[Hidden-tech] vonage comments?

[Matt Lampiasi]

hey Tom,

Been using it on my home and business for a couple yrs. Occasionally 
there's quality probs. I won tickets to Karrin Allyson 2 wks ago, and 
my  phone disconnected after I heard the magic words "they're yours!". 
That is very rare but  it was very very (very) annoying.

95% of the time its a tremendous value: I have saved hundreds, maybe 
thousands. I am tossing around the idea of getting a verizon line just 
for a local business listing (vonage=no local phone listing unless you 
do yellow pages), but looking at the prices compared to vonage, its like 
robbery. Hence I've been dragging my feet. I might keep a vonage line 
for long distance and get the $25.00 basic  verizon line, maybe. I guess 
you could say I'm neutral on the subject but I'm currently standing on 
the side of the line thats saving me money. My feeling is that for home 
use, if you have a backup cell phone, it's a no brainer.

You're right this comes up again and again. I have skipped adding 
comments the last few times as it's all been said. But these are my 
latest developments as it applies to voip.

Tom at Reelife Productions wrote:
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> hello all,
>
> I'm wondering what people's experience with Vonage (internet phone) 
> is.  I don't mean to open pandora's box again but, it's always nice to 
> hear your thought before I click "buy now".  Your comments would be 
> appreciated before I make the plunge into the digital depths  ...
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom Adams
>
>
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> On Apr 4, 2005, at 4:34 PM, A - Z International wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> best,
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>> AZ
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>>
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>>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 3:27 PM
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>>> Sorry - I can't pull this!!
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>>> Can you cut and paste?
>>>
>>> Az
>>>
>>>
>>> At 01:12 PM 4/4/2005, you wrote:
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