OT: internet phones

[Enrique Arredondo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Burke" <rjburke at hal-pc.org>
To: "filePro" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: OT: internet phones


> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:45:27 -0500, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>
>>Enrique Arredondo wrote:
>>> All of my neighbours are getting rid of their local base phones and
>>> switching to vonage.com
>
>>*IF* you can keep your existing phone number it's a no brainer. In my 
>>case, a
>>vonage # would be a long distance call for my next door neighbors.
>>I had bought the AT&T router last fall because Vonage said I would have to 
>>get a
>>long distance #, but AT&T said I could keep my number. As I was installing 
>>the
>>software the last click before I accepted the terms it finally told me I 
>>would
>>have to change to a long distance # instead of keeping my number.
>
>>I p*ssed and moaned about it, and got the answer that Sprint refuses to 
>>allow
>>local number portablity in this area. Evidently the telcos have areas that 
>>they
>>can protect.
>
>>--
>>Walter
>
> Sprint allowed me to port my home number from Texas to South Carolina. Not 
> only that -  even though I have a Texas
> area code, I pay taxes for SC which are considerably cheaper.
>
> I have now had the same phone number for 20 years.
>

Oh well, I finally switched to VONAGE, and just for the record there is an 
option that costs $9.99/month extra and they give you a separate fax line 
with 500 minutes on the same account. It works GREAT!!!!!! I never  miss a 
call at my home phone, after XX seconds if no one picks up at home it 
transfer the calls to my cell phone. and It simultaneously rings both cell 
phones, my wife's and mine!

If you can GET IT! caller ID and many other options.!

VERIZON RIP, VONAGE Rocks

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