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$18 per month avg ($8 to $50)

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Review by gatfly See Profile
Posted: 72 days ago
member for 7.9 years, 36 visits, last login: 72 days ago


Hoffman Estates,Cook,IL
$28 per month (36 month contract)
about 25 days
"Cheap without fees, but there are cheaper"
"Hidden Fees, Early termination Fees, Constant outages, 2 hour wait to talk to support, too many to name"
"Looks cheap, but not really"
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    Their upfront price looks good, but do not be fooled. You will be charge monthly fee as well, making the price per month over $20 already.

    Plus, if you cancel, there is $49.95 early termination fee, and they charge you $50 for the router. So you will lose another $100 when you cancel. They automatically charge your credit card when your service ends for another year of service.

    On top of that, they charged me tax for a whole year, but then it comes to time to refund, they did not include the tax amounnt at all. I had to bring it up three times, before they finally admit there was a tax refund.

    It appeared that they would scam for every penny when possible, even if it means violating tax laws.

    Do not even get me started on the quality of service. Let's just say for the last 1 year and half, I wish I never switched from Vonage. Now that was really depressing if you read about Vonage quality of service.

    Pros:

    None

    Con:

    Hidden Fees
    Early termination Fees
    VoIP device fee if you cancell (not free as advertised)
    Over charge Tax fee and do not refund when they should
    2 hour wait time to talk to support
    Constant outages
    Poor line quality on over 50% of the calls
    Frequent dropped calls

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    Fisamo
    Premium
    join:2004-02-20
    Apex, NC

    Equipment charge

    Don't know if it's too late, but you can send the device back to them to get a refund of that $50 equipment fee... Double-check the TOS and see if you can still return it (I think there's a time limit).
    tferguson01

    join:2009-07-27
    Newnan, GA
    ·ViaTalk


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    Must be looking to gripe about.

    I had this service for well over six months. Called customer service numerous times with questions and they have been nothing but the politest. When customer service/tech support is backed up they have a call back feature and always have gotten the ring back with in 15min tops. Service has always been clear with no lost packets. There are no hidden fees what so ever. You pay the same fees with any other VOIP and copper line company. I paid for the bogo deal which they do make you pay for taxes up front for the two years. The only thing you have to pay monthly is the 911 recovery fee and regulatory fee that everyone has to pay no matter what company you are with monthly. The features offered makes vonage look like a joke. Don't let this review scare anyone from trying this company. Vonage charges the same disconnect fees and if you return the viatalk PAP2 box within 2 weeks you are not imposed the 50.00 pap2 box fee. No hidden fees they are written clearly with in their TOS.
    DHM1956

    join:2009-08-19
    ·ViaTalk

    I agree with TFerguson....

    I have enjoyed great service from ViaTalk.....both call quality wise and customer service wise. I am not sure who's support you are calling, but since I have had the service, I have called support a few times and been treated like gold. Waited on average about 2 minutes which is unheard of for tech support. I only wish I had the same experience with my other service providers. There were no hidden fees, everything is spelled out for the consumer upfront in the TOS. This review seems way out of line...I mean even giving their website and installation the lowest rating pretty much voids this review in my mind, and it should in yours if you are looking for a provider. As I said in my initial review, I would not hesitate for a second to recommend them to anyone.

    ex_sunrocket

    @comcast.net

    problem resolved in timely fashion

    this morning, i received robo "calls" on my viatalk voip phone. Called support, and they quickly identified those "calls" are not real phone calls, but via automated ip address direct connect from some scumbag company, so I cannot screen them in traditional ways. They suggest changing my voip port number away from 5060 to avoid those calls. After the port change, phone service became non-functional. Because I use an old sun-rocket box, they cannot give me directly the solution. But they did try hard, and after a while, they remotely access my voip box and fixed the problem. A great support experience from them. Thanks.
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Review by tferguson01 See Profile
UPDATED: 75 days ago
member for 121 days, 90 visits, last login: a few hours ago


