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    Business ProfileforLocalTel Communications

    Telephones
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 3 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 1/5/2015

    Years in Business: 24

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    Communications

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    341 Grant Rd, E Wenatchee, WA 98802-5333
    BBB File Opened:
    7/19/2007
    Years in Business:
    24
    Business Started:
    11/5/1999
    Business Started Locally:
    11/5/1982
    Business Incorporated:
    11/5/1982
    Accredited Since:
    1/5/2015
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Alternate Business Name
    • E.Merge Communications
    • Emerge Northwest
    • Computer 5, Inc
    • E. Merge Northwest
    • E.Merge Technologies
    • E.Merge Telephone
    • Eastin
    • Emerge Telephone
    • Guardian Services
    Hours of Operation

    Primary

    M:
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    T:
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    W:
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    Th:
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    F:
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    Sa:
    Closed
    Su:
    Closed
    Business Management
    • Mr. Dimitri J Mandelis, President
    • Mr. John Seabeck
    • Mr. Eric Freimunth, Accountant
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Dimitri J Mandelis, President
    • Mr. John Seabeck

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Dimitri J Mandelis, President

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    09/29/2021

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    I was a customer receiving internet for two years. My service ended in June 2021. When I started my service in 2019 I was required to pay a refundable deposit. After ending my service in June, I first called to receive my deposit on July 12, 2021. I was told I would receive it by the end of the month. I have called a total of seven (7) different times to receive my deposit During these calls I have been told various excuses and time frames for receiving my deposit. At times I was told I would receive it within the next week at other times I was told I would receive it by the end of the month. On one call I was told that a mistake was made and it wasn't sent out but they would send it as soon as they got off the phone. Two different times I have been told that they missed the month's cutoff to send checks and I would have to wait until the end of the next billing cycle. I am tired of calling and requesting my money.
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    Customer Reviews

    3 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Joey A

    1 star

    11/01/2023

    Just spent the last year with problems with internet issues after I upgraded to 1 gigabyte of service. Since I had upgraded my service I didn't think that what was causing problems with my irrigation controller, wifi cameras, and or using the internet (spent countless hours on the phone with various tech support from these devices to figure out what was going on, but since our internet worked no thirdparty technicians could tell what was wrong with our various WIFI devices). I contacted Local tel when we discovered that our speeds were not showing the speeds we were paying for and they did get a service tech out and confirmed that all of the hardware was working properly, and by magic... we are nowing recieving the gigabyte of service we have paid for for over a year.When we asked if we could be given a partial credit for the fact that we have had paid for a gig and only recieving a 100 mbits. We were told we should have known that was what was causing the problem even though it Localtel themselves couldn't tell us what the problem was. On top of this the lady I spoke to was rude and hung up the phone before I could even get her name.Now I am going to have to spend the time to look for another internet provider on top of paying for a service that I didn't recieve for over a year.

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