901, Report:
#159810
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2005
BroadVoice RIPOFF: Accused of using VOIP residential service for business use.Billerica Massachusetts
In mid May/2005 I signed up for a VOIP Telephone Service Plan with BroadVoice, Inc. This plan The Unlimited World PLUS Plan allowed, for the cost of $24.95/month, customers unlimited calling to 35 countries including the United States. The plan in itself is a residential only plan a...
Entity
BroadVoice,
Categories: Telephone Companies
902, Report:
#138661
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2005
Qwest Communications Ripoff Unethical Business Practice UTAH Qwest salesman gives me price quote but actual bill was $500 over price quote for 6 lines PROVO UTAH
I had several calls with Qwest Salespeople and none of them disclosed all fees involved in setting up 6 lines for our business.
After receiving our first bill for over $1000 I talked with several Qwest representives and they escalated my concern to a manager that told me the same...
Entity
Qwest Communications
Categories: Telephone Companies
903, Report:
#152253
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2005
Vonage Holdings - Vonage.com poor service Edison New Jersey
I almost hate to do this. I've been a Vonage.com customer since 2003 and, up until recently, have had no problem with their service. But, because my service has by and large been good, I've had little reason to contact their customer service department. That changed last month.
...
Entity
Vonage Holdings - Vonage.com
Categories: Telephone Companies
904, Report:
#152830
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2005
My Perfect Credit - 1st Credit Of America ripoff - Phone Harrassment Chicago Illinois
I used My Perfect Credit for a short while almost a year ago. My credit card shortly thereafter got stolen and I had to replace it. Since My Perfect Credit did me no good whatsoever I opted not to file a new card for them to charge and I was instructed (by email) that my account w...
Entity
1st Credit Of America
Categories: Collection Agency's
905, Report:
#147221
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2005
PaeTec - PayTech - PayTec - Patech - United Telecom, Payteccorp Lied about Digital T1 Phone System Set up Prices and Work They Do. ripoff Culver City California
As a small business with only 7 phone lines we needed to upgrade to add more phones because of a few new employees. That caused a big problem for us because we had to decide what we would do for upgrades. It appears United Telecom works with Paytec and their sales men on both sides ...
Entity
PaeTec
Categories: Internet Services
906, Report:
#145228
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2005
Surevoice Ripoff and poor service. Tempe Arizona
I signed up with this VOIP phone service for 20 bucks a month it took them a month to get me a phone number only to finnaly tell me they couldnt get it even though they had charged me 35 dolllars to activate. Then when they finnaly got me a number it was an 800 number. Half the time...
Entity
Surevoice
Categories: Internet Services
907, Report:
#143890
Posted Date:
May 25 2005
Packet 8, 8x8 Refused to return monthly fees for a technical mistake made by THEM Ripoff Santa Clara California
Everything was working fine for my first VoIP service until their November 2004 move in which my service stopped working. After serveral calls to their Out-Sourced (India) based tech support which they said needed to be reffered to a senior tech, no one ever called or my service eve...
Entity
Packet 8, Aka 8x8
Categories: Internet Services
908, Report:
#137821
Posted Date:
May 18 2005
Lingo ripoff Not only did they not refund me, they sent me a cancellation email stating I would owe them a 39.95 cancellation fee. Internet
Okay, so I thought I would give VOIP another try. Had bad experience with Vonage, do a search and see my report there. First of all, bought the box at electronics store and spent 2 days trying to get it to work. One distinct advantage over Vonage is that there is less wait times ...
Entity
Lingo
Categories: Telephone Companies
909, Report:
#142279
Posted Date:
May 11 2005
Government Grant - Free Money - In New Jersey ripoff calling from Federal government and they have a Free Grant of money from $8000 to $20000 India
Hello All,
I am located in lawrenceville, New Jersey
I have been getting couple of phony calls lately indicating that they are calling from Federal government and they have a Free Grant of money from $8000 to $20000.