Newnan,Coweta,GA
$8 per month
"Tons of extras free. Like free second cloned line. NOONE CAN BEAT THIS PRICE!"
"Haven't found any as of yet."
"With the current BOGO deal @ $189.00 w/ NO CONTRACT and money refundability, makes this company a company not to pass up."
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    This service is always on with no hiccups. I am a former VONAGE customer. When compared to the big names on the market this company sure competes. Seems like others don't agree. With a descent internet connection (I have 10mbps down / 1mbps up) this company will perform. I send faxes and run my home alarm off of this with no problems. Customer service is great and always there when you need them. They have a call back feature that can't be beat during high call volume days. Second free cloned line is a wonderful feature. Its like having a second phone line but with one number. You may be turned off when you see that to take advantage of the BOGO deal you have to fork out close to 200.00 up front but there is no contract and if you want to cancel anytime within the year you get your money back of the prorated months you didn't use. Give this company a try and you will not be disappointed.

    Minimum connection is 69kpbs up and down. The connection speeds that I am running with is well more than enough to withstand this but I have tried it on 3.0mbps down and 128kbps up and it works great also.

    If you are wondering how one comes up with $7.87 take $189.00 and divide by 24 because you are getting two years of service.

    The fees everyone complains about are different if you pay for the BOGO deal, because you pay for them all up front but the 911 and taxes which amount to $2.45 for me.

    UPDATE: Close to six months later and still a head strong company. Not a lick of problems. Sure Vonages new world plan is appealing but unless you call out side of america (Mexico, Europe, Asia) the plan serves no purpose and is still $24.99 plus taxes and fees. Viatalk still has them beat. Number porting can't be easier and I even ported my number from Vonage. No problem. I love ya Viatalk.

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Review by Techie714 See Profile
UPDATED: 82 days ago
member for 4.3 years, 1214 visits, last login: 1 days ago


Anaheim,Orange,CA
$16 per month (12 month contract)
about 5 days
"Price, Call Quality, Features"
"Tech Support, Billing Support"
"As a former Sun Rocket customer so far I'm happy"
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    I've used the service for about a month and so far it's been rock solid with no issues. Now getting it all set up was a bit of a problem because something was wrong with my provisioning as well as the phone adapter they sent me. But after that was all fixed my phone has been good to go. So far coming from Sun Rocket this has not been bad at all. And porting my number from SR was a very smooth transition.

    UPDATE: Been using Via Talk for a year now & so far I have been VERY happy with there service. There tech support is still pretty bad though.

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Review by DHM1956 See Profile
Posted: 92 days ago
member for 98 days, 4 visits, last login: 51 days ago


undisclosed location
$189 per month (12 month contract)
about 5 days
"Great Price, Great Features, reliable so far"
"Don't have any so far..."
"Great service for the price."
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    I recently signed up for the promotion of $189 for 2 years of service. So far things have been great. The two line feature has come in handy on more than several occasions as well. When researching, I saw a lot of complaints regarding the extra taxes. When I received my total invoice at sign-up, I can honestly say that these weren't shocking. They all appeared to legitimate taxes, and seemed even to be lower than what I was paying with my old landline provider. I am in the process of porting my number over to ViaTalk, and will update my review as to how that goes. I wouldn't hesitate recommending trying ViaTalk to anyone after my initial and current experience with the service.

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    unknvoip
    WWJID?

    join:2006-07-25
    Rochester, NY

    $189 per what?

    Clearly you are not paying $189/mo since you are paying that for 2 years service. You might want to do the math and update your review form.
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Review by austriacus See Profile
UPDATED: 100 days ago
member for 2.3 years, 28 visits, last login: 100 days ago


Minneapolis,Anoka,MN
$20 per month (12 month contract)
"Very good call quality, very good customer service, very good control panel"
"HORRIBLE international rates, and an onslaught of fees and charges adding around $3.40/month"
"Good service, great bang for your buck. If you need good international rates look elsewhere."
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    We've been VT customers since the collapse of Sunrocket - which was about 2 years ago now?? - and have been very happy... for the most part. The beginnings were pretty frustrating as many people that switched at the same time can probably attest to. However, VT has improved dramatically since then and call quality and service have been impeccable. The few times when there were issues (dead air on pick-up, dead air after dialing yet the other party hears you) and we called in to CS to have this resolved they did so courteously and quickly.

