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Call Start
2026-06-05 02:45
Duration
10m 34s
Contact
Bonnie Watral
Issue Type
Internet/WAN Setup
V2 Outcome
Unresolved
V2 Band
Needs Improvement

Agent & Case Context

Agent
Raquel Intong
HappyFox Case
Support Country
United States
Product Family
MESH SYSTEMS
CSAT
Sentiment Trajectory
Auto-Zero applied: Avoidance/Evasion (B) — agent avoided providing free best-effort troubleshooting for an out-of-warranty device and instead immediately pushed a paid service, violating the OOW support standard.

V1 Rubric Scores

Resolution2.00/5
Accuracy3.00/5
Communication2.00/5
Protocol1.00/5
Efficiency1.00/5
Overall1.8/5

V2 Rubric Scores

Resolution0.00/5
Technical1.88/5
Communication0.00/5
Ownership1.00/5
EscalationN/A
Customer Exp0.00/5
Overall0.0% (-36.0)

V2 Grader Summary

The agent failed to perform any troubleshooting, diagnostic questioning, or free best-effort support despite the customer’s clear issue (router stuck on red light). Instead, the interaction focused on selling a $15 paid service, demonstrating avoidance and poor customer experience. No resolution was achieved, and the customer was left without actionable help.

V1 Case Analysis

WHW03 Velop (SN: 28H10C65804571) shows red LED, no internet; warranty expired. Agent offered paid support or email guide without troubleshooting; issue unresolved.

Troubleshooting Steps
  • Suggested factory reset of the node (not guided through execution)
  • Suggested trying another node as the parent (not attempted)
Key Observations
  • Agent pushed paid support at [06:00] and [07:00] before performing any basic WAN or device checks, violating standard troubleshooting flow.
  • No modem internet verification or power-cycle sequence was attempted, despite red LED indicating no internet (per Velop WiFi Connectivity KB).
  • Agent contradicted earlier offer of a KB article by stating they would send a YouTube guide via email at [08:00].
  • Customer explicitly requested live assistance at [08:00], but agent continued redirecting to paid/email options.
  • Call ended with no confirmation of next steps or follow-up, creating abandonment risk.
Positive Highlights
  • Correctly identified device model as WHW03 Velop using serial number and customer description.
  • Accurately confirmed warranty expiration based on system lookup and communicated it clearly.
  • Collected customer name and email, enabling post-call resource delivery.
Agent Errors / Gaps
  • Failed to verify modem internet status before offering paid support — a core step in Internet/WAN Setup protocol per the KB.
  • Did not guide customer through a power-cycle or factory reset despite suggesting them, missing critical troubleshooting steps for red LED (Velop WiFi Connectivity KB).
  • Repeated paid-support offer after customer declined and requested live assistance, violating customer handling expectations.
  • Provided inconsistent self-help options (KB article vs. YouTube video), creating confusion.
  • Abandoned call without confirming resolution or setting a clear follow-up, leading to operational closure failure.

