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We've been a customer of Fonality for about 10 years now, and the business interactions have been incredible. Fonality has some great features. The phone is obviously the most important to any business nowadays. We also use the HUD system which is a messaging aspect to where I can chat with other users that are online or offline. It's incredible. We just signed up for the video conferencing and the ability to schedule meetings within their Fonality mobile. We're going to start with that next week and we're excited about it. We’ve kind of jumped on the train in regards to everything that they’ve offered at this point, and we haven’t been unimpressed or dissatisfied with anything that they’ve thrown across the board. Customer service is always joyful and easy to talk to. They're responsive and willing to help us out.
Could not be more pleased to read your review, as it is beyond wonderful to read how you have just jumped in and enjoyed everything about your system.
We used a different phone before using Fonality. The previous provider wasn't a voice over IP. It was just a simple phone with different lines and was a lot easier to use because we didn't have to work everything through a computer. But the computer does have its perks and we're still in the process of trying to figure everything out. We use the Fonality HUD for dispatching and for the most part, we haven't had that much problem with the team at Fonality. The first person we talked to was great. Had a couple of questions for another person and tried talking to them. He tried leading me off in a different area than what I wanted but we figured everything out in the end.
If you are looking for an additional option to gain further information about what your system can do for you please check our Fonality Academy classes. They cover setting up, managing and showing you the fun features of your system. Our trainers do a fantastic job keeping the training fun and simple. They slot plenty of time for Q&A so you can be sure to ask any system questions you have. Please feel free to check it out http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy
I use Fonality for both inbound/outbound calls and I like its HUD feature. I’m in the back of the office and with it, I can check if my employees are on the phone or not when a call’s coming in. However, I think there’s a lot of problems with Fonality, as far as connectivity and lack of phone quality. I can’t tell how many times a day I pick up the phone to dial a number and the number doesn’t go in. I have to stop in the middle of punching a number in and redo it. Also, the quality of the voices is poor a lot of times. And I’m missing a lot of calls. So I haven’t had the greatest service. Lastly, it takes so long, waiting on hold, to get somebody on the phone, but the team is very helpful once you get somebody on the phone.
We have reached out to the designated account manager on your account to let him know that you are continuing to experience issues with connectivity as well as physical phone issues. He will be reaching out to you yet this afternoon get further details so ensure we are able to escalate a service ticket to get them addressed asap.
We use the Fonality System for business calls. Among its features, we use the do not disturb feature the most. I like the people on the computer because they were a lot nicer than the people on the phone. It's hard to learn this stuff and watch countless amounts of video to try to figure it out. That's kind of annoying. But when I was able to go online to the chat they were able to figure everything out. Thomas is our representative and he doesn't like to answer questions about how things work but he's great at always answering the phone when we need things done. Overall, it's been fun having Fonality.
In the mean time we wanted to make you aware of our Fonality Academy classes that cover setting up, managing and showing you the fun features of your system. Brian and his team of trainers do a fabulous job of making sure they keep the training fun and down right simple with plenty of time for Q&A so you can make sure to address any system questions you have. Please feel free to check it out it will not disappoint we promise. http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy
We've had a number of issues and Fonality resolved them. They've followed through but sometimes have taken a lengthy amount of time to get to the point of resolving the issues. Communication’s not always the easiest. I don't know if they're calling from a different country, but there was a little bit of a barrier. For the most part, the experience is going well.
Leann we are very appreciative you took the time to provide your review. We are sorry to hear you have had a number of issues however knowing that you have had them all resolved is wonderful! We have notified your account rep to ensure he reaches out to touch base and chat with you. He is always a great point of contact for you to utilize if you every have any issues.
Because of the recommendation from a fellow Allstate agent, we got Fonality. We used a different business phone system before, but we like Fonality's much better. We are in the insurance business, so we are calling customers on renewals, calling people to quote and save money, and they’re calling us to make adjustments on their policies. We have three locations in three different areas, and we all can communicate with one another so it is highly functional even if we’re in different counties. It definitely made our transition easier. It’s a great way to develop connectivity with a team when you have multiple locations. It’s internet based, so we haven’t had a ton of issues as long as we have our internet. But Fonality is quick when we have issues.
Dawn thank you for the love! Thrilled to hear how much you are enjoying all the awesome features you have with your Fonality system and that your transition was an easy one. Thank your for being a stellar customer and a fabulous referral partner!!!
We were looking for a Voice over IP phone system and we signed up with Fonality. The features are way better than our previous one, but it's not always so great for quality. We mostly use the HUDWeb, and also the phone-to-phone in-office, outbound and long distance call features. We've had quite a few issues and we've been on tech support a lot. We have been able to get past all the issues. The reps that we talked to were friendly. They have not always been capable of fixing our problems, but I don’t think that’s been typically their fault.
The only negative thing is that we were promised a local number from the beginning and they were unable to provide it. It would be really nice if we could call out on a local line because we can’t, and they are working with us on that. So we are given a bill credit for the difference to be able to have a local line and then forward it over to Fonality.
Gavin, Thank you for sharing your feed back. Fabulous to hear you are enjoying HUD! We are reaching out to your account rep to ensure we address the pain points you are having with your call quality issues as well as establishing a local number for your business. Please don't hesitate to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com with any questions or comments you have. We are always looking for ways to improve and provide the best possible service for each of our customers’.
I was looking for a phone system and found Fonality. I use it in outbound calls to the insurance company and patients and mostly make use of the Transfer and the Hold and transfer. The Fonality team were very nice and were able to answer my queries on most parts. However, working with Fonality has neither improved nor hurt my business. We don't really care for the phone system that much because it's constantly cutting in and out. But it is reasonably priced so until we can afford to go with a better phone system, we'll stick with them. But once we can afford a better system, we'll be changing.
Rhonda we appreciate your feedback. Super glad to hear that you are pleased with our pricing and that it is working well with your budget. However we are not pleased to hear you are experiencing issues with calls cutting in and out. We have reached out to your account manager and he will be getting in touch with you to see what we can do to troubleshoot and get this issue fixed. Please do not hesitate to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com if there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience. Thank you
With our Fonality system, transferring calls and checking voicemail is simpler and we can use the chat feature. We use its Heads Up Display feature. When we wanted to upgrade our system, since we've had Fonality for 10 years, Nash, the gentleman who helped us, was able to answer all our questions.
Gilbert this is great!!!! You have been with us from almost the very beginning and we are so very thankful for customers like you!!! We do hope that you are enjoying the upgraded system.
Fonality is a good option if I have a good internet connection. The quality is not that good as the landlines, but the winning point is the cost. We used to have the cheapest, regular system - just the answering machine and the extensions to pass messages to the extension. We don't have a customer service implemented using the phone system, only the regular inbound/outbound calls. But we switched to another platform which is the HUD Web. It's a really good product, though we haven't used it in full, but I tried it when I was traveling to another country overseas and it's working very well. So, we are still trying to use it in the near future for our travel.
Learn more here: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy.
The former CFO of our company decided it was time to go to a VOIP system. He researched and got hooked up with Fonality so we've been with them since 2009. At that time, VOIP systems were relatively new, so we decided to host our own and have been doing that ever since. We had to use multiple, different providers and a whole bunch of different things. Their support team has been really, really good and we always seemed to get what we needed. When we had phone problems, we always started with them and ended up finding out that it was one of our other providers that was screwing up, which was one of the reasons why we decided to get the hardware out of our building and let them take care of it. We are currently in the process of migrating away from our own hosted system but we're still staying with Fonality and moving to let them host the system.
We have two different HUD, one in Minnesota, one in California. We have about twenty five different customer service people in various parts of the country. And this Heads Up Display sits on our desktop and lets us see what everybody's doing at any given point in time and it's a very nice little feature. We have not yet migrated away and we still have a box in our place, but within the next 2-3 weeks, we'll be done with that. The bulk of our use for the system is in the inbound-800. We are a distributor of foil and latex balloons and balloon accessories. We have customers worldwide and mostly in the US that call us and place orders. We have a fax system, because there are still people that actually use that. We make outgoing calls as well.
It's not perfect but the support will always get us there. It is user-friendly and we have not experienced any issues. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to somebody. If we were starting all over again, they would absolutely be one of the people I would talk to. There may be other players in the game today that maybe are just as good, but I wouldn’t hesitate to say that we’ve been using it and we’re happy.
Bruce, hands down the most amazing review we could ever hope to receive! We are thrilled to have such loyal and awesome customers like you to share your Fonality system experience. We are thrilled to be hosting your service and look forward to many more years of being able to keeping you and your business flying high.
