options for VOIP

njgal · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:10 PM

Since ATT is cancelling it's servce - what are my options.

Anyone using Vonage? Umma?

I need reviews...

TLK · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:15 PM

I use Vonage and I highly recommend it. In last 5 yrs, they dropped my monthly charge or added free countries without any cost. I stared with 35 dollars per month and now paying 25 dollars. DOnt know of any company that keeps adding services while lowering your monthly bill. They just added 80 countries for free (means part of my 25 dollars). No contracts. Good customer support.

Only negative I heard about Vionage is that if you want to cancel the account, they give you hard time (ever tried to cancel AOL membership. Yes that kind of experience) ..

njgal · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:18 PM

is pakistan included in the 80 countries?

TLK · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Sorry, those are 60 countries, and double sorry that Pakistan is not included. But at least you will save money on those 60 countries. Hope you know someone in Romania

Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas*
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei*
Bulgaria
Canada*
Chile
China*
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic

Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam*
Hong Kong*
Hungary
Iceland
India*
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kenya

Latvia
Luxembourg
Macedonia, Republic of
Macau*
Malaysia*
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico*
Romania
Russia
Saipan*
San Marino*

Singapore*
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand*
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States*
U.S. Virgin Islands*
Venezuela
Zambia *Calls to cellular phones included

TofiBaba · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:50 PM

Another good thing with Vonage is that you can travel with your router, so if you are visiting your chachi in London just take your router there and hook it up to the internet and start using it from there.

TLK · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:55 PM

Only catch with Vonage is (or with any VOIP for that matter) that it requires a pretty good connections speed. At least 4 Mbps

TofiBaba · Oct 8th, 2009, 03:57 PM

I kid you not, I've actually used it on my brother's GPRS connection in PK.
Yeah, the quality wasn't the greatest, but it was better than some calling card phone calls that i've done previously.

Asif2000 · Oct 8th, 2009, 04:09 PM

If you currently have land line with home security system using that land line, you may want to call them first before getting rid of the traditional phone line. My security company want to charge me $15/month extra to monitor my home over VOIP or Cell.

us1415 · Oct 10th, 2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLK

I use Vonage and I highly recommend it. In last 5 yrs, they dropped my monthly charge or added free countries without any cost. I stared with 35 dollars per month and now paying 25 dollars. DOnt know of any company that keeps adding services while lowering your monthly bill. They just added 80 countries for free (means part of my 25 dollars). No contracts. Good customer support.

Only negative I heard about Vionage is that if you want to cancel the account, they give you hard time (ever tried to cancel AOL membership. Yes that kind of experience) ..

hardest.....I tried that and was charged $60 even after I cancelled the service but nonetheless they were the best phone company and I would have kept them if my internet service at that time was any better......

TofiBaba · Oct 11th, 2009, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asif2000

If you currently have land line with home security system using that land line, you may want to call them first before getting rid of the traditional phone line. My security company want to charge me $15/month extra to monitor my home over VOIP or Cell.

My alarm system is thru a VoIP service and they don't charge me anything extra, so it varies. As Asif said look before u leap.