Callcentric is another that lets you bring your own equipment for those of
us who might want to use a soft phone or something. I'm trying to get an
incoming number with them, but it's going on 2 weeks, they say they have to
order my area and it's backordered at the carriers. I hope they will give me
credit if a whole month goes by before I get it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Does anyone use Vonage?
From what I've read over the years, I'd probably use anyone but Vonage.
One quote on a VOIP board said something like that they had the "biggest
customer base money could buy" *LOL*.
A couple that you might want to check out are
www.viatalk.com (but be careful, I got nicely asked to either leave or
upgrade to the business plan because I called out more than I got calls
in and they said that my profile was "inconsistent with normal
residential use"). But in spite of that, I had excellent call quality
from them.
VOIP Your Life: www.voipyourlife.com has a good price, about the same as
Vonage, and I understand their service and support calls are actually
answered domestically without voicemail/IVR hell. Big selling point,
IMO. I'm giving thought to switching to them myself.
Packet8: www.packet8.net has also given me good service in the past. One
advantage is that they use a lower bandwidth codec. That also means that
call quality is about like your digital cellphone.
Sorry, can't remember the name of the company I signed up with after
Sunrocket went bust.
Oh, two more options:
Voicepulse: www.voicepulse.com is considered by many to be the Cadillac
of VOIP providers.
If you want a pay as you go service, check out
http://www.vitelity.net
1.4 cents/minute, all prepaid. Start your account with $35 and recharge
with whatever amount as needed. You can opt to have a phone number to
receive calls, or not, as you like.
Clearly there are several other choices, too, but those are the ones I
know a little something about.
On Jun 17, 2008, at 5:32 PM, John Moore wrote:
Hey. Well since Skype took away the unlimited plan, I'm going to try
Vonage. Is there software accessible with VO, or will I be using a phone
that they provide? Thanks.
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