VonageFriday, April 21, 2006Ok, I have to diverge here a bit from my bossy posts and tell you about a service I just singed up for. I was at a colleague's home on Monday evening and he showed me his new solution for his home phone. He signed up for a service called Vonage. Yes this is a plug for Vonage and I think more people need to check this out. This phone service works over the internet. My friend said goodbye to the local phone company and his long distance company and said hello to a whole new world of communication. I was so amazed at the features and options he got for the price, I signed up on Wednesday for the service. Why? Here is the deal. If you have a broadband cable internet connection, or even a DSL connection, you can leverage your investment and get all the local calls and long distance calls you want for one low fee. For $25 you get unlimited local and long distance, period. No contracts, no gimmicks, no crap. This company is serious about taking on the big boys like BellSouth, Verizon, Cox, Pacific Bell, etc. No matter where you live, if you have a broadband internet connection, you can get a totally new phone service for half the cost you are paying now. I have had Bellsouth as my local phone service for years now. I had call waiting and touch tone as my feature services. I paid for them. With Vonage, I do not pay for all of the cool features BellSouth offers and I get some additional features that are really useful for me. Here is what comes with your $25 a month, unlimited calls in the U.S., Puerto Rico and EVEN Canada. Voicemail Caller ID with Name Call Waiting Call Forwarding 3 way calling (conference calling) Call transfer Click-2-call Call Return Caller ID block International call block Ring lists Call Hunt Select your own area code Repeat Dialing You can even take your Vonage phone service with you when you travel. No more need for an answering machine. Vonage gives you two ways to get calls you missed. Through voicemail, you can listen to your messages on your phone or on the web. You can even set it up where you get an email when you missed a call and someone has left a message. I transferred my existing home phone number to Vonage for free and avoided the hassles of changing phone numbers. This is the marriage of internet technology and the telephone. The quality is awesome and the options you have are excellent. I am not easily impressed by new technologies. Vonage has exceeded me expectations and is going to save me money. If you have a business, they have really cheap plans compared to the 'traditional' companies. Their support for international calling is excellent as well. The internet is totally international. This is the best technological decision I have made in a long time. Feel free to email me and ask any questions. Vonage rocks! posted at 4/21/2006 08:00:00 PM |
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5 Comments:
I'll be interested to see how you guys like this after having it a while Eric.
We've kicked around the idea of using it on and off for a year or so now, but several friends have tried it and been very frustrated by it so we've never made the switch.
I hope they've improved. Good luck!
I just wondered, since it sounds like a great deal, if you can still call when the electric is off and your computer is off with it. And, is there a problem in dialing 911?
I have some other ideas on my website at http://www.oldmanlincoln.com/ if you want to stop by and give me an answer as I am on BlogExplosion now and will probably not be able to get here for the answer.
Tom uses Vonage for his business line and has for over a year now. He loves it. I just keep wondering why we don't have a home phone line yet!!!
On the vonage website, all you have to do is enter the 911 information, and it works just fine. As long as the cable modem is working your phone is fine, if the power goes out then vonage automatically forwards the calls to another phone or a cell phone. I LOVE MY VONAGE! I was really worried about it at first, I have never had a problem, porting my number over went smooth, and fast. hubby and i have a friend in japan, we talked him for an hour and I our phone bill was only 35.00 bucks..
But then, if your DSL goes out, so does your phone, right?
Eek!
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