Pingo.com is an international telecommunications website dedicated to immigrants all over the world who need to call home. Our mission is to bring you and your family and friends closer together, no matter the distance that separates you, by offering the lowest rates on your international calls. For more info, visit the website:Calling RatesHow to callCreate New AccountSupportCalling with Pingo.com works like the most economical alternative to any calling card. If you prefer calling without using any Internet connection, you can use an Access Number.Calls can also be placed through the Pingo app, which is free to install on your smartphone. The iOS and Android applications can be used to call without having to dial any access number and even any phone number at all. Once logged in, you can use your phone Contacts to place direct calls.
Pingo.com (pingo.com) has 221 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.3 out of 5.
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pingo.com
Category
Computers & Phones
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Listed on Five Star Index
2026
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both times I purchased eSIM for Japan use and one for Philippine use but both did not work. There is no detailed instructions on how to use/set-up the eSIM once onsite. Wasted money. I will never use Pingo or eSIM they are providing.
Response from Pingo.comApr 5, 2024
Hi Orlando,
Sorry for the inconvenience! We do provide detailed instructions on how to activate/install an eSIM in our Help Center, plus our Support Team is available 24/7 for any questions or concerns.
Our agents will be in touch shortly, for further assistance.
Thank you for notifying us about this and please don't hesitate to contact us whenever needed.
SH
Seyed H.
Very bad
Very bad ! I paid my bill but I can’t call anybody!
Response from Pingo.comMar 25, 2024
Dear Seyed,
Thank you for choosing Pingo.com.
The App is working fine on our end. However, please take into consideration that the quality of the calls relies on your internet connection, device settings, and sometimes the network of the person to whom you are calling.
Here are the first checks to get the best call quality from the App;
(1) ensure that the app is updated to the latest version
(2) ensure that the device you are using has been updated to the latest software
(3) ensure that your internet connection has a good upload & download speed (at least 100 kbps) and is connecting to our servers.
(4) ensure that you set your caller-ID for the App. Customers who have their caller ID set report a higher successful connection rate and higher call quality.
(5) ensure that you do not have any VOIP restrictions from your internet provider
Check those steps above and try calling again.
If you still experience issues, below are some more advanced steps that might help solve the issue:
(1) Try to log out, delete the app, power off your phone/device and power it on, and then reinstall the app.
(2) Restart your internet connection or check the router as sometimes it can act as a "firewall", blocking the VoIP calls.
(3) If after checking option 2 you are still facing the same issue, we advise you to contact your internet provider and check the internet speed with them. The lines showing the signal strength indicate only the wireless router signal, however, the internet speed is given by the internet provider.
(4) You can also try to use the service with a 3G/4G connection as long as you have enough data with your mobile operator.
However, you can call using an access number from the list if there is one available for your country and area.
https://www.Pingo.com/access_numbers
We appreciate your patience.
Drop us a line if you need further assistance with this.
For any other inquiries, check out our Help Center at:
https://www.Pingo.com/help_center.
NA
Nah
Stop
Enough of this
Response from Pingo.comMar 4, 2024
Dear user, could you please share a brief description of the problem? We would love to look into this and help out, but we need to identify the issue in order to get to the bottom of this.
Please note you can always contact our Customer Support, available 24/7 through the Support page: https://pingo.com/contact
KH
Khadija
They keep reducing the minutes on the…
They keep reducing the minutes on the call. For a $10.00 card, one can now talk for only 21 minutes. It used to be way more than that to where I call.
Response from Pingo.comDec 8, 2021
Dear customer,
Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention.
Indeed in September, the calling rates for Sierra Leone went up from 42¢ to 47.5¢/min for calls to mobile numbers. Still, we don't expect any other increase and this change was done after a long time of trying to keep the rates at the same level, while not compromising quality.
We recommend you try Pingo Platinum, which will allow you to enjoy lower rates for a very small monthly fee: https://pingo.com/international-calls/Sierra%20Leone
We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your business.
Pingo.com
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Abir M.
Pingo is not accessible from the UK
Some time ago, I would have given a 5 star rating. I have been a customer since 2004, and I have many friends and family now signed up with Pingo because they found me happy with the great service.
For a month or so now, I am not being able to use Pingo. I have money in my account, so does others in my family. We are all getting nowhere with Pingo. None of the numbers they have provided work these days.
We called up to explain the issue and we were sent a form letter detailing how to use Pingo, which anybody using this service would already know.
Then I emailed with the following:
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" I am getting three responses:
When I dial 08000015814 I get
"This number is not in service" or
"We are experiencing high call volumes, please call later"
And when I call 01223655507 I get
"your authentification has failed" even before I have keyed in my 10 digits.
The errors I am getting are new, and hence my concern. I am not being able to use this service at all. Would you please let me know what to do? is ther any other access number that you have for calling from the UK?
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I haven't heard back from Pingo yet!
So I am not sure I can trust Pingo anymore
UPDATE:
This is an update in response to the response provided by PINGO.COM to my my first review posted on Dec1, 2019.
