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PortForward Reviews Summary

The company demonstrates a mixed reputation, with some customers praising the effectiveness of the software and the dedication of support staff who provide valuable assistance. Notably, individuals have reported successful outcomes when working with specific representatives. However, significant concerns arise regarding the overall reliability of the product, slow response times from customer service, and difficulties in obtaining refunds. Many customers express frustration with unresponsive support and the perceived lack of transparency surrounding the money-back guarantee. This combination of positive and negative feedback suggests a need for improvement in customer communication and product reliability.

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Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Staff went above and beyond to solve my issues. Product was easy to use for a novice

Date of experience: November 10, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great Support
November 9, 2015

I tried to forward my ports and I was really struggling. I paid for the support and Jason worked over a number of days until he got my ports forwarded. I know it was really difficult but he persevered. Great work, Thank you Jason

Date of experience: November 9, 2015
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Quick and effective help
October 30, 2015

Really good site which provides helpful advice really quickly. Especially valuable if you're like me and find things like DNS servers and WAN settings a complete mystery - they provide easy to follow suggestions and do all the work for you

Date of experience: October 30, 2015
Indonesia
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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The Best
October 28, 2015

This is a good site and software, i am not a computer or cyber expert i am just a ordinary people, but, with this software i manage to open my port, this is the second year i used PortForward, the support team very patient and quick response,

Date of experience: October 28, 2015
GB
11 reviews
18 helpful votes
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I tried to solve my port forwarding issues using blogs and utube and friends etc. all to no avail.
I saw the advert for port forwarding and I saw the cost so I struggled on, being a yorkshireman
I look after my money. Well i paid my money and met "tedie" who was the most helpfull and charming "people" you will meet. After quite a bit of chat back an forth the problems were solved. If you want a solution to port forwarding these are the people.
Johnthepensioner
Sheffield England

Date of experience: October 28, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Awesome customer service
October 25, 2015

Awesome support team they stay with you to the very end making sure you are all set up. Definitely recommend this product.

Date of experience: October 25, 2015
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ive been doing this port forward thing for a LONG time and each time was a fail from youtube videos on how to. To random people telling me steps no matter what it failed each time now I found this port forward thing and well I got there how tos. And didn't work still so I was about to give up on port forwarding then I saw they would do It for me after giving up on this porting thing I ended up saying "eh why not ive did everything else" and im very happy I did at first the "port forward network utilities" didn't seem to work at all I did it and it said they were "not open" and I was thinking I was scamed BUT the support they gave me and never stop helping me until they got it working YES they got it working they walked me though step by step asking me questions and were and are very nice so far best support ive ever had they found out what was wrong with my porting and they got me though it and fixed it with me if I must say best support ever along with best porting they have a long list that's always being updated and best part of all they support so many routers I was shocked and if they don't support yours they will ask what router you have then ADD support for it theres step to step guides a system made for messages so you can talk to the tecks right off the back they say it would be fast reply no longer then 48hours but dam most only toke like 6 to 14mins if you need help or need ports open I would say get this its worth it trust me if I could I give it 10 out 10 but stars go to 5 so eh lol none the less best thing I ever got on my pc has to be this =)

Date of experience: October 18, 2015
Ohio
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I purchased PortForward's software by the recommendation of several people who were able to use the free portion of the software to forward a port in their router. My situation was somewhat more complex (I am double routered) and I wasn't able to automatically forward the port, so I purchased the full version and communicated with Tedie over their support page to manually configure my routers to forward a port. It took several messages back and forth, but Tedie figured out the issue and I was thrilled to see that I was finally connectable with an open port on my double routered setup!

A few months had then passed and one of my routers was reset, and Tedie was able to quickly resolve the issue and restore the configuration through the support page, and my port was once again forwarded. Can not be happier with this site, the router software, and Tedie's help!

Date of experience: October 14, 2015
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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In this day and age of customer service were we see more and more companies and employees lacking what it takes, it is truly great to see that there are still companies and employees who care about their clients.

Tedie of Portforward is an example of this, he took the time to set-up an appointment with me and research an issue I continue to have with my modem. This was after I already had been having issues with my other service provider. I change to a new service provider and subsequently a new modem, he research it and add it to the list of modems now supported by Port Forward. Even after this I still had some issues and he kindly volunteer his time to log in remotely and determine what the issue was and more importantly corrected it.

I highly recommend this service and more importantly the people that stand behind it providing World Class service.