Last week, the Fonality system went out three times on us, three days in a row. We weren't happy because that's our lifeline and use it mostly for sales calls. I chose Fonality before for their program. Our previous phone system wasn't Voice over and didn't tie in to our systems so I tried to link those together. I like the fact that I didn't have to purchase phones. I could get the phones through them as part of the service. I also like eAgent and the Heads Up, when a phone call is coming in. The customer recognition has helped improved our business. It speeds up the process knowing who's on the phone before they can identify themselves. Their team has been good. I had to add a phone about a month ago and it went smoothly.
We are always looking to hear from our customers.
We just got Fonality set up and it has only been live for about three weeks. We’re starting to use the HUD. We use it for call center purposes, mostly inbound, but make client survey calls with our clients. We're hoping the call center reports become very useful because we didn’t have that kind of reporting in our old system. However, we’ve had a lot of problems in trying to get it live as it took a lot longer than we expected. It was supposed to be a 30-day and ours took about 100 days. And we’re not really that complex so I think they’ve had some growing pains in the way they ship and fix products which I pointed out to them as we went along. We had problems with the servers going down, and nobody told us what was going on.
We are sorry to hear you experienced issues with getting your system setup and live. We strive to ensure our installations are as timely and painless as possible for our customers. Your feedback has been shared internally so we can strive to do better next time.
Every time I call when there's an issue, it takes so long to get it resolved. They basically start with someone who sounds like they're training and they keep putting me on hold to go ask questions with someone else. Then they come back and ask another question, then put me on hold again and it takes forever. It takes an hour and a half to get anything done, if I'm lucky. The last time I called Fonality, they finally found someone who knew what to do so, I'll get her in the future, but it was a really frustrating experience.
Thank you!
We've been with Fonality for years. The HUD goes down all the time, but they’ve all been great when I’m having issues. They’ve all been very helpful.
We will be sure to have your account manager reach out to you to see what we can do to resolve the issue of your HUD going down all the time because we simply cannot have that.
Fonality's pricing was good. The phone system is for general office use, for outbound sales. I also use call forwarding whenever I'm out of the office. However, compared to Vonage, Fonality's confusing on the interface so it's hard to navigate. At this point, the system is not good or bad for our business, but it will help us in the future because I can place people anywhere. It’s good for my future growth. Their team has been mostly good. Although, one customer service associate wasn't so helpful when I needed help with something. He just sent me a link. On the contrary, Thomas, the sales guy, is outstanding.
Learn more here: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy.
I used to have Verizon then switched to Fonality, and then I went over to Lightspeed. But I switched back to Fonality because Fonality changed their pricing, and I had a whole bunch of issues with the call quality from the other provider. Sometimes it sounded like I was talking on a cellphone when I'm calling from my office phone or people felt like I was talking from my cellphone. And then calls were being dropped just randomly while I'm in the middle of a conversation. We are on the phones most the day because that’s what we're doing in an insurance agency. The call quality and the ability to be able to manage various callers at the same time is really important to me.
With Fonality, I use the ability to have a phone in my home that works from my office line. We use the phone for outbound sales and inbound customer service. We also use their chat feature and HUD display. However, I've dealt with some of their people who are very inconsiderate and I don’t understand how they even have a job there. Aside from that, I'm happy with my experience.
Michael, Thank you for your feedback and your loyalty. We appreciate you coming back to Fonality. We are however extremely sorry to hear you have not had the best customer service when you call in. Your feedback has been shared with our team as we always want to ensure we are providing the best possible service to all our customers’.
Fonality is a hundred times better than the premise-based PBX solution from Avaya. We use Fonality's HUDWeb the most. It has enabled us to have a remote workforce and a contingency strategy (especially during the times we have conditions in the building where we can't stay in it), and that's been very helpful. We mostly use it for inbound phone calls and during our peak season, we can receive upwards of a thousand calls a day. It is a very extensible system. We've been able to build both a number of integrations and processes around it. Their staff have also been great in answering any questions we've had. Everyone from their sales, customer success team and technical support has been knowledgeable, courteous and awesome to work with. The uptime and dependability have certainly helped us too. I'm overjoyed that we're doing business with them. We are looking to use it for outbound calling also but don’t have a team assembled for that yet.
So glad to hear how extremely deep your happiness for Fonality runs. We cannot thank you enough for being such a great customer!
The owner of the business that I work for was looking for an online phone service, and we found Fonality. We just moved in to our office and everything isn't 100% set-up to do what we have to do. I had ordered the phones and got the service before we were in this office, and I'm wondering where the phonebook that I ordered is. The rep told me that it will be here in three to five days and it's been over a week. I got an email telling me that they were shipped so I got to see if there's a tracking thing so I could track the package.
Elena thank you for your review. We have alerted your account manager of the missing phone book and she is going to be reaching out to you yet today. Congratulations on the new location!
The best thing with Fonality is the pricing because per line is cheap. We are able to have so many lines open by each people. We have better communication with customers. Everyone has a computer so everyone’s using the softphone and the HUD. We haven’t purchased any phones and it saved us a lot of money.
Thank you James for taking the time to share how you and your team are utilizing your Fonality system.
I worked for Allstate Insurance and another fellow agent was signed up with Fonality so that's how I heard about them. Before using Fonality, we had Norstar Systems, a traditional plug in the wall type system, so this new system from Fonality has been the newest technology yet. The old was traditional phone wherein I pick it up and answer it. But this allows us to interface with our client management system so when the call comes in, we're able to see who we're talking to. And that's a huge help there. And then we have one of the recorder call features so I'm able to use it for training with my staff as well. We can also save the files which we call the conversation file through the individual client's portfolio. So, Fonality is way ahead of where the old system was.
We've enjoyed its benefits from different angles--from client satisfaction to employee training and then how the call being recorded helps everybody's behavior. Overall, I am satisfied with the service we've had. We were some of the first to use Fonality at Allstate and it's a growing thing technology and service-wise, but they've all been responsive to our needs. So it's definitely improved and satisfactory now.
Amazing review Ross! We are so glad to hear that you have taken advantage of the training and all the amazing capabilities of your system.
We've had the phones for several years now, and the HUD system seemed to be working fine. Every once in a while, we have to swap out a phone if it's dead. But other than that, Fonality worked fine and it does what we need it to do. It has been a pleasant experience.
Sharon thank you for sharing your review of Fonality and a huge thank you for your continued loyalty to us!
My current boss uses Fonality now and it works out pretty well in the. We used a different carrier prior but Fonality is much better overall. I use its HUD feature the most and use the system for all types of calling. It is easier for us to communicate within the offices and we’re able to get each call and not let any call pass through on. I worked with their tech support team who have been really good. They always call when they said they’re going to call and follow-up and make sure everything is okay. Everything’s been great and when we ever have a concern, they always address it right away. I’m very satisfied and I recommended people to use Fonality when I was in the training.
Blaire this is awesome! So glad to hear you are a happy and referring customer!
We were using our sister company’s system which isn't a VoIP system before we had Fonality and decided to get in contact with Fonality because of the nature of cost and benefits. Fonality has a lot of good features with the downside of it being a VoIP system so if we have any kind of internet issues at all it kills our phone system, which is no fun. We use their click to call feature the most and the system for all types of calls, and business has been a little bit more efficient. Their representatives are helpful and follow up well although there are occasional issues when the new reps might not follow up as well.
We are always looking forward to hearing what our customers ideas and thoughts are on ways to improve and provide the best possible service.
We decided to contact Fonality because of their ability to link up with our e-agent program and we were thinking about changing over to Voice Over Internet Protocol since we still have landlines here with AT&T. Although we didn't have any trouble with AT&T, we ended up going with Charter for our internet provided because AT&T didn't have the bandwidth. Then we decided to leave on everything.
We use the Fonality system for mostly inbound calls. It would be for customer service primarily and use the outbound calls, secondarily, for sales. Fonality has improved our business. We could interact with other programs that Allstate has so that the caller's ID comes up on our screen so we can immediately document notes and we can record some calls when we feel it's necessary when we have a very irate customer.
We also use the Fonality system's administrative part to check on whether how many calls our people were actually taking and the duration of the calls because everybody thinks that they're totally swamped all the time, but they're not. We like that feature to be able to go in there and check the calls. We also like the HUD and that we can leave messages for each other on the intercom system. It works fine and we don't usually have any trouble with it. It works seamlessly with our other programs and that was a big reason for changing.