    Last year we spent 9 months overseas in Europe and took our ATA with us. Aside from some silly restrictions (you can't call overseas from your line while overseas!!) which you can't even lift after talking to CS service was great while over there. The only downside to having our US number while over there was that we got woken up a few times by businesses calling us in the afternoon - which was 3 or 4 in the morning over there.

    Now my two gripes:

    1. International Rates: I do -- for the life of me -- not understand why VT has one of the worst international rates out there. We call Austria all the time. Most other VoIP providers have rates ranging from $0.02 to $0.06. VT charges a whopping $0.3178 per minute to Austria -- landline, mind you, as mobile numbers over there are more expensive. Those are charged at around $0.4760!!! I'm currently using a Skype access number and pay $0.025/min. Take that, VT!! In all seriousness, though: This is one big reason for me to think hard about moving away from VT.

    2. Nickle & Diming:
    They nickle and dime you to death. Now all told, these "fees" amount to around $3.40/month. But just look at the line items for two (2!!) months:

    1958846 2009-06-13 12:29 AM E911 Cost Recovery Fee $0.48
    1961950 2009-06-13 05:08 AM Payment -$2.72
    1979079 2009-06-16 12:41 AM Sales Tax $0.02
    1979080 2009-06-16 12:41 AM FUSF (VoIP) $0.02
    1979082 2009-06-16 12:41 AM Telecommunications Assistance Service Fund $0.13
    1979083 2009-06-16 12:41 AM E911 $0.65
    2117177 2009-07-13 12:10 AM Regulatory Recovery Fee $1.97
    2118400 2009-07-13 12:27 AM E911 Cost Recovery Fee $0.48
    2121186 2009-07-13 01:04 AM Payment -$3.27
    2144606 2009-07-16 12:33 AM Telecommunications Assistance Service Fund $0.13
    2144607 2009-07-16 12:33 AM E911 $0.75

    All in all: if you don't mind looking past their "$199/year Unlimited" label (or whatever the current special is) and plan for an additional ~$40.00 in fees through the year you'll get yourself a very decent VoIP provider with excellent features and customer service!

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Review by scholztec See Profile
UPDATED: 106 days ago
member for 2.8 years, 140 visits, last login: 1 days ago


Scottsdale,Maricopa,AZ
$12 per month (24 month contract)
about 30 days
"Un-freakin-believably cheap, excellent web UI"
"Install hell, tech support hell"
"You get what you pay for"
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    My Other Reviews·Cox HSI
    ·Packet8
    I've been a VoIP person for some time. I was a SunRocket customer, then Packet8, now ViaTalk. I was looking to switch from Packet8 because, although their service was awesome, they were kind of expensive, and their web control panel was very business (multi-line, split billing, etc) oriented, and not very consumer-friendly.

    ViaTalk seemed to get pretty decent reviews here, so I decided to go with them. I ordered my own Linksys PAP2, as the "free" one you get from them has to be returned.

    The order process was complicated by the fact that I have a PO Box, and live with someone else. I understand that porting a telephone number is serious business, but I think ViaTalk's procedures exceed those required to get access to nuclear weapons.

    Once provisioned, it took nearly a week of back and forth with tech support to get calling fully functional. Their whole operation smacks of an unprofessional nature. My account, when first set up, had someone else's personal info and call detail records in it. Tech support had a very "well, if it doesn't work, go somewhere else" attitude. Even the supervisors I talked to seemed surprised that I was upset with such service.

    Call quality is fair. I'm sure that it is par for the course with VoIP, but Packet8's service was indistinguishable from a landline. My VT line has odd audio corruption on about 10% of calls, and is usually fixed by re-placing the call.

    One nice thing about VT is that they are very hacker/geek friendly. They will gladly give you settings to poke around in your VoIP box, and even help you set up an Asterisk PBX or softphone program. This is where they exceed Packet8.

    ViaTalk is unbeatable price wise. However, when my 2 years is up, I intend to go back to Packet8.

