hours along with your User ID and registered mobile no.
Please feel free to contact us on toll free number 1-800 209 4276 to provide us any feedback regarding our service. You can also write to us on the above customer care email id. Our Customer Care associate will be glad to assist
you.
Regards,Customer CareTikona Digital Networks===============================================================================================================================================================================================17)25-jul-2013, i sent a mail===============================================================================================================================================================================================Hi,
Reg. my Account No. 118420867, User ID 1106902159.Please refer my below mail reg. collecting your installed equipments.
I had been calling your ISP co-ordinator many times for collecting the equipments but nobody turned up.I am not going to call anymore your technician for collecting the equipments.Do you guys think i don't have any other work apart from calling your technician.To collect your equipments ask your person to fix an appointment with me and collect it.
I had sent a mail asking you guys to collect the equipments on the below dates,24-jun-201329-jun-210314-jul-201317-jul-201321-jul-201325-jul-2013
But you are not responsible enough to collect the same.I will not be responsible anymore for damage/delay of your equipments installed in my premisesMoreover i am going to vacate my house shortly which i had already informed you.
thanks,Vijay.===============================================================================================================================================================================================
On seeing this you can see that they are sending the same mails repeatedly for a month for no reasons making the Customer uncomfortable.
a)They are forcing me to call a guy or a fool whom they outsourced for collecting the equipments. Why should a customer call a guy who will not turn up, even then i did. This is the worst thing making the customer to call a
unknown fool to take the equipments.b)They sent a mail before saying no dues paid, now they are saying the amount is to be calculated actaully this guys have to refund me for the non-usage period.c)They are taking more than 1 month for disconnection but for connection they will take 2 hrs without address proof..d)They send a mail to the customer blackmailing that equipments is not collected need to pay 1500.
As per their mail,
The activities are summarized against your Service Request Number 1-2712199844, dated : 6/23/2013 09:42:29 AM
1) Resolution of issues or problem with your cooperation : Day 1 to Day 10
2) Formal email or call from your Registered Email or Mobile No. : Day 1 to Day 10
3) Suspension of account (last bill cycle) : Day 11 to Day 13
4) Payment of outstanding and return of equipments : Day 14 to Day 16
5) Closure of account : Once activity 4 is completed then within 48hrs account will be closed.
from 23/06/2013 + 16 days = 10-jul-2013 the equipments shouls have been collected, they will not collect the equipments and will send mails irritating the customer.The reason for disconnection is i am travelling onsite. What nonsense is the point 1, they will take 10 days to resolve my problem. They should immediately disconnect.
These guys are giving the worst service that any telecom company will give and if we disconnect they will call all nuisance.
Apart from these i made so many calls to the Customer Care to the toll-free which is not easily reachable and many times to their chargeable number in Mumbaii lost my amount paid to themi lost many banking transactions because of the worst service they had providedi am totally stressed by these guys for which I am filing a case for compensation..
 
Man, I read the whole thread. This is the absolute worst service and situation to be in. I've found that the easiest way to disconnect any such thing is to say you are vacating the house. I notice you have done that. I was contemplating going the Tikona way for sometime, but sure am glad I didnt! I hope you are rid of this trouble at the earliest!
 
rsatbf said:
Man, I read the whole thread. This is the absolute worst service and situation to be in. I've found that the easiest way to disconnect any such thing is to say you are vacating the house. I notice you have done that. I was contemplating going the Tikona way for sometime, but sure am glad I didnt! I hope you are rid of this trouble at the earliest!
Hi, i am going for onsite shortly. so i am filing a case in consumer court and my advocate will address these guys. they should have disconnected with in 2 days of request or atleast 10 days as they said in written, so i have every proof for going to court, if they are taking their own time and making the customer uncomfortable they have to pay for it.
 
Even though their services are worst at your place, you repeatedly paid Quarterly in advance...BRAVO :nono:
 


all the best vijay with these never ending pathetic Tikona customer care services !!!!
 
The post subject is correct. Dont ever go for this connection. This is the first and formost down market broadband service I've encountered in my life. The worst customer care support I would say they have.
First of all they have very fragile customer support service. If you registered for tikona, I bet sooner or later you will realise the mistake that u have made. I would suggest go for any other boradband but not for this.
I am not sure if tikona service differs from region to region. So, if the service is up to date and matches all your requirements and is in line with any of the competeting brands like hathway, photon, airtel then u can continue. But if it is not then just leave this b*st*rd netowrk and select the much better n promising brands.
Hope you will think wisely while deciding your broadband connection.
 
man this is a torture what u r facing and u can go to consumer court about it thats all can u do....and switch to other isp's...
 