Kathy this is just Fabulous to hear! Thank you for sharing
I was looking for a phone service and a friend of mine uses Fonality and said that they were good. I got one too and so far, I like them. They're great. I use Fonality's telephone everyday and do outbound sales using the system. I had another business phone system through the phone company before but they were bad.
Armando we are pleased to hear that you are pleased with your system.
I decided to deal with Fonality based on the features that they offered. Assuming that they were working properly, I signed up with them because of all the extra features that would benefit me as a business owner. Now, it's been a total freaking nightmare. They were supposed to deliver my phones on December 30th because my opening was on January 4th. They messed up the delivery and delivered the phone system to the wrong address, not even in the right state. Then they rescheduled my delivery to January 6th, still after my closing. Again, they never showed up. Finally, a week later, they came. I had no phones opening my business for a week.
When we finally got the phones installed, nothing worked properly. I spent hours every single day on the phone with them troubleshooting. They don't understand I'm opening a business and I can't sit on a phone with them troubleshooting their services. How about they work and design what I signed up with them? This happened daily for two straight weeks and it was horrible. Their people can't even communicate with each other. For example, one day a guy was working on a ticket for me. Their server was down for three days and because of that, we couldn't make updates on my system. The guy went home sick and they left me hanging for four days.
I would not recommend Fonality, and definitely to any new Allstate agents (I am one). Thank God I have 16 years' experience in the industry for that's the only way I survived. I went around and asked everybody at Allstate and they all said they dropped them too. I'm willing to pay more for less because nothing worked with them. It's a horrible experience.
Celeste, we appreciate you taking the time to share your review. We are extremely displeased to hear of your recent experience and the issues that you have expressed. We are 100% at fault for the delivery problem on your phones. Upon further investigation of the details with your account, there are a couple issues that we believe contributed to your experience, which include using VoIP with a Wi-Fi hotspot before your internet service was installed. This is certainly not the experience we want any of our customers to have. We valued your business, and most importantly the feedback you provided. We’ll be reaching out personally as well.
I was trying to get a better deal on my phone systems so I decided to get in touch with Fonality. I basically use their system for outbound calls for sales and both inbound and outbound calls for customer service. I don't have multiple locations so I don't use the tracking as much. We have a fairly small office and I can see what everybody's doing. We had some technical issues from the beginning that we've been trying to iron out so I've been working with quite a few of the service tech guys trying to get things working. They are attentive and answer quickly if you call or email.
Allen we are so glad that you choose Fonality! Please feel free to email us anytime at socialmedia@fonality.com and let us know If there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience. Our customers are very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.
I contacted Fonality because I was tired of the expensive phone bills for the phone system that we had. The previous provider was fine as far as service is concerned. However, the cost was a lot more than a Voice over IP phone system. I use my Fonality system for inbound and outbound calls, as well as for office purposes. We probably use their Fonality HUD a lot because we have satellite offices. Their service people are fine. I’ve no problems with them. We do have issues with the phones, though, as we experience poor quality connections from time to time. But overall, I’m satisfied with Fonality.
Thank you for sharing your feed back Craig. We will be reaching out to your sales rep about the call quality issues you expressed and ensure she gets in touch with you right away to troubleshoot and get the issues resolved asap.
I liked what I saw with Fonality so I decided to use them as my business' phone system. Josie, our sales person was excellent in helping us get started. I mostly use the system for its ability to check voice mail via email.
Thank you for the compliment Matt
We’ve had Fonality for years now and we use it mostly on inbound/outbound calls. Their team members were always nice and we're happy with them.
Thank you Valerie for being such a wonderful and loyal customer!
We're in orthopedic practice and we use Fonality's whole phone system to take inbound and outbound calls for appointments. Everything has been good and they've been very helpful.
Thanks Mike!
My corporate franchise people gave Fonality as the people to contact for getting a phone set up for my business so I went with them. I use their call forwarding and voicemail services. Anybody who calls in gets forwarded to my cell if not to my office. However, they have a horrible support - it takes forever. If I submit in their automated support, I have to follow up with another email and call to get somebody to respond. I have expressed my displeasure but nobody has responded. If I have a technical issue, it's not too bad once they engage, but their support is poor in general. I'm going to shift to a different provider, it’s just a question of when because to add a second user and charge me twice as much as I'm already paying is ridiculous. There's less expensive solutions that will give me everything I need. With Fonality, I'm paying for more than I really need.
Thank you
I use Fonality for standard small business, inbound and outbound, but mostly the backend administrative call scheduling. I had spent six months trying to remove a feature that we never used and it took multiple contacts with them, which was annoying. The hardware stinks and I can't use an external hands-free system that actually functions and we've never been able to get a hands-free device that works with the phones. They also did a $250 portable phone that didn't make it three months and we had to continue to pay off that thing. The service was okay at its best.
Andrew, we are extremely displeased to hear about your experience and the issues you have expressed. This is certainly not the experience we want for any of our customers. Your feedback will be shared internally with the appropriate departments and your account manager has been notified and will be getting in touch to ensure we get you the hands free device that will work properly with the phones you currently have.
We've been working with Fonality for years and their service has been very nice. We had some size issues and concerns, and they adjusted them accordingly to what the market size was. I don't love their interface because I think it's below average, but the service quality and support is pretty good.
Thank you
The people from Fonality have been helpful in explaining things. They have been prompt with responses and they're good with their follow through. I know in the middle of our migration, one of the team members I was working with was out and they had somebody else step in to help finish the process, and that person was quite well-informed of where we were at. I couldn't ask for much better in all my interactions with them.
Russ, thank you for taking the time to share your review. We appreciate the positive comments. We will be sure to let the team know to keep up the good work.
I needed a phone system so I contacted Fonality. We are using the system for all types of calling but we use the HUD the most. Working with them has improved our business.
Eddie that is great news! We are thrilled to hear of your business improvement with your Fonality System.
Our company had already been using Fonality before I first started here as a consultant as far back as 2010 or so. We have three sites and we use the bridging feature that makes all our systems be able to talk to each other. But beyond that, we're very simple and use it as a normal incoming-outgoing phone. We've looked at other providers, but we like spending less money on phones so we have stuck with Fonality. However, we feel like there may be other providers that could do things better.
When we have call quality issues or have reports of users getting disconnected, it's frustrating for my team to see those issues through the resolution. Part of the complexities is that we're a global business and when a case comes in from Singapore, the Fonality support team feels like the Boston office were the conduit to get through the Singapore office. We would prefer that Fonality reach out and work with that office independently because we're not available 24/7 here for those kinds of situations. That would save a lot of problems that we got.
Thank you for sharing your feed back Chris. We are reaching out to your sales rep about the call quality issues as well as the communication issue making sure to contact the proper office when the issues do arise. We will be sure to address the pain points you are having to ensure you are satisfied with your services.
I usually have good experiences with Fonality. We wanted to go to a voice over IP system so we decided to go with them. We use the system mostly for phone calls and office-to-office business and they're much better than our previous provider. Also, the interactions I had with their team are good. The guys that I speak to in the Philippines are really nice and very helpful.
Thank you for your review Wendy. Glad to hear you are enjoying you Fonality System.
We had a different phone service before and the phones just died so we had a lot of trouble. One of the engineers that work here told us to try Fonality, so we bought this phone service and it's been pretty good. I serve as the operator so I answer calls, and we have people that make outbound calls for sales and I would say that using Fonality has improved our business. One of my favorite features is the star 8 thing which allows me to answer somebody else’s phone at my desk without having to run across the room. There was time a year ago where things kept crashing and going down a lot, but in the last couple of months everything’s been fine. I'm pretty satisfied with how things have been going recently.
Lynne we are so glad to hear you are enjoying the system and that you are not having to run all over the office any longer.
We’ve used Fonality for two years now. We were looking to convert from a standard phone to an IP phone and they were a referral from our IT guy. We’ve had a few problems but for the most part, it’s fine. They were higher quality but more expensive compared to our previous provider. But the price seems good. The HUD feature is mostly used which is the desktop interface to use chat and determine who’s on the calls. Also when we have problems, we use the online chat feature.
Tom we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.
