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Jan 01, 2026
Phone.com vs Windstream
Compare Phone.com vs Windstream. Find out whether Phone.com or Windstream is better for your VoIP business or home needs. The experts at VoipReview have analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of Phone.com and Windstream and detailed analysis of the comparison can be found below.
User Ratings & Reviews
- 56 Reviews
- 7 Reviews
Overview:
Voice. Text. Video. Fax. Conferencing. Collaboration.
Phone.com is the modern, work-from-anywhere...
Windstream is one of the industry leaders: a full-service communications service provider for the Midwest, South, and East Coast in the United States. Windstream provides not only VoIP phone service, but also offers Internet and cable television...
Provider Info
- Website: www.phone.com/
- Headquarters Country: United States
- Founder Year: 2007
- Website: windstream.com
- Headquarters Country: United States
- Founder Year: 1997
Plans Available*
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- Unlimited Extension - N/A
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Users Average Rating
Recent User Reviews
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.
If you have a problem with Windstream's internet or telephone service expect to be on the phone for at least thirty minutes. It takes a least five minutes to even talk to a person while you are forced to listen to all their advertisements and other garbage that you are not interested in and don’t want to hear. Then after forcing you to give your name and the last 4 digits of your SSN three times, you ask your question and they put you on hold for ten to thirty minutes. The last time I called to report that my service wasn't working, I was on the phone, mostly on hold for almost an hour on a call that shouldn't have taken more than two minutes. If your internet or phone is not working, and they have to send out a technician it takes about ten days to two weeks. I called Thursday and was on the phone for an hour waiting on hold, time after time, I was told it would be fixed on Friday the next day. They lied. I called again on Monday and was told it would be the following Monday, (another 7 days) before they would send a technician. In the meantime, I am being charged for the time I am without service. His excuse was, I can call Windstream and they credit those ten days. However, because they will put you on hold, that takes at least another thirty-minute phone call. And, far worse, you are without your internet or landline telephone service. Needless, to I canceled the service and went with a different provider. Even after I finally got to talk to a person, to punish me for canceling, she put me on hold for over thirty minutes when it should have taken about sixty seconds. Naturally, she is polite and doesn’t tell you she is putting you on hold to punish you. Anyone that values their time, should never get service from Windstream. Now if you are a new customer, you quickly get to talk to a person and they will not put you on hold because if they did, you might hang up and they wouldn’t get your money.
We have an office with about 12-15 users (some are part-time so it depends on who is in). We are a legacy Broadview user. Though they merger went through a couple of years ago, The only recently turned off the BroadviewOfficesuite product. I learned this from a Windstream employee when I called for technical support. This technicial told me that the Broadview product was replaced with a newer and better Windstream Officesuite product. When I asked if the 50 to 75 external numbers that I had entered into the Broadview product would port over to the Windstream product, he claimed that it should. After installing the new product the external contacts did not port over. The technician escallated the question and reported back that with the new Windstream Officesuite product not only can you not transfer external contact from the older appplication, YOU CANNOT EVEN MANUALLY ENTER EXTERNAL CONTACT IN THEIR NEW SYSTEM! After again checking with his supervisor, he confirmed this and confirmed that they cannot return me to the older Broadview Officesuite. Separately, a Windstream sales person recently tried to conn us into a five-year contract. We are looking for a new provider right now!
*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.