Hi Guys,
The worst is not over.........................
After the above a 420 called me from delhi claiming him as lawyer working in New delhi asking for an amount of 3000 rs. i asked his name and his reg. id where he is practising since my uncle is a senior lawyer in supreme court and asked him to send legal notice and not to call. he immediately cut the phone. Then as per my uncles advice i had made a complaint in Consumer Complaints.in. In between i had received a mail for legal notice where in there is no signature who had sent it. they had metioned two cell no.s and my uncle tried tracing it, it was some no. who is running vegetable shop.

below is the mail,
==========================================================================29-aug-2013==========================================================================From Legalcolls To svijay_tnj@yahoo.comDEMAND NOTICE FOR YOUR TIKONA SERVICE Date: 28TH August’ 2013VIJAY S Sub: Your Tikona Service ID No 1106902159 & Billing Account Number 118420867Dear Customer,We wish to draw your kind attention to the following facts : That Tikona Digital Networks Pvt. Limited is a body corporate duly registered under the Companies Act, 1956, and in business of providing Internet services. That you have subscribed the internet Services being provided by us on the terms and conditions as laid down in the subscriber registration Form (SRF) which was duly read acknowledged and signed by you That in lieu of the internet services availed under this agreement and the devices provided to you, we have from time to time sent you bills for the same. In view of the non-payment of the bills, you have also been reminded through telephone calls and SMS messages to make payment of the bills sent to you. However, in spite of several such demands and reminders, you havefailed and neglected to pay the amounts of outstanding bills aggregating to Rs. 2367. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the SRF, you were under an obligation inter-alia to make payment of periodic bills raised uponyou in respect of services availed by you. However, in spite of the receipt of Statement of Usage from us, you have grossly failed to make said payments. As per our computerized billing records you have used services up to .with your Last Session ending 6/22/2013. Your Outstanding amount upto the Last Usage Date is Rs. 2367considering applicable Charges only up to6/22/2013. We will consider waiver of Rs 280. on your total Outstanding Rs. 2367, provided you make Payment of Rs. 2087 within 3 days of receipt of this letter In addition to above , you shall be required to pay Rs. 1500 in case you fail to return Modem along with all accessories to our authorized representative .Please refer to Para 23 of Terms and conditions of the subscription, an extract is appended below“In case of service discontinuation, the subscriber shall compulsorily return all the modems in working condition. In the event of subscriber not being able to deliver the modem to the company, for reasons attributable to theiraction/account, the modems would be assumed to be permanently undeliverable to any person including the company. In such an event, including a case where the modems are delivered by the subscriber in non-workingconditions, the company would charge the subscriber 1500 per modem not returned or returned in non-working conditions towards penalty/damages for breach of the terms of service. This is applicable for all plans.Please note that the Modem provided by Tikona and installed in your premises is a wireless transmitter imported by the company under a license issued by WPC wing, Department of Telecom, Government of India. Possession ofsuch equipment, under your ostensible charge, is prohibited under THE INDIAN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1933 ACT XVII OF 1933. You are requested to make immediate payment of Rs. 2087 and give you this notice, that if you fail to pay, the aforesaid sum thereon within 3 days we shall have no option, but to adopt appropriate recovery proceedings,inclusive of legal proceedings criminal as well as civil, against you at your entire risk as to costs and consequences. You can pay by Cheque / Demand Draft / Online by multiple ways, log on to http://www.tikona.in/bill-payment to choose the best option. You can write to us at our address given below or e-mail to legalcolls@tikona.in or call at 9873253424 , 9873239807 and 9899525319 - CHETAN SHARMA after making requisite payment.NOTE:- PLEASE CONSIDER ABOVE NOTE TO AVOID ANY FURTHER ACTION ON SAME.Yours Sincerely (Authorised Signatory)==========================================================================

