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Mar 15, 2024
Lingo vs Phone.com
Compare Lingo vs Phone.com. Find out whether Lingo or Phone.com is better for your VoIP business or home needs. The experts at VoipReview have analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of Lingo and Phone.com and detailed analysis of the comparison can be found below.
User Ratings & Reviews
- 58 Reviews
- 56 Reviews
Overview:
Lingo is a residential VoIP provider that offers home phone plans for nationwide and international calling. Lingo plans come with a number of included features, free calling to other Lingo subscribers, and even the option to keep your existing...
Voice. Text. Video. Fax. Conferencing. Collaboration.
Phone.com is the modern, work-from-anywhere...
Provider Info
- Website: lingo.com
- Headquarters Country: United States
- Founder Year: 2004
- Website: www.phone.com/
- Headquarters Country: United States
- Founder Year: 2007
Plans Available*
- Lingo Unlimited - $14.95
- Base Account - N/A
- Plus Account - N/A
- Unlimited Extension - N/A
Users Average Rating
Recent User Reviews
Horrible - Dishonest - Useless Customer Service - Lie about contracts They lie right off the bat when they call you. At least the guy who calls to hook you speaks your language. After that it's accents you can't translate from call centers with a million other voices in the background. I agreed to their services in 2018 with free first month and 6th month. That was a lie. Never happened! Tried the customer service on that. Of course they say they don't know anything about that. Customer service person I can't understand. Ask if there is someone who can speak better English and am told "NO" Can't email me. Doesn't care. Over the years, they have added about $25 to my bill. Bogus taxes - unexplained "Other Charges" Got a letter a few months ago with a bill. The bill was for my gradually ever-increasing bill amount, the letter says I'm being charged another $20+ for some other taxes they had failed to include on my bill for the last year. Paid that. Couldn't bring myself to suffer through a useless episode with overseas customer service agent. Finally sick of them, switched the line over to a cell with Verizon. Lingo continuing to bill me for a service they have not been providing for two months. Paid it once. The second time I call Customer service. Hung up on. Call again 15 minutes on hold - another guy I can't understand. What I am able to get from him: Verizon didn't notify them (A lie, Verizon can't use the number until Lingo releases it - I waited several days for that to happen) I am suppose to still owe the bills + more to come which will include a $200 Early termination charge!!! Say I am under some other contract that they can't provide me with. Just simply a lying scamming company . By the way, they were called Birch Communications when I signed up. They changed to Lingo somewhere along the line. Not BBB accredited - No shock there I'll update this when I get my next statement.
I signed up for my elderly mom, who cannot use a cell phone. We had been happy with the service, and the price was better than AT&T, plus included 1500 minutes of long distance, which AT&T does not unless you pay a lot extra. Recently my mom's phone was out of order, and we had to wait a week to get it back working. (It was a line/cable problem.) In addition to a terribly long wait, customer service was absolutely horrible! Excessive wait times, incorrect trouble tickets, ZERO customer service on weekends. Today I am calling them about a billing question, and so far have been on hold for 1 hour and 45 minutes SO FAR. I don't want to call back and start all over, so I've got the phone on speaker and on the charger.
I'm on vacation with my family in San Fran, but my staff can't make outgoing phone calls for over two days now. Can't reach support by phone and nothing but chat bots to talk to online. It's not the first time this has happened, but it will be the last. FYI, It's not all that cheap once you get nickel and dimed for all the useage. We spend over $200 a month for this garbage service.
Unfortunate experience of a ‘programming issue’ on their end leading to being assigned a number that they didn’t have reserved. When first aware of getting an ‘number for texting only’ message when I tried calling my business number, was told by customer service nothing was wrong, it was just bc I tried calling on my cell when I had the App installed on same phone. Months later, became aware number wasn’t working. Long wait to get through to customer service. Told nothing was wrong. Issue persisted, it took multiple calls (most with long waits) and several emails over several days to finally get an explanation. Couldn’t fix the problem, though. Had to take a new number, meaning I had to reprint marketing and business material. Their glitch ended up being fairly costly for me. Not confidence inspiring as a reliable phone service. Fingers crossed it gets better. Not sure whether I would recommend.
*Plan pricing displayed here has been sourced directly from the provider's website or via the provider's sales team. Pricing is subject to change without notice. Check provider's website for most current pricing.Plan pricing may differ based on the country for which you are requesting service.