I got Fonality since they had a product engineer service I needed. I had a different provider before and they are two totally different deals. It was land-based while this one is internet-based. Also, with Fonality I can have the phone in virtually anywhere. In fact currently, because of the water damage, we've been able to transport the phone via internet to another office in the East. We use the conferencing calls and transfer calls quite a bit. It's made my business more efficient in some aspects. I have had the interactions with their team in the beginning trying to get the numbers ported over that became a nightmare. Then I’ve had some technical issues since then but I’ve had very responsive people that got it handled. The changes and settings in the systems also worked out well. They're a fair company and so far it's at a value for what I'm paying.
Steven thank you for the insight into how you are utilizing the system. We are so sorry to hear of the water damage, but glad to know that because you have our system you are able to hook up your phone virtually anywhere and continue doing business.
When we moved, I was asked to do research on all the phone systems so we could get a new one for the office (we have four offices). I worked with John, one of the salespeople from Fonality, to order them all and he’s great. The people from one of our offices do inbound calls from it. We had regular phones before and compared to Fonality, it's obviously VoIP and works so much better. We'd recommend them.
Thank you Amy for your feedback.
Fonality was a referral from a client of mine. Their web-based integration is nice and their service is good. However, their tech support is terrible.
Thank you for your feedback David. We are glad to hear you are enjoying the system. However we are passing along the feedback on our support and will ensure we have someone reaching out to you to obtain a few additional details to see how we can improve the experience.
I like Fonality's technology, but the company needs more organization. Their team members have been less forthcoming, things are last second with them, and they've been late.
Andrew, thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear you like the Fonality Technology. Please do not hesitate to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com to let us know what we can do to improve your Fonality experience.
The customer service of Fonality, like tech support, is abysmal. The actual phone system is good and I appreciate some of the integration things we have, in particular the Heads Up Display that we use quite a lot.
Motts, yes the HUD is amazing!! So glad to hear you are enjoying it.
I knew of Fonality because the company I worked for had their services. We’ve used it in the past for our business lines - 50% for outbound use and 50% for internal use. We used to talk to their guys for renewals too, but now we’re using a local provider.
Thank you George
I've been using Fonality for about five years now. I use the multiple location integration, the web-based interface. Their team could use a bit of work. For instance, I don't think I'm fully leveraging what I'm paying for each month. I don't think I have my system set up appropriately, and every time I call in, someone gives me a different answer. And then sometimes, there's difficulty in getting in touch with their support people.
Jason, we are glad to hear you are enjoying the system!!!! If you haven't had a chance please checked out our Fonality Academy We have an amazing team that does our training and will address any and all questions you have about your system and what more you can do to utilize it to the fullest. The classes cover setting up and managing your system with plenty of time for Q&A: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy
The convenience of having Voice over IP is good to having people being able to transfer because we're a telecommuting company. But call quality is sometimes lagging with Fonality, so it's difficult to have conversations.
Chris, thank you for sharing your feedback. We will be sure to get your rep in touch with you and do some troubleshooting to see what is causing your call quality to lag.
Fonality has been wonderful. We like and often use the free long distance calls. I think any business should look into Fonality.
Thank you
We love Fonality. It’s very easy to use and we all like it. Overall, our experience has been great. We don’t really have any issues with it unless our internet is lagging, but that’s not their problem. We’d recommend it.
Thank you Heather we appreciate your fabulous review!!
We've been with Fonality for three years now. We've called them on different times and customer service has been all right. I mostly use the app that goes on the computer when changing from phone to phone.
Thank you for your review Daniel. If there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience please email us at socialmedia@fonality.com
Fonality has been good. It has gotten better since the start of the contract and their tech support has been responsive.
Thank you for your feedback Damon. We are so glad to hear you are happy with Fonality! If there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience further please feel free to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com
I am happy with Fonality and use the call center feature the most. We had some issues in the past, but they were courteous, able to answer all my questions, and it's fine now.
Dmitry, thank you for your review. So glad to hear any issues you had are now in the past. Please free to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com to let us know if there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience.
We were looking for a replacement to our phone system a few years ago then we went with Fonality. The phones actually work, but the other advanced stuff doesn't really work so well. We've had to call customer service several times for some really weird issues and almost every issue wind up being something with the server side. Certain things wouldn't work. For a while, we couldn't do any international calls. Although, the price was pretty good, the biggest issue that we experienced is with the call quality. It varies a lot because sometimes we hear people talking, but they can't hear us at all.
Mike, thank you for sharing your feedback. Please know we are getting your account manager in the know with all the issues you have shared with us. We will be sure to get them resolved to ensure all your issues are addressed.
We mostly use Fonality's voicemail to email feature. Their team has been good. The only thing that's difficult is the process of buying an extra phone. I have a little office and I want to figure out how to buy a duplicate phone. It usually takes a day and a half to two days because I have to talk to a sales rep. I can't just order and provision it online. It would be nice if I could pick a phone knowing the cost without a formal quote. It would be good if they could make that more seamless. Other than that, I'm happy with Fonality.
Trent we will be sure to pass what you have shared to the appropriate people within Fonality as we want to ensure we are always improving and providing the best possible service in every department.
We have been using Fonality system for so long and their team has been great.
Thank you Randy for your long time loyalty.
We've only been with Fonality for three months, but it's been very good. Since we have three locations, the web-based feature where we can see who is on the phone and who isn't is the biggest feature we use. We've called their support team a couple of times for help already and I still have some things I need to work through with them, but they have been good.
Mitch, thank you for your review. We will be sure your rep is made aware to touch base immediately to ensure your system is without issues.
We've been very satisfied with the software platform of Fonality and all of the features that are available to us. And they've been, in general, very responsive with their technical support team as well as the billing and administrative team. It's a positive experience.
Anne thank you for your awesome feedback!!! So glad to hear that you are enjoying your system!
One thing I wish Fonality had is a redial application. Whenever I pick up the phone, call somebody and I hang up, five minutes later I need to call them back and I got to dial it.
Walter thank you so much for your review. We will be sure to have your rep reach out to you to show you how to utilize your redial. Hopefully that will make you enjoy your system that much more.
We were looking for a voice over IP before and Fonality is one that popped up on. I use it for both inbound and outbound and I like all its features. It's better than my previous provider and so far, we hadn't had too many complaints.
Rodney, so glad to hear that you are enjoying all the features of your Fonality system!
Our experience with Fonality was good, and I am happy with them.
Thank you Andy
We used a different phone system before we had Fonality and it's been okay so far but it's unusual that we have to dial the local area code to get out. I mainly use the fax service for general office use, customer service, and inbound or outbound sales outreach.
Mike thank you so much for your review. We have be sure to passed your dial out issue over to your rep in which she will be sure to reach out and see what we need to do to ensure a fix for you and your team.
We've had a good experience using Fonality. We listen in on the calls and talk to the other person and it’s helpful in the office to be able to listen in and have people listen in on your calls and then give advice. We use it for inbound, outbound, sales outreach, customer assistance and general office use. We have people calling in all the time and we call people back and we have voicemails that we respond to all the time. We often use the voicemail system in getting to people.
Ashley this is fabulous!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your feedback!
Working with Fonality has improved our business and we use its web-based admin feature. We've had some general technical issues with setting up new phones but they have been able to help us with it. It’s been pretty easy, straightforward and user-friendly.
Regina we appreciate your business and are thrilled to hear your business has improved because of your Fonality system.
I had a fine experience with Fonality and their teams are knowledgeable. I use the system for general office use and customer assistance.
Thank you Kathy for time to provide your review. We are so glad to hear that you are enjoying your system.
I have Fonality for office use and use the web-based admin feature. The Fonality team is very courteous and friendly.
Thank you Anne!
I will never use Fonality again. We bought a custom-built program from them with a feature written for call escalation so that incoming calls could get notified to multiple people to make sure they got picked up. After a year, they decided they didn't want to support it anymore even though I'm paying them maintenance. I am in the process of switching. I will be dropping their service and want their system out the door. Absolutely worthless. I will never do business with them and I will tell everybody I know not to.
Scott, this is not the experience we want for our customers and is certainly not norm. We would like to forward our apologies for the inconveniences you have experienced with which our system did not work for your situation and the challenges in which you have faced. We truly do value your business, and most importantly your feedback Your feedback will be shared internally and we will be reaching out to obtain further details.
I was at an agency meeting in Columbus, Ohio and I was referred to a guy that already has the system. He was very impressed. The transition was very smooth and fluid. I was also looking for a VOIP system and I was just burned-out with Time Warner. I also called server the first time because I must have done something wrong and I realized that I hadn't done anything wrong. So far, I'm very satisfied.
