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

[Leo Dano]

The thing with Skype is having to use their handset.  I like the idea of
being able to reuse my own handset.  I am also thinking of changing my
Internet Provider (Broadband) from ATT DSL to Cable, probably Cox.  Does
this sound like a smart move in preparation for Ooma or another VOIP
Solution?

___________________
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 <sdw2003 at mattware.com> writes:
>We've saved lots by making this switch.  It's great to get rid of the
>monthly AT&T bill.  And the quality is better than Vonage.  We have Cox
>Business here for ISP.  We use the Premier features and get VMs emailed
>from 2 separate phone numbers (home and business) and can logon to 2
>separate accounts online (My Ooma) to check activity, setup
>multi-ring/call-forwarding, etc.  Had 2 separate phone numbers ported
>over.  The one for Vonage was a bit trickier (lost service for a few
>hours between the cutoff at Vonage and the activation on Ooma) but all is
>good now.
>
>Another option would be to go with Skype.
>
>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 Leo Dano
>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:49 PM
>To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
>Subject: Re: [sdw2003] Residential VOIP? Vonage, Skype, etc?
>
>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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