ZingoTel Reviews

Hi Guys. Can you believe it? The day I posted my stellar review of Zingotel just below, they went out of business. No incoming calls on my phone though I can call out still, their site is down, and the customer service phone number doesn't work. I sent them an e-mail on the 11th, and ten minutes later the phone rang (!) and it was Miracle Telecom (www.miracletel.com). A gentleman in India said that Zingotel was out of business, that Miracle Telecom had bought their customer information, and that they were calling everyone on the list to offer them the new service. Priced, $16 per month, down from Zingo's $20.
It's tempting, and I'm thinking about it, but I'm not comfortable with the way it all happened, and I see Lingo offers the same plus free calls to 30 countries. While Lingo is $22 a month, they do have a $5 a month for 6 months introductory offer and a 30-day free trial. I guess I'll try that out. I'll probably have to post something in the Lingo section here in a few months.
Zingotel was in India, Miracletel is as well, and it looks like Lingo is too. Can't anyone in the US do something like this at a good price, perhaps following business norms we are used to (like warning when they go out of business, and not sharing confidential information)? Why do we have to export all the great service ideas, jobs, and earnings? Well, good luck to everyone here. It's a brave new world!
Note to Zingotel: A commpany's goodwill is worth quite a bit. Apparently you ticked off a lot of non-techies from reading reviews here and elsewhere. Techies like myself loved the service though, but you ticked us off by making such an ungracious exit. I'm disappointed at the bail, but did appreciate the service while you were around.

This is unbelievable. For almost a week we can not receive (dialing out works). I am trying to contact Zingotel but their website is down and amazingly I can not find their contact number anywhere. Pls let me know if anyone has it via posting a response to this. I am going to cancel this service asap.

We've been with them for a few years now, and have seamlessly moved with their service in tow through three houses. Talk about plug-and-play. We call the cable provider before moving in and get cable set up, and when we get there we plug the box in and (viola!) we have telephone. Unlimited US and Canada for 20 bucks a month, great service, and we keep our number, well, forever :) We finally bought a house so are done moving, but we'll keep Zingotel!

When i took the service they said , equipment is free with service, i have to pay only for shipping cost. I got my service and eqipment. But they havent ported my OLD number. They called me after 3 months and saying its not possible, since already the new number is known by every one...i took that easy and continued with new number. i kept the service for 1 yr, even thought we had mobiles...we just used landline for home purpose. But ever we want to use the Zingotel service line, it will say lines are busy or the line is dead. we have to call them and start/stop all the devices to make it work, it willo work for 1 week and the problem starts again. When i finally wan to cancel the service, they said i have to return the device else i have to pay $99, when i reminded that they said device is free...they are saying that device is free to use. so i have to pay for the shipping to send it back. So becareful before takeing the Zingotel service.