Momentum

The Steakhouse of TelCom - Hidden Gem

Comments: Our previous provider COULD NOT keep up with our UCaaS growth potential. Their system was OLD and antiquated. They wanted us to keep the partnership and move us to the "New" cloud PBX. They weren't there yet. There wasn't any redundancy, no flexibility to manage users quickly and NO e911 services. We're NOT a beta company. We NEEDED a solid UCaaS system which was cloud based that we could use for administration and have e911 capability. We seriously vetted through 5 company's and after checking all the boxes they all talked and seemed the same. I was actually numb from hearing the same thing over and over again. I was introduced to G-12 actually as a final resource. "YOU MUST Hear this guy [SENSITIVE CONTENT] tell their story of G-12 and what they have." Got on a conference call and let [SENSITIVE CONTENT] start his Demo and I asked him specifically. "[SENSITIVE CONTENT], why should I go with G-12 over all the others that I've had demo's with?". As soon as I saw the conviction in his face and him talk about how his team was i.e. provisioning, porting, support. This dude was passionate. I gave him top seat in my vetting process. I asked him to prove it. I was quickly introduced to his teams and listening to each one of them through out this process solidified my decision. With their provisioning team, porting team and support I'm now 1350+ users, 1200+ UC phones, 30+ Softphones, Teams Connections. I got EXACTLY what I asked [SENSITIVE CONTENT] team for NO FLUFF..

Pros:

As a TelCom engineer and system administrator, it's EXTREMLY important to have a plan. That plan revolves around my office staff's needs and the flexibility of the system to help make business decisions which makes my team and callers experience the best that can be. G-12 admin portal that sync's to Cloud PBX makes it SO SIMPLE to view, plan and strategize for growth and visualize call routing, make adjustments on the fly and most importantly have the provisioning team give me guidance and a REAL support and engineering team to be there when needed.

Cons:

We as Tech people wish that we had an out of the box, turn-key solution that works 100% to our favor. This is a GREAT wish list for all IT teams. There are a couple of items that I wish I could change, but these items are so insignificant and do not hinder performance to any degree. More of a cosmetic thing. For the sake of this portion of my review, I'll note - The admin portal is also cloud based. The admin panel has MANY pages and options to choose from like Users, Auto Attendants, Queues, Inventory, etc. A few of these pages I wish that we could change sorting features. I know, it's petty but sometimes, this gets annoying. Other than that, I don't have access to softphone users and management area of that just yet. It's coming but not just there yet.

G12 Teams Phone System

Comments: The team was easy to work with, friendly, and helpful. Despite some confusion, the overall experience was good.

Pros:

Support was easy to work with and helpful. Implementation costs are included in the monthly user license as is all support.

Cons:

Setup was confusing. They provide you with an initial Excel workbook and your project manager walks through it with you. The PM is not able to answer all the questions and the workbook doesn't have great instructions.

Never Use Momentum Telecom

Comments: On 4/18, my dad emailed Momentum Telecom that his firm was closing. He attempted to shut down the service. He is 73 years old. Momentum would not help.He sent formal notice via email on 5/14 that I was authorized. I called [sensitive content hidden] on 5/14. No one answered. I sent an email and called on 5/15. No one answered. I called the main line for Momentum. My father authorized me on the phone. They said only my account manager, [sensitive content hidden] , could help. They said she would call. No one called.After two days, I called [sensitive content hidden] and the main line again on 5/17. I made a formal complaint. I was transferred to someone who assured me someone would call. No one called. On 5/19, [sensitive content hidden] emailed that we owed an early termination fee of 3,143.87. I called and asked for an explanation of the bill. They told me someone would call. No one called.On Monday, 5/22, [sensitive content hidden] emailed that I was not authorized on the account. Dad reiterated that I was authorized. We asked for the original contract. [sensitive content hidden] emailed it to us. The contract was signed by a former employee who didn't have authorization to enter the firm into financial contracts.On 5/23, [sensitive content hidden] said she had had a full schedule, clarifying why she didn’t call. Then stated she could not answer questions about the final bill until 7/1.They called on 5/26. Dad promptly handed the phone to me. I asked why we were being charged 3200 when our monthly bill was 160. They were confused and said we owed them 1600 without explaining why.

Pros:

Not much. I trust that as customers start submitting reviews, the firm will go out of business.

Cons:

Poor customer service, poor communication, unethical, unprofessional

Great service

Pros:

Quality of service Price Flexibility Professional and friendly company

Cons:

None that I can think of as I’m happy with g12.

Great product

Pros:

G12 uses the same Yealink platform that I have used for other phone providers. Moving over to G12 has been seamless. There was no need to learn a new system.

Cons:

There are a few features that are available on my other Yealink platform that are not present with G12. Text to speech voicemail and forwarding the main line from the phone inventory list. Though there is a way to forward the phone number through the software, it requires a few extra steps.