I have been using this company for more than 10 years. I have their home phone unlimited international 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! read more

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

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I decided to cancel our home phone line with ItalkBB on July 10. I called ITalkBB customer service by phone, and was told to return the phone line adapter within 15 days. I returned the adapter to one of ITalkBB branches, on July 12. I was lucky that I requested a receipt of the returned adapter. I also called ITalkBB customer service again to make sure that my account was settled, and there was nothing else that I had to return to them. On July 28, I received email from ItalkBB, stating that I had not returned the phone adapter, and they were going to charge $99 to my account. I replied to this email with a copy of the receipt. I thought that their mistake would have been corrected, but I was wrong. On August 10, when I checked my balance, I saw that ITalkBB had indeed charged $99 from my credit card. read more

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5 Stars I registered Chinese TV for my parents at italkbb last month. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there are many TV shows, and the content of the shows is smooth and clear. Installation is easy, just link power, HDMI and WiFi. Because of the Covid-19, I am reluctant to let my parents go out. So this TV box is my wise choice. Make my parents' old life happier. If your family also has elderly people, I highly recommend using italkbb. read more

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I used to be a customer from italkbb, using their phone number for so long. As long as I have been trying to cancel the service from them. They are easy to get in, but so freaking difficult to get out. The linksys box that I used and brought with me in China. They said if I don't ship it back they are going to charge 99$ for it. I told them i will bring the box personally to their office in Vancouver when I go back. They say they can put my account on hold with reduced monthly charges from $11 to $3 and no further action is needed. And after a few monthly, i got a email from saying, if i don't bring the box them now, they are going to charge me 99$. Just so you know i have had this box with them for almost 10 years. And in the end, they still are going to charge me for this box. They will do whatever to keep you in the system and do whatever to make the last squeeze. DONT BE SQUEEZED by this shitty company. italkbb sucks. try italkbee, I am going to start a company as their rival to blow them out of business. read more

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Whenever you cancel the TV or home phone service, they will charge you a $60 fee. Doesn't matter if you had returned their equipment via mail, having paid it yourself. Even after sending proof of tracking number showing delivery received, customer service insists that they did not receive the equipment. After multiple emails still nothing is resolved. For phone service: horrible signal, missed/dropped calls, texts received hours after being sent. Edit: after posting the review, customer service reached out and several emails later, they finally had the problem resolved. Added two stars for that. I still had hoped the process for returning equipment would be more straightforward, not stacking the burden of initiative on customers to spend so much time contacting support, all for some equipment that's inherently low in value. read more

Absolutely a most horrible company in the US. This company deserves a zero star rating. I Have used the I talk BB Service over 10 years. Just fund out that in October last year when I trying to cancel my phone Service, this company changed me for the cancellation fee $105.40. Can you believe it!! I don't even wanted to mention why I have cancelled my service with this company last year. The story I experienced with I Talk BB Will make you so mad and so angry!! This is a scam . When I talked to the manager about why they have changed me 2 TV Service for several month. Because I only ordered 1 TV Service. The manager played the recording phone call conversation between me and sells staff of I talk Bb, After about 20 seconds, the manager was stopped play the recording phone call, but the manager of I talk Bb told me, the recording phone call have 2 minutes and 15 seconds long. Why he only played 20 seconds, when I required to listen the recording, Because they are liars. This is fraud!! Stay away from this company!! I hope that, people who are trying to use this company can see my review and save your money to use a different local companies . read more

When you want to join they work hard for you. When you want to cancel, it's very hard and they try charged you extra money. It's what I, as an over 10 years customer experienced!! Very sad and disappointed!! Kindly give them 2 Stars. read more

The installers of this company are very good. Come to my house for service, equipped with masks, gloves and hats, and also equipped with shoe covers. Not only installed the Aijia camera security system for me, but also taught me how to use and debug the product very enthusiastically and patiently. I just want to tell everyone that this is real service. This kind of service will allow us to consume their products contentedly. Let us use their products more assured. I will definitely recommend it to my friends and tell them that such a company is worthy of our long-term cooperation. read more

