Phone Medics Plus Makes House Calls!

At Phone Medics Plus, we pride ourselves on providing our customers the best service at an affordable price. We also strive to make your repair process as smooth and convenient as possible. That’s why we recently began offering our customers house calls for certain computer and home entertainment services.

At Phone Medics Plus, we know that it isn’t always easy to get your electronics to us for repair. Sure, a phone, tablet, or laptop can just be dropped off at our facility, but other things are harder to bring in. Desktop computers are bulky, and sometimes unhooking them and loading them into your car can be difficult. And some things aren’t really portable at all. If you’re having problems with your home wireless network or connecting a set-top box like a Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, or FireTV to your television, then coming to our facility isn’t really an option.

That’s where our house call service comes in. For a reasonable hourly fee, our experienced technicians will come to your house, evaluate your problem, and help you get everything working like it should be. We can help you set up, troubleshoot, or optimize your home wireless network, setup network printers and other devices, set up home entertainment systems like set-top boxes and game consoles, and more.

So, if you’re having problems with devices that you can’t bring to us, then give us a call and Phone Medics Plus will come to you.

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