:) i iz a happy camper ive had my home phone connected VIA VOIP and in those mnths since ive had it connected , guess what not 1 tele market :x caller at all and the savings are great , WTG me
peace at last , now i dont have to use my ehhhhhhh no speaka engalishhhh voice no more to them :))
i love paying only like $29 a month for a phone :D
Love mine to.. talk talk talk talk.. ;)
Thanks for posting this is something I have been considering for awhile now.
I have Vonage..so far so good..been over a year..
i have vonage too but i like to shut it off and that not to have anything to do with the service or vonage in anyway but with the fact noone calls me and i call them they act like they don't care if i would excist hubby won't let it go off at all cause of bad neighborhood we live in but now that we got our cell going hopfully he let me get rid of vonage we don't use phone much anyway i call my grandma once a month for like 30 mins and hubby only uses it to call his mom once a week for a few mins we be better off with cell phone only we get free nights n weekends on it call everyone then if we want to lol
I live in the country so my cell is not dependable all the time..Iam diabetic so I need something reliable..
very understandable nanners
I get everything through TimeWarner - RR, cable and digital phone - not a bad deal, except that when the power goes out we do not have a phone...lol. I live in the city so I have neighbors in a real emergency. I like it. I am also diabetic, nanners and need a phone or person nearby. My digital phone service has only cut out once and that was a severe storm.
I switched from Vonage to packet8, same service but cheaper and you can use your regular phone. But when the power or the internet goes down, I am without a phone. No cell phone service in our house. I guess we don't have a strong enough signal here.
power never goes off here.even if it did my cell always gets a strong signal :P
I have been thinking of going this route, and you all have such good things to say, that I'm going to do it. But before I do I have one question, I'm not trying to be nosey or anything. I was just wondering if you had kept your regular phone number, or got one thru the company you are using?
I couldn't keep my same number..Vonage gave me new one..but some can keep the one they have now..sure is nice not getting those 'suppertime' calls any more :))
I have vonage also, I love it haven't had any problems so far and I always have my headset on yakkin to my family they are spread out everywhere lol... I love the price O0
Yea..you sure don't have to keep thinking...this is costing money.. just talk all ya want and as long as ya want... I'd never go back to land line..
Thank you for your help. ;D
Your welcome.. If you need any more info just ask.. Glad to help lol
We have SUNROCKET. Rated 5 stars by independent agency. $24.99 sign up fee - NO OTHER FEES - and they send you two gorgeous phones free in 2 days! $24.99/mo - unlimited calls to US Canada and Puerto Rico. Other international rates dirt cheap (ex- 3cents a minute to Germany) - and the first $3 of international calls each month are free! We love it!!!!
Vonage just added free calls to Europe for free..and heck I don't know anyone over seas lol
I pay 65.00 a month for my landline, which I hardly ever use, but I have to have a fax machine so I guess I have no other choice.
Quote from: Tara on May 15, 2006, 08:57:15 AM
I pay 65.00 a month for my landline, which I hardly ever use, but I have to have a fax machine so I guess I have no other choice.
Can't you use the fax machine with a VOiP? I figured if you can dial out and get incoming calls... it should work the same way.
Quote from: SaintHippo on May 15, 2006, 08:58:37 AM
Quote from: Tara on May 15, 2006, 08:57:15 AM
I pay 65.00 a month for my landline, which I hardly ever use, but I have to have a fax machine so I guess I have no other choice.
Can't you use the fax machine with a VOiP? I figured if you can dial out and get incoming calls... it should work the same way.
Last time I checked into it, I was told you would be charged separate for faxes. :-\
fax lines with Vonage are $9.99 per month.
9.99 plus what Nanners?
Plus my 24.99.. I pay..plus tax..comes to 27.78 a month. I dont have the fax line tho.
Quote from: nanners on May 15, 2006, 09:21:16 AM
Plus my 24.99.. I pay..plus tax..comes to 27.78 a month. I dont have the fax line tho.
