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Talk America





As we understand it, Talk America started out in life as AOL Talk, then became Talk America, then an independent company catchily called Talk America Holdings Inc. It was then taken over by Cavalier Telephone.

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Cavalier Telephone Buys Talk America

Whatever it is, it seems to have some of the same problems as its onetime parent, AOL. Namely, it's hard to cancel, tough to work out billing disputes, difficult to get customer service and really tricky keeping up with all the fees and surcharges.

Here are a few of the more recent complaints ...

Evelyn of Joliet, IL December 26, 2006


On November 27, 2006 my account was doubled-debited for the same invoice. Since that time I have sent 10 faxes, made 15 calls to customer service and no results. Each time I talk with someone they give me a different answer. It is now the 27th of December and I have yet to get anyone to acknowledge that they have received my faxes, let alone put the money back into my account.

One manager told me that I should write a letter to the president and ask him for more staff because he could not dig through 250 faxes to locate and resolve my problem. In addition, each time I call, I spend at least 5 minutes waiting to speak to someone. Then, the customer service representatives put me on hold, without telling me, and I have waited for as long as 20 minutes for a manager to pick up the call. I have also had scheduling problems. The service technician came to install the line; told me it was working only to find out that it was not working. The service technician then told me that it was my fault because I should have checked the line myself. I have over 75.00 in overdraft charges as result of Talk America not putting money back into my account; and that figure is getting bigger.

Kathryn of Westland, MI August 25, 2006


I cancelled my telephone servie, in its entirety, on 5/16/05. I spoke with a service representative when that cancellation did not take effect on July 27th. I was told that my final bill was 21.13. I made an immediate on line payment. Subsequently I received a collection notice and another bill for 26.98.

Becky of Clinton Township, MI August 14, 2006


My husband and I have been trying to cancel our Talk America phone line for over a month. The first time I called, the service rep told me it would be shut off in 12 days. It still has not been shut off and it has been a month since that phone call. I tried to call again last week and the service rep, Julian-19493, told me it would be shut off that night. Four days later my phone is still on.

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