On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Steve Alligood <[email protected]>wrote: > > Many of the voip companies are still wiggling out of many of the > traditional telco taxes by classifying themselves as different mediums. > MagicJack will sooner or later have to pay the taxes, as will NetTalk. As > more and more customers bail on the traditional telco and go to VoIP, the > government will loose more revenue and close the loopholes that allow VoIP > companies to not pay. > > For example, Vonage got the government attention several years back and > had to add the taxes, then did what many telcos do and started adding > random fees to make a little more profit and trying to hide it in the list > of taxes. Ooma got hit about 18 months ago, and to their credit have only > charged the actual taxes they have to pay, and those only to new customers. > They have kept their word on original customers, and have done the minimum > with new customer in order to keep their business plan viable. I > appreciate that, and will continue to do business with them as long as they > continue to give a good service for a great price and act honorably. I > could do (and have done) a lot worse. >
Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate Ooma's policy of only charging taxes and fees, not trying to pocket additional and covering it as a "fee". I also have heard great things about them on and off this thread. I only mentioned the $4/mo because it's not truly "free". I would want all the facts before making a purchase, so I'm trying to provide any facts I'm aware of here in case it helps anyone looking at making a purchase. -Eric /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
