I have been using a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone service for about a month now. I was just interested in howmany other CPFers were doing the same.
I went with BroadVoice. The features for the price can't be beat. For $20 a month you get all the features caller ID, voicemail, 3way, call transfer, plus mutch more. As well as unlimited calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. Or for $10 a month you get all the same features but are limited to free calling only within your own state, 3.9 cents/min anywhere in US. Some of the other neet features are simultaneous ring, where when someone calles it will ring the VoIP phone and a nother number of my choosing (like my cell phone) at the same time. Which ever one I pick up first is where the call is transfered to. You get to manage your acount online so that it is easy to change or modify any of your features yourself.
The setup fees for starting the acount, adapter, shipping, taxes exc came to around $75.00 You get an adapter that plugs into your broadband conection and then you just plug your regular home phone into it.
I am quite happy with my service for the price but there are a few little things I have noticed. It does not seem to be 100% reliable and some of the features like called ID did not work at first until I called tech suport. The time on my voice mail and caller ID is still wierd. And you can't as of yet call 911 on it (this is suposed to change in the future). But fore someone who lived with only a cell phone for over a year it works nice.
I went with BroadVoice. The features for the price can't be beat. For $20 a month you get all the features caller ID, voicemail, 3way, call transfer, plus mutch more. As well as unlimited calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. Or for $10 a month you get all the same features but are limited to free calling only within your own state, 3.9 cents/min anywhere in US. Some of the other neet features are simultaneous ring, where when someone calles it will ring the VoIP phone and a nother number of my choosing (like my cell phone) at the same time. Which ever one I pick up first is where the call is transfered to. You get to manage your acount online so that it is easy to change or modify any of your features yourself.
The setup fees for starting the acount, adapter, shipping, taxes exc came to around $75.00 You get an adapter that plugs into your broadband conection and then you just plug your regular home phone into it.
I am quite happy with my service for the price but there are a few little things I have noticed. It does not seem to be 100% reliable and some of the features like called ID did not work at first until I called tech suport. The time on my voice mail and caller ID is still wierd. And you can't as of yet call 911 on it (this is suposed to change in the future). But fore someone who lived with only a cell phone for over a year it works nice.