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Worst company ever!! I called to cancel my subscription because I only signed up for my parents when they came to visit. First, it took forever to get the representative to cancel it, what can I say, well trained by this company. Then it came the worst part, I mailed the device back through USPS according to their instruction. I checked up online, was delivered within 7 days. They claimed that if not receiving the device within 15 days will charge for $59.99. After a month, it showed up on my credit card as a charge. I called asking why, they said they didn't receive my package.. I recommended them to double check and I also made an inquiry to USPS. USPS contacted me and informed they delivered the package to the company and USPS representative in local office said "they always get lots of packages". I can tell this company's process is a mess. I called again and they said, found part of the device. It's unbelievable because I mailed everything in one USPS package. I called the third time to ask when they can find the rest and they claimed they are still looking. After a whole month, still looking.. UNBELIEVABLE. I just gave up calling them and disputed this charge to my credit card company. I don't usually write negative reviews on Yelp. But this company is a big SCAM. They have no integrity and they are bunch of filthy thieves, tried any opportunity to rip people off. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. read more

My parents have been using their Chinese TV box for over three years and it works just fine. It saves me a lot compare to others providers. We are grateful that its tv box has no restriction.(Many tv boxes we bought from NY had died after certain period).Staffs are professional, patient and knowledgeable. I would not hesitate to use his service again. read more

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RUN!! Don't subscribe!! They use strongarm tactics and deceptive marketing that we haven't seen in the US since the 1990's! My daughter was travelling long term in China, so we thought the American and Chinese dual SIM cards would be handy -- NOT!! The salesman assured us that we could cancel at any time, but did point out that the Chinese SIM was prepaid for one year and not refundable. At $36 per year, I wasn't worried. The combo Telephone + China SIM + US SIM was actually cheaper than just a US SIM, so we took that and put away the phone box (who has a landline anymore?). A few months in we found that the service was not reliable in China. My daughter then got a local service that was WAY better and worked all over Asia -- for a fraction of the cost! We called to cancel and were quoted a cancellation fee that was longer than just keeping it till the end of our contract that supposedly could be cancelled at any time (yeah - for a substantial fee!). Well - at $20 a month we decided to just keep it until July. I moved the US phone number to Google Fi. Later when we called to cancel, iTalkBB told us that no further action was needed, because the China service had ended and the US cancelled when we moved the phone number. iTalkBB continued to charge my card. I have filed notices with the issuer every time and finally filed fraud charges. I may have to close my account and issue a new one. Then they called on a Sunday evening to ask why I was declining charges. After arguing with them for an hour (they were clearly trying to tire me out and get me to pay out of fatigue), they said they would agree to cancel for $200. I told them I would file complaints in the morning with the FCC, CFPB, and FTC, instead. They then agreed to close the account if I would return the telephone box. I agreed and pulled it from storage. They assured me that I'd have an email with instructions in the morning -- several days later and no email! Granted - they are a Chinese company, but they heard me answer in English and tried to bully me by insisting that they could only communicate in Chinese. Too BAD!! I'm fluent in Mandarin Chinese and so is my wife, so we bullied them right back. The moral of the story is DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING from this company!! You'd get more honest service from the ring toss game at a travelling carnival than you will get from them!! read more

If less than Zero rating were possible, I would give such a rating! This is the worst company I have ever worked with. I used their iTalkBB TV box so that my mother could watch Chinese programs. First, I had to pay $49.99/year for Renting the box, in addition to $10/mo for the phone service. I told them that I don't need the phone service, only the TV box for Chinese programs, then I was told that I would pay $15/mo if I don't use their phone service! Blood suckers! I had to keep the phone service even though the phone service has never been used. Fast forward, at the first day of the second year, I was charged another $49.99 for renting the TV box for the whole year. Within one month, I needed to cancel the TV service, since my mother had left for travel. I was told, not only do I need to pay another month of phone service which has never been used, but I won't get any refund of the $49.99 charge for the whole year, even though, I had only used it for less than a month. Additionally, I need to return the box to them within 15 days, or I'll be charged $75! This company is all about finding ways to charge you more fees, rather than providing good customer service, and a good customer experience. I will never, ever, do business with this company again, nor will I ever recommend this company to anyone I know. Avoid this company like the plague. read more

