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ISP and TV Service Providers Earn Poor CSR Rating

A new research report published by Temkin Group, 2012 Temkin Experience Ratings, rates the customer experience of 206 large companies across 18 industries. This is the second year that Temkin Group ha...
ISP and TV Service Providers Earn Poor CSR Rating
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  • A new research report published by Temkin Group, 2012 Temkin Experience Ratings, rates the customer experience of 206 large companies across 18 industries. This is the second year that Temkin Group has released these ratings.

    The research, which is based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers in January 2012, includes ratings of 11 Internet service providers – AOL, AT&T, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, EarthLink, MSN, Qwest, Road Runner, and Verizon – and 10 TV service providers: AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network/EchoStar, Optimum (iO)/Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon.

    While the study rated 21 organizations across both the TV and Internet services space, only three companies received “okay” ratings: Bright House Networks (TV), Dish Network (TV), and Cablevision (Internet). Fifteen of the companies were rated “poor” and three received “very poor” ratings: Charter Communications (TV), Charter Communications (Internet), and EarthLink (Internet).

    The average customer experience ratings for the TV services and Internet services industries placed them 16th and 17th, respectively, out of 18 industries in the study. The only companies to score lower were health plans. Out of all 206 companies in the 2012 Temkin Experience Ratings, EarthLink and Charter Communications were the two lowest-rated companies and eight of the bottom 19 companies came from these two industries.

    “Terrible customer experience remains an epidemic within the Internet services and TV services industries,” states Bruce Temkin, author of the report and Managing Partner of Temkin Group.

    Temkin Group analyzed the changes between 2011 and 2012 and found that customer experience made a modest improvement in the TV services industry but had a slight decline with Internet service providers. Seven companies saw their Temkin Experience Ratings increase by more than five percentage points: Cablevision (Internet), Comcast (Internet), AOL (Internet), Dish Network (TV), Bright House Networks (TV), DirecTV (TV), and Comcast (TV). Only one company had a decline of more than five percentage points: Cox Communications (Internet).

    The Temkin Experience Ratings evaluates three dimensions of customer experience:

    Functional: Does the company meet consumers’ needs?

    Accessible: How easy is it for consumers to do what they are trying to do?

    Emotional: How do consumers feel about their interactions with companies?

    I will NEVER refer someone to @DIRECTV again. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!! Bad enough for me to pay the ETF with 11 months left!!! 3 days ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    omg @ATT you have the worst customer service in the world. It makes me want comcast (and that is pretty damn bad)!!!!!!! 6 days ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Comcast have bad customer service! Do not support them! RT @MagicJohnson Thank you to David Cohen & Brian Roberts of Comcast. 6 days ago via Twidroyd for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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