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Kaili
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08-31-2000

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 5:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Does anyone have this?? My cell phone gets pretty much zero reception where I live so I have to go outside to talk on the phone. Fine for now, but once winter comes it's not going to work- that plus since I sub, I need to be able to answer the phone at 6 am and I am not going to be running outside at 6 am in January to answer the phone! Yep- Verizon- Can you hear me now? So anyway, I'm going back and forth between the traditional phone line and Vonage.

Ameritech/AT&T- I don't need long distance really- I have my cell phone and when my contract ends in January I'll probably switch providers. Basic no extras service is $15/month. I think this is a good idea because I really only need this phone for subbing, but in the winter other people will have to call me if I have it because I won't pay for long distance service and like I said- my cellular service is awful here.

Vonage- same price for 500 minutes but I can use it for long distance for the same price. I already have cable internet. I don't use the phone much so I don't think the minutes are an issue- I have 450 on my cell phone and I never have gone over. Then again I have nights and weekends on that too. But really, I'm rarely on the phone. I'm more worried about reliability.

Plus, I know installation is free for AT&T when you order online. I started ordering Vonage online and they never listed the activation fee (not that I could see) then they wanted my credit card number and my agreement to terms of service- I'm not doing that until I know how much they're charging me.

So...what do you think? Which should I go with? I need to do it soon- school starts in about 2 weeks.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Kaili, check with your cable internet provider. We ended up going that route because the cable had a great price for the cable tv, internet and digital phone service.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I did- but it's a lot more expensive because I don't have full cable- to do a package, you have to get digital cable. I don't watch TV much- so I stick with basic 13 channel cable. So right now, I pay about $65 to TimeWarner for cable internet and basic cable TV. Their digital phone is "as low as $39 a month". Which is about $25 more than Vonage. It's unlimited, but I don't need that (and Vonage has unlimited for $25/month if I wanted that).

But does the digital phone work well? Does it sound okay? I guess what I'm trying to figure out is if it's reliable?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I like it, actually. We only pay about $150/mo for phone, digital cable, and road runner. That's a bargain for us

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Well, Kaili, this reply is coming way after your original post...sorry, I just saw it. I have Vonage and have for maybe a year and a half. It has been really reliable for me. I have only had problems with it a couple of times (and I had problems with my old land line from time to time, too). I was already paying for cable internet, so it saves me a LOT of over paying for phone service from Bellsouth, too. My phone bill was ridiculously high before, and that didn't even include long distance. With Vonage, I'm paying around $25/month (including all fees) and, as you said, long distance is included (and most of my calling is long distance). I also like that as long as I have computer/high speed internet access, I can use my Vonage anywhere. When we go on vacation, we usually rent a place with high speed internet, and I can just plug in a phone and use my service instead of paying long distance charges there.

I realize it is probably way too late for you to need any of this info, Kaili. But if anyone else is considering it, maybe they'll find it helpful. I do know that there are a lot of digital phone services out there, so I'm not pushing Vonage in particular, just giving a big thumbs up to internet-based phone service over all.