Ok, I’m going straight to the point.
It’s February 9, 2019 and currently, I am NOT happy with Converge’s service.
I’ve been with them for a year already (subscribed December 20, 2017) and to be fair, the first year was amazing – fast processing of application and installation, stable connection, low ping and latency to most online games, and delivered promised speeds of 50 Mbps up and down.
But as of today, I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY with Converge’s service.
Since January 11, 2019, I have been getting a disconnection problem that happens every 1 hour and 30 minutes, exactly on the dot.
Here is a generated report of my Ping Monitor app which I have been running since January 23, 2019.
Ping Monitor Detailed Report for February 8, 2019. Click to view .pdf file. The disconnections might only be seconds, but it’s enough to disconnect me from stream and my games.
This is to acknowledge your concern. We will forward this to our network team for further checking. Please keep your modem on and will revert you an update once given. Thanks.
A team was also dispatched to my home last January 21 to check on the physical wiring, and even a modem replacement was made.
Unfortunately, I’m still experiencing the same problem until now.
For an ISP who claims to be THE Gamer’s choice of ISP, this problem is possibly one of the worst things your subscribers can experience.
Playing ranked games in League of Legends, Dota or any MOBA? Say good bye to your rank because you’ll probably get disconnected in the middle of your match.
Playing PUBG and hoping for a chicken dinner? Say good bye to that as well, as you might get disconnected when there’s only two of you left in the map.
Have you been raiding a boss in WoW or FF14 and is close to beating the boss? Oh well, say good bye to a possible clear because you might get disconnected in the middle of the fight and that disconnection might cause your raid that 1% dps loss and cause a 1% enrage.
Want to be a streamer? Be prepared to disconnect every hour and to constantly apologize to your chat about being disconnected. See your viewer count plummet because no one wants to stay on a stream that keeps on disconnecting.
Check out all those disconnections! Woohoo.
So, do I recommend Converge as an ISP?
If your activities on the internet consist of surfing, streaming movies and shows on Netflix, downloading and uploading stuff from and to the internet, then MAYBE, I could recommend them as a provider.
To be fair, they DO deliver their promised synchronous speeds and they currently do offer the best bang for buck plans… IF things are working properly in your area.
(These are just some of the complaints I’ve read on while researching on my problem and hoping for a fix. I’ll be happy to point you in the right direction if you’d like to read these complaints, too.
Oh, and have I mentioned that it’s extremely difficult to get in touch with their hotline?
Be prepared to wait for hours on the phone just to have your call get cut. They do have email, but it takes them days to reply, if they do reply at all.
They also supposedly recently upgraded their customer service hotline to be able to accommodate more requests.
However, I haven’t tried contacting them again since I’ve spent a good 2 whole days before I was even able to talk to a representative.
And honestly, I’m not ready for that headache.
If you aspire to have DREAMS of becoming a streamer and/or a professional gamer, or of becoming a business owner of a gaming cafe or net cafe, then NO, I currently DO NOT recommend Converge as a provider.
However, if you’re really, REALLY decided to subscribe to Converge (or maybe Converge is the only provider in your area), my advice is, do your own research.
Look for other Converge subscribers in your area.
Visit forums and Facebook groups and try to read up on people and their experience with Converge.
With all things said, my recommendation might change once Converge has fixed this problem.
During my first year with Converge, I had enthusiastically recommended their service to a few of my friends.
But as of today, if you ask me if you should sign up for Converge then my answer is a BIG, FAT DON’T.
Better to look at other options in your area.
If anyone from Converge reads this review, please feel free to get in touch with me.
I’d be more than happy to work with you and provide you with any data about my connection (ping results, tracert, etc.) that can help your company figure out a solution to my (and a bunch of other people’s) problem.
So as of right now, I’m sorry, Converge, but I definitely won’t recommend your service to anyone.
But please, feel free to prove me wrong.
So wish me luck everyone and hopefully Converge fixes my problem soon.
For now, my streaming career is sadly taking a backseat, and I even have to use my mobile LTE on some days just so I can play games uninterrupted.
I am currently in a 2-year contract lockout so unless I pay the remaining 11 months, I’m stuck with them for a while.
I really don’t recommend them right now, sadly. They might have fast speeds, if you’re lucky. But they’re very unreliable and unstable right now. Plus their customer service is worse than PLDT.
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