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Complaint Review: Lingo VOIP - Internet

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  • Reported By: Bellerose New York
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Lingo is the worst of all VOIP companies
I used to be a Lingo customer. For those who don't know what LINGO is, let me tell you don't even bother to get to know it. Its the worst form of a VOIP company.
I had been a loyal customer for almost 2 years, paid their bill on time, we'll they charged the credit card as soon as the bill was out.

I was using their 21.95 unlimited residential plan which states unlimited phone usage for U.S and Canada. It turns out that this unlimited service is really not unlimted and there is a limit to the "unlimited". WHAT KIND OF ADVERTIMENT IS THIS.

They claim unlimited residentail plan for U.S and Canada but yet they can disconnect you anytime because they think you are using too many minutes.

Lingo called me last week (sunday september 10th) and demanded that I either pay $49.99 instead of 21.95 a month or face cancellation. The person who called didn't even want to hear anything and simply hung up after saying, "OK WE WILL JUST CANCEL YOUR SERVICE."
This is not the end, he also WANTED ME TO PAY A 39.99 cancellation fee aswell. I should not be paying a cancellation fee as i have been using them for over a year. I was able to get away from the cancellation fee but they had me with a phone for 2 weeks and after two week and constant emails they realized that i was not using my phone for business purposes and offered me a free month but still wanted me to pay 49.99 per month. If i have to pay $49.99 per month why would i even use lingo or anyone else has to use lingo, we can just use our regular phone company. I ASK WHY and that is why i need you help so we can all get together and expose lingo.
LINGO SUCKS

Lingo
Bellerose, New York
U.S.A.

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#3 UPDATE Employee

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

AUTHOR: Michael - (Portugal)

POSTED: Sunday, October 08, 2006

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

First off, you shoud dig around this website, for past rebuttals to similar problems as you're facing currently.

Secondly, Primus Lingo is running a business, and as such, what brings in the money, are people with low to average usage, that meets the stated expectations of their business
model. Those using their VOIP lines for 24/7 faxes or business reasons paying home rates are banned in the contract.

Thirdly, this company runs a big-time scam for both consumers, employees doing customer, technical support and sales work.

As a Level 2 VOIP network engineer, troubleshooting the Primus telcom network, VOIP calls, and ATA devices, myself and my colleagues were finely trained "surgeons" practicing maximum
effectiveness and efficiency on the "patients" also known as VOIP customers and their Lingo phone boxes, internet devices and settings.

Let me tell you that the management of Lingo could not manage a lemonaid stand selling 50 cents drinks if their life depended on it. In fact, despite bottom dollar wages, Lingo management treated employees (the trained and experienced "surgeons") as McDonald's workers, who are illiterate, inexperienced,
adolescents, totally insulting in their approach. In fact, Primus management could not tell the difference between a VOIP and network enginner and the toilet and washroom cleaner if
the truth bit them in the a*s, that's how ignorant they were.

Anything for a buck, to save a buck, a desperate race to the bottom-feeders, the lowest common denominator, purposely driving employee resignations of these "trained surgeons" in telcom work despite low wages for the industry, to be replaced with completely inexperiences, untrained, unproductives, inefficient and ineffective customer service types doing technical work.

In fact, after 3 months, there were over 1,000 customers who had been provided level 2 escalations solutions, and resolutions,
told over and over their problems were being worked at, when actually, their technical issues (minor, and most often, completely
innocuous for anyone with a modicum of knowledge in VOIP, less than 10 mins of work per customer was needed) were being not only pushed under the carpet, but their telcom trouble tickets
literally flushed down the toilets.

I heard a lot about scams being run in the billing department, much like telemarketing scam companies are running. Frauds from agents who needed to retain customers from canceling, telling customers the accounts were closed over the phone, when they were doing quite the opposite in the computer system, letting
the account stay open. Sales pitches were often completely false, baseless in promises. A lot of hard work, sure, at the billing and sales levels, but due to management incompetence, desperation, millions in losses yearly, the delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange (PRIMUS TELCOM is gone), made workers lose their scruples
to maintain their jobs.

Overall, it's the Titanic racing to the bottom of the ocean...stay away at all costs, from this company, PRIMUS.

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#2 UPDATE Employee

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

AUTHOR: Michael - (Portugal)

POSTED: Sunday, October 08, 2006

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

First off, you shoud dig around this website, for past rebuttals to similar problems as you're facing currently.

Secondly, Primus Lingo is running a business, and as such, what brings in the money, are people with low to average usage, that meets the stated expectations of their business
model. Those using their VOIP lines for 24/7 faxes or business reasons paying home rates are banned in the contract.

