Re: VOIP -- PCTECH

about 8 months.

the only problems I've had with them is the first router they sent me
was balky, cust service was poor (few knew what they were doing). the
second router was fine and worked great for a couple months, then my
voice started cutting out (I could here them, they could not hear me).
 that turned out to be my modem - about 4 years old, went bad.  new
modem and no problems since.

I have never even come close to approaching the 500 monthly minutes,
so the $15 package works just fine for me.

On 2/9/06, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > phone number portability became national law recently, and I
> > can't think of any exceptions. I could be wrong, your mileage
> > may vary.
> >
> > here's a good link - Fort Wayne providers should have been
> > compliant in 2003.
> >
> > http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/portability/index.php?pa=1
>
> We did it with our work phones about 6 years ago.  Kept the same numbers and
> went with KMC Telecom.  Complete disaster - they totally misrepresented what
> they could do and we had to jump through hoops to get the numbers back to
> Verizon.
>
> Our area code is 260.  Work phone exchange is 422, home phone exchange is
> 639.  Vonage says 422 can be moved, 639 cannot.  Both are local Fort Wayne
> exchanges.  Strange, huh?
>
> Right now I have Comcast for cable ($59) and broadband ($40), total cost
> $99/mo.  Verizon phone bill roughly $40/mo.  Verizon is putting in FiOS
> (Fiber) broadband to this area.  Residential FiOS is $30/mo and is 5 times
> faster than Comcast.  Ideal longterm would be Verizon FiOS broadband ($30),
> Vonage VOIP ($15), and satellite which I think I can get cheaper than
> Comcast cable alone.  Problem is though, because I'm outside the city limits
> by 3 miles, I don't know if FiOS will ever reach us.  :(
>
> But I can still do Vonage.
>
> > one thing to be aware of when going to vonage, be patient.
> > It took a full month to make the switch, and I paid both
> > carriers for that month.
>
> How long did you say you have been with Vonage?
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
>
>
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