Softphone or Vphone

Posts: 1066 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1066

I use a usb phone for my set up.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 1

I find myself becoming more and more disappointed with the softphone/v-phone options.
I feel the advertising was misleading.
I spent the majority of my day at the computer. I signed up for vonage thinking "great I can handle my calls from my PC". Right and so wrong.
Softphone's ridiculous 'add another number charge extra', no thank you.
V-phone, I'm not sure about but if I can't use the headest already on my head for most of the day, why bother.
I already have the hassle of a cell phone, do I REALLY need another handset, or headset you mess around with, when I already have suitable equipment on my head?!?!

Vonage give us break here.
I can't see why V-phone can use same number but softphone can't.
V-phone seems tied to (what looks to be) a cheap cell phone type earbud.
Not to mention with Softphone I can't even get a LOCAL number!

If I find that there is no solution to this, I regrettably will go with another service.
I wanted vonage as a convenience not another complication.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 28, 2008 Posts: 1

I just signed up for vonage a few days ago and am currently having my business line ported over. After reading this I'm nervous.

My intent, like the original poster, is to have all callls go to my ported business number through my PC. Sounds like this won't be an option.

Why would vonage limit us like this?

I don't even care if it cost me the same $90 a month that it did before for phones... I'm not doing it to save money, but to have a phone line I can take anywhere as I travel. The V-Phone is a piece of junk. I want a headset that I can use wirelessly with a good quality headset.