I have been thinking about checking out some VOIP options for my incoming calls. Since Vonage has gotten such a slam... and some here have said other VOIP companies are better... Who are those better companies?
Call me and I'll share my experience with two providers. There are significant differences from one firm to the next.
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Both have unlimited US/Canada for one low monthly price. There is a couple of other companies out in the US providing free US/Canada call with no monthly but you won't want to use them for your business anyway.
The main advantage of going with VOIP is you can subscribe to multiple DIDs in different area codes so you are always a local away call for your customers. While you are at it, check out a VOIP PBX hardware manufactured by Linksys, the almighty SPA-9000.
Why? What will you save? I don't get it, I guess. Don't you still have to pay for your ISP broadband connection? and then pay Vonage (or whatever) another 25 bucks a month? I guess if you make a lot of LD calls it might pay off?
I have quality broadband connections anyway.
Well, you pay for that right? Then you're gonna pay for Voip on top of that...where do you save money?
Savings in calling costs (over what I am paying now) is not necessarily what I am looking for.
ok, so like, what's the Voip attraction?
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Would that be like free tickets to Spice Girls? :^)
No you idiot, it means he has reliable Internet connections.
Pay attention.
VoIP offers enhanced features that are either unavailable or significantly more costly with POTS lines. For example, VoIP calls can be received anywhere in the world the same as if the called party was in his home or office. Virtual PABX services on VoIP are cheaper and (usually) more flexible than what you can do on POTS lines.
uh ok. For the average homeowner who doesn't travel the globe and need to stay in constant touch with Aunt Edna...sell me VoIP. I still don't get it.
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For the average homeowner I doubt there's enough value in VoIP to make it worth the trouble of switching from POTS service... yet. In time VoIP or some variant of it will probably replace POTS though.
Assuming it worked as advertised, where VOIP starts making economic sense is if you already have cable modem service.
If you are already paying for the cable, and will have the high speed connection no matter what kind of phone service you have, then you have two options:
Personally, I prefer to have a real telephone line, instead of depending on the cable company for everything. But it costs me more to have two separate providers.
You can see the economics are not as good if you are using DSL and are paying for a phone line anyway.
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