Vonage

[male20674]

I have noticed alot of advertising for vonage and other VOIP services lately. Does anyone have and experiences (good/bad) with them?

 

[mkd20012001]

Vonage is awesome. I've had it for 1 1/2 years. We have never paid anymore than $28.00 a month and that is with tax. You get ur first month free and anytime u refer someone you get another month free. You get unlimited long distance across the u.s. and some other foreign countries nand all kinds of features. I would highly recommend it!

 

[Gwydion]

I have noticed alot of advertising for vonage and other VOIP services lately. Does anyone have and experiences (good/bad) with them?

No vonage here. I do however run a vent server. If somebody needs me they just log in and scream until I come to my mic.

 

[male20674]

are special phones and equipment needed?

 

[mkd20012001]

u can use any kind of phones u want and they send u the equipment u need (a router or whatever it is called). its easy to set up.

 

[aps45819]

I would highly recommend it!

Since I got DSL, I switched my phone service to one of the minimum rates and found a long distance carrier on loweremybills.com

I pay about $20 a month for ALL phone service, can't see where I'd save anything by going to $28 a month for long distance only.

 

[mkd20012001]

Since I got DSL, I switched my phone service to one of the minimum rates and found a long distance carrier on loweremybills.com

I pay about $20 a month for ALL phone service, can't see where I'd save anything by going to $28 a month for long distance only.

do you have to pay extra when u use the long distance?

 

[Kerad]

I've had Vonage for 2 1/2 years now...nothing but great service the whole time. I've never had one problem.

The rates are dirt cheap (cheaper than Comcast's VOIP)...even the overdseas rates are pretty tough to beat. (5 cents/minute to Australia )

Also, the overall voice quality is as good as a regular phone line. Of course you have to have a good broadband internet connection. For this reason, I only reccommend it if you also have a cell phone...on the off-chance you have an emergency and your cable is out.

 

[aps45819]

do you have to pay extra when u use the long distance?

I'm paying the $15 a month minumim service from the phone company and my long distance is usually under $5 a month, had about 40 minutes on it this month and that ran it up to $7

Check out lowermybills.com for long distance carriers, think I'm paying about .5 cents a minute fo all out of state calls.

 

[mkd20012001]

Since I got DSL, I switched my phone service to one of the minimum rates and found a long distance carrier on loweremybills.com

I pay about $20 a month for ALL phone service, can't see where I'd save anything by going to $28 a month for long distance only.

it's not just for long distance, local, long distance and all the features are included for about 28.00 a month.

 

[Sharon]

We have Vonage, it's great!

You can keep your same phone(s) and phone number. When we signed up they had a $15 and a $25 plan.

 

[aps45819]

it's not just for long distance, local, long distance and all the features are included for about 28.00 a month.

:shrug: that's still more than I'm paying now

 

[mkd20012001]

it's not just for long distance, local, long distance and all the features are included for about 28.00 a month.

but thats beacuse you dont use much long distance, so it wouldnt save u any money.

 

[male20674]

so it seems only a good deal if you do fair amount of lond distance calling?

 

[CMC122]

We use Lingo It's the same as Vonage but cheaper $19.95 a month!

 

[Chasey_Lane]

We use Lingo It's the same as Vonage but cheaper $19.95 a month!

My Vonage is $14.95 a month.

 

[mkd20012001]

My Vonage is $14.95 a month.

The 14.99 plan gives u like 500 minutes for long distance calls. The 24.99 plan gives you unlimited long distance.

 

[wunsent]

We love our Vonage! We have the unlimited plan of $24.99. Our bill for November was $29.40 as you still have to pay the fees associated with your phone service. (Regulatory Recovery Fee $0.99, Emergency 911 Cost Recovery $0.99, Federal Universal Service Surcharge $1.43, County 911 Fee $0.75, and State 911 Fee $0.25). It was easy to install and we loved the fact that we didn't have to change our home phone number.