Would you recommend Vonage ?

Would you recommend Vonage ?
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Would you recommend Vonage ? kimshapiro100 08-23-2006
Posted by on August 23, 2006, 3:00 am
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Would you recommend Vonage ?

Hi

We are thinking of installing Vonage ..............$24.99 per month.
We have Comcast cable / internet.

I have heard that the sound quality is poor sometimes.

Does anyone have any experience with them ?

Positive, negative ?


Pls let me know.

Thanks
Kim


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Posted by on August 23, 2006, 8:11 am
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I have heard some of the same things you said about Vonage, but was
going to try it out on one of my lines anyway. However, I got it home
and discovered I couldn't get a local phone number.

I had also had a customer that had Vonage and had trouble running it
through the same firewall I use.

A friend suggested I try Packet8. So I returned the Vonage and bought
a Packet8. I've had it more than a year now and can't be more pleased.

I have had 2 or 3 occasions where I dialed a number and it failed, but
a redial attempt worked each time. No one knows that I'm using an
internet phone connection - it's clear as a bell.

However, I would never use one of these to replace a primary line. I
want a phone line that will work in a power outage or when the internet
is down.

DJG


Posted by Rick Blaine on August 23, 2006, 9:55 am
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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with them ?

Yep. Been using them for almost a year now. Occasionally notice a cell phone
like sound quality, but mostly they are fine. Your experience will be highly
dependent on how stable your internet connection is. Here, Comcast is fine.

Posted by T on August 23, 2006, 5:56 pm
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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com says...
> Would you recommend Vonage ?
>
> Hi
>
> We are thinking of installing Vonage ..............$24.99 per month.
> We have Comcast cable / internet.
>
> I have heard that the sound quality is poor sometimes.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with them ?
>
> Positive, negative ?
>
>
> Pls let me know.
>
> Thanks
> Kim
>
>


I've got the $24.99 plan which in reality is $30 per month since the E-
911 fees and state and federal taxes are added.

I'm running it via Cox broadband connection and having no troubles at
all. Co-worker of mine uses it with Comcast and doesn't have issues with
it either.

I've been using them for 2 years now. The number port took the
intervention of the PUC, but it got done.


Posted by Pete Romfh on August 25, 2006, 4:51 pm
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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com wrote:
> Would you recommend Vonage ?
>
> Hi
>
> We are thinking of installing Vonage ..............$24.99 per month.
> We have Comcast cable / internet.
>
> I have heard that the sound quality is poor sometimes.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with them ?
>
> Positive, negative ?
>
>
> Pls let me know.
>
> Thanks
> Kim

I've used it as a 2nd line (over DSL) for 3 years. It's been no trouble
at all. I've heard of others having problems with their customer
service but I've never had to call them. I can handle everything I need
through their website.

I went to Mexico recently and took the Vonage router along just to see
how it would work. Our friends have DSL at the hacienda. It came right
up and we spent the whole weekend letting them talk with relatives all
over the U.S. It was completely transparent to the callers that we
weren't in Chicago (where the number comes from).

I've also used it from hotels and remote offices although the router is
a bit much to carry for a short trip.


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