They usually ask if I am 18 years or old and if I have atle...
Entity
Government Grant - Free Money
Categories: Corrupt Companies
910, Report:
#137880
Posted Date:
May 06 2005
Primus Telecom AKA Lingo Company ripoff will not refund money as advertised. MCLEAN Virginia
Lingo offers VOIP telephone service and is advertised as first month free and if dissatisfied within first month, activation fee and cancellation fee will be refunded after reciept of returned equipment. Equipment was returned and received by Lingo on 1-17-05 via UPS. I have signa...
Entity
Primus Telecom
Categories: Telephone Companies
911, Report:
#140627
Posted Date:
Apr 27 2005
Rocketvoip WQN This company practices deceptive, misleading advertising. ripoff Dallas Texas
This company practices deceptive, misleading advertising. When I signed up, there are 50 countries included in the unlimited calls. Then on 4/22 this company abruptly sending a notice, without enough lead time, saying that effective 4/22, several countries that are listed on the unl...
Entity
Rocketvoip
Categories: Telephone Companies
912, Report:
#139627
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2005
Ramda Plaza Resorts ripoff, rude employees, unprofessional behavior Ft. Lauderdale Florida
I got that voucher in the mail a week ago, and was curious. So I called, the lady I spoke with was nice enough, and went through her whole spiel. When she got don't I asked for the bottom line. How much is all this wonderful vacation gonna cost? She told me $600 per person and t...
Entity
Ramda Plaza Resorts
Categories: Resorts
913, Report:
#136967
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2005
Monitronics International terms of adhesion Dallas Texas
Moved into a new house in the Chicagoland area. My spouse was approached by roving security installers with a free installation pitch. . . .
GLARING FLAWS IN INSTALLED SYSTEM
Installed system uses hard-line telephone system. (burglars simply cut the telephone line and ...
Entity
Monitronics International
Categories: Security Services
914, Report:
#133841
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2005
Covad The New Norvergence NEVER USE A VoIP PROVIDER THAT REQUIRES YOU TO USE THEIR BROADBAND!!! San Jose California
Is Covad's VoIP the new Norvergence? Covad uses the tatics of Tom Salzano and his brother Pete Salzano.. No commitment, sign now We use a consultative process If you qualify.. direct form Norvergence.
To use Covad VoIP you MUST use their network. VoIP can run on DSL if needed...
Entity
Covad
Categories: Telephone Companies
915, Report:
#122248
Posted Date:
Dec 10 2004
HMS BLUE Hmsblue.comHMS, VOIPTalk, Direct One ripoff Fraudulantly charged my credit card they are back at it again VAN NUYS Reno Nevada
My report is the same as all the others posted on this site about these theives. Somehow they obtain your credit card number and begin charging every month. In my case it was 48.95/mo. I caught it after only three charges and had the credit card company reverse the charges. I went t...
Entity
HMS BLUE Hmsblue.com VOIPTalk Direct One
Categories: Corrupt Companies
916, Report:
#121243
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2004
AT&T Long Distance & Local & Call Vantage Dishonest Sales Tactics Unethically charged for Long Distances Taxes & Surcharges LD Service was not disconnected when requested att.com Nationwide
I heard about this great new VOIP CallVantage service from AT&T, so I decided to give it a try. I called the number listed on the Website, and the gentlemen said, Oh... I'm sorry, we don't have any local numbers in your area... but what we can do is set you up with regular (non-VOI...
Entity
AT&T Long Distance & AT&T Local Service
Categories: Telephone Companies
917, Report:
#120651
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2004
Vonage Rip-off! Lying Reps, Lazy Management! On hold for HOURS!!! New Jersey Internet
I initially signed up for Vonage Telephone Service (Voip) technology and was told by the rep I wanted to use the hardware from a different account. Nobody knows what they are doing at Vonage. Sign up with your local telephone service... less hassle and costs the same.... and you n...
