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Why this complaint escalated — and the earliest point it could have been stopped

Escalation risk · service quality · nobody assigned

97 from 65 before the latest contact
Score is a capped sum of fixed weights. No model sets it, nothing is learned, the same case always gives the same number — and every point below traces to a line someone actually said.

Earliest point this could have been stopped

Open and assign a case for "Fix the nightly internet dropouts".
Contact 1 · 02 Sep 2026, 09:40
The need was stated clearly but nothing was raised against it, so it did not reappear in anyone's queue.

Why — 5 signals

+24
repeat contact
3 contacts and "Fix the nightly internet dropouts" is still outstanding.
+20
no owner
The matter is still unresolved and no action across 3 contacts assigned it to anyone.
+18
service loss
Customer is without a service they pay for: Fix the nightly internet dropouts.
+15
unresolved need
Customer need "Fix the nightly internet dropouts" is still unresolved.

What happened

Contact 1 · 02 Sep, 09:40 · call
Customer reports nightly dropouts on the home connection. Agent adds a note to the account and promises a callback within 48 hours. No fault ticket is raised.
unresolved: Fix the nightly internet dropouts promise kept: Call back within 48 hours once the network team have reviewed the area no owner assigned: Added a note to the account. No fault ticket raised, nobody assigned.
transcript
customerEvery night from about seven the internet drops out completely. It comes back after a few minutes and then goes again. It's been doing this for a fortnight.
agentThat sounds like it's on the network side rather than your modem. Let me put a note on the account.
customerI work from home in the evenings, so I really do need this sorted.
agentUnderstood. I'll have someone call you back within forty-eight hours once the network team have had a look at your area.
customerOkay. Forty-eight hours. I'll wait to hear.
Contact 2 · 03 Sep, 16:10 · call
The callback happens on time — the promise is kept. But it carries no outcome: still with the network operator, no ticket, no owner, no date.
no owner assigned: Callback delivered on time, but with no outcome, no ticket and no named owner no owner assigned: Confirmed no fault ticket exists and no individual is assigned
transcript
agentHi, it's Meridian calling back about the evening dropouts — I said I'd come back to you within forty-eight hours.
customerYes, thanks for ringing. What did they find?
agentIt's sitting with the network operator at the moment. There's no update on your area yet, but the note is on the file.
customerSo nothing's actually happened yet? Is there a reference number I can quote?
agentThere's no reference as such — it's gone on as a note rather than a fault ticket. I can add another note saying you've chased it.
customerAnother note. Right. And who's actually looking at it?
agentIt goes into the queue for the network team to pick up. I can't see an individual name from my end.
customerOkay. Well, it's still dropping out every night.
Contact 3 · 09 Sep, 19:55 · call
A week later nothing has changed. Customer is measured but mentions leaving. Still no ticket exists.
promise open: Raise a proper fault ticket this time
transcript
customerIt's been a week since that callback and it's still dropping every night. I'm ringing off my mobile data right now, as it happens.
agentI'm sorry to hear that. I can see two notes on the account from earlier this month.
customerNotes. Three calls, and what exists is two notes. Has anybody actually been assigned to this?
agentI'll raise it properly this time and get a fault ticket into the system.
customerPlease do. I'm out of contract next month and at this point I'm looking at what else is out there.

Suggested next steps

Suggestions only. This system never issues a refund, changes a plan or opens a ticket, and a score is never used on its own to judge an agent.
high
Call the customer back within 2 hours
Owed since 02 Sep 09:40 and still outstanding.
high
Raise and assign a case for the outstanding request
An unresolved need with no owner is what produced the repeat contact.
high
Raise a fault ticket and name an owner
Nothing on this case has ever been assigned to a person or a queue.
normal
Route to a supervisor rather than the general queue
Third contact on the same matter.

Run

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