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I used 8x8 for 2 years with a former partner for our law firm; sound quality and pricing okay for our 6 lines, but service issues *always* took much longer to address than they should have and often required multiple calls to 8x8's tech and/or sales lines. Two months ago, I began my own firm and wanted to take my two phone lines (the ones listed on business cards) to a new, separate 8x8 account. Seems relatively simple to take 2 lines out of an existing 8x8 account and create a new account, no? NO. It is now two months later and ONLY TODAY was the full migration of my account information and numbers completed. In the interim, I have had to deal with 3 sales reps and 2 tech reps for a total of over 6 hours on the phone to 8x8 between me and my assistant. The tech guys blamed sales for not "properly documenting" what I wanted. The sales gals blamed tech for not understanding their terminology. The final determination from 8x8 on why an order placed in November took almost 2 months to execute? "Someone dropped the ball." I blame a lousy corporate culture and management that creates such walls and lack of commonly shared, fundamental knowledge within the organization. Meanwhile, as 8x8 reps were busy pointing fingers at each other, I (1) was being billed on my old account and the new account simultaneously, (2) couldn't get a ring tone on my main business line, (3) had my business number showing up as an area code 10 states away from where I do business, and (4) wasted a lot of time trying to do 8x8's job. If you've read this far, you're probably wondering why I didn't just give up on 8x8 and take my business elsewhere. At each step in the process, I thought *surely* now things would finally get fixed. Don't make the same mistake I made -- avoid 8x8 and go with a more reliable and better-managed VOIPs.

We've been using 8x8 for over a year now and I feel it's time I left them a review. The best way to put it is that I have no complaints because the service does everything it is supposed to do, is rarely ever "down", and we get all of this at a great price compared to what we were paying before. My favorite feature is the way 8x8 integrates with your mobile phone. I can make calls using their app on my mobile phone and it will show up as my office number in the caller ID of the person I'm calling, which is great when I am out of the office.

If you're looking for solid, inexpensive phone service with great features that just works, go with 8x8.

First, if you want a complete communications solution, I highly recommend 8x8! We are an IT consulting firm, Managed Service Provider, and we started using 8x8 about 2 years ago and haven't had any issues at all. From the beginning, I can’t say enough how great their support is. The entire process was an extremely pleasant one. There was no pressure sales tactics from my sales rep. Shipment was very quick and everything arrived neatly packed. The installation was simple and easy; so easy, my 10 year old could have done it. If you need any help, the support is quick, courteous and they speak to you in terms that you can understand! I have called for help on a number of occasions and they’ve never let me down.

They have many options for phones and in different price ranges. They are all solid and have so many features such as web conferencing, Internet faxing, smartphone integration, softphone for your computer, reporting and an online dashboard that gives you total control over your entire phone system. One of my favorite features is getting voicemails in your email and smart phone. Most of my team is on the road quite a bit so whenever a client calls our desk phones, we wouldn’t know about it until we were back in the office. With 8x8, we are notified within seconds if a client calls us in the office and leaves a message. There’s even a feature that allows you to dial multiple phone numbers, like your cell and/or home number, then the person would say their name and allow you to screen the call so you can make the decision if you want to take the call or forward it to voicemail.

My number one concern was voice quality, and over the last two years I am extremely pleased to say that we haven’t had any issues. In fact, we’ve had so much success over the last couple of years that we have recently signed on as a partner and are now offering the 8x8 services to all of our clients. I highly recommend 8X8!

RAVING 8X8 FAN!

We have been using 8x8 for 4 months now and have not had any issues. Moved from another VoIP provider that had little to zero support. 8x8 has tons of features included in the standard price including smartphone app, softphone, auto-attendant. The voice quality has not been an issue and would reccomend it to anyone looking for an enterprise class product at a small business price.