We don't want to have a tree and I know everybody has one. We pick up the phone as soon as it's answered and our customers appreciate that. I like the conferencing feature. We use all types of calls for prospecting after six. We're getting ready to initiate the find-me follow-me because I don't want our clients to know our employee's phone numbers. Me and my wife like that the phone literally shuts down at six o'clock and the best part I like is the control.
Everybody in the office loves Rick, he is super polite and patient when we first got things started up. Even though we haven't been in contact with him, he made an impression that none of us forgot his name. Megan was a young lady that turned me on to Fonality but she’s no longer with the company. She was extremely nice in the very beginning. I recommended Fonality to a friend. I showed her and she wants to come back and take a look at it again. She's going to give Fonality a call because she's got two different offices. I have no problem recommending Fonality. I love it.
Simply amazing!!! So very glad to hear your success and happiness with the system!!! We need to be sure to get you signed up as a referral partner asap!!! Thank you!!
We're using Fonality all the time because we have seven people in the office. If someone calls in, we put him on park, we transfer over the calls. We can tell if someone in the office is on the phone by Fonality. We've had some glitches every once in a while where the phones are dropped but I think they fixed that. It doesn't happen as often but everything else is going okay as far as I know. We're happy with it.
We appreciate your time to provide your feedback April. We are going to pass along the mention of your phone glitch over to your Account Manager to ensure it is indeed fixed. Thank you!
I've had a good experience with Fonality. We use another IP-based phone system before but that wasn't hosted. We utilize a lot of the features in Fonality like the heads-up display, call transfer, automated attendant, warm transfer, cold transfer, and direct-in or dials. We also use it for all types of calling. Adding to that, the Fonality team are very good. Although they're across-country, they're up while I'm up and that's all that matters. They also got a good referral program. I would absolutely recommend them.
John thank you for the continued business and of course thank you for being a fabulous referral partner!
We are a Nationwide agency and we heard about Fonality Phone Systems through them. We've used North State before. It was just regular phone lines and we could transfer calls within the office, but now with Fonality we're able to expand out a little bit more. Their teams were very helpful and were able to answer all our questions. When we call, they do supply decent service. If it's an issue that they can address, they stay on it until they finish it.
We have three total locations and we're all now connected through our HUD. Some of our users get frustrated, but it has been the biggest thing - we can take a call within any of our locations and get it where it needs to go whether it's location 1, 2, or 3. That's been a big deal. Also, we do monitor our phone calls in as well as phone calls out as far as totals. We look at those quarterly because that dictates the direction that our business is going in. Those have been useful features.
We also had it set up where if our policyholders call into our system, they have the option to be redirected to our service centers that can manage other things or to a specific agent. It is meant for our customers being able to communicate with us. We're also making phone calls out as we review policies. We do what we call care reviews or On Your Side Reviews so that we're reaching out to the policyholders and helping them with their coverage needs.
So on the whole we are happy with Fonality and we like the system a lot because we have a lot of flexibility. The system has been very useful and helpful in being able to make calls, conference calls, or get calls to another location. I would highly recommend them, but I would make them aware of some of the limitations with this. If we lose power, we have no phones. When our power goes down, the internet goes down and nobody can call in or call out. That shuts us down completely when we lose power. I don't know if there's another way around where we could at least use the phone. I would love to have a different solution without us having to go to another carrier just to have a separate landline for that use. Also, there are some glitches that we run into where the call gets dropped or the call doesn't go out. But overall Fonality is very utilitarian, and it has a lot of useful features that benefitted us.
Emily thank you for your feedback as it truly does provide a fabulous insight to how you and your team utilize the system as well as some of the issues you have expressed. We will be sure to pass what you have shared with our product team as this is extremely useful.
Before using Fonality, I had Google Voice. It does everything we want it to. Google Voice was great, considering it's free, and we were just growing too much and we needed a little bit more, so that's why we sought out another provider. We don't use Fonality as our full capability as we probably should. We plan on getting more into it in the future. Right now, we just have it set up as a phone tree. We really needed a phone tree system because we have so many softwares and so we needed a phone number for each software and then they needed to press 1 for sales, press 2. We really needed a phone tree and we needed we didn't want limited minutes, and the reason we chose Fonality is because they were the only ones that did charge based on how many minutes we were going to be using, that we could find the least for that price we wanted.
The Fonality team was good. We're just busy, so we weren't always able to connect with them. The people in it were trying to help us, because we're just busy, but whenever when we did talk to them is helpful. I've reached out just for a couple times and they helped me solve every issue I've had so far. Overall the experience is really good. The only difficult part was it required us to alter our internet and our router a lot, which ended up costing us more than we were anticipating, but other than that, it went pretty smoothly. That was really the only headache we had was trying to figure out the internet and router issue and modem. It does what we needed to do.
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We're not up and running with the Fonality system yet so it's been a trying time. There are really no issues other than to get the phone system plugged in and working properly.
Gilbert, we cannot wait to hear your response once you are fully up and running with your new system. Would you mind shooting us a quick note with any issues you have experienced during setup to socialmedia@fonality.com as we are always looking for ways to improve and provide the best possible service for each of our customers. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. Thank you!
We've been customers of Fonality for years. We use it for general office and has improved the business. We use a lot of it, but the thing that we like about it the most is the HUD. The Fonality team are courteous and knowledgeable. It's really good experience. They provide great customer care and support. It's been very pleasant.
Thank you for all your years of continued business!
Before using Fonality, I've used RingCentral, VirtualPBX, and a couple of others. Fonality could stand to work on their mobile site a little bit better; they've got too much going on and need a lighter format for their mobile HUDs and some other bugs. But other than that, their desktop HUDs are probably the best on the market from the functionality and mobility side.
We use it for simple queues and basic transfers. It's a lot more powerful than what I need it to be at the moment for what we're doing, but it puts everybody in the company within easy communication's reach with one product versus trying to get everybody together, because we work from multiple offices: New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, and then our primary office down in Key West, Florida. Also, we use the inbound calling for reservations coming in. Considering that they were using a basic landline functionality before, working with Fonality has definitely helped to improve the business.
The Fonality support, especially in the Philippines, is really awesome. It has gotten a lot better over the last year and a half. I've been using it with a previous company for a little over 3 years now, and I've watched the support staff grow in a way that's very promising. They do really excellent work. The engineering staff is always on top of things as soon as they get notified. I'd also like to highlight the usability and functionality of the system itself and the support staff being so prompt to respond to any problems that we have had, be it by phone or email. They're in communication with me constantly whenever there's a problem with follow-ups. I'd definitely recommend them.
Daniel this is simply the best review!!! Thank you so much for sharing so eloquently. We are so glad to have you as a customer!
It's the third system I’ve gotten with Fonality. I use it mostly to bounce calls around to where needed or HUD. It's much easier for the receptionists at that point to transfer calls to another point. However, I'm less thrilled this time around with it because there's something so wonky with the billing. Sometimes it takes a while to get it dialed in but usually it's pretty solid at that point.
Will, we are not pleased to hear you are not happy with your latest system and we are on the move to getting in touch with you on how we can go about addressing the necessary issues to ensure your happiness as well as any of your billing issues.
Fonality was our first foray into PBXs. We use the whole phone in different locations and routing and everything. We have all the basic stuff. The type of calling we use are Inbound and outbound. We don't do too much sales outreach by phone. It's mostly responding to applicants and answering the phone when they call with inquiries. Fonality has improved our business. The Fonality team has overall been pretty positive. They've been fairly courteous. I don't have any complaints about the interactions we've had with them. There haven't been a ton of them since we purchased this. It's been a pretty decent entry level PBX experience. I'm happy with the experience. It's been good.
Fabulous Mike!!! Thank you
My overall experience with Fonality has been fantastic and I run around recommending them to everyone.
Sean we absolutely LOVE to hear this!!! Thank you!
I mostly use the viewing call history and the conference soft key feature of Fonality. We sometimes make calls into our office, some on the employees and most of it is our customers. Sometimes it is lengthy calls that are of a technical nature. The only complaint we'd have about Fonality is if the internet is having issues, then our call quality goes down quite a bit. That's not really Fonality's fault but it's just the nature of the beast.
Occasionally, we need somebody's help. We usually go through an email process and sometimes end up talking to someone from Fonality. Generally speaking, our experience has been good. I'm getting it resolved in a reasonable amount of time, within 24 hours certainly. The only thing that to me is a negative, is when we have to put people on hold and the music is horrible. It's just really a poor quality sound and I hate putting people on hold because that's a memory that stays with customers that are put on hold. But I am mostly satisfied, mostly happy with the service. There aren't any real issues.
