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Vonage Vonage has been going through an interesting progression:
1. Softphone
Vonage has been going through an interesting progression:
1. Softphone , like an extra phone, max 500 minutes, $9.99/month in addition to a main account. Must have main account with analog adapter. Works with any softphone (some recommendations) on any operating system, Mac, Windoze, Linux, or other.
2. V-Phone , on any plan, could be main phone or an extra phone, all the same arrangements as an analog adapter, USB dongle with Vonage Talk softphone preloaded. Windoze only.
3. Early Vonage Talk softphone released in a FREE downloadable version. This version allowed a free signup, and then calls to any Vonage number. Only a Windoze version available at the moment, but the code is apparently going into Sourceforge under the GNU license, and other systems may eventually be supported.
4. Paired Vonage Talk . The most recent development is that it is now possible to "pair" the Vonage Talk softphone with an EXISTING account, either your good old analog adapter account or a V-Phone account. This now allows calls to be placed according to the plan of the account to which it is paired, and the minutes come out of that account's plan (which may be unlimited).
The fourth development is what was just released. The interesting thing about this is that since the software is supposed to be OpenSource (which means reverse engineering allowed), this really is the final "release of SIP credentials" that we've been waiting for, because with freely available copies of the Vonage Talk software, it is now possible to incorporate the Vonage registration process into any SIP client.
rutter is correct that most Voip providers allow you to log into your account with some sort of softphone and call anywhere in the world. HOWEVER, the restriction is that you can almost always only get UNLIMITED plans from providers who lock you to an analog telephone adapter. With a very small number of notable exceptions (can't mention names in this forum), any BYOD (bring your own device) accounts and almost all softphone accounts are not unlimited.
Read The Full Thread: Vonage Talk Alpha
• I am wondering if anyone on here has used the Vonage Talk Alpha program and if you
• Do you have a link to more information about that? I've never heard of Vonage Talk
• Here you go, there is V-me, V-Fax and Vonage Talk.
http://alpha.vonage.com/
• Is it linked with your account somehow? Do you sign in with the same username and
• You sign in with the same user name and password as you with Vonage. You require
• I tried it calling from my cell phone. It worked. The problem I'm having is seeing
• Ok, you are referring to the V-Me application. That is a good idea for people who
• I downloaded and installed this program and it works great! The call quality is
• I thought you could only make calls to other Vonage users, but I was informed on
• The calls that I have made with Vonage talk, do NOT appear in my "Placed Calls" list
jcovert posted "Vonage has been going through an interesting progression:
1. Softphone" on 08/25/2007 |
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