Doesn’t matter which account I use, I get the same Pingo Experience, not the 95% positive as this provider purports their service to be. Still can’t make any call.
Response from Pingo.comDec 3, 2019
Hello,
Since we noticed you have 2 accounts with us, one of our agents replied to your email asking what number you're using the service from, in order for us to figure out which account you're using. But we didn't get your reply. Please contact our Customer Support team over the phone, so we can communicate more easily. You can find our number here: https://pingo.com/contact#company-tab-content
Your Pingo team
I am a customer of Pingo probably around 5 years now. Initially, the service was realtively more realiable, with few problems here and there. Last 2 years, the service became incerasingly very unrealiable. Last couple of years, there were multiple service outages for long time segments that I couldn't put any phone calls up to a half day. When I was able to make a call, the quality was very poor, that the conversations became very difficult. I use to email them about the problems, They were apologizing and offering some credits, and following few more days of acceptable level of service. Then, everything was sliding back to poor service. After I gave a negative review for their cell app, things got even worse. When I contacted them again about the poor service, the representative (Brian Hawkins), without listening the problems, directly asked me if I am willing to change my review about their App, When I refused it, he said 'If you are not happy about the service, maybe this company is not for you" .
I couldn't put it better myself. I agree with him hundred percent. I think this company is not for me or other people who are looking for a realible service and decent phone connections.
Response from Pingo.comOct 3, 2018
This situation is unfortunate as the Pingo service team does work hard to maintain a 95% customer retention rate since launching Pingo back in 2004. We tried to reach out three different times over several months to be given a fair chance to address this customers previous concerns expressed in a review online.
Recently this customer demanded $30 in compensation for a recent calling issue. After investigation we credited for the calls in question in the amount of $4.46.
We try to provide exceptional service and guarantee call quality. But all we ask in return is to be reasonable and give us a fair chance to address your concerns. Our attempts to try to resolve his concerns went without a response. In the end the customer requested to close his account and we refunded the balance in full.
See previous email sent:
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: Brian at Pingo about your app review
Hello (Customers Name Removed),
I made a note to follow up in about a month and glad to see you’re still using the service to call Turkey at our lowest Pingo Mega rates.
Pingo is a trusted service for over 10 years that I helped launch this product and we would like a fair chance to address your concerns raised.
Since we began in 2004, Pingo has provided hundreds of thousands of customers with our top quality International calling service. And we continue to do so, only smarter, easier and more accessible with this new Pingo Mobile app that we have invested a considerable amount of effort and resources to launch this app to replace Pingo EZ Dial.
So we have reached out to you to set up a meeting with our product team to demo the apps new capabilities and to clarify your dialing concerns.
I see customer service did give you Ahmet a $2 credit that was added to your account on the same day you notified us of this app install. We also recently gave you Ahmet a $20 complimentary credit back in January for when an Access number was temp no longer available and you needed to use an alternative number to dial in.
So we have made an effort to show our appreciation for your business since 2015.
Can anything be done to reflect our business in a better light online to please kindly consider editing your review of the Pingo service?
- Brian
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Nikki
Service under maintennace 22 hours from …
Service under maintennace 22 hours from 24.Not recomend
Response from Pingo.comFeb 16, 2018
Nikki,
I’m sorry that you did not experience the level of service and call quality that we try to provide all Pingo customers since 2004.
Pingo, an iBasis KPN Company, provides dedicated US multi-lingual customer service 7 days/week. Rest assured that our network offers superior quality, reliability, and the most competitive rates in the market.
We hope that if you ever have a concern or an issue, that you’ll reach out to our dedicated customer service team to address any concerns you may have in the future.
- Pingo Service Team -
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Not a Real Name but a real C.
They used to be good
Service has gone downhill. They now automatically bump you from free account status to charging you the highest level of fees.
Response from Pingo.comOct 1, 2015
ATTENTION READERS
Pingo is a trusted service for over 10 years and can confirm that we have always charged a monthly fee of .98 cents since 2004. However we launch a no monthly fee plan back in October 2013. See details at http://www.pingo.com/blog/index.php/plans/
The Pingo Premium plan doesn't require a monthly plan fee has a 180 days validation period in the terms and conditions. If the account is not used within this time, the system will automatically convert your plan to Pingo Platinum which requires a $0.98 monthly plan fee. However, if within the 180 days you do make a call, or a purchase, the validation period will extend another 180 days.
If for some reason you do not need to make a call or make a purchase, before the account converts a customer will receive an email regarding the conversion 7 days prior and on the day off the conversion to try to avoid this fee.
Rest assured that the phone service is legit with exceptional customer service. Since Pingo is a service of iBasis a KPN company which delivers over 2.0 billion minutes of International calls a month. The iBasis network is your assurance of superior quality and reliability—in addition to the most competitive rates out there!
Pingo also has a dedicated US multi-lingual customer service team available 7 days a week for 14 hours a day. We hope you’ll reach out to our dedicated customer service team to address any concerns you may have in the future.
