PN increase reply time to tickets - upto 48 hrs

[#1]

PN  have always aimed to close open questions within 24 hrs (can not rememberer when this was last achieved ) , as can be seen here: http://portal.plus.net/supportpages.html?a=212
Logging in to my account this morning, i see PN have now decided to increase this , and reply ( no time frame given to close a ticket ), to open tickets in 48 hrs ( see attachment )
So instead of sorting the ticket response times, PN decide to increase it (oh well makes the figures look better), very disappointing
If anything , one would expert the ticket response times to go done , if customers are using live chat rather than tickets .
Regards
Mike

[#2]

I got an email regarding an outstanding ticket that confused me (easily done), so I called TS for an explanation. To cut a long story I was told it (the ticket) would be returned to the Faults team and I could expect a reply within 72 hours!

[#3]

Eh? I'm puzzled Mike, it still says 24hrs on the link, but I can't find the bit you show in the attachment. How did you get to that exactly?

[#4]

Good spot, I've flagged this internally as on one page it says 48 and another 24.

[#5]

So which one is right Chris?

[#6]

That's one of the things I've flagged up.

[#7]

it'll be 36

[#8]

Well as Chris doesn't know, the observation has to be he hasn't been told of any change, so it's still 24hrs and someone has made a typo

[#9]

Quote from: Anotherone

Eh? I'm puzzled Mike, it still says 24hrs on the link, but I can't find the bit you show in the attachment. How did you get to that exactly?

Hi Anotherone,
I should have been a little more specific , if you login using the link to view/open tickets (https://portal.plus.net/wizard/index.html), you should then see the blue box.
Regards
Mike

[#10]

Why not use the new chat system? Why is this chat system being looked upon as some kind of evil? I used it the other day and found it easy to use and adequate for the issue I had at the time, getting immediate help was great I really do not understand why some on this forum are making this into such an issue?

[#11]

I don't believe that there is any negativity about the Chat system - it works fine for many sorts of problem.  But!

• It is not good at handling the more complex faults e.g. those that need data files to be xferred as part of the diagnostics.


• There is no 'memory' between sessions and hence no audit trail


• It is only available for limited parts of the day


• If all of the allocated Chat agents are busy then you cannot record your problem

This is not an exhaustive list.
Many of the supporters of the 'bring back the Ticket system' have spent years on the support side of the fence and know the value a good Ticket system brings.
I'm only a novice with 6+ years in IT support.
Maurice

[#12]

@Mike, thanks, I initially used my quick link to go to my currently Open question and didn't see it.  Using the Ask a Question link displays the box.
@PembsP
As Maurice says, chat is not being looked upon as some kind of evil, it's not necessarily ideal in all situations, it's absolutely brilliant for a lot of things. Please read this thread if you haven't already, the early part of it generally covers the times when tickets can be useful. There's also this Poll and thread. I've also seen a few individual threads where people are having trouble finding their tickets.

[#13]

I've always found it takes week not hours to close / resolve a ticket.
I've got one open at present, it takes a minimum of 3 working days to get a reply. In practice this often overlaps a weekend so more often than not I find it take 5 days. After first opening my ticket which included speed test and BT tap3 test details it took 5 day for a reply, the reply asked me to do the speed tests I'd supplied in the first place!  
I really do despair at the slow progress of these tickets.
addition
At the bottom of the ticket page it says:
"Our Support Team will respond to your question soon"
Personally I think that gives a unrealistic expectation, to me "soon" means hours not days.

[#14]

Sorry duplicate post.

[#15]

The way those things are worded is confusing because there is a big difference between faults and a ticket of a more general nature. The Target closure time for Faults is 7 days.