Consumer VOIP
David H. McCoy
months and it is great! A slew of interesting features like call
forwarding, voice mail, anonymous call rejection AND all you can eat
local and long distance(USA,Canada) for $19.95 per month!
You can also port your old number.
www.lingo.com. So, far, its a winner!
Note: Make sure you read the Terms of service.
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David H. McCoy
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Bob Frank
wrote:
>Has anyone tried VOIP at home? I've been using Lingo for about two
>months and it is great!
David, you're a hard man to get ahead of. I just signed up for VOIP
last week and received my adapter on Friday. So far I'm very
impressed. Very easy to install, once I realized I needed to enter
the MAC into my well locked down wireless router.
>A slew of interesting features like call
>forwarding, voice mail, anonymous call rejection AND all you can eat
>local and long distance(USA,Canada) for $19.95 per month!
Be careful. Don't list all the features available with VOIP. The
post will become so large that someone will accuse you of posting
binaries here. ;-)
My service it $15 per month with unlimited local (my VOIP provider
defines local in my area as about 1/3 of the state).
>You can also port your old number.
>
>www.lingo.com. So, far, its a winner!
>
>Note: Make sure you read the Terms of service.
I went with www.voicepulse.com based on several things. It was highly
reviewed in the most recent PC Mag. Of the 3 services that received
the best recommendation it was the only one that had numbers available
in my area code. DSLReports (www.dslreports.com) gave them excellent
reviews. And I really liked their extensive list of features.
Here is a link to that PC Mag article:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1746584,00.asp
Most of the VOIP providers seem to have a money back trial period. In
my short test period I would encourage anyone with broadband internet
take a good hard look at it.
Bob Frank
David H. McCoy
b...@nospam.invalid says...
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:31:06 -0500, David H. McCoy <fa...@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone tried VOIP at home? I've been using Lingo for about two
> >months and it is great!
>
> David, you're a hard man to get ahead of. I just signed up for VOIP
> last week and received my adapter on Friday. So far I'm very
> impressed. Very easy to install, once I realized I needed to enter
> the MAC into my well locked down wireless router.
Not in this case! It wasn't even on my radar. A guy I work with had been
using Lingo for *3* months and told me.<Shrug>
> >A slew of interesting features like call
> >forwarding, voice mail, anonymous call rejection AND all you can eat
> >local and long distance(USA,Canada) for $19.95 per month!
>
> Be careful. Don't list all the features available with VOIP. The
> post will become so large that someone will accuse you of posting
> binaries here. ;-)
>
> My service it $15 per month with unlimited local (my VOIP provider
> defines local in my area as about 1/3 of the state).
>
> >You can also port your old number.
> >
> >www.lingo.com. So, far, its a winner!
> >
> >Note: Make sure you read the Terms of service.
>
> I went with www.voicepulse.com based on several things. It was highly
> reviewed in the most recent PC Mag. Of the 3 services that received
> the best recommendation it was the only one that had numbers available
> in my area code. DSLReports (www.dslreports.com) gave them excellent
> reviews. And I really liked their extensive list of features.
>
> Here is a link to that PC Mag article:
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1746584,00.asp
>
> Most of the VOIP providers seem to have a money back trial period. In
> my short test period I would encourage anyone with broadband internet
> take a good hard look at it.
>
> Bob Frank
Absolutely. I ordered on a Sunday, got my adapter on Tuesday, plugged
it into my hub and away I went. I would also recommend taking the
opportunity to upgrade phones to one of the excellent 5.8ghz base/client
phones. I hadn't purchased a new phone since '95 and was pleasantly
surprised by even the new phone features-expandable up to 4 receivers,
built in phonebooks that can be copied between phones, intercomes,
etc....
VOIP and 5.8 make for a great combination!
Enjoy!
David H. McCoy
> From: Bob Frank <b...@nospam.invalid>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:17:14 -0500
> Newsgroups: stardock.discussion.technology
>
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:31:06 -0500, David H. McCoy <fa...@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone tried VOIP at home? I've been using Lingo for about two
> >months and it is great!
>
> David, you're a hard man to get ahead of. I just signed up for VOIP
> last week and received my adapter on Friday. So far I'm very
> impressed. Very easy to install, once I realized I needed to enter
> the MAC into my well locked down wireless router.
>
>
have bitten me!
This is why you post stuff. Someone else is always doing the same thing.
Joel Lucsy
> Has anyone tried VOIP at home? I've been using Lingo for about two
I've been thinking of going VOIP, but I have a DSL line, so that means I
pay for a regular phone line already. Would VOIP get me anything over
that? I only use long distance maybe a couple of times a month.
--
Joel Lucsy
"The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program."
-- Larry Niven
David H. McCoy
> David H. McCoy wrote:
> > Has anyone tried VOIP at home? I've been using Lingo for about two
>
> I've been thinking of going VOIP, but I have a DSL line, so that means I
> pay for a regular phone line already. Would VOIP get me anything over
> that? I only use long distance maybe a couple of times a month.
>
>
feature list.
Bob Frank
wrote:
>I've been thinking of going VOIP, but I have a DSL line, so that means I
>pay for a regular phone line already. Would VOIP get me anything over
>that? I only use long distance maybe a couple of times a month.
Probably nothing, but maybe a lot, depending on what extra features
you need on your telephone line and what you're paying for them. For
example, in my area caller ID alone adds $10 per month to my phone
bill. My VOIP is only $15 with a huge number of additional features
(www.voicepulse.com) [take that David]. Adding voice mail,
distinctive ring, call forwarding or any other additional feature
would cost me more just for the extra features than the VOIP is
costing me.
Also if you need a second line for business, teenagers or for any
other reason you'll find VOIP much less expensive.
This might be a time to take a look at moving to cable Internet access
instead of DSL. Cable plus VOIP might be cheaper than DSL plus the
extra features you need.
Bob Frank
David H. McCoy
b...@nospam.invalid says...
long distance and $25 for unlimited long distance? Lingo is $20 for
unlimited long distance, so there!!
Seriously, though, I think the services(voicepulse and lingo) are cool
and cheap.
Stop using the klondike-444 numbers and join us in the 21st century!
Bob Frank
wrote:
>Well,I checked voicepulse. Isnt' that $15 for unlimited local and 200
>long distance and $25 for unlimited long distance? Lingo is $20 for
>unlimited long distance,
Yes that's right. But, Lingo doesn't have local numbers in my area, I
need two lines (not just additional numbers, but separate lines) and
400 minutes between the two lines should handle my long distance
needs.
>so there!!
Ominar would have had a much better come back. ;-)
>Seriously, though, I think the services(voicepulse and lingo) are cool
>and cheap.
Assuming that the voice quality is adequate, it comes down to
availability and feature set. I personally wouldn't worry about using
either of them.
>Stop using the klondike-444 numbers and join us in the 21st century!
Agreed. I just moved this summer and it took almost 2 months to have
my phones transferred. Since the cable company had my new service in
just a couple of days I could have had my telephone transferred in
that same two days if I had VOIP at that time.
I just got the VOIP tied in to my house wiring this afternoon. So now
all my phones throughout the house work.
(WARNING: Everyone be very careful connecting your VOIP to your house
wiring. If there is still power coming in from the old POTS line you
will cook your VOIP adapter.)
VOIP may be the killer application that brings near universal
broadband. I don't know how the telcos can survive without moving to
this technology. Unfortunately the government will undoubtedly move
to start taxing VOIP like they to POTS.
Bob Frank