Small Business Owners BEWARE of Bellsouth AT&T Small Business and their 'special' deals!

Stay as far away from them as you can, they will sign you into contracts that you did not want and then rip every penny they can directly out of your bank account without your approval and without informing you.

Here is my experience with this company, you judge for yourself...

In 2006 I was convinced by a Bellsouth sales person to go onto a Small Business plan that would save me $100s of a month and nothing would change.

Months later when I wanted to move I find out that I was signed into a 3 year contract at a rate that was far more than competitors.

So I continued to pay them the exorbitant fees for the remainder of the 3 years, never once late on a payment.

During this time I am continually harassed on a daily basis by AT&T Bellsouth sales people, trying to sell me 'even better' deals... I told them to stop calling.

I was on the DO-NOT-CALL list and notified ATT on at least 10 occasions that they were violating this and not to call me. I also filed complaints with the Do-Not-Call list but nothing was done.

I have pages of dates and times of these harassing call but apparently the FCC was not concerned with ATT because they are the phone company and I was doing business with them, so they could continue to harass me, even when I asked them not to.

Anyway, after the 3 years were up, I waited a few extra months to make sure there was no question and then moved to Comcast phones (for less than 1/3 of the Bellsouth rate and for better service )

A month after canceling and moving to comcast, I get a letter from AT&T / Bellsouth telling me that my old 2005 contact AUTO RENEWS!

I am now in a brand new 3 year contract, that I did not want or ask for in the beginning and have to pay them huge early termination fees. (2 1/2 years of the the contract)

I file a new complaint with ATT & Bellsouth and with the FCC and Better Business Bureau. I received a letter back from the FCC stating that AT&T/Bellsouth had resolved this with me (They had not). Then I got a call from AT&T Bellsouth telling me that their resolution is for me to pay them all the money! No compromise... Nothing.

I tell them in writing that it is still dispute and I am not paying them.

I file a new complaint with ATT, FCC and BBB and have not heard back.

However, in the mean time ATT decided that since I once had a direct debit from my back account for payments (something I had cancelled long before), that they were going to simply take the money without my consent or approval. This is what they did. They simply took this money without my consent (and I assume illegally) from my bank account with no regard for my current complaints and disputes... They will not refund it.

AT&T / Bellsouth are completely unethical and in my opinion are no better than crooks, liars and thieves and if you own a small business then I would recommend that you stay as far away from them as you can.

Do not do business with this company EVER !

ps. I am in the processing of canceling my AT&T Wireless account with 4 smart phones, over this. I hope it was really worth it to them.