Low Tech phone service might be the way to go,for now
Ok, Ok A few years ago I was all about Vonage. I loved all the widgets and features of VOIP, even tried to set up and manage my own Astrik Server But now, years later for two reasons I have given up on at least home voip, for two reasons1 Voice Quality
2 Price
Back when it was unheard of with 25.00 a month for unlimited calls execpt for using a digital voice line, everyone (including me ) had to jump on the almost free bandwagon. Now after a years of frustration, working with hours of tech support - have you rebooted your router, its time to sync, its your internet connection, stop downloading and your voice quality will go up.. and so on .. I just gave up.
But the good news is when I did, ATT and presumably others have finally worked out decent pricing for traditional home phone lines and DSL service.
For me, I like bandwith..so for a 6mb speed DSL and unlimited home phone calling I pay now 70.00 plus tax's Whereas with my ex DSL provider it was 90.00 for a slower DSL and unlimited VOIP phone service.
The trade off, is I cant program my phone with a browser, nor can I get voice mail on email, simul ring, and so on.. none of the fun voip features are on this traditional phone line..
But.. the good news is twofold
1 quality of my voice.. and being the egotistic nut I am, everyone I speak to must hear the beautiful quality of my voice . . and two.. ( not nearly as important as the voice thing) is the voip features I am missing will soon all be available for free with googles new service called google/voice . Check it out on www.google.com/voice/
posted by Bob Lee @ 5:05 PM
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