Comments on: Dumping Verizon http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Byrne http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-126895 Chris Byrne Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:47:02 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/#comment-126895 I'm a happy vonage user, and have been since the first month they offered service. In that time, I've only had one major problem; which was resolved by a firmware reset. $25 a month, all the local and long distance I want for free, including canada and western europe; $5 a month for a softphone for my PC, $5 a month for my own 800 number. I can get my voicemail anywhere, either over the net, or by phone. I can provision a phone number in any area code in the US for $2 so people can dial a local number to call me; and I can bring my ATA with me wherever I travel to take my local phone service with me. Honestly, the only thing I would change, is reduce the cost for a second phone line ($20 a month). I’m a happy vonage user, and have been since the first month they offered service. In that time, I’ve only had one major problem; which was resolved by a firmware reset.

$25 a month, all the local and long distance I want for free, including canada and western europe; $5 a month for a softphone for my PC, $5 a month for my own 800 number.

I can get my voicemail anywhere, either over the net, or by phone. I can provision a phone number in any area code in the US for $2 so people can dial a local number to call me; and I can bring my ATA with me wherever I travel to take my local phone service with me.

Honestly, the only thing I would change, is reduce the cost for a second phone line ($20 a month).

]]> By: Brutal Hugger http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-126188 Brutal Hugger Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/#comment-126188 It's going to make me really happy to pay next to nothing for telephone service. A friend of mine paid $50 up front to his VOIP provider. That was six months ago and he still hasn't used it up. There's serious price discrimination between people who are tech inclined and those who are not. If you're willing to stick the software on an old computer and buy the interface card, you can get VOIP at almost zero cost. If you need to use somebody else's box and want a lot of hand-holding it's going to cost you a minimum of $20 a month plus a higher per-minute charge. It’s going to make me really happy to pay next to nothing for telephone service. A friend of mine paid $50 up front to his VOIP provider. That was six months ago and he still hasn’t used it up.

There’s serious price discrimination between people who are tech inclined and those who are not. If you’re willing to stick the software on an old computer and buy the interface card, you can get VOIP at almost zero cost. If you need to use somebody else’s box and want a lot of hand-holding it’s going to cost you a minimum of $20 a month plus a higher per-minute charge.

]]> By: straightarrow http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-126131 straightarrow Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:53:17 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/#comment-126131 three three

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-126124 SayUncle Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:27:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/09/19/dumping_verizon/#comment-126124 That makes <a href="http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/07/03/verizon_can_suck_it/" rel="nofollow">two of us that hate verizon</a>. That makes two of us that hate verizon.

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