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Review by mathfaster See Profile
UPDATED: 106 days ago
member for 4.1 years, 483 visits, last login: 1 days ago


Upland,San Bernardino,CA
$16 per month (12 month contract)
about 5 days
"Prompt, courteous customer service"
"Too many requests for things that could have been done right the first time"
"Good service at a good price"
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    Changed to Viatalk after 9 months with Vonage for the following reasons:

    1. $174/yr for 14 months (12 months $199 + two free months + DSLREPORTS $35 off coupon) for unlimited calls. I was paying Vonage roughly this amount for 500 minutes/month. With the $40 fee from Vonage for terminating prior to 12 months and the overlap time to port my number, the cost will be pretty much a wash with Vonage except I'll have unlimited calling.

    2. Vonage hasn't added a new feature since I signed up with them 9 months ago. Viatalk offers Outgoing Caller ID and name. Vonage does not. Plus many other features Vonage does not have like Do Not Disturb.

    3. Customer support is in the US. Having had most of my colleagues jobs outsourced overseas in the last year I felt this was a plus.

    Signed up on 4/21 just before the big sale. Was provisioned on 4/24 and got my Sipura 2002 adapter on 4/26. Plugged it in and it worked. Sent in my first ticket as my billing date did not include the free two months even though I had included the terms of the offer in the signup form. Got a reply back that billing date had been corrected but billing date was not showing correctly online. Submitted another ticket and billing date was now correct.

    On 5/8 during a call the Sipura 2002 stopped working. Called in to support and they determined that adapter was bad and they would be shipping a new adapter. After a week called phone support to get a tracking number (and to get a date my number would be ported on ) for the new adapter as none had been received to date. Received new adapter (Linksys) nine days after problem. Once again plugged it in and service was back. Submitted ticket to get credit for the time service was out. Received credit for more than the time of outage.

    On 5/19 (the date they said my number would be ported) received email saying number was ported and it would be 3-5 hours before it would take effect. Recycled the adapter the next morning and could not place a call from my cell to the ported number. Called phone support and they said it was because the routing was in error and would be fixed by the end of the day. 5/21 placed call again to ported number and the incorrect routing had been fixed.

    Overall I am happy with Viatalk's service. Their customer support is there when you need it and is very prompt and US based. I placed and received enough calls during my first two weeks to get a feel for their reliability and quality (over 500 minutes of talk time).

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Review by micki_hills See Profile
UPDATED: 107 days ago
member for 6.1 years, 126 visits, last login: 107 days ago


Vashon,King,WA
$19 per month (12 month contract)
about 5 days
"Lots of features, good call quality, good responsive support"
"additional charges levied after I paid for a year in advance"
"Not the cheapest, but very good service and a load of features make it worth it"
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    My Other Reviews·magicjack.com
    update: 08/10/2009

    Service was always good, but I got annoyed when I started getting hit up with extra charges each month even though I paid in advance for a year's service.

    When it came time for renewal this year (and at a higher price) I decided to jump ship. After all, with so many options for communications these says, why pay more when you don't need to? I switched to magic jack.

    I have been with Viatalk since July and I am so far *very* pleased. I didn't get in on any of the specials, but I did use the dslreports coupon. I purchased the 1 year contract. At $19.95/mo it's not the cheapest but it also isn't expensive and compared to my old landline cost - it's a steal. They keep adding features and even respond to requests to add features. Two of the features that I most wanted came along within a couple months of signing up. I have asked tech support for a few things to be changed and was responded to immediately. At first, the call quality was the same as with Vonage and Sunrocket - about cell phone quality with a bit of latency. This has always been acceptable to me. But something has changed in the last couple months and now my call quality is better then ever. I didn't change anything on my end, so perhaps it's due to the addition of servers closer to my area (?) I have had only one minor problem (voicemail indicator light, accessing voicemail via phone) in the time I've had service. I like the Linksys - very compact and has a nice interface. They will give you passwords if you want to manage it yourself, which I haven't taken advantage of but may in the future since I do have some experience setting up and maintaining an asterisk@home server. And they have softphone support at no extra charge. I am very happy with the service and hope it continues.

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Review by dipswich See Profile
UPDATED: 117 days ago
member for 6.4 years, 1983 visits, last login: 1 days ago


Raleigh,Wake,NC
$18 per month (24 month contract)
about 1 days
"Strong feature set"
"Does not honor its contracts; pads with junk fees; feature-happiness affects stability"
"Cannot support an ethically challenged service"
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    Signed up July 28, 2006 on a BYOD plan to give service as a gift for 2 years to a college student ($199 buy one/get one year free plan, everything included (including E911)). This was advertised as a "buy it and forget it" plan, and I turned off international dialing to ensure that it would be.

