I'm on Vonage and it works pretty well. Main issue I've hit is that it
doesn't seem to handle power burps well. I've had far fewer issues since
I stuck it, my wireless router and my cable modem on a UPS. Receiving
voicemail as email attachments is really nice but I guess they all do
that now. I don't use my home phone all that much so we got the 500
minute plan for $15 (about $19 with taxes etc). Thats 500 minutes
outbound and free inbound. They also have a nice thing with local
calling numbers so my parents call a local # in Ohio which rings my home
in Virginia so they don't have to pay long distance. Anyway, like most
IP based things, it's not perfect but it's good enough for general use.
CB
David Poehlman wrote:
I use vonage with little problems. I know of many others who use it as
well.
----- 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 7:01 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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