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Reviewed Provider	Title	Rating	Pros	Cons	Review
Axvoice	My dog could provide better customer service than Axvoice does! 05/07/2013 - 12:22	Overall: 1 Price: 1 Customer Service: 1 Features: 1 Reliability: 1 Sound Quality: 1	I never had a chance to find out -- they couldn't manage to finish the application process with me	Really bad customer service (at least during the application process).	I tried to sign up for their service but their "billing" department (so said their emails) was so inflexible and rigid about the process, I ultimately gave up trying to complete it. Not only did they fail to read/respond appropriately to emails -- repeatedly requesting information, for example, which I already provided to them -- my issue ultimately came down to their complete inflexibility in regards to a simple phone call. As with many companies, they use a phone call to validate their online client and wish to speak to you personally. However, in attempting to set up this initial call, Axvoice seemed completely inflexible, insisting on a time-table which I found decidedly inconvenient. Moreover, they seemed unable or unwillingness to accommodate an alternative time frame that was convenient for me. I wasn't trying to be a prima donna -- accommodating a customer's time table is perhaps one of the most basic tenets to proper customer service and I did provide them with a generous three hour window from 9am to noon any day of the week for which I was available for this procedure -- but AXvoice was ultimately incapable to accommodate my request. Now, I understand when the cable or phone companies requires this kind of "window of availability" (i.e. because they are sending out an actual person to your home to whom you need to give access to your property), but c'mon AXvoice -- this kind of service window crap is really annoying when even when it is clearly necessary. We, on the other hand, were merely negotiating a time block for receiving a simple phone call! WTF? Do you really need to be THAT inflexible? Is your billing staff so impotent that they can't simply pick up the phone at ANY time of day? Ultimately, I just became frustrated with the email back and forth and given the wide range of competition in the VOIP industry, I felt this situation likely portended some really poor customer service for which I would have gravely regretted had I had the misfortune of enduring a full year of service with them. I suppose I might thank AxVoice for being such incredible boobs.
Phone.com	Phone.com telephone support is AWESOME, but they can still improve on their billing policies/procedures 05/07/2013 - 13:30	Overall: 4.4 Price: 3 Customer Service: 5 Features: 4 Reliability: 5 Sound Quality: 5	Their customer service when called on the phone is great (not so great when thru email) Good value (not the cheapest but still competitive, and their top notch service is worth the extra expense)	Incoming calls count against your minutes when on their metered minutes plan Overage minute feed are among the highest in the VOIP industry when on metered minutes plan Billing system is mercurial and opaque to customers (but ultimately fair so far...). Online/email customer service not always good (best to call them on the phone directly).	The only reason I might leave Phone.com is this issue of counting incoming calls against my plan (many others count only outbound calls). I don't use my land-line for much. Virtually no outgoing calls, and only a few incoming calls (so I use the metered minute plan to save $$$). However, unless I keep on top of my call logs and actively block all the telemarketing idiots that incessantly call my number, I sometimes risk going over my minutes allotment (more than 50% of my minutes, and sometimes as high as 90%, go to incoming unsolicited sales calls every month. I guess that's what I get for having the same phone number for twenty years). Given the fact that many other VOIP carriers do not count incoming calls against their plan minutes, does make me consider changing VOIP providers... But, then something comes up and I need their help....and the experience always reminds me of just how great their customer service is. In my experience, its hard to find -- almost impossible in fact -- a company whose "customer service" isn't merely a euphemism for emotional rape. I haven't had an inordinate number of issues with my VOIP service with Phone.com, but the two or three issues that came up every year are always fixed promptly by their staff, and my experiences are not merely adequate, but are so good I have to rave about them a bit (when I call them on the phone only; its not so great when you contact them through email). Rarely do I experience much of a hold queue. I have never had to endure any forwarding of my issue through some silly hierarchy within their customer service department. The person I spoke to always had the power to solve both my technical and my billing issues right over the phone, and I have never encountered anyone with inadequate speaking and/or communication skills for this kind of support. In short, their staff is not simply adequate, but inordinately well-trained and professional -- what everyone expects but rarely experiences. If I simply went with their unlimited minutes plans (at twice the monthly rate), my complaint here would be moot and I would definitely give phone.com the highest of recommendations. But for those of us who are frugal and/or on a budget, my issue here might be worth their consideration.

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