http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13850178 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:11:55 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:11:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13995590 Xpmplay : hmm. we as consumers must have patience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13995590 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:54:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13982997 powerpig : Wanted to post a follow up concerning my number in 228 rate exchange. Got a call from Diane this morning with my new number and it works great. Art just called with a followup to make sure everything was fine. I have had the service for around a month and the quality has been really good. I will say that these guys have a great attitude and do their best to help you. As with any other new company, there are growing. I'm going to stick with them and have signed up for the yearly $199 package.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13982997 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:28:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969030 powerpig : I think these guys have bitten off more than they can chew. As I said in an earlier post, the quality is fine. When I signed up the web site said they had area code 228 available. I signed up for the yearly $199 plan. They sent my box with a "temp" number in area code 205. I called and they said it would take a week to get my number. It's been three weeks with nothing but promises. That means almost a month with no usable incoming service. They promised a callback with when I would get my number twice last week and I never heard from them. I'm going to cancel and just keep my Sunrocket number with area code 703 and wait until Sunrocket starts service in 228. As far as I'm concerned, bbtelsys makes promises they can't keep. There is no way I would recommend them to anyone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969030 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:03:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13958159 Xpmplay : The building is about 20,000-30,000 sq feet, they own a bunch of diff switches. Its very nice, things are still under construction, if you ever get to Grand Rapids, give them a call and tell them you want a tour.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13958159 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:33:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13953020 epickles : I guess they were cutting corners and ripping competitors websites??? How many people work there? What type of outfit is it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13953020 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:47:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13951855 Xpmplay : Haha, I got a tour of there servers, I live in Grand Rapids, there not re-selling.:o

I love going behind the scenes]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13951855 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:22:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13881795 epickles : Sounds fishy to me... I guess they ripped Lingo's website... or the author of that FAQ was a former Lingo employee or disgruntled with BBTELSYS... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13881795 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:45:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13880549 Medic63 : I don't think they are are reseller, at least not for Lingo. They offer local numbers for me, (in Butler, PA) and Lingo does not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13880549 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:21:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13873937 anon : They say they are not reselling for anyone. They claim they have their own SIP servers, etc. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13873937 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:02:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13871972 deheza : They are watching. The Lingo link has been changed to BBTelSys. I wonder if they are a Lingo reseller.
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Comcast, Lingo, Nuvio, MutualPhone, SimpleTelecom, Stanaphone, Sixtel, StanaPhone ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13871972 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:05:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13871035 anon : Well,

P8 Support seems to chime in quite a bit, RockyBB has ties to Nuvio and helps - Why doesn't our buddy Art (or whoever is monitoring the forum from BBTelSys) stand up for their company and give us the real story.... unless we already have it!

Dave]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13871035 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:43:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13870810 Nate425 : Somebody from there is monitoring these forums...that link is fixed now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13870810 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:01:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13868921 voiplover : That's funny :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13868921 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:35:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13864751 anon : XPMPlay,

Here it is. They've inserted their website address, but if you click on it, or hover over it, you'll see that it is pointed to Lingo's website.

»bbtelsys.com/?subcat=7&pager=9#faq34]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13864751 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:23:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13864074 georgepan : From the article:

"...expects to sign on 5,000 to 10,000 new subscribers per month. "

Wow. Art is ambitious. Most VOIPs have been in business for a very long time and are shooting for 10,000 TOTAL to get out of single-digit-thousands. This guy aims for Vonage-type numbers on a shoestring. Unrealistic numbers, even at the low end. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13864074 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:04:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13863888 Xpmplay : Where are you seeing this pointing to Lingo.com??

I see nothing in FAQ about Lingo.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13863888 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:45:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13861990 powerpig : I sort of thought it was no more than a two or three person operation. Just an FYI, when I hooked the Bbtelsys box behind the router it wouldn't work no matter what I did. In front of the router it was fine. I even disconnected my Sunrocket box which was behind the router and it still wouldn't work. I finally took the lan out of the Sunrocket box to the wan in on the Bbtelsys box and it works fine. Call quality is great so far.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13861990 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:54:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13861949 anon : Hahaha... PowerPig- Art isn't their tech guy - he's their CEO! I spoke with him a few weeks ago, too. He didn't say he was in charge, he acted like he was a lowly tech-support guy. I was asking a lot of technical questions, which he WAS knowledgeable about, but you'd think he would say he was the main man!

I think this is a high-quality Don Lapre-type operation...

»www.digitalconnectmag.com/news/s···29106029

Dave]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13861949 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:43:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13858174 RockyBB : ahh... cookie]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13858174 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:18:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13857866 devil24 : I know what I'm doing, so that wasn't my problem with them.

For the price, there are several other providers that offer a more robust product with a higher quality of sound.

Their feature set is decent, but the sound quality, although better than several other offerings out there, isn't up to my standards.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13857866 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:27:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13857484 powerpig : I think they are a very small company. I currently have Sunrocket which I really like. However, Sunrocket didn't have a rate center where I'm moving. Bbtelsys did and I ordered from them. Just hooked up the adapter about an hour ago and it works fine. When I called a CSR to check on my order, I got some girl obviously working out of her home. I could hear a TV show in the background and she offered her child a cookie in the middle of our coversation. I spoke once with Art, their tech guy and he has a great attitude and is eager to help. If you know what you're doing, it seems like a good deal. If you feel you need to call them all the time over every little thing, then I don't think they're for you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13857484 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:29:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850780 lstevens : Anyone having a positive experience?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850780 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:40:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850703 devil24 : I tried their service (as a BYOD customer) for a couple of weeks and wasn't too impressed with the sound quality.

I canceled this week and requested a refund for what I'd paid ($24.95). Got acknowledgment and confirmation via email almost immediately, with no questions asked whatsoever. To my surprise, the refund showed up on my credit card statement 2 days later.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850703 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:29:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850178 Eek2121 : I'm starting to become veriy suspicious of this company. Upon signing up with them, I recieved an email saying if i wanted to port an existing number i needed to fill out a form, even though i was requesting a new number. Also, the FAQ appears to be ripped from lingo, one of the questions in the FAQ even points to »www.lingo.com. Many of the questions point to portions of the website that do not exist. (which, considering it seems to be ripped from lingo, is probably why.)

They lured me in with their 'no activation no equipment charge and no shipping fee.' However if i do not recieve my equipment within the next few days, i am contacting my credit card company.

Beware of this company.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13850178 Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:04:41 EDT