OT: internet phones

[Dick Burke]

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.

Dick Burke