Not the same as it used to be..not even close. I've been with PhonePower since 8x8 got out of the residential voip...almost 20 years. In the past year they've gone to crap. Call logs take two days to populate calls. Call Id is gone from both call logs and from signal to phone. The only place call id shows...in the voice mail log. Go figger. I've contacted support multiple times in writing, most contact goes ignored. A couple of 'we're working on this known problem' only goes so far. My annual subscription ends in two months, I've already selected my next provider.

I want to expres my gratitude to Mr… I want to expres my gratitude to Mr Kolyn, who realy help me along the way. He is very dedicated to my satisfaction. But as far as the Phone over IP quality, it is average. Sometimes the line just cut out on me, sometimes I ear echo, and sometimes there is some lag between the two interlocutor. Other then that, the INternet download/upload speed is satisfactory considering the 6Mb DSL connection that I have. Guy C.

1 Spotty service lacking basic features 1. Quality of service has deteriorated significantly e.g. Softphone keeps on dropping calls regularly rendering the service useless. Sometimes answer yield a dead line, the software gets stuck with only alternative to close it (can't reject calls etc). 2. Service lacking basic features e.g. blocking unwanted numbers 3. C/S is highly ineffective and not customer friendly and tech support diverting from billing/accounting input. Tech support not customer friendly and not always effective (e.g. resolving issues with faxing, lengthening the time one is given to complete a call (impossible to dial unless one knows the number by heart) 4. Pricing is out of line with QoS. Given the existence of Google Voice, Viber and a myriad of other applications one would imaging that pricing of calls (e.g. overseas) would be closer. At least at current prices, one would expect premium service.

Am Pleased Price was higher than I expected due to state fees/taxes, but still saved me money over Comcast and Verizon costs. Equipment arrived when promised and quality of phone line so far is excellent (it's been about a month). Having a cloned line so I can get incoming/make outgoing calls when one line is in use is nice feature.

I've been a PhonePower customer since… I've been a PhonePower customer since 2009. In the beginning, support was fantastic and the service was high quality for a reasonable price. The cloned line feature allows you to have up to 2 lines/calls active at one time which is nice (your phone adapter must support it). However, it is now 2024. Over the years the website slowed down and sections of it (like the invoice and payments page) began to fail. It is an old website but still gives you the ability to manage the service. I usually use the website to delete old voicemails. Okay, the site being old technology is a nit. But let's move on to the BYOD. I selected a replacement device from the list of supported equipment (Grandstream replacing an old Linksys). During the provisioning process, the PhonePower setup process would only activate one of the 2 lines -- the clone line would not get setup correctly. I contacted support and got a live person -- awesome! And they knew what they were doing -- double awesome! However, it became apparent that the only way we were going to get both of my lines active was to do a manual configuration. And since every adapter is slightly different, the best they could do is provide me with a few basic settings. It was enough to get both lines working. But here's the catch: since it was manually configured, PhonePower won't provide support. That means that if you have problems with your adapter or your adapter stops working after PhonePower does periodic maintenance, you get zero help. I've tweaked the settings on the Grandstream several times, each time requesting help from PhonePower and sending in log information to help troubleshoot why my adapter stops taking and making calls after a PhonePower maintenance event -- no reply; no help. I have to restart my adapter to reconnect. So, support has gone downhill. I used to be able to get assistance, even with a manual configuration, but no more. Then in 2024, got another surprise. My service just renewed. I mentioned earlier that the payment and invoice section of their site doesn't work (at least not consistently). So, my annual service that is about $100 for the service suddenly was over $230. To be fair, my prior years with fees was around $180. When I asked the billing department why my service went up over 33% in 2 years, they replied that it was due to Federal fees. Really? Federal fees went up 33%? Nope. I managed to get a copy of my invoice. The largest fees were not the Federal fees, rather it was a combination of things -- a huge recovery fee, a PhonePower added fee for administrative cost recovery, and an error in sales tax calculation. I compared it to my mobile phone bill -- it had all but the administrative cost recovery fees, but at a fraction of what PhonePower was passing through. The billing department's response was that VOIP vs Mobile isn't a good comparison since the rules are slightly different. Sorry, but it is a perfect comparison. The fees are out of whack on how they are allocated. Oh, and that administrative cost recovery fee from PhonePower -- that was added to help PhonePower cover its various filings, general account servicing, and record maintenance. Um, what? You are tacking on a service fee to cover the costs that are a typical cost of business and should be covered under the service plan!?! So, to sum it up, support is a shadow of what it used to be, fees and taxes will more than double your quoted phone plan, they tack on extra charges to cover their typical expenses as though they were a co-op or a non-profit instead of a for profit business. I expect 2024 will be my last year with PhonePower.