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Mondak · 11-06-2006, 12:16 PM

Anyone else out there have a service like this? Anything to stay away from? Anything good to report?

I have two land lines into my house (one home and one office although there is really no difference other than what I use them for) and I would like to convert them to VOIP. My primary reasons being

- My home phone from SBC is a ripoff. I get no good deal on Long Distance and local, I have only call waiting and caller ID and it is almost $70 a month. We almost never use it.

- This one is unique to me, but the copper in my neighborhood is REALLY old. I have a very static-y signal whenever there is any change in the weather. There have been 45 repair attempts (approx. hyperbole) and most end with a clear signal that day just to have the problem come back.

- I do like my business phone service which is from Trinsic and it is less money with unlimited long distance, call forwarding, voice mail and it is less money than my home phone. The static problem is the most troubling on this one though since I sometimes need to pretend I am a "real company" and not just some guy working out of my house.

So what other services have people tried? Any help or insight would be appreciated.

11-06-2006, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Thinking about VOIP / Vonage Anyone else out there have a service like this? Anything to stay away from? Anything good to report? I have two land lines into my house (one home and one office although there is really no difference other than what I use them for) and I would like to convert them to VOIP. My primary reasons being - My home phone from SBC is a ripoff. I get no good deal on Long Distance and local, I have only call waiting and caller ID and it is almost $70 a month. We almost never use it. - This one is unique to me, but the copper in my neighborhood is REALLY old. I have a very static-y signal whenever there is any change in the weather. There have been 45 repair attempts (approx. hyperbole) and most end with a clear signal that day just to have the problem come back. - I do like my business phone service which is from Trinsic and it is less money with unlimited long distance, call forwarding, voice mail and it is less money than my home phone. The static problem is the most troubling on this one though since I sometimes need to pretend I am a "real company" and not just some guy working out of my house. So what other services have people tried? Any help or insight would be appreciated. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)