GiGStreem boasts on its home page:…read more Experience the Most Reliable, Fastest Internet Service on the Market: Guaranteed. That statement could not be farther from the truth. GiGstreem is poser provider of community internet services, that fails to disclose they run on a shared mesh VLAN network that nearly all businesses with a secured VPN will reject for connection to GiGstreem due to inadequate enterprise level connectivity,...and GiGStreem knows this. They have been in business for only several years and they continue to rack up negative reviews. Here on Yelp they have 55 reviews with a 1.7 stars rating. Further, look at BBB listing in the State of New York: https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/telecommunications/gigstreem-0121-173247/complaints, shows 19 complaints. And the bad reviews and complaints continue. GiGstreem - Convoluted Sign Up The GiGstreem Homepage looks like a basic Shopify template without any appealing creative influence to give the site credibility.  There is no standard  disclosure on residential pricing/button from the menu bar, and no transparency on pricing until after you click through 4-pages, Worse, are the obviously staged testimonial claims about GiGstreen satisfaction: "98% said installation was simple and painless" GiGstreem - Convoluted Sign-in After the convoluted sign-up, you are redirected back to the GiGstreem Homepage, and once again, there is ALSO no sign-in button.  Instead, you have to click the "SIGN UP NOW" button, and then taking you to a GiGstreem account login page.   Just terrible site design that role models the lack of professionalism. GiGstreem - Failed Access Point In my case, I signed up at a California apartment property where GiGstreem advertises as "GiGstream: Internet Simplified". Then I was duped with their offer of first 30-days free--like a trial--only to find that they charge upfront for a second month: bait and switch. Further, the signup was overly complicated to validate the service and the supposed 30-days free billing charge was convoluted and the U.I looked terribly outdated. I then learned, after I "signed-up" for service, that the Ruckus Access Point in my unit was never properly certified for installation-no power (PoE) to the unit and none of the ethernet jacks where GiGstreem purportedly provided hardwire ethernet jacks were connected.  I had to wait days for a technician (from a 3rd-Party) company to provide service and correct the problem. GiGstreem Dashboard - No Control of Devices The GiGstreem-My Wi-Fi Network Dashboard is incapable of providing any type of console control expected/displayed with AT&T and Xfinity.  The GiGstreem Dashboard falsely states you can manage devices, but instead is just a status board of all connected devices, without any option to disconnect any devices leaving you blind to security issues or a secure methodology to deactivate individual device connections, never mind and instant "off" feature for your children, and your supposed private VLAN vulnerable to bad actors. I tolerated GiGstreem's mediocrity for 3-days before I abruptly cancelled what amounted to a bad AirBnB commerical. I'd rather TRUST my customer experience to a provider that has a more qualified solution and customer offering.

I'm forced to have this service at $70 a month at my apartment, more expensive than Spectrum,…read moreservice is not as functional. Wifi doesn't go as far, wifi 5 speeds(slow), no IPv6, no UPnP, double natting with CGNAT, no inbound connections. This is glorified hotel wifi with all the lockdown and no support. They sell this as a "less expensive, faster, and equally functional" service to Spectrum, and so far I get faster on Spectrum, I don't have these technical issues, and support is far better and is actually US based. While this is a money grab by my apartment, if the service delivered by GiGstreem was what they promised at the property meet and greet, I'd still be unwilling yet wouldn't be complaining.

I bought a brand new phone, and today when I tried to get it activated, Verizon did something…read moremaking it impossible to continue my chat, to call them, and even to reach them on their website! In fact, even though my Verizon wireless service has no problems with the Internet, I am unable to make any phone calls to anybody. Why didn't they try to reach me when this happened? They knew there was a problem. I will try to reach them by email. UPDATE: They disabled their email support in 2018.

