51, Report:
#306640
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2008
International Satellite Communications ,FAIRCALL Charged a connect fee and outrageous minute usage from payphone -not stated anywhere on phone or duging call Nationwide
While on a trip to Utah, I used the payphone at the Sandy Expo Center. I did not have enough change and decidedd to use my credit card. I thoroughly read the information on the phone before using it and recently discovered that the charges to my credit card were inflated.
I was t...
Entity
International Satellite Communications ,FAIRCALL
Categories: Telephone Companies
52, Report:
#303188
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2008
International Satellite Communications Overcharged $41.91 for each 2 minute phone calls and they dropped one of the calls! Woodland Hills California
While in France, I made calls back home to California. The price listed was 3.10 euro per minute and never listed anything about a connection fee.
I made a 4 minute phone call the first night.
The next night I made a 2 minute phone call before it was dropped. Being that it w...
Entity
International Satellite Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
53, Report:
#301897
Posted Date:
Jan 21 2008
International Satellite Communications Charged 36.69$ for 3 min international call Woodland Hills California
I have made 2 international calls on 12/15/2007 at London Heathrow Airport. I used a phone with credit card to make the calls to Turkey which were less than 3 minutes. Ten days later I saw tat they charged me 36.66$. I have called them told that I was ovecharged. They asked my credi...
Entity
International Satellite Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
54, Report:
#290954
Posted Date:
Dec 12 2007
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications HUGE RIP-OFF, OUTRAGEOUS FEES for 2 minute call San Ysidro California
Like everyone else, we used the international calling instructions in the hotel. The rates were NEVER disclosed. The call lasted less than 2 minutes.
Imagine my surprise when the bill showed $34.95
This an absolute scam. How can this still be happening? Isnt the FCC aware of...
Entity
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
55, Report:
#289793
Posted Date:
Dec 07 2007
International Satellite Communications they charged my husband way to much for a 10 second phone call San YsidroSan Ysidro Nationwide
HI YES, MY HUSBAND IS FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY OVER IN IRAQ, AND ON HIS WAY OVER THERE, HE WENT TO GERMANY WHEN HE WAS THERE FOR 2 HRS, HE TRIED CALLING HOME (PENNSYLVANIA) TO GET AHOLD OF ME AND TELL ME HE MADE IT THERE, I WASNT ABLE TO ANSWER THE PHONE SO I DIDNT, HE CALLED MAYBE ...
Entity
International Satellite Communications
Categories: Satellite Companies
56, Report:
#285788
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2007
International Satellite Communications International call from pay phone excessive charges San Ysidro California
My daughter was re-routed through Frankfurt airport on an international flight. Even though she speaks German, airport help was poor. To find her connecting flight, she called me 4 times briefly, using her ATM card on a regular pay phone. The rate that was applied for each call w...
Entity
International Satellite Communications
Categories: Airports
57, Report:
#282196
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2007
International Satellite Communications International Credit Card Call Rip-Off Woodland Hills California
My brother was involved in a serious accident in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This organization charged me $42 to make 3 calls from a Mexican phone to America that each lasted less than thirty seconds. I did not connect to any of the persons I was trying to reach (my parents).
I ...
Entity
International Satellite Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
58, Report:
#277828
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2007
International Satellite Communications And Verizon Northwest A rip off from France Internet
I thought I will avoid hotel fees for my phone calls. I paid more for using a phone booth. I saw a number in the phone booth telling to dial them to call collect, I called twice, for less than 5 minutes each call. I was in France and I called to be sure I will be welcome in Seattle...
Entity
International Satellite Communications - Verizon Northwest
Categories: Corrupt Companies
59, Report:
#1033320
Posted Date:
Sep 10 2007
INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1800.576.5402 INTERNATIONAL 800 TELEPHONE COMPANY BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1800.576.5402
LA, CALIFORNIA
RE; CALL FROM ITALY, NOT CONNECTED AND CHARGED 37 DOLLARS!!
US BASED FIRM EXPLAINED CALL DID NOT GO THRU AND THEN SPOKE TO A SUPERVISOR WHO WILL NOT REFUND CALL CHARGES EVEN THOUGH THE CALL DID NOT GO THRU
...
Entity
INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Categories: Telephone Companies
60, Report:
#269745
Posted Date:
Aug 23 2007
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications Hides Exorbitant (i.e. 50-100 times competive) Rates and then Bills Without Approval ripoff San Diego, San Ysidro California
This is going to sound very close to other reports on this extremely dishonorable company written on this and other sites, but I thought I would add the details of my particular experience to the growing chorus.
I was staying in Rome and naively responded to an advertisement in t...
Entity
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications
Categories: Communications & Networking
61, Report:
#261535
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2007
BBG Communications Ripoff - Does not disclose phone rate from China to USA, then Rips you off. Scam!!! San Diego California
On July 10 in Beijing Airport, my US850 flight back to Chicago was canceled. I had to make a call to USA to tell about the change of flight. On the pay pohne, there was instruction on how to make the international calls with credit card, but just nothing about rate information. I ...
Entity
BBG Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
62, Report:
#218143
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2006
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications Never use your credit card to call from overseas! San Ysidro California
$42 for one minute. That's what BBG charged to call from Europe, and of course the price wasn't listed on the nice little ad in the hotel room. They refused to give me a phone number where I could complain. (I got the number above from the Better Business Bureau.) They won't resp...
Entity
BBG Communications - International Satellite Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
63, Report:
#207832
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2006
BBG Communications, Int'l Satellite Communications SCAM ARTISTS RIP OFF TOURISTS FOR OVERSEAS CALLS!!! $50+ FOR 5 MIN.! Ripoff San Isidro California
I recently returned from Barbados to find that I had been seriously ripped off by a loser company doing business as BBG COMMUNICATIONS!! These scam artists charged me a minimum of $41.91 per call to the U.S. under 5 minutes... when I checked my statement to find that 5 calls under 5...
Entity
BBG Communications, Int'l Satellite Communications
Categories: Hotel
64, Report:
#49547
Posted Date:
Mar 17 2003
SBC, Ameritech, Sprint rip-off deception with outrageous calling card fees Chicago Illinois
When my husband and I recently went to Mexico for vacation, we used our SBC/Ameritech/Sprint calling card to call home and check on our son. This card was sent to us by SBC to supposedly Get connected with one number and allow us to make calls (local and long distance) while away f...
Entity
SBC/Ameritech/Sprint
Categories: Telephone Companies