It is evident from the above that they try to create nuisance for their ex-customers even after proper process of disconnection.
this is the mail i received from them before for no dues,
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FROM TDN Services TO YouFrom TDN Services To svijay_tnj@yahoo.comDear Mr. Selvam,Greetings from Tikona.This is with reference to your complaint on termination of your Tikona account.As per our conversation on 5th August 2013,We hereby inform that services for your Account ID. 118420867 having Service ID 1106902159 has been terminated on 7/1/2013.We would like to inform you that the full and final settlement has been concluded, there is no dues are pending against your account.Please feel free to provide us any feedback on http://forum.tikona.in regarding our service.Regards,Tikona Care.
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I was actually not in a mood to disconnect tikona since my onsite visit was only for 2 months. But after seeing my friends experience who also had the same issue, i tried testinng their credibility and found the above. My friends case was even worse he got the connection from these guys and he was not getting proper connectivity. then a technician came and told that he had no signal and asked him to disconnected. after making the disconnection he also faced the same.
Now i am using BSNL BB which was really excellent for the past 3 months. BSNL the problem is for connection they will take 2 weeks after which everything looks great to me. even i had a disconnectivity 1 day. they resolved it within 3 hrs. and now i am a happy with it.
 
connectivity wise i have never had issues with BSNL or MTNL the only issue if they had downtime takes sometime to resolve but no crap like these guys
 
Dear All,
On 12/26/2013 I took subscription of the service from Tikona. 4MBPS unlimited connection - was the service opted for by upfront payment of 2600/- including some deposit amount,
Unfortunately - I could not use much during the initial days & began usage sometime in the first week of January, & realized there was no connection & when connected it was not delivering the speeds promised.
I called customer care and after explaining my plight on the speed being poor they only agreed to pay 199 as waiver on bill on Jan 7th but refused to entertain my disconnection request!
Note: my first disconnection request came within days of availing service which was not entertained by Tikona, they kept giving excuses and kept promising speeds & fix for connection
After this , with the same poor state of affairs I received the first bill on Jan 17th 2014 for amount of 623/- for the limited duration after excluding the waiver etc..
I was very clear to customer care & firm in saying they need to fix the service, as i was not getting the promised speed of 4MBPS
Also, there were too many interruptions (Down time) many nights there was no internet cause of some backup issue, server issue etc etc...
In my conversations to customer care I made them aware of the issue, to which their response was we have waived 199/- off that is the fix in itself and the connection on their end is fine,
There was no engineer sent to fix the actual issue or check my reported concerns from Tikona.
I refused to pay the bill until they fix the connection issues, a month went by & I received the second bill for February (Jan 623/- & feb 1281/- combined) - 2541/-
As a customer, I was not getting my money's worth & was displeased with the service - which I had made abundantly clear,
But, Tikona was buying time and promising fixes without making any real progress in providing real solutions to the complaints.
On one end I was unhappy with the service & was requesting them to suspend my service - which they did not cater to.
On the other end - I was bombarded with calls about delayed payment
I would get as many as 10 calls some days there was no fixed time, I would get calls up-to 11 Pm and early morning 7am onwards
Many were automated voice messages, which only inform of the outstanding payment and hang up automatically,
I would get many many emails on payment reminders!
I was disturbed mentally & could not attend my meetings and focus on my work peacefully!
It was inhumane of Tikona to take to such lengths about petty payments, this despite having service issues they have not yet addressed.
There was nobody who would listen to your concerns & address them.
The telephone contact is a shame,
The Toll free number 18002094276 had wait times of up-to 30 minutes and would automatically hangup after making you wait for 25/30 minutes - It was frustrating
There were Robots on the other end of the phone, who fail to understand customer service or the issues, they made empty promises and assured follow up call backs
I never have received call-backs as promised
It was nothing less than perpetual TORTURE from Tikona, finally I decided to write to them, so I have something in back & white.
On March 10th 2014, I wrote to them with my concerns & asked them to disconnect my service, I had cleared the outstanding bill amount 2452/- the same day and requested them to stop the calls & mail harassment on the bill payment matter.
Since, then I have not received a reply to the mail!!!
I received another bill in March 19th 2014 about outstanding payment of 1627/-, but nobody replied or called to fix the concerns RAISED!
I had a call back in the month of may asking for reason for non payment for the amount 1627/-, I was getting no where with the company,
So, I only asked them to NOT DEAL WITH ME ON PHONE & write to me by replying to my mail
So I have things clearly in Black & White,
They have refused to reply to the mail, so far to this day I do not have a response form Tikona on the mail sent!
But the Torture intensified and I kept getting even more calls each day on pending payment & numerous mails about bill payment,
They even generated another bill for the month of April on 19th April for 1728/- and wanted me to pay total amount of 3455/-
I outright refused and told them that I have in writing about the request for disconnection of service, they have not obliged my request
So I am not liable to pay that amount as per law of the land!
They generated another bill in the month of May on 20th May and wanted me to pay a final sum of 3119/- after some adjustments, that I do not fully understand nor the company bothered explain to me as customer on the adjustments made.
So they threatened legal action in the month of May, I asked them to go right ahead!
Since, I had the mail record asking them to disconnect the service
But requested Tikona to collect their Modem and some equipment provided at the time of connection, which remains Tikona property and was only leased to me for the time of usage.
Nobody came for collection so far.
So far, I blocked all communication from Tikona, Mail from sender has been blocked & Phone has been blocked after they threatened and were unruly to me and did not treat me fairly
I did not wish to be subjected to their torture, so I exercised my right and blocked them completely.
Today, 19th June at 12.30Pm I received a call from a legal office in New Delhi,
Once Mr Sharma (+91-11-66458100) called and asked if I want a out of court settlement else they will proceed with legal action as requested by Tikona for non payment of 3119/-
I was not interested in traveling to New Delhi and pay my money on air fares and spend more on this matter,
So I agreed to clear the bill and sent the mail confirmation to Mr.Sharma, but asked them if I can approach consumer court and take the matter
The legal council from Mr.Sharma's (sharmachetan5791@gmail.com) office who called said I could do that,
So today I have cleared all dues 3119/- as billed by Tikona and have bought the matter to your notice!
Although, I was very unhappy to do the payment of the amount for service that I have not availed, I have cleared all bills and asked Tikona to collect their equipment again today VIA Email request.
I request you to take notice, and serve justice to customers of Tikona
Regards,
Raj
9035007776
 