Thank you

Date of experience: October 13, 2015
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm not sure the software quality, but tech support guy works very well.
In my case, my network structure is a bit complexed but they gave me great advice and finally I could make it. So I think it worth to buy full software for their good supports.
By the way, screen share support is funny, I like it :)

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
Ohio
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Great service
October 11, 2015

PF was very patient with a novice in this area. Resolved problem very quickly and efficiently.

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have used the Port Forward utility for a few years and it always helped solve my issues. The guides and explanations are very well written and easy to understand, even for a non techie like me! However I encountered a problem recently when I purchased a new Asus router. I tried using the Port Forward utility to solve my problem with this new router, but mine was not listed as supported. I contacted technical support, fully expecting to get a very technical response to my query? I was pleasantly suprised to get the opposite. After a few exchanges of information, which I was gently guided through, my router was added to the list of supported ones and I was back in business. It was Tedie who helped me and I can't thank him enough for his help and guidance as well as his patience with my lack of knowledge. He has restored my faith in technical support generally. Superb job Tedie.

Date of experience: October 5, 2015
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I read some of the negative reviews for portforward and these people must have their own issues to cope with (lack of patience).
My Router was not on the list so the first thing that Tedie did was to find it and set it up in there system.
Then painstakingly over a week went through all my issues and helped to sort me out.
I am playing The Crew and its got massive connection problems inherent in their servers.
Tedie was always polite and kept trying to help regardless of how many dumb mistakes or silly questions I asked.
The money spent was worth it, if you are have a port forwarding issue do not hesitate, just by it and sort it out with these guys. 10 STARS

Date of experience: September 29, 2015
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I will be honest. At first I had a hard time because of the chat system can take some time to get each response. When the software wasn't working. Teddie was quick to make sure he got the software working. I admit I was a bit angry, but Teddie got to the bottom of the issue which took some work. Everything is working as should be.'

Thanks portfoward.com

Date of experience: September 24, 2015
Ireland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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What a brilliant company
September 16, 2015

Fantastic help from Tedie@ PF.com. So patient and helpfull great system tell al yur friends about it. ++++++.

Date of experience: September 16, 2015
Jason B. — PortForward Rep
over a year old

Hey Thomas, thanks for the kind words.

Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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IT took quite a long time, but today Tedie finally found a solution for my rare and complicated modem. I really very much appreciate his tenacity and patience. It took several weeks (and I was on holiday for a couple of them) and a few attempts but I have nothing but praise for Portforward's help. Everyone has been really pleasant too - which is not a given at all in a lot of online and download circles. Thanks again. Two thumbs up!

Date of experience: September 10, 2015
Romania
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Good experience for me
August 19, 2015

I bought their program to help with Port Forwarding and it solved my problem with the first use. I've had a great experience with them and would absolutely use them in the future.

Date of experience: August 19, 2015
Jason B. — PortForward Rep
over a year old

Hey Dan, glad to hear you got your port forwarded. Thanks for the nice feedback.

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Was having huge problems with getting my router to work and forwarding, so i contacted customer service and they have been working with me for a while and i't still wasn't working. They said they need to view my computer via a program and was worried about it but turned out to be really trustworthy and just did the job they are supposed to do. 100% trustworthy program and customer serve.

Date of experience: August 5, 2015
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Brilliant Software!
August 4, 2015

I have been using this software for the past few years and honestly its one of the most easiest and simplest software to use when it comes to Port Forwarding! Of course for those that wish to add the ports manually you can, but I still STRONGLY recommend in purchasing the full version of this fabulous software or use it as a 14 day trial. I wonder to why wasn't this type of software out many years ago, it would of made entering ports very easily. For those who wanna give a false review or say they are scamming, please use or understand the terms of how to use this software properly before jumping into conclusions. For me its seeing/using to believe it. If you also need help with it, then there are also many screen shots to help out a person, or if you want to get extra support from it then there is a smart talented staff waiting for you to take any help you need, as for me they have provided brilliant customer service also. I would HIGHLY recommend it to others! Thank you sooo much guys for developing this fantastic software! Excellent work guys, keep up the brilliant work!

Date of experience: August 4, 2015
NL
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I worked with Tedie in support and he was able to track down exactly why my ports were not forwarded. I feel like he really went the extra way to hold my hand. I don't know much about networks but I learned so much working with him.

Date of experience: August 2, 2015