View Full Version : Anyone recommend a VOIP provider
Brian Elfert
04-21-2009, 8:47 AM
I currently use AT&T Callvantage for VOIP, but I just got a letter that they are shutting down in 2009. (No exact date yet.) AT&T is offering their U-Verse VOIP as a replacement, but not available in my area.
Any other suggestions for a decent VOIP provider that is large enough to actually stay in business? I am leery of all the little companies offering VOIP for ridiculously low prices.
Vonage is probably one of the better ones, but they would cost $31 a month versus $25 now. ($31 a month would probably cover going back to land line, not including long distance.) I would prefer not to pay more. I am going to check out Qwest's VOIP offering as soon as their office opens today.
travis howe
04-21-2009, 9:49 AM
Hey Brian,
It's sort of odd it won't work in your area, that's sort of the intention of VoIP....
Anyway, I'm sure you'll find a few different offering but in all honesty the business / pstn portion of Skype is rather impressive for the cost. It also will let you leverage local numbers for your business as well as call forwarding, etc, etc...anyway, worth a look if nothing else.
RickT Harding
04-21-2009, 9:54 AM
I've been using broadvoice for a while now and I've been doing pretty well with it. I work from home and work started doing con calls several times a week which ran through the cell minutes too fast.
It was suggested to me by a coworker that had been running it for a year before that. So I don't know how long they've been around, but seems to be doing ok.
http://broadvoice.com/
I run their box inside my u-verse internet and have unlimited US for $20 a month.
Curt Harms
04-21-2009, 10:04 AM
We've had Vonage for a couple years now. I'm paying $23.xx/month all up for I think 450 minutes/month. Vonage has worked well for us.
Curt
Brian Elfert
04-21-2009, 10:45 AM
I ended up going with Qwest Broadband Voice. They are likely to be in business for a while. They are the same price as AT&T, but they include long distance as part of the package unlike AT&T.
I'm not really sure how many minutes a month I use so I wasn't too interested in Vonage's 500 minute plan.
Paul Fitzgerald
04-21-2009, 11:09 AM
We've had Vonage for a couple years now. I'm paying $23.xx/month all up for I think 450 minutes/month. Vonage has worked well for us.
Curt
I've been pretty happy with Vonage as well.
Paul
Prashun Patel
04-21-2009, 11:14 AM
You might consider holding out for Verizon FIOS. Bundled w ISP and tv, it worked out for me to be cheaper than a-la-carte from other providers.
Brian Elfert
04-21-2009, 11:57 AM
You might consider holding out for Verizon FIOS. Bundled w ISP and tv, it worked out for me to be cheaper than a-la-carte from other providers.
Since Qwest is the phone company out here I doubt we'll ever see Verizon FIOS. Maybe Verzion will get into other markets, but I kinda doubt it.
Qwest is doing 20 megabit Internet now, but the price is more than I want to pay. I'll stick with my 1.5 Megabit for foreseeable future. Qwest is not doing TV services except satellite in partnership with Directv.
Brian Elfert
04-21-2009, 11:59 AM
Hey Brian,
It's sort of odd it won't work in your area, that's sort of the intention of VoIP....
AT&T's own website says U-Verse VOIP will only be an alternative for about 25% of their Callvantage customers. I suspect if you can't get the other U-Verse services like Internet an TV that they won't give you VOIP.
Jim Becker
04-21-2009, 10:54 PM
Vonage is "technically" a good solution, but they are and have been for some time in deep doo-doo financially. I did use them for a second line for awhile, but it was more cost effective to just use VZ for our land-line needs.
Paul Fitzgerald
04-21-2009, 10:56 PM
Vonage is "technically" a good solution, but they are and have been for some time in deep doo-doo financially. I did use them for a second line for awhile, but it was more cost effective to just use VZ for our land-line needs.
Fortunately, this hasn't affected my service (yet) ;)
Paul
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