I rec'd a call about getting internet phone service for $19.95 a month. I told the telemarketer I was not interested because I already had a service for much less than that. He asked how much and I said $1.70 per month. He then said they would pay me to try it and would give me a $100 Walmart Gift card. I asked how soon I would get that, and he told me it would be in the box that the equipment came in. I also got an additional # and cell phone service, to try for 3 free months. I figured, how could I lose with getting a $100 Walmart gift card in the package they were mailing to me with the equipment in it. Well I rec'd the package on Wed.May 20, 2009. I immediately looked for the card and it was not there. I called the company and told them I had not rec'd the gift card. I was then told I was not supposed to get it for 3 mos. Well that really teed me off. I would never had gotten the service if I had been told that in the first place because I already had service cheaper. I asked to speak to a supervisor and the person I talked to said none was available. I told him to try and he then said he would have the salesmanager call, but he never did. They wanted a $29.95 equipment deposit, supposedly fully refundable, that had to be paid with the order, + another $8+ dollars for mailing. Since they mailed it they may be in trouble for mail fraud. I still have not rec'd call back from them and do not expect to. I will call again tomorrow May 26th, to see if they can fix this. If they do I will get back to this website and if they don't I will also get back with this website.

I subscribed to VOIP.com for a year. After having trouble getting a number assigned the service worked okay for the price. Just before the annual renewal came up I was having trouble with delays when we tried to talk. VOIP.com emailed me stating I would be automatically enrolled for a second year if I didn't contact them. They also said that if I was having any trouble to go the their help forums and it would be resolved quickly. I didn't get a chance to experiment with the phone until the exact day of re-enrollment. I went through the FAQ and tried all ideas that offered. I then contacted the tech support forum. After 3 or 4 days with no response I canceled the account, boxed up the equipment, and returned it as directed. I used about 21 minutes trying to call my work voice mail to see if the delay was better. They have refused to refund my $212.73 annual payment because it is against their policy. So if you want a few days of non-service for 200 bucks, this is the place to go. How American is this? I am ashamed that these types are so insensitive and unreasonable. It was against my policy to pay for the first month and not have a telephone number assigned but I sucked it up.

1 month of FREE service with voip.com is not FREE. I canceled my service and returned the adapter before the month was up. They charged $41.99 to my credit card for canceling. I called the company and they would not remove the hidden fee.

On 12/05/06 I read an ad on voip.com about using their phone service. The ad said if you sign up and your not satisfied with the service, and you cancel in the first 30 days they will refund your money.

Voip.com has 2 ways of using there service. First by using their equipment and connecting your phone to it, and by using a computer based phone system called Softphone. I signed up for softphone and used their service for about 10 days. I cancelled the service and they charged a disconnect fee of 14.90. I asked if I was eligible for refund and got 2 different answers but they ultimately told me I would not get a refund because of their terms of service. Nowhere in the ad did it say softphone was excluded from the guarantee. I also thought the ad was promotional so it overroad the terms of service for that period. Below is the ad I read:

Risk-Free Guarantee

We want everyone in the world to experience the benefits of voip. So, here's a revolutionary idea — try us for a month. If you like voip (like we know you will), keep us. If you don't like us, we'll credit your first payment. Sure, we'll cry a little bit, but we'll move on. We know that you'll love the voip service. If you feel more comfortable knowing that you can cancel, we're more than happy to provide this risk-free option for you.