Hi reddyrajashekar,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I am from Bangalore and recently moved to Kaggadaspura.
I have been in 2 minds as to whether to opt for Tikona or not. On enquiring with my friends, I got a mixed response. My friend who resides in Kammanahalli had a very bad experience. Another friend who resides in L.B.Shastri Nagar said he was satisfied. My wife's feedback from her friends was that it was bad service.
What further added to my dilemna is that Kaggadaspura is terminally short of Bandwidth providers.
BSNL - No service & crappy response, They have not even laid the lines, the chap throws out all sort of excuses like BWSSB not providing permission to lay cables and such bull
ACT - very popular and reliable in Bangalore but are yet to enter Kaggadaspura
Airtel - The only wired broadband provider. Run out of free slots and ran out of patience following up with them
So the only option of a wired connection was Tikona
The sales rep who came home assured me that Disconnection would not be an issue, if I was dis-satisfied. But given the word-of-mouth feedback I have received from my social circle, I have been stalling them. Now, after reading this post I won't even bother to take their connection I'm gonna stick with 4G LTE dongle until Airtel frees up a slot or ACT enters Kaggadaspura, whichever is earlier
 
reddyrajashekar said:
Dear All,
On 12/26/2013 I took subscription of the service from Tikona. 4MBPS unlimited connection - was the service opted for by upfront payment of 2600/- including some deposit amount,
Unfortunately - I could not use much during the initial days & began usage sometime in the first week of January, & realized there was no connection & when connected it was not delivering the speeds promised.
I called customer care and after explaining my plight on the speed being poor they only agreed to pay 199 as waiver on bill on Jan 7th but refused to entertain my disconnection request!
Note: my first disconnection request came within days of availing service which was not entertained by Tikona, they kept giving excuses and kept promising speeds & fix for connection
After this , with the same poor state of affairs I received the first bill on Jan 17th 2014 for amount of 623/- for the limited duration after excluding the waiver etc..
I was very clear to customer care & firm in saying they need to fix the service, as i was not getting the promised speed of 4MBPS
Also, there were too many interruptions (Down time) many nights there was no internet cause of some backup issue, server issue etc etc...
In my conversations to customer care I made them aware of the issue, to which their response was we have waived 199/- off that is the fix in itself and the connection on their end is fine,
There was no engineer sent to fix the actual issue or check my reported concerns from Tikona.
I refused to pay the bill until they fix the connection issues, a month went by & I received the second bill for February (Jan 623/- & feb 1281/- combined) - 2541/-
As a customer, I was not getting my money's worth & was displeased with the service - which I had made abundantly clear,
But, Tikona was buying time and promising fixes without making any real progress in providing real solutions to the complaints.
On one end I was unhappy with the service & was requesting them to suspend my service - which they did not cater to.
On the other end - I was bombarded with calls about delayed payment
I would get as many as 10 calls some days there was no fixed time, I would get calls up-to 11 Pm and early morning 7am onwards
Many were automated voice messages, which only inform of the outstanding payment and hang up automatically,
I would get many many emails on payment reminders!
I was disturbed mentally & could not attend my meetings and focus on my work peacefully!
It was inhumane of Tikona to take to such lengths about petty payments, this despite having service issues they have not yet addressed.
There was nobody who would listen to your concerns & address them.