It's a scam. My parents was using their tv service for a few years and recently we tried to cancel it, however we were told we needed to return a telephone box along with the television box in order to cancel the service. However, we never received a telephone box cause we never used their telephone service. They still refused to let us cancel. This company is a scam. Save yourself the time and energy and Do not use this service. read more

I am surprised the average rating of iTalkBB is 2-star, it should be 0-star. When I tried to cancel my home phone service with them, they asked me to send back their almost 10 years phone adapter: "Your request to cancel will be completed, and your service fully terminated, as soon as we receive your iTalkBB phone adapter. If iTalkBB does not receive the return package from you within fifteen (15) days after cancellation date, a Deactivation Fee of $59.99 will apply." They never mentioned anything about this ridiculous "Deactivation Fee" when I signed up their service! It's the very first time that I have heard "Deactivation Fee" in the US. Wow....WT* Also I have to mail it to them with 15 days!!!! Does this do any help to retain your customers? or help your business in United States?? This is ridiculous period. read more

This company is a total fucken scam. They have horrible customer service and never return calls as 'promised.' They continue to make unauthorized charges onto the credit card left on file. STAY AWAY!! ps. Fionia isn't real. read more

Don't sign up with this "bad bussiness". I cancelled the service due to bad signal of the phone. However, they claimed they didn't received my returned equipment and charged me $60+ for the 10 year old equipment. UPS track clearly states that my package was received by their front desk. read more

DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS SCAMMING COMPANY!!! their advertisment is incorrect, they claim they'll never raise the price but they did after one year. It'll be hell to cancelled their service and get your money back. read more

Avoid this company at all cost, they are dishonest about their prices, have tons of hidden fees, charge annual fees whenever they want, and would make it impossible for you to cancel. My mom has been using iTalkBB for 10 years now mainly to watch chinese dramas, we were told that shows would get updated very frequently and all we need to pay is an annual fee and a small monthly fee. But as years go by, the box NEVER updated, we were stuck watching the same things over and over. The only way to update the box is physically replacing it by mailing it back to them with your own money (they also charge you for shipping without telling you). Having been a customer of this company for over 10 years, i've noticed that they charge the annual fee whenever they want, sometimes half and year, sometimes in a few months. And if you call to confront them about any mysterious charges they will argue their way out of it and claim that it's already been a year on their system or that you watched something on cable or even clicked something. We call at least once a year to try and cancel our plan with them but they would always tell us about all the things we'll be charged for if we were to cancel. This company is honestly an absolute nightmare. The agent eventually persuades my mom to upgrade her box instead of canceling since we would be charged over $100 not including shipping fees if we were to cancel. Initially my mom had no intention of wanting to upgrade her box since we were worried about receiving a used box due to the pandemic. The agent reassured us and told us that we will definitely receive a brand new box. But guess what, the only thing new about what we received today was the packaging of the box. The remote had all these white particles on the inside where you put batteries, the spring was extremely rusty on both sides, and the side of the box was bumpy, like it was dropped or smashed into corners multiple times. So of course we contact customer service and we were told that they ran out of new ones a few months ago so they're only mailing out old ones, which is completely different from what we were promised. The agent told us to mail it back to them with our own money and they'll send a CLEANER LOOKING box out and charge us for the shipping... My mom has spoken with the agents in iTalkBB on multiple occasions due to random extra charges and unstable annual fees, and let me tell you, the only time the agents speaks to you in a polite manner is when they call you over and over again early in the morning to upgrade to their new plan. read more

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Very bad service. Have a lot problems with their interest. We have 3 days problem with their interest right now. Nobody answer their costume service phone. read more

I purchased ItalkBB Camera, poor quality, bad battery, the worst thing is too difficult to return, contact with them many times, by email, by calls, I need to provide so many things and even have to sign a application to return! the customer service told me different answers, do not use this unless you have more then enough time back and forth. read more

I chose the TV box of ITalkBB, had a good experience with many channels and programs, clear and smooth images, which enrich my life. I will recommend this wonderful production to my friends. read more

