*>>The sales guy said to cancel your service, and then you can come back as a "new" customer.*
Yes, that's how it works, apparently. I have successfully avoided tying my phone service to my Internet provider for years now. I like them decoupled because I can make decisions about each independently without losing discounts, etc. I did take service bundles that gave me phone service, but never used it for anything other than allowing my daughter to make calls without tying up the real line. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, I've had Vonage for about 4 years or so. Originally had their > unlimited $24.99 single line monthly plan that ended up costing about > $28.00 per month after fees and taxes. I called and asked if there were > discounts for paying in bulk. They said yes so I went with a 1 year > contract which put it back to about $25.00 per month with all the taxes and > fees in there. > > The catch was that they automatically renew it. I didn't want them to, > but they re-billed me for another year, we had a fight about it, and I had > to settle with them for $140 for services they charged me. So I left them, > lost my phone number and had no service for a few months while I was > shopping around (AT&T, Comcast package, etc.). > > No one seemed to be able to come close so I went back to Vonage. This > time I got their basic $14.99 / month package that has about 300 minutes > monthly. They sent me a new box and the monthly charges are about $17.00 > after fees. > > The fax seems to work better than it did with the old box I had which > sounds like the QOS is on the newer hardware. It didn't work very well > with the older box. > > I'm still trying to see about getting Comcast for the Internet, TV, and > phone (Midwest market), but they tell me their specials are only for "NEW" > customers. That really blows my mind, because I've had their Internet and > basic TV for almost 9 years. You would think they would want to keep loyal > customers and offer some incentives, but they don't. The sales guy said to > cancel your service, and then you can come back as a "new" customer. > > Don K > ------------------------------ > *From:* N Parr <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 9, 2012 8:35 AM > *Subject:* RE: MagicJack > > I've done quite a bit of research on fax/modem capabilities of VOIP > services. I was trying to find a solution that would give me a analog line > at a piece of equipment that had a modem for tech support to dial in to. > From what I can tell Vonage is the only service that a fax line works well > with and is somewhat supported. All the others are a cr@p shoot and if > you can connect will be flaky and almost unusable speeds. According to > what I read Vonage works because they do QOS on the device itself. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Senter, John [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2012 8:18 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: MagicJack > > I was also thinking of switching from Vonage to Magicjack because they > keep going up with fees and increases. Have you tested faxing yet? I do > not fax a lot, but with Vonage it has not been an issue, but reading the > post it looks like MJ may not be as reliable for multi-page faxing. > > *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:56 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT: MagicJack > > I switched over to MagicJack, got my existing number ported. All went > well. No complaints. Can anyone confirm that there are no hidden monthly > taxes or fees? I switched from Ooma because of that, and as far as I was > able to tell there shouldn't be any. > > > Thanks > *Christopher Bodnar* > Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology > Tel 610-807-6459 > 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 > [email protected] > > * > The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America* > * > *www.guardianlife.com > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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