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

[SDtechguy]

Joe,
There is current info you should be aware of about Google voice. I tried
Gizmo 5 several years ago. Michael sent a email several months ago, saying
he sold Gizmo 5 to Google.
Here is an excerpt,
"Today the Gizmo5 team is part of Google Voice. Google Voice offers a free
service which provides a US number which can ring anywhere, send and receive
SMS messages, sends voicemail as text, low cost international calling and
much more. Google Voice is in invite-only mode, so you'll need to ask
someone with the service for an invite or put your name on the waiting list
here. It's currently only available for US users.
One of the many benefits of Google Voice is caller screening. On every call
GV politely informs me of the caller's name so I have the option to answer
the call or let it go to voicemail. Plus if I'm unsure of the caller or the
topic I can clandestinely listen in on the voicemail and elect to pick-up
the call anytime during the message."
HTH
GK

-----Original Message-----
From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com] On
Behalf Of Joe Lagreca
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:26 PM
To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
Subject: Re: [sdw2003] Residential VOIP? Vonage, Skype, etc?

Néstor,

Google voice is NOT a VOIP provider.  You still need a phone line to
receive or make calls using google voice.

I use google voice along with les.net DID on a trixbox and it works
fairly well.

Joe LaGreca
Founder & Owner, BIG Net Online
619-393-1733 x200 Office
619-318-3246 Cell
www.BIGnetOnline.com



On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Néstor <rotsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> For my  long distance I use google.com/voice.  The rates are cheaper than
> Skype
> and I get free calls in the US and Canada
>
> :-)
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:04 PM, R Ernst <rernst at rernst.com> wrote:
>
>> I've had vonage for several years now, $20/month, 500minutes/month
>> free, and have essentially no problems.
>>
>> BUT, if you do have a problem, their service sucks.  My old linksys
>> vonage/4 port router finally died (I did extensive diagnostics), and
>> it took forever to get them to admit it was a hardware problem.  Then,
>> promised new, 4 port router, I was impressed that they emailed right
>> away the serial number and mac address.  but a different one arrived
>> and it wasn't turned on or enabled, and it took about a half hour to
>> get THAT fixed.
>>
>> then that one was flakey and after much time and hassle, finally got
>> them to replace with current little box with orange LCD screen.  Still
>> only one port, but at least it's been solid SINCE then.
>>
>> what would happen if OOMA goes out of business?  That's the part I've
>> been worried about at that end.
>>
>> Alternatives are skype with skype phone/box so no need to keep
>> computer on (if, you're weird and ever actually turn it off...  :)
>> VERY cheap rates to land lines anywhere in the world.
>>
>> Or magic Jack?  Again, need computer on to use.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Leo Dano <danol at bishops.com> wrote:
>> > 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?
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