    However, on October 16, 2007, a mysterious invoice appeared for a $2.50 "E-911 & Regulatory Recovery Fee." This fee has been invoiced monthly since and attempted to be debited as an unauthorized charge. It leaves a very sour taste in the mouth as an obvious tactic to pad the bill and not in the agreement I made with Viatalk.

    Luckily, the credit card I signed up with is no longer active and the accumulating charges have been declined. By continuing to bill, Viatalk has declined to perform on the contract; I plan on testing the arbitration clause at this point.

    When service was used, it performed well. Rarely a complaint, although without a provisioned adapter I had to bump servers around occasionally to keep stable service. Based on this, I wouldn't recommend nor would I sign up with Viatalk as BYOD again (or at least, I would let them provision it). I assume stability would be better that way.

    I've contacted support twice--
    On 7/30/06, I asked about Viatalk provisioning the adapter. A complete response was received 5.5 hours later.
    On 10/16/07, I contacted them regarding the mysterious invoice. A canned response was received 672 hours later (that's 28 days).
    In the year, the level of support obviously went south.

    About the ratings--
    Web-site: The control panel is decently designed and covers all the features. I do find myself going in circles every once in a while between billing, support, and call feature management. Due to the daily morning outage and its current unavailability, as well as the too-frequently changing deals on the front page that make shopping the service difficult (and can't be trusted to be honored, anyway), I award 3 out of 5 stars.

    Ease of Installation: Within 15 minutes, I had the necessary credentials to begin using the BYOD service. Top rating, here.

    Call quality: Not perfect, but far better than a mobile phone. Probably deserving of a 4+, I'm giving it a 4 of 5 as the closest available mark.

    Reliability: I'm giving 3 of 5 here due to a couple of outages that I've noticed with Viatalk. Often, changing servers gets it back quickly, but that's a hassle. Again, I think a provisioned device might offer a little better reliability, but I'm rating the service as sold and received.

    Tech support: 28 days to answer a billing question is excessive, pure & simple. And, tickets are not answered in the order they were received. 2 out of 5.

    Value for money: This is a hard one to rate. Assigning value purely on service and price, Viatalk is probably a 4. However, I'm bundling in the bumbled ethics of changing contract prices here. And, being an honor question, it weights heavily. I am giving 3 of 5, and stretching to do that. 2 of 5 after a second junk fee increase announced three months later.

    ***6/18/2008 Update***
    Nothing's changed, except I can confirm that service is suspended due to disputing the E911 and "Regulatory Recovery" fees. Real telecom companies don't suspend service while hashing out a dispute. Adjusting "value" accordingly.

    Luckily, I can't use Viatalk, as I'm sure I'd notice, based on the forum complaints, sub-par reliability and call quality. Since I'm not, I can't reduce the ratings on those components.

    I cannot recommend this service.

    ***7/22/2008 Update***
    I've had a pretty simple request in with support. They aren't responding. That's "worst."

    I've also lowered the web-site rating, as the information in the most important page, the Terms of Service, is pretty bad. You'll want to read it before signing up, especially the part about
    "ViaTalk LLC may update this agreement at any time without notice and you are agreeing to such changes in advance."

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    cash

    @cox.net

    fees, fees, and more fees

    The principle of adding more monthly fees on when you have an "annual contract" is despicable. I don't care if it is $5 or one penny, the principle leads me to suspect their business just based on ethics and principles. I then completely disconnect service? Come on. I refuse to continue to do business with viatalk.

    ConfusedinNY

    @verizon.net

    The taxes are everywhere

    I don't defend them one bit but I will say that I asked thru the online rep if there were other charges to the annual plan and was told there is a e911 charge and regulatory fee. These were recently (within the last year) enforced by the government and the company's have no choice. Only one service has told me that they include all taxes and fees in the annual plan. However, with the 2 years I did the math and its still cheaper with these guys. It is the service quality that worries me though. I am still deciding.
    dipswich
    Premium
    join:2003-06-27
    Raleigh, NC
    ·AT&T U-Verse
    ·VoicePulse for Bus..
    ·ViaTalk
    ·RoadRunner Cable

    Re: The taxes are everywhere

    They do tell you about the fees now, but they are being deceptive about the "government enforced" part.

