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Re: [PLUG] Recent VOIP Experience Anyone?
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Wow, this looks like a great product.
I use a MagicJack for one phone line. It's only $40 to start and $20 per year
but it _requires_ a Windows PC or Mac to work. This connects to the network
directly which is excellent and it's still outrageously cheap.
How is the voice quality?
Eric (Lucas)
On 09/30/2010 06:37 AM, Eric Hidle wrote:
> I just got a NetTalk and I love it. It plugs directly into your router
> and does not require a PC (although you can also use it from a PC using
> the USB port).
>
> It's also portable and works anywhere you can get internet access. You
> can also change your number any time if you move.
>
> The audio quality is also outstanding. It's $70 for the first year
> (which includes the device) and then $30/year thereafter, with free
> calling to all of the US and Canada.
>
> E
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 5:48 PM, John Karr <brainbuz@brainbuz.org
> <mailto:brainbuz@brainbuz.org>> wrote:
>
> Who is currently using a VOIP service in place of a Landline? Who
> are you
> using and are you happy?
>
> ==========================================
>
> I'm asking because I just got sucked into FIOS by Verizon, which has
> created
> a nightmare in porting my number. Further I'm finding phone to be
> the least
> satisfying part of the package, the website management of phone features
> totally sucks and I have not been able to obtain or find a user
> guide for
> service.
>
> On the plus side my FIOS speed (on the basic package) is 20x what I
> had on
> DSL.
>
> To keep my old POTS line through Cavtel will cost about $65 a month,
> so I'm
> looking at alternatives, and I happen to have a Motorola VT1005 VOIP
> Adapter
> sitting in my basement.
>
> My experience indicates that if you are switching to Verizon and
> porting a
> number from another carrier that you are likely to have difficulty -- if
> they install FIOS and do not port your number -- do not accept the
> delivery
> and instruct them to remove the FIOS -- and restart the order as a
> copper
> order to port your number and reorder FIOS only once Verizon has your
> number. Second while the line quality of Digital Voice seems (from
> limited
> use) to be excellent, the features are a problem, some features are
> controlled from your phone, some from the Verizon website. Verizon
> will not
> remove bundled services that you don't want. To manage your phone
> service
> from the web you must first register your fios at myverizon. Then
> you must
> place a self-service order for a feature, and having worked my way
> through
> this process I still can't access the management features tech
> support is
> telling me to use.
>
> Since Cavtel is getting rich from Verizon not having my number and
> since I'm
> running out of patience with Verizon's voice service (and tired of them
> failing to port my number), I'm seriously considering a VOIP Service.
>
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# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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