Skyetel auto enables billable services without notice
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I ported a number in to Skyetel and never set anything up as I don't want to use it right now.
But they are billing me anyway for inbound calls.
This is totally not a surprise from a company that refuses to post real public pricing.
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Per google:
scam /skam/ nounINFORMAL 1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud. "an insurance scam" synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick, diddle; More verb 1. swindle. "a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"I would have to disagree, but, that is just my opinion, ymmv.
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To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
It is some default thing of theirs as I have not set up any kind of device or PBX to this account.
It is simply holding the number at the moment.
Calling the number you hear a very non typical system voice stating the number is not in service.
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@FATeknollogee said in Skyetel is a scam:
Per google:
scam /skam/ nounINFORMAL 1. a dishonest scheme; a fraud. "an insurance scam" synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick, diddle; More verb 1. swindle. "a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"I would have to disagree, but, that is just my opinion, ymmv.
fraud.
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@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
It is some default thing of theirs as I have not set up any kind of device or PBX to this account.
It is simply holding the number at the moment.
Calling the number you hear a very non typical system voice stating the number is not in service.
I bet you they are charging you because "something is answering" and minutes are being tolled. That'll be their response. . guaranteed.
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
It is some default thing of theirs as I have not set up any kind of device or PBX to this account.
It is simply holding the number at the moment.
Calling the number you hear a very non typical system voice stating the number is not in service.
I bet you they are charging you because "something is answering" and minutes are being tolled. That'll be their response. . guaranteed.
I realize that. I know how this works. But this is their problem for accepting the call to a number with no destination configured. they could simply reject calls like this too.
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@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
It is some default thing of theirs as I have not set up any kind of device or PBX to this account.
It is simply holding the number at the moment.
Calling the number you hear a very non typical system voice stating the number is not in service.
I bet you they are charging you because "something is answering" and minutes are being tolled. That'll be their response. . guaranteed.
I realize that. I know how this works. But this is their problem for accepting the call to a number with no destination configured. they could simply reject calls like this too.
They could, but it's more profitable for them to charge you and anyone else who would accept this. I'll tell em to pound sand and refute the charges.
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
To ask, does these numbers have a voicemail attached to them that might be answering? and if so, are they charging you for that?
It is some default thing of theirs as I have not set up any kind of device or PBX to this account.
It is simply holding the number at the moment.
Calling the number you hear a very non typical system voice stating the number is not in service.
I bet you they are charging you because "something is answering" and minutes are being tolled. That'll be their response. . guaranteed.
I realize that. I know how this works. But this is their problem for accepting the call to a number with no destination configured. they could simply reject calls like this too.
They could, but it's more profitable for them to charge you and anyone else who would accept this. I'll tell em to pound sand and refute the charges.
I already did not like them because of their hidden true pricing.
But their published pricing is not abnormal, so they were worth a try.
But this is just theft. Also why is is -$10.11? Terminating those calls most certianly does not cost that much.
Nothing configured in their system.
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So to the all important question @JaredBusch are you dumping Skyetel? (please say yes)
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But... but.... they advertise here! They must be legit, right?
(I'm assuming they still have ads here, I saw them for a moment before I went right click -> block element since the ads here are sneaky and designed to circumlocute ad blockers)
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@RojoLoco said in Skyetel is a scam:
But... but.... they advertise here! They must be legit, right?
(I'm assuming they still have ads here, I saw them for a moment before I went right click -> block element since the ads here are sneaky and designed to circumlocute ad blockers)
Yes, they jumped right into an advertising campaign here after the first conversations about them and their hidden pricing.
Somehow, @scottalanmiller claims it isn't hidden.
/me looks at ad. Yup. Somehow.
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I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.
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@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.
Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.
Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .
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@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
Somehow, @scottalanmiller claims it isn't hidden
Where did I claim that? I agree that I don't like hidden pricing. I said that the pricing was good if you talked to @Skyetel - not that it wasn't hidden.
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
Yes, they aren't actually ads. Just images.
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@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
@DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:
I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?
Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.
Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .
Not sneaky at all. PiHole only blocks ad hosting services, not pictures. Using ad hosting services is sketchy, not having pictures.
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@scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:
@JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:
Somehow, @scottalanmiller claims it isn't hidden
Where did I claim that? I agree that I don't like hidden pricing. I said that the pricing was good if you talked to @Skyetel - not that it wasn't hidden.
Then tell us about it. Because you also never posted any information on pricing in the previous threads.
If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/18265/voip-provider-skyetel/32
