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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.