[Hidden-tech] best phone service?

[Giannina Granata Silverman]

Hi folks,

I was really annoyed last year with getting hammered for $50-$60 a month 
by Verizon for my home office.
I had a cable modem through Comcast, but after doing tons of research, 
the phone plan I opted for was Vonage.

Alot of the plans through various Internet phone companies have similar 
pricing for unlimited plans, but Vonage offers a plan that's 500 minutes 
of unlimited North American calls, which I hardly ever use all the 
minutes. It costs me roughly about $16-$17 a month after taxes. As you 
can see, I pocket about $45 that would have otherwise gone into greedy 
hands of Verizon. (Do I sound angry?)

At first, I thought the call quality wasn't very good. But when I 
switched from a cordless phone to a corded phone, it sounded great. The 
problem was not the service but the phone. My clients don't know the 
difference. It was super easy to install. Just plugged my phone into the 
router Vonage supplied me with, and plugged the router into my cable 
modem. Bam. Internet phone.

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I am never looking back. Take that, Verizon.

PS. The only drawback--I couldn't keep my old phone number. That's 
really only available in Metro areas...

PPS. Vonage has awesome web-based control panel, and voice mail. Forward 
your calls anywhere....
and get your VM through your email, if you so desire.




Val Nelson wrote:

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> Anyone have an opinion on Vonage and Comcast phone services as 
> alternatives to Verizon? I've heard Vonage is unreliable at times and 
> since Comcast is a similar system, I wonder if that will be true for 
> them as well. They claim they don't have the same problems but I'd 
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Giannina Granata Silverman
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