V2 Indicator Ratings

Resolution
R1 Not Met Issue actually resolved conf 99%
Customer still has no internet; agent offers only paid service or email guide without resolving the issue.
R2 Not Met Diagnostic thoroughness conf 98%
No troubleshooting steps performed — agent skips diagnostics and jumps to paid service offer.
R3 Not Met Correct resolution path conf 97%
For an out-of-warranty device, agent immediately pushes $15 paid support instead of attempting best-effort free troubleshooting (e.g., factory reset, setup guide over call).
Technical Accuracy
T1 Not Met Technically accurate info conf 96%
Agent identifies model (WHW03) but asks no diagnostic questions about LED behavior, modem status, or prior changes; no root cause explored.
T2 Not Met Appropriate tools / resources used conf 95%
No use of KB, remote tools, or diagnostic steps; relies solely on warranty lookup and sales script.
T3 Met No misinformation conf 94%
Correctly states warranty expired May 2020 and accurately describes the $15 paid troubleshooting option.
Communication
C1 Not Met Clear & professional language conf 96%
Poor call control — agent repeatedly pushes paid service without establishing a plan or managing conversation flow.
C2 Not Met Confirmed understanding conf 95%
Uses technical terms like 'parent node' without explanation; fails to confirm understanding or adapt to customer confusion.
Customer Ownership
O1 Not Met Ownership & empathy conf 97%
Avoids ownership by refusing to troubleshoot unless paid; offers no free support path despite OOW standard requiring best-effort.
O2 Partially Met Proactive follow-through conf 92%
Promises email with setup guide in 'five to fifteen minutes' — provides next step but no commitment to follow up or confirm receipt.
O3 Not Applicable Closure confirmation conf 100%
No prior case history referenced or observable; appears to be first contact.
Escalation Judgment
E1 Not Applicable Correct escalation decision conf 100%
No escalation was made and none was warranted.
E2 Not Applicable Escalation prep & handoff conf 100%
No escalation occurred.
Customer Experience
X1 Not Met Customer effort minimised conf 97%
No empathy shown; transactional tone, ignores customer frustration, focuses on charging for help.
X2 Not Met Tone & rapport conf 96%
Does not adapt to customer’s confused state; continues pushing paid option despite customer’s desire for immediate help.
X3 Not Met Overall experience conf 96%
Forces customer to repeat model/serial info; increases effort by requiring payment for basic troubleshooting.
Call Transcript17 turns · 18 lines
Speaker 2
Welcome to Linksys Support. To ensure quality service, your call may be monitored. For in warranty products, our support team is available to help with performance and hardware issues. Register your product by visiting register.linksys.com. Please have your device serial number ready. For assistance, press 1 now. For out of warranty products, paid support may be available. please have your device's serial number and contact information ready. If unavailable, kindly call back later. For out of warranty product, paid support option may be available depending on the issue.
00:00
Speaker 1
[silence]
01:00
Speaker 2
Hi, thank you for calling sis. My name is Rachel. How may I assist you today? Yes, I'm still here. Yes, go ahead.
01:00
Speaker 1
I unplugged my router and plugged it in again. It blinks blue and then it turns to red and I don't have any internet. Yeah. It's um let's see here recovering. The serial number 2 8 H 1 0 C 6 5 8 0 4 5 7 1. [silence]
02:00
Speaker 2
Okay, understand. For me to address properly the connection on your Linksys router, I may have the serial number of your Linksys router found at the bottom of the router itself. [silence] Yes, please. [silence]
02:00
Speaker 1
The model number, the writing here is very small. Hold on a minute. I got to turn on my flashlight.
03:00
Speaker 2
Are you checking the serial number? And at the bottom of the router itself, is it showing there model number hw03? Mm-hmm, it starts with W hw03. Okay.
03:00
Speaker 1
Mac, I don't see Mac addresses. Oh, oh, oh, model number. There it is. Wm W03 2. No. 770 757 5359. I'm on the Linctous. I'm trying to figure this out myself here. So, it's unplugged. Look at your monocontrol router. Go to settings. This white thing is turned on by this blue Texas and MAC address is over here and the model number is on the box. Not on the bottom of the motor. So, as far as the pages that I'm giving you. No. No. okay, you wanna give me the modem router?
04:00
Speaker 2
How about on top of the sticker on that Mac address information? Sometimes it's on smaller print for the model number. Okay. All right. Thank you. So you have the Linksys mesh nodes. How many nodes do you have? All right. Thank you And is this your first time calling Linksys? May have your phone number so that I can pull up your record here. All right.
04:00
Speaker 1
I'm going to make sure the likes are off, the lights are off. Okay. So it wants me to wait two and a half minutes. Yes. Yes. That is correct. I did not.
05:00
Speaker 2
Okay. We're waiting for that on the app. Let me verify our ev I have a record here under name of Bonnie Watterall. Is that correct? And just to verify, your email is your first name and last name. Let's spell that out. So that I I I'll make sure that it's correct here. It's Bonnie Watterall at gmail.com. All right. Thank you so much. And while my system is checking the hardware warranty over your Linksys device, going back to the nodes. Did you happen to press the reset on the main parent node, the ones connected wired to your modem? I see. So it means it's still unconfigured. They have a computer that can Connect using an Ethernet cable because the plan is we're going to check first if the modem is showing active internet the actual modem itself. Yes, the internet service provider see that there is internet going into your house, but we'll make sure that the actual modem is providing active internet since the note is red and since we don't have a computer, what we can try is resetting the node back to factory setting and set it up. If it's still the same, we can try using your other node as the new parent node. Set up a new network to to identify or to isolate if it's something to do with the current parent node. And before we proceed to that, I would like to set your expectation Boni regarding with the hardware warranty and support of your Linksys router. It's actually ended last May of 2020. [silence]
05:00
Speaker 1
No, I don't want to do that right now. I want to see if this works first.
07:00
Speaker 2
So for our out of warranty devices, if you wish us to further troubleshoot your nodes over the phone, we do have this paid troubleshooting service amounting to $15. It's a non refundable troubleshooting session lasting for one hour. If we determine your device defective and unable to resolve your issue, no refund or replacement will be issued. Would you like to avail the $15 for troubleshooting troubleshooting your nodes? Yes, I understand. Another option that we have here is I can provide you a article guide how you can reset your nodes or the kind of parent node that you have, you can first reset it and then try to set it up again using that network setup guide. It's a instruction step by step guide.
07:00
Speaker 1
I'm connected. Yeah, I want you to stay online and help me figure out my router.
08:00
Speaker 2
by a YouTube channel. I can send it to your email after this call. expect the email between the five to fifteen minutes you can follow that steps. and if you wish to proceed with us a fifty dollars paid support, you can actually up to call us back so that we can assist you. [silence] Are we still connected? All right and anything else for [speaker unpauseable] question or clarification. [silence] Yes, understand. but would you like to avail the $15, so we can walk you through troubleshoot your links this router. You wish us to chocolate
08:00
Speaker 1
they want to charge you? Yeah, they want to charge me. Mhm. Let's run the software. And that will extend the capacity. Capacity to what? Restart your motor restart your battery Check your wiring. Let me press this.
09:00
Speaker 2
you'd like it for $15. Again, it's non-refundable for one hour troubleshooting only. Can I have which one you want to proceed with this? You like the $15, or would you like the network setup guide that we will send via email?
09:00