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Do not sign up with this unscrupulous business. The cancellation process is never-ending and they try to take advantage of non-English speaking, older Chinese folks by using scare tactics ("we will charge a cancellation fee if you don't return the box asap AND you won't know if we have received it or not"). So don't sign up and if you have already and want to cancel, read on. If you're having issues with these people, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and a representative from italk will reach out to resolve the issue since they don't want to build a bad reputation on BBB and online. I filed a complaint about a cancellation issue and received a call the next day from someone who seemed eager to resolve my problem. Be aggressive when speaking to them and make it clear you will continue to file complaints until a desired outcome is reached. read more

I signed up iTalkBB's home phone and Chinese TV bundle plan few months ago. The quality of the TV shows is great.Although I personally don't use home phone often, but the bundle price is cheaper. The home phone allows me to connect with friends and family in China. Besides, The 24-hour customer service hotline is very convenient for us to solve problems. I highly recommend ITALKBB to others. read more

I recommend This service to my grandparents and they are happy about it. My grandparents are Chinese, they don't speak any English, and this service have Chinese customer service will will help them, if their is issue. Which they are happy about that. And their customer service are very nice. read more

The phone service is very unreliable, and customer service is not useful. The language was a barrier, since i don't speak Chinese. The customer service agents seemed unempowered to really be helpful. Very cheap service but you get what you paid for. read more

iTalk BB is not a good choice. Avoid!! A week ago, I tried to register for iTalk BB home phone service. However, I decided to cancel my order due to an unresolved simple issue after one week of communication. Right now, I'm unable to successfully cancel it. The customer service people are polite and patient. But they can not solve the problem. read more

Just found out iTalkBB keep charging me on TV service that I don't use for years. I called them to cancel the TV service and they charge me $69 if I don't return the device! I have been using their phone service for 10+ years. What a joke. So I canceled my phone service. Just don't want to deal with this company any more. Learn from my lesson. Stay away from iTalkBB. read more

I have been using their SIM card for over two years. Had no problem with signals and I love their China-US SIM card a lot since it's so convenient for me to just switch the cards when I landed on China or America(depending on where I'm traveling to). Their price is reasonable too,and ever since I had the SIM card I was able to contact my relatives right away when I landed on the airport, the best part about it is that the two SIM cards are connected. For example, if someone called my U.S number it will automatically transfer to my Chinese number and vise versa. read more

I'm using their security products now. The Aijia was easy to set up and install. Download the app, follow the simple instructions, and your camera should be connected with a few minutes. You can share the camera view with anyone who downloads the app, which is great as it makes it very easy. You can also check the camera from anywhere you have wifi or data, this is best done on the ground with easy access to your phone. Super clear! The daytime video quality is really good, one of the best I have experimented with! read more

It's been many years since I used the talk bb product, from home phone, to Chinese TV, to mobile service, and the latest aijia home security service. italk bb has enriched my American family life. Now the home phone has also developed the smart appwhich is italk bb prime app.After installation, you can directly receive home phone numbers and send and receive messages through your mobile phone. You can also call international calls anytime, anywhere. It's very convenient to communicate with domestic relatives and friends at anytime read more

I honestly grateful that I were able to sign up Chinese phone# and port in my US phone# before my trip to China. Very smooth and efficient process, The fact that it provides me the international calling with only 0.02/mins after 100mins only charged for 4.99/month and allowed me get their newly iTalkBB prime service on mobile for 0 add on fee. Absolutely love it. read more

Avid this Company . Run away ASAP !! This is worst company ever!! 0 stars !! Bad service. Extra charges always ! DO NOT GIVE your credit card to them. They will Not allow you to cancel their bad service and continue charge your ! They provide nothing but take your money away ! Using your credit card for unidentify charges ! ! Bad bad company !!! read more