Vicki we really appreciate the time you took to provide your feedback for us. We will be sure to have your Acct Rep reach out to touch base on a few options we have to resolve the hold music and ensure your customers have a more personalized experience if they have to be placed on hold.
We already had a contract with Fonality, so I didn't purchase it. We use the hub a lot and we use multiple location integration for general office purposes. We've had some service and their reps have been very courteous. It's just initially hard to talk to a person because usually their tech support is online first then you could put in a ticket and then they call you. Overall it's been fine.
Thank you for your feedback Kittie. We are glad to hear you are enjoying HUD! If there is anything we can do to improve your Fonality experience please feel free to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com.
My sister's office uses Fonality, and I just started the company and had to get a phone company so I went with them too. I'm happy with the service provided to us so far. The Fonality team set up the system and they were knowledgeable, walked us through and taught us how to use the system, which was good. Now the customer can call us.
Thank you for choosing Fonality!
We've been using Fonality for years for phone and chat messaging for general office use. Everyone has been great to work with and Fonality is quick and convenient.
Great to hear!!!! Thank you for the continued business Jacob.
I use the inbound-outbound calling feature the most as we are in the service business. I love Fonality, and I'm satisfied with it.
Thank you for the Love Tim!!!
It's a new business and Fonality was made known to me as part of the new agent onboarding process. We use their HUD and the system for general office use. Unfortunately, our interactions with their team has been very poor. We had an issue with a non-responsive account manager and couldn't get any support or assistance from the one assigned to us. We've also had chronic system problems meaning that our business had no phone as it would go down.
We've had a good run here without any disruptions and service issues and haven't had any real needs where we'd have to call and everything's working well. But when we do need to call for service, we dread it because we know it's going to be an exercise of frustration. For instance, I needed to call them today because I needed to set up a ring group and it's been very challenging to understand and communicate my needs to the people that answer their service calls.
Heather, we appreciate you taking the time to provide your review. Our deepest apologies for the interactions issues you have experienced with your assigned rep, it's certainly not the way we like to establish relationships. We will make sure to get this addressed and have a new rep reach out to you asap to help get what you need taken care of.
We have the Fonality's voice over internet system for both inbound and outbound. We are using the features like tracking the caller productivity, the web-based admin and multiple integration. The system has improved our business this last year and a half after we decided to upgrade and get another server but before, we were having hit and miss in regards to the quality of our service and calls.
Some people in Fonality are better than others and you don't get the same person every single time. You don't have a specific one person to deal with or service reps. You have to call a couple of times to make sure that they are understanding and getting the right message because you're told by a sales person that this is something they can do but the service reps really can't. The difficult portion is sometimes somebody wants to help you and some people don't always either have the time or know what they're talking about. There are hiccups to everything but all in all, it has been a positive experience.
Nichole, we appreciate your feedback and thrilled to hear that you and your team have experience growth because of the Fonality system. We will be sure to pass what you have shared to the appropriate people within Fonality as we want to ensure we are always improving and providing the best possible service in every department.
Using the Fonality business phone system has absolutely improved our business. Our office uses it for inbound/outbound calls, customer assistance, etc. The feature that we use the most is the HUD. Fonality reps are so patient. I’ve had lots of interactions with them because we can’t seem to come to an agreement as to how we want our phones to ring. They work me through it every time. They're proficient and I’m very impressed with them.
Amy this is fabulous!! Thank you!
We’re more efficient now. Fonality is much better than Comcast, our previous provider. There's so much more flexibility with this phone system in terms of transferring phone calls, keeping on hold and messages and having online access to changing the greetings. Also, I'm really happy with their customer service. I've had several interactions with several team members ever since I've started using Fonality and they have all been excellent and exceptional. In the beginning, I was trying to learn the control panel, the online access to my system and trying to change things at my end and they were really generous with their time and helped me through the steps. When I called back with the same issue again, they were kind and patient enough to run me through the steps again. Every time I've called I've had a pleasant experience.
Now that is what we like to hear Raj!!!
Fonality helped improve our business. We use it for inbound / outbound and inner office, and we use the HUD a lot. Their team is efficient and always takes care of things promptly.
Thank you so much Nanci. So glad to hear that business is improving and that Fonality is your system of choice.
Fonality has potential but they are not there yet. I had Vonage before, and their tech support was a lot better. On the other hand, Fonality offers a little bit more tech that we have found useful. We use it mostly for outbound calls, and we use the Head-Up Display system a lot. I also like the fact that we can chat in between each staff member without having to yell. However, the original setup was a pain, and seemed like they couldn't get everything corrected. They sent me a few different routers that supposedly worked with their system but didn't with ours. Ultimately, once the phone system was working, it worked well with me.
Thanks for taking the time to your feedback Greg. We are so glad to hear you are enjoying the system. If there is ever anything we can do to improve your experience with Fonality please feel free to send an email to us at socialmedia@fonality.com
We use Fonality Phone Systems for our general office. I’m satisfied with the phone service but it has not improved our business and we're not quite completely happy. I left them a message over a month ago. But we played phone tag and nobody ever followed back up. I think it's the difficulty of the system. When we do call in, it was fine up until the last time when they notified one of my staff members that we no longer had tech support so they couldn’t help us. I think it was odd because of the price that we pay. I am actually shopping and looking at other alternatives because their system is pretty hard to use.
Melissa, please accept our apologies for the inconvenience you have experienced. We have your dedicated account manager reaching out to you today to ensure we alleviate all issues you and your team are experiencing.
We have Fonality for our inbound and outbound calls. We use its HUD facility with a bit of chatting going on, and we've had some trouble with it over the years. While their team was very responsive and did a good job, they haven't resolved our problems, which was difficult with DTMF issues. Touch tones were also not being heard by the Fonality system because it's coming over analog PRI, and there's digital to analog conversion issues. All in all, it's a phone system, and it's working.
Thank you for providing your review Ed. We understand the frustrations of the issues you have experienced and are so glad that you and your sales rep have been able to work closely to ensure all the proper steps are being taken to alleviate them. We want to assure your phone system is more than just that for you.
I've had Fonality since January 2014 for general office use -- inbound and outbound. However, I've had problems with them for a long time, and it was exhausting. They didn't properly set me up, so the lines were terrible and going down. They also left the server that they set up open, so I was getting hit from India, Hamburg, and lots of different places, and it was taking up all my space. I had continual problems with them, and it hasn't been until the last three months that it's gotten better.
Tracy, thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're sorry to hear you had problems with the startup of your system. This is certainly not the way we like to start out a relationship. We are so pleased to hear that things have gotten better and that you are moving full speed ahead. Your Account Manager has been made aware and is going to reach out to continue to follow up and ensure everything stays perfect for you and your team.
We haven’t got our Fonality system all the way up and running, but we use it for all types of calling. It’s been good. Their sales people were by far superior to the technical support setup staff. It seems to me that they are organized. A good company and have a great product.
If you haven't had a chance you should checked out our new Fonality Academy! The classes cover setting up and managing your system with plenty of time for Q&A: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy
I first heard about the Fonality through a business associate. I've only been here for about 6 months while this phone system has been here for a number of years. I was introduced to my new sales representative when I came on board and I had a brief chat with him regarding the system. He made sure I was comfortable with it. I had a slight issue regarding our annual support agreement, which was really more on our end. It went to the wrong person and I wasn't made aware of it. So we lapsed for a whole day of owner support, but we got right back in.
There's a little bit of admin work that we do and to us, it's a pretty standard phone system. Most of the time, we use it for emailing our voicemails to the employees. We have a dedicated sales team that also uses it for inbound and outbound sales. We use it for a lot of internal calls as well. So far, I've had a painless experience with Fonality and I would recommend them to my friends and business associates.
James what a fabulous review!! Thank you so much for your detail. We are so glad that you have been a continued Fonality user!!!
It was through another Allstate agent that I've learned about Fonality. I use it for inbound and outbound calls and use their HUD feature the most. Any interactions with Fonality have been pleasant enough and they're always helpful.
Great to hear! Thanks Zack
It’s been difficult to set up, but everybody has helped. I talk to customer service probably once a week and they usually help or escalate my problem to get help. The Fonality phone system is a necessity in my business. We do outbound calls and can reach customers. I recommend Fonality.
We apologize the set up was difficult, but super glad to hear your system has become a necessity! Thank you Nicole for your review!