    •The government does not require any fees to be passed onto the consumer.
    •E911 was already offered by Viatalk without the extra fee, and it is still listed as an included feature (without mention of an extra fee) on the features page.
    •"Regulatory recovery" is not a transparent disclosure of the source of the fees. These could be costs generally accepted as costs of doing business, although legal requirements, that are rightly built into product pricing.

    Further,
    •USF, the presumable primary source of "regulatory recovery fees," is paid based on a percentage of revenues (not net expenses). Viatalk gets its revenue up front on long-term commitments, so why charge a monthly recovery fee? The monthly collection problem on contracts is exacerbated since Viatalk charges the fee during "free" periods. Even in the accounting department there is no revenue during that time. Hence, Viatalk has a glaring disconnect between what's charged and what it's based upon. Yet another problem is that the fee is a fixed amount vs. a percentage of the equivalent monthly cost. This isn't how Viatalk is charged.
    •Viatalk continued their offers after their USF liabilities were announced. That was the proper time to implement pass-through billing.
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Review by N9MD See Profile
UPDATED: 124 days ago
member for 4.1 years, 1676 visits, last login: a few hours ago


Wayne,Passaic,NJ
$10 per month (24 month contract)
about 1 days
"They are trying harder"
"Can't say anymore ... I've left them"
"None"
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    My Other Reviews·VOIPo
    ·PHONE POWER
    ·Callcentric
    7/24/09 - I had cancelled all of my many VT accounts by April of this year. However, at this point just about all of my comments over the last year have become somewhat moot. So, I've deleted my past series of comments.

    My sense of VT, based on the recent threads and posts in the VT Forum, is that they are making sincere efforts to make their product better while improving support. The frequent presence of several VT staffers, not just the CEO, responding quickly to posters' issues is heartening.

    I can't speak to their financial viability ... but I am still monitoring their progress out of a sense of curiosity. And my satisfaction with my current providers negates a need to return to VT. And I can't change or remove my Review Ratings because once one sets each rating, there is no way to clear them.

    I wish VT success ... for the sake of their current and future customers.

    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

    4/3/09 - Oh well! .....

    ........ My ViaTalk experiment is finally over.

    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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    discjoker

    join:2002-02-18
    Billerica, MA

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    Spot On.

    Your most recent update pretty much reflects the situation with Viatalk. I was lucky to get out when I did. There really is no point being aboard a sinking ship.

    burris
    Premium
    join:2000-08-22
    Miami, FL
    ·VOIPo
    ·AT&T Southeast
    ·ViaTalk

    Re: Spot On.

    I too, feel lucky to have been able to escape the looming SR redux.

    I am amazed how they've survived as long as they have.

    As I read the VT forum, I see the same handful of fanboys criticizing anyone who dares to question VT or its motives.

    Then I read in numerous posts where Brendan keeps running just to stand still, and has latched onto a phrase that tries to convince the users that they have found the source of the problem...that should have never occurred, and they have installed measures to make sure it doesn't happen again...until the next time, of course..

    I think Brendan owes DSLReports a big thank you for actually providing him with a free trouble reporting system, since if VT had one that worked, they wouldn't be having to air all its dirty laundry in an open forum.
    That, coupled with the payments to affiliates that only seem to be paid when a lawsuit is threatened, also in an open forum, makes me wonder about the maturity of the management. Of course, we won't even get into the bogus fee nonsense.

    In retrospect, I don't wonder.
    dipswich
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    Raleigh, NC
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    The $50 disconnection fee

    The other great thing about the "cancel within 14 days of a renewal date" and $50 disconnection fee is that Viatalk's software can't even support it. If you call... err, file a support ticket since you can't call to cancel... and ask that your service not renew, they have to cancel it right then. There is no option to call and let the service expire naturally at the end of the term.

    Since this disconnection fee is separate from equipment fees, it really has no basis. It's great visibility into the true Viatalk.
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