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  • Location: Brooklyn, Kings, NY, USA
  • Cost: $34 per month (month by month)
  • Install: about 5 days
GREAT SERVICE!
CANNOT CHANGE UGLY PHONE NUMBERS!
YOU CAN FIND BETTER PRICES FOR THE SAME SERVICE!
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OK Guys, so I order OV and got it installed on June 25, 2004. All I have to say is that it's a great service.
The boriqua tech came thru, hooked up the SB4200 and took away my little cute 5100.

Well... upon installation and after the tech LEFT, I realized that the sevrice did not work. (VERIZON D/T still there) THAT IS, until I found out that he hooked the worng phone wire to the modem.

I hooked everything up successfully, and got a dialtone. I was left with such a NASTY UGLY number: (347) 365-4516 I could not stomach to look at it or give it out, but I had to.

There were never any outages during the week I had it, and 555-1212 worled perfectly and without charge.

BUT, Being that I NEVER INTENDED to keep the service, it was suppose to be a 30 days trial, but when I received my bill, CV had charged me: $34.95 + $6.99 for partial service. Needless to say I was not a happy camper, since it was supposed to be FREE/TRIAL for 30 days..

That wasn't bad enough. Remember that UGLY number I told you about?WELL as soon as the tech showed me the number, I thought to myself, "OH HELL NO"!
Calling OV Support rendered no help in getting the number changed and I was not going to be stuck with a shitty number that I DID NOT LIKE/WANT and pay $35.00 for this service. NO WAY!

even giving the number to people rendered responses like: "EWWWWWW, that's a nasty number", and "WHY do you have a 347 number for your home phone"?

ANYWAY, Being that I knew I was not going to keep the service, earlier I had gone between Packet8 and Lingo for VOIP service and I settled on Packet8.

So, while I was testing out OV, I was waiting on my P8 DTA. Once I received my DTA and got it working correctly, I immediate;y called up CV to get rid of OV and to get a credit for the "FREE" service.

OVERALL, The OV is a great service, but the lack of being able to change the number unless you are being HARRASSED, or stalked, is GOING TO BE OV downfall! PLUS, why would I pay $35.00 for something I CAN GET FOR $19.99 A MONTH? THE SAME SERVICE....YOU TELL ME!
Other than that, GREAT SERVICE, TOO EXPENSIVE, NOT FOR ME!

And you know these greedy Cable Companies are not going to lower ANY RATES...ONLY INCREASE THEM!
So while I and other smart peoplel are paying $19.99, CABLE people will be paying 50.00 next year for their OV...LOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLL

NOW i'VE GOT A SWEET 718-208-**22 NUMBER AND i'M HAPPPPYYYYYYY!

JE

member for 23.2 years, 1828 visits, last login: 1.9 years ago
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ruscorp
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ruscorp

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Numbers

So you switched numbers with OV?

JE
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Charlotte, NC

JE

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Re: Numbers

No, I did not switch numbers. OV flat out refused to give me a decent number, so I got rid of the crap and went to Packet8.com where they gave me a sweet beautiful number.

JE

ruscorp
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ruscorp

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Re: Numbers

Ah, I see. P8 is cheaper anyway.
optimumguy4
join:2003-09-07
Bay Shore, NY

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Wahhhh Wahhhhhhh wahhhhhhh, I don't like my number, and Optimum Voice won't change it. Shut up, deal with it, and MOVE ON. It's a PHONE NUMBER! NOT your life!

gogage
@cablevision.com

gogage

Anon

on OV

actually for those subscribers who have cable as well as ool and phone the phone ends up being only 14.95 and thats flat no taxes like on your service. plus yours is a von so it doesnt have true 911 it actaully calls a local security company who calls 911 for you,takes longer and is riskier and doesnt always work. you should check out your services a little better. plus there is no 30 day free trial, its a 30 day money back gaurantee, again pay attention to what you do!
optimumguy4
join:2003-09-07
Bay Shore, NY

optimumguy4

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For JE in Brooklyn

"That wasn't bad enough. Remember that UGLY number I told you about?WELL as soon as the tech showed me the number, I thought to myself, "OH HELL NO"! Calling OV Support rendered no help in getting the number changed and I was not going to be stuck with a shitty number that I DID NOT LIKE/WANT and pay $35.00 for this service. NO WAY!"

Why do people NEVER do research into a service they are getting? If JE in Brooklyn would have ASKED beforehand he would have KNOWN that the numbers are NOT changed on the fly and if he also asked WHY the numbers are not changed on the fly, well.......he'd still bitch but he may not have gottent the service anyway.