what ones offer byod?
(bring in your own device)
Hank
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From: "Mike Arrigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: Does anyone use Vonage?
I don't know if this is still going on, but I also heard that vonage was
facing several law suits for patent infringement.
On Jun 17, 2008, at 9:20 PM, Larry Wanger wrote:
I had a contract with them for 12 months and, if this gives you any
hint, I canceled with them on the first day I could. I had them ship me
two different routers because they kept breaking. In fact, that's two
after the one they first sent me when I activated the service. The 3rd
one broke at about 9 months in to the contract and I got sick of a phone
that never worked. I just let it go, paid 3 more months and then caned
them. The customer service was terrible as well. Good luck if you have
already signed up.
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On Jun 17, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
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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