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Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 4:31 AM

File a complaint against Xfinity

I have an expensive plan, which includes Voice, Cable Internet, & TV.  My bill is significant, and has been for decades – I am a long-time customer and I don’t get treated as such. We also have Xfinity Mobile. The experience I have had with Xfinity - Comcast Voice is completely unacceptable. The voice mail system is intolerable, so I asked to forward my calls when there is no answer.

 

Background: This a highly basic feature. But Xfinity only provides the setting to select for

  1. Forward all calls (it never rings - goes straight to the forwarding line) or
  2. Selective forwarding - only forward calls from certain people. 

What I want is simple, let the phone ring a few times and if nobody answers forward the number to the forwarding number.  I can't understand for the life of me, why this would not be automatically offered -- it is SOOOOOO basic! The is the whole point of forwarding, to send the call elsewhere if you can't answer.  

 

Experience:  I have contacted Xfinity at least 6 different times on this topic and get this to work. I have always been told it can be done, but it never gets done.  I was first given 2 different set of instructions on how to activate "call forwarding no answer" from my home phone - those do not work. The feature is not somehow ‘automatically’ available for my line. Then another super long chat and a ticket was opened and a call back was promised, but no call back.  Then another tech on yet another long chat promised to have added the feature while in the chat and that it would work in an hour -- nope it didn't work.  Then another call with yet another chat tech, who promised to have it taken care of and that I would get a call from tech support -- a call comes through, about an hour later, as if it was not schedule because it then told me I have to wait 40 mins for customer service rep. What? Are you kidding?  I need to give you endless hours of my time to get you to do your job?  This is 100% ridiculous. Promises, promises, and nobody does what they say they are going to get done. Hours on chat or the phone, and I still don't have my hyper basic feature, that should just be available form the Voicemail settings via the website.

 

I need this elevated to customer service complaints, because this service is extraordinarily poor and inexcusable. My time has been wasted and I have been routinely lied to -- told something is certainly fixed when it is not. Fix this!

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Official Employee

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17 days ago

Hi there, @user_1urd9c! Thanks for reaching out about forwarding your calls after a few rings. I apologize that you have reached out and the issue is unresolved. We never want that and are glad to help!

 

We have 3 types of call forwarding: Basic, Selective, and Advanced. Basic and Selective will just forward with no rings on your Comcast Voice line. Advanced Call Forwarding will allow you to set the number of rings before it forwards, from 2-9. This link shows how to set up each option, https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/forward-calls-with-call-forwarding.  Next to where you input the number for the Advanced Call Forward is where you will be asked how many rings before it forwards to the next number. This link has a picture of what you should see when setting it up toward the bottom, https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/advanced-call-forwarding-voice-2go. It is for editing Advanced Call Forwarding. 

 

Please let me know if you are able to get that set up or if the option is not showing when you try. 

Visitor

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This option does not appear on the screen, but i will check once more and get back to you.

Official Employee

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Thank you for checking @user_1urd9c if you need additional assistance, please send us a DM with your full name and address to Xfinity Support.

To send a direct message:

Click "Sign In" if necessary

Click the "Direct Message" icon

Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there.

As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list.

An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line.

Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

Press Enter to send it

See https://comca.st/3kYXwkR for an example

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Visitor

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The information you have provided does not apply to my line, as your website tells me this feature is unavialble for an unknown reason, and nobody at your organization has fixed it. This why I must file a complaint.

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Visitor

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No use in sending more messages than I already have in the same way I have already done, as it did not work and nobody fixed this. 

Official Employee

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I’m really sorry for how much time you’ve spent trying to get this resolved @user_1urd9c! After everything you described, repeated instructions that didn’t work, promised callbacks that never came, and features not appearing where they should, I completely understand why you’re frustrated.


At this point, we need to review your specific phone line on the backend to see why Advanced Call Forwarding isn’t showing as an option on your account. That level of access isn’t available through the public forum, but we can take a deeper look with the account pulled up privately.


If you’re open to it, please send us a Direct Message with your full name and service address. That will allow us to check the provisioning on your Voice line, confirm whether the feature is available on your specific plan, and work with the teams who handle these configurations.

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