THIS IS A WARNING: Don't ever think of using this company. Please do yourself a favour, just don't! Worst service ever. The call quality is so poor. Once you are stuck with them it is by far the hardest cancellation process I have ever experienced. iTalkBB is a TOTAL FRAUD when it comes to cancellation of their service. I tried to cancel with them after, and the agent threatened to charge me with a cancellation fee of $99 when there are no such element in the contract with them. Even so, my family's 18 month contractual period was way over, and finished over years ago!! On another note, instead of trying to actually prove my identity as the primary account holder; they continued to asked useless questions such as requesting for my credit card number over the phone, and even asking what the MAC address was of their device. After answering to a trivial of questions, they persisted on making excuses and more excuses not to allow me to cancel. It's like they needed my blood sample in order to process this cancellation! Jeez. It took almost forever for them to even comprehend that I did not want to have anymore service or relationship with the company for life!! I didn't even care if they charged $99, I just wanted to depart but they are like a LEECH sucking for more blood. NOT WORTH IT FOR shitbox $8.99 home phone service. Your better off with pigeon service. THIS IS MY FIRST YELP REVIEW, and LAST YELP REVIEW. read more

We called iTalk BB about the bill and the contract again but they refused to work with us so I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. iTalk BB did get back to us about the complaint but continued to not work with us. They refuse to refund the money they LITERALLY STOLE FROM US and the rep on the phone said that the only way we'd get our money back was to remove our complaint from the BBB...Looks like we will be taking this court. read more

Be careful to sign the contract. When they tell you that first 3 month is promotion for free, it does not mean you will not be charged when making phone call. I clearly remembered the sales told me that I don't need to worry about first 3 months' cost because all is included in the promotion. Later I found there is an unexpected charge appears on my credit card, When I contacted the customer service, they let me feel that seems I made the story. The customer service are always "polite" and they are keeping to contact me and repeat the same words and it looks I have to happy accept the unreasonable charge. This is my first time but also my last time with such ugly company. read more

I would give Zero star if I could. TV box service is not convenient at all. Rate is actually not cheap. Plus that if you use their service, and need to return their devices, you have to pay out of your own pocket. used to return devices to other phone companies, or even other retail website, they are al free shipping. ItalkBB really shocked me by asking me paying to return their device because of unsatisfied service. Terrible, please avoid using! read more

The supervisor delivered Service we want, appreciate the efficient communications. Thanks read more

Unless you plan on staying with this business for life, don't ever do business with them. They make it ridiculously difficult to change or alter service for any reasons. Ever see the "Comcast retention department horror stories"? Well this is the Chinese version of that. My mother switched to a Verizon FIOS package that had both Chinese TV and calling, so we decided to cancel the iTalkBB service. They gave her the runaround for hours, continuing to offer "promotional packages" and whatnot and giving random excuses as to why she couldn't cancel any part of that service. "Oh I can give you two free months of the TV." Okay, then we would just like to cancel the phone for now then. "Sorry but if you cancel the phone we can't give you the free TV promo or it's going to take away some other discount and now you end up paying more." Then when you ask to cancel everything they will give you even more runaround and try their damn hardest to not process your exact request. Their equipment return process is ridiculous as well. No box, return label, or dropoff location. You have to pay yourself to ship their stuff back to them. And the person on the phone was extremely specific about everything you have to return back. Including the 20 cent ethernet cable that the box came with. If you don't give them their ethernet cable back, then apparently they charge you a 70 dollar deactivation fee. I've also read their terms and conditions in cancellation and apparently they expect not only the original modems and boxes, but also the original cardboard box, plastic wrapping, and every manual and piece of paper that came with it. Extremely shady company, just do yourself a favor and steer clear - go with a company that respects United States consumer protection laws (although this is a bit of an oxymoron because most of them don't...) Addendum: Someone below mentioned speaking Chinese give you no extra points in dealing with their customer service... I can confirm. In fact, the Chinese people in their customer service are some of the most condescending people you will ever speak to. read more

黑店作業。 小心為上。 Italk BB will make cancelation so difficult that a legitimate company will not do. they will charge you for the equipment that you already paid for at the beginning, when you add the service. During the cancelation phone call, they start to nickel and dimed with you , about the equipment return process, even a cat-5 cable is chargeable, if you don't have it. don't get involved with this greedy company, if you want to watch internet TV, just go to Amazon and buy an UNBLOCK TV Box. it going to get you less headache than dealing with this greedy company. read more