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iTalkBB Reviews

iTalkBB is a popular home phone service provider for VoIP phone calls between the United States and Canada and China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

 

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Excellent customer service and TV Box

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The staff member is extremely helpful. They provide friendly and informative service and resolve my problem with patient. The TV service is really valuable. I can see my favorite TV show there. Highly Recommended~! I will definitely visit the store again if I have any other questions!

Excellent staff member
The store is quite far away from me
Yes

iTalkBB is as bad as a scammer!

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We have been with iTalkBB for nearly 10 years. We spend our precious time to write a review because it is so bad!! If there is an option for us to leave NEGATIVE stars, we would. Also, we don't like to write reviews. In this case, we have to because iTalkBB is so bad. Not only the above criteria was poor. Although the customer service support people sound soft and sweet and always agree to resolve, but shocking ineffective. They lied all the time. They said they called us back but our phone didn't even have a miss call!! We have had problem with the phone and can not receive nor call out for over 8 months!! They always gave us different reason why and asked us try different ways. We tried so many times all different ways to resolve. After 8 months, finally we thought find a way to resolve the problem. After it is resolved, we realised the phone line was offline!!! It is not our call forwarding issue, nor the headset issue. Mainly their phone line is OFFLINE and DROPPED all the time. iTALKBB is pretty much a SCAMMER!! The only thing they know is to charge you. if you missed a payment for a few days, they cut off your line. We used iTalk BB for business, we have been putting up so we don't change the phone number. But now we can't tolerate anymore. We never come across any company in the entire world that is bad or near bad than that. PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP ITALKBB.

nothing is good after 10 years
see the above. Nothing is GOOD!!
No

Actual criminal activity performed by italkbb

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Careful with this one, they tried to charge my account $500 and actually got away until i had my bank charge back. They will also make you jump through 20 hoops, just to unsubscribe to their services. None of their support speaks english.

they are a bad thief that leaves traces.
they are thieving scammers
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poor service

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terrible customer services, not helpful on the phone when reporting a problem, only reading the paper and made the customer even more angry.

sounds very nice when they sell their services
poor after sale services
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Be aware, easy to join but difficult to leave

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They have hidden fees and conditions, beaware when you join. Their paid TV still have lots of ads, everytime you switch a channel, it plays a long ads. If you stop at the end of an episode of a TV show, it plays ads when you come back and another ads when you start the next episode. Ads volume is a lot higher than the TV programs. very annoying. And this is the paid service, not the free one. When they say $0 monthly fee, they actually charge you annual fee. Their phone service also charge you other fees other than the monthly fee,

None
Ads and hidden fees.
No

Great products, love home security camera

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I've been using iTalkBB's home phone and Chinese TV for years. Their service is great and affordable. With the price paid, I'm satisfied with the phone call quality and the variety of TV shows. Recently, a customer service representative reached out to me and introduced the iTalkBB home security camera. As a long-term customer, I decided to give it a try considering the camera was being marketed at an unbeatable price with attractive promotion. I've had the camera for almost three months now. It works great and does its job. I can monitor the camera closely through a phone app. I'm a frequent online shopper, therefore I absolutely love the two-way communication feature which allows me to talk to the delivery guy during this period to avoid unnecessary contacts. My neighbor is also interested in the camera after she saw how it works and I would recommend it to people who want security cameras for their home with limited budgets.

Affordable pricing, outstanding customer service, great products
There are too many different plans and could be a bit complicated and confusing
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This company helps me live better in the U.S.

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I've used their service for years. Indeed, I rarely use their phone service due to the rising of mobile service and WeChat. However, their Chinese TV and new products make me feel the company is specialized in serving Chinese immigrants. I see there is some negative comment about this company on billing and contract. The only thing I would like to recommend to other consumers like me is: Read before you sign, ask before you pay!

easy to use, friendly customer service
Product lack of innovation
Yes

Reliable phone service

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They have a good price on home phone servce with good feature by their own APP. it has no problem on reception and the quality is stable. Sales are nice and friendly in store who can answer my question in professionaly way. Also they have bundles packge now with internet and TV so it is good for my parents.

price is competitable. quality stable
need to use their own APP for some feature
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New AIjia home security camera is great!

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My friend told me about the new home security product- AIjia home security camera that iTalkBB recently released. I have used the Chinese TV service of iTalkBB for one year and it works great. So I bought two cameras for my house and put on at the front door to monitor the house. The five-star rating is based on what I expected from the system and how it's delivered. The battery life lasts longer than I expected. I only need to charge it twice per month. It is time-saving. The installation and set-up are simple, and the phone app-AIjia app works great. Also, there is no device fee for that camera. That's so cool. If you want to buy a home security camera with a limited budget. I will recommend this product!

Simple set up and installation. Low Price, but good quality.
Nothing Special
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Nickel-and-Dime company

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Friendly reminder: if you cancel their phone service and need to return the device, you must remember to bring their cat 5 one dollar cable back as well. That's right, not only the box, the AC adapter, but also the network cable! Otherwise, they will charge you $5 for that cable. It doesn't matter you have used their service for 10+ years (that cable they originally supplied may break already); or the cable may get lost. 10 years, who knows! anything can happen! Besides, who will remember to bring that cable, no other companies ask that! Is it a way how this nickel and dime company makes money? Because lots of people may just end up paying and save a second trip!

short waiting time of their 800 customer service number
Sometimes voice quality is not stable
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iTalkBB

Markham
Ontario
2004Year Founded
33%Recommend
24User Reviews

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    The Skinny

    Free Chinese Phone Number

    iTalkBB can offer you a free local number in China.

    Of course, you have to purchase the service in order to get the free number, but that's beside the point. iTalkBB can get you local numbers in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwain. With a number with a 950 area code, people all over China can call you without having to pay high international rates.

    iTalkBB offers two calling plans:

    • Global Unlimited Plan
    • Residential Economic Plan

    Global Unlimited Plan

    iTalkBB's Global Unlimited Plan allows you to make unlimited calls to the US, China, and many other countries. You also get a local Chinese phone number thrown in there, which is great especially if you're calling China a lot.

    iTalkBB's Global Unlimited Plan isn't a business plan. Like most VoIP providers, iTalkBB does have a clause to protect itself from unreasonable use. So, don't try any extensive office-related calling to China on your iTalkBB plan.

    Residential Economic Plan

    If you don't need to call that much, consider the Residential Economic Plan.

    For $4.99 a month for basic phone service, you get 2 cent calls to the United States and China. However, if you spend more than 1000 minutes on the phone a month, you should definitely use the Global Unlimited Plan - it'll save you a little more money every month.

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