We're an Allstate office and a lot of the all state offices have started to use Fonality Business Phone Systems to integrate with their customer management systems. What was appealing was when incoming calls and numbers are recognized by our client management system, it automatically opens the files up and it displays who's calling. It's standard office use and their people were all very nice. We've had a lot of problems with Fonality with the being down, and the eFax service would go out and you wouldn't know about it until customers start yelling at you. They have a long laundry list of IT tickets that have to be opened for our account. The billing system's a nightmare and the transition to new billing system. When it's working, its a pretty good system. But in the history of our agency using their services, there are quite a few issues with the system. It's not reliable for the long haul.
John, we would like to forward our apologies for the inconveniences you have experienced over your time with Fonality. We truly do value your business, and more importantly your feedback. This allows us to learn and better serve not only our wonderful Allstate customers, but all our customers. We have reached out and spoken with your sales rep and she will be reaching out to insure we address any outstanding issues.
We use Fonality Business Phone Systems for outbound phone lines. On the whole, it's okay but I found out that they have this thing called web HUD. We're purely cell phone customers and we have no hard phones at all so for us, the whole software is the selling player and it's free! They didn't tell us about it and when I talked to the rep, he said he could assign some license if we want it. Overall, it was good or adequate. It's not bad enough to make me do anything crazy, but not good enough to tell the world that Fonality is the greatest thing I've ever used.
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We decided to go with Fonality because it is a kind of companion software to another software we use (AbacusLaw) and it integrates with that software. Our previous phone system that we had for about 20 years was the basic, non-internet-based kind. Some of those old-fashioned kinds of phones are much more reliable even though the newer technology gives us a lot more features and we do like the concept of internet-based phone system. Hence, I'm not real happy with Fonality.
We usually use the HUD feature, which is on our computer monitors so that we can see who's on or not the phone. It's all generated by computer and it's a nice feature. But we've had some issues with Fonality with regards to some major screeching sounds when we intercom back and forth between office personnel. The person who is calling occasionally hears a very loud screeching sound before he/she even connect to the other person. When the other person picks up or answers, the screeching sound goes away. It's very annoying. Our receptionist, who does most of the phone interaction within the office, has ringing in the ears. We rewired our phones within the building this weekend since it's an old one so maybe it's a hardware issue with wiring. We spent around $13,000 for this, hoping that it was the root of the problem. However we're still getting the screeching sound.
Fonality people have been working with us. The support staff have been really friendly, however they've never been able to correct it. It's a major problem which is very frustrating to me so this issue might have colored my whole opinion of Fonality. I'm recording a lot of the events. My intent was to calling Fonality today or tomorrow and blast them again with my complaint about this particular issue. We're a law firm so our phones are a big integral part of our day-to-day business.
Henriette, please accept our apologies for the inconveniences you and your team have experienced. We value your business, and most importantly your feedback for it allows us to learn and better serve. I have reached out and spoken with your sales rep and he will be reaching out to insure we are in full understanding of the “screeching sounds” as I do understand we had a Sales Engineer onsite to diagnose this issue and ensure that we get to the bottom of the screech. Your feedback is very important to us and we thank for allowing us to provide the chance to show you the service levels we can and do provide to our customers is top notch.
Our phone system went down and an employee told me about Fonality. Now we have it and we're using the system for all types of calling. The HUD was the feature that we used the most. Being able to use the call queue, the transfer, the call parking, and the ease of transferring phone calls is very nice, though it's very difficult in the beginning. We had our problems but we worked it through. Now we've figured it out and we're very happy with it.
John super glad to hear you are enjoying all the features of HUD!
We have Fonality for general office use and I get the same service that I’ve always had. But as for the Fire and Rescue company that I manage with Fonality, it was a huge change for us because we went from little landlines to the full out business phone systems. So we were able to transfer between stations. A chief can be at one station at his desk and another chief could be at another station at his desk, and they’re able to just pick the phone and dial an extension instead of trying to dial a number and wait for somebody to answer the station and tell the chief that the phone call’s for him. So big improvement from where we were to where we are now. It was a good experience.
Josh, A huge thank you to you and your team for their Fire and Rescue services. Fonality is honored to have you and your team as loyal customers!
I had a very stressful experience with Fonality. I hate their sales person because when I explained to her that my phones were not working, she said they'll give me new phones but what she did in reality was open up a new whole account under my business name. I just found I got charged double so I asked them what happened and they said I have two accounts but I told them I only have one. It took me about a week to get my money back and it finally got all sorted out. The phones that didn't work is a different issue. I sent those phones back so I'm still waiting for a credit to come back to my account.
I’ve also worked with technical support. One of my personal phones in the office had a problem so I called IT but they had no idea what's going on with the phone. They put me on the second line which has caused a bunch of phantom calls coming to my phone. The problems are still not resolved. Another issue still isn’t resolved with one of my employee’s phones on the software, on the softphone feature. It hangs up on customers. We've been fighting with them since I got Fonality but I'm looking into another service right now.
I do inbound, outbound, customer assistance and office calls with the system but what I mostly used is the HUD feature. We have experienced issues with Fonality that we're both on our side and on the PBX side. Those issues range from service outages to seeing phantom phone calls in our conference lines. But for the most part, these were resolved fairly quickly and the response has been pretty good.
Fonality was referred to me by another co-worker. We chose it because of the ease of the program and I liked what it had to offer. The phone system has helped us get additional phone numbers - when someone calls in, we're able to know that it's a number we don't have on file. It helped us keep our records updated. We also use the call forwarding when we have the hours of the day that we are closed. Fonality is very helpful to help you through situations.
That is great news thank you for sharing your feedback with us Susan!!!
We do more of outbound sales calling with Fonality and use its conference feature the most. They’ve always been good to help me with whatever I need so anytime I ask for something, it’s gotten done right away. They're pleasant and very timely, I have no complaints.
Greatly appreciate Joe. We are so glad to hear you are enjoying the calling features! If there is anything you can think of to improve your Fonality experience please feel free to email us at socialmedia@fonality.com
It's through Allstate that I learned about Fonality. We do inbound and outbound calling and the tracking caller productivity feature is the most we use. The team at Fonality is very responsive. They are very helpful and attentive, and so far the service is good.
Fabulous Hany! Glad to hear that you are enjoying your system and your service with us!
We essentially used the telephoning components of the Fonality system for inbound, outbound and for office use. However, it didn't help improve our business and it didnt work for our organization. We're in the process of transferring our system outside of Fonality phone systems. Meanwhile. interactions were good with the Fonality team. Our sales guy, George was responsive. Apart of him, Adrian was responsive and easy to work with as well. But voice quality was not good and dropping of calls throughout midstream in phone calls is a big issue. Whether it was Fonality, the SIP trunk provider, or any service that helped guide the infrastructure, we had too many hands in the pot so it didnt work for us.
My experience with Fonality has been alright. On a scale of 1 through 10, it would be a 7. It's the ease of working on the HUD.
Thank you for your review Rick. If there is anything we can do to improve our services from alright to amazing we would love to hear your thoughts. Please email us socialmedia@fonality.com
My brother told me about Fonality. I just use a cell phone and don’t have very good cell service at the office so I got them. They have better service inside. I use them for both inbound and outbound calls as well as call forwarding. Their training was in depth and easy to understand. Overall, it was seamless and easy.
We are out find your brother to thank him for the referral!
From the moment that I started my office, I've had Fonality. We use it for inbound and outbound calling for telemarketing and use the chat feature amongst the staff the most. I've talked to the tech support department countless times and they were knowledgeable, courteous, and able to answer all of my questions. The system is very glitchy. There's always something we have to deal with - the calls won't come in, can't make outgoing calls or calls are being dropped.
Monica thank you for your review. We have made sure to send your feedback directly over to your account rep and she will be sure to reach out ASAP to ensure that she address all questions and get any current issues you and your office are having resolved.
Fonality is a good service for our office. We mostly use its HUD system. But, the hold time if you have to call them and get service is a little long. Other than that, it's fine. For the most part, everything was good and I have recommended them.
Thank you so much Brandi!!
I heard about Fonality through a business partner. I use its phone feature mostly for outbound calls. So far, it’s been a good experience with them.
We appreciate the kind words and hope that you continue enjoying all the features!
Fonality is very efficient. We use their call parking, call pick-up and the chat features the most because we are a multi-location company and we have the ability for all the phones to ring at the same time. Their team has always been great and everybody is very helpful in getting our issues resolved if we do have any.
