Phone Power
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Category: Services
Contact Information 20765 Superior Street, Chatsworth, California, United States
Phone number: 888-607-6937
phonepower.com
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Phone Power Reviews
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tkofkc
January 28, 2011
Awful Service
I used Phone Power for 3 years. Its cheap but you get what you pay for. Service is spotty and don't expect to receive technical support. I had several issues where I called in and it would take days it get your service restored.
Phone Power was my home line but my primary line is my cell phone so the service saw very little use and even then there were way too many issues. Like I said it is cheap and their introductory offer was too good to be true, very much so. The thing to watch is when you have has enough and cancel service they have a hook waiting for you. You must return the cheap little phone modem to them within 30 days of canceling service or the charge you $99.90 for the device please their late return fees.
My sister and I signed up for Phone Power at the same time and took the 2yrs of service offer for $199.99. She could deal with the service issues and after 6 months had to switch back to Bell, taking her phone number with her. She wrote off the $200 she spent on Phone power service as a lesson learned, Phone Power only allow you to cancel service for a refund within the first 45 days. She contacted Phone Power about switch to Bell and they never asked for the return of the modem. About 2 1/2 years later she get contacted by s Phone Power collector wanting the $99.90 modem fees plus a whole slew of late charges.
Beware of them you'll get hooked on their offer and they'll burn you when you cancel. I've know several people who have had them but none that have had a good experience.
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Shrek Ogre
January 10, 2011
It is a scam
I purchased a Phone Power modem and signed up for a 1-year contract with the 2nd year free. The call quality for international calls were dismal despite spending many hours with Phone Power support over 3 months. After tweaks, service would be OK for 1 call, then the next day it is poor again. I eventually gave up on this service as a $400 mistake. The equipment could not even give a dial-tone, so the emergency local service I expected to get has not been operational for the past 8 months.
Now a year later, I received an email that they will soon charge me $38 in taxes for the 2nd-year "free" service. I canceled the account, then received notice that I must send them at my expense, the modem I bought outright from Best Buy, else they will charge me $99 for my own modem.
Their billing practices are not transparent. They tack on 20% taxes on top of the call fees. They charge for calls when a connection was never established. They charge me for the calls they *asked* me to make so they could listen in (with permission) to monitor the waves of static. I wonder how many calls they listened in on that I was not aware off. I allowed the eavesdropping in the hope that I could end with service that might work -- it never did.
They will charge you $99 when you cancel your account half-way through the 2 years you paid for upfront. You can avoid that charge if you send them (at your expense) the hardware you bought outright. That is stealing one way or the other.
And since I cannot "remove" my credit card they keep on file, I had to change my credit card to prevent them from making ad-hoc charges as they see fit.
Phone Power is a scam. Enough of us have suffered and lost. Don't join.
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The Truth in Dallas
July 23, 2010
Misleading Contract Terms
I signed up for Phone Power via a 3 party. At the time I signed up, I read all the information given twice to insure I wasn't getting into anything that was shady or a rip off. NO WHERE did it explain that I was getting a "promotional price" based on 2 YEAR agreement. It was worded as if my “promotional price” was based going through a 3rd party discount offer and not a contract. I work for AT&T Mobility and clearly understand the concept of the 2 year contract and cancelation fees. But the BIG difference is that AT&T gives this information UPFRONT so that you can make and inform decision. Phone Power sent a order confirmation email which didn’t mention the contract or termination fee, then they sent a 2nd email a order NOTIFICATION which ONLY at that point they mentioned the 2-year contract and termination fee at the VERY BOTTOM of the page. When I emailed to cancel service, they never mentioned a cancelation fee will be charged and ONLY mentioned that if I don't send back my adapter I'd be charged a fee of $99 and NOTHING about the $99 cancelation fee. I'll admit that I am partly to blame for not reading the confirmation email BUT it's clear that Phone Power intention is to deceive and mislead their customers. I had no clue I was in a contract on being charged an early termination fee until today when I call to ask about why they'd already charged me for equipment I had 30 days to return. Let me be clear, I wouldn't take time to write all of this and give this information unless it were true, and please consider this before signing up with Phone Power. If you don't like the service, or like me realized it's was an unnecessary cost, you'll have to pay a cancelation fee just like with a cell phone. I can’t believe this is business practice that will be allowed to continue, eventually, just like with the cell phones companies, they will have to be CLEAR and UPFRONT about the 2-year contract and potential cancelation fees.
The terms of service were sent in a “confirmation email”?
Why give the most important information at the bottom of the page rather than the top?
At point of sale, why was no information was given about a contract or cancelation fee?
In the reply to confirm the cancelation, why not mention both the cancelation fee and not just the potential equipment charge?
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8080interactive
June 25, 2010
Rude Customer Support
I have been trying to get Phone Power to correct my service as the calls drop, there is an echo on the phone line and the audio quality is terrible at best. They are rude and insist that the issue is my service provider (ISP) and not their product. They show no interest in correcting the problem and tell me that if I want to cancel I will NOT get my money back. I have started a blog site www.phonepowersucks.com and will continue to tell all who will listen that this is a company that needs to be avoided. They do not care about their customers and I even had a manager tell me that the CEO is to busy running the business to speak to me. Tell everyone you know that this company does not care about customers.
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NixxereBB
January 17, 2010
Billing
I had a 1 year contract with Phone Power, 12 monthly payments. I started in January 2009, and moved my service to Vonage after paying my final 12th monthly payment to fulfill my contact. I returned my router and have a receipt of the accepted return.
No that my service is moved, they charged me $99.00 for no apparent reason. My equipment was returned and accepted. I fulfilled all payments of my contract.
I am opening a case with the BBB to file a complaint, and have contacted Phone Power to make them aware this complaint would be filed.
So, my advice so far, is Phone Power appears to be a very good service, until you try to leave, then they rob you - even after returning their equipment and making all payments for your contract.
I will make sure everyone I know, and everyone in our telecommunications departments at our global enterprise company are aware of Phone Power's scams.
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moeb
November 18, 2009
drop signal
I started using this company when AT&T decided to drop their VoIP service. I signed up for the two years in advance deal because it looked like a great savings. The problem I now have is that they do not send a proper drop signal when an incoming caller hangs up. If my home recorder picks up, it's going to record some period of busy signal before it gives up and drops the call. There is nothing wrong with my recorder. If I put it on my other line, a land line, it works perfectly. Phone Power says their equipment is working correctly and that I should buy a new recorder. I would not do business with this outfit again unless they can fix this glitch.
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August 22, 2008
Rip Off!
I signed up for PHONE POWER on a promotion for 10 a month or something. I paid $44 to send the adapter. I never got the damned thing to work and they were NO HELP. They were surly and rude -- totally condescending! After the promo I sent their adapter back after the promo ended, for another $8 or soI then got an email from them saying that they didn't get the power plug for the damned thing and billed me another $99.99!!! I know I sent the thing in, I put it together, left it, put it back in the box and sent it back. I don't have the thing in my house! SO I PAID $44 + $8 + $99.99 = $151.99 for no phone service.
If you want to spend $151.99 for no service, use PHONE POWER. If you value your dollar, stay far away from them.
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