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The people at bandwidth are both professional and knowledgable. From inception to conception they were there through it all. member for 13.2 years, driveby review (so far) lodged 13.2 years ago
We have a flex T1, with service through Broadwing. We've had nothing but problems from day one. The install was a nightmare. They refused to send a tech out, so I was forced to do the install myself. Our lines were routed incorrectly, so I had to contract a 3rd party phone guy to resolve it. We have HORRIBLE voice quality. There is cutouts, beeping, and feedback noises on the line. I've had "trouble tickets" open for about a year and a half and the problem still isn't fixed. They have NEVER sent a tech out to our location to troubleshoot. "They don't do that". They offered to contract out someone and would bill me for it! No way! We've had several complete phone outages without warning or explanation. I'm currently working to void the contract. Avoid at all costs! member for 16.9 years, 8 visits, last login: 14.6 years ago lodged 16.9 years ago
Overview: The people are very nice and want to help as much as they can, but they are young and inexperienced. From the sales team to the SMEs, they need more experience. Be prepared: This is business class product with multiple DIDs, T-1, and features. You MUST be knowledgeable in telecommunications terminology and network administration. If you dont what or how to ask the question, then the sales and LNP teams will not tell you. You need an IT staff. Finger Pointing: They are value-added resellers who use OTHER providers cable, fiber, services and support. When things go wrong (and they did), they point the finger at the other providers. Technical Ability: Tier-1 is nothing more than home-based ticket takers using a very slow and poorly written web-based helpdesk application. They are not technical. Tier-2 consists of too few knowledgeable people with broad skill sets. Subject Matter Experts (SME) are non-existent. They have too many problems with their own technology to be of any use to end consumers. Summary: Remeber that VoIP is unregulated (for now), and there are competing protocals. See Bandwidth.com for what they are: a value-added reseller. They re-package other providers services and add minimal support. They need to focus on a niche market, such as Small and Medium Business (SMB) and realize that SMBs dont have the IT staff to ask the right questions. They need to Keep It Simple and Swift (KISS). I give them about 1 to 2 years to find their market, or they will fall to the wayside. member for 18.2 years, 11 visits, last login: 14.4 years ago lodged 18.1 years ago
We were looking for a business-class VOIP solution and since Bandwidth.com was already our T1 provider, we decided to give their VOIP offering a try. It was a bit of a rough start due to technical issues, but Bandwidth bent over backwards to make sure that we were up and running as soon as possible and their tech support was able to troubleshoot our problems and resolve them fairly quickly. We have an 8-seat configuration with 5 ATA seats in our office and our monthly bills went from $1,500+ to $320 fixed. The voice quality is incredible and the enterprise-class PBX features cost us next to nothing compared to an analog POTS PBX solution. member for 23.4 years, 68 visits, last login: 17.9 years ago lodged 18.2 years ago |