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Old 12-25-2003, 07:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Home VoIP - Opinions?

Just had a friend recommend moving to a home, IP based phone system such as that provided at Vonage.com. Just curious as to the quality and reliability of this type of service...the price seems great.

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Old 12-25-2003, 10:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I have a friend that swears by it, but he usually jumps in with both feet whenever a new technology permits. He's the type of guy that would say that whatever the new craze happens to be, that its wonderful. So, it comes as no surprise to me, that this VoIP comes with his highest regards (and usually an invitation to join the system -- with him as my referrer, of course. Ha!)

I've used net2phone.com before and had decent results. I imagine a dedicated system would be at least as good and probably better. It all boils down to your ISP though, if I am to understand my friend correctly.

He using some kind of a system to allows for a local phone number in his area code too. So, he can receive incoming calls aswell as place outgoing calls. That sure beats paying for local service too.

But, this is all hearsay ... Good luck to ya.
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Old 12-26-2003, 03:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
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what about the new skype made my the kazaa devolepers.....
it works behind firewalls and NAT's also
www.skype.com
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Old 12-26-2003, 04:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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We use Vonage and its wonderful.

It sounds better then a regular phone line, and has free calling to canada and mexico. (a plus since my friends and family are canadian)


It works just like a regular phone, and is worth a try
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Old 12-26-2003, 11:41 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Just read this article on VoIP on wired.com

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...w=wn_tophead_2
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Old 12-26-2003, 12:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
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My father did it at home, replaced a second line with the VOIP line which has much better long distance. We still have the main line for local calls though.
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Old 12-27-2003, 08:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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As a follow-up, saw online that Vonage has a cool feature - virtual numbers - which allow you to pick the number of your choice.

E.g. you're in Miami and family is in LA, you can setup an LA phone number, receive the calls in Miami, and no long distance charges are incurred.
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