I have been a Vonage subscriber for just over two years in my residence for home-office and personal long distance use. I also retained one SBC wireline phone as our residential incoming line.
Based on my experience I would not consider replacing my primary wireline service with either VOIP or wireless.
The V> I'm thinking about subscribing to one of the many VOIP services
(Vonage, Callvantage, etc.) and have a few questions.
> Are any of these good enough to replace a POTS line? I'll be using it
> over Verizon's new Fios service.
> Where can I find a comparison of all the available services? I did a
> quick google search and found nothing.
> Do any of the services offer a discounted rate for a second or third > line?
> Lingo seems to offer the most for the least amount of money. Are they
> worth considering?
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: For myself, I go with Vonage, mainly
> because of my advertising relationship with them. I do not know if
> that makes them 'better' or not, just 'cheaper' for me. I still have
> some Vonage e-coupons good for one month of free service. If anyone
> wants to test out Vonage, email me and ask for an e-coupon. The deal
> is, you click on the link in the email I send you; it then walks you
> through the sign up process of getting a number assigned, shipping
> out the telephone adapter (quite easy to install), etc. You use a
> credit card of your choice to pay for the adapter and a month of
> service. _Then_ the e-coupon kicks in, and whatever service you
> bought, you get a second month of the same for free. Email me for
> your coupon: snipped-for-privacy@massis.lcs.mit.edu PAT]