[sdw2003] Residential VOIP? Vonage, Skype, etc?

[Leo Dano]

Very interesting.  52664 Mexico - Tijuana $ 0.07 per minute.  Not bad,
especially eliminating my local fees of about $60 per month.  Nice find. 
Any more?

___________________
Leo P. Dano
Network Administrator
The Bishops School
7607 La Jolla Boulevard
La Jolla, CA  92037
858-459-4021 X431
858-459-3914 fax
 
 

San Diego Windows 2003 User Group <52664Mexico - Tijuana$ 0.07> writes:
>Forget Vonage.  Get Ooma (bought it at Fry's a few months ago - less than
>$200).  http://www.ooma.com/  We switched for our home and business (have
>a hub and scout).  Basic stuff and service is free - no monthly bill. 
>Advanced stuff is $109 per year.  Recently got unlimited lifetime for all
>for $349.  Customer service is very good.  Nice change from Vonage (which
>we had for several years) and less expensive too.      
>
>Karen Christian
>North County Technology Group
>760.734.4315
>www.nctg.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com]
>On Behalf Of Ryan Blakeslee
>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:28 PM
>To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
>Subject: RE: [sdw2003] Residential VOIP? Vonage, Skype, etc?
>
>I used Vonage for a long time at my house and I loved the service.  I
>never had any service issues with it and it always worked really well.
>The only thing I did not like is they were able to sneak some fine print
>into to deal w/o me catching it that made it more difficult to cancel
>when I needed to.  They basically wanted to charge me the install fee
>that they waived initially as part of the deal since I was leaving less
>than a year or 6 months or whatever it was, I forget.  I wasn't
>canceling because I had any problem with the service, I just decided to
>go all mobile.  I was able to get them to waive the fee they were trying
>to tack on when I was canceling but it was a huge hassle to do that and
>took a lot of yelling.  So the service is great, just watch out for
>hidden gotchas.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com]
>On Behalf Of Leo Dano
>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:48 AM
>To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
>Subject: [sdw2003] Residential VOIP? Vonage, Skype, etc?
>
>Hello Group,
>
>Anyone have personal experience going VOIP at home?  I am looking at
>Vonage and they have a great International Plan of free fifty free which
>would save us bundles since my wife calls TJ all the time.  The problem
>is, I am seeing a lot of unhappy customers on the reviews I pull up on
>Google.  Anyone got any input on this?
>
>___________________
>Leo P. Dano
>Network Administrator
>The Bishops School
>7607 La Jolla Boulevard
>La Jolla, CA  92037
>858-459-4021 X431
>858-459-3914 fax
> 
> 
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