Sounds to me like this would be a great plan for you Tara. Of course, I'm not fond of Vontage because they lie in their advertisements of unlimited calls (you only get 4999 mins a month but you have to ask them about this to find out that little bit of information) but this does sound nice.
Like i'd make that many calls a month.. lol..but you do need to look into all the small print if you go that route..I also have my calls forwarded to my cell if i'm not home to answer,
I wonder if I can just get a fax line hooked up for 9.99 a month. I don't need the phone part.
I got your email Nanners, I will check it out and thanks.
Your welcome Tara.. give them a call about the fax thingy
You have to read the fine print... :oo
Residential Customers Can Get a Dedicated Fax Line for Only $9.99 Per Month
Less than a separate fax line from your old phone company, a Vonage fax line is only $9.99 per month with a one-time $9.99 activation fee. You get 250 minutes of local and long distance outgoing fax service plus unlimited incoming faxes each month. Extra local and long distance outgoing fax minutes are only 3.9 cents per minute. Outgoing international faxes are billed at our low international rates.
Thats really not bad..I have more incoming than I do outgoing.
Quote from: nanners on May 15, 2006, 09:44:47 AM
Like i'd make that many calls a month.. lol..but you do need to look into all the small print if you go that route..I also have my calls forwarded to my cell if i'm not home to answer,
The only ones who make that many phone calls a month are a) teens [mainly girls] & b) Home businesses. I don't make that many phone calls a month but the fact they show in big bold advertisements "UNLIMITED"... and then when you ask them they say "it's unlimited phone calls up to 4999 minutes a month"... then it's no longer unlimited. I think SunRocket (could be another place) allows you to pay $200 for an entire year. I would love to do that and not worry about a phone bill for one year. Maybe it's just me.
I sure wish I had Vonage or ANYTHING diff when my 3 daughters were growing up.. We live in the country and just about everywhere was a toll call..
vonage isnt lying.theres two different plans. the one for $24.99 a month is unlimited we go well over the 4999 minutes every month and never get charged. the cheaper plan is the one that gives out the minute limit.
Quote from: hades on May 15, 2006, 11:25:39 AM
vonage isnt lying.theres two different plans. the one for $24.99 a month is unlimited we go well over the 4999 minutes every month and never get charged. the cheaper plan is the one that gives out the minute limit.
When I contacted Vonage about the $24.99 plan (known as Premium Unlimited Plan), they stated to me it was unlimited minutes. I asked about the 4999 mins cap that SunRocket told me Vonage has. They said they put the cap on because anything over 4999 minutes means you're a business and you have the option of switching the business plan (which is $49.99 a month) or paying for the minutes you go over. I asked them why wasn't this mentioned in the advertisements and she said she needed to place me on hold. After a while, a manager (or someone) came back to me and said it's mentioned on the website and I may read it there. Took me a long time to find it but it was there. You may be lucky to get by without being charged going over 4999 minutes (83½ hours... yeah, who really talks that much) a month but they stated I was going to be charged and it's in the agreement people get when they sign up. Kinda shady to me.
glad I don't have to worry about all that stuff.. but like I said..always small print somewhere..
Quote from: nanners on May 15, 2006, 11:37:04 AM
glad I don't have to worry about all that stuff.. but like I said..always small print somewhere..
Yeah, I'm glad too. All this small print is the reason why I just stick to my mobile phone and don't have any kind of home line (LAN or VOIP). Maybe one day I will and if I do, it's going to be Sun Rocket only because of the $200 a year option. If Vonage offered something like that, I would consider them.
I never checked with SunRocket..so not even sure I could get it where I live..
i am disabled with heart disease i got to have a phone at all times my neighbors are very rude and won't let noone use there phone at all so hubby n i bought a cell phone for emergancies if our vonage goes out its a prepaid service for now on our cell we never loose minutes if we don't use it minutes roll over to next month we bought our cell mainly due to us living in florida where the hurricanes are crazy every year
sounds like your all covered pugsly..