[BC] Long Distance telephone Service

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While Vonage works very well, it really bothers me that they  
advertise unlimited service for $24.95, but they actually charge  
$26.95.  The put a bull-stuff $2.00 fee on the bill and try to make  
it look like it is a government mandated fee.  It isn't.

There are many other VoIP providers who don't lie to the customer.

I used to answer the phone for a non-profit.  We used Vonage.  If I  
was going to be away, I would just hand the router to some other  
volunteer or forwarded the phone.  THAT worked out great.  I handed  
the job off to someone else, then they decided to go back to e-mail  
contact only.  The person who took over the job complained for weeks  
at how hard it was to cancel Vonage.

I had another Vonage business line myself.  It came time to get rid  
of the phone (I had it for the out of state Area Code, which was no  
longer needed).

I just couldn't believe how hard it was to cancel.  The person just  
won't let me cancel, offered a less than unlimited business plan,  
then the low end residential plan -- also not unlimited.  Then came  
the free months of service for staying on.  Then the threat that I  
could never get the number back, and on and on.

I would use another VoIP provider.

Unless you plan to do telemarketing, it is likely you don't need  
unlimited.  Consider how much time you spend on the phone each day.

I really like Junction Networks, and OnSIP.  Yes, regular calls are  
2.9¢ a minute, and toll free are 3.9¢, but it takes a LONG time to  
use up $27 a month at 2.9¢ a minute.

OnSIP is hosted VoIP PBX, and is actually MORE expensive than Vonage  
for one line, but as you add lines, it is only $2/number each month.

Junction Networks is naked Voip.  You do it all, but you can just put  
a VoIP router, and hook it to an answering machine and telephone.   
Asterisk is a great open source VoIP PBX.

--chip

On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:53 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 5
> From: RichardBJohnson at comcast.net
>
> Vonage. Just connect it to your Internet modem or router.
>
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
> Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com>
>
> Anyone ever used one of them or have any suggestion on who to look  
> at? I
> tried google and didn't have much luck.
>
> Paul Walker