I have now worked with 1st security for both on my homes. The staff really work hard to make sure…read morethat you are totally satisfied with your install, as well as troubleshooting or addressing anything that comes up along the way. For me it's those two things that really stand out. Customer service and "it just works." In terms of customer service, it's hard to do better. The company's response time to questions is very fast. That's pretty much what you want. As for "it just works," the Alarm.Com system and equipment they are a dealer for really gives you peace of mind. It's actually secure. I could not be more pleased to work with and recommend the company.

The monitoring is essentially useless. The company will bind you in a 3-year contract…read more At the end of the contract they wont cancel it. In spite of what they told me two months before upon an inquiry I made. Instead they continued to debit my account. There is no way to stop it from your bank. Be aware of the scam and of their lies. When I cancelled with a form that I have to fill out, there was no acknowledgement. They still debited my bank account. They argued that there was a 3 days cancellation policy; this 3 months after my 3 year contract has ended. I have to yell for them to promise a refund for only 1 month. I am holding my breath. If this goes on, I will take them to court.

My experience with Believe Wireless was jaw-droppingly terrible. I inherited the service from my…read morelandlord when she moved out of the house and I moved in; she kindly paid the service through the end of the month so neither of us would have to experience an outage due to a mid-month move. I immediately called to confirm that 1) the service was paid through the end of the month and 2) I would be interested in continuing the service thereafter, if it was to my liking. Before requesting a contract be forwarded via email, the woman I spoke with on the phone confirmed when asked that the agreement was month to month. A day later, I hadn't received the promised contract, but I had already begun to experience significant connection problems. I called technical support, and ended up speaking with a Paul, who turns out to be Believe's owner. Everything seemed fine to this point - we couldn't resolve the issue over the phone, and so he suggested sending out a technician the next day. I hadn't signed a contract (having not received one, as promised), so I presumed this to be still covered under my landlord's account, which, again, had been paid confimed by them as paid through the end of the month. Today the technician showed up. He was exceedingly nice, and identified the problem. He brought the contracts with him. As I looked over them, I noticed that they indicated a 12 month agreement - at odds with the information I had been provided prior. I pointed this out, and he inquired about it. After a time, he finally asked me to take his phone so I could speak with Believe's representative myself. The woman I spoke to, the same one I had spoken to prior, acknowledged that she had told me it was month to month, but because I requested service it had to either be a year commitment, or I would have to pay a $50 fee because the problem was with my router, not their equipment. Having been promised a month to month agreement, and having heard absolutely nothing of a potential fee for service (already completed) to this point, I protested, and was told after she checked back several times (later, I found out, with the owner) that I would either have to accept their terms, despite their having supplied me completely incorrect/incomplete information, or cancel the service. Since I needed to avoid service interruption, I told her that I would utilize the service up through the point it was paid and then discontinue it. She agreed. A few moments after we spoke, she called back to say that, she was sorry, but she had *again* told me the wrong thing - they now insisted upon taking the equipment back immediately! I pointed out, again, that the service had been paid for, and after encountering further obstinance on the part of the woman, asked to speak to the owner, since she was obviously not making the decisions. She checked back, and he initially refused to speak to me. When I again insisted, Paul came on and very rudely spoke over me, stating that the technician was taking back the equipment now, and that if I didn't like it I could "sue" him. Very professional! I should point out that the tech was hugely apologetic all along. He performed flawlessly, was an incredibly nice guy, and just doing his job, which I don't blame him for. He stated repeatedly, though he did not need to, that he was embarrassed at the treatment I was getting, and in agreement with me that the interaction was outrageous. Anyways, after all this I feel especially lucky not to have been roped into a service agreement with a company capable of such spectacular rudeness and incompetence.

Very friendly and prompt technical and sales service. It's a great alternative Internet service…read more(based on line of sight (radio) wireless broadband) to cable or DSL. The reliability and speed so far (2 weeks) seems to be on par with cable or DSL. However, the connection seems to time out more often. This might be due to radio frequency interference. Overall, I am very happy with the service. Not having to deal with incompetent and rude tech and sales supports from big cable or phone companies is definitely a bonus.

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!

Have spent almost 3 hours on hold. Recording says "Press 2 to leave a voicemail, press the # key…read moreto return to the queue, or you can hang up at anytime" every 35 seconds. Super annoying. Have also left 3 messages and filled out the online form. No response yet.

