Anyone use VOIP?

[bkbenjy]

I switched to vonage about 6 months ago and I'm enjoying the savings. I used to pay 70 after taxes to verizon every month. Now I pay 38 after taxes. The service has been good.

I've been considering switching to an even cheaper phone service. I have seen some voip company's charging a lot less than vonage. Also these company's offer more features than vonage.


So I have 3 questions.

Do you use voip?
What company?
Are you satisfied with their service?

 

[jeff194]

I am in CT and use my cable company's VOIP. I have TV, Internet and phone. They give me a discount for all three, and the phone winds up to be $15.00 a month. I am very pleased, had it for two years and no problems. My son just bought an UMA hub for $180. and ported his number for another $40. No other monthly charges. He is very pleased. The thing with the UMA is to find an older model. The new ones are required to charge a monthly fee or tax, but the older ones are not, as far as I know.

 

[Bill in Utah]

I've been with Vonage for a few years and like them. Loved them when it was $22 per month PERIOD if you paid a year in advance.

Now you pay a year in advance and after all the taxes, fees and 911 stuff it is a little less than $32 a month.

Personally, I don't use the phone that much so I'd cancel it and just use Cell phones which cost me about 7 cents a minute no matter what/where I'm at. But the wife likes it.

Take care, bill

 

[Al]

I think Comcast's is the best from what I hear. Couple friends have it. I think its around 17 bucks after all the dust settles.

 

[Tempest]

I've used Vonage in the past it was fine. Currently use the cable company (bundle) and it also works fine. Quality is probably a little better than vonage.

 

[eljefino]

I have magicjack, $20/year.

Wife is keeping the landline, "for emergencies"

Ghetto Roadrunner "Lite" cable internet, 128k up, 756k down, MJ works fine on it. Has minor glitches like echoes very occasionally.

 

[Diesel_Clatter]

We have been using a company called Callcentric for about six months now.

It is a BYOD (bring your own device) company and you have to install and configure yourself. The instructions on their website are sufficient and I have found some more advanced tips on the internet.

Quality seems good with an occasional echo. Reliability has been good with one outage due to Callcentric and one due to our ISP (roadrunner).

I like being able to forward the 800 numbers that call our answering machine daily to an out of service message!

 

[Diesel_Clatter]

few more details...

costs us about $12/month with our fairly light phone usage

their web account management is excellent imho

 

[jeff194]

Originally Posted By: jeff194
I am in CT and use my cable company's VOIP. I have TV, Internet and phone. They give me a discount for all three, and the phone winds up to be $15.00 a month. I am very pleased, had it for two years and no problems. My son just bought an UMA hub for $180. and ported his number for another $40. No other monthly charges. He is very pleased. The thing with the UMA is to find an older model. The new ones are required to charge a monthly fee or tax, but the older ones are not, as far as I know.

Omma I misspelled it it is a omma.

 

[paulo57509]

I switched to PhonePower about 10 months ago. Their two year deal at the time was $15/month. Much better than the +$70/month for the land line. The adapter box was free.

My experience with their customer service is great. I had trouble with the initial setup and PhonePower was always available online and on the phone in real time. I didn't have to wait in line on hold either.

With any VoiP, 911 calls can be a little nerve wracking. When you call 911, the VoIP operator has to contact your local 911 call center and then they patch you through. It takes probably less than 30 seconds to do this, but when there's an emergency, it feels like several minutes.

 

[Concours14]

Vonage, Baby! It's my 978 area code in Massachusetts, in Va., and Tampa Bay. What's not to like? I can go play for MONTHS and no one that nags me needs to know I'm out playing golf, fishing or riding my motorcycle for weeks on end. That nagging, that jealousy that *I* play and *THEY* work doesn't enter the picture. Beee-oootee-full! Vonage is lovely!

 

[DragRace]

Switched this week,no regrets!