The telephone contact is a shame,
The Toll free number 18002094276 had wait times of up-to 30 minutes and would automatically hangup after making you wait for 25/30 minutes - It was frustrating
There were Robots on the other end of the phone, who fail to understand customer service or the issues, they made empty promises and assured follow up call backs
I never have received call-backs as promised
It was nothing less than perpetual TORTURE from Tikona, finally I decided to write to them, so I have something in back & white.
On March 10th 2014, I wrote to them with my concerns & asked them to disconnect my service, I had cleared the outstanding bill amount 2452/- the same day and requested them to stop the calls & mail harassment on the bill payment matter.
Since, then I have not received a reply to the mail!!!
I received another bill in March 19th 2014 about outstanding payment of 1627/-, but nobody replied or called to fix the concerns RAISED!
I had a call back in the month of may asking for reason for non payment for the amount 1627/-, I was getting no where with the company,
So, I only asked them to NOT DEAL WITH ME ON PHONE & write to me by replying to my mail
So I have things clearly in Black & White,
They have refused to reply to the mail, so far to this day I do not have a response form Tikona on the mail sent!
But the Torture intensified and I kept getting even more calls each day on pending payment & numerous mails about bill payment,
They even generated another bill for the month of April on 19th April for 1728/- and wanted me to pay total amount of 3455/-
I outright refused and told them that I have in writing about the request for disconnection of service, they have not obliged my request
So I am not liable to pay that amount as per law of the land!
They generated another bill in the month of May on 20th May and wanted me to pay a final sum of 3119/- after some adjustments, that I do not fully understand nor the company bothered explain to me as customer on the adjustments made.
So they threatened legal action in the month of May, I asked them to go right ahead!
Since, I had the mail record asking them to disconnect the service
But requested Tikona to collect their Modem and some equipment provided at the time of connection, which remains Tikona property and was only leased to me for the time of usage.
Nobody came for collection so far.
So far, I blocked all communication from Tikona, Mail from sender has been blocked & Phone has been blocked after they threatened and were unruly to me and did not treat me fairly
I did not wish to be subjected to their torture, so I exercised my right and blocked them completely.
Today, 19th June at 12.30Pm I received a call from a legal office in New Delhi,
Once Mr Sharma (+91-11-66458100) called and asked if I want a out of court settlement else they will proceed with legal action as requested by Tikona for non payment of 3119/-
I was not interested in traveling to New Delhi and pay my money on air fares and spend more on this matter,
So I agreed to clear the bill and sent the mail confirmation to Mr.Sharma, but asked them if I can approach consumer court and take the matter
The legal council from Mr.Sharma's (sharmachetan5791@gmail.com) office who called said I could do that,
So today I have cleared all dues 3119/- as billed by Tikona and have bought the matter to your notice!
Although, I was very unhappy to do the payment of the amount for service that I have not availed, I have cleared all bills and asked Tikona to collect their equipment again today VIA Email request.
I request you to take notice, and serve justice to customers of Tikona
Regards,
Raj
9035007776
Dear Mr. Reddy,
Greetings from Tikona.
With regards to your concern, we confirm that the disconnection request is in progress. We will revert at the earliest.
For any further issues/queries, you can contact us on our toll free number 1-800-209-4276 or you can reach us at forum.tikona.in
Regards,
Tikona Care
 

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