shanenin Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I am thinking about switching my home phone service to vonage. Do you guys have any opinions or experience with it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 (edited) I use, and love it. Every now and then the voice quality goes down the toilet, but that could be my crappy cable company. It was super easy to set up. I bought my adapter from Radio Shack. The salesmen at radio shack set ym vonage account up, so all I had to do at home was plug it in. It took about 8 months and several phone calls to get my MIR from VOnage. This seems to be a common problem, but if you keep calling them you WILL get your rebate.EDIT:Also, Ive heard slot of people complaing about the customer service. However, Ive had short wait times and very helpfull CS reps. Plus, you can call them 24/7, which is great. Edited February 10, 2006 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Thanks for your input, It is appreciated.did you have any trouble tranfereing your phone number?they advertise $25/month for unlimited usage. Does the price end up being alot higher with hidden taxes and fees? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Thanks for your input, It is appreciated.did you have any trouble tranfereing your phone number?they advertise $25/month for unlimited usage. Does the price end up being alot higher with hidden taxes and fees?I didn't tranfer my number. It sounds like too much of a hassle IMO. I pay $27.xx eveyr month, so its pretty close to their quote. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 OMG, vonage is amazing.Great service, cheap and international calls are cheap.I'm indian, and my dad calls india a lot to talk to family. With ATT our phone bill gets around $200-$300but with Vonage..its around $80. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 I love my Vonage account. Switched last August and haven't looked back. Pm me for a refural and we can both get some free time.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 I work at a local wireless ISP,we will soon be offering VoIP. I have VoIP in the office, love it.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 I love my Vonage account. Switched last August and haven't looked back. Pm me for a refural and we can both get some free time....Bubba Bob beat you to asking me for the referral credit. He PMed me yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 OMG, vonage is amazing.Great service, cheap and international calls are cheap.I'm indian, and my dad calls india a lot to talk to family. With ATT our phone bill gets around $200-$300but with Vonage..its around $80.Just wondering, whats vonage's rate for India, and perhaps Pakistan if you know? My dad and I were thinking about it, but we call overseas a lot, especially India and Pakistan. I heard Vonage was great, but I never had the iniative to go there..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Vonage Rates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 India = 17 cents per minutePakistan = 27 cents per minute Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 India = 17 cents per minutePakistan = 27 cents per minuteThanks Bubba Bob and sixpacgenius.....thats quite a jump in price . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 don't forget, in case of needing a 911 call, until things are completely ironed out, you still need a standard landline or cell with service. There was a big lawsuit against vonage because someone couldn't call 911 when their house was on fire. And there was another case where a lady was almost killed by a robber because she didn't have 911 available with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 and For those of yall that alreayd have VOnage, you can dial 933 to see if you have E911 yet or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I went to order it today but found out they do not offer it in my area. I mean they offer it, but I am unable to get the local area code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nobody Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 i have it, unfortunately i can't get a local number where i am, but thats just a minor inconveince to me. i like, altho the quality does get really bad sometimes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
50cent1228 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 don't forget, in case of needing a 911 call, until things are completely ironed out, you still need a standard landline or cell with service. There was a big lawsuit against vonage because someone couldn't call 911 when their house was on fire. And there was another case where a lady was almost killed by a robber because she didn't have 911 available with it.wow thats nuts...but i would still recomend it...i have had no probs so far...but like another poster said...sometime voice quality goes bad...but thats only temp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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