Thirdly, this company runs a big-time scam for both consumers, employees doing customer, technical support and sales work.

As a Level 2 VOIP network engineer, troubleshooting the Primus telcom network, VOIP calls, and ATA devices, myself and my colleagues were finely trained "surgeons" practicing maximum
effectiveness and efficiency on the "patients" also known as VOIP customers and their Lingo phone boxes, internet devices and settings.

Let me tell you that the management of Lingo could not manage a lemonaid stand selling 50 cents drinks if their life depended on it. In fact, despite bottom dollar wages, Lingo management treated employees (the trained and experienced "surgeons") as McDonald's workers, who are illiterate, inexperienced,
adolescents, totally insulting in their approach. In fact, Primus management could not tell the difference between a VOIP and network enginner and the toilet and washroom cleaner if
the truth bit them in the a*s, that's how ignorant they were.

Anything for a buck, to save a buck, a desperate race to the bottom-feeders, the lowest common denominator, purposely driving employee resignations of these "trained surgeons" in telcom work despite low wages for the industry, to be replaced with completely inexperiences, untrained, unproductives, inefficient and ineffective customer service types doing technical work.

In fact, after 3 months, there were over 1,000 customers who had been provided level 2 escalations solutions, and resolutions,
told over and over their problems were being worked at, when actually, their technical issues (minor, and most often, completely
innocuous for anyone with a modicum of knowledge in VOIP, less than 10 mins of work per customer was needed) were being not only pushed under the carpet, but their telcom trouble tickets
literally flushed down the toilets.

I heard a lot about scams being run in the billing department, much like telemarketing scam companies are running. Frauds from agents who needed to retain customers from canceling, telling customers the accounts were closed over the phone, when they were doing quite the opposite in the computer system, letting
the account stay open. Sales pitches were often completely false, baseless in promises. A lot of hard work, sure, at the billing and sales levels, but due to management incompetence, desperation, millions in losses yearly, the delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange (PRIMUS TELCOM is gone), made workers lose their scruples
to maintain their jobs.

Overall, it's the Titanic racing to the bottom of the ocean...stay away at all costs, from this company, PRIMUS.

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#1 UPDATE Employee

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

AUTHOR: Michael - (Portugal)

POSTED: Sunday, October 08, 2006

Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware

First off, you shoud dig around this website, for past rebuttals to similar problems as you're facing currently.

Secondly, Primus Lingo is running a business, and as such, what brings in the money, are people with low to average usage, that meets the stated expectations of their business
model. Those using their VOIP lines for 24/7 faxes or business reasons paying home rates are banned in the contract.

Thirdly, this company runs a big-time scam for both consumers, employees doing customer, technical support and sales work.

As a Level 2 VOIP network engineer, troubleshooting the Primus telcom network, VOIP calls, and ATA devices, myself and my colleagues were finely trained "surgeons" practicing maximum
effectiveness and efficiency on the "patients" also known as VOIP customers and their Lingo phone boxes, internet devices and settings.

Let me tell you that the management of Lingo could not manage a lemonaid stand selling 50 cents drinks if their life depended on it. In fact, despite bottom dollar wages, Lingo management treated employees (the trained and experienced "surgeons") as McDonald's workers, who are illiterate, inexperienced,
adolescents, totally insulting in their approach. In fact, Primus management could not tell the difference between a VOIP and network enginner and the toilet and washroom cleaner if
the truth bit them in the a*s, that's how ignorant they were.

Anything for a buck, to save a buck, a desperate race to the bottom-feeders, the lowest common denominator, purposely driving employee resignations of these "trained surgeons" in telcom work despite low wages for the industry, to be replaced with completely inexperiences, untrained, unproductives, inefficient and ineffective customer service types doing technical work.

In fact, after 3 months, there were over 1,000 customers who had been provided level 2 escalations solutions, and resolutions,
told over and over their problems were being worked at, when actually, their technical issues (minor, and most often, completely
innocuous for anyone with a modicum of knowledge in VOIP, less than 10 mins of work per customer was needed) were being not only pushed under the carpet, but their telcom trouble tickets
literally flushed down the toilets.

I heard a lot about scams being run in the billing department, much like telemarketing scam companies are running. Frauds from agents who needed to retain customers from canceling, telling customers the accounts were closed over the phone, when they were doing quite the opposite in the computer system, letting
the account stay open. Sales pitches were often completely false, baseless in promises. A lot of hard work, sure, at the billing and sales levels, but due to management incompetence, desperation, millions in losses yearly, the delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange (PRIMUS TELCOM is gone), made workers lose their scruples
to maintain their jobs.

Overall, it's the Titanic racing to the bottom of the ocean...stay away at all costs, from this company, PRIMUS.

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