From the owner: Datastream Communications is your Maryland business's phone system solution. We have your small and…read morelarge business phone needs covered from IP phone systems, to VOIP phone services or Hosted PBX systems. Don't settle for a bundled business package from a company who doesn't care. Solve your business phone needs with a company that specializes in personalized business voice services and provides top rate customer service you can count on. We expertly provide phone and voice services to Baltimore, Frederick and the rest of Maryland as well as Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC businesses just like yours.

Crap company with extremely ineffective practices. They have a different department for every…read morelittle thing resulting in lack of information and extreme wait times for the customer. Was lied to several times and still don't have service. Screw this company and avoid them at all costs.

I switched from Xfinity internet service last week, it was getting too expensive. Great speed for…read morestreaming on our living room tv, never had a dsl connection before. The service person wore a mask and was helpful when questioned about the new WiFi.

At the end of a free consultation, Denton assured me that they could get everything up and running…read morefor $500 and subsequently provided me a written estimate. Unfortunately, rather than spending the time on my equipment, they disconnected my system and sent me a new estimate for $10,000 to reconnect the system they had dismantled. He was extremely aggressive when I informed him that I was not interested in anything more than the $500 of services that I hired them to perform. He refused to reconnect the system that he has dismantled. Elizabeth promised to restore my system to the condition they found it, but instead sent Drew to collect a couple items they had left behind. Drew assured us that he would restore the system, moments before grabbing the couple items they left behind the week before and racing out the door with no explanation.

Nick and Denton immediately came out to complete a wall mounting of multiple TV's in our new…read moreconstruction home when our initial company left us high and dry, that same evening. The time, attention and detail these gentlemen put into explaining all steps and answering all our questions made it so easy. I wish I found them upfront as it would have saved so much time and aggravation. I will only use this crew for any of our needs. I would be recommending their company and services to anyone in need.

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!!!

The crooks of telephone service. They will bury you in…read morepapers with the Sign Here and here, and here! I emphatically stated I will not sign a long term contract after just getting out of the previous telephone company. But so many pages and not enough days to read everything they will slip the long term contract by with your signature. That is only the first problem with these "slimeballs". They never hooked up the second office number to roll over to the main office lines. How much business or just calls never came in??? The price quote was also a big lie. I called month after month about the billing and was just brushed off as it was a partial month or it was a combined period. These guys make the Gold family of "Hardcore Pawn" look like Saints

Global Telecom Brokers, aka GTB out of Owings Mills, and its attorney Barton J Sidle make their…read moreliving by signing long-term contracts, providing less-than acceptable services and then suing their clients when they cancel the services. As of October 2013, they have filed over 330 law suits against their clients, according to the Maryland District Court record alone. Please look up their name under "Maryland Judiciary Case Search" and you will see what I mean. In our case, we signed a contract to provide 1.5 Mbps Internet speed along with telephone services. The actual speed we were getting was between 0.08 and 0.1 Mbps at all times no matter what time of day you tested it. As for the service itself, they promise you 99.99% up time, we were getting service interruptions between internet and phone service almost on a daily basis. Every time we called, they tell us that they have "opened a ticket", whatever that means, and they will fix the problem, no one ever calls or follows up with us and the service come back hours later and sometime 2 or 3 days later. Imagine running a business under these conditions. I do not recommend Global Telecom Brokers not even to my worst enemy. Service is useless, very expensive, it comes with a ton of promises and I guarantee you none will be delivered. They have a tendency of doing everything verbally (by telephone) rather than reply to emails, and now I know why, so nothing is in writing when they go to court. Avoid Global Telecom Brokers at all cost because they are a scam. I can't wait for Maryland to shut them down for their illegal activities.

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.

The gentleman was very helpful. I purchased a new cord and adapter. I thought something might've…read morebeen wrong with my phone, but it was just my old adapter..

Went back and the gentleman was again very courteous. But the second screen he replaced on my phone…read moredoes not work properly. It goes dark, stays dark when it's not supposed too, lags, unresponsive sometimes and the worst part is it drains my battery. Can't go 4-5 hours without having to charge my phone. Never like this before having to replace the screen. Lesson learned, go to apple and pay the extra for the real deal.