I hope this is taken in the constructive spirit I'm writing this in because my goodness. My initial…read moreinteraction with the staff here was me purchasing new phones. A young sales associate assisted, he seemed to be in a hurry, told me how his baby mother trapped him (TMI). We didn't even know the transaction was over, he just walked off. They sent the kit for me to trade in my old devices to an address I haven't lived at for YEARS because he didn't even bother to verify my current mailing address. I went back to the store thinking I could just trade in my devices when another sales associate gave me the wrong shipping label, so I am glad that I caught that before mailing my devices. It has been very frustrating just trying to trade in devices and part of me regrets ever switching service to this provider. I think there needs to be more attention to detail from the employees in this store.

Excellent customer service!!! I have had Metronets internet for many years. It remains an…read moreaffordable, practical internet service, especially for users like me who are not heavy gamers/streamers. Best part is Metronets has excellent customer service. When my MacBook Safari & firefox speeds started slowing down, they came to my condo to try to figure out the problem. They loaned me a Netgear router when that router increased the wifi speeds considerably over my old apple extreme and my new airport express. I am so happy Metronets was able to fix the vexing problem, because I really did not want to hassle with uneven customer service or pay the way high prices for Comcast or Verizon (like pulling teeth with those service providers to even figure out what your real bill will be once they add on fees and charges that up your price my many $$$.) If you want an affordable internet provider with great customer service, contact Metronets (N. VA area).

Bruce was great from the very beginning! He was quick to respond to my inquiry. He tried to help me…read moreover the phone right away in case it was something simple. When it turned out to be more, he came to my house to diagnose the issue. When it was found to be more than he could fix quickly in-site, he took my laptop with him to repair. He kept me updated along the way and made me feel very comfortable. In our initial conversation he told me, "I respect your data and will make sure to keep it in tact", this was what solidified my decision to use him. The repair was secondary, recovering my data was my top priority- and he did just that!! My laptop is back up and running and all my data has been restored. Thank you, a million times, THANK YOU, Bruce!!

For 20 years, I have relied on Bruce's expertise and experience to bail me out of software troubles…read moreand to repair/replace my computers. In addition, his advice on hardware and software purchases has been spot on. He is amazing!

I have been using this company for more than 10 years. I have their home phone unlimited…read moreinternational plan. In general the quality of calls is good, if not great. Occasionally the linked cell phone had issues but usually were resolved quickly. However, I decided to cancel the service. Without realizing the 2 year contract expiring, I used my cell to make international calls (I got 500 mins free every month with the plan) I got unexpected charge, I called them up and they told me why without any offer to waive the extra charge. We are paying 30$ for the plan including taxes, and we don't really need a home phone and international calls are cheap nowadays. The unexpected charge happened every time a plan expired, they charged me for this and that like setting up a trap. I really hate the unexpected payment and they blamed customers not checking emails， which looks like a regular email they sent every month. I was offered a better plan when I called to cancel, but too late! If I am not a valued customer, why should I stay, with the amount I paid I can certainly have many other options. You do business with integrity, not setting traps like, you have to return the device by MAIL within 15 days, otherwise will have a 60$ charge! Learn from other companies' customer service practices!

I was contacted by iTalkBB and resolved the issue. I think they need to provide more choice and…read moreknowledge to their call agents. If they have more choice or knowledge we wouldn't have the current issue.

As our business at Social Driver grew in size, we needed an Internet service that was scalable…read more Allied Telecom provided us with the dedicated Internet speeds our business needed as we increased in size.

My Employer decided to make the switch from analog to a cloud-based telephone service. I wasn't too…read morethrilled because I was going to be the one to take the lead on this project, with all I currently have going on. The allied team made the switchover effortless; providing one on one training, speaking with staff and being available to assist with any questions I presented. We are about two months into the switch and it has been WONDERFUL!!!

I went to upgrade my DVR/cable box that I rent from Cox and they gave me a "new" one in new box…read more When I started using the DVR it was malfunctioning and slow and clunky. When I looked at the menu for previously recorded shows (which should have been blank) it was 98% full of various Spanish language programming. For this, I pay ~$300 a month?

Two free employees who were not helping customers made everyone wait twice as long as was…read morenecessary. No one cares here. I can't wait to go with Verizon.