[ale] [OT] VoIP recommendations

[Richard]

On Thursday 31 March 2005 01:58 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
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> > Hey, I know that there was a meeting on this, but I am looking at
> > getting away from my cell phone and I was thinking about going to a
> > landline, but I think I'd rather go with VoIP given all of it's
> > advantages.
>
> I'm not sure I understand getting rid of your cell phone, you have dsl
> in your car? :)
>
> > Having looked through, I thought that this was something that was
> > discussed on the mailing list, but I can't seem to find it in the
> > archives.  I know that at the meeting people were saying to avoid
> > Vonage.  Other then the 911 issues it experiences, I'm not sure why
> > it's such a "bad" thing.
> >
> > Can anyone that currently has VoIP tell me the best place to go in
> > terms of what they'd recommend and why?  Just curious.  Thanks.
>
> I'm using vonage.  I went with them because another ale member got a
> referral for it.  It just works.  I've had a few outages which did not
> last very long.  The downside is, you'll have a hard time getting to
> anyone on the phone.
>

Been using Vonage for almost two years.  Outages have been minimal.   Most 
recently Mine was out for several days when I screwed up my router.  99% 
of the time others cannot tell it's VoIP, the rest of the time they think 
I'm on a cell phone!

In the beginning it was easy to get vonage help on line or on the phone, 
lately that has been the ONLY problem I've had with them.  I've 
recommended them to my friends who are also happy with the service.

Bottom line, take a chance, you have no long term obligations so you can 
switch or cancell anytime.

Richard
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