Entity
Vonage
Categories: Internet Service Providers
918, Report:
#107387
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2004
Deltathree Iconnecthere.com STAY AWAY (a total ripoff and a scam!) There are BETTER companies out there, use them! U.S.A. Internet
If you are looking for VOIP provider, STAY AWAY... far away from www.iconnecthere.com (aka Deltathree). They just swallowed a credit of mine that I had sitting in my account and which I had deposited there through my credit card.. and this after a few weeks of the account being idl...
Entity
Deltathree Iconnecthere.com
Categories: Internet Service Providers
919, Report:
#106516
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2004
AT&T deceptive business practices! Rip-off! Basking Ridge New Jersey
I feel I must share my experience with Rip Off report in hopes No one else is faced with this. Recently I chose to switch to a VOIP phone service so that I might be able to cut some of my bills down. I am a disabled Single mom on a very Minimal income I am Blessed to have my compute...
Entity
AT&T
Categories: Telephone Companies
920, Report:
#103971
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2004
Norvergence - Sterling National Bank fraudulent contracts Ponzi scheme lies lies lies leasing banks in on fraud Newark New Jersey
Norvergence created the perfect scam. And the criminal owners got the money and got away with it. Their partners in Fraud, the Leasing Banks like Sterling National Bank think they can hide behind the fine print and no one will recognize what slime they are.
The recipe for a per...
Entity
Norvergence - Sterling National Bank
Categories: Credit Services
921, Report:
#101343
Posted Date:
Jul 30 2004
Norvergence Sterling National Bank ripoff Another victim Please help with info of Sarasoto attorney for help with breaking Lease Service has been cut off, Matrix box which is suppose to provived VOIP actually does nothing How did the FCC let this happen? New York New York
I began the process w/Norvergence began in Dec. 2003. I believed it was up and running by April 2004. Then everything went wrong. Sprint PCS contacted me to say my cell phones would be cut off in 4 days. I also received a call from my previous provider (FDN) that Norvergence never ...
Entity
Norvergence Sterling National Bank
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
922, Report:
#99240
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2004
Norvergence to be liquidated ripoff Newark New Jersey
Norvergence to be liquidated:
Website address: http://www.thedigest.com/articles/166/23.htm
Report: NORVERGENCE TO BE LIQUIDATED
Newark, NJ, July 14, 2004 (TheDigest.Com) - A federal bankruptcy court in New Jersey has decided that VOIP reseller Norvergence should be shut ...
Entity
Norvergence
Categories: Telephone Companies
923, Report:
#99227
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2004
Integretel, Inc. ripoff Undoing Crammed and Slammed charges a how to guide San Jose California
The trade practices of internet vendors of pay-per-call and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services and their billers are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission and its 1993 Code of Federal Rules (CFR) as promulgated in The Trade Regulation Rule Pursuant To The Tel...
Entity
Integretel
Categories: Internet Services
924, Report:
#95722
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2004
EDS Security, Electronic Detection Services ripoff mislead into a three year contract while stating it was month to month Marietta Georgia
We changed our phoneline from standard to VoIP, and called Dave, the owner we think of EDS, and he said that he couldn't do anything about it. All that was required was a visit to my house and adding the number 1 before it dialed out. Seeing that I was not going to get the proper ...
Entity
EDS Security / Electronic Detection Services
Categories: Security Services
925, Report:
#89155
Posted Date:
May 11 2004
Norvergence $150 million mafia-esque scam, Ponzi scheme, run by Salzano, convicted, fined by FCC for Slamming barred from telcom operations. Detailed info included Illegal fraudulent Newark New Jersey
the following is an accurate report of what is happening to me the report was issued by a Telecom Newsletter:
Norvergence a $150,000,000 Million scam:
Their Strategy:
Suggest that rates are rising and guarantee you a 20% savings on all your telcom bills valid for five years...
Entity
Norvergence
Categories: Telephone Companies