Jamie we appreciate your time to share your review. Elated to hear that you're enjoying all the features that Fonality offers including the ever so handy Chat feature. We will be sure to let the team know to keep up the good work.
We chose Fonality because of high customer rating. We used Genesis before and I hated it but I like Fonality. They have great products, great service, and 24-hour support. The sales people are straightforward, honest and knew exactly what I was getting and what I was not getting which is the exact opposite of Genesis. We use the HUD Web and integrated it with sales stores and use the app on mobile phones.
There was one time when I had a problem recently and contacted them. They tried to help but I figured out a solution myself. They followed up and I told them I had figured it out. They were unbelievably apologetic for not being able to solve the problem themselves, which was really nice and I felt a little bad for the person as they really wanted to help. On the straightforward things, they are great and once in a while on a more complex issue, you need to call more than once because sometimes someone can't figure it out and the next person can. Generally, you can always get the problem solved with one call.
Philip your review is wonderful!! We are glad to hear you are utilizing all the products Fonality offers to the fullest!
Wit Fonality, we have the freedom to change extensions easily and set it up to redirect the calls. Overall it was a good experience.
So glad to hear you are having a great experience Paul!
Fonality is the first VoIP system that we've had. The HUD module and the functionalities of the call menu are great features that we use to monitor calls. I’ve had multiple calls with them if something needs to be tweaked or changed and the support staff is always available and very good at getting any issues resolved.
Troy so glad to hear your love of HUD!
We use Fonality for local or business calls and we mostly use the extension feature. The team is always great and very helpful.
Holly thank you for the review!
In the beginning, it was a little rocky with Fonality. We had a couple of problems that took a lot of interaction and time to get resolved. We started in February, found what the issue really was beginning of August, and maybe finally resolved September. A lot of could be this or that and temporary patches. What it came down to be is that the router that they recommended, what we were using, wasn't up to par. It was always operating at or just above capacity, which caused other problems with our phone system. Others were probably experiencing the same problems, so Fonality changed the type of router that they've been recommending. They did credit me with the money that I paid for the other router towards this new router, and we haven't had any problems since we've upgraded.
Garland our apologies for all of the technical issues when getting started. Glad to hear that with the new router in place you and your team have not had any issues since. Your business is important to us and we appreciate the time you took to work with our team to ensure you were properly taken care of.
This is our first business phone system. We had a phone system before but it wasn't through internet. We have to call the team at Fonality every single time we have to change our voice message, anytime we have a day off and have to schedule something on our phone system. It’s very difficult to work with the system so we have to call IT every single time to try to figure out how to do that. But they always help us.
Natalie thank you for your review. So sorry to hear you are always having to call in when you need to change a message. If you haven't already please feel free to check out Fonality Academy. Classes set up cover managing your system with plenty of time for Q&A. Learn more here: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy.
We heard about Fonality through Allstate. It was one of the companies they had given us a list of Voice Over Internet providers. We use the record all feature quite a bit and the HUD. I had some issues with setting up the voicemail- out of office voicemails and they walked me through everything and got it all taken cared of. They were great, no complaints. Whenever we have an issue, we just call the 1-800 number and they take care of us right away. We've been very satisfied with Fonality.
This is wonderful! We are so glad to hear Fonality is a great fit Annette!!!!
So far, it's been good with Fonality. It works well and I don't have any problems with it. I would recommend it.
Thank you Michael! We are so glad to hear you are enjoying the system.
We use our Fonality system mostly for inbound and outbound calls and we run the HUD everyday. It's nice to be able to track people and track how many calls are made. One thing that's very frustrating about Fonality is we have a general mailbox which I cannot remotely listen to the messages if I'm not physically in the office. In this day and age, I don't understand why that can't happen.
My business partner used Fonality at his previous business. We got them and everything has been great. We use if for customer service, both inbound and outbound and like the HUD feature. Overall, we have been very pleased with both their product and service.
We are so glad to have you both as such wonderful customers.
It was difficult to get everything set up in the beginning. It was a stressful phase. We had to write a letter out to Fonality to which they responded to. Once all is said and done, everything has been good except for the HUD Web which wouldn't work on our computer even though they're all brand new. We have the old classic desktop one so every once in a while, we do the chat but for the main purpose, we haven't done too many of the features that I was more excited about. We've seen all the features when they showed us what the system can do.
Phillip, We appreciate your review. We are sorry to hear about the stress you experienced during set up. We have reached out to your sales rep about HUD web to ensure we get this escalated asap so you and your team can have full access of the system.
The customer service at Fonality is terrible. I like the systems, they are great but when there's a problem, the customer service is pitiful. There is a lot of hold time and there's no quick turnaround.
Thank you for your feedback Brooke. We are sorry to hear you have experienced issues with our Customer Service. If there is anything we can do to improve our services we would love to hear your thoughts. Please email us socialmedia@fonality.com
We're still trying to figure some stuff out with our Fonality system but it seems to be working okay. It's mainly for office use. Some of my office staff have been in touch with their customer service and I haven't heard any complaints, which is typically a good thing. We've had some hardware issues with smaller phone systems that Fonality has been great about. They got stuff turned around and real hardware out but that has been a bit disappointing.
Thank you for taking the time to provide your review Marshall. We have reached out to your sales rep to reach out to you immediately to see how we can help address any additional issues you and your team my be facing.
When we bought the office a phone system was in there and we never had issues with it but their bill was a bit higher so we switched to Fonality. We get a lot of inbound calls and make outbound calls as well, but we don’t run reports and monitor calls since it’s only my business office manager and me that are there. I absolutely love the HUD feature and we use it frequently.
However it is hurting our business at this point. We’ve been having phone issues as it keeps going up and down for the last 5 weeks. The phones will go down and I’ll miss call after call. I won’t realize it until I had looked at the pull up HUD and see one of our phones are down. It keeps losing registration. I have been on and off with support and can’t seem to get anybody to help me. Nobody seems to know what’s going on and I’m losing business over it. I told them that I’m going to switch my service if they can’t figure it out. Once a day I’ll get an email and then I’ll respond back to the email, then I won’t hear from them again til the very next day, and it’s not been very good. I’m really disappointed at the service. But prior to this, I had no issues.
Thank you Melissa for your feedback. We are sorry to hear you have experienced issues with your phones. We cannot have you losing business and this is not the experience we want for our customers. We have notified your sales rep and plan to get this resolved to ensure your phones are ringing and your love of the HUD continues.
We had Fonality PBX and then went to another provider but we weren't happy with them so we went back to Fonality which is better. So far, everything's been all right. We had a couple of issues but nothing major. Their people are also good.
Wayne, thank you for your review and continued business!
I find Fonality's set up a little frustrating, but overall it's been okay.
Jeff, Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear about the frustrations you had during set up. We are making changes to that specific area and we appreciate you honesty.
Fonality's been fine although it was a little rough on the startup. But then, our situation may have been unique because so many things were going on in the office so it was hard to pick up on the system and get running with it. There are some features I have not even had time to figure out so I doubt we're using it to its proper potential. We’re still learning but I think it's the right system for us. For now, I'm trying to figure out how the system works and how to use it to my advantage and to the best of its capabilities. If only there's a way to make the startup easier and not throw too much information at you... then the more defined once you get used to it. But I'd still recommend Fonality.
Kelly thank you for your time and for your review. If you haven't already please feel free to check out our new Fonality Academy training. Classes cover setting up and managing your system with plenty of time for Q&A. Learn more here: http://www.fonality.com/fonality-academy.
We've been using Fonality for 8 years. We haven’t really changed in how we’ve used it in most of these years. We do have some of their call center feature and functionality, but we also operated in the same client environment - a virtualized one. I have looked at other vendors. And every year when my renewal comes up, I consider the possibility of moving to somebody else that has made some advancement in the last 8 years (the length of time we've been with Fonality). There’s been some improvements over the years, and the stability and reliability has been fantastic. But from the feature and function standpoint, there’s still a lot of things that I used to be able to do with the big-iron that I should have been able to do with Fonality.
Recently, I’ve had to interact with them for a long term due to some corruption on some of my phones. And then I had a major SIP trunking problem that lasted over 30 days and had to do some work with both the vendor of the SIP trunking and Fonality to make some changes on all the phone setups to better optimize the reboot time and where they’re loading their Grayson files from. The people that I’ve worked with from a support standpoint had been fantastic.
John first thank you for your 8 years of being a fabulous customer! We are sorry to hear you had experienced some technical issues with SIP trunking, however we a pleased to hear that support was on the ball for you.