Charter Spectrum offers internet, cable TV, and home phone service. Though Charter Spectrumis the 2nd largest provider in the United States their users still face issues once in a while, it can be outages or technical issues. If you are facing any issue and your service is down, as a spectrum user you can always reach out to the Charter customer service department to report it.

Let us tell you that the process of reporting an issue can take some time. We are listing down a few requirements that you should keep with yourself whenever you plan to call Charter Spectrumcustomer service. We are also mentioning a few tips and tricks that you can try if your internet and cable TV are not working properly or causing trouble, you might not even need to report it to the customer service.

Things to keep with you when you want to report an issue

It seems like a simple task that you just need to pick up your phone, dial the customer service number and you will simply report the issue that you are facing. Well, it is not as simple as it seems. You need to keep some information in your hands to save your time.

• Account number: When you are a Charter Spectrumuser or you sign up as a new user, you will get an official account number. You can find your official account number on your bill and you can also find it in the official emails sent to you by Charter Spectrum.
• Last 4 digits of social security: Just to make sure that you are an authorized person, you might need to provide the last 4 digits of your social security number.
• Address with zip code: You will need to give the address where you are using the services along with the zip code.
• Email address: Keep your email address with you that is linked with your official account.
• Mobile number: In case if you don’t have your email id you may also provide the phone number that is linked to your official Charter Spectrumaccount.

All this information might not be required but it is always better to be prepared in case if you might need it. The most important things are your account number because the customer service rep cannot look into your account or any issue that you are facing if they don’t have your account number.

Simple hacks that you can try

We often tend to ignore a few simple things that can affect the speed of our internet and if we become aware of it we can avoid the speed lags.

Reboot your modem and router

Sometimes, due to excessive use of internet our modem and router heats up and they don’t work properly. There can be bugs too that can affect the function of your router and modem, if you reboot your router along with your modem it will get refreshed. Once your modem and router are refreshed, wait for a few minutes and reconnect your devices, you will see a visible difference in the internet speed.

Turn off the background Apps

We often tend to leave the Apps running in the background that we are not even using right? Well, you must be thinking that when you are not using any App it will not have any effect on the internet, in reality, the Apps that we leave running on mobile phones are consuming your internet. If you close all the unwanted Apps, your internet will work faster.

Place your modem and router in the center

The placement of your router and your modem is very crucial. You should keep your router and modem in a place where you will be using your internet the most. The closer you are to your router; the stronger internet signals you will get. When you face internet speed lag, get closer to your router and it will start working fine.

Connect lesser devices

If you are using more devices like tablets, cell phones, and computers than the compatible number, you will face speed lags. If more people are using the internet at the same time, simply reduce the number of devices that are connected and this issue will be resolved.

Try to reboot your cable TV box

Sometimes our cable does not work properly because of the TV box. Simply turn off your TV box and reconnect it and then wait for a few minutes, this will refresh your TV box and your cable will start working fine in case if you were seeing a buffering sign on the screen.

Try to change the batteries

Your remote can be the reason behind your cable TV issues. You can add new batteries and see if it starts working fine again or not.

Wrapping it up,

No matter what kind of issue you are facing with your Charter Spectrumservice, you can try the simple and easy hacks that we mentioned, and if you still face issues you can contact the Charter Spectrumcustomer support to report the trouble that you are facing.