The following is an old review I retracted, but due to my recent internet service, I'm putting it back. It's the only way I...
The following is an old review I retracted, but due to my recent internet service, I'm putting it back. It's the only way I know to hold Blue Rim and Maple Valley accountable:
Heat, water, electricity- these are utilities. They more or less get done no matter who is doing it. Internet service- NOT A UTILITY. There is a huge range of variation in the quality of internet providers. Internet service should remain a choice.
I love everything about living at Maple Valley with one recent exception- the requirement to switch to Blue Rim internet. Maple Valley is adding internet as a "utility" into their total billing. However, Blue Rim doesn't provide a good internet service and Blue Rim reviews in Logan certainly reflect that.
Its amazing how much the switch to Blue Rim has lowered the quality of our lives- my immigrant wife has not effectively skyped her family since the switch (~ 2 months ago), our only source of entertainment is recycling through the same DVDs because Netflix does not stream, and I stay at school now until 10 or 11 in the evening to use its reliable internet. I am a graduate student and depend on internet access to do my studies.
Supposedly there was a problem with Blue Rim installation (2 months ago) here at Maple Valley, but Blue Rim doesn't know where the problem is and yet they are promising it will be fixed in "only several weeks from now".
Apartment management has made a good faith effort for the inconvenience- not billing for internet while this fiasco unfolds. However, that does not change the fact that I already jumped ship with Xfinity and gave back my router. I could go month to month with Xfinity (which I very well plan to do) but I have to arrange it and probably overlap with internet billing when Blue Rim finally does get its act together- its just kind of a pain in the you know what. Plus I will never get back the special deal I had with Xfinity. Why couldn't residents keep their current services until Blue Rim was verified up and running??? Like we couldn't foresee problems based on the horrible reviews this provider has??? Give me a break.
Apartment management has also informed me that Blue Rim works wonders in other properties they manage. Well that would be a very consoling fact except that I don't live at another property- I live here at Maple Valley- If this statement was supposed to engender trust in Blue Rim, too late. I've lost all trust in Blue Rim and anything Maple Valley has to say about Blue Rim.
If internet is major factor in your day-to-day life, you might want to reconsider Maple Valley. The internet issue is why I am giving a 3 instead of a 4 or 5. However, like I said before, I do love living here and internet issues aside, this place is awesome.