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On Mar 31, 2005 8